Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 1, 1874, Page 10

THE CHICAGO ' DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1874--SIXTEEN PAGES. 10 > i T P TSR i 5l i SENSATIONAL RELIGION. A Form of Religion which Has Proved a Failure. Its Evil Effects Upon Its Devotees. How It Leads to Infractions of Social and Moral Law. Necessity of a Thorongh Teaching of the Ethics of Individusl Purity, And of the Tnculeation of o Sense-of In- dividual Obligation for Indi- vidual 8in. In these days of ragged edges and caves of gloom, of & seeking by &0 many pef:ple for an easy rending-ssunder of their marriage-bonds, it must seem to every thinking person that thero is something inherently wrong in a system which produces such evil results. ‘Lhere has probably not been & woman in the lend, certainly not & mother, who, in the face of recent events, has Dot felt that sensations! rehgion WAS A PAILURE ; that ‘something moro than mere abstract ideals of right and wrong were nccessary Lo provent, under similar circumstances, a total warping of morel thought and action. JIf such & warping has been possible toa woman of mature years, to 2 mother of whom Tennyson's woids ought to bave been true: RBaby ‘fingers, waxen ‘touches, Fress me from the mother's breust, what would the probable conecquences be to & youny, untrmmned mind, that had been tsught to .consider emotional religion as the acchor' -which maust inevitably secare her moral salvation from ship- wreck, no matter “how soverely assailed by tempestnons passion of any kind? Women have na:arally shrunk from any public comment upon thestate of things of which the recont scandal bas becn the result, because it is ‘hard -to touch pitch and not be defiled; but it may be possible to put the pitch at one side, and etil insist npon the necessity of some force strong enough to coanteract the effects of - false teachings and incorrect reasoning. or, rather, EXCITED SENTRIENT. The close connection observable.between emo- tional religion .2nd the wide violation of -moraj 1aw, spreading through all grades of eociety, has naturally led reasonmg -peopls to conclude that the latter is the effect of which the former is the canse. 1t Beems ‘to us that the pscndo-senti- mentality which- finds expression in lines hke thes “But the sin forgiven by Christ in Heaven By men is cursed. alway, and in the unthinking applanse with which-it is greeted by the mmiltitude, does more to- ward genmerating a disregard for social faw and tho sanctity of monog- smons ‘“relations than is at fhst perceptible. It appeals at once to.a bigher law. than the patural ones that govern social equity, and from the judzment of man to the seemingly " more lenient judgment of God. That such sen- timenc 28 this is unwholesome ; that it admits of wde latitude for - self-indulgence ; .that it.has the same disintegrating elfect upon:the social re- lationa which the appeat trom legisiative law.to so0-called higher law ks had in eivil -cases,—ap- pears Lo me uot to admit of the least doubt. That sentimental religion bes much to-do ‘with exciting ideas and emotions the results of which may be Eeen in‘a general depreciation of panty of character througi:ont the comuuuity, seems as apparent 2 suy other logical sequence. Given any power—let it be called ‘Divine_love, or what you will—that wea kens the ngid laws of truth and justice 28 exhibited toward oneseif.as well as one’s neighbor, and the legitimate consequence | is 2 gradual FALLING TO PIECES of the whole moral personal status. Youug peonle, “girls parcicularly, a3 they pass from chiidhood to -adolescenco, -and-are influ- enced by new phases of feeling which they do not understand and canuot assimilate, never Laving -been taught to consider them in a proper light, etrerch “forth, if we may 50 tpesk, emotional arms to grasp some- thing that shall. .satisfy this new de- mand and quiet this balf-hysterical excitability. At this time, wben the -entire -physical and mental narure is .in its most receptive -stage, #usceptible to -each 'subtle infiuence that-may be brought o bear upon it, when the youug mind begins Lo think,.reason, - ide for it- self, inquinng-into vternal traths, while it is - also stnving for self-comprehension, how are these .strivings ‘generaliy met ? .Are.these new beings, ‘or at least beiugs in an entirely new phase of existence, tanght' bow to defend and Pprotect themselves, 'by exerting_individual self- reliance : or that any transgression ot social and nazaral laws must bring mental, moral, eocial, nnd physical ‘deterioration ? In liew of (s, are -they mot rather -weakebed, mentally and morally, by ceriain platitudes, -and by the offer of a Highier Power upon which. to lean, being assured that-without it all buman efforis arenselees,—yet frequently Lept quite oblivious of the fact that GOD. HELPS THOSE ‘WHO HELP THEMSELVES ? Whatever God may be to -the ‘indivicnal,— ‘wherher a visible presence ; a peity dealer-ont of xmall ‘spites, ~which some sectarians would make Him; or'a gushing, ail-forgving being, sceording to others, with decidedly distoricd moral viion; or meroly thesymbol of thonataral motor power of-the nniverse, whether ‘compre- bended - or -gtill veiled .1n mystery,—it would still-seem .that:faith withont -works ‘was an exploded dogma, and that the individual who should aitempt to save himself by the . former, ‘without duly rogarding -and applying the latter, would inevitably find " himeelf bors de combaf when the hour "of trial ‘arrived. That this .is quite as applicable: morally a8 it'was: marerially when Cromvwell exborted his soldiers o , pray. to and their powder dry, is° proven to any ©ona who keeps his or her eyes open. “Eiss, why do we find 8o many young people, who bave been brought up by the strictest -of disciplinarians,— especiatly those who have been under the intiu- once of a demonstrative, emotional - sectarian- ism,—ruining themselves in- the most Teckless ‘wanner ? Daring tho-early stages of ripening maturits, through some curions: process, mere: physical causes -seem-{o producea tendency toward -re- ligious sentiment and inquiry. Lifo for the first time secms to be & real and earnest matter,—not & mare siage of existence, which it has hitherto appeared.—and every question which has pre- * eented itself to the immatare- mind acsumes a uew importance. - Foremost.among thesa mnally comes thie subject of religion, whilo the voung quenst is filled with-new . and inexplicabie de- sires, which should be quieted and .duected aright, inst of being excited still further, or STDITLATED AND MISDIRECTED, by offering at this stage of life _an abstract idea asa 1ull and satisfactors response.to all these cravings. By this means, imagination is swakened to full action, and the neophyte, in her eazerness,grasps at this possible soution, by an-ideal -aostraction, -of a-not-understood 'do- mand, originating in purely natural cxuses, Hence the 1mmense number-of, young converts during sensons of great sensational or emotional religious excitemont. ‘P'hey- waut something, ¥ don't know what. 'They have been taught tlst religion is a-necessity; and- that it Las been made to order for them in different shapes. Iu- dividusl cases must be met by.tho peculiar form designed for them before they became sentient beings, and each individual must e quite careful of mot appropriating -any different form; for, whio ihere .15 . posaibility thns it may eventuste correctly, . still .thero is mueh denger,” end no certawty, .in the at- tempt. Sull,-eomenimes tho animal magvotism of 22 individual, sometunea the “force produced ‘80 2ZgTerslion ‘of - symrathétic emotional feelng in & sect-or people. draws these roung, inquiring min olutior sod, following ot the old traditions, shoe st fi:yfl ther shall find that nameu.ungmorsai; :: gion. Bafa 88 old, dozy, prosy sermons might beat this time, they.do Dot satisty, sud tho seophyts. hastens to that-shrine whero the whols. - of . the disconrse is mnand E ‘LOVE. - Divine love offered in:eampensstion. Occa- sional terrors thrown in as o background to ight up this picture, | but: the ‘foregroand permeatod with love. Love which supplies all forgives all, condones all. An ecsiasy of joy ensues; tears—sho resnlt of hysteris, caused partly by physical changes, partly by overwrought emo- tion—aro esaily Gnlocked and fow plenteously. A ratber enjoyable melancholy, occasioned by the same causes, follows, and i essily made to appear to be remorse for certain deficiencies in persounl obligations towaid a Supreme Being whose claims had never before been realized. Thus the luxary of woe is reached, zod, in place of a tonic "in the form of a good, sound disquisition upon one's duty to oneaelt at this stage of onc's existence; of the enforcing of the _doctri of responsibility in regard to individual morality,— the whole tone of mental and moral character is weakeued by tho above process. An ecstasy of overwrought feeling follows, which, finding no sdeauato teturn for all this gusking, soou secks its own level, The reaction comes. The abstract ideal has ccased to satisfy, becanse it is but an abstrac- tion; the mind and soul cannot forever be kevt afloat in this rarefied atmospbere ; and back to earth, with- all ts questionings still unan- swered, falls tho would-be investigator into eter- nal truths. With individual character weak- encd, individual self-reliance ignored or unde- veloped, aud thus rendered of no avail, the sen- timental religious victim, without any intention- al wrong-doivg, may become, without much dif- ficulty, 2 YVIOLATOR OF SOCIAL LAW. Higher Jaw having been substituted for clear reasoning, natural truth, and logical deductions, whon weary of grasping at shadows which elude and betray, the neophyta loses faith, or, in other words, backelides. She has tried. doubtless, to keep herself up on the heights ; bat, it being an unnatural position, 1t soon becomes untenable. She siuks back,—all of which would not matter 50 much were she placed 1n the samo condition s8 she was at starting. This, unfortunately, is Dot the fact, Then she was simply querning, non-comprehending, but with a certain natural strongth and force, which, 1f properly directed, would have carried her safely tbrough this assailable period, to the firm years beyond. Now, bowever, thé stimulus of sentimental religion baviogexcited all her moutal and physica) sensi- bilities, ingtead of exerting a strong maral force, thus strengthening and calming them; having also heen_taught that thete is a higher law, be- fore which, under certain circumstances, all civil or legal restrictions must give way, she, wheu the hour of temptation comes, is literally left without any armor of defense. Nature's questions nave roceived no adequato answer. If ehe is vempted to seck the solution, with no fizm hand to hold her back,—no older woman's pure, strong reasoning te explawm, to assure, to repress,—tho result is s foregono conclusion, Civil restrictions are forgotten, and it is 80 easy for the temprer to argue the higher law,—the marriage in the !ighl of Almighty God, the wit- neasing angels, and 80 on ad nauseum, until all absolute laws of nebt and wrong are SUBYVERTED BY SENTIMENTAL RELIGIOUS AFOLO- GIES, Ard what holds good iu this introductory stage oObtains in later years to overthrow the mionoga- mons relations of Lfe. Having onco admitted the absolnte authorits over us of a Higher Pover, controlling every ction, omniscient and ommipresent, or, going stll further, foreseeing sod foreordaining, it is a matter of courso to charge every dereliction trow the path of virtoe 1o the Being who mads us as we are. We do not 50 often hear of. the higher law Deing used as an argument for the guilt of those who bave arrived at mature years. This would be so patent a case of self-deception to any whose character had been formed, tuat they conld hardly use it even to themselves. Still, sentimental re- ligion eeoms ¢o offer such a premium for off enge by throwiog the responsibility mpon a Higber Fower, or sssumivg tho forgiveness of that Power, no matter how great may he man's con- dewvatiov of a fault, that we can scarcely won- der when the results are fatal to moral trath, A thorough teacling of tho othics of individa- al purity, an abrogation of the myth of higher law which shall condoue offenses 2euinst social avd mioral law, and the nculcation of a sepse of individual obligation for individual rin, can alone meet the difficulues which beset the pati of the young neophivte who is seeking for truth. When every mother in the land realizes that it is her duty to tesch her young people the ERENT BEAUIY AND DESIRABILITY in thought and deed, the meutal and pbysical deterioration resultant upon its loxs; that individual in brings unfaibeg individual retribution; that no abstract higher law can condone & &in against morzl law, no distant future punishment atone for such sin,—then we may look for a gelf-reliant people, with senti- ment subservient to reason, and the social rela- tions of hife preserved intact. Theso teackings are inthe bandas of the mothers of the rising generation, and to the ncceesity of them we can no longer shut our eves. Mankind bas, in so many cases lately, shown itself in so contempt- ible 2 form, o tboroughly proven its immeds deszent from cowardly old Adam with his **"The woman tempted meand [did eat,” that it bo- comes every mother's duty to enforce 2 8anse of moral obligation upon both sons and danghtors in 1ts strictest, sternest sense. ‘With the press of & nation teaming with his- tories of higher-law failures, the sense of obli- gation which presses upoo us grows painful in its intensity. ~lostead of teaching the doctrine of faith and works, we are rapidly being led to preach works alone as procuring at least tem. poral salsation. Inlieu of inculeating trust in God, it would scem better to teach implicit trust in oneself. At all events, no great results of any kind, whetber moral or material. can B~ biy be reacled without the latter. Complete faith 1n oneself is A NECEESITY TO SGCCESS, aod will overcome almost sny difficulty. Tn- stead of tieating young people to the wonders of Divine love, &3 exemplified in the case in which the repentant sioner is biddento ** Go and 8in no more,” would it not be quite 83 well to leave that episode of Buiblical history to those to whom it may be supposod to apply, and teach our own offepring, 83 they are growing from chuldhood to adojescence, the practicability and advieability of protecting themselves ? Bensationalism baving invaded the theatre and. the pulpit, having flooded the world with a litera~ ture peculiarly its own, it must be fought with new weapons. Formerly, when the sarronnd- ings were 8o different, it anawered well enongh to let young peoplo grope their way from dark- nees into light; but now *hey are assarled in so many different quarters, so that it is time every woman in the lsod woke to s knowl- edge of her personal responsibility in the matter. Her guls need to be guarded, quieted, and kept back; tenght intelli- gently 2nd ressonably ; kept ' aloof from the en- ervating influences of sentimental religion, with self-respect and personal obligatiop msisted uj on. “Ttie same holds good of her aobe, though, 8o long.as & different moral code exists for the sexes, it will hardly be carried out thoronghly. Still, many men, no doubt, have learned the fal- lacy'of the remark, whichi is frequantly mado, that “ Religion is & very good thing for women," Any go-called religion ‘that bas not sufficient binding force of moral and personal obligation to prevent wrong-doing, and that does not act with equal efficiency upon both sexes, 15 NOT GOOD FOR WOMEN. One that docs, no matter what it may be called, is_quite as necossary for one sex s for the other. When such a state of moral etbics ob- tains with the majority, and we hLave educated the rising generation, 'so that, acknowledging their own responsibility, they will no loager bave an excuse for any lapses cither from hongr or morality. by throwing the onus upon & sup- posable overruliog power, nor find an exciting cause in the emotions awakened and cultivated by the appeals made to the senses in behalf of an abstract idea, which gimply demands creduli- ty, and does nok even make & preteuse of eatia. fying the gueries of reason, then we may have cansa to believe that, a8 wives and mothers, wo have done our duty. A.D. H. —— GRATUITOUS ADVICE. Anb, “‘}l ! T4hink her dress, that nicht, was very rich and fine : To (;E ll’llm truth, I'fearcd at times that she wonld yet ing 3 ; tter mate than she to 2ny friend of mine, What! ! Pizeyou for her empty heart?—or for her ehallow H m;eubnu'm to the unlucky dupe who weds her, and, in I‘Inmu!, tooIate, the besuty gained is anything but I hz’w“n;y $poach is something blant,—that Tam wont A word or two to0 much, perhaps; but bear me, 1ad, to-day, And let the devil take the flirt who threw your love away.Z Geo l::_cj"k.lo your neglected books, or kneel to yonder )hk;]l::": tovivers, court the Lill, and let this fancy And learn that ife s sweetest when its folly passos by. m::la)u(y of the gy coquette (who truly loved you Will::‘lr be sought by artists much, in thirty years, I When foul be; - °n foul beneath the cofin-id the grinning svul LuTogrz, Ind. A. E. S1vgs, —_—— —The clevation of women!” exclaimed 3f: Lord Tom Noddy, a3 he was driviog home xrmi Ascot. *Aw, 1f's fella wants to sce—aw—woman elevated. h» ehanid oy sfter & good Innch. " Py 0 TSR REVIEW OF AMUSEWMERTS. “ MTOORCROFT” AND THE CRITICS. For the pest two weeks the newspapers of New York, Mansger Daly, and Bronson Howard, the dramatist, have been indulgingin a discus- sion marked by intemperste language on the qna side, sod in general by a fond self-adulation on the othor. The discussion is interesting to people living away from New York, inasmuch as it relates to that somewhat indefinite, and, a8 the New York eritics wonid Lave us believe, unat- tainable, object, an American drama. The cause of all this discussion is Brouson Howard's Iatest dramatic composition, ‘* 30oncrorT,” which was written for Mr. Daly’s company, aod was played for the firat times fortnight ago. Its production gained for It the unanimous condemnation of the critics,—~tha Tvibune, Her- ald, World, and Times apparently vying with one ano:her 1 saying unpleasant things, not of the drama only, but of its young author, Mr. Brou~ son Howard., This gentleman's primo offenso seems to bo that he was formerty connected with the journalistio profeesion in New York, having occupied a good position, if we are correctly in-~ formed, on the New York Tribune, It ia per- haps for this reason, together with the marked abulity of its antic, that » THE TRIBUNE has so completely distanced its contemporaries in tha work of deriding tbe suthor and condemn- ing his American drama. Of the merits of tho piece we can know nothing, The critics, fn their very evident desire to crush Mr, Howard and bis drama out of existence, bave kept the world in total darkness 28 to its merits or defects. They bavo troated it with very general denunoiation, nover condescending to particulars in one in- stanca. Now, all that the Chicago public knows of Mr. Howard is comparatively favorable. 1t knows something more than New Yoik does. It has seen and laughed over *Saratoga,” and en- joyed the good things in the picce even while it may not have accorded it unqualified approval. It bas also seen moother comedy, *‘Diamonds,” by the same authcer, which was not 28 successful. ‘Ihe third piece, * Lilian’s Last Love,” was pro- duced at Hooley's Theatie, in_thuis city, for the first time, and, beiug a very fair piece. With mauy merits, bad a hoarty reception. From theso three diamas, especially the last, which was more proteatious tuan tho two former, and con- tained evidencos of decper thought, together with a better knowledge of dramatic construc- tion, we wero Jed to regard Mr, Howard as & promising young dramatist with every prospect of future distinction. We are surprised to learn, therefore, from the Trib- une that ‘ At his present rate of development we should prefer to meet with his work about the vear 1912.” From the eager manner in which his last un- fortunate pieco was damned, and from the care- ful avoidance of all mention of the picce, which was Dot bronght outin New York, we fancy wa detect ) THE ANIXUS OF TIE ATTACK. Mr. Howard so far defied the proprieties as to trust to & provincial reception for his best etfort. This suspicion is confirmed by a similar avoidanca of his arama, * Drum-Taps,” which we bave not s2en, and winch was played for the first time in Detroit,—snother provineial town. The critics, in measuring Mr. Howard's ability, have carefully confined tuemserves to * Saratoga * and “Diamonds.” Why is this? It would almoat seem 28 though they had been waitivg for an opportunity to convincs the author of these two farcical comedies that true criticism could ouly be found in the metropolis. If Mr. How- ard still doubts this proposition, he must bLe all that they had called Lim, for pobody but an *imbecile,” & **schoolboy,” & * ninny,” **a man of no account,” can read the criticism of the New York press upon ** Mooreroft " without candudly admtling that just and impartial criticism is confined to tho four newspapeis we have named. Their exhibition of calm analysis and unbiased judgment carries conviction with it a8 a necessi- ty of the case. . Mr. Howard, in a card to the New York Tribune, eelects for the benefit of the * school- boys,” * ninnies,” and peoplo of **no account whatever,” who fail to regard these papers as infallible, SOME OF THE PHEASES which have been used in connection with his dramatic efforts sinco 1870. They are not flatter- ing. Here are some of them: * The diesriest rubbish ; * gross and’ vulgar exaggeratious ; “ uniformity of imbeaility ”; * frisky stupidity ™ *contemporaneons tomfoolery ”; ** inane ab- surdity "; *like grinning mm;gh & horse- collar ”; '+ schoolboy imitation of French filth ; “ sickening puerility,” etc., ete. It is quite evi- deut that in the assault upon him by the New York press Mr. Howard has had a hard time of 1t. In addition to this onslaught upon * Moaor- croft,” the critica have been driven to accuse the young author of ¥ PLAGIARIBN, repeating a chiarge made some Yyears sgo—sub- sequently refatea by Alr, Howard—by the eritic of the London Times. It was tius charge which iuduced Mr. Howard to roply in a card, and he made a defense in the Herald of a satisfacto: chatacter. In the other papers also he lai about him with fair effect. As between author and eritic, it was a fair fight—as fair, 1hat is, as could be expected with such odds apainst him. Unfortunately, however, *‘Moorcroft” was brought out at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. and its condemnation gavo Ar. Daly too good an opportunity to come beforo the world in battle array to be carolessly’ neglected. Hosclects *“The Ametican Drama ™ as a subject, for the exceilcnt reason that ho is a past of wie American . Mr. Daly has done some very good things for the American drama, by erecting a superb theatre, and collecting a peerless com- pany of artists, which he has lately weakened by estianging two admirablo actresses,—Miss Dyaa and Miss Morant. But it is rapialy beiog for- Rotten that Mr. Daly has wiitten American dramas, for 3 > To have done is to hang Quits out of fashion, like a rusty nail, In monumental mockery, and Mr. Daly is not the man to "*case his Tepu- tation in his tent.” The cry went once on bim, and ho was not going to let tho public forget it. Accordingly, after roundly rating the critios en masse for squelching every American play as 800D 88 it appesrcd, he modestly states that ho has written threo American plays bimself, :*Divorce,” * Horizon,” and ** Under the Gas- light,” and recollects with pleasureablo sen: tious the verdict the public gave them. The puolic Lss something to esy about ** Divarce,” which at best is s joint-stock affair. The gen- eral reader will miss from the catalogue of Mr, Dely's contributions to the American drama Taming s Butterfiy” (from * Papillon,”) ** Leah the Forsaken " (from Mosenthal’s ** Deb- orah,”) and the French dramas of the * Frou- Frou " order, aiso by Mr. Daly, but onginally by some French author. Mr, Daly omits tnese, " AXD Wy ? What is the use of advertising oneself if one only does it imperfectly? * The couviction,” pursnes the coutributor to the American drama, *forces itself upon the minds of the averaze plasgoer 2nd newspaper resder that the dramatic eritic is behind tho age. 1 think it 18 timo for the dozng ceuvsor 10 wake up and behold the American “diama already established (by Mr. Daly?) and progressing. I was once a dramatic eritic myself,” which last refroshing pieco of ine formacior. i made an ingenious excuse for Az, Daly’s vutting s finger into the pie. It 80 happens that the *dozing censor ™ awoke at Mr. Daly's call, and responded over his own name, - g i c. opening his remarks with the following retort ToThe Editor of the World: e 1n: When a manager of s theatre stepe bef public to praise Bimedlt we tolemis nimp'ifz” a‘i’l’:n?: That 1a understood to be busincss, When he writes communications in praise of his piays we Tead {oem, ir they sre entertaming, and forzet them afterwards, That is & col smussment which it becomes him, ger, {0 {arninh occasionzily, When he writcs €nvy. When he assails the preas over his and denounces the critica everywEane, wa. oS ret ‘hirm, for that is the paroxyem of failure, N.mvne'elur. who, bythe way, is the brilliant eritic of the Torid, diecovered 1 Mr. Daly’s energetic delnnge of t.ha Fll‘Ll? Avenue Theatre, ** Divorce,” ** Herizon,” aud indirectly of * Mooreroft." s conwincing proof that the paternity of * Moor- croft " was to be divided between Mr, Howard and lumeelf, and it is to the imsginnry fact that the piece v‘rnbv:mhxlo -mghm srtists that ite fail- ure was astnburable, Speaking of eriticism, he says, with considerable tiut s It frequently happens that his (the critic’s) con- demnation is directly opposed to the popular verdict. Indeed. it nearly alwaye liappens that the piays which Be pronounces moral and heautiful are not thoss which the public flock to see. And jt invariabls foliows that tha manager sets this down to his ciscredit, wherean it i3 an evidence of his honesty and_his good tasts, For the public collectively do ot hold it to be & duty fo Dpatronsze that which is intrinaically or etlically good, They support that which pleases them ; and the “ Black Crook "and * The Sphinx ” will oftener do i than *“ Hamlet » ar the 4 School for Scandal.” And eo it goes on. Mr. Daly tinds it necessa- 1y torepiy to Mr. Wheeler, and does so with some little weskness, while Ar. Howard and the critica continue their splenetic and rash debate. Zhe play being thorongbly sdvertised, the downy Daly pockets the proceeds. sk, THE DRAMA. The sterility of the previous weck in sventa of interest was offset by the fecundity of that which closed laat evening. The theatres whose stage-doors are always open for popular stars exhibited two artista of cansiderable reputation, while our comedy theatre prodaced, with all the accessories of gorgeous aconery and the essen- tial requisite of good activg, a fresh pieco Lot from the paa. The past week, howaver, was not 4 fortunate in the matter of attendance, for the houses which the thres attractions succeeded in drawing were not what might bave been ex- pected. The Minstrels, howaver, had an excel- lent weck of business. The present week will not be remarkable for startliug novelties, and will probably see an increase of attendance at the theatres in consequence. HOOLEY'S THEATRE. The event of the week was undoubtedly the production of Dartley Campbell's drama of con- temporaueous society, ** The Virginian,” which way carefully noticed dariug the week. Subse- quent performances confirm the opinion we were led to form upon this piece, and subsequent events to verify tho prediction that it would be- come a popular play. Mr. Casmpbell bias not by any means roached porfection, but is steadily im- proviog as & dramatic anthor. What is chiefly wanting in his piecesis sn elasticity in senti- ment. There is an sppearance of being forced agawnst hig will to be pathetic, even with such a plot before lum a8 that of *The Virginian,” and his most affecting lflxeculw- seemed to be wrung {rom kus brain, not lus heart, under protest. Hia situstions do not receive the proper amount of aseistauce from the lines which accompany them. Tt speaks woll for thom that they are ca- pable of drawing tears from tbe audiencs, as they igvarably do. Thero are other defects in the pisce, which we Lave pointed ont, and many ex- cellencies which encourage us to look for batter things yet from Mr. Campbell. **The Virginian " will be continued the present weok. 'VICKER'S THEATRE, Miss LeClerca’s opening at McVicker's in *‘Esst Lynoe” Monday night was not a very good sugury for the week, bat the change of bill Wednesdny evening, when “The School for Scandal ™ took tho place of the dreary drama of contemporaneous crime and folly, the result wes an unqualified success. So hearty was the ap- proval of the press, and so spontaneous the recognition of the public, that the mansgement Lave resolved to retain it on the boards for the firaz thres eveniugs of the Ppresent week. Lot every lovar of true comeds_ take the oppor.. tunity to see it plaved, Thursday, Friday, and Saturdsy nights Lom Tayior's drama, * Mary Warner,” will be played 1n & manner worthy of its merits. The cast will be as follows Mary Warner... Misa Carlotts LeClereq 3Lilly Rigge. -3re, Octavia Allen Mrs, ¥ Mra. Clara Stoneall Miss Emma Marble W. J. Hurley Friday pight has been reserved for the beneiit of Miss LeClercq. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. It cannot be said that the engagement of Mies K. Rogers Randolph at the Academy of Mu- sic was & pronounced success. Neither as Julict oor as Calatea did she accomplish a triumph. The presont week Afr. J. W. Florence com- mences 8 brief engagement at tho Academy, during which he will give & round of bis amusing persouations. The first of these will be Johu Brougham's version of **Dombey & Hon,” in which Mr. Floreace will appear xs Capt. Cuttle, followed by the screaming farce, *The Irish Lion.” This programme will be retained for three performances, Monday and Tuosdsy even- ingsaud the Wednesday matines. Weduesday, Tharsdsy, and Saturday nights he will play Jules Obenreizer, in a dramatization of the joint effort of Charles Dickeus and Willkie Oollins, entitled “*No Thoroughfare." Fridar pight and Satur- day matinee, *The Ticket-of-Leave Man,” with Mr. Floreuce sy Hob Brierly, will be given. Of ius Capt. Cultle Eastern papers 8pesx in terms ot glowing eulogy. From among a list of notices wa select the followiag from the Pitaburg Dis- Dalch as least enthusiaxtic: Ar, Dickens drew his characters with such clear expression, sa wel as keen perception, that none but an intellect of the highest power could ever revamp them successfully, Losing, as a stage reprosentation does, the delicate shading which beionga to literature, any attempt to show Dickens upon it i disadvantage: ouly competitive, Yet few who have seen AMr, Florence's Caut. Cuttle will 52y they havo not s fitter znd more comprenensive idea of the old mariner than before, He is the on'y actor, whom the present generation has een, who' not cnly realizes the clharacs ter but consistently elaborates it. In his representar tion thero 1s Lothing contrary 1o the most perceptive examination of the toxt in tha novel, and yot ho teaches ihe cioasat reader of it something new. THE GRAND OPERA-HOTSE. The orowded houses which have been enter- tained duriog the paet week by the minstrels, under Mr. Aims’ management, testify to the pop- ularity of the houss and its performances. “Ching-Chow-Hi " is an acknowledged success, and will probably continue to run for weeks longer. Tho various other acts of the evening have all been good. The present week an entite change takes place in all bunt the operetta, Waltors and Morton havesome novelties to offer; BSchooleraft and Coes have an absurd sketch, **Demon of tho Woods;” while Hart, Coss, and i arce in black, ** Who's Got That 1L The first part is rich in ballads and ditties, comic and sentumsntal. STAR LECTURE, COUESE. The arrangements for this winter's Star enter- tainments, under the management of Carpenter & Bheldon, are nearly complote. An entiroly new, and, 8 it would secm, advantageons to the public, plan of issuing tickets has boen adopted, which cannot but add to the already great popu. lnrity of tho Star Couree. **Option tickets " are to be issued, which can be used at auy time dur- ing the winter, for any of the “Star” enter. tainments. These tickets will be sold at the rate of 50 cenis each, and will entitle the holder to seloct reserved seats for any of the twenty or more entertainments he may prefor to bear, and which may also prove on dates con- venient 1o his otuer dnties and engagements, 1t is not ecessary to determine mouths in ad- vance which entertemments Le will uso his ‘‘option ticketa™ for, but he selects his seats four or five days in advance of the entertain- ment in the usnal way, In fact, the new systom allows any one to have reserved seats for the very dates and enlertainmonts they prefer out of iha whole wiuter for b0 cents each nstead of 75 centa, §1, or §1.50,—the prices that will be chbarged for the single entertainments. The Star entertainments will be held in both MoCormick and Farwell Halls, and will be at least twenty in number, extending over the en- tire season, from the middle of November to the middle of February. The managers are now publishing an edition of the Sfar Magaznne, 15,000 copies of which will be issued next Satur- day. Tuaeale of “option tickets " will begin Nov. 9. EXIT BILLY MANNING. A very amnsing incident occurred at the Grand Opere-Houso on Thursday evening. It was not in tho bill, aud came, therefore, in the form of a plensant surprise. It was more pleasaut to the audience than to the managoment, while to Miss Kellogg and Billy Manning it was leas agreonble thanto anybody elso. It is & fact that Mr. Mane ning has not been himeelf since his retarn fo the city, and has given an amount of dissatisfaction to tho public, and thereforo to the mansgement, quite unusual even among negro-minstrels. Thureday night Miss Kellogg occupied a private box. In'compliment to this charming lsdy Mr. Aims placed- 2 snperb baaket of flowers by ber box. It 80 happened that Mrs. Maoning, coming in, observed this tribute, and immediately con- cluded that some fair admirer of Schoolcraft had sent it to him. She wag Jed to this belief by the position of the flowers, which wero &t Schools craft’s end of the stage. It never occurred to Lier that anybody else but an eod man could pet a bilsket of flowers in a minstrel house. Ex- tremely indignant that Billy Manning should re- ceive no such tribate, sho immediately sent out to a flortst and purchased two very bandsome baskets, which were fi!eced at Manning's end. At the appointed time Maunning noticed the flow- ers. He also noticed Miss Kellogg. Not being quite humself, ho 1mmediately sssociated Misg Kellogg with the flowers. i 108, snd, with a8 many irks and ins 28 he could call )y bowed scknowledgments. He then bmgu out into & wild spoech, expressing hissdmiration for his sister profeesional, and his bappiaces at the discovery that bis’ humblo efforts hsd not been overlooked by so charming & lady. He knew, he went on to explain, that ehe had sent bLim one bouquet. Who had made him a present of the other be did not know, but guessed it must baye been his wife, inasmuch as” she was the onlv peraon of his acquaintance who shared with Miss Kellogg a true appreciation of professional taleot end personal worth. He might be mis- taken to the origin of this second bouquet, but all doubts would be forever set at rest by the presentation of the florist’s bill sext gorning. Miss Kellogg was apparently pamed and dis- gueted at what appeared o her a very silly prac- tical joke at her expepse. Indeed, the thought crossed ber mind that she Lad been ofered a box as a butt for Mr. Manniug’s exquisite wit, Sbe maintained her composure, however, and the roars of laughter which greeted Mr. Man- ning's sallies almost reconciled Ler to the 6itua- tion. Ar. Aims, however, looked at the matterina severe light. He feit the indiznity offered his fair guest as much aa she did. With hearty apolo- gies to Miss Kellogg for what had occarred, he ave Mr. Billy Mauning an opportunity to air his umor in some less public place in the future. An end-man.now sogks a situation. Parties wighe ing to engago one will sddress Billy Manning, bat not at Auns’ Grand Ope:a-House, Chicago. DRAMATIC NOTES. Ladies are admitted free at ‘fony Lastor's New York place of amusement Fridsy avenings. Janauschek has beon playing Marde Stuart at the Grand Opera-House, Oincinnati, with great success. 3 Edwin Adams opened to sn empty honee at Ciuciuoati last week. There is no sccounting for tastes. Mr. Fred Lyster has joined Mr. Sothern in London, and acts as sgent of the Alelbourna Opeira-flouse. Mies Cushmaa's Zady Macbefh at Bootn's was, of course, a triumph, as also was George Vau- derhofl's Macbeth. The New York Ecening Post thinks Barmond's Col. Sellers will live as long as Lord Dundreary, Solon Shingle, or Rip Van® Winkle. **Richard Ceur de Lion,” Andrew Halliday's dramatization of *The Talieman,” holds the stage of Drury Lane with grest tenacity. Sothern is playing Lord Dundreary at the Havmarket, with Mionie Walton as Mary Mere- duth, and Mr. Buckstone as Asa Trenchard. W. 8. Gilbert hasa new play for tho Prince of Wales' Lheatre, and will shortly produce it. Anything from his pen is welcome nowadaye. Dion Boucicault’s’comady ** The Brida! Tour,” which was underlined last yearat the Fifth Avo~ uue, will yrobably be prodtced this season. Through the refusal of the star to play to bad business, the Oliver Doud combination was obliged to suspend operations in Jersey last week. Ada Dyas has medo & bit in *The Bomance of a Poor Young Man,” at ‘Wallack’s, where man- agerial partiality does not oppress rivals of fu- vorites. Tho Holborn Theatre, London, will sbortly be reopeced with & drama eotitled ‘* Newmarket,” illustrative of horse-racing m the daya of Charles the Second. The first actuslly complete edition of the works of Eugene Bcribe 18 now appearing in Pans in fifty volumes. This prolific dramatist wrote upward of 400 plays, and died 1n 1861, Bomebods ia trying to prove that Shakspeare’s Jack Falsioff evjoyed single blessedness snd never desired to marry. Humbug! We know that Dame Quickly gave him tho sack.—ZBoslon Bulletin. Miss Genevieve Ward, an American actress in Eagland, of whom we lLear occasionally, will play in Manchester, Dec. 7, in & new play wristen by Lewis Wingield, the boroine of which is namead Theela. 2 Migs Neilson will visit in succession Boston, Philadelphia, St. Lonis, Washington, Baltimore, Nuw Orleans, San Francigco, and periaps Chica- go. 5o fur, however, no arraugement bas been wado with any manager in thus city. A new drams, entitled ** Ship Ahoy I fonnded on the J:opum story of that name, has been produced at London with 2 strong cast. The scenery is by Messrs. vo & Son, and the music is selected from Dibdin. Kato Fields plays on the off-nighta at Pooth's dwing the engagement of Mr. Jeflerson. She has chosen ** Peg Woffington " for her metro- politau_opening.~ Mr. Jefferson's engagement commences.on the 14th of November. Clara Morris bas appeared as Julia, in Sheri- dan Knowles’ charming drame, ** I'ie Hunch- buck.” She has failed, The critics treat bher with a leniency seldom shown in New York, but their faint praize only serves to make her falure more apparent. The performence of *The Hunchback” at the Uzion Square was noted for the firet appear- ance in their respective roles of Clara Morris and Mies Claxton. C. R. Thorne and Stuart Robson made their first appearance at the theatre, and J. E. Irning was wnported expressly to play Fathom. Q Miss Hughes (Mrs. Gaston Marray) acts in Mr. Rowe's ** Geneva Cross,” at the London Adelphi, “Les Deax Orphelines,” by ML Dennery and Cormon, has been withdrawn from the stage of the Porte St. Martin Theatre, in Paris. It brought into the treasury $147,400. Tho Theatre Seiibe, Pans, 1 closed. The cellarin Rue Scribe, which used ta ba called Theatre do I'Athenee, is now called Theatre Scribe. Mme. Scribe has shown her gratification of honote paid her husband's memory, giving the manager permission ta play daily any one-act piece written by hor late sponse without pay- ment of copyright. In the rcenc in “Jane Eyre” in which the lunatic wife kindles the eurtsins of Rochester's bed, the event becsma a reality at a theatre in Worcester, ass., and the fire was communicated toa flat add the etage carpet. Tho audience, with more senso than usval, sat and watched the progress of the flames untii thoy wera ex- tingusied, The curtain was rung down for a few minutes, when the play proceeded as before, The stage of the Porte St. Martin is occupied with Casimir Delavigue's historical drama, ** Don Juao d'Autriche,” first produced in 1835, at the Theatre Francais. A new piece, called * Mar- colle,” by Messrs. Donnery aud Brasil, occupies tho staze of the Paris Varietics. Itisa sweet- scented affair, relative to the proceedings of a young wife and her busband's mistress—tho lat- teor being kept insialled in the house. Tho Pall Mall Gazelte says: *A Hungarian adaptation of Shakspeare's *Tempest’ 5 now being rebearsed at tho National Theatrs in Pesth. It is a fzct, the Academy remarks, that even the Huogarians seo more of Shakspeare's plays performed than we do in England, No week passes without at lenst ong or two Shak- spearean comediea being named oa tho piay- bills in Pesth, and even in provincial towns,” There is a story current in Paris respecting Ao actress who was to play the leading part in & forthcoming comedy of Tfashionsble life, and who, being Iate ono dsy at a rehearsal, was some- what sharply reproved by the autnor of the plr: Sbe cxcused heruelf by eaving that she had been rebiearsing with his collaboratear. * But I have Do collaborateur, Mademoiselle; the piece is wholly from my 'pen.” answered the dramatist, “You forget the dressmaker,” replied tho actress. The one-act comedy of Mr. Arthur A’Beckett, to which we have already alluded, produced ah the Haymarket Theatre, London, under the titlo of * Faded Flowers,” recalls in a portion of its motive a bluelte lately given at one of the chief Parisian theatres. A man who, in consequenco of a woman's supposed falschood, has led tho Iife of a traveler, returns to find his former love the wife of hia friend. 8o changedis ho inap- pearsnce he is not recognized by the womap, {rom whom he learns that a report of his death bad cansed her to marry anotner. Ho finds also tbat she still loves him in her heart. Withasigh over the happiness that has been within his reach, he quits a houso to the peace of which bis presence is likely to prove s menace, and re- sumes his nomadic habits. Tho Paris correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune bas the folloxing snecdote anent the late Victor Bejour: He was rarely satisfied with Lis work ; no dramatist made more changes than ho did. At tho tirst performanca of all his pieces Le wonld, whenever an actor was sboat to 8p- pear, give him a slip of Ppaper, 0o which was noted some new resding. The night *Le Fils de la Nuit” waa first played the fifth act was on- urely rewritten, reboarsed, aud gotten by heart in the interval between the fourth and fitth acts. ‘I'rae, the between-act was very long, for the ves- el had to be put together; bat still the incident is rare in dramatic anuals of & wholo act being rewntten aud learned in the betweea-act whicn proceded its performance. Victor Sejour was ssked why be had ceased to write for the French Comedy. He replied: * What can s dramatist do in a theatro whera the valets are mastera?” Yon know the role of valet in the old theatre is filled by the ablest actors of the company, and at the French Comedy, Samson, Regoier, Got, and Coquelin 18 the most inflnential actors of their day. Victor Sejour used to say, * When tho standing-pit was suppressed, enthusiasm was at cho same time supjressed; nobody goea into ecatacies while sitting at ease.” Formerly there wers Lo seats 1n the pit; everybody stood. whom nosegays are bought beforehand; nose- | music of the African Chuseh, are bought beforehand nnl.y for co.ninm" B vor lengibon & walking-sdv's parts if you do 'sa will bs sure to ask OF extra pay.” i L MUSIC. The paet wesk has been devoted very industri- ously to music by the amatenr talent of the city, which hastaken advantageof thecloseof the opera season to present its claims once more. On Tues- day exening Mr. Louis Falk gave a very p_len- ant concert at the Union Park Congregational Church. On Wednesday evening tho College of Music gave its first soiree of the season, the College being crowded to overflowing. The mu- sical foatures of the evening were entirely suc- cessful, and gave grear satisfaction to the largo andience in attendance. The next soree will be given Nov, 18, upon which occasion the follow- ing, among other pieces, will be given: * Duo Symphonique,” for two pisnos, by Lefebure- Wely; faotagie, by Mozart; * Luizow's Wild Hunt,” for two pianos, by Hiller: romanze for piano and violin by Joachim ; and a sonsta for piano and violin by Schamann. It is the in- tention of Ar. Ziegfeld, the manager, also ta give a woirco at which only etndes by Henselt, Bach, Hiller, Handel, Clementi, and others, will by given, which will be 20 unusually interesting occasion, and a public concert, the instrumental numbers at which will be Hunmmel's A minor «concerto, coucertos by Bargmuller and Reincke Treh e tic ang smian Chiurches, the false ideas oiis 03 A on the Eastern iacions. * The faay oo, E00ex ninth book closes with ganeral gaou gl toF O thy the divenity of liturgics sod songe o 1901 & o cliurclics, and on the charages of U8 Bt Cun;_tl:lnny in tha first conturies, Eattery **The Singing Campay for Pounds," s an Englist: book piost, TE0%q reer of the jubilee singers in Graa, o, 0° % -+ Tbe Grea: Tone Poets" i gl which an English writer, P. Crowest, wo0% ebort memoirs of the gres.er musical ei‘mfivl 205 Church of Alexaudria, of the Cegpie i3l e ¥ ers. Wagnerites will bo glad to Jea Euglish critic, Dr. !'.gHuafln-x,?: :‘,’,‘; h']“' trauelation of Schopenhiansar's wall-poried o0 & ;hx)m w"lf. als gi o und Vorstaliggg " mnr % e metaphysi i A0sita tho metaphgaical basis of Wagners spepls P ITALTAY OPERA CHORTS. A New York correspondo; y AN PORORL 8354 of Straypgey, A more motley erew than th Opera in this country cannot K;):?:;?:llo‘ Thocliorus of the Strakosch tro.pe’ s 03l Academy, consisting of sixty or sevaniy pe composed of Geimans, Frough. 1, English, Americans, Datoh, Scotch, and Gy /o2y, meu Bive been coidiers, tradestien, pesgiot T [uissionuiren. valets, brbers, image mier s (0 keepers, guides, interproters, And dogka s, ATt o Wouen hav been semsiressey Lot pess mnlxu'klchn:, hl;;:-mxd-l. mfit‘h:fi Jai ress Crvant irl ipern; i Vook-binders, and sar T 1In conversation with them, I have and Mendelssobn's ** Capriccio * Brillante,” all with orchestral accompaniment. It will be no- ticed from this bare outline that the programmes for this season will even surpass thoso of last season in excellence. On Friday evening the Beothoven Society gave ita - firat reunion of the season, at its rooma, a notice of which will be fonnd elsewhere. On Saturday evening, Alr. Goldbeck, assisted by pupils of the Couservatory and others, gave a very plessant sowree, at which Some mew music of his own composition was produced. A more dotailed notice will appesr on Alonday. THE DI MURSKA TROUPE. The next notable musical event will be the soason of the Ilma di Mursks concert com- pany. which will embrace three concerts at Me- Cormick’s Hall, Nov. 16 and 18, and a matinee on the 21st. The troupe is & very sirong one. 1lma di Murska, the rewarkable vocalist, whom we missed heanng Just winter owing to tho faint-heartednesa and impecuniosity of Max Maretzek, is at the head of tbe troupe. Her great reportoire and her almost phenomenal powers of execution have placed ner 1n tae front rank of lgric artists, and ber debut in Chicago may, therefore, be losised forward to as » merked event in the musical experlences of the season. ‘The pinmist of the troupe is Peresa Carresso, who has alieady establivhed bersell bere 38 a favonto by her fino playing in the Patti-Mario concerts. Of Ferranti, tha buffo singer, who made his debut in Chicago with the tirst Pagapa concert troupe, we need not speal, a5 all concert-goers will remember him pleasura- bly, and give him & cordisl welcome. Eaurrar, the violinigt, was also Lero with the Patti-ario troupe, and proved himself one of the most brlkant of the young players upon his instru- ment. The cellist, Gaeano Braga.is & new comer, but his tame, both 28 a vittuoso aud com- poser, has preceded him. Ho was a pupil of Mercadaato, and will play soveral of his own compositions. The tenor of the tioupe is Mr. Habeimann, who has sppeared bere many times in German opers, and Edward Alarzo, the sccom- pamst, is tho musical director of the troupe. With such a stroug combtoation as this the troupe ought to do a 2ood busiaees, TUBNEB-TALL. The foilowing is tha programme for the Turn- er-Hall concert this afternoon : 1. March—¢ Odean ”, 2. Overture to ** Yelrs 3 Finate to © Ernani 4. Overture to + E; 5. Bomanzo from 7. Fantasde—* Bavoyard's Dream *. .o & Potponrri—+ Tho Musical Stock Qo any ”, esae 9, Wk’lhi" Blue Danube 10. Quadrille—** Conference ”. MUBICAL GOESIP. Mr. Edward G. Newell, wio is 0 well known in the musical circles of the city, and has beenso long counected with the firm of Elmore & Co., bas now aeeociated bimself with tue firm of Hoot & Lewis, 156 State street, whete he will heseafter be *at home ” to his frieuds. Messrs. Chaodler, & Curtiss are busily st work upon the musicsl MSS. from the Europeau composers for the forthcoming catalogue of the College of Music. Mrs, Watrous, the alto of the recent Christ Clurch choir, Las been secured for the Tnnity Church choir. Ar. Curistoph Haseuphlug has been ap- pointed Profescor of Gerwan in the Chicago College of Music. Mr. Mathews played an organ concert last Wednesday evening in the First Universalist Church in Aurora to & good audience. Tae pro- gramme embraced Bach's Great Fugue in & winor, Handel's Cuncerto in B flat. and & num- ber of ligh.er selections. Mr. C. 3. Smith, the pleasing tenor siuger of Plymouth Chureb, who contributsd several songs, was an impostant ele- ‘ment 1n the attracrions of the evesing. The Beethoven Socisty inangurated its © geries of moothly musical reuvions.” incanded more espectally for its active memoers, at its rooms, corner of Monroe and State streets, on_Friday evening, with the followng sdmirable pro- gramme: Trio in E flat major, Schuoert (Messrs. Wolfsohn, Lewis, and Eichewn) ; duo, Eoprano and baritone, from ‘ Runs of Athens,” Bee- thoven (Miss Lewis and ilr. Gall); “Suall Ion Mamrt's Fertilo Plain," from *Josaua”™ (iir. Sloan) ; third paliad, Chopin Slxlm Frank); trio for female voices, Schumann (Mrs. Farwell, Mra, Ulimann, sad Mrs. Johnson) ; song, * The Mist a0d the Rain,” Sullivan (Alr. Charles T. Koot): Andaute and Scherzo—piano and violin, from the Lovate, by Gade—(Miss Ingorsoll and Alr. Lerwis) ; aria for soprano with wioloncelio obit gato, Bach (Miss Lewis); duo, violoncello and ano, *Songs Witaout Words,” Mendelssohn (Messrs. Eicheim and _Wolfsohn); song, **Gretchien am Spinorad,” Schubert (Mrs. Joln- son): snd duo for two p.auos, *-La Bele Griseldis,” by Reinecke, (Mrs. Frank and Mr. Wolfeohn), which was substituted for the Mon- delssoln Concertd which wes tohave been played by Miss Roberts, who was unavoidedly abseut 1rom the city. ‘Yhe private character of the en- tertainment, aa well, indeed, a8 the mannerin which the music was cenerally rendered, does not cail for criticism. The rendenng of the trio (it first performance here, wo belioye) was extreme- _the aztisiic vitality of an acizess for ly creditable, and tle composition, which 13 & cleverly-worked ote, with possibly & tendency to too much amphfication, was well recsivad. We Lave never Letoro heard Mr. Lewis to 80 good A been ety the variety of their fortunes 23 won v iy slity. Many of them bave teaveled g pica. sod overa good part of Asia and. et ihe male chorua hive s 12 Toe azes, abio in Edinb g 3adrid, Havana, Paria, Genoa, N:SIKE, Tomy o, Dresden, Geners, Amsterdams, Vicuy, e Ye3ks, Patervbutg. Palertno, Malis, and Catrg.” AT 51 The experiences and sdventures of ihe chorgs very singular and romaatic,although oy 21 suspect it, and if they were carefaily sogrisT, (0% arranged Would muke an exccedingly jatnc o0t i ume, or Father set of Yolumes, Ungdpemiey 2610 ing self-consciousness, selaom attach <k S0 t0 what they have obverved and eaduper uu?i:mz OPEBA IN NEw yo New York is going into the Amau::' operati business. Being unable to suppart Drofessioya oper, this might be expectsa, Oy iy eduneaday in November *Don Giovany;© oy bo given a¢ thé Academy of Musio with ¢res tra, chorus, dresses. £cenery, &c., complats, i der the direction of Siguor Angals Tornan:, E cast will bo aa follow: Giovanni, §; Buongiorni; Don Octavio, Mr. Rampmg}, S Anna, Mrs. Kamping; Donng Elvira, ,]]jn'f Camp; Zrlina, Misa Everett; Moy, s Ueary; Zeporello, Mz, Camp. Tt 13 )y por- posed to give in a sizular style, during the samg month. under the cunductorship of A s n;.::.ul:, the popular opers “Martha® 1y Fy glis! PATTI'S TRIUMPH IN PARTS, The Paris correspondent of the New Yorz \ppearance Times writea as follows of Pacti’s re at the Salle Ventadonr : = Afme, Patti's entrunce upon the drew fore commiutliy themseives too Lr. notes, howaver, shawed thst the voigy b and that the Diva 1s still the wfi’m:rxf;.mmufl been for 80 many years. Her'scoent, na I have oo marked, was nearly faultleas, =nd 35 ber rich oty came out like showers of pearls the vast sudiencs te g to warm. and fiually burst out into eathuriaiy applause. Baron Rothschild spplinded longiat xo loudest, and tried his best to get aa o repessed, bot it was 100 evident that the part would proves suiictest strain upon Patti's voice nottosdmit of oy exties g 3lignt voico the role of Falmtineis antrely out cf the question, and Meyerueor came vary nes wiking soroething that coWd not te sunp many time in a ceutury. During the third act Mme Pt began to abow her powers, and the sudience wes muved ; but it was in the fourth act that she getnad ber greatest triumph, &nd showed erself an srtoees 28 well us canlatrice. Toe atage was Literally coverml withs fowers, and bouquets poured o from srery die 1ection. — The Marshal was apraconsi ; bt tilere Waa one man present who was radlant with Joy, and that was Aaurice Strakosch, wiio must hlu:ll:a’d iis Le.rt warmed by tbe sight of this splendid rocepe tion given t0 his former pugil, Mme. Pittt singy by inrea times more.—once in * The Huguenotn* and twice in * Faust,”—and toen we shall not hestber #gain until she zpreirs upon the stsgs of oar new Grand Opera, now rapidiy approciung complotiom, Adotail to close. Mme. Patdl wes called thres times before the curtain, and was 80 desply moved thas the could searcely walk, snd had to ask for sid. After her fatigue the émotfon was tco much for her, On retire ing to her ruom ehe foand i full of fowers, aad shs marched to it beiwe:n w0 lines of Agurants, altio people of the stage, with wkom she wau 3 grest favone ite, having formed themselves mto an escort of bonor, MUSICAL SOTES. The widow of the composer Jercsdanta is ab Vieuns in a very precarious condiron. The Khedive of Egyot wan:s Adelins Patti for the Cairo Opera-Houze for 1875 3r. Ap Thomas, tho eminent harpist, is ex- pected to arrive in this country esrly in Novem- ber. Carl Rosa's Esglish opers troups drew largs houses at the beginning of thia monthin Lael~ tiold, ¥ngland, Tho Adelaide Phillips concert compsny sp peared in London, Canads, on the 24:h ult., with cousiderabio soccess. Heinrich Laabe has composed an opers on Shakspeare's ** Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” which is to be brought out a¢ Vienna this winzer. Bir Julius Benedict has received from the Ring of Swedon_the digmuty of *Knigat of the Order of Wasa,"” and from the King of Italy ths dignity of **the Crown of Italy.” “I Pezzenti,” the sccond work of & yomg composer uamed Caneps, was recently brooght out at che Scala, Milan, 'and was Lterally exe- cated by the compauy and furiously husd by the audience. Mr. Henry D. Palmer, of Booth's Thestrs, te sociated with Ulim_., the Parivian operauemir nager, has concluded’ an_ongagement wish Dr. Hans von Bulow for 150 coucerts.in Ameriza next year. Tho dispatch to the American Press Associt- tion anoouncing the death of Carl Formes ms incorrect. It was bis younger brother Theodo:s who died. Ho was formerly a tenor singer of repute, but for some years bad been insine. One of the earliest novelties of Theodore Thomas’ symphony sezson will ba ths Rad cca- certo for the pimnotorte, the eoio par beig played by Mr. 8. B, Mills. Another will beDers lioz's remarkablo sympliony, * Harold in Inly” ** Lohengrin " is to be broucht forward by ¥r. Strakosch about the middie of November. Tuf cast will be: Eisa, Mies Albaai; Ortrud, Mut Cary; Loliengrin, Carpi ; Frederick, Del Paoold; The King, Fiorivi; Lerald, Ar, Hall. Tho performances of Mme. Nilsson at the French Opera are to be twelvo in number, s2d will coasist of the parts of Marguerde 8 * Faust,” and Ophelia in * Hamler,” aiternatisf with the representations of Mlie. Strauas in ¢ *duive.” Gomez's now opera, * Salvator Ross,” to whid wa alluded some timo ago, has bees su: performed at La Scala, lilan. advantage, s new and very superior instrumeut, which he Las Lately ncquired, illustrating the dis- advantages under which he has heretofure labor- ed. Miss Ingersoll furnished an admirable ge- companiment in tbe Gade Sonata, and the vocal selections were well done, notably &0 Mrs. John- 8on's singing of the,Schuvert song. Mr. Eicheim’s playing of the Mewdolasoha Song wichiout Words was markedly & very mice execution, nad ex- cellent tone aud style. s MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. The oz Ziumana for November is & very in- terestmg number, its table of coutents iuclud- ing four editorial articles: *“Oue Wayto Do It,” “ An Admirable Church Organ,” **Sundav- School Song,” and “Tha Sereundor ;" the con- clusion of Alr. Barnard's pleasant story, **Ca- mills ; A Tale of the Violin;” aud the following excellent musical seleciions: * Day of Atone- ment,” #n ancient_meiody, arranged for solos and chorus by A. Kaiser, cantor of the Oheb Shalem congregation, Baltimore; Schubert’s ‘“Les Larmes ” and ‘' Le Berceau;"” and ** The Rosy Ligt ia Dawning,” eacred song aud quar- tette by E. Linwood. Herr Taabert has taken Shakspeare's As You Like It ” ss tho text of an opera to be pro- duced at tho Imperial Opora-House of Beriin, under the title ‘- Cicsario.” Mine. Alsllinger will bave the principal part. A biography of Balfe, the composer, is in preparation, written by Mr. Charles Kenney. Joachim Raff has just completed a $ymphony in D minar, bis sixth. A new Symphony by Carl Retnecke is shortly to be produced a: one of the Leipsic Gewaudnaus Conceris, The Gazelte Musicale de Paris gives someac- count of the fourth volume of **L’Historie Gen- eraio de 1a Musigue,” by Fetis, which is in the press. The pinth book, with wlich this new volame opens, is devoted to the history of giug- ing in the Lastern churches. The micgion of the apostles, the chaots of the tirst Clristians, the litnrgy in the fi1st Lwo centuries, and the adapration of religious songa to popular melodies, for the contents of its lirst elapter. In tue second chapter aro treated the liturgic chsot of the Greek Church, the masees of St. James, St. Basil, and 8t. Chuysostom, tke distinctive ciar- acteratics of the hymns and the anthems of tne Greek aud Roman liturgy, the authors of the bymns of the Greek Church, and the mode of executing these hvmns. The third chapter treata of the musical notation of the Greek Churels, and of the reform that had for object its simplification. The following chapters trest of the dotails of the vocal musicof the Syrian Chusches, of the Armenian liturgy music, of the to bo superior to the composer’a former ol 71 Guazany,” which was receatly susg 1n Loa- on. Cardinal Cullen, of Dublia; it is ssid, dz nounced tho chapel scenc in Calfe’s * Taiismen, aod thea askod the manager for the serrices of bis leadiug artists in tue cathedral chor on the following Bunday. Thia is straming sbsgus and swallowing a camel wit; 8 vengeance. AL Ambroise Thomas bss had_put on his door. a bell which givesthe pew la. Rossioi, likawise, bad a eimilar bell. When pulled too abruptly it would give a false note. Rossini thereupon in~ variably exclaimed : * I bet it is that dog Bop- coni, who never onca in all his life gave & HoH accurately.” An American male soprano, Mr, Heywood, bsS beoa playing at tio Borlin Walballs, Leoncrt, the **Trovatore,” and La Grande Duchess Gerolstein. Ho sings tha two patts unanali; not as a burlesque, and his voico is etated by th German critics to be that of a pure tnd sy thetic soprauo. Mme. Arabells Goddard, says the London Ecko, who was wreckod iu the steamer Fliot - &hire, has recovered all her property wiih the ex* coption of & purse containing £100. She will 7o twn to Austraiia and zivo o eeries of cancerts it that country, after which she will proc Nerw Zealaud to California, wiving concerts &% routo at several of the Pacific islands. Mme. Goddard Proposes altermard Lo undariakod tous in the Unite: trom Englaud for several yeara. Ths New York Tribune of the 23ih*ult. 83533 **Tne demand for seazs at the Thomas Symphony Concerts 1s said to Lave snrpl!em:{ :flsr{fl:flag i the experience of tbe Steinway oX- since Sfa memorable excitement ovar (,m‘lhe: Dickens' readiuga. Some persons were on ground as early 21 6 o'clock Bunday evening, u;' when the sale began o Monday n:?::':a seventy, people in Line. The rush con s day, lhe'l::lzs beiog of season tickes exclusives 15, The usual comiplaint 15 mado aboat EpecEs lators, and there may bo some foandation forit; bat 1t 13 uot easy to ses Liow these apanwmuh: Lo driven out of the business unless the publ refuse to buy of them, which they mever X ‘80 long a4 the demand for places excaeds supply. In this particalar case the fac: geems o Do that & great £m; patrots of the concerls unwiliing to wait for hoars in line, nmplayo:d‘ agent to purcbase for them. Oune man | = commisriops {rom 88 mauy as swenty-f70 thirty differant perscas.” Iy “T'he music 18 £3id: States, and will probably be absend,