Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 14, 1874, Page 7

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 1874. 7 " METROPOLITAN MODES. smmer Fashions. Fixed at Last—Tho Dis- turhing Tnftuences of French Instability. girange Misuse of Velvet and Feathers .-<Traveling Dresses of the Best Kind. yalvet Petticoats Out of Season —Colored Lingerie for Journceying. assed Men Sustaining Thelr Credit by Their Wives® Wardrobe. From Our Oun Correspondent. NEw Yors, June 10, 1674 he fachions for summer aro at last tixed (I savo it on a bigh Parisian suthorits); that ia to ssy, they are as fixed as itis in the nature of fahions, ospocially French fasbions, to bo. To bo eure, my suthority adds, with o dashof | Dethetic resigoation, that modes never can bo Pecided and permanent until France Las a stablo Coverament; but forgets to montion that not within the memory of mortal man bas that un- bapps couotzs been blost with stability. Thero- fore, lel us extract what comfort wo may from {he knowledge that, if the Republic lasts throngh tho warm westher, thers will ba no change in fbe cat of the polonaise. TOLITICS AND FASHIONS. The exact bearing of tho Natioual Assembly o the current stslcs is Dot 8o clearly defnod as {tehouid be. We are not tald whethor tke length of 8 trsin or the depth of & flounco lvads to dis- gension between the Right and Left. Still less 470 wo informed of the effect of tne new hats on the Mimstry. Bub wo are led to surmise numer- ons and occult intarviews between the Executive sodthe heads of tho best magazins~des-modes of fhe French Capital. Suspicions aro excitedin re- to mysterious consultations between Mac- ishon and Worth astothe form of abasque or the foid of agcarf. When Madame, the wife of the President, drives in the Bois in a new costume, wecan but feol nssured that it must have re- geived the sanction of the Council of State 5 ¢lso the overthrow of tho Government would fmpend. Imogine the ecene changed to our own coan- 7] Supposo we never wore 2 mantle till it was spproved by the House and confirmed by tho geosto! Suppose kili-plaitings shiould be ban- Ished because the Committes on Foreign Re- Jatiors deemed them incomsistent with the simplicity of & Republican Government! Sup- poso the Ways and Means Committee should denounce jet-friuge a3 & ncodless oxtravaganco in theso anti-infation days! Should we not sigh for suffrsge and tho Tight to protect our wardrobes ? Ko wonder, tben, that Parisian women pine, at least, for a scttled Government, € not for the authoritativo power iteelf. Naturallyt is condolatory to them, and through them 1o oursclves, to be conscious that for thiee months no concern need be felt for the cut of our clothes. Such alterations as wo are lisble to will be in the merest details,—tho exact shada of a ribbon, the droop of a feather, the draping of an overdress, or tho ereaso of a shawl,—mat- ters of 6o litilo moment that the majority will pever notica the fluctuations. The points that ro vital are determined; the rest muy vary as they will, Oue thing strikes mo as strange cvery year, #nd every year tho custom comes with surprising Fegulariiy. It is tho usiug of VELVET AND FEATHELS on summer-hats. 1 there wero any lack of puitable silks and lsces, and lovely Howers, it wonld Lo different, and quite pardonable. But thore is uo such lsck. The trimmings adapted to summer-wear are inflnite in number, exquisite 10 quality, porfect in becomingmess. Why, then, in the natio of variety, do we use, sll tlie year, the sume garvitoro that fitoess demands wo should employ two-thirds of the year? Tho culy apparent change wemakeis to use straw - ptead of wire for the basis of & structure, somo- times attaching lace-stnings. Velvet and feath- ersara always beautifyl, but doubly beadtiful when the thermometer is Jow. Lace and flowers aro likewise beantiful. though they lose half €heir besuty if your finger-tips be tingling with cold. A winter head-covering ought to suggest weight aod warmmib; a summer head-coverig, fightuess and coolocss. Simply to alter tho bickground, and allow the trimmings to remain the same, is to deetroy all distinctiveness of ebaracter, 1l fitness to saason. TIE DAINTIEST OF DUTTONS Asif to render half the feminine fashionables madly euvious of the other Lall, Fashion has just presented tho daintiest thing imsginable in uttons. They are made of the _exquisite pink Yinicg of the conch-ehell. Can you fancy any- thing moro perfect? On s gown they look 28 if the wenrer had pinned an_cver-ripe rose at her turoat, and the petals had gradually detached themselves and floated carclessly down tho front of the dress. No happier idea for delicate sum-~ mer-fabrics could be conceived. And the res- son that half the eex will bo ecvious of tho otler g, that the faint pink tinting of the but- tong will be becoming ouly o _certain pale and extremely clear cornplexions. No thick-skinned bruzettes, no red-baired blondes, no half-and- II‘\l! colorings, can bear tho test of the conch- shell butious ; but the fortunate few Wwio can wear them will reign radiantly. As nobody especially nead TCAVELING DRESSDS batere she is ready to start on a journey, they 2r¢ generully left to the last in & scason's outlls. This year there is Do large vatiety in them, be- cause eversbody wears a silk skirt of black or dark ehade, and & polonsite of some suitable contrast, This is, on the whole, the most prac- tical and satisfactory habit that has been de- voted to this purpose for meny yeers; but s elight improvement can be made in this, 1f tho wearer fold her polonaiso away in her traveling-bag (and she ought to carry 8 bag largo enough for the purpose), end don a linen overdress above her eilk wkirt, the will be thrico as comfortable on the way; und st every stopping-place, or at her journey’s snd, sho will have her polonaise fresh and clean toappear in at table-d’hote, or wherever need mayte. Everyonewho has taken abot day's Journey knows' the. repugnance to putiing on a moet, goiled, cinder-grimed garment after tho Tefreshmont of a bath; end how in time one al- most lontkes the sight of s waist that has suf- fered {rom dusty travel. Ii, however, the outer portion of a snit be linen, and be consigned to the laundry at the earliest opportunity, the ro- E‘umu ends with the return of the garment oshly starchied. = LINEN SUITS. And this reminds me, in tio firet place, that and ceru linons, Lawg entirely out of etrie, €au be bought cheaply; 2nd that, for persons ¥ho do not pin their bappiness to s unt, they maks very desirable dresses at very low rates. Becondl, the choice lies batween endless ehades of gray and the very dark indigo-blucs. As for the cut, the newest mode is 2 very Jong over- skirt, falling nearly to the bottom of the skirt, sada double-breasted Lnglish walking-jacket. inen polonnises aud the looso sacques sre 8O common that the stylish and becoming walking- acket is brought into requisition. Iv is simply extraondinary that it hasn't been before. oo Dew linen suits hardly scem to be made of tho £ame fabrics as the old, so much more air have they. Viewed from the washicrwoman's point, the walking-jacket does up just 28 wel ns 2 plun £acque ; while the jackes and overskirt without Plaits are much ensier to do up than the polo- Lzize, The pew linen costumes are generally trimmed with more or less piped bics bands; tho fll"ggx being of the sama or contrasting ghades. K ope point, however! e particalar not to use linen-covered molds for buttons. As cer- tainly a3 you do this, you will be suspectad of beving either had vonr suit left over from last Beason, or of mot keeping up with the mode; either of which terrible impatations it were well tosvoid Tae buttons of the moment are liven- Coverad centres in rims of bone. These, remom- , are what Fashion demmauds; but, merely a8 & matter of personal tasto and comfort, I woald recommend either whito or smoked-pearl but- tons,—thoso Liaving a shank preferred,—beccuso they can be readily removed when the dress is Eent to the laundry. One style that tried to introduce itself last Year without much success, repeats its trial widh Tedonbled vigor this month. It is . VELYET PETTICOATS B [oder thin upper-dresscs for cool days in sum- er, and early fall. Itis a prevailiog Freuch Iaode, a0d abont as much worn scroge tho sos 23 e wlk skirt is hare, Lt iwn'c protty; is emi- nently unsuitablo, and very expeusive; but it will doubtless find followers, apecially among those having velvet skirts left over from last winter. One thing likely to ko) it in vogue for a time is velvet-striped grenadines, which are shown to a imited extent, and whioh, trimmed with velvet and volvot sashes, ere fitly enough worn over velvet petticonts. Theso velvet-striped grenndines aro very costly, and as thero are but fow in tho country, their power to sustain the velvet petticoat is not likely to be great. TFor my own part, I mean to preach a crusade ngainst the wearmng ol velvet in any massed form, from the first of June till the end of Soptember. 0DDS AND ENDS. After struggling for months to bo reconciled £0 the abandoment of tho polonaiso and tho loss of the overskirt, it is now plain tbat the ellort was fruitless, since nothing but figured, trans- parent white goods are made up without either the ono garment or the other. Tho one objec- fion to overskirts in these fabrics is, that the fig- nres show through, forming o dull and confused medley of color. - Tatistes in fingor-wide gray snd black stripes ate fashionable for mourning wear. They aro generally trimmed with plaited flounces ; the plaits folded with referance to thestiipes. These Jook cooler than all-black dresses of the samo gooda. ‘Colored ligerio is nsed almost exclusivoly for traveling. Where lLuen costumos with piped bands aro worn, tho lingerie often matchies the piping. Many Hack-lace and lace-trimmed black bon- nets have a rufile of beaded tulle plaited iu very fuil_round the edgo of tho Lat, 8o that on tho head it forms almost & continuous ruche. Colored silk Inco ties, just appearing in shop windows, aro very pretty and saitable “with thin fabrics. As blue is the modisk shade, three blnes to ono of every other tint are soen. Riding habita are alwaysmade double-breasted this year ; open in 8 V in front, with s narrow, rolling coller. Good taste demands whito under- Xkerchiof and cuffs as well as muslin tie, though an cfort has boen made to introduco colored lingerie for riding costumes. 1t is gonerally bolioved that watering-place wardrobes will be conparatively gimple this soa- gon; novertheless Teport eays that the wives and daughters of certain railway men, supposed to have suffered heavily during the panic, will have outfizs of exceptional extravagance, to prove, if proof it bo—that thoir Lusbands and fathers are not struggling with pecaniary diffi- culties. 1t is quito tho custom hers—paradosi- cal though it seem—for men to sustain their credit through their wives' wardzobes. TURBELOW. Miscellnneous Fashion Notes. From the New Yurh Evening Marl, Worth's nowest fancy is to coucentrato on Black silis walking costumes all the trimming on the front width of tho skirt and back of tho waist. 1tis an cconomical whim, at all events, Tor the front widtlican bo taken outand inserted in evory new dress. It 1s hard to imagino what othor portions of their personal apparel tho ladies can put beads on save the pocket bandkerchief or the shoes. The last article thus oruamentod .was the laco scazf worn around tho neck, which is now cov- ered with beads as largo as hens’ egzs. —Soms of tho prettiest of tho summer suits aro of striped grenadine, made with the long- Pointed apron-front, highly looped-up sides and back, sod trimmed with the now fashionable grasi-cloth. Nothiog prettior or moze stylish can be imagined. 2 Gimbrede's neweet invitation eards are very long and proportiouately narrow. The toxt is i sript, and Romeo and Juliet's wonogram Las the top of the note-sheot and fly of the envelope. flio new style is au old one ravived, and a protty oue, withal. ) = One by one the nondescript Bonnets disap- poa from the hoade of the Ilors Merlimsora and in their stead is worn the Rabagas, fairly loaded down with flowers, lsce, beads, orna- ments, and nick-nacks generally. Tt is imbedded on the Tight side in & mass of false hair and held in position by haw-pins thut rescmblo tongs. A fashionable fan is of Ruesia leather in tho Pompadour shene, cut in poiuts on top. It is vory cieverly embolilshed with gilt, end has tho 0amor's monogram or initials on oilher ades. These fans were manufaciured for the Vienns fair last summer, and, liko other thinga cxhibited, ot sold, | Cousoquently they havo been sent to Amenee, whoro they sell like tho traditional hot caike. A DUTCH FESTIVAL. Oclebration at 'Fho Xagueo of the Twenty={1fth Auniversary of the I<ing’s Reigne Zhe Lague (Muy 13) Correspondence of the Cincinnati Conaneraial. At lzst tho procession comes. Several regi- ments of military, & chariot filled with orange- troes and the like, and a group of banners in the middle, sud two or three carriages tilled with digoitaries, followed by that of the King. Tlo latter comes into view past s little bend in tho stroet, where it stopped, sud » ecene gocs on such 88 I could never Lave imagined in o Royal cortege. A band of low men, Lolding hands Ju o aelo, are springivg up snd dowu bofore ilo horses’ heads, and singing liso mad. The carriage moves on elovly a Little fartler, these people moving along by successive Jumus, whon 1t is sgain brought to s staudstill. The King, in a tall fur hut sud featler, looks tired and ¢roas, and motious for tho carriage to £o on. Tho Queen, good-looking and well preserved, in thoso sumo bunchy curls, is greeting with quiclk, ungraceful gesturcs tho peoplo on ber sde of the stroet, while tho sired old King looks peither {o the rigiit nor to the left, and scems very an- gry, for “which I do not blamo him 1n tha least. 123 tace is beavy and vulgar. Liko that of Vie- tor Emmanuel, 1t thoroughty ropresents the char- actor of its possessor in every line. Tie carriage at Jast moves on. On every &im- ilar occasion I ever witnessed mounted polico cleared tho way for the royal carriage; but in this caso not even the foot police interfore, and the poetillions do noé dure to urge on their Lorses while the carriage itsclf is surrounded on overy eide with men who do nothing but press back the crowd from off tho wheels. These Doople domot act asif they cared whether the Kink Lad reigned ono day or a thousaad’ years, and cave still less for his comfort or pleasure. Tiioy are in for & good timo and are dotermined to haveit,—a fact L Lardlyreconcile with the Ehudly eharacter of tho Hollanders, TFollowing sullaro sevoral carriegce, contaiving the kighdig- nitarics, civil and militury ; and, pressiug hard Bftor those, such a motloy crowd as I never ex- Pest to seo again. _bien and women orm in 2t dancipg up and down 1n tho muddy strects and singing at the top of their jangs.” All the wo- men wear caps with the strauge brass baod un- Serneath, orusmentod in front with spirsl twists, or buttertlies' wings, horns, ete., all of thio brightest brass. Often this cap 18 surmount- ed with » beatard Fiench bonoet, stuck over Sith tho geudiest flowers, The press is 8o thick that the women—and there are not a few of them—are disliniuibhefl from the men by theso queer heads bobbing up and down, and ‘agging from eido to side, as they danco o sing. This vast mass isso prossed to- other that they sprivg up and down togetber e ono migity India-rubber mechine, aud when the train moves on they move zlso, by Suceessive jumps. I can thiuk of nothing but what I have read of ‘tho French Tevolution, thiough the good nature of thiy purtof the crowd was overwhelmingly evident in the laughing, aquoezing, and Lissing, all of which scemed quits Ppromiscuous, .More military, more carriages, Tud a still greater, though less noisy, throug of peoplo of both gexes bring up the rear of the irain, And this was all of the show. ‘The stu- dents had gotten themselves up in most beauti— ful costume of satins and velvéts of the time of William the Silent—who uberuted the people from the Spaniards—with tho intention of join- ing the prucession, buc the Kiug was un- Wiling _ that they ehowd do o, as be s Sired ard ill, and wished to curcail tne proceedings as much a8 possibla. Thero should bave been au illumina- o the ovening, but still it rained, and the tapors were covered in water to the yery brim of {ho glasscs. Fortuvatoly for me, it ceased in tho evonicg, and the falr aod all the crowd attending ave im_full glory. They do nothing Dt go up and down, now singing and jumpivg, with a double step upon one spot, and again Moving on in tha €ame msaner. s bobbing T ud down is called bussiog, snd is & most promiscuous performence. If the Burgomaster P\ wife oven. as happened not long ago in Hatterdarr, ehould happen to be caught in ono of these ‘-hussing " perties, they must join in the sport eud take it .gond-nnm:u«ny. %ot Tof follows in striped skull-caps of red, whits, and blue take hold of bands as they pass berneath my window, 2ad spring up and down across tho Wholo sqiste, carrying the crowd along with them. Sometimes tho men spd women ars dancivg round end round, to the music of & squenking month instrument, plaved by a fellow standing in the middle. It is now 2 o'clock at night, sud the crowd is nearly flle?m{sed, but 5Ll it gocs on. A fellow stands plaving on 3 » Lztla pips, with tio women and a 1aan holding bands, epringing and singing around him. They are spied by another set of ‘holf-dozen or more. ho are springing along, holding hands until they reach the firss group, when they wiip rot it 10 successiva leaps, wind up tight, sod spring Tound and round together until thrown spart by centrifugal force niainst the stalls on either gide, amud ross of laughter. REVIEW OF AMUSEMERTS. _ SOTHERN OX “ NAILEES.” With all that bas been said and written about 3r, Sothern, there aro certain things yet which no fellow has found out. We venture upon the subject of ** Nallers,” Webster has no deflni- tion of that word, and, byt for Ar.Sothern's snecdotes, the world in goneral might pass away without reaching a satisfactory conolusion. In order to gratify a public anxiety to golve T THE PEOBLENM OF * NAILESS," it will be necessary to narrate certain circum- Bf_-fl-uccs. Desiring to obtain the opinion of the distinguished comedian upon certain unimpor tant, and, thereforo, highly valuable theatrica maiters, two gentlemen knocked at Lis door at 12:8D a fow nights ago. “Who the — deuce are you?" eaid the comedian. ‘The names wero sung out. “ C——come in,” said Mr. Bothern. *‘I alwavs lock my door to keop some of thoso d—evilish bores ‘awsy who come to look at me like & wax figure.” To tell the truth, 3r. Sothern appeared unlike any other figure at that moment. P 1IE WAS ARRAYED in & full and flowing robo of pure white, which reached his bare feet, It resembled a surplico, Bxce{)t that it covered nothing but Mr. Sothern. All clerical sugzestions wore banished by the in- troductory remarks, howover. In one hand Mr. Bothorn Leld a cigar, in the other a slice of pine- apple. Onthe mantel wes a copy of Lucrotius open at the fourth book. 4 Lucrotius and _pinespple must form a jolly compound,” Linted one of ue visitors, A unailer,” remarked Mr. Sothern. « Aro you 'reading for smusement?” inguired thoother. “No, indeed; it's & horrid bore, but it's too good—look hore : Suave, mari magno turbantibua aequors ventis, E terra maguum alterius spectare laborem; Non quis — lo(:kmg at tho book, “I've not commited this ot “ What are you studying Lucretius for 2" 4 cramming,” said Jr. Sothern. “ At table a. doy or 5o ago I was assutuing a familiasity with tho classics. A fine looking old gentleman tackled me with Lucretius. I'd read it at school, but didn't remember a hne, which was natural, cousidering everything. Ho was pummeling mo hard. 1 turved to him, and eaid: ‘Either Sleussinger's exsays of Lmcretius’ arguments aro folly or—you remember what he eays, Est ctonim sine causa,—pardon my,doubting it,— but while he agrees with yon in—"" +Of course he agrees with me, notin this only, but in everything else, snid my friend. ¢ Fkrew of courso you would quote him,’ said I, *if 1did not.’y He foll into it. 1 bod bim. 1 PLIED BIM WITH SLEUSSINGER, 2nd Hobhelhausen, and_Maggalini, aud & wholo hoap of Esop's fables. I overdid it. He ‘sug- gosted that I was wanaoring. I knew it. fook him cside, *Come,’ eaid I, ‘you_ koow yow'so beon drinking pretty froely. You'ro Tmaking s perfect ass of yourself ; dou’t do it; for God's sake, don't ao it. I'll talk with you any other timo mbout it—to- morrow, if you like.” That was s uailor. 1t was Joud enough to be overheard, and my generous forbearance was apprecizted.” The distinguished oomedian, in his surplice, took auother bite of peapple, and whided away st his diminishing cigar, sud went back to Lucrotius. *I am atrud you'would botray me,” Tie commenced azain, *if I told you sometlung. I won't; but I tell you how I got & follow ON WEZEKIAH in the same way. 1 expiessed my religious opimions_pretty fully, and Lo called wo au ‘Atheist. I told bim I could argue any theological point with bim, and the name of Hezelah struck me ell at ouce. Two hours later L had bought up several treatises on Hezekiah, Jearned thirty yerses in different chapters, and was ready for Lim. L engeged s confedernte to Leop us up to Iezekiah whenever Dbe saw me getting worsted. So &t tho tablo wo Went to it hammer aud tongs. Aslong as I clang to HezekiahIbed it all my own way. When we strayed off, my confed wonld put w: *Well, but what has_ this to do with Hezokiah? Lotus get back to Hezekish.! Aud by s judi- cious reserve of my verses I succeeded in mak- ing him confess he bad not made a specialty of Hezeksh. That was a nailer. “‘Theology is your forte, i3n'c it " Well, I don't know, roplicd the sacerdotal figura; I was . EDUCATED ¥OR A CLERGTMAY. Artis my strong point. When in Manchester, & vear or two ago, I took lodgings ont of town to Le away from the noise aud bustle, 25 well as the joliy feliovs. One day, s very dear old friend, one of tho jolliest follows, came to seo mo, “For tho Lord's sake, Ned," eaid Le, “rhat are you living in this corner of the earth for#" Aly eyo caught a cheap daub of painting. i-0ld fellow,” 1 replied, “you know my weak- pess for puinting. Don't laugh at me, but I'vo como here to onjoy & weok &mong my dear old pictures.” “'But why in thunder don't you carry your dear old ;I:ictm-es to London, or Manchester, or some civilized place ¥ “You don't know their velue, I can’t get anything liko the insuranco on them in London, aud I am not going torizk the labor of a life for notlung, you know, Dou't you admire them " * Fine pictures,” said he. * Look here,” I eaid, 4TS MARINE LY GLTZENHANGER; take that middle distance. You notice the va- ricty of that third atmosphere,—th 's but one Dbrash in Europe can approach it. Look at that color,—rich, gubdued, harmonious. And, now, this companion here. Do you note the senti- ment of that moes-grown rock? Compare it with the tone of that barge—eh? gems, gems.” « Fine, very,” said he. sive 7" 4 shont the proceeds of a life-time. Bat look at this rustic scene—thepathos of that s ile with the country girl on it tying bor shoo-string—tho life and soul of Naturc—Nature in her most ex- alted mood—that hen with tho chicks —look at the poise and groupinz. Aad this one: ey must Lave beon enormously expensive,” “Yim," 1 aid, Jooking down. 4 Would you sell them 2" he asked. 4 No," I answered coldly. ** Ask for my wealth, my reputation—anything but my picturce.” We wéra quict ngain for a minute. ‘oIl me what they cost 2" he said. “Yon will not laugh at me 2" “Not 1" # A8 DETWEEN GENTLEMEN 2" « Certainly." “Well, s~ between shillings aud 9 peuce ¢ that. © [ goized his batand fled. That was & nailer. He cut me dead, and never will forgive me.” ‘Auvd there the sheeted comeaian would have gat all ;might chewing piveapple snd smoking cigers, but bis visitors recollected the frantic beres Trom whose persceutions ho bad just es- caped, aud made a graceful exit. ————— TEE DRAXMA. It required no grest stretch of imagination gome days last week to find one gelf led back sgain into the winter season of smuscments. The weather sustained the illugion very satinfac- torily for sevoral nights, while the brilliant charscter of the theatrical reproseatations at the Jending houses was less like June than January. It is & noteble circumstance that the sumwmer sbsence of many people from the city affected the general attendanco at the theatres in no marked degroe. All of them have dono bettar during tho week than conld bave been oxpected consideriug the tropicel Leat of one or two nights. - TOOLEY'S THEATEE. Mondny evening was the firsc of the visit of Mr. Daiy's Fifth Avenue Company at Hooloy's Theatro, tho eugugement openig ot very ads- iciously with - Divorce,'—nc: auspicionsly, ecause the house was lighit, and tho Leat great. “Divorce” was played 23 near perfection as we can hojpe for agsin in mauy seasons, and made 3 good impreseion upon those who saw it {Fednesuay and Thursday Mr. Daly's version of &Men aond Wife” was played with e:ill greator euccess, the Louses being good, and the acting excellent. Friday night “Tondon Assurance” was performed with satisfaction to 3 crowded hous and yesterday Divorce” and **Mun and Wife,” re- fpoctively. This brief ist has given us un 0p- portauity to form au opinion of the scope of the company, safiiciant to convince ns_that there is 1o better combination at present plaviag in the Duited States, and we question wheiber there ever has been ite superior in this conntry, There certainly does not exist its equal anywhere at present. The performance of the fine comedy # London Aesurance ” was e strong proof of the adapis~ bility of the company toromething more sterhng than the run of more modern pieces. The error Mr. Daly made, If it was an errer, +was in opening with dramas which have lost long ago iie bloom of novelty, and which Lave been played g0 often that few have not seen them at Tho time or_another. Tuia dons, however, Lo Will smend by plaging for the res of his eeason a series of novelties which bave been successful i Now York durng the past season. Tho Birst of ‘these will be Alsxandte Dumas’ comedy, 4 Aro they expon- Eenflomfin, they cost 4 o lot, aud aré dear at Those are. + Mongjeur Alphonse,” which was played at the Fifth Avenue Thestre April 1i. Itiein three acts, very Frenchy, as the subjoined outline wll chow, and st tho same time sery strong in situa- tion acd plot. anzomndc, when the cur- tain rises, _is the wife of Capl Alontalglin. Previous to her marriage, an_ intim: with one 2Aons. Oclave has ended with the birth of a child, Adrienne, who has been living with her natural father. Gefate, wishing to be married. urges Montaiglinto adopt ‘his child, fraokly admitting ber illegitimacy, but concealing Raymonde's criniinality. The Captain conseuts. An interview follows between Octave £nd Raymonde, in which the latter oxpresses her repugnance to this idea, wheroupon Oclare {hreatens to send the child to America, The Captain entering sottics the matter by making Jknown his compliance with Octace's requeat, The child ddrienne is ignorant that Octave 18 her Zathor, but haa boen told by him that Raymonds 18 her mother. She has been cantioned against gi\-xug any sign of recoguition in the presence of others, but when slone with her mother Tushes to'her arms. Mother and dsughter are intorrupted by Madame_Guichard, s vulgar per- son, fianceo of Oclave, who hes followed Adri- enne from Paris with the intention of discover- iog her mother., Raymonde in groat disgust and alarm refers her to Octace, and the ack ends. The second act is full of fresh comblica~ tions. Afme. Guichard compels Ocfave to ac- Lnowledge Adrienne_ss_ his daughter. Her mother, ho sass, i8 desd. The lndy demands the ild from the custody ‘of Ray- monde, and Oclave secures from the latter s promige of surrender. In explaining matters to Capt. Monlaiglin, Raymonde betrays herself, tells ber husband all, aud obtains his forgivenesa. In the third act, Hontaiglin has a daod drawn up, in which he claims the child a8 his, hor parouts being unknown. Mosnwlile JDne. Guichard claims the child tho eamo way. The Captain, to save his wife, declares that Octave hos acted for him; Mme. Guichard is enchanted with the magnanimityof her future husband, but ber suspicione are not all allayed. To test matters thoroughly, she resoris to stratugem. She suddenlyannounces that Adricn- ne has fallen from tho window, Raymonde scrosms,and sgain betrays herreltion. The widow is satisticd, discards Oclara, and the curtain falls on 8 scene of domestic tranquillity and satisfied Justico. . Tho relstion of the title to_the play is Inorcly that Oclave is known to Adrienne ouly 88 Hons: Alphonse, not as futher. Tho strongest Featuro of the piay is the Adrienne of little Bijou Horon. The pieco is cleverly padded out with olomonts of comedy. The cast of the priacipal parts will bo as follows: Capt. Moniaiglin, Mr. Charles Fisher; Octave, Mr. Geargo Parkes; Jovin, o spy, Mr. Lowis; JKaymonde, Miss Ada Dyas: dme. Ginckard, Miss Fauny Daveuport; “Adrienne, Bijou Horon, Li will be pleyed all the week. AC'VICKEL'S TAEATRE, Mr. Sothern's second week has been no less aclightful to the appreciative public tban his first, Tho earlior Lalf was devoted to **Qur ‘Amorican Cousin,” which gave placo Wednesday to the more artistic if less boisterous comedy of ’Home,” This was ond®f thoso gems of act- ting which we come across by accident iu a sea sou ; which do not rezdfly take the eye of the Ppubiic, because they do tot tako tbe eer first, It Yas played with delightful cdse and enjoyment. Tt was r. Sothern's recreation and enjoyment, ot his great opportunity. Mrs. Allen bad tho Lest of the piece, and need her opportunity with a full approciation of its rarity. This week a round of 3lr. Bothern's most de- gutful porsonations will bo given. oudas, Thesday, and Weduesduy nights, and Saturday matineo, he will appear a8 The Hon. Sam Siings- Ty in hi avsurdity, *Drother Sam,” which is niore ludicrons 2nd enjoyable thau even Lord Dundreary. ‘Ihursday, Friday, and Saturday nights another Robertson comedy, Which was \Wiitten sor Mr. Sothern, **David Garrick,” will ba played, followed by ** Dundreary Married and Settled.” The latter has not before been played in Clicago; the former .will be rememberea®as oo of tho most perfect and memerable perform- ances cver given in Chieago. THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Tho vivacious Vokes Yamily hu‘])o finighed their three weoks with protit to themsglves aud the public. Last week they played ina round of: their specialties. Friduy night, at thoir ben- efit, Mies Rosina played in **Nav, the Good for Nothing,” as well as in the specialty of the eve- ning. To-morrow Manager Gardiner will start in & four-weeks trip with the Vokes party, visit- ing the principsl citios of Alinnesota, theaco to Detroit, and home through Indianapolia. To-morrow evening Callonder’s Guorgia Min- strels will commence work for one week only, giving matinees Tuesdny and Satordsy sfter- Tocps. They will bo remembered by their good season last vesr, and by the names of the com- pany. among whom are Billy Kersands, Poto Devouer, Abs Cox, Jimmy Bland, Charlos B. “Hi Dick Little, W. E. Lyle, and others. TRE ADELPHI «Txion™ has teon doing a good business dur- ing the week, and the troupe of Arubs from Jer- aralem bavo nstonighed evergbody with their feats of strength and aundecity. This week an entirely new conree of amusements will bo rau. The picce de resistance will, of course, be the ex- tm\'ngxn;:fi" Fairy Talisman,” with which all tho acts be interpolated. Among these will Lo the comedian, George R. Edenon, the favorite banjo soloist, E. M. Hall the Bedouin Arabs, the Morgan Sisters, Mies. Frankie and the Pzn- {omine Company under Sig. Constanting, in Wi latest comic pantomine, * The Magic Toy." TIHE CRICAS0 THEATRE. Lulw. the marvellous female acrobat and tra- oze artist, whose appoarance at ;Niblo's, 1n New Cork, was ‘s ninc-days’ wonder, beius an co- gagement to-merrow night nt the Chicago Theatre under the new management of Mr. Leon de Leon. A privato cntertainment was given by Lulu at the theatre Friday evening, about 200 ladies and gontlomen being prescnt by invitation. Tho performer weat through a series of evolations Fuch as wero never Lefore eccn in Clicago Clief smong them was the triple somersault from tho stationary bar at the ceiling to the net bolow, and the great leap of twenty-five feet from the stage to s platform above. Lalu gtands upon o spring trap, and ot & sigual i shot with tremendous velocity straight up- ward, and alights on'the platform by a forward Jeap a8 she is going up. Lhe feat is almost ap- palling, and_would be a scvere strain upon the nerves of the beholder wore it mot that, by an Ingenious contrivance, & strong uet is iostantly epread under the performer us her feet leave the trap. AB & specimen of mechsuic-liko accu- rucy of movement, and porfect intrepidity and self-confidence, Lulu is certainly o warvel. The remainder of the bill for this week inclades s Jariety petformance, in which will appear, for $he fitst timoin Chicago, Miss Agnes Suther] called the Scottish Nightingale. DUAMATIC NOTES. TFochter and Miss Lizzie Price aro playing & four weeks' engagement in San Fraucisco. Dumes is writing a drama for the Odeon to be cailed * The Taking of Jerusalem by Titus.” A translation of _“Othollo” into Hobres has just boen published at Vienna. “ Saratoga” hus been adapted for the Court Theatre, London, under the title of ** Biighton.” Tho colored population of Kansas City have 4 Ttesolved, That negro minstrel shows tend to degrade our raco.” Shakepeare's beautitul play of “The Tem- pest ” occupies the stago of the Walnut Strest Theatre, Philadelphia. The New York Clipper says that 3Ir. Tom Hampton, & Cincinnati comedian, has written 3 new play, callod ** Tho Drummer-Boy of Gettys- burg.” A London theatrical paper sava: “1iss Fanny Davenport's face is in évery phiotograpber’s win- dow in London, and has only to be seen to be .ndmimd." ® Olive Logen returns to America in July, and to the stage in the fzll, Lringiug to it some new Jieces and somo splendid costuines—Parta built, botl. . Joe Jefferson _is acting & two-weeks’ engage- ment through New Jewsey. He will then Letabe Limself and “Rip " from the stage until next November. Romor seys the Grand Opera-House is sbout £o change haudy, ond will bo conveited iuto a monster varicty theatre, on the model of the London ** Alhambra.” r. A. R. Ssmuels, who made s large fortcre as proprietor of the largest builixrd ball in the country, bas been b: pted Ly runmug = Brooklyn theatre. 3. Darrett made a signal hit in Boston, on onday night, 88 Richelieu. At the end of the Zourth act be waa called out three times—and ontbusizsm in Boston is ardor among iceberge, 2nd means & good deal. Tho current statement that Mrs. Booth is to Join Wallack’s company next s¢ason is incorisct. Yirs. Booth has zecepted engagemenis for s star- Ting tour of tha countr, ard will uppear in Chi- cago, St Lous, Cincinnati, Pittsourg, Cleveland, San Francigco, aud other cities. Barnum's Hippodrome has been running in Now York a month, aud the average attendance fias been 10,000 people at each performance. When the showman first erected the build- ing, the knowing oncs_ predicied a failure, but old Phineas 18 & pretty knowing one himself. A Paris lettor says the faithful servant, Crear- ine, wha i with Mlle. Desclce all her life, and murscd bor up te the momest of bar death, bns just been give prizes for virtus. A novelty at one of houscs is an illusion they sing soft music. fire policy issued by the Twent: Prof. Risley, s noted Iy, 1 his 60th year. fortunes in the show They haveplayed * Lo text, in London, but as sonatod the heroine, did tional ** effect ™ of Mile. not seem to have produc ble impression. tho charucter of amlel, the mere_euporlativo: * TRickmoud, and wa heldo of hor rare besuty atep u * gves o kill a man for,” once snd for always, Clara Morris says her Piatt ¢ ~cludes a critici opitaph.” most celebrated works. 4Sehool for Scandal,” there recently, just ni and retired from the th man's manly port. A8 no longer suppross tho bim, and ho oxclaimed, A solect party of musi noisgenrs, about thirty i class of compositions. Goldbeck (piano), Lewi bilder,” Mr. C. T. R bility of reunions of for the performance of sympathy with them. As to the trio, there Wi that was one of enthusi: It is the sec quintette. in A flat major; second, E major; Goldbeck ing to each purt beautiful, In addition t ideas of tl two principal thus givin entire work, design and cally. ideas. The treatment of piuno, Liis OWL tmAtrume! thepood judgment to so to interfere with the ck is, we aro inclined to p! construction. composers, and achicve reputation. A handsomo delegatio 3 marked precision tnder eing sometbing which ir. Charles Swmith, and lrs, Seymour slso sa sdmirablo style, and 2n ler on the orgsa—Lentn: very brillisut_and off average pretontious one. The second of the xa gan Fund bepefit, at tho will be given thi 2. “Spring Agaia I 5. “Wanderer's ' 6. “With Verdars Clad ™ Mrs, undesirable, and hypothotical es the Ph Centonnial, or words to_thus ofect. Now coms & vaticivation only & triflo less gloomy. Doun Whom sho is aid greatly ta resemble. uto of admiration will resolve itself into au emotion which —+'A low, blackguard play.” ————— 3 IIUSIC. THE NEW GOLDEECK TRIO. themes which ar not only Garden City Quarteite. 3, Quintette— 0, World, Tlou Art Wondrous Fair . Fox and Gurden Cly Quartette. en one of the Montyon The moral is obvious. the New York variety called “The Singmg Cherubs,” in which the heads of tlree httle girls are seen floating apparently on clouds whila Mrs, Lucy D. Fisk, widow of tho lats Jemes Fisi, dr., recovered & verdict of 51 0,650.19 0a & Liverpool, London, aud Globe Insnrance Company on the furnituro and fixtures of the old Fifth Avenuo Ti -fourth streot, last woek. on ncrobat and showman, died 1o the insane asylum st Philadelphia recent~ He made two or threo ‘business, and is known in this conntry principally by his connection with & troupe of Japanese acrobats which ho irn) & connection which ruiued him. sane psuper—as journatists live. orted, Ho died an in- Sphinx,” in the onginal Mile. Favart, who per- not rezort to the seusa- Croizotto, the pley does ed particalarly favora- The Salurday Review has awakened tho wrath of tho Shakspoarean commentators by saving in arecent number: * Cut out from Bhakspearo and all the subsidiary characters into which the Hamlel clemont coters asa main constituent, and, though Shakspearo would still be o very great poot, be would have made & long descent toward the level on which Johnson and Fletcher, and a number of scarcely inferior rivals, may be placed.” Tt is thus that the Cincinnati Enquirer snubs “‘Then camo Sliss Adul ur breath to sca a woman pon the stage in the 100 radiané dress which custom and taste of the average vaudeville admirer scems to_dictate. And, in keeping' with her expressive face, sud werp tho refluement of her songs and stage sction; while ber full and sympathetic mezzo-soprano mede her favorito, with the Cincinuati public. Sho was twice entlusinstically encored.” marringo i3 88 romote em of her as follows: “\We fear, however, that this superb actress has achioved her triumph, We were puined to ncto the evidonce of 1ll-health and exhaustion siuco ber performance in Wat organization is giving_ a effort, and_ere long, shington. The delicate way before tha_lutense liko tte brillisat Desclee, our trib- Londoners aro frequently regaled with illas- trations of the ignorance of pley-goens of the . At & performauce of at one of the theatres ftor the story of iss Piper's Nova Scotia sheep hayiog twing, a lady and gentleman rose hastily in the dress cirele oatro. The lsdy's face waa gcarlet with indignation, and the gamo noble passion lent a percoptiblo swagyer to the gontio- out he could agitatod in toucs of deop dizgust Toor Sheridan! Le passed icians and musicel con- n number, asscmbled at Kimball's piano-rooms by invitation, on Wednes- sy evenizg last, to listen to the performance of tho quintetto which was given ot ono of tho Apallo Glub concerts this season, and & now tro, both tho composition of Mr. Tobert Gold- beck, tho planist, who is rapidly taking the foro- most position iu this country as a composer of chamber music, and who intonds to dovote Lim- solt hereaftar vory largely to this fascinating 1In addition to these two compositions,. which wero given by Mesers. s (violin), Allen (viols), Fichhoim (eello), and Bockmann (double bass). r. Emil Licbling favored the company with & admirablo performanca of Jensen's * Wander- oot saug Schumann's «Pelshazzar” and the “Calf of Gold,” from «TFaust,” and Mr. Gill “The Vagubonds.” Tho rest of tho oveniug was spent in a socinl way, discassing the merits of the trio, canvass- ing Tmusical prospects in tho city, end tho feasi- artists like this during another season, in which they can como together their works, and general musical profit, make each other's acquaintance more intimately, and have an sudience in entire a8 but one opinion, and astic admiration of the new work, the majority placigg it even above tho ond trio Mr. Goldbeck las written, and will hercafter tako its place among his works as the Trio in A flut, op. 70. It has four movoments: First, an aliegro_risolufo s largo appassionala in ird, a scherzo eroicoin C major; and fourth, a jinale agitalo in A flat major. Alr. as constructed his work after the standard classical modela of chamber music, giv- its Indepondent thewces, and interesting but very o this, howover, ho Lias made a very happy depariure in retaining tho P; g 8 e alleqro throughout tho = it & perfoct umty of Binding the parts together symmetri- however widely they differ in coloring. There is never an abrupt doparture:from theso ideas. Al'hongh the themes ~vary in character, thoy are subordinated to, and relieved by, the two principal ¢ the trio is suticicntly modern to allow the composer a wider ecope for imagination aud technique, especinlly for the nt; and yob Lo has had far restrict these a8 not haracteristié siructure of this style of music. Admirable as the quintetto lace tho trio above it in breadth, dignity, thonoght, and skillfalness of 1t'is a work which will yet give 3Ir. Goldbeck su Lionorable place amoug modern for him more than local THE DOUGLAS BCHODL CONCERT. n of children from the Douglas School gave a concert on Friday even- iug at the Plymouth Congregational Church, which was attended by o crowded house. The children sang several easy numbers, mainly from Abt. Tho sggregato volamo of tone was very fresh and strong, and_they sang With very 3Ir. Dlackman's leading, although we should have preterred to hear them would Lave more fully teated thoir capabilities. Ono of the nnmbers, i Americn,” sung by the younger children with the gol fa accompaniment, was encored. The Clildren were_nsristed by the choir of the . Seymour, Mrs. 8. E. Upton, Mr. Frank Bowen) and tha Amphion quarictte (Measrs. Bird, Willinms, Talo, abd Tildea) in thrco guartctze numbers. ng a ballad by Abt in Gbligato solo, with the children in the sccompaniment, which was en- cored. Mrs, Upton sang Qatty’s beaurifal melo- dv, *O fair dove, O fond Abt's “ Good might, my dearest child,” which teceived an enthusiastic encore, and Mr. Bowen also bad an_effective solo by Bmart, The two justrumental numbers were ove,” Mr. Smith, iven by Mr. Flag- er's Fest Overture sod & ective transcription of themen from, “Lobeagrin” by bimself, closing with tho Eridal Chorus. Both r. Flazler's eelec- Yions and his playing were sbove the averago standard of the concert, and perbaps above the capacity of 3 miscellancous popular sudience, but they nevertheless spoke well for ‘him as an artist and a mester of his instrument, and agded greatly to tho effect of the coucort from a genuine masical whole, the concert was a pleasant althongh un- standpoint. A8 & BACRED CONCERT. ed concarts for the Or- Third Urutarian Charch, afterncon at 4. The follow- ing; programme will be performed 1. Fantaxa and Fague in A minor. 3r. Lowis Falk. <ee... Hiller artel Cight's Dream " ~Mendelesobn A(R. BISCHOFF'S COMPLIMESTARY CONCERT. The grand well-kuown tenor-singer, choff, Laye arranged for concert which the frieuds of the Mr. Alexander Bis- him will take place ca Tuesday evening, Juue 25, at McCormick's Music Hall. Since )ir. Biecho made his debut bere, which was on the 23d of March, 1867, at oue of th:e concerza by the Philharmonic Sosiety, he has filled a prominent place among our home yocal- ists, .and he has devoted bis fine talent during these seven years to every variely of charitable purpose for which it has been soficited. It is no ‘more than simple justice, tlerefore, that, on this occasion, MeCormick's Hall should be crowded to overflowing a8 s mark of gratitudo and ad- miration for his talent. Tickatsmay be obtained az any of the musiv. store a exchanged for reserved seats at Mossrs. dunsen & MeClurg's without extra charge. 7Tlhe following admirable programune hay been selected : -, Dincl 2 2. Quartette—Ailegro and andanto. Messra, Leicis, Wolp 9. Tenor Solo— Adelaidy . e Biuckoy 4. Scena and arfa from * Der Frelschutz™....Weber Miss Kate M. Scott. 5. Quartette— Evening Twilign:” ...Hatton Quartstte from Agotlo Cisib, PanT oI 6. Finalo to fourth act of **Masaniello™....... Auter Liederirans 7. Bong—* Neua Licbe, neues Leben Misx Llla A, Whits. 8. « Slumbar Song ", - qb. Firale to “ L'Afric . Carl Walsso 9. Solo from * The Creation 3ir. §honiad Gonn 10, Quartette from “ Rigoletta”. Miss Seott, Jiss While, anld Messrs. Llie. TESTIMOXIAL CONCEBT. A testimonizl concert will be given on the 254 inst at McCormick’s Music Hall to XMr. Waittemore, tho faitbful teacher of music in tho public_schools, aud one of the most indus- trious snd conscionttous musicians in the city. Wo regret to Jearn tiat Mr. W, is very much out of health, and that his physicians havo advised him to take & tour 1o the Rocky Mountains. In viow of those facts bLis fricuds Lave dotermined to give Lim & testimonial concert, and will resent a programme of more than ordinary in- P terest. The Apollo Club, although contrary to |- its ustial practico will wings two numbers on this oceasion, and 500 children from tho first divis- jomy of the Grammur Schools will also asist uuder the ditectionof Mr. Blackman. Thero will also be numerous other attractions to which we shall allude more fully beseaiter. CUINA CONCERT. A concort will be given at the Germania Maen- nerchor 1lall, Nos. 76 a~d 76 Fifth avenue, Thureday evening, the 1S inst., wich tha fol- lowing programime: TART I 1, Plano solo—Polonaise, A 2, Tezor solo.... B 3. Duo—** Ofie Word . Mre. 1. K, Stacey and dr, Smith. 4. Sulo— Looking Back ... .Sullivan tev Etla A. IFhite, 5. Solo—* Malden's Fluwer-song " en s Pinsutl Mra, Stacey. 6. P1ano solo—* Nocturne,” G major.... Ar. 8.6, Pratt. ..Chopln FART 11, Wert Thou in the Canid Dlast” 1. Duo—*0, Alendelssohn 5. Piano solo—* Etude 6. Trio—" Addlo™. 2ra. tuce: After tha coneert a distribution of china will bo mada to the audience, puinted by Mixs Olivia Olsen, THE HAMPTON COLLEGE SINGERS. The colored singars from Hampiua Collage, fourteen in nuwber, wili give three concerts 2t YreCormuck’s Music Haull, oa 3londay, Tucs- day, and Wedueslay evenings of this weak, the programmo for the opewny night beiog a8 fol- Jows: PART L 1. “Don't 53 vlew dat ship come sailing?* iew o land, view de Land. Keep mo fron: sinking down.” ¢ 51y Lood delivered by ba 3] id Slave's Farewell.! 443y brethren, dou't get Weary." PART 12 0Ol de olo ark 3 moverin along.™ So'w o dese mornings.” “The Littie 0:toroon. € “ Hurblo yeself, ds bell dun rang.® 5. *0b, swing o ciot.” 6, “Ch; wasu't dat 5 whde riber 77 Tho troups haa bean {raveling through Cansda and tho East for several montas past, aud mcet- fng with great success, sud as it s’ singing to Taise funds for additions to the college buildiugs, 8 & 5. e 1. 2 3. inorder to sccommodate the largo increase of pupils, we have no doubt that a cLarity of this charactor will draw an immense audience. This morning the troupe sings in Prof. Swing's churcl, and this evening at the Trinity Alethocist Cuatel, on Indisna ssonue. TUHNER HALL. The programmo for the Turner this eveniug is us follows: 1. March—* Sounds from the Mountains™. verture—* Al1il on tho Kock ... ntasio fron the “ Sicilizn Veipers L Potpourri—* Musical Coagress . 5. Waltz—*Aly Life is Love and Juy” ¢, Fantasie—¢ The Young Motber's Dream’ 7. Overture to * Slartha 8, Potyourri—* Gilenbachiana ™, 9. Quadrille—* Bo:Ty Wives of Winasor LINCOLN PAILK MUSIC. Thé programme for the Lincoln Park musio this afteruoon will be as follow: 1. Festival dMarch 2. Overture to ** The . Apollo Gulop.. 4. ¥, fin 5. vine, Women, aud Song . 6. Pricst March from “Atlialia” 7. Chorus and cavatins fram. * 8. Waltz Ordental 9, Fantasie—** 1 10. Featival Overture.. 11. Awmaoretten Polks, Hall concert uramento,” Aercadante RSONAL. There is a prospect thot Afra. Julis Weston, ono of the best of tho Boston contraltos, sud a concert ginger who has made for horself & band- some reputation in that city, will come to Chi~ cazo noxt fall and maks it ber home. ir. Mills, the_pianiet, duriog bis late visit horo testificd his pleasire at the manuer in which hig piang was tuned, by giving Mr. A. G. Parker acertificate to the elfect tuat he had never played on & pinno more parfect in all its bearings “than the one used by him at the late Apollo Clab_concert. 'Mr. Frank G. Robper, the well-known and talented young orzaaist, has roturued to the aity, and is preparod to accept an engagoment in oue'of our churches where thero i3 8 good organ and chowr. To any congregetion desirous of a good musician, either as orpavist or leader of Choir, we heartiiy recommend-Mr. Rohnor. WAGNER AND * THE WALKULE." Rickiard Wagner issues in the Leipsic Musical Weekly the following:aunouncement : 1 desire to reply once for all in this manger {0 tho requests so abundantly_ponring in upon me for frag- Tments of the score of my Walkura for concert par- formances, As thcse requests have come only from the friends of my'musle and others who bave united tlemseives with the views of promoting the perform- ances of the entire work by me 1o the best of thelr 3bility, it troubles mo exceedingly that T kave alrealy taken iho porition that it would be prejudicia} 15 787 intereats to atlow the performance of a work before- band, prepased with such _steadfast patietice, which might “projudice its effect, Could my friends by this manoer of division through parformances in concerts and theatres really sppropriste to them- selves thia work it wonld mot necd the great paios Whien 1 hove taken for one intelligible represcutation Sfit. But the problem of such a performance I Lave Of enset tosolve for the firat time, erpeciaily as the O hge Tesmlt of tho theatre-performances of the A are In Munich, vith which I bad nothing to do, N raonairatod to me how erruneously my work had B e been moderstood ; for were it rightly under- 2trod, it would mevor occur tosusone to desire from Sre thia giving up of such fragments for concert per- ‘waile this must ap 0; patrous and friends Getatl to their requesta. BaxsrvTH, Feb. 16, 1574, Tu this connection it may be stated that news Lias come from Bayreuth that Wazner’s under- toking s made another decided etep forward. In consequence of farther asaistance received from the King of Barvaria, funds 2re now avail- 4ble for the complete stage decorations, sceery, costumes, ete. The scenery will be from desigus by the painter, J. Hoffmang, but by his owa wish_ will be painted, not by himeelf, but, with s co-operation, by the court sceng-paintors of Coburg, the brothers Eruckner. The necessary contracts have Leen already concluded, as also Liave those for the preparation of the machin- ery with the machinist Brandt, in Darmstadt, and for the completion of the bLouse itself with the architect, Bruckwald, from Leipzic. The contumes il be prepared from drawings by J. Hoffinann. BICHARD WAGNER, MTSICAL ‘PUBLICATIONS, I The famous composer, Abbe Frauz Linzt, azed upon o three-volame book eu- Ysoretical and Practical Scheol of at » “which promises to be an excoedingly Fahetle sddition to musical litcraturo. Tho book is expected to be syear's time. ) Gounod has written & new and very beantifal Dr. Lir- ready for pablication in aboat song called “Tlals” in memory of ingstone. 2:: :;v momber of the Civil Service Musical Sc- oty. A prima donna 1n Konigsbors bears tho ea- phonious namo of Mme. Yon Vehogguuber. |o¥s X!um\d."a Enow not with how zood rese , that the prosent tenson wiil be Miss Ada- Laide Phillipps’ last ia pablics g Sig. Campanini_sung the rolo of Lionel «XTirtha " at Drury Lane, London, on May i thie very role Lo is entirely unsuited for. Liszt intend®ato spond the summer ot Roma ;nug; & now oretorio, *Der Huilige Stanis Uz’ ‘Do you like the piano?” some one saked Theophilo Gautier. *I prefer it to the guillo tine,”” was the reply of the post. Ponchielli, the composer of I Promessi Sposi " and “I Lituani,” was lately marnad to “Teresa Brambilla, au opera-singor. Nauremberg celcbrates, in June, the erection of her monument to Hans Sachs, the colobrated head of the master-singers of Germauy. 1t is said that farther selections from the great ‘mass of Mendolssohn's unpublished compositions aro soon to be given to the world Sties Clara Dotis bas accepted *n engagement for a tour of four months iu_tha Uni Statea with Camilla Urso, commencing m tho middle of October and ending in tho middle of February, _Even with Patti, Marimon, d'Augeri, Faur Nicotinl, Maurol, aad. Ciampi ‘i tho east, Den Glovanni” was a comparativoe failure at tho Ttoyal Italian Opera, London, on My 17 Honri Herz has rosigned the professorship of Sm plmo;lnru which ho has ho'd 2t the Paria Jonservatoire siuce 1842, and has boen wices: by a 1sdy, Mme. Massarc. SUayiceedad A family letter gives the most enthusisstic ac- count of tho success of Lizzio Crunyn, a young 1;3;1,— of nmmo!, whio las fust mado o dobut it he ** Sounsmbula™ at Moden: de i namo of Mila Corini. b At the concert recontly given in Presbury it or the buzoft of 1o poor of that i ono of the siuéeru was the Couators Estherizy, daughter of Heurietta Sontag. BShe sang moat adourably. An aristocratic song composer, tho Marquis do Ramalan, basdied 1 France at the sge of 66 He was groat patron of tho oporz, aud during twenty yeara he 1s said Dot to have wisred ilfty perforwances. Some of bLis songs gained a fair popalarity. At-the grest fostival of fho Three Choirs (Worcester, licreford, sud Gloucester) to bo Leld at Gioucester, England, in the wutumu, the prin- cipal solo artists will bo AMllo. Tietjeus, Miss Edich Wyone, Mma. Trebelli-Bettuwi, Mies An- tomette Sterliug, Mr. Llovd, Mr. Benthem, Sig. Aggest, and Mr. Lovis Thomas. o gee that at s public m other day it waa resolvad to pleca 8 bugt or £tat- ue of Dalfo in the National “uallery of Duthn, aud to found a musical scholar: in counecticn with the Royad Lrish Academy of Music. The Fourth National Sangarfost is to be held in Cloveland on the 23d, 24:h, 25th, aud 25th of June, Ame. Lucea, Mlr. Carl Borgmann, scd tho New York Philbarmomic Orchestra have boen cogaged, aud the progimmmes contain on abundancs of * strong” mase, in which Bec- thioven, Schumo -1, Wagner, Liszt, Schubert, and Waber arn luuoly represonted. Tho chorus will number aboas 1,200, Quite in cbord with the recent natural R gian-aentinent in England comes Madame polf, whom Ven Balow cails, says the ke { tio " Gnest lndy-planist™ of the az | encbanis the Loudou pubho espzciall ing the playing of Chogin's piano-forta coucests, and genesslly by her execative skill. *Fhio famous musio-prblishing lonse of fcheot D lost another member. Eight moutis sgv Treter Schott died at Biussels ; 1as month £raz: Cis. tho last sarvivor of tns four brothers, snd hend of tho Mbyenco firm, expired in dilan, where Lo Lisd beeu passing the winter. Wearenot surprined to hear now that nexi year 3. Strakoseh will cut locsc eutizely frore the star singers and rest lus chunves of sucectd upon the completeness of lis ensemnble ainl the peveral oxcsllenco of tho works prosented. It s in that airection, and 1u that direction only, that any real progress can be made 1o the musi- cal drama. Tho Musikalisches - Wockenblatt (T.eipwio) aiven o detailod sccount of a recent performianco ot Dusseldort of . Bavthoven's Pastorg) Syid- pliony, with pictorial and pantomimic illuar tions. While speaking favodly of the lusirc. ns thowselves, aarly poiuts cut that such au etz to combiae music with e imitafive arts is an artistic mistake, and must result in failure. TLise Tantin, one of the ocarilest que opers bouffe, lately died in Paris. 3 was e origizal Zurydice of Qffenbach’s Orphee zux Foters,” and also “created ™ the leading raile in * Le Pont des_Soupirs” sud “ Lo Murcis, + aux Lanterns.” Sho has lately Leen s Ceiro, and cxme thenca to pass tho sumrae Joulogne, where ehe died of email-pox. i was ut one time exceedingly popular with tir Parisiavns. The Awerican Register (Paris) rejoiced to loarn iat Alle. Meailbronn haur coived an engagem-ut for Auieticu, leave for New York in the conrse of This excellent and svinpathetic yomns artiet caunot fail to become very popular :aé :ho-vils \ide, odest, couscientious, and lighly her qualities’ will be at onco appreciated community smongst whom mont is nerox allo! to remain unrecognized.” ® Fow feats of counting are comparable Lo th: of the votary of cipliers wko Las just ben ¢ ing the uumbar of notes in Meserbeer's prout opera, **‘The Huguenote, and findg thad tie aro i tho first act 10,144 nutee; in tho s 10.269; in tho third, 18.344; in the fomth. 5.0 in'tho firch, 9,665 ; in the supplament to e ond act (the roude of the pake, Wi Mudawe Alvoni), M4, makiug 3 total of Totes, exclusive of the overture, the i aud the ballets, Of the principal n appears that ** Wiuter Tlau Ermtue Wil taing 656 notos: “Pid, Pufl. I'ouft Transport, O Delirium,” 3,879 Rataplan,” 1,27 ; the septous in Nighe,” 2,402; ¢ The Beaediction of P 3,101 ; the fine duot **Thou Loveut Mo, tne strette, ** No More Love,"” 638, A judicions English critic malies tha foli seustbie retwarks ob the wondesful Livser of Mlle. Tietjen's voice, nt her advan (for o reiguiug operatic favorite) : of this muy bo explained by the fact L. method of prodneing the notes, from theli to the lowest, ths rauge comprisog s uid register of genuio beauty, L alwaya Leon roy ulated by the legitimaze principles w guide the singer's art, Like her renowaed Uocessor, Giuha Grisi, Mile. Tietjeus u forees ior voice; and this apparent eol cannot be too often or too camastly cota Tho * tremolo 'on certain notes—an inevita sult of ineflicient early trainuig—not, 4 moay suppose, the premeditated wmeans of oreatinz foot by & more than common display of expres Gion—s, and has ever been, # fault unkuows Lo Bor. Thus, and by other 1o less pravioworiiy means, she has been able not oaly 'to caltivsta. but to preserve, the gifts with whick naturo k33 80 riclly endowed her, and to remain tha singor Fhom 2! amateurs continne to admire and Ap- plaud. It her examplo were more generally ful- Jowed, it would certainly be an axcellens thing for art.” o TO-MORROW. A crimron rosebud opening into dower,— TLe first young promise of 3 boretal year, An yet undimmed by any care or feir.— With this, in love, I thougiit my love to dower. Bat something steyed my hand. ' Perhaps to-may The promiso will bave grined faifliment. Walt Until the Hose shall Lioom fn royal state, And fram perfected lifo new gloriés borrow.” 1 came sgain—to sing & requie Bome e ‘awlign had iy foud fancy croesed, ‘Aud il my Lopes were I the veniure Jst— The withere bud hung Lroxen ou it stem. —_————— Metssonicr znd the Czar, Aeigsonier Lias been decorated by numerons Princes, a"d, awong other maris of distincticn, Las received from the present Emgeror of Rus: one of the Lighest ordors of that country. Tius decoration bLa received as a reward for comply- it with o singular request which the Czar 1o {o him daring Lis_brief but evertful visizto Paris in 1667. M. eissonier was introduced to Alexandar IL, who cordially welcomed the itlus- trious artist. - When 3L Meissonier was abont :0 take his dopartare, the Czar warl to him, some- what difidentiy, Wil _you do me & favor onwisur?". * Certea, Sire.” *I don't knuw Woether you would like io do 1t, bus T ehiould bé very thankfal to you for psinung 1y feithiul compagion, Mantan” Who 13 Mac: tan?” A, there i the troable mon Mantun is my pet dog.” 3. Moissonie lnn 2 lictle taken sback. He Led yain d chargers envugh. butnever yetadog. The Funj o of Russiaopened a door, and, £70M 33 1) fng room, calisd in Maotun. It was & aus Newfoundland dog. It i3 impossible to refnes 2n Emperor's request. 8o Mei souier panicd Mantas, and recerved the Bussian order of St ‘Andrew. The %dnfing hmgu‘nnw in thg Funus - ©3's nrivata 2 inet at 8¢, T'atersborg