| Page 20The Poet Scout's Poem.
San Francisco, September 20.-The following is one of the poems to be read at the Belmont Banquet. It is novel in its way, and was written by the famous Poet Scout, whose name is John Wallace Crawford. The author kindly furnishes it to the GLOBE-DEMOCRAT correspondent in advance. It will be read with a number of others.
Dear Gineril, I ain't no great scollar,
An' I never done nothin' to brag,
'Cept this, I war one of the outfit
As fought for the star-spangled flag.
An' to-day while yer toasted by schollars,
And by big bugs as made a great noise,
Why I thought it the squar' thing to write yer,
An' chip in a word for yer boys,
Cos' ye'r see we ain't got the collateral,
Nor the larnin' to dish it up right;
But ye'l find, should thar be any trouble,
Our boys are still ready ter fight.
As for you, if they didn't correll yer,
You'd shake comrade's hands that yer seed,
And that's why I wanted ter tell yer
We'll just take the will for the deed.
But yer back, an' the men of all nations
Were proud ter do honor ter you.
And I reckon, Ulysses, yer told 'em
Ye wer proud of yer comrades in blue,
For you, we are sure, of all others,
Remembered our boys in the ranks.
Who follared ye inter the battle
And gallantly guarded the flanks.
So, welcome, a thousand times welcome!
Our land is ablaze with delight,
Our people give thanks for yer safety,
Yer comrades are happy to-night.
We know yer are wearied and tuckered,
But seein' as yer a new-comer,
You'll grant us one glance on this line, if
In reading it takes yer all summer.
Howard Athenæum- "Buffalo Bill."
Before a packed auditorium Buffalo Bill began an engagement of a week at the Howard Athenæum last evening in his drama, "The Knight of the Plains." During the entertainment, Mr. Cody gives an exhibition of his remarkable skill with the rifle, and the Indians in his party give hightly realistic presentments of incidents in their every-day life on the plains and in the hills. As previously stated, Mr. Cody and his company remain through the current week, and a large advance sale has already begun.
Buffalo Bill was the feature at the HOWARD ATHENÆUM, in "The Knight of the Plains." He was assisted by a number of real Indians, whose performances, for prudential reasons, chiefly connected with a belief in the utility of scalps, we shall refrain from criticizing.
Howard Athenæum-"Buffalo Bill."
Before a packed auditorium Buffalo Bill began an engagement of a week at the Howard Athenæum last evening in his drama, "The Knight of the Plains." During the entertainment, Mr. Cody gives an exhibition of his remarkable skill with the rifle, and the Indians in his party give highly realistic presentments of incidents in their every-day life on the plains and in the hills. As previously stated, Mr. Cody and his company remain through the current week, and a large advance sale has already begun.
Howard Athenæum.
The favorite Howard had a prosperous week, and also a genuine sensation. This was the appearance of the famous Buffalo Bill and his Combination, in the drama of "Knights of the Plains." In it William enacts four different characters, and in his own peculiar, original and characteristic manner. His support was most excellent, and among the lively features of the entertainment was the presence of several real Indians from the wild regions of the West. The performance attracted large audiences and was one of unquestionable merit.
On Monday evening, W. F. Cody and his Indians opened the Windsor, formerly the Stadt Theatre, to an immense house. The play, Knight of the Plains, was well received. It is of the old-time melodramatic order. The author has introduced a tribe of Indians, who dance wildly about the stage, an Irishman, a Jew, a negro, and, of course, the traditional villain-who, by the way, is a very bad actor. Contrary to the usual custom in Buffalo Bill's plays, there were no Indians slain. There was but one shot fired, and that killed the villain at the end of the play. The performance was not a particularly luminous affair. Mr. Cody's engagement is for two weeks.
CODY, Wm. F.-Or as he is more familiarly known "Buffalo Bill," has been playing to enormous business all over the country, and his Boston engagement is undoubtedly a "boom."
On Monday evening, W. F. Cody and his Indians opened the Windsor, formerly the Stadt Theatre, to an imense house. The play, Knight of the Plains, was well received. It is of the old-time melodramatic order. The author has introduced a tribe of Indians, who dance wildly about the stage, an Irishman, a Jew, a negro, and, of course, the traditional villain-who, by the way, is a very bad actor. Contrary to the usual custom in Buffalo Bill's plays, there were no Indians slain. There was but one shot fired, and that killed the villain at the end of the play. The performance was not a particularly luminous affair. Mr. Cody's engagement is for two weeks.
Konzerte, Theater und BereinsRotizen.
Buffalo Bill.-Um nächsten Dienstag, den 28. Oktober, hat das hiesige Publikum das Vergnügen, einen Mann zu sehen, welcher sehr viel Uehnlichseit mit dem italienischen Banditen Giacomo, dem Original von Auber's "Fra Diavolo," hat. Es ist dies der Ehrbare (hon.) W. F. Cody, welcher als "Buffalo Bill" in dem für ihn geschriebetten amerikanischen Charakterstüd "May Cody, oder Verloren und Gewonnen" austreten wird. Seine Charakterisirung des amerikanischen Grenzwächterleben ist originell, seine Gestalt und Bewegungen sind imposant, gewinnend und elegant und als Schüsse ist er unübertresslich. Die ihn begleitend Truppe besteht aur lauter echten Indianern.
Unsere Leser haben wahrscheinlich schon alle von "Buffalo Bill" gehört, und müchten wir denjenigen, welche ihn nocht nicht gesehen haben, rathen, seine Vorstellungen am nächsten Diensrag zu besuchen.
Ogden, Josh.-He was Watch-ed and Chain-ed in New Orleans by Buffalo Bill.
BUFFALO BILL AND HIS AUDIENCE.
As a young gentleman of tender years, and countenance very much tougher than his raiment, was coming out of the Comstock last night he exclaimed to another young gentleman, who was his counterpart. "I tell you, Cully, Buffalo Bill's a daisy. I'd bum my chuck for a month to see him again." The criticism thus expressed in the vernacular being translated freely meant, that the Hon. William Cody was an ideal actor, worth making some sacrifice to see. The opinion was that entertained by nine-tenths of the immense audience; and it was an immense gathering. It was most likely as large an audience as the building ever held. The orchestra was crowded, the dress circle was packed, the lobby was thronged, ladies stood on the window sills. men covered the stairs leading to the gallery and the gallery itself was a dense mass of humanity. Each box had a large party, too. When the farce was over and the play proper began the vast mass of people were agog for the first sensational incident, and when Buffalo Bill's magnificent proportions clad in long black coat. gray pants and extensive hat, dashed between the lively heroine in tears and the base rogue who would have abducted her, the enthusiasm was tremendous.
"Hit him ! Bill," yelled a gallery boy.
"Knock him down, Bill" yelled another.
"Scalp him, Bill," suggested a third.
The curtain had to be rolled up on the tableau and held up while the crowd vented their admiration on the tall hero with the sobbing heroine folded to his broad breast and one scornful finger presented at the cowering rogue near the proscenium box.
So the play ran. Buffalo Bill in good luck was the object of glorious enthusiasm. Buffalo Bill in bad luck was the subject of sorrowful contemplation. Buffalo Bill was the source of all the emotions. The drama ran on replete with incidents the most appreciable of which, to a large number was his magnificent marksmanship in the camp scene. As a whole it was enjoyable to the audience. They went to see the man who had been the hero of many a hunt and scout, and the tale of whose perils was as long as his hair. They wanted to look on the Buffalo Bill who had wrenched scalps off real Indians. admire his proportions and realize from the mimic what the actual was like. If they weren't satisfied it was their own fault.
Comstock's Opera House.
Buffalo Bill-Hon. W. F. Cody and his excellent combinatien have the credit of drawing the largest house of the season in this city. Comstock's Opera House was literally packed last night. All the standing room was even taken in the gallery and in the auditorium. The boxes also were filled. It was an immense house and an immense performance. Mr. Cody is still the great impersonator of the scout, hunter and marksman, a true character of a Western hero. He is well supported and it is impossible to speak in detai of the excellent parts of the different members of the combination. The Indians are a curiosity and bring out more vividly the scenes and adventures of Western life, but they are no artists as actors on the stage. The play of May Cody deals with the Mormon Danites and the Mountain Meadow massacre, as wel as other frontier events, and it takes with the masses in a most remarkable way. The audience was wild with enthusiasm over the presentation of these scenes with all the blood and thunder that could be put into a stage exercise. Mr. Cody is both an actor and a marksman of great parts. Miss Denier is excellent and Chas. Wilson, as Darby McCune, creates rounds of laughter. It is altogether a show for the period.
| Page 20The Poet Scout's Poem.
San Francisco, September 20.-The following is one of the poems to be read at the Belmont Banquet. It is novel in its way, and was written by the famous Poet Scout, whose name is John Wallace Crawford. The author kindly furnishes it to the GLOBE-DEMOCRAT correspondent in advance. It will be read with a number of others.
Dear Gineril, I ain't no great scollar,
An' I never done nothin' to brag,
'Cept this, I war one of the outfit
As fought for the star-spangled flag.
An' to-day while yer toasted by schollars,
And by big bugs as made a great noise,
Why I thought it the squar' thing to write yer,
An' chip in a word for yer boys,
Cos' ye'r see we ain't got the collateral,
Nor the larnin' to dish it up right;
But ye'l find, should thar be any trouble,
Our boys are still ready ter fight.
As for you, if they didn't correll yer,
You'd shake comrade's hands that yer seed,
And that's why I wanted ter tell yer
We'll just take the will for the deed.
But yer back, an' the men of all nations
Were proud ter do honor ter you.
And I reckon, Ulysses, yer told 'em
Ye wer proud of yer comrades in blue,
For you, we are sure, of all others,
Remembered our boys in the ranks.
Who follared ye inter the battle
And gallantly guarded the flanks.
So, welcome, a thousand times welcome!
Our land is ablaze with delight,
Our people give thanks for yer safety,
Yer comrades are happy to-night.
We know yer are wearied and tuckered,
But seein' as yer a new-comer,
You'll grant us one glance on this line, if
In reading it takes yer all summer.
Howard Athenæum- "Buffalo Bill."
Before a packed auditorium Buffalo Bill began an engagement of a week at the Howard Athenæum last evening in his drama, "The Knight of the Plains." During the entertainment, Mr. Cody gives an exhibition of his remarkable skill with the rifle, and the Indians in his party give hightly realistic presentments of incidents in their every-day life on the plains and in the hills. As previously stated, Mr. Cody and his company remain through the current week, and a large advance sale has already begun.
Buffalo Bill was the feature at the HOWARD ATHENÆUM, in "The Knight of the Plains." He was assisted by a number of real Indians, whose performances, for prudential reasons, chiefly connected with a belief in the utility of scalps, we shall refrain from criticizing.
Howard Athenæum-"Buffalo Bill."
Before a packed auditorium Buffalo Bill began an engagement of a week at the Howard Athenæum last evening in his drama, "The Knight of the Plains." During the entertainment, Mr. Cody gives an exhibition of his remarkable skill with the rifle, and the Indians in his party give highly realistic presentments of incidents in their every-day life on the plains and in the hills. As previously stated, Mr. Cody and his company remain through the current week, and a large advance sale has already begun.
Howard Athenæum.
The favorite Howard had a prosperous week, and also a genuine sensation. This was the appearance of the famous Buffalo Bill and his Combination, in the drama of "Knights of the Plains." In it William enacts four different characters, and in his own peculiar, original and characteristic manner. His support was most excellent, and among the lively features of the entertainment was the presence of several real Indians from the wild regions of the West. The performance attracted large audiences and was one of unquestionable merit.
On Monday evening, W. F. Cody and his Indians opened the Windsor, formerly the Stadt Theatre, to an immense house. The play, Knight of the Plains, was well received. It is of the old-time melodramatic order. The author has introduced a tribe of Indians, who dance wildly about the stage, an Irishman, a Jew, a negro, and, of course, the traditional villain-who, by the way, is a very bad actor. Contrary to the usual custom in Buffalo Bill's plays, there were no Indians slain. There was but one shot fired, and that killed the villain at the end of the play. The performance was not a particularly luminous affair. Mr. Cody's engagement is for two weeks.
CODY, Wm. F.-Or as he is more familiarly known "Buffalo Bill," has been playing to enormous business all over the country, and his Boston engagement is undoubtedly a "boom."
On Monday evening, W. F. Cody and his Indians opened the Windsor, formerly the Stadt Theatre, to an imense house. The play, Knight of the Plains, was well received. It is of the old-time melodramatic order. The author has introduced a tribe of Indians, who dance wildly about the stage, an Irishman, a Jew, a negro, and, of course, the traditional villain-who, by the way, is a very bad actor. Contrary to the usual custom in Buffalo Bill's plays, there were no Indians slain. There was but one shot fired, and that killed the villain at the end of the play. The performance was not a particularly luminous affair. Mr. Cody's engagement is for two weeks.
Konzerte, Theater und BereinsRotizen.
Buffalo Bill.-Um nächsten Dienstag, den 28. Oktober, hat das hiesige Publikum das Vergnügen, einen Mann zu sehen, welcher sehr viel Uehnlichseit mit dem italienischen Banditen Giacomo, dem Original von Auber's "Fra Diavolo," hat. Es ist dies der Ehrbare (hon.) W. F. Cody, welcher als "Buffalo Bill" in dem für ihn geschriebetten amerikanischen Charakterstüd "May Cody, oder Verloren und Gewonnen" austreten wird. Seine Charakterisirung des amerikanischen Grenzwächterleben ist originell, seine Gestalt und Bewegungen sind imposant, gewinnend und elegant und als Schüsse ist er unübertresslich. Die ihn begleitend Truppe besteht aur lauter echten Indianern.
Unsere Leser haben wahrscheinlich schon alle von "Buffalo Bill" gehört, und müchten wir denjenigen, welche ihn nocht nicht gesehen haben, rathen, seine Vorstellungen am nächsten Diensrag zu besuchen.
Ogden, Josh.-He was Watch-ed and Chain-ed in New Orleans by Buffalo Bill.
BUFFALO BILL AND HIS AUDIENCE.
As a young gentleman of tender years, and countenance very much tougher than his raiment, was coming out of the Comstock last night he exclaimed to another young gentleman, who was his counterpart. "I tell you, Cully, Buffalo Bill's a daisy. I'd bum my chuck for a month to see him again." The criticism thus expressed in the vernacular being translated freely meant, that the Hon. William Cody was an ideal actor, worth making some sacrifice to see. The opinion was that entertained by nine-tenths of the immense audience; and it was an immense gathering. It was most likely as large an audience as the building ever held. The orchestra was crowded, the dress circle was packed, the lobby was thronged, ladies stood on the window sills. men covered the stairs leading to the gallery and the gallery itself was a dense mass of humanity. Each box had a large party, too. When the farce was over and the play proper began the vast mass of people were agog for the first sensational incident, and when Buffalo Bill's magnificent proportions clad in long black coat. gray pants and extensive hat, dashed between the lively heroine in tears and the base rogue who would have abducted her, the enthusiasm was tremendous.
"Hit him ! Bill," yelled a gallery boy.
"Knock him down, Bill" yelled another.
"Scalp him, Bill," suggested a third.
The curtain had to be rolled up on the tableau and held up while the crowd vented their admiration on the tall hero with the sobbing heroine folded to his broad breast and one scornful finger presented at the cowering rogue near the proscenium box.
So the play ran. Buffalo Bill in good luck was the object of glorious enthusiasm. Buffalo Bill in bad luck was the subject of sorrowful contemplation. Buffalo Bill was the source of all the emotions. The drama ran on replete with incidents the most appreciable of which, to a large number was his magnificent marksmanship in the camp scene. As a whole it was enjoyable to the audience. They went to see the man who had been the hero of many a hunt and scout, and the tale of whose perils was as long as his hair. They wanted to look on the Buffalo Bill who had wrenched scalps off real Indians. admire his proportions and realize from the mimic what the actual was like. If they weren't satisfied it was their own fault.
Comstock's Opera House.
Buffalo Bill-Hon. W. F. Cody and his excellent combinatien have the credit of drawing the largest house of the season in this city. Comstock's Opera House was literally packed last night. All the standing room was even taken in the gallery and in the auditorium. The boxes also were filled. It was an immense house and an immense performance. Mr. Cody is still the great impersonator of the scout, hunter and marksman, a true character of a Western hero. He is well supported and it is impossible to speak in detai of the excellent parts of the different members of the combination. The Indians are a curiosity and bring out more vividly the scenes and adventures of Western life, but they are no artists as actors on the stage. The play of May Cody deals with the Mormon Danites and the Mountain Meadow massacre, as wel as other frontier events, and it takes with the masses in a most remarkable way. The audience was wild with enthusiasm over the presentation of these scenes with all the blood and thunder that could be put into a stage exercise. Mr. Cody is both an actor and a marksman of great parts. Miss Denier is excellent and Chas. Wilson, as Darby McCune, creates rounds of laughter. It is altogether a show for the period.
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