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Show AMUSEMENTS. Tbe Orati llar. It was a rather slim audience that greeted the Crab Rag last night. The play was even thinner than the audience. aud-ience. It dragged awfully. It was, however, sometimes very funny, and one or two jokes were so good as to relieve the feeling of disappointment caused by the scenes of monotony. The programme stated very truly that the plot was "out of sight." There wanu't the slightest pretense of any. Theresa Vaughn was good as she always is aud the skirt dancing was graceful and ' cleveler. Otherwise the wholo piece was a failure. -The Itottom of tbe Hea." A new spectacular play of somewhat novel proportions will be produced at the theater tonight for the lirst time hero. It is ( tititled "The Hottom of the Sea," and is au adaptation by W. A. lirady from the Freuch of "Le Fond ue laMer," which was presented in I'aris several years, and bad a long run iu the gay capital at the Porte St. ft!arlin. It will bo presented here with a cast of rare excellence aud with scenic and mechanical effects of rure spleudor. Wierd submarine scenes, au outside public will think, is beyond the pale of even the most daring expert in staere mechanism. However, tbe scenes, or rather tableaux, of the ocean's depth are shown iu ten successive transformations, transforma-tions, and lrom all accounts are of remarkable re-markable power and ingenuity. All the resources of scenic and mechanical genius have been taxed to add to its realiftic and picturesque beauty, aud the combat tic.tween the villain and the hero on the bed of the oceau, is aa incident in-cident of marked slrecth. producing au effect never before witnessed. In this act, which is wholly pantomimic, there are exceedingly life-like hsh dart-iug dart-iug about, aterritic light with a huge octopus by the divers. |