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CONTENTS OP INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE!
CONTINUATION 01' ** HER JOHNNIE.*
SHERIDAN OUT -ENERA ED.
REMEMBERED HiS LESSEN.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
CESAR’S G AVE.
INVITED TO DI sE.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
WHO’S DAR ?
THIRD PAGE:
MASONIC MATTERS : The Days that are No More; The
Grand Lodge; Faded, Questions and Answers; Arc
turus Lodge; Charter Oak Lodge; Manhattan Lodge;
Republic Lo ge; S . Cecile Lodge; Americus Lodge:
Tecumseh Lodge; A Perfect Chart; Templar Notes;
Personal; Mas nic Antiquities; Royal Arch Items;
Do You Take a Masonic Paper ? Scottish Riio Notes;
Past Grand Officers.
SIXTH PAGE :
IN THE SUNSET
ADAR MEM RY.
STRANGE DUELS
MR. BARNES S DILEMMA.
AMAZED.
DE KEPT IT GftkEN.
THE DETROIT SOLOMON.
INTERESTING MfSCELL tNEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
NOT /ST " ILL
‘•MISS CHANCE.”
A STORY OF FRENCH SOCIETY. <#•
HE SALUTED HIM.
MISCHIEVOUS MONK YS.
A ! REITY STORY.
AN ABE LINCOLN STORY.
A PECULIAR INDUSTRY.
AFTER DEATH.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
tnui
Pobtrrhousk. The office of admiral
was not created lor the navy of the United States
until during tho seeou year of the civil war. Pre
viously the grade oi capt .in was the highest in the
service, although the title of commodore had boon
accorded to cummuD.iers of squadrons and naval
Stations, and they bad assumed the commodore's
distinguishing bioad pennant. By the act ot Con
gress, Jan. 16, 1857, captains in command ot squad
tons were denominate l flag officers, and by subse
quent and progressive departmental orders and
togulatious they sunstmite 1 tor the broad pennant
• square bine Hag worn at the mizzen; next the
flame at the .ore tor those over twenty years com
missioned as captain, and the senior captain's was
carried at the main; finally they came to arrogate
•11 the functions oi admirals. Congress established
the grade of rear admiral July 16, 1862, and com
kniss.oned there u on account of eminent individ
ual services, Dav d G. Farragut and three other cap- 1
tains from the active list, and Charles Stewart aud
ten other distinguished v-terans from the retired
list. The grade of vice admiral was constituted by
•Ct of December 21, 1864, aud Farragut promoted
thereto as a reward tor the capture of Mobile; and
•a a further token of gratitude and houor the grade
Of admiral was created tor him July 25. 1866. The
rank of admiral is relatively equivalant to that oi
general in the army, vice-admiral to lieutenant-gen
oral, and rear-admiral to major general. The pay
per annum ot admiral is sl3 000; the sea pay of vice
•dmiral is $9,000. and of rear-admiral $6,000.
Hebrew. — “ I ecorder Smyth, in sen
fencing Reich to be hung for the murder of his
wife, said: T regret to see a man of his nation and
religious belie: piac-d in bls terrible position. It is
only proper to say that it is rare —it is very rare—
that one oi his ancient race is brought to the bar of
• criminal court on a charge of murder. I have no
recollection oi one of his race having been executed
Within the county of New York.' Is that so?”
Technically, he is, as to the county of New York:
but if the Recorder had read the papers, he would
have seen that it is not so very rare for Jews to be
Arrested on the charge of murder, as well as other
felonies. But a few years ago, across the river, in
"Williamsburg, Rubenstein was found guilty of a
IHOflt diabolic d murder, and would have been exe
cuted if friends had not furnished him po sou to
commit suicide before the day oi his execution. He
killed the girl he had betrayed, as his wife, from
Poland, was expected soon to arrive, and the only
Way out of his trouble was her death by murder.
The terrible murder by Jacob Rhinehart, of New
York, who murdered his wife, barreled her, then I
harrowed her to Silver Lake, on Staten Island, is so
recent that it is surpr sing that a man in Recorder
Smyth’s position should lorget it. The Jaws are no
better nor worse than any other nationality, aud
remarks regarding the race, while out of place,
were not true as to facts.
Retlaw. —lst. The expression "The
fdttle Church Around the Corner,” originated under
he following circumstances: On the death cf
George Holland, the comedian, in December, 1870.
the mourners waited upon Itev. Dr. Sabine, rector
Of the Church ot the Atonement, Madison avenue
•nd East Twenty-eighth street, snd desired him to
perform the funeral services. He persistently re
fused to perform services over the body of the dead
•ctor, telling the mourners to go to the Little
Church Around the Corner. They did so, going to
the church oi the Rev. Dr. Houghton, who willingly
performed the service. At the conclusion of the
service, Mr. Joseph Jefferson, who was one of the
mourners, feelingly exclaimed: ** God bless that
Little Church Around the Corner,” and the words
have become historical. Dr. Houghton is still in
charge. 2d. There was no actor oi the name Monta
gue killed at the Brooklyn Theatre fire. The only
•otors who lost their lives were Claude B, Burroughs
and Henry 8. Murdoch. Montague died in San
Pranciscc.
B. F. D. —The following is the receipt
for what is known as White House whitewash, and
ts sent out by the Light House Board of the Treasury
Department. It has been found by experience to
answer on wood, br.ck and stone nearly as well as
oil paint, and is much cheaper: Slack one-hali
bushel of unslacked lime with boiling water, keep
ing it covered during the process. Strain it, and
add a peck oi salt dissolved in warm water; three
pounds of ground rice put iu boiling water, and
boiled to a thin paste; one-half pound of powdered
Spanish whiting, aud a pound of clear glue dis
solved in warm water. Mix these together, and lei
the mixture stand for several days. Keep the wash
thus prepared in a kettle or portable furnace, and
when used put it on as hot as possible, with paint
ers’ or whitewash brushes.
E. W. D.—ln order to entitle a pub
llcation to transmission through the mails as sec
ond class matter> it must be issued regularly at
stated intervals of not more than three months, ana
bear a date of issue and be num&ered consecutively, It
must be issued from a known office of publication
and oan only be mailed at the post-office nearest its
claimed office of publication, which is determined
to be the one set forth in the date line of the paper,
or advertised therein. Send two copies of the first
Issue to Room 9, New York post-office, and if it,
doesnot interiors with the above rules, it will be
placed iu the second class rates.
F. H. H. K.—lst. Every man in the
Fira Department, uniformed or unuaiformed, is
subordinate to its rules and regulations. 2d. lhe
probat.onary men on trial for thirty days before
their actual appointment (provided they go through
the probationary test; do not wear uniforms, but
When this period is successfully passed, then they
put on the uniform. 3d. Firemen cannot bo held
for debts contracted, but tuey can be tried and if
found guilty, be either dismissed or heavily fined.
The Commissioners do not collect debts nor do they
•How the uniform to be used in contracting debts,
K. T.—Gotham is a popular nama for
theoity of New York, first given to it iu “Salma
fundi’* (a humorous woik written by Washington
rving.|WillUm Irving, aud Jarnos K. Paulding) be
cause the inhabitants were such wise-acres. The
?iame Was given iu a satirical sense, aud has clung
o the city and its inhabitants ever since. The true
Gotham is a parish in Nottinghamshire, England,
which was long celebrated for the remarkable stu
pidity of its inhabitants, many humorous instances
of it being given by various writers.
Conductor.—The first street car line
in the world was the Fourth Avenue line, opened
In New York in 1832. No other was built until in
1852, when New York constructed the Second,
Third. Sixth and Eighth Avenue lines. In 1856,
Philadelphia and Boston adopted street cars, aud,
some years later. Montreal and Toronto followed
suit. John Stephenson, who started the work tiny
years ago. lived until his American street car is iu
use in most of the civilized cities of the world.
E. L. M.—Cetus (the whale), a large
constellation of the southern hemisphere, contain
ing n nety-Scvau stars, is said to represent the
inonster which was going to devour Andromeda.
Its brightest star, named Menkar, comes oa the
meridian at 8 o'clock, in the beginning of January.
A. I. C.—To organize any society, call
• meeting, appoint temporary officers, and also ap
point a commutes to draft a constitution and by
laws. When they have been adopted then elect
.regular officers lor the term specified by me con
stitution.
Widow.—Matthew Galbraith Perry
was the name of the commander of the squadron
in the Gulf of Mexico during the Mexican War.
Perhaps some one of our readers may know the
'name of the flagship which Commodore Perry com
manded.
B. B. D.—To obtain a position in the
Custom House apply to the collector, who will send
vour name to the Civil bervice examiner and, it you
pass the examination, you may get a position at
-the end of several years.
A Nuisance.—lt depends entirely in
What place you wish to open a saloon, as the license
tee differs in different towns, being lighter in the
Interior and small towns than in the large cities.
Country Reader.—On entering a
hotel with a lady the gentleman should escort the
lady to the hotel parlor and leave her there, while
Jie goes to the office and registers.
Newsdealer. —lf your ash-barrels are
not emptied at the proper time, address a com
munication to the Mayor or Board of Health, and
the matter will be attended to.
Reader.—The “ Glass and Crockery
Journal” is the name of a periodical published in
this city by George Whittemore, No. 150 Canal
Street.
Beader.—We have never published
the sketches you speak of. They may have been
published in other papers, but we know nothing of
them.
M.,T. R.—The architect of the Tombs
prison building was from Philadelphia, named
Haviland, who was somewhat noted for such build
ings.
E. G.—The Crystal Palace was burned
October Sth, 1858. The New Bowery Theatre was
destroyed ou Tuesday, December 18th, 1866.
W. C.—Miss Mary Anderson never ap
peared in the character at Meg Merrlles in this city
or in any other pi ace.
House Leek.—Subscriber will please
accept our thanks for specimen of house leek sent
to this office.
H. M. P.—An expressman is not com
plied to carry any article ho doUrera, up stairs.
fltto Wit IHspaltb
NEW YORK. JUNE 12. 1887.
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GOVERNMENT BY MEMORY.
In-the various atagas of history there have
been governments in many different manners
and for many different purposes. There have
been governments by tyrants for their own
aggrandizement and the gratification o cruelty.
Also, governments by conquerors to satisfy
their ambition and lust for power. Also, gov
i ernmonta by limited monarchies, like that of
England, to organize hypocrisies and plunder
sister nations. Also, governments by divine
powers to distinguish a particular race. Also,
governments by the people for the people. But
it remained for tho present administration to
make a novel departure aud try to run the gov
ernment of the United States solely in the inter
ests of men with mechanical memories. This
seems to be tho only practical outcome of the
Civil Service humbug in almost all ths govern
ment departments.
We have now had two years of Democratic
rule, tempered by Mugwumpism, and what
has it done for the country ? Ask any of the ad
mirers ot Cleveland’s administration and they
will tell you that it has demonstrated
how Jones, who received 74-59 points in
his examination, is a better man for a $lO9
clerkship than Smith, who was marked only
74-55 points. They will add that tho superiority
of Jones over Smith was a great thing for tbe
Republic. It not only made free institutions
periectly safe, for the first time on record, but
it materially advanced our prosperity and
proved that, in course of time, we may become
as civilized as the Chinese.
But wbat has the Democratic administration
done to eneourage the practical industries of
the country ? What has it done to restore our
lost commerce ? The n itions ot Europe have
monopolized the carrying trade of the world,
which once belonged to us, and yet no effort is
being made to recover our former superiority
on the seas. Whenever a statesman, wiser and
better than the riff-raff who crowd our legisla
tive halls, has attempted to do anything toward
putting our flag alloat once more on tho ocean,
tbe cry ot subsidy, monopoly and such canting
phrases has been raised against him by an ig
norant and, as many believe, a subsidized
press. The papers with British principles pub
lished in America are ready Co praise the tre
mendous triumph ot Jones and his 74-59 over
Smith and bis 74-55; but as soon as the question
of regaining our commerce is agitated they
howl about government subsidies. Perhaps
the shoe pinches them too severely.
fcA government by memory is a luxury with
whch this country could willingly dispense.
When their schooldays are over the people no
longer care about points gained in exami
nations. What they want is a government that
will assist to build up the national commerce;
that will develop American industries; that will
give employment to the rapidly increasing pop
ulation and that will take measures to win back
the world’s carrying trade, so that our sails
may again whiten every sea and our flag float
proudly in every port. The Democratic admin
istration may score 74-59 for Jones and 74-55 for
Smith; but it has shown that it is incompetent
to attend to the real interests of the people.
This is one ot the reasons why it is going to be
changed at the next elections. Cleveland may
catch fish; but he will never catch the votes of
the American people for his party again. The
era of trne American government is at hand
and the government by artificial memory will
be forgotten.
VERY SHARP PRACTICE.
If there be anybody who thinks that Jake
Sharp is not consciously guilty of the crimes
for which he baa been indicted, let such a phe
nomenal philosopher explain the tactics of
Sharp’s counsel in delaying the selection of a
jury. Is it not a fact that the completion of tho
jury was prevented in order that the seats
might be filled with mediocre men ? Is it not
a fact that every juryman who displayed intelli
gence above the average, was peremptorily
challenged by Sharp, if he could not be got rid
of in any other way ? Is it not a fact that Dis
trict Attorney Martine repeatedly declared him
self contented with the jury as it stood, and
that the counsel employed by Sharp then chal
lenged some eligible juror, so as to drag tbe
case along for another day ? The only excuse
they could offer was that they were keeping
Sharp out of the Tombs. But, as ha will have
to go to the Tombs some day, unless he prefers
suicide, what was to bo gained by postponing
the inevitable ?
How much unnecessary expense has the very
sharp practice of Sharp’s lawyers already cost
the city ? The taxpayers have to pay for these
wasted weeks. It is adding insult to injury to
first steal a street for a railroad and then force
the city to expend the price of its franchise in
bringing the bribers to justice. If tho defense
bad been supplied with unlimited challenges
Sharp would never have been tried. No kind
of a jury would ever have satisfied him. His
counsel used up their last challenge before they
allowed the jury to be sworn. Now, what is the
plain meaning of such tactics ? A phase of its
meaning cropped out in the efforts to bribe
jurors,for which one of Sharp’s friends has been
held for trial. Was time wanted to “fix” the
jury? Was the Commissioner of Jurors inter
viewed by somebody and requested as a favor
to Sharp to select tbe most unintelligent men in
New York for the jury panel ? If his selections
were accidental why did Judge Barrett feel
called upon to rebuke him so sternly? There
are mysteries about the Sharp jury which will
not be understood until the verdict is rendered.
The popular prejudice against Sharp is be
moaned by his counsel. Prejudice? They
have done more to prejudice his case by sharp
practice, than all the newspapers, by their de
nunciations of his villanies. They plead that
he ought to have a fair trial. So he ought; but
were they trying to secure him a fair trial by
delaying the selection of the jury ? They have
gained nothing for him and they have sacrificed
the last shred of the pretence that he may be
innocent. Sharp ought to be in tbe Tombs now.
That would be one victory for justice. If he
could be kept in the Tombs until he is transfer
red to Sing Sing, the people would be satisfied.
But there are sure to be affidavits that he is in
bad health; that the Tombs milkman does not
suit him ; that he will die if he sleeps in a small
room. These maudlin complaints would be
laughable if the subject were not so serious.
The people of New York feel that they are being i
trifled with and that the spectacle of Jake Sharp
fighting off a jury trial is an outrage upon the
courts.
Whether Sharp be technically gnilty of the
crime charged in the indictment is not for us to
say, at present. We have no desire to preju
dice any juryman and are glad that the jurors
are not to be allowed to read newspaper articles
about the case. But we do not forget that Sharp
is being tried by the jury of his fellow-citizens
outside the court-room, and that the conduct of
his case thus far has done much to assure his
conviction. If he be innocent, why did his
friends desire to proenre for him a stupid jury,
a jury that could be approached, and an ex
emption from confinement during the trial ? If
he be guilty he is a thousand times worse than
the poor boodle Aidermen who have been sent
to prison for taking bribes. If guilty, he tempted
them, he is responsible for their fall, and upon
his wicked head should be heaped the severest
penalties. His counsel say that be will die it
imprisoned. Jake Sharp w too tough a cus-
NEW YORK DISPATCH, JUNE 12, 1887.
tomer to be killed off so easily. Ha will live, no
matter what the verdict, and, in our opinion, ho
will make a clean breast of his proceedings it he
can thus secure a pardon.
WHAT NEXT, MR. GEORGE ?
We have already admitted that the Labor
Party is strong, and that it promises to be
great. But are Mr. George and Mr. McGlynn to
be accepted as it leaders? If so, we are
afraid that their followers will find that to join
the Labor Party costs too much, both in this
world and the next. First, Mr. George informs
us that we must gire up our landed property.
Then Mr. McGlynn requests ns to follow his
example, de’y the church and imperil our souls.
Next, Mr. George declares that the Irish are a
selfish, worthless race, and that we must re
linquish all sympathy with them. Finally, Mr.
MoGlynn promises us a bellyful of reforms,
such as came through the French Revolution—
that is to say, a bellyful of blood and the loss
of our heads by the guillotine.
Isn’t this going too tar tor laboring men or
any other sort ot sensible men ? Must the ad
herents of the Labor Party be prepared to give
up their property and tbeir sympathy with suf
fer ng Ireland and sacrifice both their souls
and their heads ? Must the man who has earn
ed the money to buy a lot of ground tear up his
title deed be'ore he can vote for Mr. George ?
Must the Irishmen who love their native coun
try forswear Ireland to please Mr. George ?
Must the Catholics turn Protestants and the
Protestants become infidels at the bidding of
Mr. George ? And, if any of us venture to re
fuse to part with our property, our nationality
and our religion, must we have our heads
chopped off by order ot Mr. George, with Mr.
McGlynn as chief executioner? Spare us, Mr.
George I Let up on us, Mr. McGlynn I Must we
be decapitated in this world and damned in the
next in order to enjoy the privilege of asso
ciating with Mr. George ?
This won’t do at all. The Irish and Catholic
workingmen of this country have tbe same right
to their opinions as Mr. George and Mr. Mc-
Glynn. They love their native land; they re
vere their religion, and they are not going to
lose tbeir heads. Those who can save money
enough will buy citv lots and suburban farms,
and hold them in spite of all the books that Mr.
George can write. A little more of this Wild
talk about Rome and Ireland and tbe French
revolution, and we shall see the Labor Party
bounce cranky Mr. George and the crazy ua-
Irocked priest whom ho has deluded. So pow
erful an organization should be led by men
who are sensible as well as eloquent, and
moderate as well as enthusiastic. Reform
does not mean attacking the Church, abusing
Ireland, abolishing property or chopping off
heads. Let us call a halt right hero and now.
What next, Mr. George ?
IRELAND MUST RESIST.
There is no parallel for tho conduct of the
present British Parliament. For months it has
been in session to devise means oi cruelly pun
ishing a nation whose people it has made pau
pers and whose fieldsit has turned into a desert.
That the Tories should waste month after month
in discussing a policv upon which they are al
ready determined is not to be accounted for by
the gallant resistance of the Parnellites and the
Gladstone Liberals to every infamous clause of
the Coercion bill. Perhaps there is yet a little
shame left in the Government of England. Per
haps the Tories are hoping that, if they wait
long enough, some outbreaks in Ireland will
occur to justify them in dragooning the starving
population. To avert such outbreaks Parnell
preaches patience and O’Brien leaves New York
rather than be identified with what is called the
dynamite faction.
Unfortunately, the Tory government can af
ford to wait, but the Irish people cannot. Their
sufferings are becoming intolerable. Starva
tion, grim and gaunt, stalks throughout Ire
land. Evictions continue daily. Hundreds of
families are turned out on the roadside to per
ish. Cabins which were once happy homes are
razed to the ground by brutal bailiffs, protect
ed from the peasantry by still more brutal sol
diers. To complete the conquest of the uncon
querable Irish, it is now proposed to order
British gunboats to bombard those tenants
whose holdings are along the coast. All this is
done under tbe pretence that the laws must be
enforced. What mockery! Are the people to
obey laws enacted against their protests ? Are
they to submit to cruel, tyrannical laws con
cocted to oppress them and shield those who
rob and maltreat them? This is asking too
much of hur an nature in this enlightened cen
tury.
Those who do not suffer may preach patience;
but we know that there is a time when patience
ceases to be a virtue. That time has arrived.
The motto for the Irish people now is that
“Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.”
This country would be a colony ot England to
day if those who preached patience had quieted
tbe indignation of our patriot ancestors. Ire
land must not wait until the Coercion bill has
legalized wholesale massacres. The Irish peo
ple must resist. They are few; their means
are small; but they will make tbeir mark, and
God will raise up friends for them as He did in
France for us. Those who fall in attempting
to defend their homes and families will wear
the crown ot martyrdom. Their blood will
nourish tho seeds of liberty. Impassioned
oratory and Parliamentary strategy have been
in vain. Ireland must now appeal to the world
by a vigorous resistance, and we believe that
an Irish uprising will be followed by an English
revolution. The Jubilee year of the Queen is
not over yet. She may live to pass the latter
days oi it exile.
(Editorial gtoks.
The President’s Sin of Omission.—
There is considerable sharp comment upon the
fact that Grover Cleveland, when informed of
the death and the time of tbe funeral ceremon
ies of Vice President Wheeler, took no notice
whatever of the sad event. The President was
within two hours’ ride of tbe residence of the
deceased statesman and Vice President, and
could have attended tbe services without
absenting himself half a day from his trout
brook. In connection with this, it is remarked
that when Jacob Thompson, who was Secretary
of the Interior under President Buchanan, and
subsequently one of the most violent seces
sionists during the whole course of the rebel
lion, died, a year ago, tbe flags on the Execu
tive mansion, and on all tbe public buildings in
Washington, were half-masted, in honor of the
meanest of the rebels. It should be remem
bered that upon the death of Vice President
Wheeler, not a flag was half-masted on any
public building ot the capital of the nation,
which slender honor, to one who had served
his State and the whole country with great
fidelity and conspicuous ability, could easily
have been accorded. But he was only a New
York statesmen in the eyes of the President,
and had never upheld tbe rebel flag, and had
not fought against his country and falsified his
oath to that country, as Jake Thompson had.
The “ soft side ” that is shown for all Southern
generals by the present administration, to the
exclusion of Northern patriots, is one of the
characteristics of Grover Cleveland that will
not be forgotten in the near future.
Police Magistrates.—Mayor Hewitt
is not a polite letter-writer, but his epistolary
efforts are very popular and are doing much
good. Ho has discovered that, although the
power of a Mayor is limited, the power of a
keen and honest pen is immense. His rebuke
to the police magistrates for not attending to
their duties more strictly is timely and should
be heeded. These magistrates are the tribunes
of the people. They have to protect the poor,
the weak, the humble. They should be easy of
access, benevolent of disposition, ready to re
dress wrongs and prompt to punish the guilty.
Their salaries are ample; the hours of work re
quired of them are much less than those of
other professional men who earn equal in
comes. For them to keep people waiting around
the courts all day while they go off to races or
picnics is an outrage. The time of the poor is
money, and they find justice costly enough
without being kept away from their work to
dance attendance upon a careless magistrate.
We applaud the World for exposing the injus
tices committed in the police courts and Mayor
Hewitt for his warning to the magistrates.
It Must be Amended. —We admire
Mayor Hewitt for many things which he has
attempted to accomplish since his election. He
called attention to street obstructions, which
oontinue as bad as they were before he called
attention to them; be called the attention of the
police to certain dives, which are still open; he
knocked the Police Justices over the knuckles,
and they are no better than before. He has
done many other things and written numerous
rather readable letters; but New York has not
become the City of the Saints, and probably
never will, notwithstanding Mayor Hewitt’s ad
vent. We give the Mayor all credit for trying to
do good in many ways. But we have discovered
in our lifetime that eveu a Mayor can, as Horace
Greeley put it, “ bite off more than he can
chew." There was a “ blue” law passed in this
State in 1857. It permitted no man in saloon,
hotel, or tbe privacy ot bis home to drink a
glass of beer, wine, or liquor. Thirty years
ago the law was not enforced, nor had there
been an attempt made to enforce it until Mr.
Hewitt became Mayor he revived the
law, called upon the police to carry it
out, and now there is general discontent.
In great cities men cannot and will not be con
trolled as they are tn villages. Probably Mr.
Hewitt disagrees with us, but we are right all
the same. Recently a test case was made be
tween the botel keepers aud tbe police on this
law, aud was taken before Judge Lawrence, who
has decided, in effect, that no botel keeper has,
under the law, the right to sell beer, wine or
liquor to any poison. No doubt Judge Law
rence’s decision is correct under tbe law, but
liquor will be sold to those who want it. It is
a shame that our laws, laws made for groat
cit es, should be so framed that they cannot,
and, consequently, will not be obeyed. The
great mass of the inhabitants of our large cities
are opposed to laws which do not permit them
to take tbeir usual drinks at their meals or other
times. Our people will take them, no matter
what the law; therefore, we are opposed to any
law which compels our 'ellow-citizens to appear
as hypocrites, shams or lawbreakers. This law
must be amended.
Thue Justice. — A poor German,
named Jacob Kast, was called up for trial last
week on an indictment for burglary, Be'ore
the accused could plead, ex-Judgo Bedford
moved that the indictment be dismissed, as he
was satisfied, from the evidence submitted to
the District Attorney, that Kast was innocent.
“ The first duty ot a public prosecutor,” said
Judge Bedford, “is to protect the innocent;
next comes the duty ot convicting the guilty.”
The Court granted the motion, and the grate
ful prisoner was discharged. “ This,” ex
claimed he, turning to the spectators, “is true
justice.” Too often our public prosecutors
seem to suppose that, like ordinary lawyers,
they are paid to win a verdict, no matter what
may be the real merits ot the ease. On the con
trary, they are expected to act with judicial im
partiality, and they can do the public a greater
service by saving one innocent man than by
convicting half a dozen rogues. “This is true
justice 1” was an eloquent impromptu tribute to
Judge Bedford, and it has its moral for all
Officials.
BLEECKER STREET ON EVERY BLOCK.
We are willing to hold up our hands and
affirm the truthfulness of these two street-car
scenes.
Tho passengers iu a Fourth avenue oar on
its way down from the Grand Central Depot on
Monday, were an old woman with a basket, a
countryman, who was evidently in town for the
first time, and consequently nervous, and the
“ Odds and Ends” man. As the oar trundled
down-town it filled up with other passengers.
“ Don’t forget to let me out at Bleecker street,”
said Hayseed, to the conductor. “ I’ve never
been there, and I don’t want to go wrong.”
As each new passenger entered, the country
man would fidget about and ask the arrival if
Bleecker street had been reached yet. This be
came so prevalent that everybody in the oar
knew it by heart.
“Bleecker street 1” yelled a shrill voice, as
Thirtieth street was reached.
The stranger started for the door, and was
about alighting, when tho conductor pushed .him
back.
“ You hain’t there yet”
“Oh! I thought you said so.”
At Twentieth street “Bleecker street 1" again
sounded through the car.
Again the ruralite rushed to the door, only
again to be returned.
This occurred at least a dozen times before
Cooper Institute was reached. Then the
countryman got mad.
“See here I” Slid he to the conductor. “I
a’n’t as green as I look. I’ll smash your head
if you try to fool me again.”
“ I guess you’re crazy. I haven’t said a word.
I’ll let you off at Bleecker street if you’ll keep
still.”
“ You’d better.”
“Go soak your head.” said the shrill voice.
“ See here, conductor. I’ve a mind to kick
you through your bat.”
“ Go drown yourself I” came from tho voice.
The passengers roared.
“ I’ll punch you once for luck,” said the exas
perated countryman.
The conductor evidently thought the country
man was intoxicated, and determined to humor
him.
“Wipe off your chin! Biff him! Is your
father workin’ ? Mariar, kin I come over in your
yard ? Hoop do dooden do! I’ve fifteen dol
lars in my inside pocket!” came in quick suc
cession from—-nobody knew Where.
The countryman was about taking off his coat
to jump through the fare-snatcher when the old
woman with the basket signalled to the conduc
tor. As she passed the countryman tho shrill
voice again permeated the atmosphere. It
camo through the wicker-wprk of tho basket. It
said;
“Y’ou’ro a chump, in big letters.”
Then the countryman knew why Bleecker
street had occurred so often, and he wanted to
stop the car and treat all hands, because he had
mistaken the conductor for a “ bloomin’ parrot,’
and he laughed until the corners of his mouth
mussed his back hair.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
A man with a mug which denoted that when
young he had been fed with a meat-ax, and that
it had run off the track, was riding in a bobtail
car the other day.
He had evidently been out with the boys, for
he doubled his legs up into several knots while
in progress to the front of the car, and when he
arrived there he flopped down into ths corner
seat with a vehemence that made the front
wheels grunt. In five seconds he was asleep,
and was snoring like a saw-mill.
His mouth was open so wide that everybody
eonld see his heart and other works, and it
appeared to be only a question of time when he
would fall into himself and disappear from
view, leaving behind naught but a noisy void.
A German, very much the shape of a beer
barrel, and of much the same atmosphere, en
tered soon after the man in the corner had be
gun the philharmonic rehearsal.
It was seen that he was near-sighted when he
hunted through a handful of coin for the neces
sary wherewithal to liquidate his fare.
“ Who der gondugdor vas here ?” he asked,
looking at his vis-a-vis.
The man was reading a newspaper, and didn’t
move an eyelash.
“Ichsait who der gondugdor vas who dis
drain vas der poss oudtsite ?”
“ There hain’t no conductor.”
“Oh! Ishdotso? Pully! Ve vas all free
rite mitoudt.”
“ Nah I You put your fare in the hole in that
box in the corner.”
“ Der vare vas vhad ?”
“ Five cents. The driver’ll give you change.”
"Oh! I oplige much vas—danks.”
Ho moved to the front of the car, slid a dime
down the throat of the sleeping distillery, and
hammered on the door for the change. The
distillery gagged and swallowed the dime.
“ I vand fint sends my shange alretty,” said
he to the driver, who opened the door.
“ You didn’t give me any money.”
“ I hudt it dot hole insite.”
Then he saw that he had made a mistake,
and he and the distillery had five cents’ worth
ol boxing because the latter refused to pay him
the balance. He finally backed out of the oar,
remarking:
“Id’s a hale ouf a goondry like a golt day
ven a man eads dor gar-fare oudtalt* his pelly
üb.”
SMALL CHANGE.
Wb don’t know much about music
and we are therefore unable to take part in the
controversy as to whether Handel’s or Hay
don sis the best. We (on our honor) never
knew either of the gentlemen, but we think we
must cast our vote in favor of Hayden. There’s
too much sameness in the Handle style and the
organs should be squelched, anyhow.
The Sharp lawyers refused to accept
a talesman the other day because he acknowl
edged that bo was an editor. It would seem
that the lawyers are afraid of bucking up
against a real case of brains in their endeavors
to prove that Jacob is so simple minded and in
nocent that he couldn’t detect the difference be
tween a periwinkle aud a clam.
A story comes from South Carolina
that the water of a certain stream became so
bittor the fish were unabls to live in it and
crawled up on the land to die. Ths parties
who witnessed the phenomenon probably had
cork floaters and used them only in the bung
hole of tho only kind of bait they had with
them.
President Cleveland and Governor
Hill hobnobbed together and took breakfast in
each others' company on Friday. Everything
went well until Grover began to recite a story
of how many fish he had caught, and then Bob
signed an agreement not to interfere with him
in 1888 it he would drop it, and ho dropped.
A Tboy police justice is iu trouble be
cause he endeavored to suppress an editor, but,
as usual, the editor comes out on top aud now
sits ou top of the justice yelling for more gore.
In tbe words of the poet:
"Gore I Gore I We tnuat have gore !
We've just had some, but we waut some more !”
Out at Cypress Hills Cemetery, the
other day, a crank preached a sermon over his
own tomb, and those who witnessed the cere
mony thought that tho occasion would have
been made more interesting if he had jumped
in and given them a chance to see how the mon
ument fitted him.
An American bicyclist was seriously
injured and rendered temporarily insane by
failing from the ’cycle at the late London tour
nament, The cablegram is, no doubt, correct
as to the serious-injury statement, but we fear
that the tomporarily-inaanity is a hereditary
disease.
Some very valuable pictures were re
cently discovered in a butcher shop, in Eng
land, where they had been for many years, and
are now sought after as groat prizes. Here’s a
tip for our artists, if they can find accommo
dating butchers who ara not afraid of bank
ruptcy.
The sexton of a Rochester church
while practising on the lawn-mower in the
churchyard was, together with the mus’cal
instrument, blown nearly over the steeple by a
dynamite cartridge which was taking a nap in
the grass. Probably intended for the minister.
President Cleveland has been spoken
of in terms of derogation because, during his
late spree in the Adirondacks he fished with a
worm instead of angling with a fly. He must
have passed an especially happy childhood or
he’d have snubbed worms long ago.
Thb undertakers of the State held
their annual convention, at Syracuse, during
the past week, and had a right downhearted
time, that was as solemn as the slamming ot a
hearse door or the dull thud of a clod on the
coffin of “ our darling Mikey.”
The cable informs us that a well
kuown and highly respected missionary has
just been killed and eaten by South African
cannibals. This looks as if Queen Kapiolani had
dropped off on her way home to rehearse for
the Summer campaign.
A Boston actor has disappeared and
it is believed that he has committed suicide. It
is strange what fancies some men accumulate.
Not strange either, for almost any man with an
able-bodied brain would prefer the unknown
world to Boston.
It’s a shame that the managers of the
Hbrfa balloon scheme have decided to take in
only a quartet of fravelers. Wonder if they
can’t be prevailed upon to take along the Brook
lyn Aldermen as messengers from the balloon
to terra firma !
Thebe is more trouble among the
Westphalian miners. This is no doubt a scheme
to boom tbe price of Westphalia bams, and the
bosses should at once engage cheap labor to
mine the hams before the picnic season fairly
opens.
The newspapers, one and all. dero
gate the cheek of the Elevated road companies
in wanting to accumulate more of tbe Battery.
Why doesn’t tbe law step in. This is a pure
case of assault and Battery in the first degree.
We see that the divine Sara Bern
hardt is to play Hernani next week. What
strange pets she has, to be sure! We’d im
agine that if she had decided to tackle the goat
line, she’d be fonder of Herbilly.
A Michigan flash of lightning burned
up most ol the town and knocked two hundred
people out of work. Jersey lightning doesn’t
burn up towns, but it generally gets in its fine
work on the residents thereof.
Bbcoklyn has a girl who is in much
demand at church fairs and picnics. They let
her look at a barrel of water, and then all they
have to do is to chuck in an armful of sugar,
and sell it for lemonade.
Rowan county, Kentucky, has just
elected a judge who has killed about four dozen
men. Those who elected him did so because
they imagined they were under obligations to
him for not killing them.
The Bodyke women recently treated
the would-be evictors to a dose of boiling-water
and whitewash. The tenants can’t be so very
poor when they can waste hot-water and white
wash ou landlords.
Pet names are becoming entirely too
promiscuous. There are Eddie and Johnnie,
and Gussie and Gracie, but, thank Heaven 1
they have to stop at Belle and can’t lug her into
any such scrape.
Those talesmen in the Sharp case
must be a blamed lot of cowards. Half a
dozen of them have been challenged, and nary
one ot them had sand enough in him to take it
UP-
JWwlfl of
GOSSIP OF THE WEEK.
The following attractions are announced for
this week in New York: “Erminie,” at the Casino;
Herrmann at the Bijou Opera House; the McCaull
Company in •• Jacquette.” at Wallack’s; Richard
Mansfield in “Prince Karl,” at the Madison Square
Theatre; “The Highest Bidder,” at the Lyceum
Theatre; “Pinafore,,” at the Madison Square Gar.
den; Murray and Murphy, in “Our Irish Visitors,”
at the Union Square Theatre; “Hypocrite," at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre; Mr. aud Mrs. McKee
Rankin, in the “Golden Giant,” atNiblo’s; Sarah
Bernhardt in four performances at the Star Theatre;
Frank Mayo, in the “Royal Guard,” at the People’s
Theatre. Closed—Harrigan’s Park Theatre, Fifth
Avenue and Standard.
The following Stars and combinations are rep
resented at Taylor's Theatrical Exchange, on Four*
teenth street. New York: Edwin Booth, Lawrence
Barrett, Joseph Jefferson, Frederick Warde, Thomas
W. Keene, Robert L. Downing, Robert B. Mantell,
W. J, Scanlan, Fanny Davenport, Annie Pixley,
Mlle. Rhea, Mme. Janish, Jennie Yeamans, Louis
James and Marie Wainwright, Sweatman, Rice and
Fagan’s Minstrels, J. B. Polk, Mr. and Mrs. George
S. Knight, W. A. Mestayer, Adelaide Moore, Margaret
Mather, Robson and Crane, Denman Thompson,
Andrews’ “Michael Strogoff ” Company, Dion Bou.
cicault, Frederick Bryton, Powers’s “Ivy Leaf”
Company, Mrs. Langtry, Modjeska, Rosina Yokes,
•‘Shadows of a Great City” Company, and a hun
dred others.
The Chicago critics declare that Mrs. Agnes
Booth is far superior to Miss Caroline Hill as Nina
Ralston in “Jim, the Penman.” Miss Hill, by the
way, told us some time ago that when she did play
Nina she would show the public how it should be
done.
Erastina, Staten Island, where Buffalo BiH held
forth last Summer, will be tho scene of Adam Fore
paugh's "New Olympia,” which will be opened to
the public on the afternoon of June 27th. Thous
ands of dollars have been spent already in altering
the ground to suit the purposes of the new enter
prise. An additional grand stand has been erected,
increasing the seating capacity to 25,000. Mr. Fore
paugh brings to the island all the resources of his
immense circus and menagerie, which will be pre
sented after a lash ion entirely novel. All the
animals will be distributed through the picturesque
grove like in their native jungle, while the arenic
performances, which will be diversified and now,
will be seen under a stretch of level canvas* at an
altitude of seventy feet, placed on frame work and
covering an area of two acres. Sports of ancient
Romo are to be the principle features of the pro
gramme, terrific broad sword combats on horse
back. and the most exciting and thrilling hippo
drone racing ever seen in this country will also be
attractions. Mr. Forepaugh intends this to be the
crowning success of his career, and, together with
Mr. Erastus Wiman. has expended fabulous sums
in preparing a magnificent spectacle for the Ameri
can public. All the costumes and most of the
paraphernalia are naw and wore made expressly tor
this venture. Arrangements have been perfected
tor the running of a fleet of special steamboats from
all the places in the vicinity, The enterprise will
undoubtedly prove one of the most notable of
groat show undertakings.
Imre Kiralfy, who has just returned from Eu
rope, is making extensive preparations at Niblo's
for an elaborate and costly production, in August,
of Paul Seval's spectacular play, "L* Bosau,”
which had a successful run at the Porte St. Martin
Theatre, in Paris. Mr. Maurice Barrymore will
play the leading part, assisted by * competent com
pany. A feature will bo made of the new grand
ballot of sixty young and handsome female dancers
from tho Royal lheatre in Berlin. The four pre
mieres will include Mlle. Ylnri. Mr. Kiraify is a
pretty busy man, directing, as ho does, the prepara
tions for the production of the ’Fall of Babylon,”
on Staten Island, and arranging for the tour of the
"Black Crook ” company, which is still owned and
managed by Imre and Bolossy Kiraify.
Marie Jansen, of the Oasino Company wears the
prettiest silk stockings that money can buy. This
sprightly little lady is a conn£oss(?wr of hosiery, and
with cause. I heard an enthusiastic admirer say
the other evening, that her—well, ankles, were the
prettiest on the stage. And the admirer was a
woman—an elderly one.
Jerome Ravel, the only surviving member of the
famous Ravel family, celebrates the fiftieth anni
versary of his marriage, dune 25, at his home in
the South of France. On the same day Mr. Imre
Kiraify will give a dinner in New York in honor of
the veteran pantomimist, to which members of the
press and other friends will be invited. A special
wire will connect tho two dining-rooms, and mes
sages will be passed between Messrs. Ravel and Imre
Kiraify.
Mrs. Langtry has been saying “ things ” about
Miss Rose Coghlan’* Paulina. In consequence
of these " things ” the handsome Rose is very
wroth. It is told that when questioned about her
various rivals in the character of the lovesick maid,
the name of Wallack’s erst-while star was men
tioned. " Oh,” remarked the satirical Jerseyite,
"she reminds one of an ancient han sitting on
eggs.” Now maternity is a very respectable thing,
and a hen sitting on eggs is deserving of credit and
of admiration, and yet the fair Pauline talks about
suits for libel, and there is said to be a cross-fire of
" birth certificates,” " people’s ability to hatch
eggs,” and heaven knows what not.
Why all this absurd prudishness about morality
in plays ? There is not one of our many olever
stars who is brave eneugh to produce Alexander
Dumas’ " Francillon.” Try it, some of you, and
see how the women would flock to see it. Oh, no,
you cynical friend ! Not because it is a story of sin
and sacrifice, but because a woman finally triumphs
and w'ins back the man who has deserted her and
withal remains pure to tho end.
"Anarchy,” Mr. Steele Mackaye's naw melo
drama, will be used as the opening attraction at
the new Broadway Theatre next season.
Talking of matrimonial rumors, it is said that
pretty Fay Templeton, who is living quietly up
town, is really legally Mrs. Howell Osborne. Thera
are stories of clandestine marriages in Loudon, of a
little falling out, the husband’s sudden departure
for hie native land, and of Fay’s rapid following.
But one can’t believe everything he hears.
Miss Adelaide Moore is about to leave this eity
for England, where she will fill engagements next
season. Mies Moore will leave behind her many
friends who hope for her suocess on the other sido
of the big pond.
Mr. Imre Kiralfy has secured from Jerome Ravel
tho exclusive right to produce in this country all of
the pantomimes, ballets and fairy plays of the fam
ous Ravel family. During the next season he will
present "Bianco, the Magic Sword,” " Mazaline,
the Night Owl,” th© "Green Monster” with aU
the original scenery, transformations, tricks, etc*,
from models which are now being prepared under
the supervision of Mr. Jerome Ravel, tho only sur
vivor of the famous family of pantomimists.
La Grande Sarah is pretty thoroughly disgusted
with Western audiences. Things were so dreadfully
slow out there that the majority of the perform
ances were guyed from beginning to end. Mme.
Bornhardt said, one afternoon, at the Hoffman
House, that she liked her American audiences so
much because they all seemed to understand
French so well. Now, there wera eighteen out of
twenty of the critics who went to her performances
here at the Star who did not understand La Sarah's
rapid, smooth enunciation of the French lines any
more than if it had been choice Choctaw. What
must it have been throughout the West ?
Mr. Benjamin Garno has resigned the managing
editorship of the old reliable New York Clipper,
During the past week Frederick Warde has ap
peared in the legitimate in Portland, Oregon, to
large audiences. In a few days tho tragedian will
be seen in Salt Lake City, closing his long and suc
cessful tour July 2, In Denver, Col.
" Travers House ” was actively rehearsed last
week, and the new play is in a forward state of
preparation. It will be made known for the first
time on any stage at Niblo’s a week from to-mor
row night. Manager McDonough has selected a
competent cast, that includes Misses Belgarde, Ade
laide Stanhope, Frankie McClellan, Mrs. Jamison,
and Messrs. Forrest Robinson, James E. Wilson,
John T. Sullivan, Howard Courcy, Charles D. Waite,
and Kenneth Lee. Entirely new scenery has been
painted by Gaspard Maeder and W. Shaffer, and the
new mechanical effects have been prepared by Wm.
H. Crane ; Antonio Rieff has arranged the incidental
music.
For a Decade of years the name of Chanfrau and
"Kit” have been familiar to all theatre-goers. For
four years this time-honored drama has not been pre
sented on the Bowery, and the 20th inst., marks the
revival at the Windsor Theatre, which will probably
be Mr. Chanfrau’s last appearance there in this
drama. The support on this occasion will be com
posed of well-known artists, among them* Odell
Williams, as the Judge, and James Garey, as the
Major. The humor of the characters the Judge and
the Major is very common upon the stage, but "Kit”
introduced them to American theatre-goers.
The Bijou plans for the fall seem to contemplate
for September E. E. Rice’s "Conrad, the Corsair,”
revived; for later, •• Amanuensis,” a farce-comedy,
by ‘’Frank Lynd,” with J. A. Mackay as the chief
comedian, and new music by E. E. Rice; and later
still (after the Mackay company have gone out on
tour), H. E. Dixey in a burlesque of Henry Irving’s
"Faust.”
"The American Musician,” of which John C.
Freund and J. T. Quigg are the editors, is a weekly
journal which, through the excellence and variety
of its contents, editorial and critical, commends
itself to the special consideration of the musical
guild as well as to the general reader.
The annual’ meeting of the Actors’ Fund was
held last Tuesday afternoon at the Madison Square
Theatre. A large attendance of the members of
the theatrical profession was present. What was
termed " the regular ticket,” which included, with
Mr. A. M. Palmer as President, nearly all tho offi
cials of the past year—was elected almost unani
mously.
There was some little discussion concerning the
affairs of the Fund, but not in an unfriendly way.
The Casino. —With to-morrow night’s
performance at the Casino, "Erminie” will have
been played 411 times, and the popular oper
etta still runs along as successfully as though it
were in its first month. Nearly each evening re.
cently some notable gathering has visited this the
atre. The other night the Philadelphia Society of
Physicians occupied all the lower boxes. Thursday
a large delegation of Masons witnessed the per
formance, and at next Saturday’s matinee the New
York State Press Association are to attend in a
body. Mr. Rudolph Aronson has been prepared for
months to present a new attraction, but " Ermi
nie’s” continued success puts it off indefinitely.
Standard Theatre. —The Royal Jap
anese Tourists, to appear to-moarow night at the
Standard Theatre, are highly praised by the San
Francisco critics. The native dancers are particu
larly fine—in many respects beyond comparison
while the athletes and acrobats rival our finest
clubs. "Little All Right ” will certainly captivate
the ladies, and the soubrette of th© company is a
Japanese Lotta in pantomime.
Fourteenth Street Theatre. MhH
Lawrence Marston's play of the " Hypocrite,” had
production upon the stage of this theatre on Mon
day evening last. A largo audience was present,
the applause was frequent and earnest and the re
calls numerous.
A* a rule, a first night’s performance of a new play
should be regarded as being but little more than a
full-dress rehearsal—and for such a performance
there should be merciful consideration on the part
of the critical, and a large degree of iudulgenci
from the spectator*.
In thia respect there is always a greater share 0
leniency shown by an audience for the play and its
players, than is exhibited by the profess oua! orit-’
ios.
” Hypocrite” is a play possessing two or thrso
situation* which verge closely upon the dramatic,
and many incidents which are more theatric than
natural.
Whenever tho average critic " goes in ” to damn
a play he denounce* it as "conventional”—as be
ing "built upon the old lines;’’ that its material,
incidents and construction are "trite ” and "com
monplace.” In fact there is nothing new in it.
Well, can a play bo constructed without having
something of the "conventional” in it; can there
or ha* there boon in the last twenty year* a play
written that has not had aomething of the old lines
ia it* action and its business? Do not the passion*
loves, joy* and sorrows, the revenges, hates, hypo,
crisie* and mirth of the real life of the world repeat
themselves year in and year out "on the old lines?”
Is there anything new in the emot ons, sentiments,
and actions for good or ill which make up the opi
tome of our social lives ?
And if we denounce the wildest imaginings which
tha playwright may offer us as a dramatic picture
of certain phases of life as impossibilities, we ar*
giving the lie to the fact that the revelations of ac
tual event* which are constantly occurring ar*
stranger than fiction.
In this pay-iof "Hypocrite” there is nothing
mor* conventional than there is in the majority of
modern plays which have been successful and had
the meed of critical praise; there is no more of the
"old line*;” no more of the Improbable than there
is in " The Golden Giant,” in Mackaye’s " Anarchy,”
and half a dozen others which could be named.
Its weakness is in its comedy element—in that
there is too much of it; too much of Sing! ton’s
negro servant Archibald; too much of the Martha,
and more than sufficient of an infusion of the
variety extravagance in the love-making of these
dependents.
Enough of comedy and of humor is furnished or
could be furnished in a revision of the play, by the
character who is trying to read hi* play to every
body, and the young lady with whom he is in love,
to lighten up the sombre nature of the drama. But
this fault can easily be remedied—and probably
will.
The drama has this merit: that the last act is th*
best; that the action, business and interest of th*
story are at their bight in this act. When tho cur
tain falls upon the death of the hypocritical, treach
erous slave, George, and the re-union of man and
wife—the story is fittingly and properly closed.
Mr. Osmond Tearle, as Edward Walton, gavo a
manly and clearly defined exposition of the char
acter; Mr. Newton Gotthold, as George, the treach
erous octoroon, was effective and, in tha last act,
gave the character an impressive and thoroughly
dramatic expression.
Mr. Kelcey’s Richard Singleton was an excellent
portraiture of the false friend, aud Mr. Harry Cour
taina as the French doctor was acceptable.
Miss Annie Robe, as Edith Walton, was an im
passioned, earnest and loveable heroine. The en
tire cast could scarcely have had a more effective
representation. The stage setting* were appropriate
and in excellent taste.
" Hypocrite ” is not a bad play. It attracted
large audience* during the week.
Wallack’s Theatre. —After a success
ful run of two week* " Falka ” wa* given its final
periormance last night. To-morrow evening an
opera new to our stage wid bo brought forward,
entitled "Jacquette.” New scenery, costumes, en
larged orchestra and chorus with the original
orchestration, by special arrangement with the
composer, will attend the production of the work
upon this stage by Manager McCaull and his com
pany.
The story of the opera relates that Jacquette is a
young woman who is so much in love with Captain
Perpignac that she follows him to the Court of tha
Duke of Parma. The Captain is one of those gallant*
who follow lady-killing as a profession, and is so
peculiarly heinous an offender that he has been
banished from France to Italy, with the awful
threat over his head that if he is found kissing a
woman within forty days he is to suffer ten year*’
imprisonment. To save him from this fate, which
does not seem to appal the Captain in the least,
Jacquette dons male attire. A police officer devote*
his energies to trying to catch Perpignac tripping,
aud the Duke causes unexpected complications by
ordering all couples caught flirting to be married
©n the spot, Jacquette, in disguise, through this
inconvenient Court regulation, suddenly finds her
self condemned to be married out of hand to Biauoa,
the Duke's niece, but, of course, extricate* herself
from her embarrassments aud emerges from all tho
complication* of the operetta with the husband of
her choice. i
Madison Square Garden. —Now, then,
everything being in readiness, those who have been
yearning for realism upon the stage; realism in
everything pertaining to tho scenic settings and
action of the play —have the opportunity of being
gratified to the fullest extent, in this now enter
prise of Messrs. Hayden, Dickson and Roberts.
It takes form and shape in thoir revival of "Pina
fore,” which will be played and sung upon a real
man-of-war, in real water. There will bo two hun
dred voices on deck: a cutlass drill by a corps of
marines, and a picturesque ballet of children a*
midshipmite*.
The Admiral and his sister* and his aunts and
cousins will be rowed to the man-of-war in the cap
tain’s real gig; the sailors will man the yards to
give him the regulation reception; and, in fact,
there will be but little, if anything, left for the im
agination of the audience to supply.
Among the principals who are engaged are Harry
Hilliard, Charles Turner, H. C. Peakes, John Clark,
Mis* Kellogg, Lillian Richardson, G. Hail and
Me Wade. It is safe to say that " Pinafore’’ never—
" What never?”
Well—yes, never had such a magnificent showing
as this is promised to be—the initial performance of
which will occur to-morrow evening.
Two performances will be given daily, and tho
prices of admission range from 25 to 50 cents.
People’s Theatre. —The new dramatic
version of Alexander Dumas’s " Les trois Mous
quetaires,” and here entitled " The Royal Guard,”
was presented for the first time on last Monday
evening, with an excellent cast and with an ensemble
a* picturesque and effective as it was creditable ta
the management of the theatre and to the care and
artistic taste of Frank Mayo, who gave an admira
ble portraiture of the dashing, heroic Gascon ad
venturer D’Artagnan.
The performance throughout tke week was wit.
nessed by numerous and appreciative audiences.
It is in many respects better in construction, in
action and iu the disposition of the characters and
the sequence of the incidents, than that which
under the title of •' The Three Guardsmen ” wai
played many years ago at the Old Bowery. Then
the Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D’Artagnan war*
impersonated by J. W. Wallack. Jr., John Gilbert,
James Dunn and J. Lester Wallack, then known a*
J. Wallack Lester. Now the Porthos is Mr. David
Hanchett, the Athos, Mr. Edmund Collier, and th*
Aramis, Mr. Edwin Naled.
Miss Katharine Rogers was impressive and effec
tive as the Lady De Winter, and Mis* Helen Rand
was pretty and romantic as the constance.
Undoubtedly the " Royal Guard ” will hold iti ■/
place upon the stage, with its present cast, aa
Mr. Mayo’s piece de resistance through the coming
season.
The drama will be continued during the preseni
week.
Lyceum Theatre. —“ The Highest *
Bidder ” has established itself aa the crowning sua
ces* of the Lyceum Theatre, and has inaugurated
moit auspiciously Manager Frohman’s own man
agement of this theatre. A second look at the play
reveals the fact that it has been greatly improved
by additions to the text. A financial success at the
start, it has been playing to remarkably large busi
ness, which the thermometer thus far has not
affected. Mr. Sothern a three years’ contract with
Manager Frohman cannot but result most happily
for both parties. There is a place in this country
for Mr. Sothern as a star with the right plays, and
he i* under the right management to improve his
opportunities. "The Highest Bidder” is splendidly
enacted. The fiftieth performance is announced
for a week hence.
Madison Square Theatre. —Mr. Mans
field could not have begun his Summer season
under happier auspicies. The house is crowded
every night. There have been times when seats
could not be secured. "Prince Karl ” promises to
continue his merry career for quite a time. Mr.
Mansfield himself is acting with vivacity and irre
sistible humor, and his company is doing
ful work. "As perfect a performance, of its
as ‘ Jim, the Penman,’ ” was the verdict
expressed last week. The management propose taW
decorate the theatre with flowers and ferns,
the coming week, which will also include tho GOffib <
performance of “ Prince KarL”