Telegram-herald., 1889-10-03


opera company appear stfower' opera
House IN Balfe's rioh aud mtiOdloas
Rose Of Castle" The appearance Is
the opening Of Miss Abbott's engass-
ment 81 Powers for tie balance 81 tie
week OF four performances, IN al II
winch Mss Abbott VII ASSUME the ioad-
ing roles. Little need &c ss.@ea II
what has already been sid Ia regard
70 Miss Aobou's condition of voice of
her principals, Annandale. M.rena,
Miehelena, AoRtegl.ffo. Pruette, brad-
ericn, Aiken, keNdy, Kari, Faust and
Carl MOrtens, director and ot fec grand
chorus aud orchestra. Miss Abbott IS
SAID ~ be ln the beet Of voice and spirits
and her company excellent ln every
way Tomorrow night Norma
Saturday Abbott matinee Grown Dia-
monds. Saturday evening FRA
DlaVato."
Col. Tom Perry, the faithful aud
energetic manager II Pete" Baker,
the comedian, who ls 10 appear al Rod
mond next week IN ''Ihe Emlgrant'
and Chris aad Lena" Was talking last
night about the uniform customs and
energy OF the Americans. SAID lac
The bright people are not all in New
York and the metropolitan editor Who
calls the residents az the provinces or
rather The great States Ot the natloa,
laws Wlll ind himself up a stump Il
he runs against some OF them. Tie
people dress alike are educated and
generally bright Wherever j have been
and have often traVerseu the country
from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific. Now
out in MUscatlne, Iowa, a shoemaker
manages the opera house. When !
FIRST went there / thought J had met a
'greeny sure. ou the contrary, he
was most methOdlcal bus.-
ness man. When ] entered ls
store / found him busy pouudnga last.
/ declared myself and announced Mr..
Bakers date He very abruptly SAID:
" All right, slr, give me your paper and
also some press notices. / Nlu attend
10 the new spapcrs. sorry ! am busy to-
day. Come IN again while YOU are IA
town" Nj. Perry stated that such a
condensed manner OF dong business
rather impressed HIM that the shoe
maker was not possessed OF the looked
for "hustlng managerial qualities.
lie was mistaken. The shoemaker
manager worked the papers IA a suT-
prising way and Manager Perry Was
astounded when he heard that q" Pete"
| Baker had played 70 an OverfiONlEg
house and had added, Oh his first visit,
MuscatIne among his many fayorte
cities.
Commencing this afternoon, II. L.
Leavitt's European mInstrels Will oc-
| cupy the stage at RedmOnd's for the
| balance of the week. The company
comes with excellent testimonials from
the other cities of the state, all 10 the
! fact that they give genuine old-tme
minstrel entertainment. There VIII De
mf .inees tomorrow and Saturday.
Chas. L. Davis, of Alvin Joslin fame,
will appear at Powers next Monday
and Tuesday IN his new play, cone Of
the Oln stock" Mr.. DAVIS carTlee spe-
cial scenery for this attraction.
Geo. Winnett, manager Of PASSIONS
! Slave" announces that las brother, i.
| II. Winnett, Will bring out two plays
next season, namely Devils Pool"
spectacular, and BLACK Ihorne."
Chas. Erin Werner and his wife, Miss
| Catharine Walsh, formerly of this city,
have booked with Manager Cobb Tor
three nights IN April. Mr.. Werner IS
still under the direction OF the we'll
known and successful amusement
manager, T. H. Wnnett.
One of the ladies in the cast Of the
presentation of the "Last Days Of
| Pompeii" is Mrs Edward Button, Of
this city, known on the stage as Nile.
Viola. Mrs. Button has had a profess
sional career of more than ordinary
success. She has played engagements
with Barnum at the Madison square
! Garden, New York, and at
| the Amphtheater, New Orleans.
She Is known as the lady with
the iron Jaw and has succeeded IN lift
ing a man weighing 2l5 pounds 10y her
teeth. In the POmpen "show' she
enacts the character OF Doris Momios
attendant, and though the part is one
that is by It's arrangement and direction
almost obscure, Mrs. Button iniuses It
with an animation and earnestness that
brings it into prominence.
Large audiences rule TINS week al
Smiths Crimmins and Gore, in their
act "GOne with that man Humpty
Dumpty," score a success, and Rctlsn
and Alton give a very fine performance
on the horizontal bars.
Gus MoultOn. one Of the cold timers, -
now "arranger" for NernOna Jarbeau,
IS in town, and states that this captlvst-
ing little woman Will make her reap
| uearanco at Powers next Friday arI
Saturday, with matinee on the latter
day, at popular prces.
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