Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-07
THE PASSING SHOW.
Richards & Prinsle's Mins.ra,s Play to Top
Heavy House-A Weeks At
fractions.

| Richards s. Pringle's Ministries ap-
| last night, playing to an audience that
was mostly al the top. The troupe is
colored and drew heavily from the col
| ored section of Fort Worth's population .
The performance was very good. The
scenes were not set off so gaudily or
deliberately Us in some other minstrel
shows that come this way, but 10 many
other respects the entertainment was
meritorious.
The attractions to appear during the
2next ten days promise to be unueually
Interesting for the most part.
OF '.Beacon Lights, which appears
! on Monday night, the New York World
says:
"Beacon Lights'' IS new drama
which has successfully wenthered West
ern criticism. The play was brouR mt out
last night at the Grand to particularly
crowded aud enthusiastic house. The
story of the play cuught the fancy at
once aud held it to the final scene at the
close of the play. while the climax at
the end Of each act prompted thunders
of applause. Calmly considered,
there was good ground for the generous
advances as ''Beaoon Lights'' Is play
that possesses those elements which are
bound to win. The story is deftly told,
the characters SO well chooses, and the
arrangement so com plete, that il must
take Its place in the front rank OF
G-smas of its class. The play deals witt:
life IL the mines. the scene being laid in
the Sou;hwest.
On Tuesday night Held by the Enemy
will be given. This is an old favorte in
these parts and Is assured of a large at
tendance.
The Pearl of Pekin, Rice's comic
opera, will be here for Thursday matt
nee and night.
ses2 The bright sayings, the catchy music,
and the extraordinary beautiful stage
dressing. place the "Peurl of Pekn''
far ahead OF any production of its type
yet seen on the local stuge. II is de-
light TO the eye, a banquet to the ear,
and the novelty and force of its humor
fill the auditorium with laughter from
the rise to the fall OF the curtain. ThN
performance, when last seen here, nude
one of the most pronounced successes Of
the year. and It's forthcoming engage
ment should pack the opera house.
Lernona Jarbeau, supported by one of
the strongest comedy companies on the
road, will make her first appearance in
Fort Worth on Saturday matinee and
night, December 10, aud present that
most laughable of all musical farce COM
edies, Starlight, a musical comedy full
of good singing and dancing. Every
line Of the dialogue lie crisp and new;
the get up of the five comedians lie novel
aud clever. Miss Jarbeau is Car
iotta, and Carlotta Is Starlight,
and Starlight Is charming
little sheperdess. Miss Jarbean is dash
ing and coquettish in all che does, her
laughing eyes nre always dancing and
her nimble feet are always IN step. She
has q superb voice which Ia beard to ad-
vantage in her many songs and she in
fuses life in her audience and the show
from start to termination OF the PLAY
and people. An exchange says: The
popular comedienne brings an excellent
company and ''Starlight" must be
written q marked success.
EMMA JUCB COMING.
Manager Greenwall announces the en-
gagement OF the Emma Juch Grand
English opera company in brief aenson
OF English opera, commencing FRIDAY,
December l9. The Juch organization il
pronounced BY ths press of New York,
Boston. Philadelphia. Washington and
other large Eastern cities they have vis-
tied thus far this season, to be the
largest aud most important musical
organization In America. When the