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Show Theatre. "Cit-te" hag at last been performed and wis a success. A genuine fashionable audience was in attendance, attend-ance, and notwithstanding the eflortB of the gentleman who boUs the sprinkling pot of thia earth to frighten people away, a 7ery iair and paying audience witnessed the performance. It wuuid take more a pace than can be given to enter into a detailed criticism, criti-cism, and it would be unjatt Lo make comparisons were all were so good. Of the lady characters, we would eay that Mrs. Harkness had the life-Eiviog life-Eiviog part of the peace, and neither made an awkward or untimely move nor once failed to render a good conception of her paat. The character sustained by Mrs. Lawrence was in many respects much more difficult, but that lady gave evory evidence of a clear conception con-ception of the part she essayed to partray, and tha frequent applause following her Bpoechea evidenced how the audience appreciated hsr enact meat of the role. Miss Regnard sua tained a minor part, and acted well, but it was somewhat difficult at timeB to understand her -a delect that can be easily remedied and ia quite natural to a beginner. Mr. Whitney as D'Alroy, sustained the manly officer with ability, but woa much better in the last act than in the two first. As for Messrs. Mahoa, Jas. X. Ferguiou and Wallin, it can truly be said that they were excellent, the first gentleman Besmiog born to the character, the second, showing that it takes ability lo imitate the fool, and the third p'aialy evidencing that he knew how to make fun and do it by a legitimate iidheranco to .. , t t..:.,nA Af n.-i.irsn the character he sustained, ui course, the duet was appreciated. Of the performance, perhaps, the highest compliment that can be paid it is to sny tht one forgot it was an amateur troop, and could only think of prOfes sionals, and the frequent applause told that mny who had anticipated being weried were highly entertained. Beautiful boquets were showered in profusion, and a Urge shield of arti ficial flowers the work of Mrs. Geo. A Lowe with the letter "Catte" on lit, lent that charm to the entertainment entertain-ment only to be found in flowers. |