Word: nightly
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Thou crossedst the Rhine one wintry night...
...remember the theatricals at Horticultural Hall, this evening and to-morrow afternoon, for the benefit of the H. U. B. C. The programme for this evening (Friday) is "Your Life's in Danger" and "The Follies of a Night." To-morrow afternoon (Saturday) will be presented the "Virginia Mummy" and the burlesque "Anne Boleyn." The Pierian will furnish more of that excellent music of which we so lately had a specimen at their concert...
...Hundred Years Old," a new drama in five acts, was presented at this theatre on Monday night. The play itself is very improbable in plot, and depends for its interest entirely upon good acting, which, it is needless to say, it receives from the Museum Company. Jacques Fauvel, "Le Centenaire," is the central figure of the piece, and the part was acted by Mr. Warren in a manner to put the impersonation on a par with his greatest achievements. Jacques Fauvel is not a senile dotard on the verge of the grave, but a hale and hearty old man, with...
...selections of the Glee Club were rather too heavy, in our opinion; but their performance was creditable, especially in the renderings of Ab's "May Night" and Schumann's "Dreamy Lake...
...great use to us in public assemblies, when we are older. This is the lowest kind of debate, and has always been most indulged in by the most vulgar politicians. "A. C." would probably extol the ready wit of a celebrated demagogue on a certain trying occasion. One night, during a political campaign, he was addressing a disorderly crowd in a New York square, and, being unpopular with many of his hearers, he was frequently assailed by flying fruit and vegetables; stretching forth his hand, he caught an apple thus thrown, and, taking his knife from his pocket, proceeded with...