Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 14, 1874, Page 11

TIE CHICAGO DALY IRIAUNE: SUNDAY, Fune 13, 1874 n _ MUSIC AT THE ¢ HUB.” Past Beason --- Future Prospects. The e Harvard Musical Assocfation vs, Theodore Thomas. Blue Blood in Boston Art. The Hora of the Ungodly to Be Put : Down. § The New Theatire, Etc. Gorrespondence of The Cliizago Tribune. 7 Bosox, June 10, 1674 o the couree of the busy musical scason just Boston has been called upon to suppork eomethiing like 050 CONCERTS ASD OPLEATIC ENTERTAINMENTS. Gpward of 100 f iho concerts givon botwoen 1o 16t of October and tho middle of May may fairly bo counted under tho head of © classical,” aod thers wero 43 operatic represcntations. Theso latter scooped in over $100,000. There weso tro seasons of Italian opers,—one of twelve performances and one of eleven,—by the Maretzek and Strakosch trcupeg, respectively ; oneof English opera, consisting of fourteen fepiescniations, zod eight performances of Pronch opera boufe. Not all of tho concert- enterprises Liavo made money, but most of thein bave done remarkably well. 7HE BARVARD NUSICAL ASSOCIATION— which becomes moro and more ald-fogyieh every sear—lost money by thelr concerts; and th Tecent trienninl festival of tho Handel and Haydn Soclaty was also a losing spoculation. Mr. John 5, Dwight, editor of Ducight's Journal of Music, whois the rudder of tlie Harvard Musical Asso- ciation, and who contnives to steer the concern 25 far away from the “popular™ current as the most intepse and bluest blooded Bostonian ouid desire, nscribes the financial fnilure in bis cate to a varicty of causes, {be cbief of which is tho sbandonment of the members' guarantoe-subscription, The trath of the matter is, tho attendance ab the Harvard Concerts has been dropping off for geveral years past. Thoir exclusiveucss bas driven away tho omsids public, and the pro- c8 bavo latterly hecomo so dry and musty thet even classicsl Doeton cannot stand them. Tue deficit in the case of THE FESTIVAL ia more to be rogrotted, but 1t is eastly traceable 1o l-judged managoment. The symphony con- oerts given during the festival were not made as steactive os they might havo been, and the attendzrco on thoss cceasions was much less than nt tho evening-concerts. 1t is undoubtedly true, also, that too much was attempted, and that too many entertainments were given. The duction of a portion of Dach's * Passion- lasic,” and two new works by malive com- osers,—the mnew oratorio, *5t. Peter,” b chn K. Paine, and a setting of the Forty-gixt] Pealm by Dadley Duck,—wero noble_schiove- - meute, aud tho Society deserves high bonor for its paticnco and lsbor, and for its genorally ox- cellent performance of each of theso works. Theio were given altogether, during the festival, aleven public porformances, —too many by four or five. The actusl loss incurred was 34,400, and this is covered bya guarantco fund of néarly £50,000. The guorantors kave been assessed 10 per cent ta mect the dedcioncy. “Already concort and opera rianagess ara busy laviug tueir plans for the musical campaign of 15745, TEEODORE THOAS, who gave filteen concerts in Boston in the ses- Eon just past, has signified Lis intention of giviog us course of six classical concerts, ut {utervals, next fall and winter. These will be of the Lighest order, and independant of his ordin- ary coucerts, if_any such he firds time snd op- portumty to give. Probably no concert-man- azer Lus dome better here during the recent geason than Mr. Thomas. He can count tho entire musical community 83 his friends and supporters, except Mr. Dwight and Ius dozen or o associatesof the Harvard Concert Committee, who, having & concert-enterprise of their own to Tup, wre very jeslous of mnew-comera. The Harvard Association is well enough i its way, but, when it assumes to bo thoonly true conservator of musical art, sodseeks to crowd everybody else from the field, it trcads on the tocs of the public. Mr. Thomas has done moro to cultivate and estab- Lsh s correct musical teste in this city and throughout the country then AL TIE LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS PUT TOGETIIEB. His coucerts nre invarisbly of o bigh character, end he has made the best music: immortal works of tup great masters—familizr to the musves and beloved by them. The Hervard mauagers know all this, but they are annoyed to thank that snyone outside of: their own little ring ehonid eZect any good in this direction. They are unwilling to seo that Thomes and oither high-toned concert managers are doing & drcct good to them in cre- clivg & public for them; or, ratber, they fear that good music will becoms so com- mon that they will lose thewr self-assumed of- £ces 2a the only true leaders in Art, At the end of the season the Harvard managers were in de- spair. Thaodors Thumas had not only given tho gubhc better music than they could afford, but o bad given more of it, Thomas had sfforded his patrans an opportunity to hear and judge for themselves respecting tho claims of ‘the com- ers of tho ““new school.” Tho Harvard gen- lemen sxm themselvos in the strange sttitude of the dog in_tho manger, who would not eat self or allow any other cresture to_eat. Boston must receive such homeopathic doses 18 these gentlemen (or ono or two of them, who aro the real directors of tho enterprise,) choose to dole out, and nothing elce. "This is the irit “of tho managers of the Harvard concerts, but not of the members of the Harvard Aesociation in general, who have, ear afler year, manifestod thewr impatience un- erths slow and fogyish direction offairs have faken. It was a question of serious doubt :;ucga the Ajmmm would go on with its another yeor; buf, happily, the doub: bas been soived, and Ry g . ANOTUER SEASON OF CONCERTS, beginning Thureday afternoon, Nov. 5, and con- tingingforinightly to the number of ten enter- uments, is to bo given. No one interested in the Pprogress of musical art desires to see such concerts givenup, Exclusive and ill-munaged & they are, they do some good. A roturn to the Och‘mn:!tem of guarantee-subscription has eet and o sufiicient number of tickots has already been enbscribed to vament the engagement of DMusic Hall for ten moro concerts. A new feature is to bo introduced, in the form of singing by a mixed chorns. This is probably done in consoquenco of & rumor to the effcet that Thomas proposed to do something of the eame kind. At tho arts, & chorus will undoubtedy bo brought into requisition for the Ninth Sympho- oy of Beethoven, and, under Thomas’ 2uspices, W may be sure that the work will be better per- formed than it was at the late festival To effect their ends, the Harvard Committee bave isened CIRCULAR, chi A REMAREAULE y Ihich, thongh intended only for the eyes of the tfal, s too good to be lost to tho genaral public. " After stating the conclusions arrived 2t at the annpsl meeting of the Association, viz : t & committeo be sppointed to arrange for 8 concerts, if tne subscriptions for tickets Surent the undertaking; (2) that a xe- @ be made to o guarantee-sub- veription plan; () that 600 tickets should be !l“ ged at once ; (4) fixing the price of a season- 2t 88, end s single ticketat 813 and (5) ing the noed of some fresh clement of L";_‘Best in- the programmes, and providing for 8 formation of a chorus of mixed voices,—the 1h itteo ndd some choico puragraphs from eir report concerning the last season’s con- ourts. Forthe fires time in the Dine years of ir history, says the Committee, the symphony lkmten.a have resulted in & pecuniary lcss. A cug argument is made to prove that the loss of &; guaranteo-subscriptions was the cause of s, and the importance of keeping up the con- certs st whatever cosp is urged. * Our only gromnd of apprehension for tho coming yesr.” i‘;! thoy, “ s, that, nnless we begin betimes and eaest, we may find the field occupied by other enterprises, not projected in tho same Epirit nor secking the same ends asoor own.” n & stram remarkuble for its modesty, the oy teo proceed to elevate their own banner, a DEMOLISH THOMAS 22d all other pretenders in the musical field : the past year's experience by the best light ng to n’, yeur Ccv:m(lucyualnk 1t nngl‘;‘ soundnean of Wi fdoh on Whick (uess cun~ ey ean. L O™ certa were originally based, to Wit: That such con- corts s we Lave at heart caunot be safely left to pub~ lies who fecl no duty of :support for good, normal, permanent inatitutions, Ar we not 1o ve atlowed 16 ave any scts of concerts conscerated to the bozt, and 1o tho bust alone? Leave the sentence to ths public, azd the answer you will get, both through ila own stinted patronzge and througi too many of its *criti- cal” oracles and organs in {he press, will certainly be, No! Withdraw the organized supportof a society liks ours, leave all to tho capricious, changing tastes of the 'public, and very soon music will bo- come a prey to conceri-spoculators and adventurers ; thero will bo nothing 0f & scttled character ; our +* Home Music,” as Mr, Winthrop bappily termed it, cod which is of peramount fmportsnce, both as & means and a measure of our real musical culture and progress, will be sure 0 languish. ~Obscrve, our Bos- ton hias grown famous as a wusical centre ; tho specu~ Iators, virtuosos, charlatans, good, bad, and indiffer- eut, all rush to our city as a tempting field,—s Califor- nia'to them. The very character which this Society Las done so much to give to Boston has proved an in- vitation to them all. "To bold qur own, wo must begin Tere and now, Success dejends upon ourselves, The Committee recall the history of the Har~ vard concerts, {rom their starting poiut in De- comber, 1855, and when music i Dostos was rescued from “ the tender mercles of speculators aud adventurers,” coming down fo tha period of 0 FIRST VISIT OF THOXAS' ORCHESTRA to Doston, they suy : In November, 159, the famous Thomas Orchestra came hera 107 the tirst time, presenting: (1) virtuaso wrclicstra, o technically-perfccl instrument of mapy ; () alarge and dszzling disploy of ncw goods,—works of Liszt, Wagner, Bertfoz, und lesser ghts of the new chvol, ' With these two Low elements was combined the c1d one of light popular variety, dunce music, and what not. We all admired the Orchestra, and Luiled is ndvent a5 a lesson and examplo to our own - sicians, in whom it did seom to inspirg 3 new ambi- tion. ' As for our own concerts, for the first year or two, the effect of this briliiant Uversion was carcely to shalie the loyalty of our accustomed sudience ut ol Our public still carcd wmore for the good pro- grammes, aud only longed for the tune when ¢, t00, Inight command as fine an orchestra for thelir futer- pretation. But, sooner or luter, that not only this swant, but our very loyalty 1o one persistent purpose, our limitation of ‘our _efforts maiuly to one chosen field, our abstinence from far more temptiug baits to ‘popularity and curiosity than it has ever lam within our plan’ to offer, ehould place our modest concerts for somo time ot disadvantage when We have such brilliant rivals, For consider: On the one eide, {tis programmes of exclusively o pure, enduring quatty of music, with but the best chance orchestra tis can be mado up for the seasun, for thair execution ; on the other, 1 5s all the varied stores of new uud older art, the uew phe- nomena of musical production, with all their brillian- cies, thelr startling eficcts, and contrasts, freely nsed $o place the techuical periection of the one ouly per- mapent and real orchestra n all America in tho best light. In the pastwinter tho fruits of tho unequal competition huvo appeared in the withdrawal of somo nutrhnent from the good treo we plauted. Yet we should have Leld our own had we not committed the mistake, in our Lust April mecting, of throwing away the guurantec. Now the questions for us are: Is it important, s it essential, that concerts of tho Kind we cherish should go on? 1f 50, if wo really want them, shall we allow our- selves to be dixcouraged, or let them alide through our negleet or idlo ovér-confidence ? Their Importance.—Do any other concerts promise to male good their plice? Doany others even seck to realize their end'? What istheirend? It is, amid all the Qistracting varieties, temptations, fasbious, and ‘mislcading Hghts of this most active period of wmusic, fo providupure music, so_that not only we, but the rising generation in thelr turn, may peveér wander off Deyond thelr acqusintance with' the best part of their musical birthright, Ten sure chances in a year of hearing some of the symphonies, etc., of Bocthoven, Mozart, Haydn, and the rest, would eccm tobo 3 moderste allowance when thereis not oncof thoss great works which any srdent music-lover can afford to leavo unheard for » great length of time, any better than ho can to miss o friend. Besides at is not merely that we want to lear them ; we must hear them in ¢ combinations With cach other, and with such variety of other works as shall insure’ the right congenial at- mosphere for them; for it is not in every company that these old masters seem to feel at homo and pass forall thoy are. We want, then, in the first place : (@) Good, conmstens progrummes, Do wo get them elsewhere thap in our own concerts? Nor can it fairly De eaid that ouly at a great sacriice of variety can thiy consistency be purchased, or that it confiues us to 3 ~ery narrow cirelo of eelections. We bave given pretty nearly all the symphoncs, overtures, concerioe, etc. which rauk among musicizns as first-class: all which Dave kept their freshness in the chief musical centres of the globe, Inshort, wo have given 44 different symphonics, 52 overtures, cnd 20 miscellancous or- Cliestral works of some jmporiznce; 45 concertos; probably more classical concert arias, with orchestra, {lan were aver heard before in this 'country, besides cholco songs, fresh and full of genius, insirumental B0l0s, etc., 100 numerous to thention, e havo intro- duced, for the firat time in Loston, 15 symphonics, 25 overtures, 23 concertos,—not to mention Emaller things. Supposo wo wers never to cxceed this num- Ler of 44 symiphonice, and that we kept playing them round, at the rate of ten_concerts o year,—cach eym- vhony would_get & Lezring not o often 38 onse in Jour years! 1sthero dsuger of our lmowing them ‘too well? (b.) Then wo want tho sympathctic audienee,—the sudicnce I whose silent Tresenco, even (somutimes sweeter then outright applausc), there is ipspiration,— o chief charm of our concerts, equaled in Do other, for lack: of the nucleus our friends Lave furnisbed. {c.) Then wewant conceris coming along at stated intervals throughout tho winter ; Tot ten crowded into into ono week. (d) Of courso wo want also good performesnces. Only, with us, the first conslderation is thé matter wo would have prescnted. Mastiter {8 not all ; and, when e Legin to place it firsf, we are alrcading estcring npon fue “ decadenca” of Art. It is ke moking tho Jegant and sumptuous dress of wealth ond fashion the mezsure und criterion of social culture. But good crformance wo must hase, for good performance is interpretation. Tis suggests : (e What bis been, aud for sometimo will be, o prite disideratum not ouly of theso coucerts, but’ of {uis whols musical communily. We meen’'n com- plete, thorougbly-trained orcliestra of our own; o Lomé-orchesira, composed of good musicians, Who ‘may find employment iu it the whole year ronnd, play- iug continually together, muking that ther busincss, and not called off from the eympbony which they have studicd for a day to earn their bread in ball- Tooms, theatres, and &trets. At present Boston Las Bot—never Lnd—an orchiesira. Vve can make ono up for an occasion, for 3 scrius of ton occaslons (always Tunning the risk, Lowevcr, that some important mem- ‘Ters may be drawn away on coucert or rehearsal day by prior obligutions fo their bunds, quintottc-clubs, cicy But s true orchestra Taust bo an orchestra al- ways: of such, wo Lave scea ms yet only a ringlo model; nor shall wo be coutent until we have ita counterpart at home. ‘How aro wo to get it7 Sarcly not by giving up tho oniy stated opportunites of the higher kind of or- chestral employment which our musicians here have Bad, 3nd which bave been provided by ourowa Society. Tew cs they arc, these ten concerts may yet lead o more, The Handel and Iaydn Society, perhaps, fur- nishes 28 many Imore oceasions for them. Dut, if we persevere, may wonot some day find sudienca mot ouly for twico a5 many symphony concerts, twice a8 mady oratorios, but slso for frequent coRcerts of hightr charactcr, with chances for the trial of new misic among other things? And shcll wo dismiss it s an ldle dream? Is it not fast becoming a necessity of our great, growicg population, that there should Lo summer.garden concerts, eping o good orchestra in Sonstent foutine exescizc tiat will oll tell upon the inter's higher eSorts 7 Until wo utterly despair of This, tho wiser iustinet 13 to Lold on to What Wo have ot. %7 Finally, and in a word, wo want to keep eontrol of oy own programmes,—Laving slways had in our Programme Committce musiciana whose Lnowledge and musicianship are of the highest order, aud to Whose taste, and culture, and artistic purity of mo- Tive, we can look up with numisgiving deference. We con'roly on them for what is best. If we forsukio their counsel, renounce our fafth, and quit the field Laif won, thieu what befalls the general tendency of musio i our city 7 Where (unless in the oratorios, and in ‘some seml-private chamber-concerts) will there bo any Pledge of ansthing superior to the capricious fashions St'aday? The symphony concerts are our bulwark agninst sashion, against misleading lights and _super- Seiallty, ageinst such lessons and cxamples in musical Laste a8 concert-speculators think it for thelr intereat to give. "fhen no discouragements ! It is our sacred duty to uphold theso concerts. It i8 8 point of vital principle With us, We must go on znd make them, if possible, Ftill better than they bavo_been; we must study all means of improvement, But the first cail upon us Dow i8 10 insure their continuity. ~1f we let ourselyes bo crowded out ore winter; if we fail o hold on even at & sacrifice,—wo shall never recover the ground, aud $hall have forfeiled a grest opportunity of lasting good through our indifierence or lack of enterprise and courage. Worwo than that, we shull be throwing away much of the prestige of the Assocition, an lesscning the intercst that is felt in it oven smongst oureclves ; for nothiug eo unites and quickens & Eo- Cloty as the conscions rerponsibility of some good work. The suggestions of the Committee regnrding tho moans for obtsining a permauent orchestra of a really good quahity, and one which can be relied upon for. concert-work, will meet with Learty commendstion. In conclueion, the ro- port ets forth the needs of o fresh element in the programines ; and thus, the omployment of A CHORUS OF MIXED ¥oICES, in such works 18 Schumanu's * Paradiso and the Pemiw Mendelssohn’s * Walpurgis Night,” Bich's shorter cantatas, and the lie, is expected to fully supply. In ‘this connection, the Committee apologizs for tho lack of now msic end greab gingers in their concerts in these terms : From many of the “attractices " which othess can eopioy 26 fraoly, we ato preciuded both by tho nature oF Dux object nud by our means. Famons prima doa- as, virtuosos, whom we coald not aford topay witl- Sut doubling or trebling onr price of tizkete, xnd who, Sfter all, would practically moake it their own concert 04 not ours ; appeals to cuslosiiy for larga supplies of P few £chool # Tausic, for which wo have neither the orclicstre fior the nenurance that they would not slfen- ate a larger and better portion of our sudience than They womd atiract (though the Committce is by Do ‘means bound never to introduce a new work, 7O, in- deed, bound to acything but to givo good music al- Wayw, and fngood combizations, whereby zo pieco ey suffer by juxtapoition with fncongracus neigh- Bort); medloys of frivolous and clacsieal ploces ; sac- rifices of intrinsic, quiet cxcelionce to mere tempti- Homs of effect : fromall these our more modest scheme precludes us. The ciraular is signed by John S. Dywight, Au- susius Flags, Somuel Jeunison, J. C. D. Parker, & F. Oliver, B. J. Lang, James Sturgis, Cherles G, Perkins, Otto Dresel, Hugo Leonhard, and S. L. Thorhdike. g Ar. Aribur Cheney has begun the rebuild- ing of THT GLOBE THEATRI 7, which s te ogoupy the old site on Washington | street, near Eseex street. Of the other theatri- cal entorprises talked about somo_time 2zo, nothing is now heard. Mr._ C'rosby and tho others who were then Interesting themeelves in projects looking to a multiplication of our places of smusemont, appear to bave abandoned the field. Ar. Choney kit -1upon & novel expodient to provide himself with the wherewithal to rebuild the Globe, and at the same time to rid himself of the incumbrance of portnera. Ho hes sold rights of entranca 1o the heatre, with seats, for £1,000 each. These rights entitle the holder or his representative to admission and a seat for ths period covered by the leaschold of the land,—about eighteen yoars, The invostment is a good ono for the tieatre- goer ; but the manager and thestar are tolose the 1income of 150 of the best seatsin the house every verformance. It is Mr, Cheney’s intentiou to make the Globe the most elegant theatre in the country. It will be finished and opered about the 1st of December. No stock company witl be engagod the firat soason. fl':nere bive been propositions mado to con- ver MTSIC MALL ¥ into a theatre, and it would be no strange thing to seo this beautiful temple of art turned to other uses, oven though Apollo msy nol be called ugon to give way to Thalia. It'is to be oocupied next eeason fOr CONCErt PUrpoBes, 88 usual; but the corporation will make no en- gagements for its use boyond next season. The Methodists have beon trying to secure the Dbuilding to themselves for & free church, and may yet effect their purpose; in which event they would probably retain tho great organ. Otherwise, tho instrument is in danger of being sold and removed. The proprietors of the Doston Theatre ara gaid to havo pocketed &UU,000 as clear profits the past scason. THE COMET. YWhere It Is, and How to Find It. ‘The accompanying diagram shows the present position, among the stars, of Coggi's comet, which s just visible to the average neked oye, on a clear night, when wo know just where to lcok for it. Noslsfx'thn ] Bear COMZT Menkalinan | Ranit:3teNally & CsEugine The comet is in Right Asconsion 103 deg., and North Declination 69 deg. It is almost exactly ono-third of the distanco from the North Star towards Castor, the first of the two bright- est stars 1 tho constellation Gemini. A better guido to its position is, however, farnished by the stars abovo represented, about 9 o’clock in tho evening. Stsnding with the faco toward gome 25 deg. to the west of north, the great Dipper will bo bigh up on tho left. If two linea bo possed downwards, throngh the stars which form the top and bottom of tho Dipper (usit is usually picturad) they will pess through two other moderately prominent stars, tho ono on tho Jeft being known as Tpsifon; and if the lines bo continued a few degrecs further they will meet in a stor of the third magoitude, known 28 Omicron, and situated in the nose of the Great Bear. The two stars forming thotop of tho Dippor, named Dubho and Megrez, are almost exactly 10 degrees apart. Taking this distance in the mind’s oye, and applying it from Omicron towards the right, and a little downwards, we ar- rivo at thoe place of thecomet. Or, the distanca of the comet from Omicron, is very ncarly equal to that betsween Omicron and Upsilon ; the three form o triangle, having its obtuse engle of 135 degrees at the noso star. A crooked line of 4 stars, each of the eixth magnitude, extends from the “mnoro™ towards the right, and boyond them aro 8 stars, each of tho fifth magnitude, which lie below tho comet to the right, as in tho following diagram, which is on a lurger scale than tho ono abeve; Cis the place of tho comet: Capella [ °. The two nearest are numbered as 43 and 42 in the Cameleopard. ) Tho comet can bo readily picked up by the aid of u good opera-glaes, and moy then be watebed Fith tho naked cye. ' It will bo found to bo very near a star of the sixth magnitude, not shown above. The glass ehows o rather dimly-defined tail, dirccted Dearly towards the zepith. A toldscopo of 2 or § inches aperture will ehow tho tail mueh more distinctly, but directed towards the horzon, 08 tho appcarance of the object is inverted by tho crossing of tho reys within the teloscope. "An examination of the comet was made by tho writer on Friday evening lnst, through his tele- Scope of 414 inches aperture. It did not roveal tho existence of a well-defined nucleus; but fho night was far from being clear, and, indced, 8 ¢lear atmosphero near the business centre of tho city is almost as rare a phenomenon a8 an an| gel's Vistt. The apparont diameter of the head was nearly equal tothat of the planet Jupiter, and tho longth of tho tail was nearly one degree, or twico the apparent giameter of the Full Moon. The calculation of its orbit, made by Prof. Safford, shows that the movement of this inter- esting object is towards tho left, its right as- coneion increasing 8t the rate of about half a degreo per day, with 8 elight decreaso of declination, It will be mnearer the earth byand by. It will then bo a better defined ni’;jcce, both £o tho naled eye, and in the ficld of the telescope. Before its "daparture from tho earth’s neighborhood wo shzll bave been able to find its exact path in space, and its bulk, and per- haps also to obtain an_ approsimate knowledze of its density. Still moro, the epectroscope will Do murned apon it, nnd give us an idea of tho character of its make-up. ~We Eay ““ &n idea™; for there aro dificultics in the way of correctly reasoning from the spectrum of a comet, which are only just beginming to be understood ; and vo are Dot 50 sure about the carbou spectrum as we were two or three years ago. Pending theeo oxaminations it is idle to spcculate. Wo leave tho subject, for the nonce, with thoe remurk that there is no dapger of & collision of our earth with Coggia's comet. E. Corerrr. _—— A Skunk Story,. The Grand Junction (fowa) Headlight tells the following savory story, which beats the lion- and-lamb business all out of sight : The little 4-year-old son of one of our citi- zens has had an experionce with s pet that has not heretofore been domesticated, A few days ago his father returnod home, and the little boy ssid that he had s dog out in & box, which he wished hie fatber to see. After considerable urging, the father concluded that he would go and sce the pup. There had been a dry-goods hox placed in the door-yard, bottom side up, and the * little dog” ran in and out at pleasure {brough a placo wrhero the box had been brokien. The {ather wes surprised on_approacking the box to sce the child run up and tako hold of— not & dog—but a large skunk the child ksd beea petting and playing with for several hours. ~His slkunkship seemed to enjoy the sport as well as tho boy, and would allow itself to be fondled just like » kitten, without doiug the sacsn thingd tliat some people’s sxasks do. PUNGCH AND JUDY. The Introduction of the Puppet- Show into Chicago. A Scens on Boston Common on May- Day. Punch in England---Speculations as to Kis Origin. Some of His Predecessors---The Whitsun and Miracle Plays. How Wesley Put Down ‘‘ The Day of i Judgment.” One would naturally suppose that Punch and Judy, in the form of & puppet-show, would be moro likely to find favor among the recently- nomadio tribes of Chicago than beneath the classio troes of Boston Common. What one would naturally suppose, however, by no moans happens to be an sotual fact. From the records of those unfortunate venders of choap dmuse- ment, it would soem that, in this city, they are in the uneuviable position of Poor Joe, always Deing requested to “30vE ON;” or, if they escapo the maj cstic interference of tho law, in the shape of a policoman, with thab eimplo innocence which they havo interited from their primiite ancestors, thoy aro feeced of their earnings by the modern and mendacious newsboy. Why is this? Iz Chicago Punch bo- hind thetimes? Can ho not hold his own with his Boston brother ? On May-dsy, Punch aod Judy appearod upon Boston Common, just beyond whero ghould bave fallen the sbadow of the Paddock elms. These, that Vandal, business- necessity, has hewn down, and Punch withdraws further from the sidewalk, and oxhibits beneath 1ess sacred trecs. And no mean audionce does Punch in Boston gatber around him. Join- ing the crowd, not long ago, for & few brief minutes, wo saw gathered about this entertain- mont all sges, both sexes, and ropresentatives of EVEBY S0CIAL GRADE,— the grave Professor from Harvard ; the scientist from the School of Technology ; & well-koown poet ; & preacher who declaims against the sins of tho flesh snd the snarcs of the dovil; s ‘milliner's apprentice, carrying home a new bon- net ; s Beacon-street exclusive, whose carriage waited whilo she led bLor little boy toward the ehow ; a negro who had commonced life on a Louisiana plavtation ; & nowly-married bride and groom from the rural districts (bride all in white, with orange-blossoms on her bat, o sho must have been very rural); an oflicer of the G. A. K., and a sailor just home from (ko Indies; tho apple-womsan, who had ono cye on ber stand ana tho other on tho show; ond 80 on, ad infinitum. TIHE COMMOY I8 STILL SACRED GROUND to the Bostonian. Next to Plymouth Rock, it is the favored spot of tho world; and, even could the loat Garden of Iden be found, it would have to take the third place in his estimation, vnless it could be -located in Alassachusetts. Therefors, on_ euch bLallowed ground, even Punch-and-Judy shows become high-toned and desirable. If Chicago could.only obtain a small portion of that Common, and put it down on the old Court-Houso grounds, who can say how epeedily her wholo moral condition might be im- proved, even though #oma portion of tho virtue might pass from that bit of Boston iu transition. Onght not tho proper officers to consider it ? But to return to the show and its features: How vulgar it wonld be in New York,—almost 23 bad a8 in Chicsgo. Btill these Boston celebrities who pause to vier this entertainment do not act without proper pracedent. r. Payno Collier, writing in this subject, Bays: “‘Wo ourselves saw the late Mr. Urndham, then ono of the Sec- retaries of State, on his way from Downing street to the House of Commons,:pause, like a truant- bos. uatil the whole performance was concluded, to enjoy & hearty laugh s: the whimsicaliies of the motley Lero.” It mus: be remembered, hosw- evor, that Punch was used ag an instrument to express .. POLITICAL VIEWS AND OPINIONS, which, if not always just, were usually witty or gatircal. After tho attie of the Nile, Nefson figured with much eclat as as}erflcnngo in these sliows, and is reprosented as attomptiug to induce Punch to show his bravery Ly eesisting him in attacking tho French. It 13 nlso eaid. that, during tha Westminster etections, Sir Francis Burdett was represented kissing Judy aud the chuld, whilo soliciting Mr. Punch for hia voto. AlbertSmith, ono of tho earlicst contributors to that well- Enown English journal that bears the name of tho party of tho fims part in the alliance of which wo lave been speaking, in & sketch iu tho Ahrrorsays: **We ure never ashamed of being caughtazing at Punch.” It is sléo said thac Punch has been engaged for the Apecial amuxo- ment of youthful Dukes and Eurls; 5o ono sees that he need not be ashamed of stopping at a Yunch-snd~Judy shos. The Tatier makes quite frequent mention of Punch ; and in_No. !3. of the Spectator we find that Stecle, undor the guise of & sexton, writes a letter complaining of the puppet-show which - ONE POWELL exhibited under the little piazza in Covent Gar- den, opposito St. Paul's Church. Powell opened his eshibition just as the bells pealed for prayer, ond thus lod maoy of the congregation to mistake the sum- mons, and puuse to notathe antics of Punch und Judy, instead of ssying * Mea maxima culpa,” as' they should Lave done. This was certainly very bad; but not only did it interfere with religious duties, but this show also dotract- ed from the dramatic receipts. We learn from another number (115) that the ladies deserted the opera for Puuch; aud the same bigh nuthor- ity also declares it (the pup) ec-ehcwr\ to be much euperior to the operaof *Iinaldo and Armida.” which at that time was being perform- edat the Haymarket, Whethor Stecle wass man of musiczl taste or not, or whether the opers_was very bsd, may perheps be inferred {from the fact that bo adds, “ That too much en- couragoment cannot be given to Mr. Powoll (the showman), who bas so well disciplined Lis pig that he and Punch dance & minuet together.” Interested writers have sought to trace the ORIGIN OF THIS SHOW, and whenes is has derived its name. It has been suppoeed to be & corruption of titlo from one of the old minstrels known as Pontius and Judwis. 1t has algo been assertcd tiat tho Italian Ponci- nollo, answering to the English Punch, wes a corruption of Pontiello or Pontianello; and that Judy has cither been altered from Giuodei (the Jew) or Ginda gJL\du.u). Bo much for his theo- logical origin. Puccio D'Anielto, & residont of Acerrs, pear Naples, bas becn fixed upon by more secular thinkers a8 the original Punch; and as, on his death, bo was succeeded by bis son or Some other person known in tho Neapolitan dinlect a8 Polecinells, that was easily converted into its prosent name. Forsvih, in bis “ ltaly,” liowever, gives him s still greater antiquity. Ho says Capponi and others consider Punch as s linenl reprosentativo of tho Atclian farcers. They find & couvincing resemblance between his mask and a little chicken-nosed figure in bronze which was discovered at Rome ; and from his nose they derive bLis nams, *a pulliceno pullicinella " . Admitting this descent, we might push the origin of Punch back to YEBY REMOTE ANTIQUITT. Panch 18 a native of Atells, and, therefors, an Oscan. Now, tho Osan farces were autoriof to any stage. Thoy intruded on the stage oniy in its barbarous state, and were disiissed on the firkt appearance of & regular drama. They then appeared a8 Ezodia, on trestles; their mum- mers spoke broad Volscan ; whatever they spoke, they grimaced like Datus; they retailed all the scandal that passed, a8 poor Mallonias’ wrongs ; their parts were frequen:ly inferwoven wuh ot~ or drames; aud, in all theso respocts, the Exo- disrius corresponds with the Punch of Naples. As far a8 we know, the earhieet notico of Punch in England i8 to be found in the overscer’s books of Bt. Martine's-in-the-elde, where, in 1666 aud 1667, aro found the following items: *‘Iiec. of Punchenello, yo Italian poppet-player, for his booth at Charing-cross, 2L 12s. 6d.;” and the samo sccount repeated three other times, with other sums attached. Punch, however, is not merely of Italianorigin or English importance. He is eaid to be koown to Oriental mnations under the name of Rraguse, or Black-Soout; and he bas besn dug up from Herculaneum ond Pompeil. Punch's best zeason in England ia #nid to be in the epring, at mid summer, and Chrisimss. Boston asks fa: tum on AMay-dsy, and ho responds. Chicago has mot yet shown euch esthatic appreciation to any great degree, principally using merely o muto fl%}xm 88 8 sign for a cigar-storo or beer-galoon ; ut, with Bos- tan taking the lead, there is little doubt bat TPunen redivivas will be the order of the day. . In this donnectiop, it may not be uninterest- ing to speak of the oLp WHITSUN-PLATS, which waro last performed ot Chester, in 1577, The following abndged accoust, from the Edin- birg Essays, 1856, made by a Fellow of the An- tiquarian Sociesy of Loodon, is at least curious. He says: “These plays were acted, seven or eight on each day, during the Mondsy, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the Whitsuntide week, by the varions crafts in the city, to each of whoma separato mystery was allotted. The drapers ex- bibited the Fall of Lucifer; the water- carriers of the Deo reproduced the Deluge ; the cooks tho Harrowing of Holl. The performers were carried from one station to another by meansof s movable scaffold, & buge and ponderons machine, mounted on wheels, gaily decorated with flags, and divided into two compartments,—the upper of which tormod the stago, and the lower, defended from ~vulgar curiosity by coarse canvas draperies, an- swered the purposes of tho green-room. The performeances began st the Abbey-gates, where thoy were witnesed by tho high dignitaries of tha Church; they then proceeded to the High Cross, whero Mayor and clvic magnates wero asscmblod; sud 80 o, through the city, until thoir motley history of God and His deal- ings with man Lad been played out. One can scarcely imagine grave and learned ‘men sanctioung these CRUDE MUOMERIES, and it seems that tho first cold wator thrown upon them was in the refusal to lend dresses from the churchesfor these pageants. They were expentive _for times, esch mystery costing sbout _ £20. Thon tho guilds Lad to provide their own properties, which wero ns follows: The Savior +ore a gilt pencko and o sheep-skin coat painted or illumwated. The Devil was arrayed in horns, tail, cloven feet, and & red beard. The pluyers were paid, and the following en- tries aro to be found on the records of the Town of Chester : **'ayd to the plnfbm for rehearsal : Imprimis, to God, iis. viud. ; 1tm., to Pilate bLis wite, iis.; Itm., to the Devil and Judas—is. vid." The cock also was represented, and the charge is as follows: '* Payd to Fauston for coc- croyiug, +The cross with a rope to draw it up,"and * two_pair of gallows,” aro promi- neat items in the old accounts; but ‘** hell- mouthe,” and * setting the world of fyer,"” occur upon every page. “ FELL-MOUTHE,” &8 preserved in early eungraviugs, represented the head of s devouring dragon, whoso red oye- Dalls glared fiercely on the spectator, and whose open jaws disclosed @ murky cavern, wherein were ntationed ** a great company of devils,” and from which issucd the despairiog groans of tho tormonted. Those pagosnts, after they fell into disuse, wore succceoded in Eugland by a Dliracle-Play; aud the symo writer gives us the following va- riety-verformanco as being enacted in the reign of Quoen Anue, &t Bartholomew Fair: *The Miracle-Play, ontitled A Little OFML, called the Old Creation of the Worid; Marlborough's Vic- torics ; The Humors of Sir John Spendall, and Tunchinello.” What more could one desira. Following these came tho legitimate drama, Which is rapidly being superaeded by the modern i y-sLow, A play called *‘THE DAY OF JUDGMENT” was, however, on the boards of the London theatres in 1774, against which Wesloy entered a protest, and bad rinted the foliowing curious document, which he sent to tho Kiog, who inter- posed his authority sud ordered tho play discon~ tinted. A copyof this document, Which must bLave been brought to this country by somo of the earliest settlers, is in tho posseseion of the writer, It is in the form of & large play-bill, and Las at tho top & quaint 1piczum, Tepro- senting the Day of Judgment. Tho Lord isin the centro, sitting in judgment ; the Archangels sre just bemcath, blowing their trumpats ; thunder and lightding, and volcanic eruptions, are beinz freely distributed. In the left and up- por corner is Paradise, which consists of long rows of cottagcs, very much after the Chicago puttern ; whils in the midst is the Tree of Life, with utterly-disproportioned fruit. In the lower right-hand corner is Hell, in the form of o huge oven, and very much larger tlan Heaven. 'he flames riso in terrifio volume far above its swalls. An aogel stands on s grave-stone, and rosds out to the rising dead their urmes from tho Book of Life. There secm to be vary few entered there. Not & dozen poople, and thess all seemingly are on the rosd to the open woren, gate of Paradire, Au immense orowd, principally men, however, are baing prodded on by devils with pitchforks towards the tlames, Thoso who resist aro dragged away and plungod into the soething flames. Seneath thisisprinted : 4 At the Theatre of the Universe, on the Eve of Time, will be performed The Great Assizo or Day of Judgment.” Then follows a synopsis of the scenery and acts, which reads VERY LIEE BLASPHEMY ; and it i8 only by viewing it with Wesles's eyes, aud remembering that it was printed with s do- termination to prevent what ho cousidered eacri- lege, tbat modern resders can give it the least toleration. Believing as the old Dissont- or did, however, it was a frightful comment upon the lack or excess of religious faith, whichever we may think it, that permitted such o dramatization to appear. While, except in certain districis,most of theso so-called Mirncle-Plays have becowme completely things of the past, the comic or satirical element, portrayed in Punch and Judy," still claims the pliant ear of the passer-by. —_—— THE MOURNER. When I was young and full of hope, Aud thou the oue for whom I wrought, 1t wero an eusy task to cope With Fortune, and to win, methought 3 80 from the home where 1 Bad apent Witk thee my earlicet years, I went, And soon the pangs our parting cost In vislons of Guccess were lost. WithL ove to warm and light my breast, And proud Ambition for my gulde, * Istrove from Fortune's hand to wreat The gift she at my birth denied 3 But flerco and bitter was the strife, With wrongs and dissppointments rife: But on I struggied aauntlessly nspired and cueered with thoughts of thee, And Fancy would my heart fllumo With pictures of our mecting-day, Whose brightnes should atono the gloom 0f othieru pasved 80 {or away : Again, with bappiness untold, Tuy tender hand I seemed o fiold, And, gazicg in thy lovelit oyes, To driuk tuy lip nectarean sighs. Ay, *twas from many a dream 1ike this, The rolace of my life, I drew A licavenly though an {maged bites, “Thiat gave me Lope and atrengt And, whien the goal was won at jast, T detmed my eorrows all were pesced, ‘And Fate for mo held naught in utore ‘But cloudiess juys for evermore. anew: For wealth and fame aro mine; and she, T naid, witlin her quiet howe, 1a wuiting wearily for me, And pining that I do not come: But, when we meet no more to part, What joy shnll thrill hor heavy heatt, And sparkle in that eye whoee light 1s dear as sunshine to my eight. With thonghts Itke there T fought the spot Where I had paesed my childbood-hourn, And found that Time had changed it not: As fragrant were tho painted fowers; Tie meads and woodlands, greenly bright, Lay bathed in floods of living light, ‘Aud, like a serpent, through the vale The brookles wound ita eilver trail. But thon, alas | thou wert Dot there, For thon had'st withered like the fower That in the morning blossoms fair, Yot fades beneath the noontide's power 3 Now I am lone and desolate A3 15 tho bird without a mate, For all the flowers of hofe that shed Such sweetness round my Life are desd, In vain T seek to gain relief From sorrow 'mong the Light and gay ; My beart is heavy with a grief Thiat Folly cannot charm away 3 Btill secking rest, but Anding none, Amid the throng 1 seem alone ; A thing of gloom, that has no right To come where all is glad and bright. On ! what are wealth ond glory now Since thou, my ligit of life, art dead? The twinfug laurel on wy brow Beems buta crown of thoras instesd 3 Aud 1 would give my treasures all Thy vanished apiris to recall, Or share with thce that dreamices eleep From which we wake nO more o wep. GimIRCDE MACK, —These was something pathetic in the posi- tion of the German florist, who, 1n the bitterness of his heart, exciaimed : “I bave so much drou- ble mit de Isdies ven dey come to buy mine rose; dey vants him bardy; dey vants lum doubles ; dey vaute bim nico golous dey vants him ebery ding in one roee. bopes I am not vat you call % nncallant man, but I have somedimes to sy to dat ladies, *2 1 never often see 1sdies dat vas besutiful, dat vas rich, dat vas good tempor, dat vas yonngs, dat vas cleser, dat vas porfection, {2 ono ladies. I seo her much ot.’” THE BOOT AND SHOE TRABE. A Few Facts Concerning the Business. ‘Disastrons Results fo Dealers of the Fre- quent, Chango of Fashion in, Women's Wear, Manufacturing, East and West. Bome time since, I entered s boot and shos store for the purpose of purchasing a pair of shoes. There were several lodiesin tho estab- lishment, s0d I had to walt until my turn came tobeserved. VhileIatood thore watching the other oustomers, I noticed that three ladies bought shoes, and paid from 25 to 50 cents on each pair less than the frice originally asked; and T naturally concluded that the proprietor placed hs Sgures too high in the firat place, and his profits wero enormous, or he lost money on bhis salea. Being gifted by natare with the woman's sharo of ouriosity,. I began to look into this metter, and found that it was no un- common thing for the proprietor of a boot and shos store fo bo placed on the bankrupt-list, and his goods sold by the suc- tioneer at rauinous rates. The fact thata co- operative boot and shoemaking establishment had been formed in Chicago, by men with but little means except their energy, their hope, and their determination to better -their condition, made the subject still more interesting one, and I concluded to investigate. Accordingly I sallied forth to reconnoitre, and found that, o far from the merchants being re- Inctant to give me the desired information con- cerning their business, they were perfectly will- ing that tho dissdvantages under which they Iabored should be brought before the public, and the reason given why so many really good bus- iness-men who embark in this branch are obliged to pass through bankruptey. THE GODDESS OF FASHION, st whose shrine we sll bow with more or less reverence, is, in the main, responsible for these failures, Btrange as it may &cem, the fashion of the thoe changes as frequently as the fashion of the overskirt, the polonaise, or the stylish I1ady's bat; and the gentler sex will no moro wear an old-fashioned pair of shocs than-they would an old-fashioned dress, or an old-fashion- ed bonnet. The shape of the toe, the height of the heel, must obey the nod of Fashion. Does the goddess decres that high heels and narrow tocs shall be worn, tho {shoe-merchant who bas cases full of shoes of the previous fashion—low Leels and wide toes—cannot seil them at half- price; in fact, he would sometimes find it & diffi- cult matter to give them away, as it would Do an utter impossibility for & lady, or even & school-girl, to appear on the street in an old- fashioned phoe. Even the color of the thread with which shoes are stitched is regulated by Tashion. If white thread is tho style, those shoes which were unfortunstely manufactured when black thread was in yogue must now retire into privacy, and remain in their cases unseen and neglected. The coming style of ehoo is ad- vertised in the samo way a8 the coming style of hat or the dress; and ladies who make any pre- tensions at all to fashion, are aware, Jong beforo tho morchant is, what paitern of shoo witl pre- vail for the season, and will sometimes spend days in looking up a pair of shoes mado in tho latest style. Said one merchant; “Women frequently come 1n, bringing with them bare-footed girls, for whormn they want a peir of shoes. When havo & customer of this kind, I invariably com- mence by showing her & good article, which I could warrant as durable, and which I would sell her at half-price, or at one-third its value, be- cause it is out of style; but pinety-nine out of one hundred of theso poor women would rather pey DOUBLE OB TREDLE of their hard-esrned money, than that their girls should wear an old-fashioned pair of shoes. 1t is just the same with infants' shoes; they, t0o, must be of tho latest style, or they remain s drug on our hands.” + How do you sustain yoursclf at all o your business, while it i8 in this state?” I asked. “For the last eight years,” ho replicd, *‘my wife has never attended a concert, or visited a theatre_or any other pluce of public entertain- ment; T have not bonght & drop of liquor except as my family needed it for modiciue; I spend no ‘mouey for tobacco, for I do not wish'it ; and yet, with all of our econowy, I bave, during thal timo, lost £4,600. I want to goll out and buy me a farm, whered can trust to God and mfl muscle, and ot be at tho mercy of those who regard nothing but fashion. Ladies come in and look 8t my wares, and, when I havo enstbing that guits them, they tell me they can get them cheaper clsewhore, and ask me to tako less than my Iprico. T bavo to do it, in order to sell; for, if°T keep them until they aro out of siyle, I know I cannot dispose of them to any ad- vontage. Sometimes some of these ladies will ask mo if I do not want to rent s pew in their charch, when I tell them I can- not do it, for 1 do not mako enongh profit on my eales to’ warrant such extravagance. As they are not willng to pay me enough for my shoos 1o cuable me to suppork tho preacher, they will Dbava to support him themselves.” “Do you lose as much on gentlemen’s boots and shoes? Are they as fastidious as the Iadies 2 1 inquired. * Gentlemen's shoes and boots do not change g:cir fashions so much,” he replied ; ** they are 9 ONLY BELIALLE GOODS we have. Were it not for meu's wear, end the shoddy that is now in the market, we should all Do obliged to leave the business.” “At this point a gentleman came in, who called for » pair of slippers. 1o looked over several boxes, any of which would have suited as far as style was concerned, but nov s single pair would fit him. ~ After he loft, the Droprictor eaid : ** There you sco another dissd- vantago attending our business. A person goes into & grocery and calls for & pound of a certain kind of sugar or tes, and it 18 weighed out to him; or ho goes to & dry-goods store aud selects a certain kind of cloth, and as many yards as he wante are cut off for him. Dut, if I bave the Jind of shoe that is wanted, tho probability is that there is either too much or too litile of it, or, in other words, it is tov large or too emall and will not fit.” * You mentioned SHODDY just now; will you please tell mo how it is made " “The shoemaker's leather-chips and the car- rier's havings are mfruund_np liko paper-raga. They aro then mixed with size, pressed, and run of ioto eheets like papor. With o stamp just the size of tho last, the eclos sre stamped out of this sboddy. This work is done 8o neatly that no parng i8 required. A suflicieut number of these are pasted together 1o make tho sole of the roquired thicknees, when a pleco of split leather 18 pasted on the outside to make a finish, just as articles are veneered. These shoes wear betler than it was at first supposed they would. We make more profit on them then wa do 0n_our geuuiuo” arii- cles, and they belp us sometimes to keep our heads avove water.” Can you by your goods cheaper in Eastern cities than you can in Chicago 7" “Wa can buy our goods chesperat the East than wo can here, for the reason that men AN WOBK CHEAPER THERE then they can here, A fow years since, the manufacturers of Chicago engaged men from the East 8t high wages. When the cold weather came, the:r wages were reduced ; in consequence of which 500 men returned to_their old homea. They claimed that, with higher wages, they could not make as good Hw in Chicago ss they did in the East, as they to pay more for renta and provigions. “Tn the Esst, the shoomakers congregate in villages, where rents sra clieap, The more thrifty among them buy & few acres of ground, upon which they can keep a cow and raise their vegetablee. The manufacturers frequently tako pork, flonr, and otaer provisions, in exchange for their boots and shoes, which they sell to their hands st cost prices—that is, s near the | wholesale prico an possible—in exchaoge for their work. The bosses go :{Immd o l;:::e vil- Iages, and inquire amoug the men what pro- vi‘:’x':na are l;;qud, snd tako their orders for 1o kind sud amonat required by these families. *‘WWhen theses] lers come West to engago orders, they sgree to take flour, pork, and pro- visions, at wholesale prices, which they retail to their mon at coet. consequencs of this is, that men can_live more comfortably on lower wages in the East ihan in the West; whilo this partly co-operative system—the bosscs purchas- ing the provigions for their men at wholesala prices—brings them into i FRIENDLY RELATIONS with each other, which eaanles them to work to- gother in harmony. _“Some employers have discontinusd this plan since the War, paying altogether in cash; bui the mexhxknumng 1ts advantages, still co-uperate among thomselvas. Ono mas with whom I cons versed on this eubject, said: *I have a fen acres of ground in the country, upon whichI live, and which makes me a comfortablo home. 1 worked for an ostablshmont in Boston for five yoars, withont ever going into the city. 1 firstsent 3 sample of my wark, which gave satisfaction; and the material for a cese of boots waa sent out to me, which, being finished, waa dispatched on the cars, and other material, with orders, sent out. I fook my pay partly in cash, and artly in provisions at cheaper ratos than I coald sve purchased them myself.’” *Why do they not pursue the same course here? Whatis'to prevent it?” I inquired. 41t is almost imposgible,” he replied, “to ersuade men to unite oa anything in the West. Thereis such an utter want of confidence be- tween man aod man that unity of action cannoé be obtained. Every man is suspicious and afraid that some ndvantage is going to bs taken ; and every scheme devised for the lightening of labor _ FALLS TO TEE GROUSD through this deplorable lack of confidence and want of waity of action.” In view of theso facts, how can it bo expected ihat 2 co-operative boot and shos factory can succeed, when it is conducted by men of &mali means, unless they confiue themselves_entirely tothe production of geutlemen’s wear ? They cer- tainly cannot run the risk of Fashion's vagari It is saddening to contemplate that it is woman's vanity that renders the business such a precari- ous one, With a more practical education, a bog- ter knowledizo of the Jaws of business, more ex- tonded opportuuities in the great achool of life, may we not hope that, like hor brother, man, she will throw off the tyranny of Fashion, and re- fuse to remain the ulave of that fickle goddess? Ass. M. D. Wrkour. LITERARY NOTES. . PERIODICALS RECEIVED. B Ch;cago Tcacher for June (Jeremiah Mg ony). Science Gossip for May (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York). Current numbers of Littell's Lizing Age (Lit~ toll & Goy, Boston); Ecery Saturday (H. O. Houghton & Co., Boston) ; and Applefons’ Jour- nal (D. Applston & Co., New Yurff MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Anautoblography of Macready is to be pub- lished by Mocmillan. Sir Frederick Pollock is to edit it. —A Persian poet has transiated the Bible inta Tersian verse. The book is regarded as an epia in the land of the Stah. —The Saturday Review, in a caustic notico of Mr. worth Dixon’s * History of Two Queens,” proves that the book absolut ely swarms with errors. —r. Holyosk has been threo yoars at work on a history of co-operation in Epgland, which will be published in two volumes. It is a curi- ous fact that the co-operative movement was more active forty years ago than it is now. —TheTrustees of Shakspeare’sbirthplace and museum bave held their anpual meeting. The house and the contents of the muscum have been insured. Ten thousand peoplo and up- wazds have visited the place during the year. In tho July number of S Nicholas, Bret Harte will havo 8 stary, “ Baby Sylvester;” and m‘_m.m C. Bryant will 'have & pocm,—a ' trans. on. —Scridner’s Magazine for July will have the conclusion of Saxe Holm's nmew story, *‘The Four-Leaved Clover,” the gcene of which is laid in Chicago; ap article on Missouri, by Edward King; * Studiea of Some British Authors,” by the poct Stoddard; & poem, **The_ Spicning- Wheel,” by Benjamin . Taylor; and an illus- trated article in relation to the anthenticity of the plaster-cast claimed to have Leen taken from Shakspearo's faco after death,—the illustrations comprising_engravings of the Cossolstadt Pic- ture, tho Terra Cotts Bust (never befora en- graved), the Stratford Buet, the Droeshout En- gravig, tho Chandos Portrait, tho Stratford l’orltrn.it, and fonr views of the Death-Masi itaelf. —). Brugech has just discovercd, inscribed upon a wall at Karnak, o list of upwards of 2,00) Egyptian towns end cities. This very important contrivution to the geograpby of Egypt wil shortly be published. —One of the most amusing recent contribu- tions to Fronch literature is Jules Janin's ** Parg et Versailles il&' a Cent Ans.” —Dr. Schmidt's *Shakespeare’s Loxicon ” is finished to tho letter L, and volumo one will shortly appearin London. It Is a most learned and exhaustive treatise on the Euglish Siake-" speare. —Afr. James Parton is o have o paper in tha guly Harper's, on * Falsehoods of the Daily Press.” —Dr. 8. Ireneus Prime bas a new book, writ- ten * Under the Trees” and put under cover— of & book—only at the request of friends. It consists of thirty essays, chiefly ob summer topics. The Harpera will issue it thisor next month. —3Ir. Peacock's coming novel, *John Mark- enficld” (to be publithed in London), entersiute political questions. The sceno opens in Lincolo- ghire, but the kero and heroine quit the fen conntry for America, where they armrive durwg the civil war. —The author of “The Normsn People and Their Descendants in the British Domains and the Unitod States” declaced that out of 30,000 names in the * London Directory” nearly 7,000 are of Norman origin, —Prof. Hoppin, of Yale, hes written a biogra- Eflg of Roar-Admiral Foote, which will be pub- ed by the Harpors. . —**The Genesis of the New England Churches™ is treated at longih by the venerable Dr. Loonard Bacon, in » forthcoming volume. —The London Atencum says that Mr. Glad- stone i engaged upon » volumo entitled *Tho- sauros Homerikos,” a register of matters notod {from the text of the *‘Iliad” and *‘Odyssey,” 1t will bo published by Megars. Macmillan, —The Khedive of Egypt is renowing the grea§ library destroyed by his famous predecessor. e has already sccarod abont thirty old_copies of tho Koran, ono of them of avout A. D. 720, in Cufic writing, on parchment of gazelle ekin. —Mr. Hommorton wrote his ‘“Intellectusl Life " twice, burning up the first copy becausa he was dissatisfied with it, snd then writing it over again. ‘The mojority of suthors ought to follow his example—at least tho first half of it. —Tho groat work of Luawig Lange on Boman antiquities has reached its third yolume in Ber- lin. It is greatly praised by the_classical critics. 1f the rest of the work is worthy of the first three volumes it will be, it is asserted, the bes) Listory of Roma in existence. —The new Bakspeare Bociety will issue in ita “ ghakepeare Illusion Books™ the second print ed notice of Shakespeare found in English literas ture. This1s an extract from Clarke's ‘‘Pu monteis,” published in 1593, which mentione tgweet Shakspeare.” This waa ten yoars be- bore the great poet's fame may be said to have been perfocted by the publication of the com~ pleted ** Hamlet.” —L. Ernest Kenan has been azain proposed 23 Aseociate of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, end bas been this time slected Ly 15 votes to 6. His first defeat was socured by the opposition of two or three ultramontane journals iu Lisbon. —The sale of choice and rare books left by Bir William Tite has drawn to London several Amor- ican book-buyers. The library embraces all four of the fulio editions of Bhakespeare. _—3r. Kinglake's fifth volume of the “Inva- sion of the Crimen,” aithougn tho last volume, will not finish the war. The bistorian stops with the battle of Inkermann, his subject being too vast, on tus minuio scale projected, to permid bim 'to go through. —The poet Pope s to bo honored with 8 com« plete concordance to his poems. The ooly Eo- glish writers to whoso works a complete verbal index has yet been prepared are Shakspears, BMilton, aod Tennyson. —2Xr. Murray bas in preparation, with an oriq- inal map and illustrations, The Last Journals of Dr. Livingstone," including kis researches aud wanderings i Esstorn Africa, from 1865 to with- ina fow days of his death, edited by his son, Jr. T, Stecle Liviogstone. The volume comprises all the journals sent over by Dr. Livingstone_ia charge of Mr. Btanley; also the journals thai have been transmitted since, as well a8 the papers received by the Foreign Offico. ‘—3ladame George Band, it is said, is prepar- ing for the press a memoir of the youug and ill- fated Louis XVIL The memoir will be mainly arawn from the personal recollections of hes grandmother, 3la Antonio Dupin de Fran- cueil, granddaughter of King Augustus 1L of Poland, anad_nearly relatod to King Cbarles X. and Louis XVII The memoir 18 to contain also historical documents and traditions care- fully presorved in the family of Madame Sand. —The Trustees of tho Boston Public Libeary bave forbidden the circulation of 3arie How- lana’s book, ¢ Papa's Own Girl,” on the ground that it is coarse; so 2lsrie has writtec them an open letter, charging that this is not their real reason, but they are afraid of the reform princi- ples it advocates. The object of the book is “+to give expresaion to the legal and social diss- bilitios of women, snd, furtber, to the out- rageous injustico of our industrial syste by which the producers of wealth are so mb},fi of it that the army of paupers i8 yearly increase ing."