Tony Pastor’s Opera House

“Last evening, as usual, Tony had a crowded house and a long variety bill, consisting of negro songs, songs, dances, grand ballet features and a finale in the shape of a local drama by John F. Poole. The first part was enlivened by the comicalities of Johnny Wild and Billy Sheppard in the negro business, and Tony himself in a new budget of comicalities. A prominent feature of the performance was a new ballet, by Monsieur Szollsky, Les Noces du Diable, in which Mlle. Bertha and a troupe of airily attired coryphées did the agile and graceful in a manner provocative of expressions of unbounded delight on the part of the audience. The new drama, The New York Volunteer, concluded the performance with the greatest success.”