Show the private secretary last evening was not the first time that the theatergoers theater goers of our city havo bad the pleasure of wit performances given by the excellent madison square compan ies though the private secretary ia certainly n new departure in the class of playa as heretofore given by here the piece as indicated on the program is a farce comedy extravagantly so in some scenes the plot is very light and it is quite evident that the sole aim of the author was to compel the audience for over a couple of hours to remember the old maxim laugh and grow fat with the assistance of the madison square corn pany a brilliant success in this particular is scored and the auditorium resounds with continuous of laughter for the dialogue is sprightly and witty and the piece abounds such it variety of ever changing scenes of ludicrousness that mr cattermole may be well excused for his occasional anxiety in relation to the condition of the liver of eral parties concerned the company is an excellent one the naturalness of the acting combined with the cenap and vim thrown into each expression dis cover to their auditors at once that each member is perfectly at home in his or her respective part and we suggest to suffering in tho least from dyspepsia or the blues to witness at the earliest opportunity a performance of the private secretary for do you know you cannot control your if you would |