Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 4, 1876, Page 13

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JUNE 4, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGE AMUSEMENTS. agyge Michel” and Rose Egtinge as They Appear at Hooley’s, Constructed on a Classical Model Play W y...lts Herits and Defects. The Marvelous Acting of Miss Eytinge. performances for the Coming Week. Reception to Carl Wolfsohne=-= Apollo Club Concert=e= Eichheim. planche Tacker’s Debut---Theo- dore Thomas’ Difficulty=-~ Operatic Notes, THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. THE TWO ROSES. #Rose Michel ” and Rose Ejytinge are worthy of further observation and remark. In Tne Trmoxz of Tuesday was told the story of the pley, and some of the beauties and demerits of the performance were barely indicated. Letus pow examine the drama and the scting more, dlosely. wRose Michel”” has been built ona classical model. The spirit and genius of Racine pervade & One motive controls the action; one place Allows it scope; onc brief period of time em- braces it. A study of the mauner in which these three unities are preserved will give a gencral idea of the spirit of the play. The mo- dve is & mother’s love, which, in the circum- stances of the play, becomes a fierce, unscrupu- fous passion. Opponents of woman suffrage iskea certain plessure in saying thatwomen baveno sensc of justice; that their moral nature, indeed, hus been dwarfed by the peculiar posi- tionof dependence which they occupy. Cases Iike those of Mrs. Belknap and Miss Sweet have been cited to show the obtuseness of women to ondinary principles of business honesty. Neither Mrs. Belimap nor Miss Sweet, it has been said, seemed to be aware that there was, my euormity in receiving, or giving, arpromising to give, bribes. We do not pro- m&mw discuss in this place the soundnes‘s’ or ‘hollowness of these arguments; that does not come within the province of dramatic eriticism. TWhat we do desire to notice is the fact that this ‘magnificent Leroine, Jose Michel, is represented s being full of tenderness and affection, unsel- fish, possessed of indomitable will, truthful and anxious to do right; and yet she lacks the in- tellectual faculty which glone can inform her moral pstare what is just and what is unjost. She does not even make the ¢ifort to decide be- tween the right and wrong of it. Bcin{; a crea- tare of sentiment, she proceeds on strictly sen- tiental grounds. Thechild she loves ould De distres<ed if hier marriage should be broken off, snd rather thun have this happen Itose it deliberutely consigns a nobleman, her {riend, an innocent man, to die an ignominious death on the seaffold. In the end, it is true, she absndons ber daughter, denounces her hus- tand, and saves the condemned manj but it is passion and impulse, not prepared resolution, which urge her to tae avowal. The singleness of aim in Jose Miche will be apparent o eny one who shall sce the play in an mtelligent way. Everything is made subordi- mate to the mnain purpose_of exhibitmg the power of a mother's love. For this reason, it is evident, the murder does not take place upon the stage. A life-and-death strugele in the see- ond act would not only be an anti-climax, but also a serious diversion from the line of action lsid down by the author. Fose Aichel would, for the time, be forgotten; the interest would cluster about her guilty busband; and the play would desenerate into vulgar detective story. Afterwards, the broken thread might be cauglht up, but‘ the play asa work of art would be de- stroved. Another pisce of Gine workmanship s found fnthe subsidiary motive, if we may cul it so, farnisned by Lhe fricuds of the nobleman con- demned to death. They believe Jlose can con- vict her hushand, if she will; and they entreat berto pity the mother of the innocent noble- man, to Temcwber what it is for a mother to euffér, to think of her own child, and_be merd- fal. These slluslons to her own child, instead of having the effect intended, make Jeose im- ous to all prayers. Why should her dear dsughter sutfer, she argues, fu order to save the child of another womaun? No. May God visit His wrath upon her, but she will never be the instrument of handiag her beloved child over to the tortures of disappointed love. The work- ing of Rose's mind under these contrary forces is very subtle; and we think the dramatist’s de- lineation of iz is truthful and spirited. Even Moulinet, if be were given a chance, would heighten the cffect of tne pringipal ac- tion. In obedicnce, probably, to 2 depraved ‘popular taste, Mouiinet has been made a comed: Ean.; but if lalf-a-dozen sentences, presumably terlopated by the actors, acd two sbsard mock-Lieroie songs were omitted, the character ol posscss only a_deeply-pathetic interest. What there csn be to Jaugh at in a poor witling, who for want of appropriate_objects to_bestow Dis affections upon_has made companions and friends of dogs and cats, and such small deer, *we cannot, perceive. Woulinet, in the hands of Willie Scymonr, and oubtless in those of Stu- art Robson, is undoubtedly at times 2 funny fellow; but he is not constitutionally fun:nf; he hasit only on the outside, like a circus clown. The position of this Mowlinet, without father or mother, a waif astray upon the broad ocean of lez wanting even the Wit to save him- wlf, forms a fine contrast to the sit- natlon of Jose Miche’s daughter, who is overshelmed ~ with, the burden of love she sustains. We should like to see foulinet once treated in the right spirit. Thougn be would be less popular with_the ignorant por- tion of an audience, he would, if represeuted by a master-actor, win the heartsof those whose good opinion_is alone worth having. 1t is said that George Fawcett Rowe is the author of this of Moulinet. 1f so, be deserves eredit for a e bit of work. Ileisnot too old, cither, to pl_sly the part as it ought to be played. ‘he time and place of the play are worthy & moment’s consideration. The time appears to be not above a few days, or weeks, at the most. The first three acts occupy s day each. The Iourthact may procced on thefourth day, or after the iapse of & few days; but in any event it in- tludes only an hour or_two, scarcely more time 1s occupied in the representation. The Gdth act is much the same in this respect as the fourth. The place throughout is the City of Paris. ' One act passes outside the mansion of the Count de Vernay, one inside, two at_the bouse of Pierre Aichel, and one in the prison. The movement of the play, it will have been ed, is condensed and dlrect. It is singu- larly deficient in variety. The _mother’s love has it in cvery scene. The parts of it ost be rcpresented in an slgebraic equation or & geometrical prgfnsluon. It moves in straight lines, all of which are nicely Wmfllonad and closely drawn. Warmthor epth of coloring it has not; it belongs to the department of scalpture rathiar than to that of flfl%} Dull, cold marble is the material m which i hss been constructed; and the Tesult is a noble fi just one—embodying 8 beautiful ideal. 15 15 scarcely neceseary 10 Ob- serve that this is not the methiod of Shakspeare &nd Moliere; it is the method of Voltaire, Dr. mson, and a whole tribe of inferior English Writers in the last century. But the met odd #uch s it is, has been admirably pursued, an the consequence of it is a play that is not onl classical fn its spirit but interesting in its devel- opment and stage-life. THE ACTING IN ‘' ROSE MICHEL." Not much can be said in addition to what has already appeared in T TRIBUNE in praise of Miss Rose Eytinge. There has been no actress of her age in this city for many years who can Mul?d her equal. Charlotte Cushman, Ris- torl, Jansuschek might surpass her in many Jarts, and be called her superiors in the profes- €lon, but none of them- could play this part of Hose Michel as she does, and it i3 a question whether in the end she will not pluck laurels from them all. She has the genius and the in- Qustry to take rank with theactorsand actresses of historical fame; and, unless_we are greatly mistaken, she will eventually do it. She is no longer young. mor is she old, buthas just ar- Tived at the full maturity of her powers. Her success in this instance isdue to no extrinsic ad- “Vantages, She wears the coarse dress of an inn- Keeper's wife, After the first act, she discards ronze and powder, sod _shows W& fis stained and swollen With tears She 48 no beaut; y then. She s mfirely a poor inn-keeper’s wife, who loves her daughter passing well. In the fimn: aglmung scenes, her limbs tremble, her p quivers, her voice itself seems to weep, her ceyes roam restlessly about; she is a woman tora by distracting cmotions. She acts all the time, and with her whole being. That wonderful soul- power which cannot be described or transferred; Wwhich no assiduity can teach nuother or stud; learn to express; which is the direct gift of God to His favored creaturcs—this, afterall, is the conspicuous quality of Miss Eytinge’s acting. 1t is the genius born with ber, far more than her ;Ruent study, that has made her what she is. ose Who have seen ber in this play will not soon forFet the scene with her husband, when she forbids his selling their daughter to shame; that in which she threatens to denounce him a3 a murderer, and is constrained by the innocent caresess of her child from carrying out her inten- tion; that in which she itnesses the arrest of the Count de Vernay, and, with- out saying a word, expresses her anguish of spirit, and her half-formed resolution to tell the truth and save the Count; that in which she tests her daughter, to see whether it will be possible to break off the proposed marriage, and many others. Indeed, it is useless to specily uie fine points of Miss Eytinge’s acting, for she holds the attention and interest of the spectator every instant she is on the stage, and 1o actress could do more. It would be wasting powder on emall game to speak at length of the other members of the company. Mr. Studley, who plays Pierre Mickel, may form an exception to this judgment. His acting is well conccived and executed throughout; and, strange to say; is more remarkable for what he refrains from doing than for what he does. The temptation to overact the part of a miser and murderer is strong, and when we say that Mr. Studley does not do this, and at thie same time is always forcible and intelligent, we have awarded hi high praise. , - NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMESTS. Mr. Robert McWade will play Rip Van Winkle at Wood’s Museum this wc\ek" A The music at Hooley’s keeps up to the high standard established s{)mu \\']e,l:ksp ago by l,l!r. Stevens, Mr.zLewis, Mr. Eichheim, and other performers. This evening Little Mac,” the minstrel, will benefit by a performance at the New Chicago Theatre.” The full minstrel ‘troupe, 2 number of localactors, and the boy tragedian, will ap- pear. An entertainment, consisting of recitations by Mr. A. P. Burbank and Mrs. Hastings, and music by the Oriental Quartette, will be given at_the New Chicago Theatre this afternoon. Adwission 15 cents. Mr. Hooley’s.benefit, to_take place next Sat- urday, will be one of the events of the season. Jamés O'Neil, W. H. Crane, Miss Hawthorne, aud many others, will assist. Particulars wlil be given in future {ssue. Y Rose Michel? continues to be the attrac- tion at Hooley’s Theatre. The full Union Square Company, incuding Charles Thorne, Stuart Robson, Kate Claxton, and Marie Wil- kins will be here next week. The special attraction at the New Chic: Theatre this week will be Mr. Pat Rooney, wio established a reputation here some montlis ago and became a popular favorite. The mivstrels are gaining on the public, Tae TRIBUNE is glad to announce, THE OUTER WORLD. GREEN-ROOM NOTES. Mr. McKee Rankin and bhis wife, Miss Kittic Blanchard, will join the forces at the Philadel- phia Chestuut next season. Kate Field is trying to work her way up on the stage and serve as London correspondent of the New York Iferald at the sane time. A new drama by Ernest Blum, author of ¢ Rose Michel,” was to have been produced at the Porte St. Martin, Paris, at the end of last month. M. Octave Feaillet is writing a new comedy for the Comedie Francaise, which is to be pro- duced next season, and which is at present en- titled “L'Inconnue.” Miss Katherine Rogers sailed for Europe on Saturday, and will return in the fall, having been cngaged as leading lad ina New York theatre,—probably the Union Square. Early in June will be brought out, in London, Mr. B. L. Farjeon’s domestic drama, foundéd on hisown story called “Dread and Cheese and Kisses.”” The principal character will be piayed by Mr. Heury Neville. Judicious critics in Washington say that Miss Mary Anderson has still to traverse a long and \eary way before she can be called a preat actress. They all, however, concede to her re- Tmaricable netive power and physical qualifica- 1ions for the stage. Bret Harte’s new play will introduce a char- acter new to tue stage—a Virginian with the dialect peculiar to the “fust families.” The actor who plays the part will have hard work to discriminate Detween this dialect and that of the Southern negroes. * The phcaomenal fleEression in Philadclphia theatricals has mot been interrupted. “Old Heads and Young Hearts ? was presented by the excellent conipany at the Chestnut. Lucille Wostern played at the Walnut. A division of the Vokes Family. was at Mrs. Drew’s Arch Strect Theatre. The Kiralfys continued the run of © Around the World in Eighty Days” at their Alhambra Palace. At the Opera Lyriquc, late Gaite, in Paris,two weeks ago. there tooi place the first representa- tion of M. Leconte de Lisle’s Erinnyes.” The author is well known for his translatioas from the Greel pocts, and in this drama, in verse, he depicts the erime of Clytemnestra and the ven- geance of Orestes with considerable fidelity to the original authors. The managers, with a wise caution, announced beforehand that the icce could only Tun three days, us many of the fe:uling actors lind other engagements. At Edwin Adams’ henefit in San Francisco, Friday week, John McCullough played Dazzle B Whe beneficlary Charles Courlley. Gharles Fechter filled an engagement at the California “Theatre Jast weel, appearing in “The Corsican Brothers” and_ “Monte Christo.”” Monday night, Georze Rignold appearcd as Heury V- it Wade's Opere-Housc, thus anticipating the debut of Lawrence Barrett in the same charac- ter at the California Theatre this week. The scenery at Wade’s, it is said, is magnificent. Madame Arnould-Plessy has said good-by for- ever to the Comedie Francaise. Iler farewell Fopresentation was really a solemn and touching Epuctacle, At the age of 00, in perfect Dealth and in the full plenitude of her powers, she quitted the stage of which she had been the or- S ment for over forty years. She was originall hailed as the legitimate successor to Mademoi- selle Mars, to whom she was distantly related; and her departure breaks one of the few re- Inaining links that still unite the French stage of the present with the grauder traditions of the past. A Edwin Booth and McVicker’s company were at Buffalolast week; the On.lesACom.icv.Ofcm Troupe at_Indisnapolis; Maezie Mitchell o PDetroit and elsewhere; Anna Dickinson on the New England circuit; Salsbury’s_Troubadours at Cincianati; Jobn T. Raymond and Sothern 2t Albany, N. Y., and other_Eastern cities; the Vokes Family and Kuatie Putnam at Boston; Daly’s Fifth Avenue Compnn‘y in * Pique » and the” ¢ Bir Bonanza ¥ at Milwaukee; George Faswcett Rowein “Brass,”” aud Georze Houcy i Gur Boys,” at Providence, Hartford, ani other New England cities. Lawrence Barrett benefited by a matinee per- formance &t Bootl’s Theatre, New_York, Wednesday- Joseph Wheelock, Charles Thorne, E. L. Davenport, Milnes Levick, and Miss Sara Jewott were among the volunteers. The fol- Jowing afternoon Bijou Heron had a benetit at the same place, her mother, Miss Jewett, and Mr. Stevenson assisting. Montague, the beau- tiful, is to have a benel it at the Union Square Theatre to-morrow afternoon. There hos been a rupture between him and Mr. Wallack. The Tun of ¢ Conscience” continued at_the Union Square through the week. Mr. and Mrs. Flor- etce played The Mighty Dollar” at Wal- “Pjque” continued in its “last nights” Unele Tom’s Cabin,”_ with Mrs. pry, wastheattraction ‘at the Park. Wallack’s company rendered ¢ London Assur- ance ” at the Brooklyn Theatre. MUSIC. AT HOME. - ¥HE DEETOOVEN REUNION. The Becthoven Society closed its season last Friday evéning with a reunion.at itsrooms, with the following programme: Beethoven Sonata, for piano and violin, in A minor, by Messrs Wolfsohn and Lewis; Mendelssohn's “ Varia- tions Serieuses” in D minor, by Mr. N. Ledo- chwosky; Morceaux Characteristques” of Pop- per, by Messrs. Wolfsobn and’ Eichheim; and the Schumann trioin D minor, op. 63, by Messrs. Wolfsohn, Lewis, and Eictikeim. The sonata belones to the minor works of ‘Beethoven, and, was finely played. AIr. Ledothowsky’s number wasan ng?nuf theme of Mendelssohn’s, with Some sixtcen beautiful variaticns upon the sume, and a1 different in character. Mr. edochawsky made n decided fiopression upon his auditors. His_playing was very satisiactory, and was 1narked throughout by the delicate finish given 10 {ta the thorough grasping of the meaning of lack’s. the composition, and by poetic cols phrasing. The Popj S ihing nas °,§i3;7ea“1‘1 the Iast reunion, and took the audience so by storm that it had to be given agnin Friday even- ;fl‘g‘.m{.‘hu(sihu&mn triv, second only to the B of Beethoven, w: m{’IV"YLk"’(‘ fl; hoven, | 28 & fitting finale to Miss Lizzie Hoyne sang 2 gsong of M - soln’s, *The Violet,” mfil “0 fudo d%‘:{}le]c:t anima,” {rom Donizetti's * Linda,” in a very acceptable manner. marked improvement since we last heard ber. Her 'voice is much stronger and her method of exccution much better than formerly. Miss Ella A. White sang two Italian sopgs’ of Raff, entitled “Non son rose senza : g:’e"!' and ;‘Fl:lkllce émtte, Marietta.” Al- gh sung in the German langnage, the have an Ttailan flavor, and It scenss as Jf Ralf had attempted to copy the Italion canzonette style, fn which he succeeded admirably. These arias are new, and were excelleutly given. The reunfon was more successful and more enjoy- able, both musically and socially, than any for- mer one. TOE WOLFSOTN RECEPTION. The week which has just closed las been of the farewell sort in musical matters. The Ger- mavy Military Band hos given three or four farewell concerts, with fair financial success, and the Beethoven Society closed its doors with a pleasant reunion on Friday evening. Yester- day afternoon the Museal College gave & com- plimentary reception to Mr. Carl Wolfsoln at Standard Hall, upon which occasion the follow- ing programme was performed: 1. Sonata—(Piano and violoncello).... . Rubinstein Mesers Wolssohn und Eichheim. 2, Snng—“Dlg{Non&w‘IL St +eee..Schubert Ars. 0. K. Jol 5 3. Fantasic-stack, s ampofsly. ¢+ Liebeslied "—(Schumann) .. isa Hannak Greencly Song—**Sudlander's Nachtlied ™. r. James Gill. Sonata Pathetigue. ., Miss Fannie Blumenfeld, 7. March Indienne—(*'L'Africane™) ..... Jliss Emlly Hart. e+t The Messenger, ™ ** The Ring, " Joya 5 opin’ 9. Trio—B flat o e, : . Trio—B fat mujor. op, <v......Beethove Lersrs, Wolfsonn, Lewts, and Fchneim, - THIS WEEK the season will fairly close with the extra Apollo Club Concert, which promises to be the crown- ing feature of the season’s work. We need not say a word to urge people to attend this concert, as already nearly cvery seat in the hall is sold. Financlally, it will prove a splendid testimonial to Mr. Tomlins, and one which he richly de- serves. Musieally, it promises well, apart from the two great, sololsts, Miss Cary and Mr. Mills, A mixed chorus will sin% on_this occasion, ang will give a fair test of Mr. Tomlins’ ability in drilling a chorus of this kind. The prograinme spesks for itself. It is made up with adinirable taste, especially in its illustration of part-musie. 1t is us foliow o, {a. '*Rest, Dearest, Rest - 0. **The Tappiest Land Zie Apollo Club. ¢*Des Abends **Taranteile «+Spinnerlfed”” (Wamer, Mr. 8. B. . S, s, 4, Ja. ! Dreatlie Soft - 35, **Summer So *'Picta? Pietat™ (**1i Profeta lies Annie Louise Cary. ¢4 Judge M¢, O God" T .Mendelssoln Gollenick Macfarren 9. { ¢ Etudeop. 25 . - {5, Rhapsodic Tlongrolse, N Mr. S B. Mills. @. **While the Bright Sun ‘Hanting Song®.... +*Non Conosci, ilbel Sual™ (**Mig- non™).... ! Miss Annie Louise Cary. 12. *‘Sing Ye to the Lord™...... .os [Double chorus from **Israel in THE EICHHEIM CONCERT. The testimonial concert to Mr. Eichheim, the excellent cellist, will be givenon Tuesday even- ing at Standard Hall, with the following pro- me: c Trio—Piano, Clarionet, and *Cello....... Beethoven Messrs. Wolfsohn, Lebrun, ana Ei i, Scena and Aria, —from *‘ Der Freischuiz"..Weber iss Brendel. Concerto for 'Cello. 2 Ballade—** Des Sang +sensea.Golterman Esser a.Two etudes. ) Piano Solo......d - Firoepear o f+weee +~ChOPIR. 37, Carl Wolfsohn. Valse de Concert. e .- Arditl liss Brendel. Trio—Piano, Violin, and 'Cello..... ........Bargiel Blessrs. Wolfsohn, Lewis, ana Eichhelm. VESPER SERVICE. ~ There will be vesper services at St. Paul's First Universalist Church this evening. Mr. William H. Cutler, orgenist of the church, will be assisted by Prof. A.J. Creswold, of Unity Church. Following is the programme: 1. Voluntary (Battiste) %, Benedictus.... 3. 0, Restin the 4. Donum Est. 5. Respouse G. Tyom 7. Oilertoi reito, Seventh Symphony, played by Prof. Creswold veeeneeoHaydn 8, Hym... . Congregation 9. Postludum, **Priest’s March” .. Mendefssohn CORRECTION. We cheerfully give place to the following cor- rection: To_the Editor of The Tribune. Crucaco, June 2.—Amonz the picces of orzan music marked ‘‘new here” in last Sunday's Thinoxe, 1find two or three errors. Bach's Trio Sonatn, No. 1, was played by S. N, Penfield at one of the concerts in Centenury Church Nov. 20, 1869, and by Dudley Buck in his_recitals, in’ June, 1870 ~and Dec. _19, _1870. Blcndelssohn's Orfan . ‘Somata, No. 1, wne played by Tepield in Centenary Church concert, Sept. 11, 1869, Aendelcsoh’s fourth Sonata was played by Buck in June, 1870, and Oct. 11 1870. Tt was provionsiy plaved by Creswold, at a Centenary, the Tato of which Lcannotnow find. The Thicle Concert- %tz in C minor was played by Buck in his recital i June, 1870, and nlso by the same at the opening of the First Congregational organ, July 8, 1870. Puck played all the Mendelssohn sonatas herc ex- cont the Sixth, which was_played by Creswold, Buck ulso introduccd the T“l'h.')sc l\!nnntmns inA . MATHEWS. AR. BISCHOFE recently appearcd as Mazin © Der Freischuetz in Buffalo, and Mrs. Imogene Brown as Agatha. A Buffalo paper says of them: ) r. Bischoff sang the part of Maz splendidly: his resonant tenor voice rang ont in solos and concerted picces, zdding mew intercst to all tie scencs he was in. e is entirely satisfactory in the part nsa singer, buta little more practice a3 an actor will improve him dramatically. He also Jooks well ou the stage, which i a good deal. . . 00 For a Idy who has made few appearances on the lyric stage, Mrs. Brown acta with remark- able case and aplomb. The part of Agatla, how- Ever. roquires little in a dramatic way, but calls for all the powersand compass of 4 g0od soprano Toioe, and 4 cortain purity of style is imperatively demsnded by the music. Mrs. Brown was un- fortunately affected by the change of climate, from the warmth of New Yorkto the coolness of “jce-in-the-lake” of Buffalo, which prevented her from doing herself entire justice; but the ‘hoarsencss was only apperent in herlower notes, her upper ones being given with clearncss and great expression. She sang the **Scene and Pm{- er™ remarkably well, and her troe intonation tol finely in the concert musle. LOCAL MISCELLANY. ‘Emil Licbling is now in Weimar, winning gold- en opuuons, and will be back in Chicago next fall. Mr. 8. G. Pratt, anniversary overture spoken of. The Chicago Musical College has succeeded fn engaging a celebrated Ttalian vocal teacher uamea Eliodoro de Campf, who will begin with the Sentember term, On account of the great demand for seats ab thie Apollo Club Concert on Thursday evening next, the mansgement have arranged to add a large number of cxtra chairs, which will ac- commodate those with good seats who have de- layed buying tickets until this time. Among the names of promisin; dents In Europe, we begin 10 see with some fre- uency that of Atiss H. H. Glenn, of this city. ut most notices of this young songstress arc in error in classifying her among Wartel's pupils. She took a few lessons of that master, butis now 2 most devoted and enthusiastic disciple of Madam Viardot, under whom she is at present studying the role of Levnora in “La Favorita.” A word to the management of the Beethoven Society. Why not repeat the performance of “Elijah1” With theadvantage of having given it once in public, and with a Tehearsal or “two, 8 fine performance of it might be secured. Asit is now out of the regular season of the Soclety it could be given for the benefit of the general ublic, which has not yet had an oggortunity of Eurlng it, and thus be made to yie! somethin; yof the Society. Would it nof it a3 a testimonial to now in Berlin, has written an for orchestra, which s well music stu- forthe uenfslut ing to give be ceful thin; m;‘\'i!:lfsohn ‘himselff The friends of Mrs. Clara Von Klenze, s Chi- cago musician of fine abilities, have arranged to ive the Jady a benefit concert, to take %lwc on e 12th inst., at the First Methodist Chilkeli. Mra. Von Klenze was for many years a pupil of She has made |- Theodore Kullak, who .13 known as the finest teacher on the piano in Germany. Theé pro- §rnmmc will embrace many fine selections, and M the concert the fullowing local musicians will take part: Mrs. Hershey, Mrs. Klauss, Mrs. Von Klenze: Messrs. Alonzo Hatch, Carl Wolf- sohn, H.‘c. Exgd;l,t Ll%l\g:, zx%lilcl}helm. Tickets are now for sale ons’ and Lyon & Healy's music-stores. X ABROAD. THE OTHER SIDE. ‘The first reports from Miss Blanche Tucker’s (Mlle. Rosavelle) debut were quite rosy. The London Atheneum, which is a standard musfeal authority, says something on the other side. Its critie writes: On the 15thof April 3Mlie. Rosavelle ess: *Travints,” and the opers, with her, e fig‘: given thrice; but the state of the howse on the last ‘occasion established the fact that her Violet/a is not accepted by the §en=ml public,—mch = eight a5 the empty boxes and etalls exhibited could not be mis- interpreted. On the 2d of May Miss Abbott’s tarn came; she hasnot been heard of since. Inthe prospective arrangements advertised up to the 20th there is no mentiun of herreappenance. Thecon- clusion may be safely drawn that the system of in- troducing_utter novices at the highest-priced theatre -in_the world will not be tolerated. Two of the debitantes nare from Americs, and attention hos been called to the influx of young girls from the United States into the conservatofres of Italy, with o view to being trained to be prime dounc. The possesssion o anything Jike a fine voice euflices to secure mere students debuts generally at obscure opera-houses, ‘but sometimes at theatres in citics of some pre- tensions; such as Florence, for instance. If any of these American aspirants huve friends, or back- ers with long purses, a triumph in_some ' principal part is easily purchased, and the London musical Journals are inundated with glowing reports and criticiems in the Itahan papers. It has, however, sometimes occurred that there are conflicting claims between the partisans of debutantes, and their dis- sensions iave led to moat curious exposures in the Americnn press, one of which before us vividly describes what the writer terms the ‘‘ pernicious Dabit of buying debuts, carried to an _alarming ex- tent in Italy, "—it ie added, that the price of a de- but varies from 500 to 5,000 francs. An appear- ance in London, if only for a single night, can be turned to zood Account. It s for the two impre- sarios of the Royal Italian Operaand of Her Majes- ty's Opera to difcountenance this American prac- tice, which has been started and is still carried on inTtaly, - | THE THOMAS DIFFICULTY. The following card from Mr. Thomas’ lawyer, printed in the Philadelphia papers, explains the difficulty which led to the suspension of the performances on Saturday last: No. 528 WALNUT StRERT, May 20, 1876.—70 the Edifors of the Evening Dulletin: A state- ment in one of the morning papers concerning Mr. Theodore Thomas and the difticnlty at Broad and Mauster streets isso_grossly unfair and anjust to that gentleman that Ihes the favor of space in your columns for its correction. Mr. Thomas hasno unfalflled obligations to the public. Ilis duty to itbegins and ends in the preparation and prescita- tion of exceptionally attractive programmes, through the medium of the finest orchestra in the world. His contract with the ‘‘Forrest Mun- sion liotel Company™ for the concerts at Droad and Muster strects was for weekly performances, at o certaln rate of compensation, ond a share in the net profite. OnThureday of last week one of the ofticers of the Company informed Mr. Thowmas that if the receipts for the ensuing week, ending on June 1, were not greater than those of the preceding week, the Company would be ‘unable to pay him for the rervices of his orchestra. Act- ing upon my advice, Mr. Thomas thereupon im- mediately insisted that o guarantee should be given him that the money should be forthcoming at the Kw‘n:r time, or the contract would be at an end. No lawyer will dispute the soundness of this ad- vice and the propriety of Afr, Thomas' action. The Company declined to give such a guarantee, and Mr.. Thomas refused to appear, From thisitis lain that such grievance os the public may have n the matter is because of the action of the Com- pany, andnot of Mr Thomas, Very respectfully yonrs, Ronent D. CoXE, Attorney for Mr. Theodore Thomas. OPERA IN LONDON. The London Athenzum of the 20th gives the following summary of performances at Her Majesty's: Signor Verdi’s ** Travinta " was reyealed on the 13th inst., Bellini's ** Sonnambula™ on the 15th and 16th, Mme. Chrirtine Nilsson and Signora Varest_being successively the ‘‘stars.” On the 18th, Verd{'s *‘Trovatore™ was revived. with Mdlle. Tietjens, Mme. Trcbelli-Bettini, Signori Taucelli and Galassi. The ** Robert le Diable™ will be revived this evening (Saturday), with Simor Stasno (Roberto), Signor Rinaldint (Ram- baldo), Herr Behrens (Lertramo), Adlle. Von Elsner, n debutanle, s the Princess Ixabelle, and 3me. Christine Nilsson as Alice. Dellini's ¢* Nor- ma’ will be repeated next Monday, and on the next night M. Faure will appear as_Afephistopaeles inM. Gounod's *‘TFaust.”’ On the 25th, Herr Tokitansky, of the Imperinl Opera-ouse, Vienna, will make his appearance as Berframo. Mile. Cha- uy will return the eame week, and the debuts of flle. Fechterand Mlle. 3lila Rodani will follow. TRossini's ** Semiramide will begiven onthe 27th. The London ZTimes of the 16th has the follow- lIn;: concerning performances at the Royal talians Last week there were l’ePci ions of *‘Tann- hauser,” ‘¢ Lohengrin, ™ L'Elisir d'Amore,™ and ** Lucia di Lammermoor, " besides 2 special performance of ** Un Ballo in Maschera, ™ to which Foference was made at the time. The operas an- nounced for the current weekare: ‘*11 Flauto Mugico™ (to-night); ** Dinorah.” with Mme. Patti (to=morrow night); *¢Tannhauser,” third time (Wednesday); the _‘‘Barbiere,” (Thursday) ; Martha (Friday); and Rigoletto (Saturday). MUSICAL NOTES. Rubinstein and Wicniawski are toplay the 4 Kreutzer " sonata in London. Dr. D ans Von Bulow will appear no more in America. He will sail for Europe June 7. Miss Sophie Flora Heilbron, the pianist, was maried u few days since to Ferdinand Salomon, of New York. Mlle. Emma Albani has won s success this geason at Covent Garden second to no prima donnain London. M. Emile Sauret, whose brilliant violin per- formanices are no doubt well remembered in this country, has created quite o furore in Ger- mavy. Mile, Heilbronn has paid Vizentini, of the Pars Lyrique, the sum of 54,400 by way of compromise for the surrender of her engaze- ment. Mile. Heilbronn goes to Russia. A neyw organization has been formed in Bos- ton entitled the Cecilin Quartette, which is com; posed of Miss Abbic Whinery, Mrs. J. W. Wes- ton, Mrs. J. II. Long, and Ars. II. E. Sawyer. Mr. R.D. Hawley, of Hartford, Conn., has recently purchased the remarkable Violin known to counoisseurs as the “ King Joscph,”—the handsomest and_most perfect Specimen known of the violius of Joseph Guarnerius. Difficulties are said to have arisen between Richard Wagner and the management of the Hofoperntheater at Vicnna, with regard to the roduction of Die Walkure,"” which was prom- ?sed for the beginuing of next season. The performance of J. 8. Bach's colossal mass in B minor at St. James’ Hall, under the dircc- tion of Herr Otto Goldschmidt, husband of Jenny Lind, was one of_the cvents of the pres- ent London scason. - Jenny Lind sang in the choruses. Vienna is likely to ratain the services of Madame Pauline Lucca, who has been nomi- nated Cantatrice of the Imperial Court. Sheis very lgmpulm-, as it was in the Austrian Capital she first sang as o chorus singer, and Meyerbeer discovered Lier histrionic and'vocal genius. The Wagner Theatre in Bairenth will contain 1,344 seats, besides a * Princes’ Gallery.” The performance will begin at 4 o'clock each day, a consideruble pause being allowed between the acts, 50 that the secoud act will only begin at half-past 6, snd the third at half-past 8. Alist of the works performed by the Handel and Haydn Society from Dee. 25, 1315, to April 16, 1876, shows among other things that the 4 fessiah ™ has been given 65 times the * Crea- 3 Rossint’s ohn’s “Eli- tion,” 39; Neukomm's * David,” ©)Moses 'in_Egypt,” 43; Mend jah,” 40; Handel’s * Samson,” ;3 Rossinl’s Stabat Mater,” 20; Mendelssohn’s ' Hymn of Praise,” 12; Handel’s “ Judas Maceabwmus,” 15. Two new operas have recently been produced in Paris. At the Opera_National Lyrique, “Dimitrf,” by M. Victorin Joncieres, was given on the 5thinst. The libretto is said to be weak, but the music, though unequal in merit, was well received. The second novelty was anopera comique in one uct, entitled *Les Amoureux de Catherine,” the libretto of which has been adapted Dy M. Jules Barbier from anovel by MM. Erckmann-Chatrian, and_the music com- posed by M. Henri Marcchal. This is the first Uramatic work of the youug composer, Who was in 1870 a *“ prix de Rome” at the Conservatofre, and is said to be of great promise. A St. Louis dispatch of the 8lst ult. saya: “The Grau Opera Troupe have stranded here, and Manager Grau left the city suddenly this morning, avowedly to go to New York and raise money to send back here and enable the artists to gret out of the city. Pappenheim publishes o card in the morning papers giving an account of her troubles, and decloring she will never have anything more_to do with the troupe. Grau’s son is here, and says Pappenheim hasbeen a ter- rible loss to the old mau ever since he presented her in Chicago. It was only by the most strenuous entreaty that she was &rgcnwd from proceeding with suits against the First Regiment, after shesang at theirconcert. Becnuse of some little delay in receiving the st:‘gulaud wages she stormed at Grau and Crawford, and denounced the regimental committeeas thieves, and de- manded that they should all be arrested. The mri‘es these prople tell of Pl:fpcnhulm throw i the shade the proverbinl chardcteristics and bad manners of operatic stars.” NEW YORK GOSSIP. ‘What to DowithOne’s Self This Summer. A Brace of Female Frauds Exposed. : Vanderbilt's Will-==How a Million- -aire Fooled His Heirs.’ Commodore Garrison as a Railroad King. Curious Ruse Adopted by a Young DMan to Get a Wife. The Bottom Facts About the «World” Newspaper. i GENERAL GOSSIP. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. NEew Yorg, June 1.—Summer! It is herein all its glory ot sunshinc aud beauty, but it brings its troubles as well as its joys. To-day thousands of women are perplexing their minds as to where they shall go, what they shall wear. The men—bless their dear souls!—are wonder- ing how they will poy for it all. Then the Cen- tennial business seems a necessity, and even the poorer classes are promising their wives and children a glimpse of the big show at Philadel- phia. In fact, it seems hardly a week since epring came, and now it is gone from our gaze. The city s resplendent in its beauty, the stores—or “*shops,” asour British cousins will insist upon calling them: (one of them epoke of Stewart's dry goods palace recently asa fine **shop”'—ngh!)—are filled with pretty things, and neverbefore so cheap. The attractlons all around us for summerare prom- ising, but whichever way we turn, or whatso- ever ono proposes to do, the inexorable guestion rises, **How are we to pay forall this?” Thisis plain enough: that most of onr people have less ‘money this year than for many seasons with which to indulge in amusements, and although something must be done._to escape from the heatof the sum- ‘mer, it woald be a relief if it were gone. A PEMALE LITERARY FRAUD. Maj. Bundy, of the Ifail, has done s good thing in exposing a well-known female literary fraud who has for many years infested this city. She is a Southerner by birth, and one of those waifs thrown upon the North by the close of the ‘War. She is respectably connected and awidow; hes 2 daughter who sighy for a etter life, but is held down by her mother. The two practice acon- stant confidence game. Theirplan is to ind wealthy Southerners, and write them affecting letters re- counting the heroic decds of members of thelr Tamily, and telling of their own needy circam- stances, how poor they are, and compélled to eat the bread of Northern charity. These letters rarely fail. The woman herself is 2 bloat, the eiects of drinking, but she n%uenbl her appearance 2s o result of inflammatory rheumatism. Yet wiy every incentive to honest action, and with tal- ents which, if rightly used, shouid brinzan hon- orable competency, this miserable creatufc nses the moncy thus obtained in riotous living. The daughter ‘been offcred a home by relatives, but clinzs to ber mother with a love worthy a better woman, Many newspaper men in this city have ‘been sold by this conple, nnd if Maj. Bundy should print their names it would be doing the public & service. ANOTHER CONPIDENCE WOMAN. There is another case well known 1o certain ‘benevolent people connected with the Episco- pal Churches of this city, almost as flagrant as the one just described. This woman fs a rela- tive of a prominent Episcopal clergyman now deceased. She has obtained at various times let- ters from former fricnds and associates of the de- ceased, recommending herasa goyerness. Being well educated, nfine linguist, and understanding 2l the arts of polite socicty, she has alternated be- tween the two extremes of abject poverty and lux- nrous living with o rapidity positively astounding. For many years her game was keeping boarders, by tuking o homse in_a fashionable lo- cility, ronming in debt for everything. collécting money ‘from her boarders, and then suddenly disnppearing. This was carried on for meny years, with more or less success. The woman might have done well in_ this_occupation, Ut she fs actually so_lazy that half her morning nours, while pretending o be the bead of 3 house- hold, swere spent in bed. Then she quit that calling and windled several familles by undertaking to edncate youns girls in her own_liome. She made the girls worlcin her kitchen half the time and atudy the other half, while she rode out in car- ringes and lived like s Princess. Just now ehe has fustened herself likkealecch upon & family whoseem 1o be infatnated with her smooth tongue, and support. her for the sake of her ruavity of manuer and the advantazes of polite conversation. If they kmew onc-tenth of her history in the last ten years they would speedily ehow her the front door. COM. VANDERBILT'S WILL. 1t is a shameful thing to be sure, but, then, you know we Americansare so peculiar. I mean it is a shameful thing that bets are being ‘made in this city that Commodore Vanderbilt will die before the 4th of Julv. That brings up the sub- jeet of his will, and it is ssid to be o daily topic of conversation on the Stock Exchange that the veteran has made his will, and that its contenta are known. They sa¥ you can get 2 bet upon anything in New York, and already bets are made that the will, which it is currently reported ke has made, is only a stock-jobbing u?cmtion, and the real will is unknown. Dnt there ie_so much publicity given to the matter that there isno harm in saying that the so-called will, which is the zubject of present gossip, provides that aiter certain moderate lega- cies aré pald, the balance of his property, includ- ing the New York Central sharcs, ehall he held in” trust, and the income divided ecqually aumong the Commodore’s children, and upon their decease to the grandchildren in the propor- tion that the children were aptitled to_ reccive. Tlis great-grandchildzen are "_h‘\:eh'e in the sume proportion until the Inst of iis grandchildzen is dead, when the estateis to be divided equally among s great-zrandchildren. This is as faras the luw of New York will permita man to go in devising his property. The will eimply gives to his children Bid grandchildren the income of is vast property, and provides that Lis great-grandchildren shall re- ceive it in fee upon the death of his lust zrandehild This Is perpetuating a dynasty with a véngeance. ANOTHEL MILLIONAIRE'S WILL. Abeut two years ago there died in this city & well-known citizen, whose wealth was estimated at $5,000,000. He had commenced life poor, and was literally a self-made man. The basis of his fortune was made in the manufacture of cordage, but judicious investments in real es- tate gave him the bulk of his wealth. e had sev- eral daughters, who, unlike their parents, receiv- ed liberal education, and shone forth at Saratoga and clsewhere as belles of the season. He had two sons also, who took to billiards and ** rapid transit ™ (that's what they call it here when younz men af- fect fast horses) more enthusfastically than to the |, sordid occupation of earning their own living. In due time the daughters and one of the sons mar- Tied, and there were great expectationsof the money ++1lie old man " wonld leave his heirs. When he died his will was found, and a very simple docu- ment it was. One-fifth of the income was to be paid to hix wife, and each of his children during their lifetime. Gpon his children’s death, if they had iesue, the income was to be paid to them until his youngest grandchild attained the age of 21— when the estate was to be divided. Great was the Jomentation and sorrow. The great expectations passed away like a shadow at nightfull. HARD CASE, OR A RECKLESS FATHER. A few weeks ago there was a fancral on Fifth avenue which was attended by as many of the ultra fashionable as could be squeezed foto the family mausion. The deceased was a well- kmown society belle a few years 8go, who mar- ried and spent her honeymoon abroad. ~Returning home, she bore one child,a sweet daughter, the pet of all her hmll{. The mother's health became m- paired, and early Inst month she died. The wedding portion settled upou her in her own right was Boupled with a proviso that if she dled without fs- §ne the property was to revert to her own father, but otherwise to_descend to her cluldren. The father and husband had already spent his own pat- nmon{, and was regarded by the wife's family as a reckless spendthrift, After his wife's death he songht to get posseasion of his wife's property on ‘behalfof his child. Bnt he was met at the outset by a demand that he shonld give a bond for 850,000 16 faithfully apply the incowme of the property for the nse and benefit of the child. Hegould not give the bond, Lecause everybody feared him, and finally he nssented to one of his wife's relatives actingas his child's guardian. Another proof of the proverb, ‘*Those who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind.” ANOTHER STEAMSHIP MAN IN THE RAILROAD . BUSINESS. Commodore C. K. Garrison,of this city, well known for his connection with the California and Brazilian steamship lines, fs on_the eve of becoming almost the sole proprietor of the Pacific Raflroad of Missougl. The Commodore has no taste for rallroad investments, and the way he pecame interested in this property wad purely accidental. His brother, Daniel R. Garrison, hus been for many years interested in the Mizzouri Pacillc, and when that road got into trouble last year, Dale] R. found himself a heavy indorser for e rosd. To ueslst his LfotHer, and enable the foad to pay back its indebtedness to Danicl R, the Commodore loaned the road some money on its third-mortgage bonds, at 50 cents on the dollar. When the loan was due, the road was in the Re- ceiver's hands. Then the validity of the bonds was questioned, butr. Kennedy, President of the Bank of Ccmmierce, and the Commodore jointiy consnlted leading lawyers, and were advised that the bonds were valid.” The bank held the bonds in large sums, and were willing to eell them at a nominal price. Commodore Garrison took them all at a low figure, and now proceedings have been ‘commenced for foreclosure. The resnit will be to give him at least five-sixths of the road ar his in- ividual property, and thus the Commodore finds himself, unexpectedly a railroad owner. A CURIOUS RUSE TO GET A WIFE. Tt is given out by those who know, or ougnt to know, tlat the late Baron Palm’s property, givento Col. Olcott for the Theosophical So- ciety, will turn out a myth, so far as value is concerned. If it pays the expenses of the curi- ous’panjandrum called a funeral held last Sunday at Magonic Hall, it will be 2 disappointment. Thc affair, in some respects, recalls sn ncident which occurred in this city during the days of the income tax, A young manwho cut quite 3 swell at Sarx- toga waifing upon helresses was well aware that it was necessary to convince the young ladics that he had wealth o obtain the favor of “their parents. So he deliberately prepared a statement of his in- come on one of the Internal Revenue Office blanks, declaring that his income was 252,000. * He sworce to the return, and in due tiine it was published in the city papers in the list of those who returned incomes above $25,000. The bait took, the girls Tooked upon him a3 a fair prize. their fathers and mothers concarred in this Defief, and the next winter a fashionable marriage took place, in which the yonng confidence chap was the bridegroom. He married a quarter of 2 million, and is now liv~ ing upon his wife's income. 'The discovery made a row for a few weeks, but it was soon smoothed over. * FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS. * Nothing could be more in remarkable contrast than the presence fn this City of the serious, quaint, and curious-looking Quakers, mingling in nerowd of gayly-dressed and magnificently- attired women one now meets daily on Broad- way. Attracted by a groap of these solemn Quak- ers on Brozdway on Monday, I followed them ‘to the Grammercy Park meeting-house, where they are holding on soniversary. The building within wasas plain o8 the costumes of its occupants— severely plain is no mame for it. The walls are white, the benches covered with brown linen, and the whole interior as cold and forbidding 23 can be imagined. The costames of the men were as an- cient as if they ante-dated the revolationary costumc n century at least. Such n _collection - of ve and rev- ecrend selznors is nowhere to be seen but in a g\mker nasemblage. ‘The present Preshyterinn encral Assembly i3 a circus to it. The proceed- inge were almost incomprehensible. One Friend after another, without any previous sizn whatever, arose and stated they were **moved ™ thus and so. One Friend was moved tosngeest women be ad- mitted as delegates. Thereupon, one Elder after another solcmnly arose, end in a funcreal tone enid: **Tapprove the Friend's motion,” and thus the pronosition was decided. About ten minutes of this is about all an outaider can stand. A TOAST THAT BROUGHT APPLAUSE. Therc ‘was a little festive gathering at the Union League Club the other evening, in which 2 couple of British chaps, first-family fellows of course, tool the part of invited guests. It was strictly private, and less than twenty per- sons in oll were-present. The supper was a jolly one, and by and by the wine begsn to have. its ef- fect. One of the young Britons was loud in his enthnsiosm ahout” America and the Americans. and declared that he was *‘dem’d glad the onld country got beat in the ficht a hundred years az0.” Tl warmed up throngh the evening, and, after a toast had been proposed to the health of the Queen, the cnthusiastic Briton offered a toast. 1t was thusly: **Here's a health to the American Eazle, ‘Whom yon as the prond bird of rnur liberty hail, For that wise fowl one can never Inveizle By depositing salt on his glorious tail.” ‘Now, that's an old eaw, revised and corrected for the occasion, but it came in so apropos and with such uncommon vim that the bovs voted the Briton a clever fcllow, and Jaughed abont the toast for two deys. SPOILED FOR AN ACTRESS. By the last White Star steamer theredeparted from this port a lively young lady who is en- route for Italy for the purposeof studying Ttaltan opera. Shehasa grand voice and has guined great credit among the best masters in this city, and great things are predicted if she adheres to her programme. This young lady, however, had until recently o different ambition. She wished to be an actress, and her relatives have cxpended several hundred dollars upon_an educa- tion to fit her for the stage. - For 12 monthsshe hes taken legsons of onc of the best tutors in this city, and has been repeatedly offered opportunities 1o make her debut under flrst-class auspices. She So!ms!!s besuty and talent, -and has been intro- uced to the leading critics here as the &tar of the futnre. About four weeke ago an nncle whom she Dishly esteems persnaded her that she was wasting time in s=eking dramatic honors, and that her true forte was the opera. Previously she had taken Jessons from leading professors. The necessary fonds beinz forthcominy. she accepted the sugges- tion: and has gone to Earope with a view of appear- ingin opera. ~ Alay her perseverance win. TIE OBSTINATE FATHER AGALN. A Buffalo girl and a young English army offi- cer are now lamenting the obstinacy of a hard- hearted father. They met abroad. They loved and were cugaged. The father approved, and ail hands came to this country on the last trip of the City of Berlin. On the first part of the voyage the couple were very happy in each other’s company, Dat their dream of being now and forever one atd inseparable was snddenly bronght to a close by the conduct of the father in ordering his danzhter to repnir to her Ftate-room and remain there. She obeyed, and during the rest of the trip there was no _commaunication between the *‘lovyers.”™ On arrival in New York. the father hurried his danzh- terto the Grand Central depot, whete they took the cars to Bufflo, and are now residing. * Tt iy aswerted that the Englishman is of good family, well-bred, and has achiever honors and distinction on the tented fleld. The father ascertained these facte, and assented to the match before they left England. Snch a romance can ouly have one end- ing,—a wedding. BraUTT. THE “WORLD.” b Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. New Youg, Junc 2.—I observe that you arc giving some attention to the recent transfer of the World mewspaper. Perhaps your readers will like to read = chronicle of its tribulations and vicissitudes by one who has beena writer for it, and is familiar with its history. The story will give an inside glimpse <f Metropoli- tan journalism during a very interesting period, including the death of its three most famous personages, the rapld developmentof that phe- nomenon, the Sun, snd the introduction of the pictorial element by the Graphic. Moreover, it hasa **moral.” When the I¥orld was startcd, in June, 1839, it made an sppeal to the religions public of the city for support, but the appeal was made in vain. Alexander Commings was the publisher, and it was clited by James R. Spanlding, a very vizorons writer, whom James Watson Webb educated for the New York press. If Cummings was an incompe- tent bnsiners manager, however, Spaulding made a Joss eficient editor. Ile was o mere leader writer— impracticable and lacking agrasp of affairs. Rich- ard Grant White was on its_editorial stalf; Manton Marble, a bright young zraduate of Rochester Uni- Yeruity, was the night’ editor, and D. G. Croly was city editor. Al but Marble and Croly were square pegs in round holes. Under this organization the paper steadily lost ‘moneys the original stockholders were cleaned out, and the establishment fell into the hands of Ford, a rich india-rubber mannfactnrer. He lost S60,- 000 and his confidence init. He wanted to sell— cheap. This was 1862, The chief editorial writer of the World at this time was Ivory Chamberlain, now on the ZZzrald, and at his_suzzestion, Manton Marble, who had_shown considerable_sagacity and expertness, saw Fernando Wood and S. L. M. Bar- Jow (then known zs the promoter of mew_enter- prises), and induced themto keep the concern afluat and makeit o thoroush-going Democratic ‘paper.__ The time was auspicious. The year before, Kew York City had gone Republican by 18, ‘majority; but & year of war had resulted in no great successed: public discontentwas getting clumorous, and iteonght a mouthpicce. . The War nceded a_critic. ' The Administration nceded calling to account. The excesses to which public commotion tends needed repression. The orld flled the bill. It supplicd o better paper than the Democratic party bad ever had before, ‘bold and vierile, with considerable literary culture and even brilliancy. As prices rose, the World ghared the prevailing prosperity. Croly rose rapldiy throngh the intervening crades to mansg- ing editor, and was in charge of the paper most of the time. ~He was an original thinker and a mar- velously-suggestive person—a robust _practical man, {nll of resources. He had been formerly on the Zeening Post and Herald, 1 believe, nod more recently, in 1858 editor and pablisher of some paper i Bocktc T1l., 2ssisted by his very capa- le wife. ++Jen. . June” Beingthe ableat man on the Vorld in practical details, he rapidly passed 1o the front. ‘The Worldstock was soon at s preminm. During its frst yearasa Democratic paper Horatio Sey- ‘mour was elected Governor—a fenther n its cap. Marble was orizimaily not worth a_dollar, but he ‘naturally coveted a majority of the stock. He had Been presented vwith two of the tiwelve shares, and now ke stragzled for five more. Fernando Wood could not_use the psper to hls Ifking, and ie_ex- chanzed his stock for Marble's motes. Barnard and fliram Cranston were frozen out. The petro- leum excitement was high: times were flush, and the World made money fast. Shares were called worth 850,000 apicce. Marble bought several and. paid for thiom from tho fecclpts In. the countiag- rovn). During these years, from 1843 to 1870, Croly was mannaging editor of the paver, ond his brilliant Jieutenants we: Ivory « . William Tieney. Unrlbert. ont yier, Newdll (Omlent ¢, "Kere ), e Davis ero L i Sidaey Webst a Rl Willlkm B, Reed"“Tha posirion "ap seh )y 13 ng cditor was no sinecure. Marble was &b~ gent most of the time, visiting the office only occa- sionally. For three years he never visited the cditorial rooms but twice! He lived at the Mag~ hattan Club, and cdited the paper by siving dircctions by telegraph and mail. Free-trade wat a hobby: beyond that he rarely made sugyestions. Everything was left to Croly till midnight of eack ight. when the proofs were all sentto Marble, and ritarned by him with articles erased which he did not Iike or did not understand. Mony of the maost brilliant utterances of the staff were thut sacrificed, and they never kmew why. Croly edit- ed the paper in thedark—the ceatre of 2 Comedy of Erron. The fiierary exrellence of the World dar- ing these yecrs i= not due to Mr. Marble. He hag 3 wilce literary toste, and a echolarly temperament, and iva severe critic of style, but he himeelf x4 slovenly writer. Ife is a gentleman, and ale ways instated that the naver shonld Keep a hizh, moral tone: but lie edited the paper for five years at ¢ distance of 3miles, by merely, revising the proofs of articles written by gentlemen who did not knox him when they met him on the street. itheut rare exccative, menagement, the paper nust have sone to_wreek nnde % Yet jtmadé ¥z, Varvle EPCE anchis ap Marble, in retirement, read Terbert cer, Staart Mill. Buckley, Compte, pg gt doctringire. Te completely lost sizht of the public, and condncted the paper from his innes conscionsness. In this mood he happened to do _1 very good thine for Science and the World by pub- Tialiinz John Fisk's admirable papers,—n venture wrhose boldness Mr. Reid has successfully imitats e Another thing Mr. Marble wns excessively fond of—the aristocricy._He was ambitions to dine witk the Belmonts and Vanderbilte, who invited him erhaps becanse they conld use him. T shall never orgot one nizht when the proof of an article con- demninz \William 1. Astor's raising of rents wag crased by him as he sat with_his lozs stretched under Mr, Astor's ravory table. He lackedthe . =it of prescience. He knéw nothing about to-mor- row. e was unprogressive and slow to learn. Arainst the instincts of the whole staff. Marble {ook the side of the French in the war of 1570 and held it tenacionsly; he failed to come ont against the Ring or to advocate the abolition of slavery, thongh Mr. Croly urged him to do bath. For the last four or five ycars the World bat steadily and rapidly lost money: for £ year oe twe it has been virtnnlly bankrupt. it is probably trne that Mr. Marble is not worth & cent. residencs on Fifth Avenme is mortzaged, sad il is reported tiat s puorse has beer made up in recoznition of his services until 2 Democratic President ean give him an oftice. He ‘might have received $500.000 for the IWorld from. three different parties in flnsh times. Oneof these offers came_from Peter B. Sweeny and anothes from a combination of Hebrews who ‘anted an or- ‘an to represent certain financial interests. It ir an open Fecret that the paper was Iast mouth in the market, and Mr. Tilden (who is worth S4,000, way notified that unlese he **came down ™ it wonl declare against him. _ And. by the way, T happen to know that, afteg the World, at the hend of the Younz Democracy, had defied Trveed and been beaten by him, Tildex was the man who came to Marble and pers snaded him to make peace with Tammany. 44 ‘man who hasn't saeacity enoazh to make up with his enemies, " said Tilden. **is notfit ta have charze of the party’s newspape So Mazble ‘hastened to make np with the ** I who n #ix ‘months was an exposed felon, This, llke the snp= port of Greeley. was earnestly opposed by Croly, 13 vell as by aribert, Chamberlain, and the other writera, Nobody withan_inside view belicves thatMr. Tarlbert lias the _head to conduct n daily paper. He is o brilliant Bohiemian, but he is not a busineas man, Henever could save money. He is brizht, and has already ndded some vivacity to the World, but he knows nothing about the pulse of the public. Tle holds his place at the will of Marble's creditors, ho hope to sell the paper to tho Democratic can- didate. The Associated Presa franchise which tha World owus is called worth $100,000. The paper is worth that, and apparently not $5 more, excent for partisan purposes. The salarics have all becn razeedl, and the employes are waiting with painfal anxiety for the next stroke of lightning. EnOXE. TELEGRAPHIC, Special Dispatch to The Tridune. PEORIA, 11k, June 3.—Superintendent Tinkexy of the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company, was on 'Change this morning, and proposed td the citizens here that if they would subscribe $5,000 the Company would bring thelr wireg from Burean to Peoria, and refund in telegraph~ ing the amount subseribed by individuals. He also proposed giving Peoria a much lower tarifl tnzn the one now in effect by the Western Union. Three thousand doltars were subscribed on the spot, and the prospects are good for ralsing tha ‘whole amount. 0 * S —————— SECOND-HAND COFFINS is an old joke resuscitated by some of the walle paper men who feel hurt at our success. Orig- inality not being their forte, the coffin joke hae been adapted, at & very slight expenditure of . braly power, and now reads Sccond-hand walls paper.” Will our confreres rise and explalm how such a condition can be possible in paper= ‘hangings 1 The public has been assured thmu%h the presg that we are onl{ small dealers, our styles below mediocrity, and our stock second-hand. Ye! we pay as we o, demonstrate that our goods are new and well-selected, and sell more wall~ paper than any other housc in Chicago. Hers are the reasons: Browns, 4 cents; whites, 10 cents; satins, 13 cents per plece; 6-feet shades, gilt band, $1 per air. 3 i L. F. Stone & Co., 213 State street, just south of Adams. ——— . ORDWAY & NEWLAND, 209 West Madison street, have a very desirabls. new line of blue and black Cheviots, which they sell cheap, for cash only. Their §8 pantsare all the rage now, and yet it puzzles us to select the best from so many good things. ——————— ART SALE. Bessrs. Elison, Pomeroy & Co. have on exhibl- tion at their stores, 84 and 86 Randolph strect. & catalogue of splendid high-clask oil paintings which will be sold without limit or reserve, commencing to-morrovw, Monday, at10 a. m. This colicction embraces many works of superior merit, and will afford an opportunity seldom met with to secare 3 fine work of art at comparatively low prices. ———— THE CRY IS DOWN! Not *with the traitor,™ but furniturc. The com= petition Is great, and most dealers are advertising at cost and cven less, but before you part with yone grecnbacks plezsc call on Colby & Wirts, Nos. 217 2nd 219 State street, who are bound that no first- class house shall undersell them. This firm are Western agents for the Wakefeld rattan farniture. A fall stock on band. o —t———— - COCKROACHES. Peoples’ houses that are infested with cock- roaches can have them effectually exterminated; also rooms that are infested with bgs; also car- pets and farniture that the moths are destroying. I will guarantee a perfect extermination in all, cases or no charges. Wil answer letters In per- son in any part of the city. Address A. B. Coman, | 1470 South Dearborn st. EMBROIDERY. 1t the ladies desire to sce the finest collection of; embrofdery and braiding patterns in Chicago, snd also wish to have done the most beautiful work In- stitching, bralding and embroidery, tucking sn | rufling, they will please call at H. C. Goodrich's, - 16 and 18 East Adams-st. e ———— INSTRUCTION FOR THE SUMMER. Tnstruction can be had during the entire summer in any branches that arc wanted, st H. B. Bryant's Chicago Businesa College and English Training School. Theroo—sare very large and pleasans and the instroctiv clans, OUR TWD PRINCIPAL MUSIC HOUSES. The Root & Sons' Music Company, and Lyon & Tealy, will close their storea at 3 o'clock p, m. on * Saturdays during the months of July and Augnst, In order to give their emplayes an opportanity for recreation. SEND FOR OUR BOOK ON DYEING. We bave issucd asmall pamphlet on dyeing, give fng fall information 0a to what goods dye welly what colors to dye them; also what fabrics clean, with directions. Cook & McLain, 80 Deasbor street. s *g + ——e———— {T IS WITH PLEASURE WE REMIND wholesale buyers seeking desirable stocks of walls paper, cartains, bedding, and kindred goods, of Hilger, Jenkins & Fazon’s present location, zn State street. They wholesale a8 well as retail. e —————— THE PIANO AND ORGAN TRADE, we are pleased to note, i recelving a new {mpetus throngh Pelton & Pomeroy, wholesale and retail dealers, 231 State street. They are selling elegaat instraments on terms ail can aford to buy. THE LARGEST STOCK, THE LOWEST PRICES. * e carry the largest stock, and gusrautee, in 211 cases, the lowest prices, for all kinds of farnitare. Cash talks. Holton & Hildreth, Nos. 225and 227 State street. It pays to trade there. ————— DO YOU WANT REFRIGERATORS? Dalton, the *‘old reliable " hoase farnisher, 19y and 194 State street, has the Jargest atock He sells lower than many whose goods have 1o marit. See hls new Empress range. g GLEN FLORA WATER that cares AySpepsia is sold at Buck & Baynerfs drug storas. * #