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CONTENTS 0? INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
UOMINUATION OF “BEWITCHING LORRIE.”
BEYOND.
A KISS IN THE DARK.
IMPROVIDENT PRINTERS.
dITR WAR HEROES.
SECpKTS OF PALMISTRY.
AS CHEAP AS DIRT.
A STRANGER IN HIS PLATE.
THIRD PAGE :
MASONIC MATTERS: A Masonic Oongrfu; Varieties;
Lexington Lodge; Arcana Lodge; Beethoven plage;
Brooklyn Lodge; Copestone Lodge;Covenant Lodge;
Commonwealth Lodge; Royal Arch Items; Templar
Notes; From “Uncle John;’* Personal; Masonic
Destiny. „
SIXTH PAGE I
IN THE DISTANT YEARS.
A NEW ARRANGEMENT.
AN '• OLD-TIMER.”
A MAIDEN OF CHIHUAHUA.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
SHOOTING AT A JUDGE.
THE ACROBAT.
OVER FOUR ACRES OF RUM.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
NOVEMBER. «
TRACKING A BURGLAR.
HER CHRISTIAN NAME.
ANTIDOTE FOR CANCER.
A MODEL MARSHAL.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
AGED BEAUTIES.
ADVICE TO MEN.
EXPOSED HIS TRICK.
ALL FOR CHARITY.
ami
Mariner. —Henry Hudson was a Brit
fah navigator and discoverer, born about the mid
dle of the Sixteenth Century. In 1609, the Dutch
East India Company fitted out a yacht called the
-Half Moon.” of eighty ton? bttlden. |W
manned with a crew of twenty sailors, partly DUtcii
and partly English, and intrusted it to the com
mand of Hudson. He sailed from the Texel, an
island in the North s&a belonging to the Nether
lands, on his third expedition, on the 6th of April,
1609, hoping to reach the Indies by the way of the
Polar seas. After a stormy voyage, he reached the
banks of Newfoundland early in July. Here he lay
becalmed for some time, after which he steered to
Penobscot Bay, where be remained a week to re*
place bis foremast, which had been lost during the
voyage, and to mend his rigging. Coasting south
ward as far as Chesapeake Bay, landing on his way
at Capo Cod, which he mistook for an island and
named New Holland, he retraced his course and
proceeded northward to Delaware Bay. which ho
attempted to explore, bat finding navigation diffi
cult, he again put to sea, and on the evening of the
2d of September, came in sight of the Highlands of
Navosinck. Here he remained all night, and setting
•ail the next morning, came to what he describes as
♦’three great rivers,” the northernmost of which he
attempted to enter, but was prevented by tho shoal
bar before it. This was probably Rock way Inlet, the
others the Raritan aad the Narrows. Foiled in this
attonipt, he rounded Sandy Hook, sending a boat
before him to sound the way, and anchored his
vessel in the lower bay. They landed. It is said, at
Coney Island, and were the first white men that
ever set foot on the soil of the Empire State. Hud
son remained la the bay for a week, sending a
boat's crew, in the meantime, to sound the river.
• They passed through the Narrows, entered the bay.
and camo in sight of Manhattan. Passing through
the Kills, betwesa Staten Island and Bergen Nook,
they proceeded six miles up tho river and discov
ered Newark Bay. On ths 11th of September, 1609,
<bo - Half Moon” passed through the Narrows and
anchored in Now York Bay. The next day Hudson
mads his way up the river which now bears his
name, and through which ha hoped to find the
long-sought passage to ths Indies. He called it the
Groot lUvler, It was called by the respective
tribes which inhabited its shores tho Shatemuc,
Mohican and Cohohatatea. The Dutch gave it the
name of Mauritius, in honor of Prince Maurice, of
Nassau, by which it continued to bo known until
the name of its discoverer was properly bestowed
on it by Its English owners. On tho 19th of Sep
tember, Hudson reached the present site of the
city of Albany, which, greatly to his disappoint
ment, he found to be the head of ship navigation.
On the 23d of September. Hudson commenced to
descend the river. He had ascended it in eleven
days, and Us deeeended it in ths same time.
Constant Rradeb. —On July 23.1868,
•boilt 10;30 P. M.. Officer John Smediok, while on
post tn First avenue, near the corner of Thirty
second street, was shot and almost instantly killed
by John Beat He was shot In two places, in the.
right breast and on ths left side of the head. Either
was sufficient te kill. Officer Meo, of the same pre
cinct, being on post in East Thirty-second street,
about seventy-five feet distant from where the
•hooting occurred, having beard the shots, was pro
ceeding In their direction when ho met Real run
ning toward him, pirtol iu hand, who, perceiving
Mee’s intention to atop him, fl rod at him, with as
oath. He than evaded Mee and dashed off up the
street, the officer.whe had not been hit, alter him in
close pursuit. Dashing into an entry way on Thir
ty-second street ho passed through to Thirty-third
•tract, thence up Second avenue to Thirty.fourth
•street. wber* be was overtaken by the officer, at
whom he again fired —but being, no doubt, exceed
ingly nervous—without effect. Mee then grappled
with him, knocked him down and afterward con
veyed him to the station-house.
Jane. —To removo superfluous hair,
procure a pteoe .1 pumtee-stono of 1 flue grain and
not very porous. Prepare for use by cutting the
•tone into a small square with rounded edges. Then
rub it on a hard stone or file until its whole surface
is quite smooth. When this is done, rub gently
with it the part where the hairs grow, at first once
a day, previously dipping the pumice-stone in warm
water. One minute's rubbing will generally suffice
to remove tho hair. If any irritation of the skin
ensues, apply a little salad-oil to tho part. The
rubbings may be in.ide as otte-n as is convenient,
•are being taken not to scrape the skin by too rough
application. This may not prove a radical onra,
but it will keep the enemy at bay, and prove less
troublesome and painful than plucking out the hair
jrith tweezers.
Old Reader. —In tho Dispatch of
Jan. 23d you mistook the answer to a person call
ing himself “Old Reader,” for yours. IT you will
kindly look through the different issues of the pa
per you will see how many inquiries are made un
der that name, and how liable it is to make mis
takes. If correspondents would give some dis
tinctive name there would be less liability to er
ror. We answered your question about State de
tectives as follows on September sth: “There are
United States Secret Service officers; there are city
detectives, but New York State has no detectives.
If there are any. we have never heard of them.”
Reader.—lst. Ireland is bounded on
tbs east by St. George « Channel and tho Irish Sea.
•nd on all other sides by the North Atlantic Ocean.
2d. The United State* are bounded on the north by
British America, from which they are partly sepa
rated by the Lakes Superior, Huron. St. Clair, Erie
•nd Ontario, and by the River St. Lawrence; east,
and northeast by the British provinces of New
Brunswick and by the Atlantic Ocean; south by tho
Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Republic, from
which it is partly separated by tlie Rio Grahde del
Norte, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
C, R,—“if a member of an associa
tion has been found snort in his accounts and has a
number of tickets for a ball given by the same as
sociation, can the purchasers of those tickets be
•topped at the door oh tho night of the ball ?” The
association having given the tickets to a person to
•ell, constitutes him their agent and are therefore
responsible for bis acts as such, and purchasers of
the tickets having bought them in good faith can
not bo deprived of their benefit and must be ad
mitted. You can hold the agent responsible and
compel him to aceonnt.
Frank.—Vauxhall Garden, which was
•United on the westerly .Ido of the Bowery, near
its present junction with Third avenue, was first
opened with dramatic entertainments on July 9th,
1806. with the fr.ree of ” Animal Magnetism ” and a
Stand concert. Mr. Poe. the father of the dlstin
uiehed poet, Edgar A. Poe. made his first appear
ance here on July 18tb, 1806, acting Frank in •• For
tune's Frolic.” Mrs. Poe was also a member of the
company, but rhe had been hitherto seen as Miss
Arnold in Solee’s company, in John street, in 1797.
fe Ban France. —We have never given
an answer stating that persons not citizens of the
United States could vote in any state. We said that
certain Western States permitted aliens, who bad
not been naturalised as citizens of the United
States to vote in such States, alter a residence of a
year or two. We also said that such unnaturaliz d
voters were entitled, in the States which granted
them the privilege of the ballot, to vote for Presi
dential electors, aa Presidential electors are State
Officers and not officers of tho United States.
J. L. 8. —Ist The following is the
process of coloring a meerschaum pipe: To color it
a nice dark brown place it in boiling water, but do
not let the pipe touch the bottom of the vessel con
taining it; let it dry thoroughly. To boil it in wax,
get pure white wax, such as is used in laundries.
Melt the wax slowly in a large tin cup. and when it
has coino to the boil place the pip® in tho liquid for
a few minutes, then take an old piece of linen and
rub it carefully. 2d. The Dispatch is kept for sale
only for about a year back.
A. E. C. — The first real newspaper
published in England was established by Sir Roger
I/Estrango, in 1683- It was called the Public Intcl-
Ugenccr, and continued nearly three years, till suc
ceeded by the Gazette. Some copies exist of a pub
lication pro-tessing to have come out under Queen
Elizabeth in 1588, entitled the English Mercury. It
describes the Spanish Armada, &c. Researches in
tho British Museum, however, prove this to be a
forgery.
H. C. S.—The area of the United
SUU.-exclusive of lakes and river .urlaee. bound
ing tbe republic or the single States—is 3,603,881
. .qu.ro miles; that ot Canada is 2.206.726, exclusive
Ol Labrador and the islands In th. Arctic Ocean.
These being added, tbe total area is about 3,500,000
.quare miles.
D. C. W.—The population of tbe
United States in 1860 was 31,443,321; in 1870 it was
38 558 371. and in 1880 it amounted to 50.156.783.
We are unable to give the piesent population, but
at the rate of inr.roaso between 1870 and 1880 it
should be about 60,000,000 for 1887.
A. M. —Everything depends upon the
terms of tbe original contract, and if there is no
agreement to lease you the lot for a longer term
iuaa that mentioned in it, the house and all im
provements go to tbe owner of the lot, which is
th. usual custom in such cases.
Aquatic.—Mr. James Gordon Bennett
was the owner of the schooner yacht •* Dauntless *'
■when she sailed the match race with tbe English
yacht “ Cambria,” and was beaten by the latter by
About one hour from Queenstown to Sandy Hook.
Alcorn.—“A and B are playing at
hinocle. A lays down four kings and four queens
and calls 24u. B claims it is not right. Wind
Wins?" Avins.
Myra.—“A and Bare partners in t
four-handed game of euchre. A deals, B orders thi
fifump up. Must B play it alone?" Certainly not
American. —There ore several school:
where telegraphy isAaught. Consult tbs City Direc
tory. and you will be able to and their location.
Old Reader.—The language of post
age stamps was published tn the Disfatch ol Jami
ary 23d. 1887.
Inquisitive.—A druggist is employe:
•t th. institute you mention.
garb
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 6. 1887.
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other Sunday Newspaper pub
lished in the United States.
STRIKES AND ARBITRATION.
The Chamber of Commerce is a conservative
body; but it is prompt to comprehend a good
idea. The Legielature has been indifferent to
tho suggestion of the Dispatch that a commit
tee should be appointed to investigate the
causes of the present strike and suggest a rem
edy; but tho Chamber of Commerce has taken
up the matter and cast its influential vote lor
arbitration. We are sorry to see tho Legisla
ture thus allow its own business to be taken out
of its hands and done by other bodies. If the
Senate and Assembly were iu session in Kaiu
echatkft) instead of at Albany, they could not be
more careless of the affajr.g of thia groat me
tropolis. Mere are twenty thousand men out
on strike; almost all our linos of steamers are
paralyzed; business men arc losing time and
money; but tho Legislature looks on indiffer
ently and even the members from New York ap
pear to care nothing lor the disturbances in
their own city. These Senators and Assembly
men forgot that both the strikers and the busi
ness people who are injured by the atjiko are
voters, and that such silly indifference to the
concerns of tho metropolis may result in driv
ing our present representatives out of politics,
if not out ot the State. A day of reckoning al
ways comes, although it may be long delayed,
and the Legislators who now ignore tho strike
will hereafter be held responsible for its conse
quences, X
As we pointed out, last week, all our citizens
are anxious and disturbed by tho grievances of
the coalhandlers and the sympathetic strike
which has Deen ordered. It is no laughing
matter that the soldiers of the National Guard
should be ready to rush to their armories, at
the first alarm, and march forth to shoot down i
their fellow citizens. It is no laughing matter .
that thousands at women and children should
be deprived of the comforts, and even tho <
BGoessariet, of life, the women huddling to
gether to keep warm, because coal is so dear ,
and no wages are be ng earned, and the little
children crying lor bread. It is no laughing ,
matter that thousands of laborers should be <
loafing along tho streets when they are willing ,
to go to work and when the work is watting for (
them. Strikes no longer occur through whim t
or caprice. Tbe strikers think themselves (
wronged, and the Dispatch has asked the Legis
lature to send a committee to hear their com- ,
plaints and discover whether they have any ,
just foundation. This imperative duty, which (
the Legislature neglects, cannot bo so well dia
charged by the Chamber of Commerce. That
body is composed of wealthy men, and the
laborers feel that their cause is prejudged by j
an association of capitalists. Nevertheless, its |
interterence is better than no investigation at
all, and it may shame the Legislature into doing '
something.
Tbe legislators are supposed to be repre- j
sentatives of the people ; but their indifferent (
attitude toward New York city represents only .
their own incompetency. When the family are ,
starving and there is a riot in the street, and (
the house is being set on fire, are our repre- (
sentatires to sit in the parlor and talk politics ? i
To serve as a member of an investigation com- <
mittee in this city is not such hard work that
any of our legislators would shrink from it.
They like tho work, but they are a raid of the
responsibility. They want to kcop in with the
rich capitalists, who furnish plenty of money ,
for the lobby, and they want to be friends with ,
tbe poor men who have votes. They prefer to (
sit idly at Albany and chatter about unim
portant matters until, somehow or other, the ,
strikes settle themselves. But what member
of this Legislature, and especially what mem- j
ber from this city, will escape condemnation if (
the strike ends in a riot, and the riot in a mas- (
sacre ot our citizens ? The Dispatch has told (
the Legislature what ought to be done to avert
this threatened disturbance, and the Chamber
of Commerce has set a good example by adopt
ing our practical suggestions. The people do ,
not strike without a cause, and, until that
cause is ascertained and remedied, we shall
have no permanent peace in New York. i
MORE BOODLE LAWYERS.
*' We told you so,” is an irritating remark,
and we hare no desire to harrow up poor
O'Neil’s feelings. He has wasted his money i
upon lawyers, and the result is his oonviotion.
Instead of frankly confessing his guilt and sav
ing his money for his lamily, as we advised, he
went on the stand to testify in his own behalf,
and will probably be sentenced to an extra
term of imprisonment on account of his per
juries. The two new lawyers whom ho intro
duced into the boodle cases were Peter Mitch
ell, of the Tomba, and Charles Brooks, ot Phil
adelphia. These eminent counsellors had the
idea that tbe trial was a game of poker, and
that they could bluff boldly enough to compel
the Judge, the jury and the District Attorney
to lay down their bands and lot O'Neil get
away with the stakes. The great surprise
which they had reserved for tho prosecution
and tbe public was the accusation that the Dis
trict Attorney had manufactured evidence
against McQuade by employing one of his
assistants to point out the ex-Alderman to the
witnesses who were to swear as to the meetings
of the “combine.” This was a startling ac
cusation, and would, doubtless, have made an
immense sensation had anybody believed it to
be true. When it failed, the whole ot the so
called defense failed with it, and the jurors de
clared poor O’Neil guilty upon the first ballot.
Wo presume that Messrs. Mitchell and Brool-s
did their best, according to their lights. They
felt that O’Neil’s defense was hopeless and they
had to make some sort of a show for their fees.
They knew that, in tbe McQuade case, tbe Hon.
B. F. Traey had interposed every possible ob
jection and taken every possible exception war
ranted by the law and by the courtesies recog
nized among lawyers and gentlemen, and that
all the objections and exceptions bad been over
ruled and his client convicted. But Mr. Tracy
had abstained from making an egrogrious ass
of himself by violating the usages of lawyers
and gentlemen, and this course remained for
O’Neil’s counsel to pursue. They pursued it.
Peter Mitchell was not to bo restrained by any
such nonsense as the courtesy of lawyers
toward each other. Charles Brooks was doubt
less jealous of the honors and emoluments
showered upon the Demoathenian Newcomb
and let his colleague have his fling. So tbe
serious charge against the District Attorney was
blurted out, and the threat to call all the city
judges aa witnesses was uttered, and mud was
thrown at the whole bench and bar, in the wild
■ hope that some of it would stick, and then,when
the much ado about nothing was over, O’Neil
1 was found guilty, all the same.
Now for Jake Sharp. The fact of the bribery
■ having been established by three convictions,
‘ the public now demand that the bribers shall
t be sent to prison with their victims. The poor
■ fellows who took the bribes are not halt so bad
I as the rich fellows who offered them. We are
’ not going to advise Jake Sharp to plead guilty
and save lawyer’s fees. Ho has plenty of money
i, —the most of it belonging to other people-and
II we have no objection to his distributing it liber
ally among tbe boodle lawyers. II he could be
J stripped of every cent, as O’.Veil has been, it
L would servo him rightly. Let him have all the
s lawyers he can afford to employ. Ho ought to
> be defended by Messrs. Howe and Hummel, as
hie attorneys, and ex-Chlef Justice Noah Davis
and ex-l.’hief Justice Charles P. Daly, as ad
’ visory counsel. Big fees will secure tbe ser-
J vices ot these gentlemen, and they wi 1 give
Jake Sharp all the law ho wants.
NEW YORK DISPATCH, FEBRUARY 6, 1887.
If there be a fact or a doubt, a quibble or a
technicality, a precedent or an authority that
can keep him out of Sing Sing they will produce
it for hie benefit. The longing of the people to
behold him and his associate bribers behind tho
prison bars and in the prison uniform must not
prevent an impartial trial. Legally, he must be
considered innocent until he is convicted, and
the more lawyers he has, and the bigger those
lawyers are, the deeper will this axiom be im
pressed upon the community. But where there
has been bribery there must have been bribers,
and those are the criminals whom the people
wish most heartily to see punished.
MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS.
All comparisons are not odious. For exam
ple, a comparison between the government of
this city, at present, and its condition in the
days of Tweed, Sweeny, and tbe other colossal
robbers is very pleasant. We may congratulate
ourselves and each other when we see Tweed’s
corrupt department under the able and honest
administration of General Newton, and such
just judges as Barrett and Smyth in the places
of Barnard and Cardoza, and when a fearless
District Attorney, surrounded by the most ac
complished, vigilant and indefatigable staff of
assistants that ever honored the office, is hunt
ing down the thieves, irrespective of party,
who tried m a small way to imitate the infam
ous Boss. We may bo glad that the high
office of Mayor is now filled by a gentleman
who, although a novice in city politics, has a
national reputation for sincerity, patriotism
and ability, and a private reputation for hon
esty, integrity and other exalted virtues. We
may be bothered and annoyed by the strikers,
and the Mayor may be too much troubled by
rheumatism to attend to business; but still,
when wo take a birdseye viow of the situation,
we must feel that the municipal government
has greatly improved and that the omens of the
future are auspicous.
The worst feature of the wicked past is, that
we still have to pay its bills. The heavy taxes
in New York are the consequence of the mil
lions of dollars of debt which the Tweed l ing
and other robbers incurred, to enrich them
selves, and which are forever fastened upon
our people. These taxes weigh hardest upon
the workingmen. The laborer who toils from
daylight to dark for wages too small to keep his
family in comfort, has to pay twelve dollars or
more, per month, for three or four rooms in a
tenement-house. Only five dollars of this sum
is legitimate rent. The rest of the money goes
to the tax office to defray tho interest on the
bonds for stolen funds. The industrious me
chanic, struggling to hve respectably, is charged
twenty-five to thirty dollars a mon tlx for his lit- 1
tie flat. Only fifteen dollars of this sum is for <
hie rent. The remainder is for taxes to make i
good the cash of which the city has been rob- i
bed. The storekeeper, tho manufacturer, tha
capitalist—everybody who leases a house or
part of a house—is obliged to pay double the
amount of a fair rental because New York has
been so long in the hands of thieves and plun
derers. Thirty-six millions of dollars have to be
raised by taxation to meet the expenses of the ]
municipal government, and this is an average ]
of about thirty dollars for every man, woman (
and child in tho city. This is tho way that
corrupt officials directly rob the workingmen.
There is a moral in these facts which all our (
readers should carefully impress upon their t
minds. As we stagger along under the burden
of the old robberies, it is a consolation to reflect (
that the Government is purer and bolter now. r
How has it become better and purer ? Through (
the votes of the workingmen. It may easily be ]
further improved if the workingmen will use ]
their votes discreetly. They are personally and
pecuniarily interested in municipal reforms. |
They pay the taxes. The city treasury, into j
which thieves put their knavish fingers, is ?
really the pocket of tho workingman. If we •
could once convince the masses of these simple f
truths there would bene further delay in the f
reformation of the Government. Corrupt offi- (
cials could not obtain office except by the votes
of the workingmen, and yet the workingmen ]
have to make up from their earnings every <
dollar that corrupt officials steal. There is no
job of work which will pay a man better than to <
watch our city elections, from the primaries to .
the polls, and take care that only honest and ]
worthy candidates aro nominated and elected. ?
The people who neglect this flatter themselves ,
that it does not matter: but they would think
otherwise if they understood that they have to -
pay for every blunder, every job and every ,
robbery of which any of our officials are guilty. (
It matters in hard cash, taken from the work
ingmen’s wages and the housekeeper’s till, and <
the only means of continuing to improve the (
city is to choose good med for the municipal ]
offices.
RUMORS OF WAR.
i
When there is so much smoke there must be ,
a fire somewhere. All the great powers of ,
Europe are getting ready for war, aud the pre- ,
texts for a general quarrel are not lacking.
Germany alone has the strength and influence ,
required to keep the peace, and yet Von Moltke j
and Bismarck, the real rulers of Germany, have .
predicted a speedy war unless they are allowed '
another long lease of military despotism. Rus- j
sia is raising money for war ; Austria is massing
troops upon her frontier ; the French army is ,
declared to be prepared for action, and even
England, the nation of shopkeepers, has noti
fied her reserves to hold themselves in readi
ness for immediate service. We can be sure ot
nothing in this changeable world; but tbe
probabilities are that a European war will
break out in the early Spring, and that, before
the Summer is over, all the great powers will
be engaged in butchering each other’s people.
This will mean extraordinary prosperity for
this country, if we are wise enough to keep out
of the contest aud sell supplies to all concerned,
at war prices.
The diplomatic complications are so curious
that it is impossible to predict what will be the
avowed object of the war and which nations
will take sides together. Tho enmity between
Russia and Austria is evident. So is tbe friend
ship between Russia and France. So Is tho hos
tility between Franco and Germany. Yet a
secret alliance between Germany and Russia is
asserted so authoritatively that Europe begins
to believe it. If such a treaty exists, how can
France side with Germany ’ On tho other hand,
Russia and England are traditionally opposed
to each other and their interests in India are
practically conflicting. But will England
seriously undertake to fight against Germany ?
If so, an invasion of England is certain. Wo
have no doubt that Von Moltke has drawn out a
olan of campaign by which London will be occu
pied by German troops within three months
from the outbreak ot the war. Austria, France,
England and Italy against Russia and Germany
would be a battle of giants; but it would also
be an amazing muddle of friends and foes.
Bismarck could turn Franco into a friend by of
fering her Belgium in exchange for Alsace and
Lorraine; but this scheme would bo equivalent
to a declaration of war against England, the
natural ally of Germany. The situation is full
ot such absurdities; but that it is most serious
and perplexing, the utterances o! European
statesmen and the fluctuations of European
finances incontestably demonstrate.
In order to profit by the approaching foreign
war, we must not only keep out of it, but we
must put our navy, our harbors and our coast
defenses in such a condition that no power will
care to drag us into it. Immediate action on
the part of Congress is essential, and we again
repeat the recommendations, which we have so
often urged, that our immense surplus revenue
should be devoted to the defense of the country
and the establishment ot a mercantile navy
whose fleet steamers will be available in case
I of war. The only other nation which will profit
■ by the European conflict is Ireland. England
I will be badly crippled by this fire in the rear,
> and it is sound American policy to encourage
' and strengthen the Irish nationalists in their
r struggle lor independence. The Canadian ques
-1 tioa will settle itself. Canada cannot and will
- not fight, and England will only be too glad to
a conciliate the United States by ordering the
t Dominion to apologize and amend its brutal
S laws. Beside these material advantages to us,
o the outcome ot a general war in Europe must
s be favorable to the spread ot republican prin
s ciples. The spectacle of this great Republic
:- peacefully making money while despotisms are
•- cutting each other’s throats, is an argument for
e tree institutions which all the world will thor
oughly understand.
.. -w xr *
Tun Stab of Bethlehem.—Astrono
mers are said to be searching the northern I
heavens for some sign of tbe approach of the
so-called Star of Bethlehem, which is calcu
lated to have an orbit so vast that it is visible to
mortal eyes only once in every 315 years. The
accounts of the previous appearances of this
star are only legendary, aud the name bestowed
upon it is merely fancilul. The Star of Bethle
hem described in tho Bible led the wise mon
from tho East aud Stopped over the place whore
the Christ was born. Il had no orbit, and, its
miraculous mission ended, it disappeared. If
it had been an ordinary star it would not have
stopped above the stable at Bethlehem, nor
would it have been peculiarly ” His star,” as
the magi entitled it. Eflorts to combine Biblical
statements with scientific facts may be praise
worthy, but anybody who will take the trouble
can easily figure out for himself that the mythi
cal star which the astronomers sxpoct, must
have shone upon Palestine at least three years
before the birth ot Christ—if it ever shone at all
anywhere.
Too Sensitive.—Recorder Smyth be
gan by being opposed to the creation of any
more judges. Now ho admits the necessity of
at feast one more. Judge Cowing is altogether
too sensitive upon the subject. He seems to
imagine that more judges would be a reflection
upon his industry and ability. The public and
the press have no such intention. The question
is simply one of arithmetic. There are 15,000
untried cases. Three judges cannot possibly
try those cases without neglecting the daily cal
endar of crime and allowing 15,000 more cases
to accumulate. Ergo, wo must either have
more judges or baud over the city to the tender
mercies of bailed criminals. Can Judge Cow
ing cipher out any other solution of the prob
lem? If not, how does it affect him? The more
he thinks it over the readier he will be to sign a
petition to the Legislature for more judges.
Fpibs’s Proxy. —Silly Miss Van Zandt
has married Spies by proxy. Spies, like Too
dles, had a brother, and this brother went
through the marriage ceremony with silly Miss
VanZandt. How sorry Spies must bethat he
cannot be hung by proxy. Doubtless his broth
er would volunteer to take his place on tbe gal
lows for the sake of the notoriety. The lawyers
aro now discussing the question whether a mar
riage by proxy is legal. Unquestionably it is,
when both parties authorize it and aro free to
undertake tho marriage contract. But a con
demned criminal is not free to make any kind
of contract, aud it is contrary to public morals
aud the spirit and letter of the law that he
should be permitted to marry anybody.
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A BIT p/.JjIFH’S HISTORY.
It was not our inteniion to disclose tho sweet
history ot our life, but so many letters have
boou received at the Dispatch office that we
cannot refrain.
Away back in tho early ages of our lite we
were horn. Tho first things that we remember
of ourself wore a mother’s blessing, a father’s
smile and a doctor's bill.
We remember having heard the old man toll
our brother that the doctor loft no on the stoop.
Tho only stoops that were around us were the
doctor’s and the old man’s. Both said that we
resembled our pa, and when the old man came
back that night he smelled of gin.
It our recollection proves us fatally, we were
born near the Navy Yard gate, aud our god
lathers were a liberty pole, a marine and a big
yellow brick wall. Our grandlather was a
Spanish pirate, and our sponsors were two
great big fat men, who have since done them
selves proud in Brooklyn polities. We have
drunk with them both in later days.
Pa used to do the midnight parade act with
us, and, like most inlauts, we made him sorry
for it.
Away back in tbe far dim past, when the
“ Nine o’clock and all’s well!” was our lullaby,
we were bowlegged as to teeth and hair. We
bad considerable sand io our veins and those
whom we left our cards with remarked that we
were going to be a success.
We endeavored to succeed, but sometimes,
when w» couldn’t, we sucked eggs and, ever
atui anon, sometimes more ever than anon, and
sometimes vice versa, lemons.
It was a pretty up hill job, fighting against
the old folks, and the snags and snares and
thorns and thistles of tbe groat battle ot life. To
bo sure they were intermingled with rosea, but
where wo saw a rose we had to roll up our
pantalettes and walk in, knee deep, for it, even
iuour older days, when the ages had compelled
us to take advantage of the fact that life was
not a toboggan slide and that the underpart of
us was greased for a groat and good eternity.
Up to our twenty-first year it was a kaleido
scopic life ot desire and fulfilment. After that
it became a future of fall to get there. Every
piece of bread felt on the buttered side and
every sweet gazelle wandered off into the gloam
ing.
We endeavored to study law until we knew
more law than Coke, Blackstone or Littleton,
and then couldn’t read our title clear. We wont
to West Point and remained there long enough
lor the government to call out the troops and
run us across the river toGarrisons, because of
the etrongmmdednass and stockingness ot a
colored cadet. We wrought for the municipal
government until, one day, the boss told us that
there wasn’t any more work. We told them
that wo were glad to hear of it. We don’t
hanker after work. Our main desire
was to see the monthly pay-day rolling around.
He thought this a good joke and discharged
us. Later on we diadisrgod him.
Then wo came into the newspaper business.
Since then we have accumulated a fortune,
thank Heavens! We would like to have as
many dollars as we have a fortune.
Our fortune is so great that we can’t count it
on our fingers and toes. So aro our fingers and
toes.
Several or more years ago we got married.
Since then we have been happy. A man can't
be happy until he has most of his hair pulled
out and has a conglomeration of doorknobs on
his apex. There is nothing in God’s wide world
that will bring out a man’s true inwardness,
and his hair and doorknobs on hrs apex more
than marriage.
We would advise every man who ia married
to have a wife in his family.
If a man wants to know what married life is
he should have a wile. Tho old Quaker recipe
in our family says that if it isn’t his own it
should be somebody else’s. It should bo well
shaken before taken.
We could enter into a dissertation on wives,
and we conld enter into wives on dissertation,
but coal is becoming more and more morganatic
and we understand that tho coal-handlers are
going to tie up the newspapers.
That’ll be a great saving of rope.
Now—but then—we were going to suggest
that the snow shovelers and the tramps tie up—
but one thing leads to another. Perhaps, in
the near future the ministers will be tied up
and then there’ll boa corner iu tho tinware
trade.
We’ll tell more about ourself “ some day next
week,” aa we say to our tailor.
SMALL CHANGE.
It is nearly a week since a policeman
bursted into a private house and arrested any
body, and it really looks as if wo were going to
have a change. This looks well for the police
men, and if the present week gets by without
anybody being shot in tho back, the city will
begin to look up.
The country is in danger of another
1 newspaper controversy as to which is proper,
’ “ saleslady’’ or •' saleswoman ?” We think the
■ latter correct and will continue to think so until
they cease paralyzing female customers with
' morose glances and gushing over dude patrons.
J The Canadians are advertising in the
local papers that there’s to be an ice carnival
j next month. Hope they don’t take in the St.
Lawrence River or they may blow an army of
’ thieves down Lake Champlain and we’ll have to
' bank our money up chimney.
r The Chicago cigarmakers are out on
- strike. Heavens I what aro wo going to do tor
aac n«»auaa?
A report flew through the country
like a flash on Tuesday. It was to the effect
that Brigham Young was alive and Mrs. Brig
ham got up and howled lor a cart-load of seal
i skin Basques and Sissy Brigham yelled for a
barrel of chewing-gum.
Spies’s brother officiated aa his proxy
in his marriage to Nina Van Zandt. We trust
that this proxy business won’t spread any fur
ther in the domestic line, or there’s no telling
where it’l stop. Our foundling asylums are al
ready overcrowded.
The cable informs us that Sara Bern
hardt is growing fat. As Sara has, on several
occasions come near falling through the ring
worms in her knee and hanging herself, the
thought of additional avoirdupois must be
heartrending.
The “L” railroad authorities have
decided that five-cent fares do pay. For the
past six mouths we have been putting our
change in tho hospital boxes, aud we under
stand that the change is much sought after by
plumbers.
It appears to bo quite fashionable for
women to murder their husbands and feed
them to the swine. This may boa good way in
which to travel around the country, but when
we want to wear pork wo prefer it on our in
-9tdo’
We now see that tho distillers haVfi
been gouging the Government out of millions
of dollars. In order to prove that they sell
rum, the Government should endeavor to bor
row a dollar of them a couple of days after pay
day.
The ground-hog came out as usual on
tbe second of the month, but didn’t cast much
of a shadow, as the weather rained. The only
ground-hog that we saw was done up in en
velopes and its other name was sausage.
Stanley has gone to Africa once again.
Stanley is the greatest discoverer of tho age
and if he can discover a bigger liar than himself
what’s ths matter with organizing a Sazerao
Club on the head waters of the Nile.
There were thirteen road accidents
during tho reoont snow-storm. The girls will
never learn to drive, and this thing will con
tinue to continue until a fellow becomes an
adopt at driving with his teeth.
Yes, what we need is Civil Service
Reform. If anybody doesn’t think as wo do, all
he has to do is to drop into oue of our public
offices and ask a question, and it he gets a civil
answer, wo’U ehew our hat.
Local option now prevails in Missou
ri. This gives a man the opportunity of telling
ihe drug clerk exactly what he wants without
being mistaken for a devotee of the St. Vitus’s
Terpsichorean stripe.
They had another riot in Jersey City
tho other day. New Jersey is becoming a great
place, and pretty soon it will startle the rest of
the world—as soon as s citizen remains cut
after nine o’clock.
A Detroit school-teaoher has been ar
rested for habitually kissing all of his female
pupils. Nobody know anything about it until ’
the father of one of tho girls accidentally
caught him at it.
A bashful Michigan man paid a friend
three hundred dollars to court a girl for him.
It’s worth every cent of it to dodge bull-dogs,
shot-guns and the old man's bool lox any length
of
The Minneapolis Tribune says that
bodies are to be more bodiced, and that skirte
are to be more skirtless, and howls, “ What are
we coming, too ?” Let’s scoot for the woods,
girls.
It now really looks as if there was to
be a general war all around the world before
long. But mostof us have had mothers-in-law,
and we don’t scare to any alarming extent.
And now De Leon has been sentenced
fo fifteen years imprisonment. As Do Leon is
an astrologist he may be able to locate tbe pedi
grees of tho rest ot tho boodle Aidermen.
The newspapers are booming the idea
of a National Conservatory of Music. Looks as
if they wanted to turu us into a nation of organ
grinders, and then chuck bricks at us.
Tennessee is now suffering from the
devastations of a water-spout. It must have
been a decidedly novel sight atter the long,
weary years of chronic whisky-spouts.
There is some talk of the Academy of
Music being sold. The companies that have
engaged it have been so often sold that it looks
like a scheme in the reciprocity line.
The strikers now talk of refusing to
pay rent. Thoro is some use in being a striker,
alter all, and blamed if we don’t think that we ll
tie up before long, if not sooner.
A Jersey City bank was robbed the
other night. Looks as if somebody didn't want
to associate with the Aldermanic boodlere, as
the burglars stayed in town.
Kentuckians now loom up as the
murderers of a woman and several children.
It now looks as it Pinkerton had brought some
Kentuckians into town.
All the Washington women are going
just crazy over the Chinese Legation. They are
evidently in league with them to bust the but
ton off our clothes.
Coal is gradually crawling so high
in price that the corner grocery men are pur
chasing bulldogs to guard the bazaars outside
their doors.
q. r . GOSSIP OF..THE WEEK.
The following attractions aro announced for
next week in New York: "MoNoonoy’s Visit” at
Harrigan's Park Theatre; Rosina Yokes and com.
pany at the Standard; N. C. Goodwin in the “ Mas
cot” at the Bijou Opera House; •» Harbor Lighta” at
Wallack's; “Taming of tbe Shrew” at Daly’a;
Dockstader's Minstrels; Robert B. Mantell in “The
Marble Heart” at tho Fifth Avenue; “ Jim, the Pen.
man” at the Madison Square; Helen Dauvray in
“Masks and Faces” at tus Lyceum; Rose Coghlan
at the Union Square; Salsbury’s Troubadours in
“The Humming Bird*’ at the Star; De-o. Thompson
in “TheOld Homestead” at the Fourteenth Street;
Harry Lacy in “The Planter's Wito” at tho
sor ; “The Banker's Daughter” at Poole’s ; Kiralfy
Brothers’“ Black Crook” at Niblo’a and vaudoville
at Tony Pastor’s; J. K. Emmet in “ Fritz, our Cous
in German,” at the People’s Theatre.
Miss Augusta. Van Doren, who is preparing to
star in a new comedy, called '• Charlotte Russe,”
will be managed by Mr. C. Lawrence Barry, a young
gentleman of wide experience in theatrical matters.
The young actress will be supported by a com
petent company and expects to win success on her
merits alone.
Mr. Frederick Warde begins his annual engage
ment in St. Louis, to-night, opening in “ Virginius.”
On March 28th, he begins a season at tho Academy
of Music, in Philadelphia.
The regular season at Wallack’s, Daly's, the
Madison Square and Harrigan’s Park Theatres will
close Saturday, April 30. Mr. Daly’s Company go
to Chicago for an engagement of several weeks;
thence to San Francisco. Tho Madison Square
Company begin a brief season at the Park Theatre,
in Boston, May 2, after which they play a Summer
engagement in San Francisco. Harrigan’s Park
Theatre Company will also appear in San Francisco,
before tho opening of their next season In New
York.
Miss Cora Tanneb, one of tho comeliest of
American actresses, appears at the Windsor Theatre
February 14, in the successful English drama,
“Alone in London,” which will be given with all
its handsome and realistic scenic effects.
During the coming week Mlle. Rhea will enter,
tain the Winter residents of Florida with her per
( formances in “Fairy Fingers” and “The Widow.”
Swell clubdom is in a ferment. The very inner
t ctrclefl of it have learned—and they got the tip
straight—that Mr. Wright Sanford and Miss Annie
Robe are to be married. Just when the minister
5 and ring racket is to come off, no one knows. Mias
I Robe herself professes ignorance, and says it is not
to come off at all, and Mr. Sanford wisely shuts up
f his mouth and says nothing. Mr. San lord is the
> typical man-about-town, and the last person in the
world one would pick out as a target for Cupid s
arrows, and especially when fired by an actress,
1 even though she bo such a charming and highly re-
F spectable lady as Miss Robe. For several months
the gallant cluV man has been very attentive.
Miss Helen Hastings, who has just closod an
engagement at the Union Square Theatre, will re
organize her company and go on the road in about
two weeks, appearing in the comedy of “The Coun
try Girl ” and other standard plays.
J. B. Polk opened his barrel of “ Mixed Pickles”
last week in New Orleans. There was a largo sale,
so it is said.
Mr. Clifton Tayleure is no longer an autheure,
an acteure, nor a manageure. He is now the edi
teure of the Long Branch News, the chief foateuro
of which will be fashionable gossip. Mr. Tay
leure’s sclssouros will now cull the pasteure of
newspaper literature of its choicest chestnuts. We
trust this Tayleurean enterprise may be a success.
*’ The Maid of Belleville ” will come up again,
Phoenlx.li]re, in the form of a spectacle, and will be
hustled across the continent in a special train to
San Francisco soon. Fast time is to be made, and
they are the girls to make it.
Marry coma up, but the ktss-laden zephyrs of the
green-room blow a rank scandal from the “Adonis”
company, to the effect that the four leading ladies
are about to sue for divorces. And yet while the
dudes last, they are not disconsolate.
Signor Abditi has a bald head that looks like a
goose egg. He also has a son who is becoming a
wonderful pianist.
It is a pretty sura thing that Mrs. Langtry and
Freddie Gebhard are to be married; but what for ?
The Thatcher, Primrose and West Minstrel com
pany appear at the Windsor Theatre next month.
In a letter to the Rev. George E. Reed of Brook
lyn, Mr. Imre Kiralfy said that the breath of scandal
bad never yet touched any of the hundreds of
ladies that have been in his companies. Perhaps
Mr. Kiralfy don’t know his people very well, or
perhaps when the breath of scandal came along, it
never touched one of the young ladies, but inva
riably knocked them—and •* knocked them silly.”
However, his ballet girls played it very low down on
the reverend gentleman when they raised his expecta
tions to fever pitch, and then did not attend his
church as they promised. All the morbidly curious
Brooklynites who gathered to get a look at the
girls only got left.
Mr. Fred. Lyster, critic, author and journalist,
will be the recipont of a testimonial benefit at Wai.
lack’s Theatre. Sunday night, February 20th. The
principal artists from the Casino, Wallack's Thea
tre, Bijou Opera House, and many eminent artists
who have volunteered their assistance will appear.
An English news item is of this purport: •• Mar
shall Wilder, the jester, was welcomed while in
London as a guest at all the leading clubs.”
So was t. h. french—and doubtless for the same
reason.
Mr, Lawrence Barrett has already commenced
active preparations at Niblo’s for an elaborate pro
duction of his latest success, “ Rienzi, the last of
the Tribunes, ” which will be given with unusual
splendor of scenery and costumes. The auxiliary
force will include two hundred mon, mauy of them
six feet in Light, clad in magnificent steel armor.
Union Square Theatre. —On Monday
evening last Mis's Rose Coghlan made her reap
pearance upon the metropolitan stage at this thea
tre, presenting herself and company in the familiar
comedy of *• London Assurance.”
Concerning Mias Coghlan as an artiste, there is
nothing to be said that has not in times past
bad record and publication in these columns.
There has not been on our stage in many years a
brighter and more thorough exposition of the na
ture and the individuality of the character of Lady
Gay Spanker.
So far as the company is concerned, there should
have been more of its members “specially engaged
for New York city” than Mr. J. H. Gilmore. The
Sir Harcourt Courtly of Mr. Charles Walcot wae
a» wooden and inexpressive as if he had been one
Of th® painted white-pine images of a Sixth avenue
tobacco store. If this representative of the charac
ter would make use of the knowledge which the re
membrance of his father’s performance of Sir Har
court can famish him, it might possibly bring him
to abetter understanding not only of the dressing,
but the business, reading and acting of a character
which so many of our best comedians of the past
an<L so few of the present time have included as
among the best examples of their professional work.
As-far as Mr; Wakot’s make-up is concerned, not
only facial, but la the matter of his attire, his
dressing gown and his wraps, he rather suggests
theproseaoo of »retired boss barber than of an
English gentleman who is endeavoring by his
polish* grace and elegance and by all the devices of
his dresser and tailor to defy the encroachments of
age-and the effecta-of a gay past, and to maintain an
appearance-of the-prim® of life.
Certainly, in an artistic sense, nor even to con
sider his work according to the ordinary theatric
standard—bis performance of Sir Harcourt—is but
a poor and purposeless companion piece, in a cast
in Which'Miss Goghlan ts the leading figure.
Mr; Gilmore’s Dazzle, while it was by no means
an impersonation deserving of special commenda
tion. at least bore evidence that he comprehended
the requirements of the character.
Mr. John G. MacDonald', as Mark Meddle, meant
well, but—it was painfully evident that he did not
know how. Of the remaining representatives of the
cast nothing need be said'. 3 deuce, more than the
mantle of charity—ooveretha multitude of their sins
of omission and commission.
To-morrow evening Miss Coghlan will bo seen in
*• Masks and Faces”—as Peg Woffington. The lead
ing characters in the represented east will be as fol
lows: Sir Charles Pomander, Mr. J. H. Gilmour;
Mr. Ernest Vane,.Mr. A. 3. Ltpmam; Colley Cibber,
Mr. Charles Walcott Mr. Malcolm Bradley:
Triplet, Mr. John G. MacDonald; Lycimachus
Triplet. Master Barnes; Mr. Snarl, Mr. Verner
Clarges; Mr. Soaper. Mr. Gt Herbert Leonard; James
Burdock, Mr. Adolph Bernard; Mrs. Vane, Mrs.
Charles Walcot; Kitty Clive, Miss Maude Peters;
Mrs. Triplet. Mrs, G. Peters; Roxalana, Mrs. Bar
rows.
Bijou Opera House. —Beside being
the Prince Lorenzo; Nat Goodwin is a veritable mas
cot. whatever the pretty Boltina may be. He is the
Mascot that has attracted unto and into the box
office a plethora of ducats, during the past week.
There was on Monday night last a delegation of
alleged Wall Street Brokers occupy Ing seats in the
orchestra. This dress-suited crowd, or rather some
members of It in the rows nearest the stage, were
not only noisy, but boorishly demonstrative; so
much so that at last Mr. Goodwin very properly
came to the front andt in substance, threatened that
if they did not quiet down he would eud the per
formance then and there. The fellows subsided,
and comparative “ order reigned in Warsaw.” Mr.
Goodwin did right. While a gentleman, as a dernier
resort; driven to despair by poverty, may become a
Wallstreet broker, it does not follow that a broker
must necessarily be a gentleman.
In this instance it was a repetition of the experi
ence of Rice with the crowd of alleged “merchants,”
ata performance of •• Evangeline” at the Fourteenth
Street Theatre last season—who, had they had their
deserts, should have been removed by the police
and locked up in Jefferson Market.
The presence of such well-dressed, ill-bred and
offensive persons can readily be prevented by the
management. At the best, their patronage, no
matter what their position, is of much less value
than their absence, to the management of any thea
tre. And if the policemen in attendance at the
• Bijou had been observant of their duty, they could
i have saved Mr. Goodwin the trouble of interrupt
ing the performance with his admonition, by
promptly making their way down the aisle and col
laring the ruffians into the street.
Men who cannot conduct themselves in a theatre
as they would as the invited guests in the drawing
room of a private residence, have as little of gen
tility in their breeding as there is of reliability of
purpose in a mugwump.
And if in a theatre and making a display of their
assininity, they should be promptly expelled; if
not iu, all available means should be used to keep
them out.
Wallack’s Theatre. —There has been
but ons light house—and that is the one in the
scenic setting of the play—in this theatre, since the
production of “Harbor Lights.” The audiences
have been large and certainly demonstrative and
enthusiastic in their applause. The scenic effects
work smoothly, the cast is adequately represented,
and there is thus far every indication that this
melodrama will hold its place upon the stage for
many weeks to come.
Mr. Wallack has determined to give a series of
Wednesday matinees, at which the old standard
comedies will be presented. The first of these per
formances occurred on Wedneaday last, when the
“School for Scandal” was given, with John Gilbert
as Sir Peter Teazle, Harry Ed wards as Sir Oliver,
Kyrle Bellew aa Charles, Herbert Kelcey as Joseph,
Miss Annie Robe as Lady Teazle, Mme. Penisi as
Mrs. Candour, and Miss Sadie Bigelow as Lady
SneerwelL Should the public take kindly to the
project, it is Mr. Wallack’a intention to revive
many of the old comedies which have heretofore
been given at Lis house.
Lee Avenue Academy of Music.—
This week, commencing to-morrow evening, Miss
Margaret Mather will be the attraction—making her
appearance in “ Loudon Assurance ” as Lady Gay
Spanker. On Tuesday in the “Honeymoon;”
Wednesday, “Romeo and Juliet;” Thursday, “As
You Like It; ’ Friday. “Lady of Lyons,” and
Saturday night, ■•Leah.” During the engagement
them will be no Wednesday matinee.
Ou February 14—“ Iho Maia Line.*'
Poole’s Theatre.— Thia week Man
ager Poole w»T present as his special attraction
“ Tho Banker’s Daughter,” a comedy-drama, which
became many years ago notable in popular favor
when it had its production at the Madison Square
Theatre. It will bo presented here with an ade.
quate cast and appropriate scenio settings. It will
also be repeated at the Wednesday and Saturday
matinees.
During the present season, on Sunday evenings.
Professor De Morgan’s illustrated tours by land and
water have furnished a pleasant and instructive
entertainment. This evening the Professor will il
lustrate “ London by Day and Night.” We know of
no subject that can be made more interesting than
the views of the British metropolis and the lec
turer’s off-hand descriptions of that city and its
people. An evening of lull enjoyment, and, as
usual, an appreciative audience, is sura to be the
result. De Morgan's tours entail no inconvenience
of travel, and are made ata mere nominal expense.
Daly’s Theatre. —Mr. Daly’s revival
of the “Taming of the Shrew ” proves to benutabla
in other regards than that of a merely theatric
event. It is notable that it has shown that ths
patrons of the theatre—in this city at least—can
appreciate and will encourage the more intellectual
and the higher grade of dramatic work, providing
it is presented, as it should be,with thoughtful and
provident care as to the excellence and perfection
of detail in its production. The playa and comedies
Of Shakespeare, Sheridan, Goldsmith, will be always
welcome in their revivals, when their spirit and the
proper expression of their text and the conditions
of tbeir time and place in scene and costume are
given the due and respectful observance which the
‘•Taming of the Shrew” has received under Mr.
Daly’s management.
Madison Square Theatre. — Public
attention is again directed to the interesting fact
that the drama of “Jim, the Penman,” which for
three months past has drawn crowded houses, will
reach its one hundredth consecutive representation
to-morrow evening. The event will be commemo
rated at the theatre, and the occasion will be made
a festival. “ Jim, the Penman ” has taken a bold
on the public liking, and the actors who perform in
it have attained to such complete identification
with their respective characters that the performance
now is a perfect transcript from actual life. A great
and brilliant audience is anticipated to-morrow
night, and the excitement of the occasion will no
doubt materially add to tho brilliancy of the repre
sentation. i
Fourteenth Street Theatre.—Den
man Thompson will give a professional matinse of
“The Old Homestead,” on Thursday, February IT.
Manager Rosenquest will receive applications for
seats on and after February 9, and announces that
no seats will be sold.
The matinee will be given for the benefit of pro
fessional people, so many having been refused ad
mission in consequence of the crowded audience*
to which Mr. Thompson is playing. The sign
“Standing Room Only ” i» shown at almost every
performance, and “ The Old Homestead ” will be
continued at this theatre untfrl April 2. “By gosh,
it will
Windsor Theatre. —The J. H. Wallidc
company appeared at this house-last week in a new
sensational play, called “ The Ofc&tle King,” and re
ceived the applause of large audiences. The trained
horses and a comical donkey were features of tho
performance. Mr. Wallipk made »dashing Oattlo
King.
To-morrow night Manager Murtha presents on®
of the best successes of last season, when the strong
play, called “The Planter's Wife,” will be produced,
with Mr. Harry Lacy as the star, supported by Miss
Emma Carey, a handsome young actress, and a
good company.
The drams will be produced with' handsome
scenery and accessories. Matinees Wednesday and
Saturday.
People's Theatre. — “A Tin Sol
dlerj” dosed here last evening, in the presence of
an audience whose outbursts of laughter and
uproarous- jollity made even Charley Davis- pause
at the orchestra entrance, in an argument with a
chronic deadhead- who had just presented his card
as a member of the ‘« profesh.” Davis had remark
ed, “We never admit the ‘profesh* on Saturday
eve. Smothereve." But the outburst did the
business. The card wae iu his hand—but the fake,,
alas, where was he? Gone where the ushers
twinoth—in: with the crowd.
To-morrow evening once again will be seen and
heard Joe Emmet and his undying Fritz. He
and Fritz have traveled over the world seventeen
years together. They are inseparable.
After all, isn’t it a wonder. Fancy a star, having;
only one play in which to win bis way and hold'
fast to popular favor for seventeen years 1
And there are more yoar^yet to come. And if he is
living, Joe and Fritz will be-on deck, all the same.
He will in'this engagement be supported by an'
adequate company, will pUy upon bis silver drum
and repeat hisx>ld->tlme-lullaby and songs.
Koster and Biad’s Concerts. —Quite
a variety will present itsolf at the concert
to-night. Prominent among the different members
on the programme are Harry Braham, the English
eomique, who made a reputation here ten years
ago and has not appeared in this country since.
Fred. W. Willis the Australian ventriloquist; Pro
fessor Carlo, delineator, who will finish a
large oil painting in fifteen minutes; James Bl Rad
cliffe, introducing and exposing the mystery of the
vanishing lady; Regina-EueHL the sweet soprano;
Ella Wesner, the Captain, .and-vocal selections-from
Offenbach’s “Mons. Chauffisurl,”
The burlesque, “Captain Jack Sheppard,.” begins
its seventeenth week to-morrow, but will soon b®
replaced by another burlesque entitled “ Littia
Monte Cristo.”
Madison Square Garden. —On Wed
nesday evening next w I'l 1 ©celebrated! the-WOth
performance of Buffalo Biils “Wald West” in th®
Madison Square Garden. This is a. most remarkable
rocord for so mammoth, novel and expensive an
exhibition to make, and beats anything in. the way
of a run that was ever made in th s-city by a show
of anything like the proportions of the “Wild’
West.” Mr. Cody is-not going to Jet the affair p&ss
off without celebrating it, and he-proposes to pre
sent every lady attending ontbat occasion with an
elegant souvenir in the form-of a plaque represent
ing hi ms oil in the costume of U. S. chief of scents.
These plaques were designed specially by a well--
known artist of this city, and they are well worth,
acceptance. Doubtless th ex’® will b® a groat rush of
the fair sex on Wednesday night, for Buffalo Bill is,
a hero with the ladies.
Only two and -two days remain of the press
ent season. The businesses- tremendously large yet
and the matinees ace a sight—over eight thousand
children attending yesterday from the vario-u®
schools of the-cityu Members of the G. A. R. ar©
patronizing the show in large numbers and they
never fail to enthuse over the Custer battle.
Dockstadbr’s. —An unusually strong
list of attractions will bo presented in the bill of the
Minstrels to-morrow night. The entire bill will b®
changed, with the one exception of *• Willie Buffa
lo's Wildest West.” This has proved so popular
that it will bo retained. The new features will com
prise a fare®called ‘‘Tobogganing at Tuxedo” and
a burlesque on “The Taming of the Shrew.” Iu
the former of those Mr. Duokstader will appear a®
Tobe Boggan, and Mr. Welsh as Tommy Tuxedo.
One of its incidents is a toboggan siido in full view
of the andienco. All the by-talk of the Knicker
bocker Club will be new and lively. The farcical
portion of the programme is not more attractive
than the This will ba devoted to singing the
ballads written by Stephen C. Foster soaia years
ago, and which hoid a foremost place among ths
nation’s melodies. The selections from them are
“Ellen Bayne,” “Nellie w.is a Lady,” “ H«r<l
Times” and “Old Folks at Home.” Mr. Dock
stadar’s idea of grouping his songs iu this manner
is a happy one, lor the Scotch songs drew hundreds
to the pretty littia inius.ral hail last week.
Tony Pastor’s Theatre. —And now
comes Tony with “another new show ” —an entiro
change of the programme. In this instance it in
cludes among other special features. Mlle. Catha
rine Nelson, the magician and bird trainer; tho
Four Tourists iu their sketch of “ Busted:” Willi®
and Millie Eddy, the acrobats; Gussie and Katio
Hart; Miss Lillie Allyn. Miss Lizzie Daly, Misa
Estelle Wellington; Cuponti, the juggler, and Mr.
George Murphy. Each performance will conclude
with Mr. Murphy’s lively comedy ot “Rudolph’s
Ambition; or. Clubs are Trumps.”
Of course Tony will, as usual, be heard, and
duly welcomed. Matinees Tuesday and Friday.
Chickerino Hall. —Three young sis
ters—Ettie, Lina and Carrie .Ripiuski, of Sherman.
Texas, gave a special concert at the above-named hall
last Wednesday night to a very much pleased
audience. Miss Lina is about seventeen and pos
sesses a bell-liko soprano, which rang out the tones
of Robert and the Jewel song in “Faust” iu a
manner that created critical surprise. Miss Carrie
is not yet sixteen, but she revealed a contralto of
rare quality in Nobil .Signor, from “ the Hugue
nots,” and in several duets with her sister. Misa
Ettie is nineteen tnd is a pianist of exquisite touch,
beside being a clever accompanist. Her Beethoven
sonata and a number from Chop'in, olicited much
applause; in fact every number on t-be program m®
was redemanded and the Misses Riploskl are iike>y
torepeat their coucart at an early day Utsix
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