Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 21, 1875, Page 8

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGEZ . AWMUSEMENTS. The Location of the Retreat for Dizzy Actors. [haracters Who Find Shelter Within Its Hospitable Wallse Why Miss Jane Coombs Did Not Draw Last Week. tround the World in Eighty Days—Notes and Anno]mcements. The New Soprano-—-The Apol- lo Club—Camille Urso. Tomlins and the Tonic Sol-Fa--The May Louisville Festival. Operas and pera-Singers; THE DRAMA. IN CHICAGO. THE DIZZY ACTORS' BETREAT. A dizzy sctor is one who has jost his grip and fallen, or wl:o has had his hesd turned withont even going aloft. Dizziness of this deseription js seldom temporary. It afflicts the patient to the bitter end. The victima of 1z, however, find some compensafion for their suffering by 8880~ ciating with each other. The common dizziness becomes & bond of sympatby between them. Thus do & number of weaknesses joined togeth- or make one strength, like the bundle of sticks ip the fable. There is pothing sad ia & Retreat for dizzy actors, since it is the means of trans- forming frailty into power. Such s Retreat is thero within a slone's throw of threa theatres in Chicsgo. Itis a saloon, whers lager-beer and Rhine-wine are icnocently dispensed to any chance passer-by, buf which earns its distinctive character by being a resort for supernumeraries, ballet-girls, acd Lroken-down stock. Pespinat 2oy time during the day and you may see some of the residaary legatees of the establishment pecupying the best tables and chairs. Detween 11 #od 12 o'clock'at night the placo swarms with buzzing-bees, just remosved from behind Ihe footligts to this more congenia! atmosphere. The room isnotlarge. Down one side runs & Jong bar, and on the other 13 8 row of tables. A stove, variegated with kaleidoscopic expectora- tions, oscupies the centre. The free-lunch ta- ble, it is armost uonecessary to ssy, i8 & promi- nent feature. Decorating the wall behind the bar are two portraits of John McCullongh. one representing him i the Gladialor and the other in Kicheheu. The Clipper. unfaling fountain of thirsty profesmonals, hangs cn @ convenient book. The frequenters of the resort are well- matched to the swroundings. Patched aod ecotted clothes are not uncomamon, ‘hor are dis- monds and broadcloth unusaal: for the spirit of | the commumity is purely democratic. Money gives no 1mmanity from criticism, and lack of 1t does not placo one out of the pale. Bat dizzy actors are not generally in easy circumstances. Strong drink is often the cause of their misfor- tunes, There may be eeen in -the Retreat men Who began life with bigh promiee, sud_whose dwsappowtment of thewr greatest expectations drove them to rum and ruin. Now each one wiznds about— A astor waiting for a drink; No from day to day. Others, still, of the patrons of the Resort ara »nly stupid, or only bad; for them we need not panse to dropa tear. Then therosro the omen of the ballet, whodrop in after the performance for s mog of beer, and chxfl, not too delicately, their male companions, These women are for the most part foreigners, who have always been sccustomed in their own' comntry to consider themselves welcome wherover beer flows, and who do not propose mow to depart from the principles of their childhood. Some of them have wan faces, speaking of hard work and poor pay, rather thanof dissipation; snd, indeed, this'is the general lot of all women upon the stage. An eming sister's shame will not, of course, under sny circumstances, be allowed a tear by fashionable women of the upper class, who never knew what it was to be tempted by want ; but even they might judge less harehly of those who find pitfalls on the stage if they could upderstand how dreadful a thing it is to dance and die by inches, to sing and starve and bo virtuous. The wonder is, not that a few go 3stray, but that 50 many are saved. The con- wersation in the Retreat would make a rare vol- ume, if the best part of it could be gathered and expurgated by a_ competent editor. Woat eymposiums bave thers been in that dingy Toom! What Munchauseoesque stories, told and received with profound gravity! What up- roarious laughter has punctuated s bad witticism, or clipped the winge of a fecble flight of fancy! Xt would be woith while, if one conld sit by with- out exciting saspicion. to bear some superfluous ~et'ran still lagging on the stage dole ont his remimscences. trinmphs a8 seen by his own eves, lus failures if he will confess to any, his conferences with the greac actors of modern times, the untoward incidents he has wituessed on the stage, the queer audiences be has piayed to, and the curious green-rooms he has seen,— would not all these topics, if truthfully treated, farnish forth an evening's entertainment? The funniest talk ever heard in the Retroat comes from the green supers,—the Bob Acres and the Capt. Bobadils of the moment. It is worth a long walk and the enduring of some dis- agreeablo odors to see ome of these ‘brave fellows show how fields are won. They are often amazing braggarts, and, moumful to relate, still more amazing liars. Their tri- umphs wonld £l the world with their fame, if their stories could be accepted as true; and the trinmphs they would have had but for the un- generous intervention of the star, or the unseemly conduct of some brother actor, are numberless. There never waa an actor yet who could not ex- in the exact moment and the exact manner of is failing to be great. The Retrest holds many stern critics, and somo who are af times good. 'They are parhaps too fond of noise, aod ire barab, unsympathetic voices; but they can appre- ciate delicate touches as well as the best; and & word from one of these gray-headed men of ex- perience on & performance would sometimes be worth a whole column of analytical reasoning. They n:c:gniza the highest order of merif readily, secord it & generous appreciation ; but of tbose actora who are above them, yet in the middle ranks of the profeesion, they are un- sparing critics. They are envious, yet nat more 80 than the members of every profession are of each other. The actor knows faulis when he sees them and he also knows how difficnltitis 1o create virtnes; hence he speaks with much consideration for weak humanity, though with wore for hisa_own personal dignity sud state. esides the dizzy-cutics, thero are many other «casses represeoted in the Retreat, whose traits wauld furnish a theme for pleasant gossip ; but the subject baa already received, perhaps, more attention than it deserves. JANE COOMBS. The week just closed at McVicker’s has not _lwef:n yroeperous, and, under the circumstances, it is qificult to find fault with the public for not making it so. Miss Coombs is slways most agreeablein comedy. Her Lady Teazle is the best on thy American etage to-day, and in Lady Gay Spanker she is not less charming. Yot she bad only one part of this kind—Juliana in * Tte Honeymoon "—toplay during her eutire engago- meot here the past week. Her Lady Teazle and Lady Gay bad been given here g0 often that the managers conidered it unadvisable to give them again. They determined to have somethiog vew. To get somethiog new they went after something old. They fished from the vasty o geplh_s such pieces as “The Hunchback,” * Ingom: me, the Actrese,” ¢ The Stranger,” and '__These plays have been for several years laid aside for the best renson in the world —hecazse the people did not want to see them. This is not 8 gocd blauk-verse season, and so not & seseon for *The Hunchback * and *Ingo- mar™ ; itis pot a tragedy seasou, and 8o oot s seszon for tho severelv-classical and eombre Adrienne.” These traths were enforced in the course of the week, for the oniy lzrae audience aod thoroughly enjoyable performance was Fridsy night, when “The Honeymoon" !'\;;ad the great attraction, It was pre- oded by *Tho Stranger,” which the su- Wianoe sat thrangh with tolerabls composure e _d and patience, but which must have been’ some- thing of an intliction to most persons of taste in the houss. As THE TRIGUNE remarked yes- terday, * The Stranger” curiously concealed by ita turgid, inflated etylo the stilted acting of some membors of the stock company. ies Coombs herself 18 not fres from oiYensive man- nerisms in melodramatic parts. Her delivery is st times almost & sing-song, giving she im- pression that ehe i8 casting about in her lines for a czeura, and mcasuring off feet at so myach per handred. 1hese defects were swallowed up by the resonance of lotzebue in *‘The Strau- ger.” Tioe same kind agency eaved certain members of the stock company—notably Mr. ‘Walaron—from appesring strained and heavy ; 80 that they did better, ou the whole, ia ** The Stranger " thap in anything else they have at- tempted this season. Lhis may not be high praite, but it has the meriz of being truo. Mr. Seymonr's Peter in the sams play was ::n e u cellent portraiture, thongh _somowh: 5 necessanly exaggerated snd col erably marred by the intreduction of seversl vers palpable * gaga.” Of the perform- aace of *“ZIhe I{ogoymoon" we_have already epoken. Mr. Neymour's comparative farlure in thie Mock-Duke ought not tu cause bim moch distress. He has done so mapy good things that the debt of the pnblic to him will “not be exhausted by a few bad oues. ‘Thiere are t00 many members of Mr: McVicker's company who do mot, hke Mr.Seyodr, occasion BUrprise when they fail, sud towards whom the kindest policy that can be pursued is invétiable silenca. Rbra Murdoch i8 Dotoue of thesd l6at. Iior proity manners apd gouerally conscloutious reading have non ber ma: who will be only too glad to see any indications of sdvance- ment in Ler profession. If she can succeed in speaking distiuctly at all times she will have conquor:d one serious defect. She might alo EoiaN: worth ber while to pay setious acoution 10 tho business on the stage, whather she ha: peus to be speakiug or not. No:hing coull have been worse than her walkiug about listlessly as Chariotte sud peermg into the wings wheu Peter was reisting bow Zhe Stranger had saved his Young master frow drowning. “Lae woek just past at MeViexer's wasa very bad one for the company. ‘Almost all the plays were as bud as uew to Bomo members; sad when we reflecc that oaa actor, Mr. Alf Johnson, hud five parts to master and reproduce, 1t i8 €agy Lo view all the performances ‘Wit some chazity. If loog runs of piays cramp aud fetter the originaiity of an actor. 80 do too short ones destroy their ambition and coarsen their style. In New York the tendency is all the othar way: it ought to be possble to preserve something of 3 happy medium in Chicago. ABOTND THE WOBLD IN EIGHTY DATS. Tho spectacle at the Aaelpli is the best that has been geen in Chicago for many years, and the eternal justico of thiogs has docreed that 1t should be tbe best patronized. The play iteelf is a gueer compound, not wranting 1n dramatic points, yet not adspted for a great Buccots without its spectzcular surroundings. Spaak- ing with all duc humility and respect for the Gistinguished sdapter of the story, M. D'Ea- nery, we sbould say that the sabject was much betier fitted for comic opern than for dramatic ses. As 1tis, the playwright has height- enedt the comic element in the story by intro- ducing o queer genius from America, Senalor ' Paie, who has been blackballed by the Lixec- utive Club, and foliows Phieus Fogg around the world 1n quest of revouge, fightisg duals with him at way-statious. To give this genwus a wife, as woll 88 to preserve the propricties, a sister i beatowed upon Aouda, she also goes aronnd the world with the party. Lhe play owes nnut merits 1t has 88 an acting-drama at the Adelpbi to the remarkable beauty of Miss Goldthwaite, and the very clever acting of the comedian, Ar. Lytell, who assames the part of Passe- pariout. ‘The audiences during the wees Wwere immense and highly respectable. There is 1o reason why suy geotleman sbould not take his wife and dsaghters, or eisters, or some- body else’s eister, to the Adelpbi under the present msvagement. This week the managers sall unfold the novel substitute for & drop-cuc- taip, designed by the Messrs. Kiralfy aod pre- pared by Matt dlorzan. It is in the shape of an enormous fan, and opens out from one of the wings, inclosing the entire siage. Next week, beginning Nov. 23, the famous aceno in the cave of serpents will be given. This was considersd the best feature of the entertainment st the Forte St. Martin Theatre in Paris, bt in New York the critics considered it repulsively real- istic. Perbaps tho healthv Western nature will not be scared by & few snakes, which are war- ranted to keep tbeir distance and not go home with a fellow at night. THE CALIFOBNIA MINSTRELS. Competition inatead of subduing- has quick- ened the pulse of Mr. Haverly; and be has formed & combination of **talent.” asthe phrase is, which probably has never been equaled in the whole history of negro-miastrelsy. Among tbe additions to the company this week wiil be Ben Cotton, the old favorite ; Harry Stanwood, a skillful player on the baojo; Goss aud Fox, plautatiou song _sod dsnce men. Of tae com- pavy that played last week John Hart,—who 13 to sppear a8 _Judge Bunyon, mn ‘‘The Coust of Appeala,"—T. Hengler, Adlington, Rice, Kemble, and Rooinson have been retained. Ar. .Haverly also announces the early appearance of Rickey and Barney, Schoolcraft and Coes, Walters and Morton, Cotton avd Birdue, Morton and Ber- nards, Pat Rooney, George Kuight, Billy Court- right, E.M. Hal, J. W. McAndrows, Chatley Benedict, snd many others. Ihelist is impos- ing. The Califorma Minstrels are always re- spectable; thar should be remembared in their favor by the public. Monday, Nov. 29. George Miller, the popular business manager, will usg a benefit. NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. Joaquin Miller lectures on * Literary Lon- don " this afternoon at McCormick Hall. The Sanday Lecture Society announces. for nest Sun- day an unique entertainment. Mre. A. H. Leon- owens, *The Engiish Governess at the Court of Siam,” will spesk on that country and illustrate the lecture by a magniticent series of magic- lantern views of the jeweled idols and gilded _palaces, the Throno and Court of Siam, and the ‘people. _The Kelly & Leon Minstrelscontinuo thisweek, giving s the special feature of their entertain- ment their own adaptation of * Mons. Chon- fleuri " in white. Another number on the pro- gramme, which promises to be highly amusing, 18 “1be Great Rifle Contest by the Mulligan and Skidmore Guards.” Cool Burgess will render forther specimens of _his admirable_songs, gpeeches, and acts. Matinees Thursday sod Satarday. Henry M. Shaw (Josh Billings) is to give what be terms s “bily consentrated lektur™ on +Bpocimen Bris " to-morrow night st Plymouth Church- Aun Eliza Young, nineseenth wife of Brigham Young, is sonounced' to lecture at Unicn Park Church Tuesday eveniog upon the topic, ** My Life in Bondage.” Mis. Yonog in her two years’ lecture experience has gained the reputation of boing one of the most earncst and interesting speakers on the platform. This week the full strength of the stock com- pany at McVicker's will give Moncrieffe’s play, *The Jewess.” It affords large opportnuitics for sceuic effects and gorgeous costames, all of which will doubtless be improved. *The Jew- ess " will bo given Monday, Tuesday, Wodnee- dsy, apd Saturday nights, snd at the mat- inges of Thursday and baturday. Thursday ghnnksgiving) night and_ Friday night *‘The a of Jce” will be revived. Next week Barry Sullivan. Week after next, May Howard. A fair business was done at Col. Wood’s Muse- nm during the week just past, there being no change of bill. *“Griffith Gauat” and *‘Uncle Tom's Cabin * were the attractions. This week **Mary Warner " will be given every oveming, and at the matinces of Wednesday aad Saturday, and Buckstone's ** Married Life” st the other matmees. The cast for the fist play embraces Mesars. Forsberg, McManus, Rogers, and Wil- lass. Messrs. McManus, Wilsoo, Fitzpatrick, and Rogers. and Misses. Moramer, Douglass, Roberts, and Thompson, appear in ** Married Iafe.” Miss Mortimer, a clever young acticse, who did Bome good work in * Led Astray,” will play Mrs. Frederick Younghusband. sl i THE OUTER WORLD. 30 JEFFERSON 1N LONDON. The re-entrance of Mr. Jefferson on the Lon- don stage, afier an absence of ten Yesrs, was made Nov. 1, at the Princess’, Theatre, as Rip Van Winkle. The London Standard of Nov. 2 pays: *To greet an actor with unmitigated enlogy is a task 28 pleasant as it is rare, and for Mr. Jefferson's representation no words can be foo stroog.” The London Athencum says: « The verdict on Mr. Jefferson’s scting must perforce be favorable in :he highest degree.” The Telegraph seys : ** Mr. Jefferson certainly never played botter in this country, and it would have been difficult to select a more genuine, sepsitive, or appreciativo_sudience than he had last nigbt” Tha forning Post says: *The representation outran the moBt sanguine exnects- tions.” The Acizsesyr: * Thodzh olaborated i a wonderful degres, this is essentially a refined and moderate performance. Fow finer things can be eeen ou tha stago than the bewil- Germent of the old mun,” ete. The Ztmes 8ay8 : ~The bouge was crowded, aund the applanse son, and Misses Cameron, Thompson, and Doug-, most remarkable exhibitions of the moders Btage.” Tho Academy says : - The pathos is of a mimplo and soggested kand, comparable only to Hans Andersou’s * Story of & Mother’; and 20 there 18 mothing in ltersture like the one, there is litsle on_the stage liko the othor.’ URD Van Winklo " was first given in London Sept. 4, 1865. The press was enthusiastio in its weptomo and acclaims ; the publie wagslower in fts recognition. Not indeed until Mr. Jefferson bad been 10 Epgland some time did the gencral public grasp the fact that 80 great a triumph of art was to be witnessod, and 16 was only near the close of his engagement that the audiences be- camo fully remunerativo. Discoursged by such reception, which, however, was misleading, 28 a renewal of his engagement would soon have sirown, Mr. Jofferson, after 8 run through the country, returped to America. THE HOOLEY TBOUPE IN BAN FRANCISGO. A private letter from 3 gentlemsa in Ban Francisco gives sorne account of the fortunes of the Hooley dramatic cOmMpany, the old-time fa- vorites of Chicago. After the retirement of Mr. Hooley, snd the accession of Maguire to the sole management, the company did several weeks of very bad business, but * The Overland Route,” which was put on Nov. 1snd continued i0 woeks, suruck the popalar faucy, and the re- snlt was comfortable sudiences. Last weok the company’ nv‘pen'ud in ¢ The Fair One with a Bloude Wig." the burlesque the Oates company usod to do. It was brought outin fine style, sud will probably ran three or four weeks. The compsany will play ** Fortunio * for the holidays, and Crone will trifle with Wellington de Boots for one week, after which all isablank Itis thought that the com pany may be ordersd to Chicago some time in February, or porhaps eatlier. AN ADAPTATION OF RICIIARD IL In 1720, at Lincoln's Ion Fields, Theobald’s adabation of + Richard II.” was given with moderate success. It was not an improvement Bpon the original, but3t was so far to the profit the adaptor that the Eari of Orvery conferred g‘.tl I}‘;m Jm‘Zmnsu:llv Iibersl gift for the dedica- tion. namely. a £100 note, inclosed in a box of Egvptian pebble, which was worth & soore of pounds more, Tho story seems worth reviving in view of the recent performance of Shak- speare's play in new York. <Lherejis scarcely any Pay of Shakspearc’s which offers a better oppor- tumity for the adapter thag this; and the fact thac all attempts in this directien have failed only shows how tranacendeat Was the genius of the illustrious bard. NOTES. Booth opens in Richelieu st the ‘Walnut Street Theatro, Philadelphia, Monday night. Roesi has appeared in King Lear in Paris. In Easter he will begia a London engagement. Clara Mor:is begins an eogagement at the Fifth Avenne Theatrs in New York to-morrow Dight. 5 Tooth’s impersonation of Lear during tbe week just past was highly prawsed by she New York papers. 1t is understood that John Dillon will make his first appearaoce in New York in s new play written by Oakey Hall. Boucicanlt is rewriting Jack Cade™ for John MeCallongb, who 18 going overin April to sp- pear at tho Adelph: Theatre in London. wRose Michel,” the famous Freach play over which there has been g0 much litigation, will be civen for the first time in this conntry st the Tmon Square Theatre, New York, Tuoeeday evening. Faony Davenport and Edwin Booth played to- gether in & matipes at Daly’s Theatre last Wednesiay. Though the prices of admitsion ware raised the bouse was srowded. The pieces were *The Stranger” and ‘Eatherine and Petrachio.” J. RB. Plauche writes to Eate Field in London that he isalive, and as lively as an_old fellow of four-score can rationally expect to be. He would be much gratified if the managers and publish- ers in the United States would substantially prove the interest they take in ‘him and his works by transmitting to him some interest—say 5 per cent—on the capital they have made ont of them. It is understood that Mr. Charles Thorne, Jr., will not re-ongage with the Union Square com- paoy after this season. He may come to Chica- go next summer, bat, if 80, he will be concerned in the mansgementof the company that mg: ports him. Next senson, Mr. Thorne will prol ably play s series of star en; agements in the larger cities of the Union. He is now negotiat- ing with Bret Harte for a new play. Mr. Charles Fechter, the distingnished actor, is understood to bave been ougsged by Mr. Maurico Grau to_appear at the Lyceum Thestre, New_ York, beginning this week. He will act some of the roles of which he was the original on the Parisian stage, notably that of .Armand in * La Dame aux Camellias.” Mr. Fechter will play in French, and will be surrounded by the talented company now appoaring at the Ly- cenm. John £. Owens was at Washington Iast week; Rignold and ** Henry V.” at Providence, R. L. Fechter and Edwin Adams at Philadelphia; E. L. Davenport at Buffalo; Mrs. Bowers at De- troit; Chatlotte Thompson sz Cleveland ; Susan Denin at Indianapolis; Lawrence Barrett at Lomsville; George Fawcett Rowe aud Joho T. TRaymond st Boston; John McCullough and Daly's " Big Bonunza » compuny at St. Loms ; McKee Rankin, Barry Sullivan, and Lotta at Cincinnatt. George Belmore, the English acter whoss sad death 1n New York last week excited general commiseration, was, a dozen years ago, the pet of the lords of the turf; snd ‘it is ¥upposed his success on the stage as Nat Gosling, which he played 276 nights at_the Holborn, led to his rail he was induced by the patrons it gained nim to go into many unfortunate ventures which Jost him his property. As it was, however, he left enough to make his widow and seven children comfortable for life. The funcral was performed_at_the * Little Church Around the Corner ” Wednesdsy. The pall-bearers were Lester Wallack, Henry D. Palmer, George Hovey, W. J. Florence, ‘John Brougham, Beckot, E. Arnott, and B, F. Russell. MUSIC. i AT HOME. DURING THE WEEE which has just closed there have been thrge concerts which have been unusually attractive. Theo first of thess was the Camulla Urso concert, in the Lakeside course of entertainments. Camilla Urso has been a favorite in Ohicago for many years, and her name slons would be an inducement at any time for s large audience, but, in addition to her own artistic efforts, she brought with her amost accomplished soprano, dirs. Oliver, who made her first appearance in this city and achieved s moet signal success. The remaining voices in the troupe may be pro- nounced good, without being specially great, but the soprano was one of the most charming American eingers we have had upon our con- cert-boards for & long time. The second con- cert was that given by the Apollo Club on Wednesday evening, which insugurated the fourth season, and was their first ap- pearance under their new leader, Mr. Tomlins. ‘We have 'already noticed the corcert in detail, but it will dono harm to congratulate the Club once more upon its bandsome success. Its sing- ing astonished its best friends, and showed that they now have a leader who is a master of his business. It will be remembered that Mr. Dobn brought the Club to a rare degree of perfection, but afler his resigoation, a_year sgo, it dropped downin allrespects. When Mr. Tomlios took the Jeadersnip he infused new Iife into it. He rapidly filled up the ranks, instituted a rigid dis- ciplino, and labored through all of last spring and summer witbout any rest, the members turn- ing out in full ranks at every rehearsal with the utmost enthueiasm. Thoy were drilled with ab- solute musical severity in every detail of their work, sometimes an entire evening being devoted to one pount alone,—like that of enunciation, for instance. Tho result is shown in- the superb work they did at the concert. In the massing of voice, in dis- tinot enunciation, in precision and uoavimity of atiack, ip light and sbade, even to the very graces of expression, snd in thewr tempos and tune, their singing was almost = revelstion. The programme was Dot a8 ambitious as some of the Apolio programmes have been in times tumaltuous. Rip Van Winkis is one*of the { Consideriog past, but it was composed of very plrasing and popular music of the English school roainly, and gave great satisfaction. There is much ex- quisite music in this zchool, above the standard of mere part_songs, which we have no doubt is at Mr. Tomiins’ dispossl, 8a his acguaintance with English vocal music is unusually extensive, and we bope he will give us an opportumity of hearing soms of the larger works of such com- posers 83 Smart, Lishop, Purcell, Sterndale Depnett, Balfe, Cooke, Sulliven. and others, both of the old and new composers. That ad- mirable pianist. Miss Juls Rive, added geeasly to the interest of the con- cert with her artis interpretation of Beathoven, Chopin, Liszt, sod Gounod. all the requisites of a great arhiste, _importance. such as intelligent apprecistion of the score, the ability to read between the lines the real meaniug of the composer, brilliagey and dex- terity of technique, power, and delicacy. and expression, we have no hesitation in placing her st tho head of Amorican players. And to all these tech'sites she adds thorough devotion to her work, refinement of manner, and & very varied ropertoire, rangiog from the strictly clas- sical 10 the more romantic works of the modern school. Wo can only regret that our opportuni- ties of hearing her thus far have been ‘confined to solo work. ~ We trust ere long tbat we may hear her in concertos, with orchestra, swhich will afford a still more rigid test of her abilittes. The third concert to which we have sliuded was that given at the Plymouth Congregational Church on Thursday evening. Asa rule, church concorts are bores. That is, the singers rarely rie abovo & respectable mediocrity, snd Lave such painfully thin repertoires thas ihey usually repeat each other lile parzots.. Does a soprano happen upon & pretty baliad, straightway every other soprano rashes for it. Does a basso hit upon some sonorous baliad of the monks or the sailors, no other basso will rest until be has an opportunity to roar it, Thus all church con- certs get to e painfully alike. This concert, bowever, was an _exception to the rule, and was above the average of chuich concerts in its pro- gramme aod performance. The instrumental numbers were in the hands of Mr. I. V. Flagler, the orgenist of the chmch, who pl;'yed Lacbuer's familiar aod always pornlar Feat overture and n Concert Offertoire of Battiste's, and Mr. Ledochowsky, who gave OChopin’s Berceuse and the Willmer's Rbansodie with ad- mirable effect. By an odd coincidence there were two * Ave Marins” on the programme, thet of Gounod,. sung by Mrs, E. O. Sevmour, the soprano of the church, with violin otligato by Mr. Meyer, and that of Dudley Buck, written for Mra. J. M. Osgood, of Boston, who bas just suug it in ono of the Loadon Crystal Palace cencorts with success, sung by Mra. *Clara D. Stecey, the soprano of the First Cougru%llionhl Charel, with piano accompaniment by Mr. £ddy. The two numbers are widely different in treatment, in general character, aod in ac- companiment, 80 that there was Doth- ing n the npamre of a _repetition. Comparisons wonld be specisily odious insuch & case 88 this between tWo BOprancs slog- 10 for & charitabis purpoes, and euch singing an Ave Maria. The verdict of the audience 18 the most plendant test to record, and tbat was an enthusiactic encors for esch lady, which was well deserved in both ‘instsnces. Mrs. Sey- mour replied with George Osgood's pretly bal- 1ad, * Down the Shadowed Lane She Goes,” and Mrs. Stacey with Cooper’s admirable song. en- titled ** Wishes,” both being new. Mr. Charles Smuth (tenor), Mr. Bowen (bass), and Ar. Gill (baritone), aiso added to the attractiveness of the concert with solos. If a musical point of view the conocert gave great satisfsction. From a tinancial poiat of view it achieved'what church concerts rarely attain—a handsome profit to the beneficiary, which in this instance was the mis- sion-school connected with the church. MR, CRESWOLD'S ORGAN BECITAL. The programme of Mr. Creswold's eighteenth organ recital at Unity Church tLis evening will be as follows : 1. Fantasie on Themes from Mendelssohn's * Elijah " tee serene o ++s.Creswold HMr. Argnur J. Crese 2, Song—** The Logend of the Crossbill....Lemmens Muse Julia 4, Wels, 8. Organ Solo. @, Amaryllis, b. Abend Lied. Schumarn .. .. Roasini +eauCosta 4, Overture—" William Afr, Creswoid. 5. Bong—“I Dreamt 1 Was in Heav'n” Atiss I¥etis. .Mendelssohn ...Buppe 6. Sonats in B flal 7. Overture—*‘ Poef an; Afr. Creswold, LOCAL MISCELLANT, The vocalist for the next of the series of Mr. Eddy’s organ recitals sill be 3irs. W. 8. Wat- rous, the contralto of Trinity Episcopal Church. The first concert of the Beethovea Societ7 will be given on the 9th of December at McCormick's Hall. The principal numbera will be selections from Mendelssohu's ‘ Loreloy,” solos by Mrs. Clara D. Stacey, soprano, and Mr. Dexter, tenor ; Mendelssohn's Ninety-fifth Psalm, and ove of his hymns for alto and chorus; » piano eolo by Mrs. Watson ; and a violin solo by Alr. Ighwia. Mrs, Imogene Brown, formerly of this city, sang in oratorio in New York recently. The only criticism which the Times of that city rath- er ungracionsly malos, is that **Mrs. Imogeuo Brown, in tasks of this kind, is, as a rule, over- weighted.” Misa Rive is evidently an exception to the rule that the prophet is not without honor save in his owa country, applying this rule to playiog. The Cincinnati Enquirer sava **she is the brightest gem 1n Cincinnati's crown,” and the Commercial calls her * our prids and our pet.” The Apollo Club is eniitlad to the credit of baving issued nt its recent concert the handsom- est programmes over seen in Chicogo. Tbe full text of the songs was given n Dbook-form, on tinted paper, with red line mar, Br. Creswold, the organist, 15 contomplating » production of Bterndule Bounett's beautiful cantata, *The May Quosn,” which was given with rRo much success some yeara ago by the Mendelssohn Society. Mr. Blackman has * The Messish " underlined for December, with the Centeoary choir, auxil- iary chorns, and organ accompaniment. The soloiats are not yet selected. A choxal service was given at the First Baptist Church on Monday evening last by the Parlor Mausical Clab, under the direction of Dr. George F. Root, to bring out his *pew idea” with re- gard to church music. Several pieces from his pew work, *The Choir and Congregation,” were eung with fine effect, tho whole congrega- tion joining 1 the hvmn-tane, which closes each anthem or solo performance. Mra. Ullman, Mrs. Res, Miss Crocker, and others, took the Bolos. We aro sure that this work of Dr. Root's is destinod to be successful. It fillan place long wished by congregations who desire to take part in tbis most pleasing part of church-worship, while the choir still has its field of usefulness,— ‘both choir and congregation needing each other's services. The Parlor Mausical Club is now an established Socioty, already so lsige a8 to be scarcely called **Parlor” aoy looger. The hall for thoir meetings is bardly determified upon a8 yet, but they commence op Monday evening of this week their regular winter's work uonder their leader, Mr. F. W. Root, at the First Bap- tist Church, at which time a vote of the Society will be taken with regard to the place of mcet- ing. All members are caruesty invited to be present at that time promptly at 7:30. Miss_Rive gave a piano recital at Ferry Hall, Loke Forest, Fnday evening last, at which she plaved the following numbers of Beethoven's “Sonata Appassionate”; five Iorcenux Fan- tasie of Schumann’s; Chopin's Bailado in A flat snd Rondesnin E flat minor ; Schubert’s Sonata, op. 42 ; four transeriptions from Strauss apd Gounod by Tausig, Raff, and Liszt; and the second Rhapsodie Hongroise. Three new woiks will be brought out at the Turner-Hall Concert this afternoon: The over- ture to Grantini's * Ferdinand Cortez “; Schrei- ner's * Potponrri Paragraph”; and Strienbring- en’s waltz ** Spring’s Carnival.” That old favorite, the inimitable Barnabee, is to give two concerts in the Btar Course, Dec. 6, and 7, in the Plymonth and Union Park Churches. The company cousists of the following artists : Mrs. H. E. H. Carter, soprano; Miss Anna C. Holbrook, contralio ; Miss Persis Bell, vioimist; W. J. Ulnch, tenor; H. C. Barnabeo, basso; 80d §. L. Studley, pisnist. An offort is being made to induce Mr. Stra- kosch to adopt popular prices for the forthcom- ing Titiens concerts in this city, It will moet certainly enhance the pooularity qf the concerts. ‘I'he sale of seats commences ot Jansen & Me- Cturg’s, Dec. 6. + THE TONIC BOL-FA BYBTEM. To the Editor of The Chicago Tridune : Crcago, Nov. 20.—May I be allowed s word in correction of a falee idea of the music-teach-~ ing of this city Likely to be entertained by those who have listened to Mr. Tomlins’ recent public expositions of the Tonic Sol-Fa syastem. While setting forth the advantages of that system, the speaker seemed to imply that the recognition of key relationship—the individuality or distinctive coloring of each member of the scale, and ita re- lstion to the tonic or key-note, and sufficient practical drill in the eame, was pecaliar to Tonic Bol-Fa; in other worde, that teachers of the staff notation ignore ‘‘the thing, music,” to quote Mr. Tomlins' phraseology, and pass at once to the eigns of music as matters of prime TWhile thers 18 s great deal of imperfect teaching done by staff nota- tionists, I contend that in this country, s0d especially in this city, they are 28 sound on the main point of rignt singiog, the mental effect of tones a5 members of a key, 28 the advocates of any system anywhere ; if they fail to produce as good effects ns others, the rerson must be eought for in another direction. Mr. Tomlins here need not combat the fallacy of “fixed Do ” as he learned_to do where he be- came sequeinted with Sol-Fa. In Englaod, false general principles arecoupled with the staff nota- tion, but here it is not 80 ; if he finds our choirs and singiug socicties full of those who read poor- Jy ornot at all, it is Dot because our American method is unequal to the task of tesching them, ‘but because’ such 'persons have never availed themselves of that method ; the few who haye been educated by it will be found able to do such things as_were described by the lecturer with his modulator. This I say in defense of tho generally-accepted musical philosophy of tbis country. But our notation for music I do not wish to defond ; I believe the Tonic Sol-Fa to be entirely superior toit for the purposes of vocal music, and am one of many musicians of this city who are glad to see the svatem introduced by so able an expositor as he who now takes the initiative. To what has been said I bave not intended fo cast upon Mr. Tomlips the suspicion of having tentionally treated the subject unfairly; be- sides baing incspable of this sort of thing, he is, I presume, too conscious of the strength of bis position to feel any temptation toward imputing to the object of his attack any uoreal weakness. ‘Freperic W. Roor. PRRNES=E- e ABROAD. THE LOUISVILLE MAY FESTIVAL. The Louisville Courier-Journal says of its festival next May : Several preliminary rehearsals have been held, with Tesults that may be Considered very successful, cir- cumstances considered. Surprisingiy gocd work has been done on Mendelasohn's *As tbe Heart Pants” and % Hymn of Praise,” Gluck's *Orpheus,” Schu- mann’s * Gypsy Life,” Handel's great * Dettengen To Deum,” and other compositions, T'he chorus-has Eo- cured a happy blending of our iocal eingers,—the cul- tured profecsor, the enthusinstic amateur, and the young tyto in classic music lsboring in the same organization most happily ond _success- fully, aud clearly demponstrating that Louisville Das 'within herself ~a really grand chorus. But the purposes of the Featival contemplate n brosder scope than can be predicated upon any merely Jocal body. The now fully-agreed-upon inteht is to mve » waek of song with a grand choras of §00 volcea, and an orchestra of zot less then 100 instrumenta, To bo deflnite, the great festival {a set for a weok in the latter part of May next, and is to embrace three grest concerta at night and three grand matinees, the fiter including one performance by the school-children of Louisville, New Albany, and Jeffersonville, tae whole week's festival to be under the personal direction of Theodore Thomas, and led by his wonderfully-perfect orchestrs, enlarged by our own splendid instrumental performers, MUSICAL SOTES. . Mr. Max Strkosch and Mme. Titiens are both in New York, aud both, we are sorry to hear, ill. Mr. Santley is highly praised for his perform- ance of the title part in Cherubini’s ** Water-Car- xier.” ‘The Adelaide Phillips Opera Company closed & very successful engagemont at Washington on Sawrday pight. Bt Mr. Carl Rosa has given up his intention of presonting a series of operas in English at Dru- 1y Lano Theatro next March. AMr. Levy, the celebrated cornet-playoer, starts on a provincial tour, with the following assist- ants ;: Mrs. Levy (Miss Minoie Conway), sopra- no; Miss Blenche Corelli, contralto ; Alr. Mel- bourne and Miss Lina Luckhazdt, the celebrated piapista. . Mlle. Marie Heilbron, after winning great fa- vor at Signor Arditi’s Covent Garden Concerts in Loudon, bas returoed to Paris, where, it ia said, she will * create " the partof Virginig. in Vic- tor Masse's new opera, ‘‘Paul and Virginia." Capoul will be the Paul. From one of our Italian exchanges we learn that * the accomplished American soprano, Sig- nora Mana Louiea Durand, has been engaged during this autumn to sing at_the Opera-House st Florence, as dfargaret, in * The Huguenots,’ aud in tne new opeta of ‘The Catalcens,’ by the young composer Brenca.” Bostop elevates her nose in_the air, and rains icicles upon the head of Von Bulow, becauss the distinguished pianist, after a series of concerts thiat were attended by the_intellect of the Hub, snoounces his New York engagement a8 hbis * first aopearance in Amerca.” Is Boston in New Jersew, then, oc is Boston not to be taken into account ? Tvedresday next Dr. Von Bulow will givea concert dedicated to the remembrance of Rubin- etoin, whom be calls My friend. not my rival,” when the Doctor will play Rubinstein's third concerto in G major, thres of his solo compoai- tions, and the fourth barcarole and a fantasia of Liszt for piano and orchestra. Steinway Hall was crowded o its utmost ca- pacity 1ast Taesdny nighs, on the occasion of Thomas' first symphony concert. Tne pro- gramme was a8 follows : Overture, **Iphigenia in Aalis,” Gluck ; Eighth Symptiony in F, Bee- thoven : symghouy illustrating Dante's ** Divins Commedis,” Liszt. Miss Sterling sang a selec- tion fram the Christmas oratorio of Bach, and a descriptive song by Schubert, with orchestration by Thomas. i Yon Bulow's path tbrough New England is strewed with the remains of critics whom he bath made mad, and it might be retraced by following up their cries. Boaton and Providence criticism is now emuiated in craziness by that of Hartford. Of the ** Moonlight Sonata™ of Bee- thoven s critic of that city says that *‘the wild complaints 1n sixteenth notes rush rapidly up- ward against a double accord, ngain and agein, until a peacaless theme agitates the finale.” “You pave your money snd you takes your choica.” The New York Tribune says: ‘‘Itis rumored that Mr. Strakosch intends to producs Italian operain_this city during the second or third weelr of December. Mlle. Titiens, Mlle. Belocea, Sig. Brignoli, and 8ig. Dal Puente are spoken of a8 likely to form part of the troope.” Per coutrs, the New York Times vays: ‘‘ The thousaod and one assertions in relation to an in- tended scason of Italian operaat the Academy, with Mme. Titiens, in January, are all prema- ture, and the confident announcement that Sig- nor Campanivi will join Mme. Tietiens, has a8 ¥et no foundation whatever in fact.” gl iyl SONG OF THE SORROWFUL. Ah, veary heart | Ah, throbbing brain I Inflnituda of woe and pain That 'round me like a desert lies, Where can I cool my burning eyes ? Where can I ind some hope of rest,— Some lonely, calm, untroubled nest, Where brooding Peace, with folded wings, Her subtle charm of quiet flings ? 1 sink with troubled dreams to rest That yields no aolace to my breast ; 1 walie with vague and wondering pain, T4l Memory stings my heart agnin ; And morn, and light, and dewy 85T, Aud smiling lip, and kindly ese, Still ind my heart with grief oppressed : Dear Ged | my spirit pines for rest,— The * rest ” of which the Prophet sings,— The * rest ” the Holy Spirit brings,— The weary heart beneath the sod, The emancipated soul with God. 0 promite {raught with words so sweot still lure my lojtering, Earth-bound foet, Till my lone, weary, aching breast Shall Aind in Heaven unbroken rest, “ Como untome ! " The accents thrill 31y inmost soul ; and * Peacs, be still,” Btills all the ’roused waves of my soul, ‘That even now defied control. And T will give "—O promise blest 1— 0 hope divine I—* will give you rest.” Ah { guide my wandering {ootsteps still. 0 Jesus ! bend me to Thy will. Still bend me, though the reed may break ; Still crush me, though the soul may take Its lingering fiight 'mid pain and strife, Whers Doath in fiercest form wrecks Life. Through storms and tumault, from on high Still let me bear the pleading cry : “0Oh! Soul whom God hath chastening bleat, Come tto me; L'l give you rest1” CricaGo, Nov. 13, MapoE CoTNE. — The Decay of Glaciers. A glacier is s current of ice derived from snow. Comploto glaciers of the first order take their rise on the mountains, and descend into the ses,’ just as all complete rivers of the firsi order do. In North Greealand the snow supply and general climatic conditions are such that its glaciers pour directly into the ocesn. and so undoubtedly did thoso of the Pacific Slope during the flush times of the glacial epoch: but now the world i8 80 warm and the 8now crop 8o scanty, nearly all toe glaciers loft alive have melted to mere_ hints of their fofmer selves. The Lyell Glacter 18 uow less than a mile long; yet, setting out from the frontal morsine, we may trace its former course on grooved and polished surfaces sud by immense canons and mornines a distance of more than 40 miles. _ The glaciers of Switzerland aro in a like decay- ing condition as compared with their former grandeur; 60 also are those of Norwsy, Asis, and South America. They have come to resem- ‘ble the ehort rivers of the eastern slope of the Sierra that flow oat into the hot plains snd are dried up. According to the Schlagintweit Broth- ors, the glaciers of Switzeriand melt at an_aver- age elevation above the level of the sea of 7,414 teet. Tho glacier of Grindelwald melts at less than 4,000 feet; that of the Aarat about 6,000. ‘Che Himalaya glacier, in which the Ganges takes its rise, does not, according to Captain Hodgson, descend below 12,914 feet. The average eleva- tion at which the glaciers of the Sierra melt is Dot far from 11,000 fest above sea-level.—John Muir in Harper's Magazine. The Dead Child. Church .Mirror. How often 1live over that hour in which s precions one struggled with the Kingof Ter- rors! 0, papa! This is the river. Beautifal! Beautiful! Let us sing ‘Yes, we'll gather at the r-i-v—'"and the waters hushed His voice for- ever. There is s drawer, & sacred drawer, and folded away are uiny things a8 sacred as a shrine, and ench bas & Yoice, sad but evar eweet. EUROPEAN GOSSIP. The German Imperial Family, Bismarck, and Moltke, “TLe J our des Morts " in Paris—Strew- ing Fl_owern upon Tombs. Offenbach’s New Opera, * La Boulangere a des Ecus,” and Aimes as the Herolne, THE GERMAN IMPERIAL FAMILY, BISMARCK: Y AND MOLTKE. From Victor Tissot’s * Trip to Germany™ the New York Sun gathers the following gossip: The Emperor William is an economical, un- ostentatious eovereign, who lives now very much a8 he did when he was Crown-Prince, and in the same palace that he had built on s mar- risge in 1829. Perhaps ho camse back from Ver- sailles with & couple of trampets and drums the more, but that was all. He is a robust, bald old man, with a remarkably healthy face. His head is enormous, aod rests on very broad shoulders; hmveye! gray and bright, noder thick eyebrows which frown with facility ; bis mustache. joned to thick white whiskers, completely covers his m_onf.h and conceals its expression. War for h}m has always been a divine mission, and in his visions the world appears only under a lnminons cross (omaa by a gun and a sabre. His method of lite is very simple; his love of discipline aud regard for strict military dress and deportment are profound. It is said that Bis- marck gained his good groces by hindering him one duy from sppearing befors the troops-in s ufn{cnp not entirely buttoned up. He opens h_m mail every day, and ckarges his Privy Coun- cilora to reply to all letters. After this per- formance he receives his doctor, who, according to the color of the imperisl tongue, allows outside exercise or exacts staving in-doors. He regularly studies the bills-of-fare pro- poud‘by his cook as carefully as one of Bis- marck’s reports. France has the honor of bLaving given birth to this illustrious cook. After the war His Majesty grew a littlo cold toward his cook, but his imperial stomach soon bronght him to terms with Mous. Du- bois. ‘fhe Emperor is fond of plsin, bat classical, and especially economical, cooking ; the dinners given by him when Crown Prince were notoriously scant. At hisdesk near the window he is often seep seated, and writing with an eagle’s quill ; befors him are the photographa of lus cuildren and grandchilren, as well as varions battlefield souvenirs—balls, bits of shells, and metallic carridges. When a simple Prince 1t was his custom always to write with bis helmet on, and eeated on a small cannoon placed 1 his room for that purpose; and at prosent his room is filled with warlike articles, giving it the appearance of a boudoir to the ar- soual oppoite. His vigoroas constitution allows Dim to indulge in excessive work ; travel, fotes, and reviews seem oniy to increase his tough- ness. His thiret for popularity is unbounded, aud the Court historiographera are continually writing him up. The Empress Augusta has always been liber- ally disposed, and for a long time struggled against the belligerent tastesof her husband and liego lord. She tried hard to preven: all his wars, but 1o vain, and hence there arose an an- tagonism between herself and Bismarck, which still continues. She could bave got the better of bor husband, but Bismarck was a horse of another color, and managed to successfelly play his part of Mephistophiles to the new Faust. She, nevertheless. heads the Court party of op- position to the Chancellor, as the Crown Prin- cess, Queen Victoria's Gaugliter, heads ihe English party. French ideas have always met ith the sympathy of the Emprees, and she was very kind to the prisoners of Metz snd Sedan. Her library ia well stocked with French books. The Crown Prince also_lives in the simplest etle. No war tools are to be found in his pri- vate apartment. His tastes are agricultural, snd rather averse to arms. His delight, indeed, lies in blue skios, green fields upon which the sun only flashes, the hum of bees and of mills. While his couein, Prince Frederick Charles, re- views army corps, he visita gchool-rgoms and amuses himself by putting his plamed helmet on the heads of the most playfut pupils. Bismarck lives in the Foreign Ofice, No. 76 Wilhelm strasse. Before & mahogany desk with drawers the great Chancellor is accustomed to #it in a cushioned arm-chair, with his secretary placed opposite him oo & leather-botfomed stool. How many diplomats have stood before that desk a8 before n gambling table, and there lost their stake! Thers are no books in the Toom bat a complete collection of pipes. hel- mets, boxes of cigars. sabres, and swords, and gloves lie about luose. A big 8ofs, upon which the Prince reads the papers after dinner, is a permanent piece of furniture, a8 is also the new map of Alsace and Lorrsine. Moltke resides in the offices of the Grand Staff of the army. The room in which he works is large and well lighted by tbree high windows fronting om King’s place. The table around which the staff assembles in council is beaped with maps, books, pamphlets, and_jour- nals. A piece of shell is the Geperal's favorite lotter-woight. Tne frescoes on the walls repre- sent some of the events of the war, and the hero himeself is depicted under various cos- tames. His bed-room, adjoining, i3 of monas- tic seventy. Moltko is tall, thin, alightly stoop- ing; he is only straigbtoned up on horse- back, and then looks like a man of 30. His close-shaven face is very much wrinkled ; nis profils recalls vaguely Cemsars; his prominent nose indicates will, ~ persever- ance, courago ; his lips ace thia and expressive of melancholy ; his chin ~* wp: eyes black and brilliant; neck long. He cotests civilian clothes, and regards the uniform a3 indispensable to his person. He is a great worker andan earlyriser ; passes sometimes as much a8 nine bours at his desk without taking anything save s glass of Bordeaux and a biscuit ; dines at 2 and sups at 8. Heis always puactual in Parliament, where his colleagnes style him the ‘" Great Silent.” Lees a captain of genius than an admirable or- gsnizer, he is as cold-biooded in battle as the Zods that dwell on Olympus, His amusement is to walk in the Thiergarten with his bands be- hind his back in the old Napoleonic style. A Dane by birth, he married a young English girl who fell violently in love with him ; her prema- ture death in 1868 came near killing him. LE JOUR DES MORTS. A letter from Paris, Nov. 2, to the London Times, says: Yesterdayand to-day are occasions on which the Parisians of ali classes pay tribnte to the memory of their departed relatives and frionds. To-day is called “ Le Jour des Morls,” aod & large trade has been done in mourning wreaths and immortellés destined to be plsced upon the tombs of Montmartre, Montparnasse, and Pere-la-Chaise. But of the balf a million people who visit these cemeteries, more than ‘helf bave no better impuise than mere curosity. Nor sre these funeral visits always made in per- gon ; footmen are often dispatched in cabs laden with black and yellow garlands, and theso they carefully deposit on the graves. But still there are real mourners—the' father who misses hig child, the son bereft of his parents, the widow, the brother, the mster, the friend bring their offerings of regret and affection to the dead who liein * God's acre.” This is, however much it may be abused, a custom worthy of all praise. We in Egland have of late years 1o part adopted it, as the floral decorations of many of our graveyards testify, but we have np Jour des Morts, no day on which the liviog testify that they have not forgotten those with whom they were in communion om earth. Nor is it to rmelstives and friends tbat tribute is alone paid. Those whom the nation hopored for their work while living are honored still for their attributes when ggne. At Pere-la-Chaise Alusset, Beranger, and Ben- jomun Copstant have thgir last reatiog-places adorned. So, too, Ledru” Rollin, some of whose funeral wreaths bear the inscription, ** Suffrage Universel.” Heloise and Abelard are honored in a strange way, each visitor to the tomb religious- 1y placing & pebble on the gravestone. At alont~ martre the monuments tg the unfortunate victims of the Commune, Clement Thomas and Lecomte, were surrounded by the crowd, but are still under canvas, being unfinished. Heori Murger, Aladame Emile de Girardin and her little girl, have all friends who miss them. Theophile Gautier's monumentis covered with flowers, and Ernest Baroche, the hero of St. Bourget, sleeps underneath a bed of roses and violets. The shade of Kardec, the Spiritualist, will doubtless thaak hia friends in this world for their attention at the noxt seanco of his_disciples. Rachel, the great actrese, ie, according to the Jewsh custom, covered with the flowers which she loved so well. Godefroy Cavaignac, $00,.bas left many admirers behind him. At Montparnzsse the crowd was less than at the other ies, but Edgar Quinet’s burial | Cmcado. a8 t0 recent for his grava ng bored. Ths fou Sorgeants of L. Rt nncz many visitors, principally soldiers, ua e uet an iy i postbumous hnn?m paid mai‘“m tk::.e" Pit, covered h{ amound, in which ape Iy a2 "‘ 3 the bones of some handreds of mm :‘l’no‘thh:‘n )fleu{Ilg and to ths false hl?h.in'o ) is iy womea and chlldnnrm:::dosnmmby i busbands, fathers, and brothers, who o tilled on'the barricades when. the Vermip izocps entered Paris afser tho brief reign of s ommune ; and if we cross the Soins and Se verse Paris to the Bezrier du Trone we co; L another pit, to the resting place of other v?. <] of the Revolation. But at Montpamaase ufim breakers of tne lsw, st Picpus ita dafe 3’ Both were exaggerated in their idess, and e, paidthe extreme penalty. Yet Lthqum Charles de Bemusat are buried in the gravers of the Picpus, and thay did mors for liberty the nameleas ones who peris! hedin theatreat o of May, 1871, That Lafayette's memoryin ot gotten by Americans is proved by thy fact i Dearly all the immortelles which deek i 2% to-day were brought by citizens of 4he Unij States. Even in the very heart of Py evident that the day is Xept. Carpeanx hay yet had no monument x-niaugt t0 his memory. died only a few weeks back: but the [:'?un figures which he fashioned for the facads of Opera dance fo-day upon roaes, violets, sy everlastings. And here, in froat of the striking evideace of the national love for the fixe.\;;er nuc:‘ show ‘;:l things worldly, one caonop wondering how a i and often frivolous, et day of the year to left them forever. w & gan afford to spars e thinking of those ';:nh:‘. OFFENBACH'S NEW OPER, Lucy Hooper writes from Pans r.g“fin @elphis Telegraph : First on the list of the graat successes of the season must be placed “LaBoqk angere a des Ecus,” the new comic opers by Of- fenbach, at the Varieties, with libretio by Meil. .bm and Halevy. The music is perfectly charm. ing, though somothing out of Offenbach's nsnay ! line. .It is as sparkling, as melodions, and as full of mirth and freshness as though it were thy first instead of the fifty-firat work of the gifteq composer. There is a duet in the sscond 04§ the *““Coalmen and the Miller,” which is dage tined to as world-wide & popularity &5 wasac. ! tained by theduet of the)gens d'armes in Gange ' vieve do Brabadt.” Aimee, our own Aimes af op- era bouffe fams in America, personates the heroine Margol, the rich boulangere, with all the fun and witchery aad vivacity that have made her the favorite of our theatre-goers, She looks excessively pretty in her gorgeous cootumes, of which I must perforce, woman. like, give you some idea. 1In the first act ahe appears in a dresa of white brocade striped with broad stripes of green satio, aud_looped over & sbort petticoat of scarlet satin, which is finished round the edge with a ruchiog of eain anda narrow ruffle of fine Duchesse lsce. An sprom of Du ‘heese lace covers the petticoat in front, Her brocade corsage is cut square, and is sleoveless but for sleeves of On hee head she wears & uettish littls fanchon of lace aod muoslin, Her jewels até something dazzliog to bebold. Around her throat she wears a close-fitting necklace or collaret of diamonds, set in front with one large emerald, her ean rings are long pendarts of diamonds snd pear-shaped emeralds, her fan is fastaned to har side by a diamond clasp, and a cluster of dige monds_attaches the ribbon to her cap. Hee pretty feet are_clothed in White silk stockings, embroidered with colored Howars up the frons aud with greeo bands at the sides, and in ths most eocsarumah of satin eliopers. In the second act her dress 18of richsilk of the palest piak, trimmed with ribbons and rachings of s d green. Bhe wearsin the act a necklscs of dis. monds. formed of tworows of dazaling solitaires, and a pair of solitaire diamoad carrings scaresly inferior to those of Schueider. The other char- acters in the piece are taken by Paola Mars (who is about a8 big as & wren and who has the voice of a lark), bi some Dupuis (who _.plays the her), Yeonce, Berthelier, Pradeau, and Bawn, ths very ** flowers of the basket " of the compaayof the Voicotes, to use a protty French idiom. There is nothing whatever impropar sboat the libretto. thongh.- it is founded on anold and very indelicate song of the sams title as the pieco itself, which was much in vogus in Paris Guaring the Regency. The plot turns on the trib- ulations of one Barnadille, the hair-dresser of Mme. Ls Duchesse dn Maine, who gets mized n%in some of the plots against the Regent, sod who is beloved by two ladies at a tims, Margat and Toinon, after the fashion of Ange Piton, in “La Fille da Madame Apgot." Being mved from the clutches of the police by e marries Toinon—of courss. _Dupuis, a3 tha coa~ spiring coiffenr, is too deliciously absurd for de- scription. To hear him ssy, ‘‘The oonspirscy of M. de Cellamare,” which he does about 8y times in the conrss of the plsy, is worth doubla the price of admission. AN AMUSING THEFT, Roger, the celebrated tenor of ths past glo~ rious years of the Grand Opera of Paris, was the victim the other evening of an smuaiog theft. He bad gone to the Circque Fernande, and wag standing mear one of the elephants, when sud- denly the beast poked tha end of his trunk into the side pocket of his overcost, and msde off with the great singer's pockat-handkerchisf, which it incontinently swallowed. Bat we must lot the French reporter tell the story: A Roger in vain repeated, with sa sir of oomical distress, * You are mistaken, elephant, you st mistaken ; that 18 not good o eat; if you bare 8 cold in your head T will lend it to you Iy; use iezgan. Q‘ucutm if toms o you break my dozen.’ All wsi invam. He went to tbe box-ofics where Mme. Fernande sat msjestically e throned. . *-Madame,” said be, with the most serious alt in the world, 1 have just beea robbed of bhandkerchief by s member Of .your troupe. Immense sensation aod alarm of all the by standere. > “¢Shall T call the police, sir 7" asked the ladf. « The artist in question is aboat to ko 0B stago, l.m'i 1 do mot wish to trouble the repre sentation !” P 4 Give me at lesst the name of the mmmlld: It is the ‘elephant in the third cage ¥ left " “Ob, ve 4.” crisd M. Fernsnda, much relisved, ** a‘ogind eacugh to tell ms what ine itials are marked on your handkerchisf, aad 703 ehall h-:; ié again; the olephant has swallowed five to-day.” . ' Thep, madame, ge is not"an elephant, but £ linen press. And at what time do_yon thiok that _the wretch will decide to mako 3] " your handkerchiof shall be restored you- . . & st case, Mme. Pornande, it would girs e learn that there was & mo great pleasure to washerwoman atcacbed to the eatablishment. o “Tnere’ is, sir. Onr Teceipts . ense.” R Then, madame, T will wait” ) And Roger is waiting. HER HUSBAND'S SABRE. A fanny incident took place the other dsyiné Paris omnibus. An old woman got in, e in her arms an immense cavalry sabirs, poe inscription on the scabbard. Hardly tho vehiclo begun o move thad : burst imto tears, sod iy b weapon, she walled amid her sobs, 17 band, my poor, dear husband. lh]l“‘ poverty should compel me to sell tnis of thee!” Touched by bher tesrs ey tress, her fellow-passengers a collection for her benedit, 80me Bum ITJ: ams w] with fresh tears, s Zm.ifi.. Bo acriving st the stopping pont o the ompibus line a policoman was pronching, whereupon the old womaZe her precious sabre behind o e from tho vehicle and ran off a8 fas r““l:g conld carry her. ed out to sd koown shop-lifter A st el e e T s on the feelings of w1 he A pew miflé‘&g of +* Voici 1o sabre, “ ‘music by Offenbach. B3 )ee w tncipient fires of sympeRY When Ho, the Son, with matasl [eiad b uike the love of God and Ml Camehencato e gh S snd dasl 24 532 line Of Earth's redemption, ibst, Should Jead all peoples o tho Eruth divine, Hiy blood ‘of anering, which stain, Tintad the skiss With shinal