Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11

Lottie Collins has given, as | may say,
an atmosphere of earnest yet diaphan-
GUS freshly Numbered ruities and
hrm young muscle which per-
yadcs all the other theaters
also and makes the life OF bass viol
player most hazardous one / was
perfectly astonished month ago
while here with my family, and as
had other shopping that could be done
later allowed the family TO look casu.
ally upon the billboards, while / pro
missed myself that later on would do
the balance of my trading for winter
and also do little DIR. Parlkhursting
besides.
The BLACK Crook is a play which
one gets the synopsis of and reads after
he gets home, but I'll bet dollar that
he cannot do so on the ground. win
will give brief epitome, so that those
who wish TO understand the play itself
before attending it may do so, enjoy
ing the scenic and incidental parts
while present, thus saving great deal
of time. The quality of the dialogue
is fiat enough for the common cement
day at an idiot school. II blind man
were 10 come home alive after attend
ing the BLACK Crook he would have
to put his brain on his asparagus bed.
II would be useless for other pur-
poses
The general literary tone Of the play
reminds one Of the works of Steve
Brodie, or the persifage Of Mime.
Yucca, who lifts the horse at Huber's
dime museum.
And yet one does not 60 away.
was alone, and at 10 a. IN. could get
one lone seat by the man who plays
the popgun in the orchestra. l sat
over three hours holding large fat
lady with a real alligator neck and
moss-green freckles on il. AT first she
rested equally on me and gent on my
right but the gent on her right got
weary and taking q lingering look at
the ballet he went away.
Count Nolfenstein is q character in
the play, and lives on his title and sll
per week. Rudolph is a poor artist,
who paints campaign banners, and so
cannot get anything only every four
years. But while he is in the hands
Of his enemies and pinned to large
pillar OF the dungeon of the castle he
is approached by Hertrog, called the
Black Crook, n man who lives in the
and has dealings with the
devil, ever and anon swapping him
soul for milch COW or town lot II
must be remembered, however, that all
along here rapid fddling occurs, and
beautiful girls, relieved of their wraps
by kindly hands, come in and dance
in a sprightly way, which reminds me
OF the Jardin Kerbiff, in Paris, where
/ was once at
All at once the orchestra opens with
a sort of bugle call sounding like tum-
my da da, tummy da da, rat te tat, rat
te tat, tummy da da, tummy da da,
and then some more girls come upon
the stage and cut up so that put a
corner of the fat lady's Paisley shawl |
over my head. Next came view of |
hell, and the old lady removed the |
shawl and told me could look now.
Il was a beautiful sight. Dragonfire |
runs this department, and when he |
racks his knucklcs the sparks of cleo
-riclty snap forth like everything.
He is clothed in medicated red fan |
mel from head to feet, and in face re-
mains one of the magician Herman.
met Herman once in Tiffln, Ohio |
We played against each other. We
stopped at the same place, as regards
hotels. lie asked me TO sit at his
able. ] said / did not mind doing so
{ he would not play any tricks on me-
He said he would not Before we got
half through he begged my pardon
he is a very polite man-and said there
VAS some foreign substance in my let
uce. ! said doubtless. There always
5 more or less foreign substance in
ettuce, but / could not ignore the fact
hat there was, indeed, diamond
ing. looked IL over with sigh and