Show A spectacular critique r vr the rho blacic fact arts x as ti a and anide devils ails angels angel anti and fairies the ped people ale who go to t see ce it ita A man han in ita pyramid to niah ata Nat urial cascarte Casc acte with nerinaldo gorgeous transformation scene if magnificence effects of the crook agn ou the prama 7 correspondence of the th indianapolis journal Jour niL sr 41 new york april 30 iha two bundled and thirty third performance last evening such a run is ia without precedent and of itself attracts audit audi cancea II 11 runs rune now by its own impetus it has obtained a positive vis inertia that will carry it perhaps as much londt i CS r N niles garden at 1 auda now I 1 t 1 I 1 a almost most as ae CX CI Ulily i as jf in B barnum ar ii ill m afi on 1 1 the provincial par as citizens here rattier bupt supt term those ofik oflus w who the radius or of long island every one who comes to new boik is ia expected b by those he leaves to see the black crook not to see sec it is not to be here at all while this feeling lasts the play will hold its place r iq the managers war with the new boik herald the manager of nibles was most moat active and still keeps at the head of his adget ti his defiance this establishment does not advertise in afie tHeNe Ne keyork York Hr herald ald tra be ban n ne t took yup iii the glove iuva and nd w when ben the bieck cr crook ok ea came m out a attacked tta aked it very savagely pronouncing it vile indecent an outrage on public morals and called on the authorities to abate it the herald so notoriously speaks from whim or spleen i cai c a ai adless of principle C it iti makes little difference with its r qa aars LIS d dijt it takes of any question A few membris af tho pulpit joined the he herald and the baek crook I 1 became bc ame noto ilous 1 ous and popular tile people warbled to know what it all was that si eata buch blich anop an op pos 0 kion ad aa a play it is the merest fol de rol any boarding in as wro WHO loveal poetry could produce a 11 ce ita it to sa Y in plot and ridiculous in mattir is almost to tl praise it but it is not the play the audie audience uce go to 16 fcc ee thit every one I 1 una un before going is is simply inu thre ahrea i a to hang tl alie L to aull bullet et gills ills and devils on and swing them into view they goto go to see nature unadorned ned to see girls girl s who have nothing to wear and wear it these with the devils snakes irTon 1 acs ics ies firmand fire and flesh magnificence a glibic ence of the beautiful and horrible these are the play propel prope I 1 ly speaking seventy maidens maden 17 the quota of the n hs h s paradise in costume fie georgia cavalier in the proverbial costume of his state would teel feet at home with them beautiful as art can male make them with little effort N to hide bide what has done a dozen or r twenty devils and fiends under command oran of an archfiend arch fiend or devil in chice loathsome serpents and scorpions that makes the women shudder monsters of every conceivable hideo hideousness ese reveling in fin oi orgies gic that are arc horrible as ais hell indeed thes the girls and a few indifferent actors make up the case for the devil and lie actors nobody cares thu the audience is ia enlisted in the ballet and its ila doubtful fascinations it is this the tickets U 6 were were for and it it is woi ti ali i seeing to charles algernon would say id y and those th virtuous Virt fRo us literati liadi a ti who believe laus generis Te neris and aneito arta ria roper proper reading would approve so the towery bowery boy would uld say aay le cring t it with a countenance full of sensuality sensuality and unimpeachable vir tue and abec vice for hiie once agree nowhere but at nibles garden garde de would tsuch such an audience be found fa fair ir ad apa foul like the play a sprinkling ot 0 a good number or of tho class and the rost well proper jwill coni constituents of if john morrissey Morris spy they are the gurla girlis stand and recline re clitie about upon ujiben the stages while the leading iding lc artists artistes arti stes are dancing singly in cou couples I 1 3 la by fours eights andin v varied ried bera that acebo ln their quick eo evalu lions they icae almost fly about abou t tilt boards their thin ganza dresses enveloping them like a t tangible mit like Slin imus obrien mair dincin aia sich ahat tho the men usa to daiv glar and ami the women turn crazy they do it so BO quare A afa man 6 will appear in their midst and upon upon him the sirens leap kap and la languish n floating like RO rm wany many sprites they glide by him and as each babbes she he is is caught and tossed into the air al alighting atin to skim akim the floor like emco dd aed spirits rather than of the baith earthy they trip across on the to too 0 back on the h heel bavi waving n their wraithlike forma faima back and forth hanging their li linds eds awakening alike the poetry and the passion ortho observer tha and worse parts of his rw cna turo j camond tu to B byrons battle li nea M w based 0 word B by T heaven I 1 it la is a ad sight to see gee for 0 r 0 ona nd who hath n or sister there I 1 the grosser and perhaps the artistic rejoices to sea see the greek slave save in flesh and blood the nobl nobler c r that no 0 lad lady friend or bister is there to blush at 16 its indecency poetry and passion see bee theretha the rethe sand land of tho the cypress anh myrtle when the maidens aro am soft boft as the tha roses rom they twine and all save bare tho the spirit of mm man Is if divino At Ai pyramid of nudity it is little else than nude forms forma upon the man arms fegl busts eurl curie waterfalls faces hands feet beet blending into a voluptuous I 1 unus pl pilo 10 lasting a moment thon aiding gliding down and around in and out till the stage is empty when from its itis center a being starts up in a wi oath of smoke with a report like a lightly loaded pistol he is dressed dressea in a quaint attire black add scally and leaps about wildly beckoning fur for something under the stage in the air or off in bonte diorec tion ife he stamps un on the floor aga again 1 i I and again till it opens and the queen of the fait ies appeals appeal s or the devil rises rises Ht sternly ernly or if recalls he calls from the air it he a is answered ans I 1 vered as strangely then the h he L rolls himself into a ball and the sudden a appearance bearance 1 p pe arance of if this character is isan an inger ingenious domi contrivance and always V visibly At startles artles the audience the seel scene e chari changes and in a romantic wild appears a cascade of falling failing water w iter condei wi fully natural behind and about this are the girls again this time tima as mermaids water nymphs naiad each 0 one ne A abea aiea iea kings daughter from under the am t they float on tranquil water in fairy shell boats in perfumed howers bowers and aln sing to the I 1 whole of the day ask then who would be a mer iller in maid aid fairl fairi and the th enapp happy y langor of wf T tt fi dr f 1 e eacle says ays I 1 I would comb my ringlets would fall uw low low ado adona n from under ray my starry sea bea bud crown low and arounds aroun dP dr and I 1 should look like a fountain fountai 11 of S gold looking at this scene of beauty I 1 think of the llie tranquil enve cave framed by th builders of the ithe ocean fur for the sea serpent and this it is like it there tue gentle maidens of the sea touch their ti tieni emulous ulous leies and warble those entrancing 3 songs songs C that flout float at twilight hour to lu the car of the failner maiT as lie he pe paces liis his lonely deck there still sleeping lew n 0 dreams fold their viewless wings and the spirit of the evening breeze reclines on shelving emeralds 11 it really seemed all this thia fairly intoxicating the st senses anses it was something once seen always remembered thou though ij in the shadowy recesses of iner noty it was so sp unreal in m appearance if the Black Crook CrA was lut this it would be mure more blatnek blam blameless elees e es tile contu costumes ines are constantly being alian changed C ed and seem to get no better very fast one brilliant brilli ajit tableau vivant 17 vat t is presented ted when 4 abent half the girls appear laa clad it in j bright ai armor inor with shining hitting helmets spears that glisten and bucklers buckless buc klers that fairly blaze in their brilliant coruscations tile the join ahe thein m afi arrayed ayed gan gaudily dily bearing beaud bukuli ful ornaments oina ments very like parasols para sola which they twit twill I 1 before them thein as ais they march with the bb shields ields helmets spears at and 1 plumes of the others this daims a daz 1 1 et e 4 t 0 A a 64 en o but the gorgeous transformation scene gives giver the grand climax to the performance embodying the best and worst Jea of it it dafies description t ia b n the 8 spectacle L it presents is most remarkable kable e the wealth and imagery of the orient appear in it behind a crimson mist appears a something aljin atle than fairy beblie shell boats bearing maidens floating in mermaids or aids nymphs syl sylphy sylphs plis naiads naiades half nudo nude forms ol of exquisite reclined on brilliant couches or grouped in statuesque esquo pose or hanging suspended by unseen threads th waving about in midair mid i air 4 the mystic curtains disappear again and again each time revealing mure more and more loveliness fou fountains stains of gold and silver play fl Aveis bloom and abd disappear UP ear the curtains still again part all and N other features appear other forms are arc suspended till the whole glittering view view is ia filled with them of varied saz size fo horn om the form to the infant in size eize at the dome clasping tiny hands as it swings lazily and high above a brilliancy of which it ills is part in all this dazzling maze you see the won wonders deris of of the lamp of aladdin mitts clouds showers statues angels naiada naiads jewels jewele rold gold silver diamonds fountains women girls maidens children infants doll babies flowers beauties brightness aa things known and unknown and all most beautiful and over all the wit witching ebing spell of soft sic abe thousand and oue one nights aiu seen in one Is it a wonder that su such a representation be repeated as often ah as this has been it F S sl 5 J TLe declining days of greece and owe e saw tia w nab I 1 ch pla plays i y h a aa D ibis aad WA fo f r ita them philosophers a the decline are we in danger fram the black ci crook ook some politician once said that america cat can 1 stand a gr great c at deal of going to tha tb devil de vil and in this is out our hope from the he one certain result greult of aa aln chiy to me is the complete decay 01 one leif mate adrania dr na it fosters footers a 11 love fr the and the downright indecent the rhe good und and P vil are so neatly neaily in it one that they 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