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THE LONDON STAGE.
SLR AUGUSTUS HARRIS AND MR. HENRY
IRVING-" HYPATIA" AT THI HAVMARKLT
-MR. GEORG K ALEXANDER1 - MISS
ELIZABETH ROBINS.
London, February -8.
If ever the London playgoer i.* teniptiil to laka
a Burvcy of the actual condition ol the London
stage, lie must say to himself: Some other tnno
would be more favorable. Vet, to wait for thal
ether time would be like waiting tor the Thama*
to run it_elf dry; hoping to cross dryshod Iron.
Westminster to I._i_-ln-th. The condition of tlie
stage ia, in truth, much better than it WM
twenty years ugo, lietter flinn it. was ten years
ago, and very far short of what it misrlit Ik*; to
adopt tho h:e*knoy*?d view. The bead way to
?juline it ia to judge it by it* liest.
Perhaps the average- is no higher now than
twenty years ugo; or not mucli higher
Til? b<*st is very much better than the old beat,
Drury Iaane is, perhaps^ at its lowest: mnb-r
tlie prosperous reign of Sir t_aga*tea Hani*. Thal
enterprise g manager jiaugi-s tbe depth's of tb*
public taste with p.*itt*ot aeearacy: tin* hoi.Tirs
he leaves to athen. Tl*.- Paatomlam aeaeon i*
not yet over: it in not iiuite certain tli it. Hil?
der Sir Augustus Harris's rulj-, it ever is over.
Thora who know what un EagUah Peate*
mime is like may MSOoa* they know wli.it
it te like at Drury Lone in its present form. They
do not take eoeouat of the Influence of flu* Musi'*
Hall. Sir Augustus Harris's latent triumph is
to make the stn-v* ut Drury Lane a platform foi*
tbe cijlebntio** of tin- Trana den and the Tivoli
?for Mr. Dan Leno and Mr. Herbert Oump
bell, for Little Heb and Miss Mari.* Lloyd. This
great man, who. in addition to Drury Iaane. con?
trols th** Empire, which calls itself :i theatre
and te simply a music ball, lately took over tlie
Palara; which also is now a music, hull and
called a theatre, lie proclaimed ti the pul.lie
that he was goin? to elevate it ns he lind ele?
vated Drury Lune and invent Garden. He lias
elevated it downward, ami provided certainly
one of the mo-t popular entertainments i'i Lon?
don, and certainly oin- nf tlie lanai relined. Is
lt not tin* ba__Broa of a manager to lind out
what the public wants, and supplv if. Is nut
political iv-onoiny as potent on flu* uta ge pg in
tbe market?
And yet there nre puhlics and pnb'.cs. Much
depends on tbe kind of pul.'.ic, you choose to
cater for. I suppo-** no Iaondon theatre dining
tbe lae*t ten yean bas been, on the whole, a*
prosperous as tim Lyceum. Mr. Irving, like Sll
Augustus Harris, is a manager, lb- bas to ira-abe
bis tljeatre pay. He 1ms to on-i l?-r tire taste
of the public; or of a public. Vet tin* epnlrrat
between the two methods of managing is com?
plete.
it might lie possiMe, if it vtvro not a little in?
vidious, to classify the theatres of London, or
even to jrroup most of timm into two claaBra
Tlie Lyceum, 0*ith Mr. Irving as mann.T, would
stand at the bead of one oin-**. Drury Lane,
with Sir Augustus Harris as manager, would
stand at tbe head of the other. In flu- lir-f
cia** would Ik* found tbe St. .lani.'s's tiii.br Mr.
George Alexander; tbe Haymarket andee Mr.
Beerbohm Tree: tin* 1,'arriek under Mr John
Hare: and for the moment, tlie Avenue with Mr.
and Mrs. Kendal. That is a short list, bm is
therm in truth any other to be added0 in tin
second class an* to h.* found, not all tin* rest but
the majority of the rent: theatres of molmlramit
like the Ad(*-rphi, of fareic.il comedy like the
Criterion at the present moment where Mr
Henry Arthur Jeana bolds sway with a comedy
which is all farce; or tin- Strand when " Niolio All
Smile*" te in its eleventh month of Talgai gre*
praity. Thc rest may, for the present, ?jo un?
earned.
Such a play as " Hypatia"* at tlie Haymarket
may liei said to he on tlie Winier line. It is baldly a
play at all, Imf a strim*; of seen.* in which little
1* done, much is said, ami scope is found for Mr.
Alma Tadenia's very beautiful Notumea an 1
scenery, and for Mr. Beerbohm Tree's very vigor*
ous and adventurous nettag. '' -I rwaarkabte
that an artist of Mr. Alma Tbdma'fl rank -loni t
he designirw dfefBM and ""sets" upon tin- stag*.
But Mr. Tadi*inii is an artist, umi art i* to him
* tiring to bs loved and practised for its nw n
rake. If he can interest people in what be earea
for, he Ls content, nnd it would never oc-ur to
him that the stair" is not ns much tbe linnie of
true art as the ].^s.-r canvas on which lie nore
commonly works. " Hypatia" in liis band* is a
lesson in archaeology and a leeson in beaaty.
Mr. Tn**? does what lu* can with one of
those character-studies in which hi- delights.
His Issachar the Jew i* uti extraordinary
performance, the work of a ripe actor, of
very varied and often admirable paract*. Hut
lt would lie bard to maintain tliat Mr. Stuart
Ogilvie'" version of Klngsley'a powerful novel is
itself powerful from a dramatic point of riew, or
that the pi.-ce is quit* wliat the Haymarket pub
lie has a right to expect, Mi-s .luliii Kelton,
who seems to have found a home at this theatre,
has not yet mad* up ber mind to turn aside from
thc essentially ful.*-* im-thods in which she has
been taught, and to give hersa-'af a fair chance hy
reverting to what is natural and sinci-i -.
In "liberty Hall," on tin- ether band, at tin
St. James's Theatre, Mr. Alexander bee pi fairly
within the traditions which have become par:
of the gi.ol will of this holme etnce he baa been
nmnagi-r ol if. "Liberty Hall" is ii comedy of
domestic manners, nanstrueted on familiar ani
somewhat flunsy lines. Mr. P.. C. Carraa lins
done work of this sort beter*, and seems con?
tent to do it over again. Hi* is neither bette*
nor ivers*'. It is Ida mission to provide Mr.
Alexander and his well-trained company with a
aort of scaflolditur. It is in this case, pg w,fh Mr
Irving in Tennyson's " Braked,M the actor, rather
than the author, who does the real, solid, en
duririj work. It i- Mr. Alexaiidef win, is lin
architect of this pretty fabric, us it is preeeateil
to the judicious public of the .*t. Jame*.
Theatre. In his linn hands the somewhat Btv
certain outline beeeaara fixed; the proportion* ar.'
rattled; the color is laid on: the building be
comes a modest temple of art; modest lint real
Whether Mr. Carton meant his piece to i:n|ir.
the public as a one-part pb-o.- tn.iv lie doubted, ror
is it quite that. It is only u on.-part piece
in this sense, that without Mr. Alexander as
Mr. Owen it would collapse. Mr Right,ii ta
useful and interesting in his study of the Btrug*
gllng tmdesman with sentiments of kiudlinOBi
for orphan *irls. Tlie orphaned girls, Xii*. Mar?
ion Terry and Miss Meade Millett, are plca*
lng specimens of their kind, a'nl there is |
ahopboy who hms merit, anil a female emile and
general servant who takes notsessi m ol tin- stace
Whenever she feel* like it. Hut nor,- of al!
tiiene, nor all of them together, would pul
life enoiitrh into the piece to keep it sweat
Mira Marion Terry's orphan jrirl is Intrinsically
so slight a part that ii spectator who nw her
for the first time in it would never guess how
admirable and varied are the resources of her
art. Blanche Chilworth is no more a great part
than is Rosanioni* in " Ih-ckct," but of each col
orlces character euch sister makes enough to jus?
tify her presence on tiie stage, and to charn.
**ch ber separate publl*.
If there lie any rial dramatic novelty to lie
seen in London, it is, I suppose, Mr. Ibsen's
"Tbe Master Builder"; the latest expression of
Scandinavian geni.tt. Whether it be or Ih* not
n work of high import, is a question on whi'h
people may differ arnica lily. One enthusiast
tell* us that not only is it of high import.
not only higher than any other, but the rate
word of true dramatic significance now to he
lien ni. There is no space to enter into theft**
deep matters, nor time to ask whether fhe other
opinion?that it te work out of tin* lunatic
asylum?be correct, or whether all the personage*
of Mr. Ibsen either are or ought to be inmates
of some extremely secluded retreat for those
of unsound Intellects.
To one who, with no special prapoaerasionu
ond no very oMurate prejudices against what te
oaoonal, sera " The Master Builder" for the lint
time, the acting of it may well appear to be of
moro import than tho piece. The Hilda Wan?
gal of the piece is Miss Eliznlietli Robins; a
lady known ln-fore now to th** London stuye. but
imperfectly linownk and still, I think, imper
fOOtly known. Assuredly, Miss Robins te not yet
8 linished and perfect actress. Assuredly, also,
she lina in her the stutT ol an actress of te
ordinary kind, and if she has still -omet liing to
leam, is' already in fall poraraaion of thus.)
Kilts ol naturn without which no learning and
no stagecraft is of mash avail.
I nm fur fr..;n amening lhal Mira H..hms is
a novice; sh.- knows le-r art well, if aol oom*
pletely. Sh.- is, in point of accomplishments,
worthy ol a high place, and eapab,?> ?- taking
it at aaec, nnd doe* tate it. But there i* rame
Hun; ii.on* than that Tli-re i* teXUpcrB-Bent-til*
dramatic temperament J the feeling of the tru.
actn-s*. Slie hus Caught, from nome true source
or other, a *pirk of th- racred tire. Sin- baa
intensity; sincerity; conviction. Sin- is not onlv
aflame with eagerness. Tut transmits some of
this lieut tn tbe audience. She live*-: th.. |r,irt
of how many aotn>**es. English or American, mn
this h.- said'' Hut until it i< sail not nindi
has Ins-!! Mlbl, ii'"'l it is tiecHiise thi* is felt to
be true of Miss Robins tint She stirs her illl
ilience. mid ex-?tte* e"th>isl:.s:iis. u"d exciti-* hopes
to which no Immediate limit noi-d bi- *.t.
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Al PAST Tn LOEB AS ANCIENT HOUSE.
Tiir. VEXKftABU. LAXSITG uorsr. nTfft c.tvv.
Vf KY TO Tilt*. Minni OF IMPP.-'Vl*MFA"'!".
Albany, Marah 7 glpirtall.?One bv one t\.ii
Inn-murks of tills ancient Dutch city ere test (ll-np
prartng. Three prara nun the "steals Honse," ra*
garded aa the oldest ratdce in Albany, bad to make
nay for the march of Improvement: uaw tte "Lan?
sing House" is io te torn doun. To ni-Vt of Ihe
prenrnl generation this edifice ls known ns the " P'tu
berton Moio-e." from tin- fad thut members of tbe
IVmbertou family, father und sons, imve occupied lt
for three-quarters of a century. Several times "f
lute yean Mr. Howard Pemberton, flo* nrrranl owner,
hn* endedvored to sell tbe old strnctura io th-' iii
Kricnl Asaorlatlon, ont without aacress,
Tlie '??stunt-. House'- mus bulli In HUI7, nnd gained
considerable faini- as Lewis's Tavern, li stood on Hie
corner of state mid rvnrl st-., and when erected Pearl
ct. waa entered by a cale The ''Lnn-lcir Hons..*' ans
i.uiit in i7i(i. ;,?d ii* exterior .ind nm?lie flinn* benm-i
iimabi On Ibe Columbte-st. gable are tie- iron li?
nns " 1710." and above llietu :iti etd tnshloned Iron
crane. The doora ur., divided hnlf way of the length,
and there ate many other feature, about iln* houae
t.. le-ilfy to lt*. venerribU' age. When constructed no
ttVO room- Hell- la|| III"' MIIIO' J?*Va*l : tho I'elllngS Wei-'
not plastered, but the bram** nml -ballar- Were pol
tabed :in<i waxed, and Un- lamb* of tic ll replace faced
ititi, porcelain nb-- containing ?i rt pim ,i -c. io- and
?ext*:, in early Hum- n tra* a gnni resort f t in ii n .
It arra oui.|.'..- the siaaiioni,., .rai ti hen ito- Indian*
callie to Hu- cltv to trad.- ih.-lr fur* i.ftefl fur
iiim and worlhleni ir'nketi they would make Ibis
bouse their abiding place.
Ii mu- iln- acerie ajf many -thring events, and Bboul
its doors tl.e Indian' In bi many n ima now, nml ????
. ano. furl, ti- under the liiflni'iii of drink. This build.
inn. Milich lan- wit;,-toa*! i'o- rai-pi .f Ihe wcatliei
riiul rat-sped des!mellon by fire, though lt ha* liol
leveral narrow eaenpei fr. the flame*, I- no-sr, after
nearly two ceiilurti-, to he tom down to make ianani
foi- nu enlargement to a bnxlncss block.
GLOOMY fBOSPECT lol: i HU ABO ANS.
rofNTiNi. il' r.r.i.A'rivi.-* rob -iiii". wonf.D'8
PAIR IS I'1-.lll AltTIMN'..
iii ii Pennsylvania Railroad dlolng-i-ar ii'- other
?lav, n Tribune reporter caught an Inter-eating gllmpra
of ii social problem which ls Just now troubUng i I
CIRO.
??Tl:!.- World's l"n!i baalneas," -nhl un cl.brit- maa
filing near ile- reporter, "hi going lo drive t'? arra
age i titi-utfai man distracted. About tbe brat "f last
September my Mir.- -aid to nie: 'Winiam, there i- a
very Bellona mutter bar u- lo con-l'b r.'
?? We bad bees dtsenssteg ?> new roof on the kitchen
wini;, and l thought Ho- erl l- bud come.
"?Wllllt I- lt?' I -nial.
???Wa- nm-t decide wbo ere io visit ui daring Ibo
World'- Fair, and lay out tte dates now.'
"'That's aaay.1 I -uld. feeling Immensely Tellered;
?invite every relation ae've got.1
???rn you boon bow nmny relatloni you tere " nba
lii.liiir.it. l Ibo-ghl abonl Of ty.
"'?filly I Wall, I have m. t ..:?? hundred and it.irtv
two, and i have never leen say of tour ano!ber's
Brother's family In southern Ohio. They ure sure io
colin-.'
???rin not worried sboal my family,' I remarked, a
ll111.- annoyed, -but rn order rame nen ja-i-t- put in
tin- boase laamedlately, nial have tin- nalia itrength
1'lied.'
" -What .io ron meant' she raid.
???1 nii-iiii Hint \. fun your relatives begin In move
toward ? blcago there'll i-- about gfteen iowna In Iowa,
Mew-York Stale aud Coi.rtlcol completely <i?-j.?.i>u
laled.'
*-Along uliiaut i:,.-r>- ;',.? argument begun, : "c| lt*a
kepi up ever silica-. Wi- haven't neille* aa,I, iii- yet."
lia- ( blcago mun jinn-si lon' to ii i* *i, * 1. >:, Iii*, i. i
of 1,1- order io lt" vt.iil.r.
?lor awi,ii,-," ),.? continued, '? I Ind mi Idea thal
... ca.ulai tull.* relatloni In dem. of ttearnesa, a.ri a,f
lille tir-t niul aeeund snd third mortgages, bul lhere
ar" to., ms ny rompltesllon*. rertaln fundamental*,
however, my wife uini I lu.v.- settled. No om' arti]
I.- permitted ti, stay longer Utan ou- week, niel nader
no condition* .luill tn- rive uji our own room. Tl,ut
minn- ihiii "a. have taree room-, two double, one
single, available for vhdtors, .-iii'! the season I- uta.,nt
sixteen weeks, so tii.r,- |. in,,(inn,oduiioii for eighty
people, \\.- Rgure out Itel together ne Imve une
hundred Bnd forty-aeve* near relatives, l tell von
ito- strain I- dreadful, and aa lo expenie, I route take
mv tttiaaja. family lo Kumpe and ssve tunney.''
? Why don't yon do lt ." asked Ihe Chicago man's
companion, -an* cul the wbiie problem ibort."
"Nu ii-a.," snld the oilier sadly. ?? (uie hundred and
forty-seven men mid women would set up a unli.il
haiti i ?Chicago Imus' und tiie chorus from second rous
ins nell, i'd Kite up mv own room rather Hu.ii bear
I Hat 1"
THEY CAUGHT ONE MOUSE ANTWAT,
ONI". TUM' Will. II AS RX PERI MU NOT RAVI
TO Bt'Y.
"Hld you et"-r bay a BMBM tia-ipT*' peaslVlly liif|ulred
a until on a Math nra, elinttd irala the otter BNwalag
,,f the fr ia nd Mho -at neal to bim.
*-I leter iM." natal 'he BMMI, !'aa,klng uji from lil*
ii -i-lirapi-r Iii .om'- .urprl--. "did yoi'*'
"i han, indeed, i inn a n aeee4iip rsperi Toa -??
tin- mice in cr (itu hut.- Beea pi.it* hui. They grew so
tame that I'v ISM them fin Bi n.-s Hie pariel Mien
(lins- or faur iii*ii|i|i- Wen* lu the ronni, lind Bl Bight 11,.*
nib-Mag md jutteilmt Bs cams -. i""d und coaalaal thal
art .(.ulii scHrc.lv sleep. \V- kept u pll>- of Hil |,_>- r-. amt
-laaa-, by Hie -Ide of the bid, Bad V lille thc 'illinium! I ,li
held ont theta mu* a eeaatnt fu-iia.i". Abos! toa neeka
agu l grew so -i,k of ?ii,i,ii-e, niraie,1 a. ti,., aaeadlaa
iaBMSHS topic, that 1 salli la, nit tl Ifa.; 'Si e bm, thl*
ino.i.e bUSBBS-S inii'l i-tup. I'll hut' ? Inp.' I did. I
caine hm,,,, that evenlag tilth on- of BBese round i.-d aaa*
na|i-. ana on tba tray ap baal Um alaratei Matteo I in
v.-M.d in a bin ailee ut ira fro-h -keera IV ell, na asl
timi tiru, la.r faaiir i.Ifrl.t-., nnd a-aan-ht not SOS man.mr. I
thought |?-rlii|i* lt tv.'ik'd hard, ia I oiled Bp tba "Ires.
Nu NCMBa, 1 then bBUgbl a. ttjttit Hap tvltl. tito bola *
and malhei with lour, lim. gtVtOS M a total of ahvan
mice rapacity, but nil lu tain. Tba BOX! dav I weal
.?vcr in Vesey st sad tasked mt., Um Biran trap ballal m
" -Caa you eive bm ray pabrta aa arawa usn.1 I ?uid
to the jiroiulelor aif a .torc oM-r there. 'I know a tl,lin,'
or two ttla.ut si..ip trap., but I mn looking for a irap thai
will ?p|> al Ui un educated, Intelligent mou-ac.'
?? Xte _,-ai-i laskad a intie wrprirai.
"'Have you children 1 ' he said. I admitted a little
gin.
" ' 'then hi-te.* nc h_ui. ' I* thc *c|iilrrfl rag- trap. It
always pMaaae Mm rklWin. Tte n?.ti?. pam in sera Mm
nap cia,*** iiut.miailaillly, and ba I- IB-gbl lb- iii.n
imu out into thl* ttlivcl, and by riniilni; turn. lt. It I* a
very IMBllBg dcvlai-.' I -uld we tv.-rv Bat h-oWn*- i..r
?ameemaat, bra na weald nae to caesh s mons.. ,,, m.,, .,,
i atead nun imp m th? laMaetlaa, ani alaa Baadbw witt
wire winn., which nan BpM ??hen ihe trap ame Mi bal
a lapped MBjattet by monk. yla. tvlih th.- kilt. I ??? a_d
five tr-p*. ami tr.at aramac juxt bttwa Mtrlna, 1 anatei
up I Mg piece of -h-cs^, laalfd cvnry Wag, B*d .'o,*l
Hacin iKnuitl tb.* aamsnl nf thc room in an arila-.* ?_>-.
which I felt ai, ?. woull ,i]i|ieul to th" cia** of mice ti.'
were calerini to. About 3 o'.-lo-k In th man.tnt- I awoke
feeling very faint. We Blw,y? K. cp a cracker or tw.. In
our tie*room, and I dctcrmlnerl to got up quickly ind
obtain one. 1 forgot that wing usp. A moment later mv
wUe ws? .lulng up tn a cold pcraplratlon.
" ' Willi un,' ihe whl.pt red, ? ls thc houae sBret'
" ' Wons than that.'
???Uraveai and earth,' aha aili, getting lady to
?' ' Keep quiet.' I snapped ; ' mr big toe i? esught in
the new- ?inir trap.'
?? urara Ma sataaai dana ?h* uindiy fii ne* um ng
kBBgWga h?d IBtBBlfld di-pth* of di-jiratlty In my natur*
that mud? her nhiiddei. I nnullv tv-panied Hat i-on-e
nap Hom my p. r?aaii and crept l.a. k to lied, .ni'lUn. like
n Welsh r.ir bit. The next imht I mad- one nmr- at.*
t.ir|t i-itii maaa inga. 1 laaaMded tba tbrara wa- las
ira H. -.. I asms ho.nc Ital l-VMNfc willi rt slab nf 0-r*
ii au eheera. I B*vet haul m BMMh room in an etenMd
tra.*. BeMe. 'Ihe crew* fa-ll over (.ch Sibel to fha. nv B
awt. i could have lei tmi sharai bp ? wring, wt neat
t.a Bed thai inrht with latogBS on our pillow* ind every
wm low agaa, but all thc imp* were lulled, aad I said l-l
IV ll ll*, ? lt'. I|6W lal iia-ver.' "
TM Barram j-au-ed h'-r... und psoalvcly Mid the ad*
verii-e'i" nt- on the agpeette sid., (at tba car.
?? Well, did v..ii cat-h ? BBWMf1 it-ii.andcd bi* friend,
with much IntT.-.f.
"Tea, a.unlit i mon-**."
" XN 1.1' h trap? "
?? No mp at all. He Ml Into tte bath tub."
A TRAGEDY OE THE SEA.
Tilt. STORY OF TIIK TIIF.KI.A.
Sahioin luis lhere been fold a awn giiwaaau talc
limn Itel Of Hie tlir-e sailors wbo have l.ei-n con
(ined iii ibe prison ni RltBebuettet, under enrage or
murder sad cannlhcltom. Thcv ur.. Ibe survivors
or tte eran of tte ship ti..kin, aad after drifting
alHiut for ll lite, n day- on Hs wreck, ahmist (bad
from -lunation, they killed mid nd- the flesh of
tte fourth m. *nber of tte ir ghastly party. All tbrra
are young. Olaf Andersen, ol Tonaberg, in Barway,
i*. twenty-two; euri-Hun lljnlmar Sanborn, of rbrto
tbmsand, ls !!,?? rame age; Atexaader Jabanaran, born
In Ftekerbekskflde, In sw..(len, I* lu lils twenty fifth
year. Tbe murdered man, of wbom nil three speak
as "Ibe Dali lilian." was tte eldest; te waa twenty
seven. A corn *|.oiideiit of Ibe " Hamburger Niichrlch
ten" lins Int. i viewed tte lirlsiaiia-r*. and gives the
faallaaH lng Ila I Hillt 1
Tte first ta. step Into the small court ht Oluf
Andersen. He ls of middling height, nnd of broad
build, stoops -lightly, nnd bas long swinging imus.
His load, covered arith fair curly hair, I- ii tnns.lv
one, Ho. forehead high, mid bl- face, which ls not
without -iain.. Intenigenee, I- tear-teen, bloated nnd
coterie* -. .uul lils geaby underlip hangs down. His
steel gray eves, with tte tired nnd sad look, only
raise themselves now mid then, BBd very unwillingly.
? non the ground. Tli.i ImprarabNl Itel Olaf Auder
-cn Hulkes I-; i,oi sn rn favorable one oin- might
Imagine bim i-* be an uncouth f.*ila,w, bat be te
mean* a a I* ked one.
' Olaf An.b-i-eii. -lt down and t.-ll BM your story."
"You menu ul*.ul (be Dutchman, -I.''
?? -i ? ., about (te lii.lililiinn."
Olaf Andersen look, down aad hegira to tarah.
llb vol." Hound* born-.', lat be speaka wlib-aiit tesl
tating, a- ir be knew then iras univ one thing now
and for ever Ibal lie could retnte, ond Unit wu- about
tba- Duli lillian. Olaf Andersen began*
"We blt Philadelphia au Ibe i-t ol December.
|-p lo Ibe 90th we bad a g>"*d voyage. Then in
tia- .\or*i, -?ri tie- bad weather began. Otra! seas
tr,,li- ov-r Ibe Vessel, rind tte ship wu- teat. Bte
berni ta, Irenic up. Two BM Ifl ted gone bv the
boo ni, 'ct thal did no good. We nen to late to
Ibe boal*. bnl "hil" Ibej m.Ta' being towered tte)
reprized, all but one, Tbora who route manage tl
pimped iii. the captain mid rame other altogether
righi. Those who remained behind rbmbed Into Ibe
rigging. We dbl no) -??? mach of radi otter, end
at lii-t did not ev. u know who had Mopped "ii Ihe
wreck. Jaar vi,ni wtth Ho. continual railing "f Ihe
vessel and '!?? i nie dashing "t.r ber ire hoi a*
? we . c ii clo to pr.-v. 11 ourselves bring
washed r.v.r.v. Wi,. o ne were able i.a lo'lc about
n bil we aa Ibal lhere were four >.f ns, Jacobian,
Johsi en, the Dutchman :?!.'! I. TM- w-,, ..i, ? ...
__,1 ..' December, We all four had nothing I* rat,
? ? .. ? ? a tobacco bc': no! i -Mee of brrad. Il
bul nil . ;?;??"! 'i mddenly. besides bring hnngrj
We ? .trl.l rot ileep, f,,r We -it In tbe ?S'nttte, fid
lt ubi verj mall. tti-.ii sleep gol ihe belier ot
? * ? a ?*. .-a ime mid -trna k one on the brad mid
fara, nhl h - mae* .-rent pain, se rieep aral mat i.a
i ?? t io igl ? .,'. i h io ida ni f- i t-.-rv bad. We
ff. i -l gr,-Hr. -: Ipi pa et as, bal dbi i ??' rt
u*. for v. int n ii,ai ol fogg] weal ter, or it wu
i ght. We rertalnl] ran them, tbrae ilrange iliip*.
? v ti in 'ti-- darkes! night, for a,ur raffertagi Biade
.mr evr harp, bnl ibe other* bud not tack eyas,
? a. iha v pa - 'i ? .n and ? iw ni not."
Olaf Inderan ..f murra r, i.t,*i ntl Hil* la broken
M-ntenCi rile nm'-ll.-ii- bad to be put la bim
Ingly, -i erenpon he answered without ant nerita
lion. In lita iiaiementi be made ih," Impression ot
,i lunn Who, although ic.* q ll mn ten lo ekpresa
htmielf, ns yet quite ?ur.. nba.nt v lint tie wanted
la .v. ii.di taara i
?'..ii .:.? i im :>.. nt h day?ll waa ? Friday?tte a i
had calmed down; Ibe weather waa cb.ir. ivu
had faUen lu tte momlag and w.- ink.-it lt o.T tte
lopmasti sud ite manila t ?!'? * ni fur aa we, enuM
reach. This gave floate of ui courage. Mm aol
uti. Tbe iiutciiiimii. f.r inataneo, wns galla Bet
pent...
??lodi von mate tour.if anderstoad with th-*
Dutchman 1 DM you sprab Ui -uigusgs. or ;..
"There wai bo! much labdng going on, ITohodv
eared I . I iib, and bad ararrely it... -tr. ui'tii to te bo.
in order tn prevent ouraelri. bring fr"r*n to death,
we rbmbed from Ite irnttle lo the fhrers-Ute, whteh
al thi, timi* t..*i above water, nml from Ite fore
i.a-tie barb spate lo Ibe lentil*. While Bainding
lhere urmebod- .poke Ite tir-t time o*J lt. Win lt
mis I don't tanow. n l- rufltetenl lo know thal it
wr pi Ben. ('tn' of u- vu" to .lie -" ilmt tte otheri
i,.ui.i live. Tbe Dutchman said be lld not mn
ant Hun. Bboul hi- Bte. Ite would di-. Bnl We
ol ben auld thal if ll bad lo ba lt swat ba don,,
fr.lilt, n- ls (be eu ?'om In inch euora. ?
??tu i,i.nt Why, have yo* onr teaed of such s
(rightful < iMtom *"
"Tra; irini ne decided lo do tt that any. I'li-i
ne welled fi. morntag nu noon. Perhaps siter
nu ii --tiii* wo'.i: rome, bul Bono rame. Tten Ite
Dutchmen began again. Ile uld Itel rr* nen lo
lunka- aa end "f Ite maller, .i way or tte ol bra;
be could not b ni ii mv longer. so nu d.mini
nguiu io Ina f.ramie, ime after tte other. When
ll,a-|a- Olia- of ll pale oil II pi.-Ca* of ||l|a|| l|||l| dlvllIM
ii Into faaiir purls, a,ne of which wu, -hurler than the
others. Tins .hurl one meant dentil, Tte man
Who dnW tint Uas lo (Ile, and |he Illltclllliif)
dr.w lt."
i int Andersen pa***- tte tech af his tend ever
bis brow. Thi* nus Indeed tte only algn of ev
rttement steam bj bim. Ile -tin ipote In Ite hmm
tetlow tone bi iii th" begtnnlag. Me eaatlaaed i
??The lintel.ii,rm became v* rv .lill, nnd ara re
molli'<l -ii loaa. All b| ,,nc- |,a, farnell lil- hf* lo thc
-an and-hi- I.I. lo ii., nml thal wc- the riga. None
of ll- Illicit III look lu hi* race. I [rom l.ehliid |?i-iaj
bm arms round iii- rhest. Jacotoeu did the mbm
with hi, li",-, anal .la,hun sen stubbed at lilli willi
Bil Mille."
?? And voil really Bte bim I*
"YOB, w. i'la. ,.| ll ou Ihut dnv and on Hie other*
nu ite Uniia-s arrived snd look u- og."
?Anil you (lld Bot think of mn thing while doing
so-not of Hod, not of lour parent.; hot thal von
tia-i*,* asprtvlng \iiii--..iva<n ?.f Uie ri-:lit tai live among
nun. aye, eve* of culling rnuraelvn naman beings'*
-.No. -lr. We IBo-gbl of nothing."
'? And not even benora thiel"
"Thirst, hunger and tlieptemac-as?tbsBa were un
We a a,ulai think of."
lb- prcBMCd both luin-ls to hi* h'-rld. I* If te would
like to bantae. Ihe teamas which were mll-d up by
inc memory ol those awful day*.
( hrl-tlrti lllalmur Jacobran. ihe i..*.*..ti I MlloT who
partook of Him dreadful meal, |, louvwliat imalter,
but thick-ei, ami mu. h more versatile than hi*
companion. Ile is abm broad and has a beary sall,
? ?tats hi lody and -'.tin.'- bil arma. Ilia hair.
i,,ni-e .-mal darn, I- romteri aver hi- low pinhead,
hi- etas nra. I.luck and pb raine mid v.-rv restless.
in- fara, teatdleea, Mba <>lnf Aadersen'B. ls bloated
nml flomewbal swollen round lbs ebie. Illa tnniin.-r
ls moi-.- determined Ihnii lils compute-, und Ma
-tnt. io. -i's are -hui o,l|, ala. hird. H.* tu r.iliipiilil...
his Words willi lively '.-I -Ila ula tl.Ml*, |il|t hi- h<-nrer?
do liol gal* tte Impre?lon Itel thc rcineinbullier of
lil- crliiia- mules hltu .riitfa-r. ns ne noticed n BB aad
then In his companion Olaf. The general lnipri*ss|aan
Itel thl. fellow make, i, much nun.' unfiitarable,
espectsbr whim, natte speaking, Ms thick llii
Uari and ihow hi- powerful .et of teeth. Hut Hie
third limn i-, th- mo.i um.?min looking, nnmelv, the
Swede. Alexander Jobansnen. He h Ihlrk-aet, with
a Hgure rwembllng somewhat thu! of Jarabeen
but much inure sgOe. The brbtllng n-ddl-.h ll-rhi
bair surrounds n aquan fi-reheiid. Ill* face, iov
end with spol.. is set In a lhln benni of p l*Kht r< d
color: hi* agra, onrahsdowed bv ahorf, vellow
brlsilln- eyamihei, an washed ont lind c lories*
reminding one of a common Hiv tish, iiis agra
Picker like a ll.hl blown hy the wind. TM* wicked
at,, s.-ains with one look to irv to barn the In
tenuous of those pr.m. Alexander ioteaaara heal
on Ian-lag i.n ?ni to n,.* Hcaman'i Ho.pinn on
?rcount .*r his froalhttteu feet, and hus ..iiIv Just
returned te Mi companion-. Christian Jar-terra hh.i
Alexander JobnoBBra ore both convinced that whai
Itey dkl is mitiir.il rind excusable under tte cir
rnmatancra. One of them was obliged to die if
tte miarra wen- to ive.
"Ai siicl: a palra | Are v, ur lives more ml
liable limn thal a,f th- murdered mun' Ami what
Can your gras In future lie. when foo think of
what bas happenedi Bren it lb* naaembrann
m.-il.es no Imprcaaion upon you. Au yam ihlnk that
yon will iver timi work nenin lu ymir culling, or
new comrades who will work ?_,,<? bv *lde with you '
Ihey seemed rarartsei for a moment. Tte* had
np to now nut eonameied their position In this light.
Hut they aoen answered In the same dull. Imper
turbable manner: ??uh, yen, slr; we shrill lind work
again, and comrades, loo; foe, you ?ee, the grr.it
hunger snd thlr*t and want of .leep were the res* in
of lt. If the Dnnik had only come three days sooner
Wt should han liked lt better, but ste did not,"
SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN PARIS.
A DIPLOMATIC ..Fi Kl'TION - E0OEXIE - A
QUEEN WHOSE DEATH EVOKED
A SMILE.
Paris, Murdi l. 18H.1.
Were it not for thc iium-iei of tin' church
service*, which are largely attended hy the giand
nioiule. it weald he dilTi'tnlt to laslfv-- tlint wo
gi* in Lent, IS the p-oeption-. nnd dinners ure
fur more numerous now timi they have ''.-en at
any time isince the beginning of tin- y>*ar Of
course the line is drawn nt ?>nll?, bul with thi*
exception every specie* of payoty i- In full
-wing. The reception of tlie Diplomatic (orin
by af. lai-on y Castillo, the new Spanish Ambas?
sador, tonk place in the eveeing lB8te_-l of the
afternoon-a very happy innovation-and was
a uio*t brilliant alTair. Tin* Embassy W8S nil
ablate with lights :md redolent with flo- per*
fiinic of hothouse Ihrinn o'i that occasion, gad
an array of hickeys dr.--**-.! In orange mid orim
goa?the Spanish solars- stood in a hmg douhle
(ih- irom th* bull entrance to tin- door* of the
r-ulou-i, where the Anibiiisiidor mid Ambassadress
awaited their gaeate. The o\.iuii-.it.- tollotte*
aparhllag with Jewels worn hy the indi.-* of the
-Hploanatie Corpa nnd tin* gokMaeod uniforms of
their Toms and BBastrn mad* an attractive med
ley of bright colors which would have- tempted
tin* brush of an artist. 'Ile' President of tin- Re
public waa reptceented hy om* ??f his hons, as
well hh hy th.* nw_abeta of tin- military beasehold :
M. Ribo! was surroaadcil hv his mends; lb*
Marquia of DulTerin, aceoiiipuiii.d hv tin1 Mar*
rbioneas, appeared in the uiiiforni of a lord lieu?
tenant, and nmnng th-' other members of tho"
English Embnaay I la-roelvied Coloael Talbot, Mr.
Constantin* Phipp*, Mi- Austin Lee, Mr. Towrie*
ley and Mr. Oraham. Th* Corps Diplnii.iti'iue
whh "nu grand ~omplet,M und everybody ama
ih-iiirirtc'i tn ranc-w acquaiatanee with M. de
('a tillo. nnd with hi* rhnrming wife, who were
both equally glad to Bad thc.ii8r.lte8 in Pbria
aga ia,
It is BtraBg* f,. think that lt WBH the Dflfl
ib- Wandas who took M. tana y r*u,tillo's ptera
an Sp.mi li Aniliai*-a.bu a few years BgO, and that
if is univ M. Castillo v]m sacjeeeda flo- Duke.
Mm.-, ile Castillo is ;i v.-ry stirer ti ve woman, and
In-r largo dark ey.* tram to Imve retained seme,
thing of tin* glori.??!* light 'd tin- Andalusian
sim. Both she and lo-r husband ara* rimplteity
itself, ami tin- graehnia fuahion in wi".Ti they
make one feel arelcome under their root wins
i'.il hearts.
Americans will te Interrated to ln-nr tint ea*
Queen Isabella, who i* devoted to tin1 memory
of Christopher Columba*, has i*ist sent a sp.-nial
envoy to Iii* Holiness th.* Pop* in order to
request him tn canonlra tin- Illustrious wiilnr
who planted the Saviour'! cross >,*i tho -.nil ol
the new world Queen laabclla feels ihat it is
to her, tli** .;.?-????ii.lani gad namraake of Isa?
bella I. that should fill the duly of bringing
snout the --ratification of Col limbos, gad Comte
Bosrlly de Ijargaea, who baa been fin- greal dav
coveree'a htetorinn, hai at bra requenl started
ter l.'"tin-, in ord'-r to trunamll f.. Len MU Her
Mnjraty'a ardent wish.** ju tin- matter,
During her abort stay ten ex-Emprraa Eu
.-??iiie receive! In apeeial andtene**- Mandi**] Can*
rotert, I'ritu- Murat, th- Dun nfl [Whenan -I"
Moo. lu. Prince and I'rit: ram ite Polx, Marquise
? la' la Toni Maubourg, I ".rut.sse ,),? Bra ii laincourt,
??tc, ,.f. Tin- Imperial lady i* much ag-1 an I
hroken, .md if must te hoped that hey visit to
Pepe Martin, wier.' alie i- building a villi, will
benefit her rapidly failing health. Many pen*
ple wonder th it tl.i* erually bereaved uni *f.
Birted woman aboald ever Had hean to return
'????n momentarily to thc ..cen.- ..f her past hap
pine * ami triumph, for tin* meiaortea called up
bv flu- gfght "f ran. must, in I.ol, Iw painful
to her, nm! she iekaowtedgra fbi* tn lu* the
??ns** Hut soon-how or othra she enjoy* in her
own meiatyholy way to eon* bete now an !
nen I tl
l'rincc Von Than uii'l Taxi*, nepliew of th*
Empress of Austria, and lu* vialing wife, Arch*
duehera Msrguerit* I lementloe Marie, went
tbrough Tari* n few dav* ago on their wat to
thu siiiifli nf Franc.- limy ari- Beeompanted hy
a numerous snit,, and ar.- travailing in tin* mn ;?
ulfloent train which th-' Prince prerantcd to hi.
wife on h.-r marriage, Thi* truly royal train th
eludes a anp-Th ralon-rar fUrntehed with Oriental
luxury, a Bleeping room hung with pale-bued Vel?
vet,, embroidered bf hand with gnrfauida of llowi-rs,
n dining-room containing ali inoiia'ni Improve?
ments; ii bathroom and a lar.:.* Balm f"r fiie
gi-titlemen and ladies iu ntteinlain*.-. 'Hu- kitchen
ear i- iM-rli-eCVn. and tH.-n* i* als,, n sinai*. Tibrnrv
weil -.tockisl with tin* fnverite books ni tie* Arch*
duchess. Tia- august couple put in an appeal
iinci- nt tl.pen and al*'i visita*d *er*vr*nl exhibi?
tions, aaaong others the Culinary Exhibition, now
held nt the I'lilai* de riiidu-.tr. ?. It mnat '..- cn
fessed that this show is well worth arning and
gout-Beta tenet their eyea and sharpe11 'heir n|*~
petltee when gn?ing at the rhefs-d'oeurre* on view
then, f r th'-.**.- ttaaiui.-rfiii spocimens '.f pasir)'
nml confectionary hava inver teen nu rpo sar il in
any other country. They show that in spite ?.f
revolutions nnd ohangw of Ministries, to ny
nothing of demoraliring scandals, th.* Fronch
cuisine still hold* its own. Then is mu. piece
nailed the Triumph nf th* Kepublic?a chariot
drawn hy twelve horses which is a work nf art
that might ngura with advantage in th.* Salon,
Another composition worth mentioning is a stain*.
in i-uK.'ir of Mosarl playing on Hie violin. Tli..
chief novelty in the exhibition this jwtt \g a glaas
eus?i eoutuining th.- portrait* nr busts nf all tb*
ratehtated "ch.-fs" and "cordons bteus" from
linn-almost ininieiiioria!. Huron Hrissc and Brilia!
Snvarin are, of course, imf forgotten, and could
they como to life again, even they would he able
to learn somothin. from the nooks of tn day. It
ls very pretty, no doubt, to ara flu* costly dishes
whioh form the great attraction nf the show, lint
b0W to cook a beefsteak, boil ii potato or make a
B-fW would Im inure to the pu lpns,-. It i.s true
that tim Academy deas gtvn leanna it; cookery,
but. fruin ono cause nr another they arc not us
snenraafnl as Hmg might ia-, th,, attendance of
pupils l-a-lllg smal!.
All tin- WOrtd and his wife an* talking hen
of th.- nnbery in the Ra* Cta-lilee*, the victim nf
which reminds om- of Ilalrne's favorite horn. M.
Gie niki, f.-r his i-\tr.-me avarice ser-iim to have
ticen worthy of HttftgOg hiniseir. For tin- past
twenty-three years thia very i"eeiitric nhl
.eiifli-inan has l.-d thi- life nf p hermit within a
lew var ls of tin- Avenue dam Champs ELvsee*.
Ilio mansion in whi li he hus resided sime I nilli,
without a single Bat vant tn wait iiiinii bini, is
gloomy and forbidding in appearance. Heavy
iron liars have been alli Mil to tin- earlainli-M
winilotVM. anil tb>- pirie.- tv.-nrr. an ias|ia-.-t ol nC*teot.
All sorts of i|iic*?r storii"* have long lM*en eurrent
iu thi> anlgbbarbnsd i.v wag of eaglanatl ia >>f th*
iiiisiinthropienl habit* of the proprietor, but one
clear fact remain* that after lending a gay life in
fashionable cr-les. he BM dav sold his rarriagn
and norw*, diamlarad his servants, and sime thal
date lins .shut himself up alone in tin- hons-, which
he never h-nves. iii.* sole intercoms ? wah tin
outer unrhl being Oonflaed to th- bi-weekly visit*
of n distant eotiein. wini, accompanied hv an
attendant, 'nings him his provisions ami cn
dent ora to keep n few of the roon* iu Hollie Ktati
of order, if not ri comfort. Sn great in the old
gontli-tiinn's parsimony that he itrudgvs himsell
oven a pair nf shara or slipper*, umi is in th.
hali! of wulking about hi* house barefooted,
wrapped In a gn-nsv old dmaaing gown, frayed
and dilapidate I. If was well known in the neigh
borhood, however, thnt linne sums of money un.I
h considenihle amount of plate nen "onoc.ilod ii
tho beete, am' this must have assented flu- thieve.
to commit OlM nf the mo*t uii'liicioiis bur.bu i.'i
ever pel pr teated in broad daylight. Through thi
Invilitigations of tin- police it hus been tenn I
that the burglar* entered the hon** darin", thc
night and, finding it lnipos.-a.lbh* to make their way
into the lieilroom of tim proprietor, spent BBHtt
hourn ia one ot the ai lons, reclining on thc
HAIRCLOTH LIGHT-WEIGHT
W
^^^^^^ SKIRT LINING.
w. -ari*- .He __?__? ENGLAND, GERMANY,
_?,p.., or -bi. -n. FRANCE, AUSTRO-HTJNGARY
,,fc::...rroc,.rte. SWITZERLAND> BELGIUM, '
And are receiving afclpmcnle hy every incanting Meal**,
Wr.l..c.n.rol.he.?.p'_?-f.lra. . * * UNITED STATES .?? CANADA
.leading iniiniifacinrera af Ihe owe
Wholesale Headquarters for Haircloth:
Henry Newman & Co.,
628 & 630 BROADWAY, 276 & 278 FRANKLIN ST.,
NEW-YORK. _CHICAGO,
sofas. Shortly after ? o'clock in the nmrnin-.. Jail
as the victim wns leaving his bedl-OBB, and was
on bifl way to the study. B thi"k rag was suddenl."
thrown over him hg two masked mon. If" tried
to resist, but was soon overpowered, and after
being gagged and hound was fereed to hand over
his kev* to lin* thieve., who dragged him to hi*
Study, where they were soon engaged in rilling
his d-sk. Having stuffed their pockets with
hank note* and gold to the extent of some $7.ooo,
tin* hnrglan toqulred when- his jewelry was to bs
found, and were then e inducted to the bedroom,
when they poNsraaed thetaaelv_* of a couple of
..carfpitiM of no gnet value and of an natlaaated,
moth-eaten fur overcoat, which ono of them ita
?nciiat.-iv donned. Thear then locked tho oil
gentleman in ii roi m. warning him that they would
kill him if lo- made ga outcry. After a ?hort
time the l.att.r made his way to the window and
'?ailed for help, .'ind soon some of tho chief officials
>.f the Prefecture rrere on flu* anet! The old
gcntleOBun, although verv muon upsa-i by his ad?
venture, and still mon- afraid of Icing subjected
*,, a repetition thereof. la in no way in.^lincd to
assist tin- police in their investigation, and appears
in a hurry to he rid of them.
A Qoeen hrtn died during the last week in this
i itv, lat 1 r.-.r-'t to have tn stnfe that the an
iioiiiiefiieiit of h*V flemise has given rise to mirtli
and laughter rather than grief. No funeral honors
Imve heea accorded to ber remains by the tiovem
lueut. nor him any mention '"-en sande of ber de.
partura for another world In the Journal Ollieiel.
In tho lithographed and bleak-bordered aetiB
OStion whtch ha* te-en addr.******.! to BM I find if
stated that flu- Minister Secretary of State. Duke
af N'iaealiel, htn tin* honor to inform mo of the sad
1,,-* which hus just toefl sustained by tho royal
family of Araucania, Patagonia, through tho death
of Her Majesty, Dona Maria Elisa Octavia Cosey,
i onnteas of Alanna, and Consort of Iii* Mijit-ty.
Adi,ile* I 'Ho* latter, who ha* never, so far as
can bc a-o-rt uno.'., paid a visit to his kingdom in
South America, i* it french gentleman named
Achill*1 Luvtsrde, who aueoraded the lat.* titular
King of Araucania, Orelie I, who-p death in the
pauper ward of mia of tho Paris hospital* I hail
occasion to i.rj in the columns of Th* Tribun-*
<i year ..r two :w:o. orelie I wan, like hi- BBeorasor,
a Preochman ami a lawyer by profession. I am
liol aware l.v what right Achilles I elainar-1
the mccraaion lo Kin-; Orelie's throne, hui* ut any
rita* tm on.- disputed his tight, thereto. The lady
wi.death has just taken place Ls flu- daaghfer
nf a near kinswoman of Iha famous Ia.-f.-bvr.*, one
a.f Napoleon I* most able aud faithful
general*, 'nu* Araaeaalaita Imve now, 1 und-r
-t ml. adopted repuhllean institutions, a fact which
probably accounts for tim prearnoa of King AchUlea
I in our aomewhat populous colony hero of "Lia
Rois en Exile." lt i* baldly necessary for me to
.fate that tl,'-re ls no such nain.) uti that of
Niii.ai..-l B-BOBg the list of Duke*, eiiuiiierati-d in
tie- Almanaeh de Gotha, it being merely ono of
tl,..*,- empty title* which King Achilles is in tho
habit >.f conferring among such of his friends us
ri.- \ti.Ung tai pay for tie- somewhat doubtful
honor.
King Achilles and the Duke of SlaCabel uro by
no means tin* only people bete who have a*sum.-d
royal sad noble titi.--* of thi- most fantastic k.n.l.
Then am her.- BOi-dlasflt princes of I.u-ignan, who
do not scruple to Style ihcniBtilTfS " Kings Tif
.!??! u-ali'm,'' and as sash tn eooier titles and
deeoratign*. Th* nuafter' of Betitieus ?Plincos,
Marquises, Couflta und lian.ns nf both .''rendi and
for.-iurn hirth who un- to ix- met at alflMSt every
Btcp i- something absolutely b,*\vildering, and tho
stria! coBtrol forme ily exereissd by tba polios and
hy the Granite Ubaacolteri* of thc Legioo bf
Honor over the nssumplbin of Bohle, tttlaa and
iiiiiiia-i n|']s'irs BOW to Ijiive Ceased to exist.
While the Duke Sf Orleans Ls now once inure
with his parents, having landed a few days a*,'o
at Gibraltar, whither Ilia sister. Prineraa Helen, pro
cea'di'd to welcome him home OB his return fr .in (he
east coast ol Africa, his cousin, Prince Henry of
Orleans, bob of th* Dud oe Chartres, is attracting
(-"ii-iaierai.il- sttenti-b hm smong men of esrery
shade of poetical opialon by aa article which be
baa recently pubttsbed in the "Revue Politiquc
i oioiiiai.-" on the eoadition of France's poraeseloaa
in < ... iiiii < 'hina. Th.* travels of this young
Prince, Who is infinitely more popular and re
spected than th* Duke of Orlenna, lu Central Asia
and in tbe tar east have caused bim t<> be ie*
l.nd. al a* i|iiite an authority ..ti ill!, in;i..t ts COB*
Dented with those moot* region*, Ile charge* the
tiiivi-itiinetit with n too passive and negative policy
in Indn-i tuna, nnd ur^.-s if to treater activity
and enterprise, gBawling that, otherwise, France
will assuredly io**,, tim-* colonies on thc ao..uisi
ti .ii aif which sin* hs* lavished so mu di blond ami
treasure.
Every possible thia* that goes wron. in Fran'-"
at th.- |.r,"i'->it moment, whether it be th.- weather
? r politics, hlistnras or domestte nutters, is sud
? Ucl upon the broad bach "f the Paaaaa cri-is,
nml i' ha- ev,-ii been he'd ira ponai bl* for the
?aripaala. nf a sixteen-year-old sohoolboy, whoa
ilisappearanee lb* other dav attraetnd Bt tent lon
tin mi.limit Europe. The lad is a sun nf M
Itetirgeois, tin- Minisl r >.r Jostle*. Pot soak*
i\.oks hi* Hf.* hal bee* made a burden tn him
I.y hi* -..?bool-filhiwri at the [.vera Janpofl ,|,
Saltly, ll.- wa*ayute-MtieaJly tormented by them
and they neted a* if they draired to make him
expiate the sins of tin* (invernm.-iit. and to gUfllafl
him fer the laxity di-phiied Ly the latter ir
prosecuting tho r-'til culprits in the aiTuir. A
peculiar form >.f their nmusemenl was tai preseai
the boy arith what purported to be cheeks rigor*-!
hy the Panaau directors. At length he c mid
hear it no longer, and. hat ing a couple of hnfldnd
franc* in hi* poehet, dec hied to nm away, For
tina.* ai.iv* no truce of him could be round, al?
though h.- ttn*. sought high and low bv Hie
police ilirni.bout iln- country, tin- general Im?
pression bein* that h.- lad bron Mdnapped, either
Ly flu. Anarchists er l.v people Implicated in th*
canal frauds for tin- purpura of being bold ng a
h-otagei, or els.- lulled nut nf a sentiment of r.*
ivnge. At tin- ead nf thnt time, however, he
.?onr.v returned heme, minna his money uni with
a somewhat disainated and sheepish look i-pnn his
facg. Where and bow li" spent Ins thro.- days and
his money hus not yet beeonae known. At any
rat,* his (urents have vouchsafed no information
mi th,- point, and he has now been -.-nt nit to a
school in the country.
l BHOPHMSfBB WITH TWO PRU ES.
Pram Tin* dm Innntl Trltume.
I triis inning n pair of BpastBClsa Bat hmg ano from
Hie niiiii who lin* sola ii.verv pnlr I ever hid
Bra-era] people wen- abrading nt th.uniter. I hilri
down *?i .'..i and "darted te go. m.- rolled m.- beek
?? Pw* dollars, if you please, Mr. Byatander."
*?*>wii.v-.wiiy,"* said |, in astonishment, ?? I thou.iii
II nas onlv i dollar and a half." '?oukih
"Two dollgra, sit. I never *oli| ? pg* of SI,oct:ieles
III tills slui|) for b's.. '
t adis* the iithi-c lialf-in'.lrir. nml anea mon* tume?
lo gi. Agate In- li.K-iniiit.Ml mr. larne*
I wish inn ttonld |*I*|| lamk Into the rear of the
I followed him meekly. As soon as we were nut
..MienH,,,, of lb. others ?e shoved a ta_M_KJIn'lo
?? There's your geological specimen.'' he BTOwleil
?? Dont yon ever play me a trick like thnt ..__i,. SVV'
neverpaid Wifor a pair of apSbiiin te yoSrHf* Rm
J^-IMlint I bad mit a geniua aud wra'bimbira ac".
ANNETTE ESS1P0FP.
A CHAT WITH 111:1. IK PA1HS-T0O FEARFm
OF Till*: OCEAN TO COM.' To AMERICA,
I'aris, February 21
Among tho thousands of Bomen who have aa.
peared in th" musical world as pbaiiti, three now
hold conspicuous rank. Theresa CaiTCM Sonhb
M.-nter and Annette Eaaipof, thc lirst an American
Of Spanish extraction, tin- second an Austrian, sal
the last a Russian. American* are familiar milk
th.- playing of Tbsiesn Carreao, th.* superb dash
;ind vigor, the mastery of an instrument whick
sounds triumphal. Sophi.* .Mentor's playing lg ro.
markable for an extraordinary and absolutely
faultless technique; whilst Ks?ipoff has a grace g
brilliance and a feathery Hfhtaeaa of touch lia.
equalled. All -hens are nbaolutely perfect in their
genre, unlike each other, and have attained world.
wide noogaitiOfl and renown.
In private life they are not unlike: each womag
has her peealinit?BB and alas | her history. Short,
ly after Rubinstein founded the Impeekl Con<tnrv%.
tory of Music in Sta. Petersburg one of the great.
cst of modern composers Mt if* portals to Wom#
famous, Peter Tschaikowsky. Hi, was 0,,|y (h,
beginning of a long linc of names more or lias
illustrious, anion? which wo find Annette Easi
poff. At Iftesa sYnatttg Egtfpog was a marvellous
player, und ono of tho most l**autiful of young
girls. St. Petersburg wont mad about, her. Sh*
was feted ond petted by the Court and the noble*,
and her career promised to bo ono cf extraordinary
brilliance.
LeebetHaky was her taaeber. ami, although a
married man with a family, he became no enamored
of his beautiful pupil that 88 taned Lutheran ia
order to obtain a divorce an 1 bs able to marry
Annette. St. Petersburg was aghast at thc noan.
dal; aghast, too, at Bsslpoi consenting; but artists
have, or rather make themselves, a special code af
morals, and the two were gmt I led, ami were forced
|8 lenvo Russia, inasmuch as their marriage in thst
country was not legal.
Th,* first Madame Loehotltsky who was a singer
nnd still gives lessons, romaine 1 in Sf. petersburg
with her childr.-n, and many a time have I ?,^fi her
at Kuhiiistc-iu _ house, while fTii- groat Russian com*
poser-pianiit lived ia St. Petersburg, not as now
in Dreads*.
laochetitskv entiled in Vienna, an" Essipoff went
year after yea.- on artistic tour* all through Europa
till her fame roached tin* Tinted Sfatr?. end sh*
came over to charm all by lier wonderful gift*.
Last week her success in Paris, gt turee concerti lu
Ihe Salle Erard and at thc InaBaaMeex concerts,
was phenomenal. Sho is playing more perfectly
than ever, if that lie possible, ml proving all th*
tirno that ns a master I>*chetifs!iy is unrivalled.
I'udi-rcwski. Rosenthal, lllnomtioM, Slivinski, all
are his pupils; and it is tho greatest possible pity
that Josrf Hoffmann ahould not bs willi him now,
ns at first intended, instead of with Ruhin?t*ifl,ai
Easipef says is the case.
Before sin* left this city I called on F.ssip "ff athd,
hotel, mar the Bsalevard d"s Capafinra Sh*had
just como from a rehearsal with tho Limo.reaut
orch,*stri, and, awaiting luncheon, was playing B
'* patience," the ..-ards as I entered lying all one
the table. As Entpef dislikes apes blag Em-l-ii,
wo spoke German, and she took mo round to wt
tho (|iiantitii*s of flowers that had boen sent her.
" I am proud of them,"' she said, smiling. " for they
ur.* no lotm.-r sent nie ss a woman, but a* an artist.
Volt see,*' sho said fiuiekly ns I fri".l Nf som* reply,
"I am no longer young nor beautiful. I ineasur*
heaven only knows how many inches around th*
waist, and I am fust, becoming old."
I certainly hardly recognised the brilliant Psst
pott of a few year* back, nor do I know if it wa?
ller dre** or tho cards outspread mi the tahl", but lt
-eemi'il to me that all thc daredevil el.-t-.i.-nt had
left her character, and that Annette FsstpolT had
lieenme?in one word?motherly. In answer ta my
queatton as to her movement*, sin- said that sh*
was Staying moro and mon* at home. " I love
Paris." she said _flthnriaettM.tr: " mv aud'ene'e
her.- ar.- all so kind and attentive, and I look for?
ward tn my yearly visit.''
A* to America, she sn id arith a shrug: "No, I
.lo not intend to go then*. If is In* far. the Jour?
ney i* too long, and tia* paaseg* is on.? lang eerira
of misery for me. I think we Russian-, ar" Pe?
culiarly ill-adapted for sen voyage*. leah st
Rubinstein, ll.* cannot bear ono t . mention th*
Atlantic in his hoarin-. whereas you Ameri-ant
cross and recross tin- ocean with as little reg.trd
as we do the putting off or on of our shoes."
I tri.*.! to have a ph ot...ni ph from Ks-ipofT. hut
sh.* told me that she had given np bavin/ them
dime. " It ls just this," she said, smilln:: "Th-'.v
always tell you it is only a i-|ae*tioa of 1 few min?
ute.*, wheieaa they ma lc* it sae ot boars, for ht-f
spend so much time riwviag poer bra 1 this way
and that way, gad it is all so HiesogBS ti' l-topH
that I have given up haviag then ... n *. neriita.
"very one tahsa them from uiiil.*r my ho rv*, ad
ifter all my trouble I am always h*ft wlthoBl on*
.-np v."
I asked Ibdaiae EaatpoC if she pri.-ti*-.'. dii'f,
and she replied at once: ??('.?rtiin'v I il". :"i ,,"tf
,.r two at least*, Every player must. I nerer ***
li.-ve th..*.* who say th.-v don't" f -r rmniii"" H cns
of tbe great Beere*** la the sn "-.-si af 1 ptaetr**.
Another till lg I h.. loo, is ta lube Merrin ani tt
ral well. That ls half Ihe hatti" Without hraltl
and Bagels it i* bnp-8ejb|e t 1 b?eoiBea marti*!
I ask.-d her if abe had ann RuNnanin bWi
ind sh?- said " Yo." that h* BH llvlll* in PteadtB
11 a i ensmn. and artytneelghi mirks a day." wg
?f it." sh- sii.l. pityingly. " Riihlrsb>la. nba gae*
had lera than itnntv gu- *? at h?? 1iann*iaaa\
md has entertained timmi Dahra wltb lavis i gam
nitalltv." .,, ...u
" Well, but he could make a fortune if he WgAW
only ro tn th.- raited Platen." I r-r'i.*d mw
many times have I tn ole priti -Iv aiers I >bha ttom
impieraari** during tin* yean I was wttb mm ?
Ruraia?'' ... ,1m.
??Ab. v.-." -itifi K-wiiHf*.. "bnl v "i torte* -bj
is always th.* AtlBBtl betwln aad hetweeav ___?
sid.-s. it wonld b.* -neut easier than ann*, wog
stein ba* literally thrown ti wy hundreds OlMSW*
sand- nf rouh-ra in entertninlBg Btrsn-ters. an 1 n ?
no longer young .-mm rh to aiidertake itch a jag"
ney for tho mn* rain of monee, rte is Ru on tran,
and greater his fame cnn.it be. It 1* en tutti m
"V-.ik.vl Madame Fs-ipoff if khe were wing
f.irth.-r aa her travel-, but sh,- sa. I " *?? fRES.S
ing hume to my tw.. .bil ln-n gad mv baabam
Tl.e rest of my enrng. n.-uits for tins seasm ?w-o
Vienna."
TUE VENUS OF c.lLIFORXl.i
From Tin* Sui Francisco F.xiunlner.
Ani,-* d'ssar.n th- -ul-'-! of tue ftlwn
lovell declare ll,,., the s"?-1V:/'7!l(!,2
...1.. ,,.... ......i.i ni.iriin eves I'"* uvtrm
Veone. Tt
living models th.it would antrtvri f^JK-S
that lived nt Melos. but doubt flee** f **?JTS.
Of ,he st.1.110* SB to th- wNdOall Mild BB?P*2_" Z
l.lliltlng till* illiterate tenatyet <*??**??Zt\
thora who think lt would ls- hid form. mme'"" b?
tlio figure plight ?*?'? - -..-a. ,, ..xhlMlJon
sa.ine fear tiwi chicigo *%&****?iSlitr. nen
os a departure fmm Ihe.strte! ""?"**/ JJT,"mbe of
If th. stniuc weee driped n ? ''^ ,tf%U;rent, the
Hie iilir'it. tn N.-tv YorH lt would be dl-rereni.
His i -ay. for KewYorb Ma aa ?rt BUi*rim^J^J
onen even on Sunday. A*Jg*&L 1&L pwstnlty
Ideas In such maller* are modified ti> i-ne p?
io Rurope mid the lersev const. mi-hi te em
(Hers ...seri that whUe OwjtottvWkjHf
ilrelv wi!hln Ihe bounds "'^^^"ViSal
dranery enough 10 make a ^'^"",jLjiiSp
be becoming for tee Hs te to aw^J|? S^J
abm* about ao divine a thing ns womani w???