Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 8, 1876, Page 12

AMUSEMENTS. An Examination of Mr. G. F. Rowe’s New Play, “Brass.” The Week at the Chicago New Pro- Collection of Green-Room Notes from New York, London, and Paris, ‘ Liebling’s Next Concerte==The Late Jirah D. Coles== Local Notes. Theodore Thomas' Opening Concert--- Operatic Gossip at Home and Abroad. THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. MR. G. P, ROWE AND HIS NEW PLAY. “‘Brass ** was produced at McVicker’s Theatre 1est Monday, and the representations of it will continue through the present week. A critical examinationof the piece at this time will not be unkind, since the author has had a full chance 10 test its merits upon the public, and anything that shall now be written in the way of dispraise can have but a small effect. It may be said, to start with, making no reserve or qualification, that the picce is very bad. Its chief faunlt is a labored diffaseness, which spreads out every act but one to faulty proportions. The fun be- comes thinner and thinner as the climax of the action is approached, and disappears altogether before the curtain has fallen. *Brass isnot a play to be pleasantly remembered. The frothy substance which enters largely into its composi- tion vanishes in a cool and healthy atmosphere, Ieaving behind an insipid and odorless base. The effect is evanescent because the quality of the humorisso poor, consisting, as it does, almost exclusively of puns. Discrcetly and temperstely used, the punisa useful instru- ment, but it never yet, without material assist- ance from other, sourwshmlde any great repu- tation. In the drama, the pun has no position at all; it degraics every composition into which it enters so far as it can. Shakspeare ‘was a punster, it is true, but every punster is not a Shakspeare. Mr. Rowe's puns in ‘ Brass ™ are good, but they are not dramsa. They do not exhibit character, or construct situations. ‘There is, however, a character in the early part of the play who later on becomes metamor- phusea wio un wunteresting personage. This character is the 1, which Samuel Foote cre- ated in his “Liar.” Mr. Rowe's Har starts off Landsomely, but reformsin the mostdisgusting roanner in the second act, and thenceforth loses 4is value for dramatic purposes. If he had been o dramatic liar he wounld not have re- formed uutil the fifth act. “ Brass " is not without situations, but, with the exception of one in the third act, they are Ladly constructed,—wanting a rational explana- tion'or a sufficient cause for being introauced. Tae culmmaunf scene in the last act, when the deceived wi orgives Mer husband, and both are forgiven by her father, is made to take place in a ball-room. The lights are turned down for the purpose. The room is convenicnt- 1y cmptied of guests for the time being. The Lusband is brought on in his shirt-sleeves, hav- ing mone insane in order to reach this tryst at the right time and in the right condition.” The ‘wife wanders to the same place accidentally in widow's weeds. The father, in ball dress, is driwnihere by an invisible influence. Then they turn down the lights, and pull up the wmoun, and these characters, posturing in the mooniight, forgive each other. They Sfnish in good order, and retirc without having attracted the attention of anybody, where- upon the gas is again lighted and the ball-room 1iils rapidly with guests. Anything more absurd in the way of meclodramatic hodge-podge it ‘would be impossible to conceive. Butin con- demning the situations generally, an exception must be made of the third act. i{em Mr. Rowe sustaing himself for a while at the highest level of pure comedy. The scene takes place in the bed- «hamber of the beroine. The action arises from the innocent grcsence there of the hero, who is pursued by her A counterpart to this act might be fourd in many English come- dies of Lhe seventeenty century, but in them the subject was_almost invaribly treated with the ‘grossest indecency. Mr. Rowe has taken pains io soften the expression of the dramatic idea in such 2 manner that it contains no objection- able features. The demurencss of the heroine while the violent guardian is searching in vain for her lover—her cxpostula- tions and upbraidings while in truth she is as much to blame as he supposes but cannot prove—bring to mind the more famous passage in the life of Donna Judia which Lord Byron has recorded in melodious but tabooed verse. The entire act, from the involuntary entrance of the Jover to his exit disguised as onc of the awk- ward squad, is marked by the richest, raciest, and purest bumor. 1f the whole play were as good, Mr. Rowe would be, not an unsuceessful author, but a genias whom the world would de- light to honer. ; Mr. Rowe Las the age and experience which the successful dramatist requires. Voltaire says the nge should be at least 34,~hitting upon that odd number because it happened to be the age at which Moliere became suceessful. Grant- iug this extreme figzure, which the ex- perience of such youthful geniuses as Eheridan and Can%rcve contradicts, Mr. Rowe is &till within the mcllow age, and old cnough to satisty even the exacting Voltaire. Nor ishe less endowed with expe- rience, being exactly one of those second-rate actors of whom it has been said that they make the best dramatist. From Shakspeare to Bou- cicault this rule has proved true. But not every second-rate actor at 34 can write agood play. Mr. Rowe cannot. Furthermore, his second- rute acting hurts his play-writing. % Brass " would be much more acceptable on the stage if the character of Waiflon Stray were imperson- uted by a more competent actor. Rowe’s self- couscivusness is offensive, descending even to the Jow art of bn.r)csalne, which permits the ac- 1or to address his audience rather than confine Lis energies to the mimic world surrounding him. He also burlesques largely the idea of the Py ‘making bis characterin the last actamock- unatic and & simpering fool, without pre- centing him sgreeably in cither relation. ‘The only other acting in'the play of which it is necessary to speak particularly is that of Miss Helen Tracy, who plays charmingly the part of Sibyl Hawker. The cast throughout, it may be said, is admirable—probably the best the play ever has had or ever will have; but the oppor- tunities afforded the actors are few. THE TWO ORPHANS AT THE MUSEUM. + The production of “The Two Orphans® at '¢be Museum might provoke a smile if there were any disposition to compare the perform- ance there with the admirable one of the same play that wis given by the Union Square com- pany last summer. But we do not believe there is any such disposition. The Museum company does the best it can, and its best is not always in every part bad. It has at least the ability to amuse the audiences which gather in the “‘lecture-room,” and, since amuse- ment 35 the chief—almost the only— end of dramatic art, a harsh judgmenton pureand healthy acting which pleases is not called for. TaE TRIBUNE is glad to announce that * The Two Orphans 7" at the Museum has succeeded so well that it will be continned rough the current week. NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. Miss Genevieve Rogers made a decided hit at Cinciunati last week as Maud Vuller in a dra- matization of Whittier's poem. The Gazette £ays that the performances towards the close of the week were marked with increased attend- ance end unmistakable enthusiasm. Miss Rog- crs is & dsughter of Mr. J. H. Rogers, the scenic-artist of McVicker’s Theatre, in this city. ‘The reappearance of Mr. Bob Hart in Chicago last week, after au ahsence of many years, was not attended with the pleasure on both sides that wus aoticipated. Either the ancient orator has lost his cunning, or the people have been educated, during his absence, beyond the limits of his art. Itisagood thing, however, that he bas returned, so that we can partwith nim again with less regret. There will be uo change of fmportance at the theatres this week. ¢ Brass ” will be continued at McVicker’s, “ The Two Orphans” at the Museum, and * The Black Crook ” at the Adel- phi. Mr. Bob Hart will appear nightly at Haver- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. 1y’s Theatre in “The Mutton Trial,” and * Quiet Lodgings,” and the week at Hooley's New Chicago Theatre will be made memorable by the reappearance of *¢ Littls Mac.” the favor- ite negro-comedian. The special sketch at the latter theatre will be * Charlic Ross, or Saved bi a Daisy,” in which Rice will assume the part of Charlie Ross. 3 Mrs. W. W. Felt, of St. Louis, gave & public reading in the First Methodist Church Tuesday night, and succeeded well with_her audience. Her selections were varied, but did not include the widest range. From Longfellow’s ‘‘King Robert of Sicily ™ to * Mother Goose for Grown Folk,” or “Miss Maloney on the Chinese Ques- tion,”” may seem along enough step, but it really is not for the public reader. Mrs. Felt must try her powers with dramatic selections of the highest order before she can hope to take rank with the professionals now before the country. At the same time she has a soft and melodious voice, an agreeable presence, and fine discriminative faculties. Her readin; of the “King Hobert” selection was marke with a high degree of intelligence. THE OUTER WORLD. AMERICAN GREEN-ROOM NOTES. Joaquin Miller has written a play for McKee Rankin. Mr. J. B. Runnion’s dramatization of * Mig- non” was played at the Providence (R.1.) Opera-House all last week by Maggie Mitchell, and was favorably received. Mrs. Pomeroy's debut will occur at the New York Lyceum Theatre to-morrow week, when she will play Juliet, with Matt Lingham as Romeo, and J. B. Roberts as Mercutio. Rose Eytinge while playing Camille at Virginia City the {ntst %ltme bmipn y({u%.rr:l with her Ar- mand. Both hero and heroine appealed to the audience for sympatby, and neither got it. Miss Amelia Harris, for some time connected with Mr. Ford’s company in Washington, and later with the Furbish Fifth Avenue Com- bination, died in New York City recently. Boucicault in * The Shaughraun® was the at- traction at the Boston Theatre last weck; Hen- rietta Chanfrau produced Tayleure’s * Parted " at the Globe, and the inevitable ¢ Divorce Case? was played at the Museum. ThePhiladelphia programmes last week were: Col. Sellers * at the Walnut; *Our Boys” at the Chestnut; “Pique " with Fanny Davenport at the Arch; “Two Orphans at the Muscum; “Around the Word in Eighty Days” at the Alhambra Palace. . The New York Tribune says: *“The Home of Forrest’s fancy, where szed ‘Keans should strut out their last brief bour, and youthful Keans come to prepare for their fnture work, and both together should applaud Forrest dead, bids fair fo be the most, fantastic, unreal deception which ever hie planned or acted in.” Few plays have been as variously adapted as “Le YProces Veauradieux,” now running in Paris. Itis acted in London as “The Great Divoree Case,” Sir Randall Roberts nscs it in Canada as ¢ The Brighton Scandal,” Mr. Daly as “ Life” at the Fifth Avenue, Mr. Wallack at his theatre as “ Forbidden Fruit,” Mr. Byroe prepared it for the Eagle Theatre in New York as * French Flats,” and at the Boston Musecum itis * Wanted a Divorce.” Jarrett & Palmer’s * Julius Cesar »* combina- tion—including Davenport, Bangs, and Warde —was traveling in Minnesots Jast week. Mrs. Bowers and the Aiken combination were at Cin- cinnati; John E. Owens and Ben De Bar at St. Louis; Lucille Western at Milwaukee; Alice Oates at the Brookuyn Theatre; Sothern in “Dundrears,” and Annis Montague, Kittic Blanchard, and others, in the burlesque * Evan- cline ™ at Ba{tiw‘x;el"fi él}ltnu:trilo\{;nn ot \\;[ash— ngton; Mageie Mitchell at Providence; A.ngt‘ioerson at Louisville. " " The Union Square Theatre in New York open- ed Monda; njlght for the regular season with a revival of “The Two Orphans.”” Mr. O'Neil as Pierre Frochard won o decided success, everybody agreeing that he had made the hit which was necessary to establish him in New York favor. Miss Girard as farianne was also much admired, and Miss Jewett, who supplant- ed Maude Harrison as Henriette, came in for her share of praise. Miss Claxton played Louise, and the other parts were as in Chicazo. Tues- day night Wallack’s Theatre opened with “For- bidden Fruit”’—Boucieault’s dramatization of “ The Great Divorce Case "—which was adjud.fi- ed eminently successful, although very indeli- cate. ‘Life”—Daly’s dramatization of the same play—continued at the Fifth Avenue Thea- tre; *‘Sardanapalus® at Booth's; ‘‘Baba” at Niblo’s; “Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the Opera- House, and “ Clouds " at the Park. FOREIGN NOTES. Charles Wyndham has organized a series of Dickens performances at the Crystal Palace, London. Mile. Sarah Bernhardt has made a decided im- pression at the Theatre Francais as Racine's Phedre. 8heis now conceded to be the legiti- mate successor of Rachet. The 'Fzgmnt of ‘Heury V.” obtained only a succes d'estime at the London Queen’s Theatre. Mr. Colman_assumed the pari of Heary V., played here by Mr. Rignold. Ouida’s “Strathmore,” as dramatized at the Court Theatre in London, was a failare. Bhe disclaimed all responsibility for the dramat- ization, and alleged that it was made without her knowlege or conscnt. Miss Marion Terry, who has been playing the leading female part inthe Jast London success— **Dan’l Druce”—is the third sister of a ccle- brated family. Her sister Katé married a city millionaire, and her sister Ellen has been play- ing Charles Reade’s “ Wandering Heir” in the provinees. The Paris Vaudeville bas inaugurated jts fall and winter season with a success of the most decided kind. The comedy of *“Fromont Jenne et Risler Aine,” by MM. ‘Daudet and Belot (a strange collaboration is that of the purest of modern French novelists with the most impure), and drawn from the novel of the same title, by the first-named author, hag achieved a veritable triumph, The season at the Paris Gymnase has com- menced with a new comedy, from the pen of M. Paul Ferrier, a poet with great command of versiflcation and considerable wit. His play, which is written fn verse, is called “Les Com- pensations,” and treats of the domestic philoso- phy which asserts that every evil is counterbal- unced by some good. Here the evil is the tem- Eer of arcbellious wife, who takes it into her cad to behave nropcrlg {or a whole week, just ‘when her husband, aided by a lawyer friend, has arranged all his plans to obtain a separation from heron the score of misconduct. Ferrier was the author of the successful * Les Filles de Castillon.” MUSIC. AT HOME. MR. LIEBLING'S CONCERT. Although the scason is rapidly advancing, thercisas yet but little of interest to record in our local musical world. The only event of this week will be the eomplimentary concert to Mr. Emil Liebling, the pianist, given for the purpose of welcoming him back irom his European studies. It will take place at Standard Hall, Thurs- day evening, Oct. 12, upon which occasion the following excellent programme will be per- formed: rA L Sonata, op. 31, No. 2. +...Beethoven r. Emil Lieblin 2. Tenor solo—*'‘Salve Dinora,™ T miv“’n’i.u € e a. Songs Withont Words, 1, 3 !’b. Octave-Etnde Ar. 4. Contralto solo—* Lord ... 000 Miss Ella A. la Etude, op. 10, No. 3. 5. q"Faun" .Gounod , Be Gracious 4. Prelude, D flat c. Valse, D flat {d. Nocturne. J&. Seherzo, € PART IL 6. Trio, D minor (for piauo, violin, and "cello). vovacns -endelssohn essrs. Liebling, Leiris, and Eichheim. 7. Daett—** Onward, Bonny Boat......Kuecken r. Aiss White and g 19 Soiree de Vienne. . Polonaise Heroign r. Lie IN MEMORIAM. At the first rebearsal of the Beethoven Socie- ty, held at its rooms Tuesday evening, Sept. 26, the following resolutions were adopted: ‘WaEneas, Since our last meeting Mr. Jirah D. Cole, Jr., one of our worthiest members, —worth- fest 45 a man as well as musician. —has been taken from this life: Resolved, That we deem it eminently proper that the indebtedness of the canse of music in this city to our late friend and co-worker should be recognized by us formally, as it hos always been known to nis muny friende, and that our feeling of that great loss be bere expressed. Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to trans- mit & copy of this resolution to his bercaved family. J. G.SHORTALL, Frep T. Roor, J. Mavnice Husnarp, Committee., Wilkie, > } Liezt MISCELLANT. ‘The first concert of the Beethoven Society will be given Dec. 14 at Plymouth Church, on which oceasion Verdi’s “Manzoni Requeim” will be | produced. The first reunion takes place Oct. 27, and the first of Mr. Wolfsohn’s piano re- citals Feb, 17. There will be cighteen of these recitals, closing June 16. It will bea pleasant announcement to our musical readers that the well known vocalist, Miss Jennie Busk, will give 2 matince at Me- Cormick’s Hall Oct. 21. ‘The Appollo Club have decided to offer prizes amounting to about $300 for the best original part songs for male voices. The details of the arrangement will be announced hereafter. ‘The fourth Turner Hall concert will be given this afternoon with the following programme: Weipgarten's “Odeon March;” overture to «Zampa;” second finale to “Lucia;? Riede’s “ Humoresque Potpourri;” Bilse’s " Victaria ‘Waltz;” D’Auria’s “Hail Caledonia, Recollec- tions of Scotland” (new); *Young America,” cornet solo, to be ;flaayed by Mr. Helms; oyer- ture to “Még—non-," . Bach's “Aaum—elle Pie- tures,” and Silverberg’s Express Galop.” Mr. Bischoff did not earn many laurels at the recent Festival Concerts in Philadelphia. The New York Herald says of the last concert: “We are compelled to say that the quartet from ““Rigoletto,” sung by Miss Beebe, Miss Drasdil, Mr. Bischoff, and Mr. Remmertz, was disgrace- ful to the four coloists. It was a butchery of one of the grandest morceauz known in opera. Miss Beebe had no idea of the requirements of her music; Miss Drasdil made an utter flasco in her part; Mr. Bischoff sang out of tune and time, and in one or two_phrases he mnearly wrecked the quartet; Mr. Remmertz sang his part as if it was a requiem.” The Philadelphia Press says of the same number: * The per- formance of the “Rigoletto’ quartet was one of the worst specimens of quartet singing ever heard on the Academy stlalgc; it was not simply bad,—~it was atrocious. The principal culprits were the tenor and contralto, Whose manner as well as singing was deserving of severe repre- liension. Artistes should not consider a miser- able failure on their part as a joke. Quite a number of hisses mingled with the senseless ap- plau;«: which greeted the termination of the number, ABROAD. AR. THOMAS' OPENING CONCERT. Mr. Thomas gave the first of nis series of New York concerts last Monday evening. The Trib- ung of that city says: ) Mr. Thomas inaugarated last night at Steinway ‘Hall what may properly be considered an experi- ment, In undertaking to give & seriesof concerts which should hold a position midway between the summer-nights' concerts of the old Central Park Garden and the Symrhony concerts, and it was in every way successful. He calls these popular con- certs, and this they certainly are. The music was thoroughly good, yet so light and easy of compre+ Tension as to be entirely within the understanding of the least learned of its hearers, The orchestra, which has been somewhat chanzed in point of per- sonmel, since we lnst heard it here, was in admira- ble condition, after the ten days’ of hard work which it has just gone thromgh with in Pniladelphia_at the Centennial Musical Fes- tival. It has rarely been heard to greater sdvantage than last night. . The eumec precision of attack, the same crispness and brill- jancy among the strings, the same glorious quali- ty of the brass which we have always been {amiliar with in this band, was there conspicuons, and they played with a firc and enthusinsm _which' were be- yond all praise. _The programme ftself was & re- narkable one, It included in the first part Beetho- ven's ‘*Consecration of the House’ overture: a recitative and aris, ‘‘Rolling in Foaming Bil- Jows, " from Haydn's **Creation, ™ by Mr. M. W. Whitney; two movements from Heinrich Hof- mann's ** Frithjof ” Symphony; Chopin’s *‘Kra- koviac;” 8 concert-rondo for piano and orchestra b{ Mme, Schiller, and Wagner's new Centennial March. The Beethoven overture was played with all the old-time excellence of this orchestrs. MMr. Whitney, whose pure style and admira- ble _voice 'are o familiar here, sang the Haydn acria superbly. The two move- ments from the Frithjof Sympliony were it companions for it. Mme, Madeline Schiller, in the Chopin piece, was admirable; her techinque very pure, her touch delicate and thoronghly sym- athetic, while very brilliant. The Centennial Rlarch was saperb. The second part contained equally good mnsic with the firet. Rubinstein's “Ballet Music and Wedding Procession,” from **Feramors,"” Mendelssohn's bright aria, **I'm a roamer,” from the *'Son and Stranger,” which &ecms to hojg 2 half-way position between some of the music “of **Don_Giovanni" and that of - **Martha, " sung Ly Whitney, St. Saen's ** Danse Macabre,” a Polonaise of Chopin, charmingly layed by Mme. Schiller, and Liszt's Rhapsodie No. 2. Nothing more need be #aid than that the second part was as well done a9 the firat. KELLOGG AGAIN IN THE FIELD. The Boston Advertiser of the 4th says: The Harvard Lyceum course of entertainments for the winter opened most brilliantly in Union Hall, Cambridgeport, last evening, and if as much can be cxpected of the remaining fourteen enter- tainments as that of last nizht realized, both the Lyccum managers and the public will have rcason for the hearticét congratulations at the success of the course. Last night's entertainment was a ind concert given by Miss Clara Louise Kellogg aud the Boston Philharmonic Club, and every seat in the hall was occupied, the andience being of a uniformly refined and intelligent character. 'The programme was a very choice one, Miss Kellogg appearing in three sclections, cach one receiving an encore, which was graclously granted. Her first selection was the aria, ** Ab, forse lui,” from *Traviata,” which gave & finc opportunity for the dieplay of the purity, flexibility, and brilliancy of her tonee. An encore was demanded with the greatest cothnelasm, and was responded to with o simple English song. Her sccond sclection was Gounod's gong, *‘Oh, that We Two Were Maying!™ which was, of course, most feclingly rendered. The waltz, **Che gioja, " by Mattie, aguin well tested the prima donna's skill, and culled forth even louder plaudits from her audience, which she acknowledged by returning and singing ** Annie Laurie.™ AUSICAL NOTES. The physicians have forbidden Mme. Patti to ‘visit Russia this winter. \ Pauline Lucca is farewelling through Ger- many. Her husband longs for a quiet life, etc., ana is to be accommodated. ‘Wagner purposes leaving Bayreuth to visit TItaly, and will, in the first instance, proceed to Bologna, where his * Rienzi ** is to be played. The death of Mrs. Alfred Shaw, the celebrated contralto, once known as Miss Portans, is an- nounced. She sang on the Covent Garden stage with Miss Adclalde Kemble (Mrs. Sarto- rius). Madame Adelina Patti has contributed, by her singing at concerts, to thelife-boat at Dieope, of which she is the godmother, and M. Lebey, of Paris, the godfather. It is said that the late George Sand has left among her posthumous works an opera libretto, entitled * La Mare au Diable,” and that Mume. Pauline Viardot-Garcia will set it to music. Mlile. Waldmann, the admirable-contralto, ap- plauded at the Salle Ventadour in the Amneris of **Aida,” was married in Italy on the 5th ult. to Count di Ferrara. The lady retires from the stage. ‘We have now the last act of the Bayrcuth fes- tivities. The King of Bavaria has created the tenor, Niemann, the baritone, Betz, and the conductor, Hans Richter, Knights of the Order of 8t.Michael; and Frau Materna has received the medal for art and science. Laterin the season Mr. Thomas intends to give a series of four concerts, at which he will produce a number of selections from the “Ring of the Nibelungs.” He has been working har at them this summer, and they will be given ‘with solos, full chorus, and orchestra. There are at present in Vienng, studying un- der Heinrich Proch, two young ladies from Car- thage, Mo., the Misses Colby and Frost, con- cerning whom come the most enthusiastic re- 0ssess voices of rare ports. They are said to bility, and to be most pover, sweetness, and fi devojed students. ‘The opera season which Mr. Carlberg has pro- jected will commence in Philadelphia Nov. §, with Wagner's “ Flying Dutchman.” The work will be given in New York Jan. 8, and Mr. A. Blum has been engaged for the part of the Dutchman. The company will travel until Feb- ruary through the principal cities. Celina Monteland, who sanz at the Grand Opera-House, New York, in Fisk's time, having increased so much 'in size that for some time she had toabandon the stage, employed a Paris physician, who' promised to reduce her to mod- erate plumpness. His system embraced daily shampooing, but she gained flesh under it fo- stead of getting slender, and refused to pay him. A lawsuit brings out the facts. A cable dispatch from London, Oct. 3, to the New York Herald says: **The first performance in English of any of Richard Wagner’s operas took place at the Lyceum Theatre to-night, on which occasion the “Fl!:yin" Dutchman ” was given by the Carl Rosa Engiish-Opera Company. t met with the most enthusiastic reception ever accorded to English opera in London. The translation is the work of Mr. John P. Jackson.” - The first of Mr. Thomas’ two weeks’ series of concerts took place at Steinway Hall last Sun- day evening. Mr. Whitney szng an air from “The Creation,” and an air from Mendelsshon’s “Son and Stranger;"” Mme. Madeleine Schiller played Chopin’s ** Krakoviak" rondo, and his polonaise in E flat, and a fine programme of or- chestral music, including excerpts from ‘‘ Fera- morz,” the *“Danse Macabre,”” and Wagner’s ** Centennial March was interpreted. The reception given to Mme. Christine Nilsson during her short stay at Christiania was quite as enthusiastic as at Stockholm. The other evening a crowd of some 10,000 people assem- bled infront of her hotel, and a choir of stu- dents serenaded her, when suddenly Mme. Nilsson stepped out on the balcony, and, after thanking the students, sang an old Norwegian 34 ballad, her voice in the quiet evening being beard all over the square. The crowd became 50 enthusiastic that several ladies were crushed, and were carricd away fainting. Mme. Nilsson is at present at Gothenburg, whence she pro- ceeds to fiive two concerts at Copenhbagen, pre- vious to her great Continental tour. According to_the Vienna Neue Freie Press, Herr Hans von Bulow, after having been robbed by a wicked secretary in America ot all he pos- sessed, is now in a private lunatic asylum near London. The Berlin Ecko, on the other hand, asserts that the Herr is_at present residing at Godesberg, a charming place on the Rhine; that he is in the enjoyment of perfect health, mental and bodily; and that he has invested his trans- atlantic savings, 100,000 marks, very advan- tageously and safely. Who shall decide when journals disagree? A Cincinnati dispatch says: “The Musical Festival Association, under whose auspices the great festivais of 1573 and 1875 were conducted, has resolved to hold the next festival in May, 1873, at which time the great music hall given to thecity by Reuben Springerand other citi- zens will be dedicated. Among the works so far agopted are Lizt’s ‘‘Missa Solennis,” some- times known as the grand mass, and Handel’s 4 Qratorio of the Messiah.” The societics taking part in thelfestival chorus will begin practice during the present month, A musical festival is being organized at Vise, atownin Belginm. The Managing Committee ‘have issued a circular, in which they say: *‘ We hope that the exceptionally picturesque situa- tion of our little town, and its European repu- tation for the excellent preparation of geese, will induce a large number. of vocal societies, who have not as™ yet notifled their intention of being present, to “accept the invitation we have sent” them.” ~ Geese and music! Well, the mecse once saved the Capitol. Who kuows what they may do for the Vise festival? The London Atnencum of the 2Sth ult, says: “We regret to learn ' that Ernst Lubeck, the famed pianist, is no more. He was_of Dutch origin. the son of a Uapellmeister. He was first heard in London, in 1860, at the Musical Union, and, for the last time, in 1869. He made pro- fessional tours in America, Germany, France, ete. He established a planoforte school at the Salon Erard, in Paris. He composed several works, and had jnst finished a concerto, when his brain beeame affected, and for the last few years he was the inmate of an asylum.” Bayard Taylor has seen his first opera bouffe and says: ‘““Iwent to this theatre the other evening to see an opera bouffe for the first time. It was Offenbach’s ¢ Perichole,” given by the Aimee Troupe. The plece certainly gives as much lively nonsense as any one can demand; it is *“John Pheenix " in musie. Twas surpris- ced to find s0 much keen, delicate satire of court etiquette in it; this, no doubt, greatly contrib- uted to its success in Paris. Barring some un- necessary coarse allusions, it is not particularly offensive; but it was neither well acted nor well sung. There is a strong perfume of the eafe chantant about many of the performers, and the faces are made almost hideous by the smear and glare of paint. But it is impossible not to Isugh from beginning to end.” How natural this, from the New York corre- spondence of the Boston Saturday Evening Ga- zette: Mt. Max 3Maretzek leads the orchestrs, and it scemed quite like old times tosee his rubicund vis- ece coming up through the door under the stage. Terhaps Mr. Maretzek's presence accounts for the bevy of old Italian opera chorus-singers seen dur- ing certain acts. I don't know what Mr. Strakosch is going to do when his season opens mext week, forall the old stand-bys arc smging at Niblo's. There is the first woman with her biz red arms, and the thin woman with a juunty cap on the siae of her head, and that yellow-haired German woman with a voice like a calliope. I shall mever forget one day standing in the wings of the Academy of Music, thinking of the passionate scene being en- acted ‘before me, when this creature opened her ‘mouth and gave forth such a sound right at my ear as I never heard before, and never want to hear again. 1 came very near jmnping out upon the middle of the stage.” Since that day I have always avoided standing near that woman. —_———— HUMOR. A Star in the MilkyWay—A fashionable dairy- man. A Cincinnati fiend advertises for men with fever and ague to shake carpets. The man who can strike at the same fly on his nose nine times without swearing is indeed a philosopher. Mosquitoes still prevail, but it is noticed that they hum only revival airs, and never buzz back ‘when they are strack at, now. “Sickness kad impaired his health,” said a Wisconsin editor, which led a rival to remark: “Yes; it often has that cffect.” Lady (to waiter)—* Don’t Fut that ice into the goblet with your fingers.”” Waiter—*¢ Lor, mn’xxm,,_ I don’t mind; my hands are very warm. “ A friend of ours,” says the editor of a con- temporary, “is growing weaker and weaker every day. He has got so weak now that he can’t raise $5.” A little girl was asked the meaning of * haj py.” Shegave a pretty answer, saying: “Itis to fecl as if you wanted to give up all your things to your sister.” An cditor says: *“ We have received a basket of fine grapes from our friend —, for which he wiH please accept our compliments, some of which are nearly an inch in diameter.” Tyo Sersomi were waiting in the railroad sta- tion. One asked the other, ** What time is it?"” She looked at the clock, and replied, “ It's ten minutes to wait.”” But it was only twenty min- utes past 7. In 2 police court two young men accused of stealing pie from a baker’s shop Pluded that they were hung-rj‘. *Why didn’t you steal bread, then?” the Judge asked, and the senten- tiousreply was, * Liked vie better.” Crowd at the siation waiting for a late train; affable young manaccosts gruff old gentlema 4 §ir, I'think I have had the pleasure of meet- ing you before. Your face looks familiar.” Old Gent: “Does, en? So’ll yours forc you're’s old’s I am.” The Texas whisky is considered a sovereign remedy for all kinds of snake-bites. And when 2 man in that State fell off a house the other day, breaking four ribs and raising & lump on his head as large as a mock-orange, he insisted for two hours "after recovering consciousness that he had been bitten by a rattlesnake. Advertisement from a Black Hills newspaper: 1t having been quite generally given out that Capt. Ben had departed from this vale of tears, an opportunity is here offered to view his re- mains and witness the urbane corpse deal out tea, flour, shoulders, bacon, hams, cofee, shelf- 0ods, and a complete wholesale stock of the finest liquors and cigars ever brought into the Hills.” “ Gimme something to cure a boil,” exclaimed acitizen as he dashed into one of the drug- stores yesterday. ‘*Ah, 50 you've got one of the things now, have you#’ smiled the clerk. “Yes, sir, and it’s i‘n‘ in the ‘right place.”” «Just in the right place?” repeated the clerk; “why, why, where is that?’ “On my hired man,” came the sweet reply, and the clerk saw the point.— Fulton Times. A husband baving arrayed himself elaborataly with gaiters, gamebag, and gun, accompainied by his faithful dog, goes forth to hunt, but shoots nothing, Impossible to return empty- handed to the House, he stops at the market and buys a hare, which he presents to his wife. The hare was terribly high—not alone in price. ‘*Ah!” said the wife, with a sniff; ‘80 you killed it! You were right. It was high time.,”— French paper. An honest citizen is stopped on his way home one dark night by a_footpad, but, drawing his revolver, lays the robber dead at his fect. Hels about to move away, when a thought strikes him, and returning to the corpse he examines its pockets, In them he finds four zold watches, a roll of bills, and some small change. Stowine them in his ggckets, the honest citizen goes his way, remarking: “Not so bad, after all.— Paris Figaro. i One nicht last week a citizen out on the West Hill started down-town, and on his way he met the Democratic procession. Thinking that it ywas a lost boy, he reprimanded it severely, and was zoing to lead it home, when a Chairman of one of the numerous Committees, wno was hunting for the procession with a lantern, in- formed the citizen of his error, and rescued the demonstration from untimely incarceration.— Burlington Hawkeye. A poor devil afficted with a complicated and painful disorder is to be treated by a famous surgeon. The operation is delicat¢ and diffi- cult, and the operator is listened to with breath- less attention by an immense audience of stu- dents and friends, and while probing the wounds he parrates his theory and treatment. The pa- tient sighs, moans, howls. ‘Confound you!” cries the surgeon, “*will you hold your tongue? How on carth do you suppose any one can hear me ¥ *'—New York Worl Eddie, a chap of 3% years, was sent to the corner store to get two wicks, but he got into the store minus a knowledgeof what his mother wanted. The kind keeper, to help out thelittle fellow, who began to cr¥, began numbering sev- eral articles, and at last mentioned the herb thyme. “That's it! " exclaimed he, “something about time. I fink she told me to by a fort- night! " “Why, my little man, afortnight is two weeks.’! “That's it!™ ejaculated the - little messenger, in high %lee, “mamma told me to g& two wicks—two p wicks.”’—Albany Jour- n .children of his wives. GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. Interesting Information About the Turkish Harem. The Fortunes of Two American Ladies in Europe. A Woman Who Wanted fo Registers Why a Marriage Was Pat-0ff. A PROVENCAL SONG. TUnder the hawthorns of an orchard lawn She Iaid her head her lover's breast upon, Silent until the guard should cry the dawn. Ah God! Ah God! Why comes the day so soon? 1 would the night might never have passed by ! So wouldst thou not have left me, at the cry Of yonder sentry to_the whitening sky. Ah'God! Ab God! Why comes the day £o soon? One kise more, sweethcart, ere the melodie: Of early birds from all the fields rise! N One more, withont a thought of jealouns eyes! Ah God! Ah God! Why comes the day so soon? And yet one more under the garden wall, For now the birds begin their festival, And the dai wakens at the sentry's call. Ah God! Ab God! Why comes the day so soon? 'Tis o'er! He's gone. Ohmine i Jife and death! But the sweet breeze that backward wandereth, T quaff it, as it were my dariing's breath. AR God! Ah God! Why comes the day 80 500n? Fair was the lady, and her fame was wide, And many knights for her dear favor ighed; But leal the heart out of whose depth she cried, Ah God! Ah God! Why comes the day 80 soon? —Harriel W. Preston in the Atlantic. THE TURKISH HAREM. The harem comprised some 200 women, dis- tributed among threc households under three wives, five or six slave mothers having apart- ments in the housesof oneor otherof the wives, and being virtually under their super- vision. The rest of the women were in various grades of servitude, if we except five or six old ladies, dependents, who did duty as duennas. There are distinct grades even among slaves. Those belonging to the Pasha have the pre-em- inence; next come those of the first, second, and third wives; those attached to/the persons of the children, according to the gges of the lat- ter; those of the slave mothersyAnd then slaves of slaves. These last are usually colored women, —Abyssinians, Nublans,—2and we even had one Hottentot. “The head slaves in any special de- partment are called calphas. They always re- ceive a large share of respect and trust; and aftera certain number of years of servitude some suitable husband is found for them,a house, slaves, and monthly allowance being provided. Itthus becomes the interest of the calphas to please their master or mistress, with aview to especial favor in the matter of an ulti- mate provision. This sometimes leads to injus- tice on the part of the calphas toward the slaves ‘whom they have to train ?nd oyerlook, as they Tiave frequent temptations tothrowthe blame of their own shortcomings on th youuger girls. I saw many instances of this. The mistress is careful to observe a certain consideration toward the calphas and toward the slaves of others. Thus, she would carefully abstain from asking of the hassnajee (tire-woman) a duty be- longing to the chiboucqujee (p}pe«bearer). Nor would she 25k for her slippers from the slave of a visitor staying in her house. In the sameway the daughter would not expect services as 2 right from the slaves of her father and mother, although she might ask them as a favor if none of her own attendants were within sight. I have known the Khannm Effendi unwilling to trouble her dmxghter’u slaves for a cup of water, although thirsty and it was hot, summer weather. It will thus be seen that thereisa certain amount of etiquette in the harem, and I soon found that in the matter of decorum the observunces were very strict. The Pasha could mnot walk across” his own harem without the attend: of a ecunuch (2 hulking African, full of his own importance in his capacity of guard to the sanc- tity of the women) gru:erlin;: his master as Ais ‘master for the time being, uP'ylng out at each step, Dosstur! desstur! Pasha Effendi ghel- jor!” (Keep to customs! The Pasha is mming3 At which those women who were not the actu: property of the Pasha, being bought with his moncy and fed with his bread,—all the staves of his wives or daughters, or those of the slave mothers or of visitors,—would run_and hide themselves behind curtains, or in wardrobes, or in side rooms; but you would see them peeping out with wondering faces as the household god passed alung—perhaps to visit the apartment of one of his sick children. Strictly speaking, the harem is that part of thehousegivenuptotheun- disturbed occupancy of the women. If oneof the Pasha’s own twenty or thirty slaves chanced tobein any of the apartments he haa to cross in thus traversing the harem, her duty would be to stand still with folded hands till he was out of sight, as it would be considered bad man- ners on her part to continue in his presence any uecu[inflon in which she was engaged, though her lord and master would generally walk straight on, without so much as honoring her with~ & nod. The Pasha actually owns but one room twithin the harem, and this he enters by a door communicating with the salanmlik,ormen’s apartments. None but his own slaves have the privilege of waiting on him here; no others aj proach even the corridor leading to it. Accord- ing to Turkish law, the childrenofslave mothers are legitimate, and on the father’s death have a proportionate share in his fortune with the The slave mothers occupy in the harem a recognized and re- spected position, which is, however, always subordinate to that of the wives, in whose presence they stand with folded hands. The rank of aslave mother depends on the sex of her child. Her title is Oommool Bey (mother of 2 boy), or Oommool Khanum (mother of a daugh- ter). Inthe case of the Imperial household, as the Sultan is of too exalted a rank ever to con- descend to the ceremony of ‘the wnikiah, or the. giving of marriaze-pledges, he has no wives, but his chief favorites are called kaden (lndy), and take precedence as first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh lady It is a great mistake to suppose a sultana to be the wife of a Sultan; such a person does not cxist. Sultana is a title belonging to an Imperial Princess in right of herbirth. - The mothers of the Sultan’s children are thus virtually el slave mothers. Vai- ide Soultan is' the distinctive title used in aking of the mother of the Padisnah, or the ultan, but it applies also to the mothers of the Sultanas. There are in reality four words— valide, oommaool, ning, ana—expressing * moth- er,” and the shades of difference in” meaning sbow how decidedly a Turkish woman’s grade in society is derived from her motherhood.” dna is applied_even to unimals, but rina is the ordi- nary appellation, and used by a child to its own parent. Great veneration is shown the Sood- 4Vina (milk-mother) or foster-mother. Buyuk Khanum Nina (great lady mother), Ortanji Khanum Nina (midale lady mother), Kitchuck Khanum Nina (little lady mother), are the re- spectful titles eiven by a child in speaking of its fother's_first, secoud, or third wife, znd Khanum Nina (lady mother) usually when addressing the mother directly. The wives of a Pasha, as I said, have sep- arate suites of apartments, or live in houses communicating with each other, and exchange ceremonious visits perhaps two or three tiines a week, when they recline on the same divan, call cach other kadesch (sister), and between the ‘whiffs of their chibouques retail the incidents of the visits they have paid and received. On rare oceasions the whole family meet, and _more than once I was present at such a :family re- union. It was one of the most curious scencs T have ever witnessed. There was adioner given, the ceremony about which consisted in the waiting being performed by the slaves of the highest rank—in fact, by the slave mothers, who stdod behind the chalrs of the Pasha, bis wiyes and children, both sons and daughters. We were not scated on tne low circular divan in ordinary Turkish_ fashion, but at a long table furnished alla franca (the Tarkish expression for European customs). Silver knives anu forks were to be used by ail the guests, by the Pasha’s express wish. He was_evidently preparing a little fun for the whole party, as the duennas, being accustomed to eat only with their fingers, could not mansge the knife and fork. One old lady bungled through the courses holding the knife in her left hand and the fork in her right: another abandoned it altogether, amnid much merrimeat. There was every luxury of silver, glass, and European appliances, and our rather large 'p:my almost filled the pretty dining-room, the furni- ture of which was of carved oak, huge cup- boards also of carved oak nearly covering the walls,so that one might almost have fancied him- self in some English country-house in the time of the Commonwealth, instead of inamere wooden kiosk at Tchamlidia, a village abovc Scutari.—~Cornhill Magazine. TWO AMERICAN WOMEN. “Jennie June” writes from New York to the Baltimore American : e “ A short time ago, several gentlemen, among them Commissioner Van Nort, Hugh Hastings, and Mr. John Hoey, of Adams Exprese, husband of the formerly well-known leading lady of ‘Wallack’s Theatre, met round a dinner-table on board & North River boat and beguiled the hours telling stories. B This was Hugh Hasting’s story: ‘When I wasin Paris some years ago I was persuaded one evening by some fellows, who doubtless thought it & joke, to go to the Jardine Mabille. Of course I was totelly ignorant of the sort of place it was; and was therefore not 2 little sur- prised at the frec and casy mannners that pre- vailed there. I kepton my hat, partly because that sesmed to be the general custom, partly be- cause I was determined to effect my escape as soon as possible, and was still more astonished when & gay and festive damsel came pirouetting down upon me, kicked off my hat with the toe of her slipper, and said, * How do, Hugh; how do, Mr. Hastings?” At firstI naturally thought the “boys” had inveigled me there, ~and then betrayed me; but a second glance dns?_)vered something peculiar, and when sbe said, * Why, Mr. Hastings, do you not Lknow me? ’l,m'iw you when you were an_editor in Albany,’ e Thought flashed npon me that X had known her as a young, pretty, and innocent girl; a tavorite of thie young fellows on account ofher lightness and eracein the dance, and the respected daugh- ter then of poor but very honest and respecta- . ked me to goand see her, S carin SE: ai-n‘;xv how gt:;ne had drift- and curious 14 i d_determined, if ed into such a iife, an Ie e e ossible, to get her out of it Boa macriod, ahe told. me, attor Ihad left Al- bany, 2 man who treated her so cruelly that she finally ran away from him with another person, who ook her to Paris, and when he was tired of her deserted her. She had visited the Jardine Mabille with this man, and her dancing had at- tracted the attention of the proprietor, Who complimented her upon it. Alone, penniless, in & foreign land, it struck her she might turn this one gift to account. She apolied for a position a5 paid doncer and obtained "it, and hnd‘been there ever since, doubtless turning an ‘‘hon- est ”? penny in other ways, for she lives td0 Jux- uriously for the mere salary of a paid dancer to suffice. “ Do your parenis know anything of vour career, or your whereabouts,” I asked. “No,” she replied, “and 1 should die with shame to have them know it. I begof you to keep my secret and not betray me.” I assured her they should learn nothing _disad- vantageous to her from me, but I begged and implored her, with tears and rayers, to return home, relieve the anxiety of Eer ‘parents and lead a virtuous life. She would not promise, and I left her, mentioning to no one the secret of her past history. A year after- wards' I was in Albany walkinj own State street, when who should I meet but this verg girl, very modestly and lguleuy dressed, an walking~ sedately with a friend.” She accosted me at once and drew me aside: *‘Yousee Iam at home,” she said. I expressed the pleasure it afforded me to witness the fact, and asked her if she was contented and intended to remain. She replled, with s sigh, that she didn’t know,” that now she had seen her folks, and the novelty was over, it was horribly ‘slow and humdrum,”’ and he concluded, though he did not know it certainly, yet he considered it en- tirely probable, that she bad returned to her old haunts, and was engaged in kicking off the Dats of other American visitors at the Jardine Mabille. -+Life has strange vicissitudes,” remarked Mr. Hoey. ‘Weall know the little Massachu- setts singer who is now the wife of the uncle of the King of Portugal, and your story reminds me of an_incident which befel me at Baden Baden. While there I could not help remarking a very handsome and distinguished-looking woman, covered with dismonds, who, rather to my embarrassment, from the first moment that 1 saw her, singled me out as the object of &e— culiar and especial regard. I shall say nothi 5 about how it might have affected me if I ha not becn a married man, but I am a married man, the fatber of a family, and my wife and family were along with me. Iwas not, there- fore, inclined to begin or pursue any romantic adventure. At last ooe day I met the lady face to face when I was alone, and she then asked me with some hesitation and'embarrassment if I was not John Hoev from New York. Ianswered in the aflirmative, -and she then recalled to my memory a certain dancing academy which I 'had attended in my youth, and a sewing-girl, poor, but pretty and intelligent, who had for & time frequented the same place, but, owing to her plain dress and reserve of manner, received little attention. I had often singled her out for a P:\rtner on this account, and had once or twice ‘treated’ her to jce-cream, and ouce invited her to go to the Olympic. Her gratitude for these little civili- ties, which I had quite forgotten, was un- bounded. These were the only bright spots in her life, she assured we, and she had never for- gotten the person to whom she owed them, all the more beceuse she knew that he was utterly unconscious of having done anything to excite hergratitude. She invited me to breakfast at her house, which was a magnificent villa in the en- virons, but this I declined. I promised to call, liowever, at her urgent request, and afterwrsds did so. 1 found thic establishment and retinue of a Princess, and was introduced to three love- ly children. She told me some part of the story of her life, and it had more_ of romance than anovel. She had been thegfavorite of a King, and during that period accumulated wealth enough to buy anobleman for a husband and insure & fortune for the future. Her name,’ concluded Mr. Hoey, *is so well known in dis- tinguished circles if I should mention it you would recognize her at once, yet she was a poor sewing prirl once in the City of New York; has been the mistress of 2 King, and is now the courted wife of the representative of an ancient line, and 2 string of names as long 3s from this to Albany.” —— SHE WANTED TO REGISTER. Yesterday foremoon a deteemined looking woman, accompanied by a small-sized husband, who had a retiring air, called at the First Pre- cinet in the Fifth Ward, and the wife demanded to be registered, while the husband remained outside and whistled a Jonesome tune. “In the name of 12,000.000 down-trodden women I demand to be registered,” said the women. “In the name of the law { reply that I can’t do it,” replied one of the Board- “You must!” «T cqnt.” *‘You shall.” “I won't.” “Then, sir, 12,000,000 down-trodden and long- waiting females of America shall hiss your name to scorn and contempt forever more ! “It makes me feel bad, but I can’t help it,” reglle(’l the member. 'he woman glared at him for a minute, favor- ed him with a double-jointed scowl, and then walked out. Her husband opened the door af- ter she had closed it with a bang, and witha voice of deep humility remarked: “ L didn’t want to come along, but was forced to. Don’t think hard of me, gentlemen !""—De- troit Free Press. IAD TO PUT IT OFF. “ Married next week, 1 hear, ch?’ remarked a friend, slapping a good young man of Bur- lington in a congratalatory way on the shoulder. ¢ Rich girl up {from Davenport, I hear?” ¢« Well, no,” said the young man, stifling a little sigh, * things was all arranged, but I've kind ’o haa to put the wedding off a little while, like it might be.” * What’s wrong?” asked the friend in sympathetic tones. ¢ Old folks down on the match?? ¢ Well, not exactly; ye seé she has no Gpnren!s, and she’s her own boss, like, but—" ¢ Girl didn’t throw vom, did she? Didn’t go hack on you?” « Well,” said the young man, hesitatingly, * n—no, not exactly. ~Ye sce two of her husbands kind of happened to find her and come in on her together, sort of unexpected like, and I've just sort of thought we'd kind of put it of, like it might be.”” And thesubject of conversation was delicately changed, like.~ Burlington Hawkeye. FEMININE ITEMS. - The question on the tapis just now is, whether 2 lawyer’s wife should be named Sne, or You- fee-me, ah! Woman reaches the highest sphere of life by degrees. Chewing a toothpick appears to be one of the stuges.—Danbury News. A Frenchman says that the more women think and ponder, the more they don’t know. His wife probably eloped with his gardener.—Detroit Free tress. Most of us think too much of ourselves to jump overboard for the purpose of rescuing & woman who has bustle enos Topmu who s ugh to float ashore. The Rochester Ezpress thinks nbthin sic "r;(;‘r’v. lfimuu}flql thx:;u the spec(ncleg ov:o]\sl: 3 alker cnasing a billy goat. be a nanny-mated sight. STy itwould “She’s going to faint—eatch her!” will dissi- E:t:cw na ;:r:m sof gxcr;, s quickly as anything vs'ie s she_ha, Dretiy.—New Tork Digaien "© U Young and “0h, T've loved before!” said woman to ber fourth husband, as sl:e It’oesrl:fl: handful of hair from his heed’ because he ob- Jected to hang out the week’s washing. Mixed Company.—Scene—The ball-r fashivnable sca-side hotel.—Lady God?::‘ Hoiél: jinks (“fi ker partner, duri a pause in the Yalse)—“A—I can’t help thinl king I've met you before!™ The partner—* Yes, my lady, many’s the pair ¢f white satin shoes 've ’ad £ the pleas- | ure of fittin’ on yourladyship at our ’onse fn the | 5 Burlington Arcade! And . to a fascinating whisper)—* Tl;}g;;g sg'ys :mm more hexquisite foot than yours, my lad 1 never yet 'eld in my ’and!"—Punch, I It disembodied spirits take any inte; e affairs of the world, probably nn{hlng l;ezsz: :nu:he the emancipated soul of 2 hen-pecked husbn:g more true joy than to hear that some bench of astute Judges have set aside his will. Gen. Newton’s little daughter, old, touclied off the dynamits 1o the ot Gate. Z'f;‘?fi%rozénlfimh‘ms’h ;\{:mon blows up things when she is only 3 will she do when she fsa molhyer-l{:?;vsrgm’wm A young gentleman who moves society of San Antonio said the other i;:gienu to a young lady, “The foliage is much moreex. ubérant " this year than usmal’" “ Yegs sy answered, thoughtfully, “all imported fmn: is cheaper than they used to was.” New Orleans Bulletin : He now thinks it safe to leave blotting pape oy His wife found th:%g apfill;c:l;onnd e o senS SR -8evolg fo xob dnes mw‘; et A Dayton man who received an fi £rom friends in Philadelphia. 1o come or- 1oy visit the Centennial, wrotc back: *You an very kind, but since I married and becoma {amilliar with the mysteries of 2 woman’s ward. gg‘e"vanety shows have lost their charms for 1 sympnthise sincerely with yor % gai a French lady to a r:cel’;lly wymgfifififl:fl {“To lose such a husband as yours '’— ¢ Ah,yes, he was very good. And then, you see, such a misfortune {8 always great, for one who knows what kind of a husband one has o :3:111 v'v’hae kind of a mau one will fl;tfibu?tssne‘cme:‘; Two rag-pickers are groping in the same ter, and simuluncausg strike ucmmn-m?;i most fearful appearance. * My esteemed col- league,” 8358 Onc, who had evidently seen bet. terdays, ‘“might I trouble you to yield that bandkerchlef to me?” *Might I ask my hon~ orable friend why?”’ responded the other, with equal politeness. ‘“Because, sir, my danghter is soon to be married, and I am desirus of” far- nishing her with a trousseau suitable to hersta. tion."’—Paris Paper. e SOCIETY NOTES. Soclety’s social scason of 1876 promises to ba one of marked events and gayetv. With the awaking of business after such a long apathy every avenue is open to an enjoyable fall and winter. All dre interested in knowing the es- sentials to the full equipment of their homes and persons. The representative of the THE TRIBUNE Was shown through the elegant establishment of N. Matson & Co., corner of State and Monroe streets, and will here mention some of the numerous works of art examined. The exauis- ite bronze bust of Medes, on a marble base, with revolving head and fine bronze sides, illus- trative of scemes in which she took part, is a chef d’cuvre alone worthy a visit. The admirable new designs in froit- dishes and trays, the bronze fizures with superfine terra-cotta finish, solid silver porte- monnaies and card-holders, and an article of especial merit is the clock set of *Clock and. two Candelabras” in brass with bronze finish, thos rendering them untarnighable; also, they have just received and opened the finest assort- ment of marble and bronze clocks ever exhib- ited In Chicago, which are especially worthy the inspection of all. he elezant display of fine jewelry, from jet to diamonas, solid silver; and plated ware, in endless vanety, is unequaled by any house in the country. An examination will well repay the most fastidious. Bishop & Barnes, corner of State and Monroe streets, exhibited to THE TRIBUNE representa- tivé something entirely new and elegant in seal sacques. They are carrying a much larger and more varied stock this year tlian heretofore to snY{ly the increased démands of their patrons. All kinds of trimming and fur repairing done by them never fails to %lve ‘perfect satisfaction. Our rociety people will be pleased to learn that Beardsley & Newton, of the Tremont - livéry, have arranged to receive orders from all arts of the city by telegraph at their expense. 'hey furnish carriages with or without liveried drivers. The eqnigmenu of this éstablishment are the finest in the city, and, what is of much importance. they have just made a notable re duction in their scale of prices. By the ladies of Chicagzo and the West it has long been understood tnat to be dressed in the - latest styles and fashion it is needless to either send East or to Paris, for they have in their midst & modist whosc rcputation for taste, res finement, and excellency of execution in all matters intrusted to him is second to none in the universe. Ghormley, the prince of modists, has bvt\ lately returned from the East, and, after study- ing all the latest innovations there and receiving * direct information from his Parisian represent- ative, he has facilities unequaled by any artist in the country for the fulfillment of every trust. Ghormley’s reputation for hiding all physical defects and enhancing the personal charmsis proverbial. He caretully studies the require ments of each of his customers, thus blending faultless and harmonious effect. The ladies of Chicago have lo;.i been noted for their elegant attire, \nd no wedding or socisl cathering is” complete without the artistic toi- lettes and trousseaux furnished by le au fait art- ist, Ghormley, of 821 Wabash avenue. < The acknowledged superiority of. the leading's. millinery establishment of our city, that of E. ™ J. Hopson & Co., 64 Wasningtop street, has won for it an enviable and wide-spread renown. A visit dispels any illusions of the extravagance this remark might fmply, for * Quaud on voit 1a chose on croit,” and a single glance satisfles the beholder. The interior of this ele- gant resort is filled to repletion with all the choice novelties and essentials aj g to this feature of ladies’ attire. To be well booted is proverbially one of the main things requisite for an elegantly-attired lady, whether at home, upon the street, or at social gatherings. The premium boot-maker, Peter Keller,at 75 Dearborn street, has well carned his enviable reputation as the maker of fine shoes, boots, and slippers for Is- dies’ wear. He furnishes a perfect “fity and makes to order anything desired, from a heavy walking-bout fine satin or silk shoe. He makes a specialty of matching any desired color of toileste, and in style and finish he has no fear of suu eompetition. Any lady intrusting her orders with Keller can be sure of their fulfillment. The pleasures and enjoyments with which the np})rum:blng season is attendant are very agree- ably recalled to our memory, and the happily-spent hours again’ anticipated in the Tuture, as the various populaf resorts patronized by the peoplc of society— academies of dancing—present.a scene of actit- ity and_busy &:uparaclon. ‘Where opportunity was offered, improvements and re-embellish- ments appear, but the clements of individual beauty and attractiveness that char- acterize each would require a1 extended space for descripion, an without forgetting others, note the im items of intcrest instituted at Prof. Martioe's South Side Academy, at 1010 Indiana avenue, zem of beauty and’ perfection—an artistic dec- oration of the favorite West Side hall on Ada strect. A new apploant for ‘public favor at 131 Ellis avenue, which, in conjunction _with the successfully- managed North Division bijou, also mnewly dressed in neat fresco, offers an ensemble of it comparable features mnsi usulegy any in the world. The cminent mé"s‘sm popularit obtained in past successful years, and indu by the complement of excellence, iberality n management, and approved system adopted seems destined to attain even higher npos during the scason at Hand. 5 = Noticeable, elegant, and attractive is that ever~ popular resort for gentlemen of taste and fashion. The establishment of Messrs. Brown& Prior, their known “savoir faire” in judicious selections and the distinguishing elegance of all their goods render them de- §ervad!f popular. Gents' furnishing goods in all degrees of refined excellence, including every desirable novelty and recent introduction are always displayed with thelr re- markadle taste. Their establishment, corner Wabash avenue and ‘Monroc street, is ever comme il faut in all its appointments minute details, and they are pre-cminently the leading house in the Northwest. There 18 mentionable this season some recent importa- tions of elegant noselties in scaris, gloves, ot derwear, ct. It would be an impossibility to enumerate a limited portion of the attractive characteristics of this admirable resort. n Without the important perquisite of modis! apparel, no gentleman is adinissable to society gatherings or the fashionabte world. To be artisticaily dressed at reasonable prices is what + all are interested in. The representative of_this paper found at the elegant parlors of C. E. Hyde & Co., corner Clark and Monroe streets, a selection of ms- terials unequaled, and at prices that nonecan complain of. Mr. Hyde has long enjoyed the reputation of supplying a large majority of the society gentlemen of this and adjoining cities. One of the handsomest and most applicabls improvements in household adornments 15 the adjustable plant-stand manutactured and for sale at %Cillnrk street. This is the stand which received such favorable comment at the Exposk tion, and which cannot but meet with a r | salein the city and suburb~