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CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
CONTINUATION OF “LOVE BETRAYED.”
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
BARTHOLDI’S BIG GIRL.
A MODEL COWBOY.
AS BRAVE AS MEN.
THE BATTLES OF JUNE.
QUAINT ANECDOTES.
THE DEATH OF A HERO.
THE DETROIT SOLOMON.
TEMPTING BILL OF FARE.
THIRD PAGE:
MASONIC MATTERS: The Olden Days; Commandery
News; Appointments; Pyramid Lodge; Personal;
The Masonic Guild; A. A. S. Rite; Freemasonry and
Religion; Greenwood Lake; Piatt Lodge; One of the
Times You Hear About; Tarrytown; Questions and
Answers; Masonic Mendicancy; An Unholy Ambi
tion; Envy Among Brethren.
SIXTH PAGE :
PAPA'S LITTLE GIRL.
THE RED IRON.
PAPER VS. WIRE BUSTLES.
HAD A “ DAISY.”
HER PROFESSIONAL VENTURE.
CLEVER CHILDREN.
DEATH OF A GAMBLER.
WOMEN SUICIDES.
MARY. QUEEN OF SCOTS.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
FORBIDDEN.
A MAN OF HONOR.
GHOST STORIES.
IN A CHARNEL HOUSE.
THAT BOY.”
IF WOMEN COULD INVENT.
THE EFFECT OF FRIGHT.
MADE A MISTAKE.
AN ACTOR’S FREAK.
DUELING IN FRANCE.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
gotes and
J. B. F. —The eclipses of the sun are
caused by the moon’s passing between the earth and
the sun. If the two bodies followed the same track
in the heavens there would bo an eclipse every new
taoon, but as the orbits are inclined, the moon gen
erally passes above or below the sun, and there Is
no eclipse. Occasionally the sun is near one of the
moon’s nodes—the points where the planes of the
orbits intersect —when it passes, and then an eclipse
occurs. If the sun and moon were always at the
isame position with regard to the earth, and always
the same distance from it, the eclipses would always
foe of the same size; but as these conditions vary,
bo do the appearances of the eclipse. For instance :
Xet us suppose that, at the time of an eclipse, the
centre of the moon happens to pass directly over
the centre of the sun. If the moon is near the point
an her orbit which is at the least distance from the
earth, her apparent diameter will exceed that of the
sun and the latter will be quite hidden from view’,
arid we have what is known as a total eclipse. Of
course, even in this case the eclipse will only ap
pear total to observers near the line joining the cen
tres of the sun and moon. If, however, the throe
bodies occupy similar positions, but the distance
the earth and moon is greater, the whole of
the sun is not covered by the moon, and the eclipse
is annular. If the moon, however, does not pass
centrally over the sun, it can only hide a part of the
latter on one side or the other, and the eclipse is
eald to be partial. As the moon’s orbit is quite el
liptical, the distance of that body from the earth va
ries greatly. Its least distance is 221,000 miles; its
greatest, 259,600.
Groceryman.—lt was only at the be
ginning of the thirteenth century that sugar com
jmenced to become known to Europeans. The Cm
caders were acquainted with it 4n Syria, but be
lieved it was a product that could be raised only in
(Palestine and under a warm climate. They imi
tated the native children by sucking the canes, till
they obtained at Tripoli a knowledge of how it was
extracted by the cane-mill and the oven. Sugar was
an important aid to the Christians during the fam
ine they suffered at Marra and Archas. The pil
grims then made sugar known to Europeans, and
jthey transplanted plants of the cane to Sicily and
Southern Italy, where they grew magnificently. At
first it was viewed as something between a curiosi
ty and a medicament. The Spaniards introduced
the cane into Madeira, and from there to their
American colonies. It was the German chemist
Marggraf, who, in 1 7 47, demonstrated the presence
of sugar in beet, but it was another ofiemisi, Arch
nrd, who, in 1796, set up the first sugar-beet factory
tn Silesia. The Berlin decrees and the continental
fjlockade forced the founding of beet-factories, and
the caricatures of the period represent old King
George 111. throwing beet-roots across the Channel
at the bead of Napoleon, and telling him to make
his sugar “ with that.’’
Betel.—Among the ancient poets an
age was the space of thirty years, in which sense
•‘age " amounts to much the same as “generation.”
The interval since the first formation of man has
been divided into four ages, distinguished as the
golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages. But it has
been suggested that, reflecting on the barbarism of 1
the first ages, the order assigned by the poets
Should be inverted, and that the first, being a time
lof ignorance, would be more properly denominated
an iron rather than a golden age. Various divisions
of the duration of the world have been made by
historians. By some the space of time commencing
from Constantine, and ending with the taking of ;
Constantinople by the Turks in the fifteenth cen
tury is called the middle age. The middle is also
£tvled tjie barbarous age. The ages Qf the world ’
trily be reduced to three grand epochs, viz., the age (
■of the law of nature, from Adam to Moses; the age
■of the Jewish law, from Moses to Christ; and the
age of grace, from Christ to the present year.
Old Reader.—James Bird was one of i
■the three men executed at Erie in the Autumn of (
for desertion. He was a young man of good I
family, and had fought gallantly on the “Niagara” !
in the battle of Lake Erie. Many thought that par- f
don might have been granted him in consideration
of his past service, but the authorities refused to ‘
overlook the offense, and he was shot. A doleful 1
ballad called “The Mournful Tragedy of James
Bird ” was written and set to music, and was very
popular when the occurrence was fresh in memory. <
*Ve have no idea where the Words of this song can
npw be procured.
fever. Can you give me any advice?” A medical
authority says ho has had satisfactory success by :
the inhalation of the vapor of camphor and steam,
made to come in contact with the outer surface of
the face about the nose by means of a paper cone
placed, with the large end downward, in a vessel
containing hot water and a drain of coarsely pow
dered or shredded camphor. He assorts most posi
tively that if this procedure is continued for twenty
minutes, and repeated three or four times in as
many hours, great and usually permanent relief fol
lows.
J. H. A. —Ist. During the famine in
Ireland in 1846-’47 there were considerable sums of
money subscribed for the sufferers by the people of
this country. Among the things done by our peo
ple was the forwarding to Ireland of a cargo of food.
jTo the best of our recollection the Government fur
nished the vessel that carried the food. There was
£o money donated by Congress. 2d. Philip H.
■Sheridan is Lieutenant-General, not General, of the
United States Army.
K. L.—The Fourteenth Amendment
JTorbids the payment by any State “ of any debt or
'obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or re
gbellion, or any claim for the loss on emancipation
JDf any slave.” We do not know that this would be
fjeld to forbid the allotting of pensions to Confed
erate soldiers, since a pension may be assumed to
Jbe a gratuity, and. not the payment of a debt. We
Jdo not think that question has ever been tested in
court.
f Clara F.—lst. You have no right to
taring your company to your father’s house with-
Jcut his consent. Your father is master of his own
(house. 2d. Until you are twenty-one you are sub
ject to the control of your father. However, were
ryou to get married to your sweetheart your father
bcould no longer interfere with your acts, your hus
band would become responsible for them.
t Eight Years’ Reader.—You must go
(before the Surrogate and have an administrator ap
pointed. In due time the property can be sold and
& good title given. Perhaps were you to visit the
■Surrogate of the county in which the property is
jßituated he would advise you how to proceed.
I Michael C. — Castle Clinton (now
known as Castle Garden) was erected by the United
Estates Government in 1807, and was ceded to the
jcity in 1822. It was used as a place of amusement
mntll 1855, when it was leased to the Commission
’©rs of Emigration.
B. H. F.—ln a single-handed game of
fljinoole both forty of trumps cannot be melded at
ytho same time. The player holding them must,
After melding the first forty, take a trick before he
-’can meld the second forty trumps.
One Who Served Three Years.— We
cannot tell you how to obtain w<srk in this city. At
J resent there are many more applicants for situa
ions than there are situations to give them. Your
best course would be to advertise.
A. H. Cise. —You can deposit your
money in the vaults of one of the safe deposit com
panies, where you can reach it any moment you de
eire. Of course, you will have to pay for tjie privi
lege of using the vault.
Ben. O. Horton. —We cannot tell you
Where the records of the New England Hospital,
Bituated during the war at No. 194 Broadway, can
be obtained. Can any reader supply the desired in
formation ?
Two Readers. —The Mr. Braham who
Was formerly the husband of Lillian Russell belongs
to Boston. He is no relative, we understand, to the
popular composer of the same name.
Constant Reader.— A Catholic priest
fcas all the privileges that are accorded to the min
isters of any other religious denomination by our
public institutions.
Affected. — Your red nosd may be
caused by the liver, the stomach, or other func
tional disorder. Seek the advice of a good physi
cian.
Widow. —There is no movement that
Ave know of, at present, to increase the pensions of
She widows of the soldiers who died in battle.
A. Wright.—This gentleman wants to
fknow at what time the Fifth Regiment, N. G. S. N.
Of., had an armory in Twenty-third street.
Graduate. —We think your father’s
advice is sound. You will probably regret in after
greats should you refuse to follow it.
W. E. M.—The residence of John G.
CWhittier is Amesbury, Mass., and that of James
Uussell Lowell at Cambridge, Mass.
Twenty Years’ Reader. —The first
battle of the Crimean war—the battle *f Alma—was
fought on September 20th, 1854.
Enquirer.—There is no set price for
agents’ fees in the matter. The seller should have
made a bargain with his agent.
Hamlet. —It is utterly impossible for
ns to keep a record of all the murders which take
place in this country.
F. M. B. —Harlem Lane (the present
'Et. Nicholas avenue) extended from noth street to
tfSth stre»t.
REW YORK, JUNE 28, 1885.
TO ADVERTISERS.
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that hour.
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other Sunday Newspaper pub
lished in the United States.
THE FRIENDSHIP OF ENGLAND.
At tho beginning of our Civil War ths
United States was the only nation which
rivaled England in ruling the waves. It
was then said of us that our sails whitened
every sea and our ships touched at every
shore. What has become of our commerce
now? Howhas our shipping interest, once so
important, been destroyed ? England took ad
vantage of our struggle for the Union to let
loose her pirates upon us, under the Confeder
ate flag. Tho merchant vessels which her
agents did not burn or scuttle were forced to
take refuge in a transfer of nationality. Using
the Rebellion as a broom, England literally
swept the ocean of American commerce, and
took the carrying trade of more than half the
world entirely into her own hands. This is one
specimen of the friendship of England.
It has been established by official figures
that England assisted the Rebellion by the loan
of over $15,000,000, on the imaginary security of
cotton yet to be planted and Confederate bonds
to be paid after the Union was dissolved. Few
acts of armed hostility could have done us
more harm than this aid and comfort to the
Rebels during the critical period of our cam
paigns. Tho stock list is usually considered
a thermometer of public sentiment, and we find
that England put on the London stock-market
Confederate bonds at 110, while her financiers
refused to deal in our 7.30 bonds, which have
turned out to be more valuable than gold. Un
questionably the enmity shown in these trans
actions was based upon the policy of England
to get rid of her foremost rival by annihilating
American shipping and commerce. She has
succeeded, and yet we find those who prate
about her friendship for this country !
Charles Sumner, then one of the leaders of
the Republican party and the chairman of the
Senate Committee upon Foreign Affairs, de
clared th • f we ought to hold England responsi
ble for i ! total cost of our Civil War—over
three thousand millions of dollars. This bold
speech, in which tho most brilliant eloquence
illuminated an array of irrefutable facts and
figures, created as much consternation in En
gland as the advance of the Russians upon
Herat. We were no longer a divided people,
easily to be injured, but again united, power
ful and righteously indignant. The usual En
glish game of brag, bluster and backing down
was played, as we Lave just seen it repeated in
the Russian imbroglio. The Geneva Confer
ence was arranged, and England was dragged
like a felon into court and compelled to pay
$15,500,000 damages to the United States—half
a million more money than she had loaned to
the Confederates. But was this a proof of En
gland’s friendship ? You might as well talk of
the friendship of a rascal who, having stolen
your purse, restores it with a portion of its
contents when you have taken him by the collar
to the nearest police-station.
But such recompense and atonement as could
be imposed upon England was exacted by the
Republican administration. After more brag,
bluster and backing down, the Geneva award
was paid, and, ever since then, England has
attempted by fawning and by artifice, to wipe
out the history of her mideeds. She enjoys the
benefits of her crimes in the complete destruc
tion of American commerce, and can afford to
give us sweet words while she monopolizes our
carrying trade. She fools our representatives
abroad to the top of their bent; offers them
social and collegiate honors; applauds their
after-dinner oratory, and sends them back to us
full to the neck with British beef, beer and sym
pathy. Most of them go to London as Ameri
cans and come home cockney coxcombs. They
pride themselves upon being “so English, you
know.” These are the sort of persons, with
long throats and short memories, who rave
about the friendship of England for this coun
try, our common origin and language, and the
bonds of blood which hold together the two
nations which an ocean divides.
When, in four years, the Republican party
again assumes the government, it will be our
duty to deal with England upon the principles
of justice laid down by Charles Sumner. The
Geneva arbitration has settled the debt which
she owed us on account of her conduct during
the Civil War; but we must deprive her of the
monopoly of the seas which she fraudulently
acquired while we were fighting the Rebellion.
The earnest efforts of the Republican party must
be directed to a revival of American trade and
commerce, and England must be again pushed
from her position of supremacy.
Of course, we shall be told by the Democrats,
aud by the Mugwumps, that the revival of
American trade and commerce are not issues of
to-day—that they ought to be postponed until
1888, or some other distant period. Beside, the
Republican party is now in training for the
future and must utilize its temporary retire
ment from the administration by arranging and
organizing its plans and policy.
Important issues are always vital and their
discussion is always timely. Every voter who
goes to the polls, no matter at what election,
is influenced more or less by the knowledge of
the nurposes of his party outside of the merely
local questions involved. The Democrats and
the Mugwumps would rather quarrel about
petty offices than meet great national issues,
and they are better fitted for that sort of states
manship. But the Republican party will soon
be called upon to resume its great career and it
must be ready for the onward march, and give
us an Independence Day that will be truly
memorable.
ONE OF THE HOADS TO PROSPERITY.
In domestic economy there is no more useful
article than the wringer. Not only would the
laundry be incomplete without it, but even the
humble housewife who cooks, washes and eats
all in the same room, does not think in these
days of going without one. The washboard,
rolling-pins, clothes-lines, and “spider” are
not more essential, tfhe old way, hand-wring
ing, belongs to the past as much as the spin
ning-wheel and milk emptyings. The same
principle holds in business. In this free and
speculative country values become saturated
with the dew and rain of great expectations,
and an occasional drying-out process is abso
lutely necessary to the public welfare.
The United States is now passing through
the wringer. Stocks and bonds, as they are
dealt in in Wall street, are being perhaps the
most thoroughly wrung out, but in many lines
of property the water is excessive.
Many merchants say that there has been
great shrinkage in the value of their goods. If
they are in debt for their stocks they will suffer
in consequence, but otherwise they are all
right. If they do have to sell at less than cost
they can replenish their stocks at prices which
compensate for the reduction. In fine, the mer
chant who does business on a conservative
basis, has nothing to fear from the wringer. On
the contrary, he will be benefited by it in the
long run.
But, however that may be, the prices must
come down, and stay down, too. Some things
may be below the cost of production, but for the
most part the fall in prices is simply due to the
! lessening in the cost of production. Machinery
is improving all the time, and in consequence
■ bringing down the cost price of the articles
i manufactured. What the holders of the stocks
on hand call overproduction is such only in
' limited cases.
’ Business of all kinds must accept as a cardinal
iNEW YORK DISPATCH. JUNE 28, 1885.
point in trade the fact that the inventive genius
of the age is a groat bear in the market, a tre
mendous wringer in the household of commerce.
The cost of living is growing all the time, in one
sense, if not in another. If the outgoes are
heavy, it is because the purchasers are numer
ous. The humblest laborer looks upon many
things as necessaries of life now which a former
generation would have regarded as luxuries.
Every revolution of the wringer means more
comfort for the people and a higher plane of
civilization for everybody.
On Wall street there was at one time special
need of the wringer. Vanderbilt and Gould
combined could not break it, and throw stocks
back into the suds again. ■ For years certain
railroad securities have been hold at fictitious
values. Speculation kept these way above their
actual value for investment. That kind of water
must be squeezed out, and the sooner the better.
There is in all this nothing to excite apprehen
sion, on tho contrary it is a most auspicious
feature of the times, the sign and surety of
future prosperity.
WILL JUSTICE BE INTERCEPTED ’
Buddensiek, the mud-mortar-house man
slaughterer, has been justly convicted and
sentenced to ten year’s imprisonment. Just
on the eve of his being taken to prison, one of
our judges has seen fit to grant an order re
viewing the facts in the trial of this fellow, and
thereby frustrating the ends of justice for the
present. Buddensiek thinks that he will be
come a “raving maniac” if he is sent to prison,
and that “it will kill his family, &c., &c.” Did
he think of this when pursuing his villainy
which carried death into other families ? When
the lash of the law is applied to such fellows as
Buddensiek they become terribly sensitive. It
reminds us of the fellow in Baltimore who was
publicly flogged for beatiug his delicate wife.
He thought he would never recover from the
humiliation occasioned by this merited punish
ment. Flogging a white man was an intolerable
indignity, but beating a sick wife was by no"
means reprehensible according to his mode of
reasoning.
But Buddensiek ought not to be the only one
punished. His alleged partner (Haug), who
has been surrendered by his bondsman, should
be immediately brought to trial. Tho men who
furnished Buddensiek with money for his ille
gal business should likewise be tried as ac
cessories to tho crime. Some of the Building
Inspectors ought to be severely punished for
violating a great public trust, and the man
who is charged under oath with an attempt to
bribe a witness, ought, by no manner of means,
escape severe punishment. This, unfortunate
ly too frequent occurrence of bribing witnesses
and juries must be stopped, and it would be an
excellent idea to make a few terrible examples.
YOUTHFUL DEPRAVITY.
Tt is indeed a sad commentary upon our
boasted intelligence when we are obliged to
chronicle the many instances of youthful de
pravity which daily occur in different parts of
the country.
In Chicago, a few days ago, two youths of the
so-called Jesse James gang were arrested for
larceny. They stole a pair of shoes from a
store in that city, and with an effrontry that
was worthy of a better motive, attempted to sell
the stolen articles to a clerk in the establish
ment. The evidence against one was conclu
sive, and the other was about to be discharged,
when to the surprise of the court, the youthful
criminal said: “If yer wants tor know’bout
der case I’ll jes tell yer, but none of yez was
flip enough to catch me. I had der shoes as
well as my chum, and we stoled them from der
line in front of der store.”
As the two disciples of Fagin were being taken
to prison the self-confessed criminal turned to
one of his pals who was standing by, and in an
swer to the question “ What did dey do wid
you,” said: “ I’m goin’down to der jail. Stick
by de gang an’ don’t let ’em squeal, but keep
’em sorter quiet. If any of de kids asks why I
went down, tell ’em dat dere cap’n never ’lows
a pal to suffer alone; that he ain’t afraid to show
de gang dat he is made of de right kind of stuff.”
In Cincinnati a worthy disciple of Lucretia
Borgia has made her appearance, in the per
son of Mary Kiernan, who has admitted her
guilt and confessed to the murder by poison of
her father, mother and sister. She. is possessed
of a mania for the crime she has confessed, and
of course is considered insane. It is to be hoped
that such is her condition.
At New Lisbon, Ohio, Annie Van Fossen, aged
nineteen, is accused of placing arsenic in the
coffee at a family reunion of the Van Kossens
recently. Fourteen were taken ill and one
died. While in jail the “ Gentle Annie ” has
fallen in love with a man charged with murder
ing his sweetheart, and has become engaged to
him.
In this city youthful depravity holds its own.
A day or two ago Nellie Murphy, fourteen years
old, was arrested on Broadway for picking
pockets. When arraigned before Justice Duffy
that official was informed that Nellie was ar
rested in 1881 for stealing from the steamer
“ Idlewild,” and that when only nine years old
she stole ornaments, prayer books, and sacred
pictures from St. Gabriel’s Church, and had
been sent to the House of Refuge. Four boys,
none of whom have attained the age of sixteen,
were detected Wednesday trying to force their
way into the cabin of the yacht “ Emanuel,” ly
ing in the North River. Would it not be well
for our missionaries who expend thousands on
the foreign heathen to remember that charity
begins at home ?
.... *■«.*-*
She Had Things Her Own Way.—
If ever woman enjoyed the privilege of having
things all her own way, Mrs. Hannah Harland,
of Bethlehem, Pa., undoubtedly did a few days
ago in Allentown, Pa. She was put off a train
for passing a bad quarter, and subsequently
tendered the counterfeit coin at the depot
restaurant for pie. When the coin was refused
she drew a murderous-looking revolver, and
pointing it at the man behind the bar, threat
ened to shoot him if he said the money was
bad. Hannah then boarded a small river-boat,
tore the curtains in the ladies’ parlor, and
threw part of the furniture into the river. A
large crowd gathered to witness the woman’s
eccentricities, when she seized a pitcher of ice
water and poured the contents into their midst.
She next entered a bank near the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad, went behind the railing, and took
charge of the establishment, to the terror of
the clerks. Spying a team of horses and a car
riage standing in front of a private residence,
she jumped in and drove off at a breakneck
speed. After an hour’s chase she was caught
just outside the city limits, the horses being
literally white with foam. She is believed to
be insane. Whether or not, she had a lively
time while she was on the rampage.
American Jokes.—Probably no occu
pation is so varied as that of the statistician.
The matter-of-fact one, however, takes the palm
as to the collection and compilation of figures
about American jokes. He shows that the
stovepipe joke, which brought out 33,168 para
graphs during the year 1865, had in twenty
years fallen to only 380 paragraphs per year,
while for five months of the present year only
seventeen have been perpetrated. Here are
some of the figures for last year: Mother-in-law
joke, 4,987 paragraphs; dude, 5,649; big hat at
the theatre, 1,262; boarding-house hash, 3,112;
Chicago girls’ feet, 3,125; editor and poet, 3,265;
plumber, 9,871, and last, and by all odds great
est, the skating rink, 214,368 paragraphs. He
shows a falling off during the past year of sev
enty-five per cent, of all these figures, and ar
gues that American humor and humorists are
rapidly dying out.
They Still Turn Up.—Sumner Hor
tued died recently at the age of eighty in the
room where he was born at Shirly, Mass. That
Sumner £ad no curiosity is evident from the
fact that he had never ridden on steam or
horse cars, nor seen a telephone or telegraphic
instrument. A city two miles distant from
where he lived he had never seen, nor had he
attended church in over forty years. Fickle
love, it is said, did the business; but Sumner
had the consolation of knowing probably that
"It is better to have loved aud lost,
, Thau never to have loved at all.''
Thb Mouse Spoiled It.—The exuber
ant natures of two ladies in a Georgia village
the other day, who were bent on a little fun,
were suddenly turned sour by the appearance
on the scene of a little mouse. In looking
around for a means to drive dull care away,
they hit upon the idea of dressing in male at
tire and assuming the role of tramps. As such
they visited some neighbors and had succeeded
in nearly frightening the women and children
out of their wits, whetF unexpectedly a mouse
put in an appearance, and so effective was its
appearance, that it caused the pseudo tramps
to unmask themselves, and with others of their
sex they scampered about holding their breeches
—in lieu of skirts—to prevent the harmless in
truder from nestling too close to them.
A Question of Veracity, -r-Alderman
McQuade says that Register Reilly employs in
his office six Republicans, and Register Reilly
retorts to the Aiderman, in good Anglo-Saxon,
that his Aldermanio nibs lies. This, and noth
ing more. But suppose that Register Reilly has
six Republican clerks in his office. What of it ?
The Register would be guilty of no offense
against the Revised Statutes, nor would he be
thought less of by the respectable portion of
the community if such really was the case.
Some Famous Old Ladies.—lt may
be interesting to many to know tho ages of
some famous living ladies, as for instance:
Madame Adam, 49; Sarah Bffrnhardt, 41; Rosa
Bonheur, 63; Miss Braddon, 48; the Empress
Eugenie, 59; Helen Faucit, 69; Mme. de Gaspa
rin, 72; Mrs. Gladstone, 73; Mme. Arabella God
dard, pianist, 47; Miss Florence Nightingale, 65;
Christine Nillson, 42; Mrs. Oliphant, 67; Ouida,
45; Patti, 42; Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, 73;
Ellen Terry, 52, and Mrs. Medon, 48.
At It Again.—Boncicault has again
run foul of the übiquitous interviewer. This
time it is in San Francisco. Dion tells a report
er of that city that ’Frisco, Boston, and Wash
ington furnishes “the most intelligent audi
ences.” He thinks New York was pre-eminent
at one time, but for a number of years past “a
vitiated taste has grown there, comedy and the
higher class of drama no longer finding a home
there, but opera comique, burlesque, and an
occasional melodrama reign supremo.
A New Invention. —A machine has
been invented in London for making short
ladies long, and long ladies longer. It is war
ranted to stretch the human form at least three
and a half inches, without injury to tho health.
Daily stretching operations are required for six
weeks. If a machine be now invented to make
long ladies shorter, thick ladies thinner, thin
ladies thicker, and medium ladies just a little
thicker or thinner, the female sex will be just
too happy for anything.
A Valuable Book.—An interesting
and valuable book goes to press this week, en
titled “ Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies
and the Volunteer Fire Departments of New
York and Brooklyn, together with a Complete
History of the Paid Departments of Both Cities.”
Beside the interesting data on fire matters con
tained in the book, there will be found over 250
illustrations in the volume. The author is J.
Frank Kernan, a well-known journalist of this
city.
Good Advice. —An English gentleman
now residing in Texas, writes to one of his
home papers that “ a person who cannot help
swaggering about British superiority, had much
better keep the broad Atlantic between himself
and Texas, while another person with his mouth
shut and his eyes open will thoroughly enjoy
that country.”
Just Cause for Complaint.—ln New
Orleans female school teachers indorse the
opinion that this world is merely a place of trial
and affliction, preparatory to some higher ex
istence. Most of them are allowed little more
than $1 a day, “ which is sometimes paid to
them, and often not.”
COddii and (Ends.
A LITTLE SOCIETY GOSSIP.
As the warm weather draws nigh it
may be of interest to our readers to know
where their neighbors propose to spend the
Summer, and what those who remain at home
are doing. For this reason the following society
items are published:
Hon. Omaro O’Mara, ofFurman-street-under
the-Hights, Brooklyn, will Summer at Harlem.
General Guff, the well-known paper-stock
merchant has gone West.
It is rumored that Miss Bridgetina, of Cherry
street, is to be married ere the robins nest
again.
Hans Stuffem, the well-known hftel proprietor
ofCbatham avenue, has received word from hie
numerous friends that he will be run for con
stable in the coming campaign.
Henrietta Mulligan and Fritz Hausmuller
were married on Tuesday last in the Deadopen
audshut Baptist Church. The bride was at
tired in black silk, cut en traine, with two rows
of pompadour down the decollette. She gave
herself away. The bridesmaids each carried a
bouquet of rare [not well-done] flowers, and a
button hook. Charles Fresh was the best
man [at least he thought so], and the ushers
were Stuff McGonigle and George Previous.
After the ceremony the bride’s parents pre
sented her with a check for $20,000 [and when
nobody was looking she tore it up].
Miss Jeannette Bungstarter, of First-avenue
near-the-Gas-House, will Summer at Canarsie
Meadows.
Harry Wunlung, the champion lawn-tennis
player, will make his debut in comic opera this
Fall. His friends predict that he will make a
hit.
Birdie Hoolihau, the wealthy young heiress of
Division street, has just returned from Hobo
ken, where she, by the advice of her physicians,
has been spending several days.
It is now settled that the Murphys, of Mur
phyville, will spend the Summer at Red Hook
Point, Brooklyn.
Gennaro Guidice, the well-known organist,
goes to Italy in August.
It is now finally settled that the nuptials of
Charles Lighthead and Philopena Goway will
be celebrated. The bride’s trousers are being
made in Weehawken.
DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED.
A big tall countryman and his lean wife were
on Coney Island yesterday. He was not the
only countryman who was there, but he’s the
one we are talking about.
After they had seen all the sights and spent
nearly a dollar, they approached the Big Ele
phant.
“B’ gosh, ’s’mense 1” ejaculated the granger,
and his eyes were as large as home-made pies.
“ Wall, I should jest sayser 1” said his good
wife who had never seen anything more start
ling than a calf with three legs, and that was
when she was a little girl.
“ ’F you dare to go up into the critter I’m yer
man,” said Hayseed. Don’t take much ter
frighten me but I ain’t scaart yet.
His wife looked at him iondly, nodded ap
provingly, and said:
“ I’ll go you, Jake, if we never come back.”
They did the whole business, and later on
walked around the auimal to view its exterior.
As they reached the hind legs the man felt one
of them, remarking:
“B’gosh, it looks as if it was alive—now,
don’t it 1"
Just then a visitor, who was looking from one
of the upper windows, lost his grasp on a
heavily-freighted gripsack. It struck Hayseed
on the head, and drove him down into his
boots. As he picked himself up he screamed :
“ I knowed it, Rachel. Come on, I got
enough. It’s just like us fools. They been
playin’ another trick on us I”
“ Who hit you, Abram ?”
“That Elephant kicked me. That’s one o’
them derned bunco tricks, an’ I knowed we’d
catch it afore we got home. Come on, an’ if yer
ever tell anybody we was at Coney Island, I’ll
give away wot I knowed about yer before we
was married.”
There was a streak of countryman from the
Elephant to the end of the pier, and there it
leaked over and worked itself into the boat.
SMALL CHANGE.
The hymn beginning “The conse
crated cross I’d bear,” had just been sung, and
in the momentary quiet that followed, the per
plexed youth turned to his father: “Say, pa,
where do they keep the consecrated cross-eyed
bear ?”
All hands enjoyed a half holiday yes
terday except the ministers and the reporters.
Virtue is its own A(rtemas) Ward, and we ex
pect to have the account settled when we reach
the Over There.
Talmage’s congregation have just re
turned from a trip to Niagara Falls. There was
a corner in whisky while they were there, and
several haokmen went out of the business.
Has anybody noticed the dysyeptic
looking tomatoes in tho grocery store windows.
The only way the dealers can dispose of them
is by putting them on the bargain counter.
A fire recently occurred in a Jersey
City china-store, and it saved the proprietor
from bankruptcy. He is now selling the china
as ancient bric-a-brac.
One hundred and fifty Chinamen
came overland from San Francisco on Tuesday
last. Send out for a halt dozen new shirts,
every man of you.
It would appear that Vice-President
Hendricks had dropped through a hole since
he was elected. He’d ought to get a job some
where.
A young New Haven man recently
eloped with a female compositor. He’ll be
sorry for it when he sees how nimble her fingers
are.
Nearly every artist in the country is
busy on a bust of Grant. The famed general
must have loads of fun. So many busts—ain’t
it?
They had an earthquake in France
the other day. Must have heard that another
patriot had subscribed for the Bartholdi pedes
tal.
A Hartford bulldog nearly ate up a
resident the other day. Probably imagined
that the old man was watching him.
Some of the militia had their first
taste of carnage and gore last week. So many
mosquitoes at Peekskill, you know.
There were six murderers hanged in
Kentucky on Friday. When they want a Judge
they send over into Ohio.
Kearney is going to run for Governor
of California. Somebody should buy a gun and
forget that it was loaded.
England’s Cabinet has gone all to
pieces, and yet the world hasn’t run off its roll
er. Great world, that!
A reader wants to know which is the
crack regiment. We think that all of them are,
and the members, too.
Several natives have recently de
clined British peerages. Can’t borrow anything
on them wo presume.
If the people of this city are not very
careful, somebody will steal Broadway and run
it out Of tho city.
The drought is said to have ruined the
late strawberry crop. They look so.
M Bmujscmcnt.
GOSSIP ON THE SQUARE.
Mr. Lawrence Barrett intends producing next
season an old English comedy entitled “ The Won
der,” which was one of Garrick’s favorite plays and
the one in which the great actor made his farewell
appearance on the stage.
Miss Leonora Bradley has signed a contract to
play the leading parts next season with Mr. John
T. Raymond.
Loudon McCormack begins a limited engagement
in Cincinnati to-morrow night, appearing as Sandy
Spencer, in “The Danites.”
Ma. Harry Brown has engaged for his “ Excelsior
Folly ” company, W T ill H. Bray, the comedian, who
was one of the principal members of W. A. Mestay
er’s “Tourists/’ Mr. Bray is also known as the
composer of several popular songs.
Mr. J. B. Polk is ill at his home in Brooklyn, but
expects to recover in time to arrange for the pro
duction of “ Mixed Pickles ” in this city in August.
Miss Myra Goodwin will be supported at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre in August by Mr. George
Richards, the comedian and vocalist. Miss Good
win is now at Schroon Lake, where she is studying
her part in Ed Kidder’s new musical comedy with
the very brief title of “Sis.”
For Next Season Messrs. Robson and Crane pro
pose to create a notable event in the record of the
stage in their revival of Shakespeare’s “ Comedy of
Errors.” It will be produced, they promise, with
spectacular effects “ never before equaled upon the
stage.” Ephesus as it was, will be seen in all its
pomp and magnificence. Diana’s great temple,
with its sacred processions, its music and its
beauty, will be presented with all the fidelity that
historical research will permit and poetic license
warrant. The costumes, arms, and manners of the
day will be reproduced faithfully, and the splendors
of the great city will be depicted by scenes of pic
torial and artistic beauty. It will be a dramatic
creation rather than a revival, and will surpass as a
whole and in detail anything of the kind ever be
fore attempted.
For many weeks a small army of scene-painters
and their assistants, costumers, armorers, and ma
chinists have been at work, and the result of their
labors will be seen at the Star Theatre early in Sep
tember, when we are promised a revelation in
dramatic possibilities. Said one of the artists : “It
will far surpass Irving’s famous Lyceum presenta
tion of ‘ Romeo and Juliet.’ ” That at the time was
thought to be beyond rivaling, but we live in an
age of progress, and the acme of excellence to-day
fades before the possibilities of to-morrow.
Mr. Frank Mayo, after a season of forty weeks,
during which time “Nordeck” was played 247
times, has retired to his beautiful country homo,
“ Crockett Lodge,” for the Summer. Miss Kathryn
Kidder, who made a hit as Wanda in “Nordeck,”
has been reengaged for next season. Sheridan Cor
byn, Mr. Frank Mayo’s manager, is in this city,
but will not make any dates for “Nordeck” until
the negotiations now pending with the Lyceum
management are completed.
Miss Lillian Spencer will commence her starring
season at Jersey City, September 7. Her repertory
includes “ Article 47,” “The New Magdalen,” “Ca
mille” and “An Unequal Match.” Mr. Sheridan
Corbyn is booking her time.
Miss Inez Rochelle, who lately played the Prin
cess in “Nordeck,” has returned to her home, “Lo
cust Shades,” St. Joseph, Mo. She will appear at
the Grand Opera House in this city early in the sea
son, In the character formerly assumed by Miss
Sara Jewett in “ A Prisoner for Life.”
“Funny Valentines,” the new musical comedy
skit, is in rehearsal at Pastor’s Fourteenth Street
Theatre. The date of production is set for the week
of July 13th. The author, J. H. Farrell, has com
posed a number of new and catchy songs. The
company includes Miss Earle Remington, Helen
Courtland, Lena Cole, Kate Ferguson, Helen Mow
att, Odell Williams, J. Joseph Fields, J. J. Leslie,
Wm. E. Hines, H. W. Brinkley, Meyers Clarke, J. H.
Farrell aud others.
Messrs. W. W. Fowler and Wm. Warrington have
obtained the exclusive rights of performing
“ Skipped ” throughout the country, with certain
reservations of territory.- Mr. Fred. Lennox will
assume the part played by Mr. Louis Harrison and
Mr. Walter Lennox, Jr., will play Mr. Gourlay’s
part.
Ben Teale, who in the early part of the season
was stage-manager at the New Park Theatre under
the management of Messrs. Stevens and Murtha,
and later on directed the dramatic production of
“Sieba” for the Kiralfys, is to rehearse and pre
•pare for performance Effie Ellsler’s new play which
is not yet named; Rhea’s two new plays, “Lady
Ashley” and “Regina;” two plays for Annie Pix
ley, and Fred Maeder's new play “ The Trap.” And
still Teale is not happy, and is nearly ready to take
hold of six more.
Mr. Frank Pastor died last week in San Antonio,
Texas. He was the only surviving brother of Tony
Pastor. He was born in this city, November 13th,
1837. At the age of six years he was apprenticed to
J. J. Nathans, the circus manager, and remained
with him ten years. In 1856 he went to England,
and traveled with various circus companies as a
star rider. In '57 he visited Naples, Palermo, and
wintered in Italy. In 1869 he returned and secured
an engagement with French’s circus. After this he
was connected with various equestrian enterprises,
and finally, in the latter part of his career, was
employed in a confidential capacity by Tony. His
last position here was at Tony’s Fourteenth Street
Theatre. He was quiet and gentle in his demeanor,
kindly and generous, and his death will be mourned
by all who knew him. The best epitaph which can
be written of him is this: “He was honest and
faithful in all the relations of life.”
Bijou Opera House.—On Thursday
evening last Dixey Adonis celebrates! the three hun
dredth night—of performances. Dixey was all there.
An eagle with “300” in gas jets in its talons and
underlined with the word “ Welcome" was dis
played on the stage. And over all, as an aureole,
was “Dixey—Adonis.” Dixey, in the second act,
gave a lesson to the Mackayo-Sisson-Frohman-Del
sarte school of acting in “making up” his counte
nance as Irving. The inevitable souvenirs were
handsome and artistically-designed screens, which
were given to the audience at the close of the per
formance.
The “enterprising ” —“genial ” —“indefatigable”
“ intellectual ” —•• gentlemanly ” —“ handsome ” —
and “ amiable nominal business manager, Mr.
Donnelly—we quote the daily press—was visible as
usual, and he did his utmost in the way of urbanity
to sustain his enviable reputation as the head and
front of the management of the theatre. Without
his wonderful business qualities, bis long experi
ence as a manager, his liberality in his press adver
tising—his advantages as a gentleman of education
and refinement and without the benefit of his ad
vice—it goes without saying that Messrs. Miles and
Barton, as well as Rice and Dixey, would have been
dismal failures, and the Bijou Opera House rele
gated to a mere refuge for “snaps” and inconse
quent passing shows.
Thanks therefore to the managerial ability and to
the universal “popularity” of Mr. Donnelly,
whose sense of the artistic, combined with his ad
mirable economy in avoiding expense in advertis
ing, the souvenir night was a magnificent success.
It is the intention of Messrs. Rice and Dixey to rec
ognize his efforts in the near future by a suitable
recognition. They will probably build a theatre for
him—in Hackensack.
Meanwhile “Adonis" will go on and on—it may
bo for years, it may be forever. Wo would respect
fully, however, suggest that upon the occasion of
the three hundred and fiftieth night—and we are
tsure Mr. Donnelly will see to it—that the gin mill
keepers, beer saloon proprietors, barkeepers, men
about town, mashers and other patrons of the drama
who never under any circumstances pay for an ad
mission, aro not furnished with souvenirs before
that portion of the audience which does pay has
been'served.
Matinee on Saturday.
Koster & Bial’s Concert.—The ap
proach of the Summer season has evidently spurred
the managers to renewed efforts to provide season
able attractions. Just now their patrons are de
lighted over the latest effort, Harry Leclair’s bur
lesque on Offenbach’s “ La Belle Helene.”
This house has for some time been noted for
such productions, and the effort promises to bo
exceedingly popular. The burlesque is written in
a bright and witty manner, and the music
abounds in gems of melody. The burlesque is
mounted expensively, and the costumes of the
pretty girls who take part in it are picturesque
and artistic. The cast of the burlesque is as
follows.
Paris, Kentucky Miss Rosa Loe
Menelaus Miss Lizzie Paine
Agamemnon Miss Laura Burt
CalchasMax Arnold
ArchiliesMiss Clara Belmont
Ajax the First Miss May Hall
Ajax the Second Miss Lillie Shandley
Prince Orestes Miss Georgia Parker
Helene Harry Leclair
LeoniaMiss Eva Barrington
ParthenisMiss Louise Hill
Philocomes.George Gaston
EutheclesMiss Leo Coles
The versatile Harry Leclair is of course the head
and front of this production, his songs and acting
never failing to produce the heartiest laughter.
Miss Rosa Lee looks and acts the part of the gay
Paris attractively, and nobody wonders that fair
Helene falls in love with him.
£ Miss Laura Burt, a beautiful young lady, who
made a reputation with Denman Thompson in his
play of “Joshua Whitcomb,” is the Agamemnon,
and introduces in the first act a comic song enti
tled “You May Look, but You Must Not Touch.”
Miss Burt possesses a soprano voice of sweetness,
and she is becoming a favorite.
Miss Lizzie Paine warbles her famous “Wine
Song,” and the beauties of the Spanish dance are
prominently set forth by the vivacious Miss Loo
Coles.
Laughter greets Mr. Max Arnold’s impersonation
of “ The Model Policeman,” and the other special
ties which are introduced are equally as good.
During Act 2 Miss Laura Burt wins many recalls
for her rendition of the song “How can I Know
Better when lam So Small ?” and Mr. Max Arnold
is always encored for his song, “The Dutch Girl
from Po’keepsie.”
Miss Georgie Parker shows how the human feet
can be educated in her song and dance, “ Hi 1 Jenny
Johnson,” which is one of the brightest bits of
character acting seen for some time.
The music by the orchestra, under the direction
of Mr. W. J. Rostetter, is excellent, and the cooling
machines which are in operation render this house
one of the pleasantest resorts in the city.
“La Belle Helene” will be given at the usual sa
cred popular concert this evening, beside an inter
esting vocal and musical programme, and during
the week new features will be constantly intro
duced, the intention of the management being to
make their house the Mecca of theatre-goers during
the warm season.
The Casino.—After long and careful
rehearsing, under the direction of Mr. Heinrich
Conried, the curtain will be “ rung up ” to-morrow
night at the Casino for the first representation of
“Nanon,” an opera comique which has met with
remarkable success in Berlin, where it has run four
hundred nights at the Walhalla Theatre, and Mr.
Rudolph Aronson will make his first bow to the
New York public as sole manager.
The cast for “ Nanon ” includes the Misses Sadie
Martinot, Pauline Hall, Billee Barlow, Alice Vin
cent, Agnes Folsome, Rose Beaudet, Marie Koenig,
Sadie Wells, Carrie Andrews, Emma Hanley, Flor
ence Bell, Clara Wisdom, Adelaide Langdon, and
Messrs. Wm. T. Carleton, Francis Wilson, Gustavus
Levick, Wm. H. Fitzgerald, Wm. Herbert, Harry
Standish, Alexis Markham, 0. L. Weeks, G. T. Wade,
O. Heilig, &c. Mr. Jesse Williams is the music
director. The scenery has been painted by the
Messrs. Mazzanovich, Hoyt and Merry, and the cos
tumes made under the supervision of Mme. Loe.
To-night the illuminated Casino roof garden will
be open, and the usual concert is to take place. Mr.
Rudolph Aronson’s orchestra will interpret among
other numbers, the overture, “ William Tell,” se
lections “Aida,” “Faust” and “L’Africane,” the
waltzes, “Pfingster in Florenz,” “Casino” and
“ Espagnole,” Offenbachiana, “Pizzica,” &c., polka,
the “Nanon,” “March,” &c., &c.
National Theatre.—Manager Hen
mann announces to his patrons for the current
week, commencing to-morrow evening, in the way
of dramatic attraction, the engagement and appear
ance of Mr. John Taylor and Miss Ida Alexander,
the delineator of German characters. They will be
seen in the comedy drama entitled “ Simon, or
More Ways Than One.” Miss Alexander will imper
sonate Fraulein and introduce several characteristic
songs. Mr. Taylor will be seen as Sidney Court
wright, Joe Steadfast, Sarah Walker, and in the'title
role. The cast will include the leading members of
the regular company.
In the variety-olio which precedes the dramatic
performance, the most attractive features will be
“ The Comedy Four,” Messrs. Murphy and Mack,
Messrs. Shannon and Emerson, The Four Comets,
Miss Libbie Kirk, and the farcical comedy by John
E. Murphy, entitled “ Murphy’s Dream,” in which
Messrs. Murphy, Shannon, Mack and Emerson will
appear.
There are eight of Edison’s patent Electric Fans,
occupying no more space than a cigar lighter, each
one of which drives a current of cold air over ten
feet, keeping the auditorium deliciously cool. They
are noiseless in their operation and are duly appre
ciated by the patrons of this house.
Matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The usual concerts will be given this afternoon and
evening.
Eden Museb. —ln the past week
many additions have been made to the standard
attractions here. The audiences—or rather let us
say the number of visitors has been up to the usual
average, and the concerts given here nightly have
not been by any means the least among the score of
established features of the Musee.
The thousands of stereoptican views, the his
torical groupings of wax statuary, the Chamber of
Horrors, and the individual counterparts of notable
living people here and in Europe, and the Fata
Morgana, make a combination for which more than
a single visit is necessary.
The usual concerts will be given this afternoon
and evening.
The Coney Island Elephant. —
• Growing more and more in popular favor,” re
marked Manager Bradeuburgh, of the Big Elephant
at West Brighton, yesterday, “and pretty soon we’ll
average 20,000 visitors per day.” It is safe to say
that not a stranger visits the Island who does not
inspect the monster. The entertainments given in
side the body o-f the Elephant every few minutes
daily are highly amusing.
The grounds are lovely, and no matter how hot
the weather, there is always a refreshing breeze on
the huge platform beneath the Elephant. Jack
Hamilton is doing his part nobly toward making
the establishment the most attractive resort on the
Island, and what he don’t know about making a big
success of an amusement enterprise is hardly worth
knowing. An uncommonly entertaining programme
is announced for to-day, when the grounds will
probably be crowded from morning till night.
Madison Square Theatre. - —&ohn T.
Raymond contemplates a change of bill. ° ln Chan
cery” will give place, on Monday, July 6th, D - D -
Lloyd’s political comedy of “Our Candidate.”’ Thia
will be kept on for one week, after which, on * ol
three new plays will be brought forward.
Mr. Raymond and Mr. Palmer have three play/
under close consideration, bui it is not yet decided
which of them will be put on the stage first.
The choice lies between Henry J. Byron’s posthu
mous comedy of “Open House”—now running at
the Vaudeville Theatre, London—an American play
by Brander Mathews and a Mr. Brunner, and a fan
tastic play by that prolific writer, Leonard Grovor.
Many of Mr. Raymond’s admirers have signified a
desire to see him again as Col. Sellers, and it is
probable that he will be seen in that character as an
appropriate wind-up to the Summer season.
Benefit of Mr. Charles E. Rice.—
This gentleman, the treasurer of Messrs. Rico &
Dixey’s burlesque company, will have a benefit on
next Wednesday afternoon at the Bijou Opera
House. The very attractive entertainment which
he has announced, includes the first act of
“ Patience,” with Marie Jansen, Vernons Jarbeau.
Carrie and Ida 8011, Digby Bell, George Fortescue
and Henry Standish; the second act of “ The
Mascotte,” with Emma Carson, Pauline Hall, Hattie
Anderson, Henry Pepper, Geo. Schiller and with
Henry Dixey as Lorenzo, and concluding with the
third scene of the second act of “Adonis.”
Mr. Henry Sator will direct the orchestra in the
overture to “Patience.” We trust Mr. Rice will
reap the reward he expects. And so say all his
friends.
Star Theatre.—lt has been deemed
advisable by the management to continue the en
gagement of the Mexican orchestra during the pres
ent week. This evening a special programme will
be given and a number of novel features intro
duced. Popular prices will be the rule.
Wallack’s Theatre.—With th© com
ing week “The Black Huzzar” will enter upon the
third month of its career. And as to its continu
ance—you “can read the answer” at the box-ofilce
without any special consultation of the stars.
There is a well-founded idea that John McCaull
proposes “to fight it out on this lino if it takes all
Summer.” which will bring “ The Black Huzzar ”
into the fifth month.
Matinees as usual on Saturday.
Tony Pastor’s Theatre.—“A Capital
Prize ” was given its final performance here for the
present season last evening in the presence of a nu
merous and evidently delighted audience.
To-morrow, and every evening during the week,
and at the regular matinees on Tuesday and Friday,
the stage will be occupied by the “Metropolitan
Ministrels.” They will also be seen and heard at
the matinees. This company of minstrels are
recommended by the management as being among
the best in point of talent and variety now before
the public.
Thbiss’s Alhambra Court. — The
enthusiasm and favor which attended the novo!
musical feature of the past week—of Mlle. Otillie,
the artiste, in her song entitled “Liberty,” in com
memoration of the arrival of the Bartholdi Statue
have warranted Manager Theiss in re-engaging her
for the present week. The music of the song is the
work of Mr. Fred. Zaulig and the words by Mr. Wm,
H. Fuller. It must not be forgotten that Mlle. Otib
lie in singing this song appears as tho living repre
sentation of the famous statue, and that at tho close
of her vocal effort the crown and torch of the god
dess will be illuminated by Edison’s electric lights..
The regular concerts will be given this afternoon
and evening,
Gould’s Sans Souci.—Many pretty
and attractive ladies have been added to the regular
list of singers and variety specialists who have made
this resort popular, and they will all be seen and
hoard during the present week. The Sans Souci
Quartette will appear and be greeted by tho usual
recalls. The orchestra and its instrumental soloists
will repeat their popular selections. The manage
ment wishes it distinctly understood that tho “Sans
Souci” is not open on Sundays.
Jacob Blank’s Winter Garden.—
The new attractions at this family resort for tho
present week, commencing this afternoon and
evening with tho sacred concerts, are Mlle. Annetta
Rosetta in her operatic selections, Miss Carrie
Brown, the serio-comic vocalist, and Mr. Emilia
Hauffe, the popular baritone singer. The orchestra,
under the direction of Mr. Gus Gobert, will, at each
performance, give a new series of selections, and all
the instrumental soloists will bo heard. Other mu
sical features have been engaged and will appear in
rapid succession. The concerts this afternoon and
evening will be particularly enjoyable.
Theiss’s Concerts.—The orchestra
and its popular soloists, the vocal specialists, and
all the regular attractions which have established
this place in public favor, will be heard and seen
during the present week. The edneerts this after*
noon and evening will be unusually attractive.
JMixslcal and Dramatic Items.
A live New Yorker, full of the su
periority of bis native town over anythin? and every
thing “ English, you know.” has his say about London
concerts as follows: It is well-known that iu general
musical culture London audiences are not only inferior
to continental audiences, but certainly also to the New
York public. The artists seldom take less than a
guinea for a good seat, and the consequence is that the
general public is almost entirely excluded from high
class musical entertainments. A floor seat at a Richter
concert, twenty one rows from the stage, cost me 10s. 6d.;
tho programme was Is. extra—no programmes being dis
tributed gratis except lor the following week's concert;
so tha’ an ordinary concert of this kind comes to $3.
And this was not. the worst of if, there was no ventila
tion and the atmosphere was tropical. The seats are
more uncomfortable than in a suburban variety theatre;
they consist of rows of simple benches, with nothing to
lean against except a board of the width of a hand on
top. Two hours of such torture produces an effect com
parable to that of riding on a Broadway stage from the
terminus to the Battery, and I no longer wonder at the
old saying that •• the English take their pleasures sadly.”
Mr. E. C. Swett, who is to manage
Mr. Dan Maguinnis’ starring tour next season, has read
to a number of gentlemen the new play written for Mr.
Maguinnis by Mr. Charles Gayler. The work is a three
act Irish comedy, entitled “ Lord Tatters, or An Irish
man’s jHonor.” The s ene is laid in London, and the
F»lot turns on the loss and recovery of an old coat, in the
ining of which is concealed £IOO,OOO in bank notes; The
money is the entire fortune of The O’Neill, an Irish
patriot who being obliged to leave his native land
hurriedly to escape arrest, intrusted it to his faithful
servant Murphy. Murphy is arris.ed. but escapes, and
begins a search for his old master. He suffers all sorts of
privations and hardships, but never touches a penny of
the money t though sorely prosed. His sister Nora’ in
nocently disposes of the coat in exchange for a new one<
and Murphy has the utmost difficulty in recovering it;
Even The O’Neill is brought to believe him dishonest at
one time; but Murphy finds the garment and the money,
after many adventures, and restores them to their owner.
A love story is neatly interwoven, and there is no lack, of
incident or action to keep the interest alive.
Effie Johns, a well-known actress, died
Thursday night. June 18,. at the old Metropolitan Hotel,
Chicago. She was born in Utica, N. Y., about 1850, and
went on the stage when quite young. She came into
prominence first about 1876, as the star c£ a dramatic
company managed by her first husband, William Hol
land, siheedead. With him she traveled all over this
country and visited the West Indies and Australia. In
t e Fail of 1880 she was the star of the Adelphi (variety)
Theatre, San Francisco, Cal. She was for several seasons
leading lady of the stock at the Academy of Music;
Chicago, Hl., leaving when the company disbanded.
Since then she has played through the West. Three years
ago she maire.l Robert McNair;, who survives her; She
died of dropsy and heart-disease, after an illness-of about,
five weeks.
The widow of John R. Scott died in
this city last week She had for some years past been>
living with the family of John Nathans, the old time
cir us manager. She was a native of Philadelphia, in
which city she began her professional career, as Lucretia
in “Brutus,'’ at the Arch Street Theatre, October 17,
1851. She had playe-1 for years in the stock at the Bowery
Theatre, t! e Winter Garden, and other Now York houses,
as well as in theatres in various other cities. She
virtually retired when the combination system btgan to,
gain a decided looting, although she has appeared oc
casionally during the past dozen. years or so. Her hus
band, a noted tragic and melo-drainatic actor, died in
Philadelphia on April 4, 1856.
During the performance of a circus at
Lapeer, Michigan, on Wednesday last, a large elephant
became infuriated, and turned upon the eight thousand
persons assembled under the canvas. He tore up tho
seats, sina hed the furniture, women fainted, children
screamed, boys climbed trees, and a general stampede
followed. The enraged elephant, after clearing out the
canvas, made a break for the woods near by, and mired
himself in a swain n. After much difficulty he was extri
cated, but five bullets were shot into his hide to tame
him. Amid the panic numbers of persons were seriously
iniured. and much property lost and damaged, No fa’ai
ities occurred.
The season at the Park Theatre, Bos
ton. will be opened on August 31. with the first produc
tion there of Mr. Buchanan s new English play, ' Alone in
London,” by a company under Col. W. E. Sinn s manage
ment, among the members of which are Miss CoraS.
Tanner, Messrs. Herbert Archer, Walter Reynolds, Wm.
Herbert and Allred Fisher, Misses Belle Archer, Maggie
Holloway, Eleanor Lane and Grade Hathaway, Little
Gussie Pauling, Messrs. E. Wallington, Charles J. Bell.
Rudolph 11. Strong. J. M. Hawlev, W. Dorsett, J. Har’on,
Robert Clark, N. Williams, Arthur Benson and J. C. Pitt.
The complete list of Sinn’s “Alone
In London'’ company for 1885-'6. is as follows: Cora S.
Tanner (to ba starred in the leadingroleC Heibert Archer.
Walter Reynolds, Wm. Heibert. Alt’. Fbher Belle Archer,
Maggie Holloway, Eleanor Lane, Grade Hathaway. Lit
t e'Grade Pauling. Mrs. Pauling. E. Wellington, Chas. J.
Beil, R. H. Stroug. J. M. Hawley. Wm Dorsett, T. liar
lon. Robt. Clark, N. Williams. Walter Benscn, J. C. Pitt,
John G. Magie (advance agent), Robert Coote (acting
manager).
Mrs. Henrietta Lehman, mother of
Minnie Cummings, the actress, die.l last Thursday at her
daughter’s residence at Long Branch, aged seventy-six
years. Mrs. Lehman was the daughter of the Rabbi
Kautz. Proiessor of Talmudic Literature. She married
Ad >lph Lehman, an official of Posen. She was a woman
of strong character, an orthodox Jewess of the strictest
type and widely i expected. She leaves a family of one
son and four daughters. Her funeral takes place to-day.
Some idea of the average intelligence
in musical matters of the audience attending the first
concert by the Strauss orchestra at the London invent
ories is shown from the statement by one of the leading
daily papers, that the programme opened with the BaHe
overture, and that of another, that all inquiries as to
which Balfe overture was played failed to elicit the de
sired .information.
James O. Hoey, basso, died in Brook-
Ivn N Y., June 19. and was buried from his home in
North Second street, that city. He was bom .n 1864, and
as a I ov was one of the principal contralto singers of the
Young Apollo Club, of Brooklyn. Alter his voice changed
he adopted the operatic stage, and at the time m his death
he was leading .basso of the New York Standard Opera
Company.
Among the artists engaged by Manager
y c "anil for the Fall and Winter season are Mesdames
Mathilde Cottreliy and Laura Joyce Bell, Misses Lily
Post Marie Jan ; en aiid Bertha Ricci, and Messrs. Mark
Smith Div'i’j- bed. be 'A oif Hopper, Charles Dungan.
Charles Plunketi.. Edwin Hoff, George Boatful
Harry McDonough.