Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1875, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. - \d 9 AMUSEMENTS. English and Xtalian Opcra This Winter. Voo Bulow’s Visit to America —Tietjens and Zare Thalberg. Miss Blanche Tucker's Mu- * sical Progress. Tbe New Companies at McVicker's Two Theatres. Bemodeling of the Old Grand Opera-House. John Dillon’s Reappearance. MUSIC. THE FUTURE. THE SEASON OF 1875-'7¢ How, while the musicians are away and the eoncert-rooms are closed, and the fiddles are Baoging opon the willows, is a good time to cast {be boroscope of next season and ascertain what wesnall have in the way of music. Fortunate- Iy, the proparations of the various impresarit 7o %0 far advanced thet we can now outline a very complete programme of all the entertain- ments Chicago is likely to have during the com- iog fall and winter. Of ITALIAN OPERA, s altogetber probable that we shall have none stall. Strakosch has quit the field. Maretzek Bas gone to Evrope to engage s troupe for Mr. &handan Shook, who is credited with the inten- tiop of transforming the New York ITippo- &ome mto an opera-house with s tar- §# of opoonlsr prices. It is safo o my that the season, however, will never ex- tepd beyond New York. The people who pay r prices don't want to o to Italian opera, ¢ Italian opers at popular prices will be so od that reguiar opora-goers will not go to it at si. Failure is written upon it in advance, and Maretzek bhas always been the Jonan of this specios of entertainment. We are likely, how- over, to witness 8 very notable revival of GEBMAY OPERA. 3 Mr. Neuendorfl, the New York manager, an- pounces that Herr Theodor Wachtel, the groat German tenor, is to retaro to this conntry this ‘tall to fulfill sa engagement entered into last gour sich him. Mr. Neuondoiff bas formed o pewand, be says, 8 strong company to support Herr Wachtel, his forces consisting of a dramat- fopriroa donna, 8 contralto, 2 soprano, & bari- $oms, 304 8 bass, vot to meotion a large chorus. Horr Wachtel's repertoire includes *Loben- grin,” “ Lo Prophete,” * The Jewess,” * Mas- sniello.” ¢ The Huguenots.” ** Ii Trovatore,” “Ls Dame Blanche,” ** L’Africaine,” and ** The Postilion of Longjumean,” ali of which operas ¥r. Neneodor[Y wiil present during tbe sesson. | QOuthe ** off Dights ” of the season ‘“ The Flying Dulchman " will be peiformed. Mr. Nouendorfl bas secured the Academyof Mueic, New York, from Oct. 16 until Dec. 1, but bis enzagement with Herr Wachtel begins two weeks eariier than the former date. 1t was intended to open the season in New York, but the Je:srs. Kiralty bad previously hired the Academv of Music up to 0ct. 16, snd sbould they be able o hold their und up to that time, Herr Wachzel will make finet appearance in Phiiadetphia sbout_tho 1st of October. Mr. Neueodorfl minved in New York from Europe last Wednesda, to make ar- maagements for the reception of hus artists. He will retare next Baturdav for the purpose of ac- companying them over, the party sailing from burg aboard tbe Pomerania on Sept. 1. The bass of the troupe it is understood will be Spieg- ler, who is one of the bestof the German artists. Neuendorft's negotiations with Peschke-Leutner ‘bave failed, probably oa sccount of the ' extortionate demanis. We next come to ENGLISH OPERA. And inthis department Eellogg will undoubted- Jy bave the monopoly of the field. as it is ex- tremely doubtful whether Carl Rosa will come over pext season. The troupe, as reorganized, elands thos: BOpTanOs....evureenanenans, conductor will be Mr. Bebrens, the man- ager Mr. Hess. Every ons will regret to see tlat the chauming Mrs. Seguin is 121t out of tuis troupe. Where she is going has not beao stated, sithoagh we should not be surprised to lesrn that eho had joined Rosa. The repertoire of the fronpe will consist of : selection is betier ed than that of last season, and, if we except ** The Huguenots,” oomes within the possible powers of the com- pany we have detailed. TIETJENS. Btrakvach will probably confine himself to comearta, with Mlie. Tietjeus as hia bright par- tialr etar. Her engagement terminstes in ¥uch, 1876, and will commence in Septem- bec. Bue will be accompamed by Brignoli, bot the reminder of the troupe is a8 yet unnown, ‘@xxept that there is a probability that De Belacca By join the tronpe. Tietjens is now old. sud coma here almost as a curioaity, snd it is ead : m«m Bagnoli 18 growing to be a curiosi- YOX ETLOW. Concerning the advent of Von Balow in this ‘Sountry uoder the auspices of Messrs. Jarrett & Ralmer, the New York Tribune says: Tbe manager of the Von Bulow concerts has pre- ared & Hographicaland explanatory pamphlet, which, , Sheit somewhat oxalted in tone a8 all such publica- tions wre, gives va much interesting information re- Fumnm planist who is shortly to virit ns. Has Voo Bulow was born in Dresden in 1830, and Sated musie under Pred Wieek, the father of Afme. Ehwmann. The law, however, was his destined pro- l:dn. aadhe went through the university courses hldv-luna Berlin before an overmastering pes<1on i music drove him to abandon a mfiflu snd devote his whole time to art. He was b ¢ has boen s long scries of tri £2d exctoments, vot oaly s 3 pisnist, fa apsciiy his only living rivsls are Lisst 3ad but as an orchestral leader and an oper- oomdnctar, Mimich, He gavea series of Wagnor's operas wilh 2a_sstonishing conacientiousness and ensemble, remaining st Munich several gave wayand his physicians y. The pamphlet befors us lays great 1abors a8 an interpreter of the Dew the plano and the orchestra, and a ciplos by bis sharp and eady pen. Tominence, howsTer, o the not less hfi“:-pnht; g e o gran msterr. He Tanks perhape aa lving exponents of Beethoven's prano ucceases in Pans, where tbe new nation, and in London, where it is have'been quite s remarkable a5 first concert of Dr. Von Bulow in {:l flxed.d“nd'llllgs lb!;:t the Il!:h&: 8 prec y depending upon new Chickering Hail, in Fifth av- performances will take place. We any “supporting artists,” and we b noe, for an artist of Von Bulow's beard alone, He will have an orchies- § 4] Fy Eg H E 1] 4 i 3 S ¥ i Hi M ] B¥ i 255 i 1 H i | ) £ L g 1 ) [ ) E3 f ! I 2 kg § ; Begotistions are on foot 1o obtain the oaly one in America wcrthy of sach o e mean of couree Theodore Thomas'. #Bation would be un interestine an ajprogn- Tarr Th mas 20d Von Balow are old friends, 7 tastes, eympathics, and b OPERA EOUTFE. i-nh flald of opera bonfTe, nothing has been .b:flnmmu,milhmb;ml she will re- France. Eoldene will retarn with & new =%pe wnder Gran and Chizzels, who will also #apert d Prench boutte troupe, uf which it is i / eaid that little Judic will betheattractive centre. JMile. Judic is & vivazious little beauty, more wity then arustic, more irresistible to the senses than satisfactorv to the understanding. The perzoonel of neither the Boldene nor the Judic trouve has been made kuown. Miss Julia Matthews, with a troupe whose names have not yet reached us, will be a novelty in opera bouffe. ~ They will open at Wallack's New York Theatro on the 16th proximo, while tne dramatio company of that house will play at Wallack's Brookivn theatra. Miss Matthews is a middle-aged lady of pleasing appearance, who. as en actress, commenced her profes- sion at the beginning, and as a singer, caltivased & good natural voice to its ntmost capacity. Her troune will consist of sizteen handsome ladies and eight msle singers. They are brought here by Sam Colville. sad. under his able, but very load managemeant, will, sfter six weeks at Waliack’s, travel throogh the States. Rosa Bell, who will be well remembered here, accompanies this troupe. MISCELLANXOTS. Among the mixcellaneons attractions we are sure to havs Wehli and Arabells Goddard, the pisnists ; the Philbarmonic and Mendelssohn Quintette Clubs, of Boston ; and the Adslaide Phullips tronpe, of which Tom Karl will be the tenor. HOME MUSIC. It is as yet too early to indicate what will be done by our home societies, except that the Apollo Club, under the direction of Mr. Tom'ins, b2s some novelties underlined upon which the Club has been at work all this sum- mer; and that the Beethoven Society will bring ont ““Eljah." The musical festival project next spriog has, we fear, been indefinitely postpoved. Chicago is not ready for it. and Cincinnati, there- fore, still keeps the monopoly. The Liederkranz Society, onder Mr. Balatka's direction, have se- cured McVicker's Theatre for the week com- mencing Nov. 8, and will briog out *“Ths Merry Wives of Windsor.” Theodore Thomas will be bete in October, under the management of Carpenter & Bheldon. —_— AT HOME. MISS BLANCHE-TUCKER. We take tho following from a morping psper in this city: The many friends and admirers of Blanche Tucker will bo bappy to lesrn that she has effected an engage- ment with the ret manager, and for the first opers- boure, in Europe,—Manager Gye, of Covent Garden, London. She is engaged a8 prima and her en- gaaemont was signed two years from the day she land- ed in Europe, The cngagement 3 for two years, Her debut in Covent Garden Opers-House will take place in April or May, 1876, From the date of signing the contract, in June of the present year, until the time of her dsbut, all her expenses are borne by Manage: Gye, including a residence in Itdy from the 1st of Septem. ber, with view to perfe-ting her Italian accent, and 180 to familiarize her with the detalls of the Italian school of singing. Her stage name will be Blanche Rosavella, —un Iisli:nized rendering of the family name Roeevelt, on her mother's side, If the above information be correct, Chicago will have rezson to congratulate itself npon hav- ing a prima donna, asit isnot at all probable that a manager like Gye would have made an en- gagement with Miss Tucker unless she Lad given indabitable promise of success. Her carcer will benceforward be watched with grest eager- ness by the musical public of Chicago, especlally by those who were her auditors in her immature dsys, when the thought of boing a prima d. wag only a dream of her own, and they will j Tux TIBUNE in sending ber the best of wish for her guccess. ¢ COMPLIMENT TO A CHICAGO ORGANIST. A correspondent of the Detroit Fres Press, writing about music in Chicago, moations the recent Unity Church concerts, and says : The overtures to_* Eoryanthe,” * Hunyadl Lazlo,” and Tannhauser,” were given with tine ‘etfect. One curious effect brought ont was in the attachment of & scalo of alver belis for certan patsages—clap-trap to a extent, it s true, ye: good in such a concert and for the pleces in which they were introduced as orchestral imitation. The best player of tho evening ‘wza Clarence Eddy, who rendered with great skill the dificuit “ thema with variations ” in E fiat by Thiele, showing bis command over the instrument in rapid chromatic and arpeggio ges for the pedals, the manuals, mesnwhiie, in with the moat complox barmonies, lis technique was superb, and showed the result of thuteen hours a day of practice in Ger- many for years. En possant, we note that this organ- ist gives weekly recitals of clussical music on hin organ. 1 Cero e & Dunsician of entarpeise nd kill sagegh 1n Detroit to follow this good example ? We may add that Mr.- Edéy’s recitals closed Festerday, and will bs resamed in September next. n 88 MUSICAL COLLEGE MATINEE, The following are the instramental features of the programme of the ma:inee to be ziven at the Masical College parlors on Wednesday, Aug. 4, at4p.m.: 1. Imprompta. 2. Ballade.. &, Marcia fantastica, op. 21 « Bonatd, $ou 5. Bhapsodis Hongroise, No, 9..— Some changes havo recently been made in the orgamzation of the College. we undersiand, Dr. George F¥. Root, Frederick Itoot, and Mr. Gill baving retired. 3r. Ziegfeld pow takea the Presidency, and Mr. Lowws Falk is Director. Sig. Carozzi, the new teacher, has arrived, and commenced bis dutios last Thursday. Ifies Fao- nie Boot remains, and Mra. J. C. Jones has also been secured as vocal tescher. COMPANY B'S CONCEET. A grand concart will take place st the Exposi- tion Buidiog on Thureday evening, beginning at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of Company B of the First Regiment. The orchistra will be compoeed of tifty pieces, and will be under the ekillfal direction of Mr. Hans Balat ka. The price of admission wi'l be 50 cents, and the procseds will go to the benefit of Company ¥, i complet- ing 18 equyment. The concert will be a very fine one, weil worthy of the atten dance of lovers of music, while the object should commend it to general support. The followir.g 18 the pro- gramme selected : PART L Co. “B™ 1. Fantasia, on the; 5. Waltz, * Thousand and Ons N ights » Exhibition dnll, Company * B.” PABT I, 4. Elizabeth Polks. 6y 5, Torch-Light Dance (Fack sltanz) TURNER HALL. The programme tor ¥ae Turner Hall concert this eveaing will be a8 & >llows : 1 2, Overture to “ Yolva™. ..., ekaran 3, Theme and varation s from the Grand 5, Overtare to & “ Mandalmata ™ (i), Ball”, 9, Talisman Waltz....... 10. Emperor’s Qua/ irille. THE CRESWOLD RECITALS. The second of Mr. Creswold's organ recitals will be given this afternoonat Unity Church, with the following very excellent programme : Sonts No, 4,in B flat.... Atr. Arthur Song—* Peter the Hermit ™.... i 0 de Alr. T:wufl Gooducillie, Hayin Organ Berenade ... oeienss eeronsnne Alr, A. J. Creswoid. “ Ave Verum=. ... veesoe snasess. Miliard Jiv. Robert B. Smithy Organ solo— Fusiorale ™ Ir. 4 Duet—*Salo Profugo *. Thomas Goadun: « Huldigungs Marsch .. dr. 4 ABRROAD. CAF:L ROSA. The London correspondent of the New York Herald fornishes the following interesting par- ticulars concerning the Carl Bosa English troupe : Among the works which M. Boss promises to per- form this season at the Princess’ are Balfels * Siegs of Rixchelle,” Cherubini's “ Water Carrier,” “ The Bo- emian Girl,” as prepared by Balfe for Parie, the “ o 6f Figure, * and a new opers, by Cighoni, the story of which ia founded upon *The Porier Enot,” Mr. Rots bas some intention, I belleve, of Dringing out an Er glish version of Richard Wagner's “ Tannhauser,” 836w transiation of which {8 Dow in preparation. Ot the artista alresdy selected by Mr. Garl oes, T can mention ot present Miss Rose Hersee, actrese, and Mr. Bant- e a0 excallent sing er and & n ley, the baritone ., who i€ to take in Cagnoni's opers, the part played in ‘tle original Ly Robeson. ' The troupe is Dot yet comple ted, Mr. Bosa 15 at present making 8 tour of tho Contnental theatres for the purpose of procuring otk >r astists. The chorns has been chosen with great ca re. Signor Espinosa is engaged 28 ballet- master, and Mr. Row wilil himeelf direct the music. He will hsvean orchestra of forty cllicient players, Tepresentir g tho best talent of the Iislian opers handr. 1f he succr eds in producing an Engli-h aduptati.n of 4 Tannbe' aser " eithier thia season 1n London or nexi year in A nerica, he will merit the thanks of the entire ‘musical *xorid. Mme. shortly be— “Lohengrin, " which 0 would Rroduce an’ English version of “ Tannhauser™ at the first opportunity. But death came only too suddenly. We are pleased to however, that Mr, Rosa has decided to carry out the jntention of the lamented woman whom Amer- ica loved. ZARE THALBERG. The New York correspondent of the Boston, Saturday Evening Gazelle writes : The story of Zare Thalberg, the young prima donns, who is meeting with 3o much praise abroad, was told me, the other day, and a cruel story it is.” The lady who fold it to me saia thst she had just gone upon the stage herself when she beard it, and that it was the firat she knew of green-room tragedies, Zare, Who is now 17 years old, is the nataral dsughter of Thalberg, the late pianist (himself a natural som, I believe), and Mme. ‘(then Mlle.) D’Angri. D'Amgri’s mother, » fie singer, but a devil in woman's clothing, and the terror of the green-room, laid the trap for Thalberg and her dsughter. There was no love on either side, but the old hag Iaid her plot, and carried it out successfully. When Mile, D'Angri's child was born (it all happened in this country) thore was the greatest excitement among opera people. No oue thought any the less of the poor girl, who was under the influeace of her witch of » mother, but the old hag wss sbused without stint. She was hated and abused by every one. But she did not care; she had ed ber point. The old fiend (20 nam bad enough for her) took the innocent babe to bring up. The bringing up by such a Woman may be imagined. When about 4 years old tho child used to play about the green-rooms when her mother snd grandmother sang, and I have neard persons who were then con- nected with the troup say that her language was fear~ ful to listen to. The poor chuld had never been taught anything better. The motber was greatly loved by the troupe, and at last some good fellow came for! and married her, and the grandmother {ook the child to Europe to educate her for the stage, where sho fondly believed that by keeping the name Thalberg sha would win golden burvests. I should not like the girl to fail, bat I should very much enjoy seeing the old hag outwitted. What Zate can be with such an in- structor to_mold her character it is hard to s3y. Girls have paesed through such fiery ordea's and come out unscathed. Let us hope that the little Zars will also. This story would not be complete wmm_n: its preiude. In 1857 Thaiberg aud Mme. D'Angri gave a series of concerts in the old Light Guard Hall in this city, which were sudaenly nterrupt- ed by the flight of Thalberg from the cily conse- quent upon the arrival of Ame. Thalberg, who had learned of tho intimacy batween hor hus- ‘band and Mme. D'Angri, to which inrimacy little Zare must be credited. MUSICAL NOTES. Signor Campanini is engaged for Bologna. The death of tho widow of Jullien, conductor of promensade concerts for 8o many years, has taken place recently. Miss Abbie Whisery, Mr. W.T. Winch, sud Mr. Stoddard, of Buston, are to sing in * Elijah™ at Oberlin, O., in Angust. Madame Adelina Patti will sing at concerta in Brightoa on the 18th of September, Birmingham on the 218:, and Manchester on the 23d, prior to her departure for Russia. Tho musical aepartment at Booth's next sea- son will be quite a prominent feature, as the ex- perieuced ditector, Sigoor Operti, will preside over the orchestrs. English Ballad Opera commenced at theSyden- ham Palace with **The Waterman,” the chief singers beiug Miss Blanche Cole aud Mr. Sims Reeves. Capoul recently sang Ange Pifou in *‘ Mad- ame Angot "' at a perrormaancs given in London for the benefit of the suffcrers by the inunda- tions in France. Sir Julius Benedict will take & concert troupe through the provincial English towus, _this vo being the imrresario, and Albani and Zare Thalberg among the singers. Mre. Knox (iss Florence Rico that ,was) is positively to make her debut nexc season a¢ the Grand Opera 1n Pane, either a8 Levnora in ““ La Fevorits,” or a8 Selika in * L’Africaine.” ‘The mysterious disappearance of Mr. Koch, of the New York Central Park Gardew, i3 nuted, and it is understood that this placo of resort will henceforwatd, or this season af least, be managed by represontatives of Mr. Tnecdore Thomas. A Paris organ of Sig. Verdi, L'Art Musical, denies that he will compose an opera expressiy for Vienna. He has simply promised to mouut his * Don Carlos,” jus: a3 he superintended the ‘production of * Aida.” Flotow, the composer of *‘Martba,” is said to be in a atate of profound grief, because be can- not got his new opera, * Huides,” performed. It is tabooed in Berlin because vhe Grand Duke of Mecklenburg hstes the composer, and in Vicona becauss the Emperor of Germany will not per- it its performance in Berhu, while no wanager in Pans will taze it becauss Flotow is a Germau. Dudley Back is very successful asleader of the Tuowmes Orchestra, at the Central Park garden, to the overwhelmwing of the critics who declared that nobody but Thomas could work hus magnifl- cent machine, Ope evening, recently, they exeotted & programme includinil works of Bee— thoven, Haydn, Schubert, ofmeun, Men- delesohn, Meyerbeer, \WWaguner, Gounod, Verdi, Strauss, and Liszt. The London Atheneum of the 17th ult. eays : “The reguiar seascn of Her Majesty’s Opern will terminato tlis evening (Suturdav), but Drury Lane will be open every night next week for & series of benefits, beginniug with that of Madame Nilsson, who bas chosen Valenting, in *The Haguenots’; of Mdlle. Tietjens, who will appear us Lucrezia Borgia ; and of Ar. Maple- son, who witl give * Lohengrin,” which mill then reach its eleventh represeutation.” —— THE DRAMA. FUTURE PROSPECTS. THE HOLIDAY SEASON. ‘The present is a sort of holiday time among the actors, and very little is doiog in the theatri- cal world. The greaterand lesser lights are sun- ning themselves in some fashionable watering- place, or resting in some quiet nook by tho sea- gide. Not o few of them are abroad, while oth- ers are preparing for a European season. There will be some changes next season in the theatri- cal arrangements, since most stars find it better to travel with their own companies. Some who are now playing with credit to themselves and vleasure to their audiences will be among the managers of next season.. As far as tho local prospect goes, thero i3 some- thing to sannounce. Things are grad- ually shaping themselves for pext Beason. So far, indeed, bave things advanced, that Mr. McVicker and Mr. Hall are almost ready tor the fall campaign. Since the exit of the minstrels from bozb theatres, under Mr. McVicker's man- agement great changes have been made. New companies have been engaged and the prelimi- npary business has been pretty well accomplished. M'VICKER'S THEATRE. Three or four weokshave made a great change in the appearance of McVicker's. Old carpets have been tora up, old chair-cushions renovated, the fresco-painters have been busy, and given a pertectly pew ioterior to the auditorinm. The style of the fresco work is quite different from that of the original, sud is lighter, fresher, and more attractive. An- other alte:ation will be regarded by the general public as an inovitable improvement, and that is the new drop-curtain. Mr. Rogers’ ambition to paiot figores into an_ otherwise excellent scene was a disaster, He has apparently blocked out somethiog far more pleasing, though it is yet in- complete a8 a picrure. Mr. McVicker has engaged a company com- poeed of almost entirely new people. Astoits ments it will be time to speak after giviog them atrial, Ope or two familiar names wiil be rec- ognized among them by people acquainted with stage interests, but to the public at large most of them will be strangers. The list of the com- puny is a8 follows : J. Leslie Go*sin G. B. Waldron, J. Ogden Stevens, 3iss Jonnle Carroll Mrs. Frank Murdoch, Miss Elisa Aloore, W. H. Seymour, Miss Josephine Brown, 3. Rainford, =, Btoneall, W. H, Lavell, Miss Jennis Iiray, Moriarty, 3ies Adelo Bray, 3. 3L Barron, e Bray, T. Elsin, Miss Emily Rivers, F. McVicker, Miss M. Redfleld, A Johnson, Luke Martin, Sydney Young, L. L. Sharpe, W. J. Hurles, 3. H. McVicKer, T, This makes s very large company. The thes- tre is expected to open sbout a fortnight hence with Edwin Adams as the firat star. Mr. Adams has puichased one of the favorite pieces of the day, *‘Clancarty,” by Tom Taylor, an historieal, romantic, aod picturesque drama which has met with the warmest encomiums of the London and New York press. It ia new here, and will be brought ont in a manner no doubt satisfactory. There i8 a demand 1n it for rich costuming and an opportunity for etriking ecenic effects. Thase Mr, McVicker promises will ba given as well as a month’s preparation will allow. The siars nsmed for next Beason s0 far are Fdwin Adams, Joho McCullongh, Edwin Boo:b, Maggie itchell, James Lewis, 2od John Raymond. for certain, Ia add tion to them will probably be Rignold in ** Henry V.," the Julis Matthews Opera Bouffe Company. Barry Sullivan, and such mosical combinations as may come along. Mr. McVicker looks forward to a prosperous season such aahe deserves to have. THE NEW CHICAGO THEATRE, as the Clark Street Grand Opera-Houze has boen wisely unod..{vfl.ll open two weeks from to- morrow with & stock company. Mr. T.C. Hall, manager of the theatre, has selected the ladics and gentldmen of the company with great care. His judgfient in such matters is good, bis experience as » foanager boinf of many years' standing. The fompany is as follows: Edward Arnott, Mins Helen Tracy, Cysil Seacle, Miias E. Plorce, T Chippendals, iss Ada Gilman, E. B, Holmes, Misa Minnie Monk, Harty L2, Misa Agnes Proctor, W. A. Gands, Mra. Georgs Stod George Stoddart s B Soba Germon, Miss Mordaust, ¥. Elberta, | Mr. Btoddart be stage mansager, and MMr. Germon assiatan} The opening piece will be & comedy by Albery, suthor of ** The Two Roses.” This theatrs bas been 8o elegantly roha! tated as to be th{ prettiest and most cheerful in the city. It is amazing to see what ekill and i geouity can do. ‘The prevailiog tint of the in- terior is dark blug, lightening a little as it nears tho ceiling. This is elaborately worked in old, with & |rich and pleasing effect. 'he proscenium srch has been altered, the old atage taken down| and s uew one, 31x83 feet, built ; tne proscasium boxes bave been remod- eled, and sbine lille the cohorts of the Assyrisn, and & new and vely elaborate drop-curtain is ba- ing finished. Arrangements have been mads for new scenery, with ail the flata and grooves Decessary for a firyi-class comedy theatre. New dressing-rooms have been put in, and, indeed, nothing has neenll:n uodone to make the placo bright, cheerlul.]¥d popalar. The opportunicy which Hooley's THeatre once had is now taken up by a'more vigatous manager than be. The dingy, not to sayddirty, condition of the Ran- dolph street houss will ill compare with the light and brand-pew theatre which has taken its place. 3 THE MUSEUM, 28 announced inTne TRIBUNE, a few days ago, i8 to be roopened fjnder the management of Col. Wood, with Mr. Marsh as Treasurer, and Mr. Van Vliet as Manjger. Col. Wood will remain in Ihiladelphia aod act through these two gen- tlomen. Heo has npw gone Enst to make propa- rations for renovatiog the Muscum. The wooden benches down staiza are to be taken out and iron chairs put in, whilgother changes are to be made in like manner. TH piace needs a very thorough overbauling, and should have it. ‘Mr, Van Vliet snnounces that they have taken the Musenm for three years, in which time they will have reapeds. comfortabls fortune. Tho fate of the Musenm 8o far has boen a puzzle to most people. Had: the previons management had money they might have Leid on to it. They failed for wani of resources on the start. HOOLEY'S THEATHE. Tho futare of this house during the coming season has already been mentioned. BMr. Ma- guire wil return with such members of the Emerson Minstrel Company as defy the tempta~ tions of the East, and will play them at Hooley's during the entire sen3on, if he can. If not, he will send them out zraveling. During the sea- son hers he will mel: what arrangements he can with traveling combinations, putting them into bis theatre for two o1: three weeks, and traoafer- ring the burnt-cork men to some other city. Perhaps Mr. Maguire wili bave the house cleaned up. It needs the ar:rubbing-brush and laundry services badly. THE AGADENY OF MTSIC. Nothing is definitely settled about this house. Mr. Leake, tho lessce, is not in town, and has ot let anybody learn his intentions. The thea- tre will propaoly berented to combinations. THE PAST WEEE. The week has Deen pretty lively, though but two theatres have been opeo, Hooley’s and the Adelphi. “Tha Two Orphans” has been doing very well indeed, ansi will continue for at least snother wsek. The pieco seems to lose none of Us strength with the public. Ihe manatiemont bas decided to withdraw it after Satnrday ia order to puton ** Led As- tray, " which brda big run in New York,aod has been played Yiere before twice. The clerical visitors to the theatre during the week have been numorous and giratified. Like Mr. Ravlin, they think the piece entiraly correct. Messrs, Mackay and Morris, aor £ Mrs.)Wilkins, leave the city next Sunday. rnl ApEiPEL. The * Ice Vitch " Bas been steadily drawing good honses 1:¢ the Adelphi during tho past week. ‘The scepery 'is very fine, and the spectacle itsolf is pleasing. It remains on the stage the rest of the woek. g JOHN DILILON. Mr. Dillor: s ane of the inetitutions of Chica- RO theatrics 1 life, and goes to New York after playiog & season of thres wecks at Hooley's, where he foilows *The Two Orpbans.” &Ir. Dillon cazao to Chicago many vears ago, and soon estah lished & reputation as a comedian in tue West nhich in spite of his occasional failares who had never told s lis, and the *‘No!™ br which she saves a life. It is difficult to believa that the one was not saggested by the other, so r much do the motives and _the details resemble each other. Docs the credit of the conception belong to the playwright or the novelist ? ’ Turniug from the play itself to the MANNER OF ITS RENDERING HERE, the Iatter suggests a comparison of the French stage with ours, which hasa good many points of interest. Thecostumes are good,—that of Jao- ques is excellent, and Henrielle's is very «ffective. ‘That of the Comlesse de Linieres is not 8o suc- cessful. The Americen actress who reproduces j and dresses this part has but an_impezfect con- ception of the immense capnbilities of Dber rols, ‘which is one of the strongest in & Fremch dram- atist’s reportoirs: s woman past middle life, atill retaining beauty and the faint hazs of ru- wance which belongs to the season of * Si- Martin’s summer,” is & personape on whom the French modiste, poet, dramatist, and novelist, delight to exhaust themselves, knowmng chatits possibilities are iofinite. For French life, nrs Itke American,is the apotheoais of middlo age. 7’0 be young in France (unless one be artist) is tio be ‘mute, repressed, obscure. In middle lifi), social promivence and iodividust devotion r¢» ward talent and beuuty in women, as officiiu honor and public distinction do ability 10 mer.. A woman subject to a nameless melancholyr, which batlles and stimulates the devotiun of a noble husband, is a role which affords wide por - sibilities to an actress. Noris the Comle ¢le Linieres by any means up to the standard of a French official of bich rank. More than any other country, France has embalmed the SPIRIT OF THE OLD ROMAN EMPIRE— the spirit which evokes order from system snd details, and grandeur from forma snd cers- monies, As a citizen, a voter, the Gaul is oftei: eccentric, spssmodic, but, a8 an official, he :is superb. From the Minister of Police to the soldier and jowest subordinates, the official ma- chinery of the play - produces an effect very ~feeble in comparison with that which a Freoch audience will demaud {rom it, to say nothing of certaio little incongru- ities, such as the passage along the Paris streets of the highest executive of the Police, 8 nobla also, in full evoning dress, attended by o squad of soldiers ; and this, not in some public emerg- ency, uot to surprige some traitor to the Crown, but simply to arrest aa obacure orpban suspected of matnmonial designs apon s family-connec- tion,—a scene whose manifest improbability is one of those slight matters which throw sn air of unreality over the whole. 1t Bel Air is a fair representation of what the French nobles of the pre-Revolutionary era could do in the way of pighi-enchantments, it must be confessed that they have been much surpassed by their descendants of the Second Empire. The scenery here. and in the scene introducing the famous Pont Neuf, is quite inadequate ; the latter is crowded, and fails in perspective and what might be called * vists,” and so faila to produce the imposiog effect pos- sible to Joneliness in a famed locality of Paris after midoight. It might also be suggested that the Afarquis de Presies and his com panions, together with the Comie ar Comptesse de Linieres, are supposed to be rep sentatives of the bourg 8t Germair society whose exictence, history, and * demonstrate the overwhelming power world of all that is included 1n the word ner.” “Words?” eays Wendell Phill o B B w‘onm ROLE THEE \vcn;.n." . ‘o his knowledge and command ¢ o W armory of speech, the art Of CO pebaii ool gesting, imposing, and commANC ing by words, aided by the infinits resources of -~ pestare and bearinz, the noble of the 0',q regime owed in great part his swny in the' ,id France, and his remrant of influeoce in t' e paw. In view of this, it might be remarked, that, ob the part of the nobles of ths play, astricter attention to “be details of tre mann'sr, and to the pecaliari- ties of French upeech :md habit i zood society. would greatly contribile to the perfection of their roles, and that, wifhout it, 8 perceptible olement of the com'c s inevitwble in some of themi. “‘Idarkee]l Markee!" bawled londly from the varfous parts of a bsngueting- room, involuntarily pra 7okes a smile in a repre- sentation of circles wlr .ro Address is an art car- ried to perfection ; 1 here the simple ** Mon- sieur " aud ** Al 3" are made the vehicle of infinite gradations o _ deference or homage ; and where oven 8tropg pasgion or close familiarity rarely dispenses %i' ;h the grapeful * Monsieurla Alarquis,” * Mons’ enr lo Ciovalier.” q‘;?l‘;f Lave the £ leites of thy lagies of Bel Air d T JE “AIR DISTINGUE which we 8hou’ |q be pleased to see in them,™ as Mrs. Potipbar - wonld ssy. It is too much the 1dea among’ actresses, as it is among ladies of our COMT gon American life, that excellent dressing i3 g matter of great expense. The no- tion i8 pe 'haps drawn from certain public per- formers v ;loso_elaborate wardrobes constitute their € Jo claim to the title of actress. Bat style, & ypropriateness, artistic efect. are not de- pender ¢ upon costliness. A French modiste wilt fashit n ont of somo rose-colored trumpery. whor o value per yard cancct exceed a shilling of our money, & robe whoss beauty is patent to the me gt upitiated beholder ; nod this art of pro- dr scing great effects with 1 2820 which our stage. not less than our private to appear has not w.ined. Heis just as much a favorite an be ever vias, and his season at Hoo- ley's will be profitable. He goes to the Purk Theatre, Now York, to play, so it is said, an en- gagemeut af 100 nisfits, under the management of Mr. Blujedell. 13is piece, **bure,”-containe, an excollent part for- himseif. i THE THEATRE. PRESENT AND POSSIDLE. For the (thizago Trioune. The *Two Orpbans,” which has had a very successful season au Hooloy's, is not a great play, nor does it enume rate n its cast any great actors; but, iu our tim ¢, it is something to say of a theatrical repree entation that it deserves criticism. The actors are well suited to their re- spective roles; the sce nery, costomes, and gen- eral accessories, are g:ood; last, and best, thern is a good deal of real.ity about it ; it has life; it moves the sudience. While it is not the best, it is good enough to sel, one thinking of the best: to serve a8 s text for him who respects the His- trionic not less thar. its sister Arts, and believes in its wde capabili ties for good as well as for evil. The play itself is, as a composition, VI .BY UNEQTAL. When one contiders the immense loss in- volved in ordinary tranalation, and the far great- er liberties sugyested by the comprehensive word ‘‘ adaptatiora,” this is not at all surprising, and mekes ctizici sm of the origioal author im- posatble. There.is really only one thoroughly strong scene in the play—the hesitation of the truthfol Prioressin the Prison of Salpetriere. There aro plenty of striking scenes,—notably the Iast, where the effect of Pierre's sudden transformation is quite electrical,—but they are of the type of the rudely sensational, rather than the purely’ dramaiic. The distinction be- tween the two :makes all the difference between true Art and in geious mechanism. The sensa- tional is local, limited to the play and its charac- ters ; that which is really dramatic is universal, infinite—it touhes ‘all hearts, it outlives all changes. You are a spactator of the first—yon share and feel the last, The traly diamatio is a crisis in some exist- ence ; it intenests me, it interests you, becsuse all lite is sympathetic with life. . The sensational is only the crisis of somebody’s play ; until you can persuade e .that a similar experience is likely to happen'to me, it may amuse, it may ex- cite me, but it will not deeply thrill or move me Thus, when Pierre repeats, * We are a family that kill,” you bave s feeling liko that of the child when tha terrible lion roars at him from his cagein the Zoological Garden. You shudder, you are interested; but ic does not touch you very nearly,—your ancestors did not includa that among their peculiarities. But, in the nun's moment of agonized hesitation, what sudden ACTIVITY OF THE INTELLECT AXD HEART ! “‘Todsy, thee,” you feel instinctively; * tomorrow, me.” Ought Jeanie Deans to have told the truth at the risk of o sister's life? Onght great-aunt Dorothy, when the British demanded of her the di- rection of your grandfather's flight——but there is no need to parsicularize; it is the same old question: May one deceive an ememy? Isit wrong to lie t0 an assassin? In short, may one depart from the trath under *peculiar circum- stances”? A scene which embodies one of these great moral questions ia certain to have power over the mulutnde. Ag tothe moral effect of the answer given by this jacens, one is mot 8o certain; but its dramatic effictis very great. Just hers an interesting’query arises: A thin, Gallic volce from the. weat in front de- clares that the sposker saw this play in Paris forty years ago. If the dates of the American editions of Victor H;fi;‘n great life, needs to acquire from the French. That is, in fact. the K test of the artist,—to create. to make something out of noth- ing. Io the roots of language, an artist in alwaye a worker, as = poet is & maker. Sho who cannot walk a Queen oxcept when the cost of her robe devours ber income, will nievor rule on aoy stage. The rols of the Chetalier de Faudrey, ss played here, comes nearest to 8 just assumption of nobility. The actor bas a fine face and bear- ing, and might pass for s Norman or Rreton; but certainly resembles far more the English noble of our Colonial days, not only in feature, but in & certain blunc daturalness not at all Paristan. In these summer days, when the great theatres are given over to sackcloth and ashes in the form of dust and_darkness, or when the carpen- ter end house-painter usurp he domain of the actar, can we do better than preach ourselves s little homily on the theatre among us? to re- floct a little on ITS DEFECTS AND ITS POSSIBILITIES ? Tor the theatre, Jika the poor, we shall have al- 'ways with us. If 1t has kopt its ground through centuries, it will keep it stil. For, in_the his- tory of most civilized nations, the order of de- velopment is ever the same: First, the story told—the " Epic; second, the song sung—the Letio poem; third, the deed performed—the Drama. Why has the world treated so different- 1y these three forms of intellectual effort ? The first and second, Church, State. and Societv have united to honor; as to the third, mankind has como to be divided into two _great classes. One of these shuns and ~ de- cries it 8s & public eemy; and the other seeks it as children do sugar, but sus- taing oftever than defendsit. And the latter class have the advantagein one respect.—the attraction that draws them to it 1s s natural and healthy one. The oppouents of the theatre are compelled to fight Naturein avoidiogit. To figcht Natoreisa grand thing when thereissa necessity for it; itis s tremendons waste of force when no such necessity exists, Whatis there inherent in the priuciples of dramatic action which is injurious to morale? Whatis the meaning of the loog chapter on ‘*The Sym- pathetic Emotion of Virtae ™ in the works of the great metaphysicians? To see s good action done, they say, raises in me & sympathetic emo- tion which i8_plessurable, and impels ono to similar deeds. But to see a bad action rendered attractive, and to hear it applauded, how would it be with that ? Nothiog 1s plainer thau that, as 8 good theatre wonld be a school of good morals a8 well a8 a relaxation, a bad theatre would be eqm:lg potent for evil. Bat he would not be esteemed a wise man who, pos- sossing an admirable weapon, should throw it awny because in wrong hands it would take the life of a sage a4 soon as that of an assassin. But the strongest argument for tho intelligent appreciation and elevation of the theatre is, t{’nt the tonch of Nature mpon which it is founded INSURES ITS PERMANENCE AMONG TS, The question is not whether we shall bave any theatre at all, but whether we shall bave s thestre which is the cobstant anxiliary of good, or one which is the servant of evil. To become the first, it must obtain the appreciation, criticism, and attendance of the educated, lectusl, and moral classes—if, indeed, such peo- ple ever go inclasses. Toleave it to reflect tne taste of the ignoranot is to comsent to its de tion. 0 first need of the theatre in this country, therefore, is a beiter understandiog of its true scope and position on the part of a Iarge number of people who Lave long conacieaioualy, bat ig- norantly, opposed it. It next great needis good plays. Thera 18, of course, Shakspeare’s great storehouse te draw from; but the practice of slurring over all the parts of plays which do oot directly appertain to the sole of ose particu- lar star makes them far less enjoyable and for more difficult of presentation than they would be if all the subordinat» parts were given their proportionxte value under one or two good per- formere,—leading, no: eclipsing the rest. Do those wno now hear Bhakspeare ouce or twico a year, when with grest exertion and greater ex- pense they hasten to hear him rendered by some rreat foreign atar, know wha’ delightfn} even- irgs are possible to us once & weok,—on €, <1z of **'Lhe ‘fempeat.” for instance, with 8 I imple materials is . whom the soliloguies and specches of the chiaf versonages are somewhat hackneyed. often recall how charming is the by-play of citizens sod soldiers in *‘Julius Cesar,” or think what vivid bistoric pictures might be produced by any stock comuany of average abil- ;‘.y and resolation from that plsy or ** Corio- apus #" But, setting aside SBhakepeare, we lack good plays, and 50 we goa-borrowing, chiefly from the Fronch. And generally we BORROW NOT AT ALL WISELY. ‘Why do our managers import *‘The Black Crook " in preference to the exquisite epectacls of *“Cinderella™? Why are ** Fron-Frou" and kindred distortions ten “times chosen whers we have once offered to us Scribe's *‘ Fairy Fin- gers,” instinct with the better spirit of our age, or Fenillet’s * Romance of & Poor Young Man,” which unites the best of the old and the new? The only euggestion which presents itself is, that, unable to rely apon the support of the better part of the community. the manager feels compelled to cater to the taste of the worse. Of plays which traly mirror the life and thought of the new and original society on this sids the Atlantic, there are none in this country or Europe. The fertility of this un- reaped field has tempZed more than one French dramatist ; bat, 8o fur, caricatures like Sardon’s “Oncle Sam™ are the only resnit. The new wine of our nationul life must be put into new bottles of native manufacture, but the makers have not yet &ppeared Nevertheless, they Seem not 80 far off when one thinks of Richard Wade and John Brent—creations of the most American of our writers. Except for its violation of the unities of Time and Place, bow fine a drama would John Brent make! Wade and Brent are, in fact, what no atage of ours has yet preseniod,—gennie Americans of our best class,—* new birth of 0 ur new soil.” .. .48 TO HISTORIC PLAYS OF NA'TIVE GROWTH, it is the exclusive privilege and, customof Amer- cans to greet with immoderrate laughter the characteristic traits of our first great national figure; bus the Wasshingtor., of Cooper's ** Spy,” acd of Thackeray's “Vir ginians,” show what fascinating possibi Jities lir, 1o this figure, atately enough for drama tio e gsilies, and individual eoough for Warm, /yuman sympathy. i8 even ooncervable that the contempl .. tion of this, and jts companion-fguie, among the 800" 48 of "Trenton or_Valley Lorge, QPposite the b lliant, foil of Arnold. betated to -!D&BO‘\;GDY a8 ver; poraonal weaknisses which s hc’ 6t ting rins of our Cengenmial Ers, ";‘IE ‘gm" » 88 8%/ ractive, and ceruninly as profic- :“:vingl:‘ mmjw clase of embryo citizens as :an Ducheun.'_--mh Buffaio Bll” “or ** The Grand Fr\Vh:t our 8t age onght not to borrow from the °nch , are it s themes, customs, and incidents, ""}“ to our traditions aod injurions to our de- lig Paen t. What it might acquire from ita Gai- o aeRhberwith the highest advantaga toitself 18 10 gréat Soience of Defails,—the vaine in groat devigos of point and finish, in tho wecrets of ::gnh the French dramatist and actor-surpass all ers. But, however much we may learn from other mations, let us hove that we shall gradually sc- quire charactenstics, excellencies, and, finally, e A DRAMA OF OUR OWN. This will not be till we come to racognize the Drama a4 & not leas legitimato form of Art than Psiating, Poetry, Sculpture, or Muaie,—all of which, indeed, it includes. Not till the workmen of the profession undorstand that there is no high or low among true artis's, but each is ex- cellent as he fills his own nizhe, Lastly, not till the disappearance of ancient prefudic ided by the actor himuelf, adm:ts the dramatic artist to cordial and natural relations with Society, so thst he shall Do longer be compelled to form his maoners in isolation, from conjecture or un- real abstractions, but shall take them warm and breathing from the best originals sbout him. So that it shall be no longer as it now, that the rarest fizure to be fonud on any siageis the well-bred, unaffected lady or gentleman of our own day. Nor will such hopes and aspirations appenr trivial to those who remember that it was a sage of the world’s oldest Republic who said that * he kpew no inatrument better fitted to form a frea people than the Theatre.” Cranres LANDOR. —_—— WAR AND OPIUAL A Story Told by an Ex«Rebel.- ‘¢ Lientenant,” said the Adjutant, *“rsport to the Colonel at hia. quarters inataatly.” “Stop, Adjutant! What's up?" asked the Lieutenaut. ¢*Don’t know, on honor,” was the reply. *“Gen. Gordon was hore yesterday, and has gut called again. The Colouel gave me the wink to srep out. It's a big job, though, I'm thinking, aud you are in it.” The young oficer hastily nniformed and re- ported. The grav-headed Colonel met him at his tent door, closed it carefully, and, banding a 8t0ol, said in a low toune: ‘*Fhis i8 a dazk evening, my bov, and I have dark work for yeu. Gon. Gordon asked me yes- terday, in our confidential interviaw, if I bad an officer whose seif-control and control over hia men I could implicitly rely on in graat danger. Isaid yes.—named you. He has just left here, and you will report at bis headquarters at snuset for a moss ditlicult role,—~the command of an outiying picket. The enemy will certainly fiank us to-night, and if be gets the position which our lack of reiuforcements has hitherto prevent- ed us assuming we will be subjected to disastrons rotraat and certain loss. You take your life in your hacd, my boy, but in a bonor. Ihave no fears. Get re The youog officer thanked his supenior, re- turned to his tent, and, having carefully equip- ped himself, scribbled a few lines to bis loved ones explaining matters, and_prayicg them not to grieve if he fell, —he woulid fall bravely if at all,—and, besides, they knew life to him was a barden (how heavy, alas! only the opinm-eater koows) ; and then having secaled the letter—in- dorsed ** to be delivered if I fall"—he knelt down and committed himself and his all, unto Him who peither slumbereth nor eleepetys, and with whom there are no accidents. The brave old Colonel showed only too plainly in tnmwiug: his own canteen of brandy over “the boy’s” rhoulders and nervously pushing him from his embrace that he feared it would be their last embrace oo eartb. Jm:fing in an amublance the Lieutonant soon ealuted Gen. Gordon, received lus orders, and at the appointed bour, 10p. m., was safe 1 command of the picket force. Two hours after, whaist on the round, he felt the time had now come to strengthen himself with a customary dose of miorphine—nsy, a double dose. He unbottoned his coat and folt for it. Ob, horror of horrors! 1 his haste he bad cume off and left the morphine io Lis valise! He saw that he was ruined, undone, and his disgrace inevitable, ‘What shoutd he do? Heavens! the tortures of that hour! A moment's reflection—he knows it will take one hour for the opinm to produca effect; that in one hour, without it, his voice, now clear, encouraging, commanding, would be as shrill and creaky a8 that of an old woman ripe for the ve, andas wholly unfitted for command. g\r!lt one course is left, thought he—throw up the sponge sad make a foll expose. ‘‘To the rear,” cried be toa Corporal; **to the rear quickly, and tell Msj. P. to moetme at *the centrs’in fifteen minutes.” Maj. P, and the trembling Lisuteoant meet. * Major,” he whispers, ** you must relieve me, and at once. I am sick—vary ill.” “ Relieve you, Lieutenant,” responded the brave Major, sternly, *relieve you, sir—never. Bick ?—the devil! Grin and bear it; be s man. Retire now and you are eternally disgraced—the igma ¢ coward® ever yours. and you know it. You astound me beyond mensure, and unless you cover yourself with glory to-night, as we ail believe, 1shall have you arrested and tried—yon know of what.” ¢Major!” shrieked the whisper back; *stop —listen! Iam aconfirmed oprum-eater; I left my morphine in my tent,—forgot it,—and am now suflering for the internal drug.” Maj. P. sprung from his horse in an in- stant. “ Will crude opium do you?” he asked. “Yes; I can meke it anawer.” He pulled out a balf a pound of the crude stuff from oil silk, and cut off a big hunk. “ Bt tu, Brute, Major " **Yes,” he reaponded. *‘Iuse it too, aad kmow how to sympathize with von. Witk it we are devils in cool conrage—without it, cringing vas- sals. God help ms! You will do now, I koow.” And the yonog officer did “do.” Two hours atter the advauce gusid of the enemy was strongly repuised. The fos saw he bad been be- trayed—that the Rebs were prepared for him, and after a hot fite, sullenly retired. and the Confederates, msuu{_ of retreating, advanced at daylight next morning. o Tramp ! Tramp I! Tromp 11197 Boston Commercial Buiietin. He was travel-stemned and weary. and his eyes had & far-off wistful look, asthough he knew that reat wasnot for him below, let his tired T, | roast beet tiil its overdome, an’ overdone best don't gen'lly agree with me.” “Y" hav'nt got anv Wooster sauce have yo 27— continned the mendicant—**I mos’ gen’liy use it when beef ain't cooked to suit me.” Unfortunately, the honse of McCormick was out of ““WWooster sauce,” bat Mrs. McC. broughs the mustard and a plate of nice pickles, obssrv< ing with the faintest trace of sarcasm in her tonny that if she'd know that he was cuming she'd have looked ont for something better. ‘O, I ain't very periick’lor mom,"—said tho old man, as he belped himsolf to another spoen- ful of gravv and acucumber picile,—*“uny L jes' happ'n'a to mention it, 'cos where thero ain't no pie nor nothin’ sweet for desert, over- done roast beef’s morelike to dimagree with me.” —and the meekmesa in the vagrant's wrinkled tr was touching in the extrems, as he looked b bly around the table, 38 though his former ¢~ might have overlooked the luxuries of w* apoxe. But Mrs, McC. was rather too far g speechless indignation to framea ¢ swer. and 80 the weary old man, w ful sigh, went on_eatinog. and devr singuiar aod wonderful appetit gradually sppeased as the 4-pour waa reduced to a mere shapele the Iast boiled potato v dish, 1 hope you've made a Mrs. McC., 1n a fine irony. * Wail, yes'm ; I've ea’ old mendicant, with der his cbair back from tk seek something on ' « What is it yoo'r Mra. McC. with 8+ one of the slam * Nothin', mr am- Jtence aleh Lons with. .aitable an- .th & mourn- sloped a most # which was «d_piece of best - '"Sman&. and anshed from tho dinner,” ejaculated 4 wuss wittals,” said the ,{.hnmflixy. 29 be pushed . table, and appeared to 10 foor. -© & lookin’ for ? " demanded Jnap in hervoice that reminded _:inlg;i‘own ul; ;.he lid of a cheat. * No k- 18, nothing partick'ler ; fig&;?fi S, kapkin, an' thought I might a' Bas_b- i - & never finished his s and five 865000 13,0 i white Tocks aniated” Soeomn fop _Joorway with amazing celerity, and an - 7 ated female with a mop followed 80 closely ohind that he got fully & half mile from tus bma;egfgr pursuit ceased and he was able to IMMIGRANT'S FROM CHINA. ®ne Hundred and Thirteen Thonsand Received in Thirteen Years—Large Incrense Expected This Year. Sun Prancisce Bulletin, July 15. Tho number of Chiness immigrants who have arrived doring the past throe vears in largely :in excess of the arrivals from the same sourca uring any previous correaponding pertod, and, according to aathentic advices, the number thas will arrive within tha ensming year will far cx- ceed that of any your yot past. Every stcamer and sail vessel sailing for this port" from the Orient is mow taxed to 1ts utmost capacity by thia class of immigrants, and although the accommodations are greater than at any timo gone by, onlyan infinitesimal proportfion of those desiring to come to thess shores can bs accommodated. The majority of theas immi- grants belong to the lowest clarses, and tho:r coodition is little better than that of slaves. The steamer Great Republic arrived yes:er tar with 843 of these people. Two more stezmers from China will arrives this month, In sddition to the arrivals by the Great Re- public, the steamer China has arrived within a fortnight with 378 Chiness; the ship Avonmorc, 433; ship Atlantic, 833; saip Her Royal Mizh- ness, 20, and the bark William H. Bease brouziz 417. The following tabalar statement shows number of Chingsa immigrants who have ar: duriog the past thirteen years: 4112 a3 Doring the years 1853-64 aod 1866-67 no Chinese females came to this coast, ani only ono arrived daring 1865-66. The greatest numbe of Chinese arriving in any one year sines 1462-65 was 19,868 in 1872-73, The number of Chinsse who have depacted duriog the same period is comparatively umall, but cannot be doficitely stated. The Chiness on their arival hore ars cacted to ths Chiness quatters, whers they aro taken 1n charge by the aix_companies untii they can be distributed in lots here and there, as the opportunity for contract Jabor may permit. S How Many Words Does & Writer Use? New York Trabune, Prof. Bdward S. Holdeo, of the United Statea Naval Observatory, sent a paper, which was read beforo the weezing. It discusssd the question of the number of words used in spoaking aod wntiog by individuals, and was call- ed forrh by an estimato of the Hon. George P. Marsh as 40 the num- ber of words in Shakspearc'’s vocabulary, and tn that of other writers. Br. Marsh has wade the statement chat 2nintelligont mau will use in speaking uad writing less thau 10,000 words. Prof. Holden made a couut of the num- ber of words tegisning with each letterof tho alpbabet. and noted the order of froquency of initial letters in Webotor's Diclionary. Me fonad O A R, T, R T, E, , O, P, ) »FEMLEHRLGTU, W0,V N7 QKYzX"" o He then proceeded to ascertain the average number of words m the dictionary per pase. Tocn be counted ont tho words which he him- self was accustomed to use in speaicing g on seversl pszes for each initial lecter; and from an sverage thus obtained ho ostimaced that his own vocsbulsry was 33,456 words. High as this is, be cannot see the way to ro- duce it materially. A frieud in the Patsat- Office, Mr. Farquhar, Assistant Librarian, tested his own writing, snd concluded that be must bave a atill larger vocabulary. f. Whitnay, of Yale, has wiilten to say that be cannot seo why the methodshould not give correct resulzs. From M., Cixk’s Concordance of Shas- apears (with tle important omission of all verbs spellod liks nomus) by a similar process Prof. Holden finds ~Sualrspeare’s vocabulary 24000 words. Jlilton, in hm poems, is fourd to use 17.377 words; in hig prose a much greater number is probable. in the English Bible there are ouly 7,209 words, exclusive of proper names. In Bosworth's Dic- tionary of the Anglo-Saxon there are 11.913 words; in Ir. John Camden Hotten'’s Dictionary of Blaog, 10000 words. The wide differcnce be- tween mostOf these estimates nnd those of the Hon. Georje P. Marsh haa ealled out a lattor from the laker, in whicn he claims that he nsed the word “vord ” in the eeuse in which all phi. lologists muld sgree in employing it—i. e., ke took only tie simple stex, and not the inflected forms. while Prof. Holden counted lover, loveless, act lovely s thros words, r. Marsh counted thia as ooly oue. Prof. Holden con- cludes thata vocabulary of 30,000 words is not unusual anong writers. In the dibate which followed, Prof. March de- clared tha he rezarded Mr. Marsh 28 rightia his estimscs, aud 1n his way of making them. He, Prof.March, thought that the writors who wero the »ost skilled (n the use of languazs were not smong the largest users of words. Great sucess in works of literaturs was won by making tinga apparent to a large circle of cnl- tivi raders. The neceesity of making him- self easil understood compels such a writer to employ fmiliar words. A part of Bhalosoeare’s art was » putting common words in such new copnectins that the pbrases became idioms. but manifes:y straoge words could only rarely mast this purose. The touch of nature which makes all merkio is—in using lar e—simplicity. 1t is du to this necessity that Milton's poctry bas a saller vocabulary than his prose. Iniirond Across the Atinntic. New York Exvress, A redroad across the Atlantic is on the list of possillitics for the fnture achiovemeat of scien2. any years ago a civil engineer zead a p'g: betore the krench Academy suggesting sub-arine railways, His theory was thatats certm depth of the ocean hundred fatboms or pre—far below any szitation from surfacs etons, the water ia of such density that nothing in sbular form, whatever the weight, can posai- biysink. Having thus made a foundation in thevery powels of old Neptuoe, he propossd to 8iit 8 continucus line of immenss iron tubes— apr the manoer of the recent cadle layiug—in wich a double track railway could be laid biween Cave Clear, Irelaod, and Cape Race, Mwfoundland, aud thus. trains go booming wongh, to the consiernation of the ses-serpent #d the mortal terror of the big and little fishes. 'he only really eerious objection to his project. hat the engineer of this dee, sche: il hen see, way the umbatmxecl:l ;Imzln‘i rt crave ity never 50 much. And as he hum- ll:f;uked thudy of the houso for a morsel of :10::&' aroused all ber womaaly geoerosity, and he presently set the poor tramp down to the re- mains of the family dinner. Jog bis food untouched on his piate—+* he 1a to weary to eat,”—and she asked him if he fel’ work are reliable, “ Les Misarables " did not ap- pear till near 1860. But this scene _instantly re- calls the meworable chanter where Jean Valjean hides in the of Buter the un, . JMiranda who posessesno higher gifts than yonth and unaffectedne-s, aud H-u-gx“-d I‘u'dmandJ of very moderate anility ? Do many of us. t0, “Not exackly, mum,” wastbe answer io. humble vaice,~"but mos’ peanie cooks the bis veperable appearance and evident [rould be overcome, c railway oniy required the necessary construo- on cspital to enter upon its career of **succesd- 15 an. she murmured sympatbel- ihe prodts of i I & Poor ol e u vmpathe prof e ample traffi ically, aa she zaw himlean back in bis chair, leav- worlds. Now. tho Ml:::eet.id u“behvoen obise Elmuke from the locomotives; tion ™ has alreedy disappeared in the consuming eoge of modern invention, to ssy nothing of the *‘Keoly motor.” Can fhe capi- tal question be aa eaeily solved : aod, it thus toen the gracd ocewu- which te duly fizured ont upon sciennfle objec- smoke- ? Who will form COmLALY. and Tho Wil take tha ahames 2