Telegram-herald., 1890-01-08
1 lOoE Al The PASSING SHOW.
srsrtls Nugget" and It's Happy
Comedians.
fhe Guard. pta~ Bis House With
Iheir Niustsels-th~ Attractions
~ Powers Grand.

Ye glance given Little Nugget
xe.,.rs.v was necessarily hasiy ana
.,,,ren,.. t4ted. Itsa farc.cal COM
ss[-a MA nothing strange or wonderful
s.. REGARDS Ilot and somewhat far
fetched I not improbable m many of
lt- situations
10 tae dog, with plol OF any attempt
Al .et3usn0 IS. when Tor three hours
vaor Judgment is demora zed and
.grrrr.,frues strained and u constant
motion. That = lu,t tie situation, tAe
preseaee of the bright faced come
diam, ia tbs farce force upon You.
p.uable indeed the melancholy that
can NOT be overcome with few
eHmp,ls at the grimacos OF
laraev O'Bady. ! can not recall
any comedian on the stage who Ia any
way resembles H. =. Cawthorne. The
gentllly OF h.s speech mildly suggests
Hugh Fay, and hrs happy vein of cx-
aggerauon !, quietly tempered. yet al
tle same time cycruc.atmgly rdlcu-
lOus then there is stll something 10
the ser.Ou, expressions OF tbs Mr..
~ Brady that lmprosses AS being truly
representative OF lu,n character. In
fact. Cawth0rue gives us two distinct
portraturcs ot charactor-Onc IS bur
lesQuc Of most amusing quality, the
other earnest and probable Artistic
and cOmmcndablc Is the quiet side Of
this lrlshman, while us humor is lu-
comparable u ccceutrIcltY. Joe Cav
thOrno gives a very neat and clean
cut and gentcc German iuven-
ilc. Mss Forester, as the lOquac.Ous
Mrs. >.mpkms contributes generously
- the hIlar.ty winch constantly rclgns
supreme i'm tins presentation. Miss
GoldthWate J, a precious Nugget. She
IS highly endowed with the sympathetic,
which D, boldly contrasted with dlspo-
s.uon that Is mischievous and merry.
\ very promising little woman is this
Miss GOldthWaltc. She has consider
able talent. Her presence Is always IN
tcrcstng and charming and her dmplcd
smiles and rOguish eyes make il an easy
matter for her 10 WIN an audience. The
Starr sisters are exceedingly clever and
graceful m their songs and dances.
Their Will bc a matinee tomorrow.
Tonight and tomorrow evening Bou-
c.caults famous old drama, The
Streets of New York, " viii bc presented
at Powers. The company : headed 10y
". c. Donaldson. The play VIII give
especially attention as regards scenery
and effects.
One Of the first successes in musical
comedy, which is now the rage through
ont the country, was "The Tourists IN
a Pullman Palace Car" Mr.. Mestayer
and his charming wife, Theresa
Vaughn, Will bring an entirely re
modelled and new edition of The
Tourists" 10 Powers next Friday and
Saturday. Seats are now on sale at the
box Office
The Grand Rapids Guard Minstrels
last evening at Powers, was a magnet
that drew one of the largest audiences
of the season. The performance was a
very clever one, and the audience was
liberal with applause. The curtain rose
on military scene with background
of the grand old stars and Stripes. The
instrumental and vocal selections were
well received, and the opening part
closed with a roaring piece entitled
"NcGntY's Museum" The OllO was
purely local. each and every act on the
program beng participated IN 10y resi-
dents Of this city. The different >pe-
cialtics were as fine as could bc cx-
pected and showed that Grand Rap
ids has talent that viii compare
with any % the country. La Verne. IN
"a difficult juggling act, opened the Ollo.
lie executed many marvellous itats
and captured the house. Mccarthy
and Merriam did a refined song and
dance specially, and did 10 Well.
Aldr.ch and belong, dSsOly-
ing views were wen received.
aud the drill Of Company B
squad was hugely enjoyed by al lovers
of military mancuvCrs. The great card
of the olo. though, was the contoTtIon
act of RcXo and Reno, two as clever
c0nt0rrouI-t, a. are 10 be- found u the
business. 4 comical river scene 10 the
South closed the performance
The matinee at smiths Opera House
should ba well attended today and the
performance this evening should have
cork.ng house. Fred Mack.cy's
drama. "Ir,h Devotion is tho best
piece of work ever put on the stag. at
smiths. The oGo has also many utor-
e-tug features.
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