Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1874, Page 7

Ve '”'niwue it learned by the former that the Ny wis exbibiting i Cbisago, {han an’ ad- & amous sppsased waring the publio againet o iveling frauds.” This was anaworod by \+iser poico fnsisting to the public that tho B traveiiag frauds” werd the firet adver- gre, 'Tha cther party insisted that they were 2o tho only (rus aad original marioneftes & crestod s furore in England, sud wese callad ol.” just 2a 8 certain tailor in London w B Mfcrehgat Tailor to Her Majesty.” Witk THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1874 W CEVIEW OF AMUSEMENTS. MARIONETTES. ato sad punstaking reader who etudics FLly oo 80 ents of Tax Tasce will hive 1o advertice! : 3t fd tho eymptoms of & war. It is oot a Sy stinagle. Tho beligerenls are acparated {ymany miles of railroad track, and {héir stake ¢ os pecunises. They are fighting over se criginslity of 8 certain company of strolling 4 i, who, though inaumate, sre miling A ile notse in the world. Tho parties aro AcDonough and Mr. Bullock. No ¢ quarrel between thoso bwo pasties wo bave Sihing to do. Tt is claimed it Mr. McDonough a mowmber of Mr. Bulloci's travel- A st Be etarted out on s own s Saking mith Lity sows of the em- S Tsta cmployer. Dothis as it thay: e pany i boey playing hero, 2nd, o ornanco i in Gves way morito B8 08 T slonded sanple imausemant to o A atronied i, tho Gabiition bas nok Hos TR ek il ivva dane. B et sl famous eamuch for anythin A estcni-roto nctors who travel ronnd the c0T8LTT calling themselves *‘stary,” and T Inryat t5p0 o the play-bille, to prblie that zanrdec dono by thom to reations of gevius is high bonor to ot an improvement on Lis do e A, that ia what thoy mean; it £ Fibing. Theso gentlemen and’ la— ncholy fuct that some la- s cruel enough to do the saue thing.— acially sensirive when thoir own perform- scathed by impattial i watisfied . to commit * murder e bt sbominato the. penalty. And + the critic must have somsthing to pitch into, the socors may feel graleful for the invention of jappets, upon_whom the" crilic may sir his fleen, Unfortunately, howaver, theso puppets 7o much Leiter actora thau tho sctors them- ey cxpesiully in comedy, ihat they afford 2o tezeitle ontlet for au ontpouriag of critical bilo. TEEIE ORIGIN. “pappet plays are of very remote origin. How Jizaso tbo idea occurred of caricainring hu- ‘agity by means of dolls, may be guessed from sre €] ¥ _criticism. panity the fact thet figares with movable limbs have teee found in the tombs of Egvpt and Ertuuia. Tho ofd dramatio suthors of Shakspeare's timo fave oecas.onal reference to them. [n Francoand Tuls they woio used for playing in ‘scrious dicnas, sud iu Indie 2od China are still among the popaler smuscments. In the reign of Ehiza- tets ihey were. made to perform in Scriptural play2, euch 23 “ The Prodigel Son” and *‘Jonah ixd the Whale.” The convemence of diminu- five performers in tha Iatter play mav be secn at gzce. lmsgiue, for instance, Mr. McVicier an- muscing the preventation, for the first time m Tiny cesturies, of the ancient socicty comedy “Jovat and the Whale,” and casting alr. O'Neil forJonah!_Picture the managerial night-sweats efore & wuitablo person could ba found to play the Whale, or means devised for the effective gwallowing of ir. O'Neil. And then thivk of ire criticems i the morning papers on the mtoner of -the Whale's dopceiting Jonah on the ghore. With puppes. silthings are possible, sud hence the saperior vereatility of lifeless Fooden nctors as compared with animated stick. Evon the Puritans of old sppreciated the pup- pet performances. No clérgsman of old timea P id rise in his pulpit and, quoting from Scrip- ture, eccuse theee Lttle playara of leading im- moral lives, and therefore getting bad examples, No, the liftle chaps wore blameless players, and mobody could be 8o egregiousty foolish as to pro- nounce their plays immoral, when they illus- tuied tho Dook of Jonah, or portrayed the Parables. DR JomNsON. Sometimes their ambition almost cqualod that of modern star, and in lnter days o dramas of Maclowe, Beaumont and Fletcher, Decker, Chspman, sud Shakspesre were presented by them in good stxe. Dr. Johnson did mob ses Yir Aadheth sbonla not be_plaved by dummies 28 well as liviog actors. And we agreo with Ur. Jehmson, after gazing at tho histriosic cuormi- ties of the year of grace 1574. THE OSLY KELIO of theeo puppet-zhows up to_heir revival a few gears szo Ly French moriopettes, was tho ¥ Ppuoch and Judy™ show which shill abounds in Evglaud, The sragedy written by one Silvio Fiorilio, an Italion comedisn, mbout the sear 1600, is enacted to the delight 3 crowda of admiring boys and girls, ciy Arabs and country bumpkins., English clergy- men profess to dislike theso shows, 25 exertimg & banoful infinence over their sheep- parishioners. Dut s soon a8 the drum and pan-pipo of tho_orchestra is heard, pastoral ad- monitions are forgotten, snd away runs the crowd after “*Punch acd Judy.” THE OBCHESTRA s & pereon not purticalarly cleanly in his hubits. He may be described as tall and Jank, clad in {lie soodiost of gartsents, with a mafler round bis throat, which, 1a days gono by, was red. His head 18 covered with s battered hat, whose crown and rim etill hang togetber in places. The mudler binds sround his neck a fat srray of -rceds, on a level with his mouth, fnosn ss n pan-pipe, . and looking for sil tie world like the = pipes of an organ in miniature. - A leather sirap round his ceck mpports & bass-dium, svhich he beats inces- tantly nith both hznds, pluying mesnwhile apon the pan-pipe nnder his uose. His companion arres THE STAGE AND PERFORMERS. The former is » wooden' frame, draped_in rod cloth, standing 2bout seven feet high. Whens eroxd is collected, and & convenient spot in the ‘Eireet reachcd, the stage is stood up on ew the orehostra becomes wildly enthusiastic an sfdenly stops. The curtain rises and displaya » little opening about two_and s-half *feet equsre, with Do footlighta or boards. Anad then in8, Afr, Punch, the hero, is made y the portraits op the fa- cciious pericdica] whose pages hsye borne the marks of genms of Joba zrk Lemon, BShirley Drooks, Da Maurier sud others. Mr. Punch’s voice is extremely nasal, Iudeed, ho wonld be consid- er6d unplessautly so in Vermout. His dress in gaudy, and of the age of the story. 7 THE PIECE OPENS - with kia declaration of love for Judy, hia wife, and many endesrmeyts showered upon the in- fant iesue of tueirunion. Ina fit of jealously, bowerer, Punch kills the baby by stragling it," a2d throws 1t into the stroet. Judy is horrifted, and Nr. Punch, holding » broom under his &rm in tho most Judicrous mavner, kills ber also, and flings her body into tho strest. The police, finding tho bodics, endeavor to arrest Mr. Punch, but, armed with his broomstick, the little old gentleman lass about bim and kills the Polica, at which feat of defcnse tho crowd always cheeczlustiy. Even in weli-governed England the Constable’s staff is bnt barely respected. In some vereions of tho plar, Afr. Punch finds him- self tortured by the Inquisition, and escapes them by bribery, alter which Weariness and ZLazingss, properly personified, attack him, only tobe ronted with the inevitablo broomstick. Gererally, Bowever, the pieca ie cut. The police- man vanquished, Disease, in the form of 8 physi- cian, endeavors fo arrest Lim, but is soundly troutced ; then comes Dealk in tho shapo of & tkeleten, byt Mr. Punch belabors Death, and akes his bones rattle, nutil the pnweicoma ap- parition willingly makes his exit. Finally comes the Deril in hideous form, to carry the wicked man off like Don Juan; but® Afr. nch is too much for his _foo, ad jmpales him on the _broomstick, thrieking his delight, 88 the cartain falls amid the ehouts of tho spectstors. 3eanwlile the Onchestra has been handing its hat round for contribations, snd eeldom goes away empty- aded. A penny, or twopends, or & **thr'upen- By-bit” from mearly overybody present amply Tewarda the parformers. . ere are many versions of this thrilliag fragedy, but the noove is the most generzlly ac- cepted.” Thero are hundreds of these exhibitions Taoduing_through tho great citios and country woa of England. No matter where they go they never fai to attract a crowd. ., THE POPPETS OF THE PRESENT DAY fiffer slightly from thoso of 800 years sgo in Eiore ways then one.The extraordinary athletic Experiences of Mr. Punch were due to bis in- Hgmifieance. His method of handling a broom- Shckwas clumsy, beceuse he hsd no hands. muscalar power of his arms Iay. in the fing- ;i“f the genius who uresided over his destiny. e fect is, that AMr. Punch's arms were like his mises of reformation, and sssurances of af- lficbon-urjhollaw.—md the second finger aud u‘mb of the dirty man under the stage filled e hollow, while his first finger regulated the other movements of Mr. Punch. . now eshibited, the marionettes sro fuch larger, ths“"m.nimum size being onr feet " gix juches. I 15 plain that 2o fnger and thumb could Euccessfully direcs olr movements, . Thoy. need a stagemeally as 14759 89 that of An ordloay thgatse, aRd heneo must bo guided by somebod; i v iyst s considorable ;i\sunes. To thosa who have siudied aud auzhed over the absurd gesturea of these little people, the sense of caricatura prevails sbove evarything clse,—the bows and genuflexions, while natural, are g0 in cxcess. Tbe very floxi- bility of tho joints of a marionotto is & satire upon the stiffness of o drawing-room besu; and the thought of a passiog acquaintance becoming &8 guddenly papplo as a marionette, when meet~ ing one on'the street-corner, is full of: incon- guuicy. : : < THE MECHANISIL. = _To regulate those complex movements of the lolls rquires a mechaaical arrapgement of cor- rosponding intricacy. What that is, the manag- &rs docline to say. “The secret onco made png- lic, nobody would care to see the performance. This much, Lowover, is clear, A bridga soana the stage al & suficient Leight to bo invisible to the audience. Upon this bridge the eouls of the performers—their human destinjes—guide their rendy feet, aud bend their pregnant hinges sccording to the domands of the plsy. The per- son who controls the cords of hisindividual pup- pet Apeake the lines as well. Boing in thoclouds, the tone of his voice comes upon the sudience with 3 muflled . indistinctuess which adds to the citdoest of {he scene, oud esems to remove the setors gtill further from the aud:ence. g . AN ENTHUSIASTIC CRITIO, . @oscanting upon these genarous little. players, congratulated the world that st last 8 dramatic campany had been found in which quarrels wero unknonn. Thoro was no leading Isdy in this little incnimate coterie to clamor for & calclum light ; 1o juvenile lady to refuse her part, be- causs a chawbormaid had more lines o ber- Belf. No fantastic walking gentleman was here tobe found veoting his Jealousy upon the lead- ing man who thougist himself the better-looking, 5 epoiling his tcene for bum. Indeed, the critic thonght & second Eden had becn found upon the stago, into which no serpentine jeal- ousies or unworthiness could ereep. So far he was quito right too. And so far he would be right in appiying his remarke to the legitimate stage, for living .performers dace not re- veal toan oudicnco the full measure of their pettiness. The quarrels in real life, whether in tho theatre or the drawing-room, aré not on the proscenium. cy :are bolind the stage, and nide tuo puppot-show they aro shove ii—on the ridge. NED RIDING-HOOD. The visible portion of Red ltiding-Ilood is &l sweetness and innoconce, nor does £ho appear to fear tho hostility of anybody but the Wolf. But tha mescaling part of herat the other end of the rope, is an entirely different matter.. His face is 23 red a5 his protege's cloak, and tho person in charge _of . Riding-Hood's mother is giviog _ Ooiteranco o some ¥eIy avaps | babs, mercly bocsoso tho dzughter has been too prominoat on the stage, and by some clover actionof the cord bag brongbt doswn the house. So slso tho Dellos of tho fairy conrt move on tho stage in an stmos- hera of love, embracing, twisting, danciog, ob- ivious, because unbatmned by tho stoim of human passion that rages abovo them st tho other oud of the cords which support them. 1f thosa atrings were only conductors, - what havoc would shortly bo made on the “mimic ‘stagel Fow : Violel would -soize the bsok-hair of Toscoud, sud . Sweet Briar tear the ivshes from ~ Peach Blossom's ~chook! The company ‘now exbibitiog at Kinge- bury Mpsic Hsll consists of no Joss than fiftaen persons, and the amount of jealousy tbat can b evolved by o friction of in:érests smonz fifteen persons 1s necossarily enormous. The- atrical managers, and theatrical people geberul- Iy, will fully appreciate, if not the amount, at i Svents the axdor, of this feeling. DULLOCK. Ly The first porson to revive the exhibition of marioncttes as & distinct entertainment was William Ballock, of Liverpool. From time imme- morial puppet-ghows have accompanied circuses nd travaling shows of all descriptions. _County aud Btate faus have generally been graced with their appearance, end udventurous rustic who would never go to & theaire hes had sn op- portuxity to teke'his dramatio dose in home~ opathic quantities from puppets. These shows Were romarkable for two things. One was the brovity and monotony of the performsnce ; the ocher was the galvanic and sometimes dignified movements of tho performers. They walked and gat down—like modern players in a'stock compauy—in the most unpatural way in' tho wworld, striding sometimos kike Colossus climb- ing » fight of .stairs, and on_other occasions hopping with the unearthly agility of: a floa, or stalking with the measured tread of the ghostin Hamlat,” and this always at the wrong timo. Mr. Bullack first caught the idos of drilling the ‘puppets into au even performance, sud twoyears 250 opoucd with Lis present company in Liver: pool & one of ihe thestres. S0 succossfal Was he in this uodertaking in Liverpool that he moved upon Loudon, and for a long time gave two performavces daily at St. James' Hall, fo the delight of all the citizens. For oune fortnight ho exhibited at the Crystal Palaco, at Sydenhiam, end_was Eo_unozpéctedly populs that ho realized there, last March, $40,000 in {his whort space of time. He had traveled through the provinces w Enpland, alwass with succoss, and onticipated 3 prosperous season in the United States. 1n New York sad Philadel- phia he was rewarded. Pitteburgh was not Suite 50 good a place for puppets, and CHICAGO - hes proved worse than all. Talking with Mr. fcLaren, who has chargoof tho company, the xe- porter learned with surprise that Chicago was the Tmost unappreciativo cicy tho marionettes had Visited. . *This is the only placo we have been to," said Mr. McLasen, ¢ whers T bave hestd beopls express contempt, Tho doorkeeper tolis ma that sometimes, when he offered checks to gentlomen going out, thoy would sey, *Clear St with your d~—d show; o don't want to go back sud see & lot of dummies. Once or twica in Now York and Philadeipbis, I have Leardof & gentleman so_cxpreseing himeelf; but Chicago capdor and, I may say, emphasis of expression, is unique.” . Tt ot sltogether surprising thst somo peo- ple do mot see_anything smusing ia these little performers, whon one considers the snccess of Joe Alurpby and otbers of that itk. THE PAY. 1t does not require any great skill on the part of the man on the bridge to manipulste & Xuppat when he has ooce lesrned the ropes. At the same time pflnpst—mnnivulntom think it domands histrionic genius of & lugh order. The perform- crs are puid from £3 to £G e weok. Inthis country their salarics run from $40 to $60. Bo- ing Engliehmen it is said they are sorely discon- tented with tho remuneration they receive,—not boeause it is not enongh, but because other peo- plo say thoy get more. It is o singular fact that Yoteigzners cmployed on asslary is this country absorb our democratic idess of et}unhty in pay Jong befara they cateh the spirit of our other in- stitations. i THE AUDIENCE. The people who go Lo see marionetio sbowaara ot entircly children of an innocent diposition, gussded by induigont and wearied parents. A B feat mauy highly-cultured peoplo £, and fof B ious reasons, Some like to sce good acting on the staga, and enjoy the variety of tho r.hms g opicaros do choico dishes. Some are attracte ‘Rovelty which, having once scen, they do byt , Dot caro £o soe sgain, Others are carried awsy by the odd humor of dummies onacting, parts. But a large clasa go because it is & theatrical ex- Jibition with thesire left ot. A writer Lay re- ‘marked that the dramatic instinct permeates bu- Than nature, and cannot bo eradicsted. A direct oppoeition to this iustinct exists among many partly through misapprebension ( founded on Jenorance) of the mission of tho stago, and parte 15 Trom religions coniction. Those people Lave only learned of tho stsge from hearing it con= Gomped, The dark sideof ivis _slways turned foward fbem. Their natural instinct 8sserts it~ self in the patronage of the drams in its purcat form—private thestricals, tableaux in aid of “haritable institutions, readings from dramatic Suthors and—tho marionettes. This class isa firge one. This ia proved by the experionce of masionetie managers. To exbibit in 3 theatro, 710 matter how small the house, is to drive away ‘Dusinees, and managers, who cater to all classes, Shan the theatre. Thoy prefer music and loc- Soro halls as being botler suited, nob to their rormance, but to their patrons. Tho exhibition of puppsts promises to be a8 epidemic as the varicty bugineas. Thers are no Jess than FOUR TROUPES inthis country already. Mr. Ballock has two,— one at present in Chicago, under the mauage- & of Mr. McLaren, sod one in Boston. _Tho Tt s dotag an immenso business at the Tab, thus proving that it is ot altogether our intel- lectusl advancement which anfits us for the ap- reciation of theso performances. JMr. 3. W. e Doncagh, formerly with Alr. Bullock, has two companios on_ tho xosd. ~Ope compmny wss S aevared in Philadelphis, the otber in Lon- ioan industryin the mann- don. To protect American tiyinths saon: Tates, and tue Centennial City will have lost its blessed opportunity. LA THE DRAMA. -The week has been less eventful in drsmatio moatters than ever. The dullness has been more ithsn seasopable. ~Business has been running Jlght in general, end the season is upon Ls last loge. Another week will end all existing ai- for the Tangements between msnagers snd actors, snd | ‘weeded ont, & task fo w & now order take the place of the old one. 3CVICEER'S THEATRE. Bfins Mitchell playod at McVicker's laat week, it being the third of her engsgement. Business has improved: &taadil hss proved ifself etill populas. The preecnt week i the Just of hér engigement, nnd will bo devoted mainly o Tho Pearl of Savo: with Miss Mitchell a3 Afarie, and Mr. Bock es , and “Littlo Derefoot” Loustalot, Friday night * Fanchon” will bo re- peated at her benett, a ight * Lit- peatod st ey nedt, and Saturday night ** Lit- appear in Chicago, at McVicke: of a1l lovers of elegant comedy. Next week Mr. Sothera will re- ), to tho delight TIE, ACADEMNT OF MUSIC. Mr. Joo Murphy hes retired to tho cool shades of private life for » season or two. His week t :ho Academy was, a8 usual, very satisfactory to ve Family will remrn to tho Acadomy, and will give thelr the Kitches warm for immoderate laughter, but this mis- fortune will not weigh. I £nd Rosina’s laugh are enough to §ill the house in July. 5 ' For tbe asccommodation of Ronth Siders, Mr. ody. Tlis woek the inimitablo Vokes droll entertainment, ** Belles of The weather is getting a littio Frod Vokes' * splits " Gardiner has made arrangements with Lyon & Healy to have a down-town ticket office at their store, whera it will be permanantly situated. TOL ADELPII. Bo great has been the rush to see “Bad Dickey " a¢ the Adelphi during the week, that it will probably run withour meterial smoothly, indoed, and the specialties are im- ‘mensely populsr. - wocks to come, It works very or sover change. : FOREPATOR'S CIBCUS. Now is the season of circus performances. Foropangh's is the pext one announced. It will open on the Bouth 8ide, corner of Twenty-third and State streets to-morrow, remsin there o day or two, and then remove to _the corner of Madi- son and Elizabeth atree scqueinted with the_charactor and comploienoss of this exhibition that it ig unnecessary to say much about it. alternnto days, sud two performences. daily, as ‘Everyhody is 80 well There will be a strect parade on DRAMATIC NOTES. Madame Janauschek bas sailed for Germany. Gearg; Sana {8 reported to be writing a drama 'aris Odvon noxt winter. - An idiot says the “School for Scandal” is ripe enough to be called mellow-drama. . Willia, writer of ¢ Charlos L," etc., is, it ar, 1 said, about to be married to_tho daughter ~of Mr. Forbes Robertaon, the Writer on art. Richard I1J. (Barry Sullivan) Kicked & cor- peuser i a Liverpool theatre and was arrested or it. Alaa! for the downfall of Royalty. Tho plan of leaslng soats ia tho proposed now Globe Theatre at Beston, for 21,000 each, is szc- ccoding sdmirably, Dinoty haviug already been taken. + The Now York correspondent of the St. Louis Republican is authority for tho statement that Aliss Clara Moris starts for Europe m June, s Mre. Harriot. John Husa serves for the hero of a stage play, written by Von Gerstenberg (editor of the Augsburg Aligemeine Zeitung), oud lately pro- Quced mith suocess 8t Augaburg. Jarrott & Palmer open their season at Boota's Thastre with en adspiation of *Les Dous Or- phelines,” by Dion mmise en scenc for tho plsy is slready coustcucting in London. oncicanlt. Tho olaborate Charlotte Cushman, it is rumored, hoa ao- cepted an epgagement for Booth’s Theatro next fall, when, under the mansgement of Jerrott & Paliner, she will appesr 8s Lady Macbeth, in s Bomptuous revival of thet play. The new drama at the London Adelphi, which has been written by Mr. Loopold Lewis and Mr. Arthur &' Beckett, under the suspices of 3Mr, Plimaoll, is to be antitled **The Golden Heart,” and the the great offect is to be the sinking of * ap unsesworthy vessel.” “Fair France,” a ploy recontly produced at the Queen’s Theatre, London, was €0 very bad that the sudience calied the suthor, a Mr. West Diggos, before ibe curtsin. Deceived by the presumed sound of approval, West Digges ap- Peared only to be met with a storm of catcalls, higses, and ironical howls. The only theatre now regularly open in New Orleans is Bidwoll's Academy of Music, and, says correapondent, undor date of May 5, ** At that the bueivess of the week has not proved satistactory to Lhe mavagemont. The dieastors of finance and the dostructicn by the overflow are too npparent to be mistaken among our amusement-loving people.” A London paper, in announcing the death of a well-known_actor, ays: ‘Mr. Addisou's real namo was Hadd, he being the son of s cilizen of Davenpart. Iniended for the law, be elccted tha stage 28 a profession, snd came out unders E;eudonym; but belog defccted by some who ow bis fatber, and grested with the remark, + O, that's Haddy's son,' bo adopted tho parase &8 nom d'artiste, dropped tho b, aud called Lim- self Addison.™ Mies Neileon has clored her American scagon and gone bome to Englund to study, 6o the re- port is, for the next caxipaign in this couutry. Arrangements have been perfected by which slio ill, on her return, assumo the role of Cleopalra in Shakspearo's moet- spectacular drama, at the Tiycoum Theatro. Her engagement in the Unit- o1 Statos haabesn a singularly remunerative one, and her return will -be & maiter of intereet to a great many people. An extraordinary company is gathering for the next season of Booth's Theatre. For the egpecial support of Mliss Charlowto Cushmsn Mesars. Jarvett & Palmer secured Mr. George Vandevhoff. This renowned tragedian has not appesred oo the stage in over fourtagn years, and bis sdvent will be looked forward to with great intercst, cspecially by old play-goors, to Siiom his merita a8 an actor are familiar. ' Ha will appear in the proposed magnificent revivals of *Macheth" and * Honry the Eighth.” Mlle. Marie Legault, who madoe her debut at the Gymnase some months 3go in a play of Mo~ liere's, hos been progressing {amously eversince, and bids fair, sccording to competent prophets, to become ap actress of tbe bighest order. Mo, Favart, the * Gueen" of the Theatra Frzocais, much irritated by the comments that wore mads {2 the prees on her epitefulnesain excluding tho late Mfie. TDesclee from the Francais, threatened the other day to give her resignation, but was provonted by an humble petition of her brother actors. In the forthcoming production ot *Oliver Twist,” at Daly's Fifth Avonue Theatre, Aliss Fauny Davenport will appear as Aancy ik, Fisboy a8 Fagin, Lewia a3 tho Ar(ful Dodger, Davidgo us Bumble, Lonis Jumes us Bill Sik and Hijou Heron as Oliver. The production will be a real treat to the lover of Dickens. The ides of Davidge as Bumble 18, of iteolf, onough to sot Now Xork agog with pleasant aa— ticipation. : A ar computation hias boen made of the Paris theatres in 1809, the year before the war, when Fronce waa in the veTy zenith of her Sotumercial prosperity, and 1875, whea relspso $oom free-Lrade principles, and political insecur- ity bad brought affairs to the lowest ebb. From {his statement it appears that the theatres were inn muchmore flouriehing condition last year than during the Empire. The receipts of the Comedie Francaise amounted to 904, frnacs in 1869, and 1,360,000 francs in 1873; of the Yau- deville, 456,000 {rancs in the former’ year, G24,- 000 in: the latter ; while all other theatres showed a proportiopate incrense. Tho Bates County Record (Mo.) reads the peo- ple a severo leciuro on circis going, takiog tho exhibition of 2 late one-horse ehow fora text: 4 [tsoemed a8 if Batcs’ gala dsy had come. The fat, the lean, tho bLalt, the poor, the rich, the meek, the bumble, the’ charcb-goer, the man of tho world, and in fact everybody who was the ossessor of 60 cents, wns here to sos tho show. Fven peraons thatare *too poor,’ as thoy say, to {ake their county paper, and hunaretls that can't or won't pay ibeir honest debts, managed to Scraps enongh filthy lucre together to purchase tickats, snd went, snd were, of couise, * taken in’ But who canblame them? Atnoon the grand procossion sppeared, which consisted of §our wagons, which looked a8 if they ware made sometima befors the flood, led by & vehiclo driven by Ar. Grady, that pat us in mind of the Gescon's one-hoss chaise,’ and that maguificent Cteacture, the- band-wagon. And this was the ‘mammoth procession,—the grand strect-parade. Bat the American peoplo like bumbuzs, and we think on this occasion they got it to their heart's content.” —— MUSIC. Tho only important mnsical event daring the past weok bes been tho fourth concert by the | BeethiovenSociety at Standard Hall, on Thuredsy evening, which closes its first scason. A roview of the workof this youngest candidate for popu~ lar favor will therefore be of interest. It first came bofors the public on the 15th- of Jast Jan- nsry, and although the appesrsnce was sather promsture, yeb the Bociety received the benefit of allowsnce and hus taken no backward sieps pince that time. It has made some progross, and would have made very rapid progress if & | Yory considesable ‘amount” of stuff ‘in it ‘were managers should devoto themselves during tho summer withont - fear or favor if the compaseing of complete musical success I8 within their inten- tions. Thers are many singers in the Society © who are mot only .utterly usclern, but are & hindrance to those who can sing. Poor singers are clways the moat demonatrative, 2nd thosd who aidg ok outof tune ususlly ecream the foudest. The only safe foundation for & successfnl musical eaciaty is tho establishment of sx inflexible rulo that membersLip shall be dependent upon 8 rigia musica) examination, and there should be no other qualification. There is a great and impor- tant fcld for this Socicty to occupy if its man- 2gors and the really musical elements connected with it have the courage to ebape their member- ship 80 a8 to tako posscesion of it. It would not be a complim ent toMr, Wolfsohn to suppose that ho is astisfied with what has been done, or that e wouid be content to continuo producing mis- cellaneous programmes cnother year for the edi- fication of its patrons. A man of his imusical enthusiasm and conecientious aims must work for sometning higher. W have no disposition to decry what the So- ciety baa done. On tho other hand fow socicties can boast be tter programmes for thefirst season. Tho S ociety has given the following works : * Vocar—Devotional songs, the Hallelujsh Chorts, the * Kyrie,” from the * Missa Solennis,” in D, & the Cation Quartstlc, from ** Fidelio,” by Beetbov ter Lils ™ and * Spriug dlcssage,” by Gz {he “Wanderer's Bong™ and * Gipsey Life," by Schu- man; “Blanche de Provence,” by Clernbini; tho Bridal Corus, from ©Lohengrin," "the Spinning Chorus, from the * Flsing Dutchmad,” and the march and chorus, from ' Taunbauser,? by Wagner: the Dimascas Chiarus, by Costa; & chorus from “ King Thama," by Mozart; * On the Ses,” by Mendelsaohn *+ Soring Night by Barglel; * Evening Soug," an 4 How Can o Iira Help Singing,” by Abt; cad Gou- nod's % desso Solcnuello,” botter known'as the “St. Oactifa.” InsTRUMENTAL—A quartetts for piano, violin, viols, and "cello by Beethoven; thome and Variatlona for pisno and 'eclio by Mendelssohn; xondo for two plasos by Chopia Moscheles’ well-known * Handel omage's trio, by Bargicl, for plano, violin, and 'cello ; {ho morcgaux * Begeguungg” aud Erinnerung,” and tha trio fo O minor by Ralf; & tro by Rubinslein Reinocke's * La Delle Grisclidis % and Schumana's andante for two piancs, op. £6. The above list apeaks well for the Sozicty. Tho programmes are interesting, and some of the nombers sre new here, especially in the instrus mental, but they ehould only be the preparation for something greater. But beforo this can bo done there must be radioal changesin the organi- zation of the Society. As botween the first con~ cort nnd tbo last, decided improvemant was manifost. The 8t. Cecilia Mass has been thotost pieco of the Soclety, and makiog silowances for Its difficultics, still its performance waa ot a1l that might have been expectod from 80 large 2 body of slngers. Tho painfal lack of balance in the parts, if it continues, must always operste againet the thoroughly successful performanco of any oxtevsive work. 1f this defect cannot be overcome in any other way, itfwonld pay the So- ciaty to hire one or two tolling tonor and_basa voices. Thie weak spot strengthened, and the ugoless material weeded out of thg sopranos and’ altos, thero is no roason why the Boethoven So- ciety should not take & very high place, young a8 it is, among the mixed societies of tho ‘country. 1t has no compotition, as it is tho only mixed society in tho city, it Das an exceliont nnd faith- ful conductor, and it has paironzge, andifit fails Lo step up higher next season, it will be its own fanit. 1l reviewing the work of the Society, we have ot spoken specially of the instrumental fea tures becsuse they are in a manner apsrt from tae Socioty, and yot, from a musical point of view, they bavo boen tho most folling featnre of the season. The various participants theroin,— Mrs. Hadduck, Mrs. Frank, Miss Oliver, Nisg Ingersoll, and Mesars. Wolfsoln, Lawis, Diom, and Allen—are entitled to great credit, as noarly oversthing which thoy havo given hea been new. To ¥uss Ingersoll espocially, the Bociety owes s debt of gratitudo for her discriminating and in- telligent “accompanimenis. sod the beantifnl baskes of Howers which ehe received at the last concert waa & graceful tribute to that effect. In bidding gooa-bye to tho ‘ Beethoven” for the seasom, wo 2dd onr best wishos for their pros- perity, a0d bespeax for them a sill larger meas- ‘ure of success for the season of 1874-75. d THE APOLLO CLUB. This old and faverite orgsnization will close ita season on the evening of the 3d of June with a0 extra concort. In addition to the vocal at- traationa the Club will be aseisted by Mr. 8. B. Mills, the distinguished classical pianist who ia cumlng here rrom Now York for that purpose, and who for mauy years has held 3 leading posi- tion asanariist in thin country. Ho basnot been ip this city fora long time, snd the ap- nouncement of his coming will *boREflET WD deligbt by musicisns and musical connoisseurs. Tho programme will ha as follows: . the rimT L 1. # The Hestees' Davghter,” (cborus).......H. Smart Apailo Ciud. o, @ “Dea Abends,” - b, « Endo vom Leid,” Mr.'S. B. Mills. 3, Variations for 0 PiABOR. . .ser2es. Aly. 8. B. 3lills and Mr. . Fucha, TART I 4. “Et Incarnatus Est,” (chorus),. Ayailo Clud, 5. “Rocollections of Home ., 7. 5, B. Mille. 6. “ridsummer Nizhi's Dream *. Mr. 5. B. Milts. . % 4Tho Cheesfal Wanderer,” (chorus). . Mendelsschn Apollo Club, THE LUCCA TRQUPE. As will be eecn by advertisements elsewhero, tho Lucea Tronpe, comprisiz Madsme Pauline Tiucca, Mile. Alica’ Maresi, Mies Annie Louiss Cary, Muns. Victor Capoul, Mr. Tom Karl, Sig- pora Del Puento and Scolers, and Misa Caoney, will commence a brief scason hero at Hooley's ‘Fheatre, on the 4th of June, during which op- aratic entertainments will be given. The pro- gramme for tho opening pight 1s as followa: . Tho first and third acts of FATST, srith the following excellent distribution of charse~ terst - .Schumann Neukomm Biills .- Margoerite -Biebel 3tr, Tom Karl as. Bignor Del Puente Signor Boy 4., e duet scene of TIUGUENOTS, ‘Madame Pauline Lucea za..... Monsieur Victor Capoul os.. “Further particnlars shortly. Tho programme for the sccond evening will include selections from ** Aida,” **Martha,” and the * African.” Mith euch artists and such mu- sical attractions thera is little doubt of the suc- cess of the eeason. GEBMANIA MAENNERCHOR CONCERT. The Germasia Maennerchor will give a concert thia evening ot the North Side Turuer Hall, with tho following programme, a portion of which thoy will sing at Clevcland noxt month: PanT I 1L *The Ombipotent™........... Germania Macnnerehor and Mr. 2, Variations for violin and plano. Aessra, DeClerque and B) 3, % The New Spring,” male chorus. Gennania Maennerch 4. *Ave Verum ", PAST IL 6. ¢ Morning Song™.... Germania Haennerchor. G, “ Mignon Sons . ‘Mies Hannah McCarthy. 7. *Bece, Vidimus Eum ™. . Germania Doidle Quartitte. ~..Bchamann L PRAISE SERVICE. service will bo heldat Thig evening 3 praits tional Church, corner of tho Flymouth Congzo Indisna svenuo and the following Programme Or; Prelude. ot soeonnen Mercadants ‘Reading from the New Testament. Anthem~** Gloria in on;d . Fzgler I815,”. .. SR e Lo eavaranesa: el Address, Anthem—* O, Come let us Siog, Hymn.. Organ—Prelude snd Fygue in A Minor..... TR BICE SOIBEES. TTho third and‘last musical soirec of the series complimentary to Fhich was to have boen given on the 25th inst., Tias been deferred uotil pext montb. The sub- geribess will be notified hereafter of the exact date of its occurrence. & THE TENNESEEANS. > The band of colored singers known aa the Tennesseeans, who bave given 20 many of their pleaasnt sud characteristio concerts in this city, will sing, on Tuesday evening of week, 8t the Plymouth Coggregstional Church, eorner of Twenty-eixth streat and Indians avenue, apon which occasion they will give one of their best programmes.” This™ opportunity will ‘andoubt- ediy bo improved Py maoy in the Bouthern past 'wenty-sixth street, with Mra. Engenie de Roode Rice,’ of the city who bave not yo heard the sable singers. NEW YORX OHOIRS. We reprint below 8ome facts froms long srticlo on choreh-choirs in Now Yorx Cits in tho New York Heraid. which will be of interest to church-gingers in-this city. Asto sslaries, the Herald eays : Chareh-organiets recelve salaries from $1,000 up~ wards, gne organist receiving as bigh as $3,600. So- pron recuive from $830 10 $3,500 per SnIuII—cascs Bave been known (0 which thoy have been paid as high 28 $2,000, Tenors roceivo about §1,000 pergunuzm ; coniralti from §700 2 year mpwards, A bats Yoico $a vrell paid, eome cates Tecelving as high av $1.200 to £1,600 per sonum. These Gigures soum * fair ™ when it Ta'constdered, on the one Rand, that s high order of ‘musical ability nnd culture is_sequized, und, uo oflier hand, that the joeitions regiiro butons day's ecrvice during the weok and not more than one night's avernge reliearsal, The followiug list of the prios ersin that city will bo valusble for reference : Church of St. Thom iet, Mr. George W. ‘Warren ; soprano, 3irs. P. D. Glager; coatralto, M'ss YLoujeo Finch; tenor, Mr, Nilssen (formerly of Chics- 3); basso, 3L, Morswaky. b Misa Rona M wurch of St. Bartholomew—Soprano, (cGeachy: contralto, Miss Anna Buckley; tanar, Mr, Eug.ne Clark; Larso, Mr, Dewmertz. race Church- =nist, Mr, Gilbert ; soprano, rs, Oliver; contralto, Miss Drasdil; teuor, Mr. George Simpeon; basso, Mr, J. 8, Clarke. Zvinaty Church—Chorus clioir of men and boys. Church of the Holy Suvier—Organist, Miss Lehman ; soprano, Aise Thompson; tenor, Mr, Mads ] baaro, Me, Gllbert. Chirchof the Holy Trinity—Organist, Mr. 8, P. War- yeu; soprano, Mime. Salvoiti; contralto, Aiss David- 5on ; basso, Jr. Loust, Catrary Church~Organist, Mr. Mosenthal ; sopraic, Mra, Thatcher; contrlto, Mrs, Payme; temor, Mr, Thatcher; bazso, Mr. Boutwick (formerly of Chicagoj. The Drick Church—Organist Big. Oarl Florio; 8- prano, Miss Hamblin contralto, Aias Jewett; Lasso, 3f. Damorin. The Tabernacle~Organist, . prano, Miss Stark ; _contralio, Jiss Toedt (the violin- 16t) ; tenor, Mr. Rockwood ; basso, Mr. Jules Lumbard (lurmerg of Chicago). Zton Churci—Organist, 3ir. Georyo Bristow (the eminent composer) ; poprang, Miss Roseberg ; con- tralto, Afiss Baron ; tenor, Alr, Borrones ; basso, Mr. Atken, “Dr. Chapin’s Churehi—Soprano, Hiss Thuraby ; con- trallo, Mma." Frida dl Gebele; tenor, Mr. Tobisa; basno, Mr. Deyo. 'St. Stephen's Ghurch—Organist, Mr, Danforth ; 80— grego, S8, Bredall contralt, il Stusje ; fenor, - Bernard ; basso, Sig. Coletts! St. Ann's 'Church—Soprano, 3fle, Corradl; con- traito, Aliss Gomiea; tenor, 1. Pllouger ; besso, 3L Blum, St. Prancis de Xaviev's Church—Soprano and con- {ralto, the Mimes Wernecko; (enor, Sig. Tamaro; asso, Sig, Bacelli, "Plymouth Church (Mr, Beecher's)—Orgenist, Mr. John Zundel; soprano, Miss Clementine Lasar ; con- ‘tralto, Mizs Dunphy ; tenor, r, J. ¥, Hill ; basso, Mr. Henry Camj AUs. : Christopher; so- - MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 6. Brainard’s Sous, Cleveland, hova just is- sned two new quartettes for mixed voices, writ- ten for Decoration Day—*To-Day this Hallowed | Place Wo Soek,” and *Sloap, Sacred Dust of Noble Dead.” the words by Mrs. AL B. C. Slado and tbo music by James A. Murray, who is well known in this cily a8 a musician. 3 THEODOBE TUOMAS. ¥ Theodore Thomee ks rezurned to the Central Park Gardons for his regular summer acasop, and gave his first concert lust Wednesday even- ing. Tho New York Tribune says of the pro- gramma : The firat snd_second parta containod Weber’s Jubl- lss Overture. the finale from Beethoven's “‘ Prome- iheus,” salections from the third act of * Lohen: n,” Schubert’s * Fierabras” Overture, s Mledilation by Gotnod, ihe Minues from Mozart’s great E flat Syme phony, snd tho now familiar Bhspsodie Hongroise. Every ouo of these pleces was received with lively de- ‘monhtrations of pleasure, except, perhaps, Bchutert's rich overtuse, which hizd leze applauso than it deser ed. The melections from * Lohengrin” embrace tho Introduction to the Third Act, the Wedding Clurud, and tue grand March which' accompanies the as- sembling of the srmy in the last scene of the opera. .The execution of this number way, per- ‘haps, the most superd thing-of the cvening.© Tho « Meditation ™ of Goanod's is & charning, teuder litde, pioce, uriginally written for a solo violin with orchest- Tal accompaniment, 3lr. Tiomss uses ten violns in the nolo, part, snd the effoct, in a place like the Ceatral Purk Garden, is certamiy admirable, The plsying was exquisitely delicate and symputhetic. The traditional glory of Mr. Thomss' Thursdsy mighta yvidently o be kept up. To-night we are to liaye Beethoven's Seoond Symphony, the Quintet from the “ Melstersinger,” Spontini’s overture to ‘Nour- mahal? and Weber's to * Abu Haasan,” Bargiel's “Trofs Dapses Allemandes,” Hoffmaun’s Hungarian Buite, efc. For Friday the bill includcs an overture by Mr. Dudley Buck, the andante fram Bectloven's Fifth Symphony, selections from the first act of “Iobengrio,” the overturs to Chaerubini's * Water- Carrier,” ¥ Amaryllls,” the scherzo from Mandels- sohn’s “Reformation Sympnony,” and Gousod's ovesture to “L1a Medicin Majgre Lul.” 13827, Cincinnati is already getting ready for her graud musical festival next year, aud bopes to Hecure the presence of Liszt, slthongh the pros-" 18 ars 0ot very enconragny, 25 will be eeen by the lotter published below. Tbeodore Thomas will bo the active mansger, and will make ibo secoud faatissi ovon a greator success than the first. AymPos of tho festival thn nti Commercial prints the following lettcr {rom Tiezt to Mr. Otto Bingr, tle leader of the Har- ‘monie Saciety: Higurr-Estresom Farzwp: Your kind letter was fally appreciated. Becaive my warmest thanks and theassurance of iy constant regard and high esteem for your talents and for yoursel{ peraoaally. Our mu- tuzi relations In Leipzig and Weimar Temafs frmly fized in my memory, as well as the excellent composi- {ions which you liwed me at that time. Oply yester- Qay 1 was speaking of this to » very talsnted “young American pianist, lr. Piner, who had the pleasure of playing with your fine (markig) variations for two Tianos, and he has promised to bring me eome of your Tioro " recent compositions, As fo the lovitation Which you eend mo from the Directors of the Clu- <innati 3fcsical Festiral, T am sor5y to bave 10 ask you 1o convey to the Committce my thauke, aud regretx. 1 am mucn tooold to undertake guch a task. Even chort journeys fatigne me nov, and my sphere of use- fulness will henceforth Le divided between Teeth, as 3 born Hungariap, and Weimsr, becsuse of my thirty Seans’ allegiance {0 the Arclitucal house, Tt fs seuzcely Jossible for mo to attend fo all my duties fu both {Hse places. Permnit me, my honored friend, to take tlus opportunily fo exress to you bow ‘much I have Doen delighted with the appreciation in America of Dry works, which elsewhere bas been much criticised 3id even feorned. This appreciation encoursges mo 10 continue labor, Ihavo heard glowing eccounts of what hus baen dono by Thomas in bringiog out my Tompouitions, As you sre s fried, will you givo him, for me, my besrilest thanke? With the highest eateem and assurance of friendship, Prsyn, April 23, 1873 F. Liszr, Ta the miudle of May I expect to ga to Rome, and will probably remain near there (at Tivole Vitla d'Este) Tntil tho end of tho year, Mr. Pluer Wil accompany me to Italy. MUSICAL NOTES. Tamborlik has renewcd bus old successes in the * Prophete,” at Madrid. Tho Khedive of Egypt is said to havo asked Wagner for an opers ob an Egyptin subject. The London Hour states that Signor Mongini is dead, but does not say when or where Le died. . Punch's advice toan smateur violinist: Rather than play indifferently, wait till you can play dif- ferently. Offenbach fa_writing 8 mew operctts, to be callod ** Mamselle Bagatelle.” A good name for all his works. Wachtol is engaged for the fall at the Fried- erich-Wilhelm’s Theatre, so that his American tour must be postponed. The opera season in Paris, nndertaken with- out subsidy by M. Strakosch, has, it is rumorad, beon financially anproductive. Mendelssohn's music was porformed cftenar than any othor at the recent Boaton Festival. Bach and Beethoven came next. Vito-Modesto Graziani, composer and_harpist, tho friend of Rossini, Donjzetti and Pagauini, Qdied recently at Rome, sged T4. At the Opers Comique, M. Ambroise ‘Thomss® eatly and almost disowned bentling, “Gullo et Gullotiu,” {8 having great success. * Lq Liberte says that Brignoli hes achieved a eat enccess in the *Cujus Avimam” of Ros Sini's *Stabat Mater” st the Italiens in Paris. Some of the Paris newepapers were up in arms at tho bare ides of tho new opera house being rated with Les Hnlgnunot!," because, inangm forsooth, it is the work of a Prussian. At La Scala, Milan, twenty-two performances of % Aida" brought in 87,875 franca; the eight ormances of **I Litusoi.” 40,145, and tho thirteen performances of “Macbeth,” 85,119. Miss Kellogg snd Misa Adelaide Phillips will assist in the musical part of the exercises oo the occasion of George Willism Cartis’ eulogy on Chbarles Sumner before the State authoritiea of Measachnsetis. The success of the *Messish” and Bach's « Passion Musio™ has encourrged M. Lamourenx to promise the Parisians tho “Isracl in Egi:pt" by Handel, and tho Christmsa oratorio by Bach nozt season. Madam Rodersdorf was recently proscated with. & beautiful oil-painting by Alexander Salvini, brother of tho great tragedian, sud 3. Bandsome locket by the attist himeelf. She also ad the honor of diping with Salvini at Prof. Longfellow's house in Cambridge- : Tt is said that the two pew stars of operetta— Mise. Tadic sad Mme. Theo—are in treaty with » Now York manager, and, a8 thoir acceptanceis only dependent ou the condition of & slight in- cresae in the sum originally offered, that dificulty wilk no doubt be removed- Herr Johsnn Btrsiss’ new operetis, “Dis Fiedermans” (The Bad), has been successfully. at the Theatre zn der Wion. Tho ieetto, by Hemen C. Haffer and Richsrd Genee, 15 thken (rom1ha farce of ‘-Le Bovell- lon,” by MAL Meilliao snd Halery, sod is w vorually allowed to be oro of the worst spe mens ever seon of its clavs, E Madam Krause, while singing “dida” in Na- ples recently, was handed a magnificont bracelot, consisting of a broal gold bad, studded with brilliants aod-turquoises, It was s present from Eing Victor' Emmanuel, who was proeent in- «cognito in one of the boxes on the pit tier. A writerin o London paper states that geveral’ of the melodies eang by the Jubilee singers wera thoss balonging to Dorsotshiro and Somer- setshire, now fast dyiog out. Ho accounts for tho similarity of tho muse by tho fact that Virginis was settled chiefly by peopla from the: south of Englsad. . Among recent operas, public recox whose excellencs has reached somethi: than a succes destime, i3 Panchiolli's Litusni.” The composer is o follower in the footsteps of Wagner, and must be sot down as the ablest of the Yonng Italan: composers who bave shown » decided tendency toyield to the new German art-philosophy. Tho richest theatrical manager in Paria i Offenbach. His theatro—the Gaito—is x}nir}; coining monsy with “ Osphee aux Enfers.” On the 1st of Jay, his feie day, the artists employed by him prosented him with a silver crowa of 1atire] leaves ;' on tno ona bundredih night of the pieca,, afior the performance, Lo is golug to givo them o megoificent bsll And supper at the Grand Hotel. ~ ‘Wagner bds written to Nieman to know upon what terms ke will come a few weeka this sum- ‘mer and thres months nexi, and practice some parta for his mew opers, Nieman returned answer that bis only condition wonld be s ticket for his Wwife to tho representations. This 1 py no means a emall demand when one remembers one representation of tho Nichelungen tskes four mghts. It is to be given three timed, mlk\ltng twelve uights altogethor, at 25 thalers a night. Tt is sid that Wagner has found s fino voung tenor for the role of “ Biegfried" in tho new fey~ tival play, It was the good fortune of the di~ rector of tho opers in Hungary to discosers remarkable voice in tho person of Franz Gloss, tbe son of an Advocate in Pesth. Herr Rickter iuduced the fich young lawser to cousent consecrato his talents entirely to musio. He was jutroduced to Wagner, tried in tho role of WSiofried,” with sigpal success, and is mow prosecuting bis stadios for the stage. Snffercrs, whose unhsppy lot in lifa it has been to live next door to & musical family, will appreciate s story that ia told of Von Bulow, the eminent German pisnist. An sspiring geuius had been sent to him to raceive some lessons in music. Op the youth'sreturn home. he was askod his opinion of the master, * Woll,” said Tie, “hois agreat toacher, aud gaveme fine Jessons, aud, bettor than all, be is the most pious msn I over sow.” * How do you make that out?”- *Why. sll the time { wis playin he would repeat. * Good Lord. what “sin have 5 comumitted, to daserve this punishment2’” The orchestral feature of tho recont Handel and Haydn Festival wan worthy of special praice. New York furnished Thomas’ orchestrs of fifty- five pieces, whilo the quota of Bostan was thirty- two, comprising the following woll-known mnsi- ciana: W. H. Schultze, Carl Hamm, A. Fries,: Carl Eichior, C. R. Allen, J. C. Mullally, F. . Ford, Jules Eichlor, Augustus Bilse, Carl Trant- man, Catl Weinz, H. Hoindl, F. W. Schlimper, van, F. Dictzo, E. M. Heindl, Alexander. E. Regestein, N. Stoinmann, T, Frieso, /oting. . Wober, Augustus Kuizlch, C. . Shuebruk, T. Baohor, sud W. C. . A proposition s lately beon mada o estab- Yish at Milap, in taly, a bome for the wmsay young lady stndents of muaic who flock to that city on lyrio thoughts intent. With this home Sill be connected & well-appointed musical con- sorvatory. The British and _American Vice- Consuls at Milan are on the Advisory Committee. 3fr. Marsh, the American Minister to Italy, Lo pigned s cicular appesling to music-lovers gonerally to subsoribo -to the preliminary ex- Penses. ———— CO-OPERATION -— SCME GBIECTIONS AN- SWERED. To the Editor of The Chicago Triluns: Sme: It secms that o correspondent has taken exception, perhaps offense, on account of a late letter of mino. on the eubject of Co-operation, which letter dppeared in your psper a fortnight since. .The considerations which rush to my eide in favor of Co-operation in the absclute, are 8o nu- merous that I am ools st & loss to determiae which shall bo nsed in making an srgument on tho subjert. Tho correspondent indicated takes his stand on s puatfurea af Competition,—* boalthy Competition,” a8 he calls it,—and objecia to Co-operation 2s s rule, so that, a3 an advacate of actual Reform and Co-operation, I am diametrically opposed to him. o thinks tbat, if the “ona principle of Co- oporation " were carried into the personal rola- tiona of humanity, it would be unfortunate for the race; and that thero is < no logic in the ar- ont that, inasmuch as s lske-tunnel, public Fark, or boulevard, is supported by gencral taxa- {ion, the same common ibtrest might bo as snccessfully uppliad to all the wants aud cuatoms of society.” Tn reply, lot mo stato that it {s hardly possible that ‘& great pinciple, involving the good of Lumapity for the eake of good. and nat for tho - sake of monoy or selfish gain, swotild bring misfortane or usefess suffering to uny pecple. 1t shunld be remembersd that, whateror rule is scted apo b{‘ men aud womea, tho resulte following will be like unto tho rule. If the rule of actiou is bad, the charncter of the actors will be bad. I ciaim thatour present rule of action is wrong, aud that, therefore, our livos a8 persons and a8 communities, must of necessily bo wrong. From time immemorial, the races of mop have fallen Into tho competitive system of action ; and their lives, as transmitted to us in history, show plsinly the terri- ble eifect of tho rule or system which inspired {heir sction. As & rule, the bistory of man his becu the iistory of war, aud cruel or refined strife aud oppredsion. And it was notuntila better system—the Co-operative or Humanita- rian—was talked of, that any serious thought of deliverance from the horrors of war and crimo of slavery was entertained. For the firat time the writers and thinkers of the day have raieod the question, on tho occasion of the late war be- twean France and Germany, ‘‘Thelast war?” From the smoke of tho conflict, tho vision of the future opons suspicionsly to somo minds; sad the ides of war is going outin time and cor- respondence with tho {ncoming of Co-operation and Human Brotherhood. Tom inclived to the belict that tho * ope principle,” spplied to other things and all rels- tions of ' Life, will domonatrate its fitness and power for good. Tico principles of sction will Tot do, becauro of the confusion which arises out of tho attempt to servo both. Society can- not permanently exist on two rules at the same fime. It must bo all Co-operation, in ite largest songe, or all Competition, The consequences of ither rule o principle musé be accepted or en- dure Co-operation sa applied to s home, for both mon and women, togcther, will yet be gladly recognized by many good people of Chicsgo, 88 it already is in New York. = In mp{v to your correspondent’s thought of i Eternal Justics,” which ' 1an's Co-operation, but which ho believes is tho only eloment capa~ blo of spplication to s thinss, 1 have to state that, nSm greater always in udes the lesser, £0 must tho larger measnre of Luman good, ot Cooperation, take in Eternal Justice, the small- er, and have some, room to sparo. That isto say, mere Justico ia not endugl for us to aspiro o intellizent humass. We cannot stopat Patico. Ban s mot valling to - stop o™ Justice is ouel; it takes von- enemies. The pisne of cance upon its i §stico is unhappy ; its measures of righteona- Dess are too narrow ; ita pawer limited. Xt cat Dot be trnated as & leader oz a sole guide. We an only hope 1o 020 Justicess » bridge to some- thing better and greater. Compotition is_disintegration, aad love of money Or property, not man, in the incentive of setion nnder it. It victimizes all persons who personslize it ia sction. Nothing but broed Ccharity or extended love will do awa with the ilis which it begets. And that shonfd be or- ganized into tho societary life through tho per- sopal Life. In the light of actual Co-operation, thers nead be no fear of drones, ss your correspondent reoms to think that, under the changod condi- tions incidont to the application of the principlo, thero wonldbe. It is & mistake to suppoee that the incentive to act would be loacened. as per- taiving to ihe vagous industnalsad oducative departimenta, or that thero would bo aoy dimiaa- ton of productive power, oa account of the es: talbehoent of Co-operation. Why, the good people of old, with the thougbt of Co-operation, Ot ine gemeral beoet, in their minds actually - went about doing good, and thonght it not robbing tho Divinity to bo God- fiko.” They were not wanting ia the ncceseary incontive to: sct. Puf the esme thouzhts into e ot mep. to-day. and the results of ac- tion will be greater by far, becsuse of larger Imesns snd more gencralder ‘ : Chigago, Alsy 19,2874 0 How It Xs Porformed in Siam. Among the Slamess, Burmess, Cambojisus, Peguaze. peopls of Laos and all the surrounds iag nations, the dezd are not buried, unless tha BUIViYOTs are too poor or too parsimonious ta Pay the prieste” fees for burung; and sach czexs very rarely occur. Hence arises the strange ans omaly £0 often noted by foreign tourists, that iu lands teeming with & population more dsuse than any other portion of vur globo 8o sory fow cometones aro’ fo bo scen. But for ihe for burial places .of the Chines: tending enclosuro that marks the lsst Testing placa of & European traveler or missionary, a the occasional pricstly paguda or gorgeovs mare solenm of some Musselman rajab, ono might suppose that the tyrant Death bad been exor- cized from those sunny lands, instead of lurking unseen amid the perennial Verdure and amox3 the petals of every fragrant flower. 2 Duriug a residence of several years in Siawm, 1 noither eaw nor heard of a single burial in that oountry, por did I mect with more than thres’ Sismeso tombs. Thoy were the ‘“Tombs of Threo mnm-' said to be centuries old, and all thiat I conld lesrn of “their history was that be- neath those gorgeous monuments of black gran- ite, exquisitely chiseled and adomned with mo- snica in gold, kilver, copper, obony, and isory, reposed the ashes of tho three famous warrior- kings, wap bad ordored the bodics to_bo buried instedd. of bumed, in order tuat thie singu- o Ccircumstance might ko tho Temory of thelr virtuca snd bravery over {freshin the henrts of their subjects. Burning is now, aud has been for centuries, the unirorsal custom in Siam—~profarred, it is supposed, bo- cause of the facility it afforda for removing tha precions dust of the loved and lost. In old, aristocratic houses I havo seen arranged in tho family receptacie maswve golen wrns, contaia- ing tho ashes of cight, ten, or twelve generations of ancesiors; and theso are chorighed a8 pre- cions beirlooms to descend throngh the cldest maio branch. - 5 Tha time, expense, and character of & burnitg depend mainly on_the rauk and weaith of the parties, though the ccremony is slwazs per- formed by tho prioste, and always within the pre- cincts of o temple. Tho only exceptivts id ia seasons of _epidemics or when tho land ia luid wasle by famine, Among the botter classes tia dead body is laid unmutilated, <ave by tho - removal of (he iulestines, in a con, ond it is more or Jless carefully embalmed, according to tho time it is to bo kept. If tho deceased belonged 10 s privato family of moderate means, the burning takes ploce from four to gix daya after death; if Lo wag woalthz, bat not Eigh-born, the body may bo kept a month, but never Jongor ; while tla re- mains of anoble lie in state from two to six interyenes betwoon the death gnd ti burping. But whstever tho interval, the body. must Lo in state, and selatives make daily prostrations, prayers, and offerings during the whols timo, besecching tho departed epirit to return to 1ts disconsulato frionds. When the timo for the funeral bes ar- rived, thebody slaid ina receptacio on the eum- mit of & tately . p. the form end material of which indicate tho weallh sud position "of the - decaasad. It is thickly gilded, and_ tho recoptaclo lincd with plates of solia gold when then the body s belouged t0 one of royal lineago and weil-filled coffors. The last is quito as essentislss tho firsi Lo gorgaous Oriental funersl, sinco for rank wi out monoy sn East Indizn hus cver the most profound contompt. Both Tequisites wero Yortunately united in_tho person of tho queen- mother of King Pra-Nang-Klau, the old_usurger vho ocenpied the Biamese throna previous to thie pcccasion of the royal brothers who disd in 1863, ‘At iGo funoral of thiscged Quoen thero was gucu & display of Oriental magnificence ss rarely fafls to the lo _of West- ern cyes to witness. Tho embsimed body lay in state under a golden canopy _for eight months 3 tho myrrh, frankinconse, and aromatic oils nrel in its preparation cost upward of 4,000, and tho golden pyre about £50,000. Lhe hangings wero of tlio richest siks and volvets, trimmed with bullion fringe and costly lace, and the vrappings of the body of pure ' whito silk, embroidered with pearls and precious stoves. Incrediblo _quadtities of massive jewelry decked the ‘shrnuken corpse, and a disdem of glittering goma casts its prismatio radianco ove: the withercd features. Liny goldea lamps, ted with perfamed oil, burned day and night zronnl tho pye, while every portion of the vast galo.n wwas decorated with raresnd bosutiful flowers, ar- ranged in 21l tho various forme of crowns, scop- tres, tomplcs, angels, birds, ianterns, wreaths, and arches, till Fiora herself might have wou- Qered at the boundless resources of her domait. Day and night musical instruments were played, Uirgea wailod forth, and prostrations perpetaally porformed ; Whila £rvice every da tho King, ai- toudod by his whole court, made offeriugs to “tho departed spirit, beat his breast, toro his Lair, Jeclare aad de ed lifo ** utterly unendurablo withous the boloved one.” All this was kopt up for cight months, and then tho scono changed to 010 of testivity. For thirty days, daringmost of which time I was prosent, there was a succession of loeves, concerts, and theatricala, with feats of jugglery, operas, and fireworks ; aud then tho emblnined body, surrounded by perfumes aud tiny fagots of alndxlflvno% fire, and the 2shes collected by tho high pricet or hia deputy in & golden urn, sad doposicd with other relica of Royalty, in tho Kiug's S%&ér) The fuderal coat the nation aboul "At all funerals choice flowers, especially tubo- roses, the golden bloseome of the clustoring henna, and the sweet-sconted dank-mali, 70 used, and there is_constantly a crowd of well-dressod pooplo, for Oricntals ato alwmars at leisure, and alwaya in 3 mood to enjoy eight- seamng. When the pileis to be ignited, lighted papers are plentifully distribatbd by tha pricats, &0d applied by all who erc near enough to reacl tho pyramid. - Rojoicing and music are kept up during tho Lurniog, ta celobrate the happy Lb- eration of the spirit of the doceased. There is one other ceremony connccted with tho incineration of ths body at all Booddhistio fuerals that I must not neglect to mention. While tho flamos sro gleating most forcely, sending forth their forked tongues of glowing firo, the noarest rolatives toss bundlea of clotk- ing ‘across the e ing bier, uttering meanwhilo, in Iow, pluntive tones, solemn, earnest invocations Which can be heard ouly occasioually in tho Ppanses of the wailing dirge and tho fiorco clang of instruments. I had witneased these stranga ‘proceodings, 50 liks clild's play to us. at several difteront funorals boforo I was able to compre- hend their siguificancy. To the imaginativs Oriental they are no unmeaning ceremony, but & epecias of mecromacy, by meaus of which Lo vonld peer into the unknown futrra to catch o limpso of tho fato of the loved sud ost. All Dooddnists believe in transmigra- tion, snd their gacred bouoks tell them that six times at least the sonls of even the best and purest must cross the fery gulf that Boparatos Thia etato of being from the Nigbao for wiuch they pino—the Elysisn flolds, where, in sbady T and amid 7adolosa fowers, the faithful & or secarely slumber in dreamloss nconsctous- jnsensible alike to pain and pleasure, was consumed by profusel ne: Do atterly incapable of volition. thought And action, et pot dead When guit bas been incurrod by any breach ~ of Booddbistic low tho number of probatiopary liyes is increased in proportion to the maguitude of tho offense—often, aye, generally, reachisg to hundreds and even thonsanda of states of be- ing—till, “ by oft repeated trials and sullorinzs the soul is purged from sin, sod rendored mea: for the companionship of the blessed.” Dut &iz times, st the vary least, the soul must have inhsbited an oarthly body; and if, in toss ing the bundles of clothing scross the pyre, thoy fall mot a single time, the Survivors believe that the doceased has passed his last ordeal, and is thenceformard salo- 3y honsed in Nigban. Butit tho bundles fall, tkey Tead in this casaalty an omenof additionslstates of trial and discipline, just aa many in pumbur 28 the tailures iu catchiog the_ bundles. After sight o ten falls they givo ap in despair, think- ing it nacless to poer farther into the dismal fo- ture of one who haa still eo wany livos of di: ‘pline beforo him. ‘Thore is no childish trifling Fhis matter, a8 some travelors have supposud: itis an affair of the gravest moment and of heart-thrilling [nterost, while its resalts niu watchied with intensa noxiety. In this ceremouy {a doubtless to be found tha reason why a devous Booddbiat novor plays in ny geme that requircs = ball or other object to bo cadght in the hands. o him such pastime ia s eacrilege, & profaza {ifling with things racred—eira £0 b visited 11 o fature stato with & gavers penalty. T biave spoken of the Jack of comoteries, yet T have read many Orieutal epitaphs, engraved, but 05 thosa it n} Dot on pillars or tablets of marule, precions_gold and eilver urus, which, to_ mui:inflivo Oriental, forma the tangible lin! into chain that binde Lim to the desr that have faded from his vicw, and, waterin: them daily with his teara iho very €ptd where they rest become to him hdlu?cd und. The epitaphs are character- tonching simplicity. - “E'Tfl)‘: gnw; o that once_ sy in my_bosum,” ¢Tbo heark O ent Toved to nestlo,” “ My withered bud.™ + Joy of the harem,” * Eartha fairest flo P S s dewdrop,” '*Banlight of 1y hom Ao eep pcetls,” witbons tho pam 3 of tho decor=2d, i =50y )