Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul

“Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul commenced the last week of their engagement at this hall last night. The audience, though small, was of a truly fashionable character, and we recognized many that attended those entertainments last week. Mrs. Howard Paul has a phenomenal voice, and uses it like an artist, and the gentleman possesses remarkable qualities as a comedian. No person would imagine without witnessing their performance that two people could entertain an audience so successfully as the Pauls do. They are well deserving of a visit.”

“These clever artistes repeated their very pleasing entertainment last night at Irving Hall, before a large and very fashionable audience, who, throughout the performance, which lasted nearly two hours and a half, were deeply attentive to the acting and singing of their entertainers in a manner that showed their interest in the performance, and the capability of the actors to entertain an audience in a satisfactory manner for such a length of time.  In the songs of “Bonnie Dundee,” in character, and “My Pretty Jane” imitative of Sims Reeves, Mrs. Paul was loudly applauded, and her trials of an unprotected female met with all the sympathy that the hardships of that unfortunate individual could command.  At the close Mr. Paul announced that their engagement in this city would terminate to-night, and thanked the citizens of New York for their liberal patronage of himself and wife.”   

“…The last night of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul filled Irving Hall to overflowing with a fashionable assemblage, and both of those clever artists were recalled in almost every piece of their varied and interesting programme.”