150

Amusements.

THE SCOUTS OF THE PLAINS.

As was confidently anticipated, a large and very enthusiastic audience greeted the appearance of the "Scouts of the Plains" last evening. The entertainment opened with the comedy "Thrice Married,' which was well carried through, and the gem of which was Morlacchi's dancing. The "Peerless" has certainly few rivals in the ballet, and she was repeatedly called back by her admiring audience. But it was when the curtain was rung up on the "Border drama" that the audience went wild. Sensational the play is, certainly; a plot laid in the thrilling scenes of border life could not well be otherwise. The marvelous celerity with which the "favorites" handled rifles and revolvers extorted unbounded applause from "the boys" (irrespective of age) and after the curtain fell on one very thrilling scene, "Buffalo Bill" and "Texas Jack" were called out, and if it had been later in the season they would have been smothered in boquets, no doubt. The Indian fighting excited the audience to the most intense enthusiasm. When "Texas Jack," tied to the death stake, cooly defied his tormentors, laughing as his "pard," Buffalo Bill from his hiding place shot down in turn each brave who attempted to fire the pile of faggots around Jack's feet, when the prisoner tauntingly told Santana the Camanche chief he'd better try his hand, and then as the redskin dropped from Bill's unerring rifle, how the gallery thundered and the pit and dress circle took up the savage whoops. All the boys yelled and shrieked. One man, a very handsome fellow named Tuttle, came all the way from Chicago to see the Scouts, and howled and whooped at this point until he was scarlet clear to his ears. There is no necessity for concealing the fact, every body who went enjoyed the show immensely and will take it in again to-night. It is not all sensation and tragedy. There is plenty of comedy in it, the peace commissioner and Nicholas furnished plenty of fun. The ladies are all pretty and good artistes, and of course were a great attraction to the drama. Go tonight and "take in" the Scouts. They are going snipe hunting to-day with some of our local sportsmen, but will be back in time to give the boys a good show to-night.