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CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
CONTINUATION OF “ROSEMARY.”
jIUMOR OF THE HOUR.
LIVIA’S MISTAKE.
A WAYWARD WARD.
HUMOROUS DEFINITIONS.
Politics and powder.
PHE MARCH OF PROGRESS.
VERY INDEPENDENT.
A BIG STRONG BOX.
HOW TO SPOIL.
_A THRILLING ADVENTURE.
THIRD PAGE:
t MASONIC MATTERS: Old Fogies; The Grand Master;
Good So; Passing Events—Scottish Rite; Sir Moses
Monteficrj; - A Pleasant Evening; St. Cecile; Munn
Lodge; Coinmandery News; Ezel Lodge; Corinthian
I Lodge; Joppa Lodge; Personal; Gander Green;
' Labor Exchange.
SIXTH PAGE:
. A DESERT MIRAGE.
ROSALIE’S AMBITION.
>NOT ON THE SQUARE.
Stalks with boys.
Bright on time.
IcAPT: TOWNSEND’S FATAL VOTE.
(STRONG MEN.
MJHINAMAN AND CHILD.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS,
SEVENTH PAGE:
£the coming of autumn.
MRS. RANSOM’S EXPERIMENT.
&ANET’S WAGER.
HUSBANDS.
IVISSCIIER TO BILL NYE.
•-OYHY HE REFORMED.
MARVELOUS STREAM.
/DUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
§PLOCK ISLAND.
and
(Notice.—For want or space many questions received
■jremain unanswered for some time. Each query, if legiti
fcnate, will, in its turn, receive proper attention. We must
request our correspondents to write plainly and state their
Swishes concisely, if they would receive concise answers.
■Many notes that are received are so nearly illegible that
they find their wav at once to the waste-basket. 3
M. L. C.—The origin and date of the
first playing of whist have of late been much dis
cussed, particularly in England, where the game
Receives a degree and study well nigh religious.
iEdmund Hoyle, the erliest writer of any note on
whist, commonly called the father of the game, pub
ished his first “ Short Treatise” about 1742, in his
leventieth year. Though educated for the law, he
oved cards passionately, and was so skillful a player
hat he used to receive a guinea a lesson for leadi
ng different games. He spent his days and nights
it the card-table, which so agreed with him that he
ived to be ninety-seven. Whist is supposed to be
i developement of trump or triumph, played in En
gland at least as early as the reign as Henry VIII.
L’rump is mentioned in a sermon by Latimer, the
Sunday before Christmas (1529), and by Shakespeare
junning on the word triumph, in “Antony and
Cleopatra.” Whist is not named by any writer of
he Elizabethan era. The earliest reference to whist
s in 1621, in the poems of John Taylor, the water
>oet. In the first editon of Cotton’s '• Complete
lamester” (1674), no allusion is made to whist, but
n the second edition, issued six years later, it is
as a game “ commonly known in En
gland.” Cotton’s saying that the game gets its
§name from the silence observed in playing it, al
though generally accepted, is by many regarded as
incorrect. The proper name is probably whisk.
; Ambrose.—lst. The Presidential can-
Bflidates in 1860 were; Lincoln, Republican; Douglas,
aßegular Democrat; Breckenridge, Seceding Demo
crat, and Bell, American. There were three Demo
cratic Conventions held in 1860. The first, at
Sbharleston, opened on the 23d of April and ad
journed without making a nomination, a majority
tof the Southern delegates having seceded. The
gregular .-onvention adjourned, to meet in Baltimore
Son the 18th of June, which it did, and nominated
gßtephen A. Douglas. The Seceders’ Convention met
Sat Richmond on June 11th and adjourned, to meet
jjin Baltimore, which it did, on June 28th, and then
John C. Breckenridge.
Harrison.—You have lost your wager.
£The phrase to which you refer was first used by
Keorgo Colman, Jr., in the concluding lines of the
prologue which he wrote for his musical comedy—
r'Two to One,” first performed at the Haymarket
London, in 1784. The music was by Dr.
Arnold. It was Colman’s first dramatic effort, he
Jbeing then only twenty-one years of age. The lines
referred to are as follows:
With dulness should the sire and son be curst.
And dunce the second follow dunce the first.
The shallow stripling’s vain attempt you’ll mock,
\ And damn him for a chip of the old block."
jThe comedy was a success.
J. B.—To clean brass, the best articles
£»re sweet oil and Tripoli, powdered bath-brick,
rotten stone or red brick-dust, rubbed on with
and polished with leather. Vitriol and mu
riatic acid make brass and copper very bright, but
very soon tarnish, and consequently require more
frequent cleaning. A strong lye of roche-alum and
•water will also improve brass. A solution of oxalic
acid rubbed over tarnished brass with a cotton rag
(■soon removes the tarnish, rendering the metal
The acid must bo washed off with Water
and the brass rubbed with whiting and soft
leather.
JJaibdresseb. —Brushing the hair by
Snachinery is preferred to hand-brushing because it
is more stimulating to the nerves of the scalp, and
5s not only pleasant, but, by promoting the circula
tion of the blood, useful to the hair. Certainly
adopt it. R will l?e a good stroke of trade-policy in
vour litf.o town, and you will it appreCt“t A '3.
need not go to the expense of an engine. You
tian set your boy to turn a wheel that will move the
apparatus. Ask the village wheelwright to “rig it
fep” for you.
Kelley.—Miss Charlotte Thompson,
the actress, is in her forty-seoond year, having been
feorn June 7th, 1843, in the town of Bradford, York
shire, England, and her first appearance on any
Stage was at Wallack’s Theatre, corner of Broome st.
and Broadway, during the season of 1856-7 as Phoebe
in “As You Like It.” July 11, 1869, she became the
■wife of Major Lorraine Rogers, then director of the
Jiew California Theatre in San Francisco.
H. C. H.—The Jarrett & Palmer trans-
Continental train left Jersey City at 12:43 A. M. on
June Ist and arrived at Oakland wharf, California,
at 9:22 on June 4th, 1876, the time computed, from
the time of the passengers leaving by ferry for Jer
sey City until arriving at their destination, being
teighty-three hours, thirty-nine minutes and sixteen
seconds. We have no record as to the fastest aver
age rate of speed made by that train.
Edward Shultz. —Ist. Gov. Cleve
land was defeated in the city q| Buffalo in the re
cent election. 2d. After the age puts up his ante,
in the game of draw poker, the other players to his
left who desire to go in must put into the pool
double the amount of the ante. The age contrib
utes the same amount as his original ante, and at
the same time can raise the ante to any amount
within the limit of the game.
( E. L. B.—The expression, “And thus
It be whirligig of time brings in its revenges,” origi
nated with Shakespeare, and is in a speech of the
fclown in “TwelfthJNight,” actjV., scene Ist. The
{phrase, “Some are born great; some achieve great
piess and some have greatness thrust upon them,”
•Is found in the same comedy, in a letter read by
Malvolio—supposed to have been written by Maria
—act 111., scene Ist.
S. K. W.—Any prognostications made
previous to the late election, whether close or far off,
as shown by the result, were mere guess work. Of
course, in matters of this kind some mon who have
jnade politics a study, base their guesses on better
jfoundations than those who guess without any
previous experience. It is nonsence to imagine that
there is anything prophetic in such guess work.
J. P. B.—ln cutting for deal in the
came of euchre, low wins the deal—the lowest card
feeing the ace, as in cutting for deal in whist. Where
it has been decided that the highest card cut shall
win the deal, the ace is highest. It is a mistaken
idea that the jack is the highest card in cutting for
deal in euchre. It is beaten by the ace, king and
•jueen.
Ed. Carson. —In the opinion of the
feest authorities on constitutional law there is con
siderable of doubt as to whether a son of Minister
James Russell Lowell, born abroad during his term
of service, would be eligible to the Presidency, but
Immediately upon the expiration of such term of
office a child born to him would be ineligible.
H. D.—“ln a game of poker with
flice, A turns in three throws three aces and two
Uvea, making a full hand. B on the first throw
turns three aces and two fives, making a tie. Is B
compelled to take his other two turns or can he
claim a tie and demand a throw off?” B can claim
fhe tie and demand a throw off.
Hablem. —“ Can a young man paroled
*jrom the Elmira Reformatory two years ago, be
pent back again if he is worse now than when he
hwent there?” Certainly. He is at large on a so
fcklled ticket-of-leave, that is on his good behavior,
t Edwin A.—We have no knowledge of
ft police officer who has passed a civil service exami
nation. It is not yet definitely settled how the va
cancies are to be filled. Of course, if appointed af
probation, they will only receive SBOO at first.
f J* A. Q. — There are a number of
f«Lrtista who could perhaps ertorm the work you
desire. A letter addressed to any of our leading
Aihotograpbers would secure for you tUa informs-
Xion you deeirs.
Sapiens.—ln the event of the resigna
tion of Governor Cleveland to fill the office of Presi
fient, he will l?e succeeded [by the Lieutenant-Gov
ernor, who will draw the.Governot's salary for the
JUnexpired term.
Knights of Honor. —This querist de-
Fires to know whether there are any English Ladies
of Honor on the west side, between Eight
eenth and Forty-second streets. Can any reader
pblige?
J. C. F. D.—The Vice-President of the
States is President of the United States Sen
ate. Mr. Bayard never having been Vice-President,
could not have been President of the Senate.
Subscriber. —“A bets B an amount of
jlraoney that 43 will win a watch that is put up to be
for; 46 wins the watch. Who wins the
■ jmoney Aorß ?” B wins the wager.
David Alcorn.—lt will be impossible
Ko state the popular vote cast in the late election
Ljuntil the official rotes from all the States are in.
Tangerine Florida. — Place your
Specimens in an air tight case covered with glass
land in that way keep the ants from them.
G. 0. G.—We believe there are such
•particles made as you mention, but just where they
«an be purchased we do not know.
S. J. K.—The teacher to whom you
st'fcr is in Washington, D. C., but the exact address
ly/e do not know.
' K.—There is considerable simi
l Jirity between the song and the hymn to which you
) KSfef-
Cigars.—We do not know the exact
! *2p.to of the birth of the child to whom you refer.
John Martin.—No sou of Queen Vic
toria visited this «ity iu W 67,
Uoik Dispkjj.
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lished in. the United States.
THE STALWARTS IN THE CAMPAIGN.
Much has been said about the conduct of the
Stalwarts in the recent campaign. It is well
known to the readers of the Dispatch that it
has never been an admirer of that faction of
our party. Not that we do not have great
liking for many of the most prominent among
them, but we have never liked their leader, ex-
Senator Roscoe Conkling. We have acknowl
edged his ability and his honesty, but it ap
peared to us that he labored under the opinion
that ho was the only Republican in the country
who possessed the right to express his thoughts
—that he alone carried all the intelligence and
brains of the party under his own hat. We
have regarded him as one of those who is in
tolerant to all who disagree with him, who is
arrogant and insolent in his treatment of Re
publicans as old in the faith as he, and found
him not loyal in the hour of trial. In this cam
paign he has aided the Democrats—he voted
for Mr. Cleveland, and the county in which he
resides (Oneida) changed about two thousand
votes in favor of the Democratic candidates.
We trust that Mr. Conkling has departed for
ever from membership in the Republican party.
While a member of it he has been more a
source of weakness than of strength—more of a
marplot than an aid in its councils. He can do
us less harm as an open enemy than a half-con
cealed foe.
In Onondaga county there was a change to
the disadvantage of the Republican party. In
this county the Republican leader for years has
been Mr. Richard Crowley, a gentleman who
has been long known as the chisf-of-staff of Mr.
Conkling. Though not a man of great ability,
he is a shrewd worker in the lower grades of
politics, and he manages to control many men
who have no higher ideas of the duty of public
men than the disposition of the spoils of office.
Of the prominent Stalwarts of this State,
Conkling and Crowley are the only ones who
have proven recreant to their party. In this
part of the State, we assert from personal
knowledge, no members of the Republican party
worked with greater enthusiasm for the election
of Blaine and Logan than those who are known
as Stalwarts. In the districts which they con
trol, in both New York and Brooklyn, there
were Republican gains, and it was only in the
district where tjjg Silk-Stockinged Republicans
have sway that there was any falling off. We
honor the Stalwarts of New York and Brooklyn.
They were loyal to their party, they used all
honorable means for its success, and they per
mitted no petty spites to interfere with their
action. We think that the party is well rid of
disturbing elements like Conkling, Crowley,
Curtis and Beecher. Arrogance and Miss-
Nancyism have done their worst. Now that we
know them, they can do no further harm.
THE POLITICIANS.
There are three grades of Democratic poli
ticians who hold sway on Manhattan Island,
viz: Local, confining their operations to the
busy, but limited field of city politics—who are
great men in the lobbies and private rooms of
the City Hall, and posted in regard to all the
mysterious movements of that dread abode to
outside parties in interest; State, who have a
wider range of observation if not of influence—
who talk solemnly if not sagely of the “move
ments ” in the State—who are always to be
found at the Ijotels when important political
personages are in town—who are in a species
of moral torture at the position of “Mike Some
body,” and who evidently would consider that
universal harmony in this world and happiness
in the other would be secured if Michael and a
few other troublesome knotty and crooked
sticks could be made to lay straight among the
foundation timbers of the “ party;” and, third
the “ National ” politician, or statesman, who
has his “ views ” on the great, broad issues
which trouble Presidents and set Cabinets by
the ears—who rises as much higher in elevation
and external importance as those grand ques
tions which affect the nation and make or mar
the destinies of parties, soar higher in the sun
dazzling, moon-muddling, lofty-skied and
cloud-capped firmament of the great political
jove than the earthy parasites which crawl upon
the ground.
The local politician is the most active, prac
tical, and successful of the species. If he is a
real power, and not a pinchbeck pretender,
actually “Inside,” that is, holds a local office,
or is admitted to the sanctuary of the inner
circle, no more prosperous and exuberant indi
vidual can be found. He does not deal in ab
stractive—or great big questions as unchange
able, lofty, and tiresome as the Rocky Moun
tains—but he holds the wires in his own hands,
and manipulates them, or knows how they are
manipulated, with the celerity and accuracy of
Barnum’s lightning calculator. He surprises
you by the rapidity with which he sums up the
total of a municipal movement, no matter if
there are as many figures up for the dance as
are involved in a first class representation of
the “German.” He is well dressed, sharp
eyed, clean shaved, with a uniform color of
of mustache; an elastic, high stepping,
richly fed, good looking, clever fellow. The
successful local politician is the happiest man
in town, and reflects genuine feeling, good
health and happiness wherever he goes.
The other two classes belong to the dreamy
and seedy order of philosophers. They are
never really successful—always about to real
ize their expectations—the spirit of prosperity
is a phantom most deluding, like the uncer
tain motions of that celebrated political snake
which wriggled in and wriggled out so that you
could not tell whether he was coming north or
going south—a spirit which while appearing to
advance is really making long and majestic
stage steps backward, and drawing on his vic
tim to that dreary abode where played out poli
ticians are condemned to walk their allotted
time in cold expectancy—waiting for that good
old time coming, which never comes.
In the business of local politics there are, as
in all Ollier Successful pursuits, a large number
Of pretenders, wlio process to know exactly
what is on the cards, and to predict far in advance
the precise way in which the winning hand is
ultimately to be played. These gentlemen do a
very large bar-room practice—are extremely ex
citable and feverish — very profound on a
bra Jjly-and-water argument, and when not eq
gaged'in tn' qQ fiejd practices, are aS Guay and
fussy as a postman t?U YplOblioe’?
THOMPSON’S LITTLE
The rumors of deals and counter deals OH ihS
part of the Aldermen are as thick as blackber
ries. It is well known that Mayor Edson has
the nominating of a Commissioner of Public
Works and a Corporation Counsel to succeed
respectively Mr. Thompson and Mr. Lacombe,
the present incumbents The principal fight
will be on the Public Works Commissionership.
Current gossip has it about the City Hall that
should Mayor Edson send in any other name
than that of Mr. Thompson, the Board is held
from confirming the nomination by a “ boodle ”
estimated at $175,000, and which is held by a
prominent politician familiarly referred to as
the “ Boodle Holder.” Should the Aidermen
fail to confirm any nomination of Mayor Edson,
his successor, Mr. Grace, will have the sole
power of making these appointments without
any action by the Board of Aldermen.
Mayor Grace, notwithstanding any promises
made before election, will not dare to appoint
Mr. Thompson in the face of public opinion.
It is a notorious fact that the department over
which this man has reigned for the .past four
years has been vilely mismanaged. Investiga-
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tions have been made into the charges of the
corrupt system by which the department is con
ducted, but through political chicanery and the
lavish use of money, their labors have never
brought forth any fruit to the community.
Now that Thompson’s inglorious term is about
to eqpire,<the public is threatened with his re
turn to an office that he has by no means hon
ored, and that return, too, to be accomplished
by methods, that to say the least, are question
able. Let us hope that H. O. T. has seen his
day, as far as the Department of Public Works
is concerned. His career there,'though of com
paratively short duration, has been one not
soon to-be forgotten by the taxpayers of the
city. Should money be used to retain Thomp
son, the fact will be discovered and the guilty
ones will be made to suffer.
As Might bh Expected.—Not long
since there was confined in a cage at Sunghie
Ujeng, a boa constrictor, waiting the conve
nience of a Chinese doctor, who wanted to ob
tain its gall for medicinal use—an arrangement
not at all approved by a bull-dog, which mani
fested a desire to make closer acquaintanceship
with the captive than its prison bars permitted.
The doctor came for the precious medicament,
and the boa was ejected from its lodging, an
operation in which the bull-dog was much in
terested. No sooner was it completed than ho
went for the serpent, his unfriendly approaches
being received for a while with quiet contempt,
which encouraged him to seize it by the head.
This was more than the object of his enmity
could bear. In an instant the boa started up,
and with marvelous celerity caught the dog by
the upper lip, and spite of his struggles, wound
itself two or three times round his body, till
only ths head of the bull-dog was visible. Be
fore the lookers-on could bring their choppers
into action, blood was gushing from the dog’s
mouth and his bones wore hoard cracking in
the vice-like folds. The snake had to be liter
ally chopped to pieces before the release of the
bull-dog could be effected.
Lincoln’s Last Stoey.—One of the
last, if not the very last, stories told by Presi
dent Lincoln was to one of his Cabinet, who
came to see him to ask if it would be proper to
admit Jake Thompson to slip through Maine in
disguise and embark from Portland. The Pres
ident, as usual, was disposed to be merciful,
and permit the arch-rebel to pass unmolested,
but the Secretary urged that he be arrested as
a traitor. “By permitting him to escape the
penalties of treason,” persistently remarked
the Secretary, “ you sanction it.” “ Well,” re
plied Mr. Lincoln, “let me tell you a story.
There was an Irish soldier in the city last Sum
mer who wanted something to drink stronger
than water, and stopped at a drug store where
he espied a soda fountain. 1 Mr. Doctor,’ said
he, ‘ give me, plase, a glass of sody wather, an’ if
ye can put in a few drops of whisky unbeknown
to me, I’ll be obleeged.’ Now,” continued Mr.
Lincoln, “if Jake Thompson is permitted to go
through Maine unbeknown to mo, what’s the
harm. So don’t have him arrested.”
Witty, and Mebited.—The following
from the Rochester Post-Express, rather over
lays Mr. G. W. Curtis’s attempt to be funny;
“ Mr. George William Curtis has all at once broken .
out funny. The New York Times admiringly reports
him as saying: "Let me see. I heard a riddle the '
other day about Blaine. I feel it’s dreadfully old, ,
but it was not so to me. Why Is Mr. Blaine like a
grand piano ? Because he’s neither square nor 1
upright. Ha! ha! Please laugh. Don't say you’ve
heard it before, I beg." This is excessively funny.
It will now bo in order for Mr. Blaine to say: "I ]
heard a riddle the other day about Mr. Curtis. I feel 1
it’s dreadfully old, but it was not so to me. Why is .
Mr. Curtis not like any kind of piano,grand, square 1
or upright? Because he’s a lyre. Ha! ha! Please f
laugh.” Or he might say : “ Why is Mn Curtis like .
a harp ? Because the Harpers play whatever tune
they please on him. Ha! Ha!" Or “ Why should
Mr. Curtis be an accomplished musician ? Because (
he has been playing on an organ for the last four
months with more * stops ’ than any other in the <
country. Ha ?ha 1" Or " Why is Mr. Curtis like a g
violin ? Because everybody said * Fiddlesticks!’ ’
when he appeared. Ha! ha!" Or "What instru- '
ment will the Democracy swap off Mr. Curtis for i
now? The loot. Ha! ha!" Et cetera, et cetera.
A Good Selection.—General Viele, j
President of the Park Commissioners, and re
cently elected to Congress, contemplates an ,
extended trip through all the Southern States (
in this country, and afterward a visit to Europe. |
In this event the General will resign his posi- ,
lion in the Park Board, and will be succeeded (
by Aiderman Fullgraff, of the Twenty-fourth
District. No better selection could be made
than in the case of Aiderman Fullgraff. As an
Aiderman he has won the respect of all classes,
and as a resident of that section of the city
where Park improvements are continually
needed and daily going on, no better man
could be chosen to succeed General Viele.
Possessed of considerable executive ability, and
a liberal view of the city’s wants, Aiderman
Fullgraff will make a valuable addition to the
present Board of Park Commissioners.
The Divobce Tbade.—ln this State
alone five divorces per day would be a mere
fraction of what annually occur. There are
probably more in this city in one year than
there were in a generation in the whole State
prior to a century ago. There is a single law
office here that does up more than a hundred a
month, and it is not uncommon to have fifty or
a hundred upon the docket of a county court at
one term. Go into the court and one perceives
that sundering the ties is not considered of any
consequence. The whole process does not often
consume more than half an hour, and perhaps
not half of that. It may be the prevailing opin
ion that this is all right, and tells well on the
community ; but we cannot help believing that
our entire action in the divorce business is de
moralizing and degrading to the utmost extreme.
Bathes a High Figube.—lt is aston
ishing to see at what high prices inexperienced
authors are apt to assess their works. A recent
advertisement in a London paper runs as fol
lows: “Wanted to borrow on a MS. poem
£SOO, ite estimated value.” It is not long since
a lady—equally experienced in the paths of lit
erature we should imagine—sent a letter to the
editor of a popular London journal, informing
him that she had a MS. story tor disposal, and
that if he wished to secure it, unseen and un
read, he must telegraph back to her immedi
ately his acceptance, and send her £SO by the
next post. The real value of most MSS. depends
upon the price of paper.
A Little Mixed. — The celebrated
speech of Sir Boyle Roche, “Mr. Speaker, I
smell a rat; I see him brewing in the storm;
but mark me, 1 shall yet nip him in the bud,”
was evidently the model upon which a writer in
Kansas framed, the other day, some remarks
upon the recent election. The gentleman in
question says that by the result of that election,
“ the fallof corruption has been, and
the wheels of tha Government will no longer bo
trammeled by sharks that have beset the public
prosperity like locusts.”
Much Mabbied.—lt is usually con
. sidered a noteworthy circumstances for a man
or WdtoalJ to have been married three times,
but of old this nEfiiher would not have been
taught much of. St. Jerome nwutjonsa widow
that married her twCfity-aaooiid husband, who,
■ in his turn, had been married to twenty wives I
«ifilght be said of this couple as was said of a
soldier h 0 had five wives: -‘This soldier was
much attached to the married state.”
They Didn’i' Stop.—At a recent festive
meeting in this city a married man, who ought
to have known better, jK;°P 08e< l : “ The ladies—
the beings who divide our <K or ™ ws > double our
joys and treble our expensed?” on which a
lady proposed: “ The gentlemen—u? e asnsi tive
individuals who divide our time, dov ,5 '° our
cares and treble our troubles.” The max.''’
man didn’t stop to hear any more.
THE POEPLES’ PROTEST.
"For dental trash, our hard-earned cash
Too long we’ve spent in vain;
But henceforth won’t, for Sozodont
The teeth preserves—that’s plain."
The pearly substance of the teeth is brittle.
Sozodont, composed exclusively of hygienic
vegetable elements, and containing no solvent,
1 is the only article, which, while whitening the
' enamel, preserves its soundness.
A Gbeat Annual.—The editon of tho
London Graphic ordered for this country
amounts to over a half million copies. We are
not astonished at tho great demand for the
Graphic. It is one of the best of illustrated
papers, and surpasses in illustrations and read
ing matter any of our Christmas annuals. The
Graphic will be on sale December Ist, at fifty
cents a number.
hints fob thanksgiving eve.
As we always endeavor to aid our fellow citi
zens wherever possible, we have prepared the
following for Thanksgiving Eve :
1. Don’t buy your turkey of the groceryman;
watch for “ Raffles to-nights.”
2. Get into the saloon early and take a chance
in every raffle. Your wife will want to Know
where all your money is, and you’ll want to take
home several nice turkeys.
3. By strict attention to the throws, and by
frequent expressions of dissatisfaction, you will
be able to get all your drinks for nothing—also
your nose unhinged.
4. Engage a policeman to see you home before
you start in. Many a man has started out to
purchase a Thanksgiving turkey, and has been
found in a sewer the next morning.
5. Don’t engage more than three or four
trucks to take your turkeys home.
6. Don’t be too certain that three sixes will
win. We’ve seen them beaten.
7. Don’t imagine you win the turkey that is
put up. That fat fellow generally grows as thin
as a campaign lie between tho time it is put up
and the time for going home.
8. Be certain sure that you really have a
whole turkey with you before you leave tho
raffle. We know of several men who imagined
that they had one, and when they arrived home
they only had the legs and a section of the back
stoop.
9. Before going to tho saloon it would per
haps be as well to order your grocer to send
a turkey home for you. Then you will be safe
anyhow.
10. Take off your shoes before you try to find
the stairway.
We don’t intend to insinuate by any of the
above that our readers didn’t vote for St. John,
but Thanksgiving Day is so close to election
day that many a man’s mind is muddled yet,
and we only wish to assure the youngsters of a
feast beyond the peradventure of a misadven
ture, so to speak.
RATHER MEAN.
Passaic, N. J., Nov. 21.
Of course we attended the wedding.
We mean Carrie’s and Orme’s.
We sent our regrets because we had chopped
one of the tails off our swallow-tail while split
ting wood, but they wouldn’t have it and so, of
course, we had to go. Uncle Jack Jake would
be mad, they said, and of course we didn’t want
to offend.
We had a little curiosity to see if it was going
to be as grand a one as our own was three years
and a half ago, and in order that no one may be
offended, we are willing to say it is a toss up.
All along Carrie and Orme have been brag
ging that they wore going to knock blazes out
of our spread—that’s the way they expressed it
—and then they’d laugh.
What was our surprise, when we arrived in
the reception-room, to see that they’d been
bribing our butler and had all of our silver on
the table. Of course we pretended not to no
tice it and they didn’t know that wo had pene
trated the scheme.
We must say for the benefit of those of our
readers who were not present at our reception,
that our presents, strange to say, were almost
identical with those of Carrie and Orme. The
same set, you know, and that probably accounts
for the similarity.
Wo kinder laid over him in one thing, how
ever. He only presented his bride with a set of
diamonds. We presented ours with a check for
SIOO,OOO. We remember the circumstance par
ticularly. Me Too banged her hair with it the
next morning.
We have never ascertained whether she did it
by mistake or to show us that she didn’t care
lor money.
There was one thing rather mean about Carrie
and Ormo, however, that we didn’t like. As
they passed by us Orme said : “Kinder got the
btilge on you, old fol!” and Carrie said:
“ How’s this fer high. Lays way over yours,
doesn’t it?”
Mean, wasn’t it ?
NOW AND PRETTY SOON.
The Autumn leaves are falling fast,
And lovers, arm in arm,
Now, that the Summer days are past,
Take quickly the alarm,
And hurry to the forest’s glade
To there make love and wreaths,
And while he presses the fair maid
She sighs between her breathes.
Springs cooling breezes fan the glads
Where they of love’s cup sipped—
Maria is no more a maid.
And Fweddie ? Fweddie’s skipped t
SMALL CHANGE.
How stuck-up the English are getting
to be ! We dined with an English family a few
days ago. A lady bull and her little cow-boy
were passing the door, and the latter was quite
frisky. “ Oh, see the little cawf ! Aou’e
kicks up ’is little ’eels, ye knaou ! ’Squite a
bit hov sport I” And immediately afterward,
when we wished the oleomargarine and asked
her to “Scull over the grease,” she didn’t know
what we meant, and appeared horrified.
Thebe appears to be a difference of
opinion as to why Mr. Blaine was defeated.
We admit that we are not infallible, hut we
think that it was because he didn't get enough
votes. Of course we may be wrong, and are
willing to be corrected by any of our myriad of
readers who may detect the error.
“ A Countby Gibl” asks: “We wish
to have a husking-bee; how shall we proceed ?”
Use thick gloves, and when you have the bee
about half husked proceed to the cistern and
jump in. You shouldn’t attempt to husk a bee
until he is fully ripe. This occurs from six
months to ten years after death.
Lubing the past week we have been
several times approached by the Democratic
managers with offers of the Consulship to
England. We wish to say, right here, that we
want nothing from politicians, and those who
can’t hear us should purchase pancake turn
ers and clean their ears.
The city authorities visited the Cro
ton water-shed a few days ago, and now they
predict a water famine. No wonder, when they
keep it in a shed. Must all leak out. Don’t
tears leak out when you shed them ? Wo shed
sa -. Police 1 Murder ! Fire 1 Do that
again, we’ll resign.
Fbom all over the country we hear of
the centenarian who can cut wood and harvest
God knows how many acres Qf grain without
his glassSJ. It’S ffeity nearly time that the
old-folks put in a little work. Our young-folks
are getting wonderfully behind hand in they;
accomplishments.
When Captain Williams arrests suet
high-toned aristocrats as John L. Sullivan,
Esq., and Alf Greenfield, Esq., he furnishes
them with coaches to the station-house. When
he arrests a plebeian the coach is liable to have
a bed in it.
A Geobgia man who had an encoun
ter with a tiger, had been bitten by a snake,
1 struck by lightning, tried for wife murder, and
1 had his leg cut off by a buzz saw, recently died
a natural death. Wonder who his family physi
s cian was ?
t Saba Bebnhabdt acknowledges that
- she is dying ol a broken heart. We once thought
r our heart was broken when our girl’s father
i turned his boot loose on us. Cheer up, Sara.
> Your heart’s loafing around where you least
r think.
1 Now that Paris has been deluged by
the small-pox why don’t the Democratic papers
that it’s another nigger outrage? Why
don’U< ysaythat? Hey?
BnoOXLSx j s t 0 liave forty new police
men. Wondef wlx>7' e ey ra B°' n ° s - ee P
nights' All the vacua, buildings and back
alleys are crowded now.
Another book-keeper ha 3 absquatu
lated with his employer’s money. Probacy he
was afraid that the country was going to nL'U
under Democratic rule.
The London Times has discovered
a phenomenal .mortality among the wives of
bishops, and is soCxing a reason for it. May be
they swallow the communion-service poker
chips, imagining them to be chewing-gum.
Enthusiasts cannot be too careful.
One of our citizens arose in the middle of the
night on Tuesday, muttered “Burn this letter !”
and put his wife’s false hair in the stove. Now
he couldn’t got a drink on his nose.
“ Can you inform me,” asks “ Econo
mist,” “ what will preserve clothes?” Certainly !
Wear them only in the house. You can plainly
see that if you will follow this rule you will
never wear them out.
A Montana paper informs us that a
glass of whisky, a shave and a newspaper all
cost the same in that State—twenty-five cents.
Wonder how they found out about the shave or
the newspaper.
The man who has been waiting until
a Democratic President was elected to have his
hair cut now comes up to the front. He’d ought
to surprise himself by having himself washed,
too.
“ When I read all the newspapers I”
sighs Mr. Burchard,
" I really wish that I was lain in a churchard.
For my mouth is so big—l can see when I grin it—
That whenever it opens I put my feet in it."
We see that our old friend Thieler has
revised the “Liberal.” Thieler is the hand
somest journalistic bachelor in Brooklyn now
that we have stepped down and out.
“ What is the Faculty of a college ?”
asks a correspondent. The faculty of a college
appears to be to learn as little as possible inside
and to shoot citizens after dark.
New York judges have refused to in
terfere with slugging exhibitions. Our judges
must have some recreation where they can meet
their friends.
The man wheeling his antagonist
around rhe block is now on deck. The police
should study the latest news from the lunatic
asylums.
The number of bigamists continues
to increase. Just imagine a man with a quin
tette of Chicago feet up hie back this cold
weather.
“ Rob exit Viele, aged ninety-eight,
of San Francisco, is still hale, hearty, and
strong.”— Exchange. Strong Bob Viele, eh ?”
Nearly all of the females at the Ger
man opera, the other night, looked as if they
were getting ready to go in mourning.
The second adventists say that the
world is going to euchre us next year. Gabriel
is going to play his last trump.
The reason the Yankees so dote upon
Boston is probably because they imagine it’s
always bean souperfine.
We shouldn’t wonder, now, if Moro
sini put up the whole job himself. If he did
he’d ought to bo shot.
Elopements are on the increase.
Sometimes we are led to imagine that the old
folks put up the job.
Philadelphia boasts a Bussian mil
lionaire. We would tell his name, but we can’t
sneeze in writing.
A Brooklyn peanut vender is sueing
his girl for breach of promise. Wants her to
shell out.
A New York firm advertises for a gold
chaser. Must be looking for an Aiderman.
A Boston bank-president has resigned.
How much did the cashier get away with ?
Ben Butler and St. John should now
take a walk around their own feet.
GOSSIP ON “THE SQUARE.”
The Standard Theatre will, according to present
appearances, open with “A Trip to Africa,” on Wed
nesday evening, December 10th—two weeks from
next Wednesday evening. The carpenters are just
now hard at work finishing up the woodwork of the
interior. The walls have dried within the last few
days, and the decorators are already engaged in the
work of decorating. The ceiling will be of light
blue and gold, with Cupids distributed at appro
priate intervals, dancing on floral supports, shak
ing tambourines, playing flutes, striking triangles,
and performing other interesting antjes. A hand
somely-designed gasolier will be suspended from
the centre, which preserves the quaint and pic
turesque lines of the Louis Quatorze period. The
nave of the proscenium arch is thirty-eight feet
wide and eight feet high. The decorations here will
be in relief, and will be strikingly novel in both
design and coloring. The private boxes will be
lined with light blue satin, after the manner of
old-time boudoirs, and draped with old gold cur
tains. The drapery will be something new and
effective. These boxes will be the only lined boxes
in the city, and the color chosen makes an equally
flattening background both for blondes and bru
nettes. John Duff may now be found any day and
all tho day at the theatre, and under his bluff and
emphatic displays of oratory, the work will hasten
to completion, and the house will bo open at the
date fixed if such a thing is among the possibilities.
And according to those who ought to know, it is so.
Lawrence Barrett is playing a very successful
engagement in Chicago. To-morrow night, and for
his .second week, “ Francosca da Rimini ” will be
performed. January 5 he begins his last engage
ment in this city previous to his departure for Aus
tralia in April next, and will be seen in a round of
the legitimate.
Joe Levy, who is Barrett’s manager, and is en
gaged to be married to a real genuine original
nickle-plated countess—all the way from France—
has been painting the village of Chicago with sev
eral distinct layers, of tropical sunset hue. On
Thursday night last the janitor of the theatre
caught a glimpse of Joe's bald head, and thought it
was the rising moon. “ There’s the moon, but how
in thunder can it shine through this infernal rain
storm ?”
The countes« has ordered for him a blonde wig
with curl trimmings.
Mb. Jerome Hopkins gave one of his festival con
certs last evening at Steinway Hall, in the hearing
of a large audience. Included in the entertainment
was his children’s “comic educational opera” of
“Taffy and Old Munch-” The proceeds of his series
of concerts are announced as for the benefit of the
Bartholdi Statue Pedestal Fund.
A New Kentucky actress has had a strange ex
perience. She went on the stage without any pre
liminary training, but instead of becoming a star at
once, as all Kentucky actresses are accustomed to,
engaged as a “ super.” This coming to the ears of
her parents, they disowned her.
Madame Ristori has created a deep impression
in Chicago, where she appeared at Haverly's Thea
tre last Monday in “ Elizabeth.” The first night
audience was a large and enthusiastic one, and the
critics agree in according her unqualified praise. On
the Wednesday following, Madame Ristori appeared
as “ Marie Antoinette,” one of the most popular
roles in her extensive repertory.
Two of the leading people of the company of
that distinguished tragedian, Fred Warde, having
retire further eleemosynary labor in his serv
ice, returned io this city last week. They report
t£e walking as faij to middling. The tremendous
enthusiasm and enormous receipts of solid cash
which attended Mr. Warde’s magnificent acting in
Peoria, Podunck, and other art-centres, were too
much for their nerves. Their uppers could not
stand the strain.
William Gill and Paul Arthur begin their season
with the “Two Bad Men,” Dec. 8.
Heinbich Conbied, formerly director of the Thalia
Theatre, will be married on Tuesday, Nov. 25th, to
Miss Augusta Sperling, and will leave on Wednesday
the 26th on the steamship Werra for Vienna to con
clude arrangements with Adolf Sonnenthal, the
German actor, who will appear at the Thalia Theatre
for two weeks only, commencing March 9, 1885.
Mrs. Db« Doremus, who translated “La Char
bonniere” for Brooks and Dickson, has just finished
a new play for W. J. Florence, and has orders fos
plays from several other stars.
Miss Emma R. Steiner, who directs the orchestra
for “An Adamless Eden ”at the Comedy Theatre,
has written an operatic burlesque entitled “ The
1 Sleeping Beauty,” which is said to possess consid
’ erable merit.
Madison Square Theatb®. (< The
Private Secretary ” will enter upbii the third
i month of its hilarious and popular run. To-mor*
row evening Miss Enid Leslie will make her’ reap
pearance upon this stage, and Mr. A. P. Lipman
! displaces Mr. Kelcey, as Douglass, in the cast. The
audiences continue large, and as yet no time has
been set, or even thought of, for the production of
a successor to this uproarious farce, matinees as
usual.
Union b Theatre. —On Wednes-
day evening'to/ ‘‘ l ' rencl » Flats ” was supplanted
by the initial reprss»? to ‘‘’ n ° f “ aclaptation l,y Mr ’
Cazauran, of Adolph v L “" er .v’ S drama entitled
'•Duprez & Son, Banker# dßiokers.
It is a drama which rsqm/ 0 ’ “°
aid from the scenic artist; ,fore Marston
was not called upon to make any a e 01 in
giving it new settings.
It is a drama in which there are nt?
facts of either situation or stage machinery. ,
a drama in which the-eleven characters, include* m
the cast as the relators of the story, do not require
groat talent for their interpretation.
It is a drama in which the story runs smoothly, :
is clearly told, and which does not torment the au
dience with any grave doubts as to what will be its
denouement.
In its present condition it has never Lean seen
upon the American stage; in a mangled form it was
given some years ago brief exposition at a weird
temple of amusement, wherein dusty and faded
wax figures, stuffed birds, freaks of nature, and al
leged dramatic performances were strangely min
gled—a temple known as Wood’s Museum.
In the arrangement of this work of M. D’Ennery,
Mr. Cazauran has been more than usually loyal to
the author and happily less assertive in the inter
polations of the original Cazauran. It adheres as
closely as is necessary to the methods, language
and situations of its author.
It has not the strength aud picturesque attrac
tion of the " Two Orphans ” —nor the admirable
skill of construction which made "A Celebrated
Case” popular; it possesses however a living in
terest in which many old saws and modern instances
of the playwright’s stock, material made familiar
to the public in other plays—find a place and are
skillfully made to do duty.
It is the story of a banker—who as a financier has
been financially honest, but socially, not especially
above suspicion; he had indulged in liaisons, and
before time seasoned his head with the pepper and
salt of age, had been a respectable immoral citizen
of Paris. He had two sons, one wicked and legiti
mate, the other a "natural ” and decidedly manly,
honest and hard headedly moral. Then there is the
daughter of an attorney who is love-stricken and
would not have deserted the poor but talented man
of her choice even had he been on his way
to the gallows; there is another love-sick maiden
who is self-sacrificing and enters into the joys
of beads, prayers, and limited diet of a con
vent; there is a philanthropic and particularly
eccentric Doctor, who rejoices in the possession of
a hump on his shoulder and unlimited wealth;
there is the inevitable talkative child, who delivers
her speeches with the automatic accuracy and see
saw intonation of a well-trained parrot; there is the
faithful bank messenger, whose dullness invariably
in whatever play he is bobs up with gray-haired ser
enity, is sure to get his employers into trouble, and
there is the good old woman who hasn't a selfish
idea in her head—or in fact any idea of special mo
ment to anybody.
These characters tell the story of the robbery of
the banker’s safe—the accusation of the wrong per
son as the robber; the villainy of the legitimate son;
the sufferings of the natural son, who is stricken
with blindness and gropes his way through th©
darkness of doubt and poverty into the fifth act,
where the philanthropic doctor brings him and his
wife and daughter into the presence of the aged
banker-father, and effects the expected reconcilia
tion and exposure of the real robber and legitimate
son. All ends happily—the curtain falls—Tissing
ton waves his baton—the band plays a lively strain,
and the kudience moves out through the worm
fence aisles of Mackaye’s patent and—with
what impression ?
With this impression. That it has been agreeably
entertained by a fairly balanced performance of an
admirably constructed drama, and in which the
arrangement of commonplace material is given
the interest of a well told romance.
Miss Sara Jewett as Louise Rosseau, was much
weaker than she should have been in the expression
of the character. When she affected the emotional
she was maudling. When she attempted the heroic
she w'as painfully suggestive that she was suffering
from a mild attack of cucumber colic. And further,
even as late in the week as Friday evening, she did
not appear to be any too familiar, in memory, with
her lines. Miss Maud Harrison, with the exception
of her habit of visual glaring, gave an effective and
well conceived representation of Elaine Ferrand.
Mr. Barnes, as Albert Morel, was manly, forciblie,
and—above all—natural in his work. His w r as a
performance which was, to use the phase of an En
glish critic—" Sensible in being direct; graceful in
that it was truthful—and effective in that the intel
ligence of the actor found advantages for effect
where one of lesser talent would have found only
lines.” Mr. Stoddard added another memory to his
long list of eccentric portrayals in his performance
of Dr. Darcy; Mr. Tilton, Mr. Parselie, and the re
mainder of the cast left little room for cavil.
G-band Opera House. —“An original
sensational domestic drama in five acts, abounding
in heart interest, and interspersed with a strong
comedy element ”—as the programme stated, was
presented for the first time on the New York stage.
It was performed in Chicago, and was received
with favor from the critics of the press and the gen
eral public. It is entitled "Shadows of a Great
City.” Mr. L. R. Shewell, a notable, and in certain
lines of professional work an excellent actor, claims
its authorship.
The drama includes eleven personages who, in
their several conditions, relate its story.
The story itself is sensational; it is domestic only
in a moderate degree;ljits " heart interest” is abnor
mal, rather than directly natural, and its comedy
element is sufficient for the purpose of its introduc
tion, but by no means of an original quality, being
the same in spirit, and bearing the same relation to
the interest of the work which has in various forms
but with the same motive, been conspicuous in a
dozen precedent dramas that have had their day of
success or their night of failure on the local stage.
This drama taken in its general tone, in its con.
struction, in its felicity of incident and in its dia
logue. is infinitely superior to the majority of the
plays which the craze for the importation of English
sensationalism has brought to our stage and has
gained, from one cause or another, aside from hon
esty of criticism, the largest extent of praise.
The " Shadows of a Great City ” has a clear nar
rative; a plot which is adhered to and a dialogue
which seems, even if it has not—to have created its
leading situations. In two of the scenes it is almost
dramatic; and in Its theatric sense, where every
thing is subordinated to effect—the mechanism of
its construction is not noticeably prominent.
The stage setting might have been made more
roalistic.and some of the characters toned down to a
condition nearer realism, but— as it is—it must be
accepted as one of the best examples of an Ameri
can playwright’s work we have had in this later
time.
The cast was capably represented, and Miss Annie
Ward Tiffany, Miss Julia Stewart, Mr. Geo. R. Edi
son, and Mr. B. R. Graham, deserve especial men
tion.
To-morrow evening the drama of "Called Back,”
with the original Fifth Avenue Theatre cast, will
occupy this stage. An extra matinee will be given
on Thursday afternoon.
Fourteenth Stbeet Theatre. —Miss
Fanny Davenport continues her admirable perform
ance of the Princess, in "Fedora,”at this house.
The attendance has been large, and the business in
dicates that this actress and Mr. Sardou’s play con
tinue in popular favor. Miss Davenport’s portrayal
of feverish doubt, of stifled affection, and of impo
tent revenge, commands admiration and enthusi
astic plaudits.
There will be a Thanksgiving-day matinee, which
will be the only mid-week morning performance
that Miss Davenport will give during her present
engagement.
Eden Musee. —There will be a special
entertainment on Thanksgiving Day at this popu
lar place of amusement. Meantime "Fata Mor
gana” may be seen every afternoon and evening.
During the past week four wax figures have been
added to the large and interesting collection in the
main balL
It should be remembered that the Musee is open
on Sundays, when sacred concerts are given in the
afternoon and evening. It should algo be remem*
bored that the price of admission is only half a"dol«
lar.
Theatre Comique. —Mr. Harrigan’s
clever impersonation of De Arcy Flynn, and Mr.
Hart’s comic interpretation of Bernard McKenna, are
witnessed by crowds of delighted people every even
ing. " Investigation ” will continue on this stage
until further notice. The 100th performance of this
successful production will be commemorated on
next Wednesday, the 26th inst., by the distribution
Qf a souvenir to the audience who assem
ble on that occasion. The gift is a velvet opera
glass holder and a handsomely printed card con
taining words proper to the occasion. A Thanks
giving matinee will be given on Thursday.
Daly’s Theatre. —The production of
Mr. Pinero's ploy of “Lords aud Commons" has
proved a failure. The piece is not strong, nor has it
any claim to being dramatic. It is beautifully
aMod, however; but this cannot float a weak play
on the waters of popularity.
“Lords aud Commons” has served the purpose of
displaying Mr. Daly’s actors in some new characters;
but as they were characters Inherently weak, they
' will net be remembered longer than a day.
On Tuesday next Mr. Daly produces a new play
from the German, entitled » Love on Crutches.”
Stab Iheatbe.— Only one addition to
ths repertoire in which the Lyceum Theatre com
pany has already given in its first season was made
“ ‘ //’'■ That waß tho Performance ol
Twelfth Night. I a this comedy Miss Ellen Terry
impersonated Viola and Mr. Henry Irving the char
acter of Malvolio.
With Adelaide Neilson's interpretation of Viola,
still fresh in the memory of metropolitan playgoers,
it was scarcely to be expected that Miss Terry’s con
ception and reading of the text would not suggest
1 comparative criticism which almost invariably
results to the disadvantage of th® successor and to
K 1© avor of the predecessor in the performance.
n must be admitted? that Miss Teffy gave a fin
ished a.™ artistic portrayalo-f the character; that it
possessed rather the charm o? a trained intelligence
than that of > a natural merging and forgetawlness of
her own person into that a# the charac-ter. It
was finished it was artist!*’ - blli the was
only coldly effective; there was nev##‘a momeat as
she passed through the scenes of this JoYH romance
of Illyria that her audience was not thiMfcing of Miss
Terry rather than of Viola. Neilson us thi.nl?
of and follow with delightful interest the fcirtttnes of
Viola, and with scarcely a thought of ths ’.actress'
self while she was present.
Mr. Irving's Malvolio has boon sharply criSfetsod
—but wherefore? To the student of ShakesiWre;
to any one who has read the text given the oh&UG
tor of Olivia’s conceited steward, Mr. Irving’s Wl
volio will seem at onco a striking and faithful
transcript ot Shakespeare’s ideal.
In costume, in the marvelous mako-up of the fa'-"
cial attributes, in action and in the reading, no aot
or that we have yet seen has so nearly approached a
perfect and faultless reproduction of Malvolio as
this of Mr. Irving. It is a performance to be re
membered as the most complete he has given in
any of the Shakespearian efforts ho has thus far
made upon our stage.]]
The cast of "Twelfth Night,” taken in its entire
ty , was excellently represented. The scenic setting
admirable in arrangement and effect, and the cos
tumes all that could be desired to make theenwm&fe
of the production as grateful to the sense of\sight
as the acting was a welcome boon for intelligent
and thoughtful contemplation.
Niblo’s Garden. —Mr. James O’Niel
came forward, at this theatre, on Monday night, as
Edmund Dantes, in the well known drama of
Monte Cristo.” Mr. O’Niel has made an enviable
reputation in this part, which he continues to play
with all the fire and strength that he originally put
into it. The supporting cast is excellent. Messrs.
Pool© and Gilmore, who have adopted the lucky
four-leaved clover as a letter head will briqg for
ward; to-morrow night, Mr. Tillotson's drama of
" Lynwood,” with Maud Granger in the principal
role. Miss Granger was seen in this-piece at the
Union Square Theatre early in the season. She
made a favorable impression but the piece did not
It has elements of popularity however, and will
more than likely prove to be a drawing card at the
Garden. The four-leaved clover will draw even ii
"Lynwood” don’t.
Thibd Avenue Theatre. —At this
house, to-morrow night, Mr. McKee Rankin will pro
duce " an entirely original drama in four acts, by
Geo. Conquest and Henry Pettitt,”entitled "Notice
to Quit.” It will be remembered that these authors
were associated with others in the compilation of
" The Wona," ana several otner successful melo
dramatic productions. " Notice to Quit” is the first
of a series of new plays which Mr. and Mrs.
McKee Rankin propose to produce at their cosy
theatre. The cast of "Notice to Quit” include#
such well known actors as Frank Mordaunt, D. H.
Harkins, Mason Mitchell, Theodore Hamilton, Carrie
Turner, Bijou Heron, and Mr. and Mrs. McKee
Rankin. The piece is in four acts, and is of a sen
sational character.
Fifth Avenue Theatre. —The panto
mimic spectacular device of the Hanlons—" Fan
tasma ”—is just the thing for the holidays.
In other words, precisely the relish needed in
Thanksgiving week to wait upon good digestion for
th© little ones after the usual cram of turkey and
its trimmings. The sight of the sword combat, the
tricks and the violin freaks of the French clown and
all the various changes of the pantomime, will,
doubtless, be witnessed by thousands during the
current week—not only witnessed and wondered at,
but enjoyed with a kindly remembrance of the
Hanlons for having brought to the stag© such a sea
sonable entertainment.
A special matin©© will bo given on Thanksgiving
day.
The Casino. —“ Nell Gwynne ” enters
th© third week of its run to-morrow night. A
special matine© will take place Thanksgiving day
at 2 o’clock.
To-night Col. Mapleson’s artists will appear at tho
concent —Mlle. Heinbach is to sing the Habanera
from "Carmen,” Mlle. Riccetti the Belraggio from
"Semiramide” and Signor Cardinal! the Di quella
pira from "Trovatore.”
Signor Do Anna, baritone, and Mme. Sacconi, solo
harp, will also assist.
Mr. Rudolph Aronson’s orchestra is to interpret
selections from Tannhauser, Gioconda, Cappelia,
" Beggar Student,” Strauss’ Niener Wald Walzer and
Aronson’s Jockey Galop.
Tony Pastor’s Theatre.— This week
the festive Tony will delight his patrons with three
matinees, the extra one on Thursday being dedi
cated to the proper observance of Thanksgiving.
Ho will also give his annual holiday performance at
the Academy of Music, in which he will make thou
sands of turkey-eaters happy. In. all these extra-,
festival performances his entire company—in fact,
a double company—will participate.
Among those who will be seen and heard are the -
American Four; W. T. Bryant and Lizzie Richmond;
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watson; Dr. Alexander. Davis,,
the magician; the Shrode Brothers; Myra Goodwin,
the vocalist; Kuroli Ordey, the plate spinner;
Messrs. Sweeney and Kearney, the jig dancers;
Miss Lillian Mansfield, and the only real and jplly
Tony himself, with his budget of songs.
Mr. Harry Sanderson will not be seep on the.
stage, as was reported by a malignant contempo
rary, but he will at each entertainment give hiß.
highly interesting side show, and will repeat hi®
celebrated box-office act. No cards—no music—no
flowers.
National Theatre. —For Thanksgiv
ing week Manager Heumann presents a# his dra
matic attraction Mr. Henry Belmer and his sensa
tional drama entitled- "The Outlaw Brothers, Frank
and Jesse James.” lathis drama Mr. Belmer will
introduce his trained horses "Wildfire” aud "Charg
er.” He will be supported by the entire force of
the regular companv.
The variety olio will include Mr. William Conrad,
the clown, and. the baby elephant; Mr. Harry Clarke
in songs and; imitations; Ashley and Hess, Andy
Collum and Messrs. Fields and Leslie. Matinee#
will be given on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
This afternoon and evening there will be the usual
concerts.
Theiss’s Concerts.— A. series of new
selections from the work& of many of the leading
composers, solos upon various instruments by
members of the orchestra,, and singing by several
well-known vocalists. " The Twilight Quartette '*
will of course be among the features oi the pro
gramme with their popular glees and choruses.
There will be special concerts this afternoon and
evening. The admission to these entertainments is
free.
Koster & Bial’s Concert Hall.—
There will ba an unusually attractive bill to-night
at this popular resort. The only Leon, the great
female impersonator, with Cushman, and several
others of the old San Francisco Minstrels will ap
pear in a laughable burlesque of Sardou’s great play
entitled " 111-Fed-Dora. ” It is said to run over with
jollity, and the cast should b© a guarantee©! its suc«.
cess. In addition, there will be a grand extra con*’
cert under the direction of Jesse Williams, and sev
eral specialties will be given by banjo and other
soloists.
"The Seven Maidens,” with its pretty girls,
bright music, and entertaining specialties, should
fill this popular lyjw weeks to come.
GloLe Dime Museum. —This popular
place of amusement is replete with attractions. The
new features this week '-comprise a three-legged
man, Little PriDcess T<?tt, Udah Filie and the Blind
Musical Prodigies. The three-legged man has al
ready been on exhibition one week and he has crea
ted much curiosity. The Princess Tott enjoys the
reputation of being the smallest woman on earth.
She Is said to be smart, intelligent and a great
beauty withal. The interesting feature that calls
public attention to Udah Filie is his big feet. This
remarkable individual is said to hail from Poland;
but it is generally believed that such feet as he pos
sesses are only produced in Chicago. Baside these
curious features, the management of the house pro
vide a company of first-class specialty stars who
give a performance every hour.
But above and beyond all the three-legged man
will be the chief point of attraction for the current
week.
Theiss’s Alhambra. —Concerts aro
given regularly every afternoon and evening at this
well-known resort and they are liberally patronized.
Mlle. Rosa Marliana has met with the approval of
Mr. Theiss’s audiences and she will continue to sing
her popular songs until further notice. The orches
tra and the miscellaneous entertainment which is
furnished at the two performances that are given
each day at this place of entertainment are warmly
appreciated aud heartily applauded*