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CONTENTS OF -.4 SIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
CONTINUATION OF “TRACKING THE TRUTH.”
THE DETROIT SOLOMON.
OLD SONGS.
CLEVER SMUGGLING.
AMERICAN FABLES.
THIRD PAGE:
lIASONIC MATTERS: The Deep, Blue Sea; The Last of
Earth; Gallery near Completion; From New Jersey;
From “Uncle John;’’ Empire Chapter: KaneLodgre;
•Copestone Lodge; Tidings from the West; Scottish
Kite Notes; Royal Order of Scotland; The Proper
Title; Personal; Templar Notes; Labor Exchange.
SIXTH PAGEt
LOVE LONG.
A NOBLE TASK.
A WOMAN IN THE CASE.
BRACING WITH POI ONS.
SHORT SUMMER SERMONS.
•HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
THE DEADLY BACILLUS
UNION JACK HISTORY.
QUEER CHARACTERS.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
SEVENTH PAttK:
IN THE NIGHT.
A CRUEL CONSPIRACY.
THE HARVEST MOON.
CAJOLED BY A WOMAN.
NEGRO NED'S CHUROH.
CRUEL PRACTICAL JOKE.
BEER IN GERMANY.
a Social lesson.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
A GREAT BEAR HUNT.
and (gurnet -
Sufferer.—The symptoms of nervous
complaint are trembling sensations, quiverings,
shaky bands,involuntary blushing, general debility,
sleeplessness, headache, loss of appetite, failing
memory, dizziness of vision, vague apprehension of
impending evil, and general distaste for all the du
ties and occupations of life. These render the vic
tim perfectly miserable. The inode of cure depends
on proper medicin- and snitrfble diet. For the diet
the patient should try cocoa lor breakfast; for din
ner, roast or boiled mutton, roast beef, chops or
steaks or fowls: no salt meat nor veal nor pork:
puddings made of rice, vermicelli or tapioca; but
no pastry in any shape. He should avoid pickles,
cheese, jam and new bread. He may drink stout or
porter, but not ale. Port wine may be used in mod
eration. Cheerful books, amusing publications, and
agreeable society should also be sought; and a
proper amount of exercise out of doors should be
taken. He must not uso tobacco in any form, nor
touch ardent spirHs. He may eat meat often; and
if be can take it underdone it is preferable. As for
piedicino. he may take the following: Three ounces
and a half of camphor julep, three ounces and a
half of peppermint water, three drachma of spirits
Of. ammonia, three drachms o! syrup of saffron, one
drachm of tincture of camphor—well mixed. Three
tabiaspooniuls to be taken when required. It is in
tended for occasional, not constant use.
Circus. — “Can you tell ma who had
the first circus in this country?” The first cir
cus in the Untied States was managed by a man
named Ricketts in 1780. Gen. Washington and his
staff patronized its performance in Philadelphia
and it was regarded ns quite a high-toned and
fashionable amusement. Two or three years later
* Frenchman, named Bose bard, wis associated with
Ricketts, and when the latter died, Boscbard bad
the business to himself. His success encouraged
rivals, and several circus companies sprung up
during the latter part of the last and the begin
ning of the present century; but wo doubt if all
•of them combined would havo made up as big a
show as Barnum’s this year. In those days nine
horses and seven men constituted a troupe. The
band was a hurdy-gurdy, a clarionette and a bars
drum, and performances were rarely given at night,
•xoept in the largest cities, where means for
feebly illuminating the ring with candles could be
improvised. The troupe went from place to place
by night, moving altogether by wagons.
Proton.—The Order of the Garter
owes it origin to Edward 111., who conquered
France and Scotland, and brought their kings
prisoners to England. Edward, with a view of re
covering France, was eager to draw the best soldiers
Of Europe into bis interest, and projecting the re
vival of King Arthur’s round table, he proclaimed a
solemn tilting, to invite foreigners and others of
quality and courage to the exercise. The place of
tne solemnity was Windsor, It was begun by a
feast, and a table was erected’in the castle of 200 feet
tn diameter, in imitation of King Arthur’s at Win
chester. In 1316 Edward gave his garter for the
signal of a battle that had been crowned with suc
cess (supposed to be Cressy), and being victorious
on land and sea, and taking several noted person,
ages prisoners, In memory of these instituted this
order. Edward gave th? garter pre-eminence among
the ensigns of the order; it is of blue velvet bordered
with gold, with the inscription in old French: “Honi
loit qui mal y pense”— Evil to him who evil thinks.
T. C. M. — “ Will you please state, to
settle a dispute, the name of the author of tbe line :
“ ‘ The air is full of farewells to the dying.’ ”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is the author. The
line occurs in his poem ‘'Resignation.” where he
•ays:
“There is no flock, however watched and tended
But one dead lamb is there I
There is no fireside, howsoe’er defended,
But has one vacant chair 1
“ The air is full of farewells to the dying
And mSurnings for the dead ;
The heart of Rachel, for her children crying,
Will not be comforted 1”
M. J.—“ Who was the inventor of
clocks and watches?” The clepsydra or water-clock
was introduced into Rome by Scipio Nasica, B. C.
158. Th© earliest complete clock of which there is
any certain record was made by a Saracen mechanic
in the thirteenth century. Watches are said to have
been invented at Nuremberg in 1477. although men
tion is made of a watch in the possession of Robert
King, of Scotland, about 1310. It is asserted that
Charles V. of Spain whs the first who had what
tnight bo called a watch, although some call it a
•mall table-clock, in 1530.
William R.— Your own common-
Sense should teach you thero is no reason to believe
that any ill-luck attends a party of thirteen, unless,
indeed, there should only be dinner for twelve.
How could the fact that thirteen sat down to dinner
cause one of the party to die within a year? If there
Aver# anv truth in the belief the insurance compan
ies should have found it out by this time; but we
Jnavo never heard of any company which objects to
£ts policy-holders sitting down thirteen to dinner
jAs often as they choose.
Rodent.—A good way to get rid of
ISr&ts is to strew pounded potash in their holes. The
potash gets into their coats and irritates their skin,
.fend the rats desert the place. To prevent their
flying in their holes and becoming offensive, poison
Xhem by mixing half a pound of carbonite of barytes
uWith a quarter of a pound of lard. It produces great
the rats leavo their holes to drink and are
finable to return. -
.?/ Constant Reader.— “To decide a bet,
•/please state whether there are more drinking sa
loons in the Tenth or Eleventh Wards of this city.
’Also the population of these Wards.” On April 30th,
£IBB6. there were 571 drinking places in tho Tenth
tand 355 in the Eleventh Wards. The population of
j-thesa Wards we cannot give, as the census of the
,’State was not taken in 1875 as it should have been.
*| Abacadebra.—“Has a railroad, char
tered and operated in Connecticut, the right to en
jter into the milk business in this city under an
•assumed name and who should be informed of it to
jcompel them to stop so doing, if it is illegal?” It
.nil depends upon its charter. The road has no right
jlo go outsnle of the provisions of the charter, and if
41 does so tho District Attorney should be notified.
Tommy.—An American can become a
of Queen Victoria. Ho must have resided
;ln England five years, and must petition either the
Home or Foreign Secretary for papers of naturaliza
tion. With the petition the applicant must send a
certificate of time of residence, authenticated by
some person of good standing in the community,
Who has known him during the timo.
. Brown. — “Where can I find the line,
*O, for a lodge in some vast wilderness ?' ” In
Cowper’s ' Taek.” book 11, and reads:
** O, for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade,
Where rumors of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful war
Might reach me nevermore.”
, Old Subscriber.—President Cleve
land has never been in the manufacturing business.
He became a law student in 1855 and was admitted
to the bar in 1859, from which time until his elec
tion as Mayor of Buffalo, he continued in active
practice. “Appleton’s Annual Cyclopedia” says
that he was worth but $50,000 when elected
Xtovernor.
P. D.—lst. You cannot hold an office
the government unless you are a citizen. 2d.
’The Civil Service examination for an office in the
Custom House is held in the Custom Houtfe, and
-for the Post Office in the Post Office. If you should
pass your examination satisfactorily it is impossible
;Ao say when you would receive an appointment.
Brooklyn.—“A bets B that Engine
?NO. 9, of New York, was name<l United States, be
tween the years 1850 and 18f>0. B bets it was not.
("Who is right?” Bis right. No. 9 was named “Ma
llon.” It was 23 Engine that was named "United
States.**
4 Jj. H.—lst. The tax rate for thia vear
4s 2.29 per cent. Bills will be ready October 4th.
>2d. You must notify him to remove his goods left
on your premises, and if not removed in a reasona
ble time you can charge storage.
G. F.—“A betsß that an Englishman
Bnd hi« wife residing in Ireland, having a son born,
that flop is an Irishman. B says he is not, who is
right?” The son is an Irishman of English descent,
i Volunteer.—The hand and torch ex
hibited at the Centennial and afterward in New
York city are the originals afid are dow being placed
on the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe s Island.
5 N. O. P.—The only information we
’'can find about the yacht “ Maria ” is that she was a
sloop of 154 tons, and was one of the fastest of her
class.
’ Green.—lst. The Dominion of Canada
pays no taxps to England. 2d. There are always
regular English soldiers stationed in Canada.
J. H.—The epizootic, or horse disease,
reigned in this city during the latter part of the
Summer and early part of the Fall of 1872,
Subscriber. —A man must be at least
thirty-five years of age to be either President or
Vice-President of the United States.
v H. B.— Without an honorable dis
charge from the army, no man can join any Poet df
the Grand Army of the Republic.
Rex. —“In throwing dice, A throws
11. A bets B that B will not beat 11. B throws 11.
Who wins ?” The bet is a draw.
B. T. G.— The yacht “America” wag
never sold in Europe, She is now owned by Benia
min F. Buller. ’ * J
A. M.— We know of no such an insti
«ution as the Presbyterian Home tor Old Ilea in
ftius city. 4
vj. T. B.— yVe never enter into iheologi
jjU discwiOAS»
Urto fork gispilc'!).
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 19, 1888.
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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
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th at hour.
The NJEW YORK DISPATCH
has a larger circulation than any
other Sunday Newspaper pub
lished in tho United States.
A NON-PAKTISAN MAYOR.
We notice with pleasure that the Times and
Post have adopted our ideas in regard to with
holding election contributions from the local
Republican leaders. They do not give the Dis
patch credit and they neo our arguments to en
deavor to strengthen and justify their own posi
tion outside of the Republican party; but still
we do not expect everything from Mugwumps,
and we are satisfied with their partial conver
sion to common sense. The starving out of tho
rogues and tricksters who uso their position as
Republican leaders to trade and dicker with the
Democratic rascals and robbers, is the first
great step toward securing an honest municipal
administration. Now, will the Tinies and Post,
the Sun and the Mrpress, the Tribune and the
Comme ctal Adeortiser, the Star and the Daily
News, and even that Mackay Cable circular, the
Herald, and its blushing afternoon tender, the
Te’egram, join us in taking one more stop for
ward aud agreeing to give New York city a non
partisan Mayor at the next election ? If these
papers combine they can lead the people in auy
right direction, and the people are ready to be
led toward a thorough retorin ot the city gov
ernment.
There are plenty of honest men in all parties,
and the honest men of ell parties are convinced
that partisanship should have no place in New
York city aftairs. The government of this
magnificent business metropolis should be
conducted upon business .principles. When
ever an official has risen above partisan con
siderations in his appointments or his policy,
he has at once become popular. Thus District
Attorney Martine made his reputation by send
ing the leaders of his political faction to jail
when he caught them stealing the public
money, and Mayor Grace has crowned his re
form measures by the selection ot General
Newton as Commissioner of Public Works.
But it would have been easier for District Attor
ney Martine to prosecute the County Demo
cratic thieves i: ho had not been elected as a
County Democrat, and Mayor Grace would have
received more credit for his raid upon the Tam
many plunderers it he had not been nominated
in opposition to Tammany Hall. Make the
Mayor of New York tho representative, not ot
any party or faction, but of all tho honest
citizens, and his work of purification will be
largely lightened. We want to see the next
Mayor mu upon a People’s ticket, which the
good men ot all parties can heartily support.
Let the corrupt leaders of both the great parties
get together and nominate anybody against him
if they dare. Deprived ot the honest voters,
and of the money to buy up dishonest voters,
they will be hopelessly beaten.
We appeal first to the Republicans, because
they represent the wealth and intelligence of
the metropolis. Instead of allowing their local
leaders to put up what is called a straight-out
Republican candidate, to be beaten or to be sold
to the highest bidder,let them unite in a call for
a publie meeting to nominate a People’s candi
date. Address this call to honest men of all
parties, but insert in it the warning, “No poli
tical strikers need apply.’’ The Labor party
would endorse such a candidate, instead of
naming some man from their own ranks to be
used to help one or the other ot the Democratic
laetious. The masses ot the Pemocrats would
not retuse their votes to the People’s Mayorif
they knew him to be worthy and non-partisan.
They are tired of being misrepresented by
bribe-takers and convicted ielous. The shibbo
leths of Tammany aud Mozart and the County
Democracy have no longer any power over
them. They see that all tho factions are tarred
by the same black brush, and that one gang of
robbers follows another through the offices aud
into the jails. We believe that the majority of
the Democrats are well prepared to unite with
other respectable people to sweep forever into
obscurity the wretches who have sullied the
fame, of New York aud to elect a Mayor who
shall be equal to the requirements ot the office
and able to accomplish the radical reforms now
imperatively demanded. - - • - -
A People’s candidate could be elected by a
combination of the Republicans and the inde
pendents aud workingmen without the help of
the Democrats ; but we desire that the Demo
crats shall assist in the triumph and have their
fair share of the credit. They are as sick of
their roguish leaders as the Republicans. They
are no longer willing to vote according to the
orders of a rascally Ring which has foisted up
on them candidates who are now serving time
in prison, or under indictment, or skulking in
dark holes and corners, at home or abroad, in
order to avoid arrest. The old gang who have
so long plundered the city, and the new gang
who have turned out to be worse than the old,
cannot be trusted, no matter whether they call
themselves Tammanyites, Mozarters, County
Democrats or “ machine” Republicans. They
are all marked men. They could not be more
publicly labeled if they all wore tho convict
stripes which most of them deserve. Let us
have done with them and call a meeting of the
honest voters of all parties to nominate a
People's ticket, beaded by a candidate for
Mayor whose ability, integrity and efficiency are
unquestionable. We do not care what his pre
vious political record may have been if he will
pledge himself to a non-partisan administra
tion as Mayor. Thus nominated, his election
would be as certain as sunrise.
ANOTHER ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
Jay Gould is usually represented ss a mod
ern Mephistopheles; but last week he played a
star engagement as an affectionate lather. His
son, George Gould, is very fond of the theatres,
and holds the lease ot the Grand Opera House.
Some time ago he fell in love with pretty Edith
Kingdon, a young actress belonging to Daly’s
Theatre. The gossips said all sorts of things
about his evident devotion to Miss Kingdon,
and when he followed her to Europe the wicked
veterans ot the Union Club wagged their empty
heads and declared that they knew what was
going to happen. That they did not know any
thing about it was apparent from their aston
ishment when they read in the papers that
George Gould and Miss Kingdon had been
married. Marriage was the last thing these
old reprobates would have dreamed of in such
a case. The ceremony, too, was neither clan
destine nor informal. It took place at Jay
Gould’s villa, on the Hudson, in the presence
of the mother ot the bride and the father and
mother of the bridegroom. It was an old-fash
ioned marriage, of the best and homeliest type,
and we hope that all the old-fashioned bless
ings will attend it.
The effort to get up a sensation about the af
fair, as if it were strange that a millionaire’s
son should wed an actress, was a dead failure.
We have no aristocracy in thia country—not
even the aristocracy of money—but in aristo
cratic countries men with noble names and
broad acres are proud to ally themselves with
the celebrities of the stage. A beautiful woman
is the equal of any man on earth, and, if she be
virtuous and intelligent, an emperor may feel
honored to wed her. Jay Gould is an American
emperor in his way. He owns railroads, courts,
telegraphs and Legislatures, and is wealthy
enough to buy up most of the effete monarchs
ot the old world. But he began lite as the ped
dler of a mousetrap, which he had invented,
and he made his first money, like General
Grant, as a country tanner. Instead of being
ashamed of bis humble origin, he is proud of it.
His mousetrap has caught many milli ns; but
riches has not turned Uis level head. Bis own
NEW YORK DISPATCH, SEPTEMBER 19, 1886.
marriage was one of mutual love. He was then
a poor man and his bride was the daughter of a
rich merchant in the Swamp. So, when his son
announced to him his intention of marrying an
actress, Jay Gould smiled benignly and offered
to put his paternal blessing, his steam yacht
and his front parlor and best bedroom at the
service of the happy pair. In business he may
be a Mephistopheles; but at heart he is a true
American father.
One of Jay Gould’s subordinates is Signor
Morosini, whose daughter eloped with his
coachman, and has recently made another sen
sation by running away from her husband.
Signor Morosini has learned a great deal from
Jay Gould ; but this marriage must have taught
him another lesson. In his youth and his own
sunny Italy, Signor Morosini was a sailor—not
an admiral, or a captain, or even a midship
man, but just a plain, ordinary seaman. It
never occurred to him that a coachman was as
good as a deck-hand, and he banished bis
daughter forever from his home and heart
when she married Hullskamp. She might have
done worse. Many daughters of rich men do
worse; but Signor Morosini’s money blinded
him and he thundered against the so-called
mesalliance. Had he made the best of it; sent
Hullskamp to Europe to be educated and pol
ished ; brought him back in a couple ot years,
and given him an office in Wall street, he might
now boa happy father, instead of an irritated
and ridiculous Italian. How would he have
behaved had his son proposed to marry an ac
tress? Jay Gould is a hundred times richer
than Morosini; but he has a more level head.
He cannot only manage Wall street better, but
he can also keep things better regulated in his
own family. The man ought to learn to Imitate
tho master.
Neither Dead Non Sleeping.—Pre
vious to tho day ot election in Maine moat of
the Demooratio and all the Mugwump papers
rejoiced over the prediction that “the State of
ths Plnmed Knight would be lost to the Repub
lican party.” They baaed their prediction on
what they preaented as an indisputable fact,
that the Knights ot Labor and the Prohibition
ists wore solid against the Republican party.
Yet, notwithstanding the prediction, Maine is
more solid than ever before for tho Republican
party and its principles. “The Plumed Knight”
took the stump, spoke every day from the open
ing to the close of the campaign, and made
Protection to American Industries the key-note
of the contest. St. John and others were
brought into tho State to malign Mr. Blaine and
the Republican party; but the workmen stood
by both, and the consequence is that the Gov
ernor is elected by 14,000 and tbe Congressmen
by 17,000 plurality. The recent election in
Maine has proven one of the most illustrious
victories which Blaine and bis party has over
won in the State. The Mugwumps havo been
trying to make people believe that the victory is
a disaster, and that Maine is gradually slipping
away from tho control of tho Republicans. If
every other Republican Northern State does as
well as Maine has done, where will the Mug
wumps and their Democrrtie allies find them
selves in 1888? The Maine election proves that
the Republican party is neither dead nor sleep
ing- ~
Strike the Strikers. —All over the
city candidates for the offices to be vacated by
the next election are crawling into view and
preparing to secure the nominations. In every
ward and district the tax-payers should begin
the fight at once by stamping out these fellows.
They are the same old gang who have been
fastened upon tbe public crib for years, and
tbe people have had enough of them. If they
are not sufficiently wise to stay in their holes
and leave room for newer, purer and better
men, they should be taught wisdom by a prompt
application of the boot. Do not sign your name
to any paper recommending their nomination.
Refuse to give them a single cent toward their
election expenses. Rebuke their audacity in
attempting to face outraged public sentiment
by asking for office again. No matter by what
political name they call themselves, they are
all rascals. They will sell ont any party for the
sake ot filling their own pockets. Their only
idea ot politics is plunder. If they were really
sincere partisans the people do not want them
in the city government, where partisanship is
now at a heavy discount. Their day is over,
and tbe sooner they understand this the easier
they will keep out of trouble. The majority of
thorn should have been elected to Sing Sing
years ago. It is the only place they are compe
tent to fill.
Squire on the Rostrum.—We compli
ment Sancho Panza Squire upon his sagacity in
following the advice of the Dispatch and deter
mining to make his story public. He has
selected the lecture field, and, if he can deliver
a lecture as well as ho can tell a low-ncckod
anecdote, he will be a success. John B. Gough
has already died to make room for him, and
Bob Ingersoll will be bis only rival. Let him
toll all he knows about New York politics, and
the halls will not be large enough to hold his
aud ences, at a dollar a ticket But his lectures
should be only preliminary to a book. One
good-sized volume will bring hhn more fame
and fortune tlian a Lundred lecture tours.
Whether in print or on the rostrum let him
speak out like a man, giving us the truth and
the whole truth about the rascals who have
seduced him into crime and left him to be in
dicted. He should impale them like leeches
on a pin. T'he more they squirm the more
they will advertise his lectures. But a book’s
tho thing with which to catch the public aud
pluck a fortune from advertising. A lecture
tour may be interrupted by bad weather, throat
trouble, or the verdict ot a jury, but a book
goes on forever, whether tho author be tree or
in prison, dead or alive. Squire is the man
who knows it all, and the public are waiting for
him to speak out.
A Queer Fish.—lt may seem like but
tercupping natural history to say that a fish can
make an ass of itself; but young Pish has ac
complished this feat in the Aqueduct Board.
He must learn better manners or swim out of
office. We are particularly disappointed in him,
because he comes of a grand stock. Hamilton
Fish is a true statesman, revered and beloved.
His dignity, in and ont of office, is remarkable.
The conduct of his son, when General Newton
knocked tbe bottom out of the Aqueduct job by
his soldierly straightiorward resolutions, must
have shocked Hamilton Fish and brought a
blush to his venerable face. Young Fish was
not only unparliamentary; he was actually
rude, vulgar and caddish. All the water that
will run through the new Aqueduct cannot
wash away the damage done to his reputation
by his unseemly conduct and impertinent re
marks. As a rnle, great men are afflicted with
silly sons; but everybody expects politeness
and decorum from a member ot the Fish fam
ily. We hope that young Fish will amend his
manners for hia father’s sake, even if he has no
regard for his own reputation. He is juvenile
enough to reform and be forgiven, and we hope
that he will take this kindly hint.
Strength of the Administration.
Congressman Thomas B. Reed, of the First Dis
trict ot Maine, is to be congratulated on his vic
tory. Hitherto he has won his seat by but from
two to nine hundred majority, but this year ho
carries his district by over 1,300. This is due,
probably, to the fact that the Administration
did its utmost to defeat him, going so far as to
increase the number of men at work in tbe
Navy-Yard of Portland, for the purpose ot in
creasing the Democratic vote of the district.
The popularity of the present Administration
with tne people of Maine is evidenced by the
utter deleat of its favorite candidate, William
H. Cliflord, by Mr. Reed. How proud Mr.
Cleveland must feel of the enemies he has
made.
He* Wants Another.—We commend
this joke of the Richmond Bee on itself to the
New York Times, which has ceased to be a
newspaper for tho last two years. Says the
Bee : “ Send me another copy of the Bee," is
the soul-stirring order of an old subscriber,
who incloses the collateral inpayment for the
same. Then ho goes on to say : “ I take one
copy now, but there’s so little in it I need
another."
Genuine Justice.—Ex-Judge Bedford
believes that the duty of a public prosecutor is
to vindicate tbe innocent as well as to punish the
guilty. Ho took up the case of a convicted but
innocent man, last week, and secured his dis
charge by the Court. James B. Asher bad been
found guilty of larceny from the person upon
the unsupported testimony of Lizzie Hart, a
pretty girl, who may have been mistaken in her
story. At any rate, an investigation proved that
Asher bad always been a hard-working man, of
excellent character and unblemished reputation.
Such a man does not suddenly develop into a
thief and rob a pretty girl. The result of the
inquiry was to throw such grave doubts upon
tho conviction of Asher that ex-Judge Bedford
asked that he might go free. Thus genuine jus
tice was done and an honost man saved from
the ignominy of a prison. It is in tho judicial
functions of the District Attorney’s office that
the public is best benofitted, and wo are glad to
put upon record another instance in which in
nocence has been protected by an official prose
on tor.
A Clever Trick.—Americans admire
cleverness in anything, and it is certainly a
clever trick on the part of tho Western Union
to try to dodge tho Subway Commission by
putting the telegraph wires on the Elevated
railroad. Whether this device is in violation
of tho law is a question for the lawyers. The
Legislature has ordered the wires to be put
underground, and the Elevated railroad, ss its
name implies, is certainly above ground. If
this can be legally established. Commissioner
Flower will have to shin up tho Elevated pil
lars and pull the wires down again. As the
Western Union and the Elevated road arr prac
tically under the same ownership, the Commis
sioner may find himself prosecuted for tres
pass il he attempts to interfere. Still, it is his
duty to enbree tho law, and the wires, like
Captain Scott’s coon, must come down sooner
or later. But let us have a good-humored, as
well as a legal, conflict.
A Reason fob Popularity.—The Oc
tober number of “The Young Ladies’ Journal”
contains the opening chapters ot an exceeding
ly interesting story entitled A Handsome Sin
ner,” and the concluding portions of several
other serial stories ot much merit. One of the
reasons why “ The Young Ladies’ Journal” is
so popular is the fact that, while its contents
are instructive and entertaining, there is noth
ing in the magazine to which a father or
mother would object to their children reading.
Not a Good Phospect.—The Phila
delphia North-American says: “What are loft of
the roller-skating rinks are looking forward to
another good Fall trade.” In Newark we don't
think there will be much of “ a good trade.”
Tho fathers of that city will remember that it
was in tbe roller-ska'ing rinks that their
daughters learned the way to perdition. Fa
thers in other places are likely to take a lesson
from Newark.
aud (Suite.
DADDY PUNKINHEAD ON SCRIPTURE.
At home onco again from seashore and
mountain top, wo feel fresher than usual,
which is saying a great deal for one who is
naturally fresh.
Yesterday we met old Daddy Punkinhoad
again. As usual, he had hie Big Book with
him, and, as usual, it was upside down.
“ Studying tho law and tho prophets ?” we
asked.
“ Dar hain't much profits in de law,” he re
plied, shaking his head dolefully; “I is found
dat out. Once a man sued me lor a washtub
wot I’d borryed an’ tost, an’ I hired a Iyar ter
defend dor ease. Dar wus plenty ob law, but
no profit fur me. When I got troo wid der ly
ars dey lied oberyting but my hat an’ a ole pa’r
ob pants an’ a army blanket wot I picked up in
a nobbor’B.
“Wot I is now trubbled abo’t is dis hyar
Good Book. In Genesis 496 hit says, ‘Remem
ber de Sabbat’ day to kiok a hole in it.’ Dat
mus’ prater to playin’ ball on Sunday, an’ mus’
mean somethin’ abo’t kickin’ a hole in der hem
pire.
“ Now, here hit eez dat yer mus’ Hyar,
I’ll read it.”
The devout old gentleman thumbed tho
pages, which stood on their heads, aim then
read :
“ Judicus, 1987. Six days shall dow labor
and de sebbonth shalt dow wuok. Now in der
lan o’ goodness wot sense is der in dat sparra
grafs. Hit turns my ole bead mos’ upside
'down an’ gibs me de earysfphelas in my stum
mick. If a man wucks six days in da calendar
hit stall’s to raisins dat he wants a little time
fur ter whoop aroun’ on Sunday an’ see his
nebbors. Mebbe hit means all dat fur polly
ticians wot muck always fur de sponboodle.
“ Hyar’s nnnudder sparrergrafs. Remember
der lillies qb der fe a k- toil. n 9®dey do
dey spilj, I’ou’ll fin’ dal in Demoatheens 98,
1776. If I hed Demosthoens here you kin bet a
ham I'd make him spin an’ feel likewiscly.
Guess lie mus’ hab ben out on a spin whin he
writ dat an’ don’t yer furgit hit.
“Ef yer wants ter read somethin’ wot yer
kan’t ketch onto, an' wot med me scratch my
head ontwill de soles ob my feet itched, turn
to ifosesayer fo’ leben fo’ty fo', in which Hose
remarks, ‘Pro bone republican.’
“Now, I's been a Republican ebbo since de
declaramation prockelmation, an’ ef yer fin’s
euny bones about my sayin’ so I’ll clean yer
offis out fur nothin’. So would enny man wot
had a broom an’ a dustpan.
“Down hyar a little bidder hit sez: ‘ Whar,
oh I whar am de Hebrew chillen ? ’ Enny man
wots libbed in Noe Yawk enny length ob time
knows jes’ whar ter put his han on dem He
brew chillen, des der same as he wud on a flea.
Dey’s all ober town, an’ ef a man hezderyte
kin’ ob bait be kin fin’ a barrolful ob dem right
in dis hyar nebborhud.
“Here’s anudder in Leviticus, 1976: ‘Der
wicked flea even no man pursooth. Every man
onless he wears his brains under his coat-tails,
knows dat ef he’s ebber had ’em. Bnt, on der
udder han’ der flea has his best holt when det
man doth pursooth as ebberybody kin affidavid
to ef he’s ebber had de occasion tor git up in
der middle ob der night an’ go huntin’ fur de
beforesaid obscurious fleabottomy.
“ I’ll des distract yer hattention once mo’, an’
den I muss go an’ clean ont my spitsedores.
Here hit sez we are alive in de mo’nin’ an’ in de
ebenin’ we are cut down like der hopporgrass.
“ Shoo ! What sense is dar in dat.
“Ef a man wants yer ter know all about de
Big Book an’ ter read hit like we was gwine ter
onnerstan’ hit, why doan’t he write hit unner
stan able. I tink dem tellers wot writ hit mus’
a’ bin wot yo’ fellers calls space repo’ters. Yah,
yah 1 Dat’s my squeal.”
And old Daddy I’unkinhead shoved the book
down his shirt front and ambled off to purily
his early morning “spitsedores,” as he called
them, and cracked a gamin alongside of the
head for spitting through his crossed fingers
because Daddy was “google-eyod.”
SMALL CHANGE.
A professional bicyclist recently did
a mile in two minutes and a half. He is a
graduate of a famous college, and when he was
asked to recite tho multiplication table it took
him exactly two hours and a half, which proves
that the bicycle is mightier than the multiplica
tion table.
Clambakes and chowder parties are
now flourishing throughout the land, and the
politician who wants something is hiding down
in his cellar and telegraphing to his wife up
stairs that be is having an elegant time at the
seashore and will be home in two weeks.
George Gould has run off with an
actress, and young Blaine has married against
his father's will. The old fellows may think
themselves smart, bnt when young heads get
together there’s liable to be some tall scratch
ing aronnd that neighborhood.
The diminutiveness of the Prohibition
vote in Maine proves just as we havo always
maintained. Nearly everybody howls Prohibi
tion immediately after pay day, but better
thoughts generally exist when the head begins
to diminish.
The earthquake has had one good
effect. It has set the Southern residents to
praying instead of preying.
The recent collision at Silver Creek
wag a terrible affair, and as usual the engineer
was the only man who eßoaped damage. He is
one of the missing, however, but the incensed
citizens are yet scouring the woods and have
hopes.
Alter's appearance decidedly alters
the ease, and if Jaehne ever intends to turn
over a new leaf and make an honest living when
he returns from Sing Twice, he should turn his
attention to ehoe-making. It’s his last chance.
Beecher charges a two shilling ad
mission fee to his European lectures, or rather
expects each lectures to contribute that amount
to the basket. As a result there isn't a man in
town who can find a button on his shirt.
The bicyclists are holding a conven
tion in Springfield, Mass., and several of them
have been accused of crookedness in tbeir
races. The authorities should hang them on
the spot and shoot all the witnesses.
On the Czar’s journey to Poland fifty
thousand troops lined the railroad to guard the
potentate from danger. If the Nihilists had
started a local Geronimo along the track the
woods would have been ruined.
President Cleveland has had a new
barbod-wire fence placed around his Potomac
residence. Each barb contains a dynamite
bomb. Snivel Service Democrats should take
notice and keep oil the grass.
Cleveland’s fist fight was announced
in Thursday’s papers, and we were just about
silting down to write an art ele on mother s-in
law, when we ascertained that it referred to a
slugging match in Ohio.
The Shah of Persia has closed all the
cafe’s in his Shahdom. We’ll bet four cents to
a kick in the coat-tails that the Shah didn’t do it
until he’d ordered a frosh crop of back-door for
his own private use.
The Coney Island pool sellers are be
ing tried in Brooklyn. But those who have
ever visited Coney Island wth never be satisfied
until the District Attorney turns his attention
to the beer sellers.
The reason they call a “ crook’s ” es
tablishment a “ ience ” is because there are so
many pick-its hung out there. Wo are not
thoroughly posted on this subject, but we think
that that’s why.
A Jersey City man recently shot at a
burglar and excused himself to his neighbors
by explaining that he thought it was the minis
ter and was endeavoring to cure him of the hay
fever.
The public schools throughout the
country have again opened, and the urchin now
spends his evenings in studying his lessons and
making business lively for the fine-tooth comb.
A British contemporary informs us
that the Tory party is a party of allies. If
they’ll spell that last word with a triple “1 ”
we’H chip in our little vote in the affirmative.
Brooklyn and New York indulged in
a cyclone on Sunday last, and the people in the
churches, who were in the fold, were the first
to grab their hats and howl for mercy.
The Parmer’s Convention is now in
session in Philadelphia, and the delegates are
descussing the question, “ The proper method
of grafting pumpkin on onion trees.”
Most of our Summer ruralizers have
returned from the country, and those who
stayed at home have to mash the tops off their
trunks in order to be in the fashion.
John L’s. latest attempt to slug has
been nipped in the bud. It would have been
better, perhaps, if John L. had been nipped in
the bud too—or in the mug.
Somebody recently broke into an In
diana post office in the day time and stole the
postmaster's boots. He was in them, and the
mail had just como in.
It is reported that the Egyptian mon
ument in Central Park is crumbling to pieces.
Several others have crumbled to pieces before
they were built.
The Presidential party are still m the
woods, and, judging by the past week’s events,
the Democratic party is on the way to join the
other party.
After the result in Maine. Neal Dow
should kneel down and offer up a few petitions
for the tail end of the Democratic party.
An investigation is to be made as to
whether or not Sedgwick got drunk in Mexico,
How jealous those investigators must be !
Judging by recent developments all
England is now prepared to drop the Gal-a
tear.
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World of gUutomrnf.
GOSSIP OF THE WEEK.
The precepts of Brigham Young do not appear
to be forgotten in Mormon Laud, and hia disciples
seem still to love the theatre as much as he did
himself, Mr. A. M. Palmor’s Madison Square The
atre Company pteyod ‘Jfaints and is Salt
Lake City last Monday night to an enormous audi
ence, the receipts being over $1,500, and |o tho
credit of polygamy, be it said, the Sinners ward
hissed, while the Saints were a'* great go.” Dur
jpg the Summer, or since last June, Manager
Palmer has UleO his regular company from this
city a distance of nine tboilsaQg miles; not a rt at§
has been missed and not an accident lias dccurred,
and thus far all have enjoyed the best of health.
The company are expected to reach this city about
the second week in October, to prepare for the
opening of the season at Manager Palmer's beauti
ful Madison Square Theatrb.
Mlle. Rhea is at present acting in the large
cities of New England, and is everywhere attract
ing large and fashionable audiences of those who
delight in the highest form of the dramatic art.
This artist's farewell tour of this country is prov
ing to be the most successful that she has ever
made. In May next Mlle. Rhea plays farewell
engagement in this city, when she will be seen in
several plays new to her repertoire.
M. B. Curtis produces his new play, “Caught in
a Corner,” September 27th, at the Globe Theatre,
in Boston. He is negotiating for an opening in
this city, and if the pending arrangements are com
pleted the piece will be put on hero for a run, with
special scenery and a strong cast.
Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, the celebrated lecturer
and artist wjfco is shortly to arrive in this country
under the management of Mr. R. D'Oyly Carte and
deliver his celebrated “ Ten O’Clock ” lecture
throughout the principal cities, has just completed
a life-size portrait of Mr. Henry E. Dixey as Adonis
and presented the same to Mr. Dixey.
Robson and Crane’s next season begins at the
Brooklyn Theatre to-morrow night, their opening
play being “The Comedy of Errors,” which will be
presented with the scenery, costumes and proper
ties of the spectacular production at the Star Thea
tre in this city.
When Frederick Warde reappears at the Wind
sor Theatre ho will be seen in a special and elab
orate production of Leonard Outram’s tragedy of
“Galba, the Gladiator,” which he recently pro
duced in Providence with very great success. Mr.
Warde’s present season has thus far been exceeding
ly profitable to himself and his manager.
Dear little Helen Dauvray—who is nothing if
not American, and being American is always wel
come—and her company leave this city to-nigbt by
special train for Boston, where the popular young
actress begins a ten weeks' tour in “One of Our
Girls," September 27th. Mr. Howard’s successful
comedy will be produced in the different cities with
all the original and elaborate scenery used at the
Lyceum Theatre and the principal members of the
cast as seen in this city. Very great success should
attend Miss Dauvray’s tour.
Margaret Mather has won Denver as heartily as
she did Frisco, and is showered with praises and at
tentions which savor of royalty.
John P. Smith, who appears to have a Watchful
eye over Brooklyn, has arranged with Frank L.
Goodwin, Clara Morris’s manager, for a brief sea
son at the Academy of Music there, commencing
on Wednesday evening next, with “ L Article 47,”
assisted by the following supporting company :
Mr. Henry Miller. Miss Bijou Heron, Miss Kate
Dennin-Wilson, Mr. Ogden Stevens, Mr. Rowland
Buckstone, Mr. H. B. Phillips, Mr. George F. Bird,
Miss Mollie Revel, Mr. Joseph Brennan, Miss Sara
Lascelles, Miss Clara Ogden, Little Angela Ogden,
Mr. John Elliot, Mr. George Fredericks, Mr. Victor
Willing, Mr. Charles Johnson.
Mb. Rudolph Aronson has engaged the famous
Arman ini Quintette of mandolin players for the Ca
sino concert which occurs on Sunday evening,
Sept. 26th/
Mb. and Mrs. George S. Knight appear at the
Windsor Theatre, September 27th; in a reconstructed
and improved version of their amusing comedy,
•’Over the Garden Wall,” in which this clever
couple will introduce a number of new songs,
dances and other novel features. The company is
very much stronger than last season, and includes
several popular people.
The female characters in Gunter’s play, «* A Wall
Street Bandit,” are in very strong hands, compris
ing Miss Georgia Cayvan, Miss Sadie Bigelow, Miss
Fannie Addison, Miss Anna Boyle, Miss Marion
Russell and several others. Miss Anna Boyle re
cently returned from.the Pacific Slope where she
has been starring with, considorablo sucoess. She
was formerly with the Madison Square Theatre
Company. The sale of seats for “ A Wall Street
Bandit ” opens on Monday morning.
Miss Celia Alsberg, of the Celia Alsberg-Lewis
Morrison Dramatic Company, has instructed her
manager to donate the entire net receipts of the
week commencing September 13th to the Charleston
earthquake sufferers during the production of Dr.
Haas’s “Faust and- Marguerite.” The performance
will be given under the patronage of the Governor
and Mayor of Rhode Island and New Jersey, and the
moneys therefrom handed’ over to them for dis
buisement. This is the first theatrical company to
do this. We hope the rest will follow their ex
ample. *
A romantic comedy drama called “ An Irish Girl”
or “ A Daughter of Erin,” by Henri Rochefort, the
French journalist, will be brought out at the Four
teenth Street Theatre tho latter part of October with
a very strong cast. The play is said to. deal with
the Irish invasion into Canada and to be full of
stirring incidents interspersed with a charming
love romance.
Robert B. Mantell presents Mr. John W. Kol
ler’s now play of “Tangled Lines” to-morrow night
«t the Globe Theatre, in Boston.
The Casino.—As the run of “Ermi
nio” is drawing to a close, it seems as though the
operetta is even gaining in popularity. Hundreds
of people were turned away last week, unable to
obtain seats, and all the “favorite points ’* in the
opera are encored time and again. “ Erminie ” can
remain only two weeks longer, and the 150th and
last representation is announced for Saturday even
ing, October 2d, when the occasion will bo oele.
brated in a manner which Manager Rudolph Aron
son promises will not soon bo forgotten by those
who participate.
The Violet Cameron Comic Opera Company sailed
for New York on the steamer “Auraala” yester
day.
The Casino is at present the scene of great activi
ty with the preparations for the first production of
Offenbach’s “Commodore,” the story of which
deals principally with a complicated love affair, in
which the Commodore, two couples, two notaries,
and several middles are interested.
The bluff Commodore, without consulting any
one in particular, wishes to simply marry off both
couples, to suit himself; ho mixes up things in gen*
eral, gets everybody into trouble, and creates con
fusion all around, until matters are finally cleared
up and happiness and jollity reigns supreme. The
company will number sixty, and the costumes and
scenery are to be as handsome as anything ever
seen at the Casino. Mr. Arouson expects tho first
night, October 4th, to be an unusually brilliant
one, as the advance demand for seats has boon al
most unprecedented.
Lyceum Theatre.—Last evening Mr.
Dan Frohman inaugurated his first season as the
manager of this handsome and perfectly equipped
theatre with the initial performance of a new drama
entitled. “The Main Line; or, Rawsons Y," which
its authors, Messrs. H. C, De Mille and Charles Bar
nard, style “An idyl of the railroad." The cast was
as follows;
Lawrence HattonJ. B. Mason
Ono Jack HattonCharles Overton
Zerubbabel PuddychumpF. F. Mackay
Addleton Bolingbrokesplineßaymond Holmes
Jim Blakelyßalph Delmore
Sam BurroughsW. H. Compton
Dora Van Tyne Lillian Richardson
Little Prairie Flower Dora Stuart
Positive Burroughs Etta Hawkins
The drama is iu four acts. The scene is Colorado
Rawson’s Yon the Great Western and Pacific Air
Line Railroad, and the divisions of the scene are:
Act I. Noon, October 16, 1883—The danger signal.
Act 11. Sundown next afternoon—Off the line. Act
111. 10:35 P. M.; scene, evening—The flying switch.
Act IV. 12 o’clock midnight. December 12, 1885—
The grand junction—ln on time.
There was a very large audience present and it
included many notable representatives, not only of
the press, but of the theatrical, legal and other pro
fessions, and of “society people.”
Extended comment upon the merit of the play
and the acting of tho company will be made here
after. It remains only, iu this brief notice, to say
that the performance passed off smoothly; that the
audience appeared to be favorably impressed and
called the authors before the curtain.
Fourteenth Street Theatre.—“ Our
Rich Cousin" was given its final performance on
this stage last evening. It camo, it was seen and it
did not conquer. “ Pity ’tis, ’tis pity ’tis true,” or
words to that effect. It cannot be said that it
deserved a better fate, but it should be recorded as a
work which had in its composition much avail
able material which was improperly placed in in
adequate surroundings.
A reconstruction may give it tho vitality which
will insure it hereafter a favorable he .ring upo«
the metropolitan
To-Morrow evening Mrs. Henrietta Chanfrau will
present, for the first time in this city, Sir Charles
Young’s drama, entitled “ Tho Scapegoat.”
The plot of the play is as follows : Victor Brough
ton, an English gentleman, traveling through the
United States under an assumed name, meets and
weds in Chicago an American woman named Linda
Colmore. Subsequent to his marriage he visits
New Orleans for the purpose of meeting a titled
friend from England and is involved in a quarrel
over a game of cards with a gambler of that city.
The latter is assassinated the succeeding night and
fastening upon Broughton he is arrested,
tried and conJomßM to f .? T ‘J 10 mnMef. A
week after this the jail is destroy o 3 b? flr' anu
several of its inmates burned to death, MfcWng
them Victor Broughton, whoso charred remains are
identified by his English friend. A year later
Linda visits London, so does Victor, who has es
caped, his identification being a part of the plot to
invest his younger brother with the family title
and estates. Husband and wife are brought to
gether by accident which nearly results fatally to
the former. Recognition follows, and Linda, learn
ing the story of the murder, resolves to set her
husband free from the condemnation for the crime.
Through a tramp who escaped with Victor and had
been his companion iu misfortune, she obtained a
clew to the real assassin, and, following with rare
sagacity and thrilling resolution, succeeds at last in
bringing him to justice.
It is promised that the cast will be adequately
represented, and that the scenic settings and ap.
poiutments will be new, effective and appropriate.
Union Square Theatre.—This thea
tre opens for the season to-morrow night. Mlle.
Aimee will appear in “ Mam'zelle,” a curiously
funny composition from the pen of Wm. Gill,
which gives ample scope for the amusing witchery
of this delightful actress.
Aimee is always Aimee, and whatever she does
has that inimitable grace and cunning of voice and
gesture which is singularly charming.
Monday, the 27th, Sardou’s new comedy will be
presented for the first time in tbis country, at this
theatre, by Mlle. Aimee, another jolly colleague.
Clara Morris will play a week’s engagement here,
beginning Oct. 4th, appearing in “Miss Multon”
and “ Article 47.”
Following Miss Morris will come Fanny Daven
port, Mocljeska, and Margaret Mather, each inelabo
rate and important productions.
The Union Square, under Manager J. M. Hill’s
direction, has evidently taken a new lease of life,
and it would not surprise us if his clear brain and
firm purpose were to again make it the cherished
abode of the highest in dramatic success. There is
a lingering affection for the old house which is
quick to respond and may be easily turned to a
saving and glorifying grace.
Waldack’s Theatre. — " Josephine
Sold by Her Sisters ” has entered into the second
month of a most prosperous career. Coionel Mc-
Caull’s Company have scored a decided success in
the opera, both individually and collectively, the
new comers. Misses Parker and Soldene, and Eugene
Oudin, having rapidly become favorites, while the
other principals of the cast, Mathilde Cottrelly,
Messrs. Hopper and Morsell are keeping up their
former well-earned reputations.
On Wednesday evening the members of the Lark
Club, consisting of the Ninth Company, Seventh
Regiment, will visit the theatre as a special compli
ment to Mr. Oudin, in recognition of an entertain
ment given to the club last Spring, before his de
parture for Europe.
Madison Square Theatre.—Oa to
morrow night Mr. Gillette's drama oi “Held by tho
Enemy” will begin the sixth week of its remunera
tive run. For thirty nights tbis fine military play
has drawn crowded houses, and the more it is seen
the better it Is liked.
Neither sultry weather nor rain nor the numer
ous and strong counter attractions have had tho
slightest deterrent effect on tho attendance.
As the Autumn deepens and our citizens come
home from seaside and mountain, the advance sale
of seats during tho run of this attraction will
doubtless steadily increase, showing that a lively
curiosity exists to seo this latest exhibit of Mr. Gil
lette’s talent as a piay wrighb
Poole’s Theatre (Eighth St.)— The
second week of the season at Mr. Poole’s cozy new
theatre has beon better than the first, and a series
of crowded and enthusiastic audiences have greeted
W. J. Scanlan, the handsome young comedian, in ■
his picturesque and interesting Irish drama of
“ Shane-na-Lawn.” During the week several thoa- ■
tre parties from Murray Hill attended, and applaud
ed with great vigor tho clever acting of this young
comedian.
Mr. Scanlan’s aew songs have “ caught on ’’ by
a large majority, ana are already being sung iu .
drawing-rooms and whistled on the streets, a pretty
sure sign of their popularity. There can be no ■
question but that. Mr. Poole has made a success of
his new venture, a-nd it is quite certain also that
Mr. Scanlan and “ Sbane-na-Lawn ” will bo the at
traction for many weeks to come.
Everything about the entertainment—the scenery,
costumes, songs, etc.—are brand new, and the sup
porting company is an excellent one.
Regular-matinees are given every Wednesday and :
Saturday, and are being largely attended by ladies
and children.
Fifth Avenue Theatre.—Exit Mr.
Joe Murphy and“ Kerry Gow.” Enter the •• Just
returned—from—London—ho ’• Adonis Dixey, who
will once again air bis marble wishbone in the at
mosphere of freedom. Tho American eagle oa to
morrow evening will flap his patriotic wings, and
Expansive Evangeline Rice will be seen in the vesti
bule robed as the Goddess of Liberty, waving the star
spanglad banner, while business Manager Schroeder ,
will, in. full dress suit, whistle “ Hail Columbia,"
with the usual “ please pass-two-and-obligp” varia
tions.
President Cleveland regrets that business will,
prevent hina from being present. Secretary Bayard ;
will send a Garland of his picking from the political
garden which, although somewhat faded, will be
none the less acceptable as a token of hia esteem,
A cablegram from her majesty, the Queen, and
one Q. O. D., from H. R. H. the Prince of Wales,, will.
be road between the first and second aois by.Mr«.
John Stetson.
Adonis will recite “ A-ram’s Dream," In Imitation.
of Mr. Henry Irving, and road a.poem of welcome,
written for tho occasion, in collaboration, by.Walt,
Whitman and Rollin M. Squire.
Mayor Grace, Geo. W. Curtis, with Jonosy, of tho»
Tinies, that tries men’s sou is—will sing “ Auld .Lang-
Syne," assisted by a chorus of “boodle "aidermen.
The theatre will be draped with the - flags. o£ alls
nations, and some that aro-o< no nation. The all-,
conquering hero, Adonis, will exhibit the trophies;
ho captured from the enejuy during his late* cam
paign in England.
Nothing will be left undone to make the occasion.,
of the triumphal returm of thia illustrious, repre
sentative of the highest, quality of dramatic art now?
known to the stage off the New World, > sublime
and memorable pagpant. It will, ip fact, be
crusher. The curtain- will rise upon ; a see no which,
will be forever historic. As Mr. Dixey advances;
down the stage posed upon the pedestal of Adonis,
ringed on either side will be with head*
bowed in reverential awe, Joe Jefferson, John. Gib.
bert, William Waatren, Lester W’allaok; and Charles.
Fisher, and other representatives, of, a. forgottyik
line of comedy which in the presence of the. bril
liant exponent of the new school is among. th£>
things that were.
Let us blees the Old and bid aM. Hail to, the Now*.
Windsor Theatre.—Mr. Frederick
Bryton appeared at this housolast week in. a reco>n*
structed version of his play, “Forgiven." and at
tracted a series of crowded houses. Tho play has
been improved and Mr. Bryton played the- leading,
role-with picturesque effes>t.
Tomorrow night Manager Murtha brings, forward
an attraction that should draw exceedingly large
audiences, when Mr. Newton Beers, a young, ro
mantic actor, who haa starred in the South and
West, will be seen in a magnificent spectacular
production of tha English mala-drama, entitled
“Lost in London,” for which Mr. Henry E. Hoyt
bas painted the following entirely new and sensa
tional scenes: The heart of tho Bleakmoor, a real
istic coal mine scene; an illuminated snow scene in
the streets of London, the home of the Swart King
and an effective transformation scene with.which
the play closes. Mr. Beers will have the assistance
of a good company, including Misses Ray
Phoebe Don, a young English actress; Kate
maiue, Edward See and other capable people. Dsi«.
ing the play a number of entirely new and uayel
specialties will be introduced.
Dookstadeb’s Minstbbls.—Not a pa?-
tide of the former Interior, not a corner meets tha
eye upon which it is possible to hang a hope oi
identification, remains of the interior of what was
once known as the San Francisco Minstrel Hall, and
more recently as the Comedy Theatre. From the
front door clear back to tha stage entrance every
thing is new. When Mr. Low Dockstider took hold
about three months ago he determined to make a
complete job of it. Ho tore out the entire interior
and dumped the mortal remains of the old place out
in the street in a pile of lath, lumber and lime dust;
and with only the four walls to work from the
builders began their task. To-day the place is a
poem in outlines and color, beauti.'ully pleasing
tints and graceful designs combined in appropriate
ornamentations, while bright metals and sparkling
glass effects lend their light and brilliancy to tliQ
picture. The architectural triumph is complete
The decorative features are exquisite* Airange
ment of seats has beep. that a full view
?! stage la obmoiahded from every part of the
theatre.
The ceil ng is designed} in a lace pattern, orna
mented with gold, and the two large ventilator op
enings are covered with delightfully illusionary
spider webs through which flowers and trailing
vines are discovered. There are eight boxes or
stalls on each side of the house, with grill work
openings which are furnished iu blue, white and
goln to harmonize with the drapery. The lower
ceiling, under the balcony is treated with gold and
drapery, in keeping with the decorations. The
chairs, a new and comfortable pattern, are col
ored in blue and white, With gold effudtk. ”°t
attractive feature is the stage. Tais
has been enlarged and th) proscenium has beau
given a marvelously pretty aspect bymaking it a
horseshoe-figure frame. The horseshoe, which is
twenty-six feet between the heel-corks, has the ap
pearance of being wrought of solid silver, aud is
trimmed with flowers in relief, while the golden
background presents scrolls, heads and figures in
clouds aud sky, all meant to suggest in grotesque
way the muses of Tragedy and Comedy. This de
sign was suggested by Mr. Dockstader.
The first season ot this new candidate for popular
favor was inaugurated on Friday evening last iu the
presence of an audience which completely filled the
house.
The minstrels—arrayed in the usual somi-circle
on the stage, were arrayed in black satin “ smalls"
and silk stockings, dress coats and immaculate
shirt fronts.
Mr. Mullaly—once the conductor of the Frisco’s—
led off with an overture; Manager Low Dockstader
sang a topical song “He Doesn't Know Whore to
Stop," Mr. Pepper sang “Once In a While,” a
ballad; &n alto solo was beautifully rendered by Mr.
Jose, and Mr. McWade sang a bairtone solo in ex
cellent voice.
Then came an advertisement for Adonis, entitled
■ Dixey’s Reception,” aud the performances closed
with a burlesque, entitled “The Obel.'sk,” in which
the entire company made things iivelj.
Mr. A. C. Moreland was as dignified and impres
sive as in the days of yore as the Interlocutor.
Mr. Dockstader baa erected a beautiful litt’e borne
for minstrelsy; let us hope he will succeed it mak
ing it pleasurably permanent and popular.
Grand Opera House.—James A.
Herne’s new comedy-drama, entitled “ The Minute
Men,” which achieved a success at the People’s
Theatre recently, will be given at the Grand Opera
House, this week, with the original scenery, prop
erties, etc., aud effective cast, including James A.
Herne, Katherine C. Herne and H. M. Pitt.
Tho production of “ Hood man Blind,” at this
theatre, will begin on September 27th. It prom
ises to be more notable than the original presenta
tion of the play at Wallack’s Theatre, where it rau
for several weeks. Messrs. French and Sanger have
purchased all the original scenery and mechanical
effects, and have secured a strong company, which
includes Mr. Joseph Haworth, Augustus Cook,
Sydney Howard, George Conway, Mat. Snyder, Miss
Sidney Armstrong, Mrs. Elberts, Carrie Elberts,
Bessie Bernard and others.
Novelty Theatre, (Brooklyn, E. D.)
—Manager Proctor has prepared a feast which his
numerous patrons will uot be slow to avail them
selves of for next week’s attraction in “Youth."
This play was recently played for two weeks in New
York City, and from tho acceptable method in
which it was acted, mounted and costumed, won
tho commendation of the entire press. “Youth "is
essentially a spectacular piece, aud admits of flue
opportunities for scenic effects, which Messrs. King
Hedley and Harrison have taken advantage of by
having every scene used in the production painted
specially for the production.
Third Avenue Theatre.—Josephine
Cameron will appear at this popular theatre this
week in “ Camille,” “Ingomar” and “East Lynne,”
supported by Barton Hill and a good company.
Murray and Murphy’s engagement in “ Our Irish
Visitors ’’was a notable success aud will leave a
green memory with a large host of Now Yorkoro.