Thatcher, Primrose & West's Minstrels

The following is wh&t the M'lwaukee Sentinel of July 31st says of Thatcher, Primrose & West's minstrels who appear at the grand opera houe, Feb. lat : Thatcher, Primrose & West's minstrels opened their season at the New Academy, last night, to an audier.ce that filled every part of the house, and this in the face of excéssively hot wea'her. The novel fea ture of the ahow is the costuming of the performer and the stage setting iu the first part. There are several very pretty drops which are raised one by one, until the first row of performers is distlosed, appropriate airs being sung meanwhile by an invisible chorus. The orchestra is located on the stage back of the performers, each musician being hidden by a huge fan handsomely painted to represent the lovely plumage of the peacock. At a giveh signal the fans part and drop irom sight and the entire company, with the exoeption of Messr8. Thatcher, Primrose fc West, who come on later, is in full view of the audience. The effect u startling. The 6plendor of the stage setting, a new departure, by the way, in minstrelsy, is in keeping with the richness and elegance of the costumea, which in beauty of design and finish are rarely equalled in the most pretentious productions. The end men are blackened up, but the vocalista ar. ] musicians appeared with faces un&dorned by the substitute for burnt cork. The costumes are modeled after the fashions of a century ago - knee-breechea, silk stockings, frock-coats, low shoes and white wig?, and the material consista chiefly o silk and satín. Á glance at the outfit is enough to satisfy the spectator that the expense has not cut much of a figure with the proprietors, for they have been lavish in their outlay. Brilliant stone? glisten from shoc-buckles, garters and the throat of tlif performer, anl altogeiher the display is dazzi