Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1876, Page 9

THE: CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUST 13, I1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. 9 AMUSEMENTS. Teonard Grover’s Play to Be Produced To-Borrow. 1ife in a Chicago Boarding-House Portrayed. Ada Dyas in Reply to Fannie Kem- ble—Green-Room Gossip. Disbandment of the Thomas Orchestra— A Interview with the Leader. Wagner's Centennial March a Failure and a Fraud. pusical Notes Collected from Europe and America. THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. 'R JOIN DILLON AT HOOLEY'S. During the past week Mr. Dillon has given a pumber of his best impersonations at Hooley’s Thestre. His besty it should be always borne in wind, is by po means tte best. is Joshua Budterly 15 not marked by the delicacy and the elaboration of details which so distinguish the character as represented by Mr. Owens; his Dove W “Married Life” is exaggerated and #agred™ in 8 reprehensible manner; and his Maj. Wellington de Boots Is not what the same art has been in the hands of Mr. J. 8. Clarke. But, in spite of the shortcomings of Mr. Dillon, be has been and still remains a favorite with . the Chicago public. We think he should recog- pize the fact that he is as much indebted to that public as it js to him. Nowhere elsc foes be sccure the same popular support that he docs here; mowhere else is pe so tenderly treated by the pressy nowhere elsc, it may with all eincerity be said, ishebeld in such affcctionate remembrance. We feel that he belougs to us. His disappoint~ ments are, in a measure, ours; his successes de- light us; his welfare, both professional and per- supal, is near to our sympathles. Since the pu'- lic acvords so much to Mr. Dillon on purely sen- timental grounds, it has the right to demand concessions from him. It has the right to de- mand respectful treatment, whether the audi- Pice in the theatre happens to belarze or small; vetwe do mot think he is respectful when lic Tiberally “gags " one of Buckstonc's comedies, or when he introduces into a farce disgust- fog slng. Tac ouly cxeuse which b 15 possible to offer for Mr. Dillon’s fnterpolations Jost weck is that Le has been playing before country audiences, by whom the roughest and coarsest humor has been the most lighly rel- isted. He ought, how he yields at all to the tastes of rural admirers, to preserve a dif- ferent method of treatment for the cit the reet, the performances at Hooley’s since Tuesday night have been bizhly enjoyahle. @The Victims,” which was rendered Monday ana Tuesday pights, was badly done through- out. “XMarried Lite,” on Wednesday and Thursday, was much better, and “ Everybody's Friend,” on Friduy and Saturday, atforded op- rtunity for realiy fine acting on the part of ir. aud Mrs. Dillon, Mr. W. H. Wells, who promices well in juvenile varis, Mr. G. H. Stoddart, snd Mrs. Wallack. OUR 5OARDING-HOUSE.” A new comedy, with the above title, by Leenard Grover, is to be presented at Hooley's Theatre to-morrow night. Mr. Grover's essays in the field of dramatic literature huve so far eomprised ¢ Cape May Diamonds,” a two-act comedietta. prepared for the late Dan Setehell; “ Treasure Trove,”” a drama produced with con- giderable success in New York; * Lispet,” which will be remembered from its recent pro- duction Lere, and, in addition, two or three burlesques. The story of this last venturc, « Qur Boarding-House,” s presented thus: Beatrice Manheim, a young German girl, is born »f very poor paients in the City of York. She ic taugnt music Trom chiluliood 23 a scaue w8 oot At an early age a wealthy lady becomer ainted with her, and induces her lo become ‘that she uiay bave the in perfectng herself o Vhe Cenman language. Leatrice applick hersell to her etudies, and obiains marked escelience in ber music. W hile residing with her beneluctress anc is thrown_into the suciety of 3 Mr. Walliam Fioretti, an Italian genileman of wealth, who pays her marked atiention. When she hus feached the aze of 17 lier benefactress dies with- S making any provision for her maintenance, Sther than the education which she has received. She 8 obliged to teek 2 home with her parents, who 3re 100 poor to asxist her, and who are indifferent to her snperior tastes and habits. Sheie made 2 Hinple drudge. White Lere, Mioretf: eceks hier out nd offers her marriage. She is not at sll in love Mtk him, but accepts his hand asa means of Lei- Yering her existence. wkich, afler o many years 5f aflluent case, had becore almost unbearable. The ceremony of marriage is performed. ‘They take up their residence fn a fashionabie botel, where lier happiness seems assured by the birth of Y ittle daughter, to whom is given the nume of Hlorence. s time advances, hier bushand grows old, ‘meglects Ler, and ut lust tells ber ihat’ the ceremony of marriage between them was o mere sham, performed by his own brother, who was nejther a magistrate nora cler- eyman: thercfore, she is not lezally his wife. She figs and mplores nm, for their child's sake, to base 0 proper ceremony perfo.ned; but he s deal 1o her appeals, and treats her with still greater in- tolence, ‘until she leaves Lim. Shorly after, Tigretti,—the ‘one who had o crueily deceived her —diorQuithoat making any provision for her or their cihld. With all her emall knowledze of the world and her right, £he sceks to obtain somec telief from his estate, which s very large; but is eiled im her cvery witempt by ‘the ‘worthless brother who aesisted at the sham marriage, and who is the dircct heirto her deceiver's wealth. At lonzal, fecling the near approach of penury, she resolves to scck 2 mew field where he 1ad bictory may remain unknown, and &he wAY, thirough her musicul abilitics, earn a comfortatle subsistence for elf and child. Filled with {licee worthy motives, she comes to Chicago, and Jeoures 3 position as ene of the principul assistants M the Conservatory, _She eclects as her place of tesidence a fashionzole boarding-bouse on Wabash Avenue, kept by Mrs. Colcille, whcre she grows to teceive the esteem and respect of all with whom the becomee acquainted, and where her days arc reasonably_prosperous and Happy. 2 sn inwate of her own hoe, acvantage of her agsistance e Walter Dalrymple, 8 young gen- tieman of fortune, who is residing with his mother ot the Tremont Housc, has his attention attracted on¢ bright summer morning by four advertizements which appear in Tug Tinoxe. e had for some time felt a desire 1o fnvest some of his meaus in busincs but knew mot where to begm. Tho of the advertisements before hum offer wonderful Spportunitice. . One is from a Ur. AmarialShouter, who desires o partner with means to engage in the manufactaring of a staple article which promisss results g0 great as 2,000 per cent per n nincressing demand, Jr. Shouter, desires to be Mdrossed at the Haut-Ton Boarding-House, Wabash avenve, Investigation proves that Shouter's stupic articie is a patent medicine, 8 misture which cures everything. The ccond advertiscment is {rom one ‘Col. "), T. Elevalor, who desires o silent Partner. with ample means, to engage in rai<ing frain upon an extensive plan. Tbe Colonels proves to be o plan to put Gp & cormer of Pats. " Elevator ‘wlso desires to be addressed St the Maut-Ton Boarding-House. — The third advertieement solicits communication with 1 person with reasonable capital to embark in 2 Proy. Gregarious Gillypod t the Haut-Ton Board- insTiouse, nother advertisement by Jrs. Col- ville gives information of certain deslrable rooms tolelin her house, the ‘Haat-Ton. ‘‘Here,” £ays Walter to his mother, ‘‘is our opportunity; we will take the room, become scquainted with the epeculators, when we can €afely decide the impors tance of their schemes.” Tie mother objects 10 leaving their comfortable rooms at the hotel, butie persuaded by the son. They visit the Haut-Ton, Bremot by a pert chambermaid, fnd their friends the Eligibles ure boarding there, €ngage AMrs. Col: tille's rooms, and are introduced to Miss An Colville, Mr. Clarence Dexter, the three advertis- 18, and Mrs. Jeatrice Manheim. Just at this point the play begins, all the fore- golng ‘story being worked out in the progress of he action, Afr, Dalrymple ends by marryiog Beatrice, aithough obstacles are throwmriu his way by the scoundrel Frioretti and by his moth- er, who learns that the first ‘marriage of her in- tended daughter-in-law was not legal. All ob- jections are removed, however, Whell it appears that Beatrice was legally the wife of the mnan who tried to Geceive her, having lived with him two years as a wifc, and_being entitled under uljfiws of New York both to the name and the proerty-rights pertaining to one lecdlly wmar- ried. The humor of thegnlcce is furnished by the exposure of the internal cconomy. of a fashi- ionable boarding-housc, and in this, we appre- hend, will be found the most interesting fea- ture of the drama. The cast includes many well-kmown and competent 8ctors, such as Mr. Whiffin, Miss Marie Loulse, Mr. and Mrs. George Btoddart, and Mr. Russell Soggs. THE CALIFOBNIA MINSTRELS. N A wesk from to-marrow night. the California !\Iinstml; will re-open at Hooley’s Theatre with an organization stronger and more compl than ever before. The comediaus will be Emez- son, Cotton, Schooleraft and Coes, Sznford and Wilson, Mackin and Wilspn, Ernest Linden, Scanlon and Cronin. The fatter will make l.hch‘" !irst appearance in sketches entirely new. The mmflocutor and stage director will be Mr. J. .R. Kemble, one of the most intelligent and agreeable persons in that position in the coun- try. voealists will be J. G. Russi G s, “Fredoricks’ W IT “Tala, Hoberl yrrell, J. F. Oberist,sW. C. Davis. The orchestra will be under the direction N James Morrésou. Among the special pcgfolnxl:l Robcr:.%ge to appear during the scason are art, Burgess, Courtwright, and otbers. NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. Mr. McVicker’s announcement for the new season was printed yesterday, aud need not be repeated here. The theatre will open a week from to-morrow night, with t] tock c in “The Three u‘ul{;.rds’mcn." i 5 R Hooley’s Minstrcls continue to give an - leut entertaiument fn its way at suc Nm?éf.l.. mgo_’lheatn:. The new features of the present week will be a descriptive tuale to the first part —“City-Market on_Suturday Night "—by Hart, Rice, and Kayne; the first appearance of Jolm® son and Bruno; songs, dauc nd_recitations by George S. Kuight, the German-dialect com- cdian, pronounced by good judges the best in fi'ascu"ff}f r:‘ww 3kz,;ltch—“,\lmnr Bells "—by ice and Hart; and the familiar ©“ Weston, the Walkist,” by the company. * THE OUTER WORLD. ADA DYAS IN REPLY TO FANNY KEMDLE. In one of a scries of magazine artides now in course o_{ publication in the Atlantic Monthly, Fanny Kemble (Mrs. Butler) argues that women ought not to 2o upon the stage, because in so doing they make a public exhibition of them- selves, end that the life of an actor is unworthy of aman because it is [ull of incessant excite- ment und_factitious emotion. Miss Ada Dyas, A¢ading lady of Wallack’s Theatre, addressed a letter to the Wordd of -Friday in which she com- bated the position of Mrs. Butler. The argu- ment which would keep women from the stage, on the score of unworthy public exhibition, would, as Miss Dyas observes, ‘‘keep them from nearly cvery other respectable calling. In fing, the worthincss or wivortbine of any public exhibition in a business depends entirely on the wode or manner. Bathiug is not given up because now aud then a few men and women wear outre dresses. Women are not banished {rom restaurauts because waiter-girls throng mu- sic-halls.” Levees and balls are not abandoned be- cause the taste of @ few borders upon the decol- lete. Did one gver hear that any of the Kemble family unworflily participated in any histrionic exbibition? Certamly not. What is true of its wmembers can be minutely asserted of a hundred others, whose British, French, German, or American numes almost any play-goer may readily catalogue in his memory.” Inregard to the assumption of Mrs. Butler, that the dra- matie prolession s unworthy of men, beeause it is full of incessant excitement and factitious emotion, Miss Dyas says: “The doctor in his office, the barrister in Lis court, the politiciun at his forum, the banker at his board ‘tnceting, and often the clerzyman in Lischancel, each and all towards patients, clients, constitucney, cor- respondents, and_eongregations, must wnd do interpret roles which differ from their own true selves. Al these illustrations show. that if businesses allied to_excitement and factitious cuotion, or any business which is public exhivi- tion, be unworthy of men and_ women, then a large portion of civilized pcople must either dic or recreate in Arcadia or even Bosotia.” AMERICAN GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP. The negro-miustrels Newcomb and “Little youngz artists of the theatre to be cast for the ‘Think of it!” said little- Lise; oul‘:: A part that may be the turning- ich depends a woman’s whole fu- ture!” The annual contest for prizes for recitation in tragedy and comedy was to take plac e BhriaCopaervatoRe. & fortaizht. agor The number of uumgutimrs for the prizes in comedy was, as may be expected, much in ex- cess of the numbercompetingin the department of tragedy. This contest is always noticcd with “l;nl:a““ ‘tl(;l{cstt at P;;ris, as several of the success- ca idates often secure engs E the Odeon and the Francais, Chiobon s Some months azo Mr. Henry Irving boldly amiealed to tlie pulnit th helhy tie. ptis: i first clergyman to respond practically to the ap- peai is Dean Stauley, who has_gracefully come to the aid of Mr, Coleman, and will assist in the hrm;:lr'nz out of “Iienry the Fifth” at the Queew's Theatre. The Dean is o historian, and offers his advice in points uf historical accuracy 3‘&‘:& %olcml'i(u":i\ls ::}3 actor. The offer has been cepted, and the ill 4 re- Receptud, ean will attend the re: The following unpublished dramas, founded ‘rinulpallyu‘mu her novels, have been left by corge Sand: “Rldlle. de la Quintinie,” re- ceived at the Odeon; “La Princesse Aldin,” written in collaboration with M. Dumas fils— two acts of this are finished; *La Mare au Diable,” in which she ussisted by Gusta Waez—the MS. of this is siid to be i tfig hands of Mme. Pauline . Viardot; *Mont Reveche;” and *‘Indiana,” written in junc- tion with M. Paul Meurie. ko HMUSIC. AT HOME. TNE SUMMER CONCERTS AT THE EXPOSITION. During the current week the German Military Band, of whose merits Tue TRIBUNE has al- ready spoken, will play at the Exposition Building. The Crystal Garden of Mr. Creswold is well worthy the patronage of those who can enjoy agreeable music without being stimulated to it by artificial aids. There will be two sacred concerts to-day (Sunday) in which the German Band will participate,—in the afternoon at 3 andin the eveniug at8. The band will give operatic sclections from Wagner, Meyerbeer, Maillard, Bach, Rossini, and Weber; Mrs. Helen Ames Billings will sing Coenen’s * Come Unto Me” and * With Verdure Clad,” from % The Creationy” Mr. Creswold will interpret Mendelssohn and Hatton on the organ; and the Oricntal Quartette will render Kreutzer's ¢ Chapel? and “It Is the Lord’s Own Day.” ‘There will be no musical performances of con- i&cfi:inxf: this wecek, except at the Exposition ABROAD. THEODORE THOMAS' ORCHESTRA DISBANDED. The New York World of Friday contains the results of an interesting interview with Theo- dore Thomas, in which that eminent musician explained not only the causes of his fnilure in Philadelphia, but the reasoz of his want of financial success in New York, and bis determi- nations for the future. His great troublein Philadelphia was the want of a respectable hall inwhich togive hisconcerts. The place provided for him was outrageously mean; besides, it was not finished when the concerts began, and no one could go into it without catching cold. From this point the interview proceeded as fol- low _+What do you think of Philadclphia gs 8 mu- 1centrer™ asked the reporter. 3 11, the Philadelphians built me a hall, any- how,” wis the reply, **and that is more than the New Yorkers have done, notwithstanding that Mac” will soon sail for Europe. Miss Claxion znd company were at Buffalo, Lockport, and Sytacuse last week, It is understood that Ben de Bar will essay Felstaff in New York the coming season. Mrs. George L. Fox s cngaged among_ the company secured for the Olympic Theatre, New York. George Honey has been engaged by Jarrett & Palmer to return to this country and travel as a star. Mrs. Lonise M. Pomeroy is to_appear at the New York Academy ot Music in October as Lady Macbeth and Juliet. Sothern at Daly’s and the Florences at Wal- lack’s were the principal attractions of the New York theatres last week. Mr. H. B. Hudson, formerly of McVicker's Theatre, has been engaged to play uext season at the New Orlcans Academy of Music. Mrs. Mary GICMMCT AUICS tuw pamys 0 m1ie “tation,™ s been aceepted by the minagers o the Chiestnut Street Theatre, Thiladelphi: Miss Lillie, who once traveled with Forrest, wilt be a member of the Chestnut Street (Phila- Geiphia) Theatre Company the coming scason. The San Francisco Chronicle says that John McCullough is attempting to oust Mr. Bert from the management of Wade's Opera-House in that city. The life of the late Edwin Forrest, written by the Rev. W, R. Alger, will be put into the print- er's hands ahout Sept. 15. It has been prepared o der the careful supervision of James Oukes, Esq., Mr. Forrest's cxecutor- Mr. Dion Boucicault, Mr. Lester Wallack, Mr. ilenry J. Montague, und Miss Blauche Duavenport, the youngest dauglhtier ot Mr. E. L. Davenport, arrived in New York Weduesday in the sseamship Russia, from Liverpool. Hereaiter Madame Jansuschek will remain in this country. She will begin an engugement in the Boston Theatre on the 30th of October, dur- ing which three new. plays will be produced, namely: “ Brunhilde,” “Phedrs,” and ‘* Kath- arine the Sceond of Russia.” «Evangeline,” the American burlesque, has passed its fifth week at the Boston Museum. “The run will be concluded next Saturday. Mr. G Murdoch last Monday assumed the part previously played by Mr. Goodwiu. Mr. W. H. Crane had 2 bénefit last night. . Sir Randall Roberts, an English Baronet, ar- rived in New York City a few days aizo, and ha$ heen introduced at several clubs. Itecently, he \ent on the stage in England, appearing in the principal citics, except. London, without re- markuble su Be desires to act in this country. He was formerly in the British army. John Brougham and N. C. Goodwin were at the Walnut, Philadelphia, last week. Pastor's Variety Company begins an engagement there i “Qur Boys” reached its = to-morrow might. seventy-seve £ performance at the Chesnut. Jacques Fro- 3icKee Raukin continues to piay chard and Rip Van Winkle at the Muscum. @The Lucky Star”-is in its fourth week at the Kiralfy Palice. « Sardanapalus " is to be produced at Bootlh’s Theatre, New York, to-morrow night. _ Mr. F. & “Bangs will playSardanapalus sud Agnes Booth _Uyrrha. Miss Dora_Goldywaithe, who appeared here last scason with the Kiralfvs, has PPonly other female part in the picce. The pocm bas been “rewritten” and adapted for the stage by Mr. Charles Calvert. 'The ballet and scenic effects will be ona large scale. The San Francisco Chronicle pronounces Rose Evtinge “the first expoucnt of purely emo- tional parts in America” The eritic confesses B selt unable to point out any defect in her Lady acbeth or her Armande, but tinds Julia jo ¢The Hunchba < Jess than perfect. 1t should be remarked that the dramatic s of the hrouicle are always carcful and feiolligent. Last week Miss Lytinge plaved Gabricle in “The Geueva Cross? at Baldwin's Academy of Music. George Fawcett Rowe appared in * Leather Stockings.” ‘Mr. Horace Howard Furness, of Philadelphisa, has_ finished printing the first act _of bis new i dition of * Hamlet.” It fills 120 st O nttfi from the four folios and the and has nof 1 ygur quartos and from thirty to fifty modern cditions, besides criticisms from _Coleridge, S 1 otc. The book will contain a reprint s’t.nt!file‘fi;sit;uarco, the * Wistoric of Hamblet,” O & English and other criticisms on the several charactersand on the vexed question W hether Hamlet was mad, ¢ The publishers hope that the volume mayee re: dy by Junuary. EUROPEAN NOTES. Mr. Wallack’s « Rosedale " has been produced in London without success. Miss May Williams, who was 8 n}ember fm- several scasons of John E. Owens traveling company, 18 sald to be in destitute circum- stances in London. The large theatre called the Central Halle, at Hamburg, was totally destroyed by fire July 3. It was a combination of the Alhambra and Cremorne Gardens. % Count AlexisFredro, the «w)olicreof Poland, as he has been not 100 extravagantly called by Liis 0Wn countrymne: died at Lemberg, in Aus- Nev York s had the advintaze of ten years' mu- sical education which Philudelphia has not had. el e or oight sears. 1 huve been working alone, and 1do not think it Is fair that one man A cted to do cverything. The people to lend a helping hand. * \What do you expect the people to do?” 1 want them to do something. ~We nced a per- ‘manent institution. and, above ail, a hall in which to give concerts. There has been plenty of talk about this, but nothing has been donc, and Iam tired of having to atteud to everything myself. I amnot3 business man, 1ot & sheonlitor; 1 am o musician, and it is as much as I ought to be ex- most promising musicians of the per The zither is fast coming into fashion int London drawing-rooms. oo Mr. Carl Rosa will open the London L with English opera on Sept. 11. ol Ml Rose Hersce and Blanche Cole have organized a new English opera troupe for provincial tour- ing next season. Prof. Louis Falk gave an improptu orgun con- cert at Whltchn}l,i"‘. Y., Tlm‘z'sdgy week. He had the assistance of Mrs. Falk. The Palmieri season of Italian opera will be- ;l'.:ln at the New York Academy of Music Nov. 6. he maonager asserts that he has enguged a tenor who is a greater artist than Campanini. Mrs. Van Zandt will go to the Russian Capital in’ September, remain there four months, and then go to Viemna. Carl Rosa is in treaty with Mrs. Van Zaudt for English opera a year hence. Itis belioved ¢ amons the operas to be produced by Mr. Carl Rosa this yearis the *Jo- conde " of Nicolo Isouurd, one of the most popular French composers of his day, and by & mdguusldws preferred to his contemporary, icu. Thilip Phillips, who las, since his lo I D e e mtvcroaliy Koot in England as the *‘Singing Pilerim,” is now lloldhl‘f.! ‘islongA—scrv(ccs in London. Religious song of thie American- typeis just now great relished in London. SReit-d 54 Miss Gertrude Corbett’s English Opera Com- pany will begin the scason at the lsew York Academy of Music Oct. 2 and thence make 4 tour of the principal cities in the country. “Norma” and **Lucrezia Borgia will be the first operas produced. Gabel, the original comic gendarme of Gene- vieve de Brabant, 15 singing in the renowned duct of that opera_at one of the cafes chantauts, on the Cbamps Elysccs, und theMartens are giving their cat duct at another. These last are great favorites with the Pavisian public. Dr. Tourjee and Carl Zerrahn were advertised to give Roclty Point a rich musical treat Friday intwo concerts, with the Mendelssoln Quintet Club, several soloists, and a chorus of 400, in- cluding the Handel and Haydn Society and the Music Hall and Grace Church choirs of Boston. Some thirty members of the choir to which the University at Upsala is indebted for a mu- sical reputation, by no means conflned to Scan- dinavis, gave 8’ concert July 26 ai St. James’ Hall. The performance was adjudged to be hég);y suceessful. Miss Nilsson sang several songs. It has been reported that Verdi is to ma Mlle. Stotz, who ** created” the part of Ai‘riray: The report can_hardly be true, because Verdi has been married for twenty years to Mile. Strgpponi, who “created” the part of Abigait in “Nabucco,” who is a \‘er{ charming woman, and to whom she is devotedly attached. A time-table of the dramatic action of the Bayreuth festival anuounces that, including “waits” of one hour between the acts, the Rheingold" lasts two anda half, “Walkuere five, *Siegfriod” five. and “Gotterdammer- ung " five and a half hours. The full score of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” has been pub- lished. It contains 1,831 pages, and has an av- erage of twenty-five or thirty staves on a page. The Balfc Memorial Festival wus to have taken place the 20th inst. at the Alexandra Palace, Londlon. The seleetions from the operas, 11 Talismano and the ¢ Enchantress,” were to be sung_by Mesdames Nilsson, Marie Roze, Enriquez, Hersee; Messrs. V. Rigby, May- brick, and Lloyd, under the direction of Sir Michael Costa; ond the performance n the thea- tre of The Bohemian Girl was to be conduct- ed by Mr. Weist Hill, the chief characters by Mesdames R. Hemce and Pulmer, Messrs. G. Perren, Pope, Harvey, and Fox. A Baife scholar- -ghip will be founded for the Royal Academy of Music out of the proceeds of this day’s festival. Annie Lonise Cary, just before her departure for Russia Saturday week, told a reporter of her cxnsericnwnsnn artist in that coumtry. She had a grand success there, but she discovered that it was hit or miss with a siger. Capoul couldn’t get along at all om account of his maunerisms, fhough in every other capital of Europe he is ndmired and petted almost be- §oud ‘endurance. Then, what is all the_roge at t. Petersbury is barely tolerated at Moscow. Spoaking of Capoul's failure to sing in England in consequence of au n]legfid throat-disease, was played hiere by Von Bulow, ‘“one of the . pected 10 do to attend to the daties of my pro- fession.” In snéwer to a question as to what he proposed to do in the future, Mr. Thomas said: **I do not know that I shall do anything. 1 think I have done my sharc, 1am not atall eare that I shall give wy symphony concerts—that will depend en- tircly upoi whether Tam to receive uny assistance from (beFmple ornot. This is certain: I will not travel any more on_speculation; 1 have had ?uilc enougl of that. People 1ust learn the dif- ference between an artist and a traveling show- ma 1f they want me in Chicago or Baltimore, Voo thenr Tl dnE s QELpgy ouwet oy for it rieks. “\s 1o the talk in some of the newspapers about his misic being too classical to be popular, Mr. Thomus said: **That isall trash. Why should I go on forever if wy wusic was above the beads of the people? The only differeuce between my “programmes and those of others is, 1hiat mine arc_not nasty or siapid, but only Jluht—that s all. People whose only knowledge of music is derived from what they hear in beer saloous and gardens arc hardly competent to dis- cou upon the merits of the different schools of music.” * Hitherto, " snid Mr. Thomas, **1 have Been paying for the privilcge of playing for people; ost they can pay me for piaying. 1 do not think it fair that I should play and pay, 83 1 have had to. 1t is just a dittle too much to expect.” In cono clusion Mr. Thomas said, in cffect, that he will ot do anything more until there §8 some evidence that he is to be supported by the public. At pres- Chthe is living out of town with his family, and his orchestra is split up, some of the members being in Philadelphia and some in New York. Thete seems to be no present prospect of o re- organization, and unless something is done the orgauization seems likely to die ont altogether. WAGNER'S CENTENNIAL MARCH. The Cincinnati Gazette has been at the pains to collect various Europcan expressions of opinion on the Wagner Centennial Mareh, {rom which we condense the following: i ' The march was performed on. the Gth and 7th o July in Vienna, Xunrln. by Edward Strauss’ Or- Thesim, by the Royal Opera-House Orchestra, 2nd by o military band. The unaninous voice of the Vieuncee crlflc!,nmon‘g them Dr. Hanslick, who to- day leads the critics of Ellruge and America, pro- nounced the march a_flat failure. The critics eay that the composition is not 4 march, but a sort of tharch symphiony, wade up of old, hackneyed Wag- Derian motives that have been heard too often in other forms, and worse thun that, notwithstand- g, or, perhaps, just because of the prevalence of the instramentation for brass, ihe march is dread- fully tiresome. Dr. Ha slick concluded his _criti- By With this dictam: 1t may be that North ‘American cars, on which Yankee Doodle acte in 2 soothing, satisfying manner, will find_pleasure in go heathenish a 1o we of the old world are not so_far advanced, or sunk so low in our taste.” The Cincinnati Gazelfe adds that the Women's Centennial Commigsion, who paid $5,000 for the mareh, were not only cheated Swith bad music, but also failed to obtain posscs- Sion of the article bargained for. | It hus been ever SO Jast May the property of Theodore Thomas, So the women of America puid $5,000 to Richard Wagner for the privilege of having performed a T on apening day which has been_pronounced a failure in Wagner's own country, und the women of Cincinnati, who furnishedaboiit one-half of that O Cant. have leen denied the privileze of hearing " Decanse the amount vested no title in any one o et Thomas, who monopolized it for his or. B retra. But more than this. The production of e march in Cologne on the lst, and in Vieuna on the Gth and 7th of July, was & violation of the ex- press contract between Wazner and the Commis- sion. One of the stipulations<in thc contract was Bl 1o march should not_appear in Burope for 4t Teast #ix months after its pertormance in Philadel- phia, yet, althou the first performance was had N ihe 10th of May, the score and parls were ad- vertised for sale by 'B. Shott & Sons, at Maintz, e on the oth of May, and three montbs later it had already been performed three times. ITALIAN OPERA IN LONDOXN. The London Times sums up the work of the season at the Royal Italiens as follows: - ‘That Mr. Gye hae sustained the repute of his es- tablishment, ?md ‘been well served by his two con- Suctors, Sighors Vianesi and Bevignani, most be A ted. “The production, in a thuroughly effect. e manner, of no fewer than twenty-nine OReras during the comparatively short interval of sixteen Qe Hany of Lhem, too, un the grandest scale —eays no little for the resources at the disposal of e magement. The composersmost in demand, to judye by the number of performances of their Fospective works, were Verdi (13), Donizettt @8), Wagner (11), Slozart (), Meyerbeer (), and Ros- Sint(s). Only one opura by Auber was pi duced 2 \Fra Diavolo: but that, like the * isir of Donizetti, was played no’ loss than five tin O inet to the increasing populurity of Bille. Zare Thalberg—Zerlina in one and Ading in the other. .. . 'The season will be chiefly remembered ag ‘havingintroduced to an English publicthe -*Tann- hauser " of Wagner and the =+Aida " of Verdi—about Pe respective merits of which it is unneceseary at prosent to add unything to what has already been \written. Enongh that both were indieputahle suc- cesses, 38 cight performance of the former, and— 1ate ns it was brought out in the season—five of the Iatter, satisfactorily proved. . . . >Tann bauser” furnished Mlle. Albani awith the occasion of carning fresh laurels, and ++Aida " did as much o iadaine Patti—the Elicabel/i of the one being. by common_congent, placed xide by eide with het Miss Cary laughingly said: @ Helost his tem- peronc day, and a oss ol temper is a sure loss of voice. "Now I never lose my temper.” — HUMOR. Christi (Tex.) Times puts it thus: To owe is human; To pay-up, divine. When the thermometer indicates nimety-and- nine, you may have voticed that a man can set- his lee yp much more eps” and Finance! Lad The Corpus visitor (ex- \\What's the capital of Turkey# Bright Little Scholar— Please, 'm, it ain’i got none—it's bankrup’ ! "—2unch. A man who succeeds in passing a counterfeit 50-cent note, after carrying it o his pocket two ‘recks, goes to bed with a decper fecling of sat- iSaction than it he bad earued $35 legitimately. The Oswego Palladiun mentions James Clark and wife, who “were born, died, iad were buricd on the sameday.” Jimmy and his wifo must have been awiully young.—New York Grapihic. A Norwich man calls himself on his carda “gemperance bootmaker.” The nced of tem- perance boots is | parent, for, though they're not generally (lmnY:. it’s s notorious fact that they're often very tight. The New Style: Brown (to friend in bath): « Gome and dine_with us to-morrow, Jack Jack: “ All right! Dress, of coursed” Brown: “Qh, no; uo ceremony, you know. Come just as you are!"'—London Hun, « Steam Is a great thing,” remarked 3 travel- erin a railroad-car_to his vie-a-vis. “8o it is,” was the reply; “I owe my fortunc to_it.” Y Monsieur is manager of a companyi” “No.” « An engineer, perliapst? “ No, I have lost o number of relatives by railroad accidents.” ‘Danbury has the champion patient bu\y. He comes from a ehironically-borrowing family. The other day Lie went to 8 neighbor’s for a cup of sour milk. I haven’t gut anything but sweet milk,” said the woman pettishly. ¢ I'll wait till it sours,” said the obliging youth, sinking into a chair. The other day a prominent newspaper-man of Norvwich, who loves a _juke, went into 2 hair- dresser’s establishment and ausked the price of ear-wigs. 'The proprictor brought out a couple of buifalo-robes, and said thut perhaps they would answer if the bald spots were no larger than they appeared from the ground. .« Suppose,” said an Iewa attorney t0 a Wit ness whom Jic wus crossexumining, ¢ Supposc, sir, I should tell you thet Icould Lring adozen of 'your own neighbors #lio would swear that they would not believe Tou under oath, What would you say to that? > =~ And the witness re- plicd, very pleasantly, “I should say you licd.” « M. Quad” lately hal a hammock suspended beneath the trees in theyard of his stately resi- dence on Fort strect, Jetroit. —Subsequently, after getting his arm sefand This head bound up, iie eat dowirand wrote: * A hammock swung under a tree isa nice thiyg to rest in. It tukes only four or five men tehold it while you get v, and in getting out you all out.” The Duke de Morny. who was bald, received ab application for emjloyment from a.young man who came well reommended. *¢ But [ do not know how to find yu a ?lnuu; my house- hold is full.” * Your urace,”” said the young ‘man, nervously fingeriig his hat, *I sadly need worl.” Well, suppase L make you my hair- dresser?” The applicmt colored,” and replicd, indignantly, ‘I do notseek a sinecure.” A discnchantment: Swellington Spiff (who collects blue china, beauseit’s the thing to do) {5 invited to breakfast by a noble Duke (who also collects blue chiia). He is much elated at the prospect of sitng down to table with possibly two or three Sabinet_ Ministers,—at all events, with nothing wnder a Viscount! Imag- ine his disgust, on entring the drawing-room, at being presented by his Grace to Rovinson, Geography umiuh%? the school Smith, Joues, Brown, Zerkins, Blenkinsop, an Parker, who 2l collec blue china, und whon he has known ever snce he began to colleet blue china himsel! unch. ——— IN. THE MPRGUE. Free from gorrow, gritf, and care, Lies a young and lovely sirl, With azure eyes and gdden hair. ++Found on the beach,” he: id,— Floated nshore by a resless wave; Not to find a single {riend But only o dark, cold gave. Tenderly wreathe that mable brow With colls of sunny haix . Gently fold those waxen hinds Over the breast go falr. On thot cold, white nE:a‘hle slab, Elsa, and the lida of the other 'prom')llnc('d equal ot any, if Dot all, of her previous nasuinp- trian Poland, July 16. He was the 1ounder of I{I;?i!h coraedy. i{any of his plays were Lr;x:lz’-: jated into half the languages and played at the theatres of Europe 2 number of years n%o. In “Les Femmes de Grevin,” announced for production at the Paris Varieties, there is one Ccharacter very lightly draped. The costume is a pair of bathi: e-drawers and diamond ear-rings- Naturally, there is much rivalry smontr tae tions. MUSICAL NOTES. Verdl is writing 2 symphony 8t Busseto. Wagner is working at a new opera,—* Percl- vaL” The London Atheneum calls Peter Von Tschal- kowskv, 2 Russian. whose Jirst piano concerto No one to kigs the cold lipt Once o ruby-red: * No fond mother to ifnger ozt The young and lovely dedl. What bronght her to the ded May nc'er be revealed br times Bat in charity we will hope | T'was sorrow, and nota gime. Loutsa LOBSE. NEW YORK GOSSIP. A Big Scare About Croton ‘Water. Dastardly Outrage by a Fash- jonable Dentist. Perils of Young Actresses from “Tnfluential ” Parties, . Details of an Aristocratic Matri- monial Squabble. < DMoonlight Surf-Bathing Parties at Coney Island. Outlines of a New Romance---The Cornet War at Gilmore's. GENERAL GOSSTP. _ Speciat Correspondence of The Tridune. NEw YORE, Aug. 10.—Now we are having an annual scare about the Croton water. The reservoir in Central Park Is coated with green scum, and the odor from the water pipes is the reverse of pleasant. Of course the learned Pro- fessors must give an opinion concerning its con- dition, and we are informed by Prof. Chandler that a species of plant of the nostoc genus, pecnliar to all larze bodies of fresh water, was present in great abundance, and that the oil from this plant is the cause of the unpleasant odors we are now smelling. The warm weather has devel- oped this plant more lusuriantly than uswal, and therefore nobody is to blame. Probably not. Sometimes the reservoir contains thousands of dead fish, and nobody is to blame. All this is &n- couraging to doctors and undertakers, but scarcely 50 to ordinary people, whe will neither cat mor drink that which is unpleasant to the taste. This dificulty with the Croton water will be regarded a3 canse for a fresh stampede to the country, but the prospect for those who remain is not wholexome. After spending millions upon millions for water- works, does it not sound strange thot in this year 1876, the people of New York should discover that the Croton water in the summer is uniit to drink? COMMODORE VANDEERBILT'S CONDITION. The vencrable Commodore may die at any moment; but he bas been reported deadso often that it will require more thun ordinary au- thority to induce people to believe he 18 really dead, even after the final event occurs. He geems to take delight in disappointing the re- porters, and after his recovery from the sup- posed fatal relapse of & Week ago, when the morning papers were read to him, he smilingly remarked, **Footed them again.” This morning he i6 reported improving, but perhaps before these Ioes reach your city he may have breathed his last. It ls o curious weakness on his part that he requires the morning papers read alond inhis hear- ing, and especially the reports of his own condi- tion. A man who in his days of {hcalth hubitual Iy professed to care nothing for newspaper opinion, he 18 now singularly seneitive at all they have to say abont him. There is an opin- fon held by those who are competent to judge ‘him aright that the Commodore’s will may prove a sur- prise to the pablic, in a different way from that Ccawsed by the will of A. T. Stewart. Few persons have suspected Commodore Vanderbilt of serious or grand benevolent intentions, bt there is strong suepicion that he has devised some schemes for the publio benefit which will cause his name to be %’nwl“yumemben:d; but there is no inkling thus far of their nature or extent. His reported wealth has doubtless been r_mfgnmled. His city taxes on 21l his real and personal caiate were only upona valnation of $1,076,000. His stock investments cnerally have paid him well, and his name has clped the etocks in question. An smusing feature of Liis illness is that when his death was reported ear at hand several papers printed biographies of him in advance. The Jferald has in tcy‘fnc eight col- umns of biographical notices and anecdotes, which will be withneld until his decease. PECULIAR FEATURE IN A DIVORCE CASE. The law of divoree in this State provides that when a procecding s commenced, whether by the husband or wife, the former shall pay a cer- tain allowance of simony and for counsel fees $0 enable the wife to prosccute or defend,as the case may be. This is a specimen of woman’s rights which in many cases works & hardship. An illustration of this hardship occarred recently in & Brooklyn case. _One Noyes F. Palmeraseasta ned. She_had not onty committed su offense sgainst chastity and her marriage vows once or_twice, but thrice and thrice multiplied. Armed with the ‘most indubitable proofs of her infidelity, he sought relief in o suit for divorce. Before the case couid be tried, the Conrt ordered Paler to pay his wnfaithful spouse $7.50 per week for her support, and $75 for counscl fees. As he was carning but §12 per weelk, this was a hard bargain, and, deem- $og his children and himselt of more importance than the womsn who had wronged him, neglected {0 pay the award. In the course of a few months the sum had accumulated 10 a considerabie amount, and Palmer was arrested and thrown into jail for contempt of Court. Upon an application for re- lease upon o writ of habeas corfiu!, he has told the story, and submitted proofs of his wife's infidelity, but the Court said: ‘‘There’s the law—you must oboy.” The past duesare remltted, but tho future phy.ents ordered uncw. So fuis adulterous wifo ains & victory over an injnred ‘husband, and the atter 'Inds a divorce a loXury mo poor man can afford. THE FENIAN SKIRMISHING FUND. A Lexington avenue ‘housekeeper was sur- prised a few days ago by her Bridget asking her foran advance on her month’s wages of §5. Natu- rally, some explanation was expected, and the g%: volunteercd the statement that she had Sibscribed that amount to the Fenian fund. It has tramspired that the contributions to this fund are in steady progress all over the country. O'Donovan Rossa is ot the head of the fnancial agency in this city, and has recent- 1y admitted that he is in receipt of §100 per day, and up to last week beld over £15,000 on thisac- count. The fund, he said, was strictly for war purposes, and as the War Committee of the Fenians was constantly cmployed, the fand col- Jected would be jndicionsly distribnted. The de- lusion exists smong 3 class of Irishmen in tnis city _that the Fenian canse can in some way _be bencfited by secret Diows aimed at British Colonies or British men-of-war. One of their orguns in this city directly intimates that the explosion on board the war ship Thunderer recent- f3ras the direct result of o Fenian conepiracy. M. John Darcy, & prominent Irishman of this city, in response to an interviewer recently, said thatit \was the duty of cvery Fenian to strike England 8 Dow whencver, and wherever, and however it ouid do the most harm. With all due respect to the warlike proclivitics of an Irish cxile, it does seem g little strunge that, with 10,000 Irish pau- pers almost snflering for bread in this city, the contributions of servant-girls should be diverted fo silly plans for injuring the English Govern- ment. WIAT A FESTIVE DENTIST DID. There is a seandal on Fifty-fifth street, all caused bya festive dentist named Dr. Frank Bow- man. Some months azo he took board with a widow—Mrs. Abel—who hiad a pretty daughter of19. He opened an office In the house, and nsed nitrous-oxide gas With success. ‘When patients multiplicd, he engaged Miss Abel to assist him with lady patients, and thus an inti- macy commenced which bad a serious termina- tion for the young woman’s virtue. The amor- ous dentist, however, profcssed his desire to mar- oy the girl, and a wedding-day was decided upon. They were very happy together meanwhile, at- tending parties, opera, etc., until the approach of the appointed day, when, upon a busincss plea, . the wedding was deferred. He succeeded In re- poating the postoonement of the proposed mat- Pk €6 long that about ten days 8go _the young Woman became & mother. The child, ‘happily Derhaps, died, though mot without & eus- picion " of foul play. The dentist still profess- ed a loyal devotion to the girl, and his intention to marry her, but, when pressed to_an immediate ceremony, alwnys had some convenient excuse. Al length it was ‘discovered he had a wife and child in Butialo, and when he was confronted with the evidence of his duplicity_he ficd, and i _suppozed 10 be in the West. The Doctoris a well-formed, handsome man (a8 the ladies say), and a half dozen young women are reported as having fallen in love ith him before his intrigues were discovered. THE TRIALS OF ACTRESSES. Recently, in some comments upon the scerets of managers’ lives, as let out of the bag by act- ors, it was intimated that probably the actresses might relate many interesting chapters on the subject, if so disposed. Chance led the writer into the society of a young woman who made her first appearance on the stage in this city last winter, although she had appeared in public in two provincial cities before she came here. ‘Her story confirms that of the actors rela- tive to the immoral conduct of certain managere. She is gifted with a prepossessing face, and, al- though young in the dramatic profession, evinces a talent which promises well for the futare. Luck- ily, when she came to New York she placed herself ander the protection and patronage of o well- known city family, and removed herself as far as possiole from surroundings likely to prove vicions. But, in spite of all her precautions, she was dogged by parties who were bent upon ‘Ther rain, and in one instance offered an engagement by o third party it she wonld consent to an invitation to spend a night with a manager—not in 8o many words ot s0 broad- Iy as that, but in honeyed terms which ‘meant that aua no more. This actress, who is to appear in a Jeading theatre this winter, 8ays that the worst focs of the young actresses in this city are the fellows ~ who fawn upon them and gmrcu their ability to_control the columns of the newspapers. They wait for them at staye- doors after rehearsals and performances, and strive to win their favor by champagne-suppers, bou- quets, and presents of jewelry. Occasionally they secare a favorablehotice from some paper of small circulation, and hasten to send the actress a dozen copies. Then thelr ardor breaks ont in love-lot- ters, promising nudying devotion and other nonm- sense. Bng‘gy»rldcs are profuscly offered, and often prove fatal. These fellows ply sl the arts of accomplished libertines to seduce young actresaes from the paths of virtue, and then boaat of their conquésts. Their wiles arc 3 thonsand times worse than the immoralities of the man- agers, and more thun one, debutante in the variety business owes ber disgrace to the fawning hypo- crites whu&rvoless to control public opinion through their friends, the critics. A MATRIMONIAL TORNADO AMONG THE UPPER TEN. The - Washjpgton Heights people, who ac- count themselves the very creme de la creme, are very much agitated by the developments of arceent suit for limited divorce commenced by Mrs. Elvira A. Lane against ber husband, Maltby J. Lane. They are residents of the Heights, and Lane is a millionaire. He lives in grund style, and formerly gave stunning din- ners and entertainments, which were fashion- ably attended. The evidence adduced upon the preliminary application for alimony and allow- ance shows how rotten and unhappy much of our so-called aristocratic soclety may be. The wife charges all sorts of cruel practices upon her husband, and the latter retorts that she hasde- serted his home, and is slightly crazy. One of the most painful features in this case is the testimony given by a 19-year-old daughterof the parties. Her name is Malvina Lane, and she was engaged, it scems, to be married to 3 young mun named De Mets. Her father becume very much excited by this engrzement, and has sworn to a statement that be hada wife now living in Odessa, Prussia, and that he hod sought to seduce the danghter. The latter explains the affair by saying that De Mets nad admitted that when he was “under uge he was drugged by a woman, with whom he had an im- proper intimacy. and carricd forcibly to a priest, who bad married them. The daughter and her mother subsequently had submitted a statemcnt of the case to Judge George G. Barnard, of the Su- reme Conrt, who informed them that under our nws De Mets was at liberty to marry again, and under these circumstances he had _been permitted to seck the band of Miss Lane. The daughter also Bwears to epecitic acts of craclty on the part of her father toward her mother. Mr. Lane tells a far different story, and xays that for several ycars he bas lived in fear of his life, and that he been afraid his wife would poison him. e has been ordered to pay his wife $100 per month_alimony and $500 for ber counsel fees. 1t is a longtime gince the Helghts has enjoyed such a scandal. THE COAMPION SCANDAL OF TOE SEBASOXN. More church people arc in trouble! Not be- cause they are church people, but because they have failed to observe the tencts of the church, and especially the seventh commandment. The story is known to a hundred persons in one congregation, and has already been referred to in print,s0 it can do mo harm to give de- tails. Itseems two familles agreed to reata cot- tage by the sea on the New Jersey cosst, and re- moved their chattels to the summer home the last week in June. There were in the party two hus- bands and their wives,—one family having three daunghters, the cldest 18, and the other two sons, 16.and 19 years of age. The families were neces- sarily very intimato. One day, while all the party were in bathing, Mrs. B. complained of feellng faint, and her neighbor, Mr. W., who had changed his bathing toggery for his ordina clnm%:g. volunteered to rycmm her homg The offer was accepted, and the other members of the family continuned their bath. It Tappencd, however, that the son of Mr. W. in- jured his foot, and started home suddenly. On approaching the house be notlced it was tightly closed, which surprised as he_supposed his father and Mrs. B. were inside. So he hustened to the rear, and, looking throngh the blinds, sawa sight that nearly froze his blood. Iie saidnothing, but, being a chip of the old block, a few days after had 2 midmzht adventure of his own with 3 pretty aurvm,-nmlahving in an_sdjoining house. He ‘was caught by his father. Young W. took it very ‘meekly, but when his father began to upbraid him in his mother’s .presence ;he could stand it no longer, and cxposed the diecovery of Mrs. B. and hisfather a few days previous. There was a hasty Dreak-up in the seaside arrangementaof the family, and they are now back in tue city. The story is Teceiving extensive crculation, and will doubt- less be further ventilated in the courts. HOW A CONGREGATION FOOLED AWAY_.Fra v e curner O DINISON street and Bedford avenue, in Brooklyn, stands one of the most moguificent Protestant churches in this coun- try. Its interior is unusually handsome, and its exterior appearance invariably commands admiration. This church is now temporarily occupled by the Baptists, but is advertised to be sold under a foreclosure of mortgage held by the Manhattan Life Ineurance Company of this city for $40,000. Thereis a further mortgage- l(cnnpun(lofSS0.00D.l!wubnll!hyncnnzrcgut(ml of Reformed Prosbyterians, presided over by the Rev. Dr. J. G. Carroll. Originally they occupied a small and unpretending edifice, but Dr. Carroll was popalar, and filled the small bailding to its nt- 'most cap? Then the unwise step was taken, and it was resolved to build a Targer church. The peo) responded, and contributions poured im liberally. They built a church costing nearly quarter of a million, and borrowed $120,000 upon it. It was a constaut strugele to pay the Interest, and whttn the pressure of bard times came the defsult in paying interest was inevitable. The umcven comtest continued. Dr. Carroll worked hard to redace the debt, ad- vanced liberally of his own and his wifc's means to keep the building out of the Sheriff's hands, bat it wus no use,—the evil duy was postponed awhile, and then thé people guve up in deapair. The 3$100,000 expended upon the building directly ould bave saficed for handsome church, bat the ambition to excel outrsn their judgment, and the fruit is bitter. SAD ENDING OF A BRIDAL TRIP. Last springa Park avenue mansion was bright and happy with the scenes of merriment and festivity occasioned by the wedding of the own- er’s eldest daughter,a delightful girl of 20, the petof her parents and the idol of a select socicty circle. The bridegroom was & young man well started in a profitable business carcer, respectably connected, and in every way worthy of the bride. ‘The wedding was rather an exclusive affair, bat the honse was crowded with guests, the prescnts magnificent, the floyers profase, and the occasion wos deemed rather'an unusually Lappy one.’ After spending. 8 few days in the suburbs, the couple started for Europe. They ftraveled extensively, and were cx- pected to retorn here mest month. By the Germanic, which reached port on Sunday, the young wife arrived with the body of her husband on ‘board embalmed for burial, and on Tuesday the remains were burried in Greenwood. It scems that, about the 20th ult., the couple were in Scotland, enjoy- ing the Highiands, when a boating excursion was Proposed. - They started, accordingly. in company \ith a boatman, but, daring the duy, a squall over- took them, and the boat was driven ashore. The wife wad sln:ccssfnlli landed, bat the husband misscd his footing and fell overboard. In his fall he strack his bead upon a stone and was apparent- 1y stunned. His body never rose, and the boatman yras unable to help him. The grief of the youn: wife is still portrayed in_her pale features ant hogward countenance. Her return is a dismal event to the family. MOONLIGHT BATHING PARTIES. One of the finest surf-bathing beaches upon the coast is the shore of Coney Island, within 10 miles of this city, and when one thinks of this truly magnificent provision of nature for the comfort and health of this heat-ridden city in the summer months, and then reflects that the rapacity of man chose this place for dump- ing garbage, and would have continued to doso but for the interposition of the courts, one isaptto think civilization a failure. Thank God, Coney Island has been saved this disgrace, and the pre- cionsness of the boon may be cstimated by the knowledge that every day 20,000 people (in bot weather) visit its shores, and one-half that number bathe in the sorf. Recently, evening concerts have been Inaucurated, and some enterprising Brooklynites have erecteds acious hotel, with walks and grounds fronting the oceam, in_close Drosimity fo the music-stand. ~Under this im- Petus, Coney Island has become a fashionable re- sort of the beaux and belles of Brooklyn, and dur- {0 the lnst two spells of moonlight. one of the st popular amusements for young folkshns been o make up partics for moontight bathing at Coney Yo e i indreds mizht have been recn disport- I o the surf cvery evening last week, and the ehjoyment of a sca bath after 8 day of sweltering oAt must have been great. But moonlight bathsl Shades of our grandmothers! folkscomingto ¥ A SMALL WAR ADOUT CORNETISTS. Visitors to Gilmore's Garden have for some time past been wondering why Gilmore kept two first-class cornet performers like Levy and Arbuckle on hand. The inevitable tendency ivas to create a rivalry Which would end in jealousy of the worst sort. It has been notice- able that both performers have “been vocifer- ously applauded upon each sppearance, and What are our young sometimes compelled to give two repetitions. Tho eecret is out. Gilmore has persuaded tha critics to take up the matter and divide the publia into two parties, one favoring Arbnckle, the other Levy. Cooney, the Zerald critic, has become very familiar with Levy, and has praised his perform- ances to the seventh heaven of perfection, and even gone 5o far as to intimate that Arbackle is one 100 many. The u’{'uxnn' critic is an Arbuckle man. Tl pronounces the latter's playing the mosf s} instrument, and gives Levy a lling, by sayinz that Arbuckle does not call npon the strenzth of brass to produce sounding cflects. The game is to fil the Garden with friends of each party, and, by urging on a rivalry, increase the receipts at the doors. The simplé 'fact is, that both thuse artists are popalar and acceptable, and peither Arbuckle nor Levy personally bear iil wil to the otber. It g me to provoke outsiders ek seal on bebalf of the players. - fpshew . A WHISPERED ROMANCE. The vicinity of the Union Place Hotel is just now redolent with the odors of a scandal which may give birth toa romance something in this style: - Cuap. 1—Ineignificant husband of prominent act- Tess inds hia wife and a certain retired managerin an equivocal position. Cnap, 2-Pistols and coffee demanded. Wife flées to the mountains. Cuar. 5.—City manager appears as dmicus Curicz. Effects reconciliation. Wife returns. Cuar. 4—All the foregoing a mistake. Insignid- cant husband appears on Broadway, arm in arm with the sapposed destroyer of his prace. CoxcLusiox.—The wifesues for o divorce. *‘ The insignificant makes no defense,” and the ex- ‘manager pays all the bills. names shall yet be It is threatened that the printed. MILLIONAIRE CHILDREN. The types mademe say last week that the Garner children would be worth 2,000 cach,—~it should have been $2,000,000. Since then Iam informed that the wealthiest chick in America is the danghter of an Eastern millionairs,—her mother alive, and her father dead. By his wiila fortune now cstimated at 34,000,000° was left to her, and the probability is that the accumulations will swell itto $5.000,000 Lefore she becomes of age. This chickis now 10 years of age, and is spcnding the summer &t Newport. BravTr. THE ASTOR MEMORIAL. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. New YoRE, Aug. 10.—The desizn for the Ase tor Memorial Reredos for Trinity Church, in this city, is completed, and has been photo-lith- ozraphed and distributed for comment. Beibg in plack and white, of course it is impossibie to judge of the cffect which its combination of colors will produce, but being, as it is, the work of an artist, it is eafe to believe that in that re~ spect it will be equally as pleasing 2s it is in outline. Ttis to be hoped that the material of which it will be mainly constructed—cacn-stone—will not contrast too violently with that of the main body of the church, as is too often the case instractures of this character, and it can only be said that, tho result is looked for with some trepidation. Ina few days Mr. F. C. Withery, the architect, swill sail for Enrope to arrange for the ex the fier details, which will bein white ax colored marbles, alabaster, etc. s sce not to sidering how much excellent work of this ¢ acter has been turned out from our workshop: But Withers is an Englishman, aud as such ig ‘probably not 62 solicitous about the distinctively national character of his work as he mizht . Towever, et us be thankful for 3 good thing wherever it comes, and not be hypereritical. One piece of intended decoration, not men- tioned in the printed descriptions, nor shown on the design, invites criticism, and deserves it, for itis very bed. On the walls, on cither side of the ‘main pediment. it isproposed to inscribe, in lottera of gold, the lines, ‘‘To the glory of " and . “In memory of Willlam B. Astor." This is cheap, besidés being ambiguous, and should be done away with. This would be mdre apparent, if, instead of William B. Astor's, it happened to ; be some quack-medicine man's heirs who desired:: thus to perpetuate thelr parent's name. Tho church wonld have as little reason for refusing permission to the onessto the other, since I never beard of William B. Astor domg ' anything which in any marked dcil;ce enhanced the ** glory: of God.” It istrue the Astors are not **in trade,™ Dbut it does seem as if they might be content to do a thing in the name of thelr Father withons lishing It as snggested. ART NEWS. =iy There are so many Chicago people visiting® and about to visit this city thata word of re- minder to those who are fond of pictures re- garding some of our art shops secms apropos, ' Jest their modest claims to notice be disregard~ ed through the superior ones of the loan collec~ tions__Therabe~urcse gallerics of the dealers, ‘arising, 1 presume, from the fact that, flfl!ml baf had money emough, you might carry off any o their choice wares which your taste sugzested. TThis feeling will perhaps be not readily appreciat- ed, but is & very consoling one when Once you 2c- Quire it, and cannot be experienced at he loan- collections. At Goupil’s they areenlarging their store, ‘which indicates certainiy a refreshing confidence in the revival of trade, and that, too, before Tiiden's let- fer was ont. ‘They have some beautiful pictures on their walls, an unasually large number, indeed, for midsummer exhibition. A'mew ono by James Hart, of brooks, and cattle, and sunshing, is the ‘most rofreshing in the room, and sogzests Trayon, except for the fact that the castle aresowell drawn 3 to leave you in no doubt as to their species. This, and one by Bontibonne, are the newest; two by A. Achenbach, with their muddy water and coming storms, and 1o by Bouguareas, with their U aweetly pretty " babies and their respective parente arc among the largest. One by Lesrel, of “ Dandelot Reading in the Garden of Versall as 8 piece of fzure-druwing is worthy of a long trip to_see. The *' Fete-Day,” by Leclair, i3 noticesble from it sbrilliant colors and pictur- esque costumes, and, indeed, nearly all ure for some good reason. ‘At Schaus', the water-colors of Vibert and Le- Loir are perhaps_the best, which I8 saying a great deal. Those of LeLoir are noticeable in compasi- son with his **Fete-Day” inoll at Goupil's, and suffer nothing by the contrast. A half-dozen little bits by Th, Frere, on Eastern tubjects, make one wonder - why he paints so small, If it is not that it paya better. The ‘*Reveler™ in marble Ly Pee- ters, of Antwerp, I8 Ep]endldl{ cexccuted, €0 well, indeed, that the *‘abandon is almost contagions. Here, as at Goupil's, there is an embarrassment of riches in the way of paintings and of new proof engravings, the Jatter of which arc always good at Schaus’, 0 that a detail of any more scems super- ‘luous: suftice it, if by recalling their names your readers may be induced to go und see forthems . selves. ¥. L U = WHISPERINGS OF NATURE. By Michigan's waters I wandered lsst evening; 1 ne'er saw eve so delightful before: ‘Above me, below me, around me, and o'er me, Fair Nature her choicest, her richest robes wore; On her brow sparkled jewcls, the brightest, the sweetest, No Poet, no Painter. were flt to ‘portra ‘At her feet were strewn flow'rets, the chastest, thr fairest; Like Queen she went forth, clad in gorgeous az- ray. She went forth inviting, enchanting, dcfinhflui Her emile, ever sweet, yet seemed sweeter She walked with us, talked with as, told us what ‘bean In seen i 1ot Land—pointing upward, away— Where o sunset was glowing, is peerless tints showing The hand of 3 Master both grand and enblime; The hand of s Belng Almiguty, All-Seelng: The band of a God, with His mage divine; The hand of a Maker, the Great God of Natare, Whose children we are, over whem Tle doth keep An eye all-observing; gives to the deserving A place of sweet rest and most exqulsite sice & Piace where sweet faces, withstill sweeter gracely 1In holy commanion forever do sing ¥ Tiia praise and His glory, not written In story, ‘But written in words that are everlasting; fitten in fietion, but written in diction P Mred by taat Mind from whence all knowlodge flows; Who gives it when needed, but is not conceded Till we by hard toil, day and night, win its glowss The Poet is worthy; his heart is ‘his Idol, — - He lovea it, for there is the seat of his God; He spurns all the wealth. ‘which this world can afe | ki rd hia) And wg‘ju 1:: an atmosphere Angels have trod. The Poet is faithfal, the Poet is gracefal, Tho Poet 8 one of & heaveniy mind; His thoughts arethe deepest, his songs are the sweetest, His heart throbs with pBL:nd love for mankind; is heart is 8 furnace of Love rickly furnished,— Of Love that is earthly not, bat from on hign,— A Love that is purest, 8 Love that endareth, — A Love that cannever, can never, more die. Oh1 would'I were only 8o pure and so holy; Oh! would I were only so gifted as he; 1 would sing fair Creation, its great exaltation, ‘Apd sing it in Nature's own aweet melody. 1 would think it my daty to teil of the beaaty, The grandenr, the loveliness, everywhere seon, In all of its features, in all of its creatures, In all of which God is indelibly scen. Cucaco, July, 1876. Josgru D. ToR ————— Why He Bought It. The Paris Evenement tells this story as typica’ of the French character in_politics. ~ X meets 4 My dear fellow, I've picked up & m P A z (s I,’,\'n bought the finest alr-gun you evef ° Baw.’ 1What do you want with it1” «Nothing at all.” «Then why did you brg i + Because {t’s agalost the law1®