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Macauley's- Buffalo Bill.

"Buffalo Bill," the "renowned Indian fighter.
Government scout and Western hero of the plains,"
the idol of every dime-novel-reader's heart, appeared
at Macauley's last night before a very large audience,
the gallery being top-heavy with the yellow-
back novel fraternity. The mere shake of an over-
crown pistol in the hands of the scout or the utter of
the mazie words, "I am 'Buffalo Bill,' " made every
small boy and ragamuffin bewail his lost opportunities
and vow that he "would give anything" to be
such a hero. Mr. Cody is certainly a handsome
fellow and makes a striking figure on the stage. He
shoots marvellously well, but is a much better "Indian
beater, Government scout and Western hero of
the prairie" than he is an actor; but it seems to be of
more pecuniary worth to be an Indian fighter than
to be an actor and so he rides his white horse, shakes
his long, black curls, twirls his bread-brimmed hat,
looks handsome and takes in the money and is
happy. He is not required to do any acting, and so
the strain upon his physique is infinitesimally small.
The play in which he appeared, "The Prairie
Waif," is simply a ten-cent novel
put upon the stage, and its various
situations were liberally applauded and fearfully saluted
with whistling. It has nothing in it to recommend
it to an intelligent amusement patron, the
language being very silly and the play having nothing
of the idyillc charachter of "Davy Crockett" in
it. But it seems almost an idle task to say anything
adversely to it, as those who enjoy such a piece are
goodly in numbers and nothing can keep them away.
Harry Clifton as Jim Hardie, a Danite, did some
fairly good acting; and Jule Kenne as Hans, Miss
Lizzie Fletcher as Onita and Miss Connie Thompson
as Sadie were acceptable. To-night "Buffalo Bill"
will give his last performance.