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CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
CONTINUATION OF “BEWITCHING LORRIE.”
SCORN OF A LIE.
THE HEIRESS OF BEECHDELL.
THE MISER'S HAND.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
PEACH TREE CREEK.
THE PENSION BUILDING.
A JAMMED MAN.
WHAT IT COSTS TO SMOKE.
THIRD PAGE:
MASONIC MATTERS: Sharpshooting; Official Visita
tion; Third District; Eureka Lodge; From “Uncle
John;’’ Brooklyn Lodge; Beethovoi Lodge; Com
monwealth Lodge; Polar Star Lodge; Worth Lodge;
Masonic Hall Dedication; Questions and Answers;
Royal Arch Items; Templar Notes; Ancient Graft
Masonry; Personal; The Mission of the Craft; Boards
of Relief; Unanimous Election; Friendship; Labor
Exchange.
SIXTH PAGE l
THE PATTER OF THE RAIN.
A COMPANY OF THREE.
THE NEW CVERCOAT.
YE SPINNING-WHEEL.
THE DETROIT SOLOMON.
EXERCISE FOB THE FACE.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
IN THE NEST.
the Hermit of dundoyne.
THE WHITE SPIRIT OK NKERH-O-DA.
' HOW DID IT GET THERE <
TUB REBEL YELL.
WHY THEY DANCED.
THE FLAT WHEEL.
THE FAMILY ALBUM.
A NAUGHTY BOY.
STANTON’S PUBLIC RECEPTIONS.
A TOUGH CASE.
A STORY FOR BOYS.
HE GOT THE BLOOD.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
atxtl
Liberty.—lst. Quean Victoria was
born May 24. 1819. and is therefore in the sixty
eighth year of her age. She was crowned in West
minster Abbey. June 28. 1838. There is no law or
custom of releasing all political prisoners on the
death of a sovereign ot England, and it will not be
dons at Victoria’s death, except by the clemency of
her successor. 2d. There was no attempt made in
1882 to blow up a government building in London,
but on March 20. 1883, a tarrllio explosion occurred
in the Local Government Board office, in Londoc.
The explosive *ubalance was placed on a window
ail!. The effect was simply to make a hole in the
massive stone wall of the building. The other
dynamite explosions were, ons on January 20,1883,
when a tin box was found in Glasgow, which ex
ploded and injured five persons. Au attempt was
made to blow up the gas-works of that city. On
March 20. *B3, a can of dynamite was placed against
the Times office, but was accidentally overturned
before It exploded. An analysis showed it to be
identical in competition with that found in Glas
gow. On February 25, 1884, a violent explosion oc
curod at the Victoria Station, iu London. This was
followed by attempts at three or four other stations.
Shortly before, occurred explosions at Edgware
Road and Westminster, on the Underground
Railroad. Later explosions took plaoe in St. James’s
Square and io Scotland Yard, under the very eyes
of the police I These occurred on the night of May
30, and a simultaneous attack was made on the
building of the Junior Carlton Club. The stone
and iron work of the club house in St. James square
was shattered and the kitchen destroyed. In
land Yard the destruction was greater, although the
quality of dynamite used was the same and uniform
with that found in black bags In the attempt to
wreck several railway stations on February 26. A
portion of the Criminal Investigation Department,
consisting of heavy brick and stone work, was
brought down by the force of the explosion. Yet
the chief damage was done to a public house oppo
site. At the same time a quantity of dynamite was
found at the foot of the Nelaon monument. On the
same night a third explosion occurred near a gov
ernment building in St. James square. On Decem
ber 13 a large quantity of dynamite, estimated to
be about fifty pounds, was exploded against one of
the piers of London Bridge. No one was seriously
injured, but several persons were knocked down.
Qu January 24. 1885 occurred the most serious of
the dy bain:te outrages. Ou one of the days when
visitors are admitted to view the houses of Parlia
ment a package of dynamite was exploded near the
Speaker’s chair, and another iu the iobby. The
woodwork of the benches and gallery in the House
of Commons was blown into splinters, and the
stone carvings in the entrance hall still more seri
ously damaged. Two policemen were Injured,
one seriously, but none of the visitors sustained
injury. At the same hour there was an explosion
in the Tower of London which was crowded at the
time with sightseers, some of whom were seriously
harmed. The dynamite war practically ceased with
the two latter explosions. James Cunningham, an
Irish-American, was arrested while leaving the
Tower alter the explosion. Harry Barton, an flrish
man, who was arrested as his accomplice, ana Cun
ningham, had gone backward and forward several
times between England and the United States, and
their arrival in Loudon had more than once been
attended by a dynamite explosion. They were both
on the train on Jan. 2,1885, when an explosion took
place in the Underground Railroad, between King’s
Cross and Gower street. The valise filled with dyna
mite that was found at Charing Cross was identified
as belonging to Burton. They were tried for trea
son-felony, on the charge of “levying war against
her majesty ” by a series of treasonable acts, begin
ning with the explosion at Victoria Station on Feb.
25, 1884, and culminating in the attempt to destroy
the Tower of London. Both were convicted on May
18. 1885, and sentenced to penal servitude for life.
While these two men were awaiting trial, an explo
sion occurred in the Admiralty building in London,
on April 23, to the authors of which, and their mo
tive, the police could find no clew.
Old Subscriber.—lst. A wife may
will all her property to her husband, providing she
has no childreu, but whenever she has a child born
after the making of a will and shall die, leaving
such child so after boru unprovided for by any set
tlement and neither provided for nor in aiiy way
mentioned in her will, every such child shall suc
ceed to the same portion of the mother's real and
personal estate as would have descended or been
distributed to snch child if the toother had died in
testate, and shall be entitled to recover the same
portion from the devisees and legatees in propor
tion to and out of the parts devised and bequeathed
to them by such will. 2d. A will executed by ah
unmarried woman shall be deemed revoked by her
subsequent marriage. 3d. If a married woman
should die, leaving children by her living husband,
the husband b&s a life interest in the whole of her
real estate and a one-third interest in the personal
estate; but if she has children by a former husband
and none by the Ihring one, he receives a one-third
interest in the personal estate, but none in the real
estate. If there be no children or grandchildren,
the husband receives one-half of her real and per
sonal estate.
H. E.—The following are some re
cipes for staining wood a mahogany color: Pure aooo
trlne aloes, 1 ounce; dragon’s blood, half an ounce;
rectified spirits, 1 pint; dissolve, and apply two or
tbree coats to the surface of the wood with wax or
oil tinged with alkanet Or, wash over the wood
with strong aquafortis, and when dry, apply a coat
of the above varnish; polishes last Or, logwood,
2 ounces; madder 8 ounces; fustic, 8 ounces; water,
1 gallon; boil two hoars and apply it several times
to the wood boiling het When dry, slightly brush
it over with a solution of pearlash, 1 ounce, in
water, 1 quart. Dry ahd polish as before.
Dauntless.—A couple are married
and have two children, when a disagreement arises
which separate them and ends in a suit for divorce,
which the woman wins. She returns to her native
plaoe and remarries. The question is can the hus
band marry again 7 According to the laws of New
York State a person against whom a divorce has
been granted, cannot remarry in the state but may
be married in New Jersey or any other State and
can return to New York .without fear of prosecu
tion.
G. G.— Ist. Barnum’s museum at the
corner of Ann street and Broadway was destroyed
by fire on July 13, 1865. 2d. At half an hour past
midnight on the morning of Tuesday, March 3,
1868, fire was discovered in the northeast corner ot
Barnum's American Museum, on Broadway be
tween Spring and Prince streets, then occupied by
Van Amburgh’s menagerie. The flames had attain
ed such headway that it was impossible to extin
guish them and the destruction was complete.
Market st. — The fastest recorded
time of a sailing vessel from New York to Liverpool,
was made by the •• Red Jacket" in 1854, in 13 days,
1 Lour. 25 minutes, from Hook to bar at Liver
pool. From New York to Queenstown, Ireland, the
time was 12 days. 9 hours, 34 minutes, 50 seconds.
Made by schooner "Sappho," N. Y. Y. 0., 310 tons,
sailed 5:22 A.M., July 28; arrived August 9, 1369.
Computed from Staten Island to Queenstown light.
T. C.—ln draw-poker, when straights
are played, the straight flush is the highest hand
thnt can ba held. The other hands follow in thia
order: Four of akind; full, flush, straight, three of
a kind, two pair; one pair. When straights
are not played, ns sometimes they are not, the
straight flush does not rank higher than a common
flush. In aneb case, four aces is ths highest hand.
C. S. —Ist. We have received the fol
{owing from Mr. John H. Bird, Secretary of the
New York Yacht Club, who will please accept our
thanks: The English cutter “ Madge ’’ is under our
colors. She is at present owned by Mr. E. B. Shel
don. a partner of Mr. W. A. W. Stewart, No. 49 Wall
street. Name not changed. 2d Thera is no pre
mium on the dimes of 1833 or 1835.
H. MoH.—We take the following sta
tistics concerning the standing armies which are
the largest, from Whitaker’s Almanac; Austrian
army, on peace footing, consists ot 286,423; war
footing. 1,0’ 7 ?,104; France, peace, 523,833; war,
1,392.000; Germany, peace, 449,342: war, 1,492,104;
Russia, peace, 800,000; war, 1,917,904.
Str ang hr. —Ist We would suppose
that warm water would bo the best to use with sul
phur or tar soap, as it would be easier to make a
lather. 2d. To use ammonia in the bath, take the
ordinary ammonia as found in drug stores and add
a few arops to the bath. 3d. We do not know which
is the best soap for face and hands.
O. J. C. —In Pedro Sancho the points
score in the following order of precedence: 1, high;
2, low; 3, jack; 4, game; 5, Pedro; 6. Sancho. Thus:
if two players have already reduced their score to
two.and one of them has made high and game, Pedro
and Sancho, the other, could go out before him with
low and jack.
M. E. M.—lt would be utterly impos
siblo to give the '‘Language of Flowers” in this de
partment, as it would take up at least two pages.
If you desire it, there are a number of books pub
lished on the subject, which may be obtained of the
American News Company, 39 Chambers street.
A. S. —There is the Eclectic Dispen
sary for the treatment of nervous diseases, at No.
1 Livingston Place, open Tuesdays and Fridays from
Ito3p. m. Almost ail the large hospitals have de
partments for the free diseases of the
nervous system.
B. A.—We know nothing about the
financial affairs of Mme. Patti, nor her contract
with Mr. Henry E. Abbey.
J. S. — A man is an animal endowed
with reason, which distinguishes him from the
lower animals.
J. M. D.—See answer to G. G, in this
number.
NEW TORE, MARCH 20, 1887.
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other Sunday Newspaper pub
lished in the United States.
HOW EXTREMES MEET.
As a matter of partisanship we should have
no objection to making the High License bill,
now before the-Legulature, a party measure.
Whenever there is good work to bs done the Ra
publioan party is called upon to do it. The
Democrats are as shortsighted as usual when
they imagine that they can make the Ropubli
oau party unpopular by identifying it with a re
form of the dives and the low groggeries. Re
publican voters do not come from such holes
and nothing will be Inst to us by shutting them
up. We are not in favor of compelling our citi
zens to drink water when they want to drink
cider, beer, wine or spirits. Neither are we in
favor of unlimited rum. If the Democrats
think that they can gain anything by allying
themselves with the two extremes of no liquor
and all liquor, they are welcome to their de
lusion. Wo respect an honest and reputable
liquor dealer, as wo respect all other honest
and reputable men, and we believe that the Re
publican party is composed of such worthy cit
izens and not of the ruff, scruff and scum ot the
dives and ths low groggoriss.
But wo should liko to see the High License
bill taken out of politics and dealt with as a
practical question of morals and business for
tho sake of the earnest but misguided members
of the prohibition faction who are now laboring
to make the vilest rum-holes legal because they
cannot shut up all the respectable places where
li juors are cold. All or none is not a motto for
any sensible reformer. As long as human na
ture remains the same, tho Maine law will
never bo popular in Now York. The liquor
traffic may be regulated, but it cannot be abol
ished. It may be kept in tho bands of respect
able, law-abiding dealers and out of the hands
of unlicensed rogues and ruffians ; but it cannot
bo legislated out of existence. The Prohibition
ists have an opportunity to assist the temper
ance cause by destroying the low groggeries;
but, impatient of delay, angry at not being able
to have their own way and their own way ot
having their own way, like Colonel Stanley in
“ Paul Pry,” they deliberately go to the other
extreme and attempt to help the Democrats to
continue the present disgraceful state of affaire,
which is denounced by clergymen, by the po
lice, by all true philanthropists and reformers
and by every decent class of our citizens, in
cluding the respectable dealers in beer, wine
and spirits.
Taka an analagous case. The theatres now
pay a high license to the city. Under this
license law the authorities are able to keep
our amusements in charge of reputable and
competent men. Would the prohibitionists be
in favor of reducing the theatrical license to a
few dollars per year, or abolishing it altogether,
so that concert saloons, variety halls and low
class theatres might be opened on every block
and the public be subjected to the degradation
of one of the most enjoyable forms of enter
tainment? If they should be so fanatical would
they not find themselves opposed by the com
mon sense of the community ? That is the very
position in which they have now placed them
selves in regard to the license for liquors. The
more they think the subject over tho more they
must feel ashamed to be working shoulder to
shoulder with the law-breakers of this metropo
lis. They do not belong to such company and
they will be even more ill at ease if their com
rades hoist tho Democratic flag and insist that
they shall serve under it. The Republican
party can afford to be right; but we are sorry to
see any of our friends, prohibitionists or liquor
dealers, drop out of tho ranks to enlist in the
motley mob of free rum and free vice.
THE CLEARY MYSTERY.
Whether ex-Alderman Cleary be guilty or
innocent of the crime for which he is on trial,
his injudicous lawyers and over-zealous friends
are certainly doing everything in their power
to ensure his eonviction. They began by an
audacious attempt to get Judge Barrett off tho
bench. Why? Judge Barrett is known to be
able, upright and impartial. He has treated
the other boodle Aidermen fairly and has tem
pered justice with merqy in his sentences. He
has presided over tho trials of other boodlers
upon the same evidence that will be brought
against Cleary; but this is no reason why he
will not direct the jury to acquit Oleary if it be
shown oonciusivoly that tho aeousod was not
a member of tho “combine.” During tho cross
examination of the talesmen, the counsel tor
Cleary havs been in a state ot almost open re
bellion against tho court. Their sneers and
frowns and mutterings have attracted general
attention.
Last week, at the request of Cleary’s so-called
friends, one of the counsel wont before another
Judge and asked for a change of venue, al
though the trial had actually begun. When
Judge Barrett threatened to commit Cleary to
tho Tombs for safe-keeping, hie lawyers eagerly
asserted that they were ready to give bail to the
amount of half a million ot dollars rather than
have him sent to the city prison.
What is Cleary ? Tho janitor of a big building
on Broadway. Are his wages and perquisites
as a janitor so large that he can afford to put
up half a million of dollars tor bail rather than
stay in jail during his trial ? It not, ho must
have very wealthy friends. Who are they?
What is their interest in this trial ? Why are
they so anxious to keep Cleary at liberty ? Tho
easy answer is that they believe Cleary to be an
innocent man and, therefore, are ready to risk
any amount of money to save him from dis
grace.
But this explanation doos not solve the mys
tery. If the friends of Cleary believe him to be
innocent, why are they so afraid to have him
tried ? It is not often that a janitor has friends
who can find a million of dollars to spare him a
temporary inconvenience. It would be no dis
grace for him to spend a few day and nights
in the Tombs if he be afterward acquitted. On
tho contrary, it would add to his triumph and
increase the sympathy for him that would
accompany the verdict after a full and fair
trial. As good men as Clsary oan possibly be,
have lived in the Tombs, and are not shamed
by any prison taint. Why should his friends
be so careful of him ? His reputation is not so
spotless now that it can be injured by trifles.
He was tho official associate of men who have
already been found guilty, and he must live,
until the jury acquits him, under the shadow
of their crimes. Why are some very wealthy
mon so excessively sensitive in regard to him ?
The abduction of Charley Ross was a mystery
until the death of Moser, the burglar, gave a
probable clue to it The hold which Doo
Wilson had upon his victim 'was a mystery
until Wilson himself told the pitiful story. The
reason why Bishop, the mind-reader, could not
read the mind ot his own wife was a mystery
until the reporters exploited tho fact of his
former marriage. But ths Cleary mystery is
deeper and darker than either of these. Who
are the rich men behind him? What does he
know which gives him so remarkable a “ pull”
upon them ? Why are they afraid to leave him
in the custody of tho city officials ? Why do
they protest against the selection of Judge Bar
rett to preside at his trial ? Why do they try to
secure the most stupid and ignorant jurymen
to hear the evidence m his favor which they
boast that they are ready to bring forward ? Is
there a contest between Cleary and Jake Sharp
as to whom shall bo the first to tell the truth
under legal pressure? Are Cleary s backers
doubtful whether a cell in the Tombs might not
so shake his nerves as to induce him to speak
out? What can ho tall ? Whom wool lit hurt?
Under all the suspio.pn < <•. r stances ot the
NEW YORK DISPATCH, MARCH 20, 1887.
case we think that Judge Bsrrott would have
been Justified in refusing further bail for
Cteary. Certainly, an accused person with such
lawyers and friends should not be permitted to
escape for a moment from the surveillance of
the detectives. Where there is so much smoke
there must be some fire. It is the duty of a
janitor to keep the doors shut; but who are in
side the door which Cleary guards and what is
going on in tho darkness behind it?
WEARING OF THE GREEN.
Although a Tory Government is in power in
England, and although a policy of coercion is
threatened, and although ths thousands of poor
Irish peasants are suffering from cold and
starvation, yet tho celebration ot St. Patrick's
Day, last week, was the most hopeful and en
thusiastic ever known. The reason of this ia
that tho down-trodden Irish people have at last
found new and influential allies in the heart of
England. They suffer, as they have suffered
for many years; but they no longer have to look
across the sea for friendly sympathy. Eng
lishmen and Scotchmen have begun to under
stand their wrongs and to assist them in re
dressing their grievances. This one fact marks
an immense advance upon any previous year.
It is endorsed by other facts, scarcely loss im
portant. The Catholic Church is again oham»
pioning the cause of Ireland, and its blessing is
of inestimable comfort to most Irishmen. Amer
ica stands firm for justice to Ireland, as it has
always done. Moreover, the Irish people are
now more unanimous than ever before, have
more practical loadere and more confidence in
their leadership. The etorm still rages; but
there is a rainbow of hope in the sky, and tho
sunburst must soon come.
The policy of Mr. Parnell and his associates In
carrying tho war for the freedom ot Ireland into
the British Parliament, and into English politics
and fighting at the polls instead of in the field,
has vindicated itself. The ablest statesmen of
England are now on the side of the Irish pso
ple. Ths majority of tho voters of Great Britain
would oast their ballots tor Borne Rule if a fnl!
and free election could be held. The London
correspondents agree in reporting that never
before was St. Patrick’s Day so widely and
warmly observed in England; that never before
were so many shamrocks worn, not by the Irish
residents alone, but by English sympathizers.
Ones forbidden by law to grow on Irish soil, the
shamrock is now an emblem which tho English
are proud to wear. Tho tremendous force ot
public opinion is oompalling a settlement of the
Irish question upon the only stable basis of
selt-governmsnt. Tho groat Liberal party of
Groat Britain, led by Mr. Gladstone, is rein
forced upon this issue by the greater radical
party, led by Messrs. Labouohere and Cowon.
At the banquet of the National League, Mr.
Labouchero, a radical member of Parliment,
responded to the toast, “ Ireland a Nation,”
which would have been thought treasonable a
few years ago, and eloquently exclaimed, '■ You
have wandered long in the desert, brother
Irishmen, but tho promised land is now in
sight. Only be true to yourselves and to ths
past and you must soon enter it.”
We have repeatedly prophesied that Ireland
had nothing to fear from the Tory threats of
coercion. The Tory party is in power through
an unnatural coalition with tho Hartington
faction. Being in the wrong, it cannot be
strong, and its weakness is a new element
of strength for tho Irish cause. We are
not surprised that Lord Salisbury's govern
ment has decided to present a land purchase
scheme of its own, based upon the revised
rentals, and, therefore, less profitable io the
Irish landlords than the plan proposed by Mr.
Gladstone. It is characteristic of the Tories to
ignorantly blunder into the very measure they
are pledged to oppose and to attempt to keep
office by outbidding their opponents. With
similar ignorance. Major Saunderson, the chief
of the Orange fanatics, concedes the whole
question when he asserts that "a settlement of
the Irish difficulty must emanate from tho Irish
people.”
The demand for Home Rule does not ema
nate from the Irish people. The last elections
proved that it is endorsed by a numerical ma
jority of tho English and Scotch people. Day
by day since the elections this majority has in
creased and solidified. If the Tories remain in
power for another year they must grant Home
Rule. It the Tories are turned out ot office,
Home Bule will be granted by the Liberal
party. All the signs of the times point to the
certainty that tho jubilee year ot the Queen will
be followed by Ireland’s jubilee, and that by
next St. Patrick's Day, the Irish people will be
as free, happy and prosperous at home as they
are now abroad.
This Cbowley Case.—Police Serjeant
Crowley having been tried, convicted and sent
to prison, Maggie Morris is now on trial in the
newspapers. It is stated that she has been
caught stealing from her benefactors ; that she
was married before Crowley assaulted her;
that, if not married, she says she was, and that
damaging evidence as to her previous charac
ter is in the possession of Crowley’s friends.
We predicted at the time that there would surely
be a reaction from the newspaper clamor
against Crowley. Bulldozing is a very unsafe,
as well as unfair game, to play in courts of
justice. But the argument that Crowley ought
to be let loose because Maggie Morris baa be
come a bad woman is untenable, even if the
statement be true. If Maggie is a thief, let her
bo sent to prison, also; but Serjeant Crowley
should not escape punishment for his conduct
toward her. Governor Hill is to be asked to par
don him, and it would be characteristic of little
David to set Crowley free after allowing Mrs.
Druse to bo hanged, because policemen have
votes and women have none. If, contrary to
the evidence at the trial, Maggio was a willing
victim, this does not relieve Crowley from the
odium of being in an improper place, at an im
proper time, for an improper purpose, when,
as a policeman, he should have been at home
with his own wife, preparing for his next day’s
duty. We regret to add that, while a great deal
of money is being expended to blacken tho
reputation of Maggio Morris, poor Mrs. Crowley
is in want and ill.
Colored Jubobs.—An American cit
izens of African descent has rushed into print
as a champion of his race, and, as is usual with
unsolicited champions, has done more harm
than good. He wants to know why no colored
mon have been summoned as jurors in the
boodle cases and is indignant that they should
bo excluded from the panel. Now,as it is notor
ious that the lawyers have made desperate
efforts to secure the most ignorant and unintel
ligent men in tho city for the boodle juries, the
exclusion of our colored citizens ia rather com
plimentary than otherwise. Obviously, the
authorities have too high an opinion of the in
telligence and education of tho colored men of
New York to suppose that they would be ad
mitted to the jnry box if they were summoned.
We should not object to see the boodle Aider
men tried by a colored jury. There would be
no whits-washing done in court. The dirty
linen of the city could bo promptly laundried.
Such jurors would put a polish upon the most
arrogant and browbeating lawyers. A cloud
might seem to rest on tho faces of the jurors;
but their minds would be as clear as crystal.
Colored talesmen are not summoned because
they are too good for tho work laid out by tho
counsel for the boodlers. This explanation
should certainly bo satisfactory to all concerned.
Th® Ocean Bacb.—The sensational
reports which are published—some of them
only to be contradicted the next day—that the
“Coronet” and the “Dauntless” have been seen
by passing steamers and that the one or the
other is ten or twelve miles ahead, are of no
value, except to influence the betting. Appear
ances are very deceptive at sea; it is difficult to
estimate from a distance the relative positions
of such small vessels as the racing yachts and
a few miles more or loss are of no account in
the early part of the voyage. During the ocean
race between the “Henrietta,” “Fleetwing” and
“Vesta,” in 1866, the yachts were sighted by
half a do en ships and yet no correct statement
-as to their positions was published. Judging
from the newsnaper reports of sailor stories,,
the “Fleetwing” was supposed to have been
ahead at the very time that the “Henrietta" was
celebrating her victory at Cowes. Probably tho
“Coronet” is a faster boat than the “Daunt
less;" she is newer and livelier; but seamanship
tolls in an ocean race and in the veteran Captain
Samuels the “Dauntless” has a commander
who knows every wave ot the Atlantic as inti
mately as a jockey knows the turns of a race
course, and who has never been beaten in clip
per ship or yacht when he had ohargo of the
vessel.
More Assistants Needed. —To offset
the legal talent brought on from Philadelphia,
some of our contemporaries ask that Roscoe
Conkling should be engaged to sum up the
Cleary case. Others ask why the District At
torney should not do tho work himself; but
those who put this question are ignorant of the
immense amount ot routine duties which now
devolves upon Hie District Attorney and which
would hare to be neglected it he devoted him
self to one long case, liko that of the boodle
Aldermen. He is the general who directs tho
whois army of justice, and he cannot be spared
from headquarters to do a captain’s duty.
There is a bill now before ths Legislature to in
crease the staff of the District Attorney, and it
ought to be passed at once. The expense would
be less than ths $20,000 fee demanded by such
extra aid as that of Mr. Conkling. At present
there are five assistants, all hard workers and
clever lawyers. Such a mental and physical
strain has been endured by them that three of
them—Col. Fellows, Judge Bedford and Mr.
Fitzgerald—have recently suffered from nerv
ous prostration from continuous overwork, and
Mr. Niooll, who has not yet broken down, looks
ten years older from anxiety and study, than be
did at the opening of tho term. Tho city should
not reward ita faithful officials by killing them
off prematurely, and the Legislature should
come to tho assistance of justice by giving tho
District Attorney tho reinforcements ho re
quires.
This is Not April Fool.—The April
part of “The Young Ladies’ Journal” is on sale
to-day. It is one of the most interesting of
magazines. It has continued stories, which are
always well written, pure and entertaining. It
also contains many brief stories, useful infor
mation, and miscellaneous matter of much gen
eral interest. Besides all these foaturoe, it
publishes filty-two fashion engravings of the
latest Paris styles. Yot tho price of this maga
zine is but thirty cents. The International
Company, Nos. 29 and 31 Beekman street, are
the general agents.
Mu.
COULDN'T TACKLE A HARDWARE STORE.
“ I see wot de prize-fighters do a dernation
sight mo’ prize-fighton* in de noosepaper dan
dey do wid deir fists,” said Grandfather Pun
kinhead the other day.
“ Dore appears ter be mo’ ohampenes loafin'
around de kentry dan would patch sheol a mile
an’ blame me ef I doau’t tiuk wot I could lick a
bar’l full ob dem myself. Dere’s do ohampene
heavy-weight, and de champene middle-weight,
and de champene light-weight, an' de Champene
fedder-weight, an’ about do only ting day do is
ter wait fur each odder ter chin back in dor
noosopapers.
“Efany ob dem fellers’d come monkeyin'
aroun’ me dem me ef I wouldn’t hit om a slap
in de nose wot’d make deir heads swim.
“ Now, fur instinct dere’s John L. Sulliman.
’Bout de only ting he’s knocked out recently is
de demijohn, an’ hits nip an’ tuck atween ’em
ae to who’s de besteet man. Half de time de
demijohn's on top an’ do odder half de odder
John's under.”
“ 1 suppose you were something of a fighter
in your day,” we ventured.
“Well, I wus, an’ no mistake,’’ answered
granddaddy. “ All de coons in our nebbor
hood had ter take aback seat vino I let myself
loose, an’ you hear me smoko ter oatcherate. I
nebber was knocked out but onct, and dat wus
by a big nigger wot’sname wus Sim Peters. I’ll
tell you how it wus.
“ I could clean out snorting in de shape of
nigger in our town an’ de coons were all jellus
ob me an’ hunted all aroun’ de kentry fur a
moke tor wipe de flo' wid me. Putty soon a new
coon camo to town an’ didn’t do nuffin but loaf
aroun' de grocery etore war we used ter congre
gate at nite. He nebber wuck an’ putty eoou I
begins ter smell a mice. Der niggers wus put
tin’ up fur him an’ had brought him ter town
ter do me up. He tried tor pick a muss wid me
but I wouldn’t hab it ontwill one day whin he
begin ter make eyes at Jule Johnsing, wot was
my bostest gaL,. Den I up an’ hump myself an’
knock him ober a flour barrel an’ shut him up
like a jack-knife. Muteule frens interfear an’
we wus sepperated.
“Dor nox' day I reseebed a challenge writ on
a peece ob board, dat he would liko tor hab de
pleasure ob broakin’ my jaw.
“I desponded dat I would like to hab de
pleasure ob crammin’ him into his hat an’ dat I
would mop de flo’ up wid his oarcase fur half a
dollar an’ da gate reseats.
"De nox’ day wo weni’d, widi'd and I wus
wici’d. It kem about in dis way. We mat in
ole Pilkington’s barn an’ after we had put on do
glubs we both spars fur an openin’. De barn
wus full ob niggers an’ de bettrn’ was llbely, as
high as seventy-fibs cents bein’ put up at a
time. After we had bole spar fur an’ openin’
fur some time I biff him one on de oheat. Den
he biff mo one on do nose. I hears sometink
crash like breakin’ up housokeepin’ and den I
goes ober do hay cutter an’ went to sleep in one
ob do stalls.
“I mua’ hab lay dere seboral or mo' nights,
an' when I woke up an’ look at myself in de
glass I toughi wot I wus somebody else. My
head look as if I had fall down a well an’ had
scrape all de way down.”
“It must have been a powerful blow bo struck
you,” wo said.
“Pow’ful? Now your’e shoutin’! Do you know
how dat nigger create so much panic in such a
little wolume ob time?”
"No.”
“Dem glubs ob hisn was nothin’ mo’ or loss
dan two apittons wot was oubbered wid sham
my. He’d jest shut his hans in de holeo an'
den he was ready for murder. He lit out ob
town ’fo’ I got well or he’d hab been orrried out.
I could lick any nigger in town, but dern mo It
my blood wus rich nuff ter ’tack a hardware
store.”
FRIGHTENING THE BEA SEBPENT.
The Boston Courier published this brief story
on the 17th instant:
« I could have had a good look at a ssa sarplnt
once, said an old tar. '• but lor one thing."
<• Ay. ay,” said his messmate, " what was that P*
Well, the sarpint camo up straight ahead, d’ye
Bee ?’*
"Ay. ay.”
“And we were going straight for him.”
"Ay, By."
" But he just looked at us and turned tail and
west off like a flash, and we never saw a hair of him
after. Wo scared him."
" I thought sea Barpints weren't afraid of ships,’*
said one of the erow.
" Neither they are,” said the relator of the story.
"Then what Beared him ?’’
"Our ship was called the 'St. Patrick,' and there
was a shamrock painted on her bow.”
SMALL OHANGB.
A local doctor has invented a ma
chine whereby the household scraps can be
untillzed, and by the aid of chemicals sufficient
power and heat can bo obtained to warm the
room, produce gas, work the sewing-machine,
and do a whole lot of other unimaginable things.
Until he can make the machine work the growler
his life has been mispent.
That Omaha man who mistook his
wife for a burglar, is in danger of having his
neck stretched by the law, as it is said it oan be
proven that he deliberately murdered her. It
seems to us a darned shame that a man can’t do
what he pleases with his wife, and the law is
getting decidedly too previous.
A Pennsylvania minister recently
wandered around the country for two months
without knowing what he was doing, his mind
having been a perfect blank during all of that
period. And yet, come to think, there’s noth
ing overwhelmingly strange about the matter
and he needn’t feel lonesome.
The Czar must lead a truly exciting
life. He had another bomb chucked in his di
rection last week. It’s a remarkably quiet
week when the Czar isn’t compelled to dodge a
bomb, and he and his body guard have to travel
around constantly with their pockets and hats
filled with hand grenades.
We trust the High License Bill will
pass. The brand of coffin-varnish that the most
of the gin laboratories are dispensing now,
renders some sort of suppression necessary.
We drank a glass of whisky (for medicinal pur
poses ) the other day, that melted our suspender
buckles.
Mbs. Jambs Brown Potter has tack
led the professional stage at last, and the socie
ty world is greatly excited. Wonder if Mr.
James Brown Potter will act as her advance
agent? Don‘t suppose we’d have ever heard of
Jim if it hadn't been for the other half of the
family.
The festive kerosene oil got in its fine
work again in several parts of tho country dur
ing the past week and several fresh angels
sprouted,’brand-new wings. Next to the oar stove
the festive kerosene is about the boat hoaven
crowdor on record.
The deadly bursted bridge whooped
itself again last week and the result was a lat
death-roll. This sort of accident would become
less numerous if it could be arranged so that a
quorum of railroad officials could be chained
to each bridge.
The high'hat in the theatre must go.
It is impossible to see Bernhardt in her playa
through, over or around them, and a move
ment is being made to got her to do her acting
either on a high platform or swinging sidewise
from a rope.
Green paint went up twenty-five
per cent, in value on St. Patrick’s Day, and our
Irish friends were happy. It's lucky that the
day only swings into lino once a year, or there
wouldn’t be enough green paint to go around.
March is evidently determined to
show itself smart, upon ours truly. Our citi
zens have swallowed so much dust during the
past, more or less days, that nineteou-tenths of
them con be utilized as sand-clubs.
The all-important question is: “ Who
will succeed Beecher in Plymouth Church."
We don’t like to demean tho memory of tho
“ grand old man,” or we’d bruoh up our the
ology and take a hack at it ourself.
We see by the newspapers that they
had a prize fight in the Assembly chamber the
other day. Ought to provide them all with
guns and abolish the punishment for murder
for a month or so.
Every pilot that comes in nowadays
hands in a report of the relative position of the
racing yachts. According to the very latest
news both the “Coronet ” and the “ Dauntless”
are ahead.
Old gentleman Sickles asserts that
during his late iHnesa ha was serenaded by a
spirit band. Wo don’t know what Mr. Sickles’s
favorite tipple is, but burs never tackled us in
that way.
Scott, the Roseville, N. J., embez
zler, baa owned up to scooping $25,000, and he
is now jugged in a Jersey jail. Canada thus
loses another high-toned and respected citizen.
Constant insults by bridge policemen
to unoffending citizens superinduce the thought
that the genus has been graduated from the
ranks of tho old-time ferryboat deck-hand.
The women’s suffrage bill has been
defeated at Albany, and the girlies will have to
wait at least another year before they can loaf
around the polls and lay for tricks.
Washington Bishop says that his
wife’s mind is wandering and that she’s off her
base, as it were. We don’t wonder at it, and
she probably caught it from Wash.
Eight Boston girls are going to India to
bo missionaries. Jewhittaker I Lay low, heath
ens ! They ain’t very fat nor tender, but the
meat is good, allee samee.
“ Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has been trans
lated into the Russian language. We’re sorry
for Uncle Tom, next to being sorry for Buasia.
fit gnwnmtf.
G0331P OF THE WEEK.
Thk following attractions are announced for
this week in Now York and Brooklyn: " Erminie ” at
the Casino; “McNooney’s Visit’* at Harrigan's Park;
N. a Goodwin in "The Skating Bink” at the Bijou
Opera House; “The Taming of the Shrew” at
Daly's; "The Dominie’s Daughter,” at Wallacks;
Dockstader’s Minstrels; “Jim, the Penman** at
the Madison Square; “Walda Lamar” at {the Ly
ceum; Denman Thompson in "The Old Homestead”
at the Fouteenth Street; Sarah Bernhardt at the
Star; Vaudeville at Tony Aimee at the
Peoples; Vaudeville at Poole’s; Thatcher, Primrose
and West at the Windaor/’The Commercial Tourist’s
Bride” at the Union Square; "The White Slave” at
M. B. Curtis in "Caught in a Corner” at
Hart’s; English glees and madrigals at the "Old
London Street.” " Muggs’ Landing” at Proctor’s
Novelty; "Prince Karl” at Lao Avenue.
Next Tuesday evening promises to be a gala
night at tho Peoples Theatre. Mecca Temple, No
bles of the Mystio Shrine, have taken 875 Beats in
the parquet and circle for that evening, and will
attend in a body. It is a compliment to Col. T.
Allston Brown, manager of the Aimee Comedy
Company, who is also Commander-In-Chief of the
O. G.’s of tho Scottish Bite, also a Shriaer. Col.
Brown has been absent from tho city since last
August, with this company.
Next season promises to be a lively one all over
the country, as new theatres without number are
to be built in all the large cities. Of the most
prominent new ones is the Vendome in Nashville,
to be erected at a cost of s7o,ooo;,while among those
to be remodelled or almost entirely rebuilt are the
Pittsburg Opera House, Pittsburg, Pa.; the Taylor
Opera House, Trenton, N. J.; the Euclid Avenue
Opera House, Cleveland, O.; the Academy of Music,
Rochester. N. Y., and Rand’s Opera House, Troy, N.
Y., on which sums varying from $40,000 to $15,000
are to be spent.
After the engagement of Lawrence Barrett at
Niblo’s Garden in May. there will be produced a
melodrama there entitled " The Still Alarm,” over
which there has bean a great managerial contest.
It is said to be a purely local play, with a fire scene
In it calling for a steamer and trained horses, that
are to be driven across tho stage. The play will be
produced by Mr. Will Hayden, with Joseph Ha
worth in the leading role. Tho management have
secured the services ot Mr. Bon. Teal to stage tho
piece, and perhaps the management will spend a
little money and stage the piece properly.
One Charles Burnham, an employee at the Star
Theatre, and who cays he is in receipt of SBO per
week salary, is to benefit to-night at Wallach's.
What for?
Last Sunday, Mrs. John Drew, manager of the
Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, gave a family
dinner in honor of her mother's ninety-first birth
day, which was attended by four generations of
relatives. Tho venerable mother’s name is Mrs.
Eliza Kinlock, who half a century ago was a very
beautiful actress. She is a wonderfully bright and
active old lady.
Mb- Josh Hart has been quite ill, confined to his *
bed, but is now rapidly recovering. Friend Josh is
no longer a boy, you know I
Miss Genevieve Ward plays her final engagement
in this city the week of March 28. at the Windsor
Theatre, when she will be seen in several of her
popular plays.
The scene painters and carpenters have finished
the great cathedral scene to be used in Mr. Law
rence Barrett’s forthcoming elaborate production
of "Rienzi, tha Last of the Tribunes,” at Niblo’s.
Mr. Barrett presents this old play in Indianapolis
daring the present week.
Frederick Wards will play two engagements at
the Windsor Theatre next season. At present ho is
acting in the South, and will reach Philadelphia a
week from to-morrow night. On May 2 Mr. Warde
begins an engagement of two weeks in San Fran
cisco.
About a year ago the late Rev,Mr.Beecher attended
a benefit in the Academy, for the Elks, and made a
speech. Among the other features on the pro
gramme was a march of the Amazons from •• Evan
geline.” Mr. Beecher had a proscenium box next
the stage, and sat through the exhibition of shapely
limbs with £alm composure. He never went into a
theatre until Mr. Irving played here. Subsequently
he attended a dinner given to Mr. Irving, and told
the tragedian that he had removed the prejudice
against the stage, from his mind. "It’s a noble way
of teaching history,” he said, "and after this I in
tend to be taught.” In replying, Mr. Irving said
that he had heard every great orator in Europe, but
none so great as Beecher; "his words are like a flight
of angels, in their beauty,” said he. Mr. Beecher af
terward saw Lawrence Barrett, Mme, Modjeska, and
was to have occupied a box at Daly’s two days after
he died.
Clara Morris, Janausohek and Joe Murphy are
coming attractions at tho Windsor Theatre.
Babnum and Forepaugh’s Big Show.
To-morrow will bo the commencement of the
second week of Barnum and Forepaugh’s tremen
dous combination of circuses, museum, menagerie
and other departments, in Madison Square Garden.
At no time in the past was there ever so great a
business done, for out ot the first eight perform
ances given five were to overflowing houses. The
Beckwith champion swimmers, the Hairy Family,
and the dancing elephants, seem to meet with
hearty public appreciation.
Never in the history of shows was such a splendid
aquatic exhibition ever given as that presented by
the Beckwiths. They do everything possible in the
water, and show many novel feats and extraordinary
styles of swimming.
The elephants actually dance an entire quadrille
with the same ease and precision as human bolngs,
and evoke groat merriment and applause, while the
Hairy Family are anover ceasing source of wonder to
everyone. Thera can be no question but that tho
present is the best show ever given in Madison
Square Garden, and richly deserves the groat
patronage bestowed upon it.
Madison Square Theatre. — Still
there is no abatement of public interest in the fine
drama of "Jim the Penman,” so long prevalent at
this house. Tho drama will attain to its 150th con
secutive representation ot tho ond of Mwoh, and
etui the hottee is crowded every night. It is one of
those oases mentioned by Hamlet in which'‘in
crease of appetite grows by what it feeds on.”
Public attention has, of course, been newly di
rected to this subject by tho announcement of Mr.
Palmer's arrangement for presenting "Jim the
Penman.” on April 18th, at Washington, under the
auspices of the President of the United States and
other dignitaries at the capital. It is a difficult and
costly enterprise that he has undertaken, but he
will, without doubt, carry it to a consummation,
with his accustomed exportneea and energy.
All she proceeds are to go to tho Actors’ Fund.
Since it became known in Washington that Mr.
Palmer would bring on his company and present
" Tho Penman” precisely as it is presented in
New York, the liveliest interest as to this project
has boon manifested throughout society la that
city.
The performance, of course, is to be attended by
tho President and other promoters of the plan, by
whom Mr. Palmer was invited to visit Washington.
The trip of tho Madison Square company to the
capital city not only insures a delightful occasion,
but is an augury of great prosperity to the Actors'
Fund.
Lyceum Theatre.—lt is uncertain
when Ml.. H.l.n D.uvr.y will does h.r prwant
season at this house. The very great succese of
" Walda Lamar ” indicates a run of several weeks,
and as long as the present business continues there
will bo no change of bilL
Miso Dauvray is anxious to appear in yet another
old comedy, and it is likely that her season will be
extended into June.
As it is, the Lyceum Theatre is full at every per
formance, and the advance sale of seats is the largest
of tho year. x <
This popular actress has certainly made a personal
triumph in a new and trying role, and deserves all
the applause and calls before tho ourtain that she is
receiving. The play is exceedingly well acted and
handsomely staged.
Fourteenth Street Theatre.—“Men
may oome and men may go,” but Denman Thomp
son and " The Old Homestead” could go on forever
at the Fourteenth Street Theatre. As it is, the
audiences are too large for the house, and hundreds
are being turned away at every performance, so
great is the desire to see this really fine perform
ance of a pure and wholesome play. Mr. Thomp
son’s personation of old Joshua Whitcomb touches
the heart of every man around whom clings the
thoughts of green fields and all the glories of coun
.try life.
He winds the clock just as we used to see it
wound, and his queer-shaped leather trunk is just
the same as the one we have seen up in the attic at
home. New England Yankees like it, the public
like it, and the Fourteenth Street is packed as usual
at every performance, matinees included.
The Old London Str :et. —One of the
most interesting and entertaining places of amuse
ment in this city is the Old London street, recently
opened on Broadway, near Astor Place. Tho amuse
ment seeker enters through .Bishopsgate, and as
he strolls through the ancient streets, it seems to
him that time has turned backward, so quaint and
full of old-time atmosphere is everything.
There it) reproduced the bouse of Sir Paul Pendar;
the "Old Cook” Tavern; the home of Sir Bichard
Whittington; the residence of the famous Isaak
Walton; the Gunpowder Plot House; Old London
Bridge; St. Andrew's Church; Grub street; the
house of Oliver Cromwell, and many other histori
cal buildings which line the street on either side.
In the shops are seen the artisans, busy at their
manufacturing, and the oldest printing press in the
world in actual operation.
The ancient court jester walks the streets clad in
motley, and a choir of English glee and madrigal
singers add to the attractiveness of the place. To
morrow night the well-known WiHiam Courtney
quartette will give an intorosting^programma o f
English glees and madrigals. The Old London street
should be seen to be appreciated.
The Casino.—“ Erminie” now beats
the great "Mikado” record of last season. The last
operetta ran 207 nights, white "Erminie ” has al
ready covered over 275, with every prospect of an
additional hundred. The opera is laughed at and
applauded as much as ever, and the houses are just
as crowded.
Mr. Aronson is constantly on the alert, making
changes whenever necessary to keep the production
up to the standard of the house, and "Erminie”
looks as new and brilliant to-day as it did at tha be
ginning of its remarkable run ten months ago.
Mr. Budoiph Aronson will resume the Sunday
popular concerts on April 3. At this concert Mr.
Henry E. Abbey’s principal artists, including Mmes.
Scalcbi and Novan, and Signors Galassi, Vluoini,
and Novara will appear, with an orchestra of fifty
musicians, under the direction of Signor Arditi.
Fifth Avenue Theatre.—“Ruddy
gore ” is running smoothly; tho audiences are
large, and it is likely to attain a much longer con
tinuance in popular favor than was predicted for it
during tha first week of its performance upon this
stage. It will be repeated until further notice.
Matinee on Saturday as usual.
Windsor Theatre. — The Mestayer-
Vaughn Company appeared at this house last week
in their familiar farce of "We, Us & Co.” and suc
ceeded in pleasing food sized audiences at every
performance. To-morrow night the first minstrel
company that has ever been seen on this stage,
Thatcher, Primrose and West's, will put in an
appearance, and a lively rush for seats may be
expected. George Thatcher, one of the funniest ol
comedians, will be seen In new .sketches and
humorous stories, and the rotund Billy Bice will
make fun ef the with bis usual and
laughable methods.
A feature of the performance will be the fine sing
ing and the dancing. Thatcher, Primrose and
West are noted for giving a good show. Matinees
as usual.
Tony Pastor’s Theatre.—“ All new
again” is tho motto of each succeeding week under
Tony's reign of variety, fun and humor. Now
there comes in the list among the most notable of
his attractions. Miso St. George Hussey, the vocal*
ist; tho Brantfords, Tom and Bertie, in their
specialty of "Fritz’s Reception;” Mr. Shortie and
Miss Mamie Leonard, in a banjo recitation; Miss
Lottie Elliott, tho " skipper;” Messrs. Lang and
Sharp, in " The Reporter;” Tho brothers Wingfield
in thoir comedy specialties; Mias Ida Ranier, in her
lightning change specialties—and Tony Pastor will
come forward with his usual jocund budget of
songs and local observations.
The usual matineos will be given on Tuesday and
Friday.
Treasurer and general manager Sanderson will in
dulge in the luxury of a benefit at a special
matinee, on Thursday, March 31st. Timely an
nouncement will be nxade of the attractions which
are to be included in the bill of performances.
Bwou Opera House.— Nat Goodwin
and his particularly lively ** Skating Bink ” are
doing well, and Managers Milos and Barton are'
therefore correspondingly happy. Donnelly smiles
the smile of the man contented with the size and
value of his lot in life—and what more need be
said?
The usual matinee will be in order on Saturday.
Hart’s Theatre Comique (Harlem). —
The good folks of the north end of the city will not
fail to avail themselves of the amusing scenes which
they can heartily enjoy when witnessing the per.
formance of the inimitable comedian, M. B. Curtis,
whois to appear at this popular up-town theatre
all this week in the latest and bast success, "Caught
in a Corner.” .A very competent company, with
Miss Albina De Mer at its head, will support the
humorous Curtis, and fun will reign supreme.
Next week Mme. Janauschek will ba seen at this
house in a moat attractive repertoire.
Standard Theatre.—J. K. Emmet’s
business during his present engagement, is not
affected by Lent. "Fritz,” Our Cousin German,
, with bia new b ngs and imimitabte dances, are as
! enjoyable now, as they will be at Easter.
Peoples Theatre.—Again Mr. John j
A. Stevens came to the metropolitan stage with a 1
new play—or rather, in this instance, with a reoon- ’
straction of a work which he presented several sea
sons ago at the old Windsor Theatre, under the ti.
tie of "Her Second Love,” and In whioh Miss
Maude Granger Impersonated very effectively the
heroine.
This reconstruction is named " Passing Shadows,”
and has for its argument a Russian story of a loving
wife’s devotion, a husband’s treachery, a touch of
Nihilistic plotting, an Italian worshiper of Garibaldi
played by a gentleman with a pronounced Irish
brogue; a bright and saucy waiting maid, a ball
room scene, a drinking bout in whioh the wife tn
masque discovers tho faithlessness of her husband
—and as a proper melodramatic ending—the death
of that husband whilo endeavoring to escape arrest
as a Nihilist.
Mr. Stevens has woven his material together with
skill and a due regard for theatric effect. The dia
logue is plain and direct—although it is somewhat
tedious in the first act—the incidents and situations
are effective, and there is, as tho play progresses am
ple opportunity afforded for scenic illustration.
Plays far inferior to this " Passing Shadows”, not
only in interest and construction, but in charac
terization, have been given favorable hearing and
commendatory criticism in tha Broadway theatre*
in seasons past. *
The oast was Iq Us entirety capably represented.
Mr. De Belleville was manly, virile and handsome,
and never ungraceful In his portrayal of the char
actor of tho husband's friend and afterward as tha
protector of the wronged wife. Mr. Stevens was
seen to better advantage than usual and played his
part effectively and well. Miss Louise Balfe as the
Countess Olga, was fully equal to the demands of
tho character, and won the sympathy of the audi
ence as well as deserved critical regard for the ex
cellence of her methods, and especially her avoid
eace of rant and fustian display in the stronger and
more passionate scenes of the play, in whioh at
times she was the central and dominant figure.
Miss Lytton as the waiting maid was lively and
piquant; Miss Addle Cummings as Madame Tar
genoff, made tho malicious character as " real
devilish ” as tha situation demanded; Mr. Harry
Eytinge as the very jolly old roue, filled the rob
acceptably, and Mr. O. B. Hawkins exhibited all his
stock of low comedy as the Irish Italian devotee at
the shrine of the red shirted Garibaldi.
Large audiences witnessed the performances of
tho drama throughout the week. It will undoubt,
edly meet with success and prove a profitable in
vestment on the road.
To-morrow evening and for the week, Mlle. Aimee
Almeo, who, let us hope—and unhappily, vainly
hope—will never become old—will be seen here,
with her company, in "Mam zelle.” Her season up
to the present time has been, as her management
states, fairly prosperous.
Union Squabe Theatre.—On Monday
evening last Miss Agnes Herndon came forward for
the first time on this stage, appearing in a new
farcical comedy bearing the rather too lengthened
title of "The Comrn?rcial Tourists Bride.” This
addition to the already large stock of farcical ma
terial with which tho stsge is oircussad—and not
infrequently "cussed,” was furnished by Messrs.
H. 8. Hewitt and Frederick Hale. It has been at
various times during the present season, given in
one night doses to the provincial canine—and good
report of its pleasant effect has followed.
The story is simple in construction and involves
as its factors a California family party en route to Eu
rope with a Chinese servant. Arriving at a New York J
hotel—the young wife (Miss Herndon) discovers, io
a morning paper, that her rather aged husband is
charged with being a defaulter in California, and
that detectives are in pursuit of him. A sort of G.
Washington Phipps—in this instance being a com
mercial traveler or drummer—is made to appear as i
the husband.
Through this all tho usual series of farcical mis
takes, complications and perplexities of such a skit
occur. The first act is rather dull, but the second
and third acts have an humorous activity, and a
sufficiency of lively events to ensure enjoyment and
laughter to the audience.
Miss Herndon as Mrs. Innocent Smith was viva
cious, never appearing to forget her own personality
for that of the character she represented, wore
handsome dresses and withal—made herself the
prominent and certainly a pleasant and comely
factor in the performance. Mr. Frank Lane as tha
drummer, was demonstrative and active in hie
movements, gave all necessary point to the slang in
his part and effect to his farcical situations and—
which is perhaps tha only object of low comedy
made his audience laugh.
All the characters in the cast were fairly repre
sented; the scjnic settings were adequate to the
needs of the piece and the performance passed to
its end smoothly and evidently obtained favor with
the spectators. "A Commercial Tourist's Bride”
will be continued during the present week. Many
changes in the work are announced as having been
made by Mr. Hewitt since the first night’s perfor
mance, including the rewriting of the first act—
which will be seen to-morrow evening.
Star Theatre.—Mme. Sarah Bern
hard! made her return to tho Metropolitan stage
after a six years, absence, on Monday evening last
in the presence of one of the most brilliant and
notable audiences of the season. She came for
ward as Fedora, a character whioh she created and ■
whioh, as de-igna I by M. Sardou affvrta her the *
opportunity of displaying to the uttermost her
wonderful artistic resources.
Of her methods, her peculiarities and of her per
formance of Fedora, Mr. Oarboy has written in
another column.
On Tuesday she appeared as Camille—on Wed
nesday and Saturday evenings and at the Saturday
matinee, Fedora was repeated, and on Thursday
she was seen as Frou Frou.
Tc-morrow evening, Mme. Bernhardt will appear <
in an impersonation in which she has not been )
seen here—that of tho heroine of Georges Ohnet'e
drama of "Le Maitre des Forges,” which, in it*
Anglicized form, was presented at Wallack’s Thea
tre under the title of "Lady Clare.” On Tuesday
she will repeat "Fedora;” on Wednesday, "Frou
Frou;” on Thursday she will enact Adrienne Lecou
vrier, and on Friday she will appear as Dona Sol, ia
"Hemani.”
A review ot the performance of the company and
of their individual merit will be given in a succeed
ing issue.
Poole’s Theatre. — Manager Poola
this wook returns to his first love—the drama—and
inaugurates the return with the engagement of Miss i
Ada Gray, who will appear in "E»st Lynn” every J
evening during tho week and at the matinees on
Monday. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, mak
ing ten performances in all. Tha prices have been
reduced to the popular standard, admission being
only ten and twenty cents, and reserved seats thirty
cents. Certainly, with these advantages, there
ought to bo crowded audiences present at every per
formance.
This evening Prof. De Morgan’e illustrated lecture
will have for its subject, "America.” With this city
as the starting point, he will lead his audience—in
hie illustrations—through Niagara, showing its
Summer and Winter dresses, to tha marvellous re
gion of the Yellowstone, taking in the "Garden of
tha Gods,” Sa t Lake City, the Hot Springs, Yosem
ite Valley, the Mississippi. Natural Cave, Kentucky,
the Wild West and the mild East in contrast. In
short, all of the natural and artificial wonders of
"The greatest country on earth.”
Wallaok's Theatre.—Owing to the
illness of Mr. John Gilbert, the comedy of " 014
Hoads and Young Hearts ” was not presented as
announced, on last Monday night. Instead, the
familiar drama ot " Moths ” was revived and held
the stage throughout the week. Its performance
was witnessed by a numerous audience each even
ing.
" Moths ” will bo withdrawn on Wednesday, and j
on Thursday evening the first performance will ba J
given of a new American comedy, entitled " The ]
Dominie's Daughter.” of which Mr. David D. Lloyd
is the author. It will be presented with new scenlo
settings by Mr. Phil. Goatcher, and the cast will in- .
elude the leading members of Mr. Wallaok's Com-
P* Dy ’ .
Daly’s Theatre.—Mr. Daly’s revival S
of "The Taming of the Shrew” will be continued
until further notice. Tho critical press has been
affluent in commendation of this latest effort of Mr.
Daly, and the special patrons of this house, as well
as the general public, have given him substantial
recognition of approval.
The usual matinee performances of "Taming of
the Shrew” will be given as usual.
Globe Museum.—Messrs. Meehan and
Wilson, the proprietors of this popular and exten
sive museum, announce the engagement and per
formances of Broncho John and his "Wild West”
show — commencing to-morrow. The show In
eludes famous cowboys and fighters of the Far
West, who will give examples of their skill in throw
ing the lassoo; their campfire life; their battles
with the Indians, and will also present Broncho
John’s big bear "Uno,” weighing 750 lbs. and
stands seven leet in hight. This " Wild West” will
doubtless not only prove an unusually interesting
but certainly an instructive exhibition. Beside,
Broncho John promises some startling and truthf'Jr
revelations concerning the "Laud Swindles ” oa
the frontiers.
All tho standard curios will be soon as usua). and M
Mr. Ed. Atkina will occupy tho stage at each per- '
formance with his new drama, in five ©hAl*
tied " Jack Forrit. the Maa Huau«,”