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MUSIC.
Master Michael Banner and
His Future.
The Forthcoming Concerts of the Bach
and Handel Society.
The Season of the French Opera
Troupe at McVicker’s.
Details of the Mapleson and Strakosch
Seasons in New York.
troublous Times in Both Troupes—
General Musical Notes,
The only musical event of tho past week was
the concert given by the young violinist Michael
Banner, pupil of Mr. Jacobsohn In Cincinnati.
We have so often recorded our opinions of this
young player that it seems almost snpertluous
to do so again, and yet it is a pleasant thing to
observe that tie has made decided and healthy
Improvement since he commenced his studies
with Jacobsohn. lie manifests it in his facility of
technique, in his expression, in his phrasing, and
particularly In his ease of presence and control
of himself as well as of his instrument- These
are all good signs, and give promise that bo is
something besides a mere phenomenon, and that
he has th© stuff In him which, if properly di
rected and controlled, will develop him into a
aaperior artist, who will make himself heard
from. Tho youne player appears again this
evening in Milwaukee, and this leads us to ques
tion the policy of these frequent public appear
ances while still in the hands of his teacher.
There is time enough for the public hereafter.
What he needs now is physical development
and strength, and freedom from being o\ er
taxed. He is still too young to feel that be can
•play before audiences, and audiences out of
pure svmpatny with his years and delicate
physique-will be very apt to spoil him with ex
aggerated enthusiasm. He has every promise
of becoming a great artist, perhaps a virtuoso,
but it is doubtful whether his present course is
helpful In that direction. Besides Master Ban
ner’s playing, the concert was made very enjoy
able by the playing of Mr, Stampoffski. one of
Mr. Woifsohns most promising pupils, the
etnplng of Miss Ettie Butler, and the slngingof
that favorit quartet, tho St. Cecilia, who were
received with well-merited enthusiasm.
THE BACH AND HANDED SOCIETY’S CON
CERT. *
Th© Bach and Handel Society, Mr. Julius
Fuchs conductor, has fixed upon the 31st of
ibis month for their first concert, to be given in
Hershey Hull. The program will consist of
miscellaneous selections in tho first part, includ
ing “ The Flight into Egypt,” by Hector Berlioz,
being Part ILof “The Holy Family,” a sacred*
triology for orchestra, soprano solo, and chorus.
Part IL will consist of selections from Handel’s
“Judas Maccabaeus,” for soprano solo and
chorus. The Society will bo assisted by Mrs.
Clara D. Stacy.
THE BOSCOVITZ SOIBEES.
Among the taost interesting musi6nl events of
this season will be a scries of musical soirees, to
he given by Mr. Frederick Boscovitz, the pianist,
at the piano-rooms of Messrs. Lyon & Hoaiy.
The first will take place 05 Wednesday evening,
the 23d inst., when the following very Interest
ing program will be performed; Concerto for
two pianos and orchestra, op. S 4, Mozart (first
time here); Sonata, op. 10, No. 3, Beethoven;
Italian Concerto, by J. S. Bach; and three his
torical pieces composed in I*l4, by MehuU Man*
del, and John Bull. Besides these a number of
compositions by Chopin and Liszt will be played.
Mr. Boscovitz will have the assistance of Mrs.
Clara D. Stacy, the favorit soprano, who la al
ways welcome In the concert-room; also Miss
Mary Boardman, pianist, and tho new Mendels
sohn Orchestral Society, under the direction of
Mr. Henry Scboenefcld.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The regular election of officers of the Phil
harmonic Vocal Society, which meets Tuesday
evenings in the chapel of St, Paul’s Reformed
Episcopal Cdurch, corner of Carpenter and
Washington streets, resulted in tho election of *
Mr. A. B. Pullman. President, in the place of
31 r. Browne, and* Mr. H. Clarence Eddy as mu
sical direct©** for ISSI. Mr. Pullman proposes in
a large degree to lend his personal assistance
towards the building up of a first-class musicirf
society for the West Side, and with such a start
the future uf tho Philharmonic seems bright.
With Mr. George W. Lyon iu charge of tbo
Music Committee, this guarantees gooif voices
and music in tho future, and the Society will
give a public rehearsal and concert before June
3. and only the light class of music will be
studied at present. The other Officers are J. IL
Prindlc, Vice-President; George W. Lyon,
Treasurer; Dr, L. C. Bitting, Financial Secre
tary; A. A. Olney, Librarian; W. E. M. Browne,
Secretary; and Prof. H. C. Beseler, Pianist,
Applications for membership must be made
either by mail or in person to W. E. M. Browne,
Secretary, Grand Pacific Hotel.
THE FRENCH OPERA.
De Beauplao’a French Opera Company opens
a week’s engagement in Cincinnati to-morrow
evening with the following repertoire; .Mon
day, “Les Huguenots:” Tuesday, “The Jewess;”
Wednesday, “Romeo and Juliet;” Thursday,
“Aida;” Fridav, “LAfrlcaine;” Saturday mat
ing, “Paul and Virginia;” Saturday evening,
“ Robert Le Diable.” The company consists of
340 people, and has been playing in New Orleans
since the 17th of last November, when it-first
opened in this country. From Cincinnati the
troupe comes to Chicago for a couple 01 weeks
at McVicker’s, then to Philadelphia and Now
York, spending two weeks in each city, next re
turning to Paris. The troupe Is said to be one
of the best which has ever visited America.
THE BEETHOVEN SOCIETY.
The next concert of the Beethoven Society
will be given at the Central Mnsic-Hu!l on the
«oth of April, upon which occasion Gounod’s
“St, Cecilia Mass,” Rbcinbergcr’s “Toggeubery,”
Mendelssohn’s cantata, “ Hear My Prayer,” will
bo given. Mr. George Heuschel will sing the
baritone solos. We are requested to say that the
active members are desired to be present at all
the rehearsals.
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
At Mr. Llebling’s second conc°rt, March 31,
the Rubinstein Octet will be repeated by request.
\t the next Saturdav noon concert at the Her-
Bhey Music-Hall, Mr. BoscoviU will play a pro
gram of piano music.
Mrs. C. A. Phelps and pupils will give a soiree
at the residence of Mr. and Mis. J. W. Calkins,
No. itis West Monroe street, to-morrow evening.
A new musical monthly has appeared in this
city, the Church Choir, edited by W. W. Wallace.
It is mainly devoted to the publication of music
which is adapted for choir service.
On tho 16th inst, a complimentary concert wlil
be given to Mrs. Jenny Vully-Scherenbery at
Fulrbauk Hall by several musicians of this dry
pnd by a chorus of young ladies who have
studied with her the fairy cantata, “Little Snow-
White,” by Franz A bt.
Miss Arabella Root and her company gave
concerts on Fridav and Saturday lust in Kala
mazoo, Mich., with full attendance and linesuc
-I‘css. The company will be tilling Michigan
vngagemems during the next week at Marshall,
Albion, Battle Creek, and other places.
The Freja and Scandinavian Musical Societies
gave a combined concert, last evening, at
Brand’s Hull. The program was comoosed en
tirely of Scandimivian music, under the direc
tion of Ivar Moe. The soloists were ilmo. Au
gusta Pio. pianist; A. G. Luudburg, tenor; and
Theodore Elbcrg. baritone.
John Church &Co., of Cincinnati, have recent
ly Issued a very remarkable rhapsody for piano
and orchestra, ny Otto Singer, of that city. It Is
set for two pianos, and is dedicated to Von
BQlow. The same house has just issued Part I.
of D. C. Addison’s** Kindergarten Music School.”
Both works may be found at Root i Sons’,
Mr.Eddygave an organ recital yesterday noon
at Hersbey Music-Hall, with the following pro
gram: “Festival Overture,** by Nicolai; “Pict
ures from the Orient,** by Schumann; allegretto
in B minor, op. lu, by Guilmant; sonata in D
minor, op. 1. by Mailly; fantasie and fugue in C
minor, op. 109, No. ff, by Merkel: “Morceau de
Concert,’* by Lux; and “Schiller March,” by
Meyerbeer.
Mile. Emma Roemheld, a Chicago girl, now
elnglne in opera m Spam, had a benefit at Santi
ago In February, at mo close of which she was
presented with a laurel crown of silver set with
diamonds and a magnificent brooch, chain, and
cross, the latter of rubies and pearls. The
presentation was aecompun.ed with an address
printed as a souveniron white satin, and she was
afterwards serenaded.
List Thursday evening another of those Inter
esting musical soirees was given by the pupilsof
the Chicago Musical College in Apollo Hull io a
large and appreciative audience. The numbers
were all well rendered, those of especial interest
being the vocal selections by Miss Lillian Iteisr-
Dulds, and Mr. J. J. Haitstaedt, and the piano
playing of Miss Ida Wolfe, Messrs. Clifford Mor
ton and Emmett Wilson.
Boston’s Melodists (colored) sang at St. Paul’s
Methodist Church on of Februarytoa
large and appreciative audience, and have been
requested toVepeat the same on the 17th Inst.,
at the same place. They also sang on the 29th
tat, at Avenue Hall, tor the benefit of the Bed
Ribbon Club, Twenty-second street On each
occasion they were assisted by Mr. J. B. French,
the only colored elocutionist on the stage, who
was favorably received.
They manage these things better In Italy. In
consequence ol recent disturbances In tbeTea
trodeLlceo, Barcelona, provoked by the unsat
isfactory performance of “Mignon,” the Civil
governor of the town Indicted a penalty of 2SU
pesetas on the management, and ordered the
theatre to be closed unt.l a better company was
engaged. What a revenue “Our Carter” might
obtain for the City Treasury by such very desir
able means as the above!
The twenty-sixth chamber concert of the
Lewis-Elchheira series will be given at Hershoy
Music-Hall on Thursday afternoon, the lan
insu, upon which occasion the following pro
gram will be performed: Scherzo, from Khem
berger’s Quartet, op. {Messrs. Lewis, Muhlen
bruch, Allen, and Elchheinu; Half s Trlo,op.h>6
(Miss Ingcrsoll, .Messrs. Lewis and Elchbeiml,
Rubinstein’s Quartet, op. L« J*°: j»(Messrs.
Lewis. Mublenbrucb. Allen, and Eicbheim), and
Rholnberger’s Quartet, op. 33 (Miss Ingcrsoll,
Messrs. Lewis, Allen, and LichhoimJ.
Miss Jennie Hunter, the reader, to whom a
complimentary testimonial will be giten on
Tuesday of next week, will herself read some
verv tine selections on that occasion,
other things, she will give a scone from * Romeo
and Juliet,” and several entirely new P ,ec ®®*
the musical line there will be q u inter s, qaart ct s«
trios ducts, and solos by some ot the beat talent
in the city. Miss Hunter’s friends are sparing
no pains to make this the literary and musical
event of the season, and their efforts promise to
prove successful to a remarkable degree. Over
two-thirds of the tickets have been already sold.
The first anniversary of .Etna Lodge, No. 109,
a O U W., was celebrated at Brands Hall on
the Oth inst. There were nearly 1,500 people
nre«ent, and the affair was a very pleasant one.
The program also did credit to the manager. It
being choice and varied, and mention
should be made of little Tilhe &chlclffartb,
daughter of the composer, only 3 years old, who
sun*'a well-known jubilee song, accompanied
bv the .-Etna Quartet, in a manner that could be
hardlv expected from one so young. The Bauer
Band^—employes of Julius Bauer i: Co.—played
in a manner superior to many professionals, and
deserved the applause received. The -Etna
Quartet sang wclL After the concert dancing
was In order.
The seventh of Mr. Llebllng’s soirees was
given last evening at Felton. Pomeroy & Cross’
piano rooms. The program was as follows: First
movement of Beethoven’s Sonata, op. 10, No. 1
(Mtes Cottle): Giimore-Joseffy’s Concert Para
phrase “Columbia” (Miss Clarke); Beethovens
Sonata Adagio, op. 13(.Miss Benedict): Mozarts
Sonata in J) major, first movement (Miss Tan
ner); Chopin’s Nocturne, op. 37, No. 3, and
Elude, op. lU, No. 5 (Miss Cunningham): Beetho
ven’s Sonata, op. £.*. tirst movement (Miss
Lewis)* Liszt’s “La Uanza” and Kullak’s “ Lut
zow's Wilde Jagd” (Miss Fuller); Beethoven’s
Concerto in C minor, tlrst movement (Miss Duel);
and Schubert’s March in B minor (Miss Seavcrns
'and Mr. Liebling).
Mrs. Belle Matteson Powell, a well-known fa
vorit in Cblcmro society, and a pupil of Miss
Aunlo.M. It. Barnette, bas been singing with
(rreat success at an entertainment given by the
Harmonic Society of Macon, tia. The Macon
Teeamph and Mc&etwcr says; “In ‘Sullivans
Trial by Jury ’ Mrs. A. H. Powell as the Plaintiff
achieved a* complete.triumph. Her clear, sll
verv voice admirable expressed all the emotions
of the Plaintiff, and her acting and demeanor
were in perfect accord with the sentiments ex
pressed. We congratulate the Society upon the
possession of so gifted a vocalist, and but ex
press tho feelings of tho large audience present
in saying we hope Macon will frequently behold
her in costume on our boards.”
Mr. C. E. U. Muller, tho director of the MQllcr
Conservatory of Music, has organized a ladies’
chorus which has been christened tho Euterpe
Damenebor. It is a novel feature of the chorus
Unit they will sing only German music of such
composers as Schumann, Lachncr, Barglel, Jen
sen. Hiller, Uhemberger, Hauptmann. Ueinceko,
Schubert, and others. The Society meets every
Thursday afternoon, and at a recent rehearsal
the following ollicers were elected; President*
Mrs. F. Bock; Secretary. Mrs. \Joorge B. Arm
strong; Treasurer, Mrs. H. MQUer; Lioranan,
Miss C. Wagner. Prof. MQllcr will direct the
work of the new Society. The Euterpe Daraen
chor now numbers about twenty members. A
limited number of ladies wno are familiar with
the Gorman language and who d % ire to study
these lyrics will be admitted to membership, and
these may make application to tho Secretary at
Bauer’s music-store.
The Comley-Barton “Olivette” troupe will ap
pear at Haverly s Theatre on tho:Wth inst., and
will give a short season of this favorit little
opera with Catharine Lewis irf the title role and
John Howson as Captain tic Merrimac. Tho
Philadelphia Itceoni savs of- their performance;
“ The Arch Street Theatre was packed clour to
the sidewalk last evening, and the encores were
so abundant that the perfonnanceof “ Olivette”
did not conclude till a very late hour. Compari
sons are odious, and therefore will not be made.
Fufiice it to sav that Miss Catharine Lewis as
6 iccltf and Mr. John Howsou as Captain dc Mcr~
rimac are tho life of the piece, tho latter making
an admirable ‘sad sea-dog’ ; that Mr. Arraand
sines well as Valentin , and that Mr. Lennox
makes Cot/urL* cut very funny; that it is rather
Inconvenient to have a Onmte»a who cannot sing
a note and has io make a substitute of rdoriCinc
(Miss Marie Jansen), who does very nicely; that
the scenorv and costumes are beautiful, and tho
chorus, in’their jerseys and fleshings, very pict
uresque. and that “Olivette” will crowd tho
house and till tho treasury for tho balance of tne
week.”
THE OPERA.
A new comic opera bv Lecoq, called “Janot,”
the libretto being by Meilhac and Haievy, has
been very successful in Paris.
A new company has been formed for tho per
formance of “ Billee Taylor” in the Provinces,
and will open nt the new Chestnut Street Opera-
House in Philadelphia on the Mtn inst.
Verdi is working on his now* opera, “lago.”
He intended originally to call it “Othello,’" but
was restrained bv respect for tho memory of
Rossini. He is also revising the score of “ Simon
Boccaucgra.”
Hero is the latest about Wagner. It is said
that he bas signed a contract with Herr Angelo
Neumann, ot Leipsie, by which Herr Neumann
bas the exclusive right to perform “The Umg of
the Nibelungs” in England and the United
Stales on condition that Herr Neumann pays
Herr Wagner 10 per cent of the gross receipts.
Mr. Mapleson opened his season on Monday
evening last in .New Vork with “Martha ” (!).
Campunini. being laid up with a sore throat, has
not appeared, Uavelli taking his place. The per
formances thus far have-not been very satls
factorv, and the Nov.- York Time* rather curtly
says; ‘“WhvMr. Mapleson should have select
ed Flotow’s ’ ‘ Marta ’ with which to begin his
sprimr season is one of those managerial mj'fi
teries Unit cannot be explained,” and closes its
notice: “The orchestra was noisy and rough,
and marred the sinking of the principal artists,
there were frequent errors in the tempi, and in
general a slipshod character to the work which
was disappointing, considering that this was the
tir-t performance of a season of which great
things have been promised by the management.”
The onlv event in ** Martha ” was Uavelli’s slug
lug of the “M’appad.” for which be was culled
out four times,—a triumph which was repeated in
*• Don Giovanni,” with the “il rnio tesoro.” The
general performance of the work was, however,
us unsatisfactory as it was here.
Slrakosch’s troupe has hardly fared better.
Of its performance of the “ Bohemian Girl ” tho
Trtbvue savs: “ Tnc performance of Balfe’s
• Bohemian Girl’ last night by the members of
the Strakosch-Hess company, at Haverly’s Fifth
Avenue Theatre, was an extraordinary nlfair.
Why so main- people came to tnrar it it was bard
to understand; why they applauded such a ren
dering of it was" simpij- incomprehensible.”
Of the performance of *• Fra Diavolo" by the
same troupe, the B'orJd says: “Mias Schirmer
was an inadequate Zerlina, Miss Annandaloan
unsatisfactory L*td;j Allcwdi, Mr. ,T. Peaks an un
interesting Lord Atlraeh, Mr. Perngini—in spite
of three or four robust notes above the staff and
a sensational death-scene at tho end of the op
era—a weak i'Vn Dinvnh). and Mr. Tilla an ab
surd Lnjrnzo.” To crown all, Nym Crinkle’s
paper indicates trouble in the Mapleson troupe
in the following paragraphs: “What does Mr.
Mapleson think of the aggressive alliance be
tween Basori and Camp.mini? And does ho
care?” “Is It within the bounds of possibility
for one leading tenor in an opera troupe to like
anotner tenor in the same company?”
MCSICAL NOTE?.
Mile. Marie Heilbron. as vou may know, quits
the stage detinitively as Viscountess de la Pa
nouse.
Herr Gonrg Henschel, the well-known bari
tone singer, unci Miss Lillian Bailey, who is a
well-known soprano, were married In Boston on
the I'th inst.
M iss Anna Lou ise Cary closes her season with
Mapleson April 8. The lath she will stn? in the
Passion Music. Boston; 22d and -Id for the Phll
hannonlc Society in Brooklyn. She will also ap
pear at the New York and Chicago festivals.
Mr. Thayer is suffering greatly at present
from an old cerebral disease, which quite unfits
him for any work beyond that inseparable from
Ins official position as American Consul at
Tr.esie, and has temporarily abandoned the
fourth and last volume of his great work on
Beethoven.
Sir Julius Benedict has just dictated an article
for Zcntmcr on the Jenny Lind tour in America.
The incidents of the tour, from the showman’s
point or view, have, it will be recollected, al
ready been narrated by Mr. Buraum, but us Sir
Julius Bened.ct was the pianist of the tour, his
account will bo of great interest.
M. ,T. Lemmons, Professor of the Organ at the
Brus.-els Conservatoire and founder of the
School of Church Music at Mechlin, died Jan.
00 at his chateau at Linterpoorc. in cho vicinity
of Mechlin. This tine musician was the author
of an excellent work, “Ecoie d’Orgue,” which is
in general use, and wrote several compositions
for the instrument.
Miss Henrietta Beebe has been engaged toeing
in a series of concerts in England, and will leave
New York on the 2d of April. Her final appear
ance, for the present at least, will take place at
Chickering Hall on the evening of March 2G,
when she will have the aid of some eminent
artists, and will take pare in some of the glees
in which she has repeatedly won the favor of
the musical public.
Verdi’s string quartet In E minor was played
on Feb. 7 at one of the Monday Popular Con
certs. Ferdinand Prueger. writing of it in the
the Musical Standard, says that, looked on with
rHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE; SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1881—EIGHTEEN PAGES.
verv lenient eyes, the work has no higher inter
cut than that of curiosity. Melodious, it tune
miildnir is all that word Implies. It Is. especially
So romance; but the standard character is that
S his operatic tunes. His part-writing Is vir
tuaily weak and commonplace.
The opening date at the new Keokuk Opera
House has been set for the loth Inst. Mr. Will
Davis will leave Monday night w th a conpjny
of nineteen people, the principal
which were announced in last Suudaj s ißdi
one. The engagement is for three perform
ances—two nights and one matinee.
Jcno Hubay, the violinist who is the chief at
traction at Pasdeloup’s concerts in Pans h
winter. Is a young artist only -3 years old, and, a
Hungarian bv birth. .His father was the leader
of the orchestra at Buda-Pesth, and teacher of
the violin, the only one his son bad until he uos
14, when ho went to Berlin *“3 under
Joachim for fouryears. In 18.3 Hubaj '* en t
Paris and took lessons from Vieuxtemps, who
took a great interest in his pupil.
A dispatch to the London Times dated the -oth
ult. says: " The AVtie Prcic Pressc announces
that on Tuesday Iho only authentic portrait or
Franz Schubert, the composer, a water-color by
Uicder, was sold by auction. It is described ns
twenty-four centimetres in hiitht and ot mid
dllnjr urtistic value, but was knocked down to
Granitsch tor L2J3 llorlns. It was painted in
Uieder, overtaken by* a shower, hart sought
refuge in the house of his friend. Schubert, and
while waiting there made this sketch, which ho
afterwards finished at two or three sittings, it
has served as the original for all subsequent
portraits of the composer.”
A correspondent of the Boston Courier, writ
ing to that journal, urges the engagement of
Mr. George Henschcl as conductor of the Har
vard Musical Association next week. It. says or
him: “Lot it be remarked that he has a down
beat, an almost unknown thing in the gyratory
movements which have liecome through hablt
u;U usage to be regarded us conducting. » e
do not know how it is with the Boston conduct
ors, but nobody with eyes could fail to mark the
emphasis of Theodore Thomas’down-boat, and
that gentleman has been a tolerably regular
visitor to Boston fora number of years. How
ever, Mr. Henschcl’s engagement might work
much good to the Harvard concerts, “ with the
old ft>gyism wiped out and more urogressive
ideas substituted in the councils of tho man
agers,” which the Courier's correspondent thinks
would occur if it were effected.
NEW MUSIC.
New York; William A. Pond & Co. Chicago;
Lowls & Newell— “Hochzeitsmusik” (Wedding
Music), “ Wedding Mures " ami “Bridal Song,
arranged for four hands, by Adolph Jensen;
“ Lu Jolie Beruoise,” a reminiscence ol .Switzer
land, by Julius K. Mflller; “Guido Right,
March*’ and “Right Forward .March.'’ by John
Philip Sousa; “Senator Pnilf's'Grand March,
by Joseph Bull; “John Riley’s Always Dry,’
“Third Foil Moon Union,” “South Fifth Ave
nue,” and “Don’t You Miss tho Train,” by D.
I! ™cu' n Vork: C. 11. Ditson & Co. Chicago:
Lyon & Heulv —“Dreamland Waltz.” by It. \.
Ualho: "Ouulisk Waltz.” by Lo llarnn; “Teu
fel's Marcn,” bv Von Snpne, fur (our bund.,:
“The Parnell Polka." by lilcanor O'.Mahony;
“(lend X.uck Polka," by Albert 11. Penmld;
“Skip Polka" and "Lullaby," byM. W. Lumr
don: " Fnitty Lock?," ballad, by C. Li erest:
“Hark! The Convent Bells Are Kinglni;," by
Arihnr W. Marebant; “ New Love," somr. by
Ileinrieh Hollniann: “Komanee" and ".Meet
luir," aouifS, bv liobert Franz; " One Morning in
May," song, by Arthur W. Marebant.
Chicago: Brainard's Sons—“ One Word with
Thee,” song and chorus, by Edward Stout;
“Don't Be Crying, Little Girl.” song and eborus,
by James C. Macy; tbo "P. P. C. Waltz,’ by
John C. Minton.
THE SANGERFEST.
Progress of the Kclicarsals of tho Fes
tival Choruses—Report of the Press
Committee
The Press Committee of tho forthcoming Sun
gerfest have sent us tho following communi
cation with a request to publish;
The rehearsals of tne Festival choruses, both
for mixed and male voices, arc progressing un
der the personal direction of Mr. Baiaiua so
satisfactorily, that beyond any doubt tho most
excellent performances will reward iho arduous
labor botn of chorus and conductor. The two
principal works, “Odysseus” by Max Bruch,
and the choral part of Beethoven’s Ninth Sym
phony, arc both already well practiced, and only
the first act of “ Lohengrin ” remains to bo
studied. The male chorus is also nearly through
wiih its work, and from the middle ot April
only the finishing touches will have to be given
to both. . ...,
The June Musical Festival of Chicago will be
more complete than any tuner festival ever held
iu this country, for, besides the grand composi
tions for insirmmental music ami the mixed
chorus as performed at other festivals, it will
introduce to tho public of Chicago the massive
chorus for male voices, iu which twelve hun
dred good and well-trained voices will partici
pate. The mixed chorus will be nearly one
thousand strong, and tho grand orchestra will
consist of one hundred and fifty artists selected
with tho greatest cure for tho occasion, all
under the direction ot* Mr. Hans Bulatka, of Chi-
Tho primary object of tho festival will be to
provide for the many thousands who will attend
tne seven performances to be given a musical
treat unequaled by any attempt hitherto made
in this city to interpret, upon a befitting scale,
tho great works winch are being rehearsed now.
It will impart a broader and clearer conception
of such masters us Beethoven, Schumann, etc.;
while furthermore, mid perhaps ol still greater
Importance, it will enact tho part of educator
by increasing tho public interest in musical art,
cultivating and refining tho individual taste of
tho people, and by enlarging and expanding a
true appreciation of wnat genius has created
and art can interpret.
One of tho most potent elements that will
make itself felt in the future of music iu this
city is tho iullueuco upon those who make up
tho great chorus. During the long winter-sea
son of careful practicing the members have
been brought into closer active relations with
music man could have been possible In drawing
rooms and musical entertainments. It is inter
esting to hear the chorus members them
selves speak of it, how they entered
the ranks, and how they were one
and • all drawn as if by magic
into the inner arch of music, coming regularly
every week to rehearse, in spice sometimes of
stormy weather, and looking torward to tho fes
tival as an event of their lives. For many it
was a new experience to practice acknowledged
works of art tinder the direction of a tuor
ougnly competent conductor, who would not
only call their attention to technical faults, but
who could expound to them intelligently the
peculiar beauties and meanings of the composi
tions under rehearsal, and teach them tho art
and necessity of musical declamation, without
which the works of modern composers never
can be satisfactorily rendered. The enthusiasm
of the members of the grand chorus is
so great that the organization will be
kept up alter this festival, to be
.available tor future occasions of u similar kind.
And, lastly, tho festival will show to tho public
of Chicago that we have means in our miast for
such testivals without the necessity of foreign
importations, except, perhaps, iu the case of
some of the soloists.
Chicago will be abundantly rewarded for the
labor, me moncj*, and tho tune which it gives to
this great enterprise, and, while the conductor,
tho managers, and the executants all labor for
the promotion of-the cause of art, and tiud their
reward in the results which have been fore
shadowed, tho public will be mure than repaid
fo»- its patronage in the pleasure it will derive
from hearing the monumental works of music
rendered on a grand scale.
MATTHEW H. CARPENTER.
For The Chlcnao Tribune.
O’er Western plains the snow is swept and
shifted;
The wind’s wild wail is borne along tho air;
Tho forests groan; tho highways deep are
drifted;
The ridges all are bare.
Cold comes tho Arctic wave; the sun is hlddeh
From human sight by cheerless clouds of gntv;
From the fur North the Storm-King comes un
bidden
TO greet us, day by day.
By glowing grates within tho snow-bound city.
By blazing farm-house 11 res, in wood.nan's shed.
Men’s voices wnisper.'with regret and pity,
“ I recoil Wn’s Chief is dead!”
He sleeps to-day the sleep that knows no wak
ing;
He goes, with folded hands upon his breast.
Just as the morning : clouds of peace are break
ing.
To his eternal rest.
Grand was his work, and wise the legislation
He helped to fashion with bis brilliant innul.
When may we tind, in all this gifted Nation,
A heart more bravo and Rind?
When danger came, when ruin and disaster
Threatened our land, in foul Disunion’s form.
With the strong will and purpose of a master
He helped to stay the storm!
Ho had his faults, but they wore only human—
They will not dim the lustre of his name;
At his remains no thougntless man or woman
Will point the hand of shame!
The clouds may come, the winds may bowl and
whistle.
The years may hasten onward In their llight,
As oh the Autumn-gale the tlonting thistle
Sails on, mid fades from signt.
While hundreds that maligned the MAN’ while
living
Shall cease with true regret to do him ill—
Shall'speak with honest praise, and feel forgiv
ing
For him whose voice is still.
♦Eugene J. Hall.
Millard Avenuk Station, Chicago.
A Sufficient Reason.
A master was explaining that tho land of
world is not continuous. He asked a bov, “Now.
Jack, could vour father walk round the world?"
“ No, sir,” said the boy, “ And why?” “ Be
cause he’s dead sir.”
that really true?” .Druggist— 41 Yes,
madam. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup Is only 25 cents.”
THE STAGE.
A Theatrical Smash-Up-The Firm
of Gulick & Blaisdell.
A Stellar Irruption— WLat We May Ex
pect Sext Season.
Local Theatres— Buxom Fanny Daven
.port as the Fragile Camille.
Chat Concerning Actors, Act
resses, Managers, and
Plays.
A THEATRICAL SMASH-UP.
Tho firm of Gulick & Blaisdell, which came
into existence with a nourish of trumpets and a
loud hurrah at tho beginning of the season, has
ceased to exist. They organized a bureau here,
and from this point they determined with all
modern facilities to lick order out of tho chaotic
slate of dramatic affairs of the Northwest, term
circuits, and revolutionize things generally.
They organized a lot of companies, and called
them “ guaranteed attractions,”— guaranteed
by Gulick & Blaisdell to bo of the very tlrst
water,—and with these companies they started
upon a career through lowa, Illinois,Wisconsin,
and adjoining States that lauded thorn In a
ditch. Tho partners turned up In the city
tho other day. Their appearance was haggard,
and their story a harrowing one. With the res
ignation of a man who knows he has been
squarely beaten, Mr. Joseph Gulick related his
woes, and tho tale, he thinks, should bo a satis
factory explanation of the tlrra’s position.
It has been stated that Messrs. Gulick & Blais
dcll’s original capital was but S7OO, upon which
they have tried to run a business requiring ten
times this money, but Mr. Gulick contradicts
this story, and stales that they had in tho treas
ury $4,000 when the campaign was started. This
has melted away, and their liabilities now foot
up some $13,735.
•‘Our intention,” said Mr. Gnllck, “was to
play the Northwestern and Western States,
and give the people in those regions
better attractions than they had been
in the habit of seeing. But, alas!” sighed
tho manager, “ we cast our pearls before swine,
so to speak. Wo put John Dillon on the road
with a bolter piece than be has had in years and
a bolter company than he ever bad. Wo had
Dillon about tiftecu weeks. His average re
ceipts were S2OO a night, but we gave him such a
ridiculous percentage that we couldn’t make a
profit. Our losses on him were $5550, including
the liabilities incurred by his breaking the en
gagement by gett ngdrunkand neglecting bus!-,
ness. Dillon’s share was 10 per cent of the
gross of the tlrst §2OO, 15 per cent
of the second $-00, and 20 per cent of all over.
Besides we paid ail his expenses. ‘Nip and
Tuck,’ really the worst thing we had, gave us a
profit of $2,400 before the election. After that
the business ran (town, and wo concluded to let
the partv go. The • Hop Scotch ’ party we had
out twelve weeks anti three nights, and lost
*5,500.0u it. The ‘Arabian Nights’ company
was, I think, the best that ever went
west of Chicago, and yet in twelve
weeks we lost $1,200. The. losses on
those organizations of course put us in a very
bad box, and we determined to try and recover
ourselves with a mmstrel company. Fate, how
ever. was against us, and we piled up $4,000
more debt, when we concluded to quit. This
troupe would, 1 think, have made money hud it
not been for bad weather and a succession of
misfortunes which could not have been fore
seen. For some lime past,” said Mr. Gulick,
“ it has been a hard struggle to get from town to
town. Finally we reached Do Witt, la.
where we played to $27.H), and then were
snowed In for five davs. I don’t know
how we would nave escaped from the place had
it not been for Cnpt. Gates, the proprietor of
the hotel. When we arrived In Chicago Hluls
d<*li had just five cents In his pocket, and I had
$2 which I borrowed from the property-man.
Our indebtedness .is concentrated, and we will
pay every cent when we get on our feet again.
We owe some $(500 salary.” .
“Do we intend to start again? Of course we
do,” said the sanguine Mr. Gulick; “but in the
meantime 1 am going out, under salary, to
manage a company that will play'a new piece
called ‘ Rooms to Rem,’ and Mr. Blaisdeli will
play a part,” _
Tho firm sum up tholr losses in this way: On
Dillon, $53.); “Arabian Nights,” $4,200; “Hop
Scotch,” S.V*OO: minstrels, $4,000; notes due aqd
not collectable, $1,455; expense of organizing,
$2,000; engraving, $l,u00; defalcation by one of
their employes, $400; properties, etc., $l,lOO. It
is understood that of the firm’s indebtedness
$15,200 is due the National Printing Company,
$2,000 to J. M. W. Jones & Co., and S2OO to Stour
bridge, in Cincinnati
"LOCAL* THEATRES,
Miss Fanny Davenport will act at Haverly’s
during tho coming .week; Willie Edouin’s
“Sparks” will be presented at Hooley’s to
night; tho Harrisons will to-morrow evening
reintroduce their “Photos,” this time at tho
Grand Opera-House; and Lotta will con
tinue at McVicker’s for another week.
During Miss Davenport's engagement
her repertoire will be: Monday, “Camille”;
Tuesday and Wednesday matinee, “Pique”;
Wednesday evening, “The Lady of Lyons”;
Thursdav, “Frou-Frou Friday night and Sat
urday matinee, “Camille”; Saturday night.
“London Assurance”; and Sunday night,
“Leah.” Onlv recently has this actress added
CViniiffc and (Jilhcrte to her repertoire. In those
two roles, according to report, she has been sin
gularly successful liuaneially, and her worlds
well spoken of bv tho critics. The company
supporting the star includes Henry Lee,
George Morton, W. Whlteear. R. G. Wilson,
F. Chippendale, D. 11. Chase, W. H. Voung,
Miss Emma Pierce, Mrs. L. E. Darker, Miss Jes
sie L. Randolph, Miss Adclo Werner, Miss Maude
Tracy, Mr. Edgar L. Davenport, Mr. J. Lant.
Willie Edouin’s company in “Sharks” will he
tho same os that seen in tho piece on Hooley’s
stage a few months ago, with tho exception of
Miss Alice Atherton, who Is still contlned to her
room. Mr. Kruger, wo underst md, has even
added to the fun of his very humorous sketch of
the Plmtojraphen Tho Harrisons' musical
comedy is von’ well known here,
mis being ‘ the third engagement
of tho company during the present season. Lotta
will open mo week as the Marchioness* in “ The
Old Curiosity-Shop.” “ A TerribloTosl ” will be
the melodrama at the West Side Academy, in
which Miss Eilie Johns will enact tho leading
rdle. The variety olio will include tho clever
dialect specialist, (Jus Bruno, tho Lynn Sisters,
and tho negro team. Adams and Le- Roy.
Sprague, at tho Olympic, will bring on his
Georgia Minstrels once more.
A STELLAR IRRUPTIOX.
Tho success of Thomas W. Keene as a trage
dian has made, many an actor discontented with
his lot: .in fact. It has spread among the mem
bers of the profession the “legitimate” fever,
and the consequences, in all probability, will be
of a very serious character. From announce
ments Hying around the country, this discontent
will shape itself into an Irruption of stars
next season. There are very few legitimate
stock-actors in the country to-day, but
tho number will bo further reduced next year
when the “legitimate” Hank of tho dramatic
profession will present the appearance of a reg
iment in which every member Is a Captain and
tho privates have disappeared. It would be
useless to attempt to argue these actors who are
bent upon “ legitimate” starring out of their
determination. They will carry out their idea
until their visions of fame and their savings
have melted away and'hard"experience makes,
them wiser if poorer men. As far as wo can
see, besides McCullough, Keene, and Barrett,
wc will have Frank Mayo, Fred B. Warde, W. E.
Sheridan, Frederick Paulding, and Frank Bangs,
till reaching for tragic fame. There is no
doubt of the" fact that there is a re
vival In public taste for tho stands
nrd drama, but these gentlemen are over
estimating the extent of this revival, and most
of them will find it out very speedily. First
among me list of aspirants will be Fmnk Mayo,
wno has been for the past ten or twelve years
conlining bis energies to the portrayal of border
character. He has made money and won a name
in his “Davy Crockett,” but becoming dissatis
fied with the line of business In which he has
been successful, he proposes to “ tackle” Muc
hcih, iuyo. King Lcai\ and the rost of the Shak
speariun repertoire. Before ho went into tho
border stvle of play be was accounted a fair
stock actor in legitimate roles; now, however,
after being out of the standard drama for nearly
a dozen years, ho intends to jump before the
public, as a “great” tragedian. We trust
his experience will not be os painful
ns that of Mr. Dan Harkins, who
a few years ago became discontented
with a leading position in the “pantaloon”
drama at Daly’s, and foolishly stepped out
starring in the Forrest ,r6pertoire. His attempt
ended m a fiasco of the most complete kind.
Then Mr. Harkins wont to England, where ever
since he has been playing in tho Provinces. He
has wisely.refrained from appearing In'London.
Keene’s success will also bring him back to
America next season. Mr. Fred B. Warde, since
the unfortunate “Diplomacy” tour, has been
supporting John McCullough, and making a
good name for himself. Mr. Warde’s friends,
and - he has many, cannot but re
gret the step be is .about to take.
He la a good actor, but decidedly not
strong enough just yet to travel os a star in
legitimate rOles. Mr. W. Sberldan. who has been
starring this season with varying success, will
also be In tho Held, and, while this gentleman
has not been here yet, from what judges say wo
should Imagine that he might be very success
ful, properly managed. In such rOles as XI.
and SliM'ocft. The former part.wo bellcwe.wlll bo
made tho feature of his season. Then 'he”! is
Hr. Fred Paulding, a young gentlcmiin aho has
been pegging away in the East at Hamlet , C>audc
MclnoUr. llcrtuccio. etc., for a >mar or so,-and
whose time has been pretty equallj divided be
tween acting organizing,* bbjbandlng, ami reor
ganizing companies. He will be here also as a
“legitimate’ star. .
Even supposing these gentlemen to have the
abilities to make successes as • legitimate
stars,—and the majority of them, we need Jio t
sav, have not,—the impossibility of procuring
companies to support them is at once apparent
to any one at all acquainted with the present
condition of the American stage. McCullough
and Barrett had tho best they could get, and
Keene’s manager had great didiculty in secur
ing oven the support he had during tho present
season. Had this starring mania taken an
other form, there would have been more
chance of success. Hud Messrs. Mayo, vvarde,
aud Pauding, say, concluded to go together, and
Messrs. Harkins, Sheridan, and Bangs formed
another grouo, tho movement would not only be
productive of good results artistically, but wo
venture to say would be linancially successful.
Bui those gentlemen arennxlous to have a little
orbit all to themselves and shine, if
not to the satisfaction of tho public, to
tho gratlllcntion of their own vanity.
Not only, however, has the legitimate
lever seized tho actors, but the actresses appear
to have it in quite as aggravated a form. A
large number are mentioned as having made up
their minds to follow in tho footsteps ol Miss
Mary Andcrsou. tho most promising umongthem
being Miss Henrietta Vaders and Miss Mario
Prescott. Engagements are also being made for
Miss Selina Fetters, the young lady from Louis
ville.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Bernhardt will start for France on the 4th of
May.
Madge Butler has joined the 4 * My Geraldine”
company.
M. B. Leavitt Is organizing a monster minstrel
company.
Hobson aud Crane will play in this city In a
few weeks.
“All tho Rage” is doing well la the New En
gland circuit.
Burlington, la., is going to have a new $50,000
opera house.
Nellie Lsirkello has become a member of
Leavitt’s burlesque company.
Manager Sprague bus no longer anything to
do with the “Nip and Tuck ’* troupe.
Dion Boucicuult has brought to this country
Miss Grace Otway, an English actress.
Snclbnckcr’a Vine-Street Opera-House, Cin
cinnati, is closed for extensive alteration's.
Havorly, it is said, has purchased “ The Strat
egists," and will organize a company to play It.
“ An Arabian Night ” will beseenat the Grand
on the 21st, with Mr. Roland Reed in the leading
rule.
“Two Nights la Rome” has only been mod
erately successful at Baldwin’s, in San Fran
cisco.
The New York Times pronounces Nat Good
win’s now piece, “The Marionettes,” “witless
and Hat.”
The Bernhardt will begin her second Boston
engagement on tho 2Sth. She will play at the
Park Theatre.
On bis return from Europe in the fall, John
McCullough will till a prolonged engagement at
tho Filth Avenue Theatre.
The whale has proved a bonanza to Manager
Nuuncmaebcr, of Milwaukee. He is said to have
made $25,000 out of tho speculation.
The Llngards, who have iust returned from
Australia, will appenrat Baldwin’s, San Francis
co, to-morrow night in “Stolen Kisses.”
Performances for tho benefit of tho Elks will
be given at Hooley’s Theatre and at the Grand
Opera-House on Thursday afternoon, the 31st.
A correspondent asks if Alice Oatn? died in
Cincinnati the other day. No; out tho death of
her sister, Pauline Merritt, was announced.
J. H. Havorly, Sam Colville, and Rrooks &
Dickson arc mentioned as eager to isocure a
lease of Booth’s Theatre, New York, for next
season.
It is said that Abbey’s losses in his New York
theatre will about equal his prollls from the
Bernhardt season. The truth of this may bo
doubted.
Theodore Hamilton has failed ns lessee of tho
People’s Theatre at Melbourne, Australia. He
intends, it is said, to travel through tho Colonics
with “The Danitcs.”
Salsbury’s Troubadours have done their usual
business at Dooley’s, having crowded the thea
tre at nearly every performance. Tho engage
ment of one week ended last night. .
Luke Schoolcraft, who has been playing at tho
Academy during tho past week, was called to
Boston suddenly on Friday owing to the serious
Illness ot his wife. She is not expected to live.
This evening the “My Partner” combination
will close a profitable engagement at Haverly’s.
Tb** play is one of the strongest on the road, and
judiciously selected, give a most
harmouius performance.
While the “Voyagers” at. the Grand Opera-
House during the two weeks of its rnuhasnot
dmwn us largely us might have been expected,
the business has been a paying one. The drama
is rubbish, but the spectacular effects and tho
ballet should be well spoken of.
The .Mirror thlnksthetriumphofannctresslles
notin tho admiration of a loveP, but in the respect
of a husband; and yet it Is balm to her maternal
heart to know’ that while she is eating oysters at
Dolmonico’s, her cherished better-half is skir
mishing around in the closet lor the paregoric
bottle to assuage tho agonies of the infantile
stomach.
Tho • theatre on Desplaines street, formerly
known as Fox’s,—a name that has bud a very
checqunrod career,—will bo reopened to-morrow
evening under the management of Mr. Ed
Hilhcr. The interior has been redecorated in a
tasteful manner. The character of the enter
tainment will be variety and melodrama, tho
opening piece being “ The Convict’s Daughter.’
An incident almost rivaling that at tho Grand
Opera-House recently occurred at tho Trenton
(N. .1.) Opera-House. Tho play was “ Code
Tom’s Cabin.” Two young girls from Borden
towu became thoroughly alarmed over tho bru
tality of .N’fnum Lajrcc, and when he appeared
with a knife and a whip, threatening to kill Un
de Tom, they Hod. screaming with horror, much
to the amusement of tho audience.
The successor Colo's circus, says a correspond
ent. in tho Australian Colonies, has been some
thing unprecedented. The show will return to
this country in May, and Mr. Cole promises a
number of sensational features from the South
Sea Islands. Cole’s circus will likely exhibit here
during the coming summer. So will Sells Broth
ers, Forcpamrb, Barnuru, and Coup.
Archibald Forbes, the English war correspond
ent, will lecture in the Central Music-Hall next
Thursday evening. The engagements of -Mr.
Bradluugh In Europe will prevent his lecturing
in America this year, and Mr. Forbes has been
engaged to till his engagement in the Star
Lecture Course. This will be the tenth and last
of me course. Mr. Forbes’subject will be “Tho
Inner Life of a War Correspondent.
SMina Fetters, tho Louisville debutante, is go
ing to miiKc a tobr through the South with the
tollowimr: Mr. J. 11. Huntley, Charles P. Do
Groat. George A. Morris. George S. Gw, J. M.
Fox, Robert Fisher, Frederick Hooker, J. P.
Miller, Charles Bassctr, J. K. Frazer, H. C.
Davis. Miss Florence Kennedy, Mrs. J. M. Fox,
Ella Baker, Grade Fox, and La Petite Fox.
Robert Steele will act as business manager;
Punch Wheeler, advance agent.
Adolphe Helot, who has been spending the
winter at Monaco, is preparing an Immense sen
sation for the stage. It is to be drawn front bis
romance entitled “The King of the Greens.”
the •* Greeks” being in this case the sharpers in
the gambling world. The play will be brought
out at the Porto Sr. Marlin, Paris, in a lew
weeks. For it a success is predicted as great as
that won bv “Thirty Years of a Gambler's
Lite,” in which Loraartre and other notcdactors
were so astonishing.
The Keene company arc having a severe tussle
with the elements in the Northwest. They were
due in St. Paul, Minn., lust Monday. They
reached that town on Wednesday morning,
where they plaved afternoon and evening to*
overflowing bouses. On Thursday they began
an engagement in Minneapolis which terminated
last night. Owing to anothersevere snow-storm
they arc compelled to cancel dates in Cedar
Uapids, la., Omaha, and Lincoln, and will return
to St. Paul and play to-morrow night. •
“ The Waifs at New York,” a melodrama
which was successfully revived at me-Academy
of Music two weeks ago, will be among the at
tracDons for mo road next season, under tho
management of Mr. William Emmett. Tho rea
son for this success is not so much owing to tho
present strength of the piece as owing to tho
felicitous interpretation of a soubret part
bv Miss Katie Howard. The present
weaknesses of the piece will, we understand, be
swept away, Mr. Hartley Campbell having under
taken to rewrite tho play, with a view of not
only bringing forward the soubret part but of
(lightening the general interest in tho story.
The character assumed by Miss Howard Is that
of n New York newsboy, a combination of
humor and pathos, which she interprets
with considerable artistic power, guided
by a thorough knowledge of such a
lino of character. She presents a pict
ure of tho gamin of Gotham, in his im
pudence, bright and ready wit, and general
precocity, with a fidelity to nature at once recog
nized. Miss Howard will bo the sturof the com
bination, and, if she wins as many admirers else
where as she has at the Academy, her manager
has a fortune in me speculation.
Boucicault has sent the following letter to
Clam Morns: “Horen Vexdome, Boston, Sun
day, Feb. 28,1881.—De.su CIA ia: I-occupy this
the first moment I have free since I witnessed
your performance to toll you very sincerely I
acknowledge the presence ot tho greatest En
glish actress in modern tragic drama that has
existed during my career. , I am no enthusiast,
and you know am not complimentary to artists
(who generally do not require the afflatus of
praise), but I would do myself injustice if I
failed to express the opinion of an old Judge.
Heaven grant you health and life—it has
granted you. everything else. I wish you
would tell Thorne that he “ran you hard” in tho
fourth act, and that Is saying very much.—mono
than any other living actor could do. You aro
now at your zenith; you never acted so well as
you do now, I have a great respect for your
predecessors in tho part of Camille, —I mean
Docho, Matilda Heron, Modjeskn, and Sarah 8.,
—but you combine all that was admirable In
each. I have done. Receive what I have said
as a hearty tribute from an old actor to a young
actressi—but not too old la heart to bo insensi
ble to such emotions as you can arouse, nor to
the fresh wreaths you are weaving for your art.
Ever sincerely yours. Dion Boucicault.
Miss Ada Cavendish, a writer in the FcuQleton
says, “ought not to retain a very pleasant
recollection of America. She was unfortunate
ly managed in some respects when she came
hero. Her route through tho country was one
involving thousands of miles of travel and ex
traordimiry hardships. The season was unex
ampled in its severity. The lady was fragile,
umiccliranted, and among strangers. W orn out
with mishaps, overwork, disappointment, and
anxiety, and suffering from exposure, she
arrived In Now York sick and discour
aged. to bo mot by a brutal and infamous
attack upoon her private character, her parent
u"e, her professional honesty, and her ability.
While lying helpless upon her bed, attended by
two physicians, the paper was brought to her
which declared that she was only “shamming ,
sick, and It intimated that this was one of her
usual tricks to defraud her manager. The face
of tho physician who read It tingled with Indig
nation. Ho characterized It as the most unique
piece of rulliauisrn he had ever encountered In
print. But ho was told that It would be useless
to seek redress. That all the women who hud
tried.it had failed, that by common consent of
the prosecuting officer and tho Police Justices,
the author of this outrage was allowed to do as
he pleased. It seems to me that If Miss Caven
dish hud had a male friend, with one drop of
cbivalric blood in him. English or American, ho
would have taken that little difficulty into his
own hands.”
Pauline Markham has returned to the New
York stage. She Is the SUUacla in “The
revived lust week. “Mathematically speaking.
Nym Crinkle tells us, “in spite of all her mis
fortunes, she is still four-tifths u beaulitul
woman. Her logs have been so often and so
ably analyzed that to return to them would be a
waste of adjectives. They are very gifted legs,
and do not depend upon action for their
eifccts. Markham does not deal in the
acrobat's feats to win applause tor limbs
that, us Mr. Winter would suy, are beautiful as
the Ulv is beautiful, without knovvingtbo reason
whv. ‘Your sincere leg never bothers with the
whv! Unlike tho chorus-girl’s lee, tho Jess it
bus on the more brilliant it becomes. Mark
ham, so to speak, simply brings her legs to tho
footlights, and like trained animals, lets them
show themselves, she keeping a kind or skill
fully unconcerned waten over them to see that
uobodv climbs over the orchestra and tries to
barn- them off. Ju her case that which may bo
called leguminous art is brought to tho higoest
pitch of perfection. All the rest of her anatomy
Is subordinated to leg. There is no facial im
pertinence of beauty to confuse and divide the
attention of the observer. ’No vocal ability is
for a moment permitted to weaken the glory or
tho lustrous limbs. She says in effect; 1 1 am
the porsouilied leg. It I sing a little and take
a hand in the dialog, it is a mere flourish of
ornament.’ Tne essential, spontaneous, and
abiding thing, Is leg.’ ”
GOSSIP FOR LADIES.
TEE OLD, OLD STORY.
Xorrlttoivn Herald.
u What have wo here?” asked tho editor-man,
As the door it opened wide;
He’d a frown on his face, and In harmless grace
A knife hung at his side.
A girl it was who opened the door—
A maiden meek and fair;
Too pale to speak her lily cheek,
And wond’rous black her hair.
** I’ve come," the visitor said, •* to see
If you’ll print these lines t wrote”:
And, as down she sat on tho editor’s hat,
A pang his bosom smote.
Now, had it been a young man lean,
And tbin, and gauntly tall.
The journalist would have spat on his list
And run him to tho wall.
Yea, then would the editor-man have danced.
And sung a song of gice, , , _
And, with eyes ailumo. the young man s frame
Would have cut lu pieces three.
But hero was a case unlike tno rest;
And how to dispose of it?
He could not with the knife attempt her Hie—
He could only gasp and spit.
At last a thought—dear, happy thought!—
Came prancing through his head:,
“ Your verse, though good. I canuot print—
But I'll marry you!" he said.
She laughed, while the great, fierce editor-man
Tnis maiden did embrace; . • „ _
And.when she looked up.thro her blush she saw
The sweetest smile on nis face.
And thus tho people wore spared tho verse,
And a good result attained;
The editor’s gun didn’t kill anyone,
And the maid a husband gained.
SEAT THING TO PIZEN.
Detroit Free P ress.
Three or four mornings ago a stalwart farmer
man about 33 years of age reached the city from
tho north, and at once informed tho police that
he was on the trail of his wife, who had cloned
with a neighbor and headed for Detroit. In tho
course of two hours tho guilty pair were found
auS taken to the Ninth Avenue Station, where
tho outraged husband confronted them. Ho had
repeatedly said that he would kill the man on
sight, and to give weight to his assertions he dis
played a rusty old revolver which had been
loaded ever since the War closed.
.. Yes, I'll kill him,—kill him as dead as a door
nail!" ho muttered not five minutes before the
pair came in.
But, lo! agreat change took place as they en
tered. Instead of pulling out tho deadly weapon
and uttering a battle-cry, a smile lit up his face
and ho hold out a hand to either for a shake,
saying: ,
'■ Hank, I didn’t believe you was mean nun to
d °\vuil, Jed, I feel sorry,” replied Hank, as ho
■warmed his lingers. ... .
“ So you tollercci us?” queried tho wife, as she
looked around tho room.
•• Yes, Mary. What in thunder made you skip
out in this way? Have you anything agin met
“No, not as I knows on, but Hank said ho
*°“ N*ow? *Hank. did you tell that? Well, I’d
never believed sich a thing of you."
"Say. Jed, I feel mighty mean over this
thing,” replied Hank.
■•So tin 1,” added Mary. .
“Well, you orter, 1 tell ye. The man who runs
off with a neighbor's wife is tho next thing to
P “‘j shall never do it again, Jcddy darling,”
said the wife, as she patted his cheek. ” 1 tell
you 1 was awful homesick to see your dear old
ll “ e Was you, pussy? -I thought you would be,”
he answered, as he kissed her on the nose.
“ Jed, are ye going to raise a fuss over this/
Inquired Hunk.
“ Well. I orter.” , . .
Oh, I wouldn’t. I’m willia to do what s fair.
You'll I have alius been good friends.”
1“ I know it. Hank.” , «
“ If I was married and you sloped off with my
wife I’d forgive ye, blamed if i wouidn t. 11l
settle all the damages as far as I kin.
“ That’s fair—that’s manlike,” mused Jed.
‘•riigivo ye that 3-year-old colt and call It
Take tho colt, Jcddy,” prompted tho wife.
“ i’ll do it. Hank, and here's my band on it!
There huin’t nothing mean about you, after aIL
You’n Mary won’t slope agio?”
“ How could I leave my Jcddy?" she whispered
as «he patted bis left ear, , .
•» Well, then it’s all settled, remarked the
husband. ”We all go home, I take tho colt, you
both promise not to slope again, and everything
is lovely.” . __ .
“ Don’t you enter a complaint against them,*’
asked tho Captain.
“ No, I auess not. You seo. Hank is kinder
squar’ and honest, and Mary is willin’ to inaku
up, and though I’m a perfect fiend when 1 m
roused 1 guess it’s my duty to forgive cm both
In this case.”
The trio went out, each face as serene as a
June morning, and when Hank and Jed decided
to take some beer to brace up on, Mary waited
on the corner and sang:
“ Be It ever so hnmblc,
There’s oo place like home.
MISS COUTTS AND MARIO.
Celia Logan writes of the Baroness Burdett-
Coutts as rollows to tho Cincinnati Times: •
“I* remember perfectly how Miss Coutts
looked'and acted when she followed the glorious
singer and Apollo Mario to this country. She
was not even then a young woman* nor was she
even handsome. She looked from IW to 51 years
of age. Her features were thick and Irregular,
her complexion muddy and of thick texture. She
was ot medium bight and most exqisitly molded,
having especially line, rounded, sloping shoul
ders, over which she invariably wore a truly
regal camel’s-hairshawl. She was always dressed
plainly in a dark silk or cashmere dress, and
every night that Mario sang Miss Coutts
«nt In the stage-box entirely alone. She was
dressed so simply, her manners and appearance
being so unassuming and the reverse of strik
ing, that opera-goers of that day took little
notice of her beyond an occasional surmise as
to who the lone lady in the box was, for it was
before the era of the matlh&s and ladies going
to places of amusement unaccompanied by
gentlemen. She would sit half — —
curtains the whole performance th4“Sl b ni»
rapt expression on her face, m if »liC
enchanted by the tones of t£ h£l* ere Will
The performance over, she would £ n,T
moments as if waiting f or 7he ii , S n4 *S
Mario would near tho stage-box shT alL
on him a look full of n(lmir!niom w7"'i il i; b 4
turned, while Gnsl’s black eveifl»T b b «re
them both. Then Miss Coutts
to her carnage. wouid KlKlej^
••To those behind the scenes in tt,™ , ’
romantic story was well known ,*?*
kept Marin chained to Grisi, eTe’iTwhr.' ? ,b «
weaned of her and would glndlv hnv„„ , be lnj
his lyric honors to become the
rich Englishwoman who had coS?£"'S
lose one note of that Hcaven-giverf Si- “‘tin
from his divine gift of songfsiario
the handsomest men ever born, althouch
a tnlle undersized. Grlsi, too ” be, hs
typo of n lovely Italian, eyes and hai?if!
dark as midnight, and in person
formed, although at this time she wnTS 111
somewhat pass 6. Although the trin.! to,n ‘ l >t
iugiy on tho most friendly fonthf'* 4'o
- admiration for the mSn’
being supposed to be merely a,, *Bl*
she might feel for any wondorfni * blcb
such as she bus lately shown for Iris ,rti k
actor, Grisi was terribly Jealous, and
at the time nothing but the fear of I
altogether caused her to put a
herself. I remember, however, fine nSnS?*
had been a domestic scene between the.-
and Grisi came to tho theatre in a Main nr*” s ’
up fury. Tho opera was "Norma.” rij*®'
Mario were in splendid voice, and seemid 1 ® 1
trying to outdo each other. At length fin.? 311
preaches her betrayer. Stretching foS ,
arm to its fullest extent she nointra illrSSiJ 19
tho box in which the loneladysat.andthmiiJ
forth: - Thou yet shall feel the M'-uhkS? l
has broken this heart! - Mario turned heii'?
on Grisi, and Miss Conus drew furtheriS
tho curtains. The words being in
not generally understood by the audleu* S
the verdict was that a more splendidhSiS
acting had never before been given by aojipsj
wicket: and iiis wipe,
Cleveland Leader.
The other night old man Wickle hfswif
while walking along thestreet, going bomefna
a mite society, engaged in a quarrel.
“ I’m not going out with you any more,SiQ.
uel. said Mrs. Wickle. “ You are tooold'aoan
to cut up tho way you did to-night.'
an old man who has tho rheumatism so had flat
he can’t put his socks on mornings, goingtoi
mite meeting and cavorting and rorupinjasyca
have done to-night. I sny that it la a
“ I rauy have rheumatism," replied the old
man. “ but I haven’t got dyspepsia. I
growl and snap at everybody. You have
growing worse for the last ten years. If tm
didn’t have me to pick at, 1 believe you’d dlt"
“ I won't walk with a man that acts tike ark.
noceros.”
•• How does tho rhinoceros act?" asked thedd
man, thinking chat he would catch heron naram
History,
“Acts like a fool, that’s how he acts,” andMti
Wtekle walked rapidly away. leaving the old
man several paces behind. Hefinallycaartt
up, just as a young man came walking alon*
“ You are walking pretty fast,” sola the dd
gentleman.
Ills wife didn’t say anything.
“It’s clouding up,” be remarked; u mnstbe
going to rain. *
The old lady .made no reply, but tifeyousi
man took in the s tuacioo. “ You old TlUabr
he exclaimed, addressing Mr. Wlckle, “whit
do you mean by attempting to thru
you company on a lady who does
not want you I It’s becoming too frequent h
Cleveland for ladies to be insulted oa the stress
by loafers. Getback!” The young-man street
at Wickle. Mrs. Wiekle clubbed herumbreih,
and, exclaiming, “That’s my husband,” sired
the young man an undignified blow. The oil
man, encouraged by his wife’s strike forGa
union, jumped on the young man and held tla
while the rattling ribs of the umbrella felloa
the youth’s head with a noise like the failicgof
bail stones.
“Samuel, nobody can break up our domesfit
felicity,” said the wife, after the battle.
“No’ sir,” answered Samuel. “Whenamn
tries to destroy tho domestic happiness of ny
household, he catches my consolidated powercf
wrath.”
A LADY OF LIONS,
yrw York World.
Jules Gerard is dead, ignobly drowned lan
African River, but Bombonell lives, audits
lions of tho Dark Continent have long tremhkd
at his name. A sister of Viscount Manderffle,
Louisa, Countess of Gosford, now divides whi
Bombonell tho laurels of Africa. Thelntcna-
Oonai Yacht Club, which started from Lisbooa
a yachting tour and included Algiers In the Bs
of Us stations, procured its members lhaloogd
for opportunity of having a shot at a lion oadtr
Bombonell’s guidance. The most enthusiastic
members of the expedition were ladies, anm
them the Countess of Gosford, Bomoond
received tho members of the yacht*!?
clubs as old acquaintances. Almost :8a
tirst question put to him was, **9»
we go lion hunting?” Now It most»
borne in mind that Algeria is bo tap
the bunting ground par excellence it usedmtx,
and one has to travel a good distance
to reach some Arab tribe inwhose neighbortfloi
Hons are t 6 be met with. Bombonell knewot
two tribes to whom he hud addressed himsetna
anticipation of his expected visitors’ clamojfcfc
Vainly did he try to dissuade the . iadiesji®
taking part in tho snort. Nothing was leftJ»
him but to take the greatest possible precaoj®
against any accidents that might befall thanx
portion of the part}’, all of whom, after anew
start, reached tho promised land In
Without much loss of time the bcaterssaw
work and promptly succeeded In rouslngjw*-
lion and next a lioness. Unfortunately
after being wounded, began to make iami|»r
leaps straight for the vehicle occuplw by®
ladies. The driver, seeing him approach, Jonp«
off his seat and disappeared in the buan» jf
horses became uneasy by the
stinctlvely frightened by the lurtdo* earn?,
dashed off. but were soon brought to 4 U“
stand tor them,—a fortunate one for tho
as it turned out. Tho lion came up wWio*
horses in a few leaps, struck his cla»sandteea
into one of them, throwing it to the
thereby not only causing the other ono
but upsetting the wagon at the same time.
as lightning LadyOo=fonjwgsotfberfM P*
and almost touching the lion,
ed him so badly that the animal was tooM
renew tho attack. Bombonell came totherfero
and with u couple of shots from Us
gave the I on tho coup de grace. It B dwk»
to say that the hunt was brought to an eno.
that Lady Gosford is now the hemlneo ■.*!»
hunt, envied not only by manv a
but by all the tourists at present mama™*
Africa.
FEMININE NOTES. ■
When a New York young man pops a* 4“
tion, ho now says, " Let’s consolidate.
Curiosity shop—“Oh what a lovely vs*-
antique, is it not? ” “ No. madam,ifs modem
"What a pity! It was so pretty.” _
“ Don’t you think.” said a husband, am®
buking his wife. “ that women are possra* '
tho devil?” “ Yes." was the quick reply,
soon as they are married.” ■ ■
The man who said. “ A woman wll ‘ ch f“f tOJ
mind on any subject in twenty-four ho
been discovered. Ten years ago_hls
nounced him a fool, and she hasnt change*
mind since.
An English girl writes that Ttß
long at a woman who does not stare
sounds very well, but if she <l oe4 stopped
how is she to kuow whether tho man nn-
Etarmg or not? -
“ I quite agree with Byron,” stdd
a iady who was suing for divorce, gd
such thing as friendship between a “■“cwin
womnn." ” That, madam, remarked #
scl for the defense, " is only true when an
married." ‘
“My love for you Is like that, lfl . < KsrolK
said Adolpnus as he Shis* l *;
anthracite and then at ° u^««l
tions. " What a grate full, m miolth 11 '
the spark got quite warmtriing
she spelled tho sentence. ds .
“Yes," said a witness, “I re “l «"
fendaufs mother crying on
ferred to. She w.ts weeping with her
the only one she bus.— and the teara a
nlng down her right check.
claimed tho Judge, now euuto -fit
" Please, your Honor, said the
was awfully cross-eyed.’
“ Your little birdie has l.con yeo3 '’eJ ffleS rt
she wrote to the young man. “TSd I shoo»
of nervous trouble, and the
have perfect rest and quiet, and A d j3
think of uothlog.— absolutely !^
the time, dear George, I thought ™ jej
you." Tho ynuuK .'uuu i MdPUl 1 !*
read it through again very silent*“s
his pocket and went out untie' P e s
and kept thinking. But he dldn t say
He only kept thinking. . iMt I 33
“We have hcliotypcs, madamc: of tjf.
show you, prints of rare b< ?u'} | l ct ipns of
old masters, and of now
but these cun hardly , n ,J £n U anio 4 .
“ Prints!” she exclaimed, W 1 „j?:
“ why,! am out to-day to W
kind for a dress. Do y °u r P r ' n “ •
interview was becoming awhich , sh»
he explained matters hyr :J2;“and,
sponded with an elongated n -„[oratlohS 4l ?r*
her boy away from ‘ •
tho hooks, sbe went on like an
An Ecclesiastical Err
■ The Vicar of a vlliasfO near
.land. who is somewhat up P?f“ matte In «JT
hisparishioners, ro , a^ e n c ,® r ,K iSSI
cent *iermon *it which a ludj
The Vicarwalkod down
pew where the lady JJJJf “ tis.f’r.-
given her a good shaking, re . , .
Snri finished als discourse. , • - ,
Winchester’s talrt,
will cure consumption, 'Pjgjqr, sataM** 1
bronchitis, and general detau 1
twenty-one years. .