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DR. POTTER MADE BISHOP.
CONSECRA TI ON IN OR AVE CHURCH.
FORTY-SIX BISHOPS AND HUNDREDS OE
CLERGYMEN PRESENT.
The Rev. Dr. Henry C. Potter, rector of Gnana
Church, wis coiisecinteil Assistant Bishop of
the Diocese of New-York in bis own elim, li
yesterday morning in the i.resi-iicc ol' ns large
a gatberiii;,' Bl could be contained within tbe
building. Forty-six Mahnpa aad hundreds of
clergy me n froni Ibis and other dioceses were
assembled, together with many ol' the best
known lay members of tbe Protestant Episcopal
Church in New-York and neighboring cities.
Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, preached tbe
sermon, and the aged Presiding Biahop Smith,
too feeble to tuke part in the services for more
than a few initiates, pronounced tbe consecrat?
ing words.
-?
DETAILS OF THE CONSECRATION.
ia DDOttM procession?bishop smith tottirs
IN TO DO His PA HT.
One of the most imposing of the ceremonies that
have been seen in tbe history of th" Bsiseopal
Church in this city took place in GraeeChurch
yoetordiiy morning. It was u sort of cen?
tennial anniversary, for one hundred years
Bgo the four bishops who then con?
stituted the hierarchy met to consecrate Bishop
Claggett. their leader being Dr. Soabury. of New
York, Presiding Bishop. By reason of its rarity, the
Consecration of a bishop always attracts a large
audience; and had Grace Church been t brice as large,
lt would have barely sufficed to receive the gnni
nimiliers who wVre anxious to be present. As early
aa Wednesday a thousand persons hud Im-.-ii re?
fused tickets, solely because the bnildiiiir would not
Contain them.
In spite of tbe rain many assembled foi thc
Curly service at B o'clock, when Bishop Perry, of
Iowa, the Kev. fjr. Carter, Dr. Flam.'. C. F. Nelson,
and M. L. Wansley ofaViated. Covered
ways bad been prepared all nlong the
Inuit of the church. Owing to the gloomy
morning tho beautiful edifice looked
Bomowhat .sombre, the stained glass erindoon lack?
ing the sunlight which glorifies the luiibling when
Shininir through them. The altar wat adorned with
an autipen.lium of cloth of gold, embroidered in re?
lief, the gift of Miss Catherine L. Wolfe. A massive
cross of red and white roses stood in the centre,
flanked by two large golden vases lilli il with choice
flowers. On the right of the sanctuary tal the trus?
tees of Grace Church, and an thc left tbe
Yestry. Among the general congregation were Cor
trelius Vanderbilt, J. J. Astor. Stephen Nash, .1.
Pierpont Morgan, George M. Miller. Professor Henry
Dribler, the Kev. Dr. W.M.Taylor, of the Broadway
Taberna, le, the Kev. Dr. Murvin K. Vincent, the
Bar.Dr. Hitchcock, president of the Union Theo?
logical Sciniuary, nnd tbe Kev. Dr, B. I. Prime.
Precisely at il o'clock tbs pioueshai entered the
Broadway door led by the Kev. T. Olmsted. Tbs
organ burst forth with Biahop Heber/s grandntn
cossional hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy. Lard God Al?
mighty," the whole congregation standing.
First came the students of the General Theo?
logical Seminary in black gowns. Then
tbe city clergy in surplices and black
Stoles, a few among them bavins white
Btoles, and two Oxford graduates heine distin?
guished by their crimson academical hoods. Tbe
Bishop-elect, in surplice and black stole, followed,
attended by bia chaplains, Dr, Eliphah-t Potter,
president af Inion College, and Dr. Morgan Dix.
They took positions l>efore the chancel. The clergy
.walked in the procession bj'seniority of ordination,
^They were followed hythe bishops two by two to
tbe number of forty-six, Including Biahopt
Wilbania, of Connecticut; Clark, of Rhode Island ;
Whipple, of Minnesota ; Lay, of Easton; Stevens,
nf Pennsylvania; Vail, af Kansas; Qnintard, of
tennessee; Clarkson, of Nebraska; Neely, of Maine;
Tuttle, of Utah ; Young, of Florida ; Beckwith, of
Georgia ; Morris,of Oregon; Robertson,of lllssonilj
Jdttlejohu, of Long Island; Duane, of Al hauy; Hunt?
ingdon, of Central New-York; Pierce, of Arkansas ;
piles,of New-Hampshire; Howe, of Central Penn?
sylvania; B. H. Paddock, af Massachusetts; Lj*
rnan.of North t 'undina; Garrett, of Northern Texas;
Dudley,of Kentucky ; Scarborough.of New-Jersey;
Jagger, of Southern Ohio; Browne, of Fond du Lac;
Perry, of Iowa; DBigots, of Quiney) Seymour, of
{springfield: Harris, of Michigan; Qallagher, af
Lotdaianai Dunlop, of New-Mexico; Brewer, of
Wont ana; John A. Paddock, of New-Tacoma ;
Whitehead, of Pittsburg; Thompson,of Mississippi;
and Knickerhacker, of Indiana; McLaren, of Illi
hois.
nra services and the sermon*.
Thc clergy comprised marly all iu the New-York
diocese and many from neighboring dioceses, to the
total number of WO. The procession was twenty
minutes filing into place. Bishop Stevens tln-u
hegan tbe Communion Service, the Kyrie being
Bung to an arrangement by Lloyd in Erlat. The
Epistle was then read by Bishop Lay, from lii-t
Timothy, iii.. 1. and tho Gospel from St. John, xxl.,
15, by Bishop Whipple. Tbe Nicene freed was in?
toned by Bishop Neely, after which Bishop
Williams ascended the pulpit nnd preached
from St. John, xv., 16. He read his i-mion. which
Vue devoted to the work of the Christian ministry.
fit the close of his discourse, and turning to the
Bishop-elect, who n>?e in his place, the preacher
paid ii pathetic tribute to the late Bishop Potter, his
father.
The Bishop-elect was then divested of bis sur?
plice, nuder which be wore the Episcopal loth.t.
and was conducted into the middle of the sanctuary
by Bishop Lay and Bishop Howe, and Bishop
Clark, of Khode Island, seating himself in
the centre, he was formally presented.
?'ht> usual questions being asked as to
tness and competency, the Bishop called for the
testimonials. Those from tin- Diocese of New York
yere read by the Kev. Dr. W. V. Morgan, those
1 rom tbe House of Deputies by Dr, W. E. Eigen*
lirodt, and theos from the Hones ol Biehops by Dr.
Tatlock. Dr. Potter then pronounced thc Promise
Of Conform itv in a char and distinct voice, after
?Which the Litany was read by Biahop Stevena.
Again McntiiiK himself iu his chair. Bishop Clark
proceeded to examine the candidate. I>r.
Potter answered all the questions in a clear
Voil*. Then all standing np. Bishop (lark invoked
B solemn blessing upon linn. The anthem of inves?
titure was then sung (cctnyoeed especially by the
organist of (.race Church for the occasion) from
Psalms, xx. 1. During thia the two chaplains, Dr.
Potter and Dr. Dix, advanced with tbs black satin
chimerc and lawn sleeves, and assisted the Bishop
to robe himself. Then, all kneeling, the bishop of
elaine entoned the Fans < real or SftriUu to a Gre
aoriau chant, which was tang antiphonally by the
pishop and the congregation, the large nullifier of
Olen's voices pnKlucing B linc ellet.
CON'SEC RATED BY TUE PRESIIMS.; IlIsHOP.
At this moment the venerable Bishop Mn it h.
Dearly ninety yean of aga, was almost carried iu
from tho vestry by the Rev. Arthur Br.siks and tbe
Rev. T. Olmsted. It had been Btopoted to wheel
him into tbe chancel upon a (bair, hut he protested
that be would walk. He presented an affecting
spectacle, a mau worn out in bis Master's sen ice.
His finely marked face waa encircled with snowy
hair ; and yet bis voice waa distiuct a* be laid bia
trembling hands on tbe head of Dr. Potter and re?
peated from memory- the consecrating words.
fie forgot the last sentence ami bud to be
prompted. At its close be was assisted
Out of tho chancel again into tho vestry.
The Presiding Bishop waa joined in the laying on of
hands by the Bishops of Connecticut, Khode Island.
Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Long Island, Albany and
Central New-York. The newly mads bishop was
then conducted inside the rails, and the offertory
anthem from Mendelssohn's Oratorio st. Paul,
" How lovelv are the messengers," was sung. Tho
Bosh duett,"Now we are ambassadors for Christ," was
Bung by Dr. Shackelford and the Kev. \\ . EL Cooke.
Then* was a large offertory. The Communion Ser?
vice then proceeded, Bishop Williams consecrating.
Bud the new Bishop aud many others comuiutiii al?
fa g. The effect of the Gloria in Exeelsis sung to
the old music of Marbeck was magnificent, the
whole congregation joining heartily. The hymn
?-Glorious things of Thee are spoken ' was sung as
a recessional to Handel's great setting known os Anv
ina. In tbe procession the new uishop walked
Mr. Warren presided at the orgau, and the soloists
yrere Miss Didibuli, soprano; Miss Wen mit, con?
tralto; Mr. G. Simpson, tenor, mid Mr. Martin,
baaeo. After the ceremony the newly consecrated
bishop entertained the bishops at dinner in Grace
Bouse. He will ?reach his lind sermon after his
?onsen nt inn in tho Penitentiary on Blackwell's
Island to-daj.
THE ( ARFT.R OK THE NEV.' BISHOP.
BTLX7EXCBS winni have MOULDED his chaiiao
1 HI- ll ls IfiW I g IN' mi ll I.PIT.
lhere is distinet historic uterest ia tbs eenneera
ion of the Rector of Grace Church to the olli.-e of
kssistant Bishop of the Diocese of New-York. For
his consecration marks t centennial period both in
in- history of the diocese and as bb orgsnixed body
rf the Eptsoopal Cbnreh in the United States,
\nd fha venerable Presiding Bishop Smith, who
ay seniority of consecration is Primate of thc
Kpi-conate, ny the dalt ti his own elevation to
that order itt 1832 divides tin- Stretch of the cen?
tennial, and represents fifiy yeats of oiii.-iul service
isa bishop of the Church. So that the .ohm cr..! ion
pf Dr. Pot fer, while marking I centennial, al the
anna time retrosaectiTery lenebes, br tbs person of
his eoiiM'crntor, the first half century of tbe
['burch's existence in America.
Dr. Potter is now forty-seven J ears of nae, at the
full meridian of his capacity for hard work, and of
intellectual maturity. In figure he is tall, with
ri lindy proportioned and commanding person,
aud a milliner inviting confidence, while
it exacts an unconscious deference. As a
preacher his career is marked by staid,
sterling <|iiulities. rather than the excep?
tional fascinations of popular oratory. There il re?
markable modesty and simplicity, almost a self
ihncifation, in his style und diction, careful at?
tention to the quality and honesty of speech, with
a characteristic dread of ezaggeration, and n
-li ri uki hg from the expedients nf the mere
rhetorician, ihe hearer is brought into immediate
relations with thc purpose of the preacher, in which
purpose the preacher himself is easily forgotten.
His idiom is a vigorous, sinewy Saxon, well tem?
pered with various cultures of books, travels,
society and experience. He makes sure of the quick
intelligence and appreciation of his listeners, and
his capital lies in this gift of Betaking the most of
bia opporiuifitr with no waste or by-play of word
spinning, no artifice or exploit of tits pedant, ami
withal a lim- tlavor of grace mid elegance that
feathers the arrows of bia argument to sure and
ready purpose, Dr. Potter br a direct, cogent, per
susisi\c preacher. Hil topics are rarely drawn from
polemics or vexed questions that distract and pauls
priests and people, He deals little ru mere
speculation and Idealizations. lli> roles
i- resonant and penetrating, with aa agree?
able and well-managed modulation) and his clear,
deliberate elocution seizes and retains the atten?
tion. His readiness aad felicity in extempore and
occasional addresses bib toaasthing exceptional
among tho clergy.
ms ka miki:"> si'i.r.NDiD arong.
Dr. Potter's careel affords ii happy illu-ti.ition of
heriditary gifts and endowments. His father was
Dr. Alonso Potter, who in 1843 succeeded Dr.
Henry Ustich Onderdonk in the Episcopate of
Pennsylvania. Although Bishop Alonso Potter had
grown up and ripi ned in rn ademic life and col?
legiate professorships, his odminiatratioa of the
Diocse of Pennayrrania nut only resusci?
tated th.- distracted and disheartened ('lunch,
by the dignity and fore- of his manly
eloquence, by his deep practical wisdom, as well
ns by thc symmetry and spiritual rigor of his Chris?
tian life, but it al thc slime time constituted a new
era in tin relations of thc Episcopal Church to the
larger life of the community. He recognized
the claims of modern science to the consideration of
Christian nun and pointed mit it- kinship with
divine revelation nn.l the supernatural, io his
efforts in developing and hrinL'iiiL' into relation the
foremost minda of tuc Episcopal < 'burch ure largely
due the < burch congresses wni. h ol late 3 ears nar.
expanded the influence of tbsl Church and given
it a commanding position. He waa also 1 pioneer
of thc temperance movement, standing unfash?
ionably and almost alone In his advocacy
of its doctrines i nnconaciously in hit eloquent
papers and addresses opening the wsy for thc n
c.iit development of tue Church Terqperance So?
ciety, which already luis a tooting in almost every
diocese.
The newly maile Bishop plainly derives In this
way his intnition lor effective, aggressive Church
work ; and not only this, but a qui) k, Intelligent
sympathy with all food, sound work In bit Church
or outside of ir. The Church does nol dwarf thc
measure of hla humanity or citizenship. Vd be i
not an indifferent churchman. He recog?
nises its historic and liturgic Integrity, and
ac cpts the Church of Herbert and Keble, bs well ns
that of Heber and Leighton. Too much In earneel
with the toil iiml burden of duty to degenerate Into
partisanship, he is not likely to take on nt this
crisis of his life the strait-jacket of theological in?
tolerance. In tin- temper of his father's
episcopate bc will enter more immediately
into the labors, activities, philanthropies of
his dioce.s.'. H.- has learned the sci ret
of training rich Christiani In habits of systematic
and open-handed riving. And the long pent-up
treasury of the Church in New-York, with its
enormous fortunea is likely to fertilise the new
administration with nnstinted abundance. The
Bishop will nol find himself hampered foi want ol
money and The heartiest co-operation.
But the Bishop is a grandson of Dr. Elipholet
Nott, who may, without metaphor, be spoken of aa
the father of Union College. This great president
was a master ainoiigmen, young and old. His hand
of steel bi a velvet glove, his keen, quick insight
Into motive and character, bit suavity and invul?
nerable dignity, his patience snd Ingenious analysis
of difficulties, his endurance and staying power in
fair or foul weather, are all freshly elive among tbs
tradition-, of tin-last generation." Here is another
side of the new Bishop's charsctei and career
thrown under tin- strong light of heredity. And
that career exhibits u quiet, orderly and propor?
tionate growth.
I HF MACKS Ol* HIS ADVANCI MKNT.
From his diaconute, passed in a country village,
to the date of his < onsecration there Itfoundno
Haw uor break nor blunder in his rapid, \< t silent,
carer of promotion. He seems to hare been
quickly and easily recognized ns tba needed
man, in many direction* and at many tiaMS,
Yet lt is weil known that be has never sought jue
fermciit et ecclesiastical distinction. Indeed, bc has
kept himself aloof from the run of ambitious, si If
seckitig men. The honors of yesterday wen- laid
ujkki him with acclamation, yet in face of bk ear?
nest remonstrances: and those who kooWsomething
of the harmonious, complete life of his rectorship in
Ones Parish can well estimate the measure of per?
sonal sacrifice which this new service of the I lunch
exalts. The gifted .son of a Bishop whose Influence
was unlimited, everybody wondered when they saw
the newly ordained deacon enter thc rectorship of a
small parish in the little \ lllagc of Greenebnrgh in
Western Pennsylvania, By rapid -.tau. 10I unsought
advancement bc become .successively rector of st.
John's Chnrch, Troy, coadjutor with Biahop East
bora in Boston, and ml66tj rector of Gracechurch.
For most nf this period he has Idled lin- renponidble
position ol secretary to tbe House ol Bishops, lt ii
no secret that he has declined (he Episcopate at
least oil one occasion. He enteit upon a Held which
has been made ready by the wise, patient, fsr-aeei us
husbandry of his venerable Innaman noa well
stricken in years and full ol honors. And be enters
at the same time anon a new centenary in thc life
of th*- Episcopal Church with thc largest promise ol
a fruitful administration.
Bishop Potter is ii graduate of Union College, an
alumnus of the Alexandria School of | beology, and
received his doctorate from his Alma Mater. In the
(ace of aa Irresistible tidal movement "up-town,"
sweeping away away of the older families of his
cure,there basset in a conn ter current ni parish thrift
and regeneration. There is the expensive and ele?
gant enapel in f'ouiteeiith-st.. with its can-fully
appointed and multiplied administrations j there ia
tin- Clergy and Junii'i Century Clubhouse ; then- is
the exquisite chantry on Broadway; there is the
great ineinoiiiil charity, fronting on l'ourth-u\ c.;
and lastly there is the replacement of the old rick?
ety wooden spire with a splendid structure in
maible. Wita all Ibis BTUSl lie noted the elegant
and costly renaissance going on in the chancel und
nave of the church, with its unique group ,,| or?
gans. It may be be permitted to point this sketch
with Sir CbxistopherWren'aepitaph. in Bt.Paul's:?
".St quit)iii ihtmumentum, tkrtmtttpk*.
OVERCROWDED H0SPI1AL8.
On thc- ground Bant in the southwest cnn. r
of BsQavas Hospital are attaated wii.it me ra nod
Baas i"'- Stall patients BBBBjlBg trniii Hie affects of
alcoholism. There are only six nf these cells, willi
two cots in each, ami every day twice the munder
of patienrs liuit can i,e susan biibIsIoiI either ap
ply fur adlni-i-inii ni an-.,cm latte. Owing tm the tat
ailei,u.icy of thc iiccoliiiiiiMlatiiiii-, pata Btl hart tobi
transferred from the oslll tn sonic atbst IkBSfdtal bsfert
they are la a lt condition fer tin- troasfer. Nightly pa
tn ut.-, ure aeatpeUed t" ii' mi BBtttreasss laid en Iks lear.
iieiicvne Hospital ts armersaded. Thc mobs report
come* from Datuk a cM'i toland sad Ward's blood. Nut
ouly Charity Hospital hut the lliiiinpn]iuthle Hospital
also ls overflowing with patients. lu the hitter hospital
for four rears ISO tasaae feawle patients hare bees cnn
fined to the exrhisliui of hleV iN-op|e. A fee dam ago the
M.itcriilti Hospital en East Tweet] dxtfa st., was eleeed
for repairs, aaa a sign was Teeterdaj pouted on tke wtn
dow: -.limitless traaafsrred to Bellevue." As there ls
so little room lu Bellevue HuftVrlnK mothers are ?peedilr
transferred trnin lhere te crowded oaattort In Charltr
Hospital on Blackwell's Island.
THE THEATRICAL PROBLEM.
PAY OF ACTORS AND HIGHCUARi
WHAT MANAGERS AM> \ PLAYWRIGHT
li.vvi; TO BAY.
An article in Tm: Tribi'nk of last Sunday set ont
the facts in n latina tb tbs <l
charge made for senta ai the th stree af New-Yorl.
This was followed by thc i pork d con
tai ral prominent mnnag rs, ;i!l of whom i
that tbs charge was eeci any tn md t the bj
ceased by excesstn islariespaid to actors, which
.'?alarics. ht turn. gTBW out of UM lack of.
leading men. ToWUytbs ttatementa of Hem I
Abbey, Daniel PfohninB and the inanagai
Brooks tl Dickson are given, and tbe general raided
oated tn a letter from Clifton W. Tayleure,
tint playwright._
ACCEPTING TUE SITUATION.
MR ABBEY THINKS ABTI8T8 WORTH WHAT
THEY BBINO.
Henry E. Abliey is probably tbs busieal man in
New-York at the present time. A new Opera House
and a great English aetorare enough for an;
to inanage without having one of the largest
theatres In tbe city thrown in. Mr. Abbey,how
ever, found tim.- to Bsr lo a Tnrncxa report, r: "I
have rca.! i uk TuBUJnt'fl article hastily, and re
irret more than I can tell you thal I was and am
nuable to give the Importanl subject Ibe attention
it deserres and which I iball hope toon to give it.
'lhere is no doubt that an unhealthy ttatc of thing!
exists in the theatrical profession, bul [fail to see
how it can bs hotped It appears te me that not
only are actor-' salaries constantly Increasing, bul
artistic labor of everj description hi commanding
a higher price.
'?I may be wrong, but thia is certainly my im?
pression. Aa to the other questions, I must frankly
ta] that I bare aol thought tnfflciently shout them
to be able to answer offhand. 1 sm inclined lo
take things as 1 find them and make thc best of
them. If I want sn artist, I want him or hci snd
bavetopaj what la abeolntely necessary, for aftei
all everything ia worth just wh u it \\ ill bring.
A LACE OF LEADING MEX.
DANIEL n:ti.MM\vs V1EW8-CHEAP BEATS
Nor DESIRABLE,
Danial Prebnun, tin- manager of tbs Madison
re Tbeatre, was found Ib the artistically f.ir
Bished room which is Joni completed tor bia oceana
timi. Mr. l'r'lillian leaned back la bm chair nnd
.tuieii solem a I, bi I hideout poroelnin god on t
buhl cabiael it dont al hun.
??lt is t iiiisincis qaeetion sntirslr," sahl he, "sad
1 will give you a business in in'- snswsr. Ws bars
a small theatre and t wsakly sspenss ai - on
.*;),.uni. an.I should nol bs Biakiag a fortune out cf
tnia house if we charged - . Asto tbe high
?olories paid to actors to-day, that fa al
mat i er ol bualoeasand political ec. nu mi v. Tke sap
pit doesn'l squsl tbe demand, consequently marnel
rates bib high, Why dots tba demand exceed tnt
supply 1 1 will tell mn. There an- too aunty
managers,la fact; 1 am I oking forward ?itii r.p
prebeBirion t" tbs day when there will bi
mansgera io even actor. Then again, Ibero ats tea
many stare. Each of these aol univ withdraws s
poaaiblj ralnsble nu mb. r from Ihs ranks ol ..
company, bal slao, siter kia owe defection, tskse
w uh lum tarara] more to form ins own aapporting
? my. Wa pay lesi for our i.plc than anv ans
I .1- pnot , because we make long engsgamsuts,
ami they i bo depend anon otu i onfi h ?-. I ont, be?
lieve ni", u wh.t tends to re.inc- talarist man tban
an*, tbing.
" 1 'nure is nndonbtedly a scarcity of 'leading
men' in this reentry, and I have I sd lo send t"
I ? I.uni t.. bring "Vii five or -ii clever ronna men.
. if I c innot ni\?i!t tlnil rou.n lor. I Miall
manage rery easily fe farm ont."
?- Von Min ' istion of managers ron!
formed, and tbronga il ind made sgalnst
actors r*
"No. I do not Even if lt were formed wa could
Bot count upon tbe terms betag I . i Th re would
br constant cases of bidding ons agalnsl Bri ith r.
ami thc ramed? WOB d, I think. bs \T..rso Mian the
diaease. Ii tbe ai dem "f pooling railwat rereipta
ia a practical fallon and tbe companies ai
u i1 v breakinc faith and eat tina rat**, boa much
worse woiihl it bs w n lo place ol t i uni.anv yon
m Indiridnsl'"
"Theo von can suggest no means by which wt
can hsre cheap tbeatrosf
"No. none. I do nol think people pay toe m
lt is. end eren if our salarr lisl wsa smaller I do
not tliink lt would be adviaalde io redu..ni ran i
of ailmiaalon: in tact, 1 beliere we should I ?
pioii..i rion of our customers if we did."
NO PRE SE XT HELP A RR Al: EXT.
Hil.li; MANAGES BPEAES FOB BROOKS a
DICKSON.
The views ol Messrs. Brooks S Dickson, of the
Standard rheatre, were expreaai il by their mt
as follows; "J iea.1 the BTticlc in bud Bunduy't
1 kihi m. with much Interest, The question, bow*
ever, aeeme to be a aimple one; the lau- of supply
ami demand govern the matter, ntirely. Pul ii how
you w iii, there are not enough good actors to lill the
placet i acanl for them, The combination sj atom lt
at thc bot loin ol it all. An a.-tor whose name la at
all well known can gol I Company fm .-.UKI a week,
BBB sei BIB at ll BSt SO pei Cl Bl o! tbs ni eiptl B lieii
SVei he plays/and he OOBS wry Boori] il he does not
phtyto92,000gweek,leaving a pu.tit oj BOOOa
week. If,therefore,be la asked le Join t stock
company what he ian make Inin-i if governs tbs
terms he asks,
MThen again, we have no teboolstall tor the
young actor, Tbs ranks are being recruited by
'Pinafore' acton -yoong men ami neimen?who
ruth to tbs stage without having any capacity for
the art. The men ore gentlemanly enough the
women fairly wcTl-lu.il. Thej j.'in a combination
and walk through a small pan faith areli; come
back at the end of a BBBBBB, and think themselves
seton rad actresses, in reality they ena lay no
more claim to tbe title than a man v.hu bm
neil un a .nt .an ( all himself a surgeon. Bul the
evil is dime. They will not leam."
"Do you think any combination of managt kim -
ii' le f"
"( eitaioh nut. You ma., toke it BS I Bettled
lbiiiKtii.it managers will nol wm!, together hnr
iiioniously, though il thej wonld there ia no doab!
that they could severally >*ve themselves thousand ?
ol dollar-, a sear."
" 1- ii true tii.ii cc: iain manage! n have dune much
tu loree up prices lllillece-'.ii i|\ 1"
" Undoo iiu-dly: but fl.c will find eui their nts*
take and 'm. under' sooner or utter. "The evil that
men do lives after tlc in.' however, and so it will lie
h.uii.i in the lucent < ase. I be iiitjtienro thc o high
salaries baye on tbe acton is moat iireiudieial and
destroys all necessary discipline, ibai ia after all
tbe greatest hann it does us, for the noe.timi of
?alary in a comparatively minor matter, li a play
iso success tttOUurf?)0Oa week makes bul liitfe
difference; if it ia a failure, well it is only a little
more on the wrong tide ol the ledgi r."
?? Do yon sec am possible remedy ."'
"No, time will eventually bring awttert to a
prnperbasis. Asto tbe lowering of the price ol
seats that is are think a mist.ike. If people Wiiut to
seen piny they will pa) and pay well to go: it ii,. .
don't want to *>' it they are uot to be lured br the
abatement of 60 cent | a tic! < I."
HIGH PRICES AND POOR PLATS.
RESPONSIBILITY OP ACTORS AND MAN*
AM KKS.
a urtu raon c. w. tknxvwm?tn cokt or
auraariaina.
To ihe Ed i tor ut Th r. T r (t> n n > .
Sik: It arrears to me thal you editorial ra
liiark-of Minilay ;.ut Hie pnralltag price nf Hi.atie
h ate, mid thc olga Bslsrles rd leading seton, !s-v. itkoul
mteiiiiiiinii dkaatiaaaaaaal af yam fafrnsm la Ike faa. aa
-inn asea ls Ike serious skjetfasa sf set preteotlag
either fully ur .iu-tl> IBSnsntielllag fSllll In thc am -itlon.
ger eas i think timi the Btteraasss af the wstt-kaewa
BBtsaurari -Aiioin yuii so cuiitiiiciitiv ipmte win laestvs
p,n, mi ruiagBltlaii in thc tn. ai cinic, H, eaatpeteat
authority for Impsatag opoa ksadtag steel aeters, ?f betti
-.ms, the fun rttptntndllij far sssasuds winch ats
asssBBsd ls ht imih sztscttsnats snd injurious, it in true,
ai rna sseart, that tkirtyysarsagatkeafafeal tttsst sni
theatrical MkrrtSS were less BJ twa thirds than at
prcMiit. nut so were all other expenses. 80 also ?went
the steans of theatrical BnunUBBJB. Itlrh managers were
then thc exception; they aro now the rule.
Tho actors' salaries do uot constitute the colet dis
? ut in a in.uni...i's oct --irv oatley. I
ure h.edi inoic baportai - d
iud tin ' bare trebled In tke
Ik aad Joseph J':.
ronimnnd mure money nowadays for a tingle
i .!?? In K..rn
D ?as
laen reported al - r Juba Stetson U Bayou
OOO I eupon
i extend tke comparieoa.
?-<? li a mn i ol Um Btrieol Ivcrtl log lo The
yen -York ll ruld ce - IO i
I to tbi weekly
?
dog c iold be Itberallj i itlmated al
Tke ii'iiiliiiiiin eo-t ut tue same advertisement in the
|*o I ten jean baa beco ah I U i ? . and eoti i
, . " r. I roi -nan very
i il me
- ?' a vces i ? i Uranptj
Dum*!'!.-. .*? dorins, ll . entre
in thl i.'\ i ? ? .. ? i a i c ar- .vu. A season biter iii
c.pcii^c of advertbuu I rempe?t ** and Tatrli "al
the I rand Opera Hon e averaged na fjWOOo week. I
ii-c\ iiii'Tc i -. pi i,-cs lia\e i|idte as arneb lo do with thc
; lind t of BCl ir ns any ul I...
' . you upon Ibe n your
ma ingrrii l Informants. Besides, thc ? lan i
ic.-iil o i ,,,. nurrel il rouimodlt*. ly
toe laws ol ? ninnd; nod lt I ll old , i Im
arllj lbs funll ol Ibe lu er* 1 Ibid owli lt
?
pi :e:n od iluit their
inarki i \ alni I
A i between . ? . ? m.
. 'theil ' Itlon.
. .... pu alone
bas uh I ni lie ii du . thal thc
mn! Inn.tn
the in im limn (lie ni. ? . .. ,- ?
?
I- 1 ur
i I, H in ii. '.n ni li, Hu i.e. ii.- . jeff. rs.
lb. Iil.ilellli ? li... i.
v.a-Iii. me. ! c. . .'ii i i; i. :,:;il, i>\ el dedicated lil anv
c Im lo tb worship ... Ids an. Imf ni- ince nnd other
iml.ii artists, li\lng mid demi, el. I will nol poose to
iiaiiie, Hu- \n, nc.ni stage would lou - since have been
-lunn ..- .'] ,i Inulitlonnl linn; Mindil hove liecome.
lu lucina In nani, n mere shoe Ima e. lt lins needed
all Ihe pilli, h. e. Hie art and the effort ol Ihe ci, at ai tors
I ice . na.t |,, (tr oi the illjnilt* ol the si we like
"drowned I. .on ." li) ii- loeki n n of tin din ? ud
Illili nf nial ni-1 .nun. luana;.'! rial triumph "Tbi Black
< rook." ?
i fia! lead!ns tal irlea are too high N true; quite as true
as thal nldle at pi.-cut leudiiux uicn us n ruin ure over
paid, leading Indies, wbo?c professional nillottes are
ll. ? ? UTllj i \ Inn a.aiit. an- ll li. li rpaid. I alu ?mil lliced
Unit no theatre In tba load -?.tuck" ur "ulai "
at,..ul. a- i \ pen .cs hum run. to pey more than si.
>,: anj leading Biliary; ye! notwithstanding Ibis
view of the mntter, so looa as theatrical managers shall
voluntarily vacate thi lr ellice un In tnictoi i sud relegate
lu i|ei |.|. I alu.il. ur ii--.i. lal hui- lue du. a I lim 11 needs
of tin stage, Inst so lons; will Ibe deoiuud for competent
? \.lil.- supply, and tbe luurkel ipi..tan
le...Ihiir ?.11;iri? ? he put ar a ruinous figure.
Nor ? III the ni'iiee. --a: i rerrnltmeni from abroad help
Ihe ea ?? oliy. Tbe rx 1st ina unwholesome eoudttloo ol
all an- ui., '1,1, c ,,11 ? pi.leiiii, - mu il- cu ii- ?. il.e..au
hlUUtloD -s-tcii. I- alic.nil Iii..; lieiiiil; a -I I llgffltllg roi
sell ul IV.i lunn ulul ll Will lie 1.lill.el..I alli.'li. Ila'
11.1 lu,-- ii f the nest, i lil. th rill the pl . Un I .111- Ullin, il ll HU
ruined mid for Hie numerous opera houses lt has built,
that rind Hine shall have rome li alli i.
? I. 'I I.. I. alli Illeip.l.lU ||( iou L. i..1 a, lui' lu - ac; Iii. B
tin dignity of ht* professional standing bj playing tbe
lllnersnl Hlis-p iimi]mnles will then I.nee more In
? le ii ia ie i; Iml uot at ooee. as of obi People will ko to the
ih. aili i ..Mu muse but to in- amused. The drau
a ;... iii nu i nt i iii p..--; ole "situations," aud
paint. I who can ph.i-e the dense nf -'.,;lit. will theil ns
now lie the prlnc I pul factors in inn nuicc rial siicct
ii verj i. until -I n. I tnisl the
m. , ,i ii.le rene!lon will ? I In. ami pulilli taste, ula. ited
iiml ilhci !? .1 lu il,. Itlon, viii v.t restore In
the sti ..I a pm ile iliaii,a, ami
rescue foi histrionic arl abilities bow obscured beneath
??I'li-ati.i.-i.ii trash Sn 11,mi.,n..ii,ni vt mummers will lie
1 uri.nu; ur I.
lu ? di il lo put in pi n lice the iihsurd proposal lo h.dld up
thc.itu.al arlin ls ut lug duwil the in nu-- ll
? '
piddle twite,
ls lilllie it. .1 tu lev
iniiel by the * H mini. "
\h Barrett' ind artistic faith.
I ? -lae.! ii III Inalla.. I - tile tl US
path wa' lu tn. pu il. bas don.
lilli 'lili'le.l
.. lii.i.it.in- and dram
ali, .m.
Meantime, sims lt lu- In en rot. d tbst t
? mn) thal n-trcm hmenl I i
why m>t ls -in with ?? reduction In the advertisingoot
luj I .-"iii i> Ibe public press, which bas
ul an IiiXbj-c-i in thc ?.ned .... uf (he
rays shown Itself tbe dis
?
111, 111 li'U I
le a little tbe oppn wive, cost of" fat " iheotrl. ni
ailvertl nd by thus helping thestrleal mau
meei -|. ne them also Ihe pain;,il
alternative of either collina, down tko salaries of haul
lg ami ami.n nus ?to< ' s. lol ?. ni of plumb ting
pmrti elsi I ? maintain Ihe tbi it
grulnieiii ..( m. ' iNilltm Paul. Kespi clflllll.
. i). t. i.i, l--.;. Ctn ros \v. inn i ot.
Mt. I a. I ?:? ', closing suggestion ia so absurd as
much to weaken the foi.f M> argumente. There
i i.u athel cia? tbal gets one-tenth of the gratui?
tous advertising which the papers lavish upon the
? li.im..iii profession. The sayings ami doings of
es i ry conspicuous actor and Bet ress are chronicled
with n fidelity aad thoroughness given to no one
else. The plans oi the managers are describedal
length and in detail. New theatres, nea plays, new
scenery, nea i ostumes, are all dilatedupon. A great
many people think th it the n matters gel far more
notice than they dee* rv. Hut whether that is -our
not, while all the new-paper, devote so much apace
tnthe dee advertising of theatrical persons and
things, i" sugget! thal the proprietori should feel it
their duty to give ap snj p nt ol the comparatively
-ii.ail sums m huh they noa receive tor tbe bnsiness
annoum enirtil of the managers li prepoaterout to
the verge of lunacy.?Ed.]
ISLE MADAME AND (ADE BEETON.
..I IMP8E8 OF FAB NOBTHEBM FISHING File
LAGER
raos IBO. i-nis n i ? ii:ui "I'.imu'm ur nu iimiii ni .
AriciiaTi I le Madame. Oct. IO.?Beaten by
waveeaadawcp bj ?iMf tble little iowa el Ari. bat
? tr.ugu ? aloaa ii- nicky harbor, aad aa the lilli a ekorcb
mis ii* crest tipped tptrt bigs above si a ui.,1 land,
Htnuted iii- ara tks eat} trees that grew oa tale Isis
M.i'imuc. sad btsb tie rea There ats bs
i in tbs strsstt of Artekat, bot ai.um.f the
dwelllnaSi Iks ve r !?? i-ia aim booses eland bars and
onslgBtlyalaagtka edgt <<i Ibswster, lartanadedb
bleak aeldt aad bama rocka lamely aad graad Cape
Hogan gaards tks entrance to the barber, Tks seaward
Kine uf nus capt is uiie i.ruse perpendicular eng, and
bo p u,uiiii i koa sounded tat depth ol water at Ila foot.
Winn a pei-.in Beet An.hi' tu- Hist lin.
preettoB lt obi ot woader teat people who can po
loywhere else should liva lhere Bot they do . .
.ike ii iu.. and umre iii.in ilia* ?tut \ make lift 0
i.:-i.m.i seplsassa tool Ih leveoo ckaueo vUltoi
.uni.ui a desire some doj to retain
tait. r.,rtiie p.,,ipi- are a remnant of the old Aeaduo
rai c. Bera La Bowes and Bellefontaloea e iDtloue in tbe
whole*. .ii-i ..ni-, el linn- aaeestora. lieu, a ls thc
me generally asea, bbooj "f los peopts kaowlai
oe ether. A kaidy, noble rest tfcay are, wao do sal lock
t aci r il'" ii 1 af Bight, nod Balthar tin uk u >r pruetis* gulla
Murdei -, rabbet pi, brawl i, draak um it and Immorality
ie in,k.i,.? ii amoeg I In in.
im: i a.i states tteoB-of-wsr Alliooee, whisk was
iu ihe Baraei kort tkls tamm ir, la tka third American
war-vessel that erst ri Ited toe place. Tat Aral uno waa
luii.uiiimi'.'ii bf Joiiii r.mi jinn-., x BSk-eorlBg taUb<
meat waa tkea la operotioB on iBe Uttte lalaod wldeb
aaeleees tat harbor. When John Peal Jones get*
tujoogk wltklttksrs wot satklsg Isfi of tim establish
a,cut t<> tpssb sf. Tks hu tneae was ttartsd sgalabb
tlie lUUillliiBil, However, Ulai tltatl lo tail flay Hie only
l . .u-i ry of Arieiui', earned on births Bobin Brothsrt,
ui tim i?ie of Jerssy, dssssadaata e; the man who
foonded it ISO years ssa fketsesad tnsnrlntnmtii ol
war tasts herein 1812, aad earrled ed alotef eattle.
tke bIBbbbs was warmly greetsd by tim inhabitant*,
tor they arc a.I lutt-usuly disloyal ami dSStrs laure iu.ia
BBJ lliuii: else lu li eulin- n purl ut thu Anuri aa I'liiua.
'i'licy un- miens, ly Americas ami Inteniely ? m\iuiie.
ihev twem ky the Prestdeal sad tks Fane, ressrrlBg
the K'lyal Fatally to un sworn St, They Mil k that If
tlir Isle Madame BetasgSd to the Republic, V inket
taterpttet umi capital weald como tiers .md mike
A. 11.-1> u t the great tlshliiK ital MM of Ihe Norili, lt is
only twenty-four hours from the (irunil Hanks, and bait
can be had here in nliumlunoe. ibo uicu uinl youl li of
tbe Island are a race of baldy mil skilrul Usher
Dieu, and urn au important SUM lu tlie tl? .mg
IV els Hint Hdl I mihi tile Batted Males, WkltikM tiny ..?
lu largo nuiiitiers to ship, every spring. I>tiriti^r tin
BaktB| seas,,n only old men, nOBMB uml children are. tn
he f,.m.-I al Arielii.t, uinl while [hi-u luca arv away th ?
womeagatksrtbsssanty traps. Ia tbs un. when the
??i-hlps cuine in \Tiib iheir sailors all allow," it ts msrrr
ttuius in this etona-bea ten rBtage, and dancing
to nie iiiu.lc nf ihe violin ui accurdeon, uinl other m.hi
forms ot revelry, ure lu Ju Ked in hy the j ouue; men timi
mantras,
'lue priest of tim vlllnaa cia bu taaasay day. gotag
aboat from koaae te keats, wearincku blaoh robe and
Shovel bat willi Its Bide ilia relied np al lue itdea, c mu.
foiling ihe sorrowful und mtaistenng te tke stet. I'm
the atonal et tae great deep bring sorrow bi mani a
home lu Arie nat, and, cnn uuioiig this robust people
disease Will claim its victim*. I.'veri uiie hare lOVM toe
BMtaery of Longfellow ami ls fu mi!,ii- with lite st uv of
Evangeline. I nave heard them repeat it liv then Urn
side*, evening'", with the sound of the wares and tbi
winda fur an accompaniment. Tbjiy have never foi?
giveu thc English for the dispersion ot tho Ac.i'll.um.
THE FLOWN SOUL.
[MIAMI- HAW lllnltN ' LATHROP.]
Ptkratry o, i->-u.
yyem Int M'liiiiiiiinii.
Come not .ur lin! I dwell with yon
., tin n aim ut trust and dew,
.'i and fire, ami growth to death.
I dwell with you where oererbreath
Is drawn, hut fragranee vital Hows
I lum lit.- m life, even at :? mat
i n s-n pours sweetness through each Tata
An.1 from fie air distills again.
Von ::re my rose unseen ; we live
\'\ lure ea. ii to oilier joy may give
In ways untold, by means unknown
Ami secret as tin maguct-stone.
For b iiii h of ns, Indeed, i.s dead t
v.. more I lean tu kiss your bead?
'I'h ? I ul -l-M il loir so thick upon it:
Joy 1 .ls iii. nioie the touch that won it
When o'.r my brow your pearl-cool palin
1-: I eli nu g so childish, calm,
Crept s..lily. once. 'nt. Hie, my arni
ls titiung, and yet my blood runs wann ;
1 si iii can worn, ami think, and treen.
But til tl.is abow of life I keep
ls hit the sh dow of yonr shrine,
Mil k< r of your fire, husk ol your vine;
I len fore, you Bte not dead, nor I,
\\ Ito bear your laughter's minstrelsy.
Among the start your feet are sst;
\ out lit i le ii pf are dancing y.-t
Tl .,i h*. Ihmir li ..t. aa rn nen on earth.
are death and hirth!
Come in i again, dear child. If thou
I j chance couldsf break that vow
II -il' ix e ol i bj hud hour made*
li to this BTim life unafraid
'i nun i nu los, return, ami melt the frost
Win n iii thy brinn! limb's power was lost;
Ptill would 1 whisper- since so fair
i.. ileul romradeahip we shan?
i i, n hiaper 'iiiiii the unbidden ram
i ii ai.: "Cuiue m.t. i uuic md iiKiiin!"
Qeobob Pabboxs Lathrop.
"THE STAGE WAITS."
"I will drink Hie toast," saul Monsieur Grnttin.
???lim nohle profewdon, ihe lui.- ait.' I hare no
great fuuey for your gin, bul twill drink the toast
in the liquor of your country." He was on his legs
:n this time, nnd turned forward h-fi sud riirht be?
fore in- drank, so ai to in. hide all the company un?
der his i dui.'ce'ni.ii'.' im |.| >.i in !? in pledging the
ari to which In- lielonged ma product ol England.
- Hen. In-.ir. lear!' tried several voices cheer?
fully, ile Frenchman emptied his glass, snd asl
down with a look of profound satisfaction.
They were all men pri senl a do?eri and they all
appeared in the very Ix -t humor aud spirits, they
?-,. re seated iu the dining-room of James Walford, s
pin).- -i..ii:.I ting, i. and the occasion ol the meeting
wa-tu commemorate Walford's signature to an
neill.nani with the lessee of the Cremona Theatre.
A few days ago tbe document hod been duly com?
pleted; Walford was to have twentj pounds a
week, the I anrod -olary be bod yet reached, and
waa i" creute i he leading tenor part" in a mw comic
opera. Tobe sure, the Cremona was md a lir-t
ci.i -> tin air.-, bul W alford was glad to gel ?'' loading
put anya* here, and twenty pounds s week wa-a
(/nat an-.ance upon ten. which be had been form?
erly i ??.ig in a subordinate pw t.
Walford himself w as hardly os glad as bis friends,
foi lu was the iie-t-natiiieil. Iie-t-ii nipered, kindest
hearteil tenor thal ever lived, and all his friends
wished him well, There were oilier reasons also
which made those who li! ed him glad of his euc
ce--. A lew.nth- a nu In; had lost a young wife,
to whom hewn- devotedly attached, iiml ne
i. il a w iiiu wi i wilban univ child, a boy of four
years old. Now thal bis wife was gone, thia boy
waa the very apple "t bia eye. He took tbe child
w ith linn wheresoever he might, and when became
home whether it waa early or late, his firs! sci waa
to visit the boy. Those wno knew him best said it
was wei! lu-h.ul tho child !?? centre his aft'.
en. fur otherwise thej feared his reason might givs
a av.
lie waa not oue of those wbo wear their luaus
11 pi i ll Ih. il -'? i VI'S. Ile was made of -til Mi"! ll -tull.
Iltil then all kifvi tli.it winn In- married bia late
w ile In- bud given her the hive of bia whole oat ure,
.?mil that i lu verj iiui'i h. -- of his manner, upon her
death, incant a -tuidn.m nature terribly controlled.
To uiiuur two ol his most intimate friends he had
i-ontidentially thal il anything happened to
lu- Im., be should not can- to hw.
One of the pleasantest thiugs rn connection with
thu present soi ml meetiug was that M. Urattiu had
cuiue, uinl -huw n liiin-cli moat cordial and agree?
able. Kwi ?..;.. !.??: ml, il lin- bi exceedingly good
on his part.'foi it was known tn all that the choice
ol a ii uni for the Cremona Theatre loy. between him
ami Walford. Thus he had come, as it were, to
11 iumph "f hi- rh al over himself,
M. fir.-.it'ii was a man uf medium height, black
haired, sallow, wnh dark brown eyes, a slightly
a. iml iee .i.,-.-, ami good il _'i:i e. Ile w a- a strikingly
in. Il ? manners were relined and
manlike, ami the univ obicction Englishmen
il to him was. that be seemed to bc anxious to
whoa elaborate kindness in miall things al the >-\
pcii-e ..t sincerity in greater. Thus ii happened
it hough tin- men present in AJbuny Lodge,
Cniionhury, thut night greeted Iii- .-inn af entlius
i.i-t Kuti \ .'ami luid linn li- mos a good felloe for
coming, ucxl morning, when they though! more
qui. tl,, over the i .... only
wIml waa to I"- expected from ao polite and cour?
teous a mall.
It waa bul natural that, under tie circumstances
nf the death ol Wu I toni's wife, Ins curly-headed
little Imo, Freddy should be mode much <d hythe
linbern iun friend* ol bis I (her. Foi i time, no ono
to tbe house without bringing bim some little
toy ol aweetstoH'oi aud if the Inn bod aol a very
good disposition and uga j mid airy manner, which
made him take the gifts with the laughter of de?
light rather than the mavin of greed, he would
have run a tan chance ol lieiug hopelessly njioiled.
Alli.mi I.uduc wa-a niui h inure mnile-i bouse
than one might suppose from the name, For, tak?
ing the t :ini - lie had engagements with the times he
had nut, Walford could md bitherto count on earn?
ing nu:, li more than three hundred pounds i rt sr.
During his wife's time she had hail a general ser?
vant im-tin- house, while nhs herself looked after
Ihe boy. Hut upon the death of bis wife, Wain.ni
bnviiig nu wuniaii relative who could take her
dituiiisM-d the general servant and bunted
up Ins old nurse, Mort tia Grace.
>liewa-liuw al least -my lear- of a UV. and of
course nothing like aa active ss she hud once been.
I'.ui he knew lie could rely mi ber to do justice n>
li - hov, aud thal was the meat consideration in bia
In.nt tlicii. Wheu alie cume to ats) with bini, he
saul toiler with all the curliest noaa he a*as capable of:
- M ntl,a, I .-mi not particular about the house, I
shall not want yon to do much for myself. If yon
will iu-i keep the little place tnl\, ami get "ie aime
thing simple tu cai ;ind ilrink when I want it, 1
sha 11 lie quite content, Hut 1 mu particular about
the boy. \<>u must nol let him get into barm of
an\ kind. Ile is all J now have in the world, and ii
am meat hann came iu him 1 thould break my
heart."
The old woman promised, add kept her pr.
faithfully during the lime she li.nl liecu with him.
Al la-l the great night was at hand. Walford
wa-lull ul -pun-, ami coutidcucc. The rehearsals
hud been most satisfactory, Everyone connected
with the theatre bad complimented him upon hit
singing and acting in the part, sud the whole com?
pany were in the very best ol humor, for the belie!
wus general thul the opera would run u hundred
ni ah ts, ai I
lt wa-a die in, eulil, dallip, il i-l na rt en in ir even?
ing, when Walford premired to leave bis home rot
I li.- I dent re. Some mont lia atro. when hi- w il.- died.
In- had li id an ''iiii'.i;. uniil, lint it WUS now two
months -ince bis latest appearance in public,
u Kow, Martha," -.nd lu-un lennie, * you'll be
king of tho castle while I'm sway. 1 shall not be
hack till past midnight. Von need md sit np for
nie, [ -hall get my supper in town. II'-. I line im'.,
i-Vi h. for I'n i '?? lo nu to beti f" He took the boy
h. bia arms and kissed him fondly, and stroked Ins
brown .ii.'-, ami cai;..| lum bit Frill, hi-- little man.
his tine boy, Theil added: - 1 think, Martha, iu
honor of the occasion, 1 muat give Freddy a -h 11
llllU'."
The boy clapped his hands with delight, snd
laughed. He never had had s whole thilliug be?
fore. Pennies of rou e often caine his way, and
although he had no delluite idea of the purchasing
powers of a shillidg, he knew they were much
I :i iii thone ot ti peiinv.
i'h' father Imudeil the boy thoshilling, snd har?
ing ki--, d him again long mid lingeringly, rose n nh
n sigh, and said lo Martha: "You'll take can- he
gets into uo trouble while i'm away, The safest
pl.ii.- fm linn ls iu lied. I'ut him to bed, Martha,
ill dice. I heres I c....ul sulll."
.-he promised tu do to, and he left the house, got
into an omnibus, and made bia way as quickly as
possible to thc Cremona.
Here all waa bustle and excitement. Everyone
* ho waa anyone was iu from. |iv the time he had
dressed he woe told thal the house was Ulled cram
full, from ton to bottom, and that from tbe parts
w lure ii wa- Impossible lo hunk seats they had been
turuluguiouej a roy. Everyone behind waa m the
beal ot good humor, and he himself felt more elated
t lian Oil uni oilier occasion since bia** lfe/a death.
If thia puce were a hit, ami In- ji success iu it, his
upward progress in his profession would be certain.
Ilesbould md univ he aide to live in comfort, bnt
tu lave up indie-, for his boy, ami for tho time when
that moat delicate of all properties, a tenor's voice.
'? -ed to have a market value. He -till linked uf
thirty, and wit!, care be might calculate on twenty
j cn.' lease of his Mme. Supposing tut roles lasted
twenti yuan, ami lins opera gara bim a eommand
In the ii urket, In il. t wen ti yean be could save
nuougl e..nev tu luann his old age against want,
ami tu proi nie handa.ly (or bia boy.
Ile dui nil cullie un wr\ earls in I lie lir-l ;ict.
ld- foll in ii i wiiy ucl vou.s. He never had been in
helter voice, ami thc part Mulei him perfectly.
What more c.mid any tenor desire I
Thin WOSofoourss au iiii.lei -study tobit part.
td. Gratti!* was the imder-otudy, snd singular to
say, In-did m.; aime in t lie llicat re before I he cur?
tain went up. This wan grossly improper. For
supposing any accident had happened to Walford,
there would have been barely time for (irattin to
dress, and make up hum thu moment tho hell rang
until thc lending tenor was required on the stairo.
1 ii.ittin had belonged to US Cremona coiunauy for
% considerable time, and during that tum* had
always sung second or third tenor parts. He had
been paid eight guineas a w.-ck, and for a winna
ed benora him thc hope that he might
bs promoted to a front phu-o with a salary of
i w liny pounds. This hone had been dispelled wheo.
Welford irot tin- engSMBsent, ami now be, Qrnttin,
had im part at all, ami no chance of au npiiearaiice
during th.- present run, anlest Walford bron dow n,
.lust aa the i artain was ruiiir un then- was a -Treat
commotion behind. Qrattin Bad arrived ba a state
ul tbe highett excitement, and there were sounds of
consternation and dismay from the men'
room. Before tbe curtain had been np a couple of
minnies lin-opera was Mopped, ami the mSBSgat
stepped forward to explain that, ow mn tu a aad ral
amity, lows uf which had reached flu- theatre hut
that very moment. Mr. Walford would nut be abbi
to appear that evening, [n the face of suehaBtav
fortune, M. Qrattin, with whom they had so long
been favorably familiar, had kindly consented to
sing thc pail.
The manager said more, hut this is all that ia
material, ihe audience were docile, andsceepted
the .situation without a murmur.
What had occurred behind was tin's. Grattia
had. in a state ol' wildcat excitement, rushed into
I lui men's dreeeing-roont, and announced t hat
Albany Lodge wits on lire and then- was rOBSSB to
suppose the hov had perished in tin- dames. He ex?
plained that what must lune been l.oni tim,-.
Quarters of an hour to au hour after Welford lett
his hollie, he. Qrattin, wsspantdngb] with the av
tent ion of caUiug for bis friend, when lu- fotutd a
crowd around flu' house, amt tinnies bunting
through tin-windows, ile learned from the poUet
that lunn tim Hist alarm it waa impossible to enter
the house. Hence their lear that the boy and bsb>
sihlv the old woman had perished.
Iii tin- ian-ot -indi horrible .-vents it wm clearly
mipoeaible for Walford to muk. Qrattin had taken
u hansom tin- whole way down for tin- sake nf
-peed. The beat thing for Walford to do waste
take a hansom back ami let Qrattin go through the
j,art. Bo -iii'l everyone. Ami oin of the good'
natured members of the company, who had noth?
ing to do thal night, roluntlered fo accompany
him. Bo the pom lather, assi-tcl hy those around
lum, tunk uti the gay trappings of the etaae and re?
sumed the aober garb of everyday life, and went oil
mutely with his friend to tin- scene of desolation.
When In- gol there the house was all ablate, and
be wbs assured that nothing could he done until
morning.
Had anything been beard or teen of hi- boy . ETot
nothing. Had enytbiag been seen of Harlan f
Yes; -lie had emile hack, and ln-r story was a
strange one. It ian as follow -:
Veryshortlj after ber master badlefl the bonan,
ind just ss she had put tbe boy to lu.I, a knock
came to the side door, ."-In- went duwil, leaving
the paraffin oil lamp burning on tbe table close tu
tin-Iud. She found at tin- door a ragged little boy,
who banded her s note. Thia abe read in thc kit?
chen, lt waa to the effect thai if she canoe to a cer?
tain puhlic-hoii.se the writer would ii ll ln-r .-niue.
thing which would h.- greatlj to ber advantage aud
tlie advantage of bernutster. sin-did not at all like
tin-notion of leaving the house. In tin- tii-t pines
her instructions about tin-hoy were clear. In tba
second place, the fastenings of the house were aol
satisfactory. The spring 1<>. k <m tbs side door
little better thaatouched tbs bass), and a-tho
master himself knew, a strong rash was sufficient
to open i hat door from tim outside, except when it
w a- bolted within.
For i huiir time the woman hesitated. Then,
thinking there might really he isome advantage te
bersell and lui master behind this note, abs re?
solved to risk going. Before leaving she went up*
rtairs, ami les! tin- hoy might feel lonely?she lcd
been accustomed to ul with him while In* went to
sleep?abe told him -In- would leave tin- lamp alight
an the condition that he lay still, ami did not mt
out of Iud w lille she v a- away. Tin boy plum;., d
and abe wi :.t.
At tbe publlc-honee Indicated she found a stout
slatternh woman, who appeared ti, be tie worse
fm- drink. Thia woman tara she was the writer of
lin-imic, and then, to Martha <,race's hdiui. n
sun-.l tin- faithful "ld servant iliat sin- had bo Inten?
tion wlinteverol benefit ting the master of A
|...il -e. Lu. tint ber design was that Man ha. lu tug
ina position of confidence, a--he wa- Informed,
should gradually pillage that bouse that -he, thu
strange woman, would dispoee of tbe g.1-. sud
that they two should divide the money between
them.
Martha broke away from this wretch indie;.
nantly, uni hurried hack withal! -pied tu Ins
house, sin- had been more than half an hour ab?
sent, am! when she got bat k tin- place a as in fiamee,
ami all possibility of getting .it tin- room a here sha
had ult tin- Kuy wa- over. No doubt tin-child had
gol mit "t lu d. and w lah- playing with the lauip. it
fell and fired lin- Inn-".
lhere wsa nothing fur th" disconsolate fsther to
du inn to wait then- through the dreary watt' - of
that desolate, dim night, looking at ila- oncertnin
tinker of th-- gradually dying lire.
With morning came th.- poasibility of March,
Then the remains of the lamp were found, hut m.
trace wha ti vcr of t In-liu v. Thispuzxl. 'I people skilled
in iiii-. They ow mi! thej could make nothing ul it.
They eonld trace portions of the bedding and tbs
Boor, hm nothing whatever that spoke <<i the pr -
eiiee uf a human being, Walford urged the search<
era to renew their quest. Again in vam. Abto<
Intely nothing belonging t" tia- Idij wa- found, i \
rcpt, strangely enough, some buttons which wei.:
known to belong tu his clothes, ami i shilling.
Both the father ami the nurse agreed that there
rou ld not possibly have been any other silvei
in that na mi than the one given ny tin latin rio hil
son the evening before, lois coin, too, was found
in a place close beside the iron bedstead, which
would roughly correspond with where the anne lcd
put hi- clothes. What mysteries upon myst.
were these!
Even now, although it waa 'A o'clock in the morn.
lng, Walford refused to leave the raina ami bis
friend, win. had stayed with bim loyally all ihe.
time, arl "tr in search of Borne refreshment. Hu
came bock very shortly, ami. preoccupied a-Wal?
li id wa-, he could not lint -cu that some new ami
start um lurprise had overtaken hit fi iiml. Ho
asked hastily w hat it waa,
u I don't think I ought to tel! you. Walford, hut
if 1 don't -uincuiic else w ill in a few minutes. There
w a- a had break-do* ii at tin- Cremona last night.*1
" I know there was, snd 1 wai tin- ranee of it.-'
Bald Walford sadly. ?? But who ian blame met
1.k at this. Where is hiv boi ;"
?? I don't mein you, Walford, hut Grattin. He fell
on tl e -lae:,, in a fainting lit. and the Opera had to
lie ul ippid Thej say In-'- leriouely ill. In bet,
the doctors thins be can't recover, lin- papers i
theil is something a ruin; w nh the hei i;.'
"1 am very -mil to hear it." .-aid Walford.
" Poor Qrattin I the tight of tin honan in flames,
and the knowledge thai my little one bad perished,
ami then hat inn to drees snd no on in s comic part,
? much foi him."
While the two men were speaking, a third man
i ame nil ami-aid :?? ihe police tell me one ot rou
i- Mr. Walford I have a note for Mr. Walford."
Whi n tin- nw mr of tin- burned bouse h.-.d read it,
he turned to bia companion and mid: u It is fruin
poor Qrattin. lb-.-.-ks me to .-onie to him at once
iu) God's sake, ot berna} oarer seems sgain. He
lives quite cloee, 1 will uot be half on hour. Wait
lorine."
Walford found Qrattin exhausted but ableto
speak fluently, "The doctors tell me I maj go any
moment. 1 will nut waste s word. 1 bs ve been
iiiiiun-eiuiis until Just now. I want you to fonrivo
me if you can, if you will, [ was jealous of von, I
iliad.- my mind untodettroj van it 1 could, lim
whole plot wa- mine, [ got a womnn to deco) your
sci voul aw.n . I act lin- lo j our hu
"And the box ? the hoy "."' whispered* thc father,
pale os death.
?? I- deeping 1 here."1 He pointed to s door leading
oil tin-ronni in which he lay, "I nsed chloroform
un a handkerchief with him. and then brought I im
here. He in nato. Open the door and look. 1 shall
never siug tbe pan. 1 had a better voice than you,
inn I uu-n'i ii-, good a man. Forgive ate. atut l?-t
nu-die in peace with all mi earth, since there is no
hope of inj gaining peace hereafter. 1 have earned
damnation, hut I did not kill the hoy. Mercy ! -
mercy, Janice Walford 1 Hark! There nt your bov'i
voice. I- 11 not -wet euough to your esl
mom in e to take away your sngerf?Hsrkl I l.t.
i-mu the voice of your hoy. Thal ia the call-boy,
? Monsieur Qrattin, the stage wan-.' Beady '?"
And with this word Monsieur Qrattin answered
hi- Last CalL?[Belgravia.
BAXIEM-ST. PRACTICES.
Notwithstanding nil that hag been written
about thc ui.i 1 lutiic- dealer- el Baxter -t.. there are -till
practices eoaunon alts tbemof wlu'ckeoeipaiuttvel) tow
people kaow aaytkleg. Oas ot tbs stoat astaetfesabts
Ol the in la the Illegal PBB u I uok un.'which ls earned un cx
teastvely. Kaowlag thal Ikey stouts tkemtelTni asm
i.iiic iu the law if ikey luau money, tkej otter m say ii."
articles ht oeghl te them by hnansuntsus petsssa*, sad
I .icc lu keep t lum fut;u cun-lilciatiuii. I lie jBSSTBSJtiaOta
luau- aliuiit BO per cent lidcic.-t. Mali} au BBBBTtBSSlB
pei-.-un im- been badly deceived, however, ny thc ?hsp-*
keepers, if sa article i* rslaabte Ikey of arenas wist ta
retain lt, sad ase every dei icc lade sa. asastptissB
leavess rataabte soil of detains, premising to restoeta lt
Ut the end of thexxeck. The idiopkeclM r ptBBBUS IO
keep the gooda fae a stated sum. IkseWBer, bawetsBi
max cull a few limns after and tn his cha. vin rind BaBl
the ikopkl ' per hus di.-pn-nl nf the ia??|.. Ill lilli ' SI
out of ten tin- di.-appuiuti d BSTSSB cllher ili-llk. - I"
ll.ake .1 CUllipil.lUl tOlllC illltllUl liles Ol li lishlllllcd ID ?'?
Tl.ere are BUM "fences" lu I!a\tei st. where stoles
gouds are disposed of. in some stores a persee who n
posted eau I'un-h.i-e a new article ot cluthiinj tor mic
tiiiniui- one-half Its value. All,lav lens; and Oil mla
nhrbt Baxter-et, from ('..atrium st. to Canal ts tkros ??'
with peuple.
atuiium: reporter one day waa amosed to aote eoe
system of buslaens that te carried ea le the street, lt 'J
null of advancing monet ouctothlnt to he redecuii'd
afterward and (riving the owner 1 "reliever* or ow
Milt of clothes In oxeuauge. In a grog sfcop rn the street
t doton men were drinking. Oueofthe anmberwas 1
toed mechanic and had exhausted bis anni, y on a spree
Ile Lad paw neil bia watch aad all he hail I.ft nf value
was his clotidttg. Drink hail Um iu Itu tsUs. ??*>
hurried min tbe street, was gone fifteen minutes or ?o.
mid returned, tte hud obtotued ??- or .f:t for hts Kid -"il
of clothing in exchange rot a tramp's BtBSf widen wouw
viii) bring thu pi Icc ol old 1!.(,?.

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