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Corinthian Academy of Music.
Three Night and Saturday Matinee, Commencing April 22d.
NEW DRAMA! NEW COMPANY.
Eighth Annual Tour of the Great Scout
HON. W. F. CODY.
BUFFALO BILL!
And his MONSTER COMBINATION.
Including his Military Brass Band and Orchestra, also a Band of Genuine Indian Chiefs. EDDIE BURGRESS. Boy Chief of the Pawnees.
First time in this city of Col. Ingraham's new Melo-Drama, in 4 acts, written expressely for Buffalo Bill, entitled
BUFFALO BILL AT BAY!
OR, THE
PEARL OF THE PRAIRIE.
During the Drama, BUFFALO BILL will exhibit his MARVELOUS RIFLE SHOOTING.
Look out for the Street Parade by the Indians on horse-back, headed by Buffalo Bill's Military Band, on the above date.
Scale of Prices: Admission 25c, 35c, 50c; Reserved Seats, 75c; Matinee, 50c and 25c. Seats secured at Box Office. Doors open at 7:15; Curtain rises at 8.
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BUFFALO BILL AT BAY.
Not only was the gallery at the Corinthian academy of music crowded densely last night, but nearly all the seats below were occupied by an audience as enthusiastic as even the wild Indians could desire. "Buffalo Bill" was given a cordial reception, and the applause his every appearance elicited was bestowed with unstinted generosity, if not always with discrimination. Mr. Cody's new play "Buffalo Bill at Bay," is much better than anything he has given the public heretofore, and while the author will hardly claim for it high dramatic excellence, it seems to introduce a variety of western characters, as a background for the great scout, and preserves a connected story, which gives the hero an opportunity to perform his many feats with a fair degree of consistency. Mr. Cody [shows?] a marked improvement in his acting, and when disguised as Denver Dick, is surprisingly good. In the third act he gives an exhibition of fancy chooting with the rifle which is rather startling in its nature, and whatever else may be said, the interest of the audience is never allowed to flag. Mr. Cody is given an excellent support by Miss [Denior?], Miss Nellie Jones, Mr. [Loudon?], Mr. Willard and the others, and the performance is one that merits all the popularity it has won. The orchestra is exceptionally good, by no means an unimportant matter, and the entertainment is one that will undoubtedly draw full houses for the remainder of the engagement.
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A Woman's Opinions.
BUFFALO BILL was greeted by a large and very select audience,-that is to say it was selected from every class of people to be found in the city and there were more of some classes than of others. There is nothing immoral in the tendency of the play, which cannot be said of the many opera bouffe troupes that our most refined ladies do not hesitate to patronize. If any lady wishes to behold one of the most perfect and handsome specimens of manhood in existence she will have to go and see Wm. F. Cody. Tall, straight, well-knit, supple and commanding, he adds to a [complexion?] fair as a woman's, the dark eyes, hair [and?] mustache of a man. With each [annual?] appearance one notices an improvement in grace and refinement of manner. As he enters upon the stage in dress suit and kid gloves, he is the last person you would select as the brave, daring, dauntless Indian scout but, as the play progresses and his skill, markmanship and strength become apparent, we no longer wonder at his famous reputation. The play is poor in plot and weak in dramatic effect. The performance of the Indians is disgusting and yet not without a weird attraction as a representation of a custom that will soon pass away forever. Judging from these specimens of tame Indians one does not wonder that on the frontier they are universally named "the red devils."
We can hardly endorse the dramatic critic of the Express in his enthusiastic admiration of the trick mule "Jerry" but, as he is probably the more experienced judge, we defer to his opinion.
There could hardly be a wider distinction between two plays than that of Buffalo Bill and
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BUFFALO BILL AT BAY. Not only was the gallery at the Corinthian academy of music crowded densely last night, but nearly all the seats below were occupied by an audience as enthusiastic as even the wild Indians could desire. "Buffalo Bill" was given a cordial reception, and the applause his every appearance elicited was bestowed with unstinted generosity, if not always with disorimination. Mr. Cody's new play "Buffalo Bill at Bay," is much better than anything he has given the public hertofore, and while the author will hardly claim for it high dramatic excellence, it seems to introduce a variety of western characters, as a background for the great scout, and preserves a connected story, which gives the hero an opportunity to perform his many feats with a fair degree of consistency. Mr. Cody shows a marked improvement in his acting, and when disgused as Denver Dick, is surprisingly good. In the third act he gives an exhibition of fancy chooting with the rifle which is rather startling in its nature, and whatever else may be said, the interest of the audience is never allowed to flag. Mr. Cody is given an excellent support by Miss Denier, Miss Nellie Jones, Mr. Loudon, Mr. Willard and the others, and the performance is one that merits all the popularity it has won. The orchestra is excpetionally good, by no means an unimportant matter, and the entertainment is one that will undoubtedly draw full houses for the remainder of the engagement.
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BUFFALO BILL
He Disourses to a Democrat Reporter of Indians,
And Given his Opinion of how yo Vexed Ques tion Might Readily and Simply be Solved .
"That's my purse, my pockrt book, said Buffalo Bill to an attache of the DEMOCRAT Hotel, referring to a good sized russet leathersatchel which the re porter had endeavored to push out og the way to make room for his hat on the desk. The bag seemed a part of the desk. It was weighty with silver, part of the $1,240 receipts at the Comstock the night before. When the scouts and the reporter had sat down vis-a-vis and the famous frontiersman had been con gratulated on his pecuniary success as an actor, the writer took the liberty of indulging in a critical look at him. Tall, straight as a straight line, with magnificent breadth of chest, small hands evidently of great power, a re markably handsome though almost girlish face, hair of which a woman might be proud, and a soft melodious voice, it would be much easier to accept him as aesthetic model of a border hero than as the veritable man whom General Sheridan credits with having done more perilous services and killed more Indians than any other of the nu merous hunters, scouts, and Indian fighters on the plains. Looking into his face one can find no feature that betrays even a reckless disposition. The out lines are all delicate, and speak rather of a gentle character ; and the gentleness crops out in his conversation, though rather in a queer way. " I never sighted my rifle or drew my knife on an Indian but I left almost sorry for it, and I never did it when I could help it, " he said, in speaking of his reputation for having been the cause of many a savage death shriek. Still there was a calm expres sion in face and eye that seemed to indi cate a tremendous amount of determina tion below the surface. Having been led to talk of Indians, and of them especially with refernce to their physical prowess and endurance, Buffalo Bill said: " An Indians neither as large nor as strong as the white man of the West; but he is full of courage, and his vitality is wonderful. He can't lift as much as a white man, but he is fearfully quick with his weapons and without weapons ; if you fight him he'll stay with you all summer. The strongest of them are the Northern Indains---- the Crows, Sioux and Oheyennes. When you get into trouble with one of these hostiles, the only means of pearsonal safety is in kill ing him at once. But as to the manage ment of the Indians there is first one thing to be considered. That is, that when you promise him anything you must keep your word ; break it, and the troble commences at once. Then again, you can't drive the Indian. You can educate him ; force him you cannot. How to manage him is a prob lem. If the army takes him they are too quick enough. Treat him honesty guide him firmly and the trouble would end by their all becoming farmers and stock raisers." After pausing a moment to answer the questions of his business agent, Mr. Cody continued