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Tiik Sikhi.inlt;, Concur Company.— Home diijri ago it was noised uhout that Ii*• 11 •• f«»*it»* wmh to ho visited by a celebrated theatrical company. Thu most lt;JiIiK**r*t inquiry failed to trace the report to reliable source, although Darning postern and exquisitely gotten up cards informed our people that “The Sterling Comedy Company” would tread tile classic boards of Reynolds' Opera House, on Monday and Tuesday evenings of this week. Miss May Roberts appeared to be the bright particular star of this mundane combination. She was remorselessly butchered in had wood cuts and colored so as to resemble a Kamscatska maiden in full dress. The fad that a strolling band of players were to invade our city was not in itself a matt' r of great irn|»ortance, neither was it unusual. Rut the coining of “The Sterling Comedy Company” was heralded in a most mysterious manner In the tlr*t place Van Pelt disappeared from town and his whereabout* could not In? ascertained*. Suddenly be was visible on the streets, and the burden of hi* conversation was the surpassing excellence of “Tb« Starling Comedy Company” whose fine acting he said he had witnessed in Miliheim. Mr. Van Pelt is renowned for his strict adherence to the truth. He is said to be a profound admirer of the memory of Wash-! inglon and believes in the hatchet and cherry tree story. Under such circumstance* Mr. Van Pelt * endorsement of “The Sterling Comedy Comedy” went a I great ways. Rut on Monday the truthful Van Pelt was reinforced by Pierce Muss, r He likewise took especial pains to interview all hi* friends and inform them that “The Sterling Comedy Company was really one of the most remarkable combi-| nation* on the road—to bankruptcy. Tin-I generous puffing of these two gentlemen resulted in bringing a very fair audience to the Oj-era House on la*l Monday arid Tuesday evenings. The first representation essayed by this grand congregation of »tar« from all the great theatres of ii.lt;-world, wa« V»ct**r Hugo’s “Lucrctia Borgia. Rellefontc wa» |**culiarly f- rtunat-It is seldom that an audience is treated l«» a sight of a bl.lt;nde R »rgia, enveloped in a Spanish mantilla. Rut this little tdi»*yn-j crasy w«u!d have been readily forgivenlover. Of i our*** any woman's lover would have cut a sorry figure without leg-hut Lucretia is renowned f r 1“ r g**“d taste in (hooting well develiq-ed men both for immolation and pleasure Thi-\oiith, however, was evidently forgotwhen well filled out ankle* were pa*-«d around lie ha* a sort of sepul. hral l---k that wa* undoubtedly fa»hione*l to be a walking corpse. All the time these people were mufdering the (Queen's Knglish and i au*ing one to hope that Lurrelia would j-oison the entire troupe, Van Pelt and Peirce Muaser occupied frnt seats and fairly made the rafu-r* shake with their applause. They were presently reinforced by the irnjessing presence of Judge Wag ] r.er, who aired his capacious white vest and enormous cheat on one of the front seats The “Bankers Daughter was crucified on Tuesday evening and Van Pelt and Mus-ser are the cause of a good deal of first-class profanity. The pregnant question is, what was the reason of the great interestI of loose two respectable men in this mod-1 ern representation of th*» Venetian Bor-i gia ? If the original is not belied, she wa* a very dangerous person. The great French novelist and dramatist has neglected to say that the was kissed not only by J the genial suns of her own Italy, but also by about the entire portion of the male population of her kingdom. Can it be possible that this interesting fad had any influence upon the gentlemen above referred to ? Did they see in this white haired J lbrgia any of the traits of the historic murderess ? The question is respectfully referred to that court from which there is no appeal. Messrs. Van Pali and Musser will have no difficulty in finding the judge. It usually stays up at night so that there , shall be no miscarriage of justice.
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Bellefonte Centre Democrat
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Aug 25, 1881
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