San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-23
ADJUSTMENTS.
9 Three BIack MantIes."

Slocum's New York Opera company
presented this charming little effort of
Bucaloss's last night at the Grand Opera
house. The voices of the company, upon
the whole, were good, and certainly the
company shows good training in concert
ed parts and a fair average in their solos.
The action OF the opera Is simple, being a
farce comedy, most rollicking and funny,
set to catchy" music.
Tonight the company present "Billee
Taylor" a nautical comic opera, by Solo
mon, which will contain much good music,
many comical situations and mirth max
Ing in general.
GOOD DANCING.
In the presentation Of "Girola'' by the
New York Opera company last night citi-
zens OF this city witnessed a very pretty
ballet in the ''~Carmencita" dance. To-
night another fine dance will be given in
the nautical operetta "Billee Taylor"
being the old-fashioned sailors horn-pipe,
executed on the deck of the ship by Prof.
Cheeseman, an accomplished prize. medal
dancer, who has relatives in this city, and
whose d ncing can be compared to any
now being done.
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.
Concerning this attraction, which will
appear at the Grand Opera house on
Saturday and Sunday nights, beginning
with a matinee Saturday afternoon, the
st. Louis Globe Democrat says.
A large and appreciative audience
thoroughly enjoyed that most popular
and thrilling melodrama by Charles Gay
Ter, entitled Lights and Shadows" last
night. 1t is n Of that particular kind
of plays which always finds much favor.
The plot is a very interesting one, and
retains its hold upon the audience
throughout, often stirring them up to in
tense excitement. The story deals with
the adventures of a man who is in the
power of a band of outlaws, and is COM
PEELED to see his sister ill treated, he being
powerleSS to assist her.
The sister of the hero in the latter's alb
Sence Is abducted in daylight by a hag
who lives a double life Of the Jekyll and
Hyde sort. When the hero learns that
his sister has been stolen, he swears a
great oath that he will rescue her, if he
must search the world to do so, and his
discovery of her and his witnessing her
punishment, while he is powerleSs to
protect her, are productive of the most
intense interest and excitement on
the part of the audience. Brother and
sister are incarcerated in an underground
den of thieves, and left to be drowned by
the tide, which rushes into their apart
ment through an opening that has been
made for that purpbse. To free his sister
he agrees to rob the rich father of his
afianced, and by this dodge he succeeds
in rescuing himself and sister from
their terrible situation, and afterward,
as in all plays of this kind, everything
turns out all right, the hero is married
and all is happiness and sunshine. The
stage situations were finely arranged.
Some fine views of Broadway, New York,
Brooklyn bridge, the East river. and other
points around New York City are also
shown in the several scenes of the play.
The piece was, without doubt, the best
presentation at this theatre during the
season, and all the members of the COM
pany filled their respective parts with
the greatest satisfaction. Lights and
Shadows" as given by this company is
certainly q success.