Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1877, Page 13

AMUSEMENTS. Shakspeare’s and Daly’s Dif- ferent Views of “Life.” The Nature of Maggie Mitch- ell’s New Play of % Mignon.” Notes Gathered from Home and Foreign Green- Rooms. gecond Concert of the Hershey Music-Hall Series. Touis Falk’s Concert--The Mu- sical Colleze and the Apollo Club. Resolutions of Condolence Regarding the Death of P. P. Bliss— Opera of the Future, Paunl and Virginia---Whereabouts of the Singers---Operatic Gossip. THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. TUEREVIVAL OF “ AS YOU LIRE IT.” The principal event of the week at the thea- tres was the performance of “ As You Like It™ by Mr. McVicker's company, assisted by Miss Louise Pomeroy. There is not one of Shak- speare’s plays which appeals more to the popu- sar intelligence than this, The poetry, the philosophy, the humor of the characters are of the obviouskind. The brief chronicles of love lu- dicrously illustrated appeal to the sympathies of sl men and women. There is no other play which so thoroughly exposes the weak side of the tender passion. Josalind and Orlando, Celia and Oliver, t’habe and Sylius, Audrey and Touchstone, are very different crea- tures subdued to the same condition by a com- mon ailment. Then there is the melancholy Jagues. Man delights not him nor woman neither. In his own person he enforces the apothegm of Jloselind, that ‘‘Men have died from time to time and worms have caten them, bat not for fove.” He has been disappointed in love, and remains as a keen.cynic to mock st that which he cannot enjoy. The quality of semi-humorous love-making in which “As You Like It abounds should of itself make the play a favorite. It ought always, onc would think, to be preferred to * Romeo and Juliet," even by the young and very romautic. Aside from its comprehensive treatment of amatory passions, in all their breadth and bumor, it contains some of the most profound philosophy and much of the most exquisite poetry in the English language. The development of the story is easier and more natural thayin mauy other of Shekspeare’s plays, and the issue of all is happler. There is not in the range of comedy any character more complete than Jagues, or Zouchstone, or Losa- Lind. . A sammary of the charms of “As You Like It7 is not pecessary for the cnlightenment of the publiz; nor have we attempted, as a South- ern aitic recently did, *“to do justice to the mewmory of Shakspeare.” But tlie subject has secmed worthy of 3 moment's consideration, iu view of the success of Mr. Daly's “Life® at another theatre. In what respect is Daly’s view of lifq superior to Shakspeare’s? It isdifficult nrsory examination to decide even why 1he former play sbould have a larger patronage than the latter. There are more clements of “popular” success in *“As You Like I1” then jn “ Life.” . Then, why skould the people svuid sepine the ove, aud gather in crowds to see the other? Part of the secret is told in the fact that the acting at McVicker’s Theatre was . notgood. There was & well-zrounded appre- henslon that it would not be.. Any oue who thousht on the subject at all must have antick- ted an inferior personation of Jfeosalind by fiss Pomeroy, of Jagucs by, Mr. Rowe, and of _Toucistone by Mr. Hotto. “Miss Pomeroy did better in this play than in *Romeo and Juliet or “The Lady of Lyons,” but_ she was still so far below the standard of the ideal Jflosa- lind that her acting could have given pleasure only to fnexpericnced play-goers. She recited 2 number of passages with spirit and discrimina- tion, but in the level - specches and the rapid colloquy she was only an amatchr. She showed the art vl one who bad been well taught, not that of one who had perfectly learned. A com- Huison of her various personations showed er want of a hich degree of talent. Her Pauline in * The Lady,of Lyons was perhaps her worst part; yet it cannot cer- tainly be considercd intrinsically so_difiicult as Juliet or Rosalind. Her acting of it simply proved that she was not so well tatored in “* The Lady of Lyons™ as in the other plays. Inthe yarting scene with Claude, her specches weke almost meaningless through excessive and {requent emphasis of unimportant words. She kuew neither the business of the Pm nor the {ull import of the lines. In_ Rosalind, on the otler hand, she had Leen well taught, and her manner at times closely resembled that of Adelaide Neilson,—so closely, indced, as tosug- £est 3 copy more or less studied. ‘There was no othier character in the play, unless it mizht be the 4dam of Mr. Rainford and the Audreyof Miss Tanner, calling for special commendation; s0d Miss Tanner’s performance was enly good Zor one 5o inexpericnced. . “vFr.? . At Haverly’s'Theatre might be scen during the week an entertainment opposed at all points totheone at McVicker's. *As You Like It” w1t 2 good play badly done, and “Life” a bad play well done. It was Hobson’s choice, and the people chose “Life.” To do them justice, it &5 fair to presume thot they would not have dope o had they kmown whet cort of stuff Mr. Daly’s “Life™ is com- Posed of. It is the least tolerable trash that 1as been scen here since the production of Mr. George Fawcett Rowe's *Brass.” It is too contemptible in point of literary merit and dra- matic construction for serious critivism. Yet the acting in it is good. -Objection las been ‘;fln' with some reason to Mr ::ry— Ore's personation of Schuyler Samples as Overdrawn, and to some of the minor characters n the same ground; but it must be remember- ;‘;?;l adezree of indulzence ‘i; dufh 0 cm;l‘;:; ¥-actors appearing in farce, and _such was Etuntion of those eugflgulc'ln this play. The ‘el-scenc ia *+ Life 7 fiad no reason _or excuse Torexistence. It was tolerated in New York, Jlre there was a real ballet and 2 wanti to lead it, although there Yeabsurdity was recogmized; but here there s only the naked absurdity without thenaked oufautl. Mr. Fawcett’s danee was morc than st have been expected from him, but of no ialar merit, even as a burlesque. The lderiticism_on the play must be tuat, even ot it was too long drawn out. It U8 yave “been liberally cut. As o35 the people were on the ex- ADenating edge of a laugh most of the time, 2 5 :nl £uch a thing as hearty, unrestrained laugh- deetas seldom heard. Tnis notice can Lardly h‘}e Without anuther reference to Miss Jeflreys- Wi atins during the past two weeks. She N virtually the principal figure on the Htage in Chicago since her reap) nre, and can fharvely have failed to please décidedly most of %€ Who saw her. Ier progress towards fame 25 position is gratifyine to her many admirers 11 Clicago, i ) “AaIGNON.T, ml}ssmtdxen will begin 2n engagement at P Vicker's Theatre. this week, appearing for the Ty dlme here fu her new play of *Migoon? g St. Louis Republican says of the play: Sraws upon the same store of material as the ;nm for etructure, brt not al:ogether for its far- ey e, embellishments, and coloring. The 3fig- o the ¢ not wholly Gocthe's. It is part- §the drawatinc's 1nd partly thesactors. The atist outlined the chiaracter especially to fitthe i“t_ema, andthe sctress 5lls the role 10°a nicety. sui "¢ strong featarcs of the story are varied 10 A .the purpose in view, for the pley ot & ingic ending. Mignon loes " THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 28, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. golflm die. ~Neither is the pictare marred 4 variation from the original. It is simply adapted to the Mngfile Mitchell purpose. Magwie Mitchell's Mignon is a simple gypsey girl, fol ot cndearing qualities. who is thrown into 2 romantic eitnation, where her heart finds its natural expres-. sion, and her naivete a proper background. The £kill of the dramnatist has worlied aptly to this end, and the artist brings out the ;lcl\ln‘ 1n a harmony of color. —**Miznun, " at jts first representation In St. Louls, was plaved to oa excellent house, and Was 2 most palpable hit. _LE COMMANDEUR CAZENEUVE. ‘This clever prestidigitateur has been playing to good audicnces since his arrival at the New Chicago, and his performances will be continued throughout this week. On Tuesday evening next a novelty will be presented, M. Cazeneuve having accepted a challenge to be tied sccurely with twenty feet of half-inch rope, from: which he declsres he will be able to free himself in a very short space of time. The double Indian- mail still excites universal curfosity. ~ A trunk is locked, sccurcly sealed, bound completely with rope, and covered on all sldes, top, and bottom with strips of paper fastened with scal- ing-wax, This trunk is piaced in a larger one, which is also sccurcly locked and scaled, and the mail is then put foto an elevated cabinet, under © which the audicnce can 6ee, thus precluding all idea of trap-doors. This done, Mme. Cazencuve comes forward and stands by the sides of the trunks, the curtain is drawn and in less than onc minute withdrawn, the trunks are brought out with scals, ropes, and locks intact, and the lady is found inside the inner trunk comJ)letcly enveloped in 2 without aperture and tied on the outside aboy: ler head. The card tricks, such as *the diminution,” * the passage through the sleeve,” and “the falls of Niagara,” are remarkable. The anti-Spiritualistic seance is more marvelous than any of the so-alled Spiritualistic exhibi- tions, Lutthe Commaudeur disclaims in toto any mediumistic powers or any aid fromn the other world. NOTES, 4 The Berger Family and Sol Smith Kussell will be at Haverly’s Theatre this week. Next week Miss Eflie Ellsler will make bher debut, appear- Ing first as Rosalind. Mr. Edward 8tine, of Chicago, has written a melodrama in five acts callea * Zelma, or the Hand of Fate.” Ttissald to contain many re- markable situations, which, if any theatre conid be found to produce them, would cxcite some ‘wonder. *“Uncle Tom’s Cabin * is to be represented at the Adeclphi this week with unusual pains, Among the effects will be a cotton field and Cottdn-picking, and it is promiscd that in the plantation scenes more than 100 colored persons will participate. . The Jubilee Singers will ap- ear at each entertainment. Alany variety per- ormers will add their exertions to make the performance cujoyable. THE OUTER WORLD. NEW YORK NOTES. Mr. Booth's engegement at the Lyceum Thea- tre in New York closed last night. He is to play this week in Brooklyn. X Among the passengers for Liverpool by the Batavia Wednesday were Mrs. Dion Boucicault, Miss Eve Boucicault, and Miss Florence Bouci- cault. A benefit will be given at Niblo’s Garden on Feb. 1 by the dramatic profession of New York to aid in raising & morteage upon the house left by the late Lucille Western to her mother, Mrs. English. The management of Booth's Theatre an- nounces that it has engazed Miss Maud Granger to sustsin the principal female part—Olivia ‘Sehuyler—in Georae Fawcett Rowe’s new 1 Elahv.s “Fifth Avenue,” to be produced on eb. 5. The Kiralfys have struck a lead at Niblo’s with “Around the World in Eiglty Dnfi's"’ which has been witressed during the week by crowded houses. ** Miss Multon 77 is still suc- cessful at the Union Sguare, but the last nizhts are annonuced, and Feb. 5 ‘“Les Danichefl 77 will be groduuml. Augustin Daly’s “Man and Wife” has lately been seen at the Grand Opera- House with the price of admission fixed at 50 cents, including reserved seats. **Lemons continue to be squeezed at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. The superfiuous members of the Union Square Company, including Stuart Rob- son, have been playing *Led Astray? and ¢The Geneva Cross* at the Park Theatre. *¢ All for Her was produced at_Wallack’s Theatre Monday night, with Mr. Wallack as Hugh Trerar. The Tribune spcaks of it in terms of high praise, saying that criticism has hittle or 1o oftice in the presence of such a work. The Times says: ““All for Her? is a melodrama in three acts, sombre in toue, slow in_activn, and parlous in_respect of dialogue.” The Herald says: *“The play is a deserved suc- cess, deserved not only by its merit, but by the excellence of the acting and the beauty of the scenery.” The Evening Post says: * So far as 3Mr. Wallack is concerned, the play is @ com- plete success, but objections may be justly made to the manner ot jts construction. The first two acts are very good—full of strong, picturesque English, incident and interest. But the third act is weak.” Where doctors disagree, who can decidet GENERAL NOTES. . Mary Anderson wiil be at Augusta and othe Southern cities this week. Her tour thus far has been pecuniarily successful. John W. Blaisdell, formerly the leading-man at the old Museum, is now pleying variety parts at the St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans. The play which Mr. Bret. Harte and Mr. Mark Twaln are writing together is to belong to Mr. Charles Parsloe, the Hup Sing of “Iwo Men of Sandy Bar.” Ilis character Is, of course, to be that of a Chineman. Miss Anna Dickinson appeared as Anne Bo- leyn at Utica on Monday night. The Observer says that Miss_Aona's performance was a de- cided failure. She played 2 week in Baltimore with receipts of less than §500. Scarcely any man_on the boards is more ad- mired by his professional bretren than Charles Fechter. An excellent actor once said: “ Fech- ter is too fine towaste ou an audience; he ought toplaytoa houscof actors every night, and every night they would find something to learn of Litm. ™ «“Billy »_Florence, the comedian, is said to have netted $20,000, gold, by his four weels’ ou- gagement in Sau_Francisco. During the per- formance_of ¢ Eileen Oge ™ at the California Theatre, Mrs. Florence was frizhtened off the stage by the sound of the hail rattling on the tin roof. . new play by H. J. Byron, called * S:fims?" “Pus{zmanved at the Boston Museum Mondsy. The Advertiser says it is sbove the average of the auibor's later productious. Mr. Warren, Mr. Barron, Mr. McClsonin, Miss Clavk, Miss Cary, and Mrs. Vinceut are in the cast. Mr. Feehiter was last week ub the Howard ‘Athenzum, and Joseph Murphy at the Boston Theatre. i owe’s London Circus was seized by credit- or? at Atlauta, Ga., on the 17th inst. The es- tablishment was owned in part by Mr. Barnum, who has been traveling with it for ten vears, and by Mr. Kelley, a banker of New York, who_ is said to have fost beavily by investments in Chi- o real estate. ‘The presentation of a printing Dill of £32,000 was the immediate cause of the break-up. The employes were paid in full. Maggie Mitchell and May Howard were at St. T.ouhzit week; Kate Claxton was at Louis- ville; Lawrence Barrett at Detroit; C. W. Bar- 1y at Pittsbures the * Evaugehne” cvmb,l’un- fon and E. L. Davenport in * Dan'l Druce”” in New England cities; Dion Boucicanlt at Balti- more; the *Sardanapalus ** Company at ‘Wash- h: Adelaide Neilson at Richmond and Jolin T. Raymond and Augusta Dar- Sothern at San Francisco: Janauschek and Mrs. Bowers at Philadelphia. olumbus Journal says: “ Euclid Ave- nzhgfcmvnouse in Clevcland is an_expensive and handsome establishmeat worthy of the TForest City; but the large expensc attending its crection iuvolved the enterprise in pecuniary Gmbarrassment, so that it hadto be :'oh! ‘nt Master Commissioner’s sale. Mr. A. W. Fair- banks, of the Cleveland Herald, Was the g‘maesa bidder, ava_fraction over 530,000, whn o a Jittle more than one-fourth of tirst cost- Fu‘s represented, on good authority, that Mr. r- s acted individually, and not for 8 company, and that Le is now sole owner of the magniticent temple.” ss play, “Our Boarding- Bg‘x:::;r&mss;o&;; ny’t.lled: Chestaut-Street Theatre in Philadelphia Monday night. It is the newspaper epldent Lrom, the 100 o o The & Slacher cisms that h m r 71 elements which he was SO urg ent; 1’”‘32&“{3 do after the first presentation fi Ll{e )i-ecc here. ‘The notices are, however, {:m;mh e Ivn the main, and thrm"c‘e::ldxt‘:)c:'x llx);\:ol:egi v:{gzé The play is to be produc 0-010 gl . Ne York, with Stoart the Bark Theatre in New York, with Stpctt son, W. H. Crape, W. Robso Rarmond, Mande Harrison, and Roberta Norwood in the cast. i FOREIGN NOTES. ‘half- en Rachel acted in Rome for some dc‘:e-xx: ‘nights, about the year 1353, the scalptor Gibson was induced, after some persuasion, to go and see ‘her first appearsnce, and was 0 en- ) ingto Norfolk: ronat New Orleans; chanted with the *thorough Greek ” of her sit- ing and dress that he went every night as 0ng as her short engagement lastéd, and talked of nothing else. Dumas is so delighted with M, Croizette’s acting that he declarcs she slall henceforth play all his best feminine chaacters, and adas that she Is capable of meking the fortnne of a fourth-rate playwright. Mlle. de Boisgonthier died in a mad-house at Paris a few days ago. Shewas a famous actress of light comedy and mlr]csTle parts in the days of Louis I’hillpge, and then was rich, and it is whispered had the Duc.de Nemours and Prince de Joinville on her list of lovers. Victorien Sardou’s new plece is in five acts. The title, “Dors,” is oul I3 provisional, as it will probably be called *L'Espionne’—*“The Fe- male Spy.” It turns on the women employed at Paris by foreign Governments to learn State secrets, cspeciaily from suckling diplomatists. A monster benefit will be given to John Par- rv, at the London Gaiety, on Saturday, - July 7. Althiough no advertisenients have appeared, the stalls are selling now as high as $25 cach, and it {3 expected that the benetit will net $5,000. Mr. Parry, who s uow 77 vears old, was_ the origina- torofa kind of entertainment in which instru- ment and voice were felicitously combined in the rendering of comic songs and _recitations, the words of which were first, and for a lony time, written by Albert Swmith. In ‘1853 Mp. Parry was obliged to retire from the concert- room on zccount of ill health, but he returned in 1860, and for mine ycars wasa principal nt- tractionat the well-Known entertainments of Mr. and Mrs. German.Reed. As un English builo singer Le has never had an equal. Lucy Hooper writes from Paris under date of the 5th inst.: “Theatricals are lively. The Ambign, which has been closed for many months, isto bLe reopened mnext week byan able and intellizent director, M. Laforet. A revival of “ The Bells” is to form the opening: piecec—a judicious selection in view of the vogue now enjoyed by the authors MM. Erckmann- Chatrian’ on sccount of the overwheiming success of L Ami Fritz.” Mlle. Reichembere, the blonde and charwing Suzd of “L’Ami Fritz,” has been attacked with diphtheria, and was foreed to relinquish her role for some days. There is talk of a new tragedy by M. Parodi, the author of ** Rome Vaincue,” af the Comedic Franeaise, with Henry Quatre for n_hero. The “Drame au Fond de la Mer,” by M. Duque, is a great success at the Theatre Historique. The grand sensation scene, showing the botfom of the ocean, with gliding fishes and strange ma- rine R}l_nnls, and the wreek of the sunken steam- fl{fl] Washington, is wonderfully realistic and ling.” MUSIC. AT IIOME. THE WERSHEY HALL CONCERTS, The second concert of the series inaurarating the mew Hershey Music-Hall was given on ‘Thursday evenivg, and attended by a ood audi- enceof the musical connoisseurof the city. ‘The concert calls for but little eriticism, except, perbaps, with regard to the programme, which, considering the severe nature of most of the music, was somewhat too long. With the encores, there were but ninetcen numbers, and when® it is considered that the Schumann Trio in D minor in four movements, the Beethoven Sonats, op. 10, No. 3, also in four movements, and the long Bach Chaconne for violin Were among them, it will readily be scen that the programme really contained so much music that digestion was rather diflicult. ‘We have already expressed our opinion of Mr. Sherwood’s playing, and see nothing in his per- formance of that evening to lead us to change it. His numbers were the Beethoven Sonata, op. 10, No. 3, the Menuetto and Rondo of which Le played very effectively; Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C sharp mejor, Mendelssohn’s Song Without Words in G major, No. 23, and Moscheles’ dashing Etude in D minor, all included in one number; a Song Without Words, . of his own composition, which it seems to us would have been much more aptly named a Fan- tasie Caprice; Rheinberger’s highly effective two-part Fugue in G winor; Chopin’s Nocturne in F sharp major, and the Black Key Study; Liszt’s Etude ** Waldesrauschen,” which was substituted for the Von Bulow Waltz, aud Liszt’s transeription. of the ‘‘Isolden's Licbes-Tud” from Wagner. Of these numbers his playing of the last two,aswell as of the Rheinberger Fuzue and the Moscheles Study, was superb. Miss Drasdil ssng Beethoyen’s impres- sive ariz, “In questa Tomba’ and Rossini’s familiar * Di Tautl Palpiti,” with all the wealth, richiness, deptl, and sirength of her glorious voice, and with n grandeur of style that reduces nearly all other altos to pigmies. For an encore to her first number she sang Ferdinand Hiller’s noble “ Prayer” with a dirnity and truth worthy of its subliine measures. The remaining num- bers were the Schumnan Trio in D minor played in excellent style by Messrs. Wolfsobn, Letwis, and Eichbeim; the Bach Chaconne for violin, which Mr. Lewis gave at the first coucert; and Mendelssohn's **Garland” and Abt's song, *“My Heart Is Thy Home,”” which were sung by Mr.” Wilkie in a mauner that would indicat he should put himself under some fir: class _voice-teacher if he would not in- jure his naturally fine. and telling vofce. These two concerts complete the series which have inaugurated the Lershey Hall, and it is now fairly launched upon the musical tide un- der the happiest ausplices. The character of the concerts, the manner in which the programmes have beeo made up, the music of these pro- grammes, and the maoner in which they have done their work, spezkcwell for the school. “There were a fine taste, an excellence of judg- ment, and 3 musical completeness about the whole affair that are unusual in Chicazo con- certs. They will take their place as among the best ever given in thecity. We wish we could say as much of . TIE PARINI-PAPPENTIEIM CONCERT, ‘but a strict rezard to correctness compels us to say that, although - thic prozramme abounded in performers, the juterest of the entertainment centred on Mme. Pappenheim, Mr. Licbling, and Mr. Bowen. The councert was a curiosity in one respect, nanely, that while the audiences were almost exclusively German, the programme was almost exclusively made up of selections from Italian opera, Verdi predomivating! Mme. Pappenheim is by no means unknown in Chica- o. She was here last season and established for herself, a most excellent, reputation as an artist, aud ingratiated herself casily into the wood | graces of concert-gocrs. She is one of those robust dramatic sopranos with whom the stage is by nomeans overstocked, and combines with her Juxuriant volume and strength avery smooth and rich quality of volce. If wewercto criticise her atall,” we should say that there is a tendency to heaviness and slowness in her singing, which was specially manifested on Friday evening in the tempos of her aria of * Robert the Devil,” and Schubert’s “Troeckne Blume,” that detracted from the brillianey of the one and the beauty of the other. Mr. Liebling’s performauce was chiefly remarkable @5 a pursuit of music under difficulti Ie is entitied to great credit for & most excelient perform- ance wpom a4 oSt excruciatingl bad instrument. The other performer of the trio we have mentioned, Mr. Frank A. Bowen, sig- nalized a new departire by making a bold jum from ballad singing to operatic arias, and with 50 large a degree of suceess as to give encour- agement that he will excel in his new venture. The sccond concert, which was to have taken place last evening, has been indefinitel, poned, owing to a wrangle of the man with Mme. Pappenheiw. = Pappenheim wrangles are getting to be distressingly frequent. The present week will be memcrable for the re- turn of MME. ESSIFOFF, who gives two concerts at the new Hershey Hall on Monday and Wednesday evenings, assisted by M. Vivien and Miss Palma. As she will have the use of one of the finest instruments ever made in this country, and will playin a hall much better adapted to her ‘than the New Chicago Theatre, those who heard her before will naturally desire to hear her again. We sin- cerely hope for the sake. of our repatation for musical taste, if for no other recsonm, that the great artist will be welcomed by large audiences. It will be the last opportunity that our musical ‘people will have of hearing her, and we can as- sare them that they will ma¥ke a serious mistake if they fail to improveit. The programme for Monday evening will include the following piano numbers: 1. Concerta in E minor. 2. Prelude and Fugue 3. Gavotte.. .. 4. Waltz 1n A flaf 5. Polonaise melas 6. Taonhauser March. On Wednesday cvez‘dng, the piano numbers 1 be as follows: Chopin e]:s'ghu 1. Concerto in G minor, No. 2 Saint-Ssens 2, Sarabande et Bourre: Bach 3. G nudel 4. carlutti 3. echetizki .Schumann ..Chopin M. Vivien, the violinist, will pl:\y at thesc con- certs Vieuxtemps’ ‘‘Souvenir de [Donizetti” and *¢ Adagio,”” Wieniawski's . “Polonaise,” Beethoven’s ltomanzafa G, 2nd Rust’s Sonate. = The public will hardly take any intercst in Miss Palma’s numbers, as they will probably be changed. LOUIS FALR'S BENEPIT CONCERT. On Thursday evening of this week a vocal and fnstrumental concert will be given ot the Sinai ‘Temple, corner of Indiania avenue and Twenty- first street, complimentary to Mr. Loais Falk, the organist, with the following admirable pro- gramme: 1. Choral—Fantasie and Fu Yol . Choral—Fantasie and Fugme.......... [Choral played by Trombons Qunmu‘;fikmr Louis Falk. 2. Chorns—*‘Then Round About Bis Starry ‘Throne™ .. .. Handel 3. Good-night Song. -.Buck 00d-ni onE- uck 4. Trio in C minor. .Mendelszohn Messra, Liebling, Lewis, and ch/llim.‘ i Ver 5. Quartette from Rigolett: Srs. Thuraton. Mrs. Watrous, and Miessrs, Schultze. and Letler, PARTIL Flow, O, )(y" 1o B .. Jol 54 Chorat Union. ChustEIso 2. Soprano £olo... e Mrs. Louis Fall 3. Trio—Gratias agimus.. . Miss It C. Kellner and Messrs. James Gill, 4. Piano soto—] FLie Mr. Liel 5. Duct from Stabat Mater Mrs. E. Thurstorn and Mrs. 1V, 6. Chorus—** Good-night to the Day Choral Union. TUE MUSICAL COLLEGE CONCERT. The anuual concert of the Chicago Musieal College will be given at McCormick’s Hall, on the evening of the 8th of February, upor which oceasion the pupils will be assisted by full orchestra in the following excellent pro- gramme: Overtute to “Egmont, Beethoven; concertstueck, op. 33 (Reinecke), Ly Miss Emily Haskell; aria from “ The Crusaders in Egypt (Meyerbeer), by Miss Lizzic Foresman; concerto, op. 69 (Hiller), by Miss Mary Wishard} * Where art Thou? " (Wallace), by Miss_Alice Lansdens concerto, op. 4, for violin (Mendelssohn), by Mr. A. Buisserct; arin from “ Aida® (Verdi by Miss Emma Roemheld; concerto, op. 5 (Moscheles), by Miss Clara Waters. THE APOLLO CLUB CONCERTS, The next concerts of the Apollo Club will oc- cur on the evenings of Feb. 13 and 15, on which oceaslons the auxiliary ladies’ churns of 100 voices will appear, and froim the careful train- ing of this rurc combination of voices the asso- ciate members of the Club may expectan enter- tainment of unusual interest. “The engagement of Miss Benziger, of New York, for thesc concerts will be welcomed by her numerous friends. in this city. There will be a full rehearsal of the male cho- rus to-morrow evening (Monday) at the rooms of the Clubat § o'clock precisely. A prompt and tull attendance is earnestly requested. The present rooms of the Club are among the finest in the city for musical recitals and soirees, kav- ing a seating capacity of or more. We un- derstand it to be the purposc of the manage- ment to rent them for such uses at reasonable rates on evenings not in use by the Club.* The Secretary, Mr. Newell, will give all information desfred. THE OPERA OF THE FUTURE. ‘The New York World has had another inter- view with Mr. Maurice Strakosch upon the sub- ject of his new Opera-Housc, and as, in the course of his interview, he says, *I havealsoin- tentions on Chicago,” we select a few gems from his statement: There will be operas composed Exgrcnly for our use by Gounoa, Richard Wagner, Ambroise Thomas, and Verdi, and these pentlemen will direct in per- £on the rendering of their compositions in the new Opera-House. The finest company ever ln the Tnited States bas been os_good us enzuged for_the opening. There are in this company Mme. Patti and the eminent Italian tenor Nicolini. When the work is In progress I intend to 2o to Europe to per- fect the engagemerts now peucing with the com- pany 1 have mentioned. Our repertoire will in- clude the best operus of Mozart, Beethoven, Cim- arosa, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, Gounod, ond other classical and modern com- posers. ' Inaddition to the standard opers, oratorios could be rendereé, and classical concerts given, and Dallet performances undertaken, We are glad to know, after such a lay-out as® this, that Strakosch has “ intentions upon Chi- ¢ago,” but at the same time we remember that undesirable place which is paved with them. IN MEMORIAM. At a meeting of the Apollo Musical Club of Chicago, beld at its rooms on Monduay evening, Jan. 22, 1877, the following resolutions of con-c dolence in memory of P. P. Bliss and wife were read and paseed: ‘WHEREAS, An overruling Providence has seen fit in His mysterious dispensations to suddenly eall from His active service one of 1iis most esrnest and untiring laborers, and with him his faithful and de- voted companion; thezefore be it . [Resolved, That tke Apollo Club recognizes the Divine hand in this sudden and painful afliction, ond exteuds to the bereaved family its mnost pro- found sympathy and its earnest hope that their present forrow will be tempered to them, so that those who have gone may ever remain with them ‘beautiful and blessed 1n memory. ZResolved, 'That the Apollo Club desires to bear swift and willingtestimony®o theruwurandbcnuty of the bymns and melodics of their deceased friends, which have brought comfort to so many learts and consolation to the house of mourning; which have been such a powerful agency in for- wurding the work of their Master; and which are now the hope and strength of Cbristian souls a]l over the world. Resolved, Thatas a mun his noble traits of char- acter ure an example to all men; that us an evan- golist he_commands onr admiration by his un- Tiring and earnest effort in the cause of his Master; that as s musician _he devoted his talent to the highest uses of mueic; that as a Christian he has now passed to his reward. leaving ue only his ex- ample to be followed, and his memory and that of his sainted wife 10 de revered. Aeesolred, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of the Club, and that a copy of them be sent to the family of the deccased, and alao that o copy be furnished to the daily papers of Chicago for publication. PAUL AND VIKGINIA. A young Chicago lady now studying in Paris sends us the following account of .the perform- ance of Masse’s new opera, Pauland Virginia:” In the evening we went to the opera of **‘Paul and Virginia, " for which our tickels had been en- guged three weeks, s there Is such a desire to see and hear this novelty. We enjoyed the evening exceedingly, and1 think the opera o success—at least if popularity can makeitso. The pluy differs very little from the original story. and is very well aaapted. Itopens with 3 picture we 80 often see of faul and Virginia running in from the rain, under a large leaf. The scenery is tropical, cx- cept in the stormn at sea, where the play enas with Firginia lying on the beach as the waves have left her. The musie i3 by Victor Masse; there are eonie very sweet and artietic passnses, and, would you belicve it, the spirit of the whole is very Wugneri- an! Of course, it is not so extreme as Wagmer's own essays, but. there ix no denying that there are in it very many Wagnerian ideas. Paul wns ad- mirably represented by Capoul, and_his visage did not disturb my fancy at all, as I anticipated. lis acting is au])crb! I'was also very much delighted with Mlle. Ritter, the young ludywho s2ng the role of Virginia. She is but 17 years old, fs slender, szeacelul, and blonde; e voice is notat all re- markable, thongh sweet and flexible, and her act- ing good; all this becomes quits marveions when one considers that she has never before appeared on the stage in public. 1 would muck prefer, iu 5o ideal a play and character as this, to have the herome: represented by a person adapted 1o it in figure, with a voice a little less wonderful, than to huve #ome ome with the volce of & Pureps and 3 fignre as well try to take upon herself the idaslity of a chaiggter finpossible to her. LOCAL MISCELLANY. A concert will be given to-morrow evening in the First German Presbyterian Church, on Howe street, for the benefit of the Church Society. Mrs. Pither, o soprano, who is very well spoken of, has been secured for the Park Ave- nue M. E. Church choir. The choir will be a double quartette. Mr. H. R. Palmer, of this city, is engaged to conduct the conventions to be held by the Mu- sfcal Society of Erie, P'a., beginning Ieb. 6; the Old Orange County Society, New York, at Mon- roe, commencing Feb. 315 and the Otsczo County Society, at Cooperstows, N. Y., begiu- ning Feb. Palatkd’s Quintette Club in St. Louishas com- menced its concerts, the sccond of the series Daving been given Monday cvening, with a pro- grammie including Mozart’s Quartette in Cma- jor, No. 17; the Andaute from. RaiP’s Quintette in A minor, op. 107; and Schumann’s Quintette inE flat, op. 44. Miss Heleae Balutka was the vocalist. Among the novelties produced at the last Beethoven Reunion, Friday “evening (and these reunfons are very fertile innovelties),was Rubin- stein's Sonata, No. 18, for piano and violin, ex- cellently plaged by Mr. Wolfsohu and Mr. J. Aaurice fl‘:lbbard. It is in four movements—an Allegro of a pastoral character, a Scherzo, an ‘Andante, and o very diflicult Finale, which'is Presto. It isone of Rubinstein’s best compo- sitions. At the annual _service of the Choristers’ As- sociation of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paunl the Rev. Canon Knowles announced that the rize medals had been awerded the junior mem- ers of tae choir: To William J. Kendrick, for general excellence jo his elzhth year of useful service in the choir; to Albert Budde, for regu- larity in attendance; to ur J. Quina, for ‘progress in music; to Charles T. Paterson, for vrogress in musie; to Edward J. Wright. for progress in music, The following are the of- 1. Chorus. Tears .. ficers of the Association for_the present vear: President, Mr. Charles A. Love"l: Vice-Presi- dent, Mr.'George S. McReynolds; Secretars, Mr. Cookson M. Wright; Treasurer, Mr. Georze H. Hathewsy; Librarian, Mr. Willlam Me Dougall. The programme for the Turner ITall concert this afternoon will meclude the following ‘num- bers: Bach’s ‘Amazon March?; Parlow’s ‘*Concert Overture” (new); aria and_chorus {rom Verdi’s *‘Robbers”; Potzsch’s *Schnirk- Schnark Potpourri®; Schumann’s “Trau- merei”; overture to * Willlam Tell”; hold’s ““Evening in the Forest Fantasie; Strauss’ “Hoftbaltanze Waltz; and Bilse's “ Frederick Willlam Quadrilte.” Harry Gates, formerly of this city, and now a member of the Richings-Bernard Company, was singing in Detroit last week. Of his ZThaddeus in “ rhe Bohemian Girl,” the Detroit Free Press says: “ He bore the ordeal well, and his rendering of “Then Yowll Remember Me't called out special demonstrations of approval. Hesings in excellent method and with rare taste and feeling. Perhaps the most striking features of his singing are the manuer in which Lie compasses sustained notes, his freedom from affectation, and the pure melody of his falsetto tones. His chief vocal weakness last night was a slight nasal tendency, whichdisappearcd, Low- ever, before the end of the sccond act.” ABROAD. WHEREABOUTS. The Kellog troupe opencd at the Academy of Music, New York, last Monday evening with a crowded house, in * The Bohemian Girl.” On Wednesday evening * Faust” was given, and on Friday evening * The Flying Dutchman.” Essipoff last week played at_Indianapolis on AMonday, at Louisville on Wednesday, and at Cincinnati on triday and Saturday. Aimee opens in New York to-morrow at the Eagle Theatre with “La Jolic Parfumeuse.”” Mrs. Oates was in Cincinnati last week, and will be in Louisville this week, Soldene commences her New Orleans engage- ment this evening. Mme. Pappenheim was the soloist ot Schmelz's symphiony concert last Tuesday evening. *William Tell” was piven for the Tirst time In California last Sunday even- ing by the Fabbri troupe, with Fabbri as Watil- da, Habelmann a5 Arnold, and Formes as 1Wal- ter. Theodore Thomas will give five concerts in Boston, commencing Feb. 19. The Tomasi Ju- venile English Operit Troupe s in Boston. Miss Emma Abbott commences a concert tour under De Vivo’s auspices in_New York, Feb. 5. Tom Karl is singing with Miss Neitson in Richmond, Va. The Payson English Opera Troupe is in Nashville, Tenn. MUSICAL NOTES. Carlotta Patti is in Leipzig. Maurel is singing at Cairo. Next season he goes to the Paris Grand Opera. The tenor, Niemann, has been re-engaged for ten years at the Berlin Opera-House. ) A complimentary concert will be given in Bos- ton to Mme. Madeline Schiller on the afternoon of Feb. 23, At St. Petersburg Patti is singing with Naudin and Masini, Lucea with Nicolini, and Stolz with Muarini,—a bouquet of operatie stars. It is aid that Mr. Jarrett is trying to effect 2 combination between Mme Nilsson and M. Faure fur an operstic tour in Americ. The list of works to be n by the Handel and Haydn Socicty, at its festival in May, has been increased by the addition of Hiller's can- tata, * Israel’s Song of Triumph.”” Annic Louise Cary sprained her foot severely at her beuetit at_Moscow, but went on singin indomitably, and at the close of the eveninx was presented with a gold cup, saucer, and spoon. Andnow the aggressive genius of Wagmner’s music has moved against “the stronghold of musical Spain! *“Rienzi” has been given with overwhelming success in Madrid, with Tamber- lik In the title role. Mlle. Albani has saved the scason of opera at the Italiens, Paris, from the failure which was threatened. Since her success in ** Lucia” the receipts on the oceasions of her appearancehave reached the maxinun. Sigmor Operti, of New York, well known in this country as a writer of entr'acte music for plays, and who was the conductor of the Aimee troune two years ago, has composed an opera in three acts on the subject of “ Daniel Drace.” The programme for Mr. Thomas fourth sym- phiony coutert_in New York, to occur ou Feb. 3, will embrace Bach’s Suite No. 3, in D; Beetho ven's *Pastoral ¥ Symphony, and Siegfried’s ¢ Deatn Scene,” and’ the finale from ** Gotter- dammerang.” - 2 The best that has come from Europoe of late is that Ilerr Ullman hus engaved the great violin player, Wilthelmj, for a series of councerts in the United States. Willhelmj ranks second 10 no violiuist in the world, with the possible excep- tion of Joachim. Brahm’s new symphony in _C minor was per- formed for the first time iu_Vienua at the sce- ond Gesellschaftsconcert. It is said to reeall in parts the choral symphony of Becthoven, which, by the way, s also the case with the first movement of Brahm's pianoforte concerto. Rumor is busy with the prospects of Italian opera during the coming scason at Covent Guar- den, London. Mme. Patti returns in May. Mme. Materna, the great Brannlitds of the Baireuth Festival, and Mme. Pauline Lucea, of whom London never tires, are also expected. The Paris correspondent of the New York Herald learns that M. Escudier has concluded enzagements with Mme. Adelina Patti and Mile. Albani for a season oi six months, commencing in October. Thcrv are to sing on alternate nights. This will probably prove to be the greatest scason.on record. The New York Tribuneof the 17th says: “Mr. Theodore Thomas, gricvous to say, has met such serious loss during bis recent concert tour through the State that he was compelled to abandon his trip to Watertown on Saturday, having just enough money left to pay necessary bills and farefback to this city. 11t was to storms 2nd the hardness of the times that Mr. Thomas and thé lovers of good music owe this ill- fortuue.” M. Gounod’s new four-act opers, in eizht scens, entitled * Cing, Mars ? s completed, and Is now in preparation at the Opera Comiaue in Paris; the composer has. selected Mile. Chevrien to sustain the chief soprano part, Jlarie de Gonzague, and AL Dereims for Cing JMars. ¢ Polyeucte " is reserved for the year of the International Exhibition in Paris, when it will be produced at the Nutional Grand Opera- House, M. Gounod hoping to have cither Madame Adelina Patti or Madame Nilsson for the chief charscter. The catalogue of Hall & Son, music publish- ers, was announced for sale at auction by Messrs. Ledvitt, in New York, on Thursday last. A largze number of leading repredentatives of the trade were present, but were deterred from bidding by the aunouncement that the executors of the estateof Gen. Hull would contest the validity of the sale. Oliver Ditson, of Boston, however, bid $10,020. 1t is considered probable that a_compromise will be cffected. The sale was in consequence of - the forctlusure of a mortgagze. The most valuable part of the catalogue is In the works of the Gottschalk and Wallace. The London Alhenum says: ‘““The returns for the operatic ycar 1576 of new works pro- duced at the various theatres of Italy, und the reports in the journals, and those received from private sources, indicute the decay of the lyric drama in the sunny south, both 8s regards com- position and cxecution. In quantity, there is no deficieney of novelties; forty-one new operas, from the 29th of December, 1875, to the 13th of December, 187, afford evidence of eocourage- meunt given to native musicians, and of enter- prise on the part of the directors; but, when we lopk down the list of pocts and of compos- ers, and the titles of their joint productions, it is evident that. not one of them will travel be- vond the boundaries of Italy, and the large ma- Joritv of the operas will be interred in the towns where they were brought out.” Tho Missing Link. . fanchester Guardian. Some years ugo o traveler came back from Afrien with a marvelous swgr)' of a region inbab- fted bymen with tails. From quite another uarter of the world the report now reaches us that the half-ape half-mau is no myth. The Tev. George Brown, who has recently visited the New Britain and New Ircland group of islands tothe east of New Guines, writes that the patives at Blanche Bay positively affirm ” the existence of a race of men with tails at a place called Kalill. When it was suggested that the supposed men might be gorillas the blacks * fo- dignantly " rescated the fmoutation npon their intellizence, and asked whetherapes fought with spears, planted yams, and built houses. A minute dpesurlpuon was given of the curiously- formed savases, and from this it would appear that nature Las been somewhat inconsiderate in her desizn of the appendaze. The tail, the natives say, *is hard and infiexible—so much so that they have to dig a holc in the sand before they can sit down, as they die at once if the ap- pendage is broken.” The people provided with this dangerous . ornament are, however, drsr resented 0s rather proud of it. “Any d born without it is destroyed, for fear it should be ridiculed when it grewup.” It it perhaps need- Jess to remark that the missionary never bad an opportunity of tesung.the value of this story. REAL ESTATE. Twelve Thousand Loans, Amounting to $50,000,000, Fall Due This Year. Of Which a Large Proportion Will Be Paid, and the Rest Renewed. Borrowers Pressing for Lower Rates, and the Market Firm at 8 and 8 Per Cent, Pew Important Sales of Real Estate~The Pros- pect of Further Reduction in Rents. Rents in Boston and New York---Suc- cess of the Artisans' Building and Loan Association. The business since the commencement of the yerr has been of a very uniform character from weelk to week. The applicants are not numer- ous, but there is an urgent demand from cer- tain quarters to meet pressing and imminent obligations. Itis too early for the oppearance of building loans. These arc expected to be numerous the coming season, but small fn amount. The building business, so far as re- gards residences, was slightly overdone last year, and hence capitalists and loan-agents are disposed to move more cautiously. There Is-a persistent endeavor on the part of borrowers whose property is already mortgaged to procure money at lower rates to take up their maturing indebtedness, or to procure more money st the same rates.. ‘These cudeavors meet with little encouragement from - loan-agents. The depreciation of froperty since the old oan was contracted, and the confessed impossibility of meeting payment, are not favorable to renewals, muchless to lower rates. Asageneral thing, payments are emi- nently satisfactory, and if the present favorable report is continmed the® year 1877 will be as noted for the cancellation of loans as 1872 was for their contraction. Some 12,000 of thesc in- teresting obligations fall due this year, repre- senting ncarly $50,000,000. Agents are of the opinion that all will be satisfactorily settled, if not by payment, by renewal at the same rates where the borrowers bear an unblemishea repu- tation for promptitude in paying interest. An improvement in general business is confidently expected a5 soon as the Presidential muddle is settled, Eastern capital, which is largely Joaned in this city, has shown an extraordinary timidity in view of the political troubles, and no doubt accounts for 2 slight tightening in the rate of interest. Money on real estate is now :'lumtml at § to 9 per cent, with very little acmand. The following wefe the more important transactions of the past week: Prairie avenue, 26 fcet, east front, by 178 feet, together with two-story and basement brick building known as 135i Prairic avenuc, 6,000, five vears at 8 per cent. Michizan strect, northeast corner of Dear- barn avenue, 40 by 100 feet, together with three- story and basement, 109 fect, $16,000, tive years at § per cent. Clark strect, 50 feet, east front, by 103 feet, between Harrison and Polk strects, $5,500, tive years at § per cent. 3 Throop otreet, No. 54, frontage25 feet, $7,000, five years at S per cent. 7 Dearborn street, No.119, having a frontaze of 2334 feet, $25.000, five vears at 8 per cent. West Randolph street, mortheast corner of Canal street, 42 56-100 by 76 40-100 fcet, $15,000, five years at § per cent. Five acres in the northeast quarter of Sec. 10, 83; 14, $10,000, one year at 9 per ceunt. COMFARATIVE STATEMENT FOL THE WEEK ENDING 1678, C'siderat’n. Instruments Fo._| gaiderat'nl Trust-decds| 140 &, Mortgages.. Aggregate..| 168§ 376, COMPARATIVE BTATEMENT FROX Instruments, Trust-deeds| 518$1,101, 535 Mortgages..| 113 200,798 Agoregute..| 691§1,492,333) Rteleases ... - ...l 855! SALES OF THE WEEK, The transactions of last week inreality were of even less importance than usual in this quiet season. There were very few sales consum- mated that were of apy concern except to the partics imwediately concerned. The futercst of real-estate agents at this scason begins to be directed towards rents. It i3 as yet too early to speak. positively sbout the average rate of rents as compared with last year. Therc can certainly be no general increase, and all the robabilitics point to a further reduction in Both house and store rents, in harmony with the genersl movement of prices. Some of the principal sales reported last week were as follows: T. B. Boyd has sold for A. Martin a 30-acre farm near at Willow Springs, Cook Coun- ty, for §15,000; 3-acre farm In Iroquols Coun- ty, 1IL, for H. C. Plimpton, Joliet, Ill.. for $11,- 000; 64b-acre farm in O'Brien County, la., for A. Aunkeny, of Des Moines, for $5,0003 bouse and 1ot on West Adums street, near Wood street, for $15,000. E. N. Jenkins sold 80 acres in the W. 34 of the N. W. 3{ of 35, 26. 14, to Jobn Johnson. for 3,- 000; also lID ssagx&blhe E.}of theN. W. X of 85, 36, 14, for ). W, 'T. (irant sold sold Lots 17 and 18, Block §, (ng“'nilc‘s Addition to Evanston (improved), for $§9,500. John DeKoven sold the 8. W. i{ of the S. W. 3¢ of 95, 40, 13, to Hugh T. Dickey for §10,000. D. K. Pearsoas sold the N. W. X of 35, 36, 13, to Thomas O. Enders for $19,555. T, M. Hoyne sold four lots {improved) in Block 3, Cleaverville Addition to Chicago, to Lewis S. Levy for $14,95. The housc and lot on the northeast corner ol Green and Olilo streets, with lot 40x116 fect, was sold_for $15,000. B.W. Underwood sold twoblocks In Tlawthorne Village, N. E. of 33, 39, 13, for $16.000. 11 W, Clark sold 50164 feet on Greenwood avenue, 150 feet north of Fifty-third street, for D. M. Towner sold premises No. 310 Warren avenue (improved) for $3,000. o Cox & Barnes sold lot on Idaho street, 33x125 feet, 150 feet south of Poll, for cash,31,000. Ira Brown sold lot at Lake View to Rebecea AMiner for $1,000; also to other partics six lots at Lake Side for $600 total, and six Jots at La Grange for $200 total. " Willlam Corlew sold15 scres in See. 19and 20, Town 40. Range 12, for $14,500. Williamn Hayden sold marble-front house and lot on Indiana avenue, 125 feet north of Thir- teenth street, cast front, for $13,000. “A. D. Smith sold three-story housc and lot on Schiller street, east of Clark street, for $16,000. George E. Browne sold brick business block with lot 120x167 feet on the southwest corner of Van Buren and Franklin streets, for $15,000. Warren T.Ellis sold ten lots in Block 63 Wash- fnerton Heights, with other property, for $15,- Redmond Prindeville sold 120 fect front on Milwaukee avenue, northwest of Union strees, Tor $30,00. SATURDAY’'S TRANSFERS. The following instruments were filed for record Saturday, Jan. 27: 1 Cocof Campbeli av, n f on st, 8 ¢ cor of Cam . nt, LEDERL T, With bailding, dated June 20, 1876. eesoneoee = Ashland av, 286% ftn of Wabansia av, e 1, 48x125 ft, dated Jan. 22............. 1,000 Flournoy st, 110 7-10 ft e of Washtenaw av. n f, 72x125 ft, with improvements, dated Jan. 19, i B Wentworth_av, 146 ft 8 of Twenty-first st, w f, 25370 ft, dated Jan. 26........ 3,500 Fulton st, 200 ft e of Kedzle av, nf, 25x 1373 1f, with building, dated Jan. 22.." 6,000 Vincennes av; 433 ft 8 of Thirty-eizhth A #t, w1, 21x108 ft, with buildinz, dated Dec. 23, 1870.00ccnnrennnns ... 9,000 Ohlo st, 120 fi¢ of LeSalicst, nf, 1S4¥x 100 ft, with baildings, dated Jan23.... 2,200 Indians av, 197 ft 0 of Thirty-vecond st, ef, 50x160Y fr, dated Jan. 13........ 6,633 60 11-10 1t 1 of Tywenty-eighth £, 24x123 ft, dated Jan. . 1,000 t, 8 w cor of West Tayl 34x112 3-10 {t, dated Jan. 27, el 1500 State st. n of and near Thirty-sccond at, w £, 37%x100 ft, dated Jan. 26. 3,600 Cass 8t, 20 ft n of Indings et ‘w f, ft, with improvements, dated Jan. 11 (William F. Hale to Henry P. Cald- - 11)... .. seenen e 4 SOCTI OF CFFY LINEFS WITHLY A TADITS oF MILES OF TUE COURT-HOCSE. Forty-first at, Langley and Vincennes avs, n f, 21%x12) ff, with balldinz, dated Aug. 18, 1876... 25,000 SEVEN 13 Englewood av, 325 ft, e of Stewart v, 1, 50x1161t, dated Jan. 25..... .. 750 Dancan av. 8 w cor of Mound st, e f, 5ix 104 £t dated Nov. 8, 1873 ... 1,100 Halstec'st, 250 ft n of Forty-ffih at, wf, 25311533 ft, dated Jan 18, . ... 1,500 Langley av, 191 4-10 fts of Fo: econd 8L W f, 50x126 {t, dated Jan 3 .. 3,000 Forts-firsc st, het Vincennes and Langley avs, nf, 21%x121 fr, with buildicg, dated Jun. 22, ... seaee seeewee 5,700 Wentworth av, pear Fifty-fourth st, ¢ f, B 31 ft to alley, dated Jun. 26...., . 750 South Park av, 5 w cor of Sixth-first st, e 1, 2425316 £t with 542 ft toalley, in same subdlvision, dated Jan. 19 10.000 SUMMARY OF TRANSPERS FOR THE WEBK. The following is the total amount of city and suburbon transfers within a radius of seven miles of the Court-House filed for record dur- ing the week codine Saturday, Jan %7: City sales, 73; consideration, $106,614. North of city limits: Sales, 2; consideration; $2,200. South of city limits: Sales, 21; consideration, $43, 64, - Total sales, 96; total consideration, $452,( SUCCESS OF BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA. The report of the Artisans’ Brilding and Loan Associstion of Philadelphia for 1576 exhibits a remarkuble success when the timncs, pressing with especial weight on the.class concerned, arc taken into accouat. In this company, during seven years of busivess, with a property'aceu- mulated now of $275,000 in bonds and mortmages, ouly six members have lost their houses (partly paid for), and have been compelled to leave them fn the hands of the Association. That is, six members have pald each year toward their homesteads about the same suins they would have to pay for rent in a tenement. house, and then, unable” to meet their monthly dues, have becn oblized to deed their properties to the society. This s _certainly a remarkable showing. “Moreover, during tie past vear the workingmen in this Artisans’ Association have done a business of £91,597 at an expense of only $846.81. They disbursed for loans on bonds and. mortgages $45,300, and made a total, gain in premiums of $12,551. There are 3,263 ghares in the Company, and the larze number canceled or forfuited during the vear—815—shows how hard pressed many of the members were, and that they could mot wait for their profita. ‘There are now, however, in the varions series 419 shareholders, and_the arsresate property is valued at $305,161. With all the difficulties of the year, the depreciation of real estate, the Jack of business, and the necessity for working men to consume their savings, this Association was enabled to make an average profit of 13 per cent. The savings banks and insurance compa- nies have not done as well as this, One little item in the accounts of the Artisan Association goes far_to give the reason why. It Is simply this: “ Expenses, $346.”7 If the Insurance com- panies and savings banks would emulate this economy, It would be better for them and their patrons. RENTS IN NEW YORK, The agents for the Astor estate in New York states that, althouzhrents in New York have de- creased 20 to 35 per cent, they will_probably go down 10 per cent more this year. T‘l‘uls opinion is sustained by the ieading "house agents inter- viewed by the New York papers. But, Lualow, the well-known Pine street auctioneer and real- estate azent, says that rents have declined from 20 to 30 per cent during the last three years, and Lthat it is impossible for them to go much lower 'S0 long as taxes are as high as they are at pres- ;:nt‘mflc r.h}nks thl,ll building vlvlfll ibn'!‘:;isk dul:- ing the coming spring, cspecially in the peigh- barliood of Contral Park. - > e BUILDING IN NEW YOKE I¥ 1876. The New York Superintendent of Buildings, 'W. W. Adams, has made his report to the Mayor of the work of his department for 1876. During 187 plans were subwitted for 1,379 buildings—u decrease of only twenty-seven as compared with 187. Thecost of the projected buildings was cstinated at $15,898,240, against $18,236,770 for 1875. The cost of beginning new buildings, com- pleting buildings begun the previous year, and altering old structurcs,during the lnst vear, was £3,635475—nn _fncrease of $135,040 over 1575, The following table shows the smounts invested in building daring theshree last years: Totals. New buildings. Alterations. 097 § 3,616,112 8 3,070,473 3,635,478 ‘Totals..$50, 770,087 $10,328, 063 RENTS IN BOSTON. ‘The Boston Commonueaith says: * A storc near the centre of the business part of this city, which formerly was rented for $17,000 & year, has just been leased by a firm for §5,000, nn another, built since the lire. and edpaylug Tor u time 316,000 a year, is now rented for - $6,00. These examples shotw how it is that people of nominal wealth feel the pressure of the hard times- Therc are thousands of such instances.” CHARITY. (L. Corinthiuns, xiii.) Stupendous trath! thoush allthings e’en must fall, And cramble "neath the parching breatn of Time’; Though tonzues must cease, not prophecies avall, Yet Charity shall live,—that gift sublime! O Charity! thy name alone ahall stand Enacrolled upon the page of deathless lore; Naught elwe imprinted here by human hand Shall leave its impress on the Heavenly Shore! The crentest deeds of which our Earth can boast, ~ The act of hiero, or the word of sage,— The proud ambition* which we treasure most, — The daily toils which heart xnd mind engage,— AL all shall perish, —none of these shall last,— Awhile remembered, then forgotten die; So faint the murmured whispers of the Past, Their tones are lost, and fiit unbeeded by. But man, obedlent to the Word Divina, May sow the eed of never-fading love, Deep down in Eurth its spreadinz roota to twine, And Flcld its blossoms In the World Above. For, when fond Hope hath gaiaed the hoped-for thing. And vision clear greets eses where Falth had en, Tnchanging Charity its rays shall fling, Tllumiog Heaven with its dazzling sheen! O Charity! how boundless i3 thy ephere! " How great the work which thou would'st have s Z o} And yet how dimly art thou shadowed here,— _The false too common, but too rare the true! For thon can'st suffer, bear, belleve, endure,— The sin imputed is no sin at all; As pare thyself, to thee arc all things pare, And thou can’st sorrow o'er a wand'rer's fall! "Tig thine the band of shelter to upraise, ‘That acreens from view the crrors of the weak; Where right exiats, 'tIs thine to zive the praise, — Where wrong, the word of kindiy warning speal. And thou art near where'er the lips are trained To pray for others,—not ourselves alonc; ‘Thou'rt bresent, 100, 1t hearts by lovoconatrained To beara barden which 13 not their own. No less "t thine to stem the tide of strife,— Tohcal the breach,—the ice-bonnd heart to melt; From cooling love to kindle fire of life, And seatter peace where anger long has dwelt. Yes! more of Charity we sorely need ;. More ‘y(exdlm; of ourselves to others’ claims; More willingness our neighbors' wants to heed; More honest ¢dorts after nobler aims! For thus alone can life's fast-flecting day Prepare ns for the Life which never ends; So treatinz each companion on our way That, meeting after, we may meet o8 Friends. 0God of Lave! blest Gaardian of our race, Whom now s througha tlass we **darkly " see, Take us, when called to wee Thee **face to face,™ “fo dwell in realma of Endless Charity! Citarses R. PoLLocx. TO A SORROWING MOTHER. Ffen the roft, allken treases yon cnt from her heady Hashed Uhe song of your gladuess, for Maudie i3 ead. You dread the house now, with its ailence and gloom; What was dear to your heart Is now cold in the tomb. ¥ T know that the light of your life has gone oat; Bat God's wisdoss aod ‘mercy you taust cesse to donbt, Or nothiag’bat pala will you know whils you stay, And nothing but darkness when called hence away. God only lent you the sweet little flower; e hay taken her back to His own zolden bower; Why tremble and start when yon hear o beil toll? Your llowlcrbhwm: more bright in the hume of the soul. Now in Heaven she iswatchinz and swaiting for you, For her dear Jittle feet o'er the Golden Stair flew. ‘With Jesus sne i, in that glorions place: Just think of her smiling up into Int Poor Grandma, who loved her, and cared for her too, Will miss little Mandie aa #adly as you. She will fold the white dresses, and put them away, ‘With the dolliesand dishes Mande usedat ber play. And your brothers and sisters too feel the gloom That has fallen so heavy and dark un your home; Dear little Maude was their pet from Ler birth, And td)-l:llll'hl‘mxru #hare the paln you feel at her Forget your awn sorrow, look apward to God: For some wle, unscen purpose llc uses the rod; He bas plucked your wee flower from Earth dark and cold, P But ahe bloois snd Ia wiltlag for you iy His fold . A. Y. Speaking of the rapid manner in which bad deeds are perpetrated, Mrs. Partington called £pecial attention to the fact that it required only two secunds to fight a ducl