THEATRE ROYAL.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2167, 14 December 1875, Page 2

THEATRE ROYAL.

The Tham^slmnftefir Dramatic Club gave a Pf rf<arja^c€(in|tlyß th*«|re yester4wKftf*M"g ift aidj^t^ljiners' AccidenfeEelief Fund._.TLe3ttendaM^Jßfas so small, however, that we fear the fund could KaVete%^a"l)utlca'rft?lje%M 7 from Ak.e!iPFPe«fds. ys r%rm»nJ? i^Jf" menced with the^drama T " The Saildiifs Child," which uuder^thepiti^le,^^,^!^ Foster" has alreadpbeen^fayejraMy commented on, Jo y. *w£ when f play ed_ by jfchis club on aformer occasion. * A. fe# changes sfreY&i made. rdmihttsgan characters of jthe piece, the most noticeable being the"substTtutToH" bTMissT Whi^foFSllss Broojkjes^as, the heroine. full justice} tib the^part.a'ridintr^duced^tte songyfronCßaJfe's,Opera of " TheJßphV miaTOirl/' *• #h?en %hePl#^ring the first sc'en re'JTLThe''rs6lag'Jwas greatly applaudes. ;r Mis& Grace=as Ifora^ Foster was also a fresli_import;atibh into the .piecej. and -Mr, !play£d. n the,>Dart .oty,Grumble f t^> ".fXhe'piece .iw^',7ejry smoothly, though, hardly %jmucfiljlfie as on the former occasion ', "which' was' no doubt owing Jn a very, great measure to the jSmalLhpufe tft-which.the, actors icete •tflayirig'r 'We mu^t howeverVxcep?iiis» l)ixon r^F.ho.. played^, the, .Mart pf, Belsi'e very' spiritedly^ >rid %mf' Wdit was very painstakins?/''the only exception we couldvtake ftb 'his »conc§ptioh'Jbr\ tte part being t^at r he seemed } tq^ have rather .an exaggerated, notion of the quantity of blood likely to be remaining on a man's fill*! *oms msmlf§Mh°mW& his nose had been-struck. The most noticeable feature q|-the a.fter nan* of the ?-ent^rtaihnierffrv^w^ SMss%i£or. mance of; the;rMessrsjAndersqij on the trapeze Tyhich,was really excellent. The :youfig'err;bro!the£'?; s"4eriaT; flight" * f}ofa the gallery t6:the lswinging'"trapeie close to the^fage/'wherer heiwa's caught ibv 'hfs brotherihangingrr.headH<downwardsi" ; was one of the best- feats, we have isefea '■'performed^ by'.'^amateurs'r ?ahywhere. They were deserved!y^appl4uded. To-night the same-club perform by refquest the play;of %he! Blii«rfe^*' for the benefit of'their wardrobe fund, and we cannot help expressing a hope that all who can will support the" club", .either/by,;their presence <for by/ijtayug tickets. MrE|veda^,dn^t||fewreiniftk| he made during the' performance of last night, informed r »theDaudien(io that the T.A.D.C. had, by-their exertions, been enabled Jto ? hand* over, to societugi^ijd desfcrvlngi Wdivadiialslllony iShehiThamls upwards of £100 J When itis ;fc9n«aei*d that to enable them to do this they have spent not onl^j,much v . time, but have also been put t6' n'cohsiderablo personal expense, we think they have efefy rfgit§ feie^peot Jihiii thelrEijlaims to the support of the public be recognisTedC-iafidiackiO^ledged. Each fresh piece plajed demands some considerable expense^ia%sl^ei>Mufef'A|d^ and the T.A.D.C. have always so"readily come forwaM.Swfh'en'ev^rTAsked in support of. deserving object^. and_ hare ways done it so entirely at- their own cost, .' tliat they ccrfainly are entitled to the sup-. ,p.cfl-fc jof the public nqw t|iaj; theyj m.|kfl|aa appeal for fujsi|s to add "to their wardmfe and properties,""so as to enable themto cohtinufi w t^eir ift QMrjtajjl9 i 4Qffbrte :) More especially do we tliink that those whose funds^hoy ha^e, been, itf particular, the meapf^^4Mipi;J^|^l(i selves bound to support them, "ancl we hope very much to^^a large and crowded house to-night, if it is only in justice to : the^se cluima which the; club, has .MROivthe .pttbiic. , uhc;a :?>LonE^t"i>s : ;-

A Xew Yobk hortrcult&H'sfcanokesdii's apples sell for a-good price by adopting the following jpkn, ..Hotfake?, Oy^lip, of paper and cuts children's names T'then places the paper around the apples when they begin to color, aud in a*week qr two "rfPS',. "J^ Die>'j - taeC>f " Susan/! «r''K£B -Falcone B..audbsome:meii #ha<r'ere working with him hud«,iarratr escape the other day (says-the*-Brace Herald). .Before sheariug commenced the barn wa3 cleared, and about 130 bags of oats were Teinbved- to the lott.. />TJfe -weight prbted'too nrachibr the strength of the building, and tlie floor''gaYe way 5, the oats coming right through, and smashing one side of the barn. Mr Fakouer and his meu had only just hit oft work when this happened.