Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 16, 1874, Page 7

1B CHICAGO "DALY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST: 16, 174 P 7 my of. Music, commencing Bept. 14. o ACdCT 0y feal’ gontlemen. spending o0 tion at Lake Zurich, Mayor Col- Am028, L g_ar;ifi"'{wflfonud to-day. Ho suvs be plays s 2 in tho administration of city mat- joud % Lis daughter is summering there, i ‘Q”,P,fa what leisuro time Lio may have * by e mgin,” ete. ¢emfli‘:‘:‘_ Hall, altered to a minstrel houre, Kink Jlled Tiio Grand Opera-House. Tho gmn 15 upfortunate. DRAMATIC NOTES, 4 Gérmen theare will bo cetablished in But- gilotbis BeRROR.. 3 Fatharine Rogers is now announced at s Thetro 86 Miss K. Togers Randolph. ander Henderson and Lydia ',l‘bgmpsnn Aeseodel ) avine Cross Thoatre, London, in D ember, with buslesque. ) : o. Msddelen Pomatelli, mother of Mme. o an_actress of grcat repute at ons B anly diod at Tloreuce. S Jobn 8. Clarke, tho comedian—recontly M T ome from Enrope—will *fill_engage- S various cuice duning tho comivg soa- 3 Dooth’ saar, sude Toe Tont 18 wgle ‘Lotts revive acisc0 InBilo aloon ? Wyr;r S. Chanfran, the actor, eave $25 last ¢ toward a fund for establishing a cheap EAA;: resort for the sowing-girls of New York i “philadelplia, at Asbury Park, near Loug Eanch. Mr. Cheufrau sets a good example. \silds Heron will probably roturn to the yage, 30 5 noticeable improvement Lus taken anenp ber health. She will appear m her old pe ) Phadra and Camille. pariz of Alesere, Grau & Chizzola, managers of the Lscenm Theatre, ‘have just effectod su engage- L with Mes. Rousby, tho besutiful English B, who will appear in Now York carly in Juauary next- Mr. Barnum s Thestrein New York ronts for £60,000a as the scason 18 ouly. cight months, 7,500 per mouth, or about $300 per ¢s ber_waning popularity in San romising the city a fountain. Will ko the Lint, and establish a free has captflrcddBnfifonw'\;il@h his iwodrome. In n pnblished card to his cap- et \lowman says: o Probably o e Vo fool * (in_tho langunge of rival man- e will exvend & quarter 50 much money, in {0 goveration, for the publio wmuscment and Dsraction combined.” A Frepchmsn in New York, _named Abert, pakess living by trawming ambitious boys for Hiestaze, churpina 25 centa for each rebearsal. Hoina been following this line of business suc- esfally for twelve years. The Jate Mr. Daniel's copy of the first folicof Eustspearc's pluys (1623) was boughe by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, for the large sum of £57. Anothe fine copy of the same precious Tolume, in pure_condition, is now offered for Ple by Messre. Ellis & White, No. 29 New Bond greet, for the sum of £525. 4 Xjilos, one_cvening recentls, when Cal riné Gount presented to Father Francis s pack- az¢ of Jetsers with the speech, * Theso will prove e wwocence,” a gallery god shouted shrilly, Wive 'em to’ Moution!”” Throughouc the piece {so audience secmed to cherish the jdea tuat “Gagith Gouut” was a play written on the Lil- too-Beecbier seandal. The New York Zerald has been at eome pains tocollect from muuagers throughout the coun- try 8 List of the aramatic companies working this season, The classification of the theatres is very indiflerent, and the information not as com- pieio es could havo been hoped. It coniaing ~ery littloinformation for so mucir pace. The Graud Opera-House in New York re- mains cicsed, 8ud tieie is no immedisto pros- ect of it fegpening as & place of amuscment. K Gilmore s been negotinting with the onn- ers of e property 1or o Jease of the house, with 8 view of furuing it iuto a grand music ball, but, oning to the fuct thut the Erie Rauway Cowpauy Lave noi yet regained possession of the prop- eny from the former leesce, no progress Las bect made. Prof, Thomas YY. Tobin will terminate his re- Etions wita the New York Colosscum ou the 31st olAgast. Prof. Tobin intends Lo visit Europe e autumn, but n* return s 500n 88 practi- atls with *The Iying-facliae,” promsed &me weeks 5go, and with oiber novelties. Tha lors of this gentleman bave been expended iu szeffort to popularizo science, and be bas mede Sso0d projcesional reputation and meny friends iNew York, and Lis return and new ventures ¥ii bo awaited with pleasurablo anticipation. Boucicault seys American thestres are infi- giels superior to those of Loudon or Paris. They.are better constructed, better ventilated, tad much more chicerful ju their inner surToun igs. *Deeides,” he said to a New Yorkre- pozter, “your sudiences séem to treat actors Letter than ours. You are quick to see a good pat, either in the acting or in the play, ana you &2 generons enough to raward thoe mats who has Jéased you willi enthusiastic applause. Theie 300 doubt about it, the Awerican theatres are the finest in the world. As for your scenery, I Leyer gaw 8 play, put on the stage in England in s maznificent o mavper as 1 have seen itin Few York. And, talking of aciors, T was de- pated by Lester Wallack to procure him 2 lead- Inglady. I sezrched London aud thie proviuces, wdfoand but two with any capability to Lold the position ‘in euch a theatre. Oue’ of them could play no comeds, and the other conld play o tragedy. So I returned with neither, sud r Loster i stilllovking for bis leading lady.” ruey ! The following is from the New York Zrilune : A performer pimed May Howard, eome fram the Tusted Stutes, Lias stoi Rowe's “Genera Cross,” produced the piece at Al Dourne, Autralis, and failed in it, r, Bowe recites the fscts ina letter to the lome News,—publisued in Loudon fox, circulution in the British Colonies,—and #dds theso ‘remarks: “ I should not have cared to maka this circumstance public, but it should be known inthe co.onics that it has become a recognized princi- plekere, and in America, to pay the authors of plays A2dbooks for euch productione.—and. that, although there is no international copyTight existing, the, mau- 3zema of theutres purchase those plays, even from the French authors, before they ato adapted for the Lon- ¢02 20d New York boards. Thus tho prolific French 4nma is no-longer ruthlesely plundered, aud in other mibof litersture the publishers pay tho writers of terly all naijonatities.” “This happy paragraph is from the London Glbe: 4 Pleasant people there are in the world o elderly melodrama, bearing at least s eom- of reality ; patient heromes with Initted = and paliid checks, born only to suffer Zeekly : delightful satlors ever cracking jokes & thooting villains, and good-humoredly hitch- themselves up with a learty ¢ Ay, 2y, 8ir;’ wdtoncli of the forelock. Tho lovers are duil DPersons for tho moat part, haughty of micn and Ikward in gait ; they affect swords which often they cannot ‘draw, and cover their white Berlin ves under a_halo of aristocracy. And then tbe Villaing | How they scowl and grind their {eeth, and ‘yoll ‘their eyes, enough, one would "fl\ax to render them objects of uspicion to the ce; richly dresaed, too, for are they not all “Quizes, just a8 modern wicked people are all ~wonets ? "How came theatrical maletactors to Chiage their rank ? Did soiio evil Baronet once mmn stupendous ciime that fixed him as a r. John Lowrenco Toole, the English come- 2. %54 entertained Lha other night at 3 diuner itho Lotos Cinb, = Somo seventy-five guests {itudod, among whom wero . Floyd, of Wal- Lfil Theatre, the representstive of Mr. Jobn yoter Wallack, who was detained by illness ; - Angustin Daly, of the Fifth Avenue Thea- i Mr. John T. Ford, mansger of Bal- Wik and Washington _theatres; e c"”“m Btuart, Joseph Jefferson, Charles }gler. Jobn | T. Raymond, John McCul- %, Charles Brookes, W. 5. Andrews, and a it sumber of actors and lovers of the drama. f epceches of welcomo were magde by tho Tieeieat and by Mr. Jobn, Brougham, the First icoProcideut, of fho, Club. BT, Toolo ro- nded in a witty and graceful speech, after ¥ th thers were spoeches by Joseph Jeflerson, huflfizm Stuart, A. Oakey Hall, John. T. Ford, s B Bromley, .and othors. Songs’ wero Jgonnd dramatic initations given by Messrs. m‘vh{et_mman. J. L. Toole, and others, and ¢ festivities were prolonged . until loog sfter Jylkbt. Letters were read from Mlark Twain, 3 Lester Wallack, William Warren, William L &!&nq Hurlbert, and others. In the course of ‘uehlenunmcuc. a witty and brillians’ speech mmde by Mr. William Winter, which Lo con- Med by reading an original poem. 5 e Baltimore 4merican gives the following m!mi of a troupo of trained Java sparrows 3 Ml’?voqnem now eshibiting in the streets of 7 gttty ®Yhen a suitablo place is fomnd, o g,'rnuhr table is opened and the birds are all e 8 loose upon it. Theymanifest no fear at P> @0wd and do not offer to escape. The per- e consists of ringiag bells, trundling of L Fheelbarrows, glack-wire wnlking, -firing wmiftols, ‘Gencing, swinging each otbor in Yane,, "FI086, an excellent imitation 'of » eqs Performance, and & number of other Uy interesting tricks. The most wonderfal %9 the performance, however, is dome of g 0guet. This bird walks to the centie %O_hbn and, after bowug to the crowd, fasbimself in & email char moar o bell.” T0 % Fper of j.he,q_nll there is attached ® small ey Cne’ it th- ig ‘milowed to e R LR Al 250218 31 bt s e . e PRI R ‘zsk the bird {o strike suy nambér of times upon thia bell, _If asked to.gtriko ten times, ho leaves tte chair, seizes the bell-rope. and pulls it ten mnfu, after which be bows and " returns <o~ his seat. This was repeated a great many times, and, wivh one exception, tho bird mude no mistake, The bird’ will strike twenty-soven times, but after that be refuses ; ard hid owner sfates that De lny worked nearly a_year to get ihis bird to strike up to thirty, but it appears that lus mom- ory gives out at that point, aud it is nnable to couut further. A colleciion is, of course, taken up after each exhibition.” _ Boucicault's original American drama, **Bells Lamar,” was produced at Booth's ouday night to an overdowing house, tho weather heing 10- tensely bov. Tho Tribitne says: * It is a sym- ‘metrical, pure, well-written, showy drama; it is also in’ some respeets the work of the- artisna rather than tho arist. Itreits on an atfectin, episode in the love expenonce of a husoand an wife, who wero tomporarily parted in Bocicty. but never i heart, ‘by disagreoment as to the call and duty of patriotism. This iy (rying, but it 1s also trite. * Tho moral lesson—tant civil war parts the donrest of friends, aud 18 alwayb an ab- borrent calsmity—is relied ou for signiticance of dramatic and Jiterary results. This also is trite, and *Bello Lamar * muy thus be said to concern the civil war pretty much as smoke concerns the chimney it hag lofi. Ar, Boucicault dettly finds in that soil a place for the ‘thih zo0ts of his stary: but it 1s to the foliage and not the roots that bie asks atteuti That fol- azo 18 startling situation “and Sing: o tion. The play has this dsmorit. i8 ono tissue, nlmost unmitigated, of.hoart-rond- ing wisery. ' Thero is too much Disio to suit Union zealots, sud too much Unionism to suit Dixie deyotees,” The Zimes says: ** *Bello La- mar ’ satisfies the conditions of o national play in all the following particnlars. It 18 conversant with an American enbject of momentous interest iu the Listory of the country, aud its incidents, localitiey, aud most cf its charactots aro Ameri- car. . . . All ‘things considered, however, ¢ Belle Lamar’1s not likely to be of permaneut and abiding intcrest. If it wero tested by a repre- sebtation—say 1 Londou, or any'cthier pince whero the theme is not so immediatoly interesi- ing as hore—wo do not thiok 1t would bo deemed a success. It is a shade too melodramatic, and tho roason which induces the wWite tq leave her husbaud is bardiy sutlicient for its action.” The other papers prase it woakly. In this counection the following communieation sup- plies & demand, protty geucrsily made, to kuow from what sourca Mr. Boucicuuls procured his origial play : T the Editor of.the New York Tribune: Smn In a notice of * The NewAmerican Drama,” by Atr. Bouclcault, [ eeo it 15 usseried that this *is tlie Ziset utteropt to LLing the subject (the late Civil War) upon the stige,” and that * hie (Ir. Boucicaui?) bhas the advsntuge of 3 virgin field, uzcultivated by any pre- decessor.” Permit mo'very modestly to call attention to tho fact that, immediately after tho first battle of Manassas, I nrote and produced in. New York a three-nct play, eatitled ** Bull Run,” fouuded upon events preceding that memoruble fight, de- pending, for its chief 1uierest, upou the cownmis- sion,of & *ilagraut act of espionage,” by a wom- an, stmlar iu"manv respects to the plot of *T'lio No American Drams,” and culminating in a +t catastropho whicl crowns the play with a bat- tle-scene.” ‘This drama of * Bull Run ” was played foreev- oral weeks to large sudicuces, in Now York, and it was afterward . performed in all the principal cities of the country, with great success, 1 state theso facts a3 a matter of dramatic his- tory. Itis possible that some porsons have for- gottan them, or, perhaps, are of the opinion that a play on an * Aulerican subject ” by one nut Luil- iz from “Eigland or Franco does notcount. “Yours truly, 2 CITARLES GAYLEE. Lozos CLUT, Now York, Aug, I1, 1674, ks Sk < MUSIC. Musieal matters still romain absolutely quiet n tho |eity. No coucerts are yot underlined, and there is littlo to report except from abrozd. Ly the lst of Septomber, however, it is proba- 2ble that somo preliminary steps will be taken whicls will afford an inJication, at least, of what wemay expect, The Directors of the Apollo Club aud the Beethoven Soctety will mest soon and outline their inteutions, and tho pros- pectuses of the operatic mansgers will very ghortly bo made public. At present we can only refer definitely to the Italiaa season. OPERATIC INTELLIGENCE. Advices from New York euable us to give some details concerning the Italian opera-season under the managemont of Max Strakosch. Tho arusts of his compauy will be as follows: AMile. Reil- bron, prima donna, iu place of Nilsson ; Alle. Abani, who will arrive in the third week ; Mme. Plientine for dramatic parts, sod Mlle. Maresi ; Miss Aunie Louse Cary, concralto ; tenors, Al Darillier aud Siguors Cailo Carpi, Dabassiai, and DBonfratelli; baritoues, Signors Taglapietra and Dol Puente ; basses, Siynors Fioriui, Scolara, and Nonoetti. The chorus, it is #aid, will oumber 15¢ oices, and tno orchestra 100 pieces! In addi- tion to the standard works, the following we - undoriined in tho - repor- “Le Propheis ™ and “ Star of the North,"” by Meyerbeer; **Fiying Dutchmwan” acd * Lo- Dy 'Waguer ; **Komeo et Julict,” by CGounou'; * Don Cartos,” by Verdi; *Ruy Llas,” Ly Mafchetti ; ¢ Cosi fun Tutto * and Le Nozze di Figaro,” by Mozart ; Willinm Tell,” by Ros- sini ; and tho **Mauzomi Requiem,” by Verdi. 1] tompting repo:toire, but will it ever be ‘The seaso commences Monoay, Sept. 23. @ mémbera’ of Aimee's now ‘opera-boutfe company sailed from Brest, on tho Vereire, Aug. 1. ‘They will open at the Lycoum. New Yorx, uu- der the joint nunagemeut of Mlaurice Grau'and C. H. Cluzzols, ou the 24th. Tbe ivangural opara wiil be *La Timbale ¢'Argent,” o work entirely new bete. This will ‘be foilowed by “pn Princesse de Trebizoude” and “La Jole rartumense.” . BERAPHAEL. A private letter from Loudon brings us the gratifying inteliigenco thiat Master Walker, the Tenwrkable boy-pianist who was here last winter witix Mry. Scott-3iddong, will visit this conutry agawmu Octobor mext. Ho has recently’ been studying in London under the. instiuction of Madame Essipotl, the Bussian pisuiste, and wife of Herr Lebessctcky, successor to Rubunstein in the Conservatory of Music at St. Petersburg, In July Iast he played berore the Queen, and his Performauces wero very highly spokeu of by the critica. Lhere will be & very gencral desire iu this city to Lear Lim agai AUSIC AT EVA ON. In conaoection with lis *‘normal class for pianists,” just closed nt Evanston, Mr. Mathews preseuted a series of piano recitaly, ‘ewbracing the following pieees: Bscu-—Gavbltes in G; fn D; Gavotte in D from Preludes and Fugues from Well-Tem- pered Clavier in_C, C miuor, F, G minor, B flat; Organ Preludo in B minor (Liszt), BeETovEN—Sonatas—Op. 2 in F;'Op. 7in E flat; Op. 13in G minor; Op. 2611 A flat; Op. 271 C sharp Op,28iuD; Op. 14 in G; and Op, i1 in C minori Ao, tho fif{h souats for piano and vioiin, Op, 2. ROUUMANNT Forest Sccites—Entrance, Wayside Ton, ang Homoward; Kinderscenen, 3 pumbers; - Album for the Young, 8numberg; Phadtasie Stucke,” Op, 12, Book I, Romance jn ¥’ sbarp;’ Nachstucko in Arabeske in C; 7th Noveletto ; Polonaise’ i D; Op, Dream of ax Intant ; Dunse Lokemieuve, ‘Crioprs—Nocturnes in E flat, B, und G tainor; Pol- ouuises in A, E fat minor, and O’ ¢hsrp minor § Pre- Judes in B fainor, D lat, sud C minor; Ballude' in A flat No, 5 ; Etude No, 12 out of Op. 10, MENDELSS ‘Ten of the songs without words and Ronao Capriccicso. % WiLmasr MasoN—Au Matin: ‘Reverie Poetiqu Monody; Romance Ltnde ; Spring’ Dawn AMazarka; Dapse Rustique; Silver Spring. Besides thero was quito 5 coj parlor pieces from Rial, Dusss Sydoey Smih, ete. The iatt attended. | *Particuldr mention descrves to bo made of the remarkablo programme played the other day at Evanston by Aiss Florence Gates, of Da Witt, Ia., o member of Mr. Aathews’ normal class. It embraced: Etude in C min., No. 12, Op. 12, by Chopin; Arictts (1ast movement) from Sonata, Op. 111, by Deethoven ; Monody and Revérie Po- etique, by Mason ; Faust Waltz, by Alfred Jaell; and Third Ballade gix flat), by Chopin. - This, for a girl of 19; is surely no small under- taking. And when we add that mn point of mechanism 1t was extremely satisfactory, and in us selection of Jaell, Loybacl, Tecituls were well “poiut_of artistic’ interpretation "thoroughly'en- josable (slthongh, of course, not up to the standard of a mature artist), we bave mdicated our opinion-that tbis’ girl has an extraordinary talent, which ought to be fully cultivated.” We are assured that this programme, althongh formidable enongt, is not a Eerious mechanical tax upon Miss Gates’ powers of endurance. ~ GRASSDOFPYEE CONCERTS. - Weunderstand that a grand charity concert is contemplated in this city about Sept: 1, under the direction of Theodore J. Elmore & Co:, the entire proceeds to bo devoted to alleviatiug the -suflering caused by the grasshopper devastation in Minnesota. Tho object comwmends itself to all our citizens, and we trust 1t may be s decided success. Tlie programme, whicl is understood to embrucs much of our best home talent, we shall publish shortly. MTSICAL PUBLICATIONS. Hore actisity is” beginning to bo displased ‘among the music-publishers, “Tho old house ‘of Oliver Dizson & Co. isout witha full line of now music, much of it of s very excellent order.’ Throngh the courtesy of Messrs. Lyon & Healy,: of this city, wo havo recarved the' following o Ditson’s new isenos s ** Tho' Bells of Aberdovey,’ “ A Gentle Maid in Socret Sighed,” and *“rH - 6. Allegretto seherzindo from Missing” Boat” ; {hrce Welsh nelodies Belonzing, to the reportoiro of . Edith Wynne, and, trans- teribed and accompanied by Brinley Richiards ; Dou’ t Forget Me,” * What Shall 1 Siog to Theo ? and . “Love Won,” ‘three sonzs by Ciro Pensuti, the nsing song-writer. too last named a superb duet for contraitoand baritone or twobusties ; ~‘Chanson Noavolitaine” sud a ** Roa- dino,™ for piang, by L. Streabbyg; * The Ride,” and “ Brook and the Wave,” by J. L. Moulloy, g0 well' known in ‘our 'convert-rooms by bLis *Cochatte™ ; * May Blossom,” & mazurks brill- inat, by F. Boscovitz, the gpisvist; Hesse's ** Variations ” in A flat, Op. 3, for organ; *Rosa- Lella,” song by John Daniel ;. My Heart's Best Love,” song and chorus, by W. IL Brockway 3 Coul Wind, Sweet Wind, Blowing OI the Sea, sorg by Caroline O'Grady; o © Jubilate Dso,” With soprano, tenor, and bass solos, by Georgo 8. Gordou; “Adieu, Dear Howe,” eong by Edwin Cluistie; * Whippoorwill's” Song,” for piguo, by H. Mavlath; “The ' Magic Spell,” a soug by W. C. Letey; * Fire-Alarm Galop,” for pianv, by Emanuel Nelson ; * Yosemite March,” aty; ¢ **Chorus . of S])inuil}l‘g aideus,” for threo soprano voices, b Julins ' “Eichberg; “Swees’ ns © Simmes an “idvlla for miano, by Charles V. Cloy; **Spamish Boat-Soug,” by Iamilion Aide, the writer of tho graceful ‘-Davuve Tuver"; “Rirdie, Rest.n Little Lohger,” song by Wal- ter R, Johuston; tho ** Leonora Grand Mareh” from Ral’s symphony, which created such a sensution’in Thomis’ concerts lasy season, ar- ranged -for piano; - tho *Bai uowz Haue Waltzes,” by Strauss, which Alr. Thomas also introduced ;" * There 1s no Harm in Kissing,” song by W. T.° Drockway; “ Whon the Ship Comes *Home,” song by Mrs. J. Worthington Diiss ; tho * Thbioduction, Dridal March, and Coorus,” from *Lobcngrin,” - artanzed for piano by Charles E. L'ratt; “ Rustling Woods,” an idylla for viano, by Frederick Brauugardt; “Tno Ragamuflin,” song by E. G. B. Holder : and “Sotonia Graud Alarsh,” by Walter I. AMulley. 2 F. W. Helmick, of Cincinnai, has just issued a song, called * Jim Fisk s or, 1lo Nover Wont ack un tho Poor,” atrocious in words, mors atrocious in music, and most atrocious in vigu- ettres on the titie-pago. ‘Tho Orchestra, tho London woekly musical paner, bas been dizcontinued, and will hereaftor be issmed as o montily under the cditorskip of Dr. Gauntlett. Messex. Chandler & Curtiss, 202 State street, have just issued five moro of Mrs, C. L. Seav- ern'ssongs : **Serenade,” ** Somebody,” ** Sep- arated.” * Despar,” and “A Mother's Song.” Tiey bolong to the’ Violet" series, and will prove a very welcome addition to overy* parlor repertoire. Messrs, Estes & Luauriat, of Boston, aro about to issue a new edition of Miss Sheppard’s three novels, ¢ Charles Auchestor,” * Counter- parts,” aud * Ruawr.” The new musical ‘novel * Alcestis,” issued in Houry Holt & Co.’s “ Leisure-Hour Series,” is haviug a great run. Trof. william M. Semnacher, the pianist, is in Stuttgart, writing thy memoirs of -‘Wagner and A * New History of Music,” by William Chap- pell; is in press m"Londoz.” The first volume doals witi the Egyptian and Greel poets. 'The gecond volume, ou Hebrew munic, 18 written by Dr. Ginsburg, and thie’ third voluue, on medie- val music, will be by Dr. Rimbanit. { Mr. B, E. Woolf bas written the libretto of a comic operetia for Mr. Darnabee, for which Mr. Julins Eichberg has composed the music. s TURNER. [ALL. The following is” the programme for the Tar- ner Hall' Coucert this evening: 1. “Fost March”. 2 Overture— Pique Dime . Second finale frum *¢ Lucroz 4. Overture to * Felsenmuchlo ™. 5. Nightingalo Polka ™...... by Alfred H. Peaso. formerly of this & chirming © iittls ith Sym- -Beethoven .. Balatky LLrTi- «Cogradi 9, Waltz—* Souvenir de Rudolph ”, St 10, Quiadrilio—* Haimon's Children & MUSICAL NOTES. Tatti bas taken a furnished villa at Dieppe, where ho goes for three weeks' sea-bathing. +Eemeralds,” by Campana, will be the attrac- tion at the opening of the Theatré Paganini, _Genoa. . Mme. Paoling Luces has passed through Paris on bher way to Inteila Swifzerland. Capoul's engagement in’ Prussis is for four mouths; heis to eg sixty nights and to re- ceivo 60,000 francs. 3 Gounod will not allow bis opera of * Mirulia” to be performed in England, "becanse some one t}xlcru cheated him-out of his’ copyrizht of *Faust.” Preparations for. the transformation of tho Giand Opera-House, New York, 1uzo a gigantic concert-hall ‘for Mr. Giloiore, are slreaqy in progress. * Theodore Thomas will soon begin a scries of afternoon concerts at his Central Park Gurden, for the women and children who visit the Park during the summer. A perw opera of the Yerdi school, en(ified' ““Cola di Lienzo,” is smd to liave been succes; fulas Rome. It istho work of - Siguor Persi- chini. Tho ‘diapason mormal, that has stirred up s fearful row Dbetween Sir Michael Costa’ and Cbristine Nilsson, hasbecoms w5 notorious as the Leecner scandal 'bero with the English press. Costa musi yield to the lowering of the pitcs. Antoinotte Sterling, whio bas atiracted musical London, the post ‘keason, i§ resting at hor mother's home at Sterlingville, near Watertown, N. Y., but will return to Eugiand to' fuisill en- gagements in the carly aubum. *Tho Musical Standard states that Verdi is de- sirous of baving the slauzoni Kequiem perform- edin England, aud Las been in London with that object 1n view, It is reported that bis roquiem will be produced by Afr. Gye ot tho close of the soasou. Mlle. Celine Monteland, whose intimacy with James Fisk, Jr., mads her aotorivas in. New Yorls, sud whose - flight ' Wit a wealtuy young meichant of Marseilies mude great noiso lust vear, is studying to appeat at the Odevnin the hifgher walks of comedy. 3 5 ‘Theodore Thomas has accepted the director- ehip of the Cincinuati Musical Festival of 1875 Lis orchestra will be nearly doubled for the oc- casion. Tho siugers of tao city and vicinity be- gan study for the ovent last winter. Several choral and instramental works will bo pro- duced for the first time in America. ‘A paragraph recently appeered in the Paris Figaro, wherein the tngagement of - two lovely sisters, named Nollio aud Louise, st tho Opers Comique, was anoounced. ** These fair sisters,” quioth the Figaro, “would be verfectly charm- 1ug wero it not for ouo defect—they both wear beerds.” It was afterwards discovered = that the now ‘mctresses were sunply two white goats, which aro to appear in tho forthcoming revival of Meyerbeer's Dinorah” at that theatre. Tho Cincinnati Gazelle Bays: * Tho success- ful exhibition of Stgnor Jaunotii's new opera, ¢Alidor,’ has given, a8 wo suticipated would be the case, o vast impulse to the.study of operatie music by our most distivguished and ¢apablo Cincinnati amatenrs, and, 88 is quiteright, their conrage Lus riven with their triumph of last sea- son. Two operas by tho great mastors are al- ready in‘active reliearssl. DBalfo’s ' *Boliemisn @irl,’ ons of "the very best productions of the ZEnglish school, and tho far-lamed ‘Der Frei- tchutz. 1 : Moiis. Offenbach has gone_ to ~Aix-les-Bains, wliere ho goes to bathe for three weeks to get ridof his gout.. He carries with him. the second aud third acts of ** Mme. L'Archiduc,” by Mous. Alert Milaud, whose dcore e ' going t0 write. He tomposed tha score of the first net in 8 week, walking up aud down the terrace of St. Germain, Itis uow in the copyist’s hands. : The lohg-expected ‘operd’ of M:” Meribree, 1 Eaclave, ™ has at length “been given at Pauis. ¢ was brought out on tho 15th of_July,. but-in the first fow renderings had received ouly & moderate share of success. The Afhencum says: ** Whilo it ia genesaliy admitted that the sclavo’ bas merits, aud that it is the produc- tion of a good musiciah, it i3 probounced fo be weak on the whole. Tha libretto is ot deficient in interes, treating, as. it does, of one of those “tragedics, "100 many, unlioppily, which arose from ‘ttie state of serfdom in Russi hon’ the master was & tyrant.” : - A Paris correspondent seys: ‘‘ There wes general desire felt that a new zrand opers should inaugurate the new Opers-House;” bur, 18 'no composer could .be found willing to .make the venture, .it has been resolved to open it with ¢ La-Juive,” for this is 4 pieco that allows @reat ‘magnificence of sceuery, costume, and gronping, Daring Janusry, 1875, * LaJuive,’- * Faust,’ and *Hamlat, will slternatoly be played. Ames. Nilsson. Krauss, Gueymard, Messrs. Faure, Ca- poul, and villaret, witl ill the leading parts.’” A comic opers compaby, compozed of chil- dren uuder 13 years of age, is the .sensation in 3leitcan cities. The prims douns, Carmen Moran, is 10 years old, had a sweet and dultivated voice, 18 & cousummate actress, and agsumes the Grand . Duchess or. La Belle Helene with o ginco und vivacity” that would do credit to Aimee. The Two Republics, of Xlexico, save that the tenor, basa, bxn‘wul-l\. .and nbnw qufins_ liliputian troupe are equally admirable, ey - Paobls; 200 hive been Arained by rest huimaii-resson—-Wwhat was it:2- Meésican professors. Prosently thoy are coming to tiie United States. It will be a puiful sight, wo faucy, fromn behind either artistic or humsus- tarian giasses. Herr Carl Reinecle, of Leipzig, Herr Johannes Brahms, of Vienna, aud M. Niels W, Gude, of Copeubagen, buve been clected Loncrary men- bors of the Ttoyal Academy of Arts in Berlin. the aunual meeting of-the Universal Association of German Musicians, m Halle, from the 25th to the 27th inst., there will bo musical perform- ances, in which the famons Gewrfidhaus orches- tra, of Leipzig, will join, besites vocalists of note. Sig. Pollini, the new Impresario of the St. Tetersburg snd Moscow Ttulian Opera-Houses, has enguzed as: muestro concerlafore e diretlore dorchestra Sie. Giovanui Gouls. Among the new singers will be Sig. Emico Storti, a dramatic baritong of- power. L. 'Capoul, ‘tho Frencia teuor, bas also been secured; sud it is probable that for him the opers by M. Victor Maxge, “ Paul et Virgtnie,” may bé produced in Russia, esnecially 88 sadame Adoliva Patti, for whom the part of, Virginic was intended in Pans, is a member of the Russinn troupe, whick also iu- cludes the names of - Mad.me uson, Madame Vulpini, Madame Artot-ladilla; Sinori Nandin, Marwi, Vizzani, tenors, Signori Rota, Cotogi, Bousi, Marcassa, Folf, aud Jl. Maurel, ‘baritones and basses. 1t is annonnced by the Leipziz Signale that Mme. Nilsson will appear noxt Februury at the Hofoperatheatro in Vienna, and will sing thero for the first time in the Gorman languape.- It may uot be uniuteresting, says tho sawe paper. to learn something of tho demands moade by greet artists, It was dewred to engago Allle. Marimon for St. Petersburg avd Muoscow, and ber terms were asked. The followmsg was her reply : 1. No commissions to agents. 2. 20,000 frauca per month. 3. Ten appearunces in montl guaranteed. 4. Nevor to siug on two conseeutive ovenings. 5. Tho choice of parts to be left entirely to myseif. € Traveling ex- pewses for two persons. 7. Two benetits, one in St Tetersburg and one in Moscow. 8. Cos- tumes, which are to be prepared in Puris. The London Musical Torld gives its renders this inforwation : ** Madamo Christine Nilsson proceeds to Paris on the way to Cobonrg, whero who ‘will bo the guest of the Duko and Ducliess. She will 1eturn to London Aug. 31; nad will sing gratuitously at two charity conceits on Sept. 15 and 16, for_tho Leneft of the Jenny Lind Totirmary st Norwich. From Oct. 20 to Dec. 20 sho will sing at St Petersburg and Moscow, leavitg Russia Dec, 20, for the open- ing of the new Grand Opora-House at Paris, Jan, 1, 1875, on which occasion shio yall porform Opliclia in’ Mr. A. Thomas' * Hamlet.” At the close of her' Pans engagement, Fob. 5, sho procecds to the Imperial Upera-House, Vicone, where she will sing 1 ** Hamlet " and * Faust” in the German language, returning to London early 1 May.” ‘The Milan Troratore supplies a list of twenty- oue new operas, produced at various theatres in Ttaly during the Linst six months of this year by Ttalian composers, amonget whom are the uames of Petrella (**Bianca Orsini”). Poncinelli (**1 Lituani"), auri Rosst (*“La Coutcssa di Mons™),” Palumbo (** Mania Stuart”). The mu- gicians, not:Itsliaug, who bave wrilten for the Italian stago wero: Gomes (“ Salvator Rosa™), itz (" La Sposa “di Mcifimn"%, Obiols tte Qi Bolcour™), Reparaz (** La Riune- gata”), Pedrell (“L'Ultimo Abenceraggio ). Signof Draga's * Caligola” was produced in L bou, ‘and Signor Lovati-Cazzalan's * Biavea Capolio” was brought out iu Valeucia (Spain). Tuo foroign works given iu ltaly weto Gluka's #* La vita-per lo Czar," and Herr Wagner’s ** Ri- “T'hero does oot appear to.ba & chance of lo oug of thesa works in ltaly. writing to the Cincinnati Com- ‘mercial, gays: * Scenes of hke enthusiasm ap- pear- to have greeted Nilsson on lor last ap- pearance ; and it would appear that Albau: was the object of a yet livehier if .not a formidable ovation, * When she was called before the cur- tain amid a hwricaus of avp.ause, a gentleman threw & bouquet and @ box a: bor. The box struck Albani in-the centro of the forehead, and suo threw Ler , hauds up to her forehead. ‘the gentleman showed svmpioms of anguish, tho prima donua slso; eho bastly retied, and a phvsician was called. The pliysician no doabt sided 1n her swift restoration, but the box stiil more—it having been fouud to eoutaia a tiara of magoificent diamounds! One of Offenbach’s Lerues sings a retlective lyzic, beginniug— Is this champagne, or is it love ? The query relurns, as one thinks of these diamonay, aud closo after it another guery,— whathar theso fair eingers were 1aeed taken al- together by surpriso wien theso flowers and baskets, ard dramonds, and things were thrown at their foet 7 —_———— ORANGE, GREEN, AND GRAY. enzi. « vitality for a sis Addressed to the Clan-no-Gael nrds, of Chicago andthe United States. ‘What runks are tlose that proudsy march Beueaus tho suinmer-sun 7 Have they, with viztor pride, return’d From some bravo baitle won? And wy those graceful colors three, ‘That shine in their array ? For scidom, sure, are Lient as one The Orange, Green, and Gray. Not yet have battie-breezes fanned Tlie plumage on fheir crests, Bat well wo know that gallunt hearta Are beating in their breasts ; And oh ! wiat decds for Irish land Would ot those runlos essay, Cold they but ranige, on Irish ground, Thelr Orenge, Green, and Gray | H Too long, alas ! our fathers’ fouds Lit fierce and factious flawen ; While Irelaud wept, they midly fought Far « Wiliiaw ® or for Jamca.” . Te-dzy we apurn each bigut wile That fosters English sy 3 True Irish all, we'll siand or fall “Neath Orauge, Grezu, iud Gray. “Young eomredes of tie Cian-n3-Gaell G blces the flag you guard | zy nover treason, fuction, guile, Your glurions mirch Tetird 1 Th causo of twice three huudred years Ys vours to guide to-day May Treland Liail, in battie-tine, Your Orange, Green, and Gray { Then, health unto this proud young kand, The hopo of us and ours ; May brighter beam ber starry flag, And grander spread her pow'rs | But, while we drink tho new land’s fame, Here's to the old to-day | Moy Freedom's brezth speed fo ler shoras The Orange, Green, and Gray | — e “Tip P—a Dog. From the Hartford (Conn.) Times. A’ correspoundent writing from Weatogue, in Simsbury, sends s word of the death of *Tip.” Now Tip, although nothing-but & dog,—a part ¢ plack-and-tan ” dog, too, With a cur crose, if wo remember aright,—was yet moro intelligent than some human beings. ilo bad tho faculty of reason just s clearly and “unmistakably 18 haman beings have it, tho dillerence being not in kind, but in degree. Ho was ouce & Hartford dog, aud we wituessed tho occurrence, described g0 long ago in the Times, to which our corre- spondens hero rofers: “* Wo havo preserved a scrap of paper which contains a littlo itora rela- Hvato ¢ p's’ sazacity, snd which was published in the Hartford Times iiftcon y2ars ago.” 1t is worth repeating. Not huviug the item, or tho correct ‘dnto of * its- appearanco, we cannot readily turn to it in our files, and -sbsll -havo 10 reproduce it from momory. Lut tho essential facts aranot likely to be confusedly remember- ed: on.rhe contrary they aro clear and distinct, for the dog’s performance was 8o “cate,” and savored 6o unmisiskably of Yankee cxmmx}xi:, that it could mot well be " forgotten. He was in s private; ground whero another aud larger dog had gof posséssion of a bone—swe think - (but ~ arc Dot certain’ ‘sbont: thi¢ point) that the larger. dog bhad ‘wmlde!l 1t away from_ “Tip,” but no master,—* Shot” hiad poskcusibn of tha bone, and **'Tip ™ seamed for that boue, as.much 83 Seward yearned in 1860 for. tho Republican nomination for the Présidency. Ha failed aftor various offorts to snatch it away; and then befwuddenly’ ran off two or throe rods to & certain_ tree, and began’ pawing and snufling fiercely about the roofs, and getting up'a tremendons velping and barking. wBhot,” paying ‘litde attantion to all this, kept on munching his bono: and then the howls“and velps of “Tip" became florce” indeed,—1t was just as if he. Lad holed a young bear, or o bger. e barked with 3u Gmergy and carnesiness indicating that bo way really * right upon” gome very desperate varmiut. .Ho pawed, soulled eagerly at the ground, oad_tore uo tho soil asif his Lfo de- pended upon the rapidity of his work, and kept barking more and mare fiercely. wShot " became intercsted.” The fierco bark- ing, souffng, aud pawing cvidently meant buniness. Very likely that pert ‘whiffet of 8 dog had fonnd, a3 less: s 'coon. Ho would go and see, Dropping his bono he ran to the trecand began eagerly to snuff about. “Tip” listio - rascall—bad - plaoned " for just this, Watcling s chances, 58 soon 83 *Shot” gave him a-chance, ho eprang like an arrow back to that bone, grabbed -it, and made such time as 4 Goldsmith Maid" never dreamed of, in securing a gafo retreat in a place where he knew **Shot” coulda’t get at him !~ His cunning trick was suc- cessful; ho obtained thst bono.. And if there. 23 Dot reason in the calculation of this plot— FASHION. The Modes for Autumne.--A ‘Bead ‘¢ Saturnalia.” The -Hair to Come Down---ilats St — 1o Be Close-Reefeds Quaint -Combinations of Colors and Fab- “rigs in Dresses. One May Almost Be a Law -unto Herself. - In epite of the fact that the merzury in overy thermometer in town boiled over last week, still it is nlso cortain that the summer has almost passed, and those who are -among Fashion's most dovoted. nre snxiously querying about what is to ve THL PROTER THING FOR FALL. Those pale, delicate tinis that harmonize so perfectly with spring and' early summer, when Fashion perforco follows Naturo and copies her dolicato bues of leat and flower, ara'being set asido; bat the good dame s*ill emulates her rival at this season, and, s mid-summer brings no bright dalilia and flaunting poppy, 8o Fashion permits doep, warm tints to creep into the trim- mings of dresses and bonnets. In1egard to what one may wear, theJanswer ot -present would seem to be, *‘ Anvihing bat largo hoops.” Chatolaino bodice and cuirasse waist, cut high, cut low, cut Pompadour, squire- pointed or round, plain or trimmed’ witn bre- telles, fichu or beithe, long bebind and short in front, hort bebind and long in front,—anything you plecse, providing, at lesst for ths preseat, that you use the kigh, pinched darts, and al- together have A WELT-FURLED TPOK. Drapery's is 5o straight and narrow in front that it might put a Greok statue to the blush, butstill bouffant behind.” The full single or double poufo Lias been superseded perhaps, bat by no means with a plein falling ekirc. Layers of pufle, one above the other, take its place in many dreeses; and, if theso aro nob used, then somo draping of tho overskirt or sash replacos it. Embroidery will probably reach its culminaiing point this winter. Evervthing will be embroid- ered. ' Jet will be partially superseded by bluo steel; and even colored beals, to match certain dark fabrics, will be used. Silk-and worsted will also -bo more profusely used in cmbroidary than ever before. Cashmere and other thick goods will be largely ornamented with this silk and wool embroidery. Velvets, laces, and silks will be laden with beads. A fashiorzble woman of the coming season wWill be &- sight that would drive . N 10’8 BQUAW 3IAD WITH ENFTY. Her most elaborate wampum will be nothing to the ghtter of the civilized sister. When thé dear creatures get to thoe theatro Or opera’en masie, Tamafiaid it will be worse forthe eyes than was tho dust after Clucago's groat firo. Goggles.- wil ©no doobt = bo- :again in demund. First edition of Tachion's lalest work at’ tho theatre, bound 1in silk ~dress embroidered in sitk aud jet, velvet cloak with elaborato trimmings of blua steel covering if, sperkiing fan, beaded gloves, and bat with jet wheat dubglivg ail sround it. The head in con- stant motion, the body followiug siut, the raya of light striling every poing, untl this rare edi- tion seems ou ono immcuse scintillation. Ouher editions in sinlar buwdiag, refectiog and eschanging ecivtillations. until it will ba found Becessary to etinguiab 231 the lignta excepting oue diw taper, to keep all that glitior somewhas subdued. Ownicrs or lessees of places of amuse- ment will rejuice when they note the change in their gas-bilis, but the gas companies will no longer xeulizo & profit of 8 per cent & minute from an article of supposed lumunous power, when ono jet of whicli I8 lizhited 1t becomes nec- essary to light two more in order to find out where tho tirst one is, Even this poor stuff will be too much in the faca of £0 much brillianey, and lu.my will uo doubt ery, * Down-with jet and steel.” THE HAIT, it is snid, will alsocome down; =znd, instead of tho high, compac: coilfares of the present, the whole structure will bo toppled over, and ar~ ranged low on the neck. It'being quite possible for a woman, even if she has very little of the atural article, srill to make tiat saswer mow with the 8id of an occasional frizette, of courso 1t could not be expected that such o state of af- fairs would fong bo ailowed to contiouo. Tho Dair-importers wero becoming Laukrupt, aud tleirinterests must oe looked to. HATS will stillbe closo-reefed, having no pennants waving in the wind. A few high loops, with feathers and flowers, but no loose, fluttering ends. 8l larger than ever, cems to be the de- cree, and with the brim turued “up in fiont, like the more recent of the summer-importations. For early fall, zame-feathiers and buda will Le more generally used than osinch-plumes. These will be regerved forfull-dress ‘winter-toilettes. Amumn bewg an intermediate reason, it is necessary to qualify even tho minor decorations of fashionable attie. 7 COARSE WOOLEN PABRICS are also foretold for the intermediate scason, while Iater there will be silk avd veivet stripes and embroidered silis. Theso goods are, somo of them, being woven in stripes of three duffer~ ent widths, which are to be employed in basque, «kirt, and overskirt. This would seem to’ arguo a continuation of the Iatter atticle in some form; for, although great changes aro rumorcd. still the prophecies will be slow in “fulfillment. Praited skirts will bo worn; but, instoad of lying fiat, as they bavo been malo duiing tho eum- mer, they will stand out like “the folds of ‘o fan. This i3 a Worth ides, which_fashionable modistes will probably con~ sider it worth whilo io foliow. The coarse woolen dresses in light shades are already being made p for the first cool days.” They are em- broidered in silki, and wiil have cuirasso waist end somo form of ove:ekirt, or wiil' Lavo em- broidored sita breadths and tablier: the wholo finisbed with one or t+0 coachwan's capes, to be used a3 additional wraps for frosty daya. There re to bo the qaaintcat combinations of colors and fabrics in fashionable dresses next winter. ‘I'bo cruder designs of last winter will ba modified, and tho shades will be-softer ani more_harmonious. Satin will be largely intio- duced again, and combined with the slk and velvet, A YODEL LREES may be thus_ described: A rale, lavender satin had the beck breadths laid in fau-shaped plaits. Then n tablier of velvet, embroidered with silk and-white jot, while the now striped vélvet and gilk. in a rich shade of purplo, forms an overskirt and cuiragsc-basque. _The sleeves, of satin, Lave frills of old Point de Venise. ' They are iu three ‘puffe, wlich aro separated by bands of em- broidered velvet. . A fichu of the same rure laco trims tlio corsage. Hat of gray satin, faced with. velvet, turned up in frong, a wreath of pansies acrosa the frcut, ostrich-tips and velvet bows at tho eide, and pansica aud roses beiiud. Long * lavender ~ kid-gloves, six-buttoned. Lavender satin boots. * Parasol of lavender satin, with Point do Yenigo cover. Handkerchief to mateh. Aumoniese of gold filagree, lihed with purple velvet. Jewals, haudsomo intnglios, ‘sct with diamonds. This elogant costumo, perfect in dotail, was made to order for the trousseau of a bride, and is-thus sent-ou in‘advance of ‘the regular importation. o ‘Another of these dressea was one of the FLW BLACE-DLCE SILES. Not biue-black, but varying from thoge in.abont the same degree as tho mariner's nor'-nor-east does from the portbeast-by-north. Tio Llue- biacks are more black than’blae, but the black- Dlues are more blue than black. Just tho differ- enco of o point or two in the compass of shades. ~This - dress wos unmale, ~but claborately "embroidered, tho outhnes and siems being worked in blue steel. This was 2ls0 to havo & fan-plaited back, but bad long embroidered side-breadthe and tablier, with an intermodiate breadth of volvei. Cuirasso of vel- Jet, embroidered in lozenzes, and edged with the Dlue- steel. - Another cuiresse,- of gray silk. worked with cut steel, wa4 i open lozeagen was n very fair represcntation of clain-m: Cuffs to bo gewn on tbo dress-sleeves accom- panicd this. e looked for a helmer. gyses, and other accoutrements of s warrior of Richard Ceeur-de-Leon's time. What is tho use of "hai- doing s thing? A pretty thing in hand-coffs might bo introduced, or a ball and chain, not too Deayy to dreg bebind one, atiached to the klo. 4 ‘nEvory gengon wo_think Dame Fashion must Fmocumb, and send us back to. four straight. -emimed breadths antt & yound waist ; 'but thare still kcoms to bono end to_ber vagaries.. Tho time hus gono by when the home-seamstiess conld make o mushn diess in o day. What would our mothers even have thousht of musling trimmed with eilk;—not plainly. but eiaborately, lined with silk, and .ueccessarily ripped to pieces whenever they are soiled. Even they, without half us much to interest and occu- py them as we have, won'd havo thonght it A SHAMEFUL WASTE OF TIME. 3Irs. A baso balf-dozen such dresses, but she can afford to have them remade by some person whose bread-and-bucter supplies aro dependent on such labor; and gho cau read tho last new article on eocial science, the last new poem or novel: to eay nothing of the more interesting daily journal. Mrs. B, howover, csn do no sach thing. She must choose between tho silk- trimmed maslin, which she mist remako berself, or the poing withoutit. In this case, the matter of a hittle more muney makes a!l the differenco in the world. A bluo silk, being a shade botween turquoise aud robin’s-cag, partaking of both, was made with a deep flounce headed by shirra and puffs ; had slceves patfed from 'the shoalder gn the wrist, and. finished .with ruffies of point ap- plique. Al cuirasse-waist and_overdress in En- glish open-work embroidery finished it. Sash, with ong sido sativ and the other taifetas, looped tho overdress. A dress, of coarsa light tourterells woolen goods, had-one embroidered flounce, ‘headed by three silk puffs, divided by lines of embroidery. Close-titting polonaise with embroidery on the edge, rovers, and cnff. Tho emoroidery is in 81l two shades darker than the goods. LONG MARIE-ANTOINETTE FICHTS are agnin sbown,—not onlv in tolle, needle- worl, and lace fabrics, but also in grenadines embroidered iu blue steel. They cross on the breust, and fasion st tho waist behind, while the lonz ends fail like sashes over the dress. ‘Theee will be used for street, house, aud even- ing wear. If the bair is really to bo drezsed low this winter, tliea good-bys to. rull, standing collars, aud al] the recent neck-dressings, We all know what dressing the bair low on the neck means: & soiled dress, unless sometling is devised to shiold it by intervening between that and tho bair; for o mttter how carefully neat one may De, thete are fow peoplo whose dresacs will not show some alight departure from perfect fiesi- ness where the hair falls over thern, Thoe breal linen collars that sre worn now would scem to ingicate the fact that hair really is to come down. Iu will be scarcaly wiso, then, to finish many dresses before we get more decided bhints as to bow thoy should bo made. Wheiher each one may stnks oot an onginal palh for bersclf, conformicg only in_general out- lines to the prevailing mode. or whether we aro all to oe made after one pattern, irresvective of 120 or age, remains yot to bo seen. I think wo may venture to say, howover, that, as mattors look now, oo may alnost bo - A LAW TNTO HERSELF a8 regards fashionable matters; and, if she has any taste or ides of the picturesquo modided by sujtabloneas, she may originate her cosiumo to snit herself, studying face, figuro, and age, then ‘harmopizing her drees with these. Bows of rib- bon and eilk form conspicuous objects in rocent fashions, They are smaller than they were: frequently are only loops of different lengths, bat - forming s decided “portion of the dross- trimming. The fashion of tring the sleeves with bands of ribbon will probably be carried on in'o the winter.- Polonaises aro said to bo doomed at last, but the overskirt will stitl De reiained in certain forms,—that of the simple apron the most probablo one. --Among preseut dresses, those for the house, of striped linen, ara very pro:ty and delicionsly cool when the thermometer gets olated. Simply mude, they aro easily launaricd, and wannot bo too higLly recommended. ‘Tizey coat from 35 to 70 conts a yaid, but really seem ~worth tho money. ‘A house-dress of bluc-striped linen, finished with fine Hamburz or English em- broidered ruffies, with rose-fletrt ribbons in the bharr and at the throar, is very pretty; while ablack velvet uelt, bretelles, and anmouiers, a1 rometimes added to complete it. Crenadines, which are Teally moro for fall thau summer wear, aro now being made up with jet galloons, ambroidery, aud Chaotilly lece, A THE FINEL LACES H are ruporseding the hoavier ones. and both the English thread aad genuine Chantilly are ro- placing guipnre and yak Jaces. But oven thesa will be shelved ‘before we know it; and m spite of tho intense heat of tho past weel, when one realizes how. rapidly summer is goiug, oro nuconsclously shudders as cho thinks of the rapid approach of frost. It is to bo hoped that, at leust in our-climate, plenty-of woolen goods, plain or embroiderod, may be early offered us in preparation for that very uncomfortable first call of Mr. Frost. E SHORING ON THE OPEN BOB-TAIL. To the Edlitor of The Chizaro Tribuns: “1t is an open car,” cried Polly, and sho clapped a straw hat on my head with a vigorous whack that nearly kuockod the cigar from my ‘mouth, and sant the blood rushing to tha roots of m hair, “Come, Joems! Hurry up, aud good- by “Surait'sopen? Good!” said I, hurriedly snatching a kiss from Polly, snd another from littlo Pinlne, us they stood at the open door, and I seized my Toisuse, rushed down the steps of twelve-hundred-and-dashi Indiava avenue, leap- ed over the fence, brushed away a fow small boys from the car-door, aad scttied myself in ono of tho cosy cane-bottom chairs. “# Good morning, Jinx !" 1 said to that gentle- man, whom I foand besids ma. “Mormn'!" replid Jinx, brasquely. % Now, this i3 comfortable,” said L. “On s fino, breezy morniag like this. a feliow. can read his paper, smoke bis cigar, enjoy the frash, brac- ing air, and all tho time on his way to busiaess. 1t is really the naxt thing to having one's private carriage.” %85 1t is;"” sud Jinx, in hearty.responso, © By Gud, gir, go it is.” And be luid ¢ue foot Juxiriously on tbe scatin front, sdd gingerly croased tho other over it. Another block, and Spicor jumped aboard. Everybody Iows Jinx. Spicer kuows Jinx. “ Goot m¥uing, Jinx,” sd Spicer, “Mornin'! " replied Jinx, * Fine moroin’ “Yery comfortabls cars these.” said Spicer, 8 he sent a fragrant cloud skvward. “ Next to drivin’ your own esrriage, ™ said Jinx. «« flere you can read vour papor and Emoko, aud it's nobody’s busiucss.” There is no roason to daubt that Jinx actually supposed be was making au origioal remark. To aman who lives far from his oilice, and wuo is from circamsianco+ u slave to buviness, there can_bo no grester Iuxary than riding to that busincss in ono's own convesance. Naturally Jinx thongbt'so. Why shonld not Jinks say so ? “T'lio noxt tare we picked up was Wiggins. Af- ter dropping his bickel in tho bog, Wiggins dropped himself by the side of Spicer. ““bing mormni, Jinx!" cried Wiggins, across tho car. ¢ < * Beautiful, beantiful, I declare!” and * this car,—why, 1t&' noxt to rigin’in your own car- 1iag0,—0asy seata, fresh air, mewspaper, cigar, and all that sort of thing.” Now, any candid aud impartial passeager would ‘allow that there was much of truth m Jinx's observation. 1t was a pleaszut trip dowa town to jump {0 & summer-Car, With a morn- ing paper in ouo haud &nd o cigar in the other. It Jios had confined Lis repetition of tho fics to the passengers of that pariicular car, ve could bave -+ condoned ” his offense, and this atatement never would have beou intlicted upon tile public. ‘But the pext day Jinx was on haud again; with his confounded private cxrrisze, and hia cigaz, and lia paper; ood tbe next day, sod the next, until, afier fifty or sisty times, it camo to be monotonons, and people taritly voced Jiax & nuisance and a Lore, sud avoided bim. Jut, alas!. the glory.of the open bob-tail is de-. parted, and Jiox's oceupation’s gome! Tue osher day I entered one for the last time. Three ladies occupica the back scats, and 8o, 88 I wes pmoking, L sat ncar the driver. Scon that [unctionary turmed- his head, and. as bis glauce met mive, a0 expression of sadness set- tied upon lus intellestund mug. - A sironz sous breeze vas blowing, and the smoke from my cigar curled gayly olf -over the head of the fers, autamed steed, 2 . ‘Again the dniver turned, and in plaintive ac- cents thus he spake: ¢ Bosa, tiis wowt dos if you wanter smoke, 50U MUSt tase arear seat.” K ¢ Bt thero aro ladies there,” I replied, with astonizliment, “Icums here purposely to avoid i i at,” said the driver, sorrowfal- them's orders.” 3 eit," eaid L. - ©Don't believe what? Do you think I'ms Isin’ 2" he asked, as his bristlo T0s2. T doo't believe the maungers of this road are 50 eilly a3 to requite 8 man tosmokoe in. the faces of Indies whon he can smoko here withont of- fenso to naybody.” ¥ That's the pew rule,” he replied; * and, wha’a more, we are ordered to call a policeman when passengers don't mind it." i Then,” I asked, ‘*Lmusi either sit among 1adics and smoke my cigar, or get.oif the car 2" 1 5'pose you 1ouat,” eaid he, id an apologetic tone. . ** The Compady’s. got spotters all along the road, and, if we. don’s obey ordery, we'se edpended.” Otié driver Waa laid off yesterday. 1It’s no object for me to stop yer smolin', batJ don’t want to lose mo sitnation.” *You may be right,” I rejoined, as { dropped my Paitagsover the rail; ** but I think you are a little over-particular.” - Since that I have taken to the double-deck stages, and I find Spicer themi and Wiggins, and® Jinx, ‘and many other famifiar faces, sho prefer to taze their down-town cigar withont tbreats of the ** perlice.” ' Wo are soiry, becansc “he Nicolson of tho avenue is not a3 fresh a3 it oace was, the stages have seen better days, snd it is 2 good deal of 3 climb to the top of tliem, even for an espert. When son get up there, reading is out of the quention. ' But to us, in whdae estimation the aite-breakfast cigar is the next dearest thing on earth to'oar” wife' aud babies, all’ those nfinn! annoyances count for nothing.” - e Percned lilio chickens at roost on the spinal column of arickety barn, clinping hteraliy for dear life to ary projection that seems pérma- neut, with legs cramped and baking in the sun, jerked and pitched over a woreo than cobble- stone pavement, is it ** worth whiloto go throngh 80 much for so little "2 1t is—it is!” i3 tho spontaneous'and unani- mous cry of the smokers. *+We cau putup with 5 buck-board wagon, but odr cigurs we will havel ‘Wo are wedded to our idols; let us alone!” v4 ' Muacrss. e HARVEST-HOME. We thank Thee, ever-gracions Lord] Our gratetul sungs, with one accord, -Stall mako Ty goodncss known & Enwormuyn though the song may be, ceept the thoughta that Tiso 10 Th ‘And bleus oir Tarvest-Komel We own that wo have oft forgot Thy gaodness ast. an trusted nok 1n Thee for good to'come : - Look not on this. O King of Kings, Furgive Thy peoble’s murmucinge, . And'bless our larvest-Neme 1 Lord of the Harvest, When we feed Ou the God-given, strengthening bread, .+ “Foruivo the tlioushts tuat roam 7Mid Eirtn's low cares, so far from Theo; Frou vain repinings sat us free, Ard Lless our Hurvest-Home! o1 s I Presence Divine! Thy powes wo fe And humbly now befure Thee xne:!dl O! let our praiscs come Like evening-inccnse to Tuy throns, And, while Thy bounteous hand we own, Bless Thou our Harvest-Home I Image of aar Redeemer blessed ! Be Thou upon our lives imprezeed While hero on Earth we roam, Until we join the ransomd throng And sing the Resarreciion song,— God's glorious Harvest-Home.. . WELDON GOODFELIOW, —_—— HUMOR. An African conundram—Why am infoxication like a wask-bowl? 'Case it am debasiu. ~—** Anotker hole in them pants ?”" says a fond ‘mother to her young hopefal, * \What a drend- ful ou-kueesy fellow you are!” —*“Whav’y the plural of pillow?” asked an Irish teacher tho other.day. A bolster, sir,” repiied his rawest unpil, amid the suppressed tittering of the whole ciats. i —Pragression is the watchword of the hour, but in Misbouri mothers haul their. disobedient childron over the knee and strike on tho same oid spot that the Romnns did 3,000 years ago. —A gentleman bad 3 valusble miniature stolen from Lim a few days since. “O, never ‘mind,” eaid the friend to whoni he told bis loss ; :;:mymdy 15 having Lis likenoss taken bowa- i) ZAn esichange refnses to publisha poem ¢om- moncing: *“I treathe o the face of a8 maiden,” until the editor kuows what its aatnor drinks. —A 1aw countrrman, gazing at a gaiden in the vicimty of Boston i which were several marbla statnes, exclaimed: *Just sco .what s waste! Here's no loss than six ecare-crows ig this 10-foor pateh, and any oue of them would keep tho crows from a 5-acre ot !” 5% —+ A dwsunction withont a ‘Gifference,” wag what 8 Kentucky farmer tiought whea ecven or eizhit men called him ont of bed tho cthor night, and compelied him to give thom soveral sides of g, saging ey muat have fa0d, Lutycouluw'e steal. 3 \Why should_the opinion of o persen- who does ok use clieap perfumery bo yspected ? Beeause bo is wanting io common scents. —Business is lively in St. Louis. A dry goods merchant there, in a fit of somnambnlism, arose from bis coucl, neatly cut the bed~quilt in two with his pocket-sclasors, and then asked Lis ter- rified wile if Lie could ‘mot show her fométhing eiae. . —Jolliboy—* T sey, waiter. which did von paf in firet, tho water or the spisits ?” “Waiter— 4 \Whi ir; and you told me to fill it.up.” Jolhioy—+ Ol thai's ell right ; I huveu't comg to the whisky yet.” ? —A Lynn dog goes abont the street with his muzzlo attached to his tall, and u blavket, the superacription of which gives out that the dog- law, which raquircs the wearing of the ornament, docs no: designato the pluce of wearing it. the Polico Court is looking iuto the books. —413 my face Aty #” remarked a Moriden voung dady to Ler auur, while at dinner ats Hartford botel, the other day. *Dirty! No. Why do you ask?” Decause that tusultiig waiter insists upon putting a towel bewide my plate. I've tbrown three.under the table, and yet every'time he comes around ho pitts anotier one befoie me.” 3 —Jones and his wife was always, quarreling about their comparatise talent for keeping a fire, Sho ingisted that jnst 20 eurely as-bo aitempted to rearrauge the sticks with tio tongs Le i the fire out. One night the churci-bell sounaed an’ alarm, and Joucs sprang for his fire-buckes, eagor to rusl to the conilanration. ** Mr. Joues,” cried bis wife, a3 he reacued the_door, *como back and tako the tonga.” 5 —Aman who bal been cruel to a boree wag couvicted in Little Shaata, California, Tho jury fixed the tine at one doliar, and tLe Justice fol- lowed with o specch. *This man’s Leing tried four times, gentlemen of the jury,” he said, “-and you're the firss twelve ihat's had 'senss onough to find bim guwlty. Bat, what under heaveus did you make jackasses of yourselves for by putting the fine at_ one dollar, after you'd done an avernge decent thing. ‘laiot any of vour busiaess anynay what he's fined. I'll look after that myself. It'll bo sixty dollars.” —This is how it happened down in Southwest Missouri : F - He found a rope, and picked it R it 1t waikod awag, P It hzppened that to tother end A horse was hitchec, thoy say. They found a tree, and ted the rope Tuto a swinging limh. It bappened that the other snd Was somehow hitcaed to kim. —A traveler, on his arrival in the city, stop- ped for 3 momeut to examine a coat Langing in front of clothing store, when the proprietor rushed out aud asked, * Wouldn't you on some coats ” I duono bat 1 Wwould,” re- sponded tho traveler, consnlting his time-killer ; and ho went in and began to work. No matter how often he found Lus fit, te called for more coats; and, afterho had’ tried on thirty, ho lovked at Liis watch, again resumed his own’ gare ment, aad walked off, sayiog: ‘I won’t charge a cent for what I've doue. IHang & man wha won't oblige another when he can doit! If I'm over around this way azain, and you've got auy morp coats to try on, I do all I ean to help Jou!" - s Yow that Frank Brower, the popular American negro mivatiel, is dead,ws will make the world & present of two stories’ about him. 'Tho first is Iofard Paul's. - Mecting Brower one dag, How- ard gaid, “* L am "very sorry .1 could not attond - your fathor's funeral Jast Sunday, ,Frank. Liope that sour frienda supported Y03 m_your afliction.”” ** T-thousands of - *em,™ replied Frauk, “tho old houra wae crowdod—are -furned money away!” When Drower first acrived in XNew York, seedv afier a journey, the bar-keeper - at the Metropolitan asked hum to pay for his glass of brandy befors he swallowed it. “What ! -cried Prank, sstonished at this un usual domand. *Yes,” .said .the.bar-keeper, “it’s tho bous® orders—all strangers must pay for it before they drink it.” *G-gooduess!™ cried Brower, “is it go in-instantancons in its 1-fatal effecta?"—Hornel... i —A thica-nocked, ngly-lookiog chap, the worse for liquor, ‘was yesterdsy tearing sround the ferry duck, nnxions, as he said,. * to maunl some ouo to putty.” He stocd upon a salt barrel and dared any tan” 10 Datroit to even wink at him, s0d flopped his arms and crowed avictory. Somo of the boys hunted up ** St. Clair Bam,” aa he ir called, and Sam went down. Ho is over G feel Ligh, with & fist ike o peck of walnuts, and when be appeared the bosater got off the bacrel. ** Kin lick auy man in Detroit, eh 7 * inguired Sam, 2a o took off his coat: ** Want to manl some one to putty, ek ? " he continued, as he uubuttoned hus coliar. Ho with the thick veck glanced ab, Sam all over, camo to bis senses, and walking up and exsending his hz=d, saidz- * I've got the every—ather-day ager uad, .and this is my ages Tes day. come sa’ take suthin’ hot.”—Detroif Press.. : —Not less than six American publishing houses are now working {he Jules Verue placer. King & Buird, of Pailsdelpbiz, sdd themueives to thie list with a new trinslation (not the Enge . lish one) of his fantastic “De la Perre a xélwb..; which thev call “The Baltimore-Gun. al ] ! ! i % H i !; E S AN T