Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-13
A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.

Miss Jeanne Pardee,s Entertainments
Last Evening at the Hyperion-A
Large Audience Despite the had
weather.
Notwithstanding the unpleasant weather |
last evening the Hyperion was crowded
with an appreciative audience to listen to
the presentation of the comedies given by
Miss Jeanne Pardee under tho supervision
of Frank D. Nelson. The performance
began with the latest London success, en-
titled sTwenty Minutes Under an Um-
brella." The cast consisted of Miss Pardee
and Mr. Thomas TrowbridRe, the former
as "Cousin Kate" and the latter a. "Cousin
Frank" The young lady was piquant
and exaeting, not to say somewhat jealous,
of the attentions paid by her cousin to a
young lady whom Miss Kate disliked very
much. "Cousin Frank, !" on the contrary,
was equally jealous of young military
officer who wore a huge beard, which
caused Cousin Frank some mental trouble.
Both the cousins having been playing
tennis are caught in a shower in the woods
and have only a small umbrella for shelter.
Cousin Kate begins to read Cousin Frank q
lecture, to which the young gentleman re-
plies with considerable spirit. Suddenly
the lightning begins to flash and the thun-
der rolls, and the young lady begins to be
frightened, and she chides her cousin for
using what she considers irreverent Ian
guage. They finally discover that, after
all, they are very dear to each other, and
the comedy ends, as might be expected, in
the regular way. Both discover that they
are very dear to each other, and all's well
hot on6a uua11
s'The Temp1eton," dance in which the
following young lsdies-Miss JEANNE Par
dee, Miss Marie Bassett as p1emiers, Misses
Frances Ross, Annie Peterson, Edith
Donns, Minnie Allen, Hattie Lum and
Kittie Gilbert, as dancers, was an exquis-
ito performance. The premiers were
dressed in black, with q corsage of eight
narrow gilt bands, and the others in red
gowns with black silk sashes. Each Of the
young ladies held a large fan. The move
ments were 1.-the and graceful, and the
audience applauded it earnestly when the
curtain fell. They were called before the
full baskets of flowers. 1t was regarded as
the gem of the evening and was praised on
all sides.
The performance concluded with the
farce ''Ici on Parle Francois"
The characters were as follows:
Major Regulus Pattoni by Thomas Bss-
sett, Victor Dubois by Frank Dickerman,
Joshua Spriggins by George Denton, Mrs.
Spriggins (his wife) by Miss Marie Bassett,
| Angelina (their daughter) by Miss Anita
Webster, and Julia (wife Of the major
Miss Louisa Perkins, and Anna Maria
(msid of all the worl0 by Miss Jeanne
Pardee.
This play is ono with which most
theater-goers are familiar. The char.
acters were we'll acted and Miss
Pardee took the part of the
self possessed and indignant ssrv
ing maid to perfection. Mr.. Denton
as Mr.. Spriggins, as the henpecked hus
band, and the person upon whom all sort
of blame was fastened, was at home in hit
part, and Miss Bassstt as the dignifet
Mrs. Spriggins, who had seen better day
as member of high-toned family, acted
it to the life. In fact, every member o
the cast were letter perfect, and many O
the audience said that they had nevel
seen professionals perform it any better
The performance was success through
out and Miss Pardee received many con
| ordinations