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J. T. G.— Ist. In consequence of a
misunderstanding of some years’ standing, between
Edwin Forrest and Macready, the friends of 1 orrest
threatened to prevent the appearance of Macready
in New York. He nevertheless played for a num
ber of nights at tho Astor Place Opera House, in
October, 1&48; but upon commencing a farewell
engagement there in the succeeding May, he was
menaced by serious opposition. On Monday, May
7, when he appeared as Macbeth, such was the °® n *
fusion that the manager was obliged to order the
curtain to fall before the termination of the per
formance. Macready was thereupon inclined to re
sign his engagement; but, upon the publication
in the newspapers of a card, signed by
many citizens, requesting him to remain,
and promising to protect him in the dis
charge of bis professional duties, he consented to
reappear the following Thursday. On that even
ing, owing to precautions taken to preserve order
in the house, he succeeded in performing bis part.
Outside, of the Mieatre the friends oi lorrest, after
vainly endeavoring to effect an entrance, com
menced an attach upon the building with stones
and other missiles. The police being nnabie
to restrain the mob, the military were called
out; and, after several volleys of musketry, by
which twenty-two persons were killed and
thirty-eix wounded, the riot was quelled.
Though assured of ample protection, Macready de
termined to make no further attempt to act in New
York, and soon after left the country. 2d. VV. K.
Burton was born eariy in the present century, in
the city of Loudon, and received a classical educa
tion; but the death of his father induced a change
in his destination iiom a learned profession to that
of a printer. An intimacy with several actors
brought a desire to try his powers on the stage, and
after appearing several times as an amateur he
abandoned his printing-office, and became a regu
lar member of a Thespian corps. He at length
joined the Norwich circuit, where be remained
seven years, playing as extensive a range of charac
ter as was ever filled by any one periormer. In
1831 he ma e Ins first appearance on the Lonuon
stage, at the Pavilion Theatre, as Wormwood; and
in 1832 was engaged at the Haymarket as the suc
cessor of Liston, whose unexpected return to the
boards induced him to throw up b;s engagement.
Ho made his first appearance in America at the Arch
Street Theatre, Philadelphia, on the 3d of Septem
ber, 1834, as Dr. Ollapod and Wormwood. 3d. Thos.
S. Hamblin first became manager of the Bowery
Ulieatre in August, 1830.
Constant Reader, —“ Will you please
Solve or show mo how to work out the following ?
Supposes piece of elm weighs fifteen pounds in air
and that a piece of copper which weighs eighteen
pounds in air and sixteen pounds in water is affixed
to it. and that the compound weighs six pounds in
water, what is the specific gravity ot the elm ?” To
ascertain the specific gravity of a body is obtained
as follows: The difference of weight of the same
BUbstance weighed in air and when immersed in
water is exactly that of the water it displaces, and
may consequently be taken as the weight of its own
Bulk of water. The specific gravity then is ob
tained by weighing the body first in air and then
suspended by a fibre of silk or hair in water, and
dividing the weight in air by the difference. If the
body is lighter than water, it is to be attached to
one heavier to make it sink; then find the loss of
the two by immersion, and also the loss of the
heavier body; the difference will express the weight
of water displaced by the lighter body, whose
weight, divided by this difference, will give its spe
cific gravity. According to this rule, the weight of
the two substances in air being copper eighteen
pounds and elm fifteen, or a total of thirty-three
pounds, and that the copper weighs in water six
teen pounds, if the two substances weigh in water
Only six pounds, the loss from the total weight in
air will be twenty-seven pounds; the loss to the
copper will be two pounds; the difference or twen
ty-five pounds is the weight of water displaced by
the elm. Divide the weight of the elm (fifteen
pounds) by this d ffemnee and you have 0.06 as the
specific gravity of the elm.
Dr. H. G.—A quarter-inch rod of the
best steel will sustain y,OOO pounds before breaking;
60ft steel, 7,000; iron wire. 6,000; iron. 4,000; inferior
bar iron, 2,000; cast iron, 1,000 to 3,000; copper wire,
3,000; cast zinc, 160; cast lead. 50; milled lead.2oo. Of
wood, box and locust the same size will hold 1,200
pounds; toughest ash, 1,000; elm, 800; beech, cedar,
white oak, pitch pine, 600; chestnut and maple,
650; poplar, 400. Wood which will bear a heavy
Weight for a minute or two will break with two
thirds the force acting a long time. A rod of iron
is about ten times as strong as hemp cord. A rope
an inch in diameter will bear about two and a half
tons, but in piactice it is not sale to subject it to a
strain of more than about one ton. Halt an inch in
diameter, the strength will be one quarter as much;
* quarter of an inch, one-sixteenth as much, and so
on.
Chara.—The nine muses are : Call!-
ope, the epic muse, represented with a tablet and
Stylus, sometimes a scroll; Clio, muse oi history,
* scroll or open chest of books; Erato, a muse of
love ditties, a lyre; Euterpe, muse o: lyric poetry,
a flute; Melpomene, muse of tragedy, a tragic
mask, the club of Hercules, or a sword—she wears
the cothurnus and her head is wreathed with pine
leaves; Polyhymnia, muse of sacred poetry, sits
pensive but has no attribute, because deity is not
to be represented by any visible symbol. Terp
sichore. muse of choral song and dance, a lyre and
the plectrum; Thalia, muse of comedy and idyllic
poetry, a comic mask, a shepherd’s staff, or a
Wreath of ivy; Urania, muse of astronomy, carries
A staff pointing to a globe.
Insurance.—“ What is the meaning
Of underwriters, as applied to insurance?” What
We call underwriters were not originally all so
classed. Formerly, all the marine insurance in
was taken by private individuals. A con
tract would be urawn up injuring a vessel and cargo
about to sail on a voyage. Under this contract it
Was customary lor different capitalists to write
their names lor a specified amount till the full in
surance required, was taken. These persons were
called underwriters. Custom has extended the term
till it is now extended to all who engage in the in-
Vuranoe business.
A Widow.—We are not sufficiently ac-
Quainted with the details of the laws relating to the
disposal of property in Germany to answer your
question in regard thereto. The laws differ greatly
from those of this country. The will of the de
ceased would have much effect in settling the mat
ter. There are in this city many German lawyers
who are thoroughly acquainted with the property
laws of their native land, and, we think, it would
Be your best course to apply to one of them, state
your case fully to him, and lor a moderate fee he
will instruct you what, if any, proceedings you
Should take.
Legal Lore.—According to the re-
Wised Statutes of the State of New York: "Indictments
for murder may be found at any time after the
death of the person killed; in all other cases, in
diotmeuts shall be found and filed in the proper
court within three years after the commission of
the offense; but the time during which the defend
ant shall not have been an inhabitant of, or usually
resident within this State, shall not constitute any
£>art of the said limitation of three years.”
H. G.— To etch on steel, mix one
ounce of sulphate of copper, one-half ounce of
alum and one-half a teaspoonful of salt reduced to
powder, with one gill of vinegar and twenty drops
of nitric acid. This fluid may be used for either
eating deeply into the metal or for imparting a
beautiful frosted appearance to the surface, accord
ing to the time it is allowed to aot. Cover the parts
necessary to be protected from its influence with
beeswax, tallow or some other similar substance,
J. A. C.— The national debt of the
United States, December 1, 1836, which is the time
the last annual statement was made, was, less net
pash in Treasury, $11351,342,689.29. 2d. The correct
pronunciation of the word equitable is ek-wi-ta-bl.
3d. A billion, according to the French method of
enumeration, is a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,-
000; according to the English method, it is a mil
lion of millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. The French
method is the one used in this country.
America. — The cup won by the
•‘America” in 1851 was known as the "Cup of All
Nations,” and was won by the "America” against
all the yachts of the English squadron. It was
called the Queen’s Cup on account of being pre
sented by the Queen of England to the winner,
D. W. — We know nothing whatever of
the mining company you mention. It is utterly
Impossible to keep track of even the names of all
the mining ventures in this country, some of which
are of excellent standing, but the great majority of
Which are swindles.
G, B.—No appropriation has been
made by the Legislature or the Board of Aidermen lor
a soldiers’ and sailors’ monument in Central Park.
Some members of the G. A R. endeavored to raise
a fund for the purpose several years ago, but were
unsuccessful.
E. H.—When a person writes for a
paper under a nom de plume, he does not desire his
name published, and it would be a breach of confi
dence should we do so. We therefore must decline
to give the name of the writer of the article you
mention.
G. M. H.—A person may be employed
at Henry Bergh’s office as an inspector without be
ing an experienced doctor, as a regular doctor or a
veterinary surgeon could not afford to attend to
those duties at the price paid by the society.
Whitehead. — “ What is the origin of
the expression, ’cock of the walk ?’ ” Game cocks
used to be trained in places called " walks.”
Hence the above expression, which was applied to
the stoutest combatant.
Walter.—The Chicago Opera House
was thrown open to the public on tbe evening of
August 17th, 1885. The play was "Hamlet.” with
Thomas W. Keene in the leading role, supported by
B’s own company.
t Retlau. —De Wolf Hopper was with
McCaull’s company at the Casino, and appeared,
among other plays, in ‘Die Fledermaus,” which
was produced here on March 16, 1885.
A. 8. P. —The use of chain shot and
dynamite has not been ruled out of modern war
fare. lhe different nations will use any means at
Band for destroying their opponents.
Duff. —In the Queen’s Proclamation
of Neutrality between tho United States and the
Uoniederatea, dated May 13, 18G1, tho South was
recognized as a belligerent power.
Constant Reader. —Apply to the Or
phans’ Home and Asylum of the P. E. Church, East
Forty-ninth street, near Lexington avenue, where
you may obtain what you wish.
W. H. T.—You will have to be more
Explicit in your questions. We do not know what
your business is and cannot advise you without
more information in your case.
Whitney.—The width of Broadway,
H. is 80 feet; Chestnut street, Philadelphia, is 50
feet; Arch street, Philadelphia, 66 feet; Market
Street, Philadelphia, 100 feet.
' XXX.—According to rule 548 of the
Police Manual, a member of the force who resigns
or is dismissed, shall not be reinstated except upon
vote of the full Board.
V. —The explosion in Hague street,
ITew York, by which seventy-five persons were
killed, occurred on the morning of February 5,
1850.
David.—The Chapin Home for aged
and infirm men, is situated at No. 151 East Sixty
pixth street. The admission tees are $305.
Crank. —Apply to any of the dispen
taries, where you will be treated free of charge for
All nervous diseases or other troubles.
Erin.—The County of Donegal, Ire-
Und sends four members to Parliament.
CONTENTS OFIN3IDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
CONTINUATION OF ” A WOMAN S HATE.”
A SURGEON’S LIFE.
METALLIC MONEY.
THE GIRL HOODLUM.
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
KEEP COOL.
THIRD PAGE:
MASONIC Matters : True Nobility; And now for the
Fair; From "Uncle John;” Pacific Lodge; Piatt
Lodge; Eastern Star Lodge| Anent Quebec; Retort
Courteous; Royal Arch Items; Italian Masonry;
Templar Notes; The Lion’s Paw; On to Labor; Too
Many Deg. ees; Friendship.
SIXTH PAGE s
BELLS OF THE ANOELUS.
CONCLUSION OF “ BRIGHT HETTY.”
SHROUDS OF SNOW.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
INTERESTING MI3OELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
HOW EASY IT IS.
"NEEDLES AND PINS.”
BEYOND BELIEF.
NO GRATITUDE.
THE DEVIL'S SCRAUGH.
LOVE AND REPENTANCE.
LIKED TO READ ALOUD.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
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A VERY INTERESTING STORY.
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“A WOMAN’S HATE.”
It has an original and strong plot, the charac
ters are powerfully drawn, the incidents follow
in rapid succession, and from the beginning to
the close of the story the interest never flags,
but grows in intensity until the denouement,
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tonishment and gratification. We confidently
commend “A WOMAN'S HATE ” to all readers
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the usual novels of the present day.
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS.
This is an import-.ut year in politics, not be
cause the officials to be elected are of conse
quence outside of their respective States, but
because all parties are now building the plat
forms upon which the candidates for the next
Presidency must stand. In a free country,
every election, if it be only for a pound-keeper,
has its importance in testing the intelligence,
the uprightness and tbe public spirit of the
voters. A republic requires honest and able
men in every office, groat or small, and de
pends upon the sagacity of the people to select
them. But, beside this general interest, tbe
special feature of Presidential politics is added
to the September conventions. In this State
the Republicans have called their Convention
early, so as to ensure a thorough and effective
canvase. The Democratic Convention will
meet late, hoping, like Micawber, that some
thing may turn up. Perhaps the Republicans
will be called upon to present or endorse some
I’residenti.d candidate, as in Ohio. An en
dorsement, more or less hearty, of the Cleve
land administration will be demanded of the
Democrats.
We suppose that the leading practical politi
cians of all parties are agreed that, if the Presi
dential nominations were made this week, the
Republican ticket would be pretty sure to stand
thus:
For President— James G. Blaine, of Maine.
For Vice-President—Gon. Fobakek, of Ohio.
And that these nominations would be con
fronted by the following Democratic ticket:
For President— Grover Cleveland, of New York.
For Vice-President— Gov. Gbay, of Indiana.
And that the contest between the two great
parties would be complicated by the nomina
tions of Henry George by the Labor party, and
St. John by the Prohibitionists. We do not
say that these will certainly be the tickets next
year. Nobody can predict tbe future. Life,
and especially political life, is very uncertain.
One or more of the candidates named may not
ba alive in 1888. Other gentlemen, whose
abilities and popularity we do not dispute, may
push prominently to the front. Candidates,
now unknown, may be developed by circum
stances. But we think that, if the Conventions
were held this week, the tickets would be as we
have forecast them. Each party would try to
make sure of a pivotal State, and the Southern
Democrats would recognize the expediency of
not yet claiming the Vice Presidency for an ex-
Rebel.
Practically, the next Presidential election,
like the last, will be decided here in New York.
It it were constitutional, all tho other States
might refrain from voting and leave New York
to settle the contest. A few votes, more or less
fraudulent, turned the scale for Cleveland, and
the hope of retaining the Mugwump vote will
ensure his nomination. Blaine’s candidacy will
be decided by considerations of his health and
his personal wishes. He came so close to elec
tion—if, indeed, he was not cheated out of it—
that the nomination belongs to him if he desires
it. But his health may not permit him to ac
cept it. He may prefer to be the Warwick who
makes Presidents rather than to be President
himself. At the proper time be will speak, and
his utterances are always decisive. Gov. Fora
ker is secure of Ohio and Gov. Gray is supposed
to carry Indiana in his coattail pocket. The
Democrats reckon that the Prohibition candi
date will draw some votes from the Republican
party, and the Republicans know that the Labor
party will be largely recruited from the Demo
crats. It will be a close contest, with the North
almost solid for the Republicans and the South
almost solid for the Democrats, and New York
will decide the issue—or, rather, New York
would decide it if the election were to be held
this November.
For this reason our State Conventions will be
watched with intense interest. The offices to
be filled are ot no national importance; not a
single member of Congress is to be chosen; but
the Conventions will sound the keynote of
national issues in their debates and in their
platforms. We urge the Republicans to face
squarely the great questions of the day, and we
trust that tha Democrats will not be as stupid
or cowardly as usual. The people demand an
immediate repeal of the Internal Revenue sys
tem; liberal subsidies to American ships and
shipbuilders, so as to restore our mercantile
marine; the establishment of lines of steamers
to Mexican and South American ports, to de
velop our commerce; the free education of the
negroes and their free accsss to the polls, and a
judicious revision of the tariff, increasing it
upon all foreign articles that come into compe
tition with American products and American
industry, and reducing or abolishing it upon
articles not produced here, and upon the raw
materials needed by our manufacturers. The
party with this platform will win. The people
care little as to what men get the offices; but
they do care whether our industries are fos
tered or strangled; whether our working-peo
ple are forced to accept the pauper wages of
Europe or paid liberally enough to bring up
their families in comfort. These, and not the
candidates, are the politics ot the people. We
call upon both parties to adopt and sustain
them, and we promise tbe support of the Dis
patch to whichever party, no matter what it
calls itself, which adopts them most heartily
and efficiently. It is because we believe that
NEW YORK DISPATCH, SEPTEMBER 4, 1887.
the Republican party is designed by Provi
dence for this great work that we fly that flag at
the head of our columns.
THE NEW HOLIDAY.
Labor Day, as the new legal playday is para
doxically called, will be celebrated for the first
time to morrow. We hope foe fine weather, a
general closing of stores, offices and factories,
and a splendid procession of workingmen—al
though we think that picnic excursions would
be a better way of spending the day than march
ing through the streets. However, it is appro
priate that the new holiday should bo inaugu
rated with a popular demonstration. It is a
day for the people, and they should take advan
tage of it to the utmost. Tho banks, exchanges,
courts and public offices will be shut up, and it
is for the working people themselves to say
whether all other kinds of business 'shall be
similarly suspended, as on tho Bank Holidays in
London. Everybody recognizes now that Labor
Day comes at the right period. It winds up
the summer with an extra from-Saturday-to-
Tuesday outing, and if opens the autumn sea
son with all hands rested and refreshed, and
ready for vigorous work.
We must not forget that to-morrow is also the
Children’s Day. Their long vacation is over;
the schools are about to begin again, and, back
from the country, the mountains and the sea
side, toddle the workingmen and women of the
future, who are going to make this great coun
try a hundredfold greater than it is. They have
had a good time; they are sunburned and
healthy; they make the oily homes, so dull and
quiet last week, alive and noisy with their
fresh young voices and their active, restless
hands and feet. They, too, will be glad of a
final holiday to give them a chance to unpack
their Summer treasures; hunt out their old
school-books, and tell each other about the
huge bears which they did not see, the large
fish which they did not catch and the tremen
dous score at baseball which they would have
made had tho other fellow not muffed the ball.
These future men and women are much more
important than some of us appreciate. We do
not pay their teachers enough for educating
them to take charge of the country. They will
be holding holidays; marching in processions;
casting votes and govern ng the world when we
are gone, and anything wo can do to fit them tor
their duties and responsibilities ought to be
done in the most liberal and complete manner.
The American people are hard workers. They
labor with their heads, as well as their hands,
and put their brains, as well as their muscles,
into their business. For this reason they need
plenty ot holidays. People who work mechani
cally, unthinkingly and unconcernedly can keep
plodding along forever without much fatigue,
but the Americana work with locomotive speed
aud energy and use up their nerves while they
tire their limbs. We should like to see a legal
holiday once a month, in addition to the Satur
day half-holiday, to which tho majority of our
woraers do not take as kindly as was expected.
If Labor Day becomes thoroughly popular and
is strictly observed in this State, it will soon be
extended to other States, and then to other
months. To devote it to processions and mass
meetings will not be likely to ensure its popu
larity, A general outing—a last look at the
woods, which are already beginning to dofl
their green uniform; a last dip in the surf; a
last struggle for the prizes in athletic games; a
last romp with the children; a last least of fresh
air for tho overworked mothers and house
keepers—would be a preferable programme.
Decoration Day has become a national institu
tion, because its patriotic and sentimental fea
tures have been supplemented by out door
sports. Labor Day can be made popular by the
same attractive celebration.
BETSY AND I ARE OUT.
Tho New York Times says ex-Mayor Grace
and Fire Commissioner Purroy, he of “jaw
breaking” proclivities, are out. The fact that
the ex-Mayor appointed Purroy to Commission
ership twice, in 1881 and again in 1835, counts
for nothing with that worthy when his own in
terests are opposed to his patrons. But he is
not the only one that has gone back on ex-Mayor
Grace. There are others whom he appointed
twice to Commissionerships, more valuable
than Purroy’s, who have snubbed him when he
asked for a slight favor. The fact is, Mr. Grace
sought to introduce into politics the same rules
that govern merchants and gentlemen all the
world over, and, in the language of tho street,
he “got badly left.” Gratitude, honor, faith or
sincerity forme no part oi the practical politi
cian s nature, and that has long been known to
everyone not quite as credulous as Mr. Grace,
The ex-Mayor had better forever abandon the
political field, if the field has not already aban
doned him, and not wait longer to be sat down
on by his former heelers. He should retire to
and remain in private life, which he so well
adorns, and enjoy the soft and pleasing delights
that his ample stores of Peruvian gold can se
cure to him. A man of his sensitive nature
cannot calmly brook for any long time the
treatment he is receiving from his former polit
ical associates. To have pins stuck into him by
Purroy, faces made at him by Maurice Power,
laughed at by one wing of the Democracy, and
ridiculed by the other, ought to convince him
that however successful he may have been in
other and more meritorious pursuits, as a poli
tician he must concede himself a dismal failure.
STILL STAYING.
Another week has passed, and more delay in
the Sharp case is promised. The lawyers for
the defense cannot get their case printed in
time for the special session ot the General Term,
and will ask for a postponement. Meanwhile,
Sharp, a convicted and condemned criminal, re
mains in bis comfortable apartments at Ludlow
Street Jail, and has all the privileges of a free,
innocent citizen; for, if he were not under lock
and key, his illness would prevent him from
leaving his room. This is a travestie of justice
calculated to make angels weep and anarchists
dance with delight. Day after day the shame
ful spectacle of stolen money defeating the law
in New York City is insolently presented to tbe
people. Rogues are taught that, if they only
steal enough to pay big legal politicians, no
body can send them to prison. Honest men
are disgusted at tho failure of justice after a
criminal has been found guilty by the jury and
sentenced by an upright judge. The metropo
lis of America is in disgrace because it has no
power to punish the villains who have plunder
ed its streets and corrupted its officials.
Bad as tbe Sharp case Is, it might have been
worse but for the foresight of District-Attorney
Martine and the prompt action of Governor
Hill. We give the little Governor credit for
once doing something not directly in tbe line of
his own personal interest. If District-Attorney
Martine had not appealed to him, and if ho had
not responded with unusual alacrity, Sharp
would, by this time, have been in Canada,
poorer by the hundred thousand dollars with
which he would have had to stake his bonds
mei, but still wealthy with the money of which
he has robbed the city. During his whole life,
since boyhood, we do not believe that Sharp has
ever earned one honest cent. His money has
been made by corrupting legislators here and
at Albany and by swindling the people out of
their own streets. To save such a rogue from
prison upon a mere technicality—and that tech
nicality, as we demonstrated last week, not well
founded—is infamous, and wo shall not mince
words in denouncing it. We are very sorry
that Judge Potter, of Whitehall, was elected by
Republican votes; but the party is not respon
sible for his pottering with justice and would
be gratified by his formal withdrawal from its
ranks.
If Judge Potter is too bad to be a Republican,
it is evident that District Attorney Martine is
too good for the Democrats. The kings of the
two iactions of the Democracy have put their
heads together and resolved to sacrifice him.
They will call it elevating him to a judgeship,
but ifmeans putting him out ot the way so that
he can convict no more boodlers. He has been
too faithful and efficient an official to please
Purroy, the jaw-breaker, and Dick Croker, who
was once indicted—but not convicted—for mur
der. He has sent too many of the County Demo
cracy leaders to Sing Sing to be a favorite with
King Power. Bourke Cookran’s tall talk eon
vinced them, as well as Judge Potter, that Sharp
is an ill-used man. District Attorney Martine
has taken matters too seriously. A little thing
like bribing Aldermen ought not to count in
cily politics. How would Aidermen get rich,
aud pay their assessments to King Croker and
King Power if somebody did not bribe them?
So Martine is to be elevated away out of sight,
and the District Attorney’s office is to be run on
the good, old-fashioned principles of division
and silence.
This is a pretty scheme, hatched while Jake
Sharp Is still staying in the city, and probably
suggested by him and backed by his stolen
money. With Martine shelved and one of the
old gang In the District Attorney’s office, no
more boodlers will be sent to Sing Sing; Jake
Sharp will be let out of jail on his personal
recognizances; all tho boys in Canada will be
noil, prossed and Jbrought back in triumph and
a special train, and another millenium of rob
bery and jobbery will begin. Mayor Hewitt
is already sneered at as only a figurehead and
is likely to taH ill from the shock when he finds
the old Tweed Ring orgies revived under his
administration. But, unfortunately tor King
Croker and King Power, the people of New York
have something to say before the boodle jubilee
begins. They have to vote, and, although their
votes may be sometimes miscounted, they will
give such a smashing majority against any
Democratic ticket which does not bear Mar
tine’s name for District Attorney that King Cro
ker and King Power will think that the Com
mittee of Seventy have convened again. Our
citizens are thoroughly aroused and will stand
no “ lunny business ” at the next election.
IRELAND AND ENGLAND.
The Radical party of England, with which
the Gladstone wing of the Liberal party is now
identified, has come forward nobly to tbe help
of the Irish people in tho magnificent struggle
for Home Rule. In and out of Parliament, the
representatives of tbe masses of the English
people have stood shoulder to shoulder with
Irishmen in their resistance to the tyranny of
the Tory aud Whig aristocracy. As soon as
the National League was proclaimed, English
members of Parliament volunteered to join it
and take the risk of imprisonment. When the
government determined to destroy the League
in Ireland, the Liberal leaders advised that its
whole machinery should be transferred to
England, where the proclamation would be in
operative, and could be boldly defied. Now,
such assistance as this should not go unre
warded. Such comrades should not be left
to fight their own battle alone. Since tbe
English masses are taking so oordial an in
terest in Irish affairs, the Irish should devote
some attention to English affairs. Indeed, the
surest way to help Ireland is to strengthen the
hands oi tho Radicals who are trying to free
England, also.
Parnell, O'Brien, Healy, Sexton, Biggar and
tho other Irish orators, have talked long and
well about the rights and wrongs of the Irish
people, and we want to hear them epeak as elo
quently upon the rights and wrongs of the Eng
lish people. They should take every occasion
to attack, not only the Tory government, but
the system which produces such rulers as Bal
four, King, Harman, Hartington and Salis
bury. The Tory majority in Parliament is not
representative of the English people, but the
result of a rotten and corrupt aristocracy. The
British nation is dominated by lees than half a
million of men, who belong to what they call the
governing classes. The only governing class
should be the majority of the people. The
masses are kept down by a small minority of
aristocrats, who, according to the revelations of
the English press, are libertines, debauchees,
corrupters of youth, purchasers of infant girls
for vile purposes, drunkards and imbeciles.
These aristocrats do not represent five per cent,
of the English people. They have nothing in
common with the sturdy masses of Englishmen.
Get rid of them, by getting rid of the system
which produces them, and the Irish question
will be settled by the English masses, who love
liberty, aud are at heart in favor of equal rights
to all.
We know these British aristocrats, who are
satirically styled noblemen, by the specimens
which visit this country. One of them, the
Duke of Marlborough, who recently testified
under oath as to the frequency and audacity of
his seductions of married women, is now at
Newport, ready to ply his infernal arts in the
American families who ape the aristocracy and
admit such a confessed blackguard to intimacy.
Another brought his mistress here to make
money for him as a burlesque actress and seem
ed surprised to find himself and his companion
excluded, not only from respectable society, but
from reputable hotels. True American gentle
men have too much respect for their wives,
mothers, sisters and daughters to receive such
lecherous aristocrats. The Irish orators have
the opportunity to denounce these creatures on
their own ground. There is plenty of talk about
Home Rule lor Ireland; but the English people
ought also to have the right to govern them
selves, instead of being ruled by an old woman
and a corrupt aristocracy. The English Radi
cals are bravely helping the Irish. Now let the
Irish leaders give the English Radicals a hearty
support. England is as much entitled to free
dom as Ireland, and both battles may as well
be fought at the same time.
Castle Garden Scandals.—Commis
sioner Stephenson has taken the proper course
in bringing a libel suit against the World lor its
accusations against him in connection with the
Castle Garden scandals. Ths truth will come
out in court, and whoever is in the wrong will
have to suffer—unless he hires Bourke Cockran
to get a stay of proceedings. The World has
professed to discharge a public duty in expos
ing the Castle Garden abuses, and, if it has
been actuated by private or partisan malice, it
ought to be mulcted in heavy damages. It runs
rather wild, now and then, and perhaps Its
stories about Castle Garden may be as baseless
as its revelation of the Donnelly cipher, which
omitted the Donnelly cipher altogether; but a
libel suit will bring out the facts, and Commis
sioner Stephenson forces the issue with a bold
ness which argues conscious innocence. Upon
one point all concerned may agree. The Ameri
can people, many of whom were once immi
grants themselves, and many more of whom are
the descendants of immigrants, are determined
that the men and women who come to this
country to enjoy and to increase its prosperity
shall not be robbed and insulted at the door
way oi the Republic. The men shall not bo
stripped of their money and the women of their
decency by any officials, State or National, in
the shelter provided for them when they land in
this free country and propose to make it their
home. For the time they are the guests of the
nation, and they should be, and must be, re
ceived with the most generous and careful
hospitality.
They Think They Are of Immense
Importance. —A few days since the Evening
Post, President Cleveland’s right bower, ut
tered this occult warning:
“ The Maryland canvass of this year thus pos
sesses a National as well as a local significance, and
will have its bearing upon the Presidential contest
of next year. The whole country will watch to see
whether Mr. Cleveland will cast the weight oi his
influence with the Gorman ring, which represents
in politics all that he opposes, by giving Higgins
and Resin tbe indorsement ot retention In office.
If he does, it will undoubtedly cost hkn next year a
large share ot that support, upon grounds of Civil
Service reform, which be received three years ago,
and leave him in that respect little, if any, advan
tage over a Republican candidate."
This means, that if Mr. Cleveland does not
sustain tbe Mugwumps he will lose the support
of that gigantic dormouse party—composed of
Harper's Weekly, the Daily Times, the Evening
Post, and a few other uninfluential papers and
persons. It will be remembered that in 1884
Mr. Cleveland received a plurality in Now York
State of less than 1,100, and that in 1885 Mr.
Hill had a plurality of 11,000. In 1884 the Mug
wumps unanimously supported Cleveland and
in 1885 they as unanimously opposed Hill. The
Mugwumps compose a mutual admiration body
of much importance—in their own minds.
The Tiger’s Strifes.—Tha erudite
editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal in
forms an astonished world that “ the Demo
cratic tiger still has ninety-nine stripes around
his tail.” About fifteen years ago the Demo
cratic tiger of New York city had one hundred
and twenty stripes around its tail, and every
stripe rep'resentod one million dollars stolen
from our people. If tbe Democratic tiger were
to remain tbe power in the national government
as long as it has in this city, each stripe would
represent a hundred millions of stolen dollars.
Rediscovering America. —The Lon
don Times has sent a special correspondent to
rediscover America and toll tho aristocratic
readers of the six-oent daily what a wonderful
country this is and how much mouey is to be
made here by running cattle ranchos and bur
lesque troupes. If our daily papers had any
gumption, they would order their London cor
respondents to investigate England and tell the
exact truth about the manufacturing districts
and the interior counties. These correspond
ents would discover, among other things, that
the monarchical feeling in England is a mere
shell and that the majority of the English work
ingmen, in the cities and in the fields, are ready
and anxious lor a republic. Just as Sherman
exposed the sham strength of the Rebellion by
marching behind tbe lines of Lee and Johnson,
so the humbug of identifying the English peo
ple with the aristocratic government, would be
evident to independent and impartial observers.
It would do great good, and might revolutionize
history, to ascertain the real sentiments of the
English masses, just at present. The London
Times has the Irish question in view in its
effort to flatter the Americans; but the English
question will be more burning and important
within a few mouths.
Thebe Webe Otheb Fibb-bugs.—The
firemen of Plainfield, N. J., are not tha first
firemen who have been afflicted with fire-bugs
among their members. About thirty years ago
tbe city of Utica, the home of Roscoe Conkling,
had fire-bugs, who set fire to the property of
their neighbors, merely for the pleasure of
“ runnin’ wid de masheen.” Among those
accused, and undoubtedly guilty, were sons of
some of the most eminent and respectable men
of Oneida coifnty. How they escaped punish
ment we do not now recall, but one ot them, at
least, afterward made a high mark in busness
and as an officer of our army during the war of
the rebellion.
Not Patbiotism.—The Philadelphia
Inquirer is quietly but severely sarcastic when
it says that “ the papers that rebuke Governor
Foraker lor ‘ waving tbe bloody shirt ’ at Wheel
ing, have not a word of censure for Governor
Wilson, who waved the Confederate flag and
provoked Foraker’s hot words. This is poli
tics, but it is not patriotism.”
Its Happy Faculty.—Says the “Her
ald “The people know which side to eupport,
and in 1888 they will make their verdict known
at the polls.” The Herald is solidly right in its
assertion; but we’ll bet a big apple that it will
not be on the side that the people support. The
Herald has a happy faculty of being on the
othor side—all tbe time.
©ilflai ant! (Ftitbs.
FUN IN POLITICS.
All the fun in politics has dropped out of the
old parties, and now seems to be monopolized
by the United Labor men. Henry George in a
speech, last week, was calling the roll of the
great men of the nation. When he came to
Washington, he paused, and, with oxatoric cun
ning, asked:
“ And what shall wo say of the Father of our
people ?”
Before he could answer, a burly 'longshore
man sprang to his feet, and roared :
“ I’ll say it, mesilf. Thray cheers for Mc-
Glynn I”
In the Second District is a crank who resigns
his membership at every meeting. Last week
he was called to order, on the ground that be
was not a member. He turned defiantly to his
interrupter, and said :
“ I want that young man to understand that I
have the constitutional right to resign as Otten
as I darn please.”
AN EVEN BARGAIN.
Jasper do Jenkyns—Say old chappie, ah, con
gratulate me. Just married, yer know—Miss
Vera Verdant.
Smith (man of the world)—What did she
bring you—any cash?
Jasper—Ah, no, dear boy.
Smith—Expectations ?
Jasper—Nawthing, old fel, at all.
Smith—Shake! A very even bargain.
Jasper ponders over an hour trying to find
out what Smith meant.
AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND.
The moral tone of Saratoga cannot be very
exalted when such conversations as these are of
nightly occurrence on the hotel verandas :
Miss Breezy— 1 ' What an affectionate husband
Mr. Youngblood is.”
Miss Van Sneezer—“ How so ?”
Miss B.—“ Why, last evening, in the spooning
hour, I saw him caress and put his arm around
his wife’s waist.”
Miss V. S.—“ My dear, you are a goose. He’s
awfully near-sighted and didn’t have his glasses
on
A STARTLER.
On the Bartholdi Island boat:
He (as they pass Ellis Island)—There’s the
magazine.”
Other He—“ Which one ?”
He (the Italian baud breaking into discord
on the dock below)—" Why, ‘ Harper’s,’ I pre
sume.”
A CONUNDRUM.
The bear raids in Wall street have demoral
ized the brokers. Their only joke this week is
but a shadow of the wit with which Bill Travers
and Larry Jerome used to flood the market.
“ Why is the ’Volunteer’ like a jackass ?”
“ Because it will get away with the ‘ Thistle ’
the moment it is put alongside of it.”
The author is said to be Frederic Mathez, the
partner of Washington E. Connor and young
George Gould.
A CASE OF CONSTERNATION.
There are two young ladies in New York who
have adopted the same nom de plume, Nellie B.
The one is a tall an dangular girl who writes for
country papers, and tbe other is a short, pretty
and plump personage of doubtful antecedents.
An out of town publisher telegraphed the fol
lowing order to the literary one, and it fell into
the wrong hands:
“ Send me a short article for Sunday.”
Hie consternation may be imagined when he
received the following reply:
“Don't know you, but guess I’ll suit. Am
four feet eleven and weigh 125. Send traveling
expenses and I’ll come (Sunday or any other
day.”
The editor and the literary female are now
endeavoring to explain the mystery.
KNOCKED THE FATHER OUT.
The stern parent—Well, sir, what is it ?
The youth—l came to ask your daughter’s
hand in marriage.
Stern parent—Never, eir, I’d sooner have her
marry a bootblack (to himself. Beside, since
I’ve failed, I have all my property in her name.)
The youth—Obliged. 1 told her so, and so
we got married to-day without telling you.
Come around and see us at the Fifth Avenue.
SMALL CHANGE.
J. Charles Davis, the wit and man
ager of the People’s Theatre, has been originat
ing bon mots all the week. When asked where
Harry Miner was, he replied : “ Oh, Pottering
around Europe, I presume.” Of an actress of
some beauty, but doubtful rectitude, he said:
"Poor thing! She was reduced to actual can
nibalism one summer. She lived two months
this year on a thin dude.” Of Lord B. B. Val
lontina Fitznoodle, who attacked tho new style
ot dress-coat, last Sunday, in a daily paper, he
remarked: “Fitz tried to sit down on the new
dress-coat, last week, but failed. It had no
tails.”
“ Keep in the middle of the road”
was a very popular song a few years ago,
though it is now seldom heard. Its title had
an excellent warning, however, for those who
travel Park Row. Those who travel in the
middle of the road don't find banana skins as
plentiful as those who indulge in sidewalk pe
deetnanism, nor do they find as many hard
pavements or bursted pants, nor as much blue
atmosphere.
At the'Hoffman House bar, Wednes
day evehing, Joe Howard rapped loudly with
his pencil and called out, “Cash!” when no
less than six youths, with silver-headed canes,
turned like a flash and started to walk toward
him. There was a laugh around tho room, and
in the next two minutes twelve slender aud
bloodless young men departed in silence and
disgust.
Of William Geoghegan, the genial
I post, a laughable story is now going the rounds
iof Newspaper How. A colored waiter in Nash
| & Crook’s is a warm admirer of the bard’s, and
! preserves his verse in a scrap-book. As he was
never known to read them, Amos Cummings
asked him why he liked Geoghegan so much.
The Ethiop paused a second and then gravely
replied, “ Because, Mr. Cummings, when he’s
lull, he’s the most perloctest gemmun who
comes in our place.’’
Tub Duke of Marlborough is credited
with a suggestive joke at the Paran Stevens
dinner last week. The ladies, and they were
many, were attired in full evening dress, and
the display of charms was exceedingly exten
sive. The duke glanced around the room and
said to a friend : “This reminds of the queen’s
Jubilee at Spithead?” “What part of it?”
“ Wby, the naval exhibition, of course.”
They—he and she—sat in a Third av
enue car Friday evening. She said to him :
“Frank, what do you think of the philosophy
of Buddha?” Frank sucked ths head of his
cane for a second or two, and then answered :
“I don't know much about his philosophy, but I
won ten dollars on him the other day in a
race.” From that time forth there will be a
frozen-lake sort of coldness between he and she.
A good thing occurred at the Marl
borough reception at Newport, last week. A
young dude from Murray Hill informed a erowd
of admiring young women that he was, ah- en
joying horticultural, ah, pleasures, and was
raising a calf. A Thirty-second street hello
smiled sweetly and said : “I am awfully glad
that you are trying to support yourself.”
No, Gkorge, no; we don’t know bow
to woo “ a winsome young lady." Our winsome
days are over. But when we were young we
discovered that in Summer ice cream won her
smiles, and that solt-shelled crabs in Winter
made her anxious to conclude her evening path
in our company. But that is so long ago, don’t
you see?
Wiman, Prince of Staten Island, was
guilty of a humorism Thursday evening. A
man who had seen the “Fall of Babylon"
through many beer glasses, was being hauled
by his friends on board of the ferryboat. The
capitalist sighed as he uttered, “St. George
and the Draggin’ forever I”
Why is it that the people who have
been Summering in Saratoga and Newport
living in high-priced and low-ceilinged rooms —
ejaculate with such fervor: “ Thank heavens,
we’re back in New York again ?” No chromos
will be issued to those who answer this conum
drum.
Oob esteemed contemporary, “Tid-
Bits,” is guilty of this Blander upon Congress
men: Wife—“ My dear, do you know who it
was that gave Congress water its name?”
Husband—“No; but he must certainly have
been a humorist.”
Andy Horn, the gonial Boniface, has
made a singular discovery. In his own charm
ing way he says: “It is very bleasant to miss
der cars on der Elevated, pecause you are
yust in time for der next train.”
An exchange asks: “ Why do all the
people at Bar Harbor turn out to see Rev.
Dewitt Talmage swim ?” Probably they want
to see if he’ll try to swallow the ocean.
John Grosvenor Wilson, the poet
and playwright, suggests as a motto for Phil
Armours coat-of-arms, “The Hog-pen is
mightier than the eword.”
GOSSIP Off THE WEEK.
The following attractions are announced for
thia week in New York: “Erminie,” at the Casino;
“Bellman,” at Wallack’s; ‘‘Allan Dare,” at the Fifth
Avenue; Richard Mansfield in “Monsieur,” at the
Madison Square; E. H. Sothern in “The Highest
Bidder,” at the Lyceum; John L. Burleigh in “One
Against Many,” at the Union Square; “Held by the
Enemy,” at the Star; Harry Lacey in “The Still
Alarm,” at the Fourteenth Street; Imre Kiralfy’s
spectacular production of “Lagardere, the Hunch
back of Paris," at Niblo’s; “Zo-Zo,” at the Windsor;
J. K. Emmett at the People’s; drama, bur
lesque, etc., at Theatre Comique; Minstrelsy at
Dockstader’s. and “Stricken Blind,” at Lee Avenue
Academy, Williamsburg.
Wm. R. Hayden has obtained a temporary injunc
tion restraining Thomas W. Keene from playing in
this State under that name which he claims he
bestowed upon him in 1880. The actor’s real name
is Thomas R. Eagleson. Mr. Keene has acted under
his present stage name for years before he had any
connection with Mr, Hayden. He appeared at
Wood’s Museum, now Daly’s Theatre, nearly twen
ty years ago; acted with the elder Hackett, who has
been dead for fifteen years or more, and alternated
with Edwin Booth as Othello and lago, always un
der the name of Thomas W. Keene. He has had no
contract of any kind with Mr. Hayden since 1883.
Mr. Keene has started on his tour.
Jerome H. Eddy will be present at the oponirg
of the Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett season in
Buffalo, September 12th. He goen A 8 tbe representa
tive of daily newspapers published In this city,
Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, St Louis
and Detroit. The Buffalo scribes will now prepare
to look out for themselves. Jerome is young, gay
and debonaire, and aside from these recowkmeada
tions—he has two inkstands—one is filled with acid
which burns, the other with the milk of human
kindness. Don’t compel him to dip bis pen in the
acid receptacle.
Lawrence Barrett is next season to resume the
role in which he has acquired wide fame, that of “the
lean and hungry Cassius.” He is to play it to the
Brutus of Edwin Booth. The two often appeared
together in the days of the Winter Garden. At the
outset of the last decade they stood shoulder to
shoulder—Booth as Brutus, Barrett as Cassius—in
the grand revival* of “Julius Chesar,” in the course
of which Booth at various times changed off to
Cassius and Marc Antony, It is now promised that
Barrett will enaot Macduff to Booth s Macbeth, and
the Ghost to his Hamlet, beside alternating with
him in Othello and lago. All this had been prom-*
ised for the closing portion of the season of 1886-7,
but the two stars did so well apart that they wisely
deferred their coming together; further than that,
Mr. Barrett managed the tour of the other, and in
so masterly a manner as to put money into Mr.
Booth’s purse without neglecting his own.
W. J. Scanlan, the young Irish comedian and
vocalist, began his season last Monday night, in
San Francisco, appearing in " Shane-na-Lawn,” to
the usual crowded and enthusiastic audience.
Manager Pltou is now en route to this city, and on
Sept. 12 will commence the rehearsals of “ Mon
bars,” the new romantic drama, in which Robert
B. Mantell will star this season, under his manage
ment.
A professional matinee performance of “ The
Still Alarm ” will be given at the Fourteenth Street
Theatre, next Thursday, in order to accommodate a
large number of actors and actresses, who desire to
see the new play. First come first served, will be
the rule.
Newton Beers begins an engagement at the
Windsor Theatre Sept. 12, appearing in his spectac
ular play, “Lost in London.”
Manager Murtha is making extensive prepara
tions for the production of the new realistic play,
called “ Two Roads,” at the Windsor Theatre, Sept.
19, with Mr. James Carden, the author, as the star.
“Hoodman Blind,” under the management of
Mr. Joseph McCadden, will open the season at the
People’s Theatre, this city, September 19th, with
Frederick De Bellville and Miss Viola Allen In the
leading roles, supported by a strong company.
Harry Sellers has been engaged as agent. This will
be the only “Hoodman Blind” company on the road
this season.
In the dramatization of “She,” to be made
known at Niblo’s Garden before long, Miss Lillian
Russell will be seen in tho title role. She can cer
tainly look the part and sing what music is given
her, but in the acting of the character, which is an
unusually difficult one, the fair Lillian will have no
easy task.
F. F. Mackay has dramatized Rider Haggard’s
“She,” and will produce it at the Academy of Mu
sic, this city, in October. He is said to be backed
by a syndicate of wealthy capitalists. Next 1
The Margaret Mather company opened the season
at the Academy of Music, Rochester, on Monday
last. Manager J. M. Hill leased the theatre for a
week and made his own prices. Business large.
Charles Foster, the well-known aotor and play
wright, will take charge of Josh Hart's stage during
the coming season. He will, also, write plays and
perform eccentric parts.
Robson and Crane begin active rehearsals this
week. They open their season at the Union Square
Theatre, Monday. September 26th, in Bronson How
ard’s new comedy, “The Henrietta.”
For several weeks Manager Rosenquest has been
making preparations at the Fourteenth Street The
atre for the production cm September 12 of Charles
H. Hoyt’s latest skit, called “The Hele in the
Ground.” The piece has been given elsewhere with
very great success, and the author is of the opinion
that it is the most amusing comedy that he has
written. The scenery, by Hawley and Emens, will
be entirely now, and will present realistic pictures
Of a country railway station. The oast will Include
Miss Alice Walsh as the Lady of the Lunch Counter,
George Richards as the Stranger, Julian Mitchell as
the Leaugo Base Ball Umpire, and a bevy of young
and pretty girls. “ A Hole in the Ground ” is said
to be arranged to make people laugh, and rumor
says that it accomplishes that object fully.
Miss Adelaide Moore writes that the published
statements that she is married aro unfounded, and
she should know.
Miss Lilian Olcott has returned to this city and
is busy preparing for her second starring tour in
“Theodora,” which opens a woek from to-morrow
night at the Lee Avenue Academy of Music, ta
Brooklyn.
Mabel Sterling Is the name of a Kentucky girl
who is announced as a forthcoming star. She is
described as young and handsome, and will make
her debut in this city during the holidays in a play
that has been written especially for her. Her
friends predict success.
Mr. Imre Kiralfy wishes it understood that ha
has no connection with the production of “The
Siege of Troy,” a recent failure in Chicago.
Blondin, the hero of the tight rope, appears to bo
making an exceedingly successful tour in England.
He will appear in this country next Summer.
Frederick Warde began his starring tour last
•Thursday night in Des Moines, lowa, where he
opened the new opera house. His repertoire for the
season will be “Virginias,” “Galba, tho Gladiator,”
“ Richard HL,” “Brutus, or the Fall of Tarquin,”
“Julius Caesar,” “Damon and Pythias,” “William
Tell ” and “ Gaston Cadol.” The company includes
Miss Eugenie Blair, Mrs. Augusta Foster, Miss Mar
garet Pierce, Flora Gaines and Messrs. Clarence
Handyside, L. F. Rand, Thomas E. Garrick, Joseph
A. Ransome, Walter H. Edwards, William M. Stuart,
Robert Brower, Charles B. Charters. Charles H,
Clark, Laman Clay, George W. Reed, Henry M. Ches
ter and Gecyge N. Warner; Robert C. Hudson and
T. H. O’Neil, managers.
Branch O’Brien has been engaged by Gustave
Frehman to pilot the tour of “May Blossom,”
which opens September 26th, at Tarrytown. Mr.
O’Brien was formerly dramatic critic of the Denver
(Col.) Tribune, and over tho nom de plume of “The
Ghost,” won many friends in the theatrical profes
sion,
The company to appear in Imre Kiralfy’s forth
coming production of “ Mazulm,” one of the Ravel
pantomimes, will all come from Europe. The fa
mous Berlinese grand ballet of sixty young female
dancers, make their American debut in this piece.
Madam Niemann-Rabe, said to be one of the most
charming exponents of modern comedy on the Ger
man stage, will begin her American season at tho
Star Theatre, January 2d, under the management
of Conried & Herrmann, and supported by a com
pany of artists who have been specially engaged in
Europe. This lady is the wife of Niemann, the
tenor, and her managers expect that she will achieve
a success in this country with American as wall afl
German playgoers.
The James-Wainwright company are rehearsing
at the Grand Opera House, where they open on
September 12th. Kitty Wilson, now acting in “The
Highest Bidder,” will surrender her role next week
to Ethelyn Friend, as she is under engagement to
Louis Jxmes. F. C. Mosley will be tho leading sup
port. The company also includes Harry Langdon,
Fred. Huebner, H. 0. Barton, E. Y. Backus, Charles
Mackey, Kate Meeks, Aurelia Sarner, Harry Miller,
Willis Granger, Edwin F. Hoyt, Fred. Meek and
Albert Klein.
This is the way John W. Hamilton, the business
manager of “ The Fall of Babylon” spectacle writes
—and he deserves all he gets in this line of appreci
ation:
Much to my surprise and gratification, Erastus
Wiman, Imre Kiralfy and the members of the Fall
of Babylon Amusement Company, tendered me the
compliment of a grand testimonial benefit on the
occasion of the final performance, when I get the
gross receipts. The compliment I value because it
was, on my part, totally unexpected. I have re
ceived a handsome letter written by Wiman and
signed by all tho parties, formally tendering ths
benefit.
The testimonial will be given on Monday week—*
'he last night of the season.
Madison Square Theatre. —Thera
will be regret that Mr. Mansfield’s charming little
comedy, ‘ Monsieur,” is to be no longer seen at the
Madison Square after the coming week. It has now
run for eight weeks, attracting a series of crowded
and brilliant houses, and nas been praised with a
heartiness and unanimity quite uncommon. It has
been a source of much profit to the manager, and
it has furnished wholesome merriment for hosts ot
people and has been a decided triumph for Mr.
Mansfield. Its pathos and quaint humor, its strong
ly defined character sketches, and, above all, its
human nature, render it a very seasonable and at
tractive entertainment.
“Monsieur” could easily run until Mr. Mansfield
closes at the Madison Square, but he has yielded to
the strong desire for the production of “ Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde,” the dramatization of Stevenson’s
marvelous tale, which created such a profound sen
sation in Boston last Spring.
The dual impersonation of Jekyll and Hyde
shows Mr. Mansfield in altogether a new light. Ha
has bestowed the greatest care upon the prepara
tion for this play. Tho cast has been selected with
much discrimination, the rehearsals have occupied
weeks, and the artists and decorators have been
given carte blanche for the scenic embellishments
and stage mounting.
The Casino. — As the run of “Erminie”
draws to a close, the popularity of the operetta ap
pears to have no diminution. Hundreds of people
have been turned away at nearly every performance
during the past two weeks, unable to obtain seats,
as the seating capacity was already sold out before
BP. M. A few evenings since quite a number of
distinguished people attended the performance.
The East Indian Prince Thakore Sahib and party
occupied two of the lower proscenium boxes, Gen.
Wm. T. Sherman and party were next, and directly
opposite sat the Duke of Marlborough and friends,
and in the adjoining box were Mr. Bronson Howard
and party.
All the preparations are now complete for next
Tuesday’s “500th night celebration,” and little hai
been left undone by Mr. Rudolph Aronson to make
the occasion the “ most memorable of all Casino
Gala Nights.”
The following is a synopsis of the scenes of the
“Marquis,” which is to follow “Erminie” at the
Casino, September 19. There are two tableaux in
Act I—the first being “at the Diligence Office,” 1760,
the second is five years later at the “ Cadrau Bleu
Tavern,” near Paris; Act II represents the “boudoir
of the Prima Ballerina,” and Act 111 is at Trianon,
with the illuminated gardens of Versailles—time
Louis XV. The sale of seats for the “ Marquis ”
commences to-morrow, Monday morning.
Union Square Theatre. —“ One
Against Many,” although severely criticized on its
production, seems attractive enough to draw good
houses, and during the past week the Union Square
Theatre has been well filled. Much of the verbosity
of the text and considerable of the business which
was found useless has been eliminated, and in its
stead consistency and action substituted.
The play is not bad by any means, and now
affords a pleasant evening for lovers of the heroit
and sympathetic. Mr. Burleigh should be com
mended en his excellent work in the face of the fact
of a sad family bereavement and the natural nerv
ous excitement consequent to the importance of a
metropolitan appearance. During the last part of
the week, Mr. Burleigh gave an acceptable portrayal
of the part of Pierre, and gave positive evidence of
his ability to do good work.
The engagement will continue for the four weeks
originally allotted, and will then be sent en tour.
Extended criticism of the performance or of the
play itself would be scarcely proper. It can be said,
however, of Miss Katie Gilbert’s impersonation of
the Countess, that her personal charms were possi
bly accepted as something of amend for the stagi
ness of her acting. She was unsympathetic and—
she looked well; and in these days—what more can
be asked for ? In fact, the role was too heavy for
her, and over-acting and the straining of effort
could not conceal the fact.
Star Theatre.—“ Held, by the En
emy ” holds the boards at this theatre, as well as
continuing to hold its popularity with the public.
The business during the past week has been the
most successful the play has ever enjoyed, even in
excess of any week during the original production
of the play at the Madison Square Theatre, last Fall.
The engagement will, in all probability, be exten
ded beyond the four weeks, and be continued in
definitely. The appearance of Messrs. Miller, Gillette,
Graham, Allen and Turner in the cast has ma
terially added to the strength of the play, which
is by far better acted and better staged than at any
previous time in this city. The fact of such nota
bles as Henry E. Abbey, John Schoeffle, Al. Hay
man, Charles Frohman, Wm. Gillette, Theo. Most
and Lester Wallack being directly and indirectly in
terested in the career of the play, ought to insure
its prosperity, if brains, energy and experience
count for aught.