Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 5, 1874, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. APRIL 5, 1874 POP-CORN cheering News for the Farming Com- munity, Procesy of Manunfacturing this Article of Food. The Enormous Profits of the Re- tailers. ‘Expsansion of the Business. #he farmers of the West who constantly com- plain of excessive rates of trausporiation for ¢heir ceresls ook for relief not merely to legisla- -tion which shall reduce freight-tariffs, but to ‘the increase of consumption in their immediato peighborhoods, and the growth of manuiactories in their own cities and villages, which shall work gp their surplus wheat and corn. Every flouring- mill, every distillery} is regarded by the farmersas » benefactor, and it is probable that the most ar- dent country crusader,who sighs when she thinks of the thousands of bushels of grain aonually converted ioto intoxicating bnverngcs} would, rom patriotic reasons in view of the fact that the work must be done somowhere, prefer that the grain ehould be converted into liquor here than in any other part of the world. - Whother or not the day will' coms when Chicngo, instead of being the great cereal market of the world as at present, will be a huge bread and cracker fac- tory and distillery, supplying the bullk of the wntside worid with all the different articles, solid aud liquid, 1nto which cercals are converted, is just now & mattor of conjecturs only. At the sume time every step, no matter how small, towards this dovoutly-to-be-wisbed consumma. tion 18 worthy of notice. Bo, bow the farmers will rejoice when tbey Jearn that an indu:r{u expanding snd growing in Chicago which will supply a market for all the com they have, and may run op its price 2 or 8 oents a bushel. Simple and unpretending s8it may seem, it yet supplies & vearning of caildhood, and a longing from which even old s3eis not exempt. -This business is_the wanu-~ fscture of pop-corn, and business rapidly attain- Ing gimantic proportions. fn other days weaving, shoemaking, and other trades were carried on in private houses. Now they are concentrated in large establishments, Eo is it with pop-corn, once manufactured by every Eastorn fireside, when winter came to mdden the year; but now mede no longer by individual enterprise, but conducted on a larger rexle, requiring the employmont of capital, e old memories which surround the corn-popper of ottier days are all gune, eud that is the only e feature about the business. The romance «of pop-corn bas departed ; it in all o matter of business now ; but still that will not displeaso toe farmers. A week ago the conversion, in 8 Chicago fac- tory, of Wester flour into Western macaroni was described in TrE TRIBUNE, Siuce then, an- other, factory, in which prairie-producis are worked up for home consumption, has been vis~ 1ted, and, though not so important to the adult portion of the community as the macaroni~ estsblishment, its existenco is, to the young folks, 3 much more serious matter. TRE FACTORY issituated in rear of No. 207 West Harrison street, aud the article it turns out is “ pop~ cora.” This peculiar confectionery has its enc-~ mies among those of older_age, many of whom find it dry, unpalatable, and decidedly indigesti- ble, sad “prefer their corn worked up inio as juicy or liquid & shzpe as possible ; but the fat of those of tenderer age has gone forth indors- ing pop-corn, and tho dicia of 2 thoussnd medi- cal facnities ‘conld not remove the gay-colared, tissuecovered bails from the stand of the street-veuder. After al, it is doubtless as na- tritious and digestible as sponge-~cake, and in- finitely more picasant to the taste than chewing- tobacco. TOE PROCESS ‘which the corn underzoes, to give it the snowy, ‘pufly appearance which it presents to the admir- ing gaze of those who walk on Mdison street, is gimple in the extreme. The factory above- oontioned 18 sitnated in the top story of the Vuilding. Its apparatns is very eimple, consist— ing of a circalar stove with an open top, in which is kopt a bright hard-coal fire. The corn used is of two kinds, known respectively es * white flint " and *‘rice " corn, The former is that from which the ne plus ultra pop-corn, wbhite znd flaky a5 _scow, and with esch blossom as large as'a hickory-nut, is produced; whila the latter produces the second quality, which is neither £0 white nor so large. 'The pop-corn cob is quito small, the grain very close set, as hard and glistening as polished granite, Aftor being ghelled, the corn, & pound at a time, is putin TRE ‘‘POrrER,” ; 2 wire box about 2 feot in length by a foot'in ‘breadth and §inchesindepth. The popper is then moved to and fro over the fire, and in the courso of about a minute aod a half & grain suddenly Teaps into the air and falls back again among its feliows, transformed into a ministure snowtall. Other explosions follow, and in & momont the ‘popper is filled with frantic graina which cut the wildest capers, and puff, pop, and bang away Tatil nothing is seen through the wires but a mass of white. The popping over, the mann- facturer takes the popper from the fire, opens it, and relesses the fragrant pop-corn. TIHE COLORING. At this moment the pop-corn is- decidedly table, but it requircs furthor preparation fore it can tempt the nickel from the pocket ofits yonng admirers, to whom & sugary flavor is indicpensable. This, a8 well as the roddish tint with ~hich much of the pop-corn is orna-~ mented, is imparted to it by touching it up ar- tistically with sirup which has been colored with 40 sdmixtare of cochineal. TIE FINAL TOUCHES, . The pop-corn is then ready for the final opera- ton, the rolling it into balls. These are of Lwo £izes,—that which sells for 1 cent, and is about the size of & base-ball, and the 5-cent a1ze, which is gomewhat smaller than tho toy-bal- loons, which are already beginning to assert Ives in mid-air this season. THE PROFIT 1mado by the retail dealer is exactly 100 per cent, Loboying the balls, which he eells ac a cent 2piece, at 50 cents a hundred, while the 5-cent Balloons he buys at $2.50 a hundred, The Har- Zison strect manufacturer atates that one barrel of white-fiint corn will make sixtecn barrels of gfipwm while n burrel of rice-corn pops itself to o ght. The corn used for popping is Erowm Lostly in Wisconein, one farmer alone in that State having 200 acres under cultivation for production of the white-flint variety. OPES FOB THE FUTURE. The manufucturer states that in s short time he hopes to be able to increase his faciities so that he can produce not only the pop-corn balls, butalso pop-corn cakes of all kinds, and & peculiarly” delightfal combination of pop-corn 2ad molagses, which the youth of Chicago have Japg sighed for, and need no longer sigh in vain. But pop-corn hias usesoutside of its capacity of huni the appetite. At a recent mesquerade- ball the manufactarer got up a fancy aress for a young lady, bedecked with the flaky edible, and 3 set of jewelry mado from such of the exploded 28 54 aro of unusual size sud clearess of k. At a church bazaar in an_Eastern city he bullt a pop-com pyramid, 15 feet in beight, which was sdmitted to be the handsomest thing the room. What other employments for this Peculiar article lio undiscovered it is difficult to By, butthere isno doudt that the Harrison- Btreet man will keep pace with fhem. GIGANTIC INCREASE. Of the flourishing nature of this business it Wil be eufficiont to state, that, sinceit etartod, in Ebe beginning of tho year, it hes incroased in ¥alue nearly 6,000 per cent. When he siarted the factory he'estimated the value of his ma- Ebinery and business connectiops at $5; to-day o would pot part with bis machinery sione for . Is there any other business in Clicago, mfluf&cfnring or otberwige, which can show an *qually rapid rate of increase ? INDIAN WARFARE IN TEXAS. T the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sm: Inoticein your issueof yesterday an Mticle on a recent fight between a scoutiug party b? United States soldiers and some Indians, on $be Doable Mountain Fork of the Brazos River, 1o Texzn ; wherein, I am convinced, you do much Infustico to a brave and efficient officer and the £r00ps under his command. You say the soldiers killed sixteen Indians, in- ¥inding one squaw, and carred off their scalps 38 trophies. Now, I am personally acquainted 5ith Capt. Les, the officer in command, and I i satisfied that he would not be likely to allow bis oldiers to mutilate the dead ; and, having oiten boen on ecouts with those ver / goldiers, L 1 also convinced that they would not be guiity b8 aay guch brutal action, even were such per- Jaiesion accorded them. Tho mistake, inmy opinion, is easily explained. Ehare & w2l triby of Indiane—tho Toukswas —stationed at Fort Griffin, who accompany as scouts all troops which leave the post, they be- ing enlisted 38 sconts by the Government. Be- ing the hereditary foes of the Kiowas and Co- manches, and of all prodatory Indians who make incureions into Toxsas, they lose no op- portunity of scalping their dead enemies; and it haa been found impousib‘a to prevent them doing so. That such has been the case in_ this instance, is the natural supposition. As for the killing of the equaw, any one who has sesn Indians mounted will admit thatit is almost impossible to dis- criminate between 8 man and & woman, The dress 18 almost similar; they rido alike; snd it takes & very quick and ex- erionced eys fo mnote ‘the difference. t is slso rather unusmal for mquaws to accompauny marauding or war parties of In- diana; and I think tho soldiers should not be blaxed for not noticing what more experienced eyes than theirs have often failed to ses. Your strictures upon Capt. Lee and his com- mand are, in my opwnign unjust, and likely to impair the efficiency of traops in s section of caqu where thoir services are very much need Hexey D. GReca. Cr10100, April 5, 1874 REVIEW OF AMUSEMENTS, THE DRAMA. The theatres having been generally given np to musical entertainments during the ‘past week, a review of the drawmatic performances for that time must necessarily be brief. In a fow words, there has been very little dramatic interest ehown for that time, and very littlo dramatic talent. The chief interest for last week was in the fact that its succeesor was to be as brilliant asitself wasdull. We look forward to the events of the present weok with considerabje interest, inasmuch as the legitimate dramais to be re- vived at the the three leading places of amnse- ment under circamstances which command at- tention. With the bills of McVickor's, Hooley's, and the Academy before us, we find in prospect ample amusement for the theatre-going public. At McVicker's, Jane Coombs will reanimate * The School for Scandal,” playing her favorite role of Lady Teazle. Miss Katherine Rogers will open an engagement at Hooley's, which cannot but be popular and profitablo, commencing with “Romeo and Juliet,” whilo Miss Ettio Hender- son will appear in & new piece, by Bartley Camp- bell, entitled ** Littlo Sunehine,” at the Academy of Music. Inaddition to these legitimato st tractions, there will be two varieties theatres in operation, and Arlington’s Minstrels at Myers' Opern-House. 1In fact, though the dramaticsea~ 0n is drawing to a close, the attractions do not show auy sigus of falling off. , MVICKER'S THEATRE. The name of Jaue Coombs is too well known in. Chicago to warrant any extended personal notice of thi¢ popular Isdy, Who has pleyed in Chicago every season for the past four years. It will be enough to remind tho reader that she is the care-~ ful and accomplished oxpouent of the master- pieces of dramatic literature, and one of the un- Tortunately Jimited number of truo artists this country can boast of 1o-day. Duringthe present week Miss Coomba will play in four pieces,as fol- lows: Monday and Tucsday, ** School for Scan- dal ;" Wednesday aud Thursday evenings, * Tho Hunchback ;" Fridsy and Batnrday evenings, * Love's Bacrifice,” and at the Saturday matines ** The Love Chase.” This gives her a wide fleld for exhibiting her vorsatility in the rendition_of characters utterly diesimilar. The cast of * The School for Scandal” will be as follows : Lady Teazle, Jano Coombs Bir Peter Tea: 3, Rainford Charles Surfuce, -James O'Neill rederick Bock F. R, Pierce Weston -Geurge Holland Edwin Stuart W, H, Sexmour .F, C. McVicker -1 31, Brown Joseph Surface. Sir Oliver Surface, Bir Benjamin Backbite W, 3. Hurley Sir Harry. . H, X, Wilson Lody Sneerwell's Sorvant Sidney Young Joseph Surface’s Servuut. 0. W. &, Lavell Emms Marble -Mrs. Stoneall Syers Thoso who had the good fortune to witness the performauce of this piece, with another star in the leading role, will remember with pleasure the general excellence of the support given by ihe company. Mr. Rainford's Sir Peter Teazle and Mr. Pierco's Qliver Swrface received warm commendation. Porhisps it would not be tres- passing upon the good nature of Mr. Barron to implore him, in anticipation of a crowded house, to have programmes enough to supply every- body. Tho movelty of such a praceeding would add’ to the enjoyment of tho performance very ‘materially, HOOLEY'S THEATRE. “ Risks," a8 we have carefully pointed omt when occasion offered, is & elender specimen of the parlor-drama, angular, graceloss, and poor. Heuce Mr. Hooley had no right to expect a driv- ing busivess from jt. That it drew tolerably wag 2 picce of good fortune quits out of Mr. Hooley's usual live, Tho events of the week were tho benefit of Mr. Soggs on Monday, and that of Mr. J.J. Sullivan on ¥riday. The latter was, 83 wo oxpected, an unique performance. Alr. John Dullon piayed ** Richard I1L." with such wonder- ful gravity as to convulee the audience thronsh- out the entire act. The incnngruxly of the thing wa's0 astonishing that it needed no drilling on Mr. Dillon's part toexcite laughter. Mr. Sulli- van wag fortunate in meeting his deserts ina crowded bouse. To turn from the past to tho future, however, brings us face toface with Miss Katherine Rogers, & lady who bas won from the cities of the Far West most unusual praise. An entiusiastic admirer sends us in the foliow- iog notice of the lady, from which for the pres- ent we modestly withhold an indorsement : This lady, who appezrs for the first time in Chicago on Monday night, in Juliet, is preceded by a fiattering Tecord. 8he 15 said £o be the only legitimato descend- ant of the groat liue of sctresses of which Mrs: Sid- dons and Miss O'Neil were the ancestral igures. She 18 recognized in London as the onty artist who can ful- fill the entire range of the crama, from Lady Macbrth to Lady Teazle, combining the volume and passion essential totheone with thegraco and delicacy re- quired for the other. Shoburst likeameteor on the Pa~ cific Slopo some moxtlis 3go, and carried San Francisco and Sacrameuto by storm ; Virginis City theu became 8 captive, and the fundamental principles of Salt Lake City wero profoundly affcoted during the fortnight £00 turned the hoads of that polygamous community. Miss Bogers is of the quality of actress 10 which Mits Cusbman and Madame Janauschek belong ; and, if among thoee who are now rising into eminence, or may mention her and Miss Clara Morris, we would say they will divide the range of dramstic character satis- factorily between them, 3lss Rogers, taking the high legitimate drams, grand and poctic, botk in’ tragedy snd comedy, while Miss Mor- beging _where Miss ' Rogers lcaves off, {ages the modern society play and domestic drama, infense snd realistit, They fill the epace, leaving 1o room for competitors, Neitber Miss Rog- ers nor Miss Morris are what may be called “ 8peci- men ” sctressea; We mean artiets who plsy & small repertoire, having only o few crack parts and nothing beyond. There's the hope in them, Dramatic au- thors can regard them as fnspiring creatures who can mount with their highest flght of poctry or realizo thelr most touching situations. But chiefly in such actresses as Miss Rogers Teside tho hup:_’fingl the Lady Sucerwell, Mre, Candour., fret slage. The taste for this - better of drams_ {8 reviving, thanks to the surfelt we have bad of burlsque, and there {8 hope that {f fragedy is bankrupt in New York, if Boston and Philndelphia are debauched by varicty BL10wE, thero 18 o home for the intelloctual drama in the West, and Chicago aud San Franeisco will become the centre of its gravity. Why, then, let us bave actors and actresses of our <¥nl” Those who have traveled East and to Europe can testify that our theatres equal the fincstin the world, our audlences are n cultureand in taste infexior 10 none ; we tolerate notling but the best. Let usraise our own celebrities, nor demy in onrselves the intelli- geuce and discernnicat we _lmow we poscess. Misa Katherine Rogers is rppreciated by the higher clasa in. Loadon sud New York, but fonnd 1o thea- tre in eitler cily devoted fo the only kind of rloy in which her excellence is available. So she et West,” and found the “ many ™ of the West had the same tsste as the fewin the East. Thoy said: 4 Hero is great actrees who has not been heralded in the press ; whose praiscs are pot the theme of mural Iiterature; who has not baen illustrated on the dead— walls and fences like ¢ Sozodont " or the Centaur Lini— ment; who hasno agent trumpettongued! Why is thix thue 77 These aro the common clements of success. We sro glad to tind that mauy of the be:ter clas of artists de- cling to borrow them fromithe circus. whers they belong. The above is high praiss of ths lady, but does not exceed thatof the California press, We await ber appearance, therefore, with interest. Thecast of characiers -will rather try Hooley's company, especially in tbe sccondary parts. There aro some among them who probably never read a line of Shakepesre in their long ex- perienco on the bosrds of Chicagg theatres, and we cannot repress a suspicion that their first effort will be embarrassing. However, wo leave the matter to a discrimiuating public, giving the reader an opportunity to reflect upon the uncer- tainty of theatrical requirements as displayed in the follows 3Miss Katherine Rogers Miss Fanny AMathias 3rs. C. J. Estinge Mr. George Giddens Mr. 8. R, Reed 37, Augustus Dunbar Misa Mary Rivers During her engegement Miss Bogers will ylfxy ed Astra) aad “Lesh, the ACADEXY OF ¥USIC. The Ontes party, with their rollicking comic opera. have poud awsy, after a fortnight of crowded houses, delighfed sudiences, snd an almost uninterrupted series of excollences. Not that they were musical excellences, or dramatic oxcellouces, but & jolly mixture of both. In point of fact, the entertainment which the En- glish Comic ‘Orers Compeany have given is bur- lesque in its only enjoyable form, with sense enough in it to appeal to the intelligence, and TDonsense enough to keep onein a roar of langh- ter the whole time. Mrs. Oatos isa charming hittle body at all times, but never has she a Ppeared to such rare advantagessin the spu-g: ling characters of the comic opera. Either the English versions of Offenbach's trifies Wero pre- Emd for Mrs. Oates with a view to exhibiting ter at her best, or Mrs, Oates is n special cres- tion desigued to embellish and illustrato the picces in which she plays. Assuredly, whilo neither the operettas nor the vocalism can bere- garded g artistic perfection, or the master- Pieces of a giant iutellect or vocal phenomenon, the entertainment fs one of the most delightfal over given at the Academy of Muaic, and the re- goipts for the past fortnight show that tho pul- lic pocket has been reached. Lis weel, Miss Ettie Henderson will open a brief cngagoment ot the Acadomy, having se- cured Bartley Campbell's latest dramatic pro- duction, entitled * Little Sunshine.” Miss Hen- Gorson comes to us a stranger, but newspaper opinions - are to be relied upon.. ke will leave in Chicago many regrets that her engngement has not been longer. She willbe supported by the Academy company in full. A week from to-morrow, one of the eventa of the seacon will occur in the appearance at the Academy of the famous Californian, John Me- Cullough, whose reputation bas preceded him & long way, sud_whose starming tour this sesson been a series of triumphsnt successes. Mr. McCuuaugh bas long been kmown on_the Lacrfio Coast 08 an actor of tremendous power in physique and exproesion. He 18 en actor, of the Korrest school, and E[n\'n the eame parts in which that distin- guished tragedian aclioved his most pronounced successes, Ho aupported Mr. Forrest for a long time, end, though of the same school and gen- eral style, is, we are told, inno way an imitator of that departed veteran. Mr. McCullough's engagement at St. Louis woke that quict town from its Rip-Van-Winkleism into an enthusiasm which knew no bounds. Ho was playing against Edwin Booth, and so earnest was the public in its attachment to him that both the Olympic and DeBar's, at which theso' eminent actors were playing, were nightly crowded. From the masg of favorablo eriticism upon Mr. MeCullough's performances, including a wide range of r- acters, it i impossible to select one which, in the limit of » Bundsy roviow, can give a Just account of the actor in general. Let it suffice that ho is original, massive, groceful, vorsatil, ccusistent, and sincere,—qualitics which are nob often blended in one artist. More of him will e heard as his cngagoment _approaches. He i supported by Lr. Pope and Miss Lallie. | THE GLODE THEATRE has once moro sulered tranemutation. It has been all things to all menin its time, and though, like Ulysses, it i8_not that power which once moved beaven and earth,—the gallery and dress- circle,~that which it was it was, and is to be. in Forsaken.” 1s once mora to become a varietios theatre. The extraordinary success of the Adelpht, under the careful mapngement of Mesars. Grover & Co., has urged Mr. Frank Lawlor to go straightway nto the same_businces, soll beer im tho audi- torium, permit the employment of rod fire and smoke in front of the curtsin as well as behimd it, and reap hia reward in a plethoric purse. Mr. Lawlor perhaps remembers the untowand fale of the last variety how ap the Globe. It drifted downsard to a condition which necessitated its demise for the preservation of the moral heal'h of the. West Side. That was previous to Mr. Lawlor's maragoment, aud is merely referred to asa. caution to Mr. Lawlor that eternal vigrilance is the price of maintaining respectability* in a va- rictics theatre. Afr..Grover bas succeuded, and Eofl.mps Air, Lawlor will succeed also, in keeping is house free from all reproach. ' Tihe Globs Yarietios Company, to open with, is a very strong one, and the offer of a good euzertain- ment to impress the cguhuc is au excellent pieco of strategy, for which the mansgement deserse credit. Popular prices aro preserved, “which is another feature which will please the Weet Side. The compaay is, we are told, & costly one, con- sisting of two bands of music, Delebmnty & Hengler's Novelty Troupe, the Willis wisters, Jonnie, Jessie, and Hattle, vocaliste; RMiss Kathleen O'Neil, vocalist in Irish special- ties; J. Pierce, Ethiopian comedian ; tho Lavarnies, who Fluyed at tho Adelphi; Miss Blanche Stanley, vocalist ; Miss Lora Lyngray, a performer on the flying trapeze; John Alorris, a hghtning-change artist, said to hiave no cqual in the business in rapidity or ver- satility; and Robert Nickle, the well-known illuvionist and prestidigitateur. These aro among a list of stars, and prowise & good: even- ings’s performance. AIYERS' OPERA HOUSE. The mansgement of Arlington, Cotton & Kem- blo's Minstrels still adliere to théir popular plan of prerenting mew faces aud features in their performauce 18 often 86 peceesary, This weelr two new song and dance men, Messrs. Cotton and Birdue, meke their sppearancé, and, if cur- rent report is reliable, will become favorites. Tho first part of the progratamo is new, and two or three otber novelties are introduced in the EcCODd{? rt. A farce entitled, “The Commis- sioners,” anow piece by Courtwright, and William Bowles on the cornet, are sniong them. The performance ends with * Blown Up Alive.” THE ADELPUT has not ceased to be filled with delighted andi- ences, which aro accounted for by the cxcellence of the programme st the popular, freo and easy resort. Tho past week has been devoted almost exclusively to oxtraordinary athlotic and gym- nastic Teets, which surpass anything of the kind sver witnessed in this city. « Page, the cor- net soloist, has been playing with his accus- tomed finish and expression. * The Post Horn Galop,” which has been sccorded such wide- spread praiee, has received several encores nightly. There arenot many who have heard the cornet played with real artistic feeling and ex- pression, and hence few are willing to credit the instrument with much musical power. To such 88 never heard an artist draw the music from it, Mr. Page's playing is a revelation. The brillian. cy of Lis fiogeriug, as well as tho beauty of his tones and good taste of Lis execution, identify bim withs th coraet ag ts unsurpassed cxpoueat. His engagement has terminated at the Adelphi. The bill for the ensuing week will be acceptable to everybody. A GREAT ENTERPRISE, of which nobody but Mr, Grover and the Direc- tors of the Exposition have a full knowledge, is on foot, with the first-nemed daring managor as the lesfiing spint, It is a matter which'he has matured in his mind for four years, and will, if all arrangements can be made satisfactorily, give Chicago such a pageant as no Eastern city ever saw. The fall particulars of the enterprise will be given at some other time. DRAMATIC NOTES. Ristori, it is said, will visit New Yorknszi May. 3ir. E. L. Davenport bas been compelled by intirm Lealth to give up playing for the present. The complimentary benofit just given to Mr. Benjemin Webster, in London, produced about £10,000. * The Blue-Legged Lady " is the title of s farce illustrating lifo %ehiml the scene#, which has been produced in London. A gon of Dan Goafrey has written a three-act lay entitled ‘Queen 3[ab,” which will soon be gmught out at the Haymarket, London. Jobn Brougham, it is understood, is hesding & movement among the theatrical profession in this countrs, 10 place & memorial window in hhakepeare’s houre at Avon. Boucicault will leave for London in afew weeks, where he intends producing bis five new playr, He will return to America in the au- tumn. It speaks well for St. Louis that both Booth and A\}::Cn]]ungh‘ while playing together in that city st differont theatres, have drawn crowded houses nightly. Immediately after a recent performance of ““The Light of the World,” at Muuchester, Mr. Sullivan was presented with a casket containing o handsome old English eilver goblet and a purse of £200. A. T. Stewart's private box at Niblo's consists of 5 suito of four rooms,—s parlor, dressing- room, cloak-room, and box. The parior is large enongh for a dance beiween the acts, and is ex— guisitely furnished. The charity benefit ierfanmngeu at the Union Bquare, Booth's, the Lyceum, Niblo's, and the Academy of Mausic, in aid of the poor of New York, netted the generous sum of §23,000, of which the Police Department brought in $19,000 and the Fire Department £6,000. The New York Tribune says that Lotta's piece, Zip," proudly takes rank st the head of tho Wo refer indistinctly to the fact thst the Globe ] will hereafter travel together, and be known as the Gilmore Sisters.” This combination will bs one of the startling events of the sezson. Dion Boucicault has presented to 3fra. F. D. Conway, of the Brooklyn Theatre, and her dau; ter Lilian, two handsome lockéts inscribed in bonor of the guccess of ¢ Led Astray.” Miss Rose Ejtinga received from thoeame hand a turquoise bracalet at the hundredth representation of the same play in New York. Afr. William Stuart, the manager of the New Park Theatre, Now York, on Broadway, near Twenty-second street, anvounces that the eatab- lishment will be thrown open to the publie on the evening of April 6, with & new drama, in which Mr. Fechter will take aleading part. The cost of the new theatre, exclusiye of land, has been £100,000. It is part of the gossip of the Jobbies that Mesars. Jareett and Palmer have at length ef- fected an agreement with the owners of Booth's Theatre, by which that property pesses into their hands on the 18t of Mey, That they will then leave Niblo's Garden is-cortain. The offer for the lease of Niblo's that was made by Mr. Josh Hart—250,000 per sunum—was rejected by Mr. A T. Stowart. Itis also part of the goseip of the lobbies that Ir, Boucicault will not pe as- sociated with Mr. Willism Stuart in the manage- ment of the New Park Theatro at present. The fashionables of Paris have taken it into .their heads to go en-masse to the'Comedie Fran- caize on Tuesday, and on that evening not a box is to be had for love or money, while the house litters with dinmonds and gay toilettes liko the talian O&ven\. On that night tho choicest pieces of the old repertoirs arc usually played. The Pall Mall Gaztle eays: “Ooe or two theatrical noveltios have appeared this week. Mr. Tom Taylor's new play of ‘Clancarty’ wes produced at the Olympic Moaday, with Miss Ada Cavendish as the heroine and Mr. Heory Nevillo aa Glancarty. Mr. Chatterton bas re- vived at the Adelphi the old melodrama ‘The Exile,’ called on this occasion-* Elizabeth, or the Exiles of. Siberia.’ Miss Wallis porforms tho leading character. At the Couit on Thursday, & dramatic adnptation of * Ready Money Morti- boy' was given,'with Mesers. G. Rignold, E, Bruce, Cooper, Litton, 2nd Miss Hender- gon in the princir: characters, At the Hol- born ‘Les Emdeu Demoisclles’ has been vo- duced.” The dramatic editor of the Beston Herald was recencly informea that the person who acted the part of Ernestine, a female character in the play of ** The Byues,” produced at tho How- ard Athonmom, was aman, and the same one who, two or three years ago, was introduced to London ladics of noblo blood as a Iady, but was subsequ-ntly discovered and arrested, the nobleman by whom he was introduced to society committing snicide in consequence. This stato- ment was published, and called forth s reply from_the manager of the Howard, who states that he brought this actor from London, sup- posing that ho bad got a woman, but his state— ments are by uo merns positive, and it looks ag if e had been fooled by an adventurer. Pretty good advertisoment anyway. The pame of Aimee Desclee is not o well known here, perhaps, as other and less distin- guished ones, but her death in Paris Las caused = profound sorrow throughout Lurope. Her life was & pathetio story, and her death at the premature age of 37 a fitti %Jx;nd to a dirappoint~ ed life. For fifteen years this gifted lady loiled in vain to obtain a recognition of her genius. At last, sinking under an incurablo diseaze, sha atiracted tho attention of Alexandre Dumas at Bruseels,and, actiog upon Lis entreatics, sppeared once more in Paris. The result was almost miraculous. The voil which had .coneealod her genius from the public eye was suddenly torn away, and Aimee Desclec was the idol of the day. Sioco then she bhas reigued supreme in Parib, through the sickening vandalism of the Come mune, until the unanimons voice of the French notion bas proclaimed her unequalod. It was too late. She was dsiog fast as Ler long withheld honors ~ came _showering thickly @pon her. Bhe died, and ber death revealed to the world what an immenee place sho filled. Dumas pronounced spothetic eulogy overhor grave, blaming him- self as the immediate canso of her sudden de- mise, *' We authors have done what we could,” he gaid. ‘* Sho has donemore than she could, and thus gho lilled berself.” Madame Desclea belonged to the naturalistic school of acting, of which she wes tho ablest exponent of her sex. ———— MUSIC. Notwithstanding the disaster which closed the week's representations of *Masaniello,” in the breakdown of Mr. Biachoff, tho Liederkrsnz is entitled Lo great credit for its admirable present- ation of the opers, and those who attended on eithor of the first three ovenings were richly re- paid. The vocal dificuity under which 3ir. Bis- choff labored was not entirely unexpected by those who knew his real condition, but it was hoped that he would be able to get turough tho week. Mr. Bischofl's failure on oue or two other aceasions recently scems to indicate that ho ought to take a rest, and not undertake anything more until he gets into singing condition. The Indies and gontlemen who took part in the per- formance—Alrs. Hasstreiter-Schoonhoven, Miss Kenkel, Mosars. Schultze, Goodwillie, 'Koch, Thiem, and Meyer—are entitled to mach cradit for the admirable manner in which thoy acquitted themselves. Tho chorus was promps, vivacions, and _ spirited, and the orchestra, a8 we have said before, was the best home organization we bave ever had. Mr. Balstka bas more than fulilled ths aeclarations he made when ho returned to Chicago from Mil- waukec, and now to tue Philharmonic Concerts, tho Northwestern Sacngerfest, ¢ Der Frei- schoetz,” ond Stradella,” Lo mug add * Ma. eaniello” &3 another of the legiti-nate successes due to Lis musical industry aud ¢ aterprise, Tho receipis of the weok woro us follows : IMonday, $900; Tuesday, $£1,2.00; Wednesday, s Thursday, $1,800'; Satardsy (matinee), * total. £6,660, which, is n handsome ‘week's work for amateur aptira. As thers are rubpish of this theatrical year, and mowns over tho fact that tlys *‘gallus™ epirit in that viva- cious young pe rson’s temperament has been un- duly sod unfw tunately developed. A theatrice | paper recently contained the fol-. Jowing adve tisement : “Alice Gilmore cad b ;r { yet many Americans who ‘aave not heard tho work, we hopo the Society miay be induced to re- peat it a8 s0on a8 Alr, Bischoff shall Lave per- manently recovered. THE YALE COLLEGE GLER CLUR'S CONCERT. A novel feature of this week's entertainment will bo the concert to be given on Monday evon- ing, at Kingebury Hall, by the Yale College Gleo Club, for the beneit of the Collsge Boat Cl_ub.unThe I:IOW bc:bh;mf\e, for which the pere- grinating undergraduate Apollos are singing, 18 to cost about 3‘1%,’000. it i;p?o contain a xgox:l!lg 30 feot square for the storage of trophies, otc., a bath-room, janitor's room, a general dreswing- room with lockers for individual use, the Unpi~ versity crew's dressing-room, aud a large room for general uge. Around theze, on three sides, is to bo o large covered pizzza. The fioor i8 to have a water-front of 83 fect, with a front on Chapel street of 75 feet. The elevation of the ground floor sbove low-water mark will be 73¢ feot, and the hoight of the first and second stories 12 and 13 fest. In the first floor there will be one large room to store boats, with a capacity for forty-eight single, doable, snd four- oared boats, and twelve six-oared. These facts will prove of interest to the alumni of Yale Collego 1n Chicago, while the general public will find ample material for an evening's f)lessure in the following programme : % 1. Warble—“Come Tally Tonigh Boy . Warble—*/ 1) ly. To-nj Bing of Old Yalo™.. o " Zeotieqs Song Smith and Glee Club. 2. arch—* Our Gallant Company ... ........Becker el o 0 g5, - 4 Nells Was & "] % { Bal Dogr” 7} . —.College Bonga Glee’ Club. B0 asnsg viints R, lones, 6. “"Neath the Elms of Dear 0ld Yt le,”. ..College Song Glee Clud, 6. Warble—* Oh1 Where Has 1 fy Littls Dog Gone,"......... weeeessu-n.. CollegeSong. . Bt Smith, Heald, m:d Glee Club., '“ Lauriger Horatl: P B e s b evvsne-nCollog Bomgs Glee ( feb, PABT B 205D, 1. PianoSolo. ... 2, “Wein Gslop,’ G ke 3 3. Quartotte—* Old M: mntain Tree,”. Teald, L 4 4. Warble—t” Niagtn - gndor, and «Ba Ba S _ith and Gles € 5. {Warblo—st D3 Cmm,.',,)\ +-enCollege Songs il ind Glee Club. 6 “AB.C,.. ke i b 4. «BoHunke 4p, 5% CY Heald and Glee Club, 8 Walto—t 7 ari{ Haghtro e Glee Club. It will ) ye observed that the most of the num- bers on ’ ;be programme are college son; Those .o ha’ 7e beard them in their native hesth will certair [y be anxious to hear them and re- {resh their memones of Alma Muter. Those who pave not heard them ehonld not* fail to_im- PrO ¢ the gpportunity, a8 these eccentric melo- dir g rorely stray away from home. If not of ! assic_origin, they are classic proyerty, and Ysave done cervice in a thousand battles and graced a million jamborees, We trust these naval troubadours may see their way into their new boat-house as the result of their vieit to Chicago. This forenoon the Club will sing at [pnkus hi mother, ¥r npy Gilmare, have cansolidated, #,0d | Prof. Gwing's Church—not the * Bo Hi or ' Ball Dog "—but soma appropriste telections derived from muscular Ciristiso sources. The Club Las also reccived an invitction to a recep- tion by the Apollo Club, of this city, after their concert, but, 88 the Glee Club has to leave on the same night for Cincinnati, the invitation has been declined with regrets. TITE NALF-ORPRANS' CONCERT AND BALL. The coucert and ball to be given next Tucsday evoning for the benefit of the Half-Orphan Aarlum, promiscsto be the most enjoyablo éent of the eeason. The hall is spacious snd well lighted, of very ensy nccess from sl parts of the city, and Mr, McCormick, with his usual atien- tion to the wants of the public, is doing every- thing in his power to insuro success. The very beat amatenr talent of the city, and the finest selcctions of mueic, will afford a treat rarely en- josed. The large aud brifliantly-lighted hall, with a floor unexcelled in the city for dancing, and Hand's Band, will inspire all to join in this delighcful recreation, while the rafreshments provided and dispensed by the lady managers themselves, leave nothing more to be desired. Apecp at the 120 motherless children, whose physical; and moral wants aro to be provided for by theso Iabors of love, should induce all who have any sympatby for the sad privations of orphan children to coutribute their personal Presonce to help on 8o excellent & work. The programme of the concert will be as follows : 1. Terzetto.... Messrs, Bischof, @, Barcarole. 3. Pianosolos<b, to 3. fation, ... gl Afr. A. Lischoy, @, Heavenly Dream. . b. Bridal Song.. Miss E. A. Whate. 5. The Iron Blacksmith. Mr. Friz Foltz s 6. Violoncello solo 3tr. Joeeph Diem. 7. Bong, * It was not thus 1o be . Mr. E. . Reuting. 8. Do from “Stradells ™, . Mesars. Lrachof L TRIO BOIREE. X Mr. Emil Liebling's next trio soires takes place at Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, on Monday evening, the 6th, with the following choice pro- gramme : 1. Trio—0p. I, No. 3, (C minor),... .Beethoven 1 (Allegro con brio ; andante caniabile con variazioni ; Mmenuetto preatissimo). Mewsra, Liebling, Leww, and Diehm. 2, Connais-ta 1o Pays "t Mignon ™ A Stoecklein. 3, 'Cello solo—* Bouvenir de Spa ™, Mr. Inefim. 4. Overture—* Midsummer Night's Dream, ........ .. . Mendelssohn Aes Warren and Mr, Liebling, Erpany ", i . Verdl 2Mre. Stoecklein, 6. Sonata—¥or violin and piano, (Erentzer),Besthoven (Andante con vanazioni ; presto), Meters, Lewus and Lichling. 7. Trio—Derca role. s S E 2 Misses Entey, Hobbs, and Earniim. 8. Trio—Op. 8. i o (Adagio ; allegro energico ; Andante sostenuto allegro con fuoco), Mesars. Liebling, Lewu, and Diehm. THE SDIPHONY CONCERT. Mr. 8. C. Pratt has fixed upon the 17th of April a8 ths date for the performance of his symphony at McCormick's Music Hall. He has selectod an orchestra embracing the best availa- ble talent iu the city, and commences rehearsals this weel. Campans Barglel preato; ™ CHURCIH MUSIC. The choir of the First Baptist Church are Frc- Eanng a concert for Tuesday evening, April 14, 'he programme will consist of quartetts, trios, Quets, and olos, by 3irs. Havens, Miss Everts, Miss Rommeis, Mesgrs. Stebbins, Clark, Baker, and Dorn, Alr. 8. G. Pratt, pisnist, will play a fantasio in C sharp minor, by Chopin, and “Dream Wanderings,” by himself. Mr.C. A Havens, the orgsnist, will play his ** Offertoire in B minor," a sclection from * Tanphauser® (taken from the overturs and Act IIY.), alsoa fantasie on ‘Themes from * TFaust.” Special puins have been taken to render the entertain- ment enjoyablo toall. The tickets (50 cents) are for gale at Root & Sous’, No. 109 State stroet, and Cobb's Library, No 36 Monrae street. R, WOLFSOLX'S RECITALS. Carl Wolfsohn's recitals of the Beothoven of the following numbers : 1. Sonata in F minor, op. 3, No. 1. 2. Sonata in A flat major, op, 26, 5, Souatan E flat major, op. 81. THE RICE SOIREES, The first of the soirces by Ame. Eagenie da Roode Rico will be given at Standard Hall, April 14, upon which occasion Mme. Ruce will have the assistance of Mme. Marie .de Roode Carrich, the Cincionati vocalist. THE COLLEGE OF MUSIC CONCERTS. The four coucerts laid out for the 24th of April by the Directors of the College of Music, are now in course of praparation and promise to be one (or four rather) of the principal eveats of the eeason. Tho programmes, which we ehall ive hereafter, are very cnoico and will prove & secided asttraction, TURNER HALL. and Ireland,” in nniform strumented, by Hatton, Molloy & Pitman. They are the finest editions al published. It will baa cheap editions of operas with and without words, and of the oratonos obtained at the same place. Eugene Thager, tho Boston organist, is to odit The Organist's Quarlerly Jowrnal and Rerierw, to contain twelse pages of music, besides read. 1n| p\fi)!.ished by White, Smith & Co., of 3r, Thayer hss laid out-a plan whose success demands rather & montlly than a quarterly. In “The Dictionary of Music, Georga Grove is proparing for publication, ho will be assisted by Sir F. G, Ouseley. Sir Juliug Bonedict, tho Rev. T. Helmore, Ar. Chappell, ID‘;A Rimbault, Mr. Davison, I'rof. Hullah, the v, others, The Dictionary will consist of two demi 8vo. volumes of atout 600 page: contain illustrations in mflawfi sionsl woodeuts. Tho correctnesa of the statement that David Strauss has loft & * Life of Beethoven " is ques- 40[; Blfl[}k Al 3045 ffl]‘ tioned. Strauss was an enthusiastic sdmirer of 3 Beethoven, and has written a good deal upon his compositions. This may bave produced the be~ Lief that he has writtou a life of the composer. A catalogue of the works of Cherubini has lately been published, from which it appears that the illustrious head of the Conservatory of Paris was tho anthor of no less than 430 compo~ lul_xst:unn. ‘Twenty-cight operas are included in the Bome profess to detect), and, wheu all's done, you hava an_elegant composition, something which a mercly “musical person " wonld doubtless pronounce better than Hullah’s,—and 5o, in & merely musical sense, it may be. But aro we {0 bave 0 regard to poetic 1t nesa We have recoived from the publishers, J. L. Peters, New York, the fourth number of Le Creme de la Creme, containing 1lve pinno pieces of the popular sort by Kuhe, Arditi, Lochner, Oesten, and Egghard. The Song Messenger for April is ont, filled full of interesting local musical matter. The following letter, which we have recelved from E. §. Willcox, Esq., of Pooria, with rofor- ence to Alr. Thayer and hi of Beethoven,” will bo of great interest to mu- sical readers, as it furnishes valuable informa- tion concerning s work which s attracting 8- tention the world over: Bm: I send you an friend Alex . Thager, United States Consul st Tricste, Austria. AS you probably know, he has for mauy years, been at work on 3 ince 1819 or 1850 I think,—and has for a long time now been acknowledged” in Germany sa the highest suthority on all questions pertalning to his chosen subject,” When I knew him le was livin earning a mea, ence and occasional Literary worl poverty on one band, bis life-work with indomitable zeal. and, 28 5 consequence, gress, It is true his appointment as Consul at Tricste under 3, Lincoln's Admivistration has servod to keep the wolf from the door, but Thayer could uot be Tnited Statea Consul without bringing to the performance of hisnew duties the same conscientious thoroughness and integrity that cbaracterize al his Iabors, and that in- volve time and labor that should be dovoted, were before sacred, to Beethoven, Tlio work, when finished, will consist of four vol- nmes, of which two bave already appeared in a Ger- sonatas will .commence on Saturday ncxt at | Wan ransistfon, in Germany, published by £ 3 Weber, of Berlin, and wero | flaiteringly no- Standecd Hall. The programme will embrace | yiced ' sn ' the lagt July or - October symber of the Edindurgh Review. The second volume cnds with the year 1806. By a letter just recelved from Mr. Thoyer, I learn that he has now reached tho years 1809 and "1810, fn the third volume, Tho second Yolume THE AFOLLO OLUB. an) i e Tho next recoption of tho Apollo Club will | aving been deisyed by an atmoct fial Hnces, whick takco place on Thussdsy ovening, Aprl 23, tho | oo Jthecorsmin for Do ool fomry work details of whick will be given hereafter. frequently made for the English eition, Mr. Thayer wnites he enters upon the fourth volume in German, and when that will be depends on his health 1nd the fejsure he may be able tosteal from his Conswate, 8 ship at the Berlin Royal Academy of Music. M. Gernsheim, of Cologne, replaces hura ¢ Rotter— dam. editions, and newly in- of ::ntionul £0DZ8 ever e matter of interest, also, musical people, to koow that the new and and songe, can be matter, printed on the best music paper, and ton. which Mr. H. R. Haweis, Dr. Pole, Prof. Gakley, and 5 each, and will typo and occa setting of ¢ The Three Fishers,” which it {8 not untimely to consider, in Wo take “The Threo ord or {rrelevance the LADIES’ GOODS. GREAT SAVING! Laodies find it a ‘West Side Most MRS. BECK, formerly with the firm before the fire, has taken charge of our Dress and ing Dopartment, will be pleased op it takes the theme andtoys with it, flings in the ocean | Cloak Mak! foam, the tears of thewomen, the moaning of tho | to see her former patrons, breakers (the wind, and lightning, and thunder, too, | garments at low prices. $200 Bk Sl i 3.00 Black Silks for 3.50 Black Sitks for 45c. Black Alpacas for T8¢, Black Alpacas for 25¢. Dress Goods fir The folloving pavgrssh tom o springsca | 3] 106, DIESS Goods for (QAass.) Repubitcan has a local application : There hus been manifest division of opinion_on the subject of Goldbeck's sung by the New York glee vocaliets in thelr recent concert here, vlew of their reappearance bere presently. 1he question to be s very simpie one., Fishers™ is o ballad of one stern thonght, that “men 1nust work and womer: must weep,” wrought out in the inexorabie strugsle of manand pature, the an- guish and desolation of the bereaved, Its treatment by Hullah s sppropristely simple, definite, even scvere, and emphasizes without poct’s meaning, Goldueck’s glee is sridely different ; $1.00 Table Linen for - 1.95 Talle Linen for - 1.00 Ladies’ French Kid Boots, 4.00 eat saving to trade at this Bopuiar Storo. $1.25 200 2.50 25, e, 50c. 15¢. 24, 6. T3¢, ‘Will do stylisb New Yok Stoms, 284 & 286 West Madison-st. THAYER'S LIFE OF BEETHOVEX. 8 forthcoming ** Life Prosu, ML, March 31, 1874 the Editor of The Chicago Trilmne : item of news from my Life of Beethoven,— Berlin in 16545 and 6, e lifs o an_sachorite :lmo;t, ¢ suprort by newspaper correspond— ¥, contending with and o serious sfection the other, yet pursuing The two com: ons of thoso days have not deserted him since, ‘work makes slow prog the hesd on OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. GLASGOW, LONDON, T.ONDONDERRY, BELFAST, CARDIEF, BRISTOL, b Proportionate Reduction from Other Poinfs REDUCED RATES! INMAN LINE. LIVERPOOL, QUEENSTOWN, - T0 GE{GAGG $37.00 CURRENCY. FRANCIS C. BROWN, General Western Agent, 32 South ‘Clark-st. and ‘with an interval of five years after the first, that he shall not prepare that for the pross until the increasing dutiea of | onco. " Parties intending to PH.D GREAT REDUCTION IN SAGE FROM E FOR EUROPE. CUNARD IAIL LINE ESTA_SLEIED 1840. Four Sailings Every Week. RATES OF PAS- UR OPE. Througk o Chicage from British Points. $37.00 CURRENCY. mrchase tckets abould doso st VERNFET, Gen'l West'n Agent. . W. cor. Glark aud Randolbh-sta. x MUBICAL NOTES, _ The tenor Mazzoleni is singing in Venezuela. Luces will have §1,000 per night from Stra- Mme. Izabella McCalloch Brignoli, wife of the There will be two concerts at Tarner Hall o~ day. ‘The atternoon programme is a3 follows: 1. Mareh—+ King John ", Overture—* Irrfabrt oms Cinale from ¢ The Oath ™. serture fo “ Willizm Tell tenor, now in Earope, sang in *Mariha," lsst week, at the Drooklyn Academy. This was her first appearauce in public for several yoars. Mme. Pattt commenced ber Italan Opera representations in Vienna, at the An der Wien Theatre, on the 4th ult., in Verdi's “* Traviate,” with Signori Nicolini and Cotogni as .4{fredo and GUION LINE. calling at Queenstown, koseb. FIRST-CLASS TRON STEAMSHIPS, Waldemar Bargicl has sccopted a Professor- | Rotweon NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, Carrying the United States Hlail. SAFETY AND COMFORT. 7~ Passengers booked to aad from the principal Ea- Topean ports at lowest rates. rafts and Letters of Credit issued on leading Banks and Bankers throughout Europe. HENRY GREENEBAUM & CO.,, FIFTE-AV. Germont. 10. Quadrille—* Black Co; 1. March—* Greeting to Spring ".. way. The evening programme will bo as follows : Hermann 27 Overture to ** Har(hz . 3. Potpourri from * Robert 4. Adagio and allegro from the first quarieiie : ok -Beothioven Wogner Strauss 7. Reminisences of * Tann) 8. Potpourri—* Easter Sunday Fal; OPERA BOTEFE. It is now definitely scttled that the Aimes opera bouffe troupa will give a season of two wecks, commencing Apnil 20, at McVicker's Theatre. SUNDAY AFTERNOON MUSIC. Tno Sunday aftcrnoon Lecture Society offers the public the following programme, st Wall's 1all, corer of Adams and Halsted streeis, at 8 Lecture—~* Scieuce sad Trug Religion Not Autage onletic,” by Dr. N. W, Abbott. Hymuz—* America,” by the sudience, . Printed slips of the music will be furoished. Single admission, 10 cents. Ten tickets, each oad for any lecture, 50 cents. Twenty-five, $1. Member's ticket, good for six months, 50 cents ; for one year, 1. OPERATIC GCSSIP. Mr. Strukosch's goacon in New York closed on Saturday last, and Lie is now traveling. On on- duy, the 16ch, Max Maretzek takes the Academy of usic, and gives opera at popular prices for two weeks, with Di Murska and Sorel s his gri:ne donne, Testa as contralto, Vizzani and ‘erati as teuors, and Mari. and Rossi-Galli as baritones, making * Dinorah " his feature. On the 20th of April the Strakoech company, in- cluding Nilezon, Lucca, Campanini, and the rest, will return for a farewell season of two weeks, and the company will then break np. Mr. Stra- kosch is already making his arrangements for next year, when he hos positively determined to {:_n’nkg out Wagner's * Flying Datchman” in New ork. Cincinnati is happy, having a new opers, the acore by Signor Jannotta, and tho livretto by Mr. Edward L. Anderson. The opera is called tence, leaven his home, and seeks safesy and obacurity in rustic scenes. It is May—day, and thie opera openn with 3 chorus of maidens _deckiug the pole, Tound which they are to dance. The Prince meets & shep- Bewn (Tutu) with whom he changes cloties and_char— acter. He had been betrothed by promise of » mariade de convenance to one Lody Alice (soprano), but, as & matter of course, do- tests tlle obiigation, Lady Aler, however, 38 fate will have, becomes herself a shepherdera 50d in a bright and spirited scens the twaln confess The Mozart-Foundation at Salzburg is maling Portugal, who is an_accomplisbed amstour, the The latest liberal donors are the Kiag of Miss Faonie M. Swith, » young American vocal- Smith has a fine voice, and has been studying for the lIast three years on the Continent.” A critie in the Pall Mall Gazelle sttempts to further elaborato the comparative grammar of music by ascribing gender to it. he calls the Bach sonafas thoroughly masculine, Chopin's music unmistakably feminine, while the music of Wagner, being barren of melody, can ouvly be looked on a8 neutor. The marri: the Librarie ) [ Claudie Viardot, daughter of the eminent prima Wo learn from the Boston Globe that Msj. D. H. Follet, commandant of the artillery battalion of that city, bas just recowered from **The World’s Posce Jubilce Comyaittee,” after a long Iaw-suit, the sum of $8,884, 95 for “artillery ser- wvice at tho Jubilve,” The Pall Mall Gazetle e 7s: mericas teuor. singing under the nai ne of ‘ Candidus,’ is reported to have made sw:h s fine debut in ¢ Stradella’ that tho director of tho Grand Ducal Theatre at Weimar 2t once secured him for a sear.” Mr. Candidus was Y Boloist of the New York Ara 5n Society. The American Register { Paris) says : statements made with regar d to a projected pro- foastonal trip to America by are whollyunfounded. The Dirahasno pre- .o intention of the kind, aad t} ere is, therefc, question of & contract. Wo regret t0 leum thas Ter sister, Mlle. Carlotta I* 1tti, nas been guger. ing from a severa_attack o * bronch now better, butis unable a8 yei to quit the house.” Alr. Thomas' eccond Wagn er concort was given in New York last week, With the folloming programme : * Vorupiel—* Die Melstexsinger won Nuernberg.» 4 Der Rit Der Walkueren,”. . . Symphony~—** Eroica.”, 3, Bcherzo. Vorapiel— Lohengrin,”. Bacchanal “ Kaiser March.”... , for her appearauce at hié concerts. ies Gonvea: For osample, AT Fiest Cabin, 37 and gcur .. Stvorage. £ earronc Prepaid Steorage certificates from Cardiff.. Dratis for £1and upward: s ices, . 1 Dock Chambers, P O RIBALD BAXTER & GO NEW YORK TO CARDIFF. South Wales Atlantio Steamship Company's Tew it Y¥ull-powcred, Clsdo-bulle Steamsliips will {301 Channel. and sl ather poiata 1o Fagiand. e steammagine, by expeosaly for the (rade. sro pro: vhded it 21 R tast raprovemea (of tho contortsad Cnce of ‘ardiff, at tha Com- B e o TonTe 0 of M. Chamerot (the head of Firmin Didot in Paris) with Jlle. Ty, Spata . Nextl' ‘¢ An American recently the tenor «The Mme. Adelina l‘ll‘A The ¢, no is. She i Groece.. <, way palic, Bal: sall trom NATIONAL LINE, teerage, 3: Great Reductior Through tickets fr Apply o WILLT Agont. northea" uita new Sher 4 or London direct, Holl Cabin l’n-:‘nze. 870, RS" NOTICE—This Company takes the risk of insurance (o= to 250,000 in gold) ou cach of its steamers, thus giv and, Xhedivo of Eeypt, the Dule of Brunswick, and 4 I from Pennsyivania Railrond Wharf, Jersoy Cit; tke Duke of Saxe-Altonburg. ;‘,‘.%';:;0;_;“ Ao 4 S-i‘ N Tho American Register (Paris) says: * We | ANDES........". Apnl understaud that ). Danby is in negotistion with |, farrying #oods and prasongers 3t theongh rates from P 0 3 be DOsal suara: 1 fe p- m., to-day : donna, Madame Punline Viardot Garcis (sister | E23iensces the best pouible ae0ioe asfaty’ oy Piano bmn. b{’ Seorge n}:ibbott,gq- by ib of Malibrn), and of M. Louie Viardos, the | The most sontberlyrontohas siways boen ad aivans, ¥ i ik ot Mo, CBOTUS b7 085~ | Suphor, was colobrated recently at the Eglive do | this Cympanyto sl ice R Song—* God Speed the Right,” by ths audience, Ia Trinite in P'aris. Nos. 48 and 47, North Rizer , Now York. o Pitee .1, und $90 Carrency. ,d Currency. in Steerage Rates, @30 Honse), Chicago, m British Parts to Chicago, 336. AM MACALISTER, Geaeral Western - cornee Clark and Randolphts. (oppo- Now' York CARRYING THE UNITED STATES MAIL. gliicont new and full-powered Satu; reduced. REN, Awent. I Lionor of the late Charies Sumner, 53 Allegro con brio. le—** Tanahaer their love and their vows. Her maid Lizette 2nd Tutu, the m supply the by-play, The dis- ised frince and the disguised shepherdess of course fall in lose, and the arrival of the Courtfer with the promise of debts paid, and a hateful alliance with— drawn, is the climax of the pastoral operetts in quar- tette and chorus. The work is now in rehearsal, and will bo brought out in May, with & cast of siugers from Cincinnati and Lonisvilla. AN ABSTRD JOSTAEE, The New York Ezpress saya: ‘The lzst point of absurdity s reqards criticism of iaguet's sty wes reached net. Jong oo, ot tho rooms of the Chicago Soclety of Arts, when, Aftera BATHY untey. S3cEi0h et ear Ladalie, MRS. DR. SOMERS will bo n attendancs, From New York to al 2nd Continen(al Earoy €, “ATidor." Tho story of tho new work i4 us iy, G From 05 follow il Wougner | Daned Siates Currener? D5k ‘The Prince, by domestic troubles, wesried of exis- | Introduction and Finale—* Trislanand Isolde » gt‘zf [fz:"u 3t lowest rytes, Appl ANCHOR LINE, | parts of Great Britats, [relan: Do cyery Tucsdsy, Thursday, STEERAGE from R0 187 Washington-st. o Steam: Ro- fic, Adriatic, Dritannie, Geeanter Gotte iers rdays ‘Lirerpdol on The oldest and longest-located Physician in the city in the treatment of all Chronio and Special Diseases. Call omwrite. Turkish, Electric, and Medicated YAPOR BAT 15, for Ladira Geatlomen., Tiis ‘Bnenties 304 Grand Pacific Hotel. " Privato sutvanse on NO CURE! NO PAY !! May be consalt DB. G. C. SOMERSS, Proprietor, for ladies, | a3 A lecture from Herr Pracger cn ibe poet, composer, and critic, & general discussion.as to the merits of Weg- Der's works was entered tzson by 3 number of geutle 1men, who, a8 if 1o show Viat they were without preju- dice, sdmitted that taey'had never heard one of them. Except (hat the a),0ve dizcussion took place in London and not in Chicago, the parsgrapl: from. the Express is all nght. MURJCAL PUDLICATIONS. Mr. G. C. Ene,pfel, No. 148 State wee&hu Just received $i Songs of England, Scotland, Hapy Dinca i cariy [ifo: ments o Sarase rousved. ertarud. Dr. Kean, 360 SOUTH CLARK-ST., CHICAGO. ed, porsonalls or by mall, fre o all chronic or gervous dieascs. DR J. ouly physician {a the city who war y Reltef for Yoang Mea from the afecta o2 Errors Mangood B Tt Now method of teratmeat, A e Now and remiarkable omedics. Bookn 1A Creonl s cont SCA'LES, ok 3 navelopes. Addrers HOWARD 398061 TS e[ RTION, D02 St Mt Phlsdelphis, 65, aa FAIRBAREKS et el prafetaras ek " £ Hinveable con: STANDARD OF AL BIZES. TO FATRBANKS, MORSE &CO ) ki £ ARD 113 LAKE-ST. h and idiog beated with s LAND 113 L 4. AT MUNGER, Hooa®d i