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MUSICAL MATTERS. WOMEN'8 MU8ICAL CLUB8-A QCESTION OF AGBNT8-MR. MACDOWELL AND AMERI CAN CONCERTS-THAYER APPRECIAT ED IN VIENNA-A HYMN FOR THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY-NOTES AND unfuimi aaiiiiii Several hundred women lntereated ln the ad Tancement of muslcal culture In the Unlted States met ln 8t. Louls twelve days ago and apent many bourg ln dlacuaslng plans for the pursult of thelr work. They were delegates to the second annual meetlng of the Federated Muslcal Cluba. an or gr&nlaatlon whlch had Ita lnceptton In New-York &t the meetlng of the Muslc Teachers' Natlonal Aseoclatlon tn 1S97 nnd was eatabllshed at a meet? lng ln Chlcago ln 189S. Concernlng the algnlflcance Of theae clubs The Trlbune has frequently apoken. and a atudy made on the ground durlng the meet lngs from May 8 to May 7 conflrmed the attltude adopted by thls journal at the bcglnnlng of the tnovament and malntalned ever stnee. The move xnent la much stronger ln the West than ln the Eaat, bot thla ls only natural. The need of the clubs Is greater tn the Weat than in the East. Thelr prlmary mlsalon la to cultlvate muslc praetl cally and study its hlstory. sclence nnd sesthetles. Where concerts by professlonal artlsts are plentl _ul amateur performers are relegated to the prlvate rlrcle and there Is consldernble dlscuaslon of musl? cal hlstory and phllosophy to be found In the bet? ter class of newspaper crlttclsm. In thls manner. too. each of the large cltics of the East Is a cenfro cf lnfluence whlch extends over a wlde area wlthln ?whlch Intereat and thought are kept allve. In the fmaller and more lsolated towns of the West these Clubs not only make the bulk of the mualc whlch |s heard but also provlde opportunltles for hearlng ltlnerant artlsts. The hlghest class of orehestr.il and chamber muslc ls fosfered in a number of cltles by means of the clubs whlch assume the rlska attendant on publlc concerts. Clubs that can brlng the Chlcago Orchestra or the Knelsel Quflrtet to thelr towna annually nre not many. but they cxlst, and thelr value ln the acheme of artlstlc edu? catlon can scareely be overestlmated. There are about 3flo women's muslcal clubs ln the "Cnlted States. About elghty of them were repre aented at the St. Louls meetlng, delegates belng preaent from the followlng towns and cltles: Alton, 111.; Boulder. Col.; Chlcago, Cleveland, Ohlo; Co? lumbla. Mo.; Danbury. Conn.; Davenport. lowa; Dayton. Ohlo; Decatur. 111.; Denver. Col.; Engle ?wood, N. J.; Fergus Falls, Mlnn.; Fort Wayna. Ind.; Grand Raplds. Mlrn.; Independence, lowa; Jndlanapolls. Jacksonville. Fla.; Knoxvllle. Tenn.; Llncoln. Neb.; Llttle Rock, Ark.; Mattoon. II!.; Memphls, Tenn.; Moblle, Ala.; New-York Clty. Owensboro, Ky.; Rockford, 111 ; Sodalla, Mo.; St. Louls, St. Paul, Mlnn.; Topeka. Kan.. and Tyler. Te_. It was announced that from forty to flfty other clubs had lndlcated an lntentlon to Joln the federatlon. The tlme of the delegates was oceu pied forenoon. afternoon and evenlng wlth buslness meetlngs, receptlons and entertalnments, the latter provlded by loeal organlratlons The generoslty ?whlch mnrked some of these entertalnments. as well as the prosperlty of the hosts. may be rend ln auch facts as these: The I'nlon Muslcal Club, of 6t. Louls, engaged the Knelsel Quartet for two concerts whlch were glven In honor of the vlsltors, no tickets being placed on sale. The Wednesday Club. a llterary bocly. lnvlted the delegates to hcar a lecture by Mr. Krehblel on "Folk-Song ln Amer !<_.?? lllustrated by Mrs. Krehblel. and Alfred Robyn. the latter a much-admlred local planlst, and entertalned the audlence afterward wlth re freshments. The professlonal muslclans of St. Louls gave a concert. and every meeting was en Uvened with muslc contributed by members of the federatlon. Three practlcal echemes for extendlng the useful ress of the clubs cccupled the greater part of the attentlon at the buslness meetlngs of the federn tlon. One of these. and perhaps the most Impor? tant one, as It turned out also to be the most troublesome. was the questlon of agents ar.d ar Uats. It was thls consideratlon. lndeed. whlch was chlefly InstrumentaJ ln calllng the federatlon Into "belng. The fee of an artlst of flrst-class Impnrtance ls, as a rule. prohlbltlve to all but half a do.en of the clubs and lt was thought that by comblnlng ao as to offer a larger 11st of engagements than could be expected under ordlnary clrcumstan^e* both small and large towns mlght beneflt The report of the commlttee to whlch the subject had been referred was dlscouraglng. and ln the dls^us alon that followed lt arpeared that a conslderable r.umber of the delegates were In favor of taking the matter out of the hands of a commlttee to whlch lt had beon suggested that the engagement of artlsts he Intrusted, and placlng It In the hands of a slngle member. who would thus be actlng as mj> agent for the club. A slmllar proposltlon had O THOU, IN WHOSE ALMIGHTY HAND. SIR FREPERIfK BRIPOE. Mt'S P. OrganlBt anj Mastrr of the ChorlM.r* "f \\>?tmtn*ter Abbey. Rather slow and with dionity. Copyrlght. 1898. by Novello A Cbmpany. IJmlted. (May be nir.g ln unlson lf Oealrpd ) A HYMN FOR QI'EEN VICTOI.IA'S EIOHTIBTS IJIRTin)AY. -caused comlderable dlscusslon at the Chlcago meetlng. Flnally It was decJded to leave the mat? ter ln the hands of a commlttee. Had the delegates known of a professlonal con trorersy by telegroph whlch was ln progress at the very momcnt when they were talklng about agenta and artlsts and thelr demands It may be thelr actlon would have been more emphatlc. The Xnelael Quartet's rtfuaal to vlolate a promlse glven to tha Women'i Mualcal Club of Portland, Ore., coat the quartet a Paclflc Coast tour upon whlch lt had already started. The contract for the tour, whlch left the quartet fre* to glve concerts lnde pendent of the manager. whoae ninw la Frt?d lander. was slgned wlth the eapllclt understandlng that tha quartet would glve a conoert ln Portland for tho club under whose ausplcea Mr. Knelsel and bls fellows were lntrodueed to the Portland com? munlty a year before. After tbe contract had been made Frledlander demanded that the promlse glven to the club bi: wtthdrawn, ln order that he mlght sell the OOaoatfl to a local ager.t. lielng men of bonor. Mr. Knelsel and hls assoclates refused to braak thelr agreement, whlch was a verbal one and contlngent on a vlslt to tha Paclflc Coaat taklng place. The quartet than offered to play a seconl ooncert ln Portland for Frledlander gratls, but waa anet by- aa uitlmatum that unlesa th? concrt for tha club was abandoned he would break hls con? tract for the entire Paclflc Coast tour. and from thls he refused to recede. Thereupon Mr. Knelsel and hls assoclatea Informed the Portland club that they felt In honor bound to keep thelr word. and that If a second concert could be arranged to cover the expenses of the trip to Portland dlrect the quartet would vlslt that clty. glve the two con? certs and return to the East. an offer that the Portland club accepted. wlth an expresslon of re gret that the quartet should feel called upon to make so great a sacrlflce. The Incldent OteWJ plalnly enough how much consldcrntlon women s clubs may expect from agents and managers of the Frledlander strlpe. Other plan. perfectlng by commlttees of thffed? eratlon contemplate the creat.on of ?iM. of flrst-class muslc. from whlch amall <",u* ? *'? p.ece. at a nom.na. prlce; also the "**%**? talented amateurs wllllng to vlslt OtBOa ta?t 0X0 unable to pay the feea of expenslve ??*??"?* and Play and slng for them at nomlnal -hargta Thls latter plan m.y not be wlthout III 1"ncn ?_ (,anger to muslcal culture. a. Clara A. Korn polnt out ln an article In the current number of Th F.tude" publlshad ln Phlladelphla. Thls wr ter appeals wlth great earnestness to the federatlon. whlch. she fears. "ml.takenly magnlflrs tho lm portance of the amateur ln our muslcal develop ment." to "devote more thought ar.l purse to tho llvlng Mruggllng. asplrlng. professlonal musl-lan. and let the dead and the abnorrr.-lly successful take thelr own course. Appreclate the lntter," she savs, "aimlre them and revere them. but do not make ldols of them. and at the same tlme trample others of equal merlt In the dust of obllvlon." Mrs. Edward F. Thl, of Grand Raplds. the presl dent of the Federated Clubs. ln an address on the flrst day of the meetlng devoted a great deal of nttentlon to the oplnlons of Mr. K. A. MacDowell on the aubject of Amerlcan muslc. The oplnions, whlch had been conveyed to Mrs. I'hl In a letter. dealt chlefly wlth the questlon of oi."ra and COOOatta of Amerlcan composers. On the latter polnt Mr. MacDowell relterated expresslon. whlch have alrcady appeared In prlnt. but they ac qulre .peclal slgnlncance Just now from the fact that he has entered a protest agalnst the per formance of hls "Indlan" sulte at a concert pro Jected by Mr. Van der Stucken for the meetlng of the Muslc Teachers' Natlonal Assoclatlon ln (in clnnatl next month. Hls protest wlll probably be respected and hls muslc wlthdrawn from all the illstlnctlvely Amerlcan proirrammes. Mr. Mac? Dowell has been npplauded ln these columns re peate.lly for the stand whlch he has taken agnlnst the undue coddllng of Amerlcan composers (a prac tlce whlch has been unduly affected by the wom en'. clubs, let lt be sald ln passlng), but lt ls not easy to follow hlm wlth approval In all hls utter ances, or In hls actlon In the Clnclnnatl case. when a dlstlnctlvely cducatlonal purpose wns almed nt ln the plannlng of the concerts. Thls ls what he wroto on the subject of Amerlcan concerts: Anoiher matter that I thlnk has \>rvn to the det rlment of lndlvldual effort ln compositlon for many rear. Is tha! kln.l of Americ.inisni In art that be Ueves ln "Amerlcan" concerts and the llke. An "Amerlcan" concert is, ln my eyes, an abomlnatlon. | for the slmplc reaaon that lt ls unfair to the Amerl? can. Such a concert offf rs no standard of judg ment, owlng to our want of famlllarlty wlth the , work. presented. Then, If our work Is preferred to another, lt onlv dors harm to the waakor work, wlthout helplng the atronatr one to aay flxed value. Added to thls, an "Amerlcan" concert s a direct bld for lenlency on the part of the pubbc, i whlch, I need hardly say, ls Immedlately recognlzed bv lt. Amerlcan muslc must and wlll take Its im.hI tlon ln the world of art by comparlson with the only standard we know?that of the work of the world's great masters, nnd not by that of other works equaily unknown to the world. In othor words we crave comparlson wlth the best In art, n..t onlv the best ln Amerlca. If our muslcal socle tles would apree never to glve concerts composed exclusively of Amerlcan works, but, on the other hand, woiild make lt a rule never to glve a concert ; wlthout at least one Amerlcan compositlon on the programme, I am stire that the result would Justlfy my posltlon ln the matter. As to the other questlon. we can only marvel at tba attltude of Mr. MacDowell. the meanlng of whlob ls dlametrlcally opposlto to that expressed j ln the last paragraph above. Amerlcan muslc c^n : only be appreciated If brought Into comparlson wlth Europran muslc; but Amerlcan slngers must not be permltted to hear the greatest Europonn slngers. j lest our Inltlatlve be d illed, our hunger be satls- i fled and we be prevrnted from developlng our own laauuiua And thls notwlthstandlng that of the [ thlrty-stx slngers announced ln Mr. Orau'. pros- ; pectus for the last season of opera at th-? Metro- j politan Opera House. slngers drawn from all over tba world. seven at the top of the llst were Amerl cans by blrth and aneestry. Forelgn opera com? panles do not seem to have stood much In the way Of the advancement of Ulllnn Nordlca, Emma Fames, Marle Engle, Suzanne Adams and Davld BIspham. of the last New-York company, to say nothlng of such "forelgn" slngers as Emma Albanl, Clara I*>ulse Kellogg, Annie I,oulse Can'. Mlnnle , Hauk. Emma Thursby, Antolnette Sterling, Marle Van Zandt, Emma Nevada. Emma Abbott, Blbyl Sanderaon. Ella Ruasell. Charlea Adam?, Jules I'crklna anl many others. Hut lrt Mr. MacX>owell have hla any?he would not have sald lt wlth mufh dlfference lf he haa wrltton lt for a traJ.> Journal whlch dnmna whe.revrr It cannot colle.-t trlbute. We quote "The St. fdillle flUtllO TBBBOtllgl". In hla oplnlon, the brlnftlng of forelgn opera cum panlea to thla country frorfia unutterablo harm to the poselble development of natlve talent, aad untll our gr.-at cltlcs have thelr own permanent opora companle. there can he llttle hope for our mnt'y drnmatlc alnaerB and compoaera. And, as 1m ported operas aattafy our hunger. dull our ltittlatli-a and keep ua from developlnfc- our own reaourrea, so travelllna concertB, glven by our two or three or chestraa, make lndlvldual effort on tho part of our cltlea aeem unneceaanry Amerlea la the greateHt mualca) marked ln the world; but none of the vaat auma apent on artlats. operaa. et/-., goea toward es tabllshfng anvthlng permanent. The need of a women'a mualeal club haa not been felt ln New-York In the degree that It haa In the Weat, but a club haa recently been or ganlaed, nevertheleaa, and lta progresa hna been eucb that lt promlaes aoon to rank among the largeat In the I'nltcd Statea. It la called the Women'B Phllharrnonlo Boolety of New-York. waa organlsed In January of thla year, and haa estut. llahed Itaelf at No. 810 to Sli" Camogle Hall. Tha mambarahlp roli of tha boc!MB aUaadv _ur_bsra over two hundred. and a clrrular recently laaued by Mra. M. Fay Pelrce, chalrman; MrB. E. Benja mln Rnmsdell. treaaurer, and MIbb Jtilla E. Hard. enrolment aecretary. on behalf of the Organt_ng Committee. stated that a women'a choral club. atrlng orchcatra and plano amateur club. a toach era* aodallty, atudenta' advlaory board. loan fund ar.d concert bureau are ln contemplatlon for the nenr future. The May Issue of "Tho Etude." a mualcal Journal of ah educatlonnl chnracter. referred to ln the lnaiieflllH nccount of tho women'a cluba. la devoted almoat wholly to Amerlcan tntere?ta. Of lta many artlcles we mentlon aa notnble "Amerlcan Oom poserB." by Rlchard Aldrlch; "The Fnundntlona of Mualcal Amcrlca." by W. S. B. Mafhewa; "Wlll Amerlcan Composltion Evet Poaaeaa fl Dlstlnctlve Aecent?" by K. I. Stevenson; "Womnn's Work In Muslc In AmerlcB." by Fnnny Morrla Smlth; "Woman'B Muslcal Olnbs." by Clara A. Korn; "The Muslcal Ouflook for Women." by H. T. Flnck, and "Tbe Kvoltitlon of Amerlcan Muslc." by I/Otils C. Baoa. An extra supplcment to "The Muslcal Tlme*," of I.ondon. puhllshed by NovpIIo. Ewer _ Co.. con talnB three, hymna wrltten for Queen Vlctorla'a elghtleth hlrthday, whlch wlll be eelebrated on the 24th dny of thls month. Ono of the hymna la re SIR FRKDERICrt BRTDCin Orgnnlst of Westmlnstex Atl.-v prlnted herewlth, through the klnd coiirtesy of Novello, Ewer A Co., together wlth a portralt of the composer. Slr Ftederlck Rrldge. The, nthers nrp "Fathpr. In WIiobp Almlghty Hand." by H. D. Rawn?ley and Slr Oeorge M.rtln, MBB D, and "O Thoti. Above the Orcatest Oreat." by W. St. Illll Boane nnd John E. Wrat. O THOU IM WHOSE AT.MIOHTT HAND. (Mv "tlmes" are ln thy hand..? Paalma xxxl, 16.) O THOU ln Whoap Almlghty hand Are "tlmes" of all the llvlng. Th'v stand or fall nt Thy command, Thoii all thelr portlons glvlng: ?TIs Thlne to ke.-n all frouls ln llfe Thelr brenfji and strcngth ac?ordlng; Thmi dost sustnln ln dnllv strlfe, To each hla lot awardlng. A Stny and Sticcor Tboti haa been, Our Monarch'a llfe uphoTding, Through fouracore aummera for our Queen Thy grcat designs unfoldlng: In perils aafely she hua BPOd, Thee for her Quardlat) tnklng, Th.... bleaatnga pourlng on her head, Nor lii her ne.i] fors.iklng. A gratpful Natlon. whlle to-day It proffers gh.dsome greetlng. Thee. KINO of kings. wottld ht.mbly pray, For her true weal entreatlng. Her llfe Intrustlug nt 111 to Theo 8o long ln aafety holden? That her la?t daya may euccor'd b?. Her sunset calm aml gnldtn. All England now her Empresa Queen 1>.,th hall wlth (xiiltatl.ii), RecaKIng how her llfe hath been Devoted to the Natlon. O ever-blessM TRINITT. To Thee wa Btln corame?d her? Crown'd wlth Thy marcy may ahe he. Abundant bleeainga s.-ml her. Amen. -lS Chlida Clarko. In a recent lasuo of "Wa Neue Frele Prease," of Vlennn. the entire feuilleton waa devoted to the Beethoven anecdotcs publlshed In Mr KlwbMef lRteat book, "Muslc aml Mannera In the Cloeaical Perlod." The revlewer apeaka thua enthuslastlcally of the late Alexander W. Thayer. from whoan note booka the anecdotes were ctilled: On .lune. 1R, 1897, the Amerlcan Conaul, Alexandpr Whecloek Thayer, dled ln Trleat. Hls calllng waa that of a blographer-nothlng more, and nothlng laaa. Tru>- tboee who were frimlllar wlth hla llfe Btory knew that ln e?rll*-r yeara he had beea llbrarlun. fMWepajMV p'tltor, aecretary to an em baaajr. and consul; bm lt may M aufely aaaumed that. t.y all theae aetfrittoa nelther bibiiography, jourhallsm. dlplomacy nor commerce, was materl ally pronoted. All these professlofis. were for Thayer only laborloua crtisadea umlertak.-ti that they mlght le.id hlm lnto the promlsed land. And thla promlsed land waa the world of Beethoven. The most preclous thlng whlch the world eotild do for hlm nrd be fnr lt waa to penetrate further lnto th>' Ilfn and dolnga of Bepthov.-n than any one had pver done. to follnw the myrlad stlrrlngs of genltiB through the most trlfllng detalls of tbe llfe of the most hlghly glfted of all musleians. Not glfted hlmself wlth a i>ec.illarly llne art-under Btandlng, hls researehes, BQtially nmaxltig bacaoaa of thelr evtilences of lndustry and Btirccaa, went more to tho man than to muslc. It was emotlon rather thnn c.mprehenalon that lnipelled hlm to work. ltut ln tbe death of the author of "I.udwlg von BeaMhovpn's I^-I*n" thp world of art lost lta most devoted, trustworthy nnd enilnent Be.thoven blograj.her. Georg Henschel'B opera "Nubra" wlll be pro ducpd at the Royal Opera Hoti.ie at Dresd?n next aprlng, under the personnl dlrectlon of tho com poaer. Thls wlll neceasltate hls staylng In Europe thls year. and compel the nancellntlon of a tour whlch waa arranglng for MrB. Henachel and hlm by Henry Wolfsohn. The last In the aerlea of choral, song and vlolln r<-. it.Us arrang.d by the Inatltute of Arta and Bdeacee Wttl be glTca ln Aasoclntlon Hall. Brook? lyn. on next Wadneadajr evenlng. The Brooklyn Bangerbund. under lyjula Kommenlch. conductor, Wlll slng, and thero wlll be aolos by Mra. Alexan? der Rihm, aoprnno; Henry Bartela, barytone. and Max Kurger, vlolln. Samuel A. Bnldwln wlll glve a aerlea of elght free organ recltals at the Church of tho Intercee alon, O^hundred-and-flfty-elghth-Ht. and Broad? way, at 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoona durlng May und June, Vladlmlr de Pachmann wlll mnke an Amerlcan concart-tour next eeaaon under the managrment of Henry Wolfaohn. A muslcal wlll be glven at the residence of Mra. Thomas F. Qoodrteb, No. 418 Cllnton-ave., Brook? lyn, next W?Klnesday evenlng. for the purposo of eecurlng funda to provlde a summer home for the crlppled chlidren of the House of St. Ollea The muslclana who wlll thk*e. pdrf drd Mlaa'O.-rabllne Morgan, Mlaa I.lda Fr.ink ITIce, Charlea Stunrt PhllHpB, Henry S. Br6wV Panl'Morgan'and John Hyutt Brewer. Mra. Agnen Staberg Hall and Mra. Oretivllle Bficlllng wlll glve a aoof redtal ln Carnegle fhnm ber Muslc Hall oo to-morrow afternoon. wlth tho followlng progra?uaai Scarritnavlan a.oaa: etMU Ad-Ilne. w ?,.?. Voaaevlaa . ' 8'?nh?^irn?r Tlll MaJ.raa 1 . l?engi..r? Tltanla 1.IVteraen-Hert-r Aft.n.t.mt,lnf .RMBH ,n'r,,uv'-.iul-w-C.??????????'^8 I'rel.llad ("Melat.rslnaer"?. fi* vlolln. .W.yner Wllhelml bponlsh I Bjaoa f_ vlolln.Hehfei.u _ art. Martlna Joht..t..ne Freneh tuiip: Autavle . uui_.. {':rn"l.,0eU'.7e,r. .V..BbSTS-S. L_-L """'".Th !?? I. ySv^LZasT*"*.'-hamlnad. ni.es d. (adix. i^iii^. Par un Matln 1 _....i??lloes "Maman. dlte_-raol" J.BBTa*t-tt*B Lnui, XVI Mra. BnBlllna;. -a BABILJ DIAOXOREP. From The Buffalo Courler. "My wlf.-'s got a cold ngaln. Doctor," he aald Klke a man who for grle\ance haa cat.se; "Dpsplte all my proteatB, she would go last niaht To the bnll ln a dreas mado of gnute." rhough the doctor trled hard to look grave, on hla Waa ? amlle not ao hard to detect Aa he anawt-red: "Tnat aattlea tha mbttar at onca. lta a pialn caao of gauao aad affact," NOTES OF THE STAGE. The last week of MIs* Julla Marlowe's eng.ge ment In "Collnette" at the Knlckerbocker Theatr* beglns to-morrow. It has been a phenomenal en gagement ln every way. Mlss Marlowe ha. been enthuslnstlcally appreclated In the part. The Knlck? erbocker Thentre wlll present no oth*r attractlon thls aeason. "Hls Excellency the Oovernor" wlll contlnue only untll next Saturday nlght at the Lyceiim Theatre. Thls ls only carrylng out the arrangements wlth Danlel Frohman to flll the tlme held at the Eyceum by Jnmes K. Hnckett, who is now playlng Mercutlo ln Mlss Adams's produerlon of "Romeo and Jullet." Mr. Hackett was to .-ontlnue ln "Rupert of Hent iau" untll next Saturday nlght, when hls seasoo would end. "We-ITns of Tenneesee" wlll to-morrow nlght hegln the second week of Its run at the Amerlcan Thentre. Slnce Its produetlon last Tuesday nlght the dramn has nttracted a suceesslon of large nndl ences. The east Includes Robert Drouet, Archle Royd, Theodore Roberts, Mlss Vlctory Hateman, Mlss Georgla Waldron. Mlss Jesslo Mno Hall. Burt d. t.lark. Stephen Wright, Ravmond Hltchcock, Mlss Ann Wnrrington Mlss Marlon I^ster, Mrs. ihnrles O. Crnlg, Charles K. French. Plerce Klngs ley, George Pauncefor;, Master McArdle, John Ince, 1r.. Kobert Ellot, W. S. St. Clalr an.l Churles Raphun. The last week of "The Cuckoo" at Wallack's Theatre ls announced In nccordance wlth Mr. Frohmnn's orlgloal pluns eoncernlng "The Cuckoo," thla play wlll go to Phlladelphla for the week l>e glnnlng on Nfay 22. and after thnt wlll move to Chlcago. where lt wlll be Installed nt the Columbla Theatre. Clssl. I?f?us beglns an engagement at Kelth's to-morrow, whlle Roso Melvilln opens at Kelth's Thentre, ln Roaton. ('hlng Llng Foo Is retalned |n New-York for another week. and hls frequent changes In hls manner of dolng hls remnrkable. conjurlng have kept up the mystery of hls per formanco. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hldrran wlll pro duce. for the flrst tlme, a eketoh called "Back Home," nnd the iist of aatartalaera wlll Include Watson nnd Ilutchlngs, Falke and Semon and the Vllona sl.ters The Cbtnaaa Conaul went to sen Chlng I.lng Foo on Wedtiesdnv ev.-nlng, and had the wlzard In hls box for ;i short tlme The Rogers brothers nnd "A Relgn of Error" wlll contlnue nt Hammersteln's Vlctnrla for a short tlme longer. The new burlesqiie on "Zaza" Is an attrscflve feature of the p.rf..rmance. "An Arablan fllrl nnd Forty Thleves" goes nlong merrlly at the RaraM Iqaara Thentre. and to morrow nlght will enfer on the thlrd week of Its run. ronstant efforis are l-ing made to add to the attrnctlveness of the prodectlOB. A new feat? ure Is nromlseil r,,r to-morrow evenlng ln the shape of nn aatial ballat and n 681*68 of tnbleius represrntlng eplsodes ln the recent confllct wlth Spaln. The Rlack Pattl Troubndours. an organlzntlon of thirty colored promoters of mlrth and melody. come to the Orand Opcr.i House to-morrotv for an engagement of one week. ln addltlon to the Itl.ick Pattl. the prlma donna. the company In? cludes Jubllee slngers, cakc-wnlkers. speelalty peo? ple and operatlc slngers. Stuart Robson beglns an enja*ement at the Orand Opera Houae on May 22, appearlng In "The Maddlcr." For the flnal w.*-k of the season Mr. Pltou wlll present Chauncey <>l COtt In hls romantlc irlsh dramn "A Romanca ?f Athlone." The ?enson of .Mr. Olcott and the Orand Opera House ends on Saturday ever.lng, June x Mrs. I>esl1e Cnrfor wlll contlnue to play "Znzn" at the Oarrlck Theatre T111 the beginnlng of June. On June S the 150th performance wlll bo glven, and souvenlrs will ba dlstributed. Mlnnle Sellgmnn returns to New-York thls wrek, nfter a y<_r's abaance, and wlll appenr at Proc tor's Twenty-thlrd Street Theatre to-morrow ln a one-act play orlglnally done by Sarah Bernhardt ln Parls. It Is entltled "Therese," nnd has never been performed ln New-York. In .upport of Mlss Seligman are Walier Hale, formerly of W. H. t'rane's company, and Horaca I/ewls. The purely vnudevllle numbers are Praa* Eldrldge, in his mono logue; Van nnd Nobrlga and thelr plckanlnnles: Kmma Carus. voeallst: Rosco's pfgs. th" Muslcal Johnstons nnd a scor.- more. To-dav's concert wlll present Iflldred Holland. I.illle Western. Illn-s and Remlngton, the Mlmlc Fmir. Sevmour and Dttproa, Coulter and Starr and others. Marshall P. Wllder head. the blll at Mr. Proc tor s uptown house. the Pleasure Palnce, thls week. Hls monologue see.ms to nmuse better thnn ever. E. J. Ilerop nnd hls company wlll be seen ln a new 661601 alta, nnd others ln the long programme are IfMtaavajjuid West. the Flood brothers, the Mlmlc Four, \\ ilsnn and Leicester and Anna Cur ran. To-.lay's . oncert wlll offer (Jllmore and I/eon ard. Rosco's plra, Webb and Hnssan. Rryant nnd Savllle, Joo o'Hare, Flsh and Quigg nnd others. "The Man ln the Moon" has had three weeks nt the New-York Tb.-atre and the ballets have proved popular. To-morrow- nlght a shi.rf burlesqiie on "Romeo nnd Jullet" will be lntrodueed. A new and elnborate wnx group ls ln preparatlon at the Eden Mnsee, to be entltled "Celebrated Peo? ple of the Stnge." Mrs. Mlnnle Mnddern Flske gave the Muaae artlata a long slttlng a few days Bgo, and also allowed one of her gowns to be cod led. The Fourteenth Ktreet Theatre reopens to-mor? row evenlng. when an Engllfh mllitary drama called "Tho Vlctorlan Cross' wlll bo glven. The play 1. now In Its stxth year In England. There ls a bsttle sceno in the thlrd act. Wlth thls en? gagement Managar Raaaaaaaat beglns summer prl.es, plnclng slx hundnd orchestra nnd balcony seats at BO centa each. A beneflt will be glven Jo 60pk Edmonston, the treasurer of the Fourteenth fc'r.et Theatre, to-nlght, when the foUowtng volun teers wlll appear: Mathews and Hulger. VTaltar Jones. Oao_a Moaroa, Baruay Ferguson. Jamea Thornton, Zelma Rawlston, Oeorge Fuller Golden, Ifaaart, Dolaa and Eenheer. Kltty Mltchell. Cherl dah Slmpson. Mltchell and Welch. Frank Tnnue hlll, Lllllun Swaln. Hnrry Mestayer, Burt Hnvr ly, Octnvla Barbo, John Kernell, Tlm Oonln, Jose Yureden Herg. Hnrry an.l Fhv. the Stewart sist-r* Annle Lloyd. Elsle Martena, Mnrty O'.NVIl, I);liid Bllmbcrg. Cotiroy nnd McFarland. Huhert leara, Wolter Hodges, Mae t'rossley and the TtOUbadour Four. Tony Pastor's programme for the comlng week conslsts of the Russell Rrothers. In "The Irlsh Hervant Glrla"; Jones, Grnnt and Jones. Celeste, slnck ftnd tlght wire performer, who has Just arrtved from England; Edwln I.ateil. Swan and Unmbard, as the Kecrults; Forresfer nnd Floyd, Derenda and Rreen. Mlss Rnchel Renard, asslsted by J. A. Prr-aton. ln the farce "A Husband In Cwver;" I.ew Klmmons nnd ('lnrk Oibba, <Jrlftltha and Hastings. LattO nnd Della, Slgnor nnd Mlie. Zarnes and Mr. I ?stor hlmself. The Harlem, Opera House will be closed thls week. Next week Mlss oiga Ifatberaole will pluy tho engngement whlch .cl -kness compelled her to glve up several weeks ago. Her repertory will be a. follows: Monday and Tuesday. "The Prnfllgate;" Wednesday, "('arni.ti." Thursdny "The Hecond Mrs Tanejiieray;" Frlday, "Camllle;" Saturday matlnee, "The Second Mrs. Tnnqueray;" Saturday nlght. "Tho I'r..f11gate." At the Academy of Muslc the sensatlonal melo drama "Tho Klng of the Opltim RIng" will be contlnued thls week. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll wlll thls evenlng glve hl. lecture on "Thornas Palnc." Alfred E. Anrons pre.ent. at Koster A Hlal's Muslo Hall for the current week another vnrled programme, Includlng Mr. nnd Mrs. Sldney Drew, ln "Wben Two Heiirts Are Won"; Joaie Dewltt. LaOBldH nnd hls troupe of cata and dogs. Kthel I.evey, serlo-oomlc; th>' tlrlftlths brothers, ln thelr Blondln donkey act, the Frederlcks troupe of ileiii..n acrobats, the Heaumont Slstera. the Fred erlc t'larenze Icboolboy atid Schoolglrl Qulntet, the Phnsey troupe, Slh'.-rn and Emerle nnd Johnson t,nd Deun. The Sunday concerts presente<l at Kos? ter & Hlal's have becume a flxture. Tlie programme nrrangc,! for to-nlght Includes I/ottle Gllson. Mon nd Mmk, l.izzle RnymontK Ed I_itell. Truly Shatttick. Slmms and tlrahain, T.>m Hrown, Maude Courtney, tba oViaoman Quartat, Mr. and Mr.. Sld rey I)r.-w. Joola Dewltt, tn?- Hullnes the Heaumont slM.-rs. the Pbaaay troupe. Etln'l I.evey, Johnson and I>.-.in and i liir.-n/i?'?, yulntet. STORY OF FLW FRFSFXTATIOSS. The work of I_ifayatta Poet No. 1*0. O. A R. ln provtdlng slx hundrod Natlonal flags for the achool. of Porto Illco and .emllng them by a spe clal comml.sloner. hn? been fully told In a neat book arranged by Adjutant W. F. Rrown. The volume I. dedlcated to Junlor Vlca-Commander Al l.i:i i". Rakewell by hls comrades of I_ifayette Po.t "a. a te.tlmonlal of thelr appreetatlon of hl. .er vb-e. a. thelr representntlve In presentlng In per aon the Natlonal flag to the .chools of Porto Rlco." Braldes Lleutcn.itit-i 'olonel Hakewell's raOOtl to Oeneral Danlel Ruttt-rrleld. commander of the po.t, OOfe contalna all the correapondence between (reiieral Mlles, Oaearal I'orhln and other offlclal. and the po.t. the address whlch Colonel Rakewell dattvarad to the authorltle. ln Porto Rlco, letter. from .ome of the I'orto Rlcatt teachers, a por tralt of Ctdonel Rakewell and several other plct ures. The book ls handaomely hound and wlll ba a valuabla addltlon to th. war llbrary. Slightly Used AEOLIANS At Reduced Prices WE WILL offer during the coming week a large assortment of Aeolians at reduced prices. These instruments have all been in use, having been returned to us in exchange for higher-priced styles. They have been remodelled and re finished, so that in a majority of instances they can not be dis tinguished from entirely new instruments. They are guaranteed to be pcrfect mechanically and musically. The cost of the Aeolian causes many of its appreciators to deny themselves the constant source of pleasure which comes with the possession of an Aeolian. It deters others from investigating it. This sale alfords an excellent opportunity to obtain a first-class Aeolian at a greatly reduced price. // will continue for one week only. Among the instruments offered are : Reaular Bpe^UI Raciltr Apa^l.i Prlce I'rlee. Prl^e prl -e Orchestrelle.HVsl $1000 Aeolian, Btyle 14.V).?M0 $_? Granda . 7.V) ?O0 Aeolian. Btyle I2SO.?r>0 300 Aerlot Planoa. 730 BOO Aeolian. Btyle lOftO.271 1*0 CMppaadala. **> ?** Ae.iian. style aoo.210 i.? Aeolian, Styla l.W>, .... f.00 Nt Prln?-e?a. 7.1 (0 We alao have teveral planoa of well known makee, taken In exrhana* for Aeollana, wnleh wa wlll aall at- ta dure.1 i.rlres. A dlsrnunt of 10 per rent for raah wlll be allowed from the above fia'Ur.a Bt the Inatrumenta *B be sold on moderate m..nthly payment* T II E AEOL1 A N COMPA N Y 18 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET In the summer home the Ae-.llan haa sperlal utefulnets anl la an Invaluahle ally to the BMBaBa It alwars knowt how to play, maklna BfBBiHlla at nnv tlme the masterv!e<'ea af the areat a n ;. ?rrt, the popular tlra of the day. arvl both aona and danre mualc. Pr. E H. Tt.rpln. Prlnripal of LondOB CuUBge. * rltea: "The Ae llan may be a practl-al stere or I'brary af ?ood mualc, lt may be a toun-e af edu-atlnal plaaa ure. an.l It may .aerve aa an effectlve BBpOBBJll "f mualc under all the ron.lltl na In BBM mualc Is a a-lare or a ilellght " YACHTING. DtMBNaiONfOF the shamrock as QIYEW HY AN F.NGLISH VVKEKLY PAPER. Notwlthstnndlng that Slr Thomas .1. I.lpton has several tlmes sald that the dimenslons of the Shamrock would not be known to any one excepl hlmself and one or two more untll she appeared In the drydock .11 .Ww-York, the current nutnl^r of "The Yachflng World" glve*. accordlng to yester? day'. dlspatches, all the plinotpal measurements of the challenglng yncht. In thls clty yesterday several yachtsm.-n were Incllned to belleve In the llgures thus glven, because. they sa'.d, the pnper thus publtshlng them could not afford to be wrong. addlng, also. that tho paper would probably not recelve much thanks for the dlscloeure. as Eng llshmen dld not wlsh the Amerlcan. to know the facts. It I. sald that the over-all length of the chal lenger ls 130 feet, whlch would make her nearly If not all of two feet shorter than the Columbla ln thl. dlmetislon. The water-llne length ls sald to be 89 feet. Thls may be the cnlculatlon of the deslgner, but, as a matter of fact. no deslgner knows exactly where boats of this slze wlll float before they are launched, and lt may be taken for granted that both Fifo and the Herreshoffs Wlll go aa near the 90-foot llmlt as they dare. It wlll be remembered from the evldencc at the Dunraven lnoulry that an extra inch. more or less, in the riotatlon of the hull as a whole makes a vast dlffer ence In the water-llne le*igth. The flnal flotatlon llne ls obtalned through using further inslde bal last. The Shamrock's extreme beam ls sald to be 24 feet, whlch probably means that her water-llne l>eam !s about twenty-two feet. Thls wns the water-llne beam of the Defender, as measured oy Hobson, and as the Defender was a proved mnrvl of apeed at thls wldth, there ha. seemed to ba no reason for Flfe to deslgn larger ln thls dlmen M<?n. S,.veral reasons for supposlng that the Shamrock would be no wider than thls at tbe water-llne have already been prlnted ln these col umns. The Columblu's beam has been vouched for by a Boston paper as 24 feet 2V_ lnches, though it waa not said whether thls was the extreme or the wa;er-llti_ beam. If thls be her wldth at the water llne lt aeems probable at thls stnge of the lnforma tlon that the condltlons exlstlng between the De? fender .-uid the Valkyrle III wlll be reve'rsed, and that the Engllsh boat. wlll now be tho narrower of the two at the water-llne. The welght of the lead keel as east for the Sham? rock Is glven by the same authorlty as elghty-nino tons whlch aeems to brlng lt wlthln about flve tona of the welght of the Columbla'a It is also sald that the launch of the Shamrock need not be looked for tlll well on ln June. WORK ON THE APHRODITR Colonel Ollrer H. Payne's new .team yacht Aphr>ltte wlll not be ilntshed before June 15. The boat ltself ls all ready. but the intertor decoratlon necessart.y takes tlme There Is a large amount of wood-carvlng to be put ln. All the deck beams across the blg dlnlng-room have to be Incloeed with hnnd-carved teak caalngs and the w.l lai of thls long deckhouse have to be flnlshed artlstl. ally after thelr Interlors have been packed wlth min eral wool." Workmen are now engaged for nlght work to hasten the yacht's completlon. -a i MR. MORGAN'S CORSAIR. The new steam yacht Corsalr, whlch la to be tbe flagahlp of the New-York Yacht Club. la atlll at the Fletcher ynrds, 'n Hoboken, where the lntarioc work Is belng attended to. The forward part of thls boat has been tlnlshed, and It la thought that she mav be ready for her speed trtals by the flr.t weak Of next month. Owlng to the absencelOf J. lierpo*u Morgan. her owner. the < orsolr WU1 not be requlred for use for somo tlm6 THB CRAFT AND THOSE WHO 8AIL THEM. The slxty-seven-foot schooner-yacht Fenella ha. been sold through the Mannlng agency to Edward J Horgen, of the Atlantlc Yacht Club The Fenella has a waier-llne of more than flfty-three feet. and she 1. a good addltlon to the Atlantlc fleet. She ls now rlttlng out at the Erle Ba.ln. A. Van Santvoord. of tho New-York Taabt Club. la havlng hla slde-wlieel steam yacht, the <ier mont, overhauled, calked and palnted at Tebo's. under the charge of Captaln Greenlaw. Fredertck M. Hoyt. of the Stamford and New Y .rk yncht clube. Is havlng hls cutter-yacht, the Svce of the nftv-one-foot rnclng class, flttod out at (Irvenport, under the supervlslon of Captaln Dennls. Blnce tho arrlval of the steam yncht Sultana from (iibraltur she has been lnld up. by tbe order of her owner, John R. Drexcl. ut South Brooklyn. Tho yawi that tho Herreshoffs are building for H V. R. Kennedy, of th-, New-York Yacht Club. Is 78 feet long over all. 66 feet on tho water-llne. 16 feet 4 lnches beam. and 9 feet drnught. She wlll ba nnuu'd the Petrel, and wlll be sent on to N>w fort B6 soon as posslble. Her spars have been mude wlth those of the Columbla at Boston. Andrew B. Wheeler, of Norwteh. Conn., haa bought tho keel schooner-yacht Falcon, whlch Is 63 feet long, from a Provldenc.e yachtsman. When rnclng wlth the Mvonta. Columbla I enr rbd less than twenty men. Thls year Columbla II wlll carry between flfty-flve and slxty when she mects the Shamrock. Nella Oleen, auperlntendent of the New-York Yacht Club, datee back qulte a whlle. He wa. llrst offlcer on Columbla I when she beat Mr. As bury's challengtr. That was In 1871. Bannlster A Co., of Cowea, wlll .upply the Sham? rock wlth all her runnlng rlgglng. W. Ofeldt A Sona. Twenty-flfth-st.. South Brook? lyn, have built for Garrett B. Elndeman, of Beth lehem. Penn.. a twln-screw cabln crulslng launch, (6 feet long, 10 feet beam. 8 feet 6 lnches draught. She wlll have two 16-horse-power engtnes and a apeed of twelve mlles an hour. The .chooner-yacht Halcyon. recently purcha.ed by George Work, of the New-York Yacht Club, wlll have auzlllary power for her crulslng thl. ? unimer. The .team yacht Electra, owned by Elbrldge T. Cerry. of the New-York Yacht Club, haa been flftlng out at Tebo'a under the charge of Captala Wtcka. Former Commodore Oeorge J. Gould. who r?. eently gave the Atlantlc Yacht club a handaomo 30-foot launch for use at 8ea Oatp. ls havlng hla blg steam j-.icht. th" Atnlanta, thoroughly over haiiled al thp Etie B.iBln. Twenty gnlvanlze.l-lron berth frame. for the 0a> lumhla's tender ware ahlpped yeaterday from tba Ib-rreshoff fotindry to C. Ollrer Iselln. ln Nrw. York. The Columbln's crew wlll be Qjuartorei oa the tender. It aeems lmprohahle that f'ommodore Mcrgag wlll be prespnt at the launchlrg of the ('olumbl^ Word has been recplved at BrlBto] that Mr M"rgan, Is now taklng the biths ln Eurr.pa for tha heneftt of hls health. Aa he wlll not return thls month, It l? thnught that the launchlng miy he delayed, fhotigh at Hrlstol It Is aald thnt the Hcrreshoffa nre nnxlous to gpt the f'olumbin out of the ghop to make way for other work. and that they wlfl launch her as soon aa they can. Captaln Hogarth. who wlll sall the Shamrock. la a blt of a humorlst In hls wav Whiie speaklr.g of tho aecrecy ln the bulldlng of the cup enallenger he sald to a newspaper cnrrespondent: "No one oa thls alde, ao far as I know, has tha Amerlcan faculty for lo-.klng at the outaMe of & shed and calctilatlng from that how many se.-ords per mlla the hoat Inslde wlll be faster than some other boat." At the monthly meetlng of the Brooklyn Tacht ('luh If was decided that the nnnual regatta ahould be Bolled In .lune. and thp Rpgatta Committee la ta choose a date that wlll not confllct wlth tha fixturea sche.luleil ln other < luba. Or. Memorlal I>ay the clubhouae wlll !i? formally opened. and there wlll Ik> a revl?-w and aall ot the fWt to tho Atlantlc Hlghlanda and return, followed by a re? ceptlon nnd dance at tha clubhouae In tho evt Ixvuts Bosaert, of Brooklyn. had hls new acrew steam yacht launched yeaterday on tha Ilarlem Blver. She haa been called the Maylta, and ls 111 feet long on the wafer-ltne. 135 feet orar all. beatn 16 feet. and 5 feet 1" Inchea draughU Her sklpper wlll be I'.iptaln Wllllam ("arman. About aeventy feet of the ateel maat now belng bullt for the Columbla haa been completed. Tha apar Is twenty-or.e Inchea ln dlameter. fllnee the arrlval of the crew for the Defender they have been put at the general work of refitttng. The Interlor of the l>oat haa been palnted and tha apara have been acraped. The alumlnum of tha platlng on the aldee haa been lald bare by acrap lng. and la now recelvlng freah palnt The yacbt ls now at anchor. havlng to be removed from the allp to allow room to launch aeveral yachta flntthed by the HerTeahoffo. among othera the vawl far Mr. Kennedy, of the Now-York Yacht Club. Tha Seawanhaka Corlnthlan Yacht Club haa adopted tho acantllng and Hasslflcafton rulea af the Long laland Sound Yacht Raclng Cnlon. It B aald that aome of the membera of the club wa thla aummer try to frame a nvaauremrnt rule thAl wlll be BAtlafactory to all. The oyster Bay houa wlll be opened on May 26. BETTl.EMEXT IDFi ETflMITlOX. Tho League for Socla! Servtce, of whlch Dr JorUa Btrong la presldent and Dr. Wllllam H Tolmaa a#> rotary, haa been asked by the I'nltel Btataa Con^ tntasloner to the 1'arla Exposltlon <>f 1!** to arr*ni? and take chargp of that part of the Cnlted 9tatei aahlblt on the auhject of aoclal aeonomjf relattnf to "Inatltutlona and movements for ao -ia! a.nd IB duotrlal betterment." The exhlblt wlll Inclule tha work of the church. the settlemeru Idea, clubs an4 organliattona, what large employers nre doln| fof tholr operatorB, what rallroads are lolnf to ?n courago work ln landacape gnrdenlng and many klndred BUhJecta. The work of compiilng aad yr ranglng the mattpr haa already begun. and It U be lleved that It wlll be a hlghly tnterestlng and in atructlve exhlblt, and one whlch I<r T-.'.m.in tmnaa wlll further Uie alms of the Ix>ague for Porla. Bsf vlca. FIRST BIONAL COBPB AT WORK. The Flrst Slgnal Corpa. under Its new commatidar, Captaln Oacar Krlanaon, went to Cret I? 00f laat Monday, and about B) per cent of the eommara gualltled aa marksmen Mounted drllla have h#?a resumcj at the Central Park RlUng Acalemy. These wll' bo contlnued untll the annual IntpecttoB of the corpa. whl'h wlll take place at Van Cort? lat.dt Park about June 1. Tt..? meml^ra of tha ??<? mand presented a handsome sabre and belt to <-ar' taln Krlanaon after the drlll on Frlday evenlng. BFAl TlFi l. WATCB WILL. Among the New-fngland aunimer reaorta whlch have l>een popular f..r many yeara becauee of thelr t-harmir.g and healthful locatlon, Watcfc HIII, R. I.. OeeapMB a conaplcuoua place. But ?B imtural advanlages would never have becoaal so well known lf the people had n?>t been a> tracted to the BPOt by the beautlful and desiraMr altuated hotela. amorg whlch the tk-ean H >"?? ls the moat promlnent. A guest of many yeaM standlng aald: "It haa alwaya had a reputatk* aeond to none ln the reaort fleld, H"d J * patmnage of the laBt seaaon gave evldence tb Ub flopularlty waa not merely nmlntalned. ?? on the Increase." Wnt( h lllll U almoBt entlrely sutToundetl w water, havlng the Atlantlc Ocean on thr ?** Long lBlan.1 Sotind on the south and UtUa PJF raganaett Hay and the Pawcatuck Rlver on to weat. Malarla. the dlsturblng element at many Biimmer reeorta, Ib unknown at Wata-aBaa the alr la alwaya co->l and braclng. and the tt perature la never oppresalve. Tho Ocean Ho""* J. F. Champlln. proprletor. perfect ln lt? ?? polntnienta and faultlesaly manageil. ia not only attractlon. A carrlage road ali mlWJ"J connecta the penlnaula wlth the malnland. tna la eacellent wheellng all about the P}*"}^ the MlBQuamlrut Qolf Club has a flne CWMOig and a eoyrae whlch la only forty-elgh' "" Bhort of two mllea. vew-VW* Watch HIII may be reached from >e? b) boat or by rall. The boa a on the Sjooiagj j Llne atart from Pler No. W Nor th R\s er. ^ p. m . and Buflsengera reach the hotel g. ^' j m. the next day. By rall the trlp takea t?J^"j# a half houre trom the Orand Ceatral Station BtonlBBta-, and thenco by boat acroee tae aa^ whlch takea another thlrty mlnuttv