Leah, the forsaken

     Miss Bateman “has been absent from ‘her own, her own native land,’ some three years; her father took her to Europe just about the time they were drafting people here, and he returned, just as the cruel war was over, the worthy papa bringing with him Pa-re-pa, a female singist [sic], whose better days have fled, or been spent in other lands. As she is now getting passé, as we say in French, we are favored with her presence in America, in one-horse concert entertainments, as we say in Greek. But, abas Parepa and vive la Bateman, who will meet with a glorious reception, for there is no abatement of the public desire to see a Bateman on the boards once more.”

     “Original music.”

     Long review.  No mention of music.  “Niblo’s Garden was crowded last night with an audience such as has seldom gathered in any theatre in New-York.  The seats, the lobbies, the stairways, every standing place were [sic] full to overflowing.

     The immense audience was composed of the very élite of New-York, the ladies and gentlemen of the metropolis who appear only upon very special occasions. . . . We have only time to say that the lovely girl who left us three years ago returns matured and improved; that she has grown in classic and statuesque beauty, and presents one of the most splendid pictures ever seen upon any stage. . . .

     We have said that the audience was eminently intellectual and fashionable, and when such audiences indulge in shouts and wavings of handkerchiefs and the warmest evidences of congratulations, we may be sure the occasion is great and most worthy.  No actress more nobly adorns the American stage; no actress had ever met a more noble welcome.”