Grand Opera House

Simply announces that the Pauls will join the troupe.

Multiple cards on one page. “Mrs. Howard Paul will execute her funny little ‘ping’ in the drinking song from the Grand Duchess.”

Brief.

“Grand Opera House.—If ‘variety is the spice of life that gives it all its flavor,’ then it may be said that the spice in the variety at the Grand Opera House gave it a flavor which meets the approbation of the ‘vox populi.’ The auditorium was filled and overflowing at the sides, and the mountaineers, in full force assembled, were in a joyous state of spontaneous combustion. Talk of Shakespeare, ‘with all the modern improvements;’ of the French opéra bouffe, with all its feminine revelations and fascinations; of the English opera, with all its charming melodies and choruses and pretty romances and sentimental sweetness—they are eclipsed in the matter of houses by the mass meetings attracted by the omnium gatherum of comedy and the impersonations of Lingard and of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul, and the French opéra bouffe rendered into English by the Lingard troupe.

The bill of fare last night was the rattling comedietta of ‘The Day After the Wedding,’ a half dozen on the half shell of the characteristic songs and impersonations of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul, the peculiar and racy ‘counterfeit presentments’ of various distinguished characters by Lingard, with the new additions of Jay Gould and James Fisk, Jr.; Mrs. Howard Paul’s imitation of Sims Reeves in his famous ballad ‘Come Into the Garden, Maud,’ and the original burletta of ‘The Maid and the Magpie.’ Is not that enough for one sitting?...” No further mention of music.

Notes that Lingard performs impressions of President Grant, James Fisk, Jr., General Lee, Jay Gould, Mayor Hall, Horace Greeley, and Benjamin F. Butler.

“Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul re-appeared in this city on December 20th, at the Grand Opera House, in conjunction with the Lingard Combination. They presented their drawing-room entertainment, in which Mrs. Paul sang the ‘Drinking Song’ from the ‘Grand Duchess,’ introducing her funny little ‘ping,’ followed by the ‘Sneezing Song,’ both of which were very artistically rendered and heartily applauded. Mr. Paul then gave a song to the melody of ‘Captain Jinks,’ and ‘Captain Vane, of the Life Guards Pink,’ which also received an encore. Henry Russell’s song of ‘the [sic] Dream of the Reveler’ was most effectively given by Mrs. Paul. Howard Paul’s make-up and acting for the song of ‘When George the Third was King’ were capital. Mrs. Paul convulsed her audience with laughter by her red hot (so-called) lecture on ‘Women’s Rights,’ her make-up being as laughable as was her delivery of her discourse. She afterwards gave her great imitation of Sims Reeves to the ballads of ‘Come into the Garden, Maud,’ and ‘Sweet Love, Good-night to Thee,’ both of which were rendered in such a beautiful manner as to receive hearty encores. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul are two very clever artists, and know what pleases an audience. Previous to their performances, the comedy of ‘A Day After the Wedding’ was performed. Lingard gave his sketches and portraitures, and ‘Pluto’ closed the evening’s programme.”