Show amusements Aniu f ta the old homestead josh whitcomb in the hands bands of 0 a very able man yet not old josh himself met upwards of 1600 1500 old a and new frienda friends at the grand opera lard honee house last evening the hearty bearty laugh ah the tear dimmed eye and the etc prolonged longed applause demonstrated the feelings of the large audience aodie nce the opera house has not held a larger or more enthusiastic andi audience ence since the opening of the bouse house the company coir pany presenting the play are well adapted to their parts the piece runs with a amoo smoothness lines and perfection only rained gained balong bylong by lone training archie boyd is not penman denman thompson but bat it ia is sate safe to say that no other man could come any nearer the favorite josh and his big interpretation pre tation of the part Is a very polished piece of work those who did not go last evening should not fail to attend the theatre to night the old homestead Homet tead ia Is one of those playa plays from which a man goes home h 0 me with ith a better beella feeling g in his heart anaw and never ireae regrets ts the money spent for admission in I 1 on try it and u understand 12 der the ship sociable loc lable success Is the least that can be eaid said of the ship social in the fifth ward institute last evening in fact it proved each a success and was so well appreciated that it has been decided to repeat it next monday night the young mens and young ladies mutual matual improvement associations desire to extend their thanks to mrs A II 11 nelson mr hoogerman Hod german mr gait galt and the tout who kindly lent their assistance in making t the he social pro gramme so pleasing A fall description set 1 eption will appear in the society column dr bill dr bill will appear at the grand saturday night stopping here only one 0 night it is a three act comedy coded 3 and ad is bu built upon pon the general plan of of all 11 the modern n so called e farce comedies com eol being an almost endless as series ties of humorous situations growing ga out u bof of the difficulties difficult les of a doctor who had been gay and who recently r married desired to settle down dowd and retire fro from M practice tactics tice a laudable desire which wh ich his Crac ath ither in law P persistently elt fitly attempts to balk b 1 k in it carrying c try log out his its favorite favorit theory that eidl tI idleness dl 1 is the mother of evil dr bill has had bad a wonderful run ran in london and new now york the garden theatre having been packed night after night it will open on saturday with witha a pleasing curtain raiser called sunset Sun ret 11 |