Tony Pastor’s Opera House

“The prince of caterers for the amusement of the East side population in these happy holiday times is Tony Pastor, and his neat little house is nightly crowded by those who appreciate the unusually varied bill of fare which he uniformly provides. Last night he presented to his patrons an entirely new programme, the excellence of which was quite as great as was the variety of the performances. The house was filled to overflowing, and as one and another of the favorites came upon the stage each was greeted with such applause as cannot be heard save upon the East side of the city. Encores were the order of the evening, and most of the performers were called out more than once, so that the audience indulged not only in quality but quantity. Singing was represented by Miss Polly Daly, Ada Wray, Bobby Daly, and last, but not least, Tony Pastor himself, who appeared in new comic songs to the most popular and pleasant tunes. Nelse Seymour and Frank Kerns appeared in negro specialties, in which both were quite at home, the first particularly receiving a most flattering reception from the ‘b’hoys.’ Miss Maggie Nicholls electrified the house by doing some wonderful performances upon a floating wire stretched over the stage. The performance closed with a new drama from the protean pen of John F. Poole, entitled the ‘Dutchman in Ireland.’ The principal feature in the performance was an entirely new negro act, entitled ‘Uncle Ben’s Will,’ emanating from the brain of Nelse Seymour and F. Kerns, in which the authors play very mirth-provoking parts.”