Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 13, 1875, Page 3

e i s THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JUNE 13, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. . ] %———_ Mortis give “Garrowen's Sweethenrts,” the POSTERS. whilo ovar the gréater portion of the block the on the heat question. Therois ndiffercnce us | eration for the soletice. It s popularized. Prices AMUSEMERTS. Hr, Pratt aud Eis Farewell Cencert. Home Gossip--Albani in Faust —Musical Notes. [hs Coming Reformation in Summer Theatrical Performances. lew York Stage Gossip—Kate Field as an Aetress—Rignold's Benefit. Bill of Fare cf the Home Theatres for the Week. Grover’s and Soggs’ Benefits, MUSIC. AT HOME. ME. FRATT'S COXCEAT. The ouly musical event of the week which has fast clossd was Mr. B. G. Pratt's ferewell con- sert. prior to his departurs for Germany, where 10 gotd to resume his siudies in composition, wnng also, we behervs, tho additional purpose m view of givicg somo attention 1o the work of wchestral leadersbip. The progromme was naioly composed of excerpis from hie mani- xript operaof *“Lacy and Avtobio,” snd, con- nidering the fact thit the exme numbers were given at bis winter concert in Farwell Hall, thereby depriving them of the elemeat of sovelty, and that the cocert was out of the musiosl sea~ xcn, the audience may be called s vers flattoring o6, 80¢ ¥ery COWPIMENtArs 10 tho Foung com- poser, In avother respect aleo, Mr. Prait may consider pimailf very fortunats. Whalover werits bis iousic mar have or not bavo, be st Jeast bad the services of the very best musical talent 1n th city, mcludiog Mrs, Staces and Mre. Bwrkwesther, eopranos; Alrs. Watioas, con- tralio; Mr. Stsvloy, tenor; Mesere. Goodwillic a0d Gil, baseos; tho admirable Qualer City Qusrtetie: Miss Loonard, Mesars. Ledochowski, Lewis, Allen, Freiberg, aud Eichbieim in accom- peotments; snd & wod-balanced aod cou: scientices chorus of about £fty voices, who, with thy exception cf afew slips which wers perhaps nnavoidable, gave Mr. Pratt the benefit of their best endeavors. Ifisrare thal sov ©composer can dummon a etronger array of talent for theintroductior of Lis work, snd this fact Temoves any complawt which mught otherwise be -oade ikt the mugic his not bad a 1air hear- iog. Mf. Pritt will never hear it doue with more horest éndeavor or beariy determiuation, and, wiatevér may have been tho verdict con- cerniog the music, we dombt mot that the sudieucs was unammous in its opinton refauve io the singwg. The threo Ieddlig solos Wers the tensr wolllojay snd air, “Now sioks gals teilight o'cr ths bay,” by M. Bianiey, formerly of the Enghsh Opera Sroape; the recitanon sad ar, there 3 62" by Mre, Stacey, sud tho “Slucibér Bong.” br Mrs: Watrons. The two former are ub- gratefal and vming for any singers, exacting upoa the high vuice, aad £0 destitats of melody thst the singens nose make amends by vory de- eided dismstic expression, or ther will utlerly fail to convey &g effect. -Tha Liter, however, iss melody. very charccteristic in its rhythm, very happils adjusted ta tha toxt, and very cousisient u iis seit.og. Coasidering the difiicnltios of the first two, Mis. S:a oy and Mr. Btaley ere deserving of the bigbest praise; o fact, without refercnce to the merit of tue musie ¢ sl Mra Btacey's performancs of her solo, couwdered purely 43 a pieca of vocal are. was something very unusual oo our local concers sge. Mr. Stanlev’s appearance was virtually the Arst hie has made in a public copeert, sud al- thozgh. 28 we have said, his numbér wad & most ungratefal one, £iill ho developed in its execn- tion ¢ _guality and compses of voico and a meihed of ainging which were admurable, and wiich will fucresse tho pleasuro of the pub- he in knowing that hs mtends makiog Chicago his home. Mrs. Watrons was fortanaze in hav- ing & aumber (*Tire Siumber Song”) assigued 1o har wich i characterized by pure melody. But **The Slumber Song ™ was st.li wmove forta- nata in baving wuch oo accomulished singer rea- derit. Her excellent achievement in fact. which w2 grested with 3 most enthusiastic encore, tempta the question at oncs, why wo do not hear this ady mcro frequently yooms. Her voico 14 & paro coutral: large, tall, snd fexible. b marksble richoess of tone. It additicn to these 2atural abilities, e has gonuiue dramatis ear- nestoess, at times amounting $0 iutensity, oa ‘was sbown in her bnef 8dlo in the jinal con- oorted number, and yet #he sings with peculiar 286 and reposo.—b ccmbiust.on of qualties not often found in siogers (especially among altos). With euch characteristics as these, joived to & stately and very pleasiog a:age presesce, thero i no reason why stio should not be hesrd more frequently. Ve bave s0sTauo soloiets in profu- sibn, but the akod desérve vlro such reprasenta- tion as Mru. Watrous can givo them. = Basi the pumbers from Mr. Pratt’s opers, thers were Soms mieceliaued e ones—thio overture 1o “ Will- 1am Tell ™ ror four hands (Mise Leonurd azd Mr. Pratt); the andaute of ihe Mendclssoin LrioinC minor (Meswrs. Ledochowati, Lewis, and Eich- Leim) ; the Cuopin Polonnise in E it (Mre. Regi- Ba Watdor? - and *#on! Lougings " Messrs. Law- is, Alien, Ireiberg, Erchlieim, and Pract), which added muck: to the wterest of Lie concert by givig it a variely which tbe concert of last winter did pot possess. In its proper connec- tion, we omitied to mention the Quaker City Quartetts, which sang the screuade ** Sailng the Sea,” fzom tho opers, in their owa inimit- sblestsle sud with & perfoction of harzonic effect which guined s rousing eacore, to which they replied with a song of Haton's. We kave before this expressed our niews of Mr. Pratt’s musis, more particularly, however, withreference to his insraciental work, like the sym- phony and tho ovorturs fo fhis opera, which were mnot given on _Thursday eveniug. The vocal gelections ware done much better than on their first presentaiion, and hia musio had tbo relicf of other musio 10 vary it, all of which tended to create for 1 a more favorable impreesion. Mach of it, however. etill appeara crude, unsettied, and unrestful making dus al- lowances for the disturbioce of context. It contains the germ, however. We shall watch Mr. Prati’s studies in Gormaoy with interest, aca we ehall await his retrn to s with the de- sire to know what fruit s gersa wall produca. Auf wiedersehen. 2LIND 7031, Test phenomensl geius, Blind Tom, will §ive five concerts 2t Farwoll Hall this week— Wednesdey, Tharsdsy, Fridsy, snd Saturday. 451t ja his firat sppesrance here in thres yoars, b4 will undonbtedly stiract very large sugiences. TURNER HALL. The¢ programme at Turner Hall this evening will be 2s Zollows: 1. Orercure to Maritans *. 2 Remuniscences of Van Wol & Ards for bass from “ Toe Magic 4 First finsle from “ Lobengrin. Orertury 10 “* Robewpieryo *. XUSIC 4T GRACE CEGRCH TO-DAT. Pollowing i the programme for the musio at THE FRANCO-AMERICAINE SOIRXR. Tha * soires musicale ™ to be given under the * wapioes of the * Unios Franco-Americaine,” to ¥hich allusion has alresdy been made in these dolamns, will take place on next Thursday even- fog at Greenshaum's Hall, on Fifth avenue. As ¥ill be seen by the programme, this concert, Wwhich comprises many of thewhoicest ssiscuions o both classical and operatia mrusic, 36 reslty of 8 very high character, and the performers, all of ¥hom are of high etanding in professional musion) circles, xre a sufSicient guarantes o the 05ho of the masmer in which the programme #ill be currisd cut. Wae cordially Lope that s ek which i fesk anpessande bafars the public offers &0 excclient an_entertainment will bo well surported and meet with the encourage- ment which 1t descrvediy merits. Tho pro- grammo will be as follows: PABT I 1. Lndante from Sopata, in C Minor. . Mesars, Leseler, eClerque, and Eickem, 2. “ Postilion de Longjumean (tenor solo), Afr, Huessen, 3. Sallcr's Song.. {Fench Quartetre) 1 DeCalle, X, DeC:li, A. Frum-herre, G. Letourneuz. 4. Rose Song (alto 0lo), fram “ Tt Talumano "... Balfe Hire, Jorrso 6. Fentalsie for viol 6. Fantaiste for pisno. 2r, 1, Fenchen, PaxT 1 2 Duet.. 3, Soprao solo, . Seremade, 8. PO BUGuee s o 8, “Good nigkt to thee, m fairest * lirs. dcGuire, Mrs, Morrison, Mr. Husssen, MUSICAL GORHTP. TWhat do our singers think of reheatsals at 7 o'clock in the moruing? That is Mr. Tomhns' siyle. sud it means work. It not only moans work. but it also moans great resulta heieatter. C. 0. Lundberg, for a long time editor of one of tho Swedich papera hero, has written & mu- sical two-zet comady, called *‘ Desth, Godfath- er.” which hes mors thro ordinary merit, both dramstically and masicslly. Mueical eople will be glad to know that Mr. Stauley, the English tenor, siagiug temsporarily &t Trnity Church, intends meking Chicago bis home, baning been induced theieto by an mn- usuaily handsome choir offer. The Liederkravz Socioty, under r. Balatka's direction, will maka Ricolai's presty opera, **{ha Morry Wivea of Windsor," their grest work for next winter. They aro also contemplating & grand summer night's festival bafore long. Birs. Rowell, a yery promieing Iows singer, ‘o bas appeared in’ concerts out of Chicago wilh succe-5, is pow in this city sindying with Mrs. Maguuseon Jewett. Tberd ib a prospoct she may be heard in public bofore long. A grand concert fs being uniderlined to take place in Uaity Church sume tima 1 July, upoa the ocession of the exhibition of their pew orean, which is now expécted to afrive daily. We upderstand that Aone Looiss Cary will be one of the attractions. R ABROAD, ALBANL AND FAUST. The London Tims of tha 24th tavs: On Saturdsy night “ Fsuxte Margharits” was given for the frst timé this season, with un unfawilier roaret, in the peraon of Mue. Emma Afbani, Dur- iz the cuitrse of the last twelrw yours we huve Seen ¢o many Nurgare's, escelient, piod, sad mediocrs (to 2y 1o mote), that il is & (afk of rowe dificulty fo ad- iudicate on the mesits of a bewons, Womay a1y st “nee, howaver, that the imprersion crated by Allle. Altaid woa in all roepects f.ionble, Uer embodic mentaf the character is mark.d by that gentemess which fn every one of Ler previous aitempls ns exercised 5 charm more o less sttraclive. She Dhas evidently studied the parl with the utmost eare, and an artistc amtition to cxcel ia lta del.neation. To this may In 3 grest megs- are bo atiributed the fuccees ehe achioved, Her per- Zormance was inleresticg from begining o end—nut we bave veferred, but ou ac: 1 atll Ligher promive. M seif completely mistress of tha musle beionglag to every aituation, and that elone s ssying 60 littie ; but Serond ths shie throws beree { dramatically, hoart and s0ul 1nto he_charscter,—~wlics 15 sazing more. We shsll have furiher opyo €3 0f entivaliy examin- ing this fresh effort of th'y redoas and risiag young siuger, and meaowhils Teet sstistied with the convic- Som thiat she has made anoiber and lupostant siep in ler career, Boston s 2,000 m AL W. Whitaey, baaze, will sad for London July 1. Chizzola acd Grau protose capturing Alle. Judis, and bringing ber to America for the next sen30n Of opers boufle. Anias Emma Abbott, the young Amaticsn artist, will make her dobut at fer Liajesty's Opara, Drury Lane, this month. * Lohengrin™ bas bean enormonsly sncaesaful 1t the Covent Garden Theatre, London. ~Albani and Matrelare in the cast. Dr. Von Dalow, tho calebratod planist, who will arrive in this couontry in Ocfober, s sn- ncunced to make nis Srst public appaarance in Baston. Carl Rosa will commence a series of Eaglish operatic performsnce, at tbe Princess’ Theatre, Loudon, in the sutumn, with Ross Hersee a8 prima donoa. Gottacbalk, youngest brother of the famons piauist, will join the Csxlls Urso troupe in this country neit season. He is said to be a remark- ably fine basso, Edward Daaprenther, the Cincinnati musician who bas for_some years undertskeu to popular- 126 Wagzer in Liondon, has the fret of two pa- pers on opers in the May Macmillan's. Mr. Arthur Sullivan’s new. oratorio, * David and Jonatban.” and tho re-epgagement of the thiee chief singera of England, will be the nov- gm:‘f at the forthcoming Norwich Musical Fes- 4y Nilsson and Albani eacg ths duet, Suli ria,” at 8 recent stago concert at Windsor Cas- tle. ' Campavini, Stanloy, and Marel gaveat tha sime entortainment the famcua trlo from ** Will- inm Tell.* r. Jesse Williams, the musical director of the Qatcs comic Opers compsuy, has composed a listle opera callod **Mignonétte,” the story of which is almost idoutical with that of , Robert Bucbansn's * Madeap I'rince,” King Charles e Second being tho chief male part. Lecocg, the comroter of “La Tille de Msdame Angot ™ sad * Girofle-Giroflu,” is uearly a8 floshy as Hossini was. Ho is iame, wears spectacies, and has aa abhorreace for work. Al- though his music is bright and eparkling, be is of aeingularly melancholis temperament. He is about 40 yeru ald. A New York paper ezyn: *Mies Clara Louise Kellogg has retumed t5 this city, baving fivished Der of eratic engagomeota for the season. She retirea to ber bowe st Cold Spring on Friday, whera she will enjoy a well-earned rest. Miss Ealloge, wha has just réturned trom Cansds, ia euthusiastic w her praise of Canadian water- color artista. Bue made some sxtensive pur- chases from among thom, spd strongly recom- mends that some of Otr piciure-dealers get up an exhibition of Canadian art * The Academy states that some manuseripfs of value for the history of music aud its professors have receatly beon added to the storesof the British Aluséum. Thess include quartets, sona- tas, etc., by Joceph Haydn, wntten by sn amanu- ensis snd corrected by himself between tho yesrs 1784 sud 1517, and some letters of Josuph Hasdn to V. Forster, musio prinser, 1787 aod 1788; o bill of lamyers' costs in business counected with transactions of Hsydn with Forster, 1781-1733, etc.; & Greek Stichers- rion of the seventsenth century, for the services of the sesr, with mesical notes ; Greek hymns of the tame dato, with musical notes, for servicas from February to tho octavo of Whitsuntide; Greek Liturgics sud ordination services, A. D. 1664, with ministures, in the old binding of vel- vet. and some _eeventaenth century hyma tunes of the Greek Gburch. Theodore Thomas brought out a new work the o:her day, of wuich size Naw York Tribune savs: * Tho sy bionic joem by Saint Saens {Op. 81), bowever, kad never Leea plaved in New York until lsst week, It ie calied * Le Rouet d'Om- thale’ (Omphale's epinning-wheel), and iliue- trates the myth of Hercules nernn? 2s u slave to the Lydisn Queen snd wearing female attire 12 be its spimming by her side. 1# beging with sa elegant little movement in which the music of the wheol and distaff is very bappily imitated, chiefly Dby the violins. Then thore is & -secood part, A broad and Lignly-colored monady 1u & minor ke3, which, of conrse. represonta the disgraced boro's lament. But Omphale, 3a we know, ased to rap Herculea over tha Enuckles with ber slipper whem s epining did wot suit her, go the lament soon comes toan end, and the buza of the wheel ia resumed. The symrhonic poem is sbort, bright, neat, and Livoly, and a good specimen of the very best' Freuch siyle. It was interesting 1o con- trast it, 45 wohiad eeveral oprortunities to do lust weck, with the finest of all the many spin- Ding-wheel songs, that in Waguer's “Fiying Dutchman.™ [ THE DRAMA, ) SUMMER THEATRES, TUE COMING REPORMATION. Hot woatber is coming on space. Ttisnow Juxe, and will scon be July. These facls £re derived from almanso and weather reports, and may be reganded sa sathentic. Tho pecal- iarity of hot weather, in addision to perspira- tion aud ram punch, 15 that it inapires every one with & yearniog t¢ reform things. During the winter ooe is too buay keepiog warm to have any care to make the world betier. In stimmer, kind Providence relisves ns of xny unsasingsa to the price of cosl or overcoats; and the mind, freed from theso great burdens, turns lightly to incressing the happiness of man- kind. It was during summer that the co- opersiive cirpeniers chipped the egg. pesped faiotly for a fow mouths, and died of cold woa- ther ani 8 lawjer. Between June and Novem- ber come the commanicatisns filled with sug- gestions as to the jgovernment of the universe #ad the organization of Sunday Lecture Socte- ties; Low to suppress gambliog snd the grase- hoppers; how to remove poversy and drain the Chicago Ruver; how to purify elactions and re- form Aldermen ; how to stand everstliing on its head sud troduce the Millennium. Duribg this reformatory or scolding season, there are thres things which it is safe to abuse— threo scapegoats which make yearly trips info the wilderness laden with letters. They ars etreet-cars, theatres, and church fastivala. Of the first it is necdless to spesk. The first lotter which the Chicago citizen writes to a paper is on that subject. There ho fleshes hia maidou pen, end thers first e eigns himselt *Pro Bono Publico.” It ia theatres that are doalt witn bers—tho summer thextres. It is a grave ques- tlon whether it is not & mistaks to put them un- der the head of “amusements,” but it is the custoun, aud custom sanctions worse solecisms thav that. Aniong, the mob who writs communications for dosartion = i yaur valasble paper, to waicl I have constantly subscribed for fifteen years,” the impression seems to proveil that tho theatres, during the Lot months, are run {n the bonefit of the fan-makers, who are undoubtedly worthy people, selling for § couts erticles which cost them & third of & cent, but who do rou Tequiro to be 0 spec fostered sud protected, To keep cool during July and August, it is pecessary to b as inert and placid us possible. To got in's temper or in love, in dobt or in & crowd, means a disturbaace of one's delicato balance. and consequont per- spiration. To go to a theatre involves laughing, or suiffiicg, or yawniug. That means extra heat, digcomtort, and a fan, or & visit across thc street and & glass of luger. Aud here 18 whers the tamrerance peoplo growl. 1fa P.M.G.LO.G. T. were to o to see that murllfihy known af ““Beven Nihts in & Dar-Room,” bis would be 50 warm, 80 thirsty, 0 uucomfortablo, that even the presence of threa Sisters of Rebekali would bardly keep bim from something which cools the mouth and throat, but takes sbenrd Jibaities with the kneoa, Ono must go to the thoatrs. Frisnds from tho country bave to bo takon there, There must e gacrifieds on tha shtine of frieudsbip, costing all the way from 50 cents to $1.25; sod then, after tho yawning i3 ovor, ono must hear the friend sa¥ how mach he enjoved it, and bos fine 1t £as, aud then ono hus to marvel why nao- plo can bo such simpletous, Women must go, though thtir curls hang Jimply, s5d tho besdsd dew stsnds over their byebrows, littie cataracts veady to fall. And mon must fan, svd wemen must {ret, aod wms must ache aud temples throb, and, if be takes s drink. sbe pouts, and if Lie dosa not, she pouts, and thors is wretched- ness and misery. K 1t a fellow is reading up on tha Black Hole of Calcutts, of wats to get a clear ides of tho pit where the sccursed bowl, arranged iu galiery or parquet according to their cnmes, then of course July theatro is the place for him ; or if uman is pektered by a sturdy and tenacious creditor, aud waats to get all tiio Lfa out of him und loave him & wet Tag of & man; or if miniater wants o convince a member of bis flack that & chestra ia s sinfully siupid place ; or if a0 old stuger wants to convince himso f of the decay of ho drama.—why, theu, & summor thoatie is the plac - 10 go. Thiero is no particolsr reason why s thoatrical manager should thus oreamize little tufernal regions, but one, aud that is, custom. The tradi- t1008 of the past epviron thew, aad they dare Dot overstep tiiem. If it were & pirt of the com- mao law of the sjago thst & mansger should wear top-boots and a plumed hat, thus would he sliass dreed. Yot ng the rirémug sutuma season comes on the thestrical peopls grosn over tho dull busindss, . remark that the stage is not appreciated 8s it was whon the§ wers young, “snd wopder ar the tasto of “'people.” They do make faim efforts “to gain infreased custom, bLut it 1d by saying, not doing. They outbid aoe su- other in advortisements, and remain as uncom- fortavle as ever. They promice cooiness, and they give purgstory, and verily thoy suall have their reward. ~Hooley's aunounces that parfect ventilation and cool draughts havo bocn spa 1y secured for the patrons of that place. Tbe Academy decleres that all the sir admitted to its premises ia compelled to pass over ice, and in testimony thereof & lump of ice is soen lying sround in tho mamun hallway. - McVicker's posters say one cad catch cold in that theatre during . the most sultry days; one invariably anoezea at the end of tho first act, and is trou- bled with cold feet daring tho third. Bat one goes, snd one does not suceze, and does nos cateb cold, and doos not even get a cheery little ahuiver. Vanily of vasities, all advartisomenta are vanity. What then canbe done? The proprietor can- ot tako the roof o zad let the cooling broozes come upon his patrons. It will notdo to lo: peo~ plé sit in their slurt sleeves—other inducements maust be beld out. The firat step once taken in tho flmd road o be proposed, the rest will be easy. A theatrical visitor is for the tinio being tho paest of the mansger; he sits at bis hos. pitable bosrd and picks from tho dishes set bofore bim. To-fay is sersed up the bailed villain, o uncoath tountrymab, the shrewd speculstor, the simpering bello, the lackadaisical school-girl the biundering Inshman, or the lighter dish of & whimsical farce. It ia the duty —the necossity—of iho mauager not merely to foed his guest. He must imgetehim. Man was oot made to eat alove, but I warm weather to drink. Between tho acts—ac least while 1t is ancertsin whethar vico or wirtne will trinmph— the bead of the Housa should pass around the cool, loving cup, and invits his friends 1o plodge 5 3 ) Behold the procramme for the coming season: After the tablesux, the supers neatly attired will carry around lemon- ade in tin ptils baving tho MeTicker cost of arms on the lids. The orchestra will atrike up sn appropriate ir, chaste, tem- perate, and cool, and ali will thirstily queff the thin stuff, the manager standiog at one corner of tho stage and howing bis responses, There's ihe beginning. THeend of the wadge is inserted. What foflows? It will bo_an- notinced that Hooley's lemonade has eomething in it Tore of ire and Vigor than that of its rival ; that it was made at the Sherman Houso and bor- rowed 8 oortain divino Somethivg which gives i potemcr, whick opena fne eves, enlivens the understandiog, acd enables one 1o appreciate tho play. Then the Academy tosses lemonado o the wind, and offrs to each visitor two glassen of lager ar ono of ale, 1f ho chooses 0 commute, free of cost. Then custorg loaves the Boath Side and turns to the West. Westward go ths Téutons, esstward the Tomperonzlers. Then a more complicatsd ssatem s ovolved. For the galleries, lomon- ade; for tho parquetto, beer; for the orchestra circlo, punches made of wine from tho lsle of Jamaioa; for tho prvato boxes, claret cup. Grand desertion of the galleries, Concentration oo the lower floor. Competition of nowspapor offices for D. H. tickets. = Jtbilation of man- sgers. Immensity of recoipts. Oolossal profits, The houses will get fuddied. A spirit of gone ial onthusiasm will be_sronsed. sudionce Dalf-seas over 1s bot critical. Fabulons thinga will tako place. Biaisdell will b aprisudod, and Barlow will have 2n encore, There will bo cries tor the supers to fepeat their masterly feat of removing the carpet. General good-will and brotherhood. No actor can complain that be is not appreciatod. By the foursh act tbe auditors will be asicep, and & powerful impetus will bo iven to tho business of the hackney coaches. Frado will fouriab, - Mooey ill be abandant. 1¢ will bo the Day of Jubileo, minus Smith,—the rose without its thorns, Apd the temperance peopls? But thoy can wait till cold woather, waen such devices to catch custom are needless ; or théy cap organize 5 theatre of thelr own on thie iced-tes basis ; or thev can pasa resolutions ; or they can go and dolike other people. : It is understood the tin pails for McVicker's 46 manufacturing by the armorer of the thes- tre, thoman who makes the tin helmets, and will be ready for use in two weoks. ** Lemons expressly imported fof the use of thin thuitra.” el COMING ENTERTAINMENTS: * BIG BONANZA.” The blank, mysterions dulluess of the past few weeks in the amusement world has baen un- relieved. Bat there have been muigating cur- cumstaness. ~The doabia annoyance of witness- ing drivel sod swinging a fan, asually prevalent about ths time, bas been withteld. We suffored, but withiout perspiration. For these and otber tmercies the ntmost gratituds should be forthe coming. But 0o sooner does Trash maka its regular stage exit, atalking with measured steps and haviog its last aay at she wiogs, than the bestad term enters. It is the custom in Frince, Where the draas 8 resily un inatitution, sod whore plays are made for thie American ss well s French nidrkel, to show sore sort of sonsid- are pat down to give the poor maz a chance. If bo must seo trash, he may seo it st hslf price. In our own happy land the solstios is no batter than any other Beason, and rates are maintainéd ne though fixed by fhe laws of the Modes and Porsisna. A'man who Likes trash must pay the same for it a8 the man who admires tragedy ; and, 88 it somotimes roquires & third person to decide which is which in this country, perhsps there isa shadow of Justifeation for it. But by what paculiar pro- cess of reasoning _does it appesr that, sfter pay- ing for & *‘summor entertalnment” the same price charged s winter pérformance, the public twmust buy anything good in nmmer at advanced ratea? Aro plays and players like oystérs, that they are unpalatable after April? And must we Fay 80 much more for thom in Juoe thao in Jan- Dary becauge of the uncertainty of their being wholesomo? Theatrical prices roally ought to corde down Insted of ascending, sod the grum- bler who maintams that, when an attraction worth s66iug comos to town, hie must pay sn additional tax to cee it, has after’ a)l something to grow) over. Big a8 Bovanzas may be, it must ba re- membered that they hase not yet become popu- Jar ipstitutions. Thore are some play-goors who have mot yot come1into possession of them. When the bumblest cottsger basa bonanzait will bo tame to rawe priceszilronnd, As present tho dattibution of thom has it béen genoral, 20d somb poeople are actusily thinking that the time bas come when their rights should be con- mdored. A mavager, howevar, is not amenablo to logic, a8 a usual thing, and protest or indorse- mont are abont squally wasted on them. Tho warm weatber 18 hero, sod will beavily disconus soytling like populanity. The cast hss alresdy Leen published. The reader will have missed from it eome of the familiar namos of last sea~ son. ‘Thbis is explained by the fact that another branch of tho Fifth'Avenue company i§ playing “ Big Bonanza* 1 different parts of thé cous 4ry. Miss Emily Rigl 18 not s stcanger here, end will be wannly welcomed by her old-timo, sdwirers, HE ACADEMY OF ¥USI0. “Eva: A Tale of tho Biyous,” presented last week by Mr. Gardiner, with the assistance of Haverly's Minstrols and his own dramstio com- pany, has slready been noticed in general in this column as & well-mesnt compound. The princi- pal points worthy of notice wers tho scenery, the negro mitiatielsy, and tho occasionl effocts in tabloaux individually comsidered. The pisce taken in ita entirety cannot be as favorably com- mented on, for'it was somewhat unmesning. Of course the clements would not blend. Thoy wore not in barmony, and could_not by any chauce bava been made to accord. Bat s & pop- ular eshibition, introducing featurea which sp- peal to the goneral sudience, it was successful. Tho complaint that too much space Lad beea surrend:red to minstrelsy, to the oxcessive cofor- ing of the plsy. will not te made this wook. Mr. Gardiner bas decided 10 maintain * Eva” in the sbsence of the Haverly party. In thoir placo the “Clicsgo quartotte, including Fredericks and Surridge, will illustrate. ~As regards the acting, which will bavo a better chauce of exhibiion than it bad last week, thore is not much to Le kaid. Miss Noah aod Mr. Biaisdell wero very ofticient, though the lattor had vers littlo to do. Littie Miss Roea plsyed the part of Era very prettily, snd displayed an ovident talent for tho stage. The littlo uues is tho daughtor of Mr. Shirloy France, the wittyand cspabie stage-man- ager of the Adolphi. s Mr. Gatdin:r has_decided to make a popular concession to tho children, and offers to sdmit thom for 10 cente at tho matinee. Apropos of **Eva" & correspondent sends in this remonstrance : 2 To_e Editor of The Chicaro Tritune - Caicauo, June 1%—Your criticism on Mr. Gardi- ner's now comedy, which appeatod in Tuk Taruse of t Bunday, seems {0 me, now tbat I have betn =florded the plaxsure of witneseing its produ tion, to bavo been unfair lo that pentleman and premafitrs, though, parhiaps, wel tntentioned. Yo certainly have not given Mr. Gardiner credit, or, at Jeast, suiicient praisc, for the painsuking months of elaborats pren- aration which he xssnres us have been devoted in making an acceptable and proper preseatation of #Evs ¥ to tue refued and cultured patrona of the Acsdemy. A few thort months ago and Mr, Garai- ner’s knowledge of ship-bullding was very circum.. scribed, crude, and nnarustic: but hia throbling beart snd mighty brain, filied with a desire to _elevate the tone of tha fypicai American drama, resoived on surmounting this obstacke to the writing of & truly fm- menso piay, Mence, Liko Folor the Great (whowm in many resptcts the West Side manaser strougly resem- ble), to Whiom Voltaire refers as this man bf mighty , genitia, whth a Larbarous elucamivn, who jouracyed t0 Amaterdaimn, avd exrolisd hinmelf among the ship- wnghts of the sdwinalty, Mr, Gardier, with the oxample of his gocd profotypo constantly befera his eyes, with many regrets, refictantly turned hie bsck on the *Queed City of tho Lakes,” weighed anchor, and, with 2l sail sef, turned his sbipls prow in th direction of (Nuw) Alnsterdam, where, on his arrival, he ussumed toggery befittiog the field of useful labor he was soon fo euter, shaved bhis elaborate mustaclis, sought and readily found employment in one of tho numerous shipyards that dot the thores of that famons city. Behold the result. Tho model side- whoel steanier n the st act of “ Eva,” seen plowing ita way through the surbylent waters of o Missis- ppls 1t scema to be tho aim end object of Americn critica to frown down every a'tempt of mative genius to develop and parfect the much misropresonted Amorican drams, Lustesd of epeak- ing “words of encouragement o playwrighls berolesly endeavoring, sometimes at groat pecuniary sacrice, (o foster in the verago American tveist sn aprreciation of the pure, the chaste, tho sublime, xnd beantiful, they refer to their most gigantic efforts with a sneer, or_in such manner 38 to be sufiicient in itaelf to damn the grestest play over concewved in the prulific inteliect of a Fox (Humpty Duminty), s Jos Afurphy, a Jobnnls Thomm son, or & Gardiner. Thus it was poor Bartley Cawmp- bell was slsuglitered like an fnnccent larab. Comedy, in thé £ands of capable, a Yirtuons, und well-intantioned suthor. diko the of the Academy of Music, is geerlly not only a gay and in- nocent, but laudable and useful, entertatumont, 1 have yet to discover the man who does not consider Musoself compatent to intelligently eriticiso comody, This, no doubt, arisee from lgl fact of the setion of comedy being more fumiliat to ua than that of trageds, morz like what wo are 2ccustomed to see in overyday, common %fe. Hence Mnager Gardiner, and the other above-montioned eminent Americsn dramatists, abould occasionally favor the public with & *“sooblime" tragedy, which might Dave tho efect of perplexing the Send-Like, vulture-souled, adder-fanged critics, whom beavenly ' philosopby bas” taught me o Jock Bpon 28 misguided mdscreants, end whom I pever mention only in terme of patience und pity. When the progreis of improvement shall hive given the jumericin critics a chaster and purer tasto than they now possess, they will receivo with favor the dramatic compositions of Ar. Jobnnis Thompson, O, k. Gardiner, dos Murpby, and our unsoprociated geniua and local favorite, Da; ley Campbell, whom the critics’ splecn and envious na- 3uro bath vuinly exdeavored to ruthléssly and furever crush, - LIENANDER. THE ADELPHOL. Mr. Grover has on hand his weual summer Dbusiness of conténding. against opposition from sbrosd, and the consoguence is s tremendous dispisy of sdvertising and an unusnally strong bill. Apropbs 0f the former, visitors from abroad may ‘sa well stop and admire the job- work which Cbicago can show on an emergency., Tho bill bss a patriotic flavor. Mr. Grover is o patriot a0d o showman, and hes the eveats of American, history usually pretty accutite. He begs to-rerind the world a¢ large that ths pres- ent syoek Is Bunker Hill weok, and devotes it to tho lsdies, by giving three lsdies' ights. The opening” piec is & tablean of the death of Warton, from tho bistorical painting, Mr, David Strong has promised to eclipso himself in this endeavor, and the tableau will undaubt- ¢dly bo very five. The etring of specia! festuros 0 ofio 8 long and strong. Leona Dare, {he gueen of the trapoze, haa just returned from & oulh Americsn tour, a0d has beon raserved a3 trampeard. The Praeger fsmily, Rhendsn and Mack, J. L. Davis, with his tzaived dogs, J. W. McAndravws, the famons ** water-melon man,” T. S. ), the gymnast,thie dusl speclaliats, Thomas and Lottie Winvett. Emerson and Clatk, and g\fi-ghnl nd Wambold, make up & pretty strong i . HOOLEY'S THRATRE. The two-weeks’ erigagoment of M r. Johnony Thompaou, st Hoolev’s, came to & legitimate eod last avening. The last week has been remarks- ble for the tenuily of the houses, Fridsy nighs thero were but twenty-five people present. Mr. Goorga Muller, manager of the theatrs, 1esves for Nowr York to-day fo make preparations for the sumiér cason. He andounces that Mre. Oatés opens Yor one weok, eommencing June 28, to :bo folloved far four weeks by the Uvion §quare Compapy with “ The Two Orplians,™ and’ Joba Dillon 1o conclads tho soason. s mack Tooy Pastor's Variety Company, ‘which was in the cit) it Juich v .y about yoar 2go, opans at PROY. PEPPER will give hia lsst- lecture at the Acsdemy of Musio 1hip svening upon & acientifie subject. It is & benekt night for the Professor. alas s PERSONAL, 500G8' BENEFIT, which ocomrs st Hooley's Theatra this eveniog, bas called ont more than the usual number of volunteers, Who &re saxions to give their assisi- ance o this popular sctor. Tho Adelphi and Academy companies ara both snnounced in fail. Toe perforioaiics will commaonce with The Honoymoon,” 1 which' Mesers, Piercy and Boggs, snd Mivéde Lizzie Gale, Rachel Noah, and Tilly: Marble, will play. Daa ‘and Josie Hamilton ehildren appoar in * ? stip,” the ®Ham-Towa Stadeciss’ e ridiculous jubiles representations, and Hughes and Wambold, and Courtnight, Sl the olio. The rerformenco conclodes with the laaghsble heteh, “ Lm0 Heuds Bttar {han Ooe.” with essra. Boezs, Young, Luke - Taca, ond Tilly Mastlo tn the met o™ ',m’ Tl MANAGER GROVER is tohave the lastand greatest benefitof the £oason, tendered Lim by his pastner, Mr. W. . Colo. Mr. Grover's name hasnot bech put up for & bonofit ‘since the deatruction of the old Adelphi, nearly 8 year ago. Sinco then, thongh loft without suy hold upon the Chieago public farther than bis indomitsble plack and bound- less ingenuivy, he bas succesded n building at & great expenss one of tho haadsomet theatros in the conntry snd establishing that pecatiar plase of popular entertainment which received tho ap. proval of the pablic at the old howso. The en- tertanment s tho best of tha kmd i the country. ~ Indeed, Chicsgo . audic eacon are quick fo percsive interority in this branch of therr amusements, and will bave onlv the best. The beaefit ia to by given & week from fo-night, and, 38 0o pains will o spared to maks the bill the strongast of the season, the résponss will doubtlesa bo libsral. MANAGER GARDISER losvas tho Academy to Ar. Leake, his successor, in September, Till thenhe witl romain in charge bere. Noxt season ho will be manager of the Arch Stréot Theatro, Philadelphia, wich Mrs. John Drew, not as s salaried_omploye, but with a di- Toot interost in the profits. S IO NEW YORK STAGE-GOSSIP, KATE FIELD A8 AN ACTEESS. Bpecial Correspondencs «f The Chicago Tridune, New Yoir, Juoe 10.-Yesterday wis a field- dsy at the Union Square Theatre. That is, Miss Hate Field bad a matinee, at which she appeared in ** Gabrilo,” & play adapt:d from Dumas [vere by her father, and in *The Opers Box,” 20 adeptation from tho French by herself. Ths beneit wes & complimentars one, extended, ac- cording to the newspaper-advertisomants, by Mayor Wickbam and other distinguished gentlo- men, and, according to tho play-bills, by the Hagor, Bsynrd Taylor. Brot Harto, Johu Hu, Stedmsn Stoddard, nod an imposing arrny of nemes. There seemed to bo an impression abroad thet they would sll appear in a body,—the AMayor at the bead,—and loud their concentrated glory to the occasion. On tha contraty, the house was moderatoly filled, chiefly with women among tha lesser literati, and » few men, noticea- bly George Perry, of tho Home Jowrnal, some of the Scrivmer peaple, O. B. Frothingzam, Frank Carpenter, and James Stele Macksy, tho Delsartian actor, too heavily froighted with theory to mold bLis good presence into au actor. A fow professionals hung on the back railing, and - PANNTE 20RANT was conapicucus in a seat pear tho staga. Miss Field is one of Mies Morant's debutantes, who spring up under her hands with tho fertility of the weeda of the field; everv season brings forth a now crop that blooms and flourishes for awhile under the encoursging ‘sunshine of first appearancee, showors of bouquots, and en- thusiautio plaudits, and than passes away to be 8eca no more. Miss Field, however, holds some tenure of life; she will notdie. Idon't know whather Miss Field bas plaved in Chicago or not: if thers, eho probably played * Gabrielle,” and you know what & heavy, siupd play it ia. Of course it involves & woman’s honor, but that 18 no longer sufiiciont to interest us, unless it in- volves some especisl piquancy in the doing. Tho fact, happily, is not enough. The second play, ‘**The Opera-Box,” was rather sprightly. ‘When 3 man supposed to bo blind, but who has recently recoverad his eyosight, is permitted to remain in the room with 8 lady at her toilet, and who makes spparently hapbazard remarks upon 1t, some amusement is elicited, but the audience was more indebied to Clande Burronghs, who made it langh bybis absard intonation of * Yes 2" aod “Eh?” To this compiexion it bad come at last. Forthe rest, Miss Field’s versatibity wes further shown in an Italian hymno during a some- what comical tableau in the first play, and by her rendering of ** Rathleen Mavourneen ¥ sna s French soug in ** Tke Opera-Box.” X155 FIELD SINGB A3 RDE PLATS, and plays ss she wntes, with the addition that practice bas given her mord facility with her pen. But she is absolutely without magnetism; there is not & tone in ber voice which can awaken 4 spark of symparby. A htilo girl yesterday, 4 vears old, who had never been in a'theatra before, duriug oue of the impassioned scenes when Gabriele ia on her kneea impioring her lover to believe in ber, tnrned around to her mother aud stolidly re- marked, *‘Tho woman's 3 crmn.” *Emily, dou’t you foel sorry for the poor lady ? * some ono asked her. **Oh, no;" and turncd again to tho stage. The child is a tender-hearted littla thing, who would cry quickly esough st the gight of others' toars. "I'he amusing part of & watineo is slwaya the audicoco. . Women all have s senge of proprie- torship in the morning petformance. I think it partly compenaates for tho glitter and brulliancy of the evening entortaiumont, when they appeur 28 well-drexssed appandages, and aro80 meek and nice. Yesterday, as the greater part were persoual friends of Misd Field's, their bosoms were moved by various feslings, which sought an outlet between the acts. That lady is one of thoso peisons whoes friends are sicher stauach or quite th reverso, if you plcase, aud tho criti- cistcs consequently were aitogother piquant, ranging from the calibre of Miss F1ald's brains to ber shoc-atrings. Mlss Field’s person afford- od unusual advantagos for this kind of com:nent, it wust be confessed, for ber mako-up was nut good : her clothes were unbecoming, sad she is 8o defictent in the little stage-tricks which lie the folds of the robe and the hem of the gar- ment, There were hard lives for an actress, altbougl: there wera no: wantwg sturdy plaudits or baskets of flowers. There is one thing which everybody at least must conceds Miss Freld,—that is indomitable pluck,~and concede it pever so heartily ag_after the weary hours spest yestordsy st tho Union Sqaare Thoatrs. RIGNOLD'S DESEMT. ‘To-dsy & benelit of av entirely different char- acter takes place at the Acadomy of Mueic. If yesterday belonged to literature, to-day Zasbion bolds the Lsts. Rignold’s appearance in ** The Bar Sinister " has the natore of an event, and & successful event it will prove. Riguold can’t Lelp his fine presence an2 the stir it bas created unaer the satin and lace of the Avenas and Mur- ray Hul, but he is respousible for the manl way in waich he has feceived tho homage whic] has expressed itself in ways none too delicate. ‘As in this instance, 8 promuinent lady of fashion desiriug to lionizo him addressed s nate, stating for wish to givo s lunch-porty 1n bis bonor. To this Mr. Rignold replied that be was here living quuotly with bis wifé for the purpose of attend- iDg to s business engsgemeut, and that it would bo impossible o sbate Lis time with Gociety. Ar. Rignold did not omphssize the above words, °| but the fact that lus wife was eo coolly igncred ivsgired bis reply. That lady, who is ai actress, sppears to-dey with him for the first hime, and not = little cariosityis felt in regard to her among Alr. Rignold’s fair sdmirers. New York likes fo liomze, but tho anumal masé alwaya be s novelty. Even ADELAIDE NEILSON, whose snccess in aociety tho firat Yesr was &0 grout, was searcely recerved on her return. And it the train of departed Englishmen whom we did delight to honor should como again, I doubt 1f even the Lotoa Club would open its doors, or even its President wolcome thom with sa epi- gram. One of the most recont importations is thet of the gay ifo of & prowinent New York clergyman, who picked up 1n Paris sn Iialisn Marquis, serving and pocketing bis sous as garcon in arestaurant. I & dross-guit, and with fresh gloves, and his patrouess, he go: the entrea of tho best New York Liomes,—that of Mr. Bry- ant, for example. Mesnwhile he drifted into Delmonico’s a8 & waiter, where he wore an apron, and hauded coffes and ices, and _even rosst-beef and mashed potatoes, with his noble grace, to the sxme people whose daugbters he danced with when off duty. A fow seusitive souls felt the incongruity of the situation, and Mr. Delmonico was enteated to give the Marquis & better posi- tion. which be graciously did. Made him some kand of out-door collector, and took off bis white spron. But (be Marquis was nos equsl to the rige in his pouition,—rather he became greator than his poeit:on,—and Mr. Delmonico was forced to discharge him. At present he is & clark in & down-town house, and still & very heayy awell, whose pame I have heard to the full fength of its Italisn termination, bat which, not baviog & mewory for the lioked sweetvees of the pobility waon too long drawn out. I bave forgotten. G HAL A lisoly lody romarkd: | I notice that thess “Womews-Rizhts* peo, ie are invariably men lef'e.” Mz, Dickond used to répeat thia witn ad- How Theatrical and Circus Bills Are Bade. Process of Engraving and Printing a Lady by the Sea-Shore. Cost of Getting Up an Elaborate Display --=Expensire Inks, What the Big Letters Are Made OF Thare is nothing that 8o quickly catehos tho eyeand cugeges tho attention of the Granger straying thiough his county town asa circus- poster. Those dazzlizg sggregations of color Pproject themselves tnto the air snd bump up gninet a man's vision, mrling him contemplate the graco and besuty of the Queen of the Atena 28 5ho bounda lightly throagh tho haop, keeping her balance oa the fiying steed, the grinning mug of Mr. Merryman with bis * Well, here we are #gain!” and the vast jaw-strotching of rampant carnivors. The letter-press goes for somathing. but the pictorial display is the great slluremont. The ents appeal to the eye, and hold you as it wore by tho button-hole until the showman, in the shape of & *“Managerial Salutatory,” comes gently alongaide and politely begs the pleasuraof your compauy at his Grand World's Fuir, Arabian Caravan, Asiatic Menagerio, Olympian Games, ond Parieian Hippodrome, combined, at the 8ame timo warning you against potty imitators of bis mammoth azgregation. Just as Tum Nast's caricatures used to pitch trenchant editorials against the Tammany ring into people's heads through their eyos, cven so the biil- poster with Lis potent psate-brush delivers mare sloquent eulogies on tho subject he bas in band than conld the greatest orators of this or eny ozhér age, from Demosthoues and Cicero down to Mayor Colvin, In ko words of Curdinal Richeliou, shigbtly altered to suit the eubject : *The paste-brash is mightier than sltck-jaw. Hence1t ia that our fences snd desd-walls (ame with color and stare one in the face with big capital letters. Negro-munstrels, clog- dancers, clowns, bare-bacz nders, banjo-plasers, déncers, snd tight-tope-walkers are jumbled together In an amay of _different shapes, sizes, &nd colors, bur all steadfastly smiling. The ruthless hand of, o destructivo youth tears off the legs of a ballad- sinzer, but the face atill smiles serencly on the passer.bs. Tbo Lillsticker comed alonz and pastes the negro-mivstrcl over the noss, bmt the mouth stili strstches in & grin and the legs avo still in the middle of a caper. Thes go into duty aod tatored decay, and tho dress of the *leadivg lady” hengs in shreds, but the face Tetsing 1ts expression 0f rapt outhusinem ok some doy o fe gggba of the bill-sticker’s brush wipea out il {¥.ese incongruities, sprosding a brand-na: lot Lf postesa over tho old patches. Although the show business wos the first to wake PICTORISL ADYERTISING a spacialty, it bas come into estopkive use o othier lioes, and blacking-manulaccores, stove- deslers, etc., find tlé picture-postor a go0d thing to shove their waree iuto public notice. Doubte iess, when the average citizen sees tho bill- poster hang his banoers on tho outer walls, be sométimes feels curious as to how these speci- mens of pictorial art are gotten up, acd Tme SuxDAY TateeNe mil now gratify this curiodity. THE SKETCHING OF TIE FICTCRE would natutally euzgest iteelf gs the first step of the procesa. One sketch, howover, frequent- Iy answers for 8 number of purposes, and toe leading establishments keep iu stock a large number of pictures, from which selections eau be made. As & geveral thing, showmen and theatrical agenta contea: themsolves with & se- lection from among these stock deeignsaas epecial ones cost considerably more. Onenezrominstrel 18 #8 like to ancther a8 one huckleberry to an. other. All tnat is necessary to be doue isto priot the faious Box, Cux. or whataver thoe Dname may be, over the cat, and the portraiturs 16 completo. ' The fair damsels who warble songs from the variecy stge invest largply in thezo fancy atock cuts, and it has thus happencd that the eame dead-wall has borne fac-simife pictures labeled with different nasmes. A fashionably- dressed Jady leaning agaiust anm ura, or over a rustic gate, in a thoughtfal attitude, does for sy play or ey lesding lndy, and the ssmeness of the molern melodrama is such that any fine domestic tableau will do for almost every play, Negio-and clown heads, and indeed neariy all kiuds of minstrel, pantomime, aod variety cuts, are kept in stock. Circuses always mako it & pomnt (o keep getting fresh and novel cats, and therefore order a great deal of special work, but even with them cutsof Indian Life are fro- quently Lhe roady-made stock onea. A leadiug show-printiog house io this city has about 100 large pictures, aording their customers a wide rangs of choice in pictorisl advertisement. One can get anyibing one wants, from & pictars of an epizootic horse to a Mag-polo dance or au La- disa haat. o will suppose, Lowevar, that gome enter- prisiug munager has & brand-uew piay, aud wsnts to got out A NEW AND SPLENDID LOT OF POSTCRS. The madsgor of the show-printing house talks things over with him, gets an idoa of what ecencs he wishes to bo Tepresonted, and if por- troit work is desired, pictares of the actors and actrosses aro nanded over. Next tho artist comes into play, He makes skeiches of the sccuea desiced, accordiniz to the specifications furnisbed, and these are altered and moditied to ottit the taste of the theatre mansger natil tho desigus are approved. The . prolminary skotches aro ordivary siall drawings, and are werely the miniature desigos, the picrares fur- nixhed to the engraver bemg prepared guits dirorently. These the artist draws in black crsyon DIRECTLY ON THE ENORAVEER'S WOOD, the sme pizo as they are to be engraved. Thero are generally a number of blocks to the picture. and, when tno drawiug is made, tho blocks are divided among the different workmen. Indrawing the pictures, as & matter of comise, they are revorsed from the position they will appear in the printed copy, just as with tope. The size of the blocks used in engraving for show-print- ing is 28 by 42 inchea. The wood usod is 3 dry, goft pive, yieldiog easily to the engraver's tools, avd which, for anch brosd-line work ss is neces- sary in show-printing, is much better than the bard box-wood nved in fino woqd-cuts. A block is used for every color, so that. with the ordina- 1y three-sheet four-color poster, twalie blocks aro usod. The oaly full engraviog, howsver, is mado on the blocks which are to take tie out- liue color of the print technically called the “Xkey” color, which is gsneraliy black. The faces, and fiyures, s0d outlines of the picturo aro done #0 05 to make a good print in one color, the other biocks being used to introduce the others, BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION, supposs it is desired to repressnt o ladr stand- B b s fhathore and Mt ik to Biva oo » yel- low dress with whits lace trimmings, & purple- colored vverakirt, a red fan aad neck-scarf, with green foliagn and blue skies around. On tho Lrat so: of blocks ths outlinea of the picture are engraved, and such parts s it is desired to have black are put in, 88, for instance, the hair, oyes, feet, and the shaaoxs of the picture. In such portions of fhe picture where the colors to bedark, lightlines ars thrown scroes, wido spaces being dug out betwcen. Tho next set of blocks, it will be suppoeed, are to intro- duce the red color. The engraser on this digs out all the portions of the picture that are not to be printed in red. Across the face ko will leave five lines, thicker and closer on the cheeks, with wide epsces betwecu thew. and scrosa the over- skirt turows heavier lines, while the fan and neck-searf will be left solid. Lioes are rua into the sky wherover & sunset glory is to appear in the picture. Tbe blocks for the yallow color are cutaway in tho same manner, the surface ba- ing permitied to remain only whero yellow is to go. Yellow is tho ground color of the green, 5o 1t goes over the foliage and othor green portions of the picture. Lastly comes tbe biue, tbe block beivg cut o a8 to bring it over the yeillow where green 18 to be made, and over the black and red £o make a purphish color. It will be seon that out o1 the four primary colors used others are obtrined by their combination, and to the casual spectator & good show-print will appesr to con- tain 8 great number of colors when thers wro ooly foup, Tue work ia done to bs looked st from =& distance, Thus the nar- bow lines of red thrown across the face aud hands of the fizure appesr as & flexh tint ot tho distance of the speciator. A mass of black, blue, and red lives appear asa purplish tiut. Tho brownish t1ata of the trunks of the trees on close iuspection avpear to be black snd vellov lives with perhaps some red and biue thrown ovar the dark shades. As has been said, the gicen is but 2 mixture of blue and. yellow, Fine lince make Light sbaces of culor, Beavy and elose lines maice durk shades, snd by comtinations many shades and tints can be ob- tained. To look st the color-blocks as they leavo the engraver's hands there is no sppearance of order ot design. ‘Thore is » tangle of scrateby ines bore, ana & patch of amootn sarfsce thers, wood has been dug aut to s slight depin below the sorface. Bat in printing, the lines and patches come to the right placcs on the paper to make the red lips, 1os5 cheeks, and various col- ors of the dress of the Iaay, and all tho adorn- ments of the landscse. 3 PRINTING F30M THESE LLOCKS tequires much greater care, amd is & much slower process chau ordivary priating from meial ype. Gezerally the blocks making up the picturs ars broughs togegher to recoive tho last toacaes of the engraver. The engruving is workB®d over from ons block to anoibier, 80 a3 to prevens breaks in lines and shudoa that might atherwise occur, and give the picture a checkered spyear- ance. The picture wheu ocewjiving more than one block is not printed ts & widle, but impres- sions are taken from tab blocks s: iy and ou nprom baving s fiat Gad, which slides bac ward and forward tunder the roliers whi press tha paper ngainst tho faco of the cut, Af- ter & sbeot has raceivol ots color, 1t goea through the press with another so: of blocks 1o Tescive, anoiher color, and o oz nati all the colora have been put on. About 700 stoels per hour iy a godd working rate for & chromatic press. As foreach color there 18 a soparate pression, an erdinary throe-sheet four-color Dposter, sach as i3 issued Dy thesrrical agunts, would réquiro twelve impredsions to mate up one wholo picture. Bosides tho four colora mentiozed, OTHER TINIS are ocessionally used in very fne work. Amocg theso aro brown. stono-color, and salmoa col Green iok is nsed for tvpe work. Gold, silver, and bronzs arc used sometimes in vory fancy Wwork, but thedo are put in by hand. Tho places where they sre to go are printed with a sizing fluid, and winie tho sheets are still wat, gold, silver, or bronza, dust, as tha caso may bo, 18 brushod on with Coxton basting, The differcas pigments nsed In the inks are mixed in & sort of vanish oil, and in the presses there i3 o serics of rollérs, tha function of which 18t apply the ink smoothly aad evonly to the sarfaca of - tho block. - Colored inks cost from 50 conts to 332 a pound. the lattor being the prico of fino carmins. ‘e ok in 100 copies of @ thrac-sboct postars costs from 315 to $20. On an average, a sheet in colors costs 9 cents. Th charge for posting is 4 conta a sbeet, 5o thal a thiee-slieet poster, when atack up, represents zn expendizare of 59 cents. It 18 & COmMIOD tINg o 506 nine, tveivs, and even twents-sheet postera out, 0 tuat each of the latter wouid reprasent a cost o $2.60. THS LARGE TXPE employed with tho pictorial cuts are made from wood, maple, cherry, dud 00x beiag usod. Tuero ia a large manufictory at Greeusille. Coon., where tley are wado by machiners, and f:om this powt the prnucipal mases ara obtaived. They ars warth from 10 to 15 cents up to 73 cents #'letter for the most elaborat>, and s of them are very beautiful, A differen: bla for each color must be used. just a3 iu tho pic- tonal eate, If, furinstance, & red lotter on a drab gronnd is desic<d, wooden type with raised letters ave used for tho flrat privting, and tvi.5 in which the letters are sunk 8o 1hat tho s. roundiug surface akies tua color, are nexc used, Orusmental borders sud corners are muade of wocd, rud aomo of the designs aro excecdingiy besutifat. They are used a good deal in gottiag up lurge illuminated prico-ists, prograwmues, etc., and their improt would be readsy tazes for lithographic work. They cost frow 3130 ta #3 s foot. The emaller varicties of type ars metal as in small 1ype that i3 cheaper thsa %00 Oue passiag along the stracts of s city muss continually have his attention caught by THE ESOBMOTS LITT: stretched along fencos aud walls in long bands of color. These sre cailed streamers, and tiio lettors composing them are kept in style. Ther are rarely print.d iv mora than two colors, aud aro from s qaarter of 3 shees to three sheats to the letter ia size, Tho diTerent letters aro gags: in their Appropriat boxos abd ordocs are s @ out. Thus, waen Mr. Daiv came aiong with bis * i Bonanza,” bis azeut ordered a suificieut number of thoso letters to make ap thairstreame ers. 1t one will take notice, it will bo seen that the large theacrical and circus postora are pa up in A ceriain order 80 a8 to present s svmmetrical apobarance. Central eats are grouped togosher tothe best advantago, And streamers aro puz slong the top, botzom, and sides 80 £ to foim & sort of border and give finish to tho whole. The slow-printing house get up these desiges, priot- ing o diagram showing whera tho differens sheots come in as 3 guide to the bil-poster. Chicago 18 xhead in show-printing, like overy- thing clse. Orders come iera evon irom Bostou, New York. and Havzna, while all tho Wosters circuis are skioped frog: the housos here. ‘Baga-~ bail cluts, country fah, Lorsa-races, 3ad =0y vort of business requiviug pictorial advortise- ment finds suitablo cats in stock or specisl dix sicns are gotten up to order in shor: time. Sometimes blocks aro made here end taken eles where 10 bo printed from. Blocks for a three- shieet poster, 1 foar colors, cost from 75 to £125, and ars good for about 10,000 impressiona. Tao busipess bas increased hore 0 largsly that ous leading house is aboat to patup & mill to mako its own colored inks. ON- THE STAIRS. When the brow is x with troahle, With the wos of Life, and cuc: 1t ightens when the music falls I patters ou the stairs,— OF tany teet that patter Comuing down th stairs, Bometimes crosa worda are spaken; The little Bioe-Eyex atares In woniderment, aad ucstles . In silence on ke stawrs, And checks the pretty clatter Coraing down ths staire, 8con Blue-Eses grows fo manhood, WRb all i gilded szares, Whica druw their fulds stout hlm, . And clasp him unawares: Tijen if ho fails—no mattar, Coming down tha staizs, Ah, mothers! don™ be fretful: Tor, to kuothe your future eares, You wil wish In vain for masle Echotng vn the stalrs, Of oo tiny fect to patter, Coming down the stairs. Now no more the babe wiil nestls At your knee for ev'ainz pragass f Never mors disturb by clattes, Clambering on ths stairs ; Only fancy makes ths paster Coming down tho stairs, Grozas Braxx. PR AR 4An African ¥alamander. Virgrmia City (Nev,) Chronucle, Last nighs James Dizon, *Tae Salamander, or Firo Ring,” as ko delightn tocall lumseut, gave a private exhibition of his powers to a rep- resentative of this paper. The manis» pegrd, as black as tho ace of epades sad badly packe merked. As a model for Apollo he weald fail, but 28 8 hot cosl heaver he has cewne. Ho ap- plies ted-hot trous to hi-faco, artme, &nd log:s, and geems rather to oujoy the sopsation. i3 began bis performanco by sprinkhing foma res: overa quantiy of oakuaw. oua un plate, acd theo setting the mixture on tire. When 1t was 1n full blazo he cut toe oaim into amall preces, and chowed it by bites uptil the fames were cxa tioguished, Whaile the Salamander waa taluing his meal of fire, au iron vod, with a flat cred- cont-shaped blade, was being heated in & small furnace, such 2813 msed by travehng tinkers, sud when he drew it outits heat was intezao. Hodrew tho red-bof blada upand down bus arms and leze and scross his face, after which he licked it with hiy tongue uatil the blade Le- came as black as if just .?‘fl"“d 10t wator. Acylindrical tube, about 8 icches in lensta, and a 6-poaed cannon-ball wore next heu! sad tbe Fire King pushed them overthe foor with lus bare feet. The sizzle of the scorchrny hoofs, and the emell with whichit was ace companied, makes it dssirable that thia portion of the performance be witnessed atsomo dint snce f{rom the odorous Afrwemn. Next Le meltod some lead and poured the molten matal into his mouth, and tho pext moment eject2d it bard and cold. To show that hiw internal s~ ranzements sra as tire-proof as his exter: boiled some swac: ofl and drank off a cu; 4 evident relish, his eyes turving upward ia wp- parent ecstasy. In conclumon, be heatel seseral atrips of flat iron £t onoe end, gud hoid- ing the cool ends of the strips he bent the etds into the form of & poker, Lrst with oua foot ani then with the other, apd straightened thew agein with his haods. The cracklio: of tha burniog fleah and the smoke ansiug from s hande and feet sends a tunl) throngh oge. It Dizon uses chemicals to prevont the firs trom reaching his flesh, he does it 60 cisver.y as to blindfold the shrewaest ubserver. Notic- ing & shade of sadness on the mau's ebuay iis- 8ge. the reporicy asked what great grief op- pressed him. He smiled (ke a horse) acd re- lied: *Oh, puffn much. 2ar; ou'y soméeimes fesl bad on 'count o' havin' no wluskals . “kase 1 would jes' like to enjoy de luzurv sbavin’ myself wid s red-Lotracah ! So 1o pea:s that even this hell-proof Africzn (s Dot entirely happy. He contemplates mving & public exbibition here, of wiuch dos notice wil) probably be given. Mary Jane Brown. of Mane. offers to &ga: any woman in America fuc 8100 & sids ualf the gate-mOmeY ta o 10 48 grasznoDRM safferers. - - 13 ¢ { X s e o w an e o