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(Notice.—For want or space many questions received
remain unanswered for some time. Each query, if leirlti
mate, will, in its turn, receive proper attention. We must
request our correspondents to write plainly and state their
wishes concisely, if they would receive concise answers.
Many notes that are received are so nearly illegible that
they find their way at once to the waste-basket.]
Major—The phrase “millions for de-
Tense, but not one cent for tribute,” was uttered by
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, who went to France
is United States Minister in 1796. Diplomatic in
tercourse between France and the United States was
jtt that time beset with difficulties, and Mr. Pinckney
was treated with marked disrespect by members of
the Directory who were then in power. He was final
ly ordered to leave the country. He subsequently,
with Marshall and Gerry as associates returned, but
negotiations went slowly on and the Army Com
missioners were given to understand that nothing
would be accepted until the government had re
ceived a present in money. Talleyrand submitted
this proposition to them, intimating at the same
time that the penalty of refusal would be war.
“ War be it then,” said Pinckney, ** millions for
defense, but not one cent for tribute.”
American. — Hon. Charles Sumner
having, in a speech in the United States Senate,
used expressions which were considered by the pro.
slavery members of Congress highly offensive to the
South, and South Carolina in particular, was on May
22d, 1856, violently assaulted in the Senate chamber
by Preston S. Brooks, and beaten on the head with a
cane. A committee of the House of Representatives
reported in favor of the expulsion of Mr. Brooks, but
the report failed to receive the requisite majority of
two-thirds. He was indicted for assault, pleaded
guilty, sentenced to pay a fine of S3OO, and resigned
his seat in Congress, but was re-elected without
opposition. He died suddenly, from acute inflam
mation of the throat, in Washington, January 27th,
1857.
L. C. W.—The hanging gardens of
Babylon consisted of an artificial mountain four
hundred feet on each side, rising by successive ter
races to a hight which overtopped the walls of the
city. The terraces themselves were formed of a
succession of piers, the tops of which were covered
by flat stones sixteen feet long aud four feet wide.
Upon these were spread beds of matting, then a
thick layer of bitumen covered with thick sheets of
lead. Upon this solid pavement earth was heaped,
some of the piles being hollow, so as to afford
depth for the roots of the largest trees. Water was
drawn from the river to irrigate these gardens,
which thus presented to the eye the appearance of
a mountain clothed in verdure.
P. C. A.—“ln answer to ‘P. C. A.,’ I
wish to say that there is a most sure and safe way
to remove hair from the face or body without Inju
ry to the most delicate skin—even a baby’s. I have
used it regularly during my residence in Japan and
China (eight years). My skin and complexion will
compare favorably with any in this city. It doos
not take more than half an hour to accomplish, and
leaves the skin beautifully soft and fair. It is not
for sale, but I may be communicated with through
the courtesy of the Dispatch. S. G. M.”
Will not our friend “S. G. M.” kindly send us the
recipe, that we may publish it for the benefit of our
readers ?
A. L. M. — Dandruff may be treated,
when mild, by oils or soaps. Domestic soap may be
Used with advantage once or twice a week, in place
of toilet soap, and the softness of the hair restored,
after such frequent washings, by the application of
some simple pomade or cosmoline. A stiff brush,
or worse, a fine comb, should never be used to re
snove the scales. In severe or obstinate cases a
physician should be consulted.
Fireman.—lst. Sections 519, 520 and
1521, Chapter 410 of the Jaws of 1882, will give you all
the information you desire. The article is too long
to publish in this column. 2d. There have been no
amendments to the laws relative to this subject
since 1882. 3d. A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to retire firemen who have rendered
twenty years’ service, but it has not as yet been
formally acted upon.
A. B.—Amalgam of tin forms readily
by introducing the solid metal into the mercury.
In this way hexagonal crystalline formations have
been observed; there is always a contraction in
bulk. The hard amalgam of tin obtained by pass
ing the liquid amalgam through fine leather, then
idrying, aud afterward rubbing under water, forms ;
a plastic cement for filling teeth. It hardens with a
few days.
M. E. B.—When a motion was made, <
debated, voted upon, and passed, the presiding offi- <
cer had no right to declare it out of order. If the
motion was out of order, the chairman should have ’
bo decided when it was offered. When the chair- <
man decided that the motion carried was out of or
der, his decision should have been appealed from
and reversed. The body is always greater than the 1
head.
Tony.—lst. In the game of whisky ;
jpoker should no one take the *' widow,” but all pass i
to the dealer, he then turns the “ widow,” and all
parties have the right to draw till some one is satis- *
fled. 2d. In the game of cassino a player goes out ]
as soon as he scores twenty-one. No one point
takes precedence over another.
T. B.—The Inquisition or Holy Office !
was a tribunal established in various Roman Cath
olic countries to search out and try persons accused f
of heresy, as well as certain other offenses against j
morality or the canons of the church. For a full
treatise on this subject see “Appleton’s American t
Cyclopaedia.”
M. B.—The Ale Brewers Association <
and the Lager Beer Browers Association are two dis- j
tinct institutions. The Ale Brewers Association ,
comprises the ale brewers of New York and New
Jersey. The Lager Beer Brewers Association is f
composed of the beer brewers of New York city and ,
TiQiDity,
T- E.—lst. The first Atlantic cable
■fras completed August sth, 1858, and ceased to work
Sept. 4of that year. The first message through the
next cable, successfully laid in 1866 was sent on July
27th of that year. 2d. The Heenan-Sayers fight took ,
place at Farnborough, England, April 17th, 1860.
T. G.—Easter is the first Sunday after
the full moon, which happens upon or next after
the 21st of March. And if the lull moon happens
on a Sunday, Easier Sunday is the Sunday after. .
By this arrangement Easter may come as early as
March 22d, or as late as April 25th.
216.—15 t. New York has the most cost
ly buildings of any city in the United States. 2d.
It would be impossible for any one to determine
Which fire engine has the record of being the fastest
Jn attending fires,
L. L.—Wo are not in possession of
nny fact relative to the Oven’s River, or the Oven’s
gold mine in Australia. Perhaps some reader can
supply us with some information relative to this
subject.
A Constant Reader.—lst. The actor
to whom you refer claims to be about thirty-three
years of age. 2d. The salary of serio-comic song
stresses is in proportion to their abilities as per
formers.
J. Berry.—For all particulars in ref
crence to the popular young actress Miss Minnie
Palmer, address her energetic manager, Mr. John R.
Rogers, Westminster Hotel, No. 117 East Sixteenth
street,
Jos. L. D.—The hand and torch that
Btood on the Fifth avenue side of Madison Square
Park, was the hand and torch of Bartholdi’s Statue
of Liberty, which will be placed on Bedloe’s Island.
W. 11. H.—ln the Surrogate’s Court,
the successful lawyers are allowed costs to the
amount of S7O. Above that amount the charges
must be submitted to the discretion of the court.
Alphonse.—Thera is nothing in the
Constitution that prevents a natural born American
citizen from being elected President of the United
States for any number of terms. <
G. C. G.—lt is impossible for us to an- 1
Bwer your queries in this column. They, to answer
them fully, would more than occupy the whole
apace allotted to querists.
J. Herman.-—For information relative
to the enlistment of boys on the school-ships apply
at the foot of York street, Brooklyn, between 10
A. M. and 3 P. M.
F. R. B.—The internal revenue tax
on whisky is ninety cents per gallon. The market
value of whisky depends wholly upon its age and
quality.
8. D. N.—There has never been a
woman hung at the Tombs. The date of the last
banging of a woman in New York is not in our pos
session.
Never Satisfied.—ln a single-handed
game of double binocle a player can meld 40 for
binocle, and after taking a trick call 300 for double
binocle.
Typo.—There are numerous institu
lions of the kind you mention. Any physician will
give you the information you desire concerning
them.
Dolly Howard.—lst. The night
schools open on the first Monday of October. 2d.
The novel •• Rutledge,” is by Miriam Coles Harris.
M. Walsh.—lt is necessary for an un
married woman of foreign birth to become natural
ized in order to hold real estate in this State.
Traveler.—The works you desire can
be obtained at a small cost from the American News
Company, No. 39 Chambers street.
Brooklyn Reader. —In all probability
the deafness from which you suffer would not de
scend to your children.
G. A. R.—ln the game of draw poker,
•when straights are not admitted, four aces is the
highest possible hand.
T. H. K.—We have no record as to
■which year the greatest number of shooting stars
were seen.
G. W. S. —The date of the granting of
the charter to the Fourth avenue railroad, was Dec.
22d, 1831.
T.G.—For the information desired by
you, see “John A, L.” in the Dispatch of February
15th.
Winker. —For the definition of the
word you mention consult Webster’s Dictionary.
E. B. P.—Albert Hicks, tne pirate,
was hanged on Bedloe’s Island on July 13th, 1860.
Ben Carlin.—“ He is an honest
man,” is the correct way of writing the sentence.
Yishe.—We know of no such institu
tion as the one concerning which you inquire.
J. E.—The date of the surrender of
Gen. Lee’s army was April 9th, 1865.
E. E. N. —We know nothing about the
Swedish newspapers you mention.
A. L. G.—No person save yourself
can bind you to any contract.
Nichol L.— The commandment to
Which you refer is the third.
Gold.—The fineness of United States
gold and silver coin is -900.
Fat. L.— Will answer fully iu our
next.
G, 8.-See “A. 8.”
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
1 CONTINUATION OF “ WINNING HER INHERITANCE.”
j A THRILLING MAN HUNT.
r HE’D SOT AND SOT.
• ONE TRUE HEART.
OVER THE HILL.
GENERAL GRANT.
■ HAVANA HOUSES.
’ MULDOON’S DEATH.
• MERMAIDS BOARD A SHIP AT SEA.
TRAMPS.
THIRD PAGE;
, MASONIC MATTERS: Dimits; Ocean Lodge; Atlantic
Lodge; Benevolent Lodge; Commandory News; Hope
Lodge; Manhattan Lodge; Thirteen; Masonic Vete
rans; Questions and Answers; Personal; Royal Order
of Scotland; The Assize of Jerusalem-; Charity Lodge;
Arcturus Lodge; A. and A. Rite; Washington Monu
ment ; Labor Exchange.
SIXTH PAGE t
A STORY THAT NEVER GROWS OLD.
OUTWITTED.
“TIM.”<
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
ONE YEAR.
OLD-TIME EXPERIENCES.
THE GENERAL’S ARTICLE.
PERFUMERY ON THE STREETS.
TALKS WITH THE BOYS.
AMERICAN FABLES.
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.
FOR GIRLS’ JAWS.
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
A LONG TRANCE.
A MICHIGAN SHOAT.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
NEW YORK, APRIL 12, 1885.
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THE NEW YORK DISPATCH.
Owing to our large edition we are compelled to go to
press at an early hour, hence ADVERTISEMENTS CAN
NOT BE RECEIVED AKTER NINE O’CLOCK SATUR
DAY EVENING. *
To Masonic Advertisers.
Those desiring to advertise In our Masonic columns
must have their advertisements i n our office BEFORE
TWO O’CLOCK on FRIDAY AFTERNOON. No ad
vertisement can be inserted on the Masonic Page after
that hour.
The NEW YOKE DISPATCH
has a larger circulation than any
other Sunday Newspaper pub
lished in the United States.
THE OLD HERO PASSING AWAY.
The daily reports of General Grant’s con
dition does not warrant the belief that the old
hero is long for this world. In his long and
eventful life General Grant has singularly
escaped accidents and illness. His military
career, which subjected him to the greatest
dangers, both from the bullets of the enemy
and the exposure of the camp and march, was
not interrupted by either wounds or sickness,
and in civil life, under the greatest cares, re
sponsibilities and annoyances, he scarcely ever
was ill, even lor a day. He has traveled the
world over, and was never detained or discom
fited by accidents, and although his entire life
has been busy and eventful to a degree not
reached in the experience of any living Ameri
can, or of few men who have ever lived, he has
so far escaped all the ills that men are heir to,
and was approaching old age in the most vigor
ous health and an unimpaired constitution until
overtaken recently by the disease which is
rapidly hastening his dissolution.
It is somewhat remarkable that most of the
great men of this age are robust in health, even
though many of them have reached the stage of
life at which business pursuits are abandoned
by ordinary men for rest and retirement. In
our own country Generals Sherman and Sheri
dan, whose activity and exposure to dangers
have equaled those of General Grant, have
shared with him freedom from injury and ill
ness, and many others might bo named to illus
trate the fact.
The illness of General Grant is a national
calamity, and reaches the homes of the people
as directly as any that could possibly occur.
Whole cities might be swept away without the
sorrow that would come with any disaster that
may befall him. Although ha had retired from
nuWjo life, and tried to avoid publicity, every
word he said and every jet recorded of him was
read and commented upon by the entire
universe. He was and is admired abroad quite
as much as at home, and there is no man in the
world who attracts as much interest, or on
whom so many pitying thoughts are centreed.
Although secluded from the eyes of the people
and afflicted with a fatal malady, he is still be
fore their minds, and will continue to be so,
even after Death has taken him unto himself.
The names of Washington, Lincoln and Grant
are immortal.
EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTS.
A something of vastly more importance than
the Freedom of Worship Bill is the means for
employing convicts. That contract labor was
not a good thing, but only tended to the emolu
ment of certain contractors and to a competi
tion with outside free labor, has been accepted
as a truth, and the practice has been aban
doned. That is not to say, however, that con
victs are to be relegated to their cells and kept
in idleness—a state which is good neither for
soul nor body. The object of a prisoner being
put to employment is partly for health, partly
as a means of paying his own cost, and lastly,
as a means of reform and giving a chance
of employment after his term has run out. It
was in this respect that the contract system
was open to objection.
It is a theory that convicts are, for the most
part, uneducated, and so fall away to crime for
lack of moral and mental resources. This is
only partially true. The convicts are made up
of all classes, though probably the uneducated
prevail, but even among them there is a certain
amount of trade education. A laborer who
carries a hod is but a rough workman, never
theless he is a trained laborer, who in his daily
employment will outstrip the untrained, raw
hand. The problem, then, is, not so much to
teach a man a handicraft for future industrial
use as a means of livelihood, as to compel the
convict to do something at present toward self
support, and to keep him from the depressing
effects of idleness and the horrors of solitary
confinement.
In Europe the convicts are often employed at
public works, and as far as health and strength
permit, are made useful. In England they are
employed when possible outdoors. In France
the same. The Millbank Prison, of London,
was built on the solitary, confinement theory;
nothing to do, and perpetual sense of being
watched ended in madness, and the system was
condemned. The old treadmill was for punish
ment, not for reform; the convict moved on the
steps of a huge wheel, perpetually revolving,
which might have ground something, but in fact
ground nothing.
Modern humanitarianism dictates that some
thing better can be done with human beings,
even though they be only convicts, than tortur
ing them and keeping them in solitude. Even
convicts have some moral, though they have no
legal rights. But society and the honest out
siders have also some rights. The difficulty is to
take care, of the convicts and reform them, and
| yet not do injustice to the honest and worthy
man who suffers for conscience sake, and would
rather work hard, and even go hungry than
steal. The problem is not so easy as it looks,
but certainly the convict should not go idle,
either for his sake or ours.
VERY MUCH OF THE HOG.
That human nature is very strongly tinctured
with the porcine instinct is a fact too frequently
demonstrated to admit of doubt. This charac
teristic may be seen in full development by
the seeker after knowledge who visits the
Brooklyn terminus of the Bridge railway at
any time between the hours of seven and nine
o’clock in the morning, or the New York end
from five to six o’clock in the afternoon. The
pushing, jostling, struggling crowd is at its
hight during these hours, and the issue simply
revolves itself into the “survival of the strong
est.” Women and children go to the wall, and
brute force, with the ability to stand pressure,
insures a speedy admittance to the cars, with
some probable chance of a seat.
The denizens of the barbarous wilds of Africa
could not display more eagerness to engross
NEW YORK DISPATCH«APRIL 12, 1885.
( everything for themselves, or a greater dis
regard for the general comfort, than is shown
by the residents of these two cities, which
1 boast so highly of their cultured civilization.
The only comparable scene brought to the
mind of a spectator is the struggle which takes
place in a densely-packed pig-pen when the
trough is freshly replenished with swill. The
selfishness and utter want of consideration for
the rights of others are about equally remark
able in both cases. The Dispatch last Sunday
called attention to another outrage that st times
disgraces the Bridge.
THE EVIL OF YOUTH.
In one ot the public schools of Cincinnati an
unusual sensation has just occurred. Several
of the pupils had planned tb run off to Texas
and become desperadoes, stage coach robbers,
and wild heroes alter the Jesse James style.
These lads were sons of wealthy and well
known parents, who had fed their imagination
on dime novels and story papers, and had de
cided to become cowboys.
While their teacher was absent from her
room, a few days ago, these would-be heroes
began chasing each other with enormous
revolvers, while the girls, white with fear,
crouched tremblingly in a corner. When the
teacher entered, the amateur cowboys pointed
their weapons at her. The principal finally
disarmed the young ruffians, and then searched
them. On their persons were found bowie
knives, and in a convenient place in the school
room were found revolvers and two shot guns.
It was subsequently learned that the lads in
tended running away in May, and were getting
an arsenal ready for the expedition.
These were no gamins of the street, but boys
who regularly attended the public schools and
stood well in their classes. Their parents were
among the best people of the locality, wealthy
and refined. The lesson of all this is not for
Cincinnati more than for New York, but for
every city and village in the land. Fathers and
mothers who laugh at and applaud the exploits
of the ruffians ot the far West, may sooner or
later have to shed bitter tears and endure the
most intense mortification. The pow.er and in
fluence of a bad book or a vicious story upon
the minds of youth is not easily overestimated.
It is the devil’s own method of entering the
homes of innocence and honesty, and leading
the boys and girls to vice and ruin. The father
and mother in these days who, when there are
floods of good books and magazines for the
young, allow thcee vicious and pernicious
publications in the home, incur a fearful re
sponsibility. The trouble seems to be that too
many fathers enjoy the reading themselves, and
are forestalled in making a protest to the chil
dren.
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A Formidable Cipher.—The Nihilis
tic cipher in use for sending messages in Rus
sia is regarded as one of the most formidable
ever hit upon. It looks very simple, consisting
only of rows of figures separated from each
other by dots, but it defies all ordinary methods
of cipher-reading, and it soon becomes appar
ent to the examiner that something more than a
substitution ot figures for letters is involved.
The figures seemingly mean one thing in one
part of a sentence with quite a different sig
nificance alterward. The explanation seems to
be the use of a key word with the message. A :
particular word is agreed on, its letters are
numbered, and these numbers are continuously
added to the figures of the message, so that
though a letter might, in the written message, .
be repeated a number of times there might be
a different figure for each new location of the
letter. As an illustration, it the key word were
“liberty,” the figures being 12, 9,2, 5, 18, 20, 25,
and the message, “ Send twenty pounds ot dy
namite to Kieff,” the cipher dispatche would
be: 31, 14, 16, 9, 38,43,30, 26, 29, 27, 33, 16, 28,
17, 11,22, 45, 39, 13, 22, 11, 25, 23, 40,,40, 23, 18,
7,11, 24. In solving these dispatches it is nec
essary to hit upon the key word as well as de- '
termine the jumble in numbering the alphabet,
for of course the letters are never numbered in
sequence.
The Perfect Lady.—The wild girl
usually aspires to prominence in some social
circle or other, and her manners and conduct
are, in a greater or less degree, designed to at
tract the following of men. She should remem
ber that followers are not always admirers, and
that the most sincere admiration a man ever
feels for a woman is when he looks upon her
and says in his own consciousness, “ She is a
perfect lady.” We think the clique of Vassar
school-girls, with Democratic proclivities, who
recently celebrated the inauguration of Cleve
land by an oyster supper and a H. O. T. in gen
eral, could hardly be classed as samples of per
fect ladies. During their exuberance on this
occasion, they dropped into the following, but
by no means perfect poetry :
"For years twenty-four you have lived at your
ease,
You've stayed at the White House and done what
you pleased;
And longer your stay would surely have been
If not with a Jimmy you tried to got in."
A Vexed Question.—“ Can a lady visit
a restaurant late in the evening without a male
escort?” The question has been raised and
argued a dozen of times, but it comes up again
in the newspapers. There is no reason why it
could or should not be done, only that it can
not. Ladies who are ladies, can see for them
selves that the custom, once recognized, would
become excessively inconvenient. There is not
much question about the fact that now and then
a lady desiring refreshment after the theatre,
and having somehow missed her escort, may go
to some reputable restaurant, and having hand
ed her card to the head waiter, can obtain her
supper. The exception cannot, however, be
come matter of common usage. It’s nobody’s
fault. The ladies themselves would make vast
ly more objection than the men, and it is the
ladies and not the hotel keepers or head waiters
who must settle the question for themselves.
A Lie Nailed.—For some time past
a statement has been going the rounds of the
press of the country to the effect that Mrs. Gar
field was engaged to be married to a physician
in Pennsylvania. The story was manufactured
out of whole cloth, and so scandalous have
become the comments that the lady in a private
letter to her brother-in-law, Camden O. Bock
well, has seen fit to brand it as an unmitigated
lie. Mrs. Garfield says:
“This cruel rumor, which seems to have been
afloat for two or three months, did not reach me till
three days ago. Nothing that has ever been said
about me has so hurt and offended me as this, and
the deepest humiliation of it is that so many are
ready to believe it. * * * To me it seems just as
much an insult to be asked whether it is true, as it
would be were the dear General still here. .That
any one can think me capable of being false to his
memory seems like being regarded criminal. A dig
nified denial by my friends, I suppose, can do no
harm. Still, it hurts me to feel that any denial is
needed.”
“Come Off!”—lt was during a lec
ture, some years ago in this city, and the lec
turer was just rounding a period in a style that .
fairly electrified his audience, when some one
in the audience yelled out: “ Oh, come off!”
The effect can be better imagined than de
scribed. We would like to know what the indi
vidual referred to thinks of the following intel
lectual effervesence of a South Carolina editor,
who, having attended a school exhibition, refer
red to it in his paper in this fashion :
“It was shimmering sunbeams pitched against
raven tresses, the mellow gray against the keen
black, the Palmetto State against the Georgia Gold
fields, the Lark, which heralds the streaks of morn
ing, against the Nightingale, rivaling a songstress
whose lips the Attic bees had stung with the nectar
of sweetness. Here is the thought which flashed
through the mind of the writer: If those two girls
were cut out in little stars and placed in the firma
ment, all the world would be in love with night.”
Journalistio Amenities. Some Of
our brother journalists in New Mexico, it would
seem, “ never speak as they pass by.” One of
them recently visited Albuquerque, and the
editor of the Journal of that town referred to
the visit as follows:
“ Alvey A. Lowrey, editor and owner of the Dem
ing Headlight, was m town yesterday. He dared us
to say anything mean about him on threats of per-,
sonal violence and a general drubbing through the
columns of his weekly almanac. If he wasn’t
cross-eyed and bandy-legged, and didn’t have to
leave his feet outside of town to keep from being
quarantined, wo would say that his* breath would
kill flies and his countenance was mean enpugh to
make a pawnbroker leave his own shop. Now,
then, go in.” --
Who Wouldn’t Be a Slugger ?—lt is,
1 indeed, a sad commentary upon an intelligent
1 public when intelligence and refinement may
walk the streets starving, and, but a few steps
' behind, the worst element of society can strut
in broadcloth and diamonds and be followed by
an admiring and enthusiastic crowd. The Phil
adelphia Times of a recent date describes some
thing like that. It says :
“A big man with very tight trousers and extraor
dinarily shiny silk hat walked up Chestnut street at
about 6 o’clock last evening and went into a hat
store near Eighth street, A crowd of citizens and
small boys followed meekly after him, but stopped
outside of the door. It was John L. Sullivan going
to buy a hat. Pretty soon he came out and strut
ted, with a touch-me-not air, over to Green’s Hotel,
The crowd followed as before, and seemed only too
happy to have the honor of walking in the great
man’s wake. When the slugger reached Green’s the
crowd at his heels stopped again and gathered
around the windows. Pretty soon Mr. Sullivan
went into the restaurant and ordered his supper,
and the crowd flattened their noses against the win
dows and gazed at him. The pavement soon be-’
came blocked, and Mr. Green came out and ordered
the people away, but it was not until a helmeted re
serve with cane appeared that the admirers of the
fistic hero dispersed. Some lingered in the rain in
the hope that he would show himself again.
“An ex-Attorney-General of the United States, a
famous soldier, an cx-Minister to a foreign court, a
distinguished orator, and a world-renowned states
man ail passed by unnoticed by the crowd.”
CHATS WITH THE CHILDREN.
As we promised our readers that we would
this week talk about something else, we herein
keep our word.
There are, no doubt, many things which our
readers would like to be informed about, and
concerning which we would gladly furnish the
information if we could only know upon what
particular point the seekers after knowledge
are deficient.
We therefore load our gun, this week, with
scattering shot, knowing that it will hit some
where.
Bullets are made by first procuring a square
hole, pouring load around it, and then clipping
the edges off.
Dudes were discovered many years ago, but
the discoverer kept quiet about it for fear of
being shot. The discoverer recently committed
suicide, and left an account of the disaster in
his will.
Deck-hands on all the ferryboats are all close
ly related to each other, aud are the descend
ants of a king whoso name must, for obvious
reasons, be concealed for the present.
They are also the only heirs of the Anncke
Jans estate and are closely related to the Roths
childs. This is the reason that they refuse to
mix with the common herd. The assertion that
they are descendants of the first hotel clerk is
not true.
The Feast of the Passover is so called, be
cause the Chatham and Catharine streets’ old
clothes men pass over that portion of the year
without washing themselves. Also the rest of
the year.
Telegraph poles do not grow as we see them.
They are placed there by corporations. A cor
poration is something that a citizen cannot in
terfere with. When a citizen attempts to inter
fere with a corporation, the corporation sits
down on the citizen and makes him feel as if he
had been out with the boys. Citizens and cor
porations never worship in the same pew, unless
the citizen belongs to the corporation ; then the
citizen shouts in favor of the corporation. The
citizens are now trying to put the telegraph
poles underground. If they do, and the corpo
ration should hear of it, the citizens will be
made to prove it. ,
This year they are going to hang little boys
who bathe in the docks in sight of excursion
ists. Littlo boys, when bathing, should place
at least a piece of laco curtain or a fish-net
around their waists, or they will bo hanged.
At Coney Island, however, ladies will bo per
mitted to bathe in closo-fitting bladders and in
visible liver pads.
The reason that the days are growing warmer
now is because they are growing longer. Of
course, a tall man will get more heat from a
stove than will a short man. Thus, all things
in nature can bo accounted for.
The reason that hens lay more eggs around
about Lent than at any other time is because
chickens were formerly named after Hatch Wed
nesday. The name was afterward changed to
Ash Wednesday, and this made the hens mad,
and they refused to stand in with the grocery
men ever after this to boom the price of their
prrticular breed of fruit.
SMALL CHANGE.
The death of the founder of the “ Zeit
schrift fur Wissenschoftliche Zoologic ” is an
nounced from London. Jiminy Cripps ! Won
der where he found it 1 We’ll bet there’s a for
tune to any one who can find one in a good
state of preservation in this country. We don’t
know as we ever saw more than two or three of
them in our life, and they were stuffed. The
first named alone, before he was married to the
last two, are worth more than considerable
money, but when the whole family joins togeth
er there’s millions in it. Wonder if it kicked the
founder 1
The admirers of the sluggers appear
to be so anxious to gaze at them, that wo sug
gest that John L. and the rest of them be placed
in glass cases. Scarcely a day passes but we
read of crowds following these toughs. It
would appear as if the alleged brains of the
alleged American people were iu danger of be
ing squashed every time the aforesaid A. P. sits
down.
Postmasteb-Genbbal Vilas has, dur
ing his first mouth in office, commissioned 450
postmasters. Villagers who can watch a check
er-board, read a postal card, lick a stamp and
listen to the gossip going on in the outside of
fice, all at the same time, should hurry their
applications along before the batch on hand is
exhausted.
If the drug clerks who make mis
takes in prescriptions could only fix it so that
the sneak policeman, who is spying for excise
purposes and begs a drink “ for a cramp,”
could got a dose that would stand him on his
back for a month or so, the rest of the town
would sit down on the curb-stone and laugh for
a little while.
The Ameer of Afghanistan offers to
stand by England in a war with Russia. A week
ago the Ameer promised to stand by Russia.
It’s our candid opinion that he is a mere fraud,
and that he doesn’t dare to take it up. If he
comes over here looking for satisfaction we’ll
put our office boy onto him to block his hat.
Ex-Senatob Gbady wants Congress
man Cox’s place. Grady is the man who want
ed to secede from the United States if Cleveland
was nominated. We are glad to see that he
wants to come back into the Union, but he
should be kept in an ante-room until his nose
is clean and he learns to behave himself.
One of Seney’s pictures brought $lB,-
000. There is one that cost more than that,
and it is au eyesore to the public. We refer to
his half-finished hospital in Brooklyn. In ad
dition to stucco work, colored glass, noble
arches and inspiring towers, the place is cov
•ered by mortgages and mechonic’s liens.
Can you tell me why so many foreign
ers commit suicide in this country ?” asks “A
Reader.” It does seem that most of our sui
cides are foreigners. Ninety-nine one-hun
dredths of them, in fact. May be it’s because
the natives can’t catch on to their names and
are compelled to refuse to slate them.
Tammany Hall has indorsed Presi
dent Cleveland’s and Secretary Whitney’s
action regarding the Panama trouble. We are
glad to see that Tammany agrees with us. Now
how do the members ot the Panama Central
General Committee stand on the subject.
Thebe appears to be some dispute as
to whether Minister Phelps is an American or
an Englishman. Try him on the Bartholdi
Pedestal Fund. If he refuses to give, he’s an
Englishman; if he brags what he has done he’s
an American, or vice versa.
K Kansas City editor was recently
shot for publishing a cartoon of a citizen.
Couldn’t have been like those published here,
or the citizen would never have regarded it as
personal.
During the present trip the Princess
of Wales wears a green feather in her hat, and
wo suppose, that to keep up with the procession
Albert has ordered ir, A supply of green paint,
The World urges the school-children
■ to chip in a cent apiece to the Pedestal Fund.
If the World will place a contribution-box on
Bedloe’s Island and arrange it so that the chil
dren can all play hookey some day, we’ll bet
the box will be filled.
Cyrus W. Field has retired from busi
ness after fifty years of active service. He does
this because he promised his family that he
would do so. We are glad to hear that a rich
man can keep a promise even it it’s only to his
family.
The New York physicians gave a sup
per on Wednesday night. A largo number of
toasts and a few of the doctors were drunk
standing. When the toast “ Our Patients ” was
announced, the doctors all winked fat each
other.
Wb see that a lady’s shoe known a
the “ Surprise,” is now being sold for less than
$2. We suppose it derives its name from the
effect the bill has on the old man.
The drug clerk, who made a mistake,
is at it again. This thing won’t be fixed right until
a law is passed compelling the drug clerk to
take a double-barrelled dose of each prescrip
tion in presence of the applicant.
Every man in Chicago is now calling
his neighbor a fraud and a ballot-box stuffier,
and for weeks to come the joke about the con
tagious foot will be lost sight of by the humor
ist of the West.
Henry Ward Beecher refers to race
course pools as the devil’s work. Henry must
have been given a crooked tip. How much
was it, Henry ? and which horse did you go
broke on ?
A Kentucky editor is also an under
taker. That looks like keeping the whole busi
ness right in the family. He looks as if he were
intent upon getting up a coroner in the trade.
Bbn Butler has announced his inten
tion ot “ entering politics” again. He must
have a jimmy and some pick-locks. He can’t
got in the front way iu broad daylight.
Boston girls have discarded chewing
gum for maple sugar and baked beans for
buckwheat cakes. Twenty-five is the average
Boston girl’s morning tonnage.
Two Arizona Mormons are now in jail
for practising polygamy. Their wives tried to
rescue them the other day, but they called upon
the keepers for protection.
The Senate is now busy with the JGas
Reform Bill. What the Senate wants is a dose
ol pepsine. See list of curesjor wind-colic.
All of the Brooklyn marines have
gone to Panama, so that Barrios can tell them
personally just how he was killed.
The Black and Tan Cab Company has
failed. Looks as if they hadn’t got the back
windows small enough, after all.
Scarcely a day passes but we read of
jail-birds escaping. How would it do to load
the guns with salt ?
The boss Fish appears to have played
all the rest of tho school for suckers.
GOSSIP ON THE SQUARE.
Miss Minnie Palmer played her farewell engage
ment in Brooklyn last ’ week at the Brooklyn
Theatre, and attracted very largo audiences at every
performance. The new version of “My Sweet
heart,” in which she appeared, is very much better
than tho old one, and contains new music and
dances, and the following changes in the characters.
The old physician is now a young physician who
falls in love with Tina, Miss Palmer, and thus adds
to the intricacies of the love plottings. Harold
Bartlett, the villain, disappears from the play en
tirely, and in his stead there is introduced tho part
of a lively Irishman, who is a farm hand iu the first
act, a butler in the second, and is the chief instru
ment in exposing the adventuress, Mrs. Fetter. The
old farmer’s part is also made somewhat different,
and some entertaining comedy business takes place
between him and the farm hand. Miss Palmer will
present this new version at the Union Square
Theatre, April 27, for the first time in this city, with
entirely new scenery, tho opening performance
being for a benefit of Mr. Leigh Lynch, the popular
business manager of that house.
Lawrence Babrett appeared in New Orleans dur
ing the past week to a succession of appreciative
audiences. This engagement continues during the
present week, after which he will appear in the
principal Western cities, closing his season June 1.
Mr. Barrett will pass the Summer with his family
at his residence, Cohasset, Mass.
Bartley Campbell will have on the road next
season four distinct companies, under his own
management, to do tho following pieces: “Pa
quita” (now); “Clio,” “Siberia,” and “White
Slave.” The “Clio” season opens at Niblo’s Gar
den in August for several weeks’ engagement.
“Paquita” will be first presented in San Francisco.
“Siberia” is said to have cleared this season
$25,000.
“My Sweetheart” at the Union Square; “Mona”
at the Star, and “Polly” at the Casino, will all be
presented on the same evening—April 27.
Messrs. Charles and Thomas Jefferson and L. R.
Shewell have made definite arrangements for the
production of their successful play, “The Shadows
of a Great City,” at the Drury Lane Theatre, Lon
don, next season, and Mr. Charles Jefferson will
shortly go to England to superintend its production.
Mr. J. C. Williamson, the Australian manager, has
also secured the right to perform it iu the latter
country.
Mb. George Fawcett Rowe will give his special
matinee performance of “Beauty” at Wallack’s
Theatre next Thursday, assisted by Miss Olga Bran
don, Miss Agnes Thomas, Mr. Charles Coote and
others.
Evans and Hoey also have been making a success
ful tour in the West in Mr. Charles H. Hoyt’s amus
ing farcical comedy, “A Parlor Match,” and will
shortly reappear in this city. Mr. Harry Mann is the
manager of this company.
Frederick Bbyton, Miss Ada Gilman and Miss
Leonora Bradley have been engaged as the princi
pal members of the company which will support
Miss Helene Dauvray at the Star Theatre, April 27th,
in “Mona.” Mr. Felix Morris will be the stage
director and new scenery is being painted by Harley
Merry.
Mr. Ed. Lamb, the comedian, is now one of tho
managers of Shook and Collier’s “ Lights O' Lon
don,” opening to-morrow evening at Lebanon, Pa.
The week of the 27th prox., the company plays at
Hyde and Behman’s Theatre, Brooklyn. This is
rather an event for the transpontine manager, as
this will be the first regular dramatic company
that is fc to initiate their future policy.
The public realizing that Mme. Adelina Patti will
make her final appearances during Mr. Mapleson’s
one week opera season, has, it is asserted subscribed
liberally for the brief terra. The price is only S2O
for the six performances during the week of April
20, while tickets purchased for the two Patti nights
alone come to $7 each, or sl4 for both. Mlle. Emma
Nevada, Mme. Fursch-Madi and Mme. Scalchi will
all appear,
Minnie Palmer has had the diamond known as
the Cleveland Gem, which received the gold medal I
at the New Orleans Exposition, last week set in a '
mounting representing a passion flower. Behind !
the flower is a watch movement which cau. es the
flower to open and close, and work like the revolving ,
lights used for warning the commanders of ships
at sea.
Madison Squash Thbatbu. —The busi
ness of “The Private Secretary ” the past.week, has
been large, and Mr. Palmer is regretting that he has
contracted to produce “Sealed Instructions.” and
to let Mr. Thornton start for Australia; but “ Sealed
Instructions” being ready, it cannot, therefore, be
longer delayed, and beside, contracts have already
been signed with Mr. J. C. Williamson for Mr.
Thornton’s appearance in Melbourne in the part of
Rev. Robert Spaulding, on the 11th of July.
The cast of “ Sealed Instructions,” which will be
produced to-morrow night, will include Messrs.
Fred Robinson, H. M. Pitt, Herbert Kelcey, W. J,
Le Moyne, Walden Ramsay, Fred. Ross, Thos. Whif
fen, Harry Hogan and the Misses Mathilda Madi
son, Annie Russell, Jessie Millward and Lena Lang
don.
The scenery is claimed to be exceptionally beauti
ful—one scene being that of the British Embassy at
Paris by moonlight.
Daly’s'Theatbe.—The present is the
last week of “An Off Night”—the final performance
of which will close the regular season of this house.
The supplementary season will be inaugurated
by the engagement of Miss Clara Morris. The play
in which this, one of the most eminent of our act
resses will appear—commencing on Tuesday even
ing, April 21st, is entitled “Denise.” It has been
adapted by Augustin Daly from Dumas's original,
and will be produced under Mr. Daly 's immediate
supervision.
Wallaok’s Theatre.—“Our Joan, ” a
drama by Herman Merrivalo and Cecil Dare, v> '^ a
given its first representation on this stage on Tues
day evening last. It is in three acts and four scenes.
The cast includes eleven characters, impersonated
by as many of the principal members of Mr. Wal
lack’s Company.
This is a work which, if may be truthfully said,
is without a hero of any special importance; with
out a heroine possesing any notable characteristic
of dramatic action or of force beyond that of the
ordinary clap-trap drama with which the public
has been made familiar—as Mrs. Florence would say
—for "yoahs and yeahs.”
The story it relates is not new to the stage; its
progress from the first act to the close of the last is
lacking in brightness of thought; in deftness of
construction, and in maintainence of interest.
As a drama—which, like Hodge’s razor,was "made
to sell ” and catch " the passing fancy of the
crowd ” —it will possibly serve its purpose in its
present condition. But if Miss Coghlan has selected
this drama in which to achieve success during her
proposed starring tour next season, she has made a
mistake.
Almost as great a mistake as that she will make
in attempting to be a " star."
For she will discover, when too late, that the
position in which she can earn the larger and more
substantial reputation, and hold the greater place
in the memory of the public, is that of the leading
woman in the stock company ot a theatre like
Wallack’s.
In "Our Joan” there is nothing in the nature of
the character which affords the actress opportun
ity to make it distinctly her own; there is nothing
which her special talent can embellish and bright
en; nothing to bring into action all the resources
of her art. The character is purely, plainly of the
ordinary melodramatic class, and for an actress of
Miss Coghlan’s position, reputation and aspirations
it is an unworthy medium for the display of her
ability at its best.
Look at this drama; watch its progress closely,
and when the curtain falls upon the last act, and
once away from the theatre and calmly recalling its
scenes and the action of the various characters,
what is there in it that is worthy of remembrance ?
In the first act a group of sea shore villagers,
fishermen and sailors; a couple of dawdlers from
London—one a sort of milk and water society vil
lain and roue of the mild type, the other nominally
a hero but really an assinino sort of gentleman, who
means well but don’t know bow—a young girl of
the Grace Darling ilk with a dash of the Lotta
Zip, and the " Rough Diamond” Margery, in her
make up. The act closes with the betrothal of the
girl to the " Lunnun Chap.”
The second act—the comedy of the " Rough Dia
mond” —changed to molo-dramatic form. A young
sailor—a " Cousin Joe”—is saved from being pun
ished for desertion from his ship by the polished
but uncertain villain. The girl Joan, now the wife
of the nominal society hero, detects her husband in
a very suspicious condition of intimacy with his
handsome, high-toned cousin Lady Ruth—a scene of
reproach—and the act closes with the separation of
man and wife, the momentary triumph of the
cousin—sailor brother—who announces that he is
the heir to a title, and that his sister is a Lady by
birth, and as biue-blooded as Ruth or anybody else.’
The third act.—Back to the coast and the light
house—Joan with disheveled hair, like a marine
Ophelia—in white dress and with weird face —yearn- ,
eth for the joys that are past and mourneth for the
misery that is present. The uncertain polished vil
lain appears—the husband comes—asks for forgive
ness—receives it not—and rushes forth in despair to
sail away in his yacht. Storm—thunder—lightning
—wreck ashore. Joan in fisherman’s boots and sou’-
wester, and change of scene to the exterior of the
lighthouse—the rescue—husband saved —tableaux— 1
"We will never part again”—curtain.
This is "Our Joan.” With not a character in it
which can bo made memorable by actor or actress;
with not a scene, situation, or speech beyond com
monplace. All the members of the company—with
Miss Coghlan in the title role—gave all the vitality
and force at their command to the characters they
represented, but it was like attempting to galvanize
nothing into something.
All there is worthy of remembrance, therefore, in
this work may be thus estimated :
The scenic setting, by Mr. Phil Goatcher, with a
storm scene which—in realism and the mechanism
of its effects —has rarely been equaled on our stage;
excellent acting wasted upon a commonplace sub
ject, and another evidence that even so intelligent
and capable an artiste as Miss Coghlan should not
depart from the line of work for which she is espe
cially fitted, and in which she has earned her pro
fessional reputation.
Grand Opera House.—The Hanlon’s
pantomime extravaganza—"Fantasma ” —was given
its final performance here last evening.
For the present week, commencing to-morrow
evening, Hoyt’s laughing bit, "A Rag Baby,” will
be seen for the first time on this stage. On its first
production it secured so strong a hold on public
favor that houses crowded to the door have been
the rule. The success of the piece is due not only
to the genuine fun and humor which pervade its
every line, but also to the originality of the charac
ters and the theme upon which the play is founded.
Its satirizing of a popular craze—now at its hight;
its ludicrous burlesque of the drug store business,
and its quaint conception of characters, all com
bine to make "A Rag Baby” a success. Frank
Daniels, in his creation of Old Sport, gives a bit of
the eccentric comedy, while Bessie Sanson as Venus;
Charles Drew as Tony Jay; Mark Sullivan as the
Policeman, and Helen Reimer as the Schoolmistress,
are all successful in their creations.
Fifth Avenue Theatre.—The unvail
ing of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty will be the
subject of an interesting and impressive act this
week by Thatcher, Primrose and West’s Minstrels. '
People of all nationalities will be seen on their way <
to the place of unvailing, and much fun will result
therefrom. The " flats ” then are drawn apart, dis- '
closing a fac simile. of the Statue of Liberty, sixteen
feet in hight, and from the uplifted torch a bright 1
flame is burning. Mr. Harry Kennedy’s anthem on
this subject will be sung by the entire minstrel
troupe. There will be a complete change in the
song portion of the programme, and George Thatch
er will spring some new funniments on the public.
Manager Stetson has given permission to permit
the sale in his theatre of Mr. Kennedy’s anthem on
the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty. The proceeds are
for the benefit of the pedestal fund.
Preparations are being made at this theatre
for the return to the scene of their former suc
cess of W. A. Mestayer and his company in their
amusing absurdity, "We, Us & C 0.,” April 20, when
the piece will be given with entirely new scenery, an '
enlarged revolving hotel, now music, and a number
of new and laughable scenes. The engagement is
for four weeks, after which they will appear in Bos
ton and San Francisco.
People’s Theatre.—Last evening,
the occasion of the first anniversary of "May Blos
som,” given during the week at the People’s Thea
tre, Mr. Harry Miner gave a supper to the com
pany, the management of the Madison Square, and
the author. "May Blossom” has been given con
tinuously since its production at the Madison
Square a year ago, by the same company. During
this period it has been to every principal city east 1
of the Missouri.
To-morrow evening and during the week, the
comedians Harrison and Gourlay will be seen in
their hilariously farcical comedy of " Skipped by
the Light of the Moon.” Matinees on Wednesday
and Saturday.
National Theatre.—Manager Hen
mann has secured an especial dramatic feast for the
playgoers of the East side, in the engagement of
Mr. Gustavus Levick and the production, for the
first time on this stage, of Bartley Campbell’s play
of “ Tho Galley Slave.” Mr. Levick is one of the
i most capable of actors, and his performance of the
j character of Sidney Norcott will insure more than
i ordinary interest on the part of the audiences of
! this theatre. Mr. Levick will be supported in "The
Galley Slave” by the entire regular company, in
cluding Miss Edith Crolius as Francesca Rimini;
Miss Mamie Wallace as Cicely Bane; Mr. Alf. Wal
lace as Wellesley Napier; Mr. Dulany as the Baron,
and E. W. Marston as Oliver Oliphant.
The variety olio, which precedes the performance
of the drama, will include among its most notable
features Messrs. Tennyson and O.Gorman, Charles
and .Clara Ellis, and Messrs. Gallagher and West,
the comedians.
j On Monday, April 20th, the popular Sam Devere
will commence an engagement, appearing in his
play of " Jasper.”
Matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Special concerts this afternoon and evening.
Fourteenth Street Theatre.—“ The
Major”—on account of its great popularity—will be
continued at this theatre for one more week by Har
rigan & Hart, who will on the 20th inst. reproduce
" Cordelia’s Aspirations,” with the original cast of
characters, new scenery by Mr. Witham and music
by Mr. Dave Braham.
Matinees on Tuesday and Friday, as usual.
Murtha’s Columbia Skating Bink.—
The skating craze stiil keeps up. Every afternoon
and evening the floor is crowded with skaters. The
fine Spring weather has given a fresh impetus to
this glorious sport. The coming week will witness
a series of exhibitions of fancy skating and bicycle
riding; also the first of the grand races for two
I miles, by amateurs, for a gold medal made by Tif
i fany & Co. It must be won three times before it
I becomes the property of the winner.
1 Lyceum Theatre.—A description of
j the interior of this theatre has already been given in
these columns. It only remains, as a matter of
record, to say that while it is evident that an ar
t, stic sense has controlled its construction, there
see. ato have been, by all possible methods, an in
tentic >D to give it, architecturally—so far as its audi
torium ts concerned—as little of tho appoarance of a
theatre a 1 possible. There is no obtrusive dash of
color, no d/«turbing glitter of ornament and none of
the flashy ’Ulgarism in tone, which creates dis
traction rather than repose for tho sight.
Tho first seaso u of this theatre was inaugurated
on Monday evenin, laa t with the first representation
on any stage of Mr. Mackaye’s comedy-drama
bearing the title of ••Dakolar.” It is in five acts.
Sixteen characters are involved in the narration of
the story, and the story i.*>s&lf is partly derived from
the same source to which v*® indebted for "Lady
Clare,” "Claire,” and "The Forgo Master”—George
Ohnet’s novel of "Le Maitre o’os Forges-”
The scenic settings by Messrs, .Marston and Haw
ley were not only merely appropriate,- but deserved
praise for their artistic beauty and'* £he excellence
of their design.
Since the first performance tho play inrl%
jected to some needed pruning, and curtain?
now falls upon the last act before eleven o'STocir.
To the play itself and its merit an con
sideration is deferred for a future issue.
It is scarcely fair to record critical comment
the quality of a new play, or the representation of
tho cast by a company so recently organized sad
rehearsed under all the disadvantages which a?o
inevitably attendant upon the completion and open
ing of a new theatre.
The management announce that the receipts of
the last week were nearly one thousand more than
for the first week of " Hazel Kirke ” at the Madison
Square Theatre, and at prices for secured seats
which are the same as at Wallack’s, Daly’s, and
other leading theatres, except for a very few choice
seats in tho balcony.
lhe executive staff of the theatre includes Messrs.
Wesley Sisson, Director; Business-Manager, J. F,
Harvey; Stage Manager, E. M. Roberts; Treasurer,
F. D. Bunco; Assistant Treasurer, A. L. Mac Kaye;
Chief Usher, Louis S. Greuner; Doorkeeper, F. A.
Clarkson; Mechanical Manager, Thomas Gossman;
Stage Carpenter, Wm. Leonard; Properties, Robert
Pullar; Electrician, John Thompson; Engineer, E.
J. Boyd. "Dakolar” will be continued until further
notice. Matinee on Saturday.
Last Week of Barnum’s Hippodrome.
—The present is positively tho last week of exhibi
tion in this city of the mammoth entertainment
provided by Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson, and
which has universally been acknowledged one of
the largest of its kind ever organized. From hero
the show will go to Brooklyn, opening in that city
under canvas on Monday, April 2fftb, for one week,
and from there jumping to Philadelphia for one
week, beginning on April 27th. Since the addition
of the Roman Hippodrome to the regular circus per
formances Madison Square Garden has been too
small to hold the throngs of people seeking admis
sion, and many persons were compelled to be turned
away from the doors. The receipts at the box office
have exceeded the expectations of the proprietors,
and have been fully up to those of last year, at which.
■ time they were considered almost phenomenally
large. During this—the last week—some special
races are to be introduced into the hippodrome and
some new acts into the circus department, thus
making the programme even larger than before.
The only complaint heard is that the performances'
were too large, and visitors have been unable- to seo>
one-half there was to be seen—an excellent fault,,
certainly, and one deserving of imitation. The'
menageries are now placed- on the Twenty-sixth’
street side of tho building, the Ethnological Con
gress of strange and savage people, the fat people,
skeletons, the Count and Countess Magri, and other
curiosities on the Madison avenue side; up stairs,,
while Jumbo and the white sacred elephant are
down on the main floor. Jo-Jo; the dog-faced boy.,,
continues to be a source of wonder.
Union Square Theatre..—On Monday
evening last Miss Estelle Clayton made her appear*-
ance in tho title role of a drama written; or rather'
adapted, by herself, entitle! "Favette.” There are
twelve characters in the cast. The story of the
drama is derived from. "Guida’s” romance of "Trio
otrin.” Favette is a waif, and the interest of- thfl
drama depends principally upon the various perso
cutions to which she is subjected. The work pos
sesses many attributes which recommend it sweet*
ly to the sense of the average audience. Its scenia
illustrations were appropriate, and Miss Clayton
was seen to advantage in> many costumes—from
that of a peasant girl to those of a lady of society
and "position.” In her progress through tho play
she was admirably sustained by Mr. Fred, do Bell
ville as Bernadas, the Bohemian, and acceptably by
Miss Constance Murielle Angelique Duprez.
Of the play and-its deserving there will be oppor
tunity hereafter to make more special comment.
The audiences during tho week have been large,
and it appears probable that Miss Clayton’s effort
will not go unrewarded.
On the fiftt night she appeared in the first act in
her bare feet. From this experiment she contracted
a severe cold, and her manager would not allow her
to appear again, without the usual "pedal dressing.”
Star Theatre. —Madams Theo and
the French Opera Company, under the management
of Mr. Maurice Grau, had, during tho past week, a
generous and appreciative welcome. The perform
ances of Madame Theo have in times past had enough
comment. She is as vivacious and captivating as
an actrtss and as thoroughly unsatisfactory as a
singer as ever.
The repertoire for the present week includes, for
to-morrow evening and at the Saturday matinee,
"Boccaccio;” Tuesday and Friday evenings, "Les
Cloches de Corneville;” on Wednesday, for the ben
efit of M. Mezierres, and on Saturday evening "La.
Fille du Tambour Major.”' On Thursday evening
"La Mascotte.”
For the closing week will be produced "Le Grand :
Casimir,” "La Petite Mariee,’’ "Girofle-Girofla,” "La
Perichole,” "Mme. L’Archiduc,” and "La Marjo*
laine.”
The Casino. —Only two more weeks
and Johann Strauss’ most popular opera comique,-
"Die Fledermaus,” - is to be withdrawn.
On Monday, April 27th, "Polly” is to be pre
sented. An unusually brilliant production is.
promised. Songs of Lecocq, Metra, Wenzel, Bizet,
&c., are to be sung by Mesdames Theo, Lefort, Nor
dall, and Messieurs. Lary and Gaillard, of the Mau
rice Grau French Opera Company.
At to-night’s concert Mr. Rudolph Aronson’s or
chestra will interpret, among other numbers, selec
tions from "Aida,” "Zrmpa,” "The Artist’s Life,”
and Casino waltzes, " Mandolins,.” &c.
Niblo’s Garden. —M. B. Samuel of
Curtis Posen—or words to that effect—held this
stage and gave hearty amusemenet to-frhoufands
of people during the past week. The retirement of
" Spot Cash,” and in its place the revival of the play
in which Mr. Curtis "made himself known oi
men,” was as judicious as it,was timely,. Matinees
on Wednesday and Saturday. No qu-varters or
hel)-of-a-dollars with a hole in them taken.
Koster & Bial’s Concert Hall.—
The Martens trio will make their first appearance
here on Sunday evening.
The programme includes the Tissots in " Living
Pictures,” the Davenes make their- first? appear
ance, and Miss Louise Searle, the favorite soprano*,
will sing popular melodies.
LeClair and Russell will be seen in " A Practical
Joke,” and a host of vocal and musical, attractions-’
are promised.
On Monday a new version of " Ixion ” will be pro
duced, with all the gorgeous costumes and other
features used at the Comedy Theatre. A good cast
and a grand chorus of pretty girls will appear.
Miss Leo Coles is becoming a favorite at thir
house, and promises to take the place in the affec
tions of the dudes, vacated by Marie Vanoni.
Globe Dime Museum—The ten thou
sand dollar Mexican midget, Lucia Zarate, having
recovered from her recent severe illness, will bo
seen here during the present week only. The man
agement announce that any mother bringing a baby
one year old to the museum that can wear th<
handsome diamond ring Lucia Zarate has on the
first finger of her right band, will receive it as a
present.
Among tho additional attractions are the Coopers,
in their act of "Diversifications:” Mr. George W.
Allen, the vocalist; Belmont and Mack; Miss May
Hankinson, the serio-comic vocalist: Ed. Atkins; a
burlesque on the play of "The Bandit King;” the
ethnological congress of living wonders and a host
of other specialties. There wili be performances in
the theatorium every hour.
Special sacred concerts this afternoon and evening,
and matinees every afternoon.
The museum is open daily from 11 A. M. until
10 P. M.
Cromwell’s Art Entertainment. —
Professor Cromwell will give the last of his illus
trative lectures, at the Fourteenth Street Theatre,
this (Sunday) evening. " Westminster Abbey”—the
tombs of the kings, the Poet's Corner, etc., will ba
beautifully illustrated.
Theiss's Concerts.— The usual pror.
gramme, vocal aad instrumental, will be giv« at
this popular resort during the current weelt. All
tho instrumental soloists and the specially engaged
vocalists will be heard in their choicest selections.
The concerts this afternoon and evaaiug will be
more than ordinarily entertaining.