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Buffalo Bill at Whitney's.
There was an abundance of red fire howling Indian's, gory scalping knives and gunpowder smoke at Whitney's opera house last evening; and the way that Buffalo Bill (Hon. Wm. T. Cody) slaughtered the red devils and protected helples innocence was enough to carry the average dime novel reader into the seventh heaven of delirious ecstacy. It is fair to say that Mr. Cody has a good company this season, and presents his drama, "The Prairie Waif," in excellent style for those who like that kind of a drama. A Comical Dutchman and a diminutive jackass provoke a great deal of laughter and Buffalo Bill's fancy rifle shooting is warmly applauded. Miss Lizzie Fletcher makes a very acceptable Onita; C. Wilson Charles does himself credit as Captain Russell, a rollicking Irishman, and Jule Keen and Miss Carrie Thompson as Hans and Sadie played their parts and sang their songs acceptably. There was also a war dance by a number of genuine Cheyenne Indians, and everybody in the large audience went away perfectly satisfied with the entertainment. "The Prairie Waif" will be repeated this evening.
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE
A. PITOU.......................Manager.
Friday and Saturday Evenings and Saturday Matinee,
OCTOBER 22nd AND 23rd,
THE HERO OF THE PLAINS,
BUFFALO BILL
(HON. W.F. CODY)
Suppoted by a a band of Cheyenne Indians and
FULL DRAMATIC COMPANY,
IN HIS NEW DRAMA,
THE PRAIRIE WAIF.
Prices as usual.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
A. PITOU.......................MANAGER
Three Nights and Wednesday Matinee, COmmenceing Monday, Oct. 25th.
The Distinguished Tragedian
LAWRENCE BARRETT,
supported by a powerful dramatic company,
Monday - Richelieu.
Tuesday - Merchant of Venice and David Garrick.
Wednesday - Othello.
Wednesday Matinee - Marble Heart.
Prices 25[American cent], 50[American cent], 75[American cent] and $1.
Box sheet now open.
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At the Grand Opera House last night the "Prairie Waif," a drama written by John A. Stevens, the author of "Unknown," was presented. As its name implies, the play deas with life on the great land-seas, and is of necessity full of stirring movement, which the author has relieved by the introduction of humour and pathos. The plot is the capture of a prairie flower by the Indians, her rescue and her love's young dream. Mr. Cody plays the leading character with ability, his capacity for giving expression to force and tenderness being marked. Miss Fletcher's Onita is characterized by considerable emotional power. The caste is equal to the demands of the drama. One usually associates border-drama with knives and pistols; but that the association may be erroneous any one can discover who attends either the matinee or evening performance to-day.
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC
MONDAY Oct. 25th.
A New and powerful Drama. The renowned Government Scout and Guide,
BUFFALO BILL!
A Troup of Cheyene Indian Chiefs.
A SUPURB BAND AND ORCHESTRA, and a STAR DRAMATIC COMPANY, making it the largest COMBINATION Traveling this season, embracing as it does 25 First-Class Artists, who will appear in BUFFALO BILL'S new Drama by JOHN A. STEVENS, author of the Unknown, entitled,
PRAIRIE WAIF
A STORY OF THE FAR WEST
In act 4th a Genuine Band of Cheyene Indian Chiefs will appear in their Scalp and War Dances, assisted by C.A. Burgess, Indian Interpreter.
Mr. Cody, "BUFFALO BILL," will give an exhibition of Fancy Rifle Shooting.
Upon the arrival of the company in town look out for the Grand Street Parade by the Indians on horseback headed by Buffalo Bill's Serenade Band. Popular prices of admission. Reserved seats 75 Cents
To be had at Box Office.
WM. F. CODY, Prop. & Manager,
JOSH E. OGDEN, Business Manager.
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BUFFALO BILL.-Hon. Bill Cody's Company of ladies, gentlemen, Indians and Jackass filled the Academy of Music last evening, with a highly appreiative, much crowded, intensely boisterous, and highly demonstrative audience. The gallery was full to overflowing. Boys were piled upon boys in every available seat. Boys sat in a row around the [word?], and dangled their legs in mid air. Boys perched upon the cornice and rubbed their heads against the roof. And all these boys yelled, and whistled, and cheered and applauded almost continuously during the entire performance. The "Prairie Waif" is Onita, a white girl stolen from her father, General Brown, by the Indians and rescued by Buffalo Bill form the persecution of the Mormon Danites, who subsequently became possessed of her. The story is pretty well put together by John A. Stevens, the author of "Unknown," was written expressly for Mr. Cody, and embraces a number of startling incidents in the border life of the celebrated scout. Nobody will accuse Cody of being a first class actor, but the brave and handsome scout, whom Ned Buntline's pen long since made famous, has improved wonderfully in his stage business, and the performance as a whole was quite satisfactory as the most intense admirer of the dime novel could possibly wish it to be. His love scene in the second act was decidedly well wrought up, and his marksmanship created unbounded applause. Lizzie Fletcher is a pretty and graceful little actress, and in the first two acts was very pleasing; but she rather tore a passion to tatters in the third act. Miss Thompson was extremely lively and evidently enjoyed the performance as well as did any of the audience. Jule Keen, as Hans, was very funny, and the trained ass did his full share towards the success of the play. The band of Indians whooped, and tom-tomed, and war-danced, and yelled, and performed all sorts of grotesquely ridiculous actions in a highly successful and extremely noisy manner. The play has some very striking sets, is nicely put on, and exhibits an abundance of the properties which smack sufficiently of the prairie and forest to be the genuine thing. The house was the largest of the season, there being $410 in the hall. Six hundred gallery tickets were sold, and 550 people have packed theselves into the gallery. Over a hundred people were turned away from the door.