Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 12, 1874, Page 7

| | ‘ i { 3 | P R St et ikt 5 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRINUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1874. — REVIEW GF AMUSEMENTS: THE DRANMA. LOCAL GOSSIP. Webeve bad a brighter week than usual in {hestrical matters, for two of the best actresses ja tho countrs have been playing here. The prightness has no: extended to thom, however, for business bas been unusually light at the logitimato theatres, which is discouraging, but e look for bettor things this wéok. The other gitimato theatre hes not béen doing a good iness. Considoring, however, that *Little Juochive” wss on tho bourds, a light houso \hould havo been anticipated by Mr. Gardiner. e local thestrical gossip of the week may be fondensed in o few paragraphs. ar. Hooley has billed for a weck ahead a «pow society comedy by Miss Blanche DeBar,” shich new society comedy is entitled “Infanti- 4de.” This may bo Mr. Hooley's idea of co- Saty comedy, but it is not generally so regarded s the prosecuting attorneys of cities liko Chi- uzo. “Infanticide” is nota comody by any Léans, bat 3 highly-flavored drams, with less of e comedy clement in it than most of these jeos. Tv is dilicult to determine from a lerpzal of & play how it wall act, and it would be \owize to pass judgment upon this one, which bay be raversed efter seoiag it acted. An actor cmctines takes hold of: 2n unpromising part 2d mwakes it tho feature of the drama. On the \er Liend, several sctors may fail to take hold, 2 give quite zaother appearsnce to the picce. +Jofanticide " is =trong in maoy respects. The fustions 2ce strong; tho dialogue s iossionally piquant snd racy; but the dwotal point is 8 domonted lady § questionable oxistouce, whose attempted rims produces o great deal of uonecessary mis- iy to very worihiy persons. Her ineanity is ightly touched upou im the first act, but not fith suficient force o prepare the reader for {ome of her eccentricitics 1n the second snd Lird scts. Mies De Bar has been forced to drop joe or two characiers toward the close, and tho jlot, which 18 vigorous so far as it goes, is carcely deseloped with sufiicient distinctnesa. fhe dialogne and incidents of the first two acts bight be improved ‘upon, the bold love-making t the insane lady striking the reader asrepulsive nthe extreme. Some of the dialogue is super- {oous, and mught be omitted. Tho nautical de- ‘eription of Lis wifo given by the eailor-hcro of hepieca is in bad taste and weuk, and might bo udiciously omitted. Theso hints are merely brown out as suggestions. The piece possesses, Depite of a very unattractive titlo, many marits, \od 28 the first Literary effort of & popular actresa leserves the highest praise. Mr. Boucicault hus been in the eity, superin- ending the reheansal of “Mimi” at Hooley's [heatra. Mr. Boucicenlt i8 a fesrless person. *Mimi” is adapted from the same piece which sve Mr. Cazauran Lis * Frenchwomen,” and Szought tho press of the city buszing indignant- yround the ears of the manager who produced i Mr. Boccicawl, with all his plagiarisms and smbjushing sudacity in_claiming other szuthors' xiginal pieces, is Wwithont an equal in hitting opuler taste. *Mimi” contans nono of theelements of immodesty which drove ** French- vomen" from tha boards. There is 3 great deal of gossip going on rela- iretonew companies for “‘next season.” as Jonghmest season were anywhere within the sext four or five months. Tlo present season oeen't end until the last day of May, and then omes & *‘summer season,” whea “light vanity, [psatiste cormorant,” swallows the reluctant dol- ‘ar of tho multituds in burlesque, frivolity, and sther weakuesses amiably reserved by managers antll the summer heats shall have exhausted their patrops beyouda possibility of remon- strance. But about this next season which does 3ot begin till Soptember: managers are merely liscupsing things in an informal Way; some en- gagements have been made, but ‘not all, and managers refuss to tell what they do kuow. There is one change which Chicago peoplo will welcome. Mir. llooleyis going to try the ex- periment of astrong, absolutely vigorous comeds ompany, relaining Some of his present people aud getting others who will aid in making a cap- ital team. A comody-thestre in Chicago will mako n sucoess—if the public support it. It is uscless to sappress a knowledge of the fact that James O'Neil will ba AMr. Hooley’s leading man “pext sesson,” because it has loaked oat al- ready, and nearly everybody in the ring knows it. " Not favorivg rings, we make tho fact gencr- ally known. Mr., Hooley assurcs us he will have lwmf‘:my of which Mr. O'Neil will not be tho ight particalar star,” which is very desirable, for Mr. O'Keil, with oll his talonts, is nat_per. fection by any means. Mr. O'Nedl is quick to eivo excellence in others. He has an jitative faculty which 15 not alweys to lis advaniage, for, while striviog lo securo ihe best features of other people’s playing. he un- zonscionsly absorbs their manncrisms aiso. Haviug an abundant supply of .his own, this, it geems to us, is quite uanecessary. Ar. Ale- Vicker has made no definite arrangements, bub will, it 15 belicved, retain most of Lis companr, Fuppising the places of his leading snd juvenilo men with others. Ar. Hooley's trouble is a lead- inglady ; Alr. McVicker's, a leading man. Tho latter cannot do better than retain the bulk of” hia company as it is now prganized. AMr. Gardi- ner's reserve upon this subject would be painful bat for his well-known business ability. Chi- €350 can afford to trust him to attend to bis own basinees. ¥or = young man and & manager of & brief experience, Mr. Gardiver has earned o reputatio for eagacity and fair-dealing whicl is urenially recognized. Thersis considerable gossip of another order with & strong eavor of burnt-cork sbout it, and taintimation of more minstrel enterprises. If rumoris to be relied on this dark business is associzted with twilight journalsm. An even- ing pager which conld once stand alone, but was foread from a position of proud celibacy by cir- cunsiances, was sssocisted directly with tho bumi-cork stage. Now snother evening paper 810 wear a suit of sable, and start & Degto-minstrel entertainment on its own ac~ coust. Thisis very singular. The connection betwoen evening journalism snd minstrelay i cccult. But it i, nevertheless, announced 28 8 fact tHat the installment of Cal Wagner's Company at Kingsbury Hall i, 0 use an expression familiar to twilight jour- aalism, ¥ ander the m,fius" of 3 paper whose s ess at its venerablo age bas been s puzzlo many calm philosophers; There always Las cen a mysterions link connecting its dramatic aititiema with its job-printing cstablishment, ¥hich has elicited remarks from persons unfa- vorably noticed, but_such persons are always Wfll'ig_flm cbarge of unfavorable bias, wounded seasibility, and incompetent judgment. Here, Wever, is on enterprise which is unique. Jour- tsaro alvays successfal in erersihing but Joumslism, 230 the Kingsbury Hull venture Tast be & pecun: success. There is anc!“:. cingular feature about the Iinetre] p; of the week,—a coincidence which Itetriking. Thero is & rnmor afloat that a lot 92 Dearborn street, between Andison and Mon- . been eelected s a favorable eite for a fiu thealre, and that a munstrel-house or a va- r;g;haun ia to be built there. This is only a . EATHERINE ROGERS. voulls 1ady Lias becn unfortunale in her first he::' eéxperience of Chicago, and Chicago has M_flquu; unfortunate with respect to her. Mg 5 Tesponsible for her own disappointment. .12 Bogers created an unfavorable impression 2] Opening with ‘‘ Romeo and Juliet,” and failed ko a hit, She played Leah, and was cold. It S her fault for playing picces which would nok S crowded houses, and consequently did not L to the occasion. But on Friday, after neerly Tk of poor business, ghe played in one of o Taglor's picces, und immcdiataly ahone ont her true light. The mechanism of acting was floeked with feoling; whero before sho was weizn" sho becamo strong ; her reading, which faaedlted before, becamo litho sud_emphatic; ‘Voico lafst its cold ring,dl and Wl?n mdlonf' of gympathy; the coldness of fi’tmnner was thanges for & higher tompera- s In fact, Miss Rogers was tho actress she i epresented to be, not the uncomfortably- “.h‘“ lady who plaved on previous occasions. pocre was the magic? In the audience. Aliss 08 18 ono of those poople who possess hfiglfl, the hereditary bequest of previous handed down, perhaps through a delicate seneipiiies Lapless posseesors of rare morvous ProDlity are the prey of fate and events. fng ally they are powerful, but always suffer- | At the same timo, these aro ihe organisms e Periain to genins. They are sympathetic Jond messure. They read their fate in 8 g’.::ee- _ They arg elastic to a wonderfal degree. khh::mnl_m of approval will carry them to 1y fs of intellectual superiority undreamt of stolid, callous, or cquable. Such a tem- [yment has Miss'Rogess. Shois potential- unl genivs. Tho tent power cannot 1hg3% _bo sroused, ~but, when it is, 1 result ia astonishing. All that she i8 the sympathy of her audience, which prebend: Itisa rare exolic, that porishes in the January temperature of a Chicago audience, Tho form and outline of the part shio plays re- main, but they era clammy, livid,lifeless. Givo her o waft of eympathy, snd the color comes into tho pioturo, Tt Iives, moves, glows. It is an astonishing puyeiological exhibition which is worth studyiog, this inspiration of life into a dead and flaccid sutomaton. Friday evoning the audience at Hooley's saw such a change. - It went to the theatre in a dull, listless, chilly mood, and sat spathetically before the cui- tain, It was cold cnough in the first act,— as stony as most Chicago audiences are,—bot began to thaw under tho judicious comedy olo- ment of the piece, handled with felicity'by Mr. Bishop, untul it really offered the star justa trifle of encouraging applause. ,The delicate temperament was supromely gratefdl for the triing kindoess, and mado renowed elorts, which’ reacted on her. audienco with renewed plaudits, until sho faicly caught the jnspiration of the sympathies of the honse, snd gave in return an exquisito little bit of nature. With each act she grew stronger acd brighter, until tholast act was positively great. It was tho Hester Grazebrook of the play,—~the long-suffor- ing, tender-hearted, unsopbisticatod, and loving litile lady of tho comedy on the stage, instinct with life'and feeling. It was an oxquisite bit of acting, and tte audicnce saw it 8o, and woudered what was the matter. Wo are icy enough in Chicago. The bleak lake-winds appear to have made our beautiful | theatres their homes. Ifospitable enough to every strangur who comes to sce us 28 a visltor, we brag of the warmth of our hearts. Lot that stranger mount the stage—ospecially if ho or ebe should possess any cloim to atiention—nnd we sit and stars at the poor creature irt 2 doubt- ful sort of way. Tlis isall wrong. Mliss Rogeis bas broken the icenow. Perhapa the result will Do a freshet of appreciation snd applauee. JANE COOMBS. _Among the rate enjoyments accorded by theat-- rical exhibitions of the™ present time is that of intellectual satisfaction. 1t is not seldom that the taste is ploasod, the fancy even delighted, but such transisut gratifications are in the end Rarmful to tho taste and palling to the dramitic appétite. It somoatimes scoms =8 though tho stage is to becomo an empty show, * all sound aud fury, signifying pothing,” and that dramatic talent, having sct odt toward effect, is to steadily sail in that dircction, aud leave bebind it the transcription of the true lessons of life in all their seriousness, pathos, and bumor. It will be argued that public taste signifies the at- titudo to be assumed by dramatie swriters, but this isnot a fact, though it is not the present purposo to demonstrate the error. Itis suf- ficient to sy that we must go back into the last century to get almost anything worthy of rep- rosentation as a legitimately intellectual effort, £ud, 88 tho thestre-golag public Lavo soon o standard plays over and over sgain, their tri- umphs naturally wane, partly also from the chango in human customs .that have come about, and make theso representations foreiga to the prasent conditions of society. But, a8 it is, they are the best,—in fact all that we have in thlis respect. Either tho prosent gencration ad- duces nothing of s dramstic natarein its phases, or elgo the raco of staudard play-writers have died out, and there is no one left to absorb into himself and give expression to anything of real 1ifé, or to disclose anything but tho mercst {rippery vaporings of thoso who do not know Bociety except in its artificial evidences, and Lavo never studied decper into its mysterios than one may look from tho pitinto o stage-box with an opera-glass and hope to transeribe the real emotions of 1ts occnpants. And go it follows that such actresses as Mies Jane Coombs, now at McVicker's, must, in order to follow a true desiro to present something which bhas ‘in it tho Trenl essence of gratification, fall -back upon the old English plays, which have great merit, if it is in & measuro removed from present experi- ence. Tho force of all wit lies in its power of coincidence. Thought sad observation lie dor- mant in every mind, and the trae artistis he who touches tho hidden experience and gives it life. A trath of any kind, be 1t that of common hu- man weakness, pride, ambition, or of the ridica- lous attitudes into which humanity falls, is keenly rolished by the cultivated mind, that yields to it u gratified assent. But when the Btige portrays only a superficial outeido aspect of life, and repeats again and again its.poor ob- servation, it needs to bring iu all manner of trumpery, glare, and glitter to rescue it from contempt, and this really paints_tho condition of tho stago'at the prosent time. It is to be hoped that, if Miss Jane Coombs is a martyr hereto the effort to rovivify an intorest in roal prssion and homor, her labor is not in_vain, but throws in its weight towards awakening tho theatrical mind to its poesibilities. Miss Coombs is a caro- ful-and gifted artisto, and is_roviviog a class of plays which have great merit. Sho labora in a field which, if somewhat .worn with- the plows of time, is yet a legitimato one. Prescot society presents a now field, bat thera is no one to reap tha harvaat. Tntil acmna ona ariass, sincora well-wishers of the drama can do no better than to pive hor their support, encouragement, and applanse, and will not be withoat receivingsome gratification even from the woll-worn old English comedies. HOOLEY'S THEATRE. Owing to the unoxpected success of Tom Taylor's comedy *The Usequal Match," * Mimi"” has been postponed until Tucsday. Aiss Rogers will, therafore, have ons more opportunity to de- light the public who daro to bravo tho danger of eceing a meritorious play well acted. TFollowing ia the cast of *“imi .Miss Eatherine Bogers WMr. J, W, Blairdell Mr. J, J., Sullivan Nir, C. B, Bishop Mr. T. F, Egbert C..hir, Russell Sogas 3fr. Goorge Giddeus Cliquot......... Madame Darbiay. ... >iss Kate Meck Rigoletto. 3iiss Sidney Cowell Ealopo.. ... Miss Fanny Mathias Rosalis. .Mrs_ C. T. Maedor Friday vight Mies Rogers has & benefit, tho bill for which is not annonnced. 5 ACVICKER'S THEATRE. Mies Jane Coombs will romain another week, adhering to her prpese of varyiog tha enter- tainment nightly. Monday and Tuesdsy even- ings and tho Saturday mitinee * Romeo and Juliet” will bo plaped ; Wednesday evening -*The 8chool for Scandal” will bo repsated ; Thursday evening, * Lover's Sacnifice;” and Fridsy and Saturday nights, Tho Wife's Se- cret.” Following ia tho cast of * Romoo sud Juliet: ¥ TUE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Monday will be among_the holidsys of the Academy of Music, for Alr. John McCallongh will open his week's cngagement bere, with “The Gladiator.” From & mass of favorable criticism of this performance we select the fol- lowir zom Celia Liogan’s letter to the Spring- field Republica And blase play-goer that T am, who never thrill fuor gush, nor weep, nor applaud at a theatre, and never forget that the mimic scenes aro all unrcal, and that the actor’s Leavicst picture of sorrow passes like “tho fierce vexation of a dream,” have beea, dospite mysclf, tartled into fecling in o theatre. It was in the amplii- theatro sceue in 4 ’The Gladintor 1" Tuo memory of the Veroua Amphitheatre then fiashed back upon me, and the actoraart supplied hat fancy had limned when looking down upon tlat grand arena. fr, McCullough has undertaken that which no other actor bas yet darod, i.e., to portrsy the character ‘made eacred to tho genius of America’s greatest sctor —Forrest. McCallough lacks the robustness of phy- sique of tho late tragedian, but Lis voice is a8 volum- nous end as melodious, 8o far {rom giving on imitation of Forrest, which I thought the oniy thing he could do—the part sdmit- ting of no other interpretation—be has boldly eent the twin doves of intellect and imagination wiuglng into tle circumambient air which genius creates for ita own rcspiration. The result is, in the more powerful passages, o conception as grand as Forrest's; and, in the eofter scenes, s tenderness breathing 'in every touch and tone which his great prototype nover attain- ed, There are those who b “ Lovo the memory of the past, 1ts pressed yet fragrant flowers, The moss that clothes its broken walls, The ivy on ils towers,” Such_may still cling to the memory of Forreat in 4 The Gladiator,” but the coming generation will find Mfr. McCallough's portrayal of Spartaous in all re- Epects equal to Forrest’s. TTho cast is strengthened by the support with whom Mr. McCallough - iravels. Br. Charies Pope will play Phasarius, and Misa Lilly Senona- AYERS' OPEBA-HOUSE. Another choico bill is announced for the pres- ent week, the mausgement sceming determined %o sparono pains or _expenso to present to the patrons of (i establishiment and the general ‘public an en)ogn.hlu entertainment. Arliogton, Cotton & Komble's Minstrels are tho only per- manently-located minstrel organization in the Western States, and have fully demonstrated the fact, in the past fow years, that Chicago can, and Will. appreciate and maintain a first-class min- strel tronpe. 'This experiment has been tried in many of the principal cities of our country by ¢ s e o4 fecl in 3 moment, without & 8how of & e § It needs a large, or at ay rate a fair, o thas ouz the coldaess of an audience NArm tie actre. freo ot tae actress. Feiine 180 Wenbio-guix viih which thie av RHKYOYE B Plegy By GARROY com- Such s nature Ehfinkal Taus of the travoliag compasies, snd generally Teetlted in failures. Boston, St. Louis, and Now Orieans have been tho acencs of the moat disas- trous frénres, pardicularly tho former city. in wikch the Moizis Beowbers eueaed i splondid stylo, and closed after s short and fatal season. The Arlington, Cotton & Kemble orzanization 18 compoaed mainly of artists of raro werit and ability, and many of them unsurpaseed. Honce the secret of their succezs. The bill anuounced this week émbraces the cnstomary overture and first part, coucluding with * Ihe Black Drigade,” nod consisting of o ballad, “ Breathe Again tho Sweet Words,” by Sidnoy Yernon ; * Stars of the Midnight” by E. M. Kayno ;' ** Only say Yes,” by C. S. Fredericks ; «* The Girl with tlo Curl,” by Bobby Newcozb. Tho second part containsthe farce, * Tho Hunch- back,” aod winds up with Newcomb’s lnst suc- coss, the burlesque of *The Dorder Lily,” the tribes represented Leing from the Bridgeport, Calumet, and Kankakee rescrvations. A family matineo Saturday afternoon 28 usual. A THE ADELPHI Comphuny is traveling this wesk through adjacent towns, i order to suow the rustics what a good varioty company is. Meanwhilo, Haverloy's Minstrel Company will play at the Adelphi for oneweek, Thocompany i o very stroug one, consiting of the following artist Morris, _dialectician_ and comedian, TFay- ette — Welcn, Ethioplan and © Irish comedian; Goorge Wilson, the young Califor- nian; Bernardo, female impersonator and bar- losque vocalist ; Canield aud BooLer, song and dance artists; and Gossand Fox, dancers, together with a ood orclestru. I'rices will remain the same as nenal. Tues lay, Thars- day, and Friday will be ladies’ nights. JAMES C. PADGLT. This gonial gontloman aud well-known actor, whose long residenco in” Chicago has identitied him with tho Chicago stage, iz about to leavo tho city for a long time, traveling with a company of his ownin a long Western. tour. MMr. Pedget was orio of tho sctors in tho famous Musorra Company of several yoars szo, ana by many vivid pieces of oharacter-acting contributed much to tho success of the old tacatre, aud won o repatation in Chieazo which will bo enduring. The profession in Chicago hsvo tendered Mr. Padget a complimontary benetit at Hooley's Theatro to-morrow afternoon. Astho voluntcers are numerous and all will endeavor to sppear at their best, 3lr. Padget’s benefit_ promises to ba an affair of uusual interest 2ud to bs pecunia- rily successful. ] PRIVATE THEATRICALS. Abraham Lancoln Lodge, No. 49, F. L. S.of I., will givoa performance of ‘Don Csarde Bnzan, undor tho direction of_dJ. C. Padgot, followcd g’vl‘l‘ song by Miss Annie Leon, and a masquerade a B THE GLODE THEATRE. Tho attractions at tho Globe will be augment- ed during the present week Dy th addition of fouricen” mow stars, Theso include the cclo- bratod Lisa Wober troupe of blondes; Allle. Fontambleau, gymnast and coiling-walker; Harry Drow. comic vocalist; Georso Daven- port, Irish comediar ; and the full strongth of the Globo Variety Company. JAMES O'NEIL AT M'VICKER'S, To ths Editor of The Chicagn Trivune : Sm: A young actor, like a literary production which is sfill in manuscript, provoles criticism. So long aa the essay, or poem, or volums, re- maivs in the manuseript, no matter how valua- ble it may be, overy reader feels compelled to de- liver i‘udgmen: upon it, snd such judgmont, too, a8 is largely unfavorablo. The mero fact that the articlo has not seeu print argues forcibly, with many, that it never should, or at least not in its presont *‘crude” form. And tho actor, espectally if ho is young or new, who begins to reach for highor things, is always selected by the critics 38 a proper opportunity for the voutila- tion of thoir opinions, nad s fit victim npon whom to wreak advico. The reason why poopls become sclf-constituted critics so readily will bo found in tho study of human matuto; bat it would be well, boforo searching for this particular canse, to_know thac it is easy to Tocognize geuius, if wo know beforohand sihera to look for it. Mr. O'Noil came to McVicker's in the fall of 1872, evidently new in his profession; but ho soon commenced climbing, and, befors' the sea~ son passed, he rose iuto the notice of every per- son who attended tlus theatre. So favorable was the impreesion which he made, that he ro- ceived s second engagement. He commenced tho present thestrical year with & record which made mention of a fine Macduff, a good Mclnotte, and many leading sud secoud’ parts played ac- coptably to tno public. Last October Lo at- tompted Macbeth for the firat timo, and succeed- od. Upto thia poriod his artistic growth had bon apid and steady, and it had received o general Tacognition; but, ehortly after, the modera roal- istic_plays obtainod possession of the stago at this house, and held it during tho winter. After tho advent of these plays he began to retro- grade, aand lost, to some oxteut, the hold he bad gained upon many, Ho foll into some disagreo- able manuerisms; he resosted to labored breath- ingon slight protexts; snd mamfested & dis- ‘Pposition to overact in Bcenes calling for an ex- hibition of lively passion,—thus causing his body to bocomo leader of his mind, whoreas, in natiire, tho mIDA 8CLS aiwaYS OEL. LT Wag Oifen remarked that Mr. O'Nail was not as good as he Diad been last year ; or, Mr. O'Neil Lad reached tho top of his bent. And thero seomed to bo warrant for theso assertions. But, during tho long_engagement of Edvin Booth, just clozed, ho shono out again with in- creased brilliancy, playivg the Shakspesrean and clagsical parts in o mannor which not only gave satisfaction to the sudiences, but indicated a ‘marked advance beyond the best performancos -of his previous year. _ Those circumstaucos show the dircction of his natural dvifs, Nature bus fitted Litn io play best inthe classical drama. All his impulses, and taste, and hope,.and study, have been k Lica {n beroic paths, whero' Lis figure nud epce aro admirable, and his fine tonor voica ofton has the sweot ring of silver. 1t is forlunato for Mr. il thai Nature has done 8o much for him in the matter of personal groces and classical aapirations; for tho Shake- poarean drama is a noble school, und contains tie oloments of permanonco. Lut there are e dences of carelessness in his metlod, and his eutire work i8 50 full of inequalities that we are forced to believo that ho is pursning lus studies in a hap-hazard way, following only his inclina- tion, aod relying too much on time and chance to furnish such inspiration as will give fim tho victory. Alr. O'Neil has not eacugh of mnative genius to follow in this grand, almost mythical th, -and the sooner ho recognizes this hard fact the better; but he is tho possessor of abilities which, if deeply cultivated, will carry him to & igh and honorable position in his art. tis said that the munin reasou why he acted 80 poorly last winter in tao realistic plays was, that he’ thought this, school bencath him, and uaworthy of special effort. If this bo true, hio made a mistale, which, unless corrected, will chain him to mediocrity 83 long a8 ho lives. Al Ar it the echo of some form of Nature, Tho ambition and utmost hopo of every actor is to copy this naturo exactly; and, in’ g0 far as hiy work frees itself from the marks aud signs of that culture and artifico which wero naccssary at first to creato it, by somuch does it approach the natural. : Natureis real. Tho “touches of nature” made by an actor are realism. If Mr. O’Neil scorns tho realistic, hedespises his owrr artistic soul. Tealism is all tbat kecps tho classica from intellectual attenuation. If be ever succcods notably in his profession, it will be becauso he infuses tho classics with lifo and in- tensity. That was what made Rachel. She brought to the intellectual drama her own Wwarm flesh and blood. - A cry hias gonop in New York ity against the modern French playe, and its reverbeations have been sounding recently in the theatrical heavens hereabouts. It is theatrically and crit- ically fashionablo to rail at Frenchmen just novw. But the trouble does not lie in their ploys. It is to be found in the circumstance that Mr. Daly has poured u cataract of French upon Amorica for threo solid years, It is quantity, not qual- ity, which has raused reaction. Bread alone will bring death at lnst. So far as knowing iow to construct a play i3 conserned, tho modorn Pa- risisns Jead tho world. Life is made of many incidents, fanciful andreal, joyful and sad, toil- some and pleasurablo ; but his life only is a per- fect ana balanced one which contains all_ele- ments combined in proper proportion. Thus the greatactor will draw from every school alike, sclecting, and arranging, and roducing into & now and living conception, which he will then strive to reproduce in his own person. Before Mr. O'Neil achioves greatuess, ho will have to look into and grasp tho great principles ‘which underlie his art. If he neglects this pri- ‘mal duty, bo will fail; and, if he thinks that to do this 13 an easy task, he is mistaken. He can ‘gain this information, more precious than gold, only by hard, unceasing, cheorful toil. “Tho artist_never lived who stumbled into mevited fame by accident, or reached it upon the pesce- fol drife of inclination. Alen reach the moun- tain's top by first placing tho mountain’s carth benesth theirfect. Although Edmund Kean, the sublimest tragedian of the English stage, blazed suddonly on London, he bad struggled for the mastery of principles, liko a madman, for twenty preyions years. x Neither must_ Ar. O'Neil rest contented be- cause he played Macduf or Richmond finely. In theso parts he reccived the best assistance which the world can afford. Shakspeare oftan introduces a character late in the tragedy, who, by virtue of the words placed in lis month, Bive6pB o ing, like the final cavalry-charge, from the field. Macduff, and Ricimond, and Emilia_are among these conquering leroes. Tet us look for & moment at Emilia, the cour- tesan. Up to the discovery of the murdered in- nocont ehe has nothing to do that can possibly culist atteation or aywpathy. - If We had wicou, grotejua | .acting, saya : ** She roprosented’ horself. rciously formed any judgment regarding her, it was I)m]ndmnl to ler subsequent cfforts, for y €ho lus been s hired spr. But, from the momeut she leaves that dying bed and confronts Oliello, tho mighty Shaks- peare comes to Ler help: with the words of immortal truth. Thou the multitude of rozls reapeud in a tempest of aprlause, and, aftor overy geutenco which gl utters now fule lows the semo whirlwind of hands. Shulspeare well knew the poswer of sympathy and tho forco of truth. Durlug four moral agis the spocka tors Lnd een a human devil slowly spread ot the toils of hell, and thero hud béea wo oppor- tunity to recoil, ner escape offered for their feal- ings.” Hore Zmilia_comes on the seene to right an awful wrong, and for a Lrief .time stands i whito transfigarement. The sins done in ber body nre forgoticn. Wo eeem to hcar in Ler serds the dead wife thunderivg at the door of the temple of Etcrnal Justice, and tho shouts of all the people demand her extrauce. the phlegmatic :Mm-{:ump could half artic- ulate Enilia’s lines, the theatre would rise to it. Of coumie, an actor of Jr. O'Neil's ability can play Macduf and Rickmond geandly after re- ceiving Lis cue from: 1o Jess & man than Shak- spearc himsclf. Thetro great opportunities which ceme fo Mr. O'Neil Lave been well improved. His arbelk, althongh uneven, contained many five Few young men can play it as Le did. Iis mannerisms aro not irremncdizble, and his tendeey to over-act can bu casily pruned, if Lo will take tho painsto study. An oxcess of move- ment and vigorin any young artist is 8 hopofal sign. A limited amount of this Inaborions breath- ing will add power and intensity to an impassion- ed’part ; but the maen who uses too much of euch atifice makes out 0f himsolf o wheezing bellows. 8o, also, tho half-concoaled gleam of a kuife, or an involuntary movementto what it, a3 in Shylock, will curdls tho blood ; but a pro- longed oxbibition, or continuons and vebewmont” sharponing, snggests weraly the man who sells Dutcher's meat in tho shambles. ‘The most pretontious and acceptablo work of art which ho has thus far given us was bis ro-. cont Othello. Mo had juss seen Booth and Sal- viu fu: tho samo part,—two of the finest Ohel- los of our time, It was daring and hazardous for uny young sctor, under liko circumstances, to atlemptit. In trying to sail between two snch sharply-defined ¢haracters, many men would huvo foundered and sunk from sight. Alr. "Noil, bowever, st out a distioct third Othello, in vivid contrast with the other two. Hif Moor was the noblest and most generons man of thom all. Lo suffered the koenest, with o sim- ple buman agouy Lhat best draws himan sympa- thy. But bis chiuracter was only partially filled oat, Will Alr. O'Neil shelve this pars until tho. oxigoncies of Lis profession call for a roproduc- tion of the Moor: or will he continuo to revalve the characterin his mind at spare hours, until ho creates o porfect, living man ? There is great expansivo powor to this young ko, ao aRvo ull walthed his Sourss otk interést. Ho is the best leading man Chicago has hod for some years, and ho has flashed promisc of even better things. Theseremarksand sugzestions aro not offered in the guiso of ad- vico. An artist cannot, in tho strict sense, re- ceivoadvice. Ho can' only read or listen, and then question Lis soul regarding tho truth. own head must recognize tho principles, and Lis own heart must mako tho application. = Having: studied deeply, ho must fall back on his own goul for inspiration : und, possessing a soul, AT, 0'Neil nced not fear to do this. If hio could pass through tho grest entrance to the Medicean Chapel in the City of Lilies, snd would turn to tho right, he could scoa_singular stntne standing near tho high altar. The head aud neck aro finished as only the master of tho Florentine school of Expreusion could finish it ; but, below tho breast, the beautiful lines begin to fade, and are soon 108t in tho notivo marbis, which remains to this day as rough aswhen hewn from the qusrry st Carrars. For 800 years trav- elers have stood bofore tho majesty of this Vir- gin and CLild, with a long pleasure and regret pleasure at the perfection of her beauty, aad ro- gret that inclinatiow’s drift so often fowed be- tween tlis scalptor and Lis finished work. We might poin out to Mr. 0'Neil the analo; cxisting between his characters and this beauti= ful but balf-wrought marble. Some parts of them aro completed, justas aro the heads and shoulders of this Madonna and her Child. Tho long thonght and toil which wonld havo freed tho statuo were never given. What docs he decide about tho dnished actor? For, in these formative yenr=. must he chooso botween inclination with mediserity and the strugglo which secures ad- vancomeut. 0N McLANDEURGE. DRAMATIC NOTLS. Mr. Joe Jofferson is in New Orleans, and 1s now enjoging oxcellent Loalib. John G. Nevillo, the daceasod London . actor, died at the advanced ago of 87. Ld+win Adams leaves for Europe in June, and advertises for rent his cottago at Long Branch: Thie New Orloans Times claims that Mrs. Lander wao tlo original of Dioken's ‘' Infant Phenom- cnon.” And now the Torld enters its protest against tho dogradation of Booth's Thestro by “Zip * and Lotta. Another drama, by Miss Braddon, “ The Lir- ing Witnoss,” was produced at the Aloxandra Tueatre, Liverpool, on Monday. Miss Neilson's San Francisco season was ex- travagantly successful. Tho Pacific slope was enrapturod over her. Sho is now plsying in Tuiladelph Messrs, Jarrett & Palmer have leased Booth's ‘Theatre, and will take posseseion on the 1st of May. Itiseaidthey will produce a grand spec- tacie, minus o ballck. 7 Aloxandre Dumas _intends publishing a collec- tion of Alle. Aimee Desclee'’s Intters, witha pre- faceand picturo of tha sccross. Slie way very witty in conversation and letter-wriling. Tho Saturday Review heartily praises Tom Taylor's *Lord Clancarty,” and expressea o hope that ho will continae to dig in the same rich mine of dramatic material, English histary. McCallough, the tragedian, was given a com- Ehmanury banquot at fho Southern Hotel, St. ouis, at thoclose of his engagement there, and was presented with a medal, expressing ap— ciation of his genius ag an actor. Mr. J. Harris, the proprietor and manager of the Theatre Royal,” Dublin, was accidentally drowned near Killiney, on the 1ith of March. 3lr. Herris was ono of the oldest and best-known theatrical mansgers in Great Britain. “Romeo and Juliet” having beon played at Salt Laie;City, itisimpossiblabut to reflect upon tho disgust some of the Mormona must have fels &t tho hero killing bimsolt for one woman.—New York Graphic. Ad English eritic sposking of Rachel's tyle of 0 the world of thedramatist she poured her ownin-~ teuse passions. She was the true muse of trag- edy, the goddees of the moral, the divinity of crime.” Sardoy is » porsistent growler. Recontly the maitre de ballet, after being corrected_twenty timos for somo fanciod error, put on his hat and told the author to lead the ballet himself. Sar- dou frentically leaps from his box sod did as desired. Salvini's scason in Havana has not been more success{ul pecuniarily than in the United States, aud he will conscquently not try Mexico, Mr. Grau, his agent, has returned fo New York, the reappearance of the tromendous tragedian i looked for shortly. If the prices are lowered, the season will be more profitable. The biographer of Edwin Forrest tells us that, evry winter, orders were left with the grocer witli whom Mr. Forrest dealt, to refuse no poor person wanting credit, snd send tho bills to bim for ssttlemont. It was left with the grocer to diecriminato as to tha recipieuts of this bounty. Parnum has engaged Captain Mayne Reid to write a series of plays founded on his own noveis, to be producad simultancously on the Briush and American stages. Two of them, al- Teady written, havo been pronounced by London critics to be oqual iu dramatic powor to any on the modern staye, while superior.in picturesque eiect. Mr. Fred. Vokes, besidés being an_exdellent comodian, is a fine wator-color painter and writer. Iiis piotures have received the warm commendations of good judges in England, and ho had several letters in the London Telegraph and other English papors during his stay in America. He is a member of the Savage and Junior Garrick Clubs, of London, of which none but journalisis can become members. Mr. A. M. Palmor, Manager of the Union Square Theatre, in inclosing $5,000 to 8t. Jobn's Guild for the uso of the poor, ook occasion to re- mind the public that it came’ from a_profession frequently abused, but without which charity benefits would avail nothing. The Rey. ALr. Wiswall responds that the dramatic profession always have oxhibited more thaa their share of tho practical religion that ministers to the needs of the poor. The love of fair-play is & British charactor- istic which crop3 out in a streat-fight or aaything elso. Imagine the indignation of Londonens at discovering a plot to ruin » popular cantratice at the Alhambra. It has been proved that certain partics havo been issuing hundreds of fres tickets o rowdics to this place, on_tho condition that 3fi=3 Kate Santley bo Lissed off tho stago, and ber sival, Miss Bosg_ Pell, cheered yocitsrs ously. 1fiss Santley is an immonse favorite, and the conspiralor, among whom are somd *bloods™ of the Afulberry Hawk stsmp, are in Lot water. The following curious occurrence tool place recently at the Salomounski Circus of Berlia. During a pause in the performance a fashiora- Lly dreesed man descended into tho arosa, and mide o sign to tho actors, the musicians and tho public. Some importaat communication was ex- pected; the performanco censed, and profound siloncs ensued. Tho new-comer then called out in a strong voice: “Is the midwife Ilermann liera?" Tihie question produceda shiout of laugh- ter; but na soon as the merriment had subsided, auother voice from the econd ticr replied in tho affirmaiive. The queriat, perfoctly undisturbed, n said : **Hnaten to the Carlstrasse, No. —, where you are expected with impatience.” Ho then retired msjostically, without caring about the sensation cansed by this nnexpected dia- logue. The incident was tho great success of the evening. The_theatre-gocrs_of Paris have lately baen deprived of a d=cided vensation by the interven- tion of the police. .Tnere are inthat city at presont two Lon-tamers, one_a nemo named Delmonico, and the other an Englishmzu calted Cooper. These rival performers mot one night ata restaurant, and a dispute arose betweon them lusp:clin%kha ferocity of their respective animals, when Dolmonico informed Cooper coa- temptuously thathis lions wera ncre sheep. Cooper replied by offering to exchange cages with his rival. The offor was sccepted, and an exbibition was arranged whereat Cooper was to enter the cage of Delmonico's lions, and vice versa. But unfortunately for the meckers after oxcitement the s of Deimonico becams so terrificd at the idea of the dapger her husband was about to run that sho laid tho matter before tha Prefect of the Police 2ad parsuaded him to interfere. The lion-tamer's name Lad a succu~ lent suggestion which the poor woman thought irreeistible to the savage animals. e MUSIC. Tho Beethoven Bociety gave its third récep- tion to it aesociate members at Standard <7, on Thursdsy - evening last, the hall being thoroughly filled, and the Society turning outa larger namber of active members than on any provious occasion. The vocal numbers were the Kyrie from Beethoven's Mnss in D ; Bargicl's ‘‘Bpring Night,” for sopranos and altos ; Men- delssohn’s “On the Sea™; Abt's “Evening Song" and “Woodbird”; and the March and Chorus from * Tanchauser.” Of these numbers, the “ Spring Night " and * Woodbird” were the most creditably performed, although the Society is entitled to "great praise for the mannerin which it ‘took tho tempo of the Mendelssohn song, and for the expression with which it gave it. The Bociety now has given three receptions, and may bo said to be upon its feet and going slone. A little friendly criticism, therefore, may serve to set its fect in tho right way, and prevent its adopting errors which, if persisted in; may prove incurable. . The sopranos and altos are in- comparsbly the strongest and most effective parts of the chorus. The voices are young, Iresh, and of good quality, and the singars dis- lay more than = ordinary musical intel- igence, although, 28 in every musical society of mixed voices, there are some who ouly add to thoeoffect of the Society numerically. Theso should be gradually weeded out. Tho- basses loan upon two or_thres voices, which is unfortunate, 2 tho bass is the foundation, and should be strong, socare, and compact. ~Tho tenors aro the weakest, not oaly in_quantity of voice, but in quality, and to this part of his or- ganization Mr. Wolfsohn should give his whola oitention. Without s strengthening of theso weak spots, both in yolume and timbre, it ix im- possible ta do Justice to euch a_work as the ethoven Kyrie, for instance, where tho har- mony i8 o full, howover zealously the singers may strive. _Another radical point which should e made by Mr. Wolfsohn is the production of o pianissimo. Piano ia not pianissimo, neither is Jortissimo forle, and, until these extremes aro conquered, it will be difficult to make proper musical effoct in exprossion. To achiove per- fection in these is the result of long practice ; but the Society has studied long cnough to make nicer distinctions than it did on Thursday night. On tho whole, a5 far as the vocal numbers aro concerned, the Soclety showed that it is taking o stops backward, and, if it bas the true musi- cal grit to subject ltself to wholesome disciplina and hard study, and to devote itself to music as if there were no roceptiona to be given, it will talio & bigh plico, and provo en invaluable augilisry in the musical culturo of the city. Wo ™ aro” confident- - that -Bir. -Wolfsohn himself is thoroughly in earnest, and that his devotion to music is sincere and lonest. If his socioty scconds him as it should, he will achieve what ho is aiming at,—the permancnt establish- ment of amixed socluly fur thio production of the higher works of music. The instrumental parts of tho programme were the Rubinstein trio for piano_(Wolfsohn), violin (Lewis), and Diclun (cello); Iafl’s morcean ' fantastiqie (* Erinnerung™) for piano (Wolfsohn) and cello (Dickun); and “La Belle Grizelidis,” & brilliant duo of fteinecko's for two pianos (Mrs. H. Frank and Wolfsohn). ‘The selections yore good, but why Liave them so long, Mr. Wolfsohn? Why give the lion's share of the programme to tho iustruments? The Rubinstcin trio, placed No. 2in tho programme, bas threo long move- ments. One of these, the Andaute, for inetanco, would have been suflicient, and would not Lave wearied tho sudiouce. In future programmes this shiould be remedied, and in_future perform- ances of concerted numbars Mr. Wolfsohn should also bring the piano down to its proper place, and not cover up the othor instrumonts. Tet it be in reality s “ well-temnpered clavichord." Tho Rubinstein" trio is sovere enough of itself to be digested at o eingie sitting without com- peiling the violinist to ssw with all his muscle, tho poor ’ccllist, who has the best parts of the trio, to fight in order to ‘get them s hearing. Wo have thus indicated, in Do unfriendly spint, what seem to us to be blom- ishes. The Society is now oid enough and strong enough, and its Directory energetic enough, to act and to place itsolf upon that basis which siall loois towards” permanency_-not, meroly pleasant receptio®, but creditablo and import- ant work in the future, such as is achieved by the Eastern choral societies. It is in a position to do this. There is no other mixed society “hore, and it has a skilled musician 8¢ its head. 1t can afford to begin work for the future with Iarge and high purposes in_yiew. There is no Toason why Chicago should not have a Handel &nd Haydn Society. ~NTELLO. It will be a pleasant announcement to those who did not bave an opportanity to hear the fine crformauce of **Masamello”” by the Licder- :ranz, that anothor chance will bo given them, as the Socicty has completed its arrangements to bring it_out again at McVickor's Theatre on Sunday and Monday evenings, tho 19th and 20th i As Mr. Bischoff kas already recovered himself, =and s voice con- scientiously perform- ances, in - that he may make smends for his failure at the recent closing performances, wo have every reason to oxpect an admurable representation on these oxtra occasions. It isdue to tho Society also that it should be richly repaid for its ontlay and its hard labor in proparing this work—a labor which none can appreciate except those who have been throagh it. We hope, therefore, that tho theatre will be crowded oo both these occa- sions. In this connection we may state that tho recent anoouncement in_a morning Elpor ofa jealousy botween Mrs. Hastreiter-Schoonhoven and Miss Kenkel manifesting iteelf in the recent performances is without the slightest foundation. Wo are assurcd from competent suthority that there is Dot a syllable of truth in it. THE CAROLINE RICHINGS-BERNARD CONCERT. That indefatigable little woman who hasdooe go much for both the drama and opera in this country, Caroline Richings-Bernard, is to appear to-morrow night bofore ber many admirers in this city, and she as a host of them, in quite & new Tolo, Having helped to inaugarate and to after- wards popularize the English Opera movement, saud by ber encrgy and perseverance, OVercoming obstacles that would have daunted some of the veteran managers, she mow hag begun to culti- vate 8 musical tield which, if not altogether new, Las been_86 long noglected 2s to almost entitle her to s discoverersnight.. Mre. Richings' Jurpose isa very noble one, snd it isto be hoped that she will succeed in her un- dertaking. And sho willif the public can be only muige to understand, notwithstanding the very. low prico of tickets, what exccllent’ con- certs she offers with 3 troupe which numbers a3 many as appear in most opera combinations, the ‘members being all artista of repute. and o thor- oughly drilled that their vocal eelections are ren- dered with much the same spirit and beauty of ghading and expression 28 characterize Thomas instrumental performances. Ia order to add to the picturesque efect of the music, tho troupe appear in tho oid costumes and under assumed Dpames, of whick the following are apart: ‘Sorraxos—Margery Pinchwife (Mrs. Caroline Richings-Bercard), Lorothy Faitiful (Miss Sallie J. Beardalee), Priscilla Primrose (Mrs. Auns A. Back), Aramiata Vainlore (Miss Engenis Bfilli&:\_r), Busan - Sweelapple Josephine Maree). i C‘t’)p)'rmx.'ms—f’rudence Partridge (Mre. De- cevel, of Brooklyn), Angelina Prim_(Mies Marietta Green), ety Zopknoi (iliss Emelio eaviog his these two g. Townfield), Lovely Buckle (Miss Emma erry). Texors— Win-the-Fight Litlle- Wib (Pierre Ber- nard) Jeremtah Foresight (Charles ¥, Barnes), W.‘Uyfim Oiderdft (Cliarles A. Kuow), Oliver Oldschool (Williai Bradsharw), Aaron Holdfust (Georae Walkm?. Bassos—Baladic Downright (Chatles Noble), Roger iferryman (F. Holmes). Carcful Ugle (James Maréc), Humphrey Merrythoughi (Georgo H. Broderick). Puisr—Yeregrine Poundkeys (Theo, 3. Brown. i OroaNtsT—Ezekicl Overdo (William . Tom- ins. This is a concert-combination of unnsual strength, and, as it comprises, besido the artists who ars well known bere, the Quakeér City Quar- tctto Club, which is ohe of the most famous vocal organizations in Philadelphia, -And, as the whola company Lave been in constant 'practice together for over a year, 1t may be expected that thie membors will réndor oven the most diticalt sod intricate music announced in their pro- grammes with a degree of perfection that is seidom heard in sho best dnilled choral socie- ties. The programme for Mondsy night will be a severe tost for tho company, o its selections cover an area of musical composition extending frem the sixteenth to tho present century, and from eimple molody Lo the most intricata har- movy. The most pretentions selection is a Vocal Symphony, by Ambroise Thomas, which is in five movements, all of them of s pastoral style. It ia the first time thia style of composi- tion has Leen renderod Lere, and its performance will. oxcite considerzbla curiosity. ‘There aro two madrigals which open the concert. The programmeis of great longth, but being written in the orthography of & remote autiquity would provably creale 8 riot in the composing- Toom, and drive the conscientious proof-reader toa gloomy suicide. We forbear to print it on h;':iumnmm grounds. It is good,f it is nlittlo ol THE AIMCE TROUTE. The lovers of opera bouffo will be glad to know that the excellent organization headed by Milo. Barie Aimce will comence a two weeks' senson at McVicker's Theatre on Tucsday ovening, the 21st inst. The novelty of the season will bo*La- Tille de Mad. Angot.” This troupeis probabl ono of the most complele_and effective whi has ever visited this ot It embraces in its list such comic artists as Miles. Aimee, Rosine Stani, sad Marie . Roland, and Messiours Juteau, Duchesne, Lecuyer, Duplan, and Deschamps, beeides about tiventy second artists. Tho mu- sical director is Mons. Charles Yan Ghels ; gen- eral manager, Mons, Lecuyer; stago manager, Mons, Benedick. The repertoire of the troups for the seagon will include ** La Fille de Madame Angot,” Le Petit Faust,” *‘La Belle Helone,’, “Les Cent Vierges,” “‘Ls Porichole,” “ Les Brigands,” “Barbe' Bleue,” *“Le Vie Pari- sieune,” and the ** Grand Duchess.” : Since last October this company havo given fifty-four. porformances in Havana, six in Car- denas, nine in Matanzas, thirty-six in tho City of Mexico, four in. Pacbla, three in Vera Cruz, and arrived in Now Yorlk Thursday, the 5th of March, after & fivoe days' stormy Psaago from Ha- vana; played tho Bame night in Brooklyn: on tho 6th in Troy, aud on tho 7th two performances in Albany. They commonced on tho 9th at the Lycoum Theatre, Now York, aud continued unin- terruptedly four weeks. On the 6th of April & week's season was commenced in Philadelphis, and on the 13th & weok ot tho Boston Theatre. From hero tho company go direct to_San Frao- cisco, for 8ix weeks' enigagement. Tl compa- ny bias been from the commencement, ard still is, under the management of Charles Levi, for *many years agent of Max Strakosch. THE PRATT STMPHONY CONCERT. The performance of the new symphony by Mr. 5. C. Pratt, of this city, has been set for April 17, et McCormick's Hall, upon which occa- sion it will bo performed by an_ orchestra of forty-five pleces, including Mr. Balatka's organi- zauon. In addition to the symphony, the fol- lowing works of Mr. Pratt’s composition will also bo performed: * Magdalena's Lament,” roman- za for orchestra, suggested by Murillo's picture ; “Homage to Now Chicago.” march for orches- tra; ‘Sailing the Ses,” a serenads for male voices in the form of an Italian_ villanello; and & polonaise for pinno. In addition to these, the quintetto from Wagner's “ Moistersmngor” will bo given by Mrs. McGuire, 3ias ite, Edward Schultzo, Theodore Schultze, and C. T. Boot; also vocal selections by Miss White, a solo by Mrs. McGuiro, and Schubert’s overture to “Kosamunde.” The singers for the *Ser- enade” will b Mesars. Coffin aud Chandler, first tenors; Messcngor and_Ciark, second tenors : Colston and Hale, first basses; and Tilden and Leffler, second basses. FIRST BAPTIST CEURCI CONCERT. On Tuesday evening, tho 14th inst., a vocal and instrumental concart will be given' at the Finst Baptist Church, under the auspices of Mr. C. A. Havens, tho organist of the church, at which the following programme will be per- formed : 1. Qrgan Solo—Offertns wir. . 2. Trio— My Mother », ....Campana Mro. Havens, Miss Ecerts, and Siss Rommeis. 3. Quartetto—** The Mariner’s Song”... Hatton Mexsra. Baker, Stcbbins, Dorn, and C! 4. Pitno Solo—Fantaeio i C sharp minor. Mr. 8. G. Pratt. 5. Song—*The Sailor's Return ™. Mr. G. C. Stebbi in B minar........C- A, H, Hacens. ? G. Organ Solo—¢ Pilgrima’ Chunt,” (* Tann- Bauser™)... evsneeee . Wagner 3ir, €, AL Havens, 7. Song—* Eameraida 7. ceereensn LavEy 3 Nra. Addic ilacens 8. Piano Solo— Dream Wanderings”.....v..... Pratt 3ir. 8. G. Pratt. -9. Quartette—* Como, Dorolhy, Come”....... Kucken dire.” Havens, us fommels, Sir. Stebbiss, and Ar. far) 10. Duet—* Cheerfulness ™. Miss Everts and iss llommers. 11, Organ Soio—Fantasie on themes from “ Faust”. ..C. A H. . C. 12, Duet—" What Moun! nadier” Pl ens 13, Quartetto—Tha Woo ‘Measra, Baker, Stebbina, TIE RICE S0IREES. The firet of the series of soirees compliment- ary to Mme. Engenie de Roode Rice will be given as Btandard Hall, on 'Tueeday, tbe 1ith inst., with the following choice programme : PABT I, 1. Grand fantasie for piano, *Sonnambuls " Are, Eugenie Rice, 2. Flate Solo—* Ave Maria . Ay Aua. Ifolm . 3. Aria—tDove Sono," from “ Marriage of “Figs- To” --.-Mozart ¥ s, Slurie Carrick. 4 Bomanee, for violin and piano. Mre. E. Rice und Mr. Heman PART IL C sharp minor—(** Moonlight ") ...Beethove LEugenie 1. Bolo for viols—* Ls Nuit Mr. Heman Allen. 8, Grand Arla—** Casta Diva,” from ol Siarle Carick” (a) umann’s “ Liel jed 7, 9. Plago— {(e}"u Marscilialss ... . 3irs, Eugenie Rice. 10, Arla— Preciosa; with flute obifgato. . Voa Weber Jre. Marie Carrick and Mr. 4. Holin. ORGAN CONCERT. Prof. Clarence Eddy, of Borlin, will give an organ concert at the First Congregational Church Tueadsy evening, assisted by ALr. T. C. Em;e{, of Chicago, and Mr. Eugene Ellery, of irook- Jyn. Tho programma is as follaws : PROGRAMME. fude and fugae in & mind 1. Prelude and fugae in A minor.. bes Az Eidy 2. Weihnachts-Pastorale (Christmas Pastoral). ... i 3. Aris—+Judith "........ frs, 4. “Marche Triomphalo ™. r. R ....H. 0. Eddy «+.G. Merkel --..-Concons D, Buck T o Pam 1. Overture to “ Stradella™ . E 5, {a. Cannon in F sharp mino + {o‘ “Trgamerel. 3, Song—** A Passing Cloud ”. R a m:‘"" o 4. Themo and variations, A fat.. 3tr. Eddy. TORNER HALL. Following is the programme for the Tarner Hall concert : 1. ¢ Herwarth March”.......... 2. Overture to the 3{ason and Locksmith %, .. Auber 3, Fantasie—* The Artist's Dream”. .........Lumbye 4. “Reminescences of Tannhauser ™. Hamm 5. Potpourri—* A Wreath for Bachus ”. 6. Waltz—* Antumn Flowers ". 7. Overture to “ The Slege of 8. Third Finale from the Sicilian Ves, 9, Polka—* Souveair of Frankfort’ 10. Quadrille—** Merry Wives of Win MTSICAL PUBLICATIONS. At a recent ealo of antographs in London, & Preiude for the Lute, by S. Bach, brought £16, and a Song to Hopo, by Beethoven, £10. A catalogue of the works of Cherabini has recontly been published in Paris, which shows that he was tho author of 430 compositions, inclading twenty-eigat operss, eighteon masses, and a great varicty of mivcellancous works. The contata * Esther” bos boen dramatized by Prof. Seaper, 2 Tise came hou: in the Act - 3 ; ‘ (G R L excellout bouk tor siudesio of Yecal wusiv, 16 | is based on the traditicos of the Italian schooly but makes free use of recent developments oy science, and is fally illostrated by exercises, sole feggios, and songs. ‘Among the new publicstions announced by A. D. F. Randolph & Co. is a hymn and tune booli for public and social worship, entitled ‘‘Hymns, Songs of Praive,” edited by the Rev. Drs. Bos- well, D.Hitchcock, Zachary Eddy, and Phulig Schafl; containing over 1,400 bymue. Yoars o work have been expended upon it. Tho musical editor-in-chief—Prof. Paine, of Harvard Univer- sity—widely known as the composer of tho Ors torio of ““St, Peter,” ha - had tho assistance o. Mr. Burmap, organist of the Church on thi Heights, Brooklyn. NTSICAL NOTES. Gounod hus writien a song abont the Tiche borne trial. The death of 1f, announced at Pari: Auns Bishop is singing in Grace Church, Ssn Francisco, M. Victor Caponl is stadying the principal rol in' */La Fille do Madame Angot.” T Th o Mesers. Meilhac and Uulevy have rewritten ©La Parichole,” and havo +ddsd a taird act. - Nilsson, Campaniui, Strakosch, and Maretzek will go to Earope this spring, - 3r, Carl Bergmann has boon engaged by Theo- doro Thomas as chef dorchestre for s long term- M. Jamet remarked to & friend in New York, on embarking for Europo, that he “left America with great tears.” Jeny Lind's eldest son isat Corpus Christi Collego, at Oxford, and she hag a daughter jusé - coming into womazhood. M. Wicniawski bas made 8o many fical appear- ances that tho public are growing a little incred- ulous 1a to the auncuncemedts of his immediate departure. Miss Roze Herses, who became such a favorito in America, seorus to be gathering naw laurels at home, and to be looked on s the only spproximats successor 1n English opers to Paropa-Rosa. According to a statement in the Paris Soir, Mr. Gye, tho wanager of u\a Roval Italian Opera, Covent Gardea, bus jush been appointed by the Emperor of Russin director of the imperial the- atres at St. Petersburg and Moscow. Tho * (dipus,” of Sophocles, transiated by Herr Wenelt, with incidental music by Herr E. Lassen, the Musical Director of Wermmar, Las met with great success in that city. Tho seadon of tho Theatro Italien in Paris will terminate on the 5th of May. and during the ro- mainder of that month M. Meralli and Stre- kosch will give a series of conoerts. ‘The Wagnerians in Brussels are indignant st the introduction of a ballet at the performancs of the *‘ Tannhauser” at the Taeatre do la Mon- naie, in presenco of tha King of tho Belgians an¢ hia visitors, the Duke and Duchess of Edin- burgh. _Bach's memory is to be honored by the ereo- tion'of a statue at Eisenach, aud a concert has Jjust been given in aid of the fund at Manchester {(England), Joschim, Halle, Santley, and Nor- ‘man-Nerada participating. A ridiculous rumor is abroad, which accuses Campanini of being & German, whose real namo is Camphsusen. ~Tho story is withont tho elightest foundation, Although his appesranco is rather German—blae eyes aud fair hair being unusual in Italy—be is 5 thorough Italian. Botl: of his parenta are Italians, and old chorus- singers. He ia also married fo an Italisn wife. An ingenious idea has been introduced in tha construction of n theatre just built in one of the most crowded thoroughfares of Paris, the Bonle- vard de Strasbourg. The roof is made of four sections: oll of thém are movable, If the weather be fair'and wanm, they are ull removed ; if clonds lower, 'and the wporth wind biowe, ali are closed. They are mado of glass and iron. . Dachauer, the organist, in discussing Wag- nor's masic, cal!s attention to the following fact, which i8 not ofton thought of: ** A great many speak of unapprouchablo Beethoven, on account of the number of A's for the soprani iu the finala of the Ninth fmphony. First, we ought to re— member that whon the great Beethoven wroto this symphony, A was not higher thanthe G of onrdays; andoven keeping tho A in our days daring thirty seconda will never break a voice.” The chances of Italisn opers noxt season de- pend in & great mcasure upon the negotistious Dow ponduug batween M Strakosch aud thio Di- rectors of the Acedemy of Music. The manager wisnes 4o obtain & leaso for thres years, with the understanding {hat the privileges of the two DLundred and ~dd stockholders, who control the Dest boxes and seats, &hall bo considered a full oquivalent for the rent. Thatis the arrange- ment mado with 3lr. Strakosch daring the firet Nilseon sosson, but this year he has paid, in ad- dition, the customary Tenmt charge of $350a igit. If hix tarmas are accepted he propotes Lo ongage for the nott. soason both M Stolz, the organ-builder, is t ilsson and Lucca, and in tho course of tho three years to bring over Adelina Patti. He will also prodece somo operss never porformed here, and revive works which the present generation knows noth- ing about. A writer for_the Afusical World suggests s plan for reviving such an interest in Englisk opers as will incite English aud American com- posers to turn _thair attentiou generally to orig- 1nal work in this dircction. As direct attempt at rivalry with Italian opera would bo foolish, it iu proposed that somo librotto-writer should plan and write s good libretto in two acts, and that oneof tho Englieh composers should wed tho poetry to good melodions music i thorongh operntie stylo, with no speken dialoguo intro- duced; and that tius little porfect English opera, when completed, should be produced at some tleatrons an jtam on the programme, though not a8 the piece de resislance. Strange Medicines. From the (h-mist and Drugnst. Tnsects once formed a class of medlicines, con- sidered very effectivo in certain casss, aod time was when the doctor would order » dodo of threa gnata or three drops of lady-bird milk, just as he might order three grains of calomel ia “our day. Wood-lice, ante, and beetles nsed to be prescrib- od for the cure of toathache. The sacred bectle is eaton by tho women of Egyptand regarded as an emblem of fortility. The oil-boetle exudes a decp yellow oil from the joints of the legs, which was ‘estecmod dinretic and used in rheumatio complainta; it has also been recommended in bydrophobia. In some cascs, the effects_atirib- uted to thees curions remedies may possibly ba produced by them, as, for instance, when Turk- ish women eat, cooked with butier, tha blaps snlscta ( sort of beetls), with a viow to the de- velopment of fat; but, when the same remedy is represcntod a8 an sntidote sgainst oarache and thio sting of the scorpion, Wo are less inclined to believe 1n its ofticacy. In Atwood's * History of Dominica " we arotold ithat the fat of snokes is eatcemed an excellent remedy for rheumatiem and spraios ; and by tha vuigar in Persia, & hard green substance about te kize of o beau, found in the body of a certain species of serpent, i reckoned an infallible cure for the bites of venomous roptiles. Among tha ancients, serpents’ flosh was in high roputo ss a medicament, and was also used for food, like the flesh of a turtle. On tho continent of Eu- rope, vipers have still & place in the popular barimacopaia, and Mr. Simonds assarts that tho Flalians to his day * occasionally regale them- eelves with a jolly made of stewed vipors.” In Guatemala lizards eaten alive ere supposed to cure caucer. As Iate 8s 1618 Tion's fut belonged to the mate- riamedica of the British pharmacopaa. Among the ancients, Galen prescribed it as an antidote for poisons. The smell of it was said to drivo away serpents. The Roman physicians had groat faith in remedies derived from this auimal Pliny enumeratos tho following: First, as a cosmetic, the fat mixed with thooil of roses gives delicacy to the complexion ; and, secondly, 4 am unguent, it cures affections of tho joints. mixed with water cures weak eyes; mixe h the fat, and taken internally, it wa¢ remedy for epilepsy. Quartan fover way curc: by giving to the patient the heart roasted, Ll quotidian fevers wero troated with tho fat aud oil of roses. The natives of the Malay peninsula ent tiger flesh, believing it to be a specific for all diseases, besdes imparting to theone who partakes of it the animal's courage sagacity. A Discarded from the service of the pbyzician, & few molinaks have fonnd a resting-place in the popular materia medica. Slugs and suaila were anciently, and insome pasts are to this day, o popular remedy in copsumptive complaints. They are sometimes made into & mucilaginons broth; sometimes swallowed raw, Snails are, to this day, kept on salein London markets for this purpose. — - . Singular Cause of Death, From a private_letter, dated Plainavillo, Lu- zerne County, Penn., March 24, the Ithaca Journal gets the facts of a kingular accident ‘Which resalted in the death of & young married man of that place. It appears that he wasac- customed to rise carly to go to his work, and on the morning in queation his wife, thinking he +was oversleeping, spokein order to wake him. - o sprang suddenly up, sudin_ 8o doing hit s lamp which was sctting on a chair at the head of the ted, Tho globe was broken and a pieoe of it struck him on the neck, pierciog the jugular ! veinazd causing him tobleed to death in less shan fie minuics. [ i : ; ] ;