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Olympic
Theatre
Clark Street. Opp. Sherman House
Z.W. SPRAGUE, ......... Proprieter and Manager
JAS. BARNES ........... Director of Amusements
Monday, September 13,
Every Night during the Week, and Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
Warning!
Citizens of Chicago, (Bridgeport included), also denizens of the North, South, and West Sides; not down in the last census, we deem it but fair to notify you that the Box Office will be open from 9:30 A.M., in order that you may secure your seats. Avoid the crush, and be in time for the Greatest of all Events. The Evening and Matinee performance of BUFFALO BILL!
(Hon WM. F. Cody,)
And His
Star Combination of 24 Artists
Not mentioning the
CHEYENNE INDIANS CHIEFS
and the Great Trained Donkey JACK CASS!
READ THIS!
From the Kokomo Daily Gall.]
"Talk of CYCLONES, HURRICANES, and TORNADOS;"
Well, they pale to insignificance before the whirlwind of popular enthusiasm, engendered by the Famous Indian-fighter Scout and Military Guide, BUFFALO BILL. Yesterday he came upon [word] in all his Wild, Weird Grandeus and magnificence. To-day he is gone, but the wrecks that strew his pathway are a tribute to his great genius. The audience at the Opera House last night was a seething mass of human beings. Two hours before the curtain rose every inch of room was packed to suffocation, and a howling mob pushed, yelled, and crushed each other for blocks outside the buiding, stopped the horse cars, and all other traffic. The play is one of the best of its kind ever written, and the entertainment, as a whole, is "Bully." BUFFALO BILL'S RIFLE SHOOTING was the admiration of all; while the SCALP DANCE of the Cheyene Indians made our very flesh creep But the JACKASS! "Well, we should smile," and we not only smiled, we laughed, and then doubled ourselves up and yelled. And now we have just come from the Opera House; the sad eyed weary janitor is shovelling up buttons by the bushel, the wreck of last night's laughter; while the entire population of small boys are practicing Scalp Dances and fancy Rifle Shooting The broken down signs, awnings, and empty beer kegs about the vicinity of the building attest the fury of the mob who did not get it. ALLAH ILL ALLAH, Great is BUFFALO BILL, and JOSH OGDEN is his Prophet. Seriously this is no laughing matter, allthe money has gone from pockets of our citizens, and deposited in the bank to thecredit of "BUFFALO WILLIAM." No one can get change for a 10 cent piece to-day. We had foadly hoped, that the "book sale on the next block" would have held our citizens, as of yore. But the dam gave way, and the flood came, and now those who did not see "SWEET WILLIAM," are damning to an extent which bodes no good to the Opera House people. Gentlemen, you must get a MAMMOTH CIRCUS TENT to hold 20,000 people, ere the returns,or we forsee the downfall of your present buildings.

MONDAY, SEPT. 20, ONE WEEK ONLY
DALZIEL,LINGARD BUSLEQUE CO.
OXYGEN!
TAKE NOTICE--We give a MATINEE EVERY SUNDAY AT 2:30
ADMISSION, EVERY EVENING 75, 50, 35 & 25 cts
BOYS UNDER 12 YEARS, 15 CENTS.
TO ALL MATINEES, - 50 and 25 cts.
CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS, 15c.
WABASH PRINT,138-140 Lake Street.

---HOWARD ATHENEUM-- William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, always draws large houses up Boston,and his appearance at the Howard Atheneum last evening was no exception to the general rule, the theatre being packed from pit to dome. The upper galley was filled with youthful admirers of Buffalo Bill, and they were among his most enthusiastic auditors. They followed the thrilling scenes which were being enacted on the stage with all the interest that an excited imagination and longing desire to be a "free trapper," roving over boundless prairies, could generate. The signs of approval were not shown in the galley alone, the really fine acting of Mr. Cody, and his splendid support, bringing out rounds of applause all over the house. "The Prairie Waif' is an exciting drama abounding in fine hits of humor, and full of thrilling adventure. Mr. Cody fills the position of the hero with his accustomed ease and grace, and was several times called before the curtain. Miss Lizzie Fletcher, as Oneta, is both beautiful and at ractive, and was at once made a favorite. Miss Connie Thompson, as Sadie, was all that could be wished. The company supporting Mr. Cody is well adapted to the several parts and by their upity and promptness of action make the piece the success that is has proved. One of the features of the evening was the introduction of a band of genuine Cheyenne Indian chiefs, who gave an exhibition of their former savage life by going through their scalp and war dances, assisted by C. A. Burgess, the Indian interpreter. During the evening, Mr. Cody gave an exhibition of fancy shooting with the rifle.

Buffalo Bill as "Prairie Waif."
To say that Buffalo Bill and his combination played to a packed house would give but a faint idea of the immense throng which greeted them as the Howard Atheneum last evening. The performance commenced with Buffalo Bill's new border drama, taken from scenes in his past life, and written by Mr. John A. Stevens, entitled "The Prairie Waif." Buffalo Bill was supprted by his recently-organized dramtic combination. The story from which the play has been dramatized is familiar to all. The opening act represents the twenty-fifth anniversary of the wedding day of General Brown (Robert Neal), who some years previous had lost his daughter Oneta (Lizzie Fletcher), who, while walking with her purse, was stolen by some concealed men and the nurse killed. The sudden disappearance of the child was a dark mystery to her father. An adventurer, named Jim Hardie (Harry Clifton) a territorial official under Mormon sway, had by a dying confession obtained the secret to the girl's history, and tracked her to the place of concealment. He determined to gain possession ofher person and marry her. To accomplish this, however, he secures the agency of a worthless, drunken fellow named Mark Stanley (R. C. White). He finds the object of his search under the protection of an aged Indian chief, Lone Deer (William Wright), who is on the way with the waif to the fort to seek the protection of the commandant. On the way they are met by Hardie and his confederates, who are about to seize the girl and carry her off, when Buffalo Bill suddenly comes to the rescue. A fight ensues, and in the struggle Lone Deer is mortally wounded. Oneta is left alone with Buffalo Bill, sadly bemoaning the death of her faithful Indian. Bill offers her his protection and brings her to his homestead, where their close companionship ripens into warm affection. Hardie and his companions attack the homestead and carry off Oneta to the house of Mark Stanley, who is made to personate her father. He shakes off at last the hypo critical part he had taken and informs Buffalo Bill of her whereabouts. He seeks the aid of her father, General Brown, and gains his consent to give him the daughter's hand in marriage, on condition that she be restored to him within three days. Bill follows on the trail of Hardie, and, after severe fighting, secures the object of his search, restoring her to happiness and a distressed father his lost child. Mr. Cody assumes the chief character of Buffalo Bill in his wonted manly style. He have a fine exhibition in fancy rifle shooting incidental to the play. The character of Sadie was well sustained by Miss Connie Thompson, and the low comedy dialect part of Hans was taken by William Alstead, who interpretation of it was by no means up to the mark. The part of Captain Russell was very cleverly delincated [word] Mr.C. Wilson Charles. In fact, all the characters were very creditably sustained throughout. An interesting incident of the evening was the appearance of a genuine land of Cheyenne Indian chiefs in their scalp and war dances, assisted by C. A. Burgess, Indian interpreter. No little amusement was occasioned by the trained donkey, Jack Cass, who displayed much intelligence. Mr. Cody and his excellent combination will continue throughout the present week, and, we have no doubt, will meet with merited success.

Howard Atheneum.
Seldom, if ever, was there in the Howard Atheneum a larger audience than that there gathered Monday night. Few, if any, modern Gavroches who had 15 cents per capita were absent from the gallery, and,in that Olympian altiude they swarmed, surged, crowded, swayed, quarrelled and criticised. Never were there less vacant seats in the dress circle; rarely more spectators in the orchestra, parquet and parquet circle and never, or, at least, "hardly ever," a larger crowd of "standees" on the first floor. It is a fact that there was neither a vacant seat nor a square foot of standing room offering a view of the stage that was not occupied, and many a patron who had purchased a billet for "standing room only," left the house early because he stood not the "ghost of chance" to see the show. The house was literally crammed. The attraction which brought this crowd together was primarily the Hon. William F. Cody, more popularly known as "Buffalo Bill." He has always been a magnet here for theatrical managers, and he appeared last night in a drama alleged to have been written by John A. Stevens, entitled "The Prairie Waif." This drama differs from those in wich Mr. Cody has previously appeared here in which Mr. Cody does not involve a sumptuous slaughter of "the noble red;" does not rely entirely for effect upon "deeds of noble daring" on the part of the hero; does not call into requisition, on unexpected and improbable opportunities, the use of the lariat, the bullet and the scalping knife for the purpose of annihilating the copper colored aborigine; does not please the gallery gods with such a liberal expenditure of gunpowder that one can smell its evolved gases and, in a word, does not appeal largely to the taste for the ridiculously sensational and exaggerated clements that have characterized some other pieces in which Mr. Cody has here to fore been the central figure. On the contrary, it is a subdued creation, so to speak. The scenes are laid in Mormon territory, and Buffalo Bill is, as in days of yore, always opportunely on hand to rescue his beloved girl from the hands of certain Danites who seekher ruin. His deeds are heroic. He wins every time. His allies are numerous and faithful. He accomplishes wonders, is the terror of the heavy villian, whom he eventually gets "sqaure" with, and wins the noisy plaudits of his auditors in a variety of tableaux which are thrilling in the extreme. The drama is better in many repects than any other in which Mr. Cody has appeared here. It has an interst apart from the character that he personates. It is well cast and handsomely mounted, and is well worth seeing by any one who desires an evening of unalloyed enjoyment.

Olympic
Theatre
Clark Street. Opp. Sherman House
Z.W. SPRAGUE, ......... Proprieter and Manager
JAS. BARNES ........... Director of Amusements
Monday, September 13,
Every Night during the Week, and Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
Warning!
Citizens of Chicago, (Bridgeport included), also denizens of the North, South, and West Sides; not down in the last census, we deem it but fair to notify you that the Box Office will be open from 9:30 A.M., in order that you may secure your seats. Avoid the crush, and be in time for the Greatest of all Events. The Evening and Matinee performance of BUFFALO BILL!
(Hon WM. F. Cody,)
And His
Star Combination of 24 Artists
Not mentioning the
CHEYENNE INDIANS CHIEFS
and the Great Trained Donkey JACK CASS!
READ THIS!
From the Kokomo Daily Gall.]
"Talk of CYCLONES, HURRICANES, and TORNADOS;"
Well, they pale to insignificance before the whirlwind of popular enthusiasm, engendered by the Famous Indian-fighter Scout and Military Guide, BUFFALO BILL. Yesterday he came upon [word] in all his Wild, Weird Grandeus and magnificence. To-day he is gone, but the wrecks that strew his pathway are a tribute to his great genius. The audience at the Opera House last night was a seething mass of human beings. Two hours before the curtain rose every inch of room was packed to suffocation, and a howling mob pushed, yelled, and crushed each other for blocks outside the buiding, stopped the horse cars, and all other traffic. The play is one of the best of its kind ever written, and the entertainment, as a whole, is "Bully." BUFFALO BILL'S RIFLE SHOOTING was the admiration of all; while the SCALP DANCE of the Cheyene Indians made our very flesh creep But the JACKASS! "Well, we should smile," and we not only smiled, we laughed, and then doubled ourselves up and yelled. And now we have just come from the Opera House; the sad eyed weary janitor is shovelling up buttons by the bushel, the wreck of last night's laughter; while the entire population of small boys are practicing Scalp Dances and fancy Rifle Shooting The broken down signs, awnings, and empty beer kegs about the vicinity of the building attest the fury of the mob who did not get it. ALLAH ILL ALLAH, Great is BUFFALO BILL, and JOSH OGDEN is his Prophet. Seriously this is no laughing matter, allthe money has gone from pockets of our citizens, and deposited in the bank to thecredit of "BUFFALO WILLIAM." No one can get change for a 10 cent piece to-day. We had foadly hoped, that the "book sale on the next block" would have held our citizens, as of yore. But the dam gave way, and the flood came, and now those who did not see "SWEET WILLIAM," are damning to an extent which bodes no good to the Opera House people. Gentlemen, you must get a MAMMOTH CIRCUS TENT to hold 20,000 people, ere the returns,or we forsee the downfall of your present buildings.

MONDAY, SEPT. 20, ONE WEEK ONLY
DALZIEL,LINGARD BUSLEQUE CO.
OXYGEN!
TAKE NOTICE--We give a MATINEE EVERY SUNDAY AT 2:30
ADMISSION, EVERY EVENING 75, 50, 35 & 25 cts
BOYS UNDER 12 YEARS, 15 CENTS.
TO ALL MATINEES, - 50 and 25 cts.
CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS, 15c.
WABASH PRINT,138-140 Lake Street.

---HOWARD ATHENEUM-- William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, always draws large houses up Boston,and his appearance at the Howard Atheneum last evening was no exception to the general rule, the theatre being packed from pit to dome. The upper galley was filled with youthful admirers of Buffalo Bill, and they were among his most enthusiastic auditors. They followed the thrilling scenes which were being enacted on the stage with all the interest that an excited imagination and longing desire to be a "free trapper," roving over boundless prairies, could generate. The signs of approval were not shown in the galley alone, the really fine acting of Mr. Cody, and his splendid support, bringing out rounds of applause all over the house. "The Prairie Waif' is an exciting drama abounding in fine hits of humor, and full of thrilling adventure. Mr. Cody fills the position of the hero with his accustomed ease and grace, and was several times called before the curtain. Miss Lizzie Fletcher, as Oneta, is both beautiful and at ractive, and was at once made a favorite. Miss Connie Thompson, as Sadie, was all that could be wished. The company supporting Mr. Cody is well adapted to the several parts and by their upity and promptness of action make the piece the success that is has proved. One of the features of the evening was the introduction of a band of genuine Cheyenne Indian chiefs, who gave an exhibition of their former savage life by going through their scalp and war dances, assisted by C. A. Burgess, the Indian interpreter. During the evening, Mr. Cody gave an exhibition of fancy shooting with the rifle.

Buffalo Bill as "Prairie Waif."
To say that Buffalo Bill and his combination played to a packed house would give but a faint idea of the immense throng which greeted them as the Howard Atheneum last evening. The performance commenced with Buffalo Bill's new border drama, taken from scenes in his past life, and written by Mr. John A. Stevens, entitled "The Prairie Waif." Buffalo Bill was supprted by his recently-organized dramtic combination. The story from which the play has been dramatized is familiar to all. The opening act represents the twenty-fifth anniversary of the wedding day of General Brown (Robert Neal), who some years previous had lost his daughter Oneta (Lizzie Fletcher), who, while walking with her purse, was stolen by some concealed men and the nurse killed. The sudden disappearance of the child was a dark mystery to her father. An adventurer, named Jim Hardie (Harry Clifton) a territorial official under Mormon sway, had by a dying confession obtained the secret to the girl's history, and tracked her to the place of concealment. He determined to gain possession ofher person and marry her. To accomplish this, however, he secures the agency of a worthless, drunken fellow named Mark Stanley (R. C. White). He finds the object of his search under the protection of an aged Indian chief, Lone Deer (William Wright), who is on the way with the waif to the fort to seek the protection of the commandant. On the way they are met by Hardie and his confederates, who are about to seize the girl and carry her off, when Buffalo Bill suddenly comes to the rescue. A fight ensues, and in the struggle Lone Deer is mortally wounded. Oneta is left alone with Buffalo Bill, sadly bemoaning the death of her faithful Indian. Bill offers her his protection and brings her to his homestead, where their close companionship ripens into warm affection. Hardie and his companions attack the homestead and carry off Oneta to the house of Mark Stanley, who is made to personate her father. He shakes off at last the hypo critical part he had taken and informs Buffalo Bill of her whereabouts. He seeks the aid of her father, General Brown, and gains his consent to give him the daughter's hand in marriage, on condition that she be restored to him within three days. Bill follows on the trail of Hardie, and, after severe fighting, secures the object of his search, restoring her to happiness and a distressed father his lost child. Mr. Cody assumes the chief character of Buffalo Bill in his wonted manly style. He have a fine exhibition in fancy rifle shooting incidental to the play. The character of Sadie was well sustained by Miss Connie Thompson, and the low comedy dialect part of Hans was taken by William Alstead, who interpretation of it was by no means up to the mark. The part of Captain Russell was very cleverly delincated [word] Mr.C. Wilson Charles. In fact, all the characters were very creditably sustained throughout. An interesting incident of the evening was the appearance of a genuine land of Cheyenne Indian chiefs in their scalp and war dances, assisted by C. A. Burgess, Indian interpreter. No little amusement was occasioned by the trained donkey, Jack Cass, who displayed much intelligence. Mr. Cody and his excellent combination will continue throughout the present week, and, we have no doubt, will meet with merited success.

Howard Atheneum.
Seldom, if ever, was there in the Howard Atheneum a larger audience than that there gathered Monday night. Few, if any, modern Gavroches who had 15 cents per capita were absent from the gallery, and,in that Olympian altiude they swarmed, surged, crowded, swayed, quarrelled and criticised. Never were there less vacant seats in the dress circle; rarely more spectators in the orchestra, parquet and parquet circle and never, or, at least, "hardly ever," a larger crowd of "standees" on the first floor. It is a fact that there was neither a vacant seat nor a square foot of standing room offering a view of the stage that was not occupied, and many a patron who had purchased a billet for "standing room only," left the house early because he stood not the "ghost of chance" to see the show. The house was literally crammed. The attraction which brought this crowd together was primarily the Hon. William F. Cody, more popularly known as "Buffalo Bill." He has always been a magnet here for theatrical managers, and he appeared last night in a drama alleged to have been written by John A. Stevens, entitled "The Prairie Waif." This drama differs from those in wich Mr. Cody has previously appeared here in which Mr. Cody does not involve a sumptuous slaughter of "the noble red;" does not rely entirely for effect upon "deeds of noble daring" on the part of the hero; does not call into requisition, on unexpected and improbable opportunities, the use of the lariat, the bullet and the scalping knife for the purpose of annihilating the copper colored aborigine; does not please the gallery gods with such a liberal expenditure of gunpowder that one can smell its evolved gases and, in a word, does not appeal largely to the taste for the ridiculously sensational and exaggerated clements that have characterized some other pieces in which Mr. Cody has here to fore been the central figure. On the contrary, it is a subdued creation, so to speak. The scenes are laid in Mormon territory, and Buffalo Bill is, as in days of yore, always opportunely on hand to rescue his beloved girl from the hands of certain Danites who seekher ruin. His deeds are heroic. He wins every time. His allies are numerous and faithful. He accomplishes wonders, is the terror of the heavy villian, whom he eventually gets "sqaure" with, and wins the noisy plaudits of his auditors in a variety of tableaux which are thrilling in the extreme. The drama is better in many repects than any other in which Mr. Cody has appeared here. It has an interst apart from the character that he personates. It is well cast and handsomely mounted, and is well worth seeing by any one who desires an evening of unalloyed enjoyment.