The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-01
THE CORNER LoUNGER.

DO YOU know always lccl thousand per
cent better every way. In body aud mind,
after li.t'u tphn opera said 4 thcItcr ger
to the recording scribe or corner loungcr
II enjoyed immensely the past week at the
thcltcr during the Emma Abbott engage
mcnt / hrlrl several say they would not
go because the thohtcr prices were raised To
Sl.25 and they didn't like music that much
"You should h,yc watched the audience
when Emma Abbott sang 'Scwanco River
aud Home Sweet Home. There was hardly
a dry eye IN the house
"HIvns mus r,i. but sndy sw'H.
such ns whyu Wind aud Tapestries meet
And take long ulmcisur.d tpnc
To mortal nils'tcls, unknown.
awe will clnusr all this, SAYS George
Wilson, the man Of burnt cork, tambuurinc
and bones. aud Quaint jokes who, with hi,
companions, aihusc YOU, make you laugh u- ii
YOU had never before heard ucrru minsiUl.y.
but, much stronger attraction followed
un Thursday evening. the celebrated Rice
4 piNcy Adoni. lurlcsluc Company, with
10. pretty aud shipcly gIfls, rich costume
good singing ind comic acting. Ia say moth
ing OF Henry A. plNoy,thc Isat Of New York
The thcatyr, 10 NY mind. Is one II the most
useful Institutions iu the city, great murl
teacher and educator ul thc people u serve.
90 nmu-c aud instruct us, The man who
knows nothing about the DRAMA the actors,
the thraipr. is very iar lrlm being Hu ciu.
Gated ur we'll informed man. The manage.
mcnt ~ thl Ncmphi. rhcatcr should boz On.
coumgci boy large patronage. so that tho
strongest aud best attraction, may be- induced
tu COIN, here during the season. Aud lct
me ,ay by way ct compliment g. the man
arrmcut aud particularly 90 Chief Usher
John Mahuury the way Dc handles aud
seats an impatient crowd IT people b. mu,.
trr.y nui shows that be- pussrssrs general.
ship Co % h.Hh degree. IT, hIs the location
ut every seat loo hi. mind eye. auj ha, h.,
,uh.ushpr, trained ip perfection. lie rl.is u
lightning glance at o. coupon. hands it to 70
,ub.u,h,r md says Right s. The usher
and thv ticket holder are gone and ilc latter
b. Immediately seated In proper p'ar'Hun
the Right Division \, INV l., as dirrutcl.
80 iuniiyr how the people crowd the duur.
they are moved away rapidly down the
bi,lgs. 10 seats corresponding with their cuu-
pons Everything : done opully, method
ally, rapidly anl withuu, fuss ct discus.
sion. chief Usher Mihoucy secs every.
thing nu mistake on the part oi bis sub.
oliuat,s escapes him. and boz b. NJ once on
ihr spot o. fcrtify such. and bring order out
ut th, llItr local thlus. IT, h1s "a grrat
head lur movement and arrangement bad
thc great Napoleon and believe Dc take,
morn ability a. place thcainr audience m
seat, than IL docs len place nn army iu posi-.
Jipu uu the icld rraIy 10 DO battle"
"uo you think the tall hat, the ro.out.
hrivrcn.urts. AMI The late arrival uuisaucrs
will ever Boz aboli.h-iF' asked the scribe.
The tall hat nuisance will never be-
abolished until the fashion changes" r..
piled thc thlkcg "thr ladies will never asrrc
upon roinr bahshcldcl likc the hnldhcaicd
men who Nc In h, irlut rows usually. The
way 10 regulate people who arrive after the
curtain rises u " elmpgl them tu Nuit ut the
donr or in the UslAs until the curtain mlls.
and then show D,cm 90 their seats The
mon who ~ out hrfuccn acts &, take drinks
or to smoke clgarc,tes cannot well be- rrgu.
nlrN "lNfN HuNNiN NNl We IHFulllNu To re-
turn Ia thcir ses,s while the curau b. up.
You have no right 10 disturb you ucirhbor
who wish io enjoy The Performance. and the
latter should hc protected by the manage.
mcnt The talktng hcnd Is another well dc.
fined nuisance. tiOifcllow who rcpcai. what
is ,ald on the slast,tnd who {, forever impart.
ine iuIo nation s9nccfning the play or the
acton, To his neiyhhor The usher, should be-
instructed to silence these people or invite
ihrm out u they persist in rhcar,iug the
p.ly iupublic. There isyct another nuisance
That needs regulation applause starting
D., attaches of the tliratcr The other night
alter q commonplace song had been fcn.
drrrd. On atiachc of lhr ihcatcr. q Md Of
tcudrr years hut Of tough check. clnppcd
nj, hands ~ vigorously AMI prr,istcntly
that scov of people turned around aud
gave him % .cowl II Indignation. Tie on.
moved the entire audience before he let up
ON hls M timed applause. When nll these
persons and thing, shall have been rrgu.
lated. the approach OF thg millennium will
be clearly pcre cpubls."