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BUFFALO BILL AND "PRAIRIE WAIF."

Tomorrow night Buffalo Bill will present
his drama at Coates' Opera house. The Cleveland
Herald says: "The enthusiasm opened
with the rise of the curtain, increased with
each act, and was at white heat at the close.
The audience came to admire and enjoy, and
did both to their hearts' content. Of course
there are a great many theatre-goers to whom
the border drama has no attraction, but those
who take pleasure in that line can find nothing
better than Mr. W. F. Cody and his
"Prairie Waif."

The play is a new one for this season,
and some very pretty scenes. There
is less blood-letting, fewer scalps taken,
and not so many Indian forays as
have occured in pieces of the sort presented
before. The second act contains a love
making scene which "Bill" plays with a
naturalness that suggests great experience in
younger days. His fancy shooting is admirable.
He has a very good support, especially
in Miss Fletcher as Oneta, Mr. Keen as Hans,
and Mr. Charles as Captain Russell. The rest
of the support is good, and the Indians add a
most attractive picture. Cody himself is the
same cool, natural and handsome fellow that
Cleveland has become so well acquainted with
and his play is clean and pretty. It will be
presented to-night and to-morrow night, and
at the Saturday matinee."