Theatre Comique

“Mr. Milburn has achieved a decided success. He possesses a fine voice, thoroughly under control, a good appearance, and dresses with taste. His manners are pleasing, his gestures and general carriage graceful and easy, and he impressed the audience favorably from his first appearance. He sang ‘Cliquot’ in the costume of a swell, and then rapidly changed to full evening costume and sang a very pleasing song called ‘She’s as Good as Gold,’ after which he sang a comic song entitled ‘Sarah,’ in which he developed rare comic powers, his facial contortions being wonderful. He has been encored five or six time each evening. He is a thorough artist and a decided acquisition to the music hall stage of America. Miss Eloise Clyde has a good voice and pleasing appearance, but upon her first night her selection for her first song, that of the ‘Marseillaise,’ was not over enthusiastically received. In other songs she gave greater satisfaction.”

[Remarks on the pantomime].

“Miss Minnie Foster made her first appearance on Tuesday evening, Oct. 25th, in a banjo solo and a song and dance. This young lady is a comparative novice, having only once appeared before the public, in Boston, Mass. She has an excellent voice, which she manages with effect; her figure is petite, and she has a pleasing face and an easy carriage. It would be unjust to harshly criticize her efforts at present, but we can say she has the elements of success, which only require experience to properly develop. The selections she sang lacked novelty, and moreover placed her in direct comparison with artists of much experience. She was elegantly costumed in a black velvet suit.”