Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-05

The New Orleans Times-Dcmocrat
slyS:
THE Dazzler opened well last night
at the ST. Charles theatcr. AZ $50
o'clock the main box Office pn, out the
"standiug room only" sign, aud thrce-
quarters Of m hour later the sub-oilicc
closed down. Whom the curtain rose the
front Of the side aises were packed, aud
every available foot of standing room
down stairs was taken. II was a packed
house. several hundred were turned away
from the doors, and the audience put the
seal of approval on the performance, play
aud players included.
"Tbc Daz1lcr" has been here before.
and is known and popular There Is noth-
ing In Il hut specialties. and they must
need be good 90 satisfy the public. They
were good last night. There wpre u
number Of songs aud choruses, nll Of
which were iulIinsically good and well
rendered, All The troupe sing, and nearly
all of them well enough to do good solos.
Several are strong In spccialtics, and iu-
spircd by the size of the house Ia do
their best all worked faithfully, with
good results.
Joseph A. OFT is admirable in hiE own
role of the modest man. md as such gave
number of topical songs that took we'll,
but ihu crowning glory of his success was
his gymnasic dancing. Al Hart was
very clever IN his very natural exhibition
of check. and his hasso was a feature Of
the performance in his solo and choral
work, John T. CWmp did we'll. also. He
makes a first -clIss freshman, not over
looking his part except In ihr horsicr pas
Slgcs, aud is the posscssor Of light tenor
voice Of decided mcllowncss and sweet
ness. Frank r. Ward Is strong In his
grpicsque role Of piulSy. Max Miller Is
Bncl
Miss Annie Lewis Is the leading lady.
Size phys the role Of Kitty Starlight 81 a
rollickng, s0uhrclte fashion. aud made
friends with ALL She has n pretty stag,
appearance is petite and graceful, with Il
sweet voice She Is vivaclOus IN hcr act
ing; light. active and graceful In her
danclng coqucttiSh aud pretty while sing
lns Inc other, women Of the troupe are
Tor the most part possessed Of good
figures. which FORM u considerable part
OF me last act. and their voices add
sweetness to the choral rcnditons Of the
inll troupe. Al ~ an, they give a per.
i9rmance that is lively nearly oil the way
through bright in parts, nnd deserving
of public SUPPORT.
Following * the cast:
Elehel Ilpes. .....A Mr. Joseph A. ON
Tanuhauser Book. NAM. Mr.. Max Miller
Smasshem Jones. Mr.. Albert Hart
Mnlllgan. :. ....... Mr. John II. Curran
fA7NFhAN AAAAAANRN ~ AlNtUu
...,....-...s.M Mr.. Howard Graimm
linky, .'..,......a..A Mr., Frank " Ward
Julienne, ........... AllsSJessa Hatcher
Angelic, ......,... Miss Annie Curtun
AHce; ....,.............E Eva IL. Leslie
iiotFle. ....s............ Oracle Gnyloi
khiie- ......... Hose Kroht
llFiios ss...........,...... ldlla Knua
EIlin' ts,;;.,,;.,.........,.H Hattie Carleton
KITTY Starlight. ......... Annie Levin
SATURDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT
The Houston Post says. The verdict
of the audience which witnessed The
spectacular production Of the 4spider and
Fly" at the opera house last night was
altogether favorable, The play, If piay
it may be called, has beccn so changed aud
improved as 10 be scarcely recognizable
as bearing my great resemblance 10 The
| former production. There are some IA,
mhiar faces. but the songs and specialties
| arc generally new The piece * well
mounted, most Of the machinery being
new. nnd tho grand Transformation scene
| with which the performance ripscs u 4
| decided Improvement on nnyihlg Of that
| sort shown on the stage Of the opera
| huose ia d Tong time. II y a repre-
sentation Of American history from the
| landing Of Columbus 70 the Worlds Co
| lnmbian exposition,
The ballet advertisement was prctty
and artistic throughout, and was greatly
| EXCHANGED by the variety and beauty o.
the costumes. which are new and elegant
aud withal modest enough Al huresqu'
| and ballet costumes 20.
The drill OF the Amazons was especially
| pretty and web executed, showing ad
| mirahlc training.
| The cast was an excellent ore emhfac
| ing Miss Amelia Harrison az the queer
Of the mermaids Miss Nellie Hawthorne
\ as The English lori, Mis- Louise Her
/ maize as Zamicl, Mr.. Robert y. Bell az
"Horatio Pickles" Mr.. j a. kiernai
as waller and the Misses Ia Porte as ~
spider and the Fly" Iliese had mos
/ 90 DO win cnrryin the thread Of the plot
| and they did II we'll
Mr. Hell has unly liccn with the com
| pnny since the latter part Of last season
/ and has never before been seen here. j.
comedy. but he made such 4 fayoFaDi