Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels

“This favorite place of amusement was well filled last night, and the audience seemed to thoroughly enjoy the performance. The proprietors have done away with the stereotyped plain chamber backing for the first part and use instead a handsome drawing room, through the arches of which a garden scene can be seen at the rear. The entire stage is given up to the troupe as they sit in a semi-circle from the footlights, and the effect at the rise of the curtain is very good. Mr. Stormes’ rendition of ‘The Merry Swiss Girl’ was excellent, and brought down the house in his favor; but ‘Carry the News to Mary’ is one of the gems of the performance. To those skilled in the language of guitars Don Pedro’s must certainly talk, for one rarely hears such a diversity of intonation as this gentleman brings out, and with a finish, too. ‘Tricks on Travellers’ was a laughable piece of business; but Leon, ‘the only,’ showed out most boldly in the farce of the ‘Belles of the Kitchen.’” 

“He [Charles Storme] made his first appearance on 7^th. His voice is good and he is a pleasing vocalist.”