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UNION HALL! One Night Only! MONDAY, MARCH 2, '74.
THE SCOUTS
ON THE TRAIL!
ASTOUNDING ATTRACTIONS!
The Originals! Living Heroes!
Links between Civilization and Savagery.
BUFFALO BILL, HON. W. F. CODY. TEXAS JACK, J. B. ORNHUNDRO. WILD BILL, J. B. HICKOK.
Will appear on the above named evening in their NEW EMOTIONAL PLAY, entitled
THE SCOUTS,
Supported by a full and powerful DRAMATIC COMPANY, and the Peerless Danseuse and Pantomimic Actress,
M'lle Morlacchi,
Including the Popular Actor, FRANK MORDAUNT.
Reserved seats for sale at Johu Gilmour's commencing Friday morning, Feb 27th.
Prices as usual. HARRY MINER. feb26d4t Business Manager.
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UNION HALL - THE SCOUTS AND MORLACCHI. - The advent of the Scouts, with the genuine heroes in person, Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, Wild Bill, the world-famed danseuse, Morlacchi, the able Mordaunt, and a superior dramatic company, is an event in the amusement season that we chronicle with pleasure, being assured through the medium of our exchanges, of the extreme gratification afforded the lovers of sensation, fun and novelty by this grand combination.
The men are the veritable heroes, as can be attested by many of our citizens, notably the Greens of Amsterdam, who in their hunting visits to the West have repeatedly been under their protection and guidance. Morlacchi is the danseuse, styled by the Boston Press "The Peerless." The drama is new and the company strong, and we have no doubt they will have a good house.
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THE SCOUTS- This evening the "Scouts of the Plains" troupe, including Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, Texas Jack and the peerless Morlacchi will appear at Union Hall. That the entertainment will be worthy of patronage we are assured by those who have witnessed the performance in other cities. We have already given sketches of history in the life of the "scouts," and we find the following in regard to M'lle Morlacchi and the company in the Albany Evening times of Saturday:
"The scouts" were greeted with a very large house last evening and their performance met with great favor. It is really of a better character than the general impression gives it credit for.–The farce with which the entertainment opens is an unusually good one, serving especially to show the somewhat remarkable talents of M'lle Morlacchi. This lady, if we remember correctly, floated to this country in the great inundation of ballet dancers which followed the astounding success of the "Black Crook," and its successor the "White Fawn." She appeared in New York, but her great success was in prim, proper, puritanical Boston. She took the modern Athenians by storm, and the writer remembers seeing on one occasion the packed audience of the Theatre Comique, standing on their feet and throwing their hats in the air in a passion of enthusiasm over the wonderful pas and poses of the beautiful danseuse. Then she retired from the stage, bought a farm in Bilerica, a town near Boston, and turned practical granger, and the story is told of a New York manager coming to secure her for an engagement and finding the queen of the footlights in the field digging potatoes. Then we heard of her with Ned Buntline's party, and later of her marriage to "Texas Jack." And now we find her developed into a sparkling commedienne, singing, acting and talking English with a pleasing accent, which captivates alike the parquette and the gallery. But the farce in the estimation of the boys is only a "talking" piece as we heard one of their say last night. It is the "Scouts of the Plains" that is the great attraction. Abounding in incongruities; gun powder and Indians, there is still a great deal of fun and interest in the play, and it is not more improbable than half the stuff that holds the stage at the present time. "The Scouts" show signs of improvement as actors and Mr. Cody especially has improved both in elocution and gesture. The company which supports them is an unusually good one, including Mr. Frank Mordaunt, an actor of much merit. The last performance will take place this evening.
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THE SCOUTS. - Union Hall entertained the largest audience last evening that has been within its walls since the grand opening of the hall three years ago. The play is an entirely new one, and contains many points of interest, while in continuity of plot and sensational tableaux is the best we ever saw of its class. The scouts played their parts well, and were ably supported by M'lle Morlacchi, Frank Mordaunt and the entire company.
A SCHENECTADY LIVERYMAN HOUSE WHIPPED BY "BUFFALO BILL."-- John H. Bame, the O. K. liveryman, was horsewhipped yesterday by "Buffalo Bill," one of the scouts of the plains. The particulars of the affair, as near as we can ascertain, are as follows: Buffalo Bill called at Bame's stables yesterday, and introduced himself to the O. K. stableman. The scout had heard of the man of many horses, and wanted to have a big talk with him. John, who knows how to use a friend, trotted out one of his best rigs, and took the scouts out for a drive. After their return from the drive, Buffalo Bill stepped into Dorn's harness emporium and purchased a horse-whip, which he carried to Sander's jewelry store and had the following inscription placed on it: "Presented to John H. Bame by J. F. Cody, 'Buffalo Bill,' Schenectady, March 2d, 1874." John feels as proud of that whip as a boy with his first pair of boots.
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AMUSEMENTS.
OPERA HOUSE. - The performance at the Opera House yesterday evening was unique in character. The first piece was the very amusing farce of "Thrice Married" in which M'lle Morlacchi danced a Spanish Bolero and a sailor's hornpipe, and sang an aria with marked success. But the piece of the evening - "The Scouts of the Plains" - was a wonderful triumph. To be sure "Wild Bill" did not show up at all, but Bison William and Lone-Star-John, otherwise known as "Buffalo Bill" and "Texas Jack", were there, and the crowded gallery was fairly rampant with enthusiasm when the stage (at least once in each act) was strewn with Indian dead and the air heavy with sulphurous smoke. The play is one sure to please the class to which it appeals for support. The second performance will be given to-night.