Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1876, Page 12

L THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPIEMBER 17, i876—RIXTEEN PAGLS AJ_!WSEMENTS. The Nibelungen Trilogy-— Outlines of the New German Art. The Theatre, Audience, and Other Preliminaries — Analysis of the Legend of ¥ Bheingold.” The Music—Its ¢ Motives,” and Their Relation to Opera. The Coming Season in Chicago =-=Organ Recitals--=Music in the Schools. The Managers’ Association in Secret Session. Tenor of the Discussion---Private Views Publicly Expressed. Fotes of Americen and European Act~ ors and Plays---Lectures of the Season., HUSIC. WAGNER. THE NIBELUNGEN TRILOGY. Epecial Correspondence of Ths Tribune. L PAYRETTH, Aug. 2L.—The great moment of Warner’s life has come. The end of 25 years him an experience to look back upon, ch everything from poverty to luxury, i3 contemy. and accusations of chariatanism ost unli d flattery, is included ; and s Limscif surrounded by all the aristocra- Germany, with the Emperor at their heaa, 8 Lim fordoing for German musieal ast irclz did for German politics, in putting my of nationzlity upon them. From the uing of Lis career, Wagner's fore- e has been the establishment of & hly German art,—not that Germany had + art, but beeause the art she had was not her but was borrowed, in opera and in drama, ign models. Italy had her opera and i;° Germany her Mozart and her 1k; but greatly as they differed from the ear-tickler in their compositions, and dis- tefui as were at first the operas, for instance, Mozart to Italian audiences, yet neither nor Gluck—indeed, not even the more man Weber—was unhampered by those ¢ iraditions of which Rossini was by :right the rightful heir. To free himself, +, Srom imitation of foreign models was uer's first 2im. This we see already in his rks, * Tannhauser” and “ Lohengrin,” L, while retaining to a great extent estab- a4 musical forms (especially for songzs), nade a great 2dvance over the Italiaa school in importance attached to the libreilo, the wurds of wlich were no longer to be repeated y without regard to the sense, merely sake of giving play to the trills, runs, 1 various contortions of the singers. This led zoa still further advance. With s e music had been everythivg, she s nothing. With Wagner, the Words were 10 a respectable position; bt why not na this and creste an art which, com- itself poctry and music, each in its Lest_form, shall be superior to either one of zlune, inaswouch as it shail be a union of riest qualities of both? Such was Wag- urpore in the creation of the “ Ring des Niielungen,” ard what more Titanic purpose could zu - artiet beve! If he succeed, the world wall bave gained nothing less than a dixtinctively nev art: We may well conseat. to il it ¢ musical drama,” or.any other name by which it may be_distinguished from what we now as “opera.” And surely the occasion of its first presentition Lo us, through theatrical & perfoninance, merits a somewhat moredeliberate netice Lhan that which, in the interval between 1Le conclusion of the opera and the bour of go- Ing Lo bress, s written for the dally paper. pecizlly is this true, since the novelty of this tinds us with no established canons of crit- n ready at hand; and I feel certain that any sm_upon the * Ring gie hearing could be nothing less, it uscientiously done, than an expression of the writer's bewilderment, which the music, the metic foree of the poetry, and the wonderful sveuie effects have all combined to produce. o arc now in the midst of the second per- A week ago the great horde of poured into Buyreuth irom a train the tth of which was unprecedented in the ex- jericnce of the oldest inhabitant. At their head Vs the Emperor William, followed by innum- crable Counts, Barons, Dukes, Grand Dukes, Duchdises of this city, and Duchesses of that, utd 2 cholee band of Berlin pickpockets. The Zwperor of PBrazil and his wife were also passengers by the same train, but as they - tly incognito, they found some difli- L retting a carriage, and only after heing t of one they had entered did tiiey finally i in catering the one they had ordercd. om che station, through thecity to the palace, Ewmperor was greeted with prolonged groaus the populace. This, it_must be notived, is wark of disrespect, but is the Germian < uivalent for our reception with cheers, the {icrman cheer being a prolonged “Oh!” With s and wreaths, Buyreuth could not have gaver when Frederie the Great was accus- sed To come here to the entertainments of Court of the Margrave, his sister’s hus- And the festive display of the town was ithuut its reward, for on Sunday, the day nis arrival, the Emperor and his par 10 bie seen repeatedly passing from place 1 place in open curriages, and the curiosity of ¢ eople was gratified.” One could not help rasting the conduct of the Emperor with tof the Buvarian King, who, a weck pre- yicasly, thouwh visiting a town in his own Liugdom which he had 1ot scen for 10 years, ¥ se £ arrive at 2 o’clock in the morning, ved no further gratification to tue y _of the pcople than could be 1r his drive through the town at night. "But Louis II. and if we must include them the posscssion of a miniature park, and loug vistas of mountain sceaery, luilt on the rooi of his pulace at Manich, *inust zlso mot fail to rememnber that it was + who, always the devoied friend of Wagner, the £09.000 thalers which, out of the moted expense of this festival (300,000 ,00)), were necessary at the Iudecd, but for him the * Ring of the gz’ would not now be heard at Bay- oL, Suven o’clock on Suudsy night was the hour .e performaue of * Rheingold.” the intro- o to the trilogy; and it would be diflicult ve of a more brilliant sudience than gathered within the walls of the Testspiiethaus, as Wagner calls his theatre. ul toilets of the Indies were worthy he Imperial preseace, and when the Em- v with hi. smiling face bowed his thazks stirring welcome that was given bim, could not have scemed unfitting. numerous titled personages, the ce included musicians, composers, capel- Girecrors of thestres, ete., from all Germany; ‘friends of iguer and s of Wagner; and a host of crities sald to he divided principal- Lows: ILondon and Paris, eighicen Beddin twenty, Vienna fifteen, America :ricen, not to mention individual representa- € tless ndwspapers. Prominent at tre of tire rows of seats, which rise from the edze of the “gulf® in orchestra is sunk to the royal gallery, not help observing the chiarateristic i Franz t, who occupied a seat mext ou Schleinitz, whose influence at court the presence ady, at previons first 's works, Lecn secured. of the Nibelung ™ | But the time for observation was slort, for the Emperor had no sooner reached his seat than the auditorium was darkened, and those who had bought text-books or scores were obliged for want of light to put them under their seats. Wagner demauds the eyes, as well as the ears, of his audience for a proper intcrpretation of his works. o From the space between the audience and the stage where the one hundred and twenty mem- bers of the orchestra are hidden from view, the sound of a solitary note is heard, so deep and so long sustained that ‘Wagner bad to have 4 special instrument for the purpose of producing it. He wanted a softid which should have the quality belonging to wind instruments without the in- terruption which the nced of taking breath ne- cessitates in course of time in the very best players of such instruments. Hence the inven- tion of the “contra-bass tuba,” which holdsa solitary ' flat, while one after another, from the highest to the lowest, the instruments of the orchestra join in producing the grand rhythmic, wavedike motion which is as- soviated throughout all the dramas with the Fates and Eternity, aod in the midst of which the curtain, divided in the centre, is push- cd aside, as it were, and we find ourselyes facing the waters of the Ruine, on a level with its bed. At first all is blank. We sce nothing but a wall of water, into tie depths of which the light of the morninz sun has not yet penetrated. Soon a form, with dreamy indistinctuess, is scen gliding through the water. Ina moment it is gone, but its white arms have marked it for a woman, even before its lovely voice is heard ing to the waves a mourntul grecting. It grows gradually lighter, and we sce the other Torjus gliding smong the rocks, which arc now clearly visible, lormmg the side of the river’s bed. "Suddeniy we hear a deep voice from the foregrounc, where Aloerich, Prince of the Nibe- lunzs, the dwarfs who delve in_the bowels of the carth, has lain uunoticed. He has been watching the play -of the beautiful Rhine duuglbiters, and npw calls to them. In alarms| at the sight of the ugly dwarl, they cease their play. He begs them to begin agnin and let him join them. They pretead 1o agree, and in turn approach him ouly to dart out of his reach at the very moment when he thinks he has them in his urms. Mockingly they tell him they Dhave pothingto fear, for hie isin love. Just then the raysof the rising sun penctrate the river and strike the treasure, the Rhine-gold, which, lyiug on the topmost point of a rock pro- jecting from the botivin, lights up the river with 1ts reflection. In asong of iundescribable beauty, the Rhine deughters sing the praise of the precious Rhine-goid. Alberich asks what this is that shines so brizghtly. With contempt for his ignorance, they teli of the wondrous na- ture of thezold of which they are the guardians. The mastery of the world will belong to him who cau fashion it into a ring; but only he_can ish this who has cursed fove; and sa, , theze is nothing to fear frem the love sick Aiterich. Hearing this, the dwar{ climbs rapidly to the top of therock vn which the treas- ure lics, and. cursing love, hé scizes the gold and disappears in the depths, while all becoines dark, and the laughter of the Rhine daughters is changed to lamentations. ‘The seene changes. No curtain falls, but_the darkness which has been before our eyes since Algerich disappeared now sinks ouat of ‘sight and ieaves us in the presence of 2 huge castit which jses i d; the joreground is a mountain-heighit covered with shrubs and flow- cri on whicn Wotan and Fricka, the Jupiter and Juno of Scandinavian mytholozy, are scen asleep; betweenthe mountain-topand the castle dows the Rhine. Wolan had made a compact with the giants, Fayner and Fasolt, by which they agreed to build him a castle, provided they should reccive in return Fricka's sister, the beautiful Iireia. The castle is finished, and in alarin F'ricka upbraids Ler Lustand Jor entering upon 2 contract the execution of which his own wterests would necessurily wish dclayed. For through Freig the immortality of the gods is preserved. She alone can pluck the apples of jouth by eating which the progress of age is prevented. Inthe midst or their altercation, Hireia appears running in flight from the giants who-have come to ciaim ber. A moment later Fayner and Fayolt themeelves arrive and de- mand the maiden. Volen refuses. In aston- isment, the giants remind him that the power he has lies in his position as the defenaer of the sacredness of oaths and compacts. If he is limself guilty their ~ violation, ' his supremacy is lost. Wolun 'still refuses, but is fall of anxiety for the coming of the craity Loge, who lad agvised him to make the agreement with the giant, and on whom he now relies for the means to outwit them. But thegiants are in haste for their reward. They seize #'reia, who calls loud- ly for her brothers to aid her—for Frok end LDonner (Thor), the god of light and the god of thunder and lightning, who threaten to strike the giants dead. But Hotan interferes with his speer, which is the emblem of good faith. At this moment Loge arrives. He has been search- ing the world for somethwg to offer the sriants in place of JFreia, but everywhere finds woman’s love held at the highest value. One man alone he finds who values something else more highly—the Nibelung, Alberich, who holds the stolen Rhine-gold as the the greatest treas- ure. The giants inquire into the worth of this gold. It will give the mastery of the world to him _who shapes it into aring. But he alone can do this who curses love, and this Alberich has done. A simultaneous impulse, on hearinz this, comes over both Hotan and the giants: the former fears for the safety of the gods if the ring is Ieft in the dwarf’s hands; the latter think that they would be willing to part even with Freia if this_wonderful gold could be theirs. Wotan scoffs at the idea of getting it for the despised giants. So they seize Freia and carry ber off, saying that they will come again at evening to see if the answer is ready; if not, Kreia is theirs. As soon as the giants have gone with their prize, sunshine gives piace. to mist, the gods iecl age coming upon them, and the sardonic Loge reminds them that they have not yet made their morning meal of the apples of youth. There is but one course open: Wotan starts with Loge for Nibelhcim—the subterranean home of the dwarfs—to get the gold. The enter a deft in the rocks.” Clouds of smoke fill the front of the stage, in the midst of whicha sereen falls, hiding the gods from view. Bebind it is heard the hammering of anvils, and iu a ‘moment it niks out of sight, leaving us_before the-caverns ci the dwarfs, which, red with_the plare of uuscen forges, appear to descend, on either side, to the centre of the earth. Such 1s the region of the events of the third sceuc. Shrieks are heard, and alberich appears, leading his brother-awarl Mime by the car. The Rhinezold had béen forzed into a ring, and by its migit Alberich had comyclied ime to make hiln a cap according to his directions. suspects the hidden virtue of the **tarnbeim,” as the cap is called, and triea to keep it for him- self; but Alberich seizes it, and, putting it on, transforins himself iuto a pillar of smoke, in which form he deals dfime a succession of in- visible blows that lay him flat on the ground, and then goes off to look after the other Nibe- lungs. At this moment Wotan and Loge are seen making their way down from the world above. They address Wime, and hear about the wonderful tarnhelm. But the sound of the re- turning Alberich makes M/imerun off in alarm. Thrashing every one within reach, Alberich appears, driving the crowd of Nibel- ui loaded with treasure, before him. By the pover of the ring, Le makes them toil for him alone, and heap” the gold they find before him. Then, taking the ring from his finger, heputs it to his lips, and, stretching it toward the Nibel- ungs, makes them scamper off in all gireetions to new work. When they are gone, he notices for the first time the prestnce of the two sdran- gers. He knows them well, and what their iriendship for him is, but his new possessions make him overconfident. Loge asks if that ring, which seemed to have such power over the Nib.luugs, might not be taken from its owner. Lfberich ppints to bis_tarnhelm; through it he can take any form. Zoge desires an example of its power, and Alberick appears as a_dragon. Returning to his natural shape, Loge doubts if he can sbow an equal facility in transforming hiwself into sometning small. Alterich takes the form of a toad. Tlie opportuniiy has come: T¥otan puts his foot on the toad, Loge seizes the tarnhelm, and Adberich returns to his natural shape only to be bound and dragzed up the path by which his captors nad descended. The scene changes to the mountain-height on which the gods first appeared. IWofan and Loge are seen issuing from the cleft with their captive, who shall be released only on condition of paying the treasure he has collected as ran- som. Hopiag still to regain this by power of the ring, ich consents to the terms, and summons his Nibelungs to carry up the gold, which they heap belore Thuiai. Loge throws the taruheim on the pile. Wofen dewands the ring as belonginz to the treasure. Alberich refuses, and will part with life but Wotan wrenches it-from his finger. creupon Al- berich curses the ring: ‘‘He who is without it siall be eager to get it, and trouble and death shall come upon its possessor until it is returp- ed to its rightful vwner.” With that the dwarf disappears. The giants return with Ireia, on ‘whose coming the clouds rise and the gods once more beam with youth. Fasolt will only be con- tent with as much gold as will hide Freis from ight, so the giants plant their long walking- ssicks in front of the maiden and. Erocecdto pile up the goid against them, aided by Froh. At last it is all heaped up. But Fafher sees the shining of her bair; Loge throws on the tara- hetm to cover the openiug. In despair at los- ing the lovely goddess Fasolt examines the heap closely, and declares that the bright glauce of Freia’s eyes still-pierces through it. His brother Furuer goiats to Hulew's finger, the ring he wears will fill the chink. What! part with the ring which he knows gives the owner the mas- tery of the world¢ Vofan will not think of it. Freicha, F'roh, Douner, all bescech him to give thering and save Frela. He will not. The giants seize her from behind the gold and are about to carry her off. Just at this moment the rocks at the right open, and Erda, wisest of women, who knows the past, the present, and the future, the mother of the three fates who spin the destiny of the world on their loom, warns ¥Fofen toshun the curseof thering: its possession will bring him inevitable destruc- tion. ‘¢ All that is will end, and 2 gloowmy day dawn for the gods.” Totan wants to know more, but Erda disappears. He throws the ring on the pile. F'reia is rcleased. But already the curse shows itself; the giants cannot agree upon the division of the ransom. Inthe quarrel Kafne kills Fasolt and carries off the entire trcasure. Wotan is still thoughtful over the ad- monition of Erda and her prophecy of the'fate of the gods. But bis wife points to the castle that awaits them across theriver. Douner steps on a high rock that overlooks the Rhine. He gathers thunderclouds about him, filling the whole valley of the river and hiding the castle from sight.” The forked lightning durts through the clouds and the thunder rolls with a grand naturalism which recalls nothing that one has ever witnessed under cover of aronf. Asthe storm_ clears away Frok, the god of light, spreads a rainbow from the mountain-height to the castle. Walhalla shall be its name, says Totar, and the future ehall show why it is called the hall of the chosen. The gods step n their rainbow-bridge, and as they cross to Walhalla the song of the Rhine-daughters rises from the river) not joyful as wheu they sang to Aiberich, but in & minor key, lamenting the lost Rhine-gold. v Such is an outline of the events of tne first drama, which is in every respect introductory to the remaining dramas, “The Valkyrie,” * Sieg- fried,” and “The Dusk of the Gods.” In “Rhine-gold” we become acquainted with the ring which, as the title of the Trilogy—*The Ring of the Nibelung "—implics, is the source of all the tragic events, which reach their cul- mination only in the “Gotterdammerung.” But as yet the curse of the ring has shown itsclf only in the death of Fasoll. In like manner, the music of * Rhine-gold” is strictly prelim- inery to the overpowering development which it islater to reccive. We become familinr with the themes singly, and not blended into that harmonious complexity which is carried to such indescribable grandeur in the two last dramas. As those who are familiar with Wagner’s earlier Works are aware, to Lim belongs the credit of inventing the dramatic use of ‘“‘leading mo- tives,” or Leit-motive. These are nothing more than melodious phrases which attach to differ- ent characters, and give them a wusical indi- vidualil Such motives may appear for the first time with the first appearunze on the scene of the characters to which they belong; or they may foreshadow tiese characters’ approach; or they may be taken up by the orchestra in pres- ence of other characters for the sake of height- cuing the contrast between a present state of feeling and onc that is remembercd from the past. Thus the motive withwhich the introduc- tion to “Rhine-Gold” begins is _con- nected later with the prophetess Erda, with whom, &s the detenniming power of fate itself, the idea of eternity which we have said the introductory moiive expresses is properly connected. The beautiful motive of the Rhine-daughters is heard on their first com- ing; that of the Rhinegold where the sun shines down upon it. And where Fricka points to the castle built for Woten, we Lear for the first time the stately Walhalla motive, which is soon interrupted by the inexpressibly beautiful motive which accompanies Freia’s flight from the gients, and ekpresses her maidenly timidity. No form of musical expression could better il- lustrate the contrast between the characters of the giants znd Loge than their respective motives. The sound of the Giant motive pre- pares us & the approach of an elephant among men, and ttic awkward clumsiness of the giants does not disappoint us. But the motive of Loge is cunuing personified; after a single hear- ing of it, we could be satisfied with no other to express the quick-ivittedness of the god who al- ways knows more than he cxpresses. Such are some of the principal motives of which we are t0 hear more in the laiter dramas. To say that they follow one another in a ceitain order, and ere the controlling features of so much of the 1music of this scene or of that is all that words can do to deseribe what Wagner has substituted for the Italian succession of aria, recitative, duet, trio, chorus, and fimle. There e no such things in his dremas. But the remainiog parts of the ‘Lrilogy will best exemplify the suc- cess of his substitutions for them. Ww. AT HOME. THE COMING SEASON. The air is full of rumors with regard to the forihcoming season, but as vet matters have not shaped themselves so that definite announce- ments can be made. The Apollo Club is still valiantly wrestling with its shoals of members, which are continually pouring in, and has go far solved the question what to do with its audi- ences as to decide upon a repetition of its con- certs. Mr. Wolfsohn hes returned from his va- cation, and will probably put the Beethoven So- ciety into the traces immediately for work upon the Verdi * Requiem,” and is also busily en- gaged laying out his series of historical piano recitals. The complimentary concert to Mr. Emil Liebling is well under way, and will proba- bly be given some time during the first week in October. We predict that Mr. Liebling will make a furore. Beyond these facts, there are only floating announcements to be made. ORGAN RECITALS. Mr. John White, the organist of St. James’ Church, gave the first of ten free organ recitals at the church, yesterday afternoon, with an ad- mirable programme, including Bach's Fuguc in G minor; Dudley Buck’s Idylle, “At Even- ing"”; Guilmant’s “Morceaux de Concert™; Saint-Saen’s “Benedictidn Nuptiale”; and Merkel’s Sonata No. 1. The second recital will be given next Saturday afternoon with another beautiful Bmgflmmc‘ embracing Bach’s “Toc- cata in I _major”: Merkel’s “Trio” and “Canon”; Thicle’s ““Concert-Satz” in C minor; Saint-Sacn’s - Elevation”; and_Wagner’s ‘Pil- prims’ Chorus”, arranged by Liszt. As these Tecitals are given to the public without charge, they ought to attract very large audiences. A CARD FROM HR. TOMLIN3. 7o the Edltor of The Tribune. CuicaGo, Sept. 16.—Having read Mr. Root’s Ietier. published in your issue of the 10th inst., I can heartily indorse his plan for the restora- tion of vocal training in the public schools. I have had many opportunities to judge the effect of Mr. Blackman’s work; and, while to some extent I view the present system of musical in- struction as not wholly pertect, still I can com- pliment him on the results he hasobtained, and which, in my opinion, could be secured only by thorough and consuicntious teaching. I cannot forecast the action of the ‘authori- ties, but, should they accept 3Ir. Root’s propo- sition, there is no doubt that the finnncinY part, of the question can readily be arranged. Our singiug is so wofully deficient that we owe it to ourselves to lose no opportunity of spreading the faculty of plain song amongst the masses. Truly yours. ‘War.. L. TOMLINS. NEW MCSIC. The music publishers are inaugurating the season with a tempting catalogue of new music. The Messrs. Ditson & Co. of Boston have sent us, through Lyou & Healy of this city, the fol- lowing instrumental pieces: “May Flowers,” and “In the Merry Month of May," twodelight- 1ful little salon picces, by Gustav Merkel, which are destined to be great favorites; Liszt’s mag- nificent, transcription of *The Spinning Song," from Wagner’s *+ Flying Dutciiman ”; ©Empire Grand March de Bravura,” a stirfing and well written composition, by Edward B. Phelps; and some lighter pieces, among them, “A Merry Thought,” capricictto for piano, by Jules de Siveaiz By the Brookside,” idyl for piano, by A. Golde; *My First Ride,” a salon piece; “ A Night in Venice,” godolied, and _* Alwine' Ma- zurka,” by Karl Koiling; “Good-Bye,” fantasia, by Th. Giese; a very pretty little melody, “Song of Spring,” by "Albert ‘Jungmann; and “Operatic Medley Waltz,” constructed on themcs from ““Fra Diavolo,” *Ernani,” and “Faust,” by James W. Cheney. Thc same house also sénds us the following new songs: “The North Wind,” an admirable bartone song, dedicated to Foli, by Alfred Scott Gatty,— a piece which will speedily find its way into the concert-rooms; “ In the Month of Flowers ™ and “The Little Match-Girl,” by Malloy; ¢ That Was Lon: A%o " and “New Year's Chimes,” hr W. TV Wrizhton; * To the Winds, Dull Care,” for contralto or_baritone, by Frauk B. Morse; “ The Garden of Ruses,” a very tak- iuimeludy. by Virgi Gabriel; Beethoven’s “ Little Leaflets, Little Flowers” (% Kleine Blumen™); “The Village Church,” ily J. L. Hatton; “ Gentle Zephyr,” by Howard Glover; * Bells, oh! Changing Bells,”” by Henry Smart; ¢ The Stormy Petrel,”” for bass, and a'wroup of three songs,—** Master Love,”” * Anacreontic,” and © A Letter,” by F. Boott; * Letter from Cousin Mary to Cousin Ned " (which_Cousin Ned may passibl]y upfiwmte), by, Lw; “Gone to the Silent Home,” by Charles E. Privr; Wrecked and Saved,” a descriptive bal- 1ad, by W. Enowles; “On Summits of the Oth- er Shore,” by H. P. Danks; “ Roving in the Twilight,” by Signor Vallo; * The Quiet Sea,” for contralto or baritone, by Carl Sahm; T Love Him So,” by £. W. Kotschubey; ** Fare- well,” a very dignified and impressive bass song, by Julius Eichberg; “ Noral’s Message,” by Sir Julius Benedict; and the following ad- mirable songs, by Franz Abt: ‘A Maiden Stood on a Sea-Bound Bark,” * Singing at Sun- set,” *Just Where the Brook Winds,” and “If in Thine Heart, I Bear a Part.” a The Root & Sons Music Company have just received thefollowing new music: * Braziliana,” a waltz movement, by Oscar Mayo; * The Four- Leaved Clover,” waltz, pulka, schottische, and mazurka, and “A May-Day Frolic,”” by Mrs. Clara H. Scott; “I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen,”” by Thomas P. Westendor{; * Dream of the Old Home,"” song and chorus, by H. P. Danks; * Garden of Roses,” for soprano and alto, by Virginia Gabriel; * Deniple’s Favorite Waltz,” by 8. S. Hackett; ‘* Waltz of the Bells,”” by Agnes J. Jones; and * Could I but Tcél ‘Thee,” song and chorus, by Robert Calio- net. We have received from the publishers, John Chureh & Co., Cincinnati, a copy of the * Hayes and Wheeler Campaign Songster,” containing a _good collection of rousing Republican songs, {full of the neccssary nerve and energy. Many of the songs are printed with the music com- Rlcle, for the use of glee and quartette clubs. larre majority of the sougs are set to tunes already familiar to every ome. The Songster also contains short biographical sketches of our uext Chief Executives, with portraits on the title-page. LOCAL MISCELLANY. Mr. H. 8. Perkins, of this city. is now at Athol, Mass., and will return to Chicago about Oct. 1. The Barnabee, Carreao-Sauret, and Philhar- monic Troupes have been engaged for au ap- pearance in Chicago this winter. Robert Goldbeck has associated himself with Mr. A. Waldauer in the joint directorship of the Becthoven Conservatory of Music at St. Louis. Mr. Bischoff is to do the tenor solosat the Centenninl Musical Festival at ¢hiladelphia, to commenee Scpt. 20, under the direction of Theodore Thowas. T. Martin Towne has returned to the city, having determined to make it his permanent residence. On Monday next he tukes charge of the vocal department of the Central Conserva- tory of Music, 206 State street, taking the place of "Prof. Woollett, who recently removed to Janesville. Mr. H. C. Eddy, the organist, wno is at the East spending his vacation, has given several organ recitals recently. On the 1st inst. he played at Westfield, Mass. ; on the 5th at Gren- field; and on the 6th ot Martford, Conn. He is at present in Boston. Mr. George C. Stebbins, formerly well known here as a church-choir tenor, and lately as the leader of singing at the Tremont Temple, Bos- ton, has accepted an engagement for une year with Mr. Mooy, He will direct the chorus sinzing in this city in October, and travel with Mr. Moody in other parts of the West. The Church of the Messiah is evidently going to base itself on the fundamental of music. Its music to-day consists mainly of two bass solos, to be sung by Mr. Thomas Goodwillie: *“He that Drinketh of the Water Shall Never Thirst,” from ‘*“'fhe Woman of Samaria”; and “Like as a Father Pitieth His Children” (Stradella). ‘The Chicago Musieal College management is arranging a series of threc soirces and one . grand concert with orchestra, to be given by the Pupils this season. The performances are to be given for the beneilt of the patrouns of the Col- lege, and associate membership tickets are for sale for $3 cach, each ticket admitting three persons to the four concerts. ‘The Turner-Hall concerts have been resumed again, and the first of the new series of con- certs will be given this afternoon, with a pro- gramme embracing among other numbers Suppe’s overture (** The Wanderer’s Destinu- tion"); introduction to * Lohengrin;” the finale to ** Traviata;" Reissiger’s overture “The Mill on the Rock,” and a pleasant variety of lighter musie. Mr. Clouder will conduct. The Hershey School of Musical Art, at 83 Madison strect, commences 2 new term imme- diately. Its Faculty, as aunounced by the cir- culars, is as follows: 'H. C. Eddy, organ, piono, theory, and composition; W. S. B.. Mathcws, organ, piano, musical grammar, and esthetics’ Mrs. 8, B. Hershey and Miss Eila A. White, En- glish, Ttalian, and Germen singing; Mrs. Clara Vou Klenze, Frank T. Baird, Mrs. Christine Nielson, and Miss Cora Freer, piano; William Lewis and Joseph Singer, violin; Prof. Cum- nock, clocution; and Prot. Von Klenze, French, Italian, and German. Twice a month there will be either a concert of chamber music or piano and voeal recitals by the faculty and artists en- gaged for the purpose. - ABROAD. MUSICAL NOTES. A hand-organ has beensent as a present to the Queen of the Wallis Isles by the French Government. L. Saint-Sacns will prodably continue the edi- tion of Gluck’s works which the late Mlle, Fanny Pelletan commenced. o ‘Verdi's dida lias been translated in the Rus- sian tongue, and will be produced during the coming season in St. Petersburg. A serious movement is on foot in New York to build o concert-hall for Theodore Thomas, to which will be attached a conservatory of music, of which Mr. Thomas is to be the dircctor. Miss Clara Louise Kcllogg appears in coneert at Bridgeport, Conn., on the 20th inst., for the benefit of Mr. Charles A. Crosby. She will be assisted by Miss Lancaster, Mr. Fritsch, Signor Ferranti, and Messrs. Pease and Colby. Mrs. James A. Oatesand her opera troupe will begin an engagement of two weeks at the New York Grand Opers-Houge on the 18th - inst. Their repertoire includes ‘ Mme. Angot’s Child,” ¢ Princess de Trebizonde,” and * Giro- fle-Girofla.” The King of Bavariz has had executed in marble six statucs of the horoes of his favorite composer, Richard Wagner. The images repre- sent Tunnhauser, Lohengrin, the hero of the Phantom Ship, Walther von Stolzing, Siegfried, and Tristan. Mr. Joln Clark, the wellknown Brooklyn basso, is one of Mapleson’s opera troupe in the tour through Ireland and the English provinces. Mr. Clark, whose professional name has been changed to Broccolini, is under a three years' engagement to Mapleson, who expects to devel- op him iuto a great artist. It is expected that Mme. Nilsson will appear at the Royal Swedish Theatre in ¢ Miguon,” “Faust,” and *The Huguenots.” When she has completed her engagements in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, she will visit Holland, Belgium, Germany, and Austria, and will ap- pear in Vienna as Ophelia, Migion, Marguerite, and several other characters The late Prosper Merimee published, some 50 years ago, a volume of Servian songs, of whose suthenticity only Goethe expressed dcubts. In a second edition, Merimee confessed that these Iyics, so primitive in character, and Servian in colpr, which he had entitled **La Gusia” (the gubia, a sort of mandoline or guitar, being the Servian instrument), were his own invention. The New York Frening Post says: * The fanoforte rehcarsals of Wagner's ‘Flying utchman,’ (* Il Vascello Fantasma*) have been oing on for sume time under the direction of Mr. Gotthold Carlberg, whe professes himsell satisfied with the work of the artists he has chosen to sustain the solo parts. The rehearsals of the chorus and orchestra will begin on the 20th of Scptember. Mme. Pappenheim is ex- pected to achieve a triumph in the character.” Mme. Fanny Janauschek (whom the New York papers always call_“ the German trage- dienne,” because she is Bohemian—pure Czech) bas bought a residence in New York, and will make it her home. She hasbad a play made out of part of thelegend of the Wagner tetral- gy, and proposes to_appear as Lrunhilde in this country next season. Itissaid that Wag- ner has arringed some portions of his music to accompany the play, which scems hardly likely. The London Spectator thus sums up the Bay- reuth festival and its results: *Conceding for the moment all that Herr Wagner claims, there is sometaing Oriental, something barbaric, in this way of taking theears of the world by storm. ftisasif 2 musician illustrated & new concep- tion of the laws of harmonyby a miraculously adroit use of steam-whistles, gongs, and cannon. It is music for Brobdiguagiins endowed with immortality, not for poor Iitde ants, with only some 15,000 days of maturity.” On the 4th of August a surprise was offered the artists of the Bayreuth National Festival- Stage-Play Company, in the shape of alarge marvle tablet, imitating a play-bill. Onitlis engraved in gold letters: “Der Ring der Nibe- lungen.’ First performance, 1876. Preliminary cvening: ‘Das Rheingold.' Personages (hers follows the cast)—First day,‘Walkure.” Per- sonages . . . . Second day, ‘Siegfried.” Persnns%ves . - . - Third iay, ‘Gotterdam- merung.’ _Personages . . . . Orchestral Dircctor: Haus Richter. Stace Director: Karl Brandt. Scenery: Josef Hofmann and the brothers Bruchner. Costumes: Emil Dopler. Choreograpliy: Richard Fricke, Presented by the architects, Karl Wolfel, Konrad Weiss, Hans Weiss, Chr. Vogel, and P. Schaferlein.” This stone bill was set up in front of the theatre. As the gold letters on black marble, with an edging of white marble, bore a marked gasembllqt» to a mortuary slab, some of the artists were irrev- erent enough to style this gift of the architects a tombstone. A foreign correspondent says the talk about Waener at_the %outinenm table d'hotes is amusiog. The men say he js a bruteanda tyrant; the women declare that he is the great- est poet and musician alive. The men, say he is a charlatan, who has robbed every one, from Meyerbeer to Gounod, and then kicked them all round; the women ask, “How, then, has he won his present position of absolute supremacy over King, people, artists, and poets? Why is he, after 30 years of neglect and abuse, aliowed thus to tyrannize and revolutionize art?’ To ul:is there’is no reply except broad and coarse abuse. THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. THE MANAGERS IN COUNCIL. ‘Lew yumor in regard to the formation of a Managers’ Association in Chicago is probably false; but, as a faithful chronicler of the news, Tue TRIBUNE gives it for what it is worth. An anonymous report of the proceedings bas been furnished for publication. We warn the public not to trust implicitly all that this anon- ymous writer puts down. It is a well-estab- lished principle in newspaper-ofiices that the man who does not sign his communication— simply as a pledge of good faith—is no better than he should be. The objects of the proposed Association are manifold. It is to be called “The Chicago Munagers’ Association for the Advancement of Art and the Reduction of Salaries.” Not that its attention will be confined to the narrow limits indicated Dy this title. It will undertake also to control all interests affected by the the- atrical business. It will reach out with one ann to the newspaper-oflices, regulating the appoint- ment and dismissal of critics, and securing the insertion of advertising matter in the news col- umns without charge; in another direction it will grasp the job printers, compelling them to advance art by printing show-bills below the cost price of the work. If the Association has another arm to spare, we presume it will catch the people and compel them to attend the the- atres. These subjects and many more were under discussion at the preliminary meecting. The views of the several managers present can be easiest gathered by a brief abstract of the proceedings. Mr. Pertinax was fn the chair. Mr. Van Arman, being called upon to state the object of the meeting, said he regretted very much that there were so few persons present. The house was the thinnest he had scen for months, but he had reason fo believe that the condition of things was much better up-stairs, where there was aclub-roois. He suggested that a draft be made upon that re- gion for an audience. Z Mr. Havenough said it was not listeners they wanted at prescut, but ideas. There would be no use in gathering an audience if previous pro- vision were not made for their entertainment. It had been his experience that the people could not be deceived by old clap-trap under new names. Poor Richard objected to any division arising among the compauy present. He Lad known such practices to result most disastrously. The Chairman, Mr. Pertinax, said he nad not permitted anything to come before the public, and there conld consequently be no division ol opinion so far as be was coucerned. It was time, he thought, that all this preliminary skir- mishing should be tinished, ;m(f that the meet- ing should get to work. There was not a man present who did not understand why' they bad come together, and, far from desiring that there should be a large audience present, either up- stairs or down-stairs, he was in favor of going into secret session and closing the windows. ‘While everything was being made taut, sbove and below, the cditor of the programme enter- tained the company with a number of choice conundrums, which excited some derision. The Chairman resumed in a low voice. The managers had come together to advance the cause of Art. Their mistress was Art. There was not & man present who could not at any moment make a fortune by deserting Art. Was there one present base enough to contemplate such a descrtion? He could answer for them all—“ No!” How could they best servethe cause of Art? In his opinion there was pressing need of reform messures. 1nthe first “place it was desirable that the salaries of actors should be reduced. They were becoming swollen with the insolence and pride that are begotten of un- sarned wealth, Inthe old times gmobd actors could be obtained for $6 4 week; now they de- manded ten times that amount. The pride re- sulting from successful avarice made actors difli- cult to deal with. Leading men were beginning to object to doubling parts. He bad heard of an actor in the South who was humble enough to raise Polonious from the dead and play him as the Gravedigger, but probably there was not an actor in Chicago who would consent to do the same thing. Leading men here object to sitting aronnd and witnessing the variety acting of such stars as Messrs. Baker and Farron. Now the true actor finds no part beneath himj and if salaries were low enough, all actors, having lost their foolish pride, would take whatever was offered them, and’ by this simple process place themselves in the proper attitude towards Art. Then they might become true actors or mot, as Heaven willed. ** The obstinate conceit of act- ors,” continued Mr. Pertinax, *is the most se- rious obstacle we have to contend with. Any- thing that can tend to break that pride tends to advance the cause of Artand at the same time to reduce salaries. That is why we are all glad to have the critics single out actors by name and give them a dressing-down. It breaks their cursed pride, and makes them humble. There is not a manager in town—everybody knows I am speaking truth—who objects to having a single actor taken down a peg in the news- papers. Managers have been known to applaud such things, and even to go so far as to_ sugeest them in ~ par- ticular cases. Not thut I have any aflection for the critics. Far otherwise. They are an igno- rant set, and for sale to the highest bidder. 'l'hcz can be bought by the hundred for a suit of clothes apiece. Marcus Mayer, the agent of ‘Rose Eytinge, said he hired them all with whisky by the drink. What I caw’t understand is the fuct that they are not invariably bought. Al- though their Influence amounts’toso little, it is worth purchasing at the small price they put upon it. My friend Van Arnam might profit- ably have used a quart of whisky where it would do ‘the most good when he was about to reopen lis house this season. The reason I hate the critics is that they attack management. It is well enough that tliey should cut up the proud devils on the stage, who are all in league against the best interests of Art; but a newspaper has no more right to criticise the management of a theatre than it has to find fault with that of a dry-goods establishment. It is the proper thing “the world over to swear at clerks and to fawn upon rich proprietors; actors and m?nngers should form no exception to the rule.” At the conclusion of this rambling and inco- herent address, there was a general call for re- laxation of some dcescription. The editor of the programme, who had been sleeping in a corner uunoticed, rose wnimbly, it Vegan, “What does Queen Victoria—?" e had pro- cecded no further when Mr. Alien interrupted with the deferential observation that no cuter- tainment could be a success without beer. He had becn struck with this great moral truth durivg the progress of the present meeting. It had been the driest meeting he had ever at- tended. Personally, he objected to beer, but Art demanded the sacrifice; just as his brother Pertinax objected to low sularies but yielded them to Art. *Upon tis hint, the proprietor of the Dizzy Actors’ Retreat, who was present as an lonorary member of the Associa- tion, invited all his brother managers 0 t his place and sacrifice to Art. The invitation was accepted, and the mecting adjourned after appointing a committee to draft a constitution aud by-laws. Reports of the pro- ceedings at subsenuent meetings will appear ex- clusively in THE TRIBTNE. GEORGE ELIOT’S ADVICE TO AMATEURS. In reading ‘* Daniel Deronda,” the thoughtful student of the modern drama cannot fail to be struck with the Interview between the heroine and the musician. Guwendolen has becn reduced to poverty and thinks of resorting to the stage for a livelihood. She asks advice and counsel of Herr Klesmer. His answer sums up all that needs to be said to a giddy young lady, who imagines that success upon the professional stage is as easy of attainment as the appiause of the parlor for a-clever amateur performance. * You are a beautiful young lady,” said the master to Guwendolen. “You have been brought up in ease; you have done what you would; you have not said to yourself, ‘I must know this cxactly,” * I must understand this exactly,’ ‘I must do this exactly’” I[n these terrible | * musts " lic all the laws of theatrical training. The training itself, as the master pro- ceeded to show his ambitious young friend, should begin in youth and be constant till the end. “ Genius, at first, is little more than the capacity for receiving discipline. Singing and acting, like the fine dexterity of the juggler with his cups and balls, require a shaping of the organs toward a finer and finer certainty of effect. But,” continued Klesmer, ‘“‘a young lady may rely on her beauty as a passport. She may desire to exhibit herself to_an admiration which dispenses with skill. The woman who takes up this career is not an artist; she is usu- ally one who thinks of entering on a luxurious lifc by a short and casy road—perbaps by mar- riage—that (s her most brilliant chance, ane the rarest.” There are many non-artists of this description on the stage, and many,more are eagerly striving to fl:f a place lhm"’e. To these latter the words of George Eliot are cspecially timely. No_ young woman, without previous ‘training, can hope to take a comfortable position on the stage, unless she has persoual charms which she is prepared to exhibit vulgarly to the Enbl}c. For sucha one the chances are not a brilliant and sordid marriage, but a splendid success of a more iz- nominfous nature. Itis well known what the fate of most of the fashionable young ladics who have gone apon the stage in New York has been; let the amateur actresses of Chicago be content not to follow their example. ¢ COL. SELLERS " AT M’VICKER'S. Mr. Raymond’s impersonation of that volatile old-bumbug, Col. Sellers, has been given at M- Vicker's Theatre during the past week with most pleasing surroundings. Not the least of these was the attendance, which increased steadily from the beginning of the week. Fri- day night every seat down stairs was occapied ana the galleries were three-quarters full. The receipts at the box-office must have been in the neighborhood of $1,200. The acting, too, was the best the play ever received in this city, and probably much Detter than it ever deserved to receive, Miss Helen Tracy as Laura produced a favorable impression everywhere. The part has been played here before by Rachel Noah at the Academy, and by Miss Carroll at McVicker’s; but by neither of them so evenly s hi)liss Tracy. Miss Noal was superior in some trilling details, but her personation as a whole was overstraiu- ed. Miss Tracy wanted strength of voice for the shooting-scene, but she did not at any time want energy of action. Mr. Thorne’s persona- tion of Col. Selby was sgreeable and smooth throughout. The results of his experience on the stage are shown in the modulations of his voice, which, althongh natural and conversation- al in tone, can be heara distinctly in all parts of the theatre. The remainder of the cast was uniformly good, with the exception of Mr. Lee as Clay Hawkins, and young Mr. McVicker as Lafayette. Mr. Lee is simply disagreeable. Young Mr. McVicker is a barbarian in a dress- coat, being in a state of painful incertitude as to whether it is the correct thing to wear his hands under his coat-tails or his coat-tails un- der his hands. The etficiency of the company would be increased by the “uniform absence from it of young 3Mr. McVicker, who is not de- | signed, either by nuture or art, to adorn the stage. The best” friends of the proprietor will conlirm this opiuion, if he_chnoses to consult them. As to the acung of Mr. Raymond in the principal part, nothing new c: ¢ said. It has, it anytiing, improved with time. Col Sellers is a mellow old specalator, and * Sellers’ op- tion,” we are pleased to see, amuses the people, in spite of the trashy padding which constitutes the bulk of the play. LECTGRES IN CHICAGO. Arrangements for the lecture-scason have been about completed, and it is now possivle to say who will be the principa! lecturers in Chica- go. The Sunday Lecture-Society bas secured the following persons: Senator Boutweil, Gen. Banks, Mrs. Leonowens, the- Hon. Josish Quincy, the Hon. William Parsous, the Rev. Robert Collyer, Prof. Sumner, Fred Douglass, the Rev. Henry Vincent, Joaquin Milier, the Rev. E. C. Bolles (s-ientific), and E. P. Whip- ple. Mr. Beccher will deliver two lectures, in- dependently, in January or February. Mr. Gough will speak Nov. 20, and the Rev. Mr. Talmage on Dee. 6 and 7. Miss Helen Potter, the reader, will appear in Chicazo Dec. 4 and in Aurora Dec. 5. NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. “ Col. Sellers” remains at McVicker’s Theatre this week. 5 “Zoe, the Octoroon Girl,” will be given at the Museum every night and Wednesday and Saturday matinevs. At the other matinees the play will be * The Lady of Lyons.” Hooley’s Minstrels offer a stronger entertain- ment than ever this weeli. Rice and Hart, hav- ing returned from Milwaukee, will resume their old parts: Sheridan and Mack, the favorite comedians, will make their first appearan Gardner will remain, and new life will be infus into every part of the programme. Mr, Fayetie Welch, the end-man, is becomieg a favorite, but it cannot be said that ir. Frank Moran,who has been temporarily supplying the place of Rice, will be seriously missed. Percy Ashton, the singer, has left the company. Mr. Goodwin, the mimic, is still a member of the California Minstrel Company. and will ap- pear nifml_v this week in his clever impersona- tions. It must be said, however, that aside from his imitations of Stuart Kobson and Sol Smith- Russell, he is not extraordinary in his peculiar line of business. The chief feature of the min- strel entertainment this week will be the pro- duction of **a new and original sketch”—no mistake this time—expressly written for this company and entitled * The Signboard Demol- isher.” " The parts will be sustained by Oberist, Kemble, Cotton, Mackin, Wilson, Goodwin, and Fredericks. Schooleraft’s engagement has closed. The Adelphi this week offers an_unusual strong bill. The Boissets, six in number, will appear in some gymnastic performances of the most startling description. Most of their work is done high up in tke air, and the audience lias the satisfuction of kuowing that if anybody fulls death will certainly follow. There are many new variety actors too numerous to mention, and the best of the old ones remain. James Mace will continue to give his- exhibitions of classical posturing, which are unique 2and beautiful in their way; the Phoites will appear nightly in their grotesque dances,and **The Lottery-Ticket,” a comedietta, will pe played by the dramatic company. THE OUTER WORLD. AMERICAN GREEN-ROOM NOTES. Mary Anderson opens in St. Louis to-morrow night. Hooley’s Minstrels did a fine business in Mil- waukee last week. Leander P. Richardson is not married to Ada Gilman, as reported. Adelaide Vance produced Bartley Campbell’s new play at Jersey City last week. Katie Putnam opens the season of her com- House, Kate Claxton in * Conscience Theatre, Baltimore, Mr. Charles P o Gascon’; Rochester Open»Bnu!e,omu‘nI:;Tafl).he Western in & new play by the laf Murdoch _entitled “l;lepcnlynnce ey l-émForkn].uk Theatre, Sothern in * Dundreary " and “mm" Garrick ’; Utica Opera-House, Chapmay Company in * Pigue.” 4 At the Globe Theatre, Boston, I “ Pique * was given with some inte’rm’;ti::: consequence of the continued illness of Fannie Davenport; Sothern is to appear at thiy theatre to-morrow night. F. 8. Chanfrag played Inst week at the Boston Theatre; ho wi'. succeeded to-morrow night by Kate Claxtop Marie Wilkins in “The Two Orphans.” « Friends is the attraction at the Museum. 14, Mac’s Minstrels, including Barney and Ricke, Brockway, Sutton, and others have sottled fo; the season at Beethoven Hall. ' Mr. Charles F. Coghlan, the young Epo actor, made a successful debut :{L D.l’\l:v’lgn’fill'esi tre, New York, last Monday night. The play was “Money,” and Mr. Coghlan assumeg thi art of Alfred Evelyn. John Broughiam, Charle: isher, 3Mr. Davidge, Jeffreys-Lewis, and Emfl, Rigl were in the cast. *Sardanapalus’ co tinued at Booth's Theatre, ““Two Men of Sang, Bar” at the Unfon Square, and ‘“The Mj h\! Dollar ” at Wallack’s. To-morrow, Mrs. Oate opens at the Grand Opera-House, and the per spectacle, “Baba,” at Niblo’s. Mr. Daly’s ney gny, “Life,” is to be produced next Wednes. ay with Miss Amy Fawsitt in the leading and Solke and Bonfanti in the ballet. At the Park Theatre, Fred Marsden’s play, “ Clonds, {3 tobe produced to-morrow night. Mr, Hat Jackson, formerlgasthe factotum of the Unign Square Theatre, gone over to the Park, FOREIGN NOTES, w. 8. Gilbert, the English dramatist, s syg to be writing two plays expressly for America, The German Government has allowed 5 French company to play in the theatre in Stras. bourg. The London theatres are beginning to adop the American custom of giving morning per formances on Saturdays. i Miss Dickie Lingard writes to a San Francise paper to deny that Mr. Dalziel, whom she mar. ried in Australia, has deceived herand quarreleq with the other Lingards. Dickie suys she j glad she went to Anstrali, and that she s “a happy as ever wife could be.” Mr. Henry J. Byron's latest play, “A Ball by the Horns,” which was first _resented in the Gaiety Theatre, London, on the 26th of August, is a farcical picce, in which the domestic diticu)- ties of Mr. and Mrs. Pepper Pods and M. and Mrs. Oleum are set forth in three acts, marked by merry situations. ———— HUMOR. Elderly people never jest or chaff in France, Itis consyi mfi there bad in age. + What is the difference between & clond and abeaten child? One pours with rain and the other roars with pain. - Since the advent of the panic the consamp- tiou of coffec has follen oft. ‘Ihis is beczuse of the difficulty of making it scttle. “You want nothing, do you?, said rat. ¢ Bedad, an’ if it’s nothing ye want, ye'll find it in the jug, where the whisky was.” Call the next baby Elaine, after Tennyson's hervine. Then, when she is cross, call her the Madelaine.—St. Louis Globe-Lemocrat. A cow ateup an artist’s box_ of paintslast week at the Delaware Water-Gap. There is wmore water~color drawing about te milk than ever. A Vermont youth at his mother's funeral said to the neighbors: ‘*Me and my father are obiiged to you all, andhope soon to be ableto do as much for you.” Distinguished foreizner (aiter a lapse}— “These Uzutennials—aw—are vewy encouwag- ing to the wepublic Ishould think—aw. Do they occur often?’” A boy who will yell.lie-a Tartsr if a drop of water grets on his shirt-band woen his necs is washed, can crawl through a sewer after a ball and think nothiog of it. _ It is only human nature, after all,that, in tell- ing a story, anan lies twice as much where e dates it back 10 years as where he goes back only one or two.—DUelroit #'ree Press. A boy bas written & composition on the tan tle, in which he says: *“A turtle is not so frisky asa man, but he can stand a hot ceal on b3 back longer without sgualling.” ‘When the State. soldiery of Louisiana go into camp and evince too much fondness for adjacent hen-roosts, the neighbors call it an instance of militia’s mischief.—Vew York Commercial. A lawyer atthe bar was held to be in con- tempt 1or simply making & motion in court. It was ascertained, however, that Le malea mo- tion to throw the inkstand at the head of the court. The meanest man on the street now-a-days is the one- that is seen hunging around a band of street-musicians, near enough to hear the music, but far enough away to avoid the hat.—.Norwick Bulielin. Unquestionably Noah exercised his best jodg- ment when he stocked the Ark; but humanity will never cease running its fingers throngh its hair and wonder why he imported bedbug seed. —Fullon Times. Did it ever occur to you that, if there was no letter W in the alphabet, it would be impossible to write well? *“Well,” with the w off would be an’ell of aword,and wouwd sound too pro- fanely.—Norristown Herald. “Pa,” sald little Jimmie, ‘1 was very near getting to the headof =~ cin~z to-day!” *‘How is that, my son®’ Wiy, & Dig word came all the way down to me, and, if I could only have spelt it, I would have gone clear up.” “I don't see how you can have been working all day like a horse,” exclaimed the wifeof s lawyer,—ler husband haying declared be bad been thus working. * Well, my dear,” e re- plied, “* I've-been drawing a conveyance all day, anyhow.” 445 the ratn falls mpartially on the just sud the unjust, so the pale moonbeams, that lend inspiration to the lovers’ vows, creep tl the cracks in 2 hen-house and show the mid- night naturalist where the best pullet is roost- ing.—Fulton Times. Agilt-edged and superfine young man stepped into a barber’s shop the other day to gef shaved. The knight of the razor eyed him quis zically for a moment and then remarked: ‘“‘You must either take down that shirtcollar, ;)'l:d\:;mtgbr a shave 'tlll I can borrow & step er.’ ‘I may not be wealthy," said Potter,*'I may not be endowed with a superfluity of this world’s zoods, but I glory in that priceless jewel, m! honesty;”” and he called the man after a hurri examination of the biil, and handed him back the counterfeit he had dropped.—XNew Orleans . ‘“Leave the table and go to your room, sir,” exclaimed a Burlington parent to his incorrigh pany at Rochester to-morrow night. Joseph Nagle and Rachel Noah are members of Augusta Dargon’s traveling company. Adelaide Neilson will play at Haverly's Theatre, Chicago, the week beginning Dec. 15, The Furbish Fifth Avenue Traveling Com- pany will resume opcrations at Milwaukee to- morrow night. rMm Myers, formerly of Chieago, is a member of the company at the l’hil:ldclphia.p y e Arch Street Theatre, Mrs. Emma Waller will engage I 1; season in drawmatic recitals hef’ori lyfifny; :‘nusci Christian associations. Lester Wallack is_to open the season of the Buffalo Academy of Music to-m, i i ApECtovmanes oF o Rosodaien 0" night with James 8. Maflitt, the pantomimist, hand completely shattored by 4 lstol‘sl?:? i Washington restaurant on Tus 1y wight. Emily Melville and Tracy Titus are to return soon to San Francisco. The !lifteec:eg manager of Miss Melville’s comic-opera troupe. Kelly and Leon’s burlesque of i fa:'grilemis enfitlcid Sir B:m o rflfu'ffiifnfi settles the pronunciati "8 o Tather suminary fasbion, | Lers” R G. Fawcett Rowe played * Brass? Val- nut in Philadelphia la.sl‘.yweek;rfi:. D’?z:hm?:il— cault takes his place to-morros. Mrs. D. P Bowers played the Arch; Fannie Davenport i;'fll nppea.rtil;lurc this "\;uek in *‘Pique.” “Qur oys™ continues at the Chy L Two Orphans™ at the .\Iusewfif‘“u" = ke The managers of the Union Squar New York, have been in sem‘c?lqol il?'flfifé lady. They attempted tosecure Mrs, Kendall, of the Prlnge of Wales Theatre, London, but her tcr}l_:s (£100 per week) were considered too high. Miss Katherine Rogers, formerly of the Globe ‘Theatre, Boston, has since been engaged. Some of the provincial theatres were occupi last week ne}ofiows: Wood's Thegtre, Cix}:-‘i'izd- nati, Dominick Murray in ¥ Escaped from Sing Sing 5 DeABar’s_ Opera-House, St. Louis, Min. nie Palmer in ! Kisses 3 Olympic Theatre, St. Luuisé C. W. Barry in “’ Echoes”; Euclid Ave- nue pera-House, Cleveland, Etfie Elisler in The Cherry-Tree Inn”; Roval Opera-House, Toronto, C. W. Couldock as Pierre .fichet; Na. tional Theatre, Washinzton, D, C., Maffit Eartholomew in paniomiie; Pittsburg otp:::fl ble son, ““aud I'll come up and attend to your case after supper.”” ‘father,” replied the y‘q'l}:hfl:l Tlifitl‘enlf.et,l “it s absurd to tx l\d’fi" without making the necessary preparations.”— Burlington Hawkeye. s Alady, in describing to an irreverent boy an occurrence in which his father figured, closed by remarking, “I am sorry to say that the thing ended by your father’s losing his m:‘rer-" “Did fatherlose his temper?” exclaimed the ytnnng scay gr:ce, “'glcen 1 hope be’ll nevxer fl'l:rd 1 for it was ‘worst temper 1 € heard o ¥ A teacher asked one of his pupils who sat 3& the extreme end of the bench where the sud struck with full force nearly all the afternoon. what business he’d like to follow when he up tobe aman. ** Well,” said the lad, “Pop wants me to be a lawyer. but I guess if 1've got 1o sit in the sun all my life, 1'd rather drive 30 ice-cart.”—Andrews’ }mr. An Irishman’s friend having fallen into 3 slough, the Irishman calledloudly to anotber for assistance. The latter, who was busily eog in cutting a log, and wished to procrastinaté inguired, “ How deep is the gentleman inf Up to his anklea.” " Then there s plenty of ;uine,;l' sl:(d tfl!:: other. “ No, there is nr;:;’, ’;'; joine: e first; * I forgo ou he’s head first.” it A few days azo a stranger to one of our hotels asked for a napkin at dinner. The landlord-re- fused to give him one. * But,” said the guesh ** that man at the other table has one.” **That man is a regular boarder, and has just got back from the Centennial, sud I have to panéer to for a day or s0; but it won't be tong befor De will be wiping his mouth on the table-cloth 2nd cleaning his nails with a fork, like the rest of the gentlemen. No, stranger, we don't :dloy 2oy style here as a regular thing, but we can’t helpourselves sometimes. ”—San sntonio Herald- “ Why,"” asked g pensive-looking stranger contemplating the Division-street impruvemeat, of a brisk young Burlington man, *wby do they change the grade!” ¥ Because,” replied the brisk y. m. of B., “the Council agrade to tha change.” And his lithe form went bobbiog down the hillside like a bright mote in the sut® shine, a bit of cheery life, 2 glint of heavenly color upon the sterile landscape ; while the pet» sive stranger clasped his hands across hisdump- ling-depot, and wished that Heaven had mad¢ him aye_and alwavs young. What ho, without }kfin! Put more ice on the fire.—Burlingtox eye.