Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-01

Now that the theatrical season has
fairly opened and tie cool evenings OF
winter are upon us, the amusement
loving public feels happy, for the days
are here when the evenings can be spent
in pleasure and the thoughts Of the
business Of the lay forgotten TO the come
dian, dramatic actor or tragedian And,
it may be truthfully said. the play-loyers
of Fort Worth will have the opportuni.
ties this year, as Manager Greenwall
as booked list of plays which far
excel any previously played in the Texas
lrcuit.
There are three attractions billed for
the coming week ana all of them are
good. They are Barlow Bros Minstrels,
George Wilson, III monte Carlo" aud
The Creoles. OF BarlOw's Ministries,
the Houston Post says:
There was three hours OF as clear
and sparkling fun us ever We're crowded
within the walls Of the opera house.
There was minstrelsy of the old-fasl-
Toned kind. such MS always eAcites mirth,
vocnlists who sang the sweetest ballads
of the day, musical farces and laughable
imerludes that kept the audience in.
tenscly amused and highly interested
going down thereof.
The fun opened up with an operate
first part, which very httingly prefaced
the evenings bill.
There was some very sweet singing
in this first part, number of new songs
being introduced. The hit of the evening
was Howard Powers rendering OF
After the Play new song. which
was sung for the first time last night on
any stage. The song was composed by
Thomas Nj. Bowers, u young man well
known throughout the state as connected
with the Texas press, but now living IN
Kansas City. Mr. Powers has one OF
the sweetest tenOrs on the minstrel
stage, and he snng II In a most acceptable
manner, which was greeted with thun-
dering applause by the audience Per
haps no one In that vast audience sus-
pected that neither Mr.. Powers nor the
orchestra had rehearsed the song but
once and that was yesterday afternoon.
Ii went off as smoothly, however as II
it had been on the program all the sea-
son.
Another vocalist that is deserving Of
special mention was Master Percy VIII
Hams, the boy soprano, who has q clear
true soprano, remarkably sweet and fexi.
BILE. He sang "rhe Song Of the Steeple"
and brought down the house with ap-
plause.
The special features of the show were
especially good. The great Scott in his
marvellous act Of the Frogs Pastimen
is simply u wonder, while the musical
ravens. Markham and Berry, were
simply inimitable."
Barlow Bros. will be seen here tomor-
row, matinee md night
The next attraction after Barlow Bros
will be George Wilson. in his laughable
farce-comedy, "Monte Carlo" next
Tuesday and "Wednesday evenings and
matinee Wednesday afternoon. In
speaking of this play, the Charleston
News and Courier says:
Monte Carlo eontains the running
gear OF farce-comely, upon which n
hung al OF the jokes, specialties and
musical ct ceteras, which 90 to make up
the orthodox minstrel performances Ii
Is not exactly a minstrel performance,
because there Is very little burnt cork
and there are half dozen very pretty
young women IN costumes appropriate
TO their sex; nor is 1t, strictly speaking,
a play even OF the very sketchy farce.