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CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
CONTINUATION OF “A BITTER HARVEST. ’>
< THE REAL MEPHISTOPHELES.
THE DETROIT SOLOMON.
WITH A STRING.
TWO NOTED MINSTRELS.
SOME INFORMATION.
THIRD PAGE:
MASONIC MATTERS: Agnosticism; New Beginners; A
Joyous Occasion; Orient Chapter: At Rest; Com
mandery News; Personal; Questions and Answers;
Kane Lot’ge; Ezel Lodge; Aurora Grata's Opening;
Masonic Lodg s in the Chief Cities; The Roman
Guilds; Freemasonry a- d Free Thought; Eady Ma
sons of Luna; Labor Exchange.
SIXTH PAGE :
THE WOODLAND GRAVE.
AMELIA’S FAILURES.
A SWEET LOVE.
A CRIMINAL ROMANCE.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
GWIN AND MCCORKLE'S DUEL.
A NEW FINE ART.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
AT THE PIANO.
!IIS OWN BETRAYER.
AN ITINERANT STARGAZER.
THE MOON FEAST.
FITS LAST RESTING-PLACE. ,
A FAMOUS CATHEDRAL.
A BALL EXPERIENCE.
THE VALUE OF A WIG.
HE PREFERS THE WOODS.
3’HEARNE AND THE PARROT.
JUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
BASEBALL.
iuul
Bessie S.—We take the following re
ripe from The Cook, which is an authority on all
such matters, of the way in which to concoct turtle
soup : “Procure a live turtle, cut off the head and
allow it to drain and cool over night. The next
morning, place it on the working table, lay it on its
tiack and make an incision around the inner edge
of tho shell; cut away all the fleshy parts adhering
to the shell, thou remove it; now remove the intes
tines carefully, and be very careful that yon do not
break the gall. 'J brow these away. Cut off tho fins
and ail fleshy particles and set them aside; trim out
the fat, which has a bluish tint when raw; wash it
well in several waters; chop up the upper and
under shells with a cleaver; put them and the fins
into a large saucepan; cover them with boiling water
and let stand ten minutes; drain, and rub off the hor
ny scaly particles with a kitchen towel. Scald a large
saucepan and put all the meat and shell into it (ex
cept the fat); cover with hot water; add a little salt
and boil four Lours. Skim carefully, drain, put the
meat into a large crock, remove the bones and boil
the fat in the stock, which does not take very long
if first scalded. When done, and it also to the
crock; pour the stock into another crock, let it
cool, and remove all scum and oily particles.
This is quite work enough for one day. Clean
the saucepans used, and dry them thorough
ly. The next day fry out half a pouud of
fat ham, then add one chopped onion, one bay leaf,
lix cloves, one blade of maco, two tablespoonfuls of
chopped celery tops, a tablespoonful of salt, a tea
ipoonfui of white pepper and one quart of ordinary
soup stock. Simmer half an hour. Now put the
turtle stock on the fire. When it is hot strain the
seasoning into it and remove the turtle from the
other crock. Cut it up and add it to the stock.
Add a pint of dry sherry. Do not let the soup come
to a boi 1 . Now taste for seasoning and, if herbs
ire needed, tie. a string to a bunch of mixed herbs,
throw them into the soup and tie the other end of
the string to the saucepan handle. Taste rep atedly
ind, when palatable, remove the herbs. If
is not dark enough, brown a very little flour and add
it to it. Keep the soup quite hot until served. Add
slices of lemon quartered and the yolk of a hard
boiled egg quartered, just before serving, and send
to table with a decanter full of sherry. Th-? yolks
of the eggs may be worked to a paste and made into
round balls, to imitate turtle eggs, if this is desired.
Curious Inquirer. —lt may seem
strange that a police justice should compel the
complainant to prosecute against his will, but
in all cases of felony it should be remembered that
the complainant is only a witness for the people of
the State of New York. This is always the title of a
case, “The People,” and so on, and the person
robbed or assaulted is the chief witness. Only in
cases of simple assault and battery does the Code
permit the withdrawal of a complaint. In that
case the injury is personal, and redress can be had in
a civil court. In a case where property is involved
the State is the party in interest, hence the com
plainant is only a witness. In a civil suit it is dif
ferent; the plaintiff is the complainant. If dam
ages are awarded, he receives them; but in a crim
inal suit the State pockets the fine when imposed.
Its dignity has been insulted, and it profits at the
convict’s expense. That is the difference between
the same case in a civil ,and criminal court. After
the defendant has been mulcted in a criminal court,
the witness for the people can “go for him” again
in a civil court.
Writer.—The reason why authors
are required to write on one side of the paper are
that on occasions, when time is pressing for a form
or page of type to be made up (particularly on a
daily paper), a page of the manuscript is often cut
up into several pieces and given to as many com
positors. which could not he done were both sides
vrttenon; it insures uniformity, and so prevents
errors; it »ws the time of the compositor, as he is
not compelled to turn the s ieat over and it protects
editors, proof-readers, and printers from the blurred
writing r salting from the uso of thin paper, which
is so harassing to the mind and destructive to the
eyesight.
Housekeeper.—ln putting up bran
d ed peaches, take four pounds of the peeled fruit
four pounds of sugar, and one pint of the best white
brandy. Make a syrup' of the sugar, by means of
water. Let this come to a boil, put the fruit in, and
again boil for five minutes. Having carefully re
moved the fruit, let the syrup boil fifteen minutes
longer, or until it thickens well; add the brandy
and take the kettle at once from the fire; pour the
hot syrup over the fruit, and seal in glass jars. If,
after the fruit is taken from the fire, a reddish liquor
oozes from it, drain this off before adding the clear
/By nip.
T. B. and F. G.—lst. In tho game of
euchre, two court (face) cards form a good assisting
hand, but where the game is close it is advisable to
assist, even with a lighter hand. For instance : If
the score stands four and four (five points consti
tuting the game), the first hand will order up if the
suit turned is the best in his hand, and, therefore,
the fact of his passing would be an evidence of
weakness. 2d. The game may be played for more
than five points, if tha players so elect, but the best
authorities place the limit at the figure named.
Ellen. —lf you love him, marry him
now. Our experience leads us to believe that in all
probability the engagement will not outlast an ab
sence of three years. But you seem so anxious to
leave your “comfortable home” that we somewhat
doubt the profundity of your affection. If your
devotion is not equal to the pang of that necessary
disruption, you had better let him go, and wait to
Bee whether you will still love each other fervently
at the end of the three years separation.
A Wife. —Until you have positive
proof of your husband’s unworthiness, pay no at
tention to the idle gossip of officious neighbors a id
fair-weather friends. Experience has taught many
that the ones who instil poison into the minds of ,
those they pretend to befriend are the first to desert
them when real trouble comes. Do not condemn
him, but quietly await developments, using your
own good judgment, and rejecting the advice of all
but your tried, staunch friends.
Workman.—The total capacity of the
mills manufacturing starch from corn in the United
States is about 250.030,000 pounds per annum. The
total number of pounds of starch of all kinds ex
ported from the United States in the twelve months
ending July 1, 1883, was 7,033,715. The consump
tion of starch for all purposes in the United States
is about 160,000.000 pounds per annum, or an aver
age of three pounds for each person.
Irishman.— The registers were alto
gether wrong when they refused to put you on the
registry list. As you were living in the country,
and a minor, at the time of your father’s naturaliza
tion, his naturalization made you a citizen. You
require no papers. If the registers in your election
district refuse to place your name on the list of
voters, you can compel them to do so by writ of
mandamus, issued by a court of record.
Ignorant.—The term “commence
ment,” as applied to tho occasion on which de
grees are conferred by colleges and universities up
on their graduates is, in the strict sense of the word,
a misnomer; but in that connection it refers to the
beginning of the student’s independent career after
being released from school duties and restraints. In
other words, the life of school ends, but the school
of life commences.
Florida.—Out of a total area of 86,-
955,240 acres of land in Florida only 17,103,182 acres
appear on the tax books of the State, less than one
half the area of the State. It is estimated that the
lakes, rivers and other bodies of water not assessed,
cover a total area of 2,241,640 acres, and that there
are yet remaining in the southern extremity of the
State about 3,000,000 acres that have not beeu sur
veyed.
Would-Be Citizen.—lf you desire to
vote, you must get out your final paper ten days
previous to election day. The proper court to ap
ply to for the paper is the Court of Common Pleas.
As you have been in the country seven years, and
have had your first paper out over two years, you
will have no difficulty in securing the certificate of
your naturalization.
Hi nneby.—Eggs may be preserved for
some months by coating the shell with fresh, clean
lard, thus excluding all the air. Some authorities
recommend putting them in lime-water, or laying
them down in salt, or packing them in sawdust.
The lime partially cooks them and salt has a drying
effect; but eggs coated with lard are said to ope a
fresh and sweet.
Will M.—We cannot instruct you as
to the subject about which you write. Your afflic
tion is a serious one, and no person but a physician
of experience can aid you, ai d he cannot do so with
out a personal examination. Do not attempt to
doctor yourself, or you may regret the conse
quences.
A Constant Beader.—Having come
to this country under the age of eighteen years, you
are entitled to take out your full papers when you
have been five years in the United States, provided
you have reached tho age of twenty-one.
Old Reader. —Terence has come to be
considered an Irish name-from long usage; it is
from the Latin and was the name of a poet. Sebas
tian, from the Greek, signifies reverenced; Steph
anie, also from the Greek, means a crown or gar
land.
X. Y. Z.—President Andrew Johnson
was impeached by the House of Representatives and
tried by the Senate. He was not found guilty. The
word •‘impeachment” means about the same as
'••indictment.”
E, J. Connell. —This correspondent
desires to learn when Mr. Braidwood, Chief of the
London Fire Department, lost his life, and at what
fire. Can any of our readers furnish us with the
Information ?
G. P. B.—lst. To learn the bounda
ries of the city wards consult a map of the city.
You will find the map in “Trow’s City Directory.”
2d. TLu of tue w*>rd ” “ tea-
lyoonfula.”
ffcto forh 'ipispM).
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
FOB GOVERNOR:
IBA DAVENPORT.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR:
JOSEPH B. CARR.
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.
REPUBLICAN UNITY.
New York ia undoubtedly a Republican State.
So is Ohio. So are all the States of the North,
West and East. At fair elections, upon plain
issues, a united Republican party can carry
them all against ths Democrats. But in order
to secure decisive majorities at the approaching
elections Republican unity is imperative. Dif
ferences of opinion among good Republicans
must be reconciled. Some arrangement must
be agreed upon as to all disputed questions.
Controversies must be postponed if they cannot
be amicably settled. The first duty of the Re
publicans is to defeat the Democrats and oust
them from the power which they have obtained
by an electioneering fluke. After that we can
discuss the minor matters about which Repub
licans honestly differ from each other.
First, there is the tariff. Many eminent and
patriotic Republicans call lor a revision of the
tariff. We admit that a very thorough revision
is needed. It would be an insult to intelligent
Republicans to deny this. The present tariff
was a War measure. It was framed amid the
roar of cannon and the smoke of battle. It was
the best that could be done under the circum
stances, but it could hardly be otherwise than
imperfect. It is full of errors, of gross injus
tices to some interests and of -devices to satisfy
the greed and cupidity of others. It should be
altered so as to harmonize with the changed
condition of tho country. It was beneficial in
preserving the life of the nation a quarter of a
century ago, but now it presses hard upon in
dividuals; it obstructs great enterprises, and it
is hurtful to the people. Some of its provisions
should be abolished, some modified, some re
duced, and some increased.
But who is to revise ths tariff? Can the peo
ple trust the Democratic party with the work ?
No; because the Democratic party, so far as it
has any principles, is for free trade. The Re
publicans must give us a tariff that will be sat
isfactory to the manufacturers, the importers,
and the other business men ot the country, and
in order to accomplish this, they must be given
a majority in Congress and then restored to the
administration of public affairs.
Take a single illustration of Democratic states
manship : A Western Congressman recently felt
that the tariff should be revised, and he pro
posed that it should be reduced twenty per
cent, throughout. This he called a horizontal
reduction. It is so horizontal that it would put
tho business of the country flat on its back. It
would take away one-fifth of the revenue with
out relieving a single industry. It would keep
the army of collectors and clerks on the national
pay-roll to do four-fifths of the work they now
perform. It would shift no burden from any
body or anything. It is as if a chiropodist took
a slice off of a man’s whole body to cure a corn
on his little toe. Yet this absurd horizontal
tariff has many supporters among the Demo
crats.
The truth is that the Democrats have not the
brains, the education nor the experience to
deal with any practical question of government
or of reform. Look at the muddle they are
making of the Civil Service system, which they
praise in one plank of their Saratoga platform
and condemn in another, and which they ap
prove in words but defy in practice. Restore
the Republican party to power and these and
all other issues will bo dealt with by com
petent statesmen and sincere reformers.
Finally, there is the city and county ticket.
The policy of some Republicans is to take ad
vantage of the local divisions among the Demo
crats and make bargains with them. In our
opinion such a policy would be fatal. The Re
publicans should nominate a straight ticket,
composed of our best and purest citizens, wor
thy to be voted with the splendid State ticket
headed by Ira Davenport and General Carr.
We want no deals nor dickers with any of the
Democratic factions. Lot the spoil-hunters of
old Tammany Hall put in nomination their an
cient party hacks, loaded down with debt and
corruption. Let the County Democracy, whose
leaders are emulating Tweed’s tactics, nominate
their list of deserters from Tammany and make
their last grab at the city treasury through the
Public Works department. The Republicans
have no use for either ol these organizations.
We cannot affiliate with them and preserve our
self-respect and the reputation of our party.
We must combine with all respectable citizens
to support a ticket of honorable men, agreeing
to no bargains with the Tammany heelers nor
with that political Falstaff who now bosses the
County Democracy. The Republicans have
only to unite and they can conquer. All side
issues and local issues must be subordinate to
the grand fact of Republican success.
THE POLITICAL MUDDLE.
Things politically, from a Democratic stand
point, are wonderfully mixed. The factional
bitterness is so intense in the Democratic
ranks, that one or the other must necessarily
go under. In the County Democracy the cause
of all their trouble is the desire of every one to
be leader. While Hubert O. Thompson pre
sumably controls one portion of this faction,
Fire Commissioner Purroy, District Attorney
Martine, Police Justice White, and Mayor Grace
control the other. One side advocates union,
while the other bitterly opposes it. With Tam
many the case is quite different. This organ
ization desires union, arguing that in union
a bigger vote can be polled for Hill. To-mor
row the County Convention of the County De
mocracy will be held, and the question of union
or no union will be finally settled. The ad
journed meeting of the County Convention of
Tammany Hall will be held on Thursday next,
when Mr. Kelly will preside. It will be amus
ing to witness the traitors of that organization
who, a few weeks ago, endeavored to usurp the
“ old man’s” power, and got badly left. John
Kelly is known to have no feeling for traitors,
and though they have endeavored to cover
their tracks by series of resolutions, in which
“taffy ” is doled out to the “boss,” everybody
can see through the dodge, and none better
than Mr. Kelly himself, who, it is expected, will
take some action regarding the matter.
There is a rumor afloat that the County Demo
cracy will consent to a union provided Tam
many will be content with the office of County
Clerk and two of the Coroners. In that event
Police Justice White will be named for Sheriff.
It is understood, however, that Tammany must
have the Sheriff under all circumstances. The
name of Hugh J. Grant is continually being
mentioned for the nominatiou of Sheriff. Mr.
Grant has no more qualifications to recommend
him to the office than a South Sea Islander has
to become a principal of one o. ou* public
schools. Tammany’s choice for this office is
NEW YORK DISPATCH, OCTOBER 11, 1885 j
and has been Joel O. Stevens, who by virtue of
many years’ experience in the office is not only
fit, but deserving of the honor.
These would-be Democratic candidates who
have not lost all pretensions to virtue, and
are still imbued with some vague ideas of
reform, may picture aspiring candidates of but
a year past pausing on their way to political
death and charge them to fling away ambition.
Ambition and reform, it has been learned, are a
fatal combination for' a Democrat.
Never in tho local political history of New
York city had the Republicans a better chance
of electing an entire county ticket than at the
present. Will they act wisely and take ad
vantage of the present dissensions in the Demo
cratic ranks ?
COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION.
Music hath charms, and a great many of
them, but unless it can be made to serve the
purposes of recreation it can very well be dis
pensed with in public schools. The tendency
in these days is to multiply the studies to be
prosecuted in these schools to such an extent
that very few pupils ever have an opportunity
to avail themselves of anything like a thorough
course. Thus the chief purpose of such schools
is lost to sight. Tho intention of this most be
nlficent system, which may bo regarded as the
key-stone in the great arch supporting this Re
public—was to afford a plain and practical edu
cation to those, primarily, who could not afford
to pay for private instruction. From this origi
nal idea.the plan has been so developed and
expanded that children of all classes and con
ditions now avail themselves of the instructions
afforded. Encouraged by the growth and de
velopment of the system and influenced, to
Some extent, by a desire to secure additional
appointments for their friends, school officers
have added one study after another until the
course of instruction in some public schools is
now more than equal in scope and variety to
that of many collegiate institutes. While it is
true that the money of the tax-payers might be
expended in a much more unworthy manner, it
is equally true that there is no warrant in rea
son or common sense for such an expenditure as
this. Linguistic and art accomplishments
should be purchased by those who can afford
them. They are not necessary adjuncts of a
common school education', if, indeed, they are
not unfriendly to such an education, since they
divide the attention of pupils and prevent them
from paying strict attention to the all-important
branches of practical and sensible education.
Probably nine-tenths of those who attend the
public schools never continue their studies in
other institutions. Such education as they re
ceive must be obtained during the few fleeting
years while they attend the public schools. Af
ter that the stern pressure of necessity, or the
direction of personal choice, leads them into
commercial or other pursuits by means of which
they can achieve a livelihood. It is therefore
essential that every term, every month, week
and hour of school life should count to the very
utmost. Every superfluity should be cut out
and no time lost on ornamental accomplish
ments no matter how pleasing or even useful
they may be. The greatest stress should be
placed on reading, writing, spelling, grammar,
arithmetic, geography, and so much of natural
science as can be crowded into a course of
reasonable length.
Comparatively few young people are able to
more than accomplish the course now pre
scribed for the so-called grammar schools, and
never enter the high schools at all. As they do
not complete the course drawn- out to an ex
travagant length by the introduction of un
necessary studies, they have in point of fact
only a mere smattering even of the important
branches. Very few of them have anything
more than a parrot-like knowledge of either
spelling, grammar, arithmetic or geography and
this deplorable fact may be traced, not infre
quently, ito the unnecessary and ornamental
studies which are made to occupy so much of
their attention. It is to be hoped that the fatal
error of lumbering up the curriculum of the
public schools will not be persisted in. Let us
have one place where a poor child with but lit
tle time to expend can in a reasonable time ac
quire a plain and practical education.
Disgraceful Revelations.—The evi
dence presented to the Investigating Committee
last week was very damaging to the Board of
Excise Commissioners. It was shown almost
beyond doubt that bribery is common, and
that liquor dealers are at the mercy of the em
ployees oi the Board. This is a miserable state
of affairs, and we trust that the committee will
suggest in their report means for protecting
honest tradesmen against illegal and infamous
exactions. A correspondent writes as follows
in regard to the remarks we made last week on
the subject:
“ New York City, October 5, 1885.
“ To the Editor of the New York Dispatch :
“Dear Sir—Your article entitled, * Disgraceful
Revelations,’ which was printed in the Dispatch
dated October 4tb, is quite true.
“If other papers would take up the matter as
you have done, people would see things in a true
light.
“ Liquor dealers, as you say, afford a largo reve
nue to the government; beside paying large sums of
money for licenses; they are taxed heavily also.
“ SOme of the policemen require sums of money
and drinks also, in order that they shall not bo mo
lested; but woe to the individual who sets them at
defiance; a complaint will be found against him,
and he is either fined, or his license, and means of
gaining a living taken away from him.
“ As you say, the majority of liquor dealers are a
benevolent, honest class of men; of course there are
exceptions to every rule.
“ A man may take a few drinks with a friend, or
by himself, but he need not make himself intoxi
cate d, for drunkards aro drunkards by their own
wills.
•• It would be a very good thing, if, as you suggest,
the liquor dealers would band together, and de
mand the full protection of the law, and set all spies
and informers at defiance.
“ Respectfully yours, B. M.”
Circumstantial Evidence. —The Dis
patch has on more than one occasion advanced
theories going to show that great injustice is
done parties who are convicted on bare circum
stantial evidence. Instances occur tromtime to
time in this and other cities which have borne
out our views, and now comes a case in point
from Chicago, which deserves more than a pass
ing notice. John M. Wilson, on Saturday night
last, reeled into a police station in Chicago, and
staggering up to tho desk startled the official in
attendance by confessing that he had murdered
Anthony Daly, a Pennsylvania farmer, who mys
teriously disappeared in February, 1884. Wil
son states that at the time in question he se
cured a meat cleaver, “ brained his victim while
the latter Was sleeping, hacked the body to
pieces, sowed the mutilated members in a bag,
and threw the ghostly burden into the Wissa
hicken river.” Now, stricken by remorse, the
miserable Wilson, artificially strengthened by
rum, comes forward and confesses his horrible
crime. The strangest feature in this whole
matter is the fact that while Wilson has been
leading a life of supposed industry, a Kensing
ton butcher named Charles A. Dieberle, was
arrested for the crime committed by Wilson,
and a web of circumstantial evidence was so en
twined about him through detective theories
that the suspected man barely escaped being
executed. This case only illustrates the un
reliable character ot circumstantial evidence.
A Skating-Rink Story.—No other en
terprise has been productive of so many and so
sensational stories as the much-abused skating
rinks. At Woonsocket, Dakota, a rink was re
cently opened, and its enterprising manager
engaged a professional boxer as one of the at
tractions of the place. On Wednesday last the
knocker-ont got gloriously drunk, and wound
up by attempting to assault a laundress. He
was arrested and lodged in jail, and during the
night forcibly taken out by masked men, who
brought him to the outskirts of the town, where
the paraphernalia necessary to tar and feather
him were in readiness. One of the masked men
ordered tlie boxer to undress, and was prompt
ly knocked down by the latter for his imperti
nence. This act so enraged the mob that they
stripped the boxer, threw him to the ground,
and literally covered his nude body with hot tar,
using brooms to do their work. The victim was
then seized and dumped unceremoniously into
a feather bod, which had been furnished for the
occasion by the laundress, atter which he was
ordered to skip. He presented a pitiable ap
pearance, skipping over the rough country road
with no other clothing save tar and feathers to
protect mm -tem me co.il bmsta c. me October
winds.
A Word to the Local Conventions.
—Last year the Republican Conventions of this
county put in nomination candidates that were
evidently intended to bo defeated, and the vo
ters contemptuously cast them aside. We never
had better opportunity for electing Republican
county and city officers than last year, had the
proper men been put in nomination. Again the
opportunity presents itself for a Republican
victory, if the conventions but act patriotically
and wisely. Let them give us the very best
men—men of known ability and integrity—and
we will win. The State ticket is all that could
be desired. The county nominations should be
of equally high standing. Members ot the con
ventions should remember that the strongest
ticket is one composed of men of character,
capability, and undeniable honesty.
A Drunkard’s Legacy.—Dying men
have from time to time left behind them eccen
tric wills and testaments, but the one recently
left by an Oswego inebriate is the most original
of tho lot. It is as follows:
“I leave to society a ruined character, a
wretched example and a memory that will soon
rot. I leave to my parents as much sorrow as
they can in their feeble state bear. I leave to
my brothers and sisters as much shame and
mortification as I could bring on them. I leave
to my wife a broken heart, a life of shame. I
leave to each of my children poverty, ignorance,
a low character and a remembrance that their
father filled a drunkard’s grave. For drunk
ards to read when they get time.
“Edward LeE.”
How About the Old Man ?—A West
ern paper tells of a lady who did a big day’s
washing on Monday, gave birth to a child on
Tuesday, and thrashed her husband on 'Wed
nesday. The paper concludes by saying that
the mother and child are doing well, but
neglects to tell how the old man is getting
along.
Human Benefactors.—lt was but a
fTW weeks ago when a cake of soap caught a bul
let and saved a man’s li'e. Now it is the corset
clasp that prevented a New Orleans woman
being penetrated by a half ounce of lead. Both
soap and corsets are, in more senses than one,
the benefactors of the human race.
A Fatal Laugh.—People often tell
how they “ almost died laughing,” but a colored
woman in North Carolina, a few days ago, ac
tually did so. She burst a blood vessel.
©dib and
HERE’S A STATE OF THINGS.
As a letter-carrier approached a stoop of an
Adams street, Brooklyn house, a few days ago,
five females rushed to greet Dim.
“I know it’s lor me,” said one, “and it’s from
Charley.
“George always writes on that kind of envel
ope,” said another, “ and it’s just time for him
to write.”
“I am positively certain that that letter’s from
the dressmaker. Her letter is jnst due and
she wouldn’t dare to disappoint me,” ejeculated
a third.
“I’m sorry for you all,” said No. 4, “bntyou
are going to be disappointed. That letter has
my name on it and it’s all the way from Minne
sota.”
“ Girls 1 do be quiet 1” urged the old lady,
“ that letter’s for me and it’s from your JAunt
Jane, who has sent word that she’ll be here to
spend Christmas with us.”
“There’s two cents due on it,” said the car
rier.
Five hands shot into five pockets and camo up
empty.
Then five forms disappeared through the
doorway and then came back one by one. |
“Dear me I” said the eldest girl, “ one of my
pennies is a button. Hattie, you loan me one of
yours, won’t you? there’s a dear I”
“Indeed, I won’t!” said Hattie, “ and, be
side, you will have no use for the money, for
it’s for me.”
“No, it’s for me.”
“ I’ll bet these two little cents it’s for me 1”
“ My dear delightful girl, it’s for me !”
“ Mary Emma, you’d ought to bo ashamed of
yourself!”
“Oh, so had you—so now there !”
“ Children ! children ! do be quiet 1 I tell
you the letter’s for me, and that ends it I”
By this time the old lady had grabbed the
letter, then she read the superscription and
turned red with anger.
“ Just like it! she screamed. “ It’s that med
icated body band that your father ordered, and
here we’ve been making fools ■”
But she talked to the air, for the four girls
had gone inside to pout, and the letter-carrier
moved up street in solid column, looking as if
bis cover was coming off.
A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE.
We know a girl who is exceedingly fond of an
tiques. She has scoured city and country for
her favorites, and has spent no end of time,
trouble and research for articles that savor of
ancient times.
She has bric-a-brac from Pompeii and pre
cious china from the far ends ot the earth.
Last Summer she was up in the White Moun
tains and scoured that region for curiosities.
She hunted the neighborhood and fished np,
among the old settlers, all sorts of relies of by
gone times. Finally one day she was inter
cepted by the landlord, who wanted to know
what she was doing with all that stuff.
“Stuff, to be sure!” she ejaculated, “it’s
worth its weight in gold.”
“ Why ?” he as ked.
“ Because of its extreme age,” she answered.
“ How old is it ?” he asked.
“ Two hundred years,” she answered.
And then the two had a close and secret con
sultation, and now that dear girl guards with
jealous care a large moth eaten and musty hat
box that contains the hat that Eve wore in the
garden of Eden, and the dear thing really and
truly believes that she is the owner of a pearl of
great price.
SMALL CHANGE.
It has now been officially announced
that the Sultan of Turkey and the King of Bava
ria are both insane, and it is a question whether
their camp-meeting of wives or the native bands
knocked them off their rollers.
“ Our Mary" is back, after having de
clined to wed any of the proprietors of the
crowned heads of Europe. Ten to one that
some one of us millionaires carries her off at
last.
“Wanted—A boy to kick Gordon”—
was the text of an advertisement we saw a few
days ago. What has Gordon been doing now ?
So he isn’t dead, after all—eh ?
A Mr. Barnum has been appointed to
a Missouri Colloctorship, and all the natives
signed the petition trusting that he would bring
his circus with him.
General Mahone has been trying to
clean out a policeman this time. General Ma
hone should purchase a few fence pickets—fat
and broad.
The fatal falls from balloons are be
coming so prevalent that it has become really
disastrous for people to keep balloons in the
family.
A citizen has been awarded $5,000
because an employee of the “ L ” road slammed
off a section of his heel with one of the up-stairs
gates.
Both candidates for Governor are
bachelors. Oh ! if the women only had a vote,
how they’d knock spots out of Hill and Daven
port.
Instead of “ the late lamented,” how
would it do to refer to a deceased victim of the
consumption as “ the lung since departed ?”
Reservoirs appear to have all deter
mined to go on a burst lately. Always was too
much water in the country, anyhow.
Brilliant weddings are now on the
tapis. Lawyers should at once engage state
rooms on the ocean steamers.
The well-known Castle Garden boot
black was recently married. Wonder if he’ll
shine at his wedding 1
The clambake season is past, and
scared clams are again coming off their roosts.
Tseitji i? no truth in the statement
year’s ice crop has twaisoujj
GOSSIP ON THE SQUARE.
Tony Pastor and his own company, with extra ar
tists will open “At Home ” on Monday, Oct. 19th,
1885. The theatre will be thoroughly renovated,
new scenery, and a great show.
Annie Pixley will reappear at the Grand Opera
House on Monday evening, Oct. 19th, after an ab
sence of over two years. She will present “M’liss”
during the first week of her engagement, and Zara
during the second. While abroad she secured eev
eral new songs which will be heard here for the first
time, next week.
Bronson Howard arrived from Detroit on Thurs
day, bringing with him the completed manuscript
of his new play, which he has called “One of Our
Girls.” It is in four acts, and is a comedy of the
order of “ The Banker’s Daughter” and “ Saratoga.”
The central role is that of an American girl, from
whose career and experiences the play takes its
name. Miss Helene Dauvray will assume this char
acter when “One of Our Girls” is produced at the
Lyceum Theatre, early in November. Artists are
already at work on the scenery, and the dramatic
company, which is a strong one, begins rehearsals
on Tuesday morning next at the Lyceum, Mr. How
are personally superintending.
Ernest Harvier informs us that Bartley Camp
bell’s “Siberia”is meeting with even more than its
wonted success in the West. The opening house in
St. Louis this week was $1,041, and eight and nine
hundred dollar have beep the rule of late.
Mr. Frank Mayo, who concluded a successful en
gagement at the Third Avenue Theatre on Saturday
6veillflg, has canceled two of his one-night stands
in order to attend tho inaugural performances of
Mary Anderson and Mary Mather respectively.
Strange as it may seem, Mr. Mayo has never yet
seen Miss Anderson, on or off the stage, and has
seen Miss Mather but once, which was at her debut
in Chicago, years ago.
Signor Salvini is expected to arrive to-day on the
steamer “Normandie.” He will appear at the Me
tropolitan Opera House, supported by an American
company, for nine nights and three matinees, com
mencing Monday, October 26. Performances will
be given on Monday, Wednesday and Friday even
ings and Saturday matinees. The plays to be pre
sented during the New York engagement are “Othel
lo,” “Gladiator,” “Ingomar,” “King Lear,” and,
for the first time bore, in “ Coriolanus.” The sub
scription sale of seats for the entire series of twelve
performances will open at the box office of the Me
tropolitan Opera House on Monday, October 19th.
The repertoire for the first week will be “Othello,”
Monday; “ King Lear,” Tuesday; “ Gladiator,” Fri
day, and “ Othello” at the Saturday matinee.
Roland Reed produced Mr. Fred Marsden’s
now comedy entitled “ Humbug,” at Pope’s Thea
tre, St. Louis, last week, and is said to have made a
hit as Jack Luster, the shiftless scion of an F. F. V.
The piece will be produced in this city before tho
close of the season.
Mr. Lawrence Barrett begins a three weeks
season at the new Chicago Opera House to-morrow
night. The first week will be devoted to the per
formance of •’ Richelieu,” “ Hamlet,” “ Yorick’s
Love” and David Garrick.” During the second
week, October 21, Mr. Barrett will appear in
“ Harebell, or the Man o' Airlie,” for the first time in
ten years, and in Mrs. Centlivre’s old comedy “The
Wonder,” in which he has recently been very suc
cessful.
Mr. L. R. Shewell’s vivid sensational drama was
produced at the Boston Theatre last week, with all
its scenic and mechanical effects, and attracted the
largest audiences over seen in that very large
theatre.
Miss Adelaide Moore and her company leave this
city Sunday next for Norfolk, Va., where she begins
her starring tour, October 15. During the next few
weeks Miss Moore will appear in nearly every
Southern city.
Mr. Loudon McCormack and his company rested
in this city during tho past week.
The Spectacular Play, in which Mr. Herbert
Wilke appears at Niblo’s Garden, November 30, has
been adapted for the American stage by a journalist
of this city. The play is founded on the German
story of the " Ratcatcher, or the Piper of Hamelin,”
and the plot is full of interest and exciting situa
tions. The scenes are all laid in the quaint little
German city oi Hamelin. There will be a ballet
and chorus in addition to the dramatic company,
the entire production requiring the services of throe
hundred people.
Another name will be added to the list of Ameri
can stage beauties next season, when Miss Stella
Rees appears in this city as Juliet. She is at pres
ent acting in the West, where the local critics appeaj.
to be pleased with her grace and intelligence, and
aro predicting for the young lady a bright future in
her chosen profession.
The business at The Novelty Theatre, Brooklyn,
E. D., for the past week, has been the largest of the
season, the attraction being Mr. James O’Neill’s
Monte Cristo Monday, Oct. 12th,
“Monte Cristo ” will be presented for the week at
The Grand Opera House, Newark, N. J.
•‘Whose Can It Be,” opened to very bad busi
ness at Rand’s Hall, Troy, N. Y., on Friday night.
There are people who do not know when they are
well served, and those seem to be of that ilk.
“Whose can they be?”—and perhaps in the near
future, failure or the sheriff will answer “ Mine.”
Madison Square Theatre.—The new
dramatic year was auspiciously begun at this house
on Monday night last by the reproduction of Mrs.
Verplanck’s comedy of “Sealed Instructions.” The
house was crowded and the play was received with
deep interest and frequent applause. Mr. Palmer’s
new company, which was first seen on this oc
casion in its reorganized condition, won the de
lighted admiration of a large and critical audience
by the artistic excellence oi its acting. There are
many changes in the cast as it is now presented,
and these changes have improved the performance.
Mr. James H. Stoddart has lifted the character of
Benton from obscurity and made it a pathetic,
devoted, and faithful old man, who deserves the
affectionate regard of the family he serves. Mr.
Thomas Whiffin, who formerally played this part,
gave expression to the age and infirmity of the
character, but failed to display its tenderness or its
pathos.
Miss Maude Harrison appeared in the character
of Katherine Roy, which was acted by Miss Milward
when the comedy received its first performance
here, and she made a very favorable impression.
She was hitherto admired for the merriment and
fun of her performances. In this performance she
displayed tenderness and feeling jthat were unex
pected, and her earnestness and sweetness sounded
a deep and mellow note which was untouched be
fore in the character. This was the first time that
Mr. Stoddart and Miss Harrison were seen upon
this stage, and their advent must be regarded as an
event as propitious as it was notable.
Agnes Booth won a most complete success in the
character of Mrs. Haughton. It was expected that
her ripe experience and professional skill and her
command of the mechanism of mimetic art would
make her performance of this part wholly satisfac
tory and enjoyable; but even her greatest admirers
were unprepared for the display of natural emotion
and sincerity that vitalized her performance in the
concluding portions of the play.
Mr. Herbert Kelcey impersonated the spendthrift
husband, Col. Lionel Haughton, formerly played by
Mr. H. M. Pitt. Mr. Kelcey infused a tinge of humor
into his acting that harmonized with the character
better than the glittering cynicism, which was the
predominant trait of Mr. Pitt’s embodiment.
Mr. Louis Massen enacted the Secretary of Lega
tion with judgment, discretion and feeling, and Miss
Annie Russell repeated her enjoyable performance
of innocent girlhood in the part of Ada, in which she
was seen with complete satisfaction in the original
production of the play.
Mr. Frederick Robinson as the dignified ambassa
dor, Mr. Walden Ramsey as the foppish young
banker and Mr. Le Moyne as the unscrupulous
broker were, as in their previous performance of these
parts, adequate, judicious and thorough.
Mr. Palmer has displayed sound judgment in re
producing “Sealed Instructions” to begin his regu
lar season. The audiences have been large every
night during the past week and there is, therefore,
the prospect of an extended run.
Niblo’s Garden. —“ Thatcher, Prim
rose and West’s Minstrels” have attracted during
the past week the usual succession of crowded
audiences which on former occasions has attended
their appearance on the metropolitan stage. This
organination is justly regarded as the brightest and
most talented exponents of minstrelsy now claim
ing and receiving the unqualified endorsement of
popular favor.
To-morrow and for the week, Mr. Dan. Frohman’s
company will be seen in the drama of “May Blos
som.” Miss Georgia Cayvan, Mr. Dan Maginley
and others are included among the leading repre
sentatives of the cast. The drama will be presented
with all the original scenic effects, music, and ap
pointments.
Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
Harrigan’s Park Theatre. —- 1 Old
Lavender” is doing well; there has been but little
reduction in the average attendance during the
past week, and it is probable that this play will
hold the stage very nearly up to the holidays—or at
least until Mr. Harrigan’s new work, which he is
industriously bringing to a finish, is ready for pro
duction.
Matinees on and Saturday,
New Theatre Comique.—One of the
most prominent improvements being made in the
upper part of the city is the construction of Mr.
Josh Hart's New Theatre Comiqne on 125th street,
between Lexington and Third avenues. The New
Theatre Comique is being built under the immedi
ate supervision of Mr. Josh Hart, its owner. The
building proper is of brick and freestone, thorough
ly fireproof, the roofs and walls being interlined
with the asbestos fireproof paper, being absolutely
non-combustible. The frontage of the theatre is
solid, rich, and compactly presented, with no gew
gaws or superfluous gingerbread adornments to in
vite disaster, with commodious entrance ways from
125th street leading into the theatre, which is lo
catod upon the ground floor and easy of access,with
exits upon the front and sides of the building too
numerous to mention.
The house can be emptied at the conclusion of
the performance in less than three minutes. The
seating capacity of the house is about 1,600, and is
divided into the orchestra, orchestra circle, balcony,
balcony circle, and the family circle or gallery. A
drop curtain of unique design io being prepared,
and the interior decorations are being wrought of
the finest material, and of an attractiveness that
will vie with any similar building in this country.
Perhaps a matter of the most profound interest to
amusement seekers generally, is the fact that the
precautions taken by Manager Hart to prevent fire
occurring, is one tftat will meet the approval of
everybody interested in such important methods.
Directly fronting the stage and located in the centre
of the orchestra, is an immense fire hydrant of the
latest and improved pattern, with a pressure of
water one hundred feet to the inch, wuicn wouid,
in case of necessity, throw a stream sufficient to de
luge the theatre in every part.
The many other ready appliances to prevent fire
are equally as effective, and the ventilation through
out the building is perfect. The reserved seat chairs
are ot the most improved pattern, constructed upon
a plan to afford room and entire comfort to the hold
ers.
The aisles are broad and of easy slope. In fact,
nothing is wanting to add to the safety and, at the
same time, entire comfort of the audience. The
house will be the leading amusement resort of Har
lem, and will be thrown open to the public for the
first time on Monday evening, October 19, with Miss
Fanny Davenport in “Fedora ” as the attraction, to
to be followed by Signor Salvini, Edwin Booth, Law
rence Barrett, Frank Mayo, Miss Maggie Mitchell,
Lotta, Judic, Mary Anderson and all of the musical
and dramatic combinations of prominence. The
scenery is now being painted for “ Fedora,” and the
artificers are applying themselves assiduously night
and day to the end that the opening as well as the
season at the New Theatre Comique may prove
auspicious in every particular.
Fourteenth Street Theatre.—From
out of the dust of partial forgetfulness Mj. Edward
Rice has revived his first theatric and musical ven
ture, “Evangeline.” In its new condition it is graced
with something of change from its former state.
New music, additions to the dialogue and an aban
donment of many of the bits of humor which, in its
original representations, made it especially attract
ive, mark its present revival.
With George Knight, Nat Goodwin, Eliza Weath
ersby and Hunter in the cast it achieved, many sea
sons ago, a great success. It then had the charm
of novelty; it was thoroughly American; the char
acters were fantastic, the songs catchy and the in
cidents and action, costumes and choruses, delight
ful, in presenting, as.they did, a “new departure”
from the old and worn formulas of burlesque and
vaudeville.
This original “Evangeline” had its day. It
passed from the stage, giving place to a succession
of imitations, good, bad and indifferent.
Its revival—with the newer gloss of the methods
in burlesque which have since obtained popular
recognition—was greeted by a very large audience,
a great majority of which were the personal
friends of Mr. John Mackay, on Wednesday even
ing last. The performance held the audience un
til nearly twelve o’clock. The work included,
aside from Mr. Mackay, Miss Fay Templeton
as Gabriel ; Mbs Irene Verona as Evangeline ;
Edward Morris as the Policeman; the great ztage
weight, George Fortescue; Miss Mattie Fuller, and
James Maffit as the Lone Fisherman.
The costumes were brilliant and showy, the chor
isters luxuriantly handsome and capitally trained
to their task, and the scenic setting effective and
picturesque. The Heifer came in for a share of the
encores, and Tillottson at the front of the house wore
the placid smile, blonde mustache and elaborate
dress suit of a manager whose happiness has a solid
financial basis.
It is only in order to add thas the “ New Evange
line” is a success; that Mackay deserved the ova
tion which he received and that every one in the
cast worked with a will to make assurance of popu
lar favor doubly sure.
The “New Evangeline” will be continued until
further notice. Matinees on Wednesday and Satur
day.
Grand Opera House.—“ Alone in
London a crazy quilt play by a patchwork poet
of Scottish proclivities, who is afflicted with an
itching for an itch in the temple of fame—held the
stage here during the past week.
This work is of the sensational to-be-continued
in-our-next story sort; crowded with impossible inci
dents, improbable heroes, moonlight maudling, and
calcium lighted scenic collapses. There are gore,
gas effects, tears on draught to order, the regulation
remorseless, well-dressed, gambling, wife-beating
villain, and hitf stereotyped brandy-guzzling pal—
parodies of Robert Macaire and Jaques Strop—the
persecuted, poverty-stricken, but immaculately
virtuous heroine; the goody good benevolent old
gentleman, who wanders about London fishing for
subjects upon whom he can shower financial bene
ficence, and there is, too.thejnecessary crowd of rag
tag and bobtail representatives of the slums,as fill
ing.
It seems to have been suggested by and made up
from the half dozen or more clap trap English
dramas which in past seasons held place upon our
stage with more or less success.
It goes without saying that this crazy quilt was
greeted with unbounded delight by the gallery
boys who gloated over every scene as if it wore a
dime novel.
It is but proper to say that it attracted the largest
audiences throughout the week ever assembled
within the walls of this theatre since the days
when Jim Fisk leaned gracefully against the vesti
bule heater and perspired dollars from every pore.
It is also no more than just to record the fact that
the acting of the company—especially that of Miss
Cora Tanner—went far toward ensuring it favor.
The scenic settings were elaborate, heavy and effec
tive.
To-morrow and every evening during the week
Madame Janish will be seen in “Anselmo,” Leander
Richardson’s adaptation of Sardou’s drama of
“ Andrea.”
The drama will be represented by the same com
pany and with all the scenic settings and appoint
ments which marked its original production at the
Madison Square Theatre.
Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
Wallaok’s Theatre.—Madame Judic
will during the present week—on to-morrow and
Tuesday evenings and at the Saturday matinee—
repeat her performance in “La Femme a Papa.”
On Wednesday she will again be seen in “ Nitouche,”
and on Thursday and Friday evenings will come for
ward for the first time in the opera bouffe entitled
“Le Grand Cassimer.”
Thus far Mr. Maurice Grau has found no augury
that his engagement of Madame Judic will result
other than satisfactory, not only to himself but to
the public. It is only to be regretted that in addi
tion to the company he had not brought from Paris
with him a supply of critics for the special use of
the daily press, whose present representatives are,
unfortunately, through their entire ignorance of
anything more French in connection with the thea
trical business than the word “Cafe," are com
pelled to confine their criticisms to the Judic Eyes
rather than to her acting.
Third Avbnue Theatre. — “ Nordeck”
was given its final performance here last evening.
To-morrow evening and until further notice, the
patrons of this handsome theatre will have an oppor
tunity to set the seal of their favor upon Mr. Bar'
ron’s drama of “ A Moral Crime.” It will be pre
sented here with the same cast ahd scenic adorn
ment which attended its original production - and
late performances at the Union Square Theatre.
To-morrow evening the first concert of the Carlo
Operatic Company, under the special management
of Mr. J. M. Hill, will be given on this stage. They
will be assisted by the united bands of the Seventy
first and Twenty-third Regiments of the National
Guard. The programme includes many popular
selections from the works of leading composers and
it will doubtless attract a large and appreciative
audience.
Toni Pastor’s Theatre.—Miss Ella
Wesner, on Monday evening last, made herself
known as a claimant for recognition as an actress
in the dramatic rather than the variety sense.
Hitherto she has acquired popularity as a vocalist
and an impersonator of male characters upon the
variety stage. She now comes forward in the lead
ing role in A farcical work entitled “ The Captain of
the Queen’s Own.” In this she introduces many
new features in her line of performance, and in
which sue is asssted by a capably selected com
pany. While in either artistic, literary or dramatic
cous-d-ratlon it is without merit, it answers its
purpose as a framework for hot specialties,
Union Square Theatre.—“ a Moral
Crime” was last evening given its dosing perform,
ance upon this stage.
To-morrow evening the theatre will bo elose-1.
On Tuesday evening Miss Margaret Mother will
make her metropolitan debut, appearing in the
character of Juliet, in an elaborate and, let us hope,
worthy revival of Shakespeare's tragedy of '• Romeo
and Juliet.”
In this revival, Manager Hill has spared neither
cost of money, time, nor labor to make it one of the
most memorable events in the history of Shakes
pearean productions upon the American stage. The
following is the complete cast:
f ul,et Miss Margaret Mathex
Romeo. Mr. Fraderick Paulding
Mercutio Mr. Milnea Lovic g
J; 8 ? alu r B Mr. F. A. Tannehill
Inar Lawrence Mr. H. A. Weaver
Friar John Mr. Frank Rea
Capulet Mr. Harry hy tinge
Montague Mr. Wm. Johnston
r - Wm. Wilson •
TybaltMi*. Edwin Cleary
* riB .L, * van Peronet
An Old Man Mr. W. F. Reed
An Apothecary Mr. Wm. Ranous
Mr. Frederick ’.V. Peters
Balthasar Mr. Sidney Bowkett
Abraham Mr. Chas. Fredericks
Samson Mr. George A. Dalton
Gregory..... Mr. Henry Horn
Nurse to JulietMrs.Carrie Jamison
Lady Capulet Miss Jeanie Harold
Rosaline Miss Grace Raven
The pages to the various characters will be rep
resented by Misses Mario Works, Ada Marshal, Ella
Waters, Bella Ward, L o Johnson, Jessie Story, L<
Welter. Mamie W»M«r. Babv Woods. May (Jhiocchi,
I Nettie Lowrle, Mary Hoag, Lillie ueafiLl Craig,
and Maria Lablanc.
The tragedy will ber given In six acts and fifteen
scones. The music has been composed and ar
ranged by Mr. Henry 'Pissing ton. The costumes
are by Signor Petrillo and Miss Bolwell.
Fifth Avenue Theatre.—“The Mika
do” — the real original-D’Oyly-Carte-dyed-in-the
wool-yard-wide-no-selvedge-warranted-to-wash arti
cle, with all the modern improvements—continues
on its prosperous way—-its wonders of profit to
yield.
D’Oyly Carte runs the “Mikado” end of the
schooner, and has it fairly anchored. Stetson, at
bisend, is fighting the ticket-scalping buccaneers—
and has a lively time of it.
“Serve ’em as I did Duff," said Carte, “and fire an
Injunction at ’em.”
“Fire Sheol 1” answered Stetson—“and go*
bounced, as you did I”
But seriously, what difference is it to the public
or rather, what saving of cost is it to the ticket pur
chasers if they have to pay equally as large a bonua
over the regular price at the box office for scats as
they have been paying the speculators ? The spec
ulators are everywhere in the vicinity; the box of
fice is immovably fixed in one place. They can be
easily reached; they come to you, and there's the
end. The box office is there, and you, the purchas
ers, must stand in line and await your turn, and
then, perhaps, discover that the hotel speculators
have not made their returns, or if they have, that
they have sold all the best seats.
And up comes the conundrum—why should the
proprietor of a theatre, himself assume the privi
lege of charging his patrons the extra rates upon
tickets of which he seeks to deprive the specula
tors ?
If it is an oxtortion on their part, certainty it
must be equally an extortion when practiced by
him.
.If the box-office charge for a seat does not exceed
the regular price, then there will bean advantage
to the purchaser; if it is more than that, we do not
see how the manager himself can be regarded In
any other light than a self-constituted speculator—
without a license as a vendor.
Meantime—while the war progresses—the “Mi
kado ” will go on. Matinee on Saturday.
Star Theatre.—To-morrow evening
Miss Mary Anderson will inaugurate her return,
after an absence of two years, to the American
stage, at this theatre, appearing for the first time
here as Rosalind in Shakespeare’s comedy of •• As
You Like It.”
The large advance sale of seats is ample in ita
prophecy of how warm and generous wilHbe the
welcome accorded her upon her first appearance
and of the estimate in which she is held as th<
representative actress of our stage.
It remains to be shown whether her experience
abroad has brought to her an increased knowledge
and a grander comprehension of the possibilities of
her art.
She will be supported by Messrs. J. Forbes Robert
son, F. H. Macklin, Jas. G. Taylor, Arthur Lewis,
Henry Vernon, Sidney Hayes, Joseph Anderson,
Kenneth Black, T. D. Biudlass, J. Gillespie, H.
Gay tie, W. Sainsbury, and Mesdames J. Billington,
F. H. Macklin, Ziffle, Tidbury and C. Calvert.
The scenic illustrations, costumes and appoint
ments will be the same which made notable her
production of the comedy in England, under th<
direction of Mr. Henry E. Abbey.
A “Rosalind matinee” will be given on Saturday,
People’s Theatre.—To-morrow even
ing Miss Effie Ellsler will make her appearance on
this stage, presenting for the first time a new drams
entitled, “ Woman Against Woman.” The drama is
the work of Mr. Frank Harvey, the author of ths
very successful play, “The Wages of Sin,” in
which Mrs. Agnes Booth last season at the Four
teenth Street Theatre created the role of tht
heroine.
In this production Miss Ellsler will be supported
by Messrs. Frank Weston, Charles Foster, H. A.
Thompson, Mark Mitchell, Harry Davenport, Wm.
Ardon, Mrs. E. L. Davenport, Misses Mattie Earle,
Florence Fields, Margery Bonner and Mattie Wil-
Hams.
In reference to this drama the critic of the
Argonaut of San Francisco has written: “He (the
anthor) must have studied the short and simple
annals of the poor, from the inside, for the graphic
realism with which he depicts them is the work of
no mere careless on-looker. He knows so many
little shifts, so many little turns of homely expres
sion; he knows so surely, step by step, the
downward path from frugal thrift to squalor, that
there is the pain of realism in every stroke of his
pen.”
Matinees will be given on Wednesday and Sat
urday.
Comedy Theatre.—This neat little
theatre since its renovation and opening under ita
new management, has attained a large degree of
favor with that portion of the amusement seeking
public which prefers the lighter class of theatric
entertainments.
The present principal attraction, Mr. Kellar the
Magician, is certainly an adept in the rifysteries of
magic and the tricks and wonderful devices which
puzzle the sense and bewilder the sight of an audi
ence.
In addition to Mr. Kellar’s programme of per
formance there will be Mr. Harry Pepper in his en
joyable ballad recitals and The Tissott’s in their
specialties.
Yesterday a “Press Matinee ” was given, which
was largely attended.
Regular Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
The Casino. — “Nanon” is now in the
fourth month of its run. The new features, recently
introduced, have added to the popularity of the
operetta and the houses are still crowded nightly.
The choruses for “Amorita,” which will follow
“ Nanon” when the latter operetta is withdrawn,
are being rehearsed daily.
The following is a portion of the programme to be
presented at this evening’s concert: March, Suppe;
overture, Leßoi la dit, Delibes; piano solo, Miss Hen
rietta Maurer, Raff; baliad/'The Minstrel Boy,” Mme<
Belle Cole, Shelly; “The Nation’s Hero” (March
Funebre), tribute to the memory of Gen. U. S. Grant,
Aronson; waltz song, Miss Mae St. John, Chopin
cornet solo, Mr. J. Levy, Rossini; overture, Raff
piano solos, A Russian song, “The Nightingale/
Miss Henrietta Maurer, Kettifi; ballad, “ Birds it
the Night,” Mme, Belle Cole, Sullivan; waltz. “ Mj
Darling,” Mr. J. Levy, Aronson, and ballad, “ Eyei
as Brightly Beaming,” Miss Mae St. John, Lacoma
Conductor, Rudolph Aronson.
Eden Musee.—There is no change'in
the programme here, and all the standard attrac,
tious will be seen during the present week, after
noon and evening. The special Sacred Concerts
this afternoon and evening in the “ Winter Garden’ 1
will be of more than ordinary interest. The “ Sacred
Chamber,” in which the life of Our Saviour is illus
trated; the “Chamber of Horrors,” the hundreds
of Stereopcican views, and all the numerous group
ings of distinguished dead and living personages
will, of course, not be forgotten.
The management announce that on Tuesday even
ing a new feature will be added in the wax repre
sentation o‘f Cardinal McClosky on his death-bed.
Daly’s Theatre.—Mr. Daly inaugur
ated his season on Tuesday last with the first pre
sentation in this country of Mr. A. W. Pinero’s far
cical comedy of “The Magistrate/’ The cast in
cluded all the members of his regular company.
The audience was large and the performance passed
off smoothly. “ The Magistrate” will be continued
until further notice.
Bijou Opeba (House. —“ I’ll put you
down on the stage tn the Bijou Tower of the town,
there 1 will keep you forever, yes forever and a day,
until the walls shall crumble to ruin and moulder
in the dust away,” quoth Dixey to his Adonis.
Dixey you see had been reading Longfellow and
got tilings mixcl. Bat it “h 6 0e S- Matinee M
gaturday.