Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 5, 1876, Page 13

AMUSEMENTS. First Week of Opera--The Plot of Semiramide.” Miss Kellogg’s Troupe on Their ‘Way to This City. focal Miscellany—Operatic Gossip at Home and -Abroad, A Change in the Manage- ment of the Adelphi. Green-Room Notes from New York, London, and Pari MUSIC. i AT HOME. s THE OPERA. Ahe first week of the opera season is over, and it has given us five old Itaijan opersatic griends, “Norma™ twice, ‘*‘Trovatore,” uFgust,” “ Martha,” and *‘ Lucia.” Financially, the sesson has been sufficiently successful to delight any manager who was not a cormorant, as the house has been well filled at each per- formance. The manager, however, should not set this down to the account of the troupe, but yather to the popularity of'the operas, which people Will hear even if they are done indiffer- ently, and to the fact that he has pitched his tent in Chicago before any onc else. The first comer in this city always skims;the milk, 85 Mille. Aimee found last season, and Miss Eel- Joga season. before last. Musically, however, the season thus far has been below the average, aresult Jargely owing to the wretched chorus and indifferent orchestra, for with a good cho- rus and orchestra the eumsemble might have been made more pertcct and enjogable, even with the unusual number of novices in the troupe. The organization of the troupe is large enough numerically, but it is of such a peculiar character that no opera can ever be caststrongly withit, It is somewhat of an anomaly to ind a. troupe without an alto in it, and scarcely a true soprano, and not & single bass voice. There are plenty of mezzo-sopranos, and one voice (De Gebele's) with some strong low notes and worn- out uppers. Hall, Gottschalk, and Barili, are sl barhones, and each one of them has been doomed to try to sing bass parts,—-Barili in the part of Ferrando, Hall as Oroveso, and Gott- schalk as Mephisto. In temors, however, the troupe isvery fortunate. It has Sig. Palmieri, a good, slthough somewhat wor, dramatic tenor; Brignoli, who is singing Detter than usual, because with more vigor and force; und Karl, who can hardly be excelled as a dight tenor. As a whole, the performances of the week bave ‘been very uneven, but there have been some 0. ly good features nevertheless. We only need 1o specify them in gemeral, asthe regular dadly notices Imve given themn in detail. Mme. Palmieri is to Dbe credited with three really powerful and artistic personations of Norria, Leonora, and Lucia, and Brignoli with three of his best representations—AXfaxrico, Fdgardo, srd Lionel, which roles he has xnever sung ‘ociter. Mlle. Martivez has made a remarkabiy successful debut in the trving role of Mar. and has achieved a genuine populerity by what may be called a fortunate accident, as Miss McCuiloch was originally cast for the role, and was only prevented from sing- ing it by; indisposition. Mr. Karl has made but one 8pj jearance (in “Faust "), but sang so well on tha'; occasion that it is_only to be regretted he di¢, not appear more often. With these ex- ceptrons, the performances have beem marked by a dreary, dead level of mediocrity. W.e now enter upon the second week of the £e9 sop, which will commence with Rossini’s o era of ¢ Semiramide,” for the first time in its €.tirety. On Tuesdsy evening, *The Barber of Seville” will make what oppasition he can to “the election returns. On Wednesday evening, “11 Trovatore”; on Thursday evening, Se- miramide.” The operas for Friday evening and 8aturday afternoon are not announced, al- though there is some talk of giving “The Bo- tunh.n Girl” in English. As d“m?ie 2, new 1o opera-goers, we append the following sketch of the story: The opera. (I)rem during a solemn festival in the Temple of Beius, in Babylon, held for the pur- pose of ensbling Semiramis, the Queen.of Babylon, 10 nominate a successor to the throne. = Assurus, o Prince of the blood BD{IIL and deeply in the confl- dence of the Queen, fuily expects that her choice will fall on him; but she has determined to confer the dignity on Arsaces, a young ofiicer, the com- mander of her armies, for whom she has conceived apasgion. As the religious ceremonies proceed, a violent storm arises; the sacred fire i8 extin- guished; and other incidents occur, which, bya ‘superstitions people, are looked upon as ili omens. The Queen, however, would proceed, bat for the rotestations of those about her, who uitimately iduce her to wait till the arrival of Arsaces, who bad been dispatched to the Oracle, and was ex- pected back with the snswer. In due course Arsaces arrives, bearing a casket. which he deliv- ersto Oroe, the chief of the Magi, containing a scroll, which discloses the fact thit the late King had been croelly mordered. Arsaces is in love ‘with a Princess of the blood Royal, and Assurus also aspires to her hand. In this position of affairs Semniramis again prepares 10 nominate a successor to the throne; prior to doing which she declares that the one 'dignified with that honor ehal] also become ber husband; and therenpon she names Arsaces, who vehemently reprobates the choice, “and pleads his love for Azema, while Assurus, in remonstrating with Semiramis, makes dark sllusion to some hidden compact between theni; from which the audience bearns that Ninus hss been porsoned by Assurus, atthe instigation of the Queen. In the meantbme, mew omens 2ffright the people. The tomb of Ninus flies ‘Open, his shade appears, snd summons Arsaces to Zollow him to loomy abode, where Arsaces Jearns that Ninius, the son of Ninus, still lives. On his return he remonstrates with the priests, ‘who aredesirous of investing him with the insignia of office, when he is informed by Oroe that he him- melf is the long-lost Néntwus, and consequently the rightfal heir to the thrope. At the game time, Oroe apprises him of the 1t of Semiramis and Assurus, and, handing to him his father’s sword, calls upon him to avenge his father’s wrongs. This duty Arsaces willingly undertakes 8o far as Assurus s concerned, but he recoils at the idea of becom- ing the punisher of his mother. In an inter- view, he draws from his Dbreast. and laces in her hand, 8 paper written by Vinus while in the agonies of death, in which the crime of Semiramis and her accomplice is revealed. Semiramiz s overwhelmed with remorse, and Arsaces, fifially eympathizing with her sufferings, ‘mssures her of his forgiveness: but, armed with his father's sword, he pursues the murderer Assuris even into the very receeses of the tomb, There he i8 abont to pierce him through, when Seméramis, ‘who has (n)‘owed him unobserved in the darkness, pesses between them, and recelves the weapon in er heart. Overcome with this unexpected Catas- trophe, irsaces is avout to plunge the sword into his own bosom, when be is prevented by the inter- vention of OUroe, in whose arms he faints. while ;é;lfuruiueized by the guards, und the curtain 5. The cast will be as follows: Seiramis, Mme. Palmieri; Arsaces, Miss McCalloch; dssurus, L. 6. Gottschalk; Jdrens, Sig. Palmien; Oroe, G. F. Hall; Alitrane, Sig. Barberes; Ghostof Ninus, i Sig. Bacli THE ENGLISH OPERA. The Kellogg troupe is slowly working up this way. They left Philadelphia, after a successful season, on the 25thult. On the 30th they sang in A¥bany, Nov. 1in Syracuse, Nov. 3 in Roches- ter, and this week will sing in Cleveland. During the Cleveland season they will produce, for the first time in this country, Wagner's “Flying Dutchman,” Carlton taking the title role. The performance will be in the na- ture of a rehearsal for Chicago, where The troupe commences its season Non 20, The repertoire is announced as follows: Meyer- beer’s “Star of the North;” a new version of Baife,s “Bohemian Girl ;" Ambroise Thomas “Mignons™ Mozart’s “Figaro” and *‘Don Glovanni;? Donizetti's * Luda;” Flotow’s Martha;” Gounod’s ‘Faust;” Beethoven's “Fidelio;” Auber's *Crown Diamonds” and “Fra Diavolo:” Verdi's * Trovatore;" and Ricei’s “Crispino.” There will be but three Performances each week, and Miss Kellogg will 8ing every evening. LOCAL MISCELLANY- Mrs. Flora Mueller, who will be remembered 25 Miss Fiora Kuntze, has been engaged s solo £0prano in the Trinity Church choir at Cin- cinnati. Miss Benziger, who has sung so successfully this week in opera, will sing this evening at Christ Church “I know that my Redeemer Liveth,” from the “Messiah.” The organ concert which was to have been given on the Gth inst. by Mr. Dueller has been Postponed until the 16th inst., owing to election and operatic circumstaces this week. The first reunion of the Beethoven Society was given on Friday evening, and was specially marked by the very successful debut of Miss Bertha Burge, o pisnist lately from Leipsic- .same capacity at 107 Duane street, New York, 13 Her touch is admirable, her techuique ve thorough, “and ‘her - musical - intelligeee. {ar ove the averame standard. She is likely to Pm}'&:‘l very valuable sequisition to our musieal “Signor Carozzi, the princi , the principal of the Musical Institute in this city, has constructed an in- strument to cnable vocal pupils to° produce a ?Ud tone, called tiie *“ Phonomendator,” which very highly spoken of. The programme for the Turner-Hall concert this arternoon includes Hermann's “ Grand Prussian March **; overture to * Fra Diavolo 2y fivale to * Martha'; Schuberths Hh)—H‘P— Hurrah Potpowrri; Titl's _*Serenade’ H Gungl's ¢ Eifen Reizon Waltz?; Reichardt's 5unrtct for four horns; overturc to Suppe's * Poct and Peasant’; Loeschhern's fantasie, ““La Belle Amazon ”'; and a Strauss quadrille. NEW MUSIC. . Mr. C. M. Cady, so well known here in years past as a music publisher, now turns up in the and sends us the following neiv music: “O Keep My Image Near to Tlice,” song and chorus, by H. P. Dants; * Trippiug Waltz” and 1876 Schottisch,” by J. W. Shryock; *Sitting on the Style,” a fashion song, by A. F. Hates; “Swect Echo Dell” and ““Grandfather’s Clock,” by Heury C. Work, an old Chicago composer; and “There’s a Good Time,” song and chorus, by R. B. Mabhaffey. Mr. Cady also sends us * The Heavenly Choir,” in paper, a collection of well- selected” hymns and tunes_for religious service. We are indebted to William 'A. Pond & Co., New York, for the * New Century,” a choir and class book containing a verv complete selection of glees, four-part songs, hymn tunes, authems, and chants, s well 45 u Voice-culture depart- ment. The work is compiled by H. S. Perkins, of this city, and is very bandsomely printed: J. Cockeroft, No. 184 Clark strect, has just is- sued in very neat pamphlet form ‘* Germania’s Gems of Song,” a collection of very choice part songs, with German and Eglish words, by such composers s Von Weber, Flotow, Abt, Kueck- en, Nagelf, Gluck, Cramer, and others. The selections are made with excellent judgment, and will prove to be very popular, espeaally in the home circle. ABROAD. # MUSICAL NOTES, Ole Bull’s first concert in Boston is set down for Nov. 14. 3 Mme. Patti has at last decided upon going to Russia this winter. The Londoun Athenceum furiously attacks Wag- ner’s * Centcunial March.” Madame Annctte Essipoff, the famous Russian }Jianlst, arrived In New York on Wednesday ast. AMme. Erminia Rudersdorf has organized a sextette of ladies, each of whom is a sololst, and will give concerts this season. Miss Clara E. Stutsman, one of New York's g‘romnsmg vocalists, is eugaged to sing with "ieodore Thomas’ company this winter. AMme. de Metternich, apropos of Verdi’s co- quetr. with Wagnerism, said, “I always said Verdi would wind up by putting sauerkraut in his macaroni.” The Bay State, English Opera Company are organizing an orchestra to add to their troupe. It will then be the largest organization of its kind in New Eugland. ‘The operas in which Mme. Nilsson is to sing at the lmfieria] Theatre of Vienns, in January, are “The Huguenots,” **Lohengrin,” * Faust,” “Mignon,” avd *‘Hamlet.” Another of the younger opera-composers, Ed- mund Kretschmer, the author of “Die Folkun- ger, has also followed the example of Wagner in writing his own text for a new opers, just finished, entitled ¢ Heinrich der Lowe."” There has been a meeting of the New York Philharmonic Society, the Arion, Liederkrauz, and Smgerbund%w mnake arrangements for a grand Memorial Concert to the late Carl Berg- mann. The performance will take place Nov. 12, at Steinway Hall, New York City. Dr. Leopold Damrosch, editor of the New York Musikzeitung, and conductor of tue Phil- harmonic Society, has written to thet Society that he will bring with him from Germauy an overture of Wagner’s in manuscript, and a new composition of Liszt’s, in order to give them their first performance in New Yark. ‘The Paris correspondent of the Boston Satur- daygEvening Gazetle says: “Mr. Liland, of Bos- ton, is painting a portrait of Miss Cary for the next Salon or yearly exhibitian of paintings in the Palais de P'Industrie. Miss Cary aopears to be a great favorite amoug our p eoplé in Paris, although she steadily declines to- sing in opera there." . At the Sunday service of the American Epfs- copal Chapel at Paris, lust monti), among_the singers in the choir were Annie Louise Cary, Clara_B. Nickels, and Mr. Cherles Clark. Miss Cary isat, present educating a ni¢.ce and nephew from Maine, who are cordially welcomed for her sake. With Miss Nickels and Mr. Clark she has sailed for Russia. Therevival of “Fra Diavolo,”” with Auber’s music, at the Opera Comique, Paris, for the debuts of M. Valdejo in the title and Mlle. Vergin_as Zerlina, has met with success. M. Victor Hugo appears resolved to prohibit the rcgnresenmtiou of ‘Lucrcce Borgis” at the ‘Theatre Lj‘;xeique,' Mme. Sass, it is said went herself to bescech him to give his consent, but her prayers were unavailing. THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. THE FUTURE OF TUE ADELPHL Mr. Haverly bas formed a partnership with Tony Denier, who will hereafter be the Director and Manager of the Adelphi Theatre. It is to e hoped that the change is not meredy one of name, but indicates the gdoption of mew princi- ples of manazement. “Tne people of Chicago have ever been well-disposed towards the Adel- phi Theatre. There is room here for a variety establishment of the first class. But when the Adelphi becomes something less than this we lose all futerest in its affairs. When it first passed under the management of dr. Haverly, the largest promises of improvement were made. Mr. Allen was iostalled as manager, and his reputation was staked upon the maintenance of a vigorous and elevated policy. What was the result? After a few weeks of exeellent variety ‘business, & ¢ Black Crook ” combiuation was in- troduced with the flourishing announcement that the plece was to be put on the stage at an outlay of $20,000. The spectacle and ballet proved to be of the meanestdescription,—utter- 1y unworthy of the theatre and an insult 7o the intelligence of the audiences. After this came another variety bill, which was spiced with inde- cent songs, and last week the management of Mr. Allen was rounded off with the engagement of Mr. Dominick Murrsy in “Escaped from Sing Sing,"—a so-called play which is designed 10 makg crime appear romantic. We hope M. Denier assumes the munagement of the Adel- phi with better intentions, and has the means 1o carry them out. He probadly kuows that, taking the Jowest view of ine circumstances, an. establishment of this description has a certain standard to maintain. It cannot be_oue week vaudeville theatre, and the next a Bowery, and. the mext a low concert-hall, Decent io- tervals wil _mot be profitable. It should have such a character that & respectable man mightattend it any time in company with ‘his wife or hisgon. There is a good promise in the bill of the present week, which begins the management of Mr. Denier. | The main part of the performance will be the pantomime of \ Humpty Dumpty,” represented by the Adams. Company. If this entertainment shall be what it promiscs to be, and if Mr. Denier shall evince any sincere desire to keep the Adelphi on a level with the Howard Athenzum at Boston, or the Olymplc Theatre at New York, he will find plenty of encouragement from the press and public. THE AMATEURS AT STANDARD HALL. There is a lesson to be derived from the per- formance of a number of ladies and gentlemen at Standard Hall last week for the benefit of two charitable institutions. The acting there, whilefarabove theaverage of amatenr companies, ‘was considerably below the professional stand- ard. The result should be to teach us all how very difficult a thing it is to act well, and con- sequently to temper with charity our judgments of thelocal managers. It was not omly un- kind, but it was also ridiculous, for one of the Jocal papers to advise Mr, McVicker to attend Standard Hall and see what gocd acting was. The gentleman who wrote those lines simply advertised his own ignorance. Mr. McVicker has nothing to learn from any amateur company. e been engaged in the serions business of ectine for a life- . and, althongh he bas hired man g:zt;en’cwrs, and thrust upon the 1;eufilee of Chiy- cago many companies that could 120t beendured, he has never yet had 3 company that could not surpass the “best amateur performance ever given in this city. In saying tbis, we speak Svith kindness of the amateurs w ho so gracious- 1y appeared in public for the salie of charity. +| Louis; the They gave an entertainment very agreeable and pretty in its way, Some of The nimdpm:?— especially among the ladies—showed natural - aptitudefor the staze. They were, as ama- teurs, acceptable; but their over-zealous friends should be content to mingle truth with enthusi- ?sm_, lcslt b_\!; chnléeng(iing cnmfi:\fison with pro- ‘essionals they shouid be tried by the sional smndfir}(“l. iy NOTES AND ARNOUNCEMENTS. Another weck of fast and furious fun is offered at Haverly’s Theatre. Emerson, Cotton, Kemble, Reed, Mackin, and Wilson contribute to the entertainment. The pame of J. G. Russell bas disappeared from the bills. A new pantomime company made an aj ance at Hooley’s Theatre fast week, anp was not well thought of. 'This week a number of varicty attractions and the uswal minstrel bill will be offered. Rice is to have a benefit Thurs— day afternoon and cvening, at which several members of McVicker's company will assist. “Led Astray” will be given at the Museum thyis week every night and at the matinces of’ Wednesday and Saturday. Atthe other mati- nees “*Ambrose Gwinett” will be offered. Mr. €. 8. Rogers and Miss May Roberts—two do- serving actors—terminate their connection with. the Museum this week, They will have a joint. YeneAt Friday uight. 1t is to be hoped that the attendance will be large. # After one more week of opera, McVicker's Theatre wil open again for a Aramatic perform. ance, the particular attraction being Miss Mary Anderson as Evadne and Parthenia. 1t is to be regretted than an opportunity to see Miss. Anderson as Juliet will not be_ afforded. The two characiers chosen for her debut do not re- quire so wide a range of ability as some others, but this will not prevent a_tolerably accurate e,udzmcntto:‘ 2;"2 n\vsers. hMl’ss Anderson has cen greeted in the South with very large and. enthusiastic audiences, TNE THE OUTER WORLD. NEW YORE NOTES. New ballets have been introduced in the spectacles at Booth’s and Niblo’s. . Amy Fawsitt’s place in_ the Fiftn Avenue Company is to be filled by Jeffreys-Lewis, who is traveling, and Miss Lewis’ place as Mabel, in “Pique,” will in turn be filled by Jane Coombs. As You Like It,” at the Fifth Avenue Thea- ter, will be produced on_Saturday evening, the 11th Inst., when Miss Fanny Davenport will make her first aneunuce this - season. Mr. Willjam Castle will appear as miens, and will sing all the music belonging to the part. The long neglected and dusty old_curiosities in Wood’s Muscum were removed Thursday to Barnum’s Hippodrome. The building has been leased to J. E. Barnes, who will enlarge the stage, ercet a third gallery tier, and conduct it onaplan similar to the London Alhambra. Ballet and beer will predominate. Amonghthe prominent members of Mr. Me- Vicker's New York Company, engaged to sup- ort Edwin Booth, are the following: Frederic Robinson, formerly of the Union Square Com- s Milnes Levick, Jumes M. Hardy, Frank icree, Hart Conway, J. H. McVicker, and D. W. Waller, Jennie Carroll, Alice Brooks, and Clara Jennings. Mr. Booth will _appear first us Hamlet, on or about the 20th of November. George A. Lingard, an old and favorite come- dian, died in New York on Saturday week of heart disease. Mr. Lingard was born in London in 1826, He made his first public appearance in this country in Baitimore, immediately aiter his arrival, in the Muscum, tlien under the manage- ment of Jobn E. Owens. He afterwards acted in the old Bowery Theatre and in the New Bowery. Of late he had been engaged princi- pally with travcling companies. “ Adam and Eve,” a short farce adapted from the French, was played at the Park Theatre last week for the first tiine in New York. It is only about twojnen and and their wives, who, mis- mated, goto scean improper play, each wile supposing that her own busband is out of town. There is an accidental meeting and s discover! Mr. Whillin’s acting as Zom Cobb has gained ‘him the very highest commendation, and it will not be surprising it his ambition is gratified by an engagement at oue of the leading theatres. GENERAL NOTES. A Garrick Club has been organized at Wash- ington. Miss Genevieve Rogers’ impersonation of Maud Muller is extravagantly praised in the ‘Washington papers. Miss Connie Thompsen, formerly of the Mu- seum in this city, has been playing Louise in «The Two Orphans " at the New Orieans Acad- emy of Music. This weck F. S. Chanfrau and O. D. Byron will play at St. Louis; the Furbish Fifth Avenue Combination at Cincinnati; the Florences and JefIreys-Lewis at Louisville; Lucille Western at Detroit; and Stuart Robson at Boston. ‘The new American comedy, * Our Boarding House,” by Mr. Leonard Grover, will be g;rn- duced at tie Brooklyn Theatre Nov. 13. Mr. Palmer, of the Union Square Theatre, considers it the best comedy of American character yet written. ‘Mme. Janauschek’s reappearance at the Bos- ton Theatre last week as Lady Dedlock and Hortense was most successful, and the papers have fresh notices of her admirable acting. The Kiralfys continued with their ¢ Luclcy Star " at the G{Obe. and “Under the Gaslight” was given at the Museum. ‘The Florences were at Cincinnati last week; convenience of the tguesm for 2 a’dlock, will possess all those features and characteristics hich belong to the festivities usually and an- nually held within the Jlansion House. The event is looked forward to with much interest.” A dramatic company, consisting of forty per- sons, have been performing, in Hamburg the celebrated ObensmmerFm passion, plays. “They style themselvesthe Old Bavarian Passion Com- piny, but are not those who performed at, Ober- ammergau. ;| They are bound for America, and take Enzland on their way. Their repertory is not drawn from the New Testament ulone; the 0ld Testament is laid under contribution. Thelr astraction is the represcntation of the crucifixion. ————— THE HORRORS OF WAR. Scenes on the Ficld of Battle~The Brutal ‘Bashi-Bazouks—Héw DMoslerns Hato Swine. The correspondent of the London Telegraph writes from _tne Turkish army headquarters as follows: *Isuppose that, on the previous day, the most of the killed and wounded of Sunday night bad been removed. Yet the traces of the battle which we had witnessed were very ap- parent; for iu the long maize-stalks ~it is next to impossible to find all the dead,—they lie Dhidden away from the kenof the ambulance- bearers and burying partics,—and it is only when you essay to take a short cut across the fields hat you find your horse start. and shy at some horrible thing which its keen sensehas detected. You need not ask why the animal is restive,— your sense of emell is all too strong: yet if you would know whether Turk or Serb lies there you must approach, however unpleasant the task. ‘We were unfortunate enough to stumble across several who wore the fez,—all dead and all rapidly decomposing in the hot sunshine. There they lay, each one, strangely enough, still grasping or having fallen upon kis weapon; cach one, it was satisfactory to record, struck in front ana'in a mortal plave;—~sign alike of honorable cournge and painless death, Horses, too, were therc, one of which appeared to have actuaily broken one of its own legs Inils dire agonys ‘while anotier had been clearly xilled by its rider alter beiny desperately wounded, for its throat ‘was cut With asabre.” A little further on, un- der a hedge, were two ore corpses, one that of a mere boy, who had crawled—so the troces of blood showed—to the side of his dying comn-~ rade, and, resting his hend on a turf of grass, bad quietly expired. His face, not yet de- composed, W a placid sinile,—perhaps he was thinking of friends and home when he died. There wcre no more dead in our path so long as we continu- cd on theleft bank of the Morava. Our plan was now to coter thestill burning villages which face Alexinatz, which when first we saw yonder prefty little town were as smiling - and * beautiful as+ any English hamlet. Now all was desolation; What houses had not been destroyed_were simmering and crackling in the blaze. Where erewhile children played and busy housewives dwelt, Bashi-Bazouks were sqnnl.tinf,—snme sorting the articles they bad plundered from the ruine Louses, some chaffering over the articles of clothing they had found in the dwellings or had taken from the bodies of dead Servians. It was aloathsome sight ta.see these wretches thus happy in the scene of their villainy. They had wrecked these pleasant places uttérly and com- pletely, leftuot u wall stunding, destroed all but the wells and fountains, and here they were happy and comfortable, as though they had done s Lighly meritoriots work, upon which they might think with satisfaction during the coming 1ast of Ramazan, Gypsics, too, were here—where are there not—perched high upos piles of stoves, stove- pipes, water-troughing, locks, bars, bolfs, and such-like unconsidered trifles, munchin their hard biscuits, and_eating grapes gatler from Servian villages, anxious tosell to any Dasser-by any of the plunder they had collected. Compared with the Bashi-Bazouks they were angles, for I have never known of an_instance in which the Zingari haye maliciously destroyed property of any sort. They would pull a stove out of a wall, or the iron bars from a window, but they would never think of semnf fire to the house itself. Rather would they live ‘in it a3 long as possible, and wait till 2 good oppor- tunity occurredof rcmovinfi their newlv-acquired property. Not so the Bashi-Bazouks; these ruflians simply destroyed for the sheer pleasure of viewing wreck and ruin. Well was Abdul- Kerim aavised when he ordered 14,000 of them to leave Nissa, and go to their own homes with- out delay. They area di: to humanity, and willbe cndless trouble to Turkey. We could not staylong in the villages, for the stench arising from the bodies of pigs, which the Mos- lems everywhere shoot, directly they see them; of dend horses and bullocks, lying about in various directions, very considerably hastened our departure, and We now went down to the banks of the Morava. . . . Strangely enough, they permitted usto ford the swift- running river without firing 1 shot, although we must now have been considerably in advance of the party of Circessians who were so vigor- ously pelted on Sunday afternoon; and in ‘this way_ we passed into the felds close by, asnd so approached the wood. Not a_Servian was in sight, not a_sol- dier was to be scen. Three corpses were, how- ever, here; and graves, which showed that others bad just been buried, were frequently passed. By the side of one dead Jad—he could not have béen more than13, and seemed ves thin' and ill-nourished—lay a gockctrkni e and a letter, the letterstained with blood. One of his comrades, who was not far off, had been struck by a shell in the leg, and had bled to death—slowly, I should imagine, for he had moved about a great deal before he died, and had ot last propped himself against a’ trec. Faunie Davenport and Anna Dickinson at St. sbury Troubadors st Louisville; Josepa Murphg at Detroit; Henrietta Chaufrau and Mrs, D. P. Bowers_at Toronto; Jeffreys- Lewis at Cleveland; G. F. Rowe and Augusta Dargon at Pittsburg: Genevieye Rogers at Washington; Rose Eytinge in Ohio cities; Mag- gie Mitchell at Baltimore; Charlotte Thompson at Brooklyn. P . Miss Neilson’s American tour, under the man- agement of Mr. Max Strakosch, commenved at the Walnut Street Theatre, in Philadelphia, on Monday evening. The house was crowded in every part, and Miss Neilson’s reception was of the most cordial nature. Every seat was sold for the week by Tuesday noon. Mr. Eben Plympton’s fomeo wus not much admired. ‘The other prominent attractions were Sothern at the Arch, and “Our Boys” at the Chestnut. E. E. Rice, of Boston, has orzanized a com- pany, to be called “The Evangeline Combina- tion,” which is to perform his charming opera in the principal cities during the season. _Misses Laura Joyce, Lizzie Webster, Flora Lee, Blanche Bentley, Medsrs. Harry Josephs, M. W Fiske, N. C. Goodwin, Jr., E. 8. Tarr, Hury Hunter, Charles Rosine, J. H. Eunkel, Golden and Dixey, a chorus of sixteen, aud an orchestra, led by Harry Braham, will ‘comprise the com: pany. The wife of Mr. Louis L. James, the leading actor in Ford’s Grand Opera-House Company, Baltimore, died at Guy’s Hotel late Tuesday evening, while her husband was playing the part ot_Willelm Meister in Mazgic Mitcnell's play of “Mignon.” Mr. John T. Ford was at once ap- rised of Mrs. James’ death, and it was thought est not to break the sad news to Mr. James un- til the play was ended. Mrs. James was from Philadelphia, aboat 2¢ years of ige, and the motner of a little zirl aged 5 and s boy 3 years old. She did not belong to the theatrical” pro- fession. AMr. James is well known in Chicago. FOREIGN NOTES. Lord Lytton is making arrangements for the production of his late father's, unacted play, which is founded on the * Captivi* of Plautus. Anadaptation of *‘Martin Chuzzlewit,” tobeen- 4itled Pecksniff, is underlined for early produc- tion at the Folly Theatre, London, where it will precede the extravaganza. Mile. Sarsh Bernbardt, now acknowledged to be the greatest living actress, is a Jewess from the haif-German, half-French Province of Al- sace, which also gave Rachel to the world. Mons. Parodi, the author of the new ?iece.— «Rome Vaincue,”—is a man 35 vears old, tall, thin, wears spectacles, has 3 wife and two chir dren. His piece will put at least $20,000 into his pocket. A two-nct comedietts, taken from the French, and entitled *Motner Cary’s Chickens,” has been produced at the Criterion Theatre, Lon- don. _It appears ‘to_be a translation of *‘The Five Daughters of Castillon,” setting forth the perplexities of a father with o number of mar- Tiageable daughters on his hands. The Charing-Cross Theatre i3 occupied by Mr. Henderson and Miss Lydia Thompson and their gay and lively company, and the play- ‘Touse Is henceforth to b known asthe * Folly,” 2 name,” says Mr. Henderson very modest~ 1y, “ which will sufficfently indicate the pature of the entertainment.” We bear it was nr(g?; pally proposed to cali the place “-the Toothpick. That would have been still better; but *‘the Folly #* will do.—London Academy. A London paper of the 21st ult. says: “ The forthcoming pdlagucr to be iven at the Mansion House in honor of the dramstic profession will, jtis said, possess peculiar interest from the fact that all the leading actors and sactresses now in town, to the number of nearly 250, rep- resenting every theatre and company, ‘have 20~ cepted the invitation of the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress. The occasion will thus bring Somebody appeared to have pulled his cap over his face, or, perhaps, it had fallen there. Hebad been a stout, strong mau of quite40 years, tall and athletic. Ywondered if his family or friends still pictured him as sound and well in the Servian ranks, where he had so lately fought. The third had fallen upon his face, _and his body was already almost decomposed.” ———————— UNTOLD. Amber-hued clond, with your edge tipped with glory, Sailing away, sailing away. ‘Wait while I tell you a beautiful story— Tell it to-day, tell it to-day. But the clond disnppears in 4 chariot of gold, And my story is ever nntold. Winds of the morning, that bear in your piniona ‘Blossomus so fair, perfume ko rare, Carry my story o distant dominions,— isper it there, whisper it there, But the wind hurrles onward. neglectful and cold, - And my story 18 ever untold. Gay little brook, dancing on, like a fairy, Down to the sea, down 10 the ses, Just for o moment I ask yon to tarry, — Dot 1 brosk Hipples on. and its pebbl 14, ! e brook rij s on, an les grow o} o o S Golden clouds passing, and sily'ry brooks flowing, Laugh in their glee, mockingly flee; Breezes from meudow and monntain-gide blowing, Blow not for me, blow not for me: And the years wrap my heart fn shadowy fold, 'And my story will never be told. ¥LoRA LODISA" STANFPIELD. e THE LOVE OF LIFE. ‘When grows the eye dim with advancing age, And feeble the once strong and hardy frame; When man has reached this lamentable stage, Does linger still the love of life the same? Ah, yes! though all around him scattered le, Long-buried hopes, and all of lifc that's dear, Still does the thought that man must surely die E'er prove a hateful and a Jurking fear. Though keen despair may rasp the wounded heart, And cause the soul to cry for death's release, Yet, when from life has come the time to part, How manifold the fears of death increases And while the strugzle to this life retain, How fearful is the battle, and how dread; And O the horrid, agonizing pain To think upon one's self as cold and dead ! ‘Would that the etrange and wondrous font of Youth ‘Were found, whereat the feebled man might quaff And once again renew, in very truth, The Spring of life and all its blonmin%‘nu&— The rounded check, the bright and sparkling eye, The limbs of iron, and the cords of steel, The even pulse, the red blood, bounding high, ‘The yonthfal energy, the stirring zeal. Cuicaco. CorNELIA M. WiLLARD. ————— A Grotesque 1dea. M. Leonce Dupont, in his curious and pignant XSouvenirs of the Republic,” mentions a number of the rotesque folk who swarmed in the ante-chambers of the Government of Defense at Bordeaux and Tours. One day, for instance, Admiral Fourjchon was interviewed by a o Eist sent by La Ligue du Midi, who' thus ad- dressed him: ! +Citizen, you are doubtles acquainted with the properties of vaccine virust It preserves men from small-pox; but, alas! we have oc- casion to remark among the poorer classes 3 culpable indifference to avail: ) ** Well?”? “Well, why does not the Government take | advantage of the existing war to remedy this “deplorable state of things " “ How ™ ““Let me explain. With those sentiments of ch should possess o Republic even humanityw! in its @ealings with its foes, why should the Government, ot ordain that the anms of its soldiers be dipped in & bath of vaccine? With- out doubt the Germans would agree to recigroc- togéther a larger number of the professfon than y-ity in this good work, and thus the sabre or tion, many dramatic authors and critics will &n\'e ever yet assembled under one roof. Insd- ‘{' be present. The banquet, thongh fixed for the bsyonet. while wounding an enemy, would fnsure ‘him forever sgainst a fatal and loathsome disease.” o NEW YORK GOSSIP. The Female Element in Met.rt')- politan Polities. Costly Wedding Presents Sace rificed for Food. Tupper Pronounced a Bore---Pun- ishing a Flirt. How Jim Fisk Had Himself “Shadowed.” Eliza Weathersby's Limbs Critically Described. More 0dd Ways of Making Money—The Five-Cent Barbers, Special Correspondence of The Tridune. New YORE, Nov. 2—The women as well as the men have taken to politics, and it is one of the compeusazious and comsolations for the flight of time that in less than a week it will all beover. The gossip will goon as before, snd the social topics will scarcely be rippled whether bachelor Tilden or the gallant Buckeye Gov- ernor be elected. The last weelk of the canvass is remarkable in this, that the political discussion has found its way into the quiet family circle, and it Is positive fun to hear the women talking for their favorite capdidates. Their **discussion ™ is chiefly denunciation, and it is no% many evenings since the halls of one of the principal hotels were filled with menand women listenjng to a war of words between two ladies, denouncing the Repub- lican and Democratic candidates respectively, The advocates waxsd warm in their exchange of epi- thets, and occusionally one or the other wouid re- ceive s round of applause from the audiencé. _One of these ladies was the wife of a New York State ofiicial, the otner the wife of a prominent banker- politician. ‘Those who heard it freeiy predicted thatthe end of the debate would be blows; but they were wrong. Itended in oysters and cham- pague. INSTANCES OF POLITICAL WORK BY PEMALES. There is a wealthy young lady in Jersey City, named Miss Anna Adams, who has presented sets of colors to various Democratic organiza- tions. She is apparently taking a deep interest in the election, azd has recently Informed a Demo- cratic club that gae will pay thelr expenses to Washington City and retarn to witness the inau- guration 1 case of Tilden's election. She is counterpoise in thie political scale of a well-known Jady residing upon Fifth avenne, who sent her personal check ta the Kepublicans for $5,000 for election expenses, and announced that she wonld give 83 much more to save the letter-carriens of ~the city from political assessment. Not satistied with this " liberal contribution of money, she has personally interested hersel in the conversion of doubtful young men in her own social circle to uve Republican side, Her zeal hav-~ iug come to the ains 01 a popular Southern womun (Kebel to the con), she songht some of her South~ ern friends, and-one duy a plan wus discussed over the Junch-table ‘by which some additional votes j could be secured .for the Democrats. These South- ern women propased u simple plan. 1t was to buy doubtful votes by the carriage-load, and vote them for Tilden. Their namee ure known to several gen- tlemen whom they consulted. Just how they de~ sign reaching the. class of votes designated 5o as to muke the offers it not revealed. Female politicians have their hands:rull just now, and are to be com- miserated. THE END- OF A DIAMOND WEDDING. J. Free. The defendant is the son of a wealthy citizen of Green Point, and himself clerk in the Tax Collector's office. He affects a fast style, and if one-half the allegations are true, he deserves severe punishment. The wife's story isthathe commenced his cruelty shortly after their marriage in 1863, and that though she bore it calmly, on the 18th of September he drove her and her child from the honse. She accuses him of gross cruelty upon repeated occasions, and with indecency uniit to be meutioned _even in a criminal roceed- jng. He boasted of his inddelity, and flaunted his _sssoclation with lewd women jn her face by riding past the house in their com- any. In July last hebeat her shamefally, by Biows upon her head and abdomen, from the eftect of which she was contined in bed ecveral days. She Jeft the house at the time, bat he coaxed her back n. On.the 13th of September he locked Rim- sclf in a room with her, and proceeded systemat- 1cally mhmsltrel:‘ he;. -);nc%ku:fi hztr do‘d\"l‘lx;vil;h his fist, then grasping her by the throat an = to chuxi:e her, lndpflnnfly pushing her and ber éhild down-stairs and ont of the house. The next day ehe tried to return to her home, when he seized and beat her aguin, flung her apparel out into the street, and forced her to follow it. There were several other similar instances recited, but the above will enfiice 10 earn for this wretch theappellation-of the Champion Brutg. He makes no defense in the di- varce suit. . THE PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPEER A PAILURE. The speculation of brivging Mr. Martin F. Tupper to this country to interpret his own writing before public audfences, is already an assured fallure. 3Mr. Tupper is a dapper little gentleman, well advanced in years, und weurs whitish whiskers, which correspond with his hatr. Ho dresses in. dark clothing, uses spectacles, and has & mild voice of litle power, and he utterly fsils to render cven his own writinge in a happy manner. ‘There are a dozen readers who could re~ te Tupper's Philosophy with better effect than ‘Tapper himself. e hagnow appearcd twicein bis so-calied readings before the public,—the frst time in this city .at Chickering-Hall, the gecond time Jast ‘evening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. There was a fair audience here, aud none at all worth mentioning across the river. To draw it mildly, Tupper bored ‘his hear- ers awfally. His short poems were of the lovey:. dovey order, and his dramatic prose heavy and dull as a leather pancake. Everybody thought it must Ve true when he stated that his essay in verse upon *“Love” was written when he was 18 years old. One-hu)f the audience left before the recitals were over. 1n Brooklyn it was even worse. The peo- ple voted the reading a bore before {t wae one-third - through, and only the most courageous of the 300 present remained unto the end. Altogether, it ‘as a dismal aifair, and to those who have agreed to pay Tupper $20,000 for his American sour it must seem melancholy. HOW A BROADWAY FLIBT WAS PUNISHED. Peoplewho frequent that portion of Broad- way between Tenth street and Madison Square ane occasionally astonished to see 50 many well- dnessed men promenading the strect, with ap- ‘parently no other object in view than to starc at and ogle the ladies who pass by. If they confined their ogling to those who are on the same level there would be no complaint, but as the present fashion permits respectable women to aress rather +* {omd,” some unpleasant experiences are the re- sult. One of these mascaline tlirts recently an- noyed the young ladics of & well-known millinery by frequently passing by on the opposite side of the strect and throwing kisses fo the em- ployes. This was kept up with steady regularity f nearly a fortnight, until it calminated in the Teceipt of 4 note written by the fellow asking one of the girls to mect him, and name the time and place—n council of warwas held, and it was de- cided the jnvitation should be accepted, and a Jonely spot in Central Park for the rendezvous. The hero of a thousand kisses was promptly on land, and so were the girls—ive of them, sccom- panied byamale escort. The fve all carried short cudgels, and no sooner were they sure of his being the ‘right man, than they proceeded to fiazellatte himn severely. He ran as for dear life, and a Cen~ 1ral Park policeman coming up almost laughed himself blind when he heard the facts. The fellow has not been seen on Broadway since the occar- rence. A MERCHANT'S SOF RECLAIMED. A recent announcemeat in a city paper of a new partnership, by which an old merchant as- socigtes himself with his son os full partner, re- Some years ao there was & dlamond weddig | oorlo a sery ot o EoAs i Lh8 Seunt waile i brown-stcme mansion close to FIfth wvenue. | Suspory, - Lest uan fourteen yoars o, ho wos It was'in all xespects a recherche affair,~the gifts were ma;rmificent and costly, and the young couple started. prosperously upon the voyage of life. Aftera couple of seasons in Europe the young wife was taken sick, and dfed fn hermother's house in this city. Among the original presemts a gradaate of a popular educational institution, and returned to his father’s house with one very unfortunate habit—that of gambling. He gambled away every cent he could obtain by fair or foul means, and finally forged his father’s pame toa check for §1,000, and left the city. A private was a costly array of solid silver, duly marked with | detective was employed to bring him bagk, but the bride’s in#tials. This silver was valued at over $5.000. It wes handsomely encased, and, fos convenience seike, after the woman’s death, was placed in a common_packing trunk and stored in the vaults of & gafe deposit company.. The sequel to this story happened on Monday “last, when the huosband, now a bankrupt, pledged the whole of the silver to a_professional money-lender for & paltry $300. ‘Those who know him_{freely ‘predict that he will let the whole of it go when his obligation matares, and that he will be unable to repsy the amoumt of the losn. A similar sequel was recorded ast yearto a stylish wedding in Grace Church only twenty months before. The presents und jewels o the wedding-day were sold or & mere pittance to buy bread and butter, and to-day the parties are penniless. In the other case first mentioned, there is not a shaodow of doubt that the silver thus plledged will be sacrificed in like manner. MORE ABOUT -ODD OCCUPATIONS. ‘We are fast ranning * specialties ” into the ground in this city, when an exclusive *Baked Beans Company ” is formed and put into suc- cessful operation. Thisisa veritable fact, and the wagons of the New York and Boston Baked Beans Company now traverse the streets sup- plying the famous Supdsy-morning meal to the restaurants and hotels with as much regularity as the milk carts. They do a thriving business. An- other specialty here " is the manufacture of whip- ped cream for Charlotte Russe. One concern ‘manufactures nearly all of this delicacy sold in the aty. They use.machinery, and by dealing i large. quantics of materiais, and using labor- saving machines, they can supply the restaurants and confectioners chexper than they can make it themeelves. But the oddest thing, which, though small in itself. is a Dbig thing in its way, is the aperation of a stock company for manufacturing the article of ‘‘paste for book-binders, paper- ‘hangers, newspaper ofices, etc. 'The cost of Lhis thing 18 go slight that it would scem there was no “*big money ” in {t npon any conceivable terms; but In fact this business employs 100 hands, occupies a five-story building, and keeps three or four wazons and_twice as muny horses in constant ‘use. They supply paste to the suburban cities and villages, and on terma which prevent competi tion from private consumers. Another odd occt pation s that of a half-dozen butcher-boys in Ful- ton and Washington Markets, who makea business of supplying cal and dog meat to wholesale gro- cers and others who keep cats or dogs to protect their property against rats and mice. It is carried round to the Btores, nicely cut up ready for use: and tradition eays that foftanes have been made fn this line of eupplying cats’ meat by two retired butchers, Here's a hint for some of your Chicago meat merchants. POLICEMEN PRIGHTENED BY A GHOST. Behold a marvel! Two city policemen were frightened into a full runafew nights ago by the appearance of what they thonght for an in- stant Wes an apparition or resurrected spirit. It happened thusly: Officer Carey, of the Twenty- first Precinct, was following his nsual custom of trying the doors upon his beat, when he found the doorof the undertaker's store of John McTeague, corner of ‘Thirtieth strect and Third avenue, wide open. e rapped for help, when Oflicer Gane ar- ved. They entered the store, andjcould not re- ress a feeling of awe as they surveyed the Jong flne of uprizht cofins along the wall, and the white shrouds exposed in glass cases. As they advanced into the store they were surprised by o palpnble groan, and, as they turned their eyes in the direction from' which the sound came, the officers eaw & white, ghost-like form, arrayed in a flowing robe of spotless white (perhaps), rear itself upward from & cofiin in the back of ‘the apartment. e policemen were not cowards, but the nnex- pected apparition waé too much for them, and they unwillingly retreated from the spot at a lively pace. Once outside their courage returned, and langhing to themuclves they re-entered and inves- tigated. It appearcd that the ghostly form was that of a Jodger employed 10 sleep in the premises, ond finding a coffin_the warmest place on a chilly night he had slept there regularly. The policemen retired—sold! THE ORDER OP INDIGNANT BARBERS. The whole city is laughing over the woes of the Enights of the Razor, who have recently formed 2n organization called *“The United Barbers of New York and Vicinity.” Theyheld 8 meeting last week, and the proceedings, which should have been secret, were printed. Their ob- jectis to keep up the price of shaving to s mini- mum of ten cents, It will be news to most gentle- men, who have been paying 20 cents for a ehave at the up-town shops, that a good shave can be had anywhere in the city for 10 cents! However, the barbers are in earnest, and it scems they are re- solved, {f possible, to extirpate a number of shops where the price of a shave hod been rednced to jive cents! The statements made at the meoting were rich. One member exhibited a circular where a shave was offered for five cents, and a free cigar thrown fn! Others con- firmed this story, but the climax of tonsorial con- tempt and disguét was reached when it was made known that one of the so-called ** rat'* ehops had unk g0 low_in ‘barbarism as to offer s shumpoo (ususl price 35 cents) and a **schooner " of lager all for ive cents, Apparently, in the estimation of the indignant barbers, there is no lower level than this, and resolutions were adopted debarring all jonrneymen who worked at the tive-cent shops from future employment by the reguiars. XNo amount of lavender-water, scented 804D, OF poma- tum can eradicate the stain npon the profession Salul.'d by the low-priced fellows who have been ebarred. THE COAMPION BRUTE OP AMERICA. . Again Brooklyn comes to the front a5 the city of marital unhappiness. One of the most atro- cions cases on record came to light this week in the suit for divorce of Edith Free against Samuel A started from the city withont the slightest clew to his wbereabouts, It was ascertained, how- ever, that he had gone Of with another ot scapegrace, und without any in- formation 8s to their route, the officer concluded that the party would want to sce the ‘world em ronte. He followed btindly, but Inckily overtook the fagitives mear Cleveland. The compamion was warned to take care of himself, Lut the merchant's son was reckless, and at first duclined to return to the city with the offieer. At Jength be conscnted to come a8 far 8s dersey City. This was satisfactory to the detective, who man- age/i to telegraph to the anxions father to meet him on the train's arrival, ‘The young man was as- tonnted to see his father, bt & truce was soon es- tablished and the son taken bome. Ever after Le avoid:d cardhs and bad company; and for four years 2nd m vre has borne umple eviderce of his complete reformation. He is now a paitner in a business Teputed-to be worth $50,000 yeatly, 2nd not one of his acquaintances knows these 1Ncta. They are recorded in a private detective agenc- AN INCREDIBLA' IMPOSTURE BY A SMALL EDI- TION OF TIE TICHBORNE CLAYMANT. A remazkable story is related bya legal gen- tleman of ‘this city ina preliminary p1oceeding to recover moneys fraudulently obtainel from a wealthy Brooklynite. It appears that i 1860 the latter bad a wild aort of a son for whom h¢ procured an appointme Bt a8 a cadet at Weat Po \pt. He was expelled from the institute there for ms- conduct, and after roam ingaround Brooklynawhile he stole s mother's and sisters’ jewelry and de- camped. It'was ascertained three years after that e had been South and was a conscript in the Con- federate army. A correspondence was started, and the fomily heard from him occasionally before the War closed. After Lee's surren- der he went to New Orleans, and enflg:d jn business there. In 1866 he wrote to his father asking for $2,000, and later for $1,000, which amounts were sent him, as requested. In 1807 be expressed a desire to retarn home, and money was sent him for the purpose. The family anxiously expected him, and in the fall of that year he came, 80 changed that his family hardly knew him, but he talked g0 fairly about his relations that he was un- hesicatingly received as the long-lost boy. Last week the_ Jegal gertleman referred to received a letter inguirmg for the whereabouts of & man named George Westman, who bad disappeared from New Orleans in 1868—the former er of Ar. H., son of the Brooklyn citizen. The latter's son bad died suddexnly and Westman hnmediately ran away, leaving a wife and child scantily provid- ed for. ~ This letter was shown toa neighborof the Brooklynite, who ssw through the situation at a glance. Confronting the supposed son, he boldly Charged him with franduiently personating anoth- er, and, when he mentioned the name of Georze Westman, the fellow wilted like a tender Jeaf in the chilly frost. He admitted his guilt, and it was his evident preparation for fiight that led to the Jegal proceedings to compel bim to disgorge some of his frandulently acquired property. SHADOWING UNFAITHFUL WIVES AND HUSBANDS. Some recent revelations of the operations of private detectives have brought to light the curious but suggestive fact that a considerable number of this class of policemcn are steadily and profitably employed in watching, or “ghadowing,” as it s techoically called, wives und husbands who are suspected of infidelity, and sometimes fast young men; not often indiscreet daughters are also fol- lowed and watched by the private detectives. The first class are, however, the principal objectsof at- tention, and it is said that many 2 man and many a woman has been sstonished by hearing or seeing a Qetalled report of their clandestine visits to sus- picions houses, the length of their stay, and their movements subsequently, all in detail. Divorce Buita are often bronstht upon sworn statements of detectives, and mpon the testimony obtained by them. A good story 1s related of Jim Fiek, Jr., who for many years had a private detective watch- ing him at his own requust for the purpose of pre- venting _others from doint the same The Erie magnate nused to test faithfulness of his detective by asking him where he (Fiek) was at a certaln bour, and, if the an- swers were correct, he wonld acknowledge it. He stopped the work abont three months before he was mnpeu. and if he had coutinued the service he ‘might have been alive now, for if his guardian had seen Stokes there he would have suspected his ob- Ject and placed Fisk on his goard. HE HAD A MOTHER-TS-LAW! Thereis & gayand festi¥c chap in this city named Thomas K. Young, who bas recently been defendant in a suit wherem Mr. Charles Goldzier, an attorney-at-law, s plaintiff, and a very curions suitit is too. It appears that Young's ‘wife was an only dsughter of an elderly woman named Matilds Muoller, who possessed prop- erty worth $150,000. Mra. Young was desir- ons ‘of obtaining this property, and, as her mother was eomewhat addicted to the use of ardent spicits, it was proposed that a suit should be brousht to appoint a guardian to take powsesslon of the old woman's money on the ground that she was a habitual .drunkard. Goldzier wis em- ployed by Mrs. Young to prosecute the suit. It was agreed that he was to pay all costs and ex- penscs in consideration of a fee of $1,000. The etfurt to get the old woman’s fortune was a fsilare, and shortly after Mrs. Young died. Hence the present suit for counsel fees. Young, howerer. comes into court and sweara that the fee was not esrned, because it was 8o bunglingly prosecuted that faflare was certain, and, as proof that s dili- ent lawyer wouald have achieved o different resalt, e swears that his mother-in-law died a drunikard recently, 50 that, instead of his owing his lawyer anything, the lawyer owes him a round sum for mismanaging the “former case. The whole pro- ceeding revealed upon the part of Young anatteaypt } to get his mother-in-low's money, 1 hage on account of his failure. 7 60 b1y chogrin A MODEL CRITICISM. Just now the critics and their critiques are the subject of criticism as well as the acting of actors. Style, they say, is everything, and now comes one of the most censorious of the whole number, a critic who blushes for the indecency of the opera bouffe, and, in writing?of ** Baba™ at Niblo's, thus refers to Miss Eliza Weathersby: **We are bound to acknowledge thata great deal of this Indy's success in spectacle i8 due to her legs. Critically considered, they are the best pair of legs that have graced the New York stage for manya day. The foot issmall and delicate, and runs off to a very small ankle, which ly and with perfect symmetry spreads 1o a well developed calf, meither gross mor scruggy, but holding .that jusfe milien which a painter or a scalptor would most truly appreciate, and which is so rare 1n the female leg. ‘The calf loses its swell about one-third up, asit shonld, and diminishes to 3 amali and well-made knee, one of the main beauties of the leg. The artigulation is refined and wlight, and again runs into a thigh whicn has the exact length commen- sarate with that of the lower lmb, and posscssing the same gradual swell. It is a pity to think that such beautifal legs but fade awny and serve us food for worms i\mluwouhl those of the most bandy and knock-kneed of that fearful ballet crowd. Miss Jennte Weathersby does well to conceal her less in ‘Turkish trousers, as they cannot hold a candle to her sister's.” TOW TILDEN LOST ONR VOTE. A rampant young Democrat, an officer of ona of the party clubs in an up-town ward, was cured of his politics in a very singular manner the other evening. He was desperately in Jove with 2 young lady, the daughter of a Broad street broker, who happens to be a strong Repub- lican. Happening to meet the father at his house oue evening, he impradently opened the subject of the election, when, in response to one of his Cop- perhead sentiments, the father very pointed asked whether he desired to continue his das ter's acquaintance. The youthfal vater replied in the afirmative, wken the impatient father inform- ed him that if he desired this thing he must resizn his comnection with the Tilden Club, and make a promise not to vote at all. = Then he left the young gentleman and his daughier alon=. In " the moming the yonng lady informed her father that Mr. H. had promised o comply with his wishes, and ere another day passed he had sent in his resienation. Tue gir] has become his surety for the faithful observance of the promise. RESTAURANTS RATHER TOO FRENCHY. A new style of French restaurants, with nu- merous lady attendants, have been started up- town for the benefit of young men of doubtful morals. Adinner may be bad for one dollar and a half, wine included, and if the patrons wish a ladyto**assist ™ inthe dinner, thereare several from whom to choose quite bandy. There is one not far from Broadway and Thirty-first street, which hus been well patronized by visitors from abroad, and fustclerks, belonging In Bostonand elsewhere, are among its chief customers. _The place is siniply zn exagzerated beer saloon, with prelty waiter-girls. These are now probiblied by the police, but bave found their way into the restanrant business. Bratrr. nal- — e ———— ANCIENT RECREATION. * Soclal Amusements in Old-Time France. It is amusiog 1o note the devices by which these and plessurc-sceking “coterics sought to amuse themseives, and to pass the time which hung heavily on their hands. At one period it became fashionable for men to busy themselves with embroidery and other light work which had hitlierto been the exclu- sive province of the ladies. Entering the salon, you would observe gaily-dressed cavalicrs seate at embrofaery-frames or stitching away at a piece of tapestry; even grave statcsmen und onderous philngophers might have been scen usily embroidering birds, flowers, and coats-of- arms. Then there came about a fashion of un- raveling the silken and metallic threads of fringes and tissues. This was called “gnxfl.ing." The ladfes of quality were wont in this to make a pretenseof doing something useful and eco- omical. At first they and thelr male gallants em(flgsed themselves in picking out the gold and silver threads from old garments, worn trimmiogs, cpaulets, and soon. “OUn a circle of ladies being formed,” says Talnc, *a big xmnvelmz-bngu(n green taffeta is placed on the table, which. belongs to the lady of the house; immedintely all the ladies call Tor their bags.’ The gentlemen were expected to supply the rather costly materials for this curious pustime; on one oceasion the Dukeof Lauzun supphed his guests with a to be unstrung and unraveled. The ladies, after thus scparating the thr vied with' each other in selling them, and thus made a merit of earning an in- come. If they destroyed a garment worth 1,000 francs, and then sold the threads taken from it for 100, they regarded it as a good operation. Not content with unraveling old garments, they would capriciously destroy new ones in the rage for exc in%tnthls peculiar accomplish- ment. Onedaya nd{y. as she swept out of the drawing-room, took it into ber head that the gold fringe which dangled from her robe would be capital for unraveling; and without hesfta~ tion she took ber scissors and cut it oft. “Ten women suddenly surround a man weariug fringes, pull off his coat, and put his fringes and 1aces into their bags, just s if a little bold flock of tomtits, fluttering and chattering in the air, should suddenly dart ona jay to pluck off its feathers. Thenceforth a man who enters a nucl:l?l Wwomen stands in danger of being strip- ive. In all the fancy-work on which ladles emoloy-. ed thewmselves, the men secem to have taken part. Poinsinet, in one of his comedies, rep- resents a young Marquis cutering a room where two fair damsels are embroidering. One s working a plece of dress-trimming, the other 2 Marly dounce. The beau examines the em- brofdery with the eye of a counofsscur, polcts out here and there the specially good touches, and is too polite to notice any defects. He Jakes 3 little gold tube out of the pocket of his 1. hly-decorated waistcoat, and selects o dalnty ro,'d_necdle. ** He goes to the frame at whicn lida\Use is working, and finishes the flower - which . she bad begun. From her he moves to t.hed;o(:,and, suln’uE one cod of the flounce, assists . lamene, to whom he pags special atten- tion, to csenplete her task.” “At this time it was the ¢ Wtom of the ladies fgyariably to carry their work, with them to the even{ug recep- tious, in w. they had not vnly their embroid- ery materin & but the last novel, the popular song, and t heir ‘patch-boxes and rouge-pots. Gentlemen o.\Ways carried deftly-embroldered little bags in, 0 company, which held s whole arsepal of cut, \ery 2nd fancy articles, such as ggxg of differ. u:i am,guod with nges, nufl, 2 At a::;&:ap'efi. d the fashion of the day was to cut out drawing ¥ from books and pamphlets, and to paste then V 0B screens, lamp-shades, boxes, nid vases. - the skillin this was to s0 xs, or of diferent armoge the drawln, B a chrious or musiog ud riddlea, which afty o exercise e tight teious in the French. g—mom.l were convert- ed Into impromptu charu, ‘e Somelady wonld suggest & wordpor phras. %, and fosthwith i would be convertedinto the s Thject of a spright- ly little play. Many of th® -games now wrord- current with us in America hud.thelr origla in the necessity the French e them under in the last century'tio d.'V em- selves. In some of the salons the fashion of keeping a daily chronicle of news, W’ was too ogm a mere chronicle of scandal, was adopted. Madame Doublet de Persan issued bulletins which she called “Nouvelles ala n.'ain;"” in her apartments two registers were kept, 0ne of authentic news received here and then: by her guests, the other of floating rumors and 98 dits; and from these the budgetof her chronl@e was made u P and circulated throughout France. —Ganx:' 2. ZTowle in Appletons’ Journal for Novenber. ———— A LAST WORD TO TILDEN. Roll out your other **bar'l,” Shammy! Your chance to-dsy looks very bins; “Your reputation smells 80 ram-my ‘That patriots have abandoned you. ‘Hendrickas has been oat bere orating For you, throughout the Great Northweet; But the m?om 10 all his prating Was, **Tom, O Tom, pull down yer vest!™ All's up with you, my lttle joker, The people know your devivns ways; None bat Democratic croaker Can ssy 8 word In Shammy's praise. ‘Rlection-day draws near snd nearer; Tili-den put on your hardeat cheek; ‘The Western skies grow clear snd clearer, 'As Ruraznronn will find next week Yes, **Sham,” you'll surcly be elected, On Tueaday—back to private life; By the great West you'll be rejected, For you jgnored the Uniu “The strife for God and Liberty. For Honor, Freedom,—all that's deat; And so, next Tuesday, you will sco How small 3 Traitor can appear. peculiarly good opportu. and rapid wit 50 cons Every evening the dra trife,— And when yon hear the mastes cheering For Haycs and Wheeler's victory, You'll see how patriots are sppearing Who fought to put down Slavery; ngst your law-books In your study, Let *+ Usnfract " claim all yoos powers, Or some theme just abont as maddy, Fit for your fone, hoars. ov. 4, 1876, Caicaco, A little girl when asked by her mother about mspldmugl‘nnes in the sld.uyo( 2 dae; :.; les, answered: * Perhaps, mamma, they have ‘been frost-bitten; it was 80 cold last night.”