Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1877, Page 12

SUNDAY., JANUARY 1877— ow owns property 1,840, and AMUSEMENTS. Some Features of Mr. Sothern’s Late En- gagement. Large Audiences, High Prices, and Very Bad Acting. Failure of “The Law of the Land” at McVicker’s Theatre. Comifig* Events at Home and Abroad---Green=Room Gossip. Madame Essipoff’s Concerts---A Word Concerning Her ‘History. The Smith-Whitney Concert --- The Memory of P. P. Bliss, the Whereabouts of Musical Celebrities--- Local Miscellany---European Operatic’ Notes. THE DRAMA. CIIICAGO. SOTHERN AND COMPANT. The engagement of Mr. Sothern at Haverly’s Theatre was noticeable for the pecuniarysuccess which attended it, and for the inefficiency of the company that supported him. There ought to Le some obvious connection between liberal ‘patronace and the endeavors of a theatrical man- ugerto deserveit; yet there was not visible at Haverly’s Theatre last week any circumstance of the kind. The public had a right to expect zot merely a provincial company of average merit, but an organization that would be al- lowed standing in New York. With New York prices and gudiences, there should have been pood acting. On the contrary, the company was juferior even to the Cleveland mob that sup- ported Miss Neilson. Theacting was worse than it need have been. Nonc of the plays wus el rehearsed, and none, with the possible ex- ception of ““Dundreary,” was decently put on the stage. The failure of ““A Hornet’s Nest” was due in about equal parts to its inherent weakness and to the wretched manuer in Which It was represented. Scarcely any one who paid B1.50 10 see Mr. Sothern under such unfavora- ble circumstances could have felt that the mon- ex’s worth in enjoyment, was returned. Therc nre excuses offered for the management, such us that the lesse of the theatre had nearly ex- pired at the opening of the season, and has only just been renewed. There are also large prom- ises made for the future. We know, too, that Mr. Haverly bearsa reputation for honorable dealing with the public. Bur all these consider- stions will not #vail to condone the recent of- fenses at his theatre. There are cnough actors out of employment in the country to constitute 2 dozen tolerable companies at short notice,and many of them wonld consent to move to Chica- 20, if assured of occasional work at 1air com- .pensation. Itisnot desirable that the Dizzy Actors’ Retreat should be scoured to furnish Haverly's Theatre with a company; and, when Lhis policy is pursued. we respectfully submit that the price of sdmission ought not tobe raised 0 §1.50. If there is not asudden and thorough reformation of the faults alluded to, viie public will soon establish an equality be' 1ween the receipts and the expenses of the es- tublishient, or cause the balance to be against the marager rather than so largely and unfairly in his favor. it would be a foolish expenditure of time to enter upon auy detailed eriticism of Mr. Soth- ern’s acting. His Dundreary, crervbody knows, is almost u perfect picture,—not that we should «call it 30 exact copy from nature. but rather the embodiment of awellconceived ideal. His Syd- wry Spounbitl is as vet in the crude stages of creation. and not i a promising_way of ever i stence. e character nid. as far as it goes. is well- h His Jarid Garrick i1 like and admire, while fullv is imperfect acting, The true anhoud and fine manners of Garrick are care- 1nlly portraved, but the heroics of the partin the mouth “of Sothern scarcely miss being Iludicrous. The disparity between the power of a tragedian and that of ome ko is only @ light comedian is too apparent. Robertson must have known that none but a versatile actor could do justice to the character us he made ft: but lic intrusted it to Mr. Sothern in contidence that it would receive at least elegunt illustration. aud the result bas justified the expectation. In this connection it is Dlessunt to e able 10 say a good word of Miss Dletz, who, as Adu Ingof, was more satis- lactory than in any other part. She has the misfortune of a shrill voice and wants foree, but ler demeanor s uazrecable and ladylike. The wrentleman who was once billed as Cheevers and afterwards with various other namesis a bad actor, and offensive because he has too. much contidence in Limsclf. His obtrusive “busi- ness™ ghowed rather a laudable en- deavor to be ingenions thanr any ac- turate \ acquaintance with stage methods and proprieties. It may Dbe said. however, of the representation of “ Garrick » that it was the most even of the weck. The evening de- voted to it might have been enjoyable bad not the atrocity knownas “‘ Dundreary Married and Settled” been perpetrated as an afterpiece. “THE LAW OF THE LAND.” This new melodrama was 2 blask and unre- lieved faiture at McVicker’s Theatre last week. In'as many ways as a play has the power of fail- jng—and how numerous are they !—it failed. 1t failed to attract audicnces, and itfailed to pleasc the few persons it did attract. It is a bad nlay of its kind. and of a badkind. Only this should be said in justice to the management, that the scenery was beautiful, and the acting not whollv inadequate. If the play had life in it, it would Liave lived with the fostering care it received. Mr. McVicker must” have been eu- couraged to produce ¢ The Law of the Land » by the fact that jt bad been purchased of the London authors by Messrs. Shook & Palmer, of he Cnion Squsre Theatre, in New York. We venture to predict that the play will never see the light in New York; for, if commonplace dialogue, absurd situations, questionable moral purpose, lethargic dramatic movement, waot of unity and coherence in plot, slip-shod construc- tion, and 2 lame_and ixu]potent conclusion, arg sufficient to condemn a play. * The Law of the Land ** will surely bea failure wherever it is seen. NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Adelphi returned to variety business last nigit. Daly’s traveling company will be at Haverly’s Theatre next week. Afr. C. A. Gardner will fill an engagement at the Museum this week. A mnew play called “XKarl Stein ¥ will be produced.™ Frank Mayo will act “Davy Crockett” at Haverly's Theatre this week. He has given the play in the United States 8§70 times, and ought to know how it should be done.” A prestidigatateur very highly spoken of in the East is Commandeur Cazeneuve, who is to beginan engagement at the New Chicazo The- atre Jan. 22, Meany pronounce him the finest performer ever seen in this country. Mr. Sotbern hes received the manuscript of & new play, written expressly for him by Afr. W. S. Gilbert. The title of it bas not yet been definitely determined upon. Mr. Sothern Irom bere to St. Louis, and shortly to San Fran- risco, where he will remain several weeks. Mr. Jolin McCullough, who has been awarded n very high place as a pator of Roman characters, will play Corivlanus at McVicker's Theatre this week Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day, and Thursdsy. “Othello ™ will be given Friday with Mr. McCullough in the titular part and Mr. Thorne as Jogo, and will be repeatca Baturdsy sfternoon with these parts exchanget - % Under the Gaslight” atthe Grand Saturday pight “Richard IIL™ will be pre- sented, and next week ‘The Gladiator,” “‘King Lear,” * Virginius,” and *Metamora.” THE OUTER WORLD. NEW YORE NOTES. Daly paid Sothern & Clark $5,000 for the copy- rignt in “The Americai.”” A new Brooklyn theatreis to be built, and- Messrs. Shook and Palmer have agreed to lease it Montsgue's traveling company will start out in February. Philadelphiawill be the first stop- ping place. Fawcett Rowe's * Fifth Avenue” is to be produced at Booth’s, with a number of variety- actors in the cast. Mr. Daly has a new piece in preparation at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, to be produced at Easter, centitled * Wedlock For Seven.” % ‘The personal propeng of young Clande Bur- roughs is appraised at 32,000, and he had some real estate of not much value. Mr. McVicker will probably renew his Jease of the Lyceum at the expiration of Edwin Booth's present engagement, which ends in February. Amy Fawsitt dicd in want, and was buried bumbly from St. Stephen’s Churcl, with only four miembers of the profession, all English, is mourners. - ‘‘Les Danichefl” was placed in rehearsal at the Union Square Theatre on Tuesday, but.will not beplayed until the middle of February. Charles K. Thorne, James O’Neill, Sara Jewett, Katlierine Rogers, Fanny Morant, and Johst Parselle are in the cast. The run of the Black Crook at the Grand Opera-House closed Saturday week amid the excerations of unpaid actors and dancers and the chagrin of disappointed sheriff otlicers. The blame is laid upon * aparty of the uname of glnisdefl," whose name sounds familiarly in this ty. Miss May Howard is negotiating with H. J. Montaue for the right of “ Queen Mab,” an English mmed)i; by H.J. Byron, which wasonly played in New York on the occasion of Mr. Mon- tawue’s benefit at the Union Square last spring, with Miss Claxton in the titular role. Miss Howard Jfla_vcd five nights ladt week at Shelby- ville, Ind., supported by a St. Louis compuany. ‘The superfluous members of Daly’s company, not juired at his own theatre, playe Dera- House last week. The play of *“The American” continues to be given at Daly’s Fifth Avenue Theatre, but is not ~ meeting with_great success. “Daw’l Druce” was at Booth's Theatre, ** Miss Multon™ at tne Union Square (Clara Morris )mvlng’fmhl!y recovered), 4 Azurine ¥ at Niblo's. - The run of “The Shaughraum” closed its carcer at Wallack's Theatre last night. * Forbidden Fruit ™ will be revived to-morrow. and the first performauce of A1l for Her,” with Mr. Wallack s Hugh Trevor, is announced for 23 Mr. Booth played Jau. 22 Brutusin Howard Payne's drama last week. This week be will attempt King Lear. The in- timation in the Boston papers that he will scon begin an engagement ot the Globe Theatre there is a suflicient indication of his present want of success in New York. Lotta is meeting with some favor at the Park Theatre. GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES. Mr. F. Bock, formerly of Chicago, is now et~ ng ot Pittsburgh. It isa comfort to learn from the Philadelphia Tmes that Miss Vesey, of Soldene’s Compauy, # has etockings of marvelous finish and smooth- ness.” “The Floreu ? had larger audiences than the house could seat every night of their first week at the_California Theatre. ‘““Ahmed™ at the Grand Opera-House, San Francisco, was al- most cqually suceessful. Rose Eytinge was at Pittsburgh last week; Magypic Mitchell at Cinciunati; Kate Claxion ana Madame Janauschek at Baltimore; Stuart Rob- son at Detroit; Adelaide Neilson at Toronto; Charles Fechter at Proyidence; Jane Coombs in “Pique™ on the New England circuit; John Raymond in Indfanz towns: Frank Mayo at St. Louis. The progrsmme of the Chestnut Street The- atre in Philadelphia, continues to be very at- tractive. *‘Musks and Faces® (with- Kee Ruukin as Pomander, Mr. Matkay as Triplet, Miss Glover as Peg Wogituglon, Miss Conwayas Vabd Tane, and May Davenport as Kitty Clire,) is the current play. ~ “ Love’s Sacrifice ™ is underlined for Jan, 15, and *Our Boarding House,” by Leonard Grover, is annouaced as_in rehearsal. Lucille Western has been at the Walnut. She gives way this weck to Mr. E. L. Davenvort, Whoisto appeer in the mew play of “Dan’l Druce.” Rose Estinge also begins an engage- ment to-morrow night at Mrs. Drew’s Theatre. «The Scarlet Letter,” 2 new play, Wwas pro- duced at the Boston Theatre Monday. Mrs. F. W. Lander personated Mest:r Prynne. The piece i, of course, very sombre in tons, and the crities say 1t is deficient in dramatic movement, but it has some 2ood scenes. Mrs. Lander her- self is now about 50 years of age, und an actress of the old-school in the staginess of her meth- ods. The first-night audience vas very brillianz, including H. W. Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, William D. Howells, Ole Bull and wife, James T. Fields, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, E. P. Whipple, and Prof. Picrce, of Harvard. The other theatres of Boston are not doing much. The Globe has been closed, and the company disbanded. The “Evangcline” combination, which is originally a Boston institution, plays at the Museum this week. FORESGN NOTES. ¢ Jane Shore,” (the new version) was to be shown at the Royal Princess Theatre Dec. 23. A new burlesque, called * The Lying Dutch- man,” bas been produced at the Strand The- tre, London. “Dan’l Druce® iscloseupon its 100th per- formance at the London daymarket. Miss Marion Terry as Dorolky is the great uttraction of the piece. Frank Frayne and familyin St Slocum * are at the London Olympic, and Baby Beuson at the Royal Adelphi Theatre. Jeunie Lee isat the Globe as the Juvisible Priuce. Croizette, the illustrious, has been sued for breach of contract, and has been oblized to_pay 10,000 francs for changing her apartments from the Rue de Echelle to another quarter of the city. Mr. Henry Irving, the eminent English tra gedian, was presented with & complimentary ad- dress at the condlusion of his Dublin engagement on bebalf of the graduates and undergraduates of Trinity College, Mr. Compton, the favoritc London comedinn, Dias been incapacitated by iliness for acting, and a benetit on his behalf is announced tu take place at Drury Lane. Many distinguished per- sons signed the call. Sardou’s new comedy, the provisional title of which is Dora, is under_sactive rebearsel at the Vauderville in Paris. The rchearsals of The Exziles, his_grand five-act melodrama, at the Porte St. Martiu, which have becn unaccount- ably delayed, are to be begun soon after the bolidays. But previous to the production of this grreat attraction, the manasers of that the- atre intend to revive the melodramaof *La Reine Margot,” by the elder Dawmas and M. Moquet. MUSIC. AT HOME. THE ESSIPOFF CONCERTS. The local musical record of last week was ratlier meagre. Beyond a concert by the Yale College Glee Club, for the benefit of their ever- lnsting boat-house, and a soiree by the Chicago Conservatory of Music, on Friday evening, assisted by the pupils of Mr. James Gill,—a concert which. reflected the highest credit upon all concerned,—there is nothing to chronicle. The event this week will .be the Essipoff Con-~ certs, at the New Chicago Theatre, on Monday, ‘Wednesday, and Friday evenings, and Saturday afternoon. As this talented pianiste comes here & stranger, a word or iwo of ler history will be interesting to concert-goers. Mme. Essipoff was born in St. Petersburg in 1852, her father being a Court Councillor, and she entered the Conservatory in that city at the ageof 13, Anton Rubinstein then being the General Director. She is indebted for her meth- od, however, to M. Lechetzky, the dircctor of ‘the plano classes, whom she subsequently mar- ried, Eesipoff being her maiden name. In 1872, at the age of 20, she made her professional de- but in Germaay, appearing in all the principal cities with great saccess. She afterward played in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Paris, but was first accorded a place among the few- first-class p-\:{'ers of the world afeer her London season, which was one of extraordinary brillisncy. In accepting her enmagement to visit this country, she refused offers: to make a tour of England and afterward appear at the Monday popular concerts at Covent Gar- den, likewise an offer from 3. Pasdeloup. who was_ negotiating for her appearance for the whole winter, at the Sunday afternoon elassical concerts in Paris. It is said that her repertoire consists of more than 200 works, which, s bas d. | only before been seen in Rubinstein and Von . 5. Sunfl{b Romance—** Bulow; she pl: entirely from memory, and that she specially excels ia ber juterpretation of Chopin. Her programmes for the coming week offer a rare treat to the musical public and musicians, and counoisseurs will be particularly delighted at the wide range as well as exeel- lence of the selections. The programme for Monday evening will be as follows: a Impromptu—"* De la Rosamonde 4. U Tranmeswirren....... Schumann ¢Les Deux Alouettes. .Leschetizki AMadame Annette Essipoff. 40 Santiselma Vergine”'. = s dguese Batnie. g;:l!crgcntn“e‘ - 41 “lfi%'?flb ................Chopl:l Valse . 3 Annette Essipof. 7. Caprice Fantastigue................Wienfawskl Monsieur Alfred Vivien. Liogk 8. Rhapsodie Hongroise, Ko. £ .. “Madame Annette Essipof. ' Mme. Essipoff’s_sclections for Wednesday evening will be the Bach-Tauslg Toccata; Sear- Jatti’s Sonata in A major; one of the Field noe- turnes; Liszt’s Etude in D fiat; Beethoven's Sonata op, 27, No. 2 (the ““Moonlight ”); _and Chiopin’s scherzo in C sharp minur.” On ¥rida) evening she will play Schumann’s ¢ Carnival ? Scenes Mizuonnes, op. 9); Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C sharp mficr' Handel’s variations (thé & Harmonious Blacksmith™); s Chopin nocturne and impromptu, aud his ctude for the black keys; and Tausig’s arrangement of Strauss’ waltz, “ We Live But Once.” The matinee programme has not yet been an- nounced. “Apropos of planists, it Wwill be interesting to tlie many friends of Miss Julia Rive, an uduira- ble American pianist, to know that she is rapid- 1y recovering from her recent severe illpess, and that she is seriously coutemplating making Chi- cago her future home. Should she decide to come here, she will reccives warm welcome from a hostof friends apd admirers of her genus. Piano-playing will receive new im- Dulses from her presence in _this city, and she will prove just such an accession to our ‘musical circles as is greatly needed. TIR SMITH-WIIINEY TROUPE. The next important event of the season will be the concert to be given by the Smith-Whitney troupe at McCormick’s Hall on Tuesdsy even- ing, as one of the attractions of the Star Lecture Course. The troupe is composed of Mrs. H. M Smith, soprano, a vocalist who has always been a favorite with our concert-zoers; Mr. Fessenden, tenor, who has sung here frequently and pos- sesses an admirable tenor voice; JMiss A. R. Clark, contralto, a Boston siuger, .who is well spolen of; and Mg M. D. Whitney, basso, who is o well known fibre that he needs o intro- duction. The prominent features of the pro- gramme wiil be the performauce for th2 first time in this city of Mendelssobn’s operetta, “Son and Stranger,” written in_his_youth, and abounding in lizht ' and graceful melodies. The cast will be as follows: The Mayor, ... Hermann. his sor Kauz, a peddler, TUrsula, wife to the Lisbeib, their ward.. +-seoMrs. H. AL Smith ‘The numbers of the operetta are as follows: Komance (Urswla), * There sat in the times of 0ld; duet (Ursida and Lisbeth), ** Now here, now there, with laugh and jest” ; song (Lisbeth), ITow oft the young heve wandered 3. s0nZ (¥auz), “1 am a roamer, bold and gay ”'5 song (#fermdnn), * When the evening bells are chim: ing 73 trio (Lisbeth, Hermann, and Kauz), “0 how wilt thou™; song (Hermann), *'Tis now the hour when spirits Tise”; song (Eauz), t Hear, ye ncighbors—hear me singing '3 duet (Hermdrin andKauz); song (Lisbeth) “The towers are ringing theirbells of gold "5 quartet, “ The old are now young hope renewing.” The second part of the programme, which s miscel- lancous in character, is as follows: PART 3. 1. Cavnlin:\—“Rem"qu\'n nel Silenzio .. Donlzetti Alrs. Smith. 2, Somg—‘*A Mariner's Home's the 12 S .Randegger r. Wnitne 3. Quartette—**I1 Pescatore Siciliano™....Ettore Mrs. Smith, Miss Clark, Mr. Fessenden, and iMr. Wmlue{ 4. Song—**Knoswest Thou the Land " ... Thomas Miss Clark. a *Serenade . rienu medire Mr. Fessend 8. Duet—"**Mio Carlo™. e irs. Smith and Mr. Whitney. 7. Quartette—**The Sea Hath Its Pearls .. Pinsuti Atrs. Smith, Aise Clork, Mr. Fessenden, and Vr. g Wiitpey. WHEREABOUTS. Aimee and Oates were in New Orleans last week. The Kellozg troupe sang in Indianap- olis last_evening, and will also sing there to- morrow evening. They open in Philadelpbia on the 15th. The Soldene troupe will be in Cincin- cinnati this week. Aptommas, the celebrated harpist, is giving concerts in Boston. Brignoli gave two coancerts in Bufialo on the 5th and Gth. The German Military Bana is in San Francisco. Gilmore gave a concert in New York last cven- inginaldof the St.Iznatius Guild, fu which he was ussisted by Mme. Pappenheim, Arbuckle, Signor De Carlo, and the combined choirs of Trinity Parish. Janotta, the Cincionati director and compos- er, announces forthcoming performances of “FraDiavolo” and *Maritana.” The Arion Society of that city recently gave * Maritana * with Castle as Don Cesar.” Theodore Thomas is heading this way. On_the 9tb, he is au- nounced for Rochester, N. Y., and on’ the 10th and 11th for Buffalo. IN MEMORIAM. - At the recent session of the Plymouth, (0.) Musical Convention, unger the direction of Prof. H. 8. Perkins, of this city, the following resolutions were passed: ‘Wigreas, The dispensation of Providence, in the sad, heart-rendering calamity, at Ashtabula, 0., on the evening of Dec. 29, 1576, in which oc- curred the death of Mr. and Mrs. P. P, Bliss, of Chicago, while in the zenith of their usefulness; an Wreress, Fully recognizing them as worthy. valuable imembers of society and of the musical yrofeasion; also desiring to condole with the rela- tives of the decensed in thig/ time of their great affliction, therefore, by the Huron County Musical Convention now tn tession at Plymouth, O,, be it tesolred, That we have been greatly pained by the very sad and nntlmc‘{ death of Mr. and Ars. P. P. Bliss, of Chicago. for whom we cntertained the yreatest respect and friendship. Jzesolred, That onr most heartfelt sympathics and_condolence be extended to the widowed mother, sisters, and othier relatives in this hour of their great sorrow and aflliction; and that a copy of these resolutions be presented to the Chicugo pa- pers for publication, and a copy be transmitied to the surviving members of the family. [Sizned by Committee.] II.S.Perkins, Chicago; the Rev. 3. H. Gray, Atfica, O.; A. L. Simmons, Steuben, 0. ; II. H. Johnson, Havana, O.; Thom- a8 Parkison, Manafeld, O. - LOCAL MISCELLANY. M. Pease and Mr. Bischoff appeured at the concert for the benefit of the Brooklyn sufferers in New York last week. There will be a Tull rehearsal of the Apollo Club and the auxiliary ladies' chorus on Monday evening at 7:45 0'dlock. Mr. Schultze and Miss Eva Manierre, one of our best amateur pianists, take part in a con- cert at Waukegan on Tuesday evening; and Mr. Emil Liebling, Mr. William Lewis, Mr. Eich: heim, Mrs. Thurston, Miss Forsman, and Miss Munger will capture Hyde Park on Thursday evening of this week. Lucy Hooper, writing from Paris, thus speaks +of our Chicago contralto: * One hears but little in Paris this scason of any American aspirants for distinction as prime doune, but & magnifi- ‘ent contralto of the future is now under train- ing here in the person of a Western girl, Miss Gicon. Wartel pronounces her voice to bereally mearvelous in power and richness of tone.” The installation of officers of the Chicago Lodge at Origntal Hall, which takes place to- morrow evening, will be characteriz sical features which are on the scale of a grand concert. Miss W. De Pelarom, Miss ‘Hortha Burge, and Messrs. Molter, Breytspraak, Meyer, Liesezang, and Schnadig, and the Snim,-zo Lady Quartette will take part in a fine programme of ten numbers. i The concert-goers of the city should bear in mind that the new Chicazo Philharmonic Soci- ety will make its_debut in this city at_McCor- ick’s Hall, on Wednesday evening, Jan. 16, with a performance of Beethoven's C minor symphony, Weber’s well-known Jubel overture, and one of the Meyerbeer Torch dances. The public rehearsal will take place on the afternoou of the 16th at the same place. The Soclety will beassisted by Miss Jenny Busk, soprano, and Miss Bertha Burge, planist. St. Louis is happy over a performance of “The Messiah’ last Thursday evening, to an audience of 5,000 people. The solos were taken by Mme. Rosewald, soprano: Mrs. Seguin, con- traito; Mr. Mass, tenor; and Mr. Conly, basso. The chorures were furnished by the St. Louis Oratorio Soclety, under the direction of Mr. Balatka. Al the solofsts carried off encores,— . e, Rosewald for I Know that My Redeemer by mu-" Liveth *'; Mrs. Seguin for “He Despised "3 3r. Maas for ¢ Thou Sbalt Break Them; aud Mr. Conly for * Why Do the Nationst” Of Mr. Balatka’s share in the performance, the Rept- Tican says: ** The work of Prof. Tlans Balatka showed tliroughout, and especially in the 1 Dalance of the-parts in the choruses eod in the expression which was given to some of the deli- cate passages. flc seemed to be well satisficd with his work, and he could not but be eatisfled +with the appreciation shown.” w The second sorec of_the scason by the pupils of the Chicao Musical College will be given at. the Methodist Church Block on Saturday even- ing, Jan. 13, with a very attractive programme. ‘The pupils who will take part are the Misses Agues Kuott, E. Lonerzan, Claudie Buel, Zula Goodiman, Emma Roemheld, Mary Wishard, Ida L. Picree, Mrs. Leonard Ames, Jr., and Alrs. D W. Perveil. Mr. Buisseret, one of the teachers, will play Rust’s sonate for violin, composed in 1795, the sonate being in five movements—fuga, gigue, chaconne, aud courante. The programme for the Turner Hall concert this afternoor, under the direction of Mr. Clonder, will be as follows: ‘ Krakowiak Mareh,” by ZickofT; overture to * Rosamunde,” by Schubert; fantasic ‘ Awakening of the Lion,” by Koutzky; potpourri “From My Al- bum:n Uy Faust: waltr “By the Beautiful Rbine,” by Kela Bela; cavatina from the opera of “The Ring," by Heemann, to be played by Mr. Braun; overture to Suppe's * Light “Caval- ¥y*; potpourri, *The Grand_Duchess,” by OL- tenbnc?l: and Lumberje’s Chicken Mask quad- rille. ABROAD. FOREIGN NOTES. Costa is writing an oratorio on the subject of “Joseph.” Johannes Brahms has been appointed Director of the Dusseldorf Conservatory of Music. Miss Emma Abbott is soon to appear in opera at the Academy for the benefit of Dr. Chapin's Church. Carl Bergmann's unpublished opers, entitled «Ein Kirchweinfest in der Steirmark,” was re- cently sold for $36. M. Maurel, the famous baritone, is singing in Cairo, Egypt. He has been engaged for the next season at the Paris Grand Opera. A serfes of concerts will shortly be given in Vienna to secure funds for the erectionof a monument to Beethoven, in that city. The Handel and Haydn Socfety of Boston, which gave * The Messigh ” on Cliristmas Eve, has performed that oratorio sixty-six timessince Liszt will leaye Buda-Pesth early in Januarvy, spend a short time in Vienna. and pass the rest of the winter as the guest of the King of Hoi- land. In the spring he will go to Italy. An early onc-act opera by Herold. “Les Tro- ueurs,” ‘which had not been played eince 1ts arst production in 1819, has been revived with fair success by M. Vizentini at the Theatre Ly- rique, Paris. Herr Jauner, the director of the Opera at Vienna, has issted his prozramme for 1877. At Jeast. three novelties are to be given,—\Vagner's “Walkure,” Saint-Szens’ ** Sawson and Dalila,” and Delibes’ ballet * Sylvia.” Carl Goldmark, who secured success by his opera, thé Queen of Sheba,” is at work ona new opera, the libretto by Gabriel Varady, called “The Argonauts.” Tt will he first per- formed in the Imperial Theatre in Vienna. * Mme. Jenny Van Zandt, the American prima donna, was recently in Paris, en route for Milan. She is conveying to_the latter city her young daughter, who is said to have a very remarkable volee, aud who is to study there for the lyric stage. ‘The wives of great musical composers seem to be very unmusical. Madame Offenbach de- tests music; Madame Verdl never woes to the opera; Madame Gounod is a aevout member of the church, and thinks ber husband did very wrong to compose anything for the stage. Mr. De Vivo, says the New York Zerald, has had a cable tlisFfltuh from Melbourne, Australia, stating that MUe. Di Murska will arrive in San Francisco in the steamer ducon the 10t of next March. Itis his intention to give a series of concerts_in California with Mlle. Di Murska, Signor Rosantl, Signor Susini, aud Mr. John Hill. The company will then go to New Orlenas, and will visit New York early next spring. The Moscow correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph reports that Mme. Patti’s bene- fit, on the. 11th, was o great success. Siguor Campana’s * Esmeralda * was the opera chosen for the occaslon, it was produced with magniti- cent scenery, and with the greatest attention 1o details. AR overcrowded house greeted Mme. Patti with enthusiasm. There were sixty calls for the beneilclaire during the performance, and more than 300 bouquets were showered upon hier; besides, she was presented with a beantiful pair of diamond and sapphire earrings. Herr Von Flotow, after the successful recep- tionof his mew threc-act opers, *Il Flor &’ Harlewm,” was immeneely pleased with the reu- Uition given his work, aud particularly with the singing of the principal tenor, Napoleon Gnone. After the first representation he sent to him a complimentary letter, accompanied by o photo- hoof himself, on which was written this quaint bit of flattery: ‘*Vous etes comme Na- poleon le Grand, mais quand vous chantez Yous etes grand comme Napoleon le Petit.” You are as little as Napoleon the Great, but when ;"ou] si,x’lg you are as great as Napoleon the ittle. e e—— A DREAM. 1t was midnight. T stood by my window, alone, My forehead pressed clogc to tiie pune. Listening to the voice of the thunder without, “Ana the fast-failing drops of the rain. When close to my window thiere clided a face, So pate, 20 death-like and hollow: Then n white-robed form, which beckoned to me, With its long, bony finger, to follow. . Throngh the arkness aud storm I followed the orm, And it led me away to the shore; And there, by that dark-rolling river, I heard "The dip Gf 4 boatman's oar. & So far I had silently fotlowed my guide, Withouc stopping to think, of sk why; But now, on the banksof that dark-surging stream, * There aross to my Jips o wild cry. The lightning flashed out 3 bright, livid flame, Reveuling s form on the exnd; And I knew it was her I loved dearer than lite, 1y the ring that she wore on her hand. Then down at her side I was instantly kneeling, With my quick ear pressed close to her heurt; But silent the beating I had oft loved to hear, And cruel the death that had torn us apart. Iklusd :lhe dear eyes that \ere now glazedin h; 1 wept o'er that face, white and fair; 1 raised from the sand, all tsngled and swet, Her wealth of beautifal hair. T kissed ber cold lips, that would epeak .., .»rmore, Aud my poor heart was dumb in its pain; For I kaew that my darling was sleepinz thy slasp From which she Wwould wake nog again. And Touder the volce of the maddening storm grew; o ehicld her my elfosts were vain, s And down on the unsheltered form of my love ¥ell faster the pitiless rain. And nearer the shore came the sound of the oar; Then my guide held me firm by the hand, While the boatman in white bore away from my sight The form I had found on the sand. Then I sprang in the water, and loudly I cried, ‘!Stop! Don't take my darling away But the water was cold, and 10! I awe And the sun was some Lours on its way. I !pml‘;ga from my bed, wiped the drops from my Pinched myeelf to be sure it was me; Said, **Thank God, it's & dream! ™ How unreal all things seem When you wnke, from pain and doubt frec. Caicago, 1L, Jan. 4, 1877. v 2 Everlasting Harvest. Santa Cruz (Cal.) Courder. Welast week witnessed tbe queer spectacle of a strawberry patch growing in the openair a week before Christmas, The garden is located about six miles above the town of Soquel, and about the same distance from Santa Cruz. Mr. Thompson is the owner of the ranche, and he fnformed s that at any day or mouth in the i-w he could go into the "patch and gather at cast twenty %nm of the luscious berries in a short time. He now has in cultivation 3,000 vines, which occupy half an acre of zround, and from these he has gathered during the past vear 6,000 quarts of the large crimson beauties. Hall of this quantity he sold in the local markets at an average of 20 cents Per quart, and the other balf he gave away to his neighbors, as there was no demand for them from buyers. Blossoms, Frccn, and flaming red, ripe berrles emile and ook sedate, and blush side by side the whole I'car through, on the same vine. This certainly s equal, not superior, to the ancient and {abled Jand thst flowed with milk and_ honey. Now let us sec it his crop pays him. To Start with, they are not as much trcuble to_cultivate 28 a pateh of string beans would be; then, at an average of 20 cents per quart, the half-aere of ground would net him 8600 per year. * Not only strawberries, but this gentieman has also a fine orchurd of peach and other fruit trces whic very promising. } ey REAL ESTATE. Renewals of "Loans the Main Business of Loan=Agents. Rates Easy, and 7 Per "Cent. Transactions Again Re- ported. One of the Dullest Weeks on Record in the Real-Estate Market. A Defense of the Methods of Chicago Building and Loan Associations. In the loan market, the year opens very favor- ably, when the extreme destitution of real- estate operators is taken into consideration. Both thenumber of transactionsand theamounts negotiated are in excess of those of last week. Loan-agents report that rencwals form a large part of thelr business, and that these are doue at ulower figure than the original loans where parties have secured a reputation for prompt- ness in paying interest. There isno dearth of 7-per-cent money on good improved property, several loans at this rate having been consum- mated the past week. - Payments are improving from year to year, and the complaints on this score are grawing gradually fainter. The large number of fore- closure-sales reported in the yearly statement in last Sunday’s issue must be chiefly credited to the failure of real-estate operators, and not to the failure of Icgitimnle“bamwm. Specula- tors are being gradually cleaned out, and there will be probably fewer foreclosure-sales the coming year than during the past. There is o very fair inquiry for money in the offices of all our loan-nzents, and anticipations of a reafun- erative business encourage the capitalist. The following transactions indicate the state of the market: State street, 24 feet, west front, between Washington and Madison streets, with improve- ments. $25,000, three years, at 7 per cent. West Twenty-second Street, 133 fect, south front, by 265 feet on Allport street, $15,000, two years, at 9 per cent ; unimproved. West Madison street, southwest corner of Desplaines street, 41 42100 feet by 100 2-10 feet, $20,000, eight years, at 75¢ per cent; improved. ‘West Erle strect, 9 feet, south front, between Lincoln and Robey streets, S?,gOO, three years, at 10 per cent; to sccure an acerued indebted- Dness. West Adams street, 172 feet, north front, be- tween Throop and Loomis streets, $25,000, five years, at 7 percent, @ 2 Lots at Evanston, $15,000, five years, at 10 per cent. West Madison street, 150 feet, north front, between Sacramento street and Kedzie avenue, $31,000, payable within fchree vears, at 8 per cent. ‘This is to secure an indebtedness. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT FOR THE WEEK EXDING aax. 1877. 1876. et Garderabn| ideratn. Trust.deeds| 104S '.'.:ml "193's 489,011 Mortgages..| 21 52,330} 39| .22 Agregute..| 1255 om,enll| 232§ 557,237 Releases ... 12 = THE SALES OF THE WEEK. Nothing oceurred to vary the monotony of the real cstate market during the week. ~ Some in- teresting transactions were in negatiation, but were not closed in time to be reported. The principal sales were as follows: Nichols, Brage & Co. sold for cash cottage No. 456 {Vest Conmress street, with two lots fronting on Congress street and two lots front- ine on Williams street, adjoining, for $3,150. . M. Hamilton sold'Nos. 12, 14, and 16 Cen- tre avenue, improved, for $11,000. Wash Hesing sold house and lot on Huron street, west of Cuss street, for $20,000. Charles Palmer sold five houses, three-story and basement, and iots on the northeast _corncr of Wasl on and Ada streets, to J. K. Russell for $25,000. i Joseph Eastman sold four-story marble-front house and lot on Washington street, 210 feet east of Qgden avenue; also on Washington and Elizabeth streets, three houses and lots, to E. Sturtevant, for o total consideration of $34,250. ‘Also sold a four-story and basement marble front house on Ogden avenue between Wash- ington and Randolph streets, with two three- story marble front houses aud lots on Washing- ton strect near Throop street, and ope house same description on Throop street near Wash- ington street, all to C. C. Bussee, for a total consideration of $46,930. 3 Peter G. Tower sold on Jackson street 100 feot, west of Oakley street, 132x238 feet, to John N. Gage, for $14,000. G George B. Griffin sold twenty acres in the northeast % of the southwest % of 85, 40, 13, for §10,000, Gilvert LaBerze sold four-story marble front store building, 20x100 feet, on Madison street west of Hulsted street, for $25,000 L. H. & J. M. Johnson sold twenty acres in 20, 40, 18.and tienty-six lots in Johnson’s Addi- 1 to Mont Clare Tor the total sum of $11,500. SATGRDAY’S TRANSFERS. The following instruments were filed for record Saturday, Jan. 8: CITY PROPERTT. w of and mear Yagerst, af, ft, with buiiding, dated Ang. ‘Walnnt at, 20513’ 31, 18 Ingruhum st, 1 ¢ cor of Noble st, $ 5,000 x Fra 125 11, dated Jan. 5. ceees . 3,000 Fox st, 202 8-10 ft wof Elston rosg,n f, 25x94 feet, dated Jan. D 3,000 Oakley ave, 48 ft 1 of Coblenz St %100 1t, duted Jan. 5 500 Central Park ave, 150 fi 8 of Twenty: third st e f, 373x124 8-10 ft, duted Jan. 2 2,075 Twent) 1, 243100 ft, dated Nov, 21, 1876 . 2,300 Rees st, 8544 ft w of Larrabeest, nf, 4025x200 ft, dated Dec. 7, 1876B........ 1,500 Same ns the 2bove, with other property, duted Dec. 7, 1876.... ... L. 2,700 si st, 235 {1 Of Ashiand ave,n f, x125 1t with buildings, dated Jan, 4 1,000 Flournoy st, between Iioyne and Rovey - sts, » 1, 1925100 ft, duted Dec. 12, 8,000 0 1t, dated Jan. G.... 600 SOUTIL OF CITY LIMITS WITRIN A RADIUS OF SEVEN MILES OF TUE COURT-HOUSE. Kimbark av, 194 {t n of Fifty-sixth st, w_ f, 100x175 i, dated Jan. G............] 4,100 Kimbark av, 244 ft n of Fifty-sixth st, w f, 50x175 ft. dated Jan. 6. 2,050 Kimbark P 1, 50x175 {1 2,050 Eimbark av, 150 ft ¢ of Fifty- f, 150x175 ft, dated Jan 1,500 Wilson st, ¢ x120% ft, dated Jan. 4 4,000 Calumet av, 313 4-10 ft n of Fifty-sev- enth ot, w f, 50x100 7-10 ft, “dated Jan. 5..... .. 38,000 Mound st, e of and near _Stewart av, af, 4¥8x12j ft, dated Nov. 10, 187 800 SUMMARY OF TRANSFERS FOR THE WEEK. The following is the total amount of city and suburban travsfers, within a radius of seven miles of the Court-House, filed for record during the week ending Saturday, Jan. 6: City sales, 49; consideration, 5187,650. North of city limits, sales, 6; consideration, $14,850. Southiof city limits, sales, 21; cousideration, $41,800. West of dity limits, sales, 1; consideration, $1,250.« Total sales, 77: total consideration, $245,550. BUILDING-AND-LOAN ASSOCIATION. o the Editor of The Tridune. CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—I noticed in your edition of Dec. 2L that mention was made that several suits had been brought inst a building so- ciety of Chicago to set aside as fraudulent, on the plea of illegal rates of interest and misrep- resentation, the foreclosure sale of property mortgaged to secure notes given the gaid = soclety by varlous parties. As one of many borrowers in s Building and Loan Association in Chicago, will you per- mit me the space in your paper to correct an im- ression among a good many people that all uilding and loan associations are conducted on the same plan? Such isnot the fact by any means. There are associations in our city, and many in Philadelphia, conducted on the purely mutusl or co-operative plan, where every stocK- holder has an_equal share (in proportion to the amount of his stock) in all the profits acerning from whatever source, and also a voice in the maragement of the association. In thege, all transactions are on principles of perfect equity to all members, whether they are borrowers or wish to repay a loan, or are members who are not borrowera and wishing to withdraw their money. They offer facilitics to borrowers for obtaining and paying for property that no other system has ever provided. For instance. a tenant paying 335 per month rent knows of property that can be bought cheap for cash. He becomes a member of one of these assoclations by subscribing to stock which at par value will represent an amount saflicient to ob- tain 2 Joan, of say, $8,000. To carry this loan costs him $50 per month, or $15 morethan the rent. In eight years (the time allotted for stock to reach par in Chicago associations) be will have Fnlfid 81,440 more than he would have pald his ndlord in the same time, adding, say, $200 for ‘worth mort n'$3.000, akid has no more rent to pay in all fature time. No one will question thatif property is purchased with wisdom and for cash in the present depressed condition of the market, the purchaser will realize benefits from enhanced \'-.\files attheend of eight years. If all the'landlords in Chicago offer and guarantee to their tenants such terms snd paymentsin buying and paying for their property, there are Dbut few, I will venture to say, who would not accept thelr offer at once. Now, I ask you and your readers if these associntions do not encour- e the people to strive to obtain homes, and produce a spirit of thrift and economy ‘which is ot only a benefit to themselves, but to the It.\el'- manent interest and welfare of our city. be- lleve associations conducted on these prinaples, swhich have been a blessing to the industrious people of Philadelphia for the past twenty-oue years, should become_ better known among the masses in Chicago. It is the best plan ever de- vised for & savings and loan institution. If your readers who think differently or are not conver- gant with their workings will fvvestizate them, they will come to the same conclusions. BORROWER- NEW SUBDIVISIONS. Two subdivisions were filed for record the past week, viz: (1) A plat of Lot 30 Pine Grove. (2) A plat of subdivision of Lots3, 3, 4, 5,6, and 7, in De Stabiles subdivision of Lot 331n E. 1¢ 8, W. ¥ Sec. 18,30, 14, situated north of Twellth street, between Oliver and Leavitt streets. REAL ESTATE TN ST. LOUIS. The building record of St. Louis for the past ear i3 one which would be ereditable even in gener times than those we are now going through. Eighteen bundred buildings repre- sent an increase in population of 15,000, even if we make no allowance for the increase repre- sented by closer crowding in harder times. he average number of inhabitants to a house in St. Lonis was, according to the last census, within a fraction of eight, and the average would prob- ably be Jarger at present. Our buildings, more- over,are all of a substantial character, and, though we have our share of vacant houses, theredo not seem to be any more vacant now than there were o year ago. If by uny lessén- ingof taxation réal-estate values could be re- . licved, we would be justified in saying' that the property interests of St. Louis had seen the the g’orgn of the depression.—st. Louis Globe- at. WANEETA. A LEGEND OF THE ADIRONDACKS. For The Tribune. At the head of the down-streaming rivers I the Adirondacks uplands, there stand two buge battlements of rock, called the * Indian Pass.” Here, in-this land of boulders, and amid the ruins of upturned and rotting forests, are the fountains of four rivers,—the Hudson, the Au Sable, the Bouquet, and the Opalescent. The Opalescent joins the Hudson at the foot of an unscaled mountain. There is a legend told by the Iroquois, which was handed down from the long-extinet “Tribe of tbe Adiron- dacks,” which runs something like thi: Wa- neeta, an Indian maiden, and her lover. went to find the head-waters of the Hudson, and became lost in the Indian Pass. Waneeta waited ona large table-rock, and saw her lover pass out of the great west portal into the night. He has never recurned, and Wanecta wanders to and Iro, sadly singing the *Indian Song of Hearts,” but does not lose sight of _the place where they &:rted, for fear he will come in bicr absence and d that she has gone. In s valley by the moontafns, By the Adirondack fountains, Siligs Waneets, Indian maiden, Where the winding river starts, — Sings Waneeta, her sad soul laden With the taneful song of hearte. Where the rocks hold high a table, .Near the rushing, mad Au Sable, Sings Waneeta, 1n her angnish, 0f a love that love impurts: Where the unscen flowers lanzuish, ‘Sweet Waneeta sings of bearts. ‘There are lessons spread for sages Where no mortal reads their pages In the sober licht of ages, Where.the winding river rages, Where Waneeta, by the fountains, Far beyond life’s busy marts, In the Adirondack mountafns, Singa forever, —sings of hearts. ‘Where the pines embrace the crescent O'er the pale, swift Opalescent, Where the sun sets in seclaslon, And the ehadows build delusion, Where the mighty Hudson parts Desolation and confusion, Sweet Waneeta ings of hearts. Where the rocks the river cover, Where the vines hang loosely over, Sings Waneeta of her lover; Siogs Waneeta In her sorfow, Where the crags broke up and started, Where the rocks are loose and parted. *+He will come, " she sings, ** to-morrow ;" And she waits there, broken-hearted. ¢+ He will come, " the echoes quiver, Where the tall trees stand and shiver O'er the clear and ice-cold river. “*He will come, " the echoes tell it Through the gorge's gurgling fllet: **He will come where you are waiting, For Time's pulse {s fast abating, And beats in fitful starts— He will come, "—the words are mating With Waneeta's song of hearts. Giant trees with arms unfolded, Stalwart pine-limbs ronghly molded, X Guard the radiant mountain-glories Where the sobbing river starts, — Tell the winds heroic stories Where Waneeta sings of hearts. One there was—I doubt his teaching, For ki3 brows were overreaching, And his look was not beseeching— Suud he stood for years a sentry Where the winding river starts, In the sombre woodland-entsy Where Waneeta sings of hearts; Said, **The Tegend of Au Sable 19 romance oFa fable! True,” he said, **a voice I ringing Where the stendfast vines are clinging, And the sunsisine glides and darts; Only Echo's ghost 3 singing ‘Where Wanecta sang of hearts,” But the hunter, as he presses On the mosses’ feathered tresses, ‘Where the spider’s satin cable Holds the diamonds from Au Sable, In the lang the river blesses, Where the crystal fountains start, Where the Now the Old caresses, Heara Waneeta sing of hearts. Where the trees are old and sober, Or in gown of brown October., Where the oaks are dwarfed and humble, ‘Where the carth was built in parts, Where Creation's Archives crumble, ‘Sweet Waneeta sings of hearte. Fraxs DaNieL Brisu., ——— THE SWEET SINGER. 3 A TRIBUTE: WRITTEN ‘TUE TRAGIC DEATH OF THE LATE P. P BLISS. Sleep in the wild and lonely vale, Whose story sad will ever live, Where many 3 poor soul eut up to God, "id cries of help that none could give’ Sleep where the Master called for you, When Deatl o'ertook the fated trais, Amid the horrors of that Winter's night,— The storm, the crush, the lurid fume. Rest from the mission of your fife, - Your work of song so nobly done: And. in the prescnce of our Lordand King, ‘Take up the crown 50 nobly won. Sweet are the teachings of your words, Replete with Gospel love and cheer; Sweet was the music of your gifted voice, So soothing to the heart and ear. Resume a nex life's song of praise in Heaven's bigh, resounding hall: While we belo'v will sing your sweetest songs, So dear to us—so free €0 all, Cuicaco, san. 4, 1877.. EDWARD A. Barxes. A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OP THE HEZRO WHO *‘UELD THE FORT"” UNTIL CHARIOTS OF FIRE CONVEYED HMIM AND M3 BELOVED WIFE TO DEALYS OF EVERLASTISG BLISS. «“Thou'rt gone to the grave,” but thy eplrit still lives In the glorious hope which Eternity gives To all who in Jesus their hopes will confide, And trust in the One Who on Calvary died. So much like thy Savior: so gentle and mild, So humble and patient, with fath like a child; - So gentle in manner, yet mighty in song— We cannot but linger, thy praise to prolong. No more thy melodious voice shall we hear Enchanting the eoul and dispelling all fear, Entreating and urging the s{nner tofiee For refuge to Him who says, **Come unto Me!" And e Jmid the darkaess, aad gloom, and des- alr, Comes asweet-sounding voice from the Iand ** Over There ™ We listen, and wonder, and fancy 't may be A rong from the shores of Eternity. And we turn once agaln to those hymns of praise That our brother sanz in his pilgrim-days; And ask that our voices nnited may be That day when we keep the World’s Great Jubllee. CHARLES SyITH. e . Drawing a Line Somewhere. Detrolt Free Press. A man was lanaed at the ferrvdock yesterday dripping wet and shivering till the rattle of his teeth copld be heard Iorty feet away. When taken Into a saloon to thaw out some one around the hat, remarking that the victim wagy poor man. The man to whom the hat came firs; called out: **Where was it that_vou foll inty : On "the Canadian side,” was the reply, *““Then notone cent can-you get from. me!™ continued tbe mau. *It’s every tme patriot’s duty to succor those who fall intg American waters, but Ull be hanged if I'm ing to help run_two countries!”’ " Aud the col. Iection amounted to only four cents. THE GAME OF CHESS Crrss Dizecrony.—Chicago Chess Club, Noa. 63 and 65 Washington street; l‘ldpcn from9a m to 10p. m. Chess players meet daily at ] Hog%;: Exchange) and the ‘Shermin Hogse ot ment). . Al communications intended for this department shonld be addressed to TiE TRIZUNE, and Indoned “*Chess. " ‘TO CORRESPONDENTS. “E. H. R."—Thanks for the attention. *‘E. B."—Problems under examination, 443, V. P."—Pleasc point ont wherein the pub. 1ished solution to Problem No. 55 i defective. “R. W. K.,” Keithsburg, IIl.—Solution to Prob. lem and Enigma No. 55 correct, bt recelved tog late to be-.acknowledged last week. Solations «honld be received not later than Friday prior to ‘publication. D, I. K."—You will always oblige by polntiny out **more ways than one"™ in solntions to prob. lems and enigmnas in this column. In Enigma No, 57, however, you are at fanlt. The answerto 1., BtoKEt5is1..RtoKt6. e Correct solution ta Problem No. 58 recelved from W. H. Oington, D. H. Kinkead, C. Dreler, E. Barbe, J. V. Price; E. Semple, E. H. Reime bold, E. S. Watts, E.R.B., and 70 Adama street, ity; R. W. Kile, Keithsburg, Il ; J. E. Robin. fnona, Minn. ; C. feyer, i Brown, Jolict, 11 ?n{odl:rx&m‘, i Kt., Tarner, HI ; J. B. K., Columbus, 0.; G. § Powell, city. Correct solution to Enigma No. 56 received from C. Dreier, D. I Kigkead, and E. Barbe, city: C. E. Meyer, Freeport, 1 ENIGMA BY MR. J. LOWENSTEIN. ~ Whige. Dlack. Ringast KB5S Klagat Q5 RookatQ It4 Pawnar Qs Biskopat QR G Fawauidhs Kalglit at 9 sq PawnasQlyz Pawnat QK+ White t0 play and mate fa three moves. PROBLEM NO. 58. BY MB. W. A. SHINKMAN. * Black. %%M //45:7%””/// ] 2 7 % V 3 = ) 172 White, ‘White to play and mate in three moves. The sbove problem Is one of set entered by the anthor in a late problem tonrnament of La Strala- gie, and heretofore nnpublished in this country. SOLTTION TO PROBLEM NO. 56. - White. | iack. 1.BOKKt4 1.Ktto38 Qsq 2. Moves ates If Bl 1..Kt takes B, then 2. 1..Ktto B 6, then 2..B takes SOLUTION TO ENIGMA NO. 30. White, Black, takes Kt, etc.; and it togRLy ‘QtoQach 3..Q mates CHESS IN NEW YORK. To the winner of the following game (Ar. Bird) the judges awarded the silver cup presented by Mir. Lieders, proprictor of the Cafe International, for the most brillinnt game in the Clinper Tourna- ment, recently held in New York. FRENCH DEFENSE. IPite=>e, Brro. | Blask-Me. Masox 1.PloK4 L.PtoKs 0Q 1 KtioBs3 K B takea P Ki10 KBQs Cisstles KEWEsq YReto Ko ) 10QB3 QEtioRs QR to F1oQ PioK I3 QRtiaks 10 QK BioR 63 KKLIOKS PtoQR1 Kt P Takes P YEmLs t0Q B2 Bakes Kt B KLY B Q taki EPch Kok 0K BS ot 5985 2 0 Q B FP1oQRS B rakes P 13 takes B Rio K Bsq(d) Rto126 () It takes @ o P takes 12 KttoQ QKtto B4 0 QB () G Kt 1o Ki } R R Lt take: i Bz2en KtioK | 1akes B P Erto 1007 o K takes P (1) Prokiy IR QI takes P 30UK Kt 10K K3 a1Ktto K Ktto Ko 4 420K to K QR0 B 4 (k) SSQIOK (li}io( * dERrro L ISR t0 Ry Q I} takes I SWIQ QBT V 81 it ad X to P03 n 299100 Bsq g% s 0. S0.IKtto KU 51.IKt takes R dis ch “And Mr. Bird wins. NOTES BY P. EUGENE DRENZINGER. (a) At the first glance this appears a pretty fair move, but the correct reply proves it a loss of time. (b) Very well played; gives him the better game, (c) 1t strikes me very forcibly that Black, might have won a Pawn by 23..exchanging Bishops: for it takes B, Kt tukes It Pch; Ko R 2, KttoB5; 26..Q to B 3, Q takes G; 27..P take Q. Ritakes B, etc. (d) It appears to me that Black here missed bis chance of getting the best of it by simply Q takes R. Should Whife continue with 51..Kt fnkes Q B £, Qtoner B2 ch, with the exchanze ahead; for cannot see how White will recover in position what he has lost in force. (¢) Very ingenious; but undoubtedly his best play under the circumstances. By the sacrifce of the Queen he keeps up a very fierce attack. (f) Black strugrles hard 10 relieve hiwself from his somewhat embarrassing position. (%) How canning! Frustratingall Black's inten- ons. (b) This is surprisingly fine—taken in connection with the preceding eeries. (1) Black's play is versy careful indeed; grest eaution is required on both sides. (k) Theee Knights are handled In the most mas- terly manner. Everything signifies that a storm is approaching. (1) The position is extremely critical-and intes- esting; the storm is impending— (m) And now it bursta! Bim! Can there bc anything prettier than this? What a crash of thus- der! The Queen start for home at double-quicks but, alas! too late. Immediately on her arrival another thunderbolt strack, and in trying to shield her monarch she bereclf must fall. ~ The gallant and so much feared Knight. after razing her cas- tle, hastens to her destruction—and this gloriond battle is over. CIESS IN ENGLAND. A smart affair, played recently at Simpson's Di- van, London. The notes ore by the chess edltor of Land and Water. KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED. G. DBlack—Mr. D. - = = 1 ® LPoK4 1.PloR4 PloK B4 BioB1 K Ktto B3 Pi0Q3 BtoBd 4EKtioBS Ktto Kt5 5..Castles. P10 QB3 B PloKRS w R 14 (a) 7.BloKELS wB2 SIIPakes Ko PtakesP 5Kt to R4 Q4 10..Prases P RtoF: 4 1B 10 Q4 (0) & takes P 12 PodBs BtoBs 13Lioge B takes P 14..PoB4 P takes Pen pass 15..Kt tokes P BtoB4ch HtoB2 Btakes ek Rl B K 5 (¢) Q4 P Zél Uwfi!lh 013 sq GtoB5ch ok Reto 23 Bto K3(d) Ttio K s Qlonis R twkes B ok 1002 Rwkich 25 KtoBiq 25 Brok 6eh 28.Rt10Q > 45, 1o Rach 'And Black mated 1n two woves. (3) Already both players have :!ep?!d oot of the . beaten track, and the game becomes Interesting. (b) This manenvre to open the dle for the Queen is hnyx_fl_v conceived. (c) The natnral move apparently. inasmach 22 it wins 3 piece and opens thedlazonaitothe Queen. Neverthelese, it exposcs the Ring to dunger. 34 will be seen In Dlack's continustion. {d) Obriously he had nothing better to & bl 14 i g e e RN TSI 0L e % ey e T e SRR