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CONTENTS OE INSIDE PAQES.
SECOND PAGE:
CONTINUATION OF “THE MODERN CINDERELLA.”
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
GOING HOME NEW YEAR’S.
COME AHEAD ON THE ROCKET.
NO MYSTERIOUS HIEROGLYPHICS.
THIRD PAGE:
MASONIC MATTERS: Jurisdiction; Questions and
Answers; Sjr cuso Veterans; Echoes from the
Elections; An Impromptu; Commandery News; (The
Southern Supreme Council; Lodge Elections; Acan
thus Lodge; Personal; Labor Exchange.
SIXTH PAGE :
SONG OF THE SURF.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
DEATH TO THE ROACH.
WHY JEWS LIVE SO LONG.
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
A LOVER’S STRATAGEM.
DUMAS’S REPORTERS.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER.
COULDN’T SAY “ NO.”
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
A JERSEY SPECTRE.
THE DETROIT SOLOMON.
NEW DEFINITIONS.
A REMARKABLE STORY.
A DOG ON THE TRAIN.
MARRIED WHEN BLIND.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
g.DUsi anil lirnw.
(Notice. —For want or space many questions) received
remain unanswered for some time. Each query, If legiti
mate, will, in its turn, receive proper attention. We must
requestoar correspondents to write plainly and state their
wishes concisely, if they would receive concise answers.
Many notes that are received are so nearly illegible thaf
they find their way at once to the waste-basket, j
8. T. Stubbs.—The first locomotive in
the United States was brought over from England
by tba Delaware and Hudson Canal Company,
placed upon the track and given its trial trip at
Honesdale, the site of which was then a laurel and
hemlock thicket. The locomotive, which was '
called the *• Stourbridge Lion,” was built in Eng- •
land, In the town whose name it bore, under the .
supervision of Horatio Allen, an American and a J
civil engineer, who had been engaged upon the i
company's mountain railroad. It was intended fox
use upon the so-called -'levels" of the road between
the planes, whose stationary engines supplied the
power necessary to draw up or lower coal car trains.
Allen returned to America in 1828 and the'• Lion”
became a veritable lion of New York in the sue- 1
ceedipg Autumn, being given a partial trial here,
greatly to the admiration of the inhabitants.
Conveyed to Honesdale by canal in the Summer ‘
of 1829, it was duly placed upon the track and |
given its first complete trial on August 8,
before a great crowd of persons. Many pre- f
dieted a disaster, but the clumsy little locomotive (
pioneer sped along the strap rail track with consid- >
orable swiftness and as smoothly as could be ex- 1
pected. It was run for two or three miles, and the ]
experiment demonstrated that locomotives would
form the means of transportation in the future. J
The “Stourbridge Lion,” in proportion to power, 1
was large and cumbrous compared with the engines *
of the present day. Allen, the engineex- of this first
American locomotive, is still living in South 1
Orange, New Jersey, and is a hale old man of eighty- ]
five. When lie made the trial trip of the “Lion,’’
at Honesdale, there were but twenty-three miles of *
railroad constructed in the United States, and now ;
there are about 100,000 in operation. Allen left the t
scene of his now memorable labors and assisted at ’
West Point in the planniug of the first locomotive t
built in the United States and the second one
placed upon a track. This was “ The Best Friend,” c
of Charleston, which, in November, 1830, was placed g
upon the South Carolina railroad, connecting r
Charleston and Augusta, Georgia.
< —Chloroform is a transparent, j
colorless, Oily liquid, discovered in 1831 by Samuel
Guthrie, of Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., and described '
by him ks “a spirituous solution of chloric ether.’’
The vapor of chloroform possesses the remarkable
power of producing in the person who has respired c
it complete insensibility to pain. It may be readily s
inhaled for this purpose by placing a small quantity ,
of the liquid upon a sponge or handkerchief, which 1
fl to be held belore the nostrils and mouth, and it is t
commonly employed for rendering patients insensi- „
ble to pain during severe surgical operations. It is
of great importance that chloroform used for this f
purpose should bu quite pure. It ought to commu- j
nicate no color to oil of vitriol when agitated with
it. The liquid itself should be free from color, and 0
■hould be perfectly destitute of chlorous Oder. When £
a few drops are allowed to evaporate on the hand
no unpleasant odor should be left. At present 11
-chloroform is more largely used than ether for the c
production by inhalation of surgical anesthesia. It ,
is generally admitted to have over ether the ad van- v
tages of rapidity of action, convenience of adminis- 0
tration, agreeableness of odor, and less subsequent
nausea. These advantages, however, in the opin- “
ions of many physicians in various parts of the I
world, and especially nearly all the physicians of -j
Boston, Mass., and of Lyons, in France, are more
than counterbalanced by the fact that chloroform is 8
dangerous to life. Death from chloroform takes c
place in three different ways; 1, gradual asphyxia, ,
for which the remedy is the removal of the drug
and fresh air; 2, sudden apnea, or cessation of ii
respiration, followed by asphyxia, for which the
remedy is artificial respiration and the galvanic n
battery; 3, syncope from heart shock, for which t
there is probably no remedy. t
G. B. G. — On’ the 15th day of May, a
1862, the “ Monitor” engaged in her second and last r
action when, with four other vessels, in command
of Commander John Rogers, she ascended the «
James River, purposing to attack Richmond. The c
attack failed, and the “Monitor” then remained at
Hampton Roads until the close of the year, when,
with the “Passaic” and “Montauk,” two vessels a
of the same general construction, which had just
been completed, she was ordered to Beaufort, South
Carolina. The “Monitor” set out on December I
29th, in tow of the steamer “Rhode Island." The v
second day out they approached the stormy point
of Capo Hatteras. A gale sprang up, the sea began 1
to rise in heavy swells, breaking over the deck and a
pilot house and dashing against the base of the tur
ret. The gale increased and the water to '
dash into the turret and down the blow-pipes. A t
signal of distress was made, and the -• Rhode Isl
and ” was requested to send boats to taka oil the c
crew. The last that was seen of the “Monitor" was I <
at midnight, when she drifted away, the red light
gleaming in the turret. She must have gone down a (
few minutes after, carrying with her twelve of the <
sixty-five men on board. The “ Monitor ” was lost j
just eleven months after she was launched.
L. F. Shaw. —In relation to your ,
query, our Masonic editor has already made the
following remark in his department: “We know of ’
no reliable source of information touching the j
connection of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of
the United States with the Alasonic institution. We 1
believe, however, that the following list is as nearly 1
correct as may be. to wit: Washington, Jackson,
Buchanan, Johnson, Garfield, and John O. Breckin
ridge, Vice-President.”
A. and B. —“ To decide a wager, will 1
you kindly stale in the Dispatch who is correct in
the following game of crlbbage : A plays a4. B plays (
a 5, A plays a6, counting five points; B plays a 3,
and counts a run of four; A plays a 7. and counts a
run of five; B then plays a4, and claims a run of
five and one for the ’go.’ The last run is dis
puted." The last run is perfectly correct and can- 1
not be disputed.
E. R.—ln a two-handed game of bin- I 1
ocle A. melds 80 kings, takes a trick and melds GO | ;
queens. B. claims that A. cannot meld 20 spades,
20 clubs, 20 hearts and 40 trumps (diamonds being
trumps) as they lie on the board. Is B’s claim cor
rect?” B’s claim is not correct as A. can make the
melds taking a trick before each meld.
Druggist.—We pronounce cocaine as
if spelled kokane, giving “ ain ” the same sound as
in the word maintain. We think there is an advan
tage in dividing the word into but two syllables,
in that “cocoa,” the common name for Theobroma
cacao, is not suggested, as it might be if the word in
question were pronounced co-ca-ine.
J. I. B.—“ Should a man marry a
widow with children and property, what claim
would the husband have to her estate should she
die intestate?” Should the woman die intestate
the husband would receive one-third of her per
sonal estate. The real estate would all go to the
children.
M. J. L.—Harrigan and Hart gave
their last performance at the Theatre Comique, No.
514 Broadway, on the evening of Saturday, April
30th, 1881. They opened at the New Theatre Com
ique, on Broadway, opposite Waverly Place, with
“ The Major” Monday evening, August 29th, 1881.
A. M. G.—Captain Wm. C. F. Berg
hold of the Twenty-seventh Precinct kindly in
forms us that the date of the Tompkins Square riot
in which he, then sergeant, was injured, was Janu
ary 13, 1874.
Constant Reader.—“ In a game of
cribbage what does three deuces and a four with a
trey turned up count ? I claim twenty-four, my
opponent claims fifteen. Which is correct?” The
correct count is fifteen.
Prince Street. — The player who, in
the game of cassino, first scores the requisite nnm
ber of points (usually twenty-one) goes out. N®
one point takes precedence of another.
John. —You had better consult some
physician. It is Impossible for us to prescribe for
you without thoroughly understanding your
trouble.
W. S.—We do not know whether the
minstrel you mention is living or not. Can any one
of our readers inform us if J. W. Macknee is alive ?
Reno.—The poem you want can
probably be found in one of Dick & Fitzgerald’s
publications. Their address is No. 18 Ann street.
A Reader.—You must have a license
for the different towns in which you Intend to sell.
The law is a foolish one, but it is the law.
G. W. G.—lf you could tell us about
■what time the article appeared, and in what de
jiartment, we would gladly assist you.
Hoboken. —In the game of euchre a
player is allowed to make a trump without holding
a card of the denomination named.
J. A. B.—On the authority of our
Masonic editor, we state that the late William H.
Vanderbilt was not a Freemason.
M. H. —Your questions are too long
and complicated to be answerel in this column.
Consult some lawyer.
Photographer. —We are in possession
of no such preparation as the one you desire.
w. M.—The survivors of the Greeley
expedition were rescued in May, 1884.
F. E. M.—We will give you accurate
information in our next.
A. B.—The actor yqu name is not of
Jewish parents,
fife gkk
NEW YORK, JANUARY 3, 1880.
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THE NEW YORK DISPATCH.
Owing to our large edition we are compelled to go to
press at an early hour, hence ADVERTISEMENTS CAN
NOT BE RECEIVED AFTER NINE O'CLOCK SATUR
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Those desiring to advertise in our Masonic columns
must have their advertisements n our office BEFORE
TWO O’CLOCK on FRIDAY AFTERNOON. No ad
vertisement can be inserted on the Masonic Page alter
that hour.
The NEW YORK OISPATCH
has a larger circulation than any
other Sunday Newspaper pub
lished in the Lmited State*.
TINKEBING THE TARIFF.
Ths foolish persons who declare that polities
do not make any difference, and that the coun
try gets along about as well under one party as
under the other, are likely to be rudely aroused
Irom their delusion during the new year. There
is a growing fear that, when Congress recon
venes after the holidays, it will commence tin
kering with the tariff, and that means a general
disturbance of, business, and probably destitu
tion for thousands of people. Already the prac
tical influence of this fear is disagreeably evi
dent. Many great industries which should now
bo in full operation are waiting to see what
course Congress will tsko. This is not a happy
beginning for the new year, which everybody
wishes to be the happiest ever known in this
country. The Democrats are in control of the
administration, and business men and their col
leagues—the laboring men—have reason to
dread and distrust Democratic interference
with their affairs.
An alarm has recently been caused by the
Free Trade journals, which increases the gene
ral fear of the future. That British organ, the
New York Times, has republished with undis
guised gusto and complacent satisfaction an ex
tract from the British organ in Philadelphia,
stating that coal for the manufacture of gas
could be brought over from England and sold
hero at three dollars and six cents a ton. These
British editors almost wept at the thought that
American coal costs lour dollars a ton. The
ninety-four cents difference was too much for
them, and they tried to startle the gas compa
nies and the gas consumers with it. But the
British organs carefully conceal that other dif
ference--between the wages paid to English and
American miners. They also neglect to state
that the price of coal would have no effect upon
the price of gas, and that, consequently, the
consumers would not bo benefited, although the
shareholders might draw larger dividends.
The question which does interest the consumers
and everybody else is that of wages, and our
British contemporaries always shirk it very ner
vously.
They tel! ns triumphantly that certa’n kinds
of English coal can be transported three thou
sand miles and yet be sold here more cheaply
than the same grade of American coal. Well,
but how much are the British workmen paid
who dig the coal ? How are they made to suf
fer in order to undersoil us in our own market?
How could they live upon such wages if they
enjoyed the comforts to which American work
men have an inalienable right? The British
miner has to buy American flour and meal and
considers himself lucky to get meat once a
week. Sometimes ho is shut out for long peri
ods from the light of day. At others he prowls
about the rivers and canals like a starving rat.
His family aro huddled together in misery.
This is the price which England pays for cheap
gas coal. Add it to the three dollars and six
cents a ton and the amount will be incompara
bly dearer than the four American dollars. Is
it to this terrible condition that the British or
gans would reduce onr workingmen ? Must
they live in squalor and die in despair so that
the gas monopolists may save ninety-four- cents
a ton? Disguise it as they may, this is the real
result of this policy of the Free-Traders, and,
therefore, wo regard them as enemies of this
country and emissaries of England.
The tremendous struggle between Protection
and Free Trade is shaping itself as the most
important issue in our politics and in our lives.
It is developing itself as a combat to the death
between monopolists, millionaires and bond
holders, on the one side, and the workingmen
and workingwomen on the other. It is the
vital topic of the time, and for all time, and
there will be no peace for the country until it is
definitely settled. It is one of those burning
questions that may break out into a dangerous
conflagration at any moment. In it are the
dangers ot rebellion and revolution. If by
bribery and corrupt legislation an attempt is
made to degrade the great middle class—the
working class—of America, to the condition of
the pauper laborers of Europe, they will arise
in their might of numbers and sweep their ar
rogant tyrants from place and power, if not
Irom the face of the earth. The conquest of the
seceded States will be child’s play when com
pared to a contest of this character. This is
the cloud, now no bigger than a man's hand,
which threatens to obscure the fair future of
the Republic, and no wise politician can afford
to ignore it.
Almost all Democrats are Free-Traders. We
aro sorry for them; they know no better. But
all the Mugwumps are Free-Traders, in spite
| of knowledge, from interest rather than in
| principle. Remember with what bitterness the
Mugwump press pursued James G. Blaine, the
noble champion of the people’s rights. They
knew that, with Blaine in the White House,
their English project of Free Trade would have
to be postponed for half a century- To secure
his defeat, such British organs as the New York
Times and Post bunched themselves together
and emitted a stream of vulgar vituperation so
vile that every respectable man telt ashamed to
see such foul, false and filthy sheets call them
selves American. They aided the Democrats
to defeat Blaine by a trifling majority in this
State, and now the whole country is dreading
the consequences. The popular reaction, as
soon as the tinkering of the tarift commences,
will speedily restore the Republican party to
power. Then Protection to American industry,
now threatened by the enemies of the working
men, will work out a glorious destiny for the
country, and foreign -snobs and their American
imitators will perish with their Free Trade
heresies. .
TAKING SHELTER BEHIND A PHRASE.
The Democracy seems to be falling back on
the line of a “ tariff for revenue.” The organs
everywhere repeat the phrase in the belief that
they have found the solution of a troublesome
question. A tariff for revenue means that the
Government shall determine how much it
wants, and lay on duties that will realize it.
But in this operation something must neces
sarily be protected.
The notion is, that the Democratic states
man, if he gets a chance, will not examine that
part of the question at all. He will shut his
i eyes to the consequences of his own legisla
-1 tion. If so be iron, wool, or wine should be
protected, so much the better. If other pro
-1 ducts should be left to bear the brunt of foreign
competition, there is to be no help for it. The
1 proposed Democratic legislation is to be a blind
game of chance. Democrats who get into the
position of Representatives are not to listen
' to the demands of their constituents. The
only thing they will consider is the financial
wants of the Government. The parties who
) are to be benefitted or injured in the operation
’ are not to be heard. If there is a contention
r between two articles for protection, the Demo
cratic statesman can only determine by flipping
up a quarter. If it comes down heads, boras
v is all right; if tails, quicksilver is to have t
• show.
This comes about as near being nonsense ai
a anything well can be. To say that the Demo
cratic party, now that it is in power, will onb
v consider one-half the question—the amount o
money the Government will need—is a delu
e sion a*nd a snare. The programme is super
human. It is the play of “ Hamlet,” with thi
character of the Prince of Denmark left out
No tariff can bo passed without an equal dis
NEW YORK DISPATCH. JANUARY 3, 1886.
tribution of the protection which it implies.
The assertion that any system has ever been
deliberately sot up by which more money is
collected than the Government needs is untrue.
We have more money in the Treasury now bo
cause a war tariff and internal revenue are
maintained long after the war had ceased.
Both have been cut down as fast, perhaps, as
was prudent. By its tariff for revenue formula
the Democracy is only taking the shelter of a
phrase which does uot mean what it says it
doos.
THE PRESS AND THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Cleveland has the letter-writing craze
very badly. He has suffered from it for years.
If there were a Dr. Pasteur who had discovered
a cure for this kind of rabies, wo should will
ingly head a subscription to send the President
to Paris to be inoculated. Taken by largo and
short notes, long documents, epistles to friends,
to legislatures, to the politicians, to the public,
and to mankind in general, he has probably
written more letters than any other living man
of his age, weight and official inexperience.
Only three weeks ago he loaded down the news -
papers and the mails with a ponderous message
to Congress as long and as muddy as the
Mississippi river, and already he has been at it
again. This time it is a private letter to Joseph
Keppler, the scurrilous artist of Puck, and, of
course, it is promptly put into print.
The present grievance of Mr. Cleveland is not
the protective tariff nor the opposition of his
own party to his Civil Service notions. He is
very angry at the newspapers. “ I don’t think
there ever was a time,” he says, “when news
paper lying was so general and so mean as at
present, and there never was a country under
the sun where it flourished as it does in this.”
We find this sentence rather awkward, indis
criminate and historically incorrect.
A long time ago another person said in his
haste “ all mon are liars,” according to the
Bible, and Shakespeare evidently referred to
Joseph Pulitzer's paper when he makes one of
his characters remark, “ How this World is
given to lying.” Mr. Cleveland condemns all
journals alike. He naturally believes that the
Republican papers tell falsehoods whenever
they publish truth about his party; it is his
duty as a Democrat to believe that. But he
docs not except the Democratic papers nor even
the Mugwump papers from his unlimited abuse.
He simply opens the window of the White
House and flings out the contents of his slop
bucket upon press triads and foes. Those who
are nearest to him got the worst of the filth. If
Charles A. Dana be splashed, so is George
William Curtis. If Henry Watterson is be
fouled, so is George Jones. The Post is as
completely drenched as the Star, and Joseph
Pulitzer and Joseph Keppler are drenched
alike. What do the Mugwumps think of their
idol now? How do they reconcile this splenetic
outbreak with the eulogies they have lavished
upon Mr. Cleveland’s character !
“ The falsehoods daily spread.before the peo
ple in our newspapers,” continues Mr. Cleve
land, “while they are proofs of the mental in
genuity of those engaged in newspaper work,
arc insults to American love for decency and
fair play.” As an elephantine, Johnsonian
joke, this might pass muster, but as a Presi
dential utterance it challenges contradiction.
We are not aware that Mr. Cleveland has any
monflßoly of decency and lair play. Mau for
are willing to match the editors of this
country against him for intelligence, morality
and knowledge of what the American people
love best. Some daily papers do certainly
spread a feast of falsehoods before their read
ers, but so do some politicians. What is sauce
for the journalistic goose is sauce for the politi
cal gander. We deny emphatically that the
American newspapers aro more untruthful than
those of any other country, and that, as a class,
their editors devote their mental ingenuity to
concocting falsehoods. Of all men Mr. Cleve
land ought to be the last t-o- complain of the
editors. They have never done him any in
justice. During the Presidential campaign
several ugly stories about him were printed,
but these stories were never refuted by his
friends or himself. They may have been scan
dalous and unpleasant, but there has never
been any proof offered that they were untrue.
He was elected, by a small accidental majority,
in spite of them, and so’ we do not see why he
should take this oppbrtunity to grumble. On
the contrary, he ought to thank the newspapers
for acknowledging that he is a very lucky man.
What is the occasion of this epistle of the
Mugwump favorite ? Has he heard that Peter
B. Sweeney has returned irom exile to recon
struct the Tammany Pung and run David B.
Hill for the next Presidency ? Has he been un
kindly reminded of the fact that his Civil Ser
vice rules are being violated by United States
District Attorney Dorsheimer, who edits an
offensively partisan administration organ? Has
he read Senator Beck’s speech upon the silver
question ? No; none of these things move him.
Some paper has stated that Joseph Keppleronce
asked a personal favor of the President, and all
this diatribe against the Press is to deny the
allegation and confound the allegator. The
President certifies that he has only spoken to
Keppler once, and this ought to satisfy every
body. Mr. Keppler is a clever artist, who uses
bis talent to traduce other people and ridicule
religion. He delights to insult all nationalities
except his own. He never depicts the wooden
shoed and sourkraut-eating Dutchman, though
he is fond of caricaturing the Irish peasant
with his shillelah and his pipe. For the Presi
dent to have spoken to such a supporter once
is quite often enough, in all conscience ; but the
incident might have been put upon record with
out all this needless and unjust abuse of the
press. On the whole, we do not think that
either the President or the Puck artist has
gained any credit by their correspondence.
MEMOIRS OF A SHAMELESS PRINCE.
A Boston firm has recently published a work
based on the memoirs of George IV., in which
are unvailed the character of a prince perhaps
the most dissolute of ancient or modern his
tory, unless, in questionable charity, exception
be made of the incestuous Nero. Following the
libidinous course of this royal libertine, the
mind recoils from a belief of moral atrocities so
great, so continuous, and so heartless that
every noble purpose or pure principle of nature
was sacrificed to its most abandoned sensuality,
virtue being debauched as though it w’ere an
honorable achievement, virgin hopes betrayed
as though their conquest were the highest fame
that could attach to his noble estate. A great
deal ot the responsibility lor the profligate ca
reer of this royal personage must, it is true,
rest with the immediate associates of bis young
manhood, and the peculiar conditions and dan
gerous liberties of the society of which he came
to be a part. •
The natural disposition of the prince was gen
erous and kindly, his character having many
shining qualities that lifted him above his fel
lows no less than his rank. His remarkable ap
titude as a student, the unusual brilliancy of his
intelligence, and, in spite of all, the residnte
goodness in his heart were properties that,
judiciously directed and properly encouraged,
might have made him one of the most illus
trious and worthily esteemed princes that ever
ruled England, leaving his name a source of
perpetual pride and honor to that nation.
But society was very loosely constitued in
those days—vices that would not fetch oppro-
I brium upon the one who dared indulge them
I being lightly taken account of or entirely ig
nored. Beside this, the men whom the prince
chose lor his boon companions, though often
i distinguished for their intellectual superiority,
were as deficient in all that belonged to true
> nobility of manhood as they were needy in for
l tune, and they found it much to the advan-
► tage of their purses to foster the evil inclina
i lions of inexperienced youth, not being at all
i scrupulous as to the consequences to the future
- state of the prince when they led him into ex
j cesses that rapidly undermined the better part
c of his character, and fitted him to become the
i reproach of his country.
It, of course, will not be understood that the
3 reckless extravagance and wanton debauchery
-of the Prince passed entirely without repri
y mand. Indeed his life was viewed with greai
f indignation by the virtuous people of the king-
- dom, and some very bitter protests found theii
-way into print. The king, his father, the un
e happy George 111., was mightily incensec
against the dissipated prince, expressing his in
i- dignation in fcuch unmistakable terms that th<
Prince of Wales was denied the royal presence
and was left unrelieved, the sorely pressed vic
tim of an enormous debt contracted by his own
licentious and improvident modes of life.
Though the Queen, his mother, fairly idolized
him, and looked as little as possible in the
direction of his iniquities, ho wont to such an
extreme in his daring libertinism that she
finally acknowledged herself grievously in
sulted, and refused to further permit his com
ing into her household until his manners had
been amended. This broach between parent
and son was so grave a matter that only the
weightiest reasons of state, presented in a
rather diplomatic correspondence, availed to
restore the profligate to favor.
But on the other hand, there wore, so many
who defended the scandalous conduct of the
Prince, throwing over his basest acts the modi
fying gauge of sophistry, excusing his follies on
the ground of youth, and condoning his iniqi
ities on the ground of wholly fictitious slights
at court of the deservedly infamous Prince,
that a rather stormy influence prevailed in big
behalf and saved him from the general scorn
that might have proved his reformation. There
. is good reason to believe that this example set
by George IV. during the time he was Prince of
Wales has since been not entirely without imi
tation by a successor.
VERY QUESTIONABLE REFORM.
There is no doubt in the mind of every intelli
gent resident of this city that the management
of the different municipal departments in this
city could be conducted on a more economical
principle than they are at present. The exist
ing Board of Estimate and Apportionment are
making strong efforts to reduce the city budget
for 1886, and have earnestly asked the co-opera
tion of taxpayers to help them make a reduction
in the final estimates. Among those who asked
a hearing before this board was that perennial
kicker and deodorized fossil, yclept the Council
of Reform. No year passes that the members
of this organization do not appear before the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment and, in
I' ig-w’inded speeches, denounce the heads of
departments for the extravagant way in which
they spend the city's monies. On Saturday last
they presented a. report to the board in which
they made an elaborate comparison between the
expenditures of money by this city (per capita')
and that made by other cities in this country
and Europe. Since the publication of this re
port, it has been ascertained that the whole
thing is a perversion of facts. The Depart
ments of Public Works, Parks and Law have !
each denied the statement made by the Council,
and have given facts and figures which un
doubtedly show that this band of questionable
reformers are looking for other ends than a
reformation in municipal government.
The counsel to this association, one Henry N.
Beers, unable to deny his egregious mistakes,
has written a letter to the Corporation Counsel
admitting his errors astouhat official’s depart
ment and regretting that such a blunder was :
made. This same Beers, bis report of the
cost of maintaining the city of Paris, said that
but $150,000 was necessary, when according to
the budget of that city for 1884, now in the
Mayor’s office, $520,000 was necessary. The
budget of this city is placed at $489,000, when,
in reality, it never exceeded $360,000, and will,
in all probability, fall much lower this year.
As we said before, all efforts toward reducing
the e ipenses of the city government are com
mendable ; but the Council of Political Reform
and similar institutions do more harm in many
ways than good. Their reform movement is
questionable.
Oitorinl
Arkansas Ore.—There is now stop
ping at the Astor House Mr. S. E. Barron, Su
perintendent of the Continental Gold and Silver
Mining Company. His object in visiting New
York is- to exhibit ore from the Arkansas mines,
and he has convinced many experts that the
assertion he made a year ago, that “ Arkansas
is rich in gold and silver mines,” is strictly
true. Mr. Barron has had the ore of his com
pany tested at the Newark Smelting and Refin
ing Works, with the following result: Ore of the
Black Dust Mino, silver 599 2-10 ounces, and
gold 418 ounces. He states that one sack mine
has first silver trace, then gold trace. The ore
exhibited from this mine is taken from the cap
rock, and it is evident that when some depth is
reached the result will be the finding ore of a
much richer quality.- For years there have
been legends of rich mines in Arkansas, though
they have never before been worked. It would
be strange should Arkansas rival California,
Colorado and Nevada in the production of gold
and silver.
Kindness Rewarded.—That charity is
its own reward had an apt illustration in the
person of one J. T. Bauer, of Philadelphia, a
few days ago. One cold day, two years ago, a
weather-beaten sailor entered a saloon in Phila
delphia., where Bauer was bartender, and beg
ged for a drink. Bauer gave it to him and sub
sequently learned that the man who asked for
the favor was Henry Stanton, son of a wealthy
English landowner ; that he had run through a
fortune, and, in doing so, had become a drunk
ard and an outcast from his ancestral home.
Bauer procured work for Stanton, and some
time ago the latter returned home and became
reconciled with his family. Last week Bauer
received a letter from Stanton with a draft for
$60,000,. as a token of regard for the man who
had been a friend to him when he was penni
less and alone. Bauer camo to this city on
Tuesday last and received the money from a
banking-house in. Wall street.
Sparring for the Girl They Loved.
—The chivalry of the middle ages is well known
to us all, though the same spirit now is seldom,
ii ever, manifested in the manner of the days of
old. Sometimes we read where two fire-eating
Southerners make a target of each other for the
priveLege of claiming some fair damsel as his
j own. The most manly illustration that has
come to our notice for some time on this subject
was the action, of Harry Quinby and Albert
Cheney, both students at Harvard. These
young gentlemen were both madly in love with
a pretty Boston blonde, and as neither could
claim the lady as solely his, they determined
to fight the matter out, and the one that
should have the lady. They met and fought
six rounds with hard gloves on Tuesday last.
At the close of the round Cheney threw off his
gloves and told Quinby to take the girl. He
did so. «
Wants to Know.—Clara Belle, in her
usual delicate manner, wants to know what
would be the result if women were as particu
lar about husbands having good figures as men
are in regard to the shapeliness of wives. The
tailor could put in more padding and fix up. the
shoulders; but the legs—aye, there’s the rub.
Art can do nothing for them, and iashion does
not kindly provided dress shirt. But why dis
cuss the subject? Women are not particular
about anything in selecting a husband. If they
were, most of them would remain old maids.
What the Dog Did.—A Mrs. Gilson,
of Newburg, N. ¥., ordered her husband, some
time ago, to send away or kill his dog. Hubby
refused, and Mrs. Gilson took up her bed, so to
speak, and left. She is now sewing in the alms
house in Newburg, and though a proficient
scholar in music and the languages, being edu
cated in Boston, she prefers to stitch, stitch,
stitch, rather than enjoy the comforts of a home
where she can’t boss her husband and meta
physically sit down upon the dog.
Taffy by the Yard. —A correspondent
of a western paper, writing from Spain, speaks
of the women of that country as follows:
“Beautiful? A man whose blood runs red
within his veins may see beauty elsewhere, but
: he has never felt the perfect charm of woman’s
! womanliness until he has met love looking from
the melting brightness of those matchless orbs
5 which none but Spain’s dark glancing maidens
7 bear.” That young man should be called home.
b Fashion’s Foibles.—Fashion notes
. tell us that “ freckles are very stylish because
r the Princess Louise has them, and now they
- are produced artificially.” If it could only be
I announced that snub noses and big feet were a
- sign of« royalty many of our belles would not
j have to i’csQAi to “ aiUficitU meaus.”
Chicago Looking Ahead.—A bill is to
be introduced in Congress to lend the name
of the Government to the International Expo
sition which is to be held in Chicago in 1892, to
commemorate the four-hundredth anniversary
of the discovery of America. The Chicago
people aro a good deal interested m this enter
prise, and are going to push it with the energy
that has made that city famous. They think
the typical American city should be the leader
and the location of this commemoration, and
consider it quite as appropriate as the holding
of the Centennial Celebration of the Republic at
the Cradle of Liberty. The Exposition will be
planned after that of Philadelphia, and similar
legislation is desired, except that no financial
aid or guarantee is aaked from the Government,
the people of Chicago agreeing to foot all the
bills.
Without a Point.—Our Southern
contemporaries say some queer things occa
sionally. One of them recently on hearing that
the Pedestal Committee were not unwilling
to receive eubscribtiona to defray the expense
of setting Miss Liberty on her statue remarks:
“We feel like the Dutchman who subscribed
liberally to build a church, and then was asked
to contribute to put up a lightning rod. Ho
said: ‘ Veil, I haf yoost gif some zwei thousand i
dollars for building dat Lord’s haus up, uut
furnishin’ dot’s Lord haus ond, unt makin’
some fence dot Lord’s haus aroundt, unt now
if he vant to donder dot haus down, he can
yoost donder’im down. You dod’nt got anoder
tollar.’ ” The re r erence to the subscription of
$2,000 is what deprives this beautiful anecdote
of any point.
Switched Off. —Th© Buffalo Courier
speaking of the preccoiousness of young
America gives an apt illustration in the follow
ing:
“ A well-known railroad man of this city who has
a very interesting family was reading the funny
column to them the other evening, and camo to the
conundrum, • Why is a locouoolivo always called
she?’ ‘I guess it’s because she carries a train,’
cried little Caroline, whose entire collection of dolls
arc arrayed in long robes. * And I guess that it’s
because switches turn her head,’ piped Tommy,
who had heard his pa grumbling abo-ut the price of
his ma’s back hair; but a lew moments later, as he
felt the ardent application of the maternal slipper,
he was heard to murmur, * I guess’after all it s be
cause she fires up so.’ ”
Somewhat Skeptical. — “ Man in
search of his soul during fifty thousand years,
and how lie found it,” is the subject of ono of
Gerald Massey’s lectures. The average woman
who ever sent a man to hunt anything will be
very skeptical in regard to Mr. Massey’s state
ment that he found it, oven after hunting fifty
thousand years.
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111 PI AS AN A. O. O. F.
We had met Uncle John Simons and had
been to so many suppers with the Knights of
Honor that there wasn’t a beam in our counten
ance but what beamed in glorification of some
secret society, that gave evidence thatjwe had
been there.
Old Briggs, by the way, had come down to the
office with bis hat mashed over his eye, and had
said that he was a Mason. The very next day
Sutherland had come down-town with his hat
mixed up among his bangs and had asserted
that he, too, also was a Mason.
§|We even wont so far as to meet Uncle John
Simons again. He cocked his hat over his left
eye and Raid:
“ Hillo 1”
There was a scheme that was capable of
originating a kindergarten i» the A. O. I. O. F.
racket, and we laid around to see what was
going cm
We asked lor the grip and’ then it was given
us-. The only thing that was* not known to us
before was the action ot'placing the right thumb
on the left palm of the contingent brother, and
then to work the left thumb in the ear and
wriggle the fingers. This corralled, even the
Thirty-third Degree was in*our power.
We walked down to our Chinos© laundry.
“ Hello John ! ’
The return came instanter.
“ What you doee here?”
“ Beg pardon I I thought you; were an Odd
Fellow I”
“Me Odd Fellee !”
“ How many degrees ?' 5
“Million.”
We had not anticipated that so many degrees
were in play and wo asked the moon-eyed das
tard to call the turn at 33.
“Cornea in backee roomee,” said ho..
We went into the back room.
“ Smokoe lice?”
We admitted that we did “smokee lice” when
we caught them upon our school-boy head.
“ Whatee kindee lice ?”
“ Hard boiled,” ejaculated we.
Ho showed us a section of rice, but it wasn’t
the kind of rice that we had done so much
hunting for and the executive session ceased.
What we saw there must be told in another
story.
Next week, probably.
small change.
Speaking about Young Men’s Chris
tian Associations, it reminds us that there is
one of them over in Brooklyn, and that about
every other week the newspapers are called
upon to report a case of overcoat-stealing in the
rooms. This very forcibly proves that even
young Christians appreciate the fact that it’s
going to be a hard winter.
Temperance people have finally suc
ceeded in prevailing upon the girls to keep
wine from their New Year’s tables, and now the
boys go around to the corner bar-room, whoop
it up till they are loaded, and then sleep in the
station-house. This is probably a change for
the better, but wo don’t grasp it in that light.
A local servant-girl took advantage
of New Year’s nighk by leaving her employer’s
residence with four hundred dollars’ worth of
clandestine sealskin sacque. At least, the sor
vant-girl is accused of it. But it would be a
bully scheme on the part of the husband, now,
wouldn’t it ?
A Brooklyn man, to ascertain how
long the spring of his Waterbury watch was,
took off the cover. The- spring flow out and
knocked his wife thixjugh the window, and he
is now in jail. Anybody who has endeavored
to wind up a Waterbury watch will appreciate
this fable.
Calling, on New Year’s, is one of the
lost arts among the wealthier classes. They
hang a basket on the door bell-knob. The mid
dle classes still adhere to the old custom ; but
then, the middle classes were always a darned
sight better than the upper classes, anyhow.
A Brooklyn citizen of our acquaint
ance who was troubled by bedbugs, sent twenty
five cents for a cure. He received two blocks
of wood with the directions: “Take the bed
bug, place him on block No. 1, and press hard
against him with block No. 2.
Two Harvard students had a sparring
match the other day, the stakes being a sweet
heart. The one that got her will probably be
compelled to shoot the loser before he will at
tain that quiet that is necessary to untramelled
domesticity.
We see that the contracts for Legisla
tive printing are to be given out next week. The
Congressiofial Globe is the paper that we want
to see at our breakfast table. What’s left after
firing at cats we can hit the landlady with.
We see that an Adam’s express agent
has defaulted and endeavored to escape m fe
male attire. If our memory serves us, another
man, who endeavored to steal the United States,
was caught in the same way.
Miss Mary E. Sleeper, of Worcester,
Mass., is one of the sweetest singers of the
i East, She's probably th© only one in the
neighborhood who answers to the name when
she once begins.
The Cherokees threaten that if the
Government doesn’t treat them better they’ll
kick up a row. Why not send a company of
Battery Park bruisers down there and clean
them out ?
Only two days between New Year’s
i and to-day, but we'll bet that fifty per cent, of
, those who swore off on Friday lost their diaries
; and have forgotten all about the matter ere
this,
The Schoharie Superintendent of the
Poor has been sentenced to three years impris
onment for clandestinely appropriating county
money. He will see some life now.
St. Louis Aidermen are quarreling
about the city’s gas supply. If they are any
thing like our Aidermen, they should settle the
difficulty by tapping themselves.
Bubolabs are touring it through the
rural post-offices, and are making large hauls.
Of newspapers, we presume, that have been
road, but haven’t been paid for.
The Summer hotels are one by one
burning down. Taking one consideration with
another, it was a pretty tough Summer on
boarding-houses—alias hotels.
A little boy endeavored to stop a
New Year’s gun from going off, with his hand,
but the charge went off with his hand, and nei
ther have since been seen.
The Detroit policemen recently seized
a newspaper because it had maligned them. Of
course they didn’t know what to do with it and
returned the forms.
Next to the news that Vanderbilt had
died, no news has so startled the community as
that several baseball players had signed with
new clubs.
Victoria Schilling has lost her ear
ring. Can’t see what use she has for one.
Thought she lost her head long ago.
Another minister has been accused of
naughtiness. Pretty soon residences will be
built with port-holes, like men-o’-war.
A Rensselaer county farmer has
fallen heir to seven millions of dollars. He can
fool the potato bugs this year.
Every little hoodlum in the city is
now hunting around town for dogs to kick so
that he can go to Paris.
Tammany Tribe appears to be losing
all of its best Indians. The last to leave is Lo
(eow).
Out in Omaha they draw citizens to
church fairs by organizing chickeu disputes.
What’s the size of your hat to-day ?
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GOSSIP ON THE SQUARE.
The 100 th representation of “Evangeline" at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre on New Year’s Eve was
enlivened by several incidents not set down ia the
bill. Chief among these was the unlooked-fbr ap
pearance of Mr. Henry E. Dixey in full Adonis dTess
at the finale of Act I. The clever comedian, taking
advantage of an intermission at the Bijou, had hur
ried in a cab from one theatre to the other, to the
surprise of all, including the manager whom his
visit complimented. Later in the evening Mr. Rice,
the composer, conductor and manager, was pre
sented with a valuable diamond horseshoe from the
members of the company and the attaches of the
theatre; with a beautiful, gold-headed cane from the
gentlemen of the orchestra,, and with a magnificent
floral tribute from- Mr; Dixey, the author of the
burlesque, Mr. Goodwin, making a few felicitous
presentation remarks; to whicli Mr. Rice responded.
Miss Ramie Austen,, who has received praise in
the Western cities for her impersonation of the he
roine in Dore Davidson’s success, “Lost,” will re
sume her season in the>play atHarry Miner’s Brook
lyn Theatre, January 11th. She will be supported
by a Metropolitan company who hav-e been special
ly engaged. The play is a melodrama, the plot be
ing of an exciting nature, and the iacidents of the
story follow each other in rapid succession.
Mn. Frank Murtha, has had a great many appli
cations from first-class stars and companies that
wish to appear at the new Windsor Theatre, and
has nearly filled all of the dates for the season. He
now announces the opening for February Ist, when
an attraction of unusual popularity will be pre
sented. Manager Murtha will have one of the
handsomest places of amusement in the country,
where he expects to revive the’successes of the “Old
Drury.” Popular prices will prevail.
Miss Kate Forsythe has been acting the part of
Agatha Posket, with Mr. John T. Raymond, in the
“Magistrate” at the Walnut Street Theatre, Phila
delphia, for the past two weeks, and has demonstra
ted the fact that she is an excellent impersonator of
comedy roles.
John Brougham called Lotta a “dramatic cock
tail ” and now it is time for some one to coin an
epigram for Miss Myra Goodwin, the vivacious lit
tle actress who has away of her own that is fully
as original as Lotta’s was when she first skipped
into the popular heart. Miss Goodwin and her
play “Sis ” has been meeting with success in nearly
every city where she has appeared.
Mr. Frederick Wabde has at last found a mana
ger thst understands his business and appears to be
meeting with the success to which he was so long a
stranger. He is at present acting in Texas to large
audiences and is favorably regarded by the local
critics. Mr. Wards will play a two week’s engage,
ment at the Star Theatre before the close of the
season, during which he will be seen in a round of
heavier legitimate drama.
Pretty, healthy and solid Pauline Hall is certain
ly one of the attractions at the Casino, where she
has established a clientele of her own. She has
greatly improved in her singing and fills, in a
most acceptable manner, the part of the Italian boy
in “ Amorita.” In the “Gypsy Baron,” which is in
preparation at this house. Miss Hall will have the
leading part—a picturesque gypsy girl—and a large
share of the music. At the close of the run of the
latter opera she goes to Europe to study and may be
absent for a year, as she has a flattering offer to ap
pear at a leading London theatre.
Mr. Lawrence Barrett’s production of Victor
Hugo’s flve-act tragedy, entitled “ Hemani” at the
Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadelphia, took
place according to the previous announcements.
The initial performance was witnessed by a large
audience, that included many of Philadelphia’s
most prominent citizens, and was a very great suc
cess. The title part was taken by Mr. Barrett and
was acted by him with much picturesqueness and
force. He was called before the curtain several
times at the close of each act and a great deal of
enthusiasm prevailed. In “Hernani” Air* Barrett
has a strong play that will prove to be a valuable
addition to ais already varied repertory.. To-mor
row night Mr. Barrett begins his annual engage
ment in Brooklyn, during which he will.be seen in
a round of his most popular parts.
The friends of Miss Emma Thursby are arrang
ing for a grand concert to be given in .her honor at
the Metropolitan Opera House on the evening of
February 23.
Madame Janish opens her Spring season in Mon
treal on Monday. The new play she is about to
produce is a comedy entitled “ Love Wins.” Her
company is a strong one, and includes Mr, John G._
Freund, who has been engaged as leading man.
The veteran actor, Mr. Robert Johnston—whose
presence upon our stage was familiar to the play
goers of more than a quarter of a century ago, and
who was one of the leading popular favorites of his
time—has for the past few years been preparing a
record of the stage and its people, The work is
now nearly completed, and will shortly be pub
lished. Its title is “The American Encyclopaedia
Dramatica.” It will include an account of all the
actors who have appeared upon the American stage,
since the advent of the first players on the American
continent to the present time, with lengthened bio
graphical sketches of the most famous ones, with a
descriptive list of all the theatres erected in the
principal cities in the United States, together
with an account of American dramatists and their
works, the whole forming a complete and, as far as
practicable, an authentic history of the American
stage. It will te illustrated with numerous por
traits of the most noted players of the past and
present.
Wallach's Theatre. — “ Hoodman
Blind ” will remain the guest of the new year on
this stage for some weeks to come. There is, ac
cording to the managerial assertion, as yet very lit
tle, if any, diminution in the average nightly re
ceipts. Therefore the heart of Moss is glad, and
Arthur’danceth joyfully—and the Kyrle-Bellew’s pic
turesque legs becometh almost symmetrical to the
tuneful tinkling of his little bell. Matinee as usual.
The Casino. —“ Amorita” in its new
dress is running along more prosperously than ever
at the Casino. The popular operetta has passed its
fiftieth representation, and is now ranked among
the most successful productions ever presented at
this house. Manager Rudolph Aronson has not as
yet set a date for the next attraction, Johann
“Gipsy Baron,” the costume pianos,
scenes, models, property plots and orchestration of
which were recently brought over from Vienna by
stage-director Conried.
Fourteenth Street Theatre.—Now
then, here you are, “Evangeline,” living out the
1 old and giving welcome to the new year. “ Evange
line” and lively Fay Templeton, John Mackey, and
i all the rest of the jolly cohort will ** receive callers’’
i —no cards-, until Spring -or thexcabouts. Matinees
Wednesday and tatunby.
Comedy Theatre. —Kellar has turned
the flank of his fir?l hundred consecutive perform
auces here and is steadily on to capture
the second hundred. ho will succeed and
take in a hundred or two fUOTe byway of making
his victory complete.
We have had the great Hermann upon the metro
politan stage and the little Hermans in bis imita
tions of his namesake; there carue also, in his
black velvet suit and with his satanic moustache,
Anderson, the “ Wizard of the North;” Heller, with
his mind-reading Haidee and his piano fantasies;
Blitz, with his trained canaries, and a score of lesser
professors and inconsequent dabblers in the black
art.
Now we have Kellar, and thus far, while he does
not claim to boa Houdin, he has shown himself
in much that be docs to be a worthy successor ol
the best of those whose performances in their day
were regarded as wonderful. His manner and
method are pleasant, his tricks and magical devices
are deft and clever and he does not bore his audi
ences with a superfluity of explanatory or intro
ductory talk. He permits his work and its mys
teries to speak for themselves. As a consequence,
he has gained a place in popular favor which will
insure him and his entertainment a permanence of
patronage.
For the present week Kellar will repeat the pro
gramme of the holiday week, including, of course,
the spiritualistic manifestations, the Mysterious
Cabinet, Prof. Blamphin the harpist, and many new
studies in prestidigitatorial diablerie.
Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
Standard Theatre.—Boston and other
rural cities of more or less culcbaw did not tako
kindly to the reappearance, after her many years of
absence, of Roslna Vokes. In fact, the only evi
dence the “patrons of art” gave of their knowledge
of her presence was in their absence from the
theatre.
Whatever may have been the cause of the faint
hearted, frosted recognition which was accorded
her elsewhere, she has had ample amends lor it in
the cordial and unqualified welcome she has re
ceived upon this stage by a aeries of largo audi
ences.
It was here in the metropolis, seasons ago,
at another theatre, whore she was gladdened
by the hearty recognition of her talent as ono
of the most sprightly and artistic of soubrottes,
It was here she ashieved her most pronounced
American success, arsd it is here that she is cheered
by ths reward she deserves—that of remembrance’
and of appreciation.
She has appeared in bat two pieces, one a bright
and spatfkling comedietta—“My Milliner’s Bill”—■
and the other a medley of fun, comic action and
enjoyable music, entitled “A Christmas Pantomime
Rehearsal.’’’' In these she bad ample scope for her
varied and admirable abilities as a comedienne,
thoroughly perfect in her art, and an adequate
support from a company well fitted as exponeats of
the characters-to which its members were assigned.
The comedietta and the farcical rehearsal will be'
continued during the present week. Matinees aS'
usual.
Madison Square Theatre. — “Saints'
and Sinners ” having passed it fiftieth perform--
ance, has entered upon that long career of proff 4
perity which is associated with all the dramatic
productions that are accomplished at this fortunate
house. Theatrical managers in all parts of the-
United States have flxecF their gaze upon this play,
and many of them have already sought to make
arrangements with Mr. A. M. Palmer for the early
production of it at their various theatres. It is
not Mr, Palmer’s intention, however, that Mr.
Jones’s 4 drama, which provides for so much
delicate and picturesque scenery, and which re
quires such earnest and skillful acting, shall bo
played loosely throughout America in that inferior
manner; which is but too often characteristic of'the
performances given in the one night country towns.
Later in the year “ Saints and Sinners ” will be
sent out by Mr. Palmer with fine scenery and the
same excellent cast of characters with which it is 4
now being acted in this city.
Grand Opera House.—Gus Williams
made his appearance on this stage, for the first
time this season, on Monday evening last. lie •
made the occasion notable by the production of a
new farcical comedy, written for him by George -
Hoey and entitled “Ob, What a Night 1” It ia
somewhat broad in its humor, the situations are •
amusing although exaggerated, and the action is*
rapid and full of vitality.
As a means of affording Mr. Williams all the oppor
tunity necessary fo-r the exercise of his talent as a
singer of topical songs and an exponent of the hu
mor of “ broken German” in the character of Major
Pottgeisser, it answers the purpose. Without Gus
Williams its theatric -existence would be deservedly
brief. The characters, such as they are, are mere
outline sketches, with little revelation of individual
ity.
“ Gus’s ” holiday week was made cheerful by the
generous divvy of the receipts which a series of
large and friendly audiences left in the box-office
as a remembrance of the enjoyment he had given ■
them.
To-morrow evening and for the week Madame
Janauschek will be the attraction, appearing in
“Zillah." On Tuesday evening she will repeat her
impressive impersonations of Lady DedlOck and
Hortense in/• Bleak House/’ and on Wednesday
evening and at the matinee she will appear-in the
drama of “Mother and Son.” Herengagement.it
must be remembered, is for one week only.
Prof. Cromwell’s Entertainment.—
The Professor’s subject of illustration for this even
ing at the Grand Opera House will be, by special re
quest, a repetition of “Italy,” It is, now that the
excellence and beauty of his pictures have become
so universally known and acknowledged, almost
needless to say that this, one of the most interesting
and instructive of his series, will attract a large
audience..
Union. Square Theatre.—There wa3
a great, demand for seats last week. The final
nights of Mr. Hill’s costly and artistic revival ol
“Romeo and Juliet” ware, perhaps, the mosl
interesting in its long and prosperous run. With ,
the prestige of having played Juliet eighty-four
consecutive times. Miss Margaret Mather now takes
hold of another famous character, Leah, In which
she will appear next Tuesday evening.
The curiosity to see her Leah—which was praised
with enthusiasm in other’ cities—is very general, .
and Mr. .Hill has wisely chosen a night for the pro
duction of hie second revival in which there will be
no serious conflict of theatrical interests.
The scenery for “ Leah," painted by Voegtlin
includes seven or eight beautiful sets, two artistic
landscapes especially. The cast is strong.
People’s Theatre.—Extended com
ment was given in these columns in reference to
the merit of the drama “Woman against Woman/*
in which Miss Efflie Ellsler was seen on this stage,
earlier in the season. Her reappearance here dur
ing the past week in this drama attracted very
large audiences, and it is pleasurable to repeat that
this ambitious daughter of the veteran manager
has never been seen to better advantage in her
special line of work, nor could she have bad a bet-,
ter medium than this drama of homely domestic
life in which to gain the affection of the popular
heart. “Woman against Woman” ia.one of the very
few dramas of its class which is not overburdened,
with mock heroics, nor made unpleasantly glaring,
with the flash of sensationalism. Its sensational,
features are more dramatic and true to the realism,
of life than they are theatric. It.is humanly, and its.
humanly qualities have in Miss Ellsler an apt and.
effective exponent.
This week, commencing to-morrow evening, fun.
and merriment will be in order as illustrated and
made particularly apparent, in the farcical skit of
“A Bunch of Keys.” Matinees wili be given aa
usual on Wednesday and Saturday.
Niblo’s Garden. —The Kiialfys’ pro
duction of “The Ratcatcher” will only be seen, at
this house for three weeks longer. Thus far it has
attracted large audiences, who were pleased with ita
picturesque scenery, glittering costumes, proces
sions and pretty women. Mr. Hubert Wilke baa
become a favorite with the patrons of this house*
and is a romantic actor of ability. The Kiralfva
have made another improvement in the jiioce. In
the scene where the rats are charmed by the piper*
the flowing rives now covers the entire stage, and
thousands of new and lively rodents have been add
ed. One of the pleasant features is the large num
ber of children on the stage, who create enthusiasm
among the little ones in the audience. Mlle. Do la
Brujere, she of the agile limb, continues to lead to
victory her troupo of sixty pretty young dancers.
Theatre Comique (Harlem). —Wat-
son and McDowell’s farcical “ Wrinkles” gava
laughter and general enjoyment to numerous audi.
ences during the past holiday week, and thereby
gave Manager Josh Hart the opportunity to give ths
new year a smiling welcome.
To-morrow, and every evening of the present
week, and at the matinees ou Wednesday and
Saturday—the popular sensational drama of « Tha
World,” with all its original and realistic, scenic
effects, and with the cast adequately supp.ojted will
be the attraction..
Daly’s Theatre. —For the preseat
week there will be no night off for “A Night Off/*
and it will ba kept on. it may bo, for a mouth to
come. It is one of the most enjoyable of the many
adaptations from the German with which Mr. Daly
has for the past two seasons regaled hie patrouaj
Matmoes as usual*