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CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
-CONTINUATION OF “A BITTER HARVEST.”
HIS MOTHER’S PORTRAIT.
THE DETROIT SOLOMON.
EASSOING A STEER.
“BABY CLARK.”
SAM JONES IN HARD LUCK.
A GOVERNMENT SCOUT.
THE POLICE MACHINE.
THIRD PAGE:
MASONIC MATTERS: Advancement; Atlantic Lodge;
Strict Observance Lodge; Copestone Lodge; Independ
ent Lodge; Wedding Bells; Personal; Commandery
News: Numerical Strength; The Six and the Five-Point
ed Stars; Scottish Rite Notes; Questions and Answers;
• Courtesy: Reliable Masons; Labor Exchange.!
SIXTH PAGE :
ONLY FRIENDS.
THE WALTZ TO DEATH.
WOMEN IN DEMAND.
A CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT.
BRIDAL OMENS.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
“NINE.”
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
CONTRADICTIONS.
A DUEL IN THE DARK.
WAS SUE FRIVOLOUS?
STORY OF A SKELETON.
POISONOUS COLORS IN CANDY.
FUNERAL REFORM.
AN OLD GAME.
VOICES FROM THE GRAVE.
ST. LOUIS CATFISH.
THEY WERE RELATIONS.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
BASEBALL NOTES.
gotes* aiul (Quew.
J. H. B.—A correspondent, writing
from Washington under a recent date, says : “In
looking over some of the old files of the Navy De
partment to-day I came across the letter written by
Derry to Win. Jones, Secretary of the Navy, an
nouncing his victory over the whole British fleet on
Lake Erie. It is dated on board the 'Niagara/at
the head of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813, IP. M.,
and reads:
“ *Sib: It has pleased the Almighty to give to the
arms of the United States a signal victory over their
enemies, on this lake. The British squadron, con
sisting of two ships, one schooner and one sloop,
have this moment surrendered to the force under
any command, a: ter a sharp conflict.
•’ *O. H. Perby,’
••The celebrated dispatch, ‘We have met the
enemy and they are ours/ said to have been sent at
this s ime battle, has been the occasion of much dis
pute. Its authenticity has been denied. If it was
forwarded it was not sent to the Secretary of the
Navy, for no such dispatch is on file in the Navy
Department. Some officers say that it was received
l>y an army officer, and that possibly it is concealed
in the archives of the War Department.”
In reply to the above, B. F. Powers, eighty-four
years of age, a resident of Geneva, HL, writes that
lie was a boy of twelve years at the time of the en
counter between the United States fleet and the
British squadron on Lake Erie, and vividly recalls
the fact that a message announcing Perry’s victory
was sent by the commodore to Gen, Harrison, at De
troit, and that in the newspapers of the day, the
message read:
“ Dear General : We have met the enemy and
they are ours. O. H. Perry.”
Politic.—The two Assistant Secre
taries of the Treasury have distinct and different
duties. One has the general supervision of all the
work assigned to the division of customs, special
agents, revenue marine, internal revenue and navi
gation, and of the offices of supervising architect,
general superintendent of the life-saving service,
supervisor-general of the marine hospital service,
Joureau of statistics and supervising inspector-gene
ral of steamboats; the signing of all letters and pa
pers as Assistant Secretary, or by order of the
/Secretary, relating to the business of the foregoing
divisions, that do not by law require the signature
of the Secretary of the Treasury and the perform
ance of such other duties as may be prescribed by
'the Secretary or by law. The other Assistant Secre
tary has the general supervision of all business
assigned to the divisions of appointments, war
rants, estimates and appropriations ; public
moneys, stationery, printing and blanks ; loans
and currency; bureau of engraving and printing
and office of the Director of the Mint; signing all
letters and papers as Assistant Secretary, or by order
of the Secretary, relating to the business of the fore
going divisions and bureaux, that do not by law re
quire the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury
and the performance of such other duties as may be
prescribed by the Secretary or by law.
M. L. C. — “In an argument relative
to the disqualifications of citizens of the United
States, I contended that Jefferson Davis is a citizen
of the United States and a legal voter, consequently
■eligible to any elective office or appointment under
the United States, or any of them, until he has been
duly tried and convicted in a court having jurisdic
tion, of ‘ engaging in a rebellion, ’ or ‘ giving aid and
comfort ’ to the enemy. To my knowledge (which
is limited), no one has ever been convicted, or even
tried, under the Constitutional Amendment, and no
rejections have been made because ho was ineligible
on that ground. Men, it is true, might be made in
eligible at any time by trial and conviction.”
Jefferson Davis and all the other leaders of the re
bellion were politically disqualified by Act of Con
gress. Most of them—nearly all who made applica
tion—had their political disabilities removed by ,
special legislation. Jefferson Davis never sought
rehabilitation, consequently is ineligible to ‘
■any elective or by appointment. Alexander i
K. Law I on, of Georgia, appointed Minister to Rus
sia by President Cleveland, had to be withdrawn be
cause his political disabilities, incurred for precise
ly the same reasons as Jefferson Davis’s
not beau removed by The courts'have no
''Vetiver in these cases.
Comrade. — Captain Washburn was
born on the 29th of June, 1825, in London, England.
He cubic to America at the age of four years, and
lived at Sing Sing until he was fifteen years old.
He traveled round the world for four years, having
Served alternately as sailor and soldier. In Febru
ary, 1858, he was appointed on the police, where he
served until August, 1862, when he joined the Met
ropolitan Regiment as first lieutenant. After one
year’s service he was promoted captain, and fifteen
months later he rose to'the rank of major, which
position he retained to the end of the war. He
■served under Generals Banks and Sheridan. Upon
returning from the war he was reappointed a pa
trolman. and five days later he was promoted
roundsman, and within a week from that date he
was made a sergeant, that being his rank on the po
lice force when he resigned to go to the war. After
serving as a sergeant for three years, he was raised
to the rank of captain. He took part in the Orange
riot, and was on that day second in command, un
der Captain Walling.
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at a fee of $6 for labels and $25 for trademarks.
A Veteran. —To make real Japan
paste blacking, take three ounces ivory-black, two
ounces coarse sugar, one ounce sulphuric acid, one
ounce muriatic acid, one lemon, one tablespoonful
sweet oil and one pint vinegar. First mix the sweet
oil and the ivory-black together, then the lemon
and sugar with a little vinegar, to qualify the black
ing. Then add the sulphuric and muriatic acids and
mix all together. The sugar, oil and vinegar pre
vent the acids from injuring the leather, and add to
the lustre of the blacking.
G. A. B.—This querist desires to
ascertain whether Col. Mclvor, of the 170th New
York Volunteers, is living, if so, where, and if dead
the first relative to bis death.
C. M. W. A. —If the father bought the
house in his daughter’s name, neither he nor the
mother could sell it without the consent and signa
ture of the daughter.
England.—The wife of a man sen
tenced to ten years imprisonment cannot marry
unless she first obtains an absolute divorce from
her husband.
Dan Healy.—James S. Coleman is
Commissioner of the Street Cleaning Department.
His office and official address is No. 32 Park Row.
Robert. —The courts granting natu
ralization papers to applicants, do not keep a
record of all immigrants to this city.
W. A. D.—lt would not be possible
for us to give you accurate information on the sub
ject mentioned by you.
Invalid.—All the information you
desire can be obtained at any ticket office of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
' J. B.—ln a two-handed game of bino
de a player must take a trick after melding suffi
cient to go out.
Philip Bogen.—The name is pro
pounced by the inhabitants as though spelled
“Saint Louee.”
J. L. S.—The Hon. James O’Brien
was never a United States Senator, but he has been
a State Senator.
Beader. —The facts concerning the
property can bo reaped from the clerk of your
county.
Puritan. —We have already stated that
we do not know the exact cost of the “America’s”
cup.
E. D. P. ll.—We will endeavor to
give you the information you desire in our next
issue.
W. S.—A man’s naturalization natu
ralizes all his children who at that time are minors.
W. M.—The information you desire
has been published already too often in this column.
J. K.—A letter sent to the Commis
sioner would secure for you the facts desired.
A Subscriber.—ln point of popula
tion, London is the largest city in the world.
F. B.—We do not know the propor
tionate length of a Newfoundland dog’s ears.
Mansing.—There is a Chinese por
trait painter in Chieago named Dong Tong.
Hyram.—Apply to the American News
Company, No. 39 Chambers street.
T. Dell.—We are not in possession
of the information you desire.
J. A. B.—The Astor House was built
jxnd opened in the year 1838.
Middleton.—The Crystal Palace was
burned October 5, 1858.
Ij.—We do not understand your query.
Wk
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 27, 1885.
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lished in the United States.
republicaFstate ticket.
FOB GOVERNOR:
IRA DAVENPORT.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR:
JOSEPH B. CARB.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE:
ANSON S. WOOD.
FOR CONTROLLER:
JAMES W. WADSWORTH.
FOR STATE TREASURER:
CHARLES F. ULRICH.
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL:
EDWARD B. THOMAS.
FOR STATE ENGINEER:
WILLIAM V. VAN RENSSELAER.
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AN EXCELLENT TICKET.
Wo congratulate the Bepublican Convention
for the excellent manner in which they per
formed their duty. The Dispatch had a prefer
ence, and probably every member of the party
had a preference, but no one of them can ob
ject to the ticket selected, and every Republi
can will enthusiastically work for Ira Daven
port, Joseph B. Carr and the other nominees.
Our candidate for Governor, Ira Davenport,
is a man of about forty-four years of age, a na
tive of the State of New York, and a man worthy
of the confidence of the people. He is not what
is known as an “ offensive partisan/’ but he is
a Republican all the. way through. He became
known in politics in 1877, when he ran as State
Senator, and was elected by a handsome ma
jority over his Democratic opponent. He was
re-elected in 1879. In 1881 he was nominated
for Controller, and beat every man on the ticket.
So excellent was his conduct of the office that he
received a unanimous nomination in 1883. Mr.
Davenport is one of the gentlemen who give
dignity to politics. He is honest, frank, brave,
and has the courage of his opinions. No man
who voles for Ira Davenport will ever feel
ashamed of having cast his ballot for him.
The candidate for Lieutenant-Governor is
Joseph B. Carr. He is also a New Yorker.
When the Republican party was organized he
at once joined it. The descendant of a race
which has been persecuted for six hundred
years, his sympathies were with the oppressed
of all nations, and when the war of the rebel
lion broke out he organized the Second Regi
ment of infantry in Troy. No more gallant sol
dier fought in ths war, and no more honest
man ever held office in this or any other State.
In the days of the war when “ Joe ” Carr, as the
soldier boys lovingly called him, was on the field,
his men knew that he would not order them
to go where he would not lead them. He still
leads the men who love their country and its
republican institutions.
The candidate forControlier, James W. Wads
worth, is the worthy son of a worthy father.
When his lather was killed in 1864 he entered
the army. He was then but seventeen years old,
but he fought as bravely as though he was
thirty.
Every other man on the ticket is reputable.
If the Democracy desire to say aught. against
our candidates let them come to the front. We
propose to defend the men we know to be hon
est.
WORKINGMEN IN POLITICS.
Ths candidates and the platforms of the two
great political parties in this State are now be
fore the people, and the question presses itself
upon every workingman, “How am I going to
vote ?” We have discussed this question in
advance of the nominations, and we hold fast
to the principles which we have professed. A
hundred times a week we are asked whom we
mean by the workingmen to whom we appeal
so earnestly. In this free country the working
men include all the industrial classes. In fact,
they include all classes except two—the great
capitalists and the professional politicians.
The laborer who sweeps the streets and the
banker who directs the finances of the country
are both laboring men. So is the mechanic, the
artisan, the shopkeeper, the wholesale dealer,
the manufacturer, everybody who works hon
estly for his living. When wo speak of work
ingmen we do not mean “ the lower classes” in
the English acceptation oi the phrase. We
mean the highest classes that can exist in a
republic like the United States—the honest
toilers.
Of the two classes which wo have excepted
the great capitalists are comparatively harm
less. Some of them are spending in dissipa
tion the money which has been left to them.
Others are trying to increase their fortunes by
speculations. They hurt nobody but them
selves, and are outside of any practical political
calculation. They feel that their duty to the
community is performed when, once a year, by
taking an oath more or less false, they have
succeeded in reducing the amount of taxes they
are called upon to pay.
But the professional politicians are very dif
ferent. They are social outlaws, living by their
wits, like other adventurers. They have noth
ing and they produce nothing; but they are
ready to consume everything. They are para
sites upon the community. They are vampires
that suck the blood of the country. Look at the
men who profess to control—and, in fact, do
control —the political destinies of this great
metropolis, and ask yourself what they have
done for the people whom they aspire to gov
ern. Take that mountain of flesh, Hubert 0.
Thompson, and inquire why he presumes to
dictate who shall be the officials of this city and
State, and who shall jerve in the Custom House.
He began life as a clerk in a public office; he
became Commissioner of Public Works by a
job; he is now the leader of the County De
mocracy, selects our city officers and controls
our affairs. Prom his record judge that of the
gang who surround him, and of the gangs who
oppose him. It is a burning shame that the
people of this city should allow such men to re
main in power.
We have repeatedly urged all workingmen to
take an interest in politics because they are vi
tally concerned. They require that wise laws
shall be enacted by the Legislature, and that
such laws shall be wisely administered. . It is
essential to their happiness and prosperity that
we should have an incorruptible judiciary, and
an honest, faithiul executive government. The
patronage from the public crib has Co at
tractions for the masses of the people. They
never expect to hold office, nor to {exist upon
the crumbs that fall from the officeholder’s ta
ble. But the management of the government
affects them, directly and indirectly, in their
business, their ways, their taxes, their rents,
and the prices of the necessaries of life. They
can only be enriched by honesty and economy
in the administration, while the professional
politicians flourish upon corruption and extrav
agance.
The two classes are thus as far apart as the
Poles. The politicians are airaid of the work
ingmen, whom they seek to deceive and cajole.
We urge that the workingmen should inspect
and watch the politicians and take every pos
sible precaution against their dodges and de
vices.
N ow, apply these principles practically and
impartially at the approaching election in this
, State. The workingmen should insist upon ten
hours a day as the limit of work lor conductors
i and drivers on street railways; upon a reduction
of the salaries of all public officers; upon an im-
Ynediato abolition of the odious a::d extortionate
NEW YORK DISPATCH. SEPTEMBER 27, 1885.
system of lees to public servants; upon a cutting
down of licenses where only beer and wines are
sold; upon speedier decisions in the courts.
These are reforms that appeal to every good
citizen, and every candidate for the Legislature
or Judiciary should be pledged to them before
he receives the votes of the workingmen. In
the days of Tweed, when he wanted to run
the courts for his own purposes, he in
creased the salaries of the Supreme Court
Judges to $17,500 a year. This is preposterous
payment for the work done. It is twice as
much as the Judges of the Supreme Court of the
United States receive. It is more than the people
can afford to pay. Take up these suggestions,
one by one, in this common sense manner, and
see that the candidates are committed to such
reforms. If Ira Davenport be elected Governor,
we will answer for it that he will veto no bill
as Cleveland did, that aims to relieve the work
ingmen either oi labor or taxation, but the
Legislature makes the laws and to that body
we call the special attention of the industrial
classes.
THE NEXT GOVERNOR’S PATRONAGE.
In lieu of the recent nominations for Governor
of this State, it would not bo amiss to publish
the list of patronage which the gentleman to be
chosen at the approaching election will have at
his disposal.
The Superintendent of Public Works, January
1, 1886 ; salary, $6,000 ; term, three years. The
Superintendent of the Insurance Department,
April 15, 1886 ; salary, $7,000 ; term, three years.
The Superintendent of Prisons, March 7, 1887 ;
salary, $6,000 ; term, five years. The Superin
tendent of the Banking Department, April 27,
1886 ; salary, $5,000 ; term, three years. Three
Railroad Commissioners, the first on the 29th of
January next, the second at the end of one year
from that date, and the third at the end of two
years ; salary, SB,OOO. Three Commissioners of
Quarantine, all of whoso terms (three years) have
expired; salary, $2,500. A Captain of the Port
of New York ; term, three years ; salary, $3,500.
Nine Harbor Masters ; term, three years ; sala
ry, $2,500. Health Officer of the Port; term,
three years, expired March 24, 1882; fees esti
mated at from $75,000 to SIOO,OOO per annum.
Commissioner of Labor Statistics ; term, three
years, expires in April next; salary, $3,000.
Three State Assessors ; term, three years, ex
pires in April. A State Commissioner in Luna
cy ; term, five years, expires May 25, 1887 ;
salary, $4,000. Three Civil Service Commis
sioners ; term not stated ; salary, $2,000.
It will be seen that the patronage is not only
large but exceedingly important, and from pres
ent observations it looks as though a Republican
Governor would have the giving away of these
important places.
LOCAL POLITICS.
The local political waters, which for weeks
past have been in an exceedingly turbulent con
dition, have again resumed their quiet condi
tion, to remain so but a short time. The Coun
ty Democracy went to Saratoga with banners
flying, bands tooting, and everybody shouting
for Cooper. They returned somewhat crest
fallen, and the dark hints given out by several
of their leaders gives evidence that a peculiar
campaign is about to ensue.
Tammany Hall quietly and unassumingly
went to the Convention, voted for its choice—
Hill—and returned satisfied with the way things
have shaped themselves.
Of course, the Democratic ticket nominated
at Saratoga does not suit the different Demo
cratic factions of this city, and the result will
be that three local tickets will be in the field at
the coming election. This means Republican
victory throughout the city. The effect on the
Republican State ticket will be to greatly aid it
in winning. As to the legislators to be elected
from this city, there is no doubt but what the
Republican nominees will succeed while their
Democratic brethren are fighting among them
selves. There will be war to the knife among
the Democracy, and the more bitter the fight
grows, the brighter will be the prospects of the
Republicans.
The fact should not bo lost sight of that vic
tory will not come without hard work, and it
behooves every Republican to come to the front
and aid the party in every way they possibly
can.
Where Was the Yellow Dog ?—The
New York Times, the greatest of English-
American daily newspapers, price two cents, in
a recent issue, publishes the following startling
information :
"Mr. Chairman Tams, of the Racing Committee
of the New York Yacht Club, appeared on Pier No.
3, East River, shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon, carrying a natty yellow leather traveling bag,
a bundle of English papers and a yellow oilskin
with a blue collar.”
That’s all right, but where was his yaller dog?
To be equipped with a yellow bag, a bundle of
English papers, a yellow oilskin and be unac
companied by a yellow dog, proves bad taste in
Tams. We do not know Tams, but guess he is
a deuced good sort of a person and regret he
should be so forgetful about his surroundings.
If his cruise was up South Fifth avenue instead
of on the briny deep, arrayed in a yellow bag,
bundle of English papers, yellow oilskin and
followed by a yellow dog, he would raise so
many mashes that he would be the envy of all
true yachtsman, as he is now their ideal of a
bold mariner. By bye, Tams, but don’t forget
the dog next trip.
The Man Who Paints. —There are
thousands of people who have read the sen
tences, “Prepare for eternity,” and other simi
lar phases which appear on the rocks along the
river banks and railroads in New York, New
Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
There are few who know that the man who
paints these sentences is George Mayer, a Ger
man, who travois continually with his brushes
and paint. He claims to have painted 3,000
sentences on rocks since last January, and
argues that for every sentence written ten souls
are saved. His greatest feat in soul-saving, he
says, was at Paterson, N. J., where in one day
he saved 520 souls. Though he knows he is
regarded as a crank, he pursues the even tenor
of his way, sleeping in barns and receiving no
pay whatever for his services. He claims that
when he goes to work at anything the Lord tells
him that he must resume hie occupation of
painting.
Good Health and Merit vs. Offen
sive Partisanship.— The New York Daily Times
of the 12th inst. published the following in its
editorial columns:
« The Third Auditor of the Treasury calls atten
tion to one remarkable and hitherto unnoticed re
sult of the recent ‘ change’ at Washington. Last
year the 150 clerks in his office were absent from
duty 1,696 days, in the aggregate, on account of
sickness. This is an average of more than ten days
for each clerk, or of fivh clerks per day. At the
time Of making his report to the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Third Auditor knew of but two clerks
who were sick, and in view of this astonishing im
provement in the health of the force, and of ano
less noteworthy increase in their general efficiency,
he recommends a reduction of the force."
If the above statement is correct, it may be
understood that, inasmuch as the “offensive
partizan” excuse is worn threadbare, hereafter
good health and efficiency will be considered
by the reform Administration as good cause
for removal from official position. 0, Temporal
0, Mores!
An Apt Illustration.—The old adage
of escaping “by the skin of your teeth,” had an
apt illustration the other day at Sonora, a town
in Nova Scotia. A young man there was testing
his markmanship by firing at a cow. A young
lady passing at the time felt a sudden crashing
in her mouth, and discovered that the bullet
had passed between her slightly parted lips,
cutting both slightly and erasing the enamel of
her two upper front teeth. She literally escaped
by the “ skin of her teeth,” and besides being
. frightened, she is none the worse for her narrow
escape.
A Suggestion.—As Barnum has no
Jumbo now to boom his enterprises, we would
respectfully suggest that he secure the animal
belonging to the Democratic party. Hubert O.
Thompson will be a good substitute for Jumbo.
A Soft Spot.—Ellen Terry may be a
groat actress, but she evidently has a soft spot
somewhere. Recently a gentleman asked for
her autograph, and she wrote upon a card:
“Those who love me call me Nellie.”
A Peculiar Judge of Mbn.—The
Bacon-Sterling case has occasioned some of the
funniest twisting among the Mugwump press,
and particularly in the case of the Evening Post.
When that memorable deal was made by which
Hubert O. Thompson secured the Collector,
Appraiser and Surveyor, the Post had this to
say of the latter:
“ Mr. Beattie, the now surveyor, is well known,
and has precisely the qualifications necessary to
make him a valuable officer.”
The other day the same paper said of this
official:
“ Beattie is one of the smart, brassy youths whom
New York politics is constantly bringing to the
surface, who are always ready to do dirty work
from which older and more conspicuous hands
shrink.”
Are these the “ qualifications” the Post re
ferred to in its first article ?
Questioning His Veracity.—The ve
racity of a Chicago witness is not to be lightly
questioned. The other day a court-room was
emptied of everybody but the Judge on the
bench by a challenge of a badgered witness to
establish his truthfulness with his fist. The
friends of the two parties took eager part, and
His Honor was left, like the last rose of Sum
mer, blooming alone.
Three to One.—An analysis of matri
monial advertisements in Germany shows, that
three times as many women as men seek part
ners m that manner; that women are far less
particular about age than men, but far more
particular about family position, and that reli
gious iaith is of secondary importance with
advertisers of both sexes.
gm fnWMiW.
Reminiscences of the Old Fibe Laddies of
New Yobe and Brooklyn, with a History of
the Paid Fibe Depabtments of Both Cities.
By J. Frank Kernan. M. Crane, No. 21 Col
lege Place, Publisher.
We have examined this book and find that it
has been collated with great care. It is the
most complete, best arranged and most con
scientious work of the kind which we have met.
It enters into every interesting detail in the his
tory of the two departments, and we have found
nothing omitted from its pages which is of any
moment. The work is a valuable addition to
the local histories of New York and Brooklyn.
The author has not dealt in bald details alono,
but has greatly added to the interest in the re
sult of his labors by giving anecdotes and in
cidents of the old-time firemen, with sketches
of the lives of many of those who have ob
tained honorable recognition in their perilous
line of duty. In its pages the living members
of the Volunteer Departments will recognize in
the excellent portraits with which the book is
embellished the features of many of those who
were their comrades when they “ ran with the
machine,” and members of the Paid Depart
ments and citizens, also, will find speaking
likenesses of the men of the present day who
protect the city against fires and who skillfully
prevent moderate fires from becoming terrible
conflagrations. Mr. Kernan has performed his
work well. He writes plain, straightforward,
pleasing English. He indulges in no florid
language, nor does he seek flowers of rhetoric
with which to attempt to increase the value of
his history. He is in harmony with his sub
ject, and the result is a book that will prove
of lasting interest to all.firemen and of enter
tainment in particular to the citizens of New
York and Brooklyn who have a kindly regard
for the cities in which they live, as well as to
those residing in other sections of the country.
Mr. Crane, the publisher, has done everything
in his power to aid the author. Ho has had the
book very handsomely printed, on the best of
paper, and in the highest style of typography.
Mr. Crane has been very lavish in his expendi
tures for pictures. The book contains four hun
dred and filty illustrations; of these three hun
dred are portraits of members of the Volunteer
and of the Paid Fire Departments. With very
few exceptions the portraits are so true to na
ture that they will be at once recognized as
faithful likenesses by those who knew or know
the men portrayed. The other illustrations de
pict exciting scenes in the times of the Volun
teer Department, together with pictures of the
ancient fire apparatuses and many of the passed
away landmarks of New York. One of the most
complete and interesting histories of the stage
of New York, and of the prominent actors and
actresses who appeared from time to time, is
given in a manner that cannot fail to be of in
terest to old and young Now Yorkers. We
commend the “ Reminiscences of the Old Fire
Laddies of New York and Brooklyn” to the
attention of the public as a work of much his
toric value and ot great general interest, and
presented in the very handsomest of forms.
GOOD OLD TEN.
Some kind friend sends us the following
which is decidedly apropos at this season:
“Genestaand Puritan parody Climbing Up
the Golden Stairs.
It waa the Genesta’s weather .
But she did not take the feather
Sailing down New York bay
The Puritan was their to meet her
You can bet your life she beat her.
Sailing down New York bay.
To see them yachts a sailing
'Twas beautiful I declare
You could not realize it
How they sailed by the air.
The Genesta is a cutter
And her crow was in a flutter
Sailing down N. York bay
The crew of the Boston sloop
Must have plenty of bean soup
Sailing down N. York bay.
Why the Genesta made a blunder
It is no very great blunder
Sailing down N. York bay
She was in strange water
That is how the Puritan eaught her
Sailing down N. York bay."
Now that’s what wc call poetry. If Bryant,
Burns, Moore, or any of our other old cronies
were here we’d lay it to them, but they’ve, we
have heard, died.
Now Tennyson, old boy, come from behind
your feet and own up. We appreciate your
modesty, but don’t you think its rather sly of
you to try to come it over us in that way.
Although your handwriting is well disguised,
it is of no earthly use for you to endeavor to
disguise your style, and we insist upon hand
ing you a check for SI,OOO the next time we
meet you at one of the queen’s drawing-rooms.
Ta ta, Ten. and many thanks.
SHE WASHED FOR A HIGH-NECKED DRESS.
They were copartners in a Chatham street
clothing warehouse, and the daughter was go
ing to be married that night. They had retired
to their boudoir to make ready for the all-im--
portant event.
“I bed a tollar pill dot ve meg oursellufs some
show, Rachel,” he said to his good wife.
“Yah, Isaac. Bertha musd haf as pig a ved
dings as Solomon Jagobs’s do ter Leezybat, al
retty.”
“Dod’s me, doo. Did you haf dod cheg von
den dousand tollars med owet?”
“Yah.”
“Vos you sgrup ub dod silfervare vot I baid
ein tollaf VOh ad der raffle ven Chaoob Van Ider
stine vas dot?”
“Yah, Isaac.”
“You don’d forgod somedings ?”
“Nein, Isaac.”
“I kess I kin vear dis spring-dail goad von
der stog down sdairs. I vill nod muss id. Did
you bud dod cider der chambagne boddies in
site ?”
“ Yah, Isaac.”
“ You did noddings vorgod ?”
“ Nein, Isaac.”
“ Did you ved dod sdale gake vod ve py der
paker ouf der meg id vresh ?”
“ Yah, Isaac."
“ Den you’d pedder hurry und retty got. Ve
haf blendy dims nod much.”
“ I kess I musd vash myselluf, Isaac.”
“ I should diuk meppe dot vas rekwiret.”
“ Vill I myselluf vash vor a high-neg or low
neg tress ?”
“ Meg id vor a high-neg tress, as ve are a
hurry in unt I haf dime only to change von sog.”
“ All righd, Isaac, but you vas geddin’ sguan
derous. You musd rememper dod dod sog you
bud on lasd veeg alretty.”
“ Veil, Rachel, ve must meg some show al
retty, und I vould nod do id again. Dis vas an
ogasobdicn.”
SMALL CHANGE.
The Wyoming authorities have offered
$5 for every dead body of a Chinaman found
near the scene of the late massacre. They
should reduce the rate of transportation in or
der to give poor mon outside of the State limits
an even chance with those inside.
If the Americans want to win all fu
ture races with the Britishers they should en
gage the services of Ben Butler. The Britishers
would never carry off a cup while Bon was
around and had any chance of a show at it.
Thebe was an audience composed en
tirely of actors and actresses at the Star Thea
tre the other afternoon, and not one of them
went out to see a man between the acts. Busi
ness hasn’t been very brisk this Summer.
At a recent “Beauty Show’’ in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, a few days ago, each can
didate voted for himself. Couldn’t have been
more <ricky if they’d have been women. Bet
their wives put the job up.
Hobart College students had a cane
rush immediately after prayers the other night,
and one man was nearly killed. Those boys’
pa’s should take them home and treat them to
a domestic cane-rush.
The Grant Monument Fund doesn’t
appear to visibly fatton. If they could get up
a dog, prize or cock fight in connection with it
there wouldn’t be room enough to crawl under
the tent.
And now a lawyer has disappeared
with trust funds. First time we ever heard of
such a case. They generally stay right in town
and face it out. Maybe he was a young lawyer.
Ocean passengers are to be sold cab
tickets, SO that the hackmen can’t cheat thorn.
Ought to start a deaf and dumb asylum on
every dock. There'll be a need for this now.
Newark schoolboys must not smoke
cigarettes on the streets. There’s the cellar,
yet, boys. Go for the cellar if you want to prove
how long a boy can live with one lung.
The Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee
Indians, refuse to sell their lands to the gov
ernment. They are probably afraid of counter
feit money. Try them with whisky.
Now is the time for alleged politicians,
who have never been heard of, to come forward
and assert that they are not candidates for any
office within the gift of the people.
Brother Beecher is endeavoring to
get back into the Republican fold, but the
lights are out and the Grand Old Barty has its
nightcap on and is snoring.
Thomas Purplehead Ochiltree says
that he doesn't want to be Congressman again
and allof his constituents will shake hands with
him on that point.
Gov. Hill was sizing pumpkins at a
State fair while ho was being nominated. Bet
he had a telephone about ‘his clothes, all the
same.
It costs but $lO to go to Chicago,
and yet people keep away from there. The
Chicago hotels are probably the.cause.
Chicago bankers have come forward
to object to the coinage of silver. It’s probably
too heavy to get away with.
Three suicides, caused by intemper
ance, on Thursday. There must bo some good
intemperance, after all.
The Greenbackers have again come to
the front. Never saw one of them refuse silver
or gold, however.
Wonder if politicians’ wives don’t get
jealous when they see their husbands hugging
their constituents ?
Goldsmith Maid is dead. We pre
sume she died of traeky-noses, alias in
fluenza.
The grab old party thinks that Presi
dent Cleveland is a very un-civil service man.
The Democratic party will have up
Hill work this Fall.
GOSSIP ON THE SQUARE.
Among the specialists of Thatcher, Primrose &
West’s Minstrels, which commence an engagement
at Niblo’s, October 5, are Griffin and Marks, who ap
pear in a unique and laughable act entitled •• Fun
on the Quiet,” and Prof. Burton’s troupe of edu
cated dogs and the trained goat " Jennie.” George
Thatcher’s new specialty, " Bright Smiles for Blue
Monday,” will bo given for the first time in this
city on the opening night.
On Wednesday evening last Mayo’s "Nordeck”
reached its fiftieth representation in this city, when
Manager Hill very gracefully commemorated the
occasion by presenting flowers to the lady patrons
of his beautiful Third Avenue Theatre. “Nordeck”
is booked for an indefinite run in New York.
In consequence of Miss Anderson’s great success
at Stratford-on-Avon as Rosalind, she will make
her re-entree in America in that character at the
Star Theatre, on Monday, October 12th.
Miss Adelaide Moore is the owner of a diamond
and pearl bracelet which was presented to the late
Adelaide Neilson by Lady Dudley, of England, and
afterward presented to Miss Moore by Miss Neilson.
It is valued at $3,000.
Mr. Hubert Wilkie, who makes his appearance
in the new spectacular play which the Kiralfy Bro
thers will produce at Niblo’s Garden in November,
is known in this country chiefly as a comic opera
singer. In Germany he is a favorite actor of heroic
parts, and has been successful as Romeo, Othello,
Egmont and other legitimate roles. Mr. Wilkie is
twenty-nine years of age, and speaks English like a
native. The character in which he will be seen at
Niblo’s has been played by him upward of 300
times.
Miss Mary Anderson appeared as Juliet in Dub
lin on Thursday evening last. In the stabbing
scene she accidently inflicted a slight wound in her
bosom. The incident created a sensation which
was only allayed by Miss Anderson’s appearance
before the curtain, assuring the audience that the
wound sustained was only trifling.
W. R. Deutsch wont into the St. James Hotel on
Friday evening last, met several other theatrical
men, got into an argument, and wanted to fight the
" Mikado’s” whole army, as imported by Brig.-Gen.
D’Oyly Carte. Mr. Connor, proprietor of the hotel,
accompanied him to the street and advised him to
go home. He wouldn’t, and he was arrested on the
sidewalk for creating a disturbance.
Extensive preparations are being made by the
Greenwich Amateur Opera Company to present
Gilbert and Sullivan’s charming opera "lolanthe,”
at the Lexington Avenue Opera House on Friday
) evening, October 9. The cast will gbe composed of
well-known amateurs, who will be supported by a
large chorus of ladies and gentlemen. The costumes
I- to be worn are the same that were made tor the no
t table performance of the same opera at the Academy
f of Music some months ago, and are said to have
* cost $5,000. An enjoyable performance is promised.
Mr. F. Intropids will act as musical director, and
Mr. Eugene Clark will direct the stage.
’ The rehearsals of Manager McCaull’s "Mikado”
5 company will, during the coming week, be under
- the supervision of Sir Arthur Sullivan, receiving
from him the benefit of his thorough knowledge of
3 the opera, and for at least one full rehearsal he will
. take entire charge of the stage and give to the com
pany his personal supervision, so as to enable them
to present the opera with that completeness of de
tail which has marked the performances of the Eng-
* lish company. Manager McCaull will produce the
1 opera at his Philadelphia Theatre on October sth,
- and from the careful coaching which this organiza
i tion has received, the opening night will undoubt.
1 edly witness a tUorougbly finished and well-rounded
performance.
Roland Reed and his cyclone of merriment called
a "Humbug,” will reach Cincinnati to-night at 8
y P. M.
Mr. Lawrence Barrett’s tour thus far is prov-
- ing to ba unusually successful. Last week in
Denver the audiences were limited only by the
capacity of the theatre. During the coming week
the tragedian will appear in the larger cities, reach-
3 ing Chicago October 12, where he begins a three
4 weeks season at the New Chicago Opera House,
opening in " Julius Casar.” During this engage
ment slr. Barrett will be seen in the " Man o’
. Airlie ” /or the first time in several years.
1 Miss Cora S. Tanner was born on Friday, the
13th day ol the month, made her debut as an actress
on Friday, and signed her contract tp star in "AloC e
in London ” on the 13th of the month. Miss Tan
ner is an honorary member of the "Thirteen Club.”
Miss Adelaide Moore has completed the com
pany to support her during her forthcoming starring
tour. It includes Mr. Charles Bennett, an English
1 actor, who will arrive during the present week; Miss
I Lodaski Young, Mrs. Frank Tannehill, Mr. Fred.
Ross, Walter Lennox, Sr., Anna Locke, George Mor-
~ ton, C. J. Fyffe, W. A. Paul, George H. Nash and J.
P. Howard. Engagements have been completed for
Miss Moore’s appearance in Pope's Theatre, St.
Louis; Grand Opera House, Cincinnati; Opera
House, Pittsburgh, and in nearly all of the large
cities.
The Nick Roberts Comedy Company is the name
r of a new organization under the management of N.
D. Roberts, presenting a musical comedy entitled
"The Alarm Clock,” by Messrs. Frank Drew and
Robert Oliver. It is said to have met with good
0 success, and will soon be seen in large cities. The
company includes the clever protean artiste, Mattie
Vickers, the Newcombs, T. J. Ryan, and F. C. Bry
ant, formerly of Bryant and Hoey.
Rosina Yokes and company sailed from Liverpool
for this city on Thursday, the 17th inst. They ap
pear at the Globe Theatre, Boston, Oct. sth, under
John Stetson’s management.
a Mr. L. R. Shewell’s vivid sensational drama,
~ "The Shadows of a Great City,” will be given in
New Haven and Hartford during the coming week,
l- for the first time in these cities. On October sth
this successful drama will be produced at the Bos-
II ton Theatre. During the remainder of the season
the "Shadows” will be managed by Messrs. Thomas
i Jefferson and L. R. Shewell, Mr. Charles Jefferson
managing the business of his father, Joseph Jeffer-
Q son, who opens his season on September 30th in Co
lumbus. Ohio.
Oliver Byron will produce his new play, "The
Inside Track,” at Trenton, N. J., Oct. 10th. It is a
new departure for Mr. Byron, and in this play it
will depend more on his merits as an actor than in
any play he has produced since "Ben McCullough,”
as in.that part he showed that he was one of the
greatest character actors now before the public.
Katie Putnam is devastating the Wabash Valley
with " a romantic comedy-drama,” which she calls
“La Petite Diable,” in which Miss Katie appears
in four separate and distinct characters, with the
following very appetizing names, namely: Satan
ellaDobell, Satan, Countess Poniatouskycrackioven
skykickeloviensky, and Francois (a Juvenile Car
touche). 4}
Miss Louise Pomeroy is rehearsing her comedy,
preparatory to opening about Oct. 1. She will play
a round of the legitimate, consisting of "Hamlet,”
"As You Like It,” " Twelfth Night,” and " Romeo
and Juliet,” assuming the male characters in
" Hamlet ” and Borneo and Juliet.” In the com
pany engaged to support Miss Pomeroy are Messrs.
Morris E. Fuld, Percy Vernon, Edgar Vernon, Ed
mund Bently, Charles Buikley, Robert Burnaby,
Robert Robertson, Mercedes Malarini, Genevieve
Scottwolls, and Agnes Maynard.
Stab Theatre.—This is the closing
week of Messrs. Robson & Crane’s spectacular pro
duction of "The Comedy of Errors.” It has at
tracted very large audiences, and wo hope it can bo
truthfully recorded that it has given them an
assurance that it will have brought them, at the
close of the season, an ample and certainly well-de
served financial recompense lor their costly effort
to re-create an interest in the legitimate purposes
of dramatic art.
On Thursday afternoon last an extra matinee was
given solely and exclusively for the entertainment
of tho profession. No tickets wore sold, and the gen
eral public was incontinently tabooed. Every com
pany at present playing in the city was represented
in force, and all of tho profession—whether of high
or low degree—entitled to tho courtesy, found wel
come and place. Those who camo first had tho best
seats; those who came last had no cause, other than
their own tardiness, for complaint.
It is to the credit of Messrs. Robson and Crane,
and Mr. Joe Brooks, their manager, that for the
first time in this city a professional matinee has
been given in which the profession wore not a
secondary, and the receipts in tho box-office a primal
consideration. Evon John Matthews, knowing this,
did not object to a seat in the gallery, nor did Tom
Morris talk about the decadence o' the stage when
he found that tho last row in tho stauding.room
ranks was his portion. Sadie Martiuot was happy
despite the fact that it was an afternoon off from her
French lessons, and Pauline Hall in her admiration
of the acting of Selina Fetter, forgot her own beauty.
Dixey tried to concert! his fascinating features in a
crop wig and a wlde-briinnicd "slouch” hat and
Ed. Rico was scarcely recognizable in bis guise as a
Chinese Mandarin, with a chop-stick as a cane. The
Chostorfieldian Jim Duff was visible arm-in-arm
with D’Oyly Carte. And Sydney Rosenfeld and
John McCaull were, as "Aunt Louise” remarked,
"Just too lovely and loving for anything,” as they
sauntered out between acts to get a mutual clove.
Jim Collier looked sorrowful, because his former
chum—his dear old "Stormbcateu” "Bob” Bu
chanan was not present with " them seven hundred
dollars.” Billio Barlow, sweet and charming, caught
a reflection of her loveliness mirrored in the bald
head of Joe Howard as she sat behind him and Rose
Coghlan had a delightful entre-act chat with The.
Mess and Lester Wallack and they vowed they
never, never would desert her.
Ed. Gilmore was looking for somebody to join him
in a temperance drink, and Sam Colville insisted
that since the days of Lydia Thompson’s blondes—
nothing had surpassed the glories of this specta
cular display. Steele Mackayo with a copy of
Dolsarte’s confession and last dying speech under
his arm, was seated between the reverend Mr.
Mallory and tho gentle Mr. Dave Belasko, the three
intellectual giants, suggesting a vivid chromo of the
Three Graces.
In fact they were all there—that is, the profesh.
And they were happy, and when tho curtain fell
upon the last act all tho comedians said the per
formance was brilliant, only however, intimating to
each other that if any one of them couldn’t play
either of the Droinios better than Robson or Crane
they’d step down and off the stage at once.
And every oue of tho leading women mildly hint
ed that she could discount Selina Fetter ninety per
cent, in playing Adriana.
And as with these so with tho rest. They were
not failures. Oh, no. It was merely a little differ
ence of opinion between the Outs and the Ins.
Third Avenue Theatre.—Nordeck ”
will be continued through the present week. It
will, doubtless, be something of a surprise to the
former managers of this theatre, who so lamentably
failed in their efforts to make it a popular institu
tion that it is "doing well.” They meant well—
everybody admits that proposition without doubt
—but they "didn't know how.” Thus it is plainly
evident that its present manager does know how.
Mr. Frank Mayo had a hard aud up-hill fight to
gain not only critical but popular recognition of
the merit of his "Davy Crockett.” It cost him
more than two seasons of persistent endeavor,
and of financial strait, to finally compel the ac
knowledgment of his critics that the play was not
only good, but that it was really an " Idyl ” of early
pioneer life in the West. But be knew better than
all of its critics who had damned it as fustian, that
there were in it the strength and elements which
in the end would insure its success. How correct
his judgment was has been made patent.
He was told by his advisers to go back to Badger,
in the old worn out drama of " The Streets of New
York.” He was told to try the legitimate, and give
" Hamlet,” " Othello ” and " Richard III.” a shak
ing up.
He did not go back to Badger. He compromised
by trying tho "Legitimate.” 'ibe "Legit.” was a
failure.
Now he has taken up " Nordeck ” —a play
which has not yet received its deserved recognition
as a worthy and well-constructed work. He pro
poses to fight out the battle with this same "Nor
deck,” if it takes all of two seasons, be the cost what
it may. We predict that, as with " Davy Crocket,”
he will, with this "Nordeck,” compel a success
equally as notable. There is nothing like persist
ence in adhering to one’s own judgment. If the
effort ends with failure, no one else is to blame but
him who makes the effort; if it is a success, he has
no one to thank for it but himself.
The Casino. —The most important
event in the history of the Casino will occur Thurs
day, October 1, when the ono hundredth representa
tion of " Nanon,” the first operetta produced under
Mr. Rudolph Aronson's sole management with Mr.
Heinrich Conried as stage director, will take place;
the occasion is to be made a particularly attractive
one. The house is to be handsomely decorated with
flowers and exotics, and the last roof garden concert
of the season is to be given, when some new and
bright dance music will be rendered under Mr.
Aronson’s direction.
New costumes are to be worn by all the principals
and a pretty little surprise in the shape of a
specially designed souvenir is to bo distributed
among the audience. The receipts for the first one
hundred performances of " Nanon ” have been
much larger than those of any representation ever
given at the Casino.
To-night, the fourth year of the Casino Sunday
Popular Concerts, will be inaugurated by Mr.
Rudolph Aronson. The orchestral numbers of parts
one and two are entirely new and have never been
heard at these concerts before. Mme. Teresa Car
reno, the distinguished pianiste, will assist, as will
also Mr. J. Levy, the renowned cornet virtuoso,
who will perform, among other numbers Mr,
Aronson’s latest waltz " My Darling,” companion
to the " Sweet Sixteen.”
Union Square Theatre.—Elwyn A.
Barron’s drama of " A Moral Crime ” with its ad
mirable and evenly balanced performance has
steadily increased in public favor. The audiences
during the past week were in quality and numbers
fully equal to the old time gatherings in the bright
est days of this theatre under the regime of Shook
and Palmer. It is evident that despite the general
prophecy to the contrary, its present lessee, Mr. J.
M. Hill, has not made a mistake either in his belief
in the attractiveness of Mr Barron’s work or in his
own ability as a manager. " A Moral Crime ” will
be continued until further notice.
Niblo’s Garden. —Miss Rose Coghlan
closed her series of appearances here last evening
in the presence of an audience which was not only
large, but demonstrative in its appreciation of her
performance of " Our Joan.”
To-morrow and every evening during the week
and at the matinees on Saturday and Wednesday,
Mr. Henry Chanfrau, the " worthy son of a worthy
father,” will be seen in his impersonation of the
title role in the drama of " Kit, The Arkansaw
Traveler.” Ho will be supported by a capable com
pany.
On Monday, October 5, " Thatcher, Primrose and
West’s Minstrels ” will reappear upon this stage.
Harrigan’s Park Theatre. —“ Old
Lavender ” in the success of its revival has made
the prophets who so positively predicted its failure
turn pale with astonishment. It has attracted very
largo audiences, and in the past week has gone even
beyond the anticipations of the management in the
extent of box office receipts. Thera has not been in
all that Mr. Harrigan has attempted a finer or more
artistic example of character acting than he has
given in this impersonation of " Old Lavender.”
The play will be continued until further notice.
Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
Tony Pastor’s Theatre.—Owing to
the continued and deserved success of the Carrolls
in their bright comedy, "Whose Cap it Be?” ar
rangements have been perfected to prolong their
season one week.
This has been accomplished by canceling out-of
town dates. This will, however, positively be the
last week of this very clever party
The usual matinees will be given on Tuesday and
Friday.
Koster & Rial’s Concerts. —
x— o 2. ~ Junceit xo an uuusuc.j ......active oue.
Among the new performers are James Taylor, En
gland’s champion comique singer, and Miss Ellie
Aldine, male impersonator. Florence Morton
makes her initial appearance in a repertoire of
choice ballads, and Herr Conradi, the tenor, will re
peat his solos.
A complete change in the variety bill is announced
for this week. Miss Rose Julian, a young lady of
beauty, will be seen for the first time with Mr. Mar
tain Julian in an acrobatic and contortionist per
formance, and Miss Lottie Elliott, the endurance
dancer, will be welcomed by her friends.
Tho burlesque of "Nanon” enters on its fourth
week. Crowded audiences greet this production,
and the efforts of the pretty girls in the cast to
please are being rewarded. Many new songs have
b.?en added to the repertoire, and LeClair and Rus
sell h^ ve made big bits in their topical songs, "It’s
German—d ot ’ s so »” and Omer Christmas Cake.”
New York iJi’seum.—ln the museum
field Manager Lottis Hickman has undoubtedly se
cured one of the sensational evoniS of the week in
the appearance of the famous Japanese wrestler,
Matsada Sorakichi, who will appear hourly at each
stage performance and put up Richard K. Fox’s Po
lice Gazette Club, which weighs 220 pounds. Carl
Abs, Muldoon, Captain Daly, and all the strong men
have attempted in vain to put the club up as many
times as the wiry little Jap, and have ail failed.
SI,OOO and the Police Gazette Medal is offered to any
one who can beat the Jap. In addition to this at
traction visitors will see for the first time Mr. Geo.
Lippert, the three-legged man;. Frank De Leon, the
human pincushion, and many other living curiosi
ties, and in the new and elegant theatorium Leon
ard & Mason’s Comedy Company will appear hourly.
Bijou Opera House.—“ Adonis” and
'Enry Hirving Dixey still hold the fort. Business
is encouragingly large and so is Fortescue. By
the way, Dixey invented some time ago a patent
self-acting derrick which is used to hoist Fortescue
from his dressing-room to tho stage—the narrow
wooden stairs leading to his disrobing den being too
frail to support his enormous six hundred and
seventy pounds of solid adipose tissue.
Matinee on Saturday. D. V.-JJTo cards.
Theiss’s Concerts. —The usual after
noon and nightly melange of instrumental and vocal
music will be given here during the week, varied
aud brightened by the introduction of many new
selections. This resort was never so popular as it
is now, and the handsome music hall is crowded at
each Admission tree.
■ >E< ’ I ’ LE s Theatre.—On Monday even
written by Mr. James Connoi
Roach, and entitled Shane-na-Lawn," was on this
stage presented for the first time in this city. It
was written expressly for Mr . Scanlan. It is what
its author claims it to b 6 _an Irish play devoid ol
the traditional wild, untamed, bog-trotter, with bis
stuffed stick, howling for fight, and performing Im.
possible acts of heroism. There are no squirming
lawning lawyers in the service of a brutal landlord,
process-server, and no bullying turn-em-out agent
p la “ k 8 up the buslue3s “d fill tho scene in this
It is a " plain sailing" work; there is no effort at
maudlin sentimentality and snivel trickling through
tt. It is a simply told story, cleanly and bright in its
language and with nothing of extravagance in ita
action, or the unnatural in its incidents.
Its humor is abundant, and its lines sparkle with
an unforced flow of wit which bears with it no sug
gestion of vulgarity. Tho characters have a sufficient
individuality if represented by a competent com
pany—to ensure them a pleasant remembrance in
the mind of tho audience.
In the present instance the cast is by no means
adequately represented, and therefore, instead of
being a performance giving full emphasis to the
meaning, point and humor of the play, it is one in
which, when Shane-na-Lawn is out of the scene,
the action drags, tho humor is clouded, and the wit
dulled.
The story of the play is one of two loving beings,
who m order to reach their heaven of happiness
have a hard road to travel and—they travel it in
spite of one Mat Kerwin, who is the villain. In
this story there Is, as there is in all troubles,
domestic and financial, a villain. A play, a news
paper office, or the history of a human life without
its villain would be as great a rarity as a cheap
boarding-house with a palatable dinner.
Shane-na-Lawn in the end makes all things right
villainy is baffled, and virtue comes in for its re
ward.
Mr. Scanlan gave a natural and gracious imper
sonation of the title role; its characteristics fitted
him as perfectly as a dress suit fits a gentleman; ho
was the lively, rollicking, honest, open-hearted
Irishman as limned in the words of the author.
His several songs, including the famous "Peek-a-
Boo,” were greeted with enthusiasm aud many en
cores.
Of the acting of the company it is not necessary
to make remark. There are instances when silence
is charity. And charity's ample cloak has already
been worn threadbare in covering tho multitude of
sins—committed rather than omitted, of which
"road ” companies have been guilty in their time,
Daly’s Theatre,—Mr. Florence, with
his revival of John Brougham’s version of " Dom
bey and Son, came forward on this stage on Mon
nay evening last. Its representation was greeted
bj'a large and thoroughly appreciative audience. •
” ° a o r<?e with the highly-esteemed critic of the
” er.a in his brilliant and incisive review of the
performance that "It is a difficult task for those
who remember John Brougham in tho part to be
fully satisfied with any other representative of tho
warm-hearted s.tilor.” It could not be otherwise
than not only difficult, but utterly impossible, to
remember what never happened. Mr. Brougham
never played nor attempted to play the part of Cap
tain Cutt.e; it was Mr. Burton who impersonated
the character.
Mr. Daly took occasion, or his employees did, to
do his level best in this revival to furnish Mr. Flor
ence with about the worst settings which could be
raked up from his stock of scenery.
Grand Opera-House. - The attraction
this week will be Mr. Charles Hoyt’s farcical work
entitled " A Parlor Match, ’ in which Messrs. Evans
aud Hoey will make themselves particularly and
laughably consp.cuous. There will be new music,
new songs, and new—"everything else.”
Matinees—Wednesday and Saturday.
Cn Monday evening, October Sth, the drama of
" Alone in London.”
National Theatre.—Manager Hen
mann announces for the entertainment of his al
ways increasing clientele of patrons,the appearance
every evening, and at the matinees on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, of Mr. George S. Grey and
tho popular leading actress of his company, Miss
Mamie Wallace. They will impersonate the leading
roles—Joe Simpson and Jane Rutherford—in the
highly sensational drama entitled "The Child
Stealer.” The remainder of the cast will be sup
ported by the regular company of this theatre.
The variety olio, which precedes the drama, will
include among its more notable features, Valjean,
the juggler and pigeon tamer; Messrs. Keating and
Sands; Miss Fannie and Jeppe Delano, the sketch
specialists, and Charles Roach and Ada Castleton
in (heir s’. it entitled "The Latest Craze.”
Special concerts will be given this afternoon and
evening.
Eden Musee.— The tableaux of fig
urea in the "Sacred Chamber,” representing scenes
in the life of our Saviour, continues to attract great
and reverend attention. The two recently added
novelties of the figures of Gen. W. S. Hancock and
Sir Moses Montefiore are also objects of the special
regard of visitors. " The Chamber of Horrors,” and
the stereoptican views will be seen as usual.
This afternoon and evening sacred concerts will
be given by the original Eden Musee orchestra. It
must be remembered that on Sundays the admis
sion is only twenty-five cents.
Standard Theatre.—The fifth week
of "The Mikado” at this establishment ended yes
terday. Mr. Duff is jubilant since Judge Wallace
decided in bis favor. The receipts went up from
one hundred to one hundred and fifty dollars per
performance, reaching the four figures on Thursday
and increasing to over fourteen hundred yesterday.
Theatre parties, as Mr. Duff asserts, buy from ten to
forty orchestra chairs, from one to three weeks in
advance, which is an every-day occuronce.
Fourteenth Street Theatre.— Mr.
Bartley Campbell’s latest production, “Paquita,”
will be continued during the present week. It
has attracted fairly large audiences and whatever
may have been said in disparagement of its merits,
it is evident that it has increased in popular favor.
Matinees will be given, as usual, on Wednesday
and Saturday.
Fifth Avenue Theatre. — Thursday
night’s performance of ’• The Mikado” was made
memorable by the presence of Sir Arthur Sullivan,
the composer, as the conductor of the orchestra. He
received a hearty welcome from the " packed” audi;
ence, waved his baton with duo precision, and the
opera was given with more than usual vim aud re
gard for perfection in all the details of action and
vocalization.
And—" The Mikado,” will be continued until
further notice. Matinee on Saturday as usual.
Globe Dime Museum.—The engage
ment of Madame Tiho, the Chinese princess and her
family, will be continued during the present week.
They have proved to be unusually attractive. In
addition, all the standard novelties, animate and in
animate, will be seen as usual. Stage performances
will be given every hour. The management an
nounces the engagement of several wonderful curi
osities, which will be presented in rapid succession.
Concerts, this afternoon and evening, will be given.
Theiss’s Alhambra Court.—Tha Se
norita Della Torre will continue here during the
present week, and the other notable and popular
artists under engagement with Manager Theiss will
repeat their various specialties. Concerts will be
given this afternoon and evening by tho large and
admirably-trained orchestra, and all of its soloists
will be heard in a new series of selections from tho
favorite composers of the time.
Gould’s Sans Souci. —There will be
many new and pretty faces seen upon the stage of
this popular resort during the current week. Noted
variety specialists in song and dance will add
their quota of entertainment for Proprietor Gould's
patrons at every performance. The orchestra and
its instrumental soloists will be heard in their
choicest selections. The best of order is maintained
here, and the proprietor spares no pains to ensure
the comfort and enjoyment of all who are his
guests.
jUxislcal ait cl JDi’am.atlc Items.
At the conclusion of the first act of
the “ Devil's Auction ” at Pope's Theatre, St. Louis, last
week, an accident occured which almost produced a
panic. Several youeg men in the gallery became en
gaged in a scuttle, pushing each other along the seats.
Suddenly one of them lost his balance, and in a twinkling
he went over the railings, falling with a terrible crash
into the balcony. A startled cry arose from many por
tions of the house and an uproar followed. Investigation
proved that in his fall the young man had fallen upon a
patron of the balcony, whose Dea l was jammed with
terrific force against the railing, knocking out four of h s
teeth and otherwise injuring his face. Another balcony
guest, afflicted with heart disease, was removed in a limp
and fainting condition. The young man who fell trom
the gallery escaped without injury, and five minutes
thereafter was again in the gallery, but his identity was
so lost in the crowd that his name could not be ascer
tained. The injured men were taken home, and it is
feared their condition may be more serious than the ex
amination at the theatre indicated
Mrs. Virginia Currier, an old actress,
who was very popular some years ago, died at Pamrapo,
N. J., a fortnight ago. She was born in New Orleans, La.,
and made her first appearance on the stage at Syracuse,
N. Y., in 1850. The following season she was a member
of the stock at Buffalo, under Carr's management. She
traveled through New YorkjState, season of 1852, under
Garry Hough; season of 18'3. was at Milwaukee, Wis.,
under her husband’s management—Charles P. Currier;
traveled through the East in 1855, under Wyzeman Mar
shall and J. P. Addams; was at the National Theatre,
Boston, under English’s management; from 1857 to 1881
she was at the Howard Atheneum, Boston. Her en
gagement was with the Holmans, at Montreal, Canada,
about 1870. Her husband is living, and, we believe, is
keeping a grocery somewhere in Jersey City, and Frank
Currier, her son,’'is now in the profession.
Dickson & Stone’s Company, which
began an engagement in “ Bluff” in Syracuse on Thurs
day evening, were deserted by their manager, Edward
Loudon, who returned to New York. The actors have not
received their salaries tor two weeks, and are without
money The coni] any, which includes Jean Delmar,
Gu»gie DeForrest, F, Gibbons, h, Deit«, C. Barrette. J.
-v •>,« Mt. peliJi Bisters, Edward Ga.rv«v.
Kavanaug.., . . . “
Ricci and John D. Gilbert, opened in Chicago live weeks
a--o under heavy exp mse, and business has not beer
"ood The company have selected Eugene O’Rorke, one
of their number, as manager, and decided to play theii
on-agement here and in Albany, and then return to Nev
York and disband. Mr. Dickson has telegraphed that lit
will be here and he is expected to arrange for the relief o;
the players.
“I saw Oscar Wilde at one of his
mother’s receptions in London,” said Marshall P. Wilder,
the humorist, who has just returned from a trip tc
Europe, to a reporter a few days since. "He is still one
of the English social lions, but his brother Willie, whe
intends to visit America shortly, is more popular per
sonally than he is and will probably create a more favor
able impression over here. When 1 first saw Oscar he
was sitting on a low footstool from which he arose tc
speak to me. During the conversation he casually re
marked: ‘There are queer people iu New York, very
queer, indeed.’ Believing Im reiel’Oiice to his ex
perience with bunco men T ’.led: ‘ I see by the paper*
that your old friend Hungry Joe has been mcHed up ana
put out of harm's way.’ Whereupon Oscar blusnea, out
said nothing.”
At ths office of The Adige, Verona,
Italy, there appeared the other day an aged lady, still,
robust and gay, who ottered to recite at performances
proposed tone given in favor of old actors, reserving a
benefit-night for herself. She was Roslinda Caruso, for
merly an actress, well known in V erona thiougb her
career, and lately on account of her venerable age. She
was Wn on August 27, 1785, and has. therefore,jusi
completed her 100th year She is still able to i ead w.th
out spectacles. All the savings she had been able to ac
cumulate during sixty years on the stage, had been de
voured bj’ the troub'es she had gone through, principally
by the burning of the Monte di Pieta, and the inundations
which occurred a lew years ago.
It is mentioned as a curious coinci
dence bvthe Paris Figaro ot September 12. that the gieat
Rachel ielt the shores of France lor America on the same
day and month in 1855 that Judic sailed/0, 1
this vear In taking farewell ot the lat ei,
nresses the hope that she may prove as successful in New
York as Rachel, who played twenty three
fn 000 francs ($100,000). Judic will arrive on Thurs
day Mr Maurice Grau has completed all arrangemen s
oneniD"- aft Wallack’s on October 1. Ihe company
have been rehearsing every day and night at the Helio
politan under the stage direction ot M. Guerra.
In Denver, Col., last Tuesdav even-
Ho,‘elf ■Tbeaffray^e^out®r t Mil»’«
his manager, -e*) • linon tlie tiled floor before they
The two men -ot d i i()USe jP Jia j Miln arrested for distu b-
week.