Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1873, Page 7

T CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1873. full of pride and arrogance. The haughtiest of 21 the Roman Pohtiffs siyled himself the ser- vant of the servants of God,” at the very time when bo bumiliated the Emperor of Germany by meking him wait five days barefoot in his sotechamber in the depth of winter, and expected all the Kings of Europe, when in hig presence, to kies his too or hold his stirrap. Catherine of Russia was always mouthing the language of piety and,benevolence, especially when about to wage war or do some rescally deod. .Louis the Fourteenth's paroxysms of ropentance and devolion were always the occa- sion for fresh outrages mpon the Huguenots; and Napoleon was always prating of his love of peace, and of being compelled to fight by his quarrelsome neighbors. While the Franch revo- Intionists wero shonting *Liborty, Equality, and Fraternity!” men were executed in Paris without law and against low, and heads fell by cart-loads from the kaife of the guillotine. “My children,” said Dr. Johnson, ¢ clear * your minds of cant.” If professional politicians £honld follow this advice, wo fear that many of them would find their occupation clean gone. At elections they aro g0 wont to simulate the sentiments and language of patriotism,—to pre- tend a zeal for this, an indignation for that, and & horror for another thing, about which they are known to be comparatively indiffcrent, as if any Aummery might be crammed down the throats of the people,—that the voters whom tho old party hacks fancy they aro gulling are simply laughing in their sleeves at their transparent 2t- tempts at humbuggery. Common, howover, o8 are flummery and “ gas” on the stump sud the platform, it is to be feared they are hardly-less £0 in the meeting-house, and thore they are doubly offensive, it not unpardonable. Thero can bo little doubt that mady 2 man whose life is thoronghly seldsh cheats himself into the belief that he is pious becsuse he parrots with ezse the phrases of piety and orthodoxy. The number of such pet phrases and cant terms which ao repeated at this day, apparontly with- ont a thought of their meaning, is large 2nd in- creasing. Who ever attonded & missionary mect- ing without hearing **the Macedonian cry,” and an account of some * little interest,” and * fields white for the, harvest'?” Who is not weary of the ding-dong of ““our Zion™ and the solecism of “*in our midst;" and who docs not long for a verbal millennium when Christians shall no long- “er “feel to take” and “ grant to give #” * How much’ I regret,” says Coleridge, ‘that g0 many religious persons of the present dasy think it necessary . to -adopt 2 cortain cant of manner and phrastology as 5 token to teach other! They must improve this THE FASHICNS. A Foreshadowing of the New Spring Styles.- Silk and-Woollen Fabrios—What Our. Shoppers Will Find, The Modistes and Their Discussion of -Spring Garments. Shawls, Skirts, and Minor Adorn=- ings. “In fime of peaco prepare for war,” is the soldiex’s motto, and, in timo of Lent prepare for Faster, would seem to be the modiste's, for, to colebrate that festival properly, it is quite nocessary to put on fresh attire according to their rule. Still, thero is something graceful and appropriate in the custom, end, while sad- colored garments seem fitting to the wail of the ““Miserore,” or the solemn tones of the *Dies ," on Good Friday, festal robos aro equally in keeping with the ** Gloria in Excelsis " of the following Sunday, when the entire Christian jrorld is Fupposed to “rojoice with an exceed- ing groat joy. Aside from this, howerver, during the long, un- -pleasant wooks which usher in the soft, sweet spring days there is abundant time to prepare forthem. Xt isearlyyot to eay much about spring styles, but we got somo Lints as to the goods which will be offered for our approbation. SPRING SILES. Theso como first, and, although as yet thoy have scarcely reached the counters of Western dry goods houses, it will not be long before thoy will be offered for sale. There . are a few mnew shades, but most of them are merely the palest tints of those which have been worn during the winter,—a sort of etherial- ization of the more solid colors. Tarquoise blue will put in a ples for favor, and is nsed ox- tensivoly in imported costumes, as will also the lopuophore. This latter is a greenish-blue, and hes been much worn sbroad. Decided tints are altogether passe, and find no favor with the end that text, and they must do soand so in o prayerful way; and eo on. A young lady urged upon me, the other day, that such and such feel- ings were the marrow of all relfgion; upon which I recommended her to try to walk to Lon- * don on her marrow-bones only.” Many persons have very erroncons ideas of what corstitutes- religions conversation. That is not necessarily religious talk which is interlarded with religious phrases, or which is solely about divine things’; but that which is permeated with religious feeling, whichis full of trth, roverence, aud love, whatever tho theme may bp. Who hae not heard some souls talk of the most worldly thingsin away that made the hLearer feel thes| electric current of spirituality playing, through their words, and electrifying his whols spiritnal being? And who has not heard other persons talk abont the divinest things in so dry, formal, and sou'less a way that their words seemed & profanation, and chilled him to the core ? ‘When Lady Townsend was acked if Whitfield had recanted, she replied, “ No; he has‘only canted.” "Often, when there.is no deliberate bypocrisy, good men use language so oxagger- sted and unreal 2s to do more harm than the grossest worldlinuss, We have often, in thinking upon this subject, called to mind & saying of Dr. Sharp, of Boston, & Baptist preacher, who was a baterof all cant and shams. “There's Dr. ~——," said he, about the time of the first meét- ing of tho Evangelical Alliunce, *who went all - tho way to £iurope to talk up brotherly love. It - Rourning was declared ““off.” ho should meet a poor Baptist minister in the street, ko wouldn't speak to him.” Nothing is cheaper than pious or benovolent talk. A man may bave a heart overflowingwith love and sym- pathy, even though he is not,_ in the habit of ex- hibiting on his cards, ‘“J.'Good Soul, Philan- thropist,” and was never known to unfold his cambric with the words, *‘Let us weep.” It has been truly said that when good men, who have no great religions fervor, use fervent language, which they have caught from others, or which was the natural expres- sion of what thay felt in other and better years, thoy cannot tell whet a disastrous impression they produce upon keen and discriminating minds. The cheat is at once defected, and *the hasty inference is drawn thatall expressions of religious carnestnees aro affected and artificial. ‘The honest and irrepressible utterance of strong conviction and deep emotion commands respect; but intense words should never bo used when. the religious lifé is not intense.” —_— . One Peculiarity of 1872, From the New York Evening Post. Itis habitual with o great many persons to pronounce the weather &t the present moment the worst they ever saw. As these persons usually manage to preserve their lives for a great many years, notwithstanding the unchangeable- ness of these untoward circumstances, it fol- lows, according te their own testimony, that tho seasons a0 guccossively changing for tho 1t is reasonable, however, to suppose that when & person pereistently complains of the weather throughout a long life, he must, once ortwice at least, tell tho truth. This was tho case last year. “From & mass of statistics fur- rished to the London -Times by a number of correspondents, it appears that”the rainfall, as observed at different places in England during |, ed- the year 1872, was grester than in any year be- fore einco 1725, the amount being sevonty-five o centum anovo tho averace. e sear rank- g next in this respect is 1852, the amount of rain during that year being thirty-eight per cen- tum above the average. A comparison of the rainfall of the last twenty- fivo years at ninoteen stations in England con- this general atatoment. At two stations 1818 was the wettest year; as threo stations 1852 westhe wettest; at one 1861 was tho wottest; and at all the othiers, thirteen out of nineteen, 1872 was the wettest. s Confining the comparison to the last thirty Jiee, nd to thi lust four months of the year, 4 appears that thorainfall of 1852 was the great- £st by nearly four inches—the fotal amountin Beptember, ‘October, November and December of 1872 being 14:94; in 1841 14:98, while in 1852 1t 728 18:40. Persons of more than thirty years of age, therefore, who snid et the beginning of the Ppresent year, “ These have been the wettest four months we ever saw,” nnwittingly spoke falsely ; while those of less than 140 years of age who asserted the same_thing of the yesr 1873, prob- 2bly withont much thought, told the truth. us chows, in its moral aspect, the need of being particular in our use of divisions of time when we grumble at tho weather. S e Passing Under the Cloud. The English Court hes just_emerged from a period of prescribed and officisl griof ; grief ordéred by the Court circular, and brewed, 80 to 23y, in the Lord Chamberlain’s office. On the 1th of Jaunary the Chamberlain issued an order for the Court to go into mourning on the 14th—how its grief was to be restrained or expressed in. the interim is not men- tion The mourning was for Na- poleon . Women were commanded to express their gorrow as follows : * The ladios to wear black dresses, white gloves, black or white shoes, feathers, and fans, pearls, diamonds, or plai 60ld or eilver ornaments.” As s foil to this funereal appearance of the es of the court, the gentlemen wero crdered 0 wear black court dresses, with black swords g;l buckles—nothing to relieve the gloom for m. On the 218t the scene changed, and brightened 8 little, though not for the men, Wko kept on in black ;' but for the other sex .the mourning changed : “The ladies to wear black dresses, with colored ribbons, flowers, and ornaments, or Brey or white dresses, with black ribbons, flow- €rs, feathers, and ornaments.” This mournful flowers, feathers, and orna- State of things, ments” continued til the 2ith, when the city belle. Among those which will bo worn, Kowever, are palest tints of bronze, resoda, ab- sinthe, souchong, lizard, paradio, mesauge, Nep- tune, and gris sourie. These aro in failles, the eoft folds of which drape 80 gracefully. Norwegian gray, like Neptune, shades into a bluish tint. In the darker shad>s there are Hindostan and- Bengal bronze, cre- morne, and airain (copper color), while mordore is » light, golden brown. Verd antique, black bronze, and Alma (a black shading into gray), with perveuche (& new purple) scarzbee, noir do fumee, and veave, complete this varioty. For evening wear at watering places thero aro blen de I'Inde, (very pale bluc, but an exquisite gas-light shade), roso de hnip, rose frais and rose flotri, brouillard (a 8oft, grayish white), Ophelia, illngion, and flave mot. Light striped summer silks are in irregular stripes, and are en camaieu, which signifies a dark, decided color, on & pale, neutral ground. ‘These are in two shades of the game color, or in harmonizing shadgs of different colors. Ombre and’ grissille, will be 8 much worn as ever, the vory pale ones being trimmed with black, airain, or perveuche. Next come the FOULARDS AND PONGEES. The first ato now made with a heavy twill, and aro mearly all designed with the polka dot which affects the community like intermittent fover, with longer periods between the st- Theso vary in size from that of o pin's head to an old-fashioned quarter of a dollar, if sny of the present generntion know what that is.” Tne foulards are in dark colors, the better to show off this galaxy of fixed stars. Thoy bave rather a pleasant effect in summer, however, making a woman look as if sho had been onf in a right-angled enow-storm., Tho pongees ore in dust colors, but also in some cases show the polks dot. They are very pretty in twilled stripes, whila some of them ara ornamented with broche figures. TFailard laino i8 of the old mousteline de laine. -The coloring and finieh of it iy, however, much improved, and it is either mado én camaiel, or with polka dots, in imitation of the foulards. 3 VIGOGUE ia & fine ool in nataral gray or buff tints, and is called, by French modisces, veige vigogue. It is o pretty material for travelling dresses, for which it will be need in connection with a light camel's hair eloth, which is being imported for spring wear. Open lace stripes seem to be the nowest fancy in mostof the woollen goods men- tioned, and at least makes therm much cooler for summer wear. ¥ PERCALES. A The new onos are mado with a satin finish, and #0 closely resemble the foulards that tbey can hardly be distingnished from them. They are in the eame dark browns, Napoleon biues, and ‘purples, and also copy tho figures closely. Polka dots are & specialfy in these goods, or stripes in two shades, the widest one, that forms the ground, being very dark. Tho lighter tints 8ro gonerally produced in coutrasting colors, and as dreeses of this material are best made very simply, and are already on the counters of the retailers, they may bo put in the dress- maker's hands as soon &s one chooses. Satin jeans are much lighter 1n quality, and aro in the Tashionablo dark tints, but also Jook like astron- omical charts with the planetary system duly sot in order, each equi-distant from the other. In fact, the polka dot seems to bo as fiercely cpidemic 28 the Dolly Varden was last year. Tho latter like all other scute disease, reached a_climax and passed away, and so will this probably after a soason of it. Euglish prints have Dot cs- caped the contagion, but are not #o badly affect- They are still imported in rayo stripes either in contrasting colors or with figures, Some of them show a noveltyin watered stripes. Thero is nothing particularly new in-piques. Tho fine cord is decidedly the prettiest for Louse or morn- ing dresses, and, as every lady requires one or two, simply made, theso also may be gotten ready against timo of need. 3 GRENADINES. . No lady’s wardrobe is complete without one of these serviceablo dresses. The newest styles are in stripes, differing slightly from those of last year, tho thin stripe being more like laco, &nd the heavy su—igo also being thiuner. They aro also shown in brocaded and repped stripes, the latter very hsndsome. Plain canvas, iron, snd Hernani grenadines are staple goods, and always look well. The real sewing-silk grena- dine is very durable, and also retains its color. A cheap cotton and wool fabric looks well for a short time, but soon grows rusty. This, how- ever, does not liold good as rogards similar fabrics in white. These, trimmed with mauve. Dlne, scarlet, or rose color, make very stylish and inexpensive dresses for the house. Colors are s the plain fabric. GAUZES, s Pompadour ganzes are still shown, but will probably give way to the newer damask gauzes or brocade Hernanis. A few of these were im- ported last summer in black, embroidered in Colors, whilo the goods were shown, but was not much worn until this winter, when it has been -the prevailing _fashion for overdresses in con- nection with silk petticoats for ovsuinfiwenr. It is in all the exquisite fade shades of the new Bilks, and will be used for polonaises in full dress. Tape fringe will be the principal trim- ming forit. An Oriental tissue i8 of thick wool stripes and thin silk brocade stripes, and will find favor at the seaside for Dolmans or polo- naises, 88 goods which will resist dampness are especially roquisite for such resorts. SPONGE-STRIPED LINEN ia & pew fobric, which looks like Turkieh tow- elling, but has ‘one smooth eide. It is in dark brown and ecru stripes, end has come across tho Atlantic with the prestige of European favor, therefore it, mo doubt, will bo ud:f:ed bere. Batistes aro in lace stripes, or are elaboretely embroidered by machinery. Thoy are cool for summer wear, but wrinkle easily. SPRING STYLES. Tho polonaise will probably be worn through the summer, but will be made with the wide Dolmen or antiqne_Greek sleeve, in some cases Teaching to the bottom of the dress. The is Qui i r8, and it has been Louis Quipze vost stil sppests, and it hag been made in somo thin dresses, in for Southern wear, the vest being of silk in- a harmonizing or contrasting shade. Lovw-necked, plaited muslin stripes are shown, while tho black and white, | introduced in these goods, but are not as clegant - are shown for+youn, warmth is required,.it will be procared by =ddin = silk gilet. ese aro also suitable over high- necked dresses worn by older ladies. Pompa- dour, Josephine, Mario Antoinotte, and Mar- quise costumes will all be worn during the sprin, and summer. The latter, with its long pointe Dbodice and lace chemisotte extending to the Rloint, is to ba revived for evening dresses. The edici dress, with chatelaino bodice dnd sleeves with & large puffat the top, hes also ained slightly in favor, but being more suita- Elu for vélvet will not beworn much before an- other winter, whilo the Mario Stuart costume, with ity bigh-gtanding ruff, will be sccopted by i the fe SHORT SKIRTS are promiseG us for spring waar, but are to be rendered hideous by the Luge panier pouf, 8o that all hopes of graceful drapery is in vain, and wo shell look more like camels than ever. TRIBUNE might &8 well publish an extra_cditiou for the beneiit of fashiounble young ladies, wi ) then regulate the sizo of their hump a dis- crelion. T BRAWLS, " Camel's Lair shawls are now imported in picces and joined in this country, and aro eaid tobe much more artistically "cowbined than those which aro put together abroad. They are in mora beautifu) and loss prononce shades, and aro also much lower in price, Thoe centres are black, ecarlct, and whits, and tho finest arg at times made with doublo contres. The Duca is aleo an Indin shav], but is made in a singlo picce, whilo India long shawls aro in gay stripes, and will be used for travelling.. The imitation, which is more than half as exponsive as therenl article, and which is known in Boston as the “shopping shaw also much worn, but where 1t i3 possiblo it is much better to buy the genuine arucle. Hima- 1ayas are soft shaw]s, resembling plugh, and are in beautifulgray sheded stripes. The railway blanket style still flaunts in the shop windows, but it i to be hoved that it has had its duy, boving gope through all thoe degrees of com: parison of the adjective loud. Shetland shuwly aro always desirablo for house wraps, and ara particalarly suited to the invalid. Fine Oriontal striped shawls in wool and silkare becoming and desirzble for summer driving, whero a flesh of Dright color i never out of place. And now, Leving glauced at the principel articles of dress, & fow wordain the JMINOR ADORNINGS, which go so for toward making u perfect tout en~ semble, may not be amiss. Belts and chatelaines are still much worn, and are such a convenient accessory we will hate to seo them go tho way of all fashions. In tortoise-shell, with gold and silver clasps, they are vory desirable, and some of them hzvoe o number of littlo chains and hooks to hold the various small parzphernalia with which a woman is usually encumbered. Gilots of silk, eatin, lace, and muslin form elegant additions to plain dresges. Elaborate jabots of lace cover the front of these, and tho bottom and pockets aro algo trimmed with lace. Tichus are in both white and binck lzcc, and also in crepe de chine, trimmed with lace.. They are in various de- &igns, but aro protty in their place. Spanish combs aro decidedlyin favor, and aro not only worn at tho top, but frequently on tho side of the head. The hair Las mouuted to the very top of the head, and in somo cascs is wound into such a very small pug that the contrast between, that and “tho extravagant chignons worn by the same ladies a fow months 2go is Iudicrous in the extreme. Tho rats and mico have becn safely putinto their little ncsts, and Nature introduced b; Fashion is trying to soo what sk can do unaide Gray lair is the lstest deerco for fashiouablo maids or matrons. Wo are blondes to-day, bruottes to-morrow, aud wear tho gray hair of old sge on the third day. Instead of olden Liair at 8ix, brown st six-and-twenty, and silver at sixty, we crowd tho threo iuto the space of a singlo year, and look sereucly unconscious of having dono apything unnatural, Banged boir s still in favor for braids, while soft finger-puls _ obove tha = fore- head is_preferred for darker hair. Giay. bair may be dressed in paffe, or with close, light, curling rings, brought down in a point on the forehend, ropembling n Mario Stuart coiffure. The plein and crimped Pompadour is also worn, and it is ramorod that the old whito wig is again to bo revived, and usédin place of powdered Liair. -Next follows, of course, the bright patch of rouge on tho chook-bone, and the grotesque paiches, though whether thoy will havo a politi- cal significance, a8 thoy once did, is a question. In conserucnce of the present style of wearing tho hair, scarf-veils havo again come into fash- ion. They are ticd around tho bat or bonnet. and all in loops and ends behind. They should Dbeaquarter of o yard wide, ond three yards long. LOOTS AND GLOES. For walking boots, plain kid stitched with black is most desirable, but for evening weur & now design is in_gray kid, tho upper of groy faille, with a roseitc to matel the_color of the dross'and trimmed with Inco placed on the in- step. Tho camaien boot is mado in faille of two shades to match reception costumes. Gloves in undressed kid will bo mnch worn this summer for morning toilette and travelling, while Plymouth gloves will e uscd Lo drive in, aud the finest of kid, with helf” s dozen buttons, for full carriago dress. Tho French embroidered -handkerchiefs are coming into favor, and stiff Jlarie Stuart rafls will bo worn becomingly by elight, graceful fig- ures. 3 Scraps 6f Iace, muslin, and ribbons, desig- nated caps, are worn by both young and Darriod Iadies with their morning toilettes, and are very coquettish, while long loops and ends of ribbons falling dovn from the left shoulder will form an ornement for both sireet and houso garments. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. TFrog green is tho latest now color. —Fanhionablo young lndies are wearing & wide ruching of tulle about the nack, a la Mario An- toinette. —The Greek fillot is much worn s s coifure for demi toiletto ; in full dress s small orect ai- grette, with o foather to match tho dress, i worn. K —Tho leaders of London socicty are eaid to havo become attached to black silk Loso. —The latest in chatelaines is of tortoise sholl, ‘with a beautiful vinaigreite of tortoise sholl, glass, and gold. —The two new dress matorials for spring wear are Indis camol's bair nnd vigogne, a light, solt woollen fabric. 2 : —The new Trianon fans, beside being very stylish, aro extremely comfortable and effective as zephyr-compellers: ¥ —Y.ong trains are now worn only for oceasions of grest coremony. For ordinary evening dress the demi-train is in favor. —Tho latést rovival of an old fashion is the tight Medicis sleoves, with a great puff at the fHouklas, sk ne one scen tn paintings. —Opera cloaks are frequently trimmed with tufts of roses. —It is very much the fashion this winter in New York fof young society men to givo Ger- mana and the like at thoir mother's Louses, is- suing the invitations in their own names. —The polonaiso promises to continuo being worn all through the spring. —Jéwelry made of jet and cut steel isthe proper thing for half mourning. . —Ciel blue is the favorito color for evening drossos and gros grain tho material. Trimmed with lace or white fur, a3 wo have secn it of late, tho effect is fine. —Tight-fitting, sleeveless sacques, of whito cashmere, heavily embroidered in black or colors, are {he latest stylo of opera cloaks. —In Paris the Rabagas bonuet still takes the lead, but it is varied a8 much as possible, as it is not very hecomini:, and there is no probability that it will remain Jong in fashion. —Blue will bo the leading color in spring silks. Lophophore, a mew shado of grecnish blue, is scen among the importatjans for early gpring woar. Turquoiss blue is also very fashionable. —The Castilian or Milanese comb is now so popular that very few youcg ladies appear in POl rens without one. 1t is sometimes piacod at the side, above & pyramid of curls and tor- sades. —Ball and soiree dresses are made of the most dinphenous materials, worn cither over silk or colored tarletans. This latter fashion has been introduced by one or two young married ladies among our léading elegantes, and has mot with groat favor for young ladics' foilets. —Le Follet says the bonnets now worn sre much improved since the modification in their shape. They aro still worn high, and quite back- ward on the head, with a string tied under the chin, or under the back hair, according to the atyle of the rest of the toilst. The Spenish veil ia'much worn, and is generally very becoming. Captain Jack’s Light Artillery. From the Jacksonrille (Oregon) Times., Something new in Indian warfare wes noticed by tho troops in the late battle. This was the ute by the. fnd.inns of s howitzer or small cannoa which it is supposod they ceptured from Gen- eral Jobn C. Fremont, or rather forced him to abandon, in 1846. The report it made was en- tirely different from that of the modern how- itzor, and was readily recognized by thoss famil- iar with ordnance of. olden times. The sound was like the voice of zn old friend strangely waists | metamorphosed into & cruel enomy. ladies, and, whero exira REVIEW OF AMUSEMENTS. “music. The opera seagon is over, and has proved to be the most Incrative oue ever known in this conn- try. As amatter of interast, we append the re- ceipts for aach night, which are correct (within' 2 few odd dollars) in each case. Tley wero as follows : " » Traviata (Rellog: 1700 f . 5,400 . 6, Linda (Kellogg) T Vsao ¥eb, 7, Don Giovann! (Lucea and Kellogg)..... 6,300 Feb, 8, Foust (LUCCA).vrsrnens. T 4000 Fob, 10, Mignon (Luces und Kellogg). 200 Teb! 11, Trovatore (Kellogg) 500 Feb. 12, Fra Diavolo (Luces 4,000 Feb. 13, (No opern)...... Feb. 14, Mnrringe of Figaro (L1 5380 Feb, 15, Mignou (Lucea and Kellogg). 5000 Total.ceerarirenns The musical standard of excellence has been uneven, and. not in proportion to the financial result. With the exception of Lucca, Kellogg, Jamet, end perhops Vizzani, the artists have been mediocre. The chorus and orchestra gen- erally bave been acceptable. Tho best perform- anco was that of * Faust,” and, all things con- sidered, it was the best performancoof * Faust " ever given here. *Mignon” comes moxt in ox- cellence. The worst porformance was that of “Fra Diavolo,” and, 'all things consid- ored, it was tho worst performance of “ Fra Diavolo " ever given here. ‘‘Trovatore” ranks next in budness, Lucea is undoubtedly tho best dramatic singor we have over had here, and Kellogg ono of the best vocalists. This is the summing up in brief of the season. Whether the ontertainments wore worth the price of ad- ‘mission, was for the public to decido. Evidently, the public thought they wera, or they would not have gono so liberally. The troupe leaves here to-dsy for Milwaukoe, whore Lucca will sppear 15 * Faust” on Monday evening, and Kellogg in “Crispino” on Tuesdsy evening. Thursdayand Friday the troupe will perform at Dotroit, and then leave for New York P THEODORE THOMAS. The two weeks of opera ars now to'be follow- ed by one week of instrumental music, which will be opened by Theodore Thomas and his or- chestra and closed - by tho Rubinstein Concort Troupe.- The Thomas concerts will occuras fol- lows: Feb. 17, at the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church ; Feb. 18, Union Park Congregationel Chareh ; also s matineo and evening performance on the 19tk at the same church; Feb. 20, at the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church. The concert on Wednesday evening will be of a memorial character, on which occasion Alr, Thomas will repeat the entire programme which was fi;‘zu ot his first appearance in Chicago. Of . Thomas a8 a conductor, or of his orchestra ns musicians, it_is certainly unnceessary for us to speak. ALr. Thomas brings with bhim for this gorics of concarts . Mr. Osgood, the teuor; Miss Anna Meblig, the pianist, and Jr. Ciarles Hem- ‘mann, "cellist, TlLo programme for the opening night is as follows: | i Overttire, * Egme Third Movement, * flat, op. 97.. Tolonaite Brilliant, Symphonic Poem, “ Tasso ... PanT I Ballet, “Rienzi ... s a, “ Boneath fhio Evening’s Las Sweet Smile,” b, “Le Secret, ¢, “Elegy of Tears,” 3Ir. George L. Ongood. Phantasiestucck, “ Des Abeuds,” Ballade, & tat. ... o Bhiss “Anna 3l Waltz, “ Artist’s Life,”. Selections, from * Precioss. BUBINSTEIN. Immediately upon tho conclusion of the , Rubinstein commences a brief ; 's Theatre. The finst concert will bo given Friday evening, the 2st inst., the second, Baturday aftcrnoor, and the third, n sacred concert, o Sunday evening. . THE APOLLO CLUB ives its second reception to its nssociate mem- ers, ot Standard Hall, on the 25th inst., upon which occasion the Club will sing » programme of the very highest order of excellence, includ- ing some of Liszt's, Rubinstein’s, and Wagner's music. The soloists on this occasion will be Mrs. O. L. ¥Fox, Mrs. O. K. Johnsou, and Messre. Gates and Foltz, the two latter being mombers of the Club. P THE OBATORIO SOCIETY is holding its rehearsals for the present on Thursday evenings at the new Swedenborgiau Church, corner of Union Park and West Wash- ington streots. Tho next concert and lecturo will pe given at the ond of this or tho beginning of noxt month, the lecturer being the Rov. Dr. Bwing. Eongs, H TURNER HALL. The programmo for the urner Hall concert, this afternoon, is as follows: 1. March—* On to the Fleld of Glory 2. Overture to “ Martha 7. 3. Potpourri—* Oifenbachiana 4. Overture to * William Tell 7. 5. Andaute from the D major Symphony. 6. Waltz— Fata Morgaua ™ 7. Potpourri from “ Fra Di 8. Overture to “ Egmont 9. Quadrille—* Amour ", 'GERMANIA CON The programme for the this.afterncon, is as follows. uc. @, “Most Merry » 6. Polia {IL Galop—* Victorls Regin "} %. Overturs to “ Nabuceo™ £, Firisle to “ Maritana ”. 9. Quadrille—* o5l Songs TIICAL NOTES. 3L Jules Simon has supplied the nocessary materials for the proposed monument to Auber. Mme. Titiens is pravented from singing by & severe attack of bronchitis. Herr Hans Von Bulow is making 2 prodigions seneation in Brussels by his pianoforte perform- ances. Signor Verdi will superintend the production of *“Aida" in the Austrian capital. M. Gounod's ““Romeo ot Julietto” has been produced for the first timo at tho Paris Opera Comique. It had a long run at the Lyrique. A new comic opers by tho Armenian composer Tikran, has just been produced at Constantino- ple. Itis entitled * Sherif Aga.” z A new tenor, whohas tho high C, has been singing at Brussels, in * William Tell,” with suc- cess. His namo is M. Roussel. Mrs. Charles Moulton goes to Havana to spend the remainder of tho winter. Her physiciang bave advised her not to ngo her voice for the present. Among the foreign artists now singing in Italy aro two English tenors, bearing, respec- tively, the celebrated names of Shakspearc and Byron. Brignoli threatened to suo tho Paris Figaro for presuming to question tho freshness of his voice and the modesty of his demeanor. A privato letter receivedin New York, from Madame Lontner, ssys Lucca is dissatisfied with her American geason, and wants to go home. All of which is bosh. M. Vivier, who is famod as ‘a player of tho French horn, besides being a composer of talent; has just lost his mother, who, at the adranc age of 90, was burned to death, her dress having caught fira by being too closo to & stove. _Misges Blanche Cole and Lucy Franklin, 3lr. Nordblom, Mr. Castle, and Mr. Aynsley Cooko are cx:inged by Mr. Gunn to perform s series of English operas this month st tho Gaiety Thea- tre, Dublin. DL Verger and Lemsire, having declared themselves bankrupts, the Italian opera season in Paris ander their direction is finally closed. Itis hoped the Government will emsble the artists {0 carry on tho theatre up to the usual period. At the Brighton Musical Festlval next month, Sir Sterndale Bennott, Sir Michael Costa, and Sir Julius Benedict will each conduct a composi- tion of his own, A uew cantata on Longfellow’s “ Evangeline,” by Miss Virginia Gabriel, will be among the ndvelties produced during thio festi~ v Mlle. Christine Nilsson has written from Rus- sia announcing her intention of plfiimg in Lon- don in the ensuing season in M. Balfe's iast opers, “Tho Talisman” (MS.), to be produced by Mr. Mepleson. Mme, Parepa-Rosa has also been nogotiating for the right of producing it in the United Btates. The Nee Berliner Musik-Zeitung ssse: Birch-Pfeiffer to be the author of the libretto of “L'Africaine.” This the French journals deny, maintaining {hat the work was mainly Scribe’s, and that the most Mme, Birch-Pfeiffer did wes to add some German verses st Meyerbeer's re- quest, when Seribe was out of the way. While the Rubinatein concert was in progress at the New Orleans Opera House, last Saturday afternoon, the cry of “ Fire!” was raised, and the usnsl'scenes of alarm and confasion fol- lowed: It transpired that some person in the upper tier had lifted up one of tho red curtains which there adorn the windows, and by some sudden freak of nature thero was_thrown a ray of bright reddish light into the circlo in such vividness as fo startle some ultrs norvous person u:_tun the premonitory cry, whence. camo all tho ovil. At the Opera Honsein Vienna, 48 operas and 9 ballets form tho repertoire. The only noveltios produced in 1872 were Herr Rubinstein's *¢ Fera- mors” (“Lalla Rookh”) and Weber's ** Abou Hasaan.” Tho works given tho most frequently were, Aleyerbeer's *fricaine,” M. Gounod's ¥ Faust,” Herr Wagner's ** Rienzi,” and Weber's *Der Treischutz.” The largest receipts were for Moyerbeer's operas. Operas by Gluck, Jlo- zart, Aubor, Flotow, A. Thomas, &c., were next in rotation. At Nice there is a Russian who made many millions of roubles by his spcculations. Ha rc- fuscsto go Into socioty, and receives t his house none but the persons whom he knew in Lis happy old days wheu ho had not a sou. To them ho makos little presents of a thoneand or two thonsand roubles, and 80 on, -He is an un- educated man, but passionately fond of music, &nd 4is one pleasure is to maintain an orchestra, Tie engagos by the year the best musicians ho can obtain; in the morming they take up their position at the end of = salon in'his villa, he sits down in his arm-chair at Lhe other end, and they play to him all day. _Rubinstein has found a couplo of remarkable pisniets in St. Lonis. .At a private enptertain- ment &t tho Conservatory of Music there on the 234 ult., the Knnkel Brothers played his “ Fan- tasie” in o style that drew many cxclamations of surprise andadmiration from the grand artist. When they had ended their performance Rubin- stein said tothe pianists : * Geutlemen, I must make you the compliment to say that this is the besttwo-piano playing I baveover listoned to,and it is the first time I have over Leard my own composition performed,excapt when I myself as- sisted. You have given me & now and delight- ful pleasure, too, for I now can sco mysolf a5 & composer as well a8 performer.” At his ro- quest the Messrs. Kunkel repeated their per- formanco, and he advised them to go to Europe and give concerts. Tho firat night of M. Diez's newopera in Paris is thus referred'to by the correspondent of the London Times: **‘La Coupe du Roi de Thula’ 1as been given ot tho opera. Ail that Paris con- tains of nobility, besuty, talent, or fortune seemed to have made a rendezvous of that first representation. The Comte and Comtesse de Paris, the Diics d'Aumale, de Nemours. and Montponsier, the Princes do Polignac, Thenin, ittgenstein, Chalons, and Sagan, the Duc de Rianzates,and the bearers of,a hundred other fa- ‘mous names, the princes of ' finance, of letters, of arts, the notabilities to whom people bow their lowest, and those who aro saluted by s wink, all these filled tho theatre, from pit to } gallory, applauding Faure with vehemonce, the scenery with enthusiasm, the ballet with ardor, and tho music with quiet gentleness. It is difli- calt to judge of an_opers by its first hearing, ‘but tho music of this one is pleasant and melo- dious, and not calculated to excite popular pus- sion or artistic indignation.” From Berlin we learn that st the invitation of thie Association for producing the * Stuge-Festi- val-Play,” * Der Ring der Nibelungen,” by Herr R. Wagmer, o, largo number of ladies and gen- tlumen attonded & meeting held a short time since. Herr W, Tappert, the Secretary, read a ro- port on the object of ‘the Association. From this report it appears that this object is not merely the production of *Der Ring der Nibe- lungen” at Basrenth, but its performance at Berlin also, in & theafre erocted espocially for the purpose. Subscription lista wero ready to Dand, and several rew members signed them. Every member has to pay 1 thalor entrance monoy, and an annual subscription of 4 thalers. Until the sticcess of the Dayreuth scheme is as- surcd one-half of the capital of the Association is to be devoted fo the purchase of patrons’ tickets (patronatsscheine), which will be .raflled for by thie members ; the other half will Do put out at interest for the projected perform- ance in Berlin, as will algo the entire capital of the Associstion, immediately the Bayrenth scheme is safe. The crowded tato of the room roved very plainly that in Berlin, a3 clsewhere, orr Wagner can hoast of a large number of partiana. According to the Gazzella d'Italia, the Pope was very angry on being informed that tho Ab- bate Franz Liszt not only allowed his daughter, Cosit.y, to renouace the Roman Catholic faith., for the’ purposo of being divorced from Herr Ii=ns von Bulow, and of becoming tho wifo of Horr Richard Wagner, but was ebsolutely ot the marriago, During ono'of his walks lately, ho oxclaimed : “That Liszt id really and truly thoroughly bad! Who would everbavebelieved it? Do you recollect my having the piano sent to Castelgandolfo, and, to amuse me, Liszt's play- ing mo a polka, which was so gracefully danced by Borromeo and Paccs, the latter_representing tho Indy?" Tho polks to which His Holiness al- Iuded was tho +* Polka_tremblant,” danced, with est fnccess, in the large Lmll of Castelzen- §oifo, by Cardinal Borromeo, who had not ten donuéd tho purple, and Moniiguor Pocca,ab that period Papal Chardberlain. Liszt played such a ruttling finale, and the two_ prelates twisted and turned with sach tromendous rapidity, that it was almost impossible to distinguish one from the other. The Arcadian speaks thuslearnedly of operat- ic prospects : On dit: That Lucea will-sing & four weeks' engage- ‘ment at tho Academy of Music, sud then leave for lavana, This in September and Cctober. Ondit: That Christine Nilsson is coming in Octo- ber, with Caponl! .Ondit; That Pattl (which Patti?) is coming with That Nilsson and Pattl are coming to- it: That Nilsson and Patti will sing fn “Mig- non " together, with Capoul und Faure On diz: This combivation may not appear at the Acadeny of Music, The truth of these bappy rumors wo do not vonch for; but we believe that tliere is somegood foundation for the reports, THE DRAMA. ICVICKER'S. The regret feltat the closeof the opers season will bo much tempered by the fact of the reap- pearance of Edwin Booth to-morrow, after an absence of threo years. The first play in which hewill appear, beginning to-morror, is Brutns, orthe Fall of Tarquin,” the cast being as fol- Jows: Luclus Junius, afterwards Brutus, Bextus, -Edwin Booth Second Roman, Third Roman. Meswenger. Tulll, wifs (o Farquin Tarquis nyliter. L:gmirw Chllatinis Fhora MeAllister Lasinis, ber maid..... ..Emma Marble During his engagement, Mr. Dooth will also appear in “The Fool's Revenge,” “ A New Way to Pay Old Debts,” *Hamlet,” ‘Richelicu,” 4 Richard Third,” * Othello,” etc. HOOLEY'S. « David Garrick™ has been dropped, and s re- placed this woek by that well-kuown and attrac- tive comody, the * Serious Family,” with the following cast: .Mr. John Dillon Ir. Jas. C. Padget 3Ir. John W, Blaisdell A, .Miss T. Selden This is accompanied by the play of ¢ Barney tho Baron,” in which Dilion takes the leading part. The latest success at the Fifth Avenue Theatre is in rehearael for early production, and “The Gentle Savage,” “Peril; or Love at Tong Branch,” and Aloxe,” areamong the plays which will soon be given. ACADENT OF ¥USIC, Miss Carlotts Lo Clereq closes her engage- ment at the Academy this evening, when ehe will sppear a3 Rosalind in a German translation of *‘As You Like It.” Daring the week, Brougham's new play of *John Garth, or True to Himself,” which has had a successful un of ten weoks at Wallack's, will bo given, the leading parts being taken by Miss Annie Firmin, s young lady with golden hair, and by Mr. John Jack, who is stated to bean eminent American sctor. The plot of this play has long ago been published, but for the benefit of those 5% have forgotten it, it may be sald that it is eminently gensationsal, including among its dra- malis persone, a galley slave who is given to murder, s penitent thief, and four loviug hearts, which, after many trials, are finally united in matrimonial bonds. Miss Firmin, the charming vocalist with the golden hair, takes her benefit Friday evening, when there will be produced for tho first timo in Chicago a;drama, adapted from the storyof ¢ Lord Thurston’s Danghter,” which appeared in the Ledjer entitled “ Wife of Two."” The cast of “ John Garth " is as follows : : .John Jack The enterprising manager of . this popular place has succeoded in geiting up an entirely Dew programme for the week, which will be a8 sttractive and profitsble. as its pradecessors. It consists, in _the first part, of new ballads .and comic songs, conclading _with The Bessons,” with imitations 'of birds, locusts, frogs, ete., o porformance which will awaken sweet memdries of spring in the hearts of allwho hear it. In addition to this, there is o grand challenge clog dance, mystic changes by A_rhugton, the burlesques of ““The Rival Ar- tists,” * Love in All Corners,” and “Turn Him Out,” in which Rice, Arlington, a2d the others take a part. The burlesque of * Robert Make- airs” f¢ still in active preparation, together with other great novelties, wluch will be brought out in rapid succession. i THE GLODE. The thrilling and exciting sensation at this laco daring tho week is tho great play of “Neck and Nock,” which counts among its scenic attractions, a public execation on the scaffold, prevented only by the serving of a supersedeas at tho last moment, and the por- :ut&u-: ofn;sxpl:usa train Abau':. l‘:fl bo shat- red to atoms in a quarry, which quarry. ac- cordiug to tho bills, ia - profgreed by & miracio” from the demoralization which would reeult from an express train butting into it. Mr. E. T. Stotson, the popular- young tragedian, takes the prominent part in the play. GESERAL GOSSTP. ‘‘Sam* had a run of seven weeks on tho stage at Wallack’s. Mra. Scott-Siddons has been giving readings in New York. The Majiltons are at the Grand Central The- atre, Philadelphia. MMr. Frank Drew recently appeared in London, at Egyptian Hall. 3 Thirty-six dramatic compositions were copy- righted'in Washington in 1872, Mention is made of the recent publication of an zutobiography of Vestvali. e e 2Mr. Jobn E. Owens, it is said, will establish theatro and museum in Baltimora. Mrs. Chanfran has recovered hor health. She acted in Philadelphia on the 3d inst. Mr. Barnoy Williams will be in Loadon_this month, and will, probably, act there, in Irish drama, " Ford's new Opera Houge in Washington will be opened next month, Mi#s Cashman appear- ing at the initial performance. Five hundred maidens appear.in the new bal- let * Blanche de Nevers,” now drewing crowded houses at La Scala, Milan. Lirs, John Wood intends to visit Californis, next Juno, and to reappear in London, on thé 18th of next October. Misi Agnes Ethol sooms to have been very snccessfal in Baffalo. Sho is now acting at the Boston Globo Theatre. When Mr. Sothern acted David Garrick in TLondon, st tho Eaymarket Thicatro, tho play had 2 run of over 200 nights. Mr. Robort Stoepel, the musician, has dspart- ed for England, being under engagemant to Mr. ‘Bateman, tho manager. Tt is nnderstood that Mr. Daly has purchased tho MSS. of Dumas’ play of Clande's Wife,” and Sardou’s play of “ Uncle Sam.” Thirty horees and fifteen ponies participate in the performance of ‘The Cataract of the Ganges,” at the Grand Opera House. . Mr. John E. McDonough, tho actor, haa de- parted for Englend, on professional business, intending to remain abroad eeveral months, The New York Tribune complains that the stage is threatened with the acting of * that val- gar burlesque performer, Misa Elise Holt." Mr. ond 3rs. Barney Williams and daughter sroin France. They bave engaged passaga for New York in the Scotis, leaving Liverpool May 29. Charlotte Cuehman is_announced (o act in Mobile—as Queen Catharine and Lady Macheth. Mr. Lawrence Barett will play IWolsey ud Macteth. During & dance at Niblo's, on_the 1ith, Mile. Pitteri was presented with_a large floral ship with a cargo consisting of a rich set of diamond and jet jewelry. 4 Tho Boston Gazetle announces that Charles R. Thorne, Jr., is to_commence 2 starring en- gagemont in that city, Feb. 17, openingin *Tho Three Guardsmen.” ’ A playentitled ¢ Rachel the Reaper” was produced, on Monday night Iast, at the Doston "heatro.* 1t is an-adaptation of Charles Reade's story, * Clonds and Sunshire.” Mr. Barnum is active in preparation of his new Menagerie, Circns, and Museum. Shipments of wild animals and other curiosities for his show have already arrived The receipts were $1,700 on the opening night of the Lydia Thompson BurlesqueFronpe st the New Orleans Academy of Music, Jan. 13. Troth is still profitable. $ Miss Neilson reappears at Booth's Theatre on the 12th of May. She will have acted, in the interim, nt Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Ciu- ciunati, St. Louis, Baltimoro, and Washington. Ar. Daly's now American play, in preparation at the Grand Opera House, is baged on a Parisian reviow and on some of the adventures of Mark Twain, and is entitled Roughing It.” The return of Kato and Isabella Bateman to this country, noxt fall, is positively aunouuced. Among their novelti 1l be Mr. W.G. Wells' play of “Charles I.,” which has created so much discussion in London.” Miss Charlotto Thompson, who continues to injure herself by actiug in ** One Wife,” ro- coived o _complimentary benefit at Pittsburgh, Ta., on the 318t inst., tendered by leading citi- zems. The death isannounced of Mr. Gilbert W.ell, on Ethiopian screnader, known as “ tho Orig- inal Bones.” Ho was a native of New York, and aged 42 years. His grave is at St. Helon's, Lan- cashire, England. Mr. Booth, in playing Hamlel, has fre- quently used, in the grave-yard sceno, the skull of a horse-thief named Glover, who was hanged in the West for stealing borsés, and who be- queathed his skull to the elder Booth, a8 & me- mento. Tt is rumored that a theatro is to be built for Mr. Sothern, at the junction of Broadway and Trventy-second streot. The project originated, it is #aid, 1n the Manhattan Club, and already a committea of gentlemen has been appointed to attend to the details. . Among the MS. playa that were burned in the Fifth Avenue Theatra fire, on Now Year's Day, was Miss Olive Logan's new comedy, called * West Point "—which, however, the lady will rewrite, we are told, from memory and orig- inal notes. Fox's American Theatro, Philadelphis, is to be fomigsted, and made into a place suitable for family resort. Drinking and smoking are now prohibited ; order will bo preserved, snd mfin‘if called “‘gentlemen’s pight " will be die- Nixon, the bill-poster, who i3 now in the Tombs charged with the marder of Pfeifer, in Chatham square, was a terror to theatrical man- agers, and most of them found it to their inter- est to emgloy him to prevent him from destroy- ing their bills by pasting them over. Eastern critics frequently allade to Fechter's “ gtrong German accent”—whereat F. must be highly amused, for he can't speak a word of Ger- man ; bias tried o leam tho language, and has given it up in despair. His ** accent” is French, Which he masterad at an early age. Ho could nffeakn fow words of it when only two years old. Alixe” has drawn crowded houees at Daly's Naw Fifth Avenue Theatre. Saturday nights at tkis house are to ba devoted to special novelties —distinct from the play that may happen to ba the eatablished attraction. * New Year's Eve” was given on tho 8th inst. A quartotte of Rus- sian formers on the French horn has been sdded to the orchestra at this theatze. The Philadelpnia Press makes this remark: «Nowspapers alresdy givo the thoatres far more for their money than any other class of their patrons. The criticisms written in the interests of art and of the people must revert to the bene- it epecially of the theatre. These are always gratuitous, and, though given by no sgreement 4 in which Mrs. Thomas “Barry, with the msnagers, ara by these gemlemen Tookod upon 88 their right,” Appletons' Journal answers the guestion, «Vhio deserves hisging? ” by suying: * At the theatre let them indignantly hiss 'the musiciang who come stumbling noisely into their places in the midst of the important.scene at the close of eachact. Let them hias late comers, who Lieedlessly bustle into their seats, to the disturb- ance of the whole agsombly; hiss the men and women who rush from their places before the playis_over; hiss, relentlessly hiss, the chst- toring sud noisy groups 8o often assemblod in the private boxes.” 1t will be remembered that after the burning of the Fifth Avenne Theatre the company re- ceived no benefit, contrary to custom.. This was evidently tho desire of the members of the com- pany, for, after the opening. of the naw theatre on Monday night, Mr. Daly found in_his private oftic a beautiful clock, worth probably. 3500. Seeing the striking piece of. property, and sup- posing it had been put there by mistake, he was on tho-point of ordering it away, when his atten- tion was attracted - by the inscription plate, on which he read: “Presented to Mr. Augustin Daly, by the ladics and geutlemen of the Fiftk Avenue Theatre Company.” Tho New York Herald of the 8th inst. containg the following obituary notice: Joseph Pentland, tho veteran and widely known American stage clown, died in New York sesterdsy, tiso 7ty instaut, 3¢ tho hour of 8 olock in the fore- moon. Ho was carried off by an attack of s savers dis— eus ‘which fiuaily etilled tho workingd of brain whick in more youthful days prompted him to those profes- sional demonstrations of fun, hurior, and quaintness which bave delighted thoussds and thousands of the young folks, and made children of a larger growth to laugh'ut moments when the sctor himseif has been iz reslity sad at Leart, Joseph Pentland, * 01 Joo,” was native of Boston. He mado his first appearancein New York years ago at Niblos Garden, in conjunction with Cooke’s Itoyal Circur. "In 1841 he was connected with an eqiestrian_establishment known s the Am- phitheatre, and afterwards sppeared in Philadelphia in 1846, Sincy that time hio won the foremost rank among equestrian_clowns, and was for years the most; popular and successful of them, He travelled exten- sively with many different companica, and, last of all, appesred with Lents Circus, in Fourteenth street, from which he retired during th season before last, bis facuities having been reudered unrelisble by soft- cning of tho brain. ' His age was 57 years. He waa principal clown in Howe & Cushing's. Circus, and had Deen in the show business all his lifv. He was former- 1y proprictor_and manager of a cirgus, He was very correct in his ‘deportment and ‘speech, and wia strictly temperate, ‘Ho. travelled, in his professional eapacity, through all tho States add Tersitories of tho fon. s THE BARRY BENEFTT. ‘Mr. Thomas Barry, & portion of whose career a8 manager and actor was identified with Chica- 80, on the 7th inst. was the recipient of & grand testimocial benefit at the hauda of the citizens of Boston, the past generation of theatre-goers being prosent in large numbers. The receipta werd very large, and the occasion a completa success. Upon tho firat page of the programma were the. following lines: ‘* Compliméntary benefit to Mr. Thomns Barry, for forty years counected with the Boston stage, on Fridsy aftornoon, Feb. 7, 1873. Quod Honum, Feliz, Faustumgue Sit."" “This was the noblest Roman of themall, His lifo wss gentlo, and the dlements . Bo mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the World, * This was a man.'» D —Juliua Carsar, The cntertainment opened with Cherubini's overturo to ** Anacreon” and * Auld Lang Syne,” Dy the orchestra, and tho curtain then Lfted on tha screen scene from the ““ School for Scandal,” Floyd, Mr. Sheridan, and Mr. Harkins appeared. In response to the persistent ug:}mae of the audience, Alrs. Basry then came before the _cur- fain, conducted by Mr. Booth. Mrs. Bary simply bowed ; said, feolingly: #I thank you," and withdrew. Mr. Dooth remained, and sajd that Mrs. -Barry bad intended addressing the audience herself, but had finally concluded to nssign the duty o him, and in her bebalf he read the following letter from Mr. Barry: ‘Boszox, Feb. 7, 1873.—J. B. Boors, Esq.—My Dear Sir: Confined to'my chamber by » painfal malady, L regret to say I shall bo unable toappear beforemy Xind friends this day, to thauk them for tieir generosity to snold and, T trust, faithful servant. I must therefore seek out some kind friend 10 do the office for me, and. 1 respectfully‘solicit the favor at your hands. Forty years ago T entered Doaton & perfect stranger ; {ts citi~ Zens received mo kindly, ond that kinduess bas mot deserted me for 3 singlo moment, Of tho past I can ouly say that I lave endesvored to discharge my duties to the public both cs 3 man and & manager, and that I have not altogether falled the testic moufal benefit 18 & convincing proof. . But coough of myseH ; let me speak of the subject nearest my heart, To the kind friends who conceived and i-rought 1o such a sucrcssful termination-this tes- timonial, my grateful thanks are offered. To the Pproprietors of the different papers, and their asaist- ants, my grateful acknowlediients are due. To the artiats of the diiferent theaftes, and the geaflemen of the orchestrs, I offer the thanks of a grateful heart, , To the ptficers aud attdcnea of this establish~ raent, who so dly volunteered to aid their old man- ager, "I proffer thanks, To the talented young ‘lady, Miss Neilson, who so kindly stepped forward to assist a stranger, my gratitude is proffered ; and though last, not least, sir, to yourself, lessce of the Bostor. ‘Theatre, who hate generously given the nse of your house fren of charge; Mr. Cheney, proprietor of the Globe, and Meawrs, liich & Stetson, mausgers of the Howard Atheneum, whoall generonsly’csme to my 2id, T proffer gratofal thauks and scimowledgments. To’ ono and all who have generously voluntcercd thelr aid, I present my thanks, May the sun of pros- perity shin upon them all. May their happiness ba s unbounded &8 my wishes. Respectfally yours, - Trowus Bankr. Miss Neilson followod, reciting_Teanyaon's * Charge of the Light Brigade™ with great fire and spirit, and bringing down the housoina storn of applause. Mr. Craig’s burleaque of ¢ Camille " ras next upon tho programme, and was given with the same cast as atthe Craigbon3 ofit. ~ Mr. Couldock’s sppearznco heing prevent- ed by illness, Mr, Aldrich's recilation of * Tha Eridge of Sighs " was moved forward upon the programme, and preceded Maflitt's neries of fab- tear entitled *“Tho Comauckes, or The Perilsof Troutier Life,” in which Mattitt, Bartholomosw, aud others of the Howard Company appearcd. ‘fhe entertainment concluded with the musical burletta of ““Jenuic Liud,” introducing aa Jenny ZLeatherlungs Miss Mary Shaw. t - Though I em cld, =nd Time is shaking - Hisglasa,say Fatest sands to draia, Vet often witl muy thoughts, forsaking The gloom of age, ronm back agein To where New E s rushing torrents Sweep down the deil in brightest sheea, And thea I almost fecl abhorrence For the dull preirie’s chang-lesy scene, But, when I louk above, at even, The blessed stars I saw of yore Still deck the azure vari: of Heaven, And I am in my yoirii cuce wore, A soldier of the Revolution My father was, and, when the njght Was gemmed with stars in rich profusion, And Winter, silent in his might, Had laid his spell on lake and river, ‘The weary sentiuiel must keep His nightly vigil, though be shivers,— Not his to think of food or slep, And 80 he made it recreation To see the plancts westward roll, And watch the many constellations t slowly circled round the pols. Accustomed thua his thoughts to fashion From gazing on the winter-sky, Astronomy became a passion, Unchilled by stern adversity, Never could Time efface tho leason His mind roceived, and at fourscore 8till seerned a3 vivid the impression. As if bestowed the day before. , Few books be had, perhiaps the number A achoolboy's satchel might contain 3 But they were read, aud did not cumber With uselesa loro the weary brain, He did not prate of war and glory, Bloody recitala wonld not piease, But told us many a comic story Abont tho pilfering Rofugees ; And often, on a winter-evening, And we, our mirth and frolic leaving, - Tould hear him tell thus o'er and o'er. . “That constellation 1s Orion, - With three bright stars in oblique row ; And, east, that lone star is Procyon, In Canis Minor ; and below, Southwest, from this, is Sirfus, clesrest Of the fized stara, znd holds its sway Oer Canis Major, and looking neavest, - Tuough many million leagues awsy. That star that shines with ruddy lustre, Weat from Orion some degrecs, Te Aldebaran ; and that cluster Still farther west s Plefades; To Taurus they belong, the xeond Sign in the zodisc; and, when Some twenty-five degrees youve reckoned. Due west, yon will find Aries then, Now one more sign we'll ind, the last for * This evening, and my lesson’s domo; Ses yon two stars,—the northern Castar, And Pollux is the southern one; In Gemini, and from Procyon Directly north, those bright stars £nd croasing the meridian nigh on To the eame minute with that star.” And thus ho taught us, often sealin; ‘His lessons with this precept pll!nK: # Let never fraud or double-dealing Tpon your actions leave a stain:'” That humblé life a 80 plessan Now looking mfmh any y:'sfl, And oft will Memory mar the present And fill my eyes with useless tears ; That voice long, since was hushed forever, Yot still I grieve, though all in vain, That parents, brothers, sisters, never In that dear home willmeet again. BLug IsLaxD, 1L, Feb, 12,16, ~ Avsg Tavzs, ; l f ¢ f H | i ! i i i | i