Hiccory diccory dock

A long announcement about the upcoming withdrawal of Hiccory diccory dock. It closes: “The original ballet, led by Mlle. Sangalli, will be withdrawn within a few days; it having lost its attraction since the coming of the Kiralfy troupe. These wonderful dancers are to appear next week in a new ballet. For brilliancy of execution, and reckless dash and gaiety, they have never been excelled; and some of their feats of agility are entirely new to our stage.”

States matinees begin at 1pm, not 1:30pm. (Most citations for this venue in July 1869 indicate a 1:30pm start time.)

“Pantomime still holds sway at the Olympic. Hiccory Diccory Fox has reached the ninth week of his mischievous career, and as yet evinces no symptoms of weakness. The supple and high-kicking Kiralfy troupe of sensational dancers will, beyond a doubt, furnish him with legs enough to stand upon until poor ‘Uncle Tom’ sends both the pantomime and the Kiralfys into the shades of oblivion behind his log cabin.”

Part of long paragraph announcing various entertainments and theatrical news. “Mr. Hayes, at the Olympic, thinks of reviving ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’ This we read—and we reëcho Punch’s familiar counsel: ‘Don’t.’ If that counsel were but heeded in almost everything, what a world of trouble might be saved. But then, without the trouble we should all die of astonishment or of joy, and so the world would miss its object.”

Special advertisement announcing Sangalli’s last night and praising her elegance.

“Mlle. Rita Sangalli, who has danced away about a ton of white slippers during the past eighteen months at the Olympic, makes her last saltatorial [sic] appearance at that establishment this evening. Mlle. Sangalli does not go to Paris, as was previously reported, but retired to Saratoga, where she has recently purchased a handsome cottage with the proceeds of her fascinating ‘light fantastic’ flourishes.”

“Mlle. Rita Sangalli, première danseuse at Niblo’s and the Olympic during a period of two and a half years, brought her prolonged engagement in this city to a close on last Saturday evening at the latter theater. Mlle. Sangalli, after a sojourn of four or five weeks at Saratoga, proposes visiting the principal theatres of the South and West during the ensuing season.”