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The Prairie Waif.

The Buffalo Bill combination played last
evening before a full house, which is
usually the case since as it has been
truly said this attraction draws like a
circus. There were noticeably fewer of
those sanguinary scenes which formed the
strong points in Buffalo Bill's first entertainment
and the "Prairie Waif" was construed
with some idea of the eternal fitness
of things. Mr. Cody's feats of marksmanship
earned merited applause and his
assumption of three Western characters
showed him in a better dramatic light than
ever before. The piece is filled with exciting
incidents, properly relieved with
love passages and humerous by-play and
the audience certainly showed a keen
sense of appreciation. The introduction
of a band of Cheyenne Indians added to
the strong Western flavor of the drama
and proved an acceptable novelty. To admirers
of frontier life, viewed at a safe
distance, the play met with the heartiest
approval.