Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1874, Page 7

s THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, l874——1S[XTEEN PAGE- 7 f;egent Spstem ef Contracls Belween Act- " ors and Henagers. é p AMUSEMENTS. | é‘r;[ Results of ‘the System on Audience % : and Playwright. 2 heatrical Attractions During §o the Week. f‘jmca at tlxé Acadcwmy---Camilla Urso. RUNNING IN RUTS. JSCTIER MUCH-WEEDED THEATRICAL REFORM. anyibing that savors of reform will meot ith opposition, and when that reform tends to, the 2brogation of certain privileges, the opposi- (ion must of neceseity be greater still. In mak- inga - suggestion, therefore, it is necessary. to eonsider whether tite object to be gained is in oy degree commensuraie with tho means of ob- ssiniog it The outtide public is probably 1goorant of the of in which a theatnical company i3 organ- iced, but the stage manager and the proprictor Fno¥, a0d they aro undoubtedly cozscious of the eilsattending tho present eystem. Actors; it il bo understoad, kave DIFFED: 5 fist iz, they feel 1themselves qualified to play cerisin cbaracters in a drama. Authors ususliy Zodel their plays mpon tho traditions of tho fiage, providing » part of cozspicuous intercst {or the Jeading lady, or star: an almost equally one for the leeding juvonile man cr light } comedizn; anothor for a low comedian, and ‘so futh. Human character is reducable, therefore, | o certain sct formula upon tho stago. The law— seris o low comedian. Ho maust be, becanso ho s funny on the stage.” Al Hlawyers, being maro 4 orless Meddie, must be played by the comedian; > yillaivs are all alike, because tho *‘heavy man' 3 dravs playa them. Lovers goto tho ““leading "% man,” or the leading juvenile; and, of course, 3 (ho leading lady will play the interesting heroine, # Brtradition, therefore, all actors and actresses . fallinto kme.” They become confirmed in their ‘4 line, and when by sheer force of circumstances oradesiro to try their metal they play some- thicg ont of their “line” not Temarkably well, but setisfactoriiy, tho public expressas its sur- prise that the artist has shown &0 much versa- ulity. 1t really is a matter of wonder that ko is z0: eramged mith thoe mannerisms of his spocial Ene, and the eritics do not hesitate to join n tha reneral buzz of eprroval. Eve:y zetor having ecttled in his own mind ® THE TIVE OF CHARACTER -~ smong the balf-dozen permissiblo on the stago Leis best adapted for. agheres tenaciously to it % wiil bedies, For cven when ho becomes s star relolds toit. In making his contract witha manager. therefore, ho stipnlates that he will , phy .o certain Lno of s among other i tings. They all do it, ladies and gentlemen £] ouke. And they maintain that this contract pro- fcts them against imposition, and of courso it docs. Put hero is the point. = When o part out o the six or eight in the yiece is handed to the achor he docides for bimself whether it is in bis Fseornot. Lf Lo thinks itisona in which he ¥l cppeat to the best possible advantaze, ho scepits it ; if not, ho 1eturas it o TEEN A ROT ENSTES. Tither the manager gives way and hands the $art 10 an inferior actor, or tho actor gives way ueder protest, or perhaps he _leuves the theatre. Heis justified in doing so under his contract, of curse. Lut the question is, Does ho act wisely leaviog ? Tho possibilitics-of a part caunot be.told by s glonce of the manuscript, when % i3 new oue, any more than _the exeellance of a play can de judged by o reading. ‘aclor may be throwing away a Lord Dun- .4 @vary. for all he knows. 1t will be yemembered tbat this time-honored tindition noariy lost Sothern his fame. The parg was given to hum, wd bis iro was arouscd st its iusignificanco. His common senso was appealed fo, but Lo thonght rather of revenge, and his effort to bur- ksque it and ruin tho pieco has nctted him sprucely fortuce. When Edwin Adams first sliyed Enoch Arden at_MeVicker's Theatrs, Joo = Tiboelock was cast fer Phillip Ray. Ho thoughit § of declining it, but, after thinking the matier $ over, decided to concentrate his genius upoa it. % dnd won deserved ndmiation. Instanees aroso common of the unexpected development of a part that it is » wonder the tradition Las not be- come mora honored in the bresch than the ob- servance, This eystem of lines dccasionally goes further yot. An ector or sciress, and sometimes both, 3 zre allowed by their contracis not only a certain % lwo, but an % A3LOLTTE CHOICE OF PARTS. i Thns, Funpesing it tobe the comedian, ho can 5 iusist uzon the part of Ofhello when that great « tragedy is announced, and freeze the leading man 3 out, if ho ko desire. And, vice verss, when Hzmlet * is produced, the latter can oust the former out of the Graredigger. This ia so pre- 4 festerons that no cave manager should, even in * bis weakest moments, think of it. Aud yet ‘it 1 bisoccurred. Tho actor is not to blame for ee- taring all he can get, buv the monager w0 yields this} much prepares tho way for “immessurable sazicty and almost srtain eatastrophe. It - is virtaslly re- tgning control of the theatre, and placing it inthe hands of one who can. if he have no sern- ples, crush a rival with the utmost ease. . Iiwill be seon that the fruits of the present ipfem cro Ditterness and dissster in many lorms. To the public first ; for where thero is diord behind the scenes thero is lack of the teceasary entento cordiale before them, and per- somal animosities will show themselves befora thsTootlights. - Then, beceuso a talented actor ffuseaa part out of bis line, an inferior one gusit, and the picca is not vlayed as well as it iould be. And, as these lines deepen with time, the plarwright i3 compelled to conform to them, sdcaf his_characters to run in the establisbed roves. Hence comes tho modera cry of weaty intment that ALL OUR NEW FIECES ARE EXACTLY ALTLE. #| How can they be otherwise? If tho ector will anly play tho sama character over and over igtin nnder different names, tho little anthor mustintroduce that hackueyed person into his ¥ E:yl;‘cfid::;ncclli: cumcslmnt ‘r’.fl his persons i eyed, till every play is but a Tepetition ,%- of the last; t11l the :c(r(y)rpaxbmsls Lis stock of i{ weetricities; and, by coutinually playing his ;;:?Hmr agsin, exhiusts tho patience of the e 3 R Of this running in grooves we find . ANOTHEL RESDLT, Dot & whit more profitablo. Tho originzl cast of i deca—pood, bad, or indifferent—constitutes ;!mucdgm which, like tho laws of the edes -2ud Persiane, - altereth not. It ¥ . mot mattor that the manager soes & -improvement, and discerns tho zu- ;|- Bor's meaning more clearly. The precedent Rusinot be jgnored. Ile may say to himsell 1 Wdhis friends that such a part is nod rightfuily h‘:b!hpn of such an actor; that tho piece would wBnitely improved by giviug such a part to felesding man and bis to tho comedian. No. & t decrees that tho rarts aro already dis- . Hbnied, and Sqaiges,who plays the same line of 4} 'ess ia Chicago that Scroggs did in Now -} Yok, must play tho same part that Scroggs did @>there’s the rub that makes calamity. 1 gow this is ail wrong, and macazers oo that 3 iall wrang, They aro gettivg tired of dicta~ fon, agg’ Ieng to be free agonts, and by tho open- B3 of next seasqn FY = A BREACH WILL BE MADE 7 D the present eystem. The Etzge-man- ¥ i Le iy fit for his place, T best judfe of an actor’s nerits, 1A e fell wlat _character will 2 fuithim, If he has the isterests of the £ t ;{ mgrp atheart, ho has thet of every actor algo, § tatopthe eatemble of tho acting that is tbo 3 hmfl_x company, and upon that the public é b its verdict. It 'may_be gretising to ks d.:fg" to &hy a very prominent part to the 3 e of the picce, but it 8 not gratifving to | Seaationce, who iniow nothing atout the ipan- I which he came by it, And becsuee,in the $08inal cast. tho mansger may Lave been iu- E@cfd, either by bad tasto or ultimate objects, Ri¥ing that part to Scroggs, it by no meaus mer e ly follows that the Seroggees cro for- i matilate it. g Daly wes tho irst manager to sesert Lia o rmdsnce. Ho succeeded in bringing the HytraL0 terms, cad the consoquence waa that | fgkestra led the van, Hewrought marvelsfor Jesrs. Then ho became autocratic and tadk and finally so far overdid bis independ- vith 10 ghelve Fanny Morant, and quarrel his best people. But his failuro_to act up Y9his prineiple Aid Fot mvalidate it. His artists % g themeelves to bim for too long torme, i ‘Etu-"m Powerless to compel him to give them dus. Tt je unfortunate indeed, but his i "o will yot bo followod. Thero must be one head to a theatre. It cannot bo managed by tho game of grab and scramble without soreness end disgust. Thoe cast must be put in tho hands of o manager who doea not act bimaelf, and who has no other interest in distributmg paris than tho general good. Where every man bas s line marked, cr is allowed firet choice, or can refuse a part which is neither in his hine mor ‘nybody else’s line, what in the namn of com- mon sengo is thero for o managor. to do but fold his hands, Jet the theatro run itsolf, nnd make 1p his mind to reform it eltogether next season ? Then he will: cngage- the eame artists on dif- ferent terms, if they will trust to his good sense, judgment. and honesty. 1f they will not, they liad betzer bo away from the theatre, for o house divided ngninst itself cannot - staud, and, whero all zro reaching for indisidual glory at the ex- pense of others, division is inevitable. L THEATRES, PROSPECTS FOR TRE WEEK. A botter feeling in dramatic circles has chizrac- terized the past weok. The theatres genorally Lave been doing better all round, and & sort of rovival appears to be at work. It is usoless to speculate upon. the causes which influence the public in its petrorags of theatres, for they musk remain an insoluble mystery. Even experinced managers differ upon important points, 2ad, liko theology =nd politics® omy, the subject of theatrical - 1nterest L and undiscoverablo the more it.is investigated. Ono must be content with the facts. When, by soma inspiration of geaiug, o manager learns why dullness comes, and contrives & means of dissi- pating it, theg a fortune is made.- Dub sucha discovery is moro a revelation than e logical deduction, and only comes ouce in & dacada. M'VICKER'S THEATEE. But in the midst of this mystery therp are cer- tain facts, brilliant, points of light in tho darke ness; trumps to play when in doubt, when ono bas them. Bnch g point is Edwin Booth. Heis tho aco of tramps, managerially considered. Ho brightens ‘bsinoss, sets tho world to think- ing over whatis great aud glorious in ideas, £nows it tho capabilities of tho stege, tho me- chanical perfection of histrionic art, and tho, truo interpretation of cabalistic charactera. o also brings in the dollare. Whero Booth is there neceggarily flocks the public, and the best parl of the public at that. For no one can sed Booth withont enjoyment, no matter what ho' plays, and his charncters of lsst weols, Ofhello. Jago,. and Shylock, rauls among his bast creations,— Jago being perbaps Lis most forcible and intense characterization. - > Tho prescnt is holidsy weok, and will, therefore, call for axtra attractions on ‘tho part of mansgers. Mondsy, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights “Hamles™ will be played, with Mr. Booth s the Prince, and Mr. McVicker as tho Gravedigger. ‘Thnrsday, Friday, and Sat- urday nights ** Richelica " will be given, mith Mr. Booth as the Cardinal and Mrs. Murdoch as Julie. On Christmes-Day an extra matines will bo given, when **The Stranger " will be given for the firet time in several vears, followed by * Eatharine end Petruchio,” in which 3r. Ae- | Vicker will play Grumio. HOOLEY'S TEFATRE. # Clouds,” by Fred Marsden, opened to a light house, but business improved--ass the week passed. . Itisaneatznd eilectivo piece, some- wiat denuded ol charseter by clipping, but ono el suited to the company. It docs not give the “beroine much chanco for fashionable dressing, but allows her opportunities for forcible and intenso acting, ¥hich are especially well provided for in Miss Hawthorne, who has n gift of tears in her accents, 88 well as of power .in ‘her ex- i 1t 18 clzo fortunate in the part it gives h, which combines millinery with the essy afiections-of - polite society, where ono puts on adoration with crepe-lisse trimming, and aflixes devotivn in box-plaitinge. Miss AMarsh has a plessing self-posgession on the Btago, an casy air of being cccustomed to rich clothes and Trefiyed manners, with a noncbal- ance quite in keeping with tho situstion. And her dress i3 really elegant in overy way, which, with a good figire and eraceful carriage, aro great accescories to the visual effect. Tho part is easy snd natural, and easily and naturally played. Mr. O'Neilis equally st home in his part, and looks and acts well. Mr. Backley has 2 strong part. bordering upon the melodramatic, znd yet - not ungenerons, He played. it with gincericy awd marked - effect. Tha scons with his. father, and subsoquent- Iy with Lis gave of unusual power and goud tuste, and the com- bination of these two is so rare as to call fortn unqualified 2ppro Mr. Ryeris very veraa- tilo in point of make-up, and becomes 80 many persons as to sustain ap illusion without effort. His measured articulation is apt to be- come s littlo monotooous, however, Tha cast +as strong throughout, and carned for the pieco o better recaption than it met with. The present week the managemont have pot forth their best efforts, and an enormous cast for tha famous play of Wallack's, *‘The Veter- on," -otreats’ thne carnestmess of their effort. It is - certainly as strong a cast @3 was over anuonnced in Chi- cago, and we venturo to predict an unnsual The picce s in 6ix 2cts, and, With now mu- scenie effects, costumes, and mechanical Klc, contrivauces, promites 1o bo gorgeous and fa- Following is the cas| £ M, James O'Neil 3Mr. Gearse Ryer . Guckley. teresting. Leon Delmar. . Brown ir. Dade . Fitzpatrick «..Mr, Bowmsn Ar. Wallaco . . F. Runyan 21r. . Pembroke frs, C. F. Maeder .Miss Hawihorne Miss Mareh “3tisa Lizzie Gale .Mies Gailagher Aurs..... .. Miss Ciiford There will of course be & Christmas matinee. THE MTEEUM is an assured enccess already, and deservedly 8o. The curiosilies form a better collection than Chicago peopla have ever beforo had an opportunity of seeing, and the general arrange- ment unexceptionable. Tho dramatic porform- ances of the opening weck wero cqually good, and the start mado by the management is such 28 to givo encouragement -for futuro trinmphs: John Brongham's *‘Romance and Heality " was the play of lsst week. Ths present will shosw a variety. Monday nnd Tucsday ovenings and Tcaday matinee an old Museum apecialty, **The Loncashire La s8,” will be piven; Wednesday and Thursday mstine and evening, * Every- body’s Friend” apd **Tho Two Puddifoots™; Christmas Day three porformances.—at 11 . m.; 2:30 p. m., a0d § p. m.,—when * ard,” “Peep O'Day,” and * The Victims,” will be fiven respectively. The last picca will be repeated ot the Satnrday matince. Saturday evening the week will close with * Tho Lan- cashire Lass.” 7 THIE GRAND OPERA-TIOTSE. ‘The minstrels still continue to hold the publio attention, and the present weex the billis so strong as to insuro = continuance of public fa- vor. The cream of the performance is the bur- lesquo opera **Le Petit Faust,” by Herve, pre- pared for the occasion by Kelly & Leon. It abounds in melodies and chorusos, ond 2 trons- formation econo of great beauty and lustro. Begides tho opera. there are specialty acts by the company of characteristic excellence. Thero is a special matinee on Christmus-Day. —_— DRAMATIC MISCELLANY, *{ AN ARTISTIC CRINE.” Under this caption the Herald publishes a lot- ter fiom the translator from the Spanish of the piece. which was porformed at Daly's Theatre under tho titls of *Yorick.” Tho writer claims that he banded the picce to Mr. Daly with tho title, *Un Dramz XNuevo,” with permission to alter it to suit the noeds of tho Americaa stage. Ar. Daly, be claime, has butchered the pieco with Daly, knife, and pen. He says: Tn the first act a new charactes haa_been fntrodnced —Margery—which is of no use and produces NO eifcit. Unnecessary zdditions have been nsds at the begin- ning. Yorick, fustead of entering with Shatspears, in tho original play, enters alono and calls Skacspeare in ofter having ® conversation with the servant and thio prompter, {atroduced in that part by Mr. Daly or hisadapter. 'The dilogus between T'orick and Shat- apeare is shortened, chonged, aud spoilad. Tho dis- logee Letween Edmund and dlice bas botn alio changed to grest diszdvantage, nd also that between Shakspeare and Alice. Even the name of this lady has Deea ridicuously substituted by 4lison, and the clos- ing words of tho act, which ought to be spoken sudden- 1y and ofter Yorick has approached his wife without boing observed, were, on the contrary, pronounced from inside in 3 lond Yoice, while runaing to meet his ‘wifa, by which the great efect intended was destrcyed, ‘But the most horrid massacro was that of tho second scena of the last xct, - In order to explsin it it will be peceseary to tell what is taeidea developed by the suthor. ~ This great claesieal writer, wisLing {o prove thst He wss abls ta write s seasational modern % moro* complicated” evidences |, . Fillo de Mime. Angot”; Tuesdsy, “La Grando piece, produced “ Un Drzma Nuevo " with the only particular object of creating in the sudience an nn- cqualed excitement. 1t is considered almost impos- sible 0 find anytling new and strikinz in dramatic situations, Tamays y Bans found something striking and new, Ho. purposed to pressnt to the public o troups of cctors proparing a performance, and at last playing the plsy. Ono of them, terrilly jcalous of hia wife, "has’ tho part of a jealous husband.. In tho middle of the performance, through tho act of a traitor, he finds tho ‘proof of his wife's t and kills her Jover, The traitor at tho same time, killed in the atrcat on Teaving tho theatre. The first part of the' Jast act occurs ‘Lebind the:scenes, The: stage and the public are supposed Lo be inaide, The sccond part. occura on” tho stago and ropresents tho ploce, Tho imaginary stage is supposed to be in the placo'of tho real stage, and tho imaguary publio to oc- !‘cupy the place of the real public. When the actor his wife's lover,. the prompter, the manager, und g0 0n, invado tho stage, and the marager, Who i Shakspeare, tells then, to the public; that the play can- not be continued on ‘account, of the crime just com- miticd. The illusion then is complete. Tho dulity #0 admirably maintuined prodneed s great vxcitemeut sud » moral lesson alio, plgos, the victims ary (e Ruiily, > § “Mr. Daly has not scized 'the meaning of the pleco, This is & comedy with a dramatic end. The domestic Iifo of a troupa of poor actors’ requires the nstural Ianguage of reai life. Ar, Daly has changed the “you™ of the translation by thc, in tily jvstance, ridiculous “thou.”” Such a chenge is the more infudicious, be- cause the actors ought to spenk ina differcnt manner . when talking among themselves than_when playing in the play. The action must at tho ¥amo time Le rapid, and the aituation natursl. The Killing-achioves, tho plecy should immediately end. 3, Daly, instead of faiy, writes s protracted dtalogue, kills 'Yorfck alfo, aud prosents a ehocking #ad repulsive agouy to the audivuce. CLANCADTY." AMr. Tom Taylor's play of * Clanearty” twas bronght out at Buffalo on Dec. 4,.by Mr. Edwin Adams, who—takivg a benefit ou this occasion— acted Lord Clancarfy. Mr. Wallack intends to produce -this drama later in {he eefison, at his thentia, and to act the chief part. These inter- cating facts aro_givon respecting the piece: “Tho leading incidents and’ persouages aro his- torical. The. history of the asszssination plot of 1696 haa been told by Mpesulay., from ma- terials furmshed mainly by tho stato trialy of | that date. * Tho story of the marriage of Lord and Lady Clancarty, whilo still boy and girl,—s. practice uot uncommon 2t tha timo when it curred,—of theirlong and entire separation, their encountor as strangere, thehusband's sabsequent discovery of himself to .his wife, tho rapid growth _cf their love, Clancarty’s arrest in his wife's arms by Lord Charles Spencer, her brother; his condemnation to deeth under ‘the High Treason act, for being found in England without royal license, after fiiling_high posts in tho armies and councils of James II. at St. Gor- mains, and the pardon obtained with difficalty from. tha King. by the loving courage of Lady Clanearty—all is historical. The nuthor - is answerable for implicating Lord Clancariliy in the axsassination plot of 1696 (for most of” the foaturcs and actors in which, s represonted, in- cluding the scenes and charactars at the Hurat, thero ie historical authority), and for assiguing to him tho manly and courageoas part of first revealing tho plot to the King and tho Esrl of. Portland, which was really played by Thomas Prenaergast, a Jacobito ‘gentleman of *Lanca- shire. . Tho assassination plot immediately pre- ceded tho reunion of Lord and Ledy Clancarty, ahd the combibation of the two sots of incidents involves no violence to historical consistency.” ¢ .0 DRAMATIC READINGS, - Mr. Alfred J. Knight, of this city, known aszn elocutionist of considerablo ability, will give oue of his pleasing cutertainments Taesday 6vening at the Freeport. Opera-Honse.. . - A . UNITY CHURCH. Thers will bs an exhibition of Mrs. Jarlsy's wax-works at the lecture-room of Unity Charch, Tucaday evening, the 22d inst,, at 74 o'clock. Taere will also be a sale of fancy articles suit- 2ble for Christmas gifts. . . 2 s MUSIC, THE APOLLO CLTB. 5 BMr. Dohn having resigned tho condunctorsbip of the Apollo Club, 3r, Carl Bergstein has boon invited to take tho temporary leadership, and will meet with the Club at their rooms for re- heareal on Monday evening. Upon this occasion, it is hoped that not only atl the present butall the old members will -bo in attendance. The Iatter are specially invited, as some important busineas will be brought up in which they are in- torested. THE OPERA-BOUFFE SEASON. Tho lovera of opers-bouffe will b glad to know that to-morrow evening the Aimee troupo will commenco a weel’s scagon. The troupe has been thoroughly reorganized since last winter, and is said to'bo stronger than ever. The reper- tairo for tho week is as follows: Mondsy, “La Duchesso”; Wednesdsy evening, *Las Princesso do Trebizonde "; afiernoon, ‘* Lo Grande Duach- esgo”; Thuredey, “La TFilla da Mmo. Angos”; Friday afternoon, * La Belle Heleno"; evening, *Lg Perichole.” The announcements for Sat- urday are not yet made. The cast for tho opea- ing night is es follows ..3Mle. Marie Aimes Mlle. Kardynn Ango Pitou Larivaudiere Pomponnet. ‘Trenitz. Louchard... ‘Amaranthe, Javette. Cydaliso, -.Mile, Dubouchet Hereilio, 3flle. Julien ile, Pezzuolo 2Mlle. Perrsut Mile, Loreni ilo, Briot Blons, Parrant 2fons. Ollivier Mons. Salvator THE COLLEGE OF MTUSIC SOIREE. The soiree musicalo. last Monday ovening at the College of Music was sgain 5 great success. Tho bouss was o crowded that the door was blockaded, and overy ouo seemod delighted with the programme, ~Miss AMurdock played Liszt's poloauise magnificently. Besides tho polonaiso, the bost numbers were the sonate for piano aud violin, by iss Jones sod Mr. Hunnemaon, and t1ie sonate for four hands, by Misses Fiora and Flva Murdock, Tho soirecs have becomo so popular that Nr. Ziogfeld, the managor, contem- plates building a concert-hall for next wioter. "Tho programme for tho next soirco (Jan. 11) ill bo very intemating, embracing 1. Ltude by Hiller (3fiss Kato Dovis); 2. Prelude and fugue (Mits Nottie Roberta) ; 3. Etude by Liszt (Mies Clara 3urdock) ; 4. Gigue, by Handel, and gigue, by Bach (Miss LouiseStager); 5. Etude by . Clomenti, and_etude by Hensolt '(Mr. Louis Oestorloy ; #. Etudes, by Honselt, for two pianos (Miss hato Davis and Mr. Oestorlc). The grand orchestral concert will bo given in February. The iustrumental numbers ara tho following : Concerto. o +oeen .. Hummel Atiss Clara Murdock and _Orchestra, Concerto. .....Norbert Burgmuller Concertstuck. ““ifr. Lotis Otsterlc and Orchestra. .Reinecke s Rate Davis and Orcheatra, Copriceio Lrilliante. Mins lda Rosing and Orchestra. ALMIAMN CHAPTER, KO. 1, EASTERY STAR. A Chafter of Sorrow,” or funeral gervice, will boheld in Oricutal Ilall, No. 122 LaSalle street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock, to which the ublic are invited. The musical programme will P2 rondored by A, Lionis Falk, organist, and & quartet consieting of Bliss Anna S. Lewis, 80- prano; Miss Clara Parker, contralta; Mr. W. &L Goodridge, tenor ; Mr. D. A. Kimbark, basa. ‘The following is the PLOGRANME 1. Organ—¢ Funeral March ... Alr. Louis Falk: 2, Lacrymosa (from Reguiem Mass, i endelssohn uartet. - 3. Solo—*I Enor that My Redeemer Liveth .. Handel ist Anna S, Levis. 4, “Vital Spark of Heavenly Flame .. Quartet. THE CAMILLA URSO CONCERTS, A concort troupe has been organized by the fovorite artist, Camilla Urso, embracing Miss Clara Doria, 50prano, who it will bo remembered sang here last winter in the * Paradise and the Per1”; William A. Fessenden, tenor, who has sang hero many times -iv concerts with Ole Bull and other artists: J. H. Rudolphsen, the emi- nent oratorio baritone ; Auguste Sauret, pianist, » new-comer: and Camilla Urso, violin. This troupe gives 1ts first concert at Farwell Hall on Monday evening of this week, under tho auspices of the Lakeside Lecture Course, with the fol- lowing very excellent progremme = 1. Trio (for soprano, tencr, and basso), — “Ave Verum .. Ereutzer Aisa Clara 'Doriz, Messrs, Fessenden and Budolplszn, . Piano solo—Plonaise No. 8, Up. 53.+a.... ..Clopin {uruste Sarret. Freischutz,” ¢ Ifa Youth”, Weber 3 3. Polonaize, from ¢ 1 3tiss Clara Doria. 4. Concerto, for fke violin, in E, Op. 64, Mendelssohn e, Camitla Crso, 5. Song, “The Winged Mcssengers ™. Mr. Feasenden, 6. Piano solo, * Caprice heroique . ......Salnt Saena 3ir. Auguate Sauret, 7. Dus (for tenor and basso) from “Masaniello” Auber e s, Festenden and Judolphssn, 431y mothor tids me bind my hair™. Haydn 8. Songs {u The Goldfinch acd the Peasant™, Taubert ¢ tiss Clara Doria, 9, Violin solo, Sarabande and Tambou- rin . 3L, Leclaire Fesca from Opers, endslssohn 11, Trio, from “ Brnani,” ¥ St:y thee, I pray ™. Verdd Miss Ciara Dorke, Messrs. Fesscaden und Ludoiphicns -gramme es follows: ' not ba very successful. The second concert by tho troupo will be given Tuoaday evening. ¢ THE FOUNDLINGS' HOME CONCERT. . Tho concort for tho benefit of tho Foundlings’ Homo takes place at Farisell Hull on the 234, under the joint direction of Messrs. 8. G. Pratt and Hans Balatka, As wo havo herstofors an- nouuced, tho programme will include Mr. Pratt’s Ileroio March, his Symphony, and’ eloven num- bers from his opers of * Antonio and Lucy,” the latter to be done with a select chorus, Mra. Sta.. coy, 3w, J. C. Jones, Mrs. W. H. Hart, Miss Ells White, Miss Kellner, and Messrs. Gill, Schultzo, aud Bowon having the solos snd concorted num- bers. As tho ladics who havo the businocss man- agement of tho concert Lave beon indefatigable in prep.aring the way for & success, a large audi- ence may bo anticlpated. f LEVIEW CONCEET. A review concert will bo given in the lecture- room of the Union Park Cougregational Church on_ Monday ovening, tho 21st inet., by Mrw. W. 8. Tobin's class of children for the benefit of the, Foundlings' Homo. The programme embracea o large variety of interesting musical numbers, in the performance of which tha children will liave tho assistunce of the Coleon Dand, Miss Florence Rice, Mri. A. Draum, and Mr. T. Smith. " 3 . MTRICAL {H0SSIP. . The mueical public will bo glad to know that s, Rogina Watson, tho Indy who made 80 suc- cessful & debut at tho Becthoven Society's con- cert on ‘Thursday evening, has decided to make Chicago her home in futute. As aconcert-player and'teacher she will bo welcome. “The second piano recital for tho clags of ‘His- tory and Literature of the Conservatory of Mu- sic wes given on Saturday last by Alr. Ledochow- ski, the subject boing Handel, and the pro- 1. Fuguein D, 2. Suite in G.. a Allemande: H d Minuet, e A ¢ Gayotto and varistions, Gigue, 3 3, Air in E with variatiode 4. Chucoune in G, A : The Philharmonic Club. of Boston, which is oxpected hero in January, includes in its rauks Bernhard Listemann, violin; Fritz Listemann, . violin; Emil Gramm. viola; Adolf Belz, French horn; Adolf Hartdegen, violoncello; Eugeno Weiner, flute. v . West-Siders will ba glad to know that Mr. “ Gardner, the manager of the Academy of Music, and Mr. Loescl, his excellent orchestral leader, are now arranging for &_scries of Sunday-sven- ing concorts. -As Mr. Loesch has. command of tho best inctrumentalists of the city, and will make the concerts first-class’ from a musical point of view, we 800 no renson why they should ‘We shall'alluds to this project moro in detail hereafter. Mir. Lewis, tho violinist, i3 going to Uniap, Ta., thia week, tu help dedicate sgnew music hail. The third reunfon of the Beothoven Society ill take place at its rooms, next Saturday even- ing. ‘The ninth concert of the West Side Conserva- toty will be given Jan. 12, THE COLLEGE OF MUSIC ALBGM, The Album of the Collego of Musicis now out and will be for sale on Monday at all the music stores. Tho announcement will be particularly interesting to oll musical students, both vocal and instrumentat, as there has been great eager- neas amang them to obtain the new and beauti- ful musicin its pages which is not procurable elsawhesa or in auy other form, as hlr. Ziogfold has tho orlgins] mannsoripts, Il muslc, which consists of picces. both for the voice and the piavo, represents twenty-two of the best living German compasers, who contributed theso pleas- ant little gems for the Album. They are Abt, Dradsky, Breslauer, Chwatal, Emmerich, Ech- berg, Gotthardt, Graben-Hoffmau, Honsols, Heizer, Jansen, D. Krug and Arnold Krug. Kun- kel. Metzdorfl, Papperitz. Joachim Raff, Rochr, Radecke, Reissman (well known both as artist sod suthor), Spindler, sud Tappert. Such an array of names as this is of itself o guaranteo that the music will be of no ordinary character. In fact we bave no doubt that its excellence and certain popularity will causo its speedy publica~ ionin sheet form. In sddition to the music, the Album contains a large amount of intorest- ing matter relativo to the College. _The pub- lishers, Messrs, Chandler & Curtiss, baro dono their part with excellent good taste, and in printing, binding, and musical impression, thero i3 no room for improvement. Asn holiday gift this little book will prove s masical treasure. CSICAL POBLICATIONS. ‘e have roceived from Mesars. 8. Brainard's Sons, Cloveland. tho following of their Iatest publications, ombracing music mainly of the popular sort: ““The Pilgrim,” “Pilot Me,” * Heart Be 8till,” * Forsake Mo Not,” * Ouvly," “Winding the Skein,” * Sighing for Thee,” « Drifting,” and * Leave Me Not Now,” songs by that very prolific writer, U. C. Burnup; *SHIL 1 Tove Thee.” with guitaraccompaniment. by C. T. Lockwood ; *‘Bvangeline,” an arrange- ment for piano, flute, and cornet, by W. S. Hays; ¢ Little Darling. Do You Love Me?” song and chorns by Ben Dodge; “That's the Time Yon Will Know Who's Your Friend,” fong and chorus by C. Thatcher; and Babil and Bijou Quadritle, by Riviere. ‘The same firm has also jus: issned Volume 82 of an admirablo series of short voluntaries, offertories, and transcriptions for pipe or reed organ, arranged and adapted from tho works of such composers as Bocthoven, Lefeburo-Wely, Datisto, Schuvers, Mondelssohn, and otbers, edited in s very tasteful ‘msnner by Iorace E. Kimball. Tho work is one which will be highly prized, ospecially by young players, as all the pieces aro available for public worship, and in- dications for tho uss of the pedals are given througlout the work. A now musical paper called tho Clarion bas made its appearance in Salem, Mass, Bunavwitz, the composer of * Thwo Bridoof Mes- 8ina,” bas finished a grand heroic opera in four acts, to bo performed at Philadelphia, its birth- place, this season. The title is *‘ Ostrolenka,” the scene in Poland, the story one of usurpation and successful insurrection, Ostrolenka, a man of the Eosciusko stamp, leading the rebels. OFEBATIC NEWS. The Louisville Courier-Journal of the 17l £2] Manager von Garay returned from Cin- cinnati yestorday, having closed s contract for threo winter aud two summer scasons of the German opera and drama in that city. Ho will begin his new ventura Jan. 11, 1875, with ‘ Tenn- hauser ’ at Robinson Opera-Hall," This is surely making o fine start. He has salready engaged his dramatic company. It is his intention to keep his opers orgaunization employed at Cincinnati ontil tho 1st of Fobruary, when ho will send it out upon a week's tour, during which time his theatrical company will givo perform- ances at Robinson's. U‘y’)ofl its return, towards the Iatter part of the same month, the theatrical company will visit Louisvillo. By this plan of alternating he will keep both_employed. He is very sanguine of succoss, and the liberality and enterpriso which have marked his mauagement tiero certainly augur well for him.” * The Italian opera troups is m Boston, and ap- poara to bo doing well. Cincinnati hes recently had *The Bohemian Girl,” and Louisville Herold's *Zamps,” dona b{ amateurs, with the usual amount of smateur glory. 1. Itis ramored that Afr. Santley will join tho Carl Rosa opera company in the provincial tour to bo commenced early in 1875. Johnnn Strauss has, according to the Neue Freie Presse, enterad into negotiations with a great Parisian publisher to compose for him an opera to o French librotto. Two principal thea- tres of Paris are in competition for the right of producing it. Anton Rubinstein ia a¢ present in Paris for the purpose of arranging with M, lanzier for the production of his new opers ‘Yero™ as one of the first novelties of the New Opera. ~His .opera ** Die Maccabaer " will be produced at Ber- lin in Fobruary, the rehearsals and performance being under his personal direction. Mr. Mapleson is to_bring out * Lohengrin ™ next s0ason at Drury Lane with Nilason as Elsa, Campamini a8 the Anight, and Tietjens as Ortrud. _ mERSEE. ) Our readers will be glad to hear the following favorable news from littla Heraee, Who was such afavorite here, which we findin the London Standard of Nov. 23: The very successful series of promenade concerts given by Messrs. Gatti, at Covent-Garden Theatre, ap- pesr to {ncroase in attractiveness as thoy draw near their termiuation, to make room for the inevitablo preparatious for the forthcoming Clristmas panto— mime, 1t mustbo said, however, that te interest of these entertalnments has been agreeably austained In the last_two engagements made by the entrepreneurt, Ly which the services of Mliss Rose Hersoe and Herr Josef Guog? havo been pocured, Misa Roso Heraes 18 3 host in heraclf, since in her we ses almout the ouly representative of English opera fited (o wear tho mantle of Perepa-Ros3, and tuoroughly ablcto sup- pord the preetige. of native lyrical art, At Covenl- Garden 3iss Rose Hernice hes Lesn [combining the vo- cations of ballad and_opera-ringer, giving avidence of Der versatility, end proving that 'hes command over all styles of vocal compostion is equally perfect. That the young lady's efforis have been greeted with the hesrtiest possible success it is _only just to sfirm, and thera is no reanon to doubt that the stiraction which Mies Hersce bas hitherto exorcised over the public will continue throughout her engagement. Allopathiy—Paddy (he has brought a prescrip- tion to the chomist, who is_carefally weighing & very minute Enniun of calomel)—* Oi big ser pardon, sor: but y' ero mighty nare ‘19» that mideine! And (coaxinzly) I may till ye—'tis for & poor motherliss child 1™ . WOMAN. ‘Women’s Feet and Foot-Senti- ment. * Cinderclla ** Only the Expression of a Universal Sentiment, The Questions of Woman’s Dress and Woman’s Education. Itews Relating to Woman, and Therefore of Interest to Everybody. ‘WOMEN'S FEET AND FOOT SENTIMENT. Why should Mrs. Swisshelm hold Cinderella responsible for the foot-sentiment provaiing among all classos of neatly all peoples to-day? Tho sentimont existed before Cinderells camo, slipperless, on tho stage, and sho was only an incidental outgrowth of the sentiment, or wis . introduced to signalize or illustrate an unusually violent ‘attack. Cinderclla does not touch ths case ; the sentiment A . 13 DORN WITHL TH. Small feet are catalogued with bright eyes. well-shaped noses, and beautiful faces. We like them on instinct, and we always will. Dces zuy ono believe that Eve Liad largo feet; or that sho failed, in tome way, to call Adam's attention to the curve of Ler inatep, ar to the general su- periority of the” woman’s foot; as zn object of admiration, over the man's? Bo this as it may, the character of tho foot-sentiment was dater- mined 2t a very early day in tbe histary of her descendents, and roged through Hebrow and Peraian poetry, as it now does through ours (to say nothing of Clina, claiming priority here as well as in regard to compass aund guupowder, and numerous other things). THE WOMAN'S FOOT of romance, of pootry, and art, and of day- drezms, is a wonderful thing. While it is sur- rounded by mystery, end bas abont it the en- chantment or atmosphere of Fairyland, it wears well in & practical age, and stands as firm 1n our literaturo and our avery-day life as our favorite nursery-rhymes. It is everywhere treated with the greatest respect. When it is to be intro- duced in etory, or poem, or drama, the suthor approaches tho consideration with a timidity and deference that color the languago or the picture, and the reader or spectator is impressed with the importance of the occasion and the sacredness of the subject. 3 Inone of the modern dramas recently pro- duced in Chicago, a. striking scene rccoives a warm _coloring of sentiment, not because the lady is balf-frozen and danger is mear, but becatse of tho almost comical besitancy of the i REMOVING IEE 8HOES. Thers may bo o Decessity for romoving tho shoes, or there'may not be;-there msy be no reason for any spocial auxiety about the feet than sbout the hands, or ears, or face ; but the. peoplo of drees-circle and gallery nover think of thess things,—never ontertain any doubts as to reasons or conditions,—nover tolerate_quibbling when women's foet are concerned. The power or agent that influencesis the ideatized foot of woman,—the poetry that hangs sbout it,—tho roverenco of man for if. Striving for effects that would be new or novel, the suthor drove one of his telling scenes to succoss on the sentiment that clings about a woman's foot. ConsciousYhat the arrangement of the scene savored of claptrap, ke mado his ven- turo on the knowledge of the truth that all men idealize the woman's foot, and that this ideal- ized foot is a fixture in the eentiment of actual, practical life. E Charles Reade, who writes a novel as a matter of business,—who aims to have tho machinery of his story move with an every-day clatier and bang,—who prides himself upon hia realism,—is A GREAT FOOT-WORSHIPER, and ofter introduces his heroines barefoot in lLis most dramatic ecenes. In ome story, tho #hoes and stockings of the heroine aro torn off by tho rushing waters in tho most astontshing and rolentless way, and the white feet of tho pretty girl stino upon tho reader through one of the most remarkable chapters of the book. In another sceno of the same story, arranged and lighted with true dramatic skill, the woman's foot brings with 1t the element of rontiment to goften a picture that might otherwise seem weird and bareh. In gathering matcrials for this sconc, the author selected, as important ele- ments, the old. church, inside view (common cuough) ; the blacksmith’s forge and its firo (cominon enough, but o mnovelty in & church) ; the stalwart, humblo lover, almost triumphant tho almosi successful _lover, distressed and _ helpless (romsutic and conven- tional); nnd the woman's foob (s surprise becauso of the authoritative atatement that there isno romsntic nonsenso sbout the scene- shifter,—an agreesble surpriso_becsuso the foob is always weloome). And, while wo remember the two male figures and their attitudes, and all the strange accessories of the scene, tho promt- nent figure is the owner of tho woman's foot CHANGING. HER STOCKINGS. 2 As there are 80 many suthors with more senti- mont, and moro imagination, and more delicacy than Mr. Reade, it i8 easy to understand that the woman’s foot i8 often touched with raro graco in story and verso. ‘The ideal foot of women not only walks throngh romaace, and poetry, and day-dreams, but dances on & tantalizing way through practical life. A woman injures her arm; it is very sad. She injures ber foot ; it is very £ad, but tinced with the romantic. A shoo has no more importance than = glovo but the people takothe band on its menty, and indulge in o vast amount of ‘make-believe about the foot. This foot is not necessarily the foot ssen- on the streets or on the stege. A man may sec the muddy ghoes of women * &ll day; may eee Jarge foot, 2nd feet lll-proportioned in uso ; may seo -women ploadig about barefoot;.and vef, all this observation will not bring tho ideal foot down from its pedestal, or in apy way disonchant him. The peoplo like & beaatifal foot SIMPLY AS' A BEAUTIFUL ¥OOT. Thoy never entor into the consideralion of details ; nover consider toes 28 toos, or heel as, heel; never think of dimensious in inches, or in* connection with figures ; but simply consider the foot 18 foot. There is o sort of gallan- try in this idealizing. It is sssumed that overy woman possosses the_ideal foot. It may - not bo the one sho walke with, or the one that becomes tired, and is queezed intos tight fhoo ; but then she has it. Thosentimental philosophy does contemplate s man who will 1wsist on recon- ciling the two propositions. In this department of gallantry, the prosy business-mon of to-day outdo ths gallant kuights of old. The deferenco paid to women's feet in unuttered thought, in actual, every-day life, in poet's verse, and in novelist's picture, ia the more wonderful when we remember the spirit of restless inquiry ana relentless investigation charactaristic of tho age. The foot-sentiment of real life is " TOO FIRMLY FIXED» to be ruflled by trifles. A wan may heve seen o woman's foot as protiy and symmetrical as toat of a child, and another man msy never hsve seen one. And yet the man who Las not seen is a3 much & foot-worshiper as the other, and has re- ally about the pame idea and_impreesions 28 to the details of & pratty foot. The scatiment ex- irts independent of facts, and rules women as weli as mon. While Dubufo's * Prodigal Son ™ wag on exhibition iu tho city, 0o expression was repeated 0 often as, ** What lovely fect!” The adjective indicates that tho cxclamation came from women ; and, in truth. the feot of the dancing girls, g0 pretty as feet, and so cxpressive in their way, were oftcn the firat objectsto catch the ayo and ronse the onthusiasm of the avorage observer, man or Woman. The ouly relentlcss men are THE SCULPTORS BHOEMARLES The ‘senlptor. desling with details in marble, rarely makes tho feet of his statucs satisfactory to tho oxacting public. He may join them to Apollo lega;_but be has condescended to moas- ure and consider proportions, aud the public re- senty the measuring and caleulating. Generally, the poct and the eculptor bave the same ideal; but, in this foot idesl, the scnlptor is farther from the poet than tho prosy-looking, abeent- minded man walking on the street. We can consider s handin detail,—enlarge upon the taper fingers, the pink nails, the fair gkin : we considor a face, and pass judgmont -on mouth, n eyes, and eyebrows ; but & foot is always simply a foot. THP. GREAT QUESTION is, Where will thia mere soutimentality abont a foot lexd us 2 Will tho universal prevalence of = high ideal standard ever result in the improve- meut of the actusl, er will our lamo cfforts to reach the standard of excellence take us farther from the ideal? Tho Clineso have been crazy with this sentimens for ages, and it has carried them to & very peculiar state of practical development. Their effort to take the actual woman's foot up to their ideal standard ‘has uot resulted well for the foot, and doesn't speak much for their ideal. But then thess Chiveee always were whimsical and awkward, with a disposition_to start wrong and go wrong, 2nd do their level best in a wrong-end-first and down-gide-uppy way. Their cxample will not disenchant any man in thia progresaive country. You cannot disenchant man on this subject, rea- son with him or demonstrato as much as you will. . Ho will frown &t your anatomist, snecr at your shoemaker, and protest against the notions of your aculptor. What can you do with him? Lot himdream. SvLvEsrzx TALLOWLRIGAT. T7OMEN'S DRESS. Ars, Lounise Chandler Moulton, in reviewing, in the New York Tribune, AMrs. Woolson’s book on **Dresg-Reform,” eays: “Every modern bello would no doubt be a Venus if she could,—tbe trouble is that sho can't; and so sho must content herself by trying to be a pretty girl. But, save Mrs. Woalson, let her be pretty and healthy at tho same time. Certainly, gentlo lady; I agree with yon thero; and unlees she is reasonably healthy sho will not long be pretty. But how is this marvetons combination of Lappy, and healthy, and hand- some to bo best attained? There is tho question which Mra. Woclson has tried finally to sottte, and there is where wo are forced to take issue with her. “ Are women's shoulders mads of cast-iron any more than their hips 2- If" you overweight them, shall they not ache ? I think tha casts of tho fomale figure, in a museum of anatomy, would convinco any unprejudiced observer tnet fominine hips aro qnite as well calculated to bear burdens as feminino shoulders aro. But in one reapect Mrs, Woalson and Ler sister reformers are umquestionably right ; snd ~that is, that a reagsonsble woman shonld not allow ber drods to bo cambered by such a yeight of trimming that her frecdom of locomotion 18 impeded by it, and walking ia rendered unendurably fatigning. ' One wonld not dare to be more healthy than the average Englishwoman, unless ons de- sirea to_bo & wandering Jew and outlive all one's frienda; and yet tho average English- woman dresses, savo {n two important particu- lars, precisely after the model of Ler American sistor, excopt that her taste in the arrangement of tho dress is infinitely poorer. Tho English- woman'a walking-dresses are simpler and lees heavily trimmed, and her boots are thicker and Tooser and brosder in the sole. Itmsay secm s startling proposition, but I assert that nothing will make a woman's back. ache quicker than tight boots. If I were snAlL D., Icould no doubt enter into a learned ‘explanation "of this fact—as it ie, I simply stata it. Let any woman wear the clothes of the present time, made suit- able for the occasion, and I venture to beliave that her costume will bo a9 bealthful 8 any- thing can be, short of costs and pantaloons. “I don't myseif think that coats and pan- taloons would mske women any stronger, or more licalthy ; but I dare ot epeak with unduo positivenees about an experiment I Eave never tried. Oue brings to the front Dr. Clarke, the author of “Bex in Education,” with & certain hesitation, because to Mra. Woolson and the earnost and thoughtfut women who ‘share her views, bo is such bote noir; bat, low be it spoken, tho experience of countlesa other women proves him to %o 'a good physicin ; 2nd #o ‘my mind ‘- there was much force in something he eaid the other day to a young lady of my acquaintance. Leoking over her attire of tastofal gkirt, and basque, and overakirt, heavy frieze walking jackot, and soft folt hat, he said: *Isco nothing harmful hers —I have no fault to find. It could scarcely bo better.” ‘But the corsets,’ said shei ‘rust ws give up those?” ‘Bp no means,’ was the reply. *I consider them a necessary and useful support. Becauso they can be sbused, because & woman who syeighs two hundred can use them tolace berself into deformity, it is no sign thoy are bad in themselves.”” - *{ TOE UNDERSTIT.” Letter from @ Female Physician in the Des Moines Reauter. ; For nine years past I have worn what I call an undersuit, which now I prefer to ‘chomiloon.™ My husband, & very intelligent and thoughtful physician, was always suggeating some good ides. in dress. I improved on the first idea in severzl ways until now I thiok it as nearly perfect as itcan well be. 43 to tho idea of ita diefigur- ing a protty woman. that. is noosense. If there is any perfect contour sbout a woman, the undersult shows it to herself,: at loaat, if she has no husband, and it is not suppos- able that even ‘pretty women ™ ehow sll their toilet to every curious eyo. I have persuaded many ladies to wear tho undersnit, as it does away with garters—and I ingist upon my patients laying of their garters. I =m nover afrai run, climb & foace, or have a * rongh-and- tumble” frolio with somebody's littla folks. There ia no droger that the loss of a button will Precipitate s suggestivo white muslin parcol into unwalcome view. I nover have to atep into a store and whisper with crimson cheeks to a gap- ing clerk that I must * fix my clothes,” and hido behind & pile of dry goods, while tho clerk looks 80 innocent at the next customer. X 5 EDUCATION OF WOMEN. In s diecussion on “ co-cducation of the sexes,” at Detroit, recéntly, it seemed to be gener- ally admitted that though girla memorize with greater facility than boys, theyZdo not retain ag well. Dr.L S:Smith aaid ho had heard it as- serted that a woman could never learn naviga- tion, and his experience was that no woman could ever, when out of sight of land, tell within 10 miles of where she was. Gen. Scott once tried to teach a woman the manual of arms, bnt it was a failure. That same woman once tried to take a vessel into a harbor, but went to ses. A woman can do o great many things well and effectively, but a3 & professional person, in an emergency, she fails. Ask female physicians to go out 10 miles to ses » patientinsuch weatheras the present, andnot one 1n s hundred will go. The statistics of Bucks County, Pounsslvania, showed that over twenty male teachers in that county had held their poaitions continuously for thirty years; whilo the oldest, in secrvice, female feacher in” the county had been an iostructor but ten years, and the number of fomale teachers who had gaue to their graves was noticeable. ‘Tha speaker had no objection to.women learning all thero is to learn in the world,—bocome physicians, lawyers, divines, and practice them all.—but it wsa his opinion that, as a clasy, females aro not fitted for arduous physical or mental labor. Lot her climb the laddcr 25 high a8 ehe can, but thera are eome ladders that sho cacnot climb as. high as a boy. ALL ABOUT A NEW SHIRT. From the St. Louis Republican, There is a superstition thet tho pressntation of a knife without any equivalent whatever will cut friendship, There is a fact Iately como 10 light, in & small town where there is a great desl of primitive simplicisy, that the presenta- tion of a shirt by & woman to the mau she wants to marry will cut the heart out of love One young girl tried it, and made her lover 3 plistening white shirt with her own pretty hands. He retired to bis boarding-house, put it on, and went straighiway to see and mako love to an- other, girl. Clad ina clean shirt Lo folt abora tho doamstress who bad made it, and eho lost his coveted company. 8he did notsit down £nd whino over the linen that bsd gone astray, but took a pistol in her delicate hards and tripped ber way to the boarding-house afore- said. Sho ,met the unsuspecting rover, and. presenting tho pistol, told bim to take off that rhirt. He hesitated and was lost. Ho saw desperation in those oyos and death in the pis- tol. Ho peeled and banded the Ekl the solled garment, which sho took on tho point of her pistol and poked into the stove. And the flame died out and her love went nE the chimney with tho emoke. Ho sought tho . secrecy of his chamber to mourn over the depletion of his wardrobe, and she, cocked and primed, went off for another lover. MARRY OR DIE. Frow the Washington Iepublizan, Suit was instituted yesterday for Theodore T. Stockman 2gainst Emma Stockman for a decrée of divorce. Ho saya defendant is a daoghter of Ar. Georgo Ellie, of Georgetown, and that shs is about 30 yesrs of ago; that about's year ago he was introduced to her, and was induced to accompany ber home, and subgequently visited her occasionally for from four to five months, when he discoutinued his visits, aod afterwards gaw her bat once, and then at a distance, until October, when her fatber met him in George- town, and, to his profonnd astonishment. seized bim forcibly by the collar and compelled him to g0 to his house and marry tho defendant. Ha 8238 ho never promised to marry her; that her father Literally dragged and forced tho plaintift t0 his houee, and took him into the parlor and closed tho door, telling him to marry defendant, and, plaintiff_replying that ho would not, Ellis put his hand into his bosom to draw & pistol, and gaid: *Then you mast take the consequences.” He then complied. and immediately therea{tor Ioft the house, and bas not lived with her since, mor ever will. MISOELLANEOUS TEMININE ITE: When s young man i Charleston, 8. C., saves the daughter of & millionsire from drowning, be is prosanted with a pair of kip boots kaviag red tops. - i A mother-in-law in a house is a well-spring of jawy. The last gentleman in & lady's thoughts isgens orally the first as well. The bed on which a Parisian husband poisoned his two wives was sold at a fancy prico to Mme. Tussand recently. A Detroit servant-girl bas remained ina family thirty-one years, rather than incur the troubla and expenso of raising one for herself. A letter was recently received at Wallingford, Conn., directed to * My own true love,” with tha box number, and the girl received it. - Advice to husbands—Bettle ss muck money upon your wife as you can, for ker second huse band, poor fellow, may not have a sixpence. “Tcan afford to be a little' oxtravagant naw, 28 my husband's boen elected to the Legialatura, ™ #ald an Indiana woman as she ordered eix barg of sosp to bo sent up. Partics, says the cynic of the ¥ie Parisienne, aro like womon ; they appreciate onr fidelity to them, but they rojoico over our infidelities ta auother in their favor. ‘‘Heaven bless yon," said John Henry, “it was the prettiest fight yon ever eaw. She punched away at the ivory keys like mad, and the piano-forte nobly.” A Brockport man dreamed recently that his aunt was dead, and the dream proved true. Ho tried tho same game with his mother-in-law ; but it didn’t work worth a cent. : A Now Hamrpehire woman points with pride to a 23-year-old atove; but she don't tell howmany succezsivo husbands havo been used up in the annual endeavor to fit the pipe to it. Tadiea should remember to Lkesp their mouths shut when going ont of 3. warm room into_the cool air. " In fact, it wouldn't hurt anyihing to keep them ehut at somo other timos. . A romantic young lady, whose father refused to.rent an Italian villa on the bauks of Laue Gomo 0 & summer residence, haa threatened tu g0 West and marry & California highwayman. “Only & woman's bair,” remarked Spivens,. musingly, 88 ho gazed down into his plate; *a red-beaded woman at that!” It may ba very zentimental, but it somehow gots away with my appetite.” Of course, 8 woman doesn’t want her plaats to freezo, but still one can’t blame = man for raising a'row when he Lops outof bed ‘in the morning and finds o garanium-plant in each trouseis-leg, - . 1t is bardly necsssary to deny tho rumor that Iadies who atteud our thestres frequently. turu an honest penny by zecopting from gentlemen hehind them pecnniary indacements to it bare besded duriog the play. : - Hair-dealers, who buy in the French Provinces tho abundsnt tresses of the comntrywomen, ureus a traffic that s something dangorous. tecently, B countrymau, whoso wife had sold her hatr, caught tho buyor and shaved bis head. <A womsn who sapires to bo the presiding gevius of hor own hansehiold mast never bo ix doubt. - When her Lusband is_going cn Lvely at thio other end of tho breakfast-table, it won't dc for her to hesitate between the coffes-urn-and the elop-bowl. - Tulis Ward Howe informs us that the financial incompatence of men in general is be- coming every day moro ovident to the world at targe.” It is especially evideat in the morning, when their wives Lave *gone throngh” thuit pockets overnight. Helon M. Gooko writes that © kisses 'on her brow are the richest diadem n woman's soul as- pires to.” And yet a fallow who kiseea & young Iady oo her brow while ber rouy lips are makinz motions liko a patent clothes-wringer is not the man for the position. " An adroit thief who sbstracted an oatenta- tiously displayed chock for 81,000 from the gifts at a'wedding the other day, only to find that the old man's balance in the bank was ‘€4.50, thinks thoreis no chance for honest industry in this city.—Brookiyn Argus. = & A Michigan court has decided that a woman with two husbands cannot be guilty of bigamy if- she marties her first husband before she ia 1% yours of age. The decision has caased consider- able consternation among thoge affectionate hus- bands in the State who thought they were b - ing up their happiness when they married gixia. The Troy Times relates this: A yonng lady in a neighboring village sccepted an_ invitation from a young gentleman toride, and when -tha gentleman came with his horse and. buggy tha lady fonnd it impossible to gt iu, 8o closoly had she adhered to the provsiling fashion of draw- ing her dress tightly about her. She aaked to be excused, and, going into the house, let out twa or three reefs in her dress, when eho was ens abled to ges into tha buggy.” G . A man called upon s lawyer the other day and began to state his ¢asd in & rather abrupt man- ner. *“‘Sir, Ihave como toyon for advice; I'm a.husband-in-law.” ‘A what?” spoke out the lsarned counsel. . * Husband-in-law, eir!” &1 have nover seen that dofined in domestic rela- tions.” * Don't you know what a husband-in- lawia? Bir, you'ro no lawyer; you're anizno- ramus !—I aw a husband-in-law, but not in fac!, sir—my wifo's run off.” Ars. Livermoro eaye that Massachusetts wom- en have in somo respects got more than their rights. The last Legislaturo of that State passed a law under wkich a wife maygo into busines: on her own account, and, no matter how much money sho may make, or how poor her husband may be, can forco him to support her.’ Mrs. Livermore regards this 2s uujust to husbands and as unasked for by wives. A gentle, husbandless creatnre in Illinois writes to a Iawyor who advertised that be woult provide companions for unmarried persons : * My Dear Mr.——: This ia to cartify that Lam a widow with thirteen children born: have had three husbands, esch of which died in peaco in hisown way. I have a emall farm, and would tako snother husband yet, if I could findg yonng one ; no ofd. ball-headed sardine need ap- Ply, he will not be taken in. Ten dollars will be given toyon to prodnce tho man.’’ Tha intuition of the Treasury girls serves them well in the connterfeit buginess; and Gew. Spinor, who haa had twelve years’ expericnce: in the work, saysthey are worth ton times as much as thomen for such buriness. “‘A mau always bas s reason for o counterfeit,” says the, Genaral; * forty, maj-be, but ke is wrong halt thetime. A woman pever hasa reason. She says'tis counterfert becanseit is counterfeit. and she's always right—though she couldn’s tell. ow she found oat if she wers to bs hung for it.’ Only the otticr day, I heard o _protty and ver, attractive gir), from New York, declzro ina de fient manner: I am not going to alter my be Lavior to pleaso these Parisians. I am ar American, and 1’11 do ‘as T choose. Iknow wha' 1 am, and my friends know. And if any French: man offers me an_iosalt, my father will borse - whip him. I go whero and how I like in Paris I have never boon molested, and [ am pretty sura I sbau't be, either.”—Paris letler. S g CHRISTHIAS COMitG. Featiery fizkes ars dncing, daacing, In the gray morn's froety gleazi; Herz1ds they of reindeer prancing From the gardens of our drearm,— From the bright land of the FIf-King, ‘Where the bon-bons gaily grow, Just like'sweats of Summer.gardens When the tulips smile i row. Feathery fiakes are falling, falling, From tho skies ix softest way, And between sro voices calling— * Soon stawill be Chriatmas-Day.” Don't you know bow in the Spring-time Wintry snow aze kcattered wide, Ere the loveiy purplo blusssms Dare to peep from where they hide 7 Feathery flakes are sifting, sifting, T Throagh the chill Deceinber atf,— Tlere, and there, and youder drifting, Making overything more fairi Laying whiter folds than linen On the houses 3nd the treea, Bofter than the richest damask ~ Bpread onr dainty guests to please. * Soon the bon-bows will be falling, “As tl:e flakes have failen to—day, And tho childrea will bs calling To their Patron-Saint vo gsy © “ART we knew, waen came the snow-fiakes, You would come, deas Sauta Claus ; 5 For we always (you remecmber) Know the wind's way by the stzaws.® Boon the trees, as fair asany & That the elves have wrextbed with mow, Wil b planted—oh | 80 many In our many bhomes—and Io ! 2 mething better far than snow-flakes Shall bo hung sbout their green,— dlcs, toys, and fairy tapars Lighting up the merry acene. And the children, dancing, dancing, Till all tired their Iittle feet, Shall, with half-shnt eycs upgianciog, ‘Wonder, * Why i3 life &0 sweet? And zome tender vofce skall whisper,~ Flake-K¥o falling from aboye,— s “ Curistmas 13 £0 pweet, my daritng, Just because its King'ts Love® —~Mary B. Dodge. AL e s 7t