Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1877, Page 13

e . 2 ST § ‘ P 4 § § ! AMUSEMENTS. Maud Muller “ Improved * for the Stage. A Comic Opera at Haverly’s Gives Way to Burlesque. The New Play of “ Lemons” at Me- Vicker's-—Daly’s Claims, Notes of the Green-Rooms at . Home and Abroad. qhe “ Forty Thieves” at Drury Lane, London---Outeroppings of Puritanism, A Hint to the Y. M. C. A.---The Eddy Organ Recitals. Choral Union Concert---Miss Rive in Milwaukee---Tiocal Notes. s Cary’s Whereabouts-=Waguers Cir- calars---Operatic ‘Gossip. THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. AN AMENDED VERSION OF ‘‘MAUD MULLER.” Alr. Whitticr may pess for a poet in Boston, where the csthetic standards are established on sentimental grounds, but in the practical and teemine—swe had almost said teaming—West there is 2 disposition to dispute his claims. There is, at least In the latter region, a consider- ghle nzmber of persons who perceive the neces- sty for an amended version of *Maud Muller.” That little poem has often been alled idyllic. No doubt it fs idylic; the ob- jection to it is tbat it is not practical. Mauvd pevercomes Lo anything. An attempt to rem- 7 the error of Mr. Whittier is made in the piay called “ Maud Muller,”” which has been seen at McVicker’s Theatre the past week. The beroine of the stare retains the princival ele- ments of the character in the poem dur- ig the frst act, but thercatter is totally changed. Tn the time which is supposed 10 elapse between the first and the second acts she is sent to a fashionable boarding-sckool and resulorly ¢ finished,” with a view to becoming the Judge's bride; she is also married to the Judge, and appears at the rising of the eartain on tae sceond act as the mistress of his house, dad in sumptuous apparel. Poor Maud in all her finery bhas ' a hard life lo lead. The proud sister of the Judge W-treats her. The Judge himself is ashamed of ber. She becomes jealous of a fashionable lady sisiting at the house. who seems to be over-fond of the lord and master of the establishment. At the end of Act I1. Yaud sbandous her home and looks for fricnds at a distance. in Act 111, £he is shosked by a note supposed to be written by her husband, but really the work of the proud sister, telling her that she joust reap what she has sowed. Oue morcact is required to bring her home. The Judge of the stageis up in the fashion of a voung Tammany jan. The proud sister isan underbred Woman of shoddy aniccedents. Vaud- herself, potwithstanding “her two_years of boarding- school life, is a silly girl. Everybody thus becomes exceedinzly practical. We look for- me miterest to the application of the princivl that appesr in the stage-version of “Mand Muiler ” to mgny of the unsatisfac- tory remances of song nd story. Dido and Eutas, Laura and Petrarch, Pax! and Virginia, Lanccst snd Lliaire. will doubtl be wmore kindlv thoucht of when they are resuscitated aud put to fighting in matrimonial Larn Erange inc. it wil} be observed from the curre advertisements, hes already been Lrouzht to life, removed trom the gloomy atniosphere with which she was swroundd by Long- fellow, and flluminated with sensuous colors of burlesque. The number of pucticeoneeptions Lhat remain untouched by the gilding of the modern dramatist is still large, but.will Goubtless grow smaller in pro- | portion os the penetits of amendment in each instance are seen. i Miss Gen e Rogers has gained friends by her personation of Maud Muller ; tor, however great the travesiy contained g the play, there is-such a thing as erting it up to its hizhest possibilitics, 1f Miss Rogers ocea- siopally wanie foree, as allezed in a previous lssue of Tse TRIBCNE, she does no: want 2 | fine perception of the Gramati: prop:icties and | 3. delicate seose of the - graceful fn art. She showed with much abiliiy the - tender and in- Docent phases of the enaracter; she was deficient oniy in_the so-niled” cmotional” passages whea there were verious sorts of © heruics W be dome. She has what the New Eneland relizionists delight to speak of as a “call,"—only in_her case the “call® is to a pro- fession the relizionists do not honor, that of the tock company parts, The vther ity and presence. 25 bad, thouzh perhiaps_uot wholly inco: sistent with the idea of the Judge couveyed by ke writer of the play. Mr. Johnson, as Nafe Hargin, an eccent trapper, acted pleasantly amd with & Lecoming anbeardness. Mrs. Stone- all, as _irs. Muller, had one_excellent scene | with the fashionub ung ladies at the Judge's bouse, there bed iine contrast of the uncdu- wated warmhceariedress of the country mstron with the fey politeness of the socicty women. Mre. Murdoch played tolerably in thé ungrate- ful part of Tiewdora. the proud sister. The wounting of the play was superb. **LENONS. The production at MeVicker's Theatre of an Americanized version of Julivs Rosen’s comedy of “Lemons " is made the oceasion of a eircular «ctter 10 the people of Chicago, in whicha specisl ppeal is made to them to turn out largely for :he first nigaf. The play bas been running at Daly’s Theatre in New York for some time, and Mr. Daly Limself ays claim to it as his property. What the nature of Lis title may be remains to Be has notified Mr. McVicker’s repre- C ves in this city that he shall contest their right to produce *Lew 7 Mr. MeVicker, ¥ho is now fu Philadelph: E’mcwdinzs hiere, and responded in the follow- 5 cliaracteristic manber: Parappiis, P iarpe : D: shall more. Sce my lawyers if necy Mondsy to give and require amp] damages. “Submit to o bulldozing from any socree. The play will be presented Monduy night 85 gmnounced.. The cast will include Messrs. Thorne, Lee, Hotto, Rainford, Seymour, and Sisson: Miss Leura Don, kes her first appearance at McVicker's in the principal female past: Mrs. Stoneall, Mrs. Murdoch, Miss T2oner, and Miss Marble. L NOTES. The Evangeline burlesque company at Haver- 15 Theatre this weelk will include such well- known actors as Miss Eliza Weathersby, Mr. N. C. Goodwin, Jr., Mr. Harry Josephs, and Miss Clara Fisher. The merits of the enter- taibment are testified to by the press of New Englanc and the East geacrally. At the Adelphi this week Mr. and Mrs. Julian Kentaod their wild bear will play an_engage- ment. “The stirring drawa® which thes will Tepresent is cailed “Wild Bill, the King of the Border Men.” There will be the usual number . of veriety people. Monday, March 12, E. T. +8tetson 45 10 present his “new and original drama,” entitled * The Boss, or Living for Ven- geance.” Wedonot understand that thisisa chepter out of the romance of the whisky-riag. ++Tom Cobib ** and “Sweethearts ¥ arein preps- Tatfon at MeVieker's Theatre. - They will e given until Saturday of next week aud will be sue- ceeded by Boucicault in *“The Shaughraun.™ The benefit of Mr. Thorne, Saturday weels, afternoon and evening, sheuald not be forgotten. He isto hove the assistance of the excellent actor and gentleman, Alr., John McCulloueh, in the ! j, o - lutely essential to its reputation. tbe play of “Damon and Prthias.” *Black- Ered Susan™ and “Don Cessrde Bazan™ will be the other attractions. : Wood’s Musenm is to_be transformed into 3 variety establishment under the supenntendence | of Mr, Ben Cotton, the well-known minstrel verformer. The intention is to give a first-class entertainment at low prices. Beer and tobacco Will be rigidiy excluded; the strictest discipline will e exercised on the stage, and ouly per- formers of known standing in the pro- fession will be introduced to the public. The character of - Mr. Cotton is -suflicient guarautce that the place will be respectable so long as he has auythine to do withit. The opening will be March 19, two weeks from to-morrow. Mean- while the theatre s being renovated. The de- 8:;:_::::1& of curiosities will be retained and im- THE OUTER WORLD, ° NEW YORK NOTES. Miss Lotta denies the statement that she is suffering from coRumnption. Bartley Campbell has written o comedy called ““The Friend of the Family,” which is to be produced at th:e Eagle Theatre thig spring. Linda Dietz s taken the part of the Princess Walanoffin *“The Danicheffs” at the Union Square Theatre in place of Miss Katharine Rogers, whois now supporting Boucicault. Georze Rignold bas purchased cll the para- Phernali of ¥ Henry V. for the sum of $0,00. e proposes toproduce the spectacle in England. The stoff oriminally cost $35.000. It is said that the managers cleared nearly 375,000 by the production of the piece in New York ®ity and other places. ‘Theré was performed on the 17th ult., for the first time. at the Germania Theatre, New xork, for the benefit of Mr. Kesler, the German-Ameri- can historical play, in five acts, entitled * Robe and Arinor,” by Dr. Karl Dilwirey. The per- forance was a grand_ success, the principal Aactress in it being called before the curtain at the cnd of cach act. Gen. Peter Muhlenber:s, the fightine pastor of the Revolution, is the hero of the action. Wallack’s Theatre was miven over last week to legitimate comedy. *‘She Stoops to Con- quer,” *Wild Oats,”” Married Life,” and A Morning Call " each received representations. ** The Rivals™ be seen this week. The last nights of **Lemons ™ are announced at - Daly’s. Mr. Chiarles Cozhian was to beuefit by the per- formance of last night, appearing for” the tirst time in. New York as * Hamlet.” ¢ Fifth Avenue” is also in s last nights at Bootl’s; this house has not flourished of late. ¢4 Trip to the Moon ™ istobe put on for askort time, and John McCullough is to follow in the first week of April. *The Danichieffs” is the great hit of the season at the Union Square. *Qur Béarding House” still runs to crowded houses at the Park. Daly’s people gave % The Two Orphans”* at the (irand Opera House, “ Round the Clock ™ at the Olvmple, and * Man and Wifeat the Bowery. GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES. Louise Pomeroy Is to begin au engagement at Xew Orleans to-morrow. Sothern will begin work again oun the New England ciceuit March 3. Mr. J. B. Booth guve a single representation of IRtichard IT. at the Boston Theatre last night. Mre. Rachel Macaaley produced a new drama called * Perils of the Night ¥ for the first timeat the Walnut Street Thestre, Philadelphia, last week. Miss Jeffreys-Lewis, it is said, will be the lead- ing lady af the Culifornia Theatre, San Francis- ¢o, next season. She appears in “ Pique ¥ there at 'the present. time. “The Two Orphans ” is the attraction at the Chestnut-Street Theatre) Philadelphia. Edwin Booth remaius at Mrs. Drew’s Theatre another week. Mr. and Mrs. Florence will begin an en- gagement at the Walnut to-morrow. The Arcadian says: “The talented equine artist who plays the leading part in ‘The Kerry Gow? met with an accldent while performing in Albany, and Mr. Joseph Marphy, who was sup- porting hitn, is now taking a vacation.” Mr. Joiin McCullough's engagement at the Boston Muscum, which ended Feb. 17, was one of the most successful ever played in that city. The actor received upward of $2,5060—in two weeks—aud the theatre profited largely. The St. Louis newspapers contradict the statement of a Chicazo journal that Mme. Junauscheks has resolved never again to appear in classical drama in that city. ~Tle fact that she is to represent Medea there this week cer- tainly does not agree with the Chicago state- mevt. A Baltimore correspondent writes as follows: *“John T. Ford has revived *Macbeth’ in zorgeous style, having on the stage 100 fight- Grs, fifty choristers, new scenery, ete. All tne armour and cestumes were obtained from Jar- rett apd Palmer. The picce ran very finely, and the business was large for Lent. Baltimore as g Catholic and Episcopalian city does not putronize theaties best at this season. Mary Andrew's Lady Macbethi nas obtained the high- est praise from press and public.”” John McCullough was at St. Louis last weel issouri and Kansas towns; Dion Boucicault at Cleveland; Kate Claxton at Pittsburg: Rachel Noah at Rochester; Charles Fecnter at Albauy: E. . Davenport and Lotta in Brooklyn; Ben De B:\rI with his St. Louis compatl New Haven. Conn.; the Evange-| line combination in New Englana towns; Ade- laide 1 at Montreal: Maggie Mitchell and . J. Montague at Boston: Edwin Booth and Rachel Mavaulay at Philzdelphia; the Florences qore: John E. Owens at Richmond; i . Rowe and Charlotte Thompson at New Orleans; Ratie Patnamn ot Galveston. OTES. The appearance of M Geuevieve Ward at thc Thestre Forte St. Martin, Pasis, as Lady | Mezietic in 2 French translation of Shakspeare’s | ared a genuine suc- | . They commend French. . Bessie Sudlow, who went from Niblo’s in New York to Dublin, has married a prominczt citizen there and made herscIf a fine professional repu- tation. A testimonial Languet, st which the | Lord Mavor presided, was recently ziven in her honor, und she was presented with a service of plate. Lucy Hooper writes to the Philagelphia Tele- qraph: *+The Hetman’ at the Paris Odeon is on immense success, owing chiefly to the mag- nificeace of the ac aud the fervent patriot- isi that glows in every linc and incident. The wzr chant, so nobly declaimed by Mme Marie Laurcnt in the character of ¢ Marucho,” a sort of Russian *Mex Merril nightly encored. It terminates with the st e line— * What matters it who dies so Freedom lives! a passage which forms the key-note of the en- tire drama.” R Edward King writes to the New York Fening Post: +*The new comedy by Victorien Sardou, which has now been performed a sufticient num- ‘ber of times at the Vaudevilie Theatre to secure ceess, is perhaps the newest matter of iu- ane Coombs it ) cess by all th terest. Sardou is palpably on the decline; he ‘has been manifesting weakn for more than threey his popularity holds out very weli. TS zcceptcd)by all the critics here us a proof that his day was about cnded; it was only the wonderful niveties of meauing, the delicate don mots, the extraordinary flushes of wit from time, which saved it.” MODERN ENGLISII PANTOMIME—“TAE FORTY TUIEVES"! AT DRCRY LANE—OTHER POINTS OF BISTORIC INTEREST. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. # 1.oxpox, Eng., Feb. 10.—From January till March is the holiday season at the theatres. There, at least, if crowds are any indieation of prosperity, I have scen no indications of hard times. Itis the season dcdicated by ancient tradition to the peculiar institution called a pantomime, which, in the theatres specially given up to this species of performance, geo- erally runs from the day after Christmas till the cominyg of opera at the beginning of the London ‘‘season.” Drury Lane and Cov- ent Garden are noted for their pantomimes, and are famous rivals in that direction. This vear Covent Garden produces * Robinson Cru- %0e,” and Drury Lane “The Forty Thieves.” Besides these arc ** Sindbad the Sailor,” at the Crystal Palace; “Goody Two Sho2s™ (per- formed entirely by children), at the Adelphi; and * Robinson Crusoe,” by the Lydia Thomp- son troupe, at the Folly. Do the readers of Tue TRIsONE know the characteristics of a modern English pantomime? The nearest approach to one Is what Parisians call “a spectacle,"—that is, a-play in which the chiof attraction fs the gorzeousness of the scenic effects, and not the excellence of the acting. *The Black Crook ™ in New York, the famons * Cinderelln,” and * Biche au Bois™ of Parig, and their numberless successors, resem- ble in many respects 2 pantomime; but the lat- ter possesses certain additional features which every child knows by Leart, and which are abso- The subjocts arc generaily taken from some old classie of the Dursery; and, in fact, it is the children’s plas, and cad best beenjoyed by them and with them. Ina holiday-number of the Jlustrated London ANews were 2 TWO CHARNING COMPANION-SRETCHES, ope entitled *My First Pantomime WhenT Teorting this eritical, languidly-ple HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. - MARCH 4, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES, | Went with My Grandfather to Saddler's Wells.” The other was called My Last Pantomime When I Went with My Grandchildren to Drury Lane.” In the first, iwhat eager, overjoyed, irr- rressihlc little beings are those unsophisticated ittle folks on each side of Grandpapa; in the second, what an utterly exhausted, bored, but zood-humored old gentlema is this who {5 es- d little lady and gentlemanof § and 10 years! Thus the titnes’ change, and we change ‘with them. But there is a wood deal of childhood left still. If you doubt it, o to Drury Lane with me, and, iaking a seat in front -of the dress-circle, sur- vey both sides of the glittering quadrant, from pit to shilling-gallery. The small folk muster strong, but there is'no Inck of attentive par- ents or guardisns. You are reminded of the ‘mother in Curtis’ inimitable description of the - circus, who says, “I don’t care for_the succus myself, but I have to take the children.” But it is the children who en- gross you, spite of certain comicalities of the British matron which you note not for the first time. Look at those children in the box oppo- site. How their cyes sparkle! liow red their fair faces bloom out arainst their dark velvet coats! Now looi “f) to the sixpeuny scats of the upper gallers. 1s it any less happiness per- solnificR which is glowing on those tanned little checks, and raging ont of tliose eager cyes? IHow they cnjoy the farce, when the jealous wife says,-in the most concentrated of stage- tones, * He's gone to his paramour!”—and the Isr_\'mg. impudent, absurd, and altogether de- ighttul fellow of a footman chucklcs, “ He's gone to his panorama!*? ¥ THEN THE ORCHESTRA ' begins to play. Noue of your *zavottes,” nor operatic overtures, mor * piccolo obliuntos.” No indeed! Bat *Buy o Broom,” “We Won't Go Home Till Morninz,” * Poor Old Robinson Crusoe,” and that charming aud mysterious ox- travaganza whiell we used fo- carol in nursery days under the title of “Tum-tum Pemily Sauey.” Then comes *Rule Britannin and *God Save the Queen.” when everybody rises Toyally and stands while It is played. But one or two Americans become a little confusced, and they are ina great church on the North Side in vour city, hearing the minister say, %Now let us all sing * America * mightily.” ‘Then the curtain rises on the Marl ce ot Bagdad. Here is Ali Baba aud his mischievous . son Ganem; Cassim, his rich brother, all span- glesand gold. And ¥ What a nose!” whisper the little folks. Ifere are the Forty Thieves,— Prize, and Stecle, and Fileh, and Snateh, Bolt, Mizzle, and Cutaway. What satisfaction the childrentake in these names; also in_those of the merchants, Messrs. Hobb, and Nobb, and Snubb, and Bubb; in the conjurer, Hauki- Panki, aud the Turkish guards, Niddle, Noddle, Widdle Waddle, Mugaway, and Mufti. And oh!is it not delicions (but with a thrill of the awful which causes many a rosy little cheelt near’us to turn pale) when'the Cap! 5ays, 3 ‘* OPEN SESAME!" and—klang!—the gredt cavern_ opens, and the stacks of zold and silver, and the glittering vases and goblets, gleam from its mouth! Then there is the enchanted cavern in the depths of the forest; the wonderful donkey who rises on his hind legs and dances: Ali Baba’s house in Bogdad, and the chalking of the doors, which weall remember so well. There is the court- yard by moonlight, and the red-capped heads of ihe robbers popping every now and then out of the jars, till Morgiana comes with her boiling oil; and was not that a groan, as ehe killed them one by one? Prettiest of all, the children thi Divan of the Genii, on the Meers Amber Island.” Which of them ever imagi anythinz more beautiful than the G dressed in cloudy tissues flashi reclining on their green couclics of seu- the Peris dancing in the many-colored light; and the wonderful car, overshadowed by sitver terug and golden poppies, which tinkle as they nod with the motion of the car. And, when it stops. outsorings Morsiana, with brown hair spangled with sequins. and v reled trou- sers.- Finally comes the Pe “GRAND TR, as the progrunme s a wood with branchiug foliage overiead, &nd shrubs with creat drooping frunds. The boughs tremble; the great arch parts in the centre, and opens a glowing vista bevond; foliage, boughs, and fronds become tremulous with lighs: the-heart of every flower becomes a globe of glory: the ground ‘opens, and slowly Tises into view group alter group of Siren-like figures, with radfant robes, jeweled hair, and alowing faces,—each group rising nigher than the last, till far on the summit unclosc thegates of agormeous temple filled with brizht forms tributary to a central fizure; on ecach side the temple the boughs blossom with maidens, their white arms uplitting silver wands that catch the light upen their glittering tij A moment the whole is flooded with dissolving hues.—now azure. now emerald, now rose,—and then the curtain falls; it has all melted away like a dream—the children draw a great breath of ‘wouder and regret, and all s over. - They and you have seen your flrst pantomime. Tt iSof no use to tell them that it isall the effect of a hittle tinsel, machinery, and chemicals, with the aid of a few plain ballet-girls. The Peri’s Paradise, the Temple of St. Valentine, or the Palace of Truth, remains a glorious reality to them, and a Joy, if not torever, at least for scveral happy Fears. So far the pantomime closely resembles, as has been said, a_ Ftench svectacle. But the features which follow are, by lonr tradition, spécial characteristics of the English panto- mime,~which, 35 may be observed, has lost all its original claim to that title, having long : ceased to be a play without words. Inthe modern sense, no pantomime could be a panto- mime, as every schoolboy knows, without LARLEQUIN, COLUMBINE, THE CLOWN, PANTA- & LOOYN, and the assistants of . their antics. As to Harle- quin, bhe mu:t be a marvel ot agility, darting hither and thither in his parti-colored garb, and aiways ready to lend his aid to tbe bailet, pos- turing of the pretty Columbine, with her siry skirts, red ciecks, and nimble feet. "'As to the Clown, he must be a fellow of infinite jest, with a wretched sort of factotum, whon he belabors, knocks d and uses as an assistant in his endless jokes. Of course there is a butel with 2 white-aproned Dbuteher crying { Buy!” and sturdy legs of mutton” which the Clown pretends ‘to bargain for, and ends by snatching and bringing down with a mighty thwack upon the head or backof Pantaloon, who thereupon goes duwn upon the floor with a_re- sounding thump which amuses the children mightily. In fagt, the amount of padding which the dramatis-persone of the harlequinade must have undergone needs be cextraordinary, for no common flesh and blood could endure the inces- sant beating, thumping, knocking down, and cudgeling which they suffer, and which scems to constitute ihe chief delight of the augience. Iteis regarded as particulurly appropriate, also, if the Clown eeasons his jokes with oceasional references to the politics of the day; as, when he takes down the creat turkey above which hangs the price, 9 shillings and 9 pence, and en- deavors to prove thatit is 6 and 63 finally he fiics into a passion and decamps with it, crying, “Here! we've had enongh conference over Tur- keil!" In many theatres this absurd badinage is made 8 VEQICLE FOR ADVERTISING. The largest firms for the sale of watches, sew- ing-machines, ladies’ hats, ciears, and brandy, have been advertised from the stage of Covent Garden. This part of the pantomine seems in- terminable: the children cling to it till Mamma is exhausted, Grandpapa has fallen asleep, Papa Joolks like patience on s monument; stll they plead to sce “Just this one more.” At last the stalls begin to thin out, the dress-circle dwindles away, the gallery begins to put on its thin; depart. Ilorgot to mention that a policeman i an indispensable accessory of the harlequin- ade, and the intense deligiit of the audience nt his complete discomfiture af the hands of the Clown iz a characteristic feature of the perform- ance. & One may gain some idea of the popularity of these pantomimic performances from the fact that at Drury Lane, four weeks after the first night of “The Forty Thieves,” not 2 seat was to be had in the house fiftcen wminutes after the opening of the doors, and, copazing seats eight davs {n advance, we had not a very good cloice. Though the asting in 2 pantominic Is a second- X enliven Crasoe,” at Covent Garden; and Lydia Thomp- son {s gueen of the very scantily-robed gentry at the Follv Theatre. - At the Vaudesille,—a tinv little box of a theatre, which is the delight of 2 certain class, by whom it is generally known s the “oddy- will,"— "OGR BOYS” ‘has entered upon its seven-hundredth represent- ation. It is easy to see why this play has be- come so popular with all classes, and why Derkyn Aiddlewick, **the retired butterman,’ with his accomplished and hendsome son, Charles, has become the ido] of what the Lon- doners call. “ the lower middle class.” The play is said to have improved vastly since its 1irst representation: at present it seems to me a thoroughly excellent and enjoyable affair, ex- hibiting such an amount of natire as fs rarely seen upon the stage. Mr. Garthorne, in nsrole of Charles Middlecick, still reiains something of that examrerated formality which distinruishes the English scbodl of acting; but Mr. pavid James “as the the butterman, Mr. Thomas Thornt as the Baronet’s son,and Mr. William Farren as Sir Geoffrey Chumpmeys, arc unusual- 1y easy, unaffected, and nstural. The Jadies— 3iss Roselle and Miss Bishop—are quite popu- 1ar here, but their acting calls for.no especial comment. The play, 2s a“whole, contains so much hearty auod. innocent mirth, so. many touches of that which, Shakspeare declares, makes the whole world kin, aod isin many re- spects so_good a reflection of the spirit ‘and body of the time, that it deserves to keep its place long upon the stage. AT ‘THE TAYMARKET the pretty and romantic comedy of “Dan’l Druce,” fu which Mr. Herman Vezin made so successful an appearance as the blacksmith- father, and Miss Marion Terry so unique and enaaging a little Puritan, has ‘given place to a revival ot Mr.- Gilbert’s “Pygmalion and Galatea,” in which nore might be said "of the peculiar excellencies of Miss' Terry’s' rendering of Galalea than the limits of this letter will permit. L should like, also, to have lefsure to enlarge a little upon the company at the Court Theatre, whose *“New Men and OId Acres™ has had so favorable a reception, and has furnished ‘more than one text to the opponents of those avho declaim upon the degeneracy of the stage. . At the Lyceum, 2 MR. HENRY IRVING, A sl\;ppnrted by Miss Bateman, bas been playing JMacbeth and "Tickard I11. to very select though not crowded houses. -Irving's Alacbeth is a very finished and intellectual performance, but, in the beginnine of the play, strikes one as some- what cold and formali tone and action, while they are appropriate and graceful, display mutch of that wc(ghc{ staginess- which appears to be in accordance with the ideal of the English, as itis of the French, stuge. But, as the play ad- vanees, a good deal of climax is observable; he grows more natural as he grows more haggard, hopeless, and miserable: and, in the final act, there is a reality voth in his desperate calmness and his fierce intensity, which are highly effect- ive and impressive, Miss Bateman's Lady Maq betl s curiously individual and original in the midsg of much” that is traditional” and hack- weyed. In the sleep-walking scene, while she bore no comparison with Ristori in the tragic grandeur of her impersonation, she impressed me more than that uctress, and more than Miss Cushman in the merely human and. womanty character of ier misery she was morethebroken- hearted woman_ than the imperions plotter,— the towering mind become pitiful and childlike inite weakness,—which scemed to me more natural and in accordance not only with Shak- speare, but the traditions of the great Siddons. Speaking of Irving aund the oft-imputed de- gencracy of the stage recalls TUE BISHOP OF MANCRESTER, who not long azo seafidalized some people and gratified others by recommending bhis flock to attend such theatrical performances as Irving’s delineation or Shakspearean characters,—assert- ing that a man could not fall to be improved, as well as recreated, by them. A few days ago, the Bishop, in councction with the Church-of-En- gland mission now guing on in Manchester, ad- dressed the meinbers of the theatrical profession, actors, ballet-dancers, * supers,” nmr all, from the stages of the Theatre Royal andthe Princess’ Theatre of that city. The Bishop believed that he wus the first Bishop of the Churchof En- aland, if not the first Christian Bishop, who Lad addressed 2 congregation in a theatre. He “thouzht that Christianity ought to penetrate the theatre;” and that, though it would be an idle dream to think of msking it directly spiritual, hs “should be quite satistied if purity and_mcodesty in word and decd, gesture and conduct,” became the ruling princiole there. He did ‘not believe it possible to abolish the theatre; thought that it might become a. VALUABLE AND IIARMLESS RECREATION, and that somne of its present excesses were the reaction from Puritanical restraint. In conclu- slon, he urged the actors * not to be ashamed to refuse to take a part in any drama which would compremise their proper diznity as men, or their proper modesty as women.’! The Bishop was warmly thanked by the manacers, aw the close of his address; and” Mr. Sidney, of the Theatre Royal, assured him that no class of persons would take bis words more £o heurt than the members of the theatrical profession. There is something highly encourazmg in the sigus of the times when a digmitary of the Chureh, instead of thvndering from afar at a national amuscment, and_assisting to oftracise a class to whom all are indebted for some hours of freedom from care, goes down into the midst of them, and cndeavors to separate the tares from the wheat. CuarrLes LANDOR. MUSIC. AT HOME, A WINT. The local musieal world during the past week has been annost entirely barren. With the ex- ception of the somewhat curious sacred concert given at the Tabernacle, there is nothing to re- cord.. A detailed notice of that concert bas al- ready appeared in THE TRIBUNE, and there is nothing now to be added to it, except, per- haps, to intimate that the Young Men's Christian Association, when nest it essays to go into the concert-fields, should sccure the services of some competent and experienced manacer who can attend to details, and thereby save those who volunteer their services for the cause a great deal of unnccessary trouble. A concert of such dimensions cannot manage it- self. There must be a head to it. Financially, we presume there is no reason to complain, and if the eschequer of the Association has been so much relieved as to cnmable it to prosecute its work more vigorously and success- fully, there is occasion for congratulation, but the same result might have been reached with more comfort to those who took part in it. This week will be quite as barren as the last. With the exception of the musical extravaganza of “Evangeline,” which is referred to in our dramatic column, being essentially dramatic in its character, the outlook is dreary. 5 THE EDDY ORGAN RECITALS. Mr. Eddy fnaugurated bis season of Saturday noon organ recitals at Hershey Hall yesterday, having for accompaniment another of those good old First Congregational storms which waited upon him last summer so regularly. Those’ who braved the storm, however,—and there were quite a number,—were richly re- paid by his clegant playing of the follow- ing pumbers: The Merkel Sonata, No. 2, in G minor, op. 42; Saint Sacns “Rhapsody No. 3 which is vew here, and a most delicious composition; Bach’s fueuc in G minor; Archer’s “ Introduction and Concert Variations?’; Guilmant’s *Cantilene Pastor- ale”; and the Thiele ““Concert-Satz ! in E flat minor. Mrs. Hershey was the vocalist of the recital, and sang Beethoven’s * Penitence Song,” and Dudley Buck’s “Sunset” and “ Storm and Sunshine,” both of which are new here. ItisMr. Eddy’s intention to have one or more voal numbers at each of the future reci- tals. The leading organ numbers for the next recital will include Bach®s *Prelude and Fugue’ in. B minor, Ritter’s “Somata®” i D mivor, Merkel’s *.Christmas Pastorale,” and ‘the Thiele ‘“Concert-Satz” in C minor. In addition to these pleasant noon re- citals, Hershey will give every alternate Friduy evening, commencing a week from next Fricay, a musicale at the Hall, in which the best musicians in the city will participate. Piano, trio, duo, and vocal mustc will be given.” They will' continue during the seusoa. : + CRORAL UNION CONCERT. The Choral Union will give a concert next Friday evening, March 9, in the New Jerusalem Temple, corner of Washington strect and Ogden avenue, under the leadership of Mr. O. Black- man, with the following programme: TART 1. . Krentzer {a Slumber Song. 1. 13 **Ifear Us, Our God .-Handel Cioral Lnion. @ “*Return, 0 Lord of Hosts™........... Handel 2. Wonid Tread .. “10_**To Dust His Glory They orat Union. iss Mina Rommeisz and 3. *‘Good Night Farewell . .Kucken Mrs. M. C. 4. *‘La Cracovienne,” zrand fan! ~Wallace Jdirs. C. D. Paul. 5. *‘Flower Greetin: «..Curschmann Sfrs. V. W. Dashielt, Sirs. i, : ~WWhitehead. : G. **Ave Matia”. 2 .........Lachner Strs.” F. . Smitk aid Uhioral Uaion. a”**Great Dagon ... & **When Evening Shade Choral Union., . Cox, Miss Ar - FART 1. 1. ya “t8weet and Low, " male chorns * 16 *+The Lord is Good* Choral Cnion. 2. *'Printemps d'Amous Mazonrka .. Gottschalk Az, C. A Beecher. 3. **AtLengthn Brilliant Ray™.. -+ Rossini Mrs. M. J. Dunii, 4. “*It Wasa Dream™ «.eo.Cowen 2 Mizs Mina Rommeiss. 5. **Les Goauttes d"Ean, ™ caprice etude....Ascher Vrs. C. D. Paul. o Evil Shall Befall Thee™.............Costa 6 ¢ Mrs. M. J. Dunn. Mra. M. C. Price, Miss Maud P. Rommeiss. ~ Ja **Let Their Celeatial Concerts™ Handel “* 10 **Good Night to the Day Halley Chorul Unlon. 31188 RIVE IN MILWAUKEE. The following leticr confirns the good opin- jons of Miss Rive’s playing which have been so often expressed in our columna: To the Editor of The Tridune. MitwaUkEE, March 1.—I would Jike to give yon 1 ehort account of a rich mausical treat enjoyed here "last evening (Feb. 28), the occasion being the first appearance in_our city of the young American PhRaiE, Miss Julis Rive. . Wo had heard mlowing Accounts of het playing elsewhere, and expectation bad been raised to a very high pitch, but, nfter Tistening to her delightful performances, all left the concert-room sstisiied that she was worthy of the - praises which bad been bestowed upon her. i 18° Her programme presented the following selections: Beethoven's-Sonata in E flat, op. 27, No. 1; Scha- mann’s Allegro from op. 26; Chopin‘s Rondo in E flat. op. 10, impromptu in C sharp minor: Scherzo inB tat minor, op. 31; and Liszt's Tannhaunser March (Wagner), Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 2. The last-named piece receiving an enthusiastic en- core, she rexponced with the Tarantelle from Liszt's “+Venezin e Napoli.” It is seldom'so many great compositions are attempted in one entertainment, but Mies Rive was fully equal o the emergency. her last performances showing not the sifzhtest sign of fatigue. 1 would especially notice ber rendition of the Obopin **Rondo.”™ A more delfcious piece of plano-forte playing can scarcely be imagined, The performance of all_her selec- tions was brilhant in the highest degree. the climax of virtuosity heing reached in the **Rhap- sodie Hongroise.” Her memory, technique, and great power of endurance might troly be called Phenomenal. C. W. Dooae. LOCAL MISCELLANY. The £mma Abbott concert troupe will sinz at the New Chicago Theatre on the night of the 16th, and will also give & matinee on the I7th. Brignoli and Ferranti are in the troupe. We ere informed that Mr. John White, the organist, who resigned his position in St. James’ Church recently, and was intending to leave the city, has been engaged as organist m Grace Episcopal Church. At a concert of the English Glee Club, given in New York on the 15th ult., Mr. Goldheck’s septet, “ Morning,” and part song, “ The Sands 0" Dee,” carried off the honors of the evening both in music and execution. Mme. Essipof will play In Cincionati on the 224 and 24th inst., and ‘will give a concerto at- each coneert ,with orchestral accompaniment. That’s what comes of having a good orchestra. Here, we have to have second-piano or organ ac- companiments, or go without. . The many friends of Mr. Heman Allen are arranging to give him a complimentary concert. at the Kimball piano-rooms at an carly date, the object being to extable him to offer a reward suflicient to recover his fine: Cremona violin, which was stolen in January last. JMr. Wilkie, lately of this city, will make his first appearance in”Boston, at the annual con- vert of Miss Abby Noyes, to be eiven on Wednesday next. Miss Noyes 1s known to all musicians as the factotum of the Messrs. Dit- son & Co., and a formidable array of artists, who are under obligations to her, will assist at Ter concert. An 01d Folks’ Concert will "be given in the Pirst Christian Church, corner of Indizna ave- uue and Twenty-fitth strect, next Friday even- ing, March 9. 'The concest 1s a repetition of the one given a few weeks since, with this change, that the New Eneland supper is to be omitted ana the price of admission has been reduced one-half. The Oriental Quartette will sing. Mr. Matthews’ regular mid-year concert at Hietiland Hall took place lust™ Friday evening with great success. The pupils who took part were the Misses Emma Parker, Mary Fischer, 8. B. Corliss, Anua Holt, Mattic Farr, Hattie Jones, Jnsefhlna Niles, Gracie Hall, Eugenle MMeMaban, Hattie Rogers, Lizzie Pettit, Flor- flce Dimock, C. E. Munger, and Dora Huns- rger. A soiree will begiven on. Friday evening next by the pupils of Prof. Gill at the Academy of Design, in which ihe following scholurs will take part, assisted by Mr. Ledochowski: Miss Cora Farnum, Miss Rosa Tomnkins,Mrs. George Barnet, Mr. James S. Martin, Mr. E. Dexter, Miss Anne Matthews, and Miss K. Ward. _Mr. Ledochowski - will play the Wilmer’s * Hun- garian Rhapsody, and Mr. Gill himself will sing Schumann’s * Belshazzar.” ‘The Turner Hall programme for this after- noon will be us follows: * Prussian Heroes’ March,” by Hermunn; overture to ** The crics of Tantalus,” by Suppe; * Kutschke Polka,” by Stasny; Komzal’s potpourri, * Prague Album Polka Mazurka from * Der Fliedermann," by glmuss; “* Seighride Polka,” by Julien; concerto for-trombone, by Belke, fierfurmed by Mr. Brann: overture to Schn- ert’s ¢ Rosamunde '3 “ Court Ball Waltz," by Strauss: and “Through Thickand Thin Galop,” by Weingarten. Mr. Pease (:our Alfred?”), assisted by Mme. Gulager, gave a piunoforte recital at Steiuway THall, New York, lust week, in which he played from memory thie Sunata Kpassionata (& miaor) of Becthoven, Weber's Rondeau Brilliant (E " flnR‘,‘ the Impromptu in F sharp and Ballade in A flat by Chopin, Liszt’s Rhapsodic Hongroise No. 14, and the Polonaise No. 2 in E. We hope he will remember to play some of these things when he comes to Chlcazo again, and give usu ‘rest on ““The Old Folks at Home” and the Mignon * Polonaise.” ‘The entertainment given lust Tuesday evening by Mrs. Agnes Warley alledontoneof the largest audiences ever assembied at the Athenmum Hall, and was very successful, as Atheneum en- tertaluments are apt to be when too much s not attempted. Miss Amsie Warley displayed u very sweet, sympathetic voice, which gave guad promise of future excellence. Signor Farini, Misses Philips and Estabrook also volunteered their services. These entertain- ments, while not at all prétentious, are quite a feature of the Atheneun: and deserve patron- age. A well-known lady teacher of this _city, now traveling in Europe,” recently attended aquar- tette soiree in Berlin, where the leadine per- formers were Joazhim, de Abuz, Rappuldi, and Muller, and the programme comprised but three numbers: Rudorfl’s Sextett in A, for three vio- Iins, viola and cello; the Beethoven quartette in F major: and tha'Mozart Quintette in D. She writes to a friend in' this city as follows: There were only three picces.—onc a sextette, three, violins, . viola, and two violoncellos, by one Rudorfl, somathing in the Raff style; u quartettc by Becthoven, played by the rezular Quartette, of which Joachim is lexder; and & guintetts by Mo- zart. The performance seemed fuultless. tone from each inetrnment was u glorified one, without the sugrestion of string or bow, and the oncness and_smoothness aud cntire finish were -marvelons. It was ull musfe, und notbing but music. Each measure was richer than the last, and I felt as if Tcould not stand it! Itisstrange to listen to a performance in which no indulzence ig demanded,—no_alowance needed. It seems as ifwe had helped slonga great many performances, and tried to cnjoy what we could, but ere I was just carried along by u great power, and felt myself no- body in the presence of perfection,—composers and performers were Kings. I think I bave never hieard anything o fine. We haye received from the Messrs. Ditson & Co., of Boston, through Lyon & Healy, of this city, the followinz new music: *The Hunting Fanfare and Gondellied” and ‘Hexetanz,” by Spindler; * Sercnade by the Sea Shore” and ““Peasant’s Wedding March,” two songs by the Swedish Ladies’ Quartette; *The Little Shep- berdess® and *The Little Maid Milking Her Cow,"” by J. D. Molloy; **Ballad of the Weav- e, for piuno, by Bdward Hoffmun; *Sou- venir de. Veaise,” by~ Antonio Soller; “Shall I Wear a White Rose!” song by Emily B. Fammer; “The Twilicht Hour is Come,"\a duo for sopranoaud contraito, by Henry Smart; * Tae Pace’s Soug,” by Lerigi Arditi; * Dancing on the Green,%a polka rondo ‘and phantom dance, by G. D. Wilson; * The Devil’'s Dance,” a galop fantastique, by Ch. Voss; ‘ Sunrise,” a voeal duet, and = What we bave loved, we love forever,” sonm, by Ciro Pinsutl; ‘“Down the Shadowed Lane She Goes,” sonz, by George L. Osgood; _ * Firelight Mazutka,” by Gustav Lange; ‘“When Gentle Winds,” “for two Yoices, by Schumann; “The Shepherd Boy,” arranged for violin and piano, by Sep. Winner; and “My Ship Comes Iu,” a descriptive soug written for Miss Thursby by M. F, H. Smith. ABROAD. NEWS FROM MISS CARY. Miss Cary has writtén a letter from St. Pe- tersburg, dated Feb. 3, to a fricnd in Cincin- nati, of which the following is of public inter- est: . You will be surprised to' hear from me, 1know, but I want to kuow what will be goiug on in a musical way in Cincinnati daring the months of March, April, and May. I shall be home and st Everelt House, New York, for a few hours at Jeast, about the 10th, 11th, and 13th of arch, justas wind, weather, ele.; permit. I kail from Liverpool Feb. 28, on the Egypt, of the Natfonal, and she is on excelient boat. [hope tomakea whort trip. 1suppusc 1 am fo sing for ghe H. and 1. Society of Bostou at_their festival which takes Jace the second or third week n i onder f you know Jiss Clara Nickels, who ca withme. Weil. she has debnted ut Moscow with eplendid success znd I3 engaged for the rest of the season, and withoat doubt ¥he will be enguged for another yoar. She sang at o concert here at the theatre, and made a real sensation. THE CINCINNATI FESTIVAL. The following estract from the latest pronun- ciamento of the President of the Cincinnati Festival Associatfon will be of interest: , Since the festival of 1875 careful preparation has Dbeen made for the festival of 1578, which has been projected because of assmzances by the Trustees of the: Susic Hall that the new building would be ready for occopation at that time, Contracts have been made with Mr. Theodore Thoma« as Musical Direczor, and Mr. Otto Singer us Assistant Musical Direclor, upon the same tzrns s those of the last festival, 5 ‘lio cirorus, even at this early date, s well or- ga%‘l':uci‘.x It now congiste of the Cincinnati Har- Tmonic Society, Cincinnati Maennerchor Socictr, Dayton Pritharmonic Society, Hamilton Narmomic Soclety, and the. Urbana Caoral Society—in ail 300 trafned singers. This number wouldbe fally eufficient for ali the requirements of the festival. The chorus for the last. Lirmingham Festival was 360; for the Lristol Festival, 300. With chornses, as with other things, it is quality more than nam- bers which does the work, A circalar, onder dato of February, has heen isened to singess, with the View to fliing the few places farnished by the laz- - and Haydn Society, to begin in May,and will re- ger dimensions of thie new hall, and thus render- “Ing the chorus more cfticent than cver. The music so far positively selected for the festi- valof 1878 Is the Ninth Symphony, Oratorios of Messiah, and a mass by Liszt. named have been farnished this music upon their ;:glfi:_'&?l memvers who promise to take part in the " RICIARD WAGNER'S.CIRCULAR. Under date of Jan. 1, 1877, Richard Wagner has issued an address to the Wagner Socicties, whose members he modestly stvles the friends of Zis art, which is published in full in the Muslkalisches ochenblait of Jan. 2. Its subject matter is a plan for provagating his art through the medium of annual festivals in Bajreuth sim- ilar to last year. After referring to the success of last year's performances, he states that con- siderable prafit might have' reasonably been ex- ected from further repetitions, but that, apart rom the {mpossibility of retaining the per- formers Jonger in Baireuth, such repetitions would have u])pen.lzd merely to the paying pud- lic, and thus have been foreign to the object he has in view. This object is the founding of a high school for musico-dramatic performances; and as for the attainment of this end much practice is necessary he_proposes that the meet- ings for practice should take place only in the Pn:scm'l.' of those who sympathize with his aims. F Te, therefore, invites the friends of his art (die Freunde meiner Kwnst) to unite In an association for the maintenance and support of the Baireuth performances. As a name for the association he suggests: “Pg- tronat-Vereines zur IE‘?E und _Erhaltung der Buehnen festpiele in Baireuth,” which name he says expresses the full scope of the worl | which he asks of the association. 1ts duty will |- be to purchase for its members 1,000 ticKets at 100 marks (about $25) each to three ,series of erformances which shall be given each year. These tickets will be issued to members of the association only, the remaining seats of the theatre to be free, and to be given to needy mu- sicifths and others, as last year. He also appeals to his influential friends, asking them to en- deavor to obtain Imperial support by a grant from Parliament. ‘WHEREABOUTS. Satter, the pianist, played in Richmond on the Sithult. The Swedish Lady Quartette sang in TPhiladelphia on the 1st, the orchestra being led by Selmd Borg, the well-known authoress. On Wednesday morning last Ole Bult played with Essipoff in New York.- The Kellogg Troupe were in Washington last week and will be in Philadelphia this week. Emma Abbott sang in Brooklyn all last week. Aimee is still in New York. “The Richings-Bernard Troupe are in Buffalo. Miss Rive played in Milwankee last Wednesday. She will be in lowa this week. Soldenc has gone to Cleveland. The Lisa Weber Troupe is in Memphis. Oates is in Cincinnati. The Mendelssohn Quintette }flnyed in Cinzinnati on the 26th, in ndinnapolis on the 2d, and play fn St. Louis on the 6th. The Boston Philharmonic Club plays in Cincjnnati March 19 and 20. Essi- poif will follow the Club in the same city on the 24 and 24th. Camilla Urso is in Oregon. SUSICAL NOTES. + §t. Paulis to have a new music hall, \Campanini, the tenor, is singing with great success at Turin. Jerome Hopkins has written a sacred opera called *Samuel.” It is rumored that Miss Eva Mills, who is o daughter of Clark Mills, the sculptor, intends adopting the Iyric stage as a profession. Mme, Palmieri has been engaged as prima donna at the Teatro Tacon, in Havana, and bas already departed to fulfill her engagement. JMine. Nilssou bas received at Vienna a mag- nificent bracelet from the Emoress of Austria, and in addition bas been named singer to the Court. 3 Massenet i3 said to be working upon two new operas, onc founded upon Shakspeare’s “QOthello,” and tnc other entitled ** Une Nuit de Cleopatre.” Miss Gaylord. an American prima donna, will be the Eva fn Wagner’s * Meistersinger,” when that opera is produced by Carl Rosa, next sea- son, in London. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg will be the soloist of the triennial festival of “the Boston Handel ceive $3,000 for her services. A State Musical Association has been formed in California for the purpose of advancing the interests of music within that State. The first Convention will be held during September in San Francisco. Mr. Gye bas, it is stated, made arrangements to prodice M. Masse's néw opers, “ Paul et Virginie,” at Covent Garden during the forth- coniing season, with Mme. Adelina Pattias Vie- ginie and M. Capoul (the original in Paris) us Paul. Mr. Charles Adams, the American tenor who has been so successful in Germany, ])uniuuhrly in some of the Wagner -operas, will return to this country in May. He is to sing at the trien- nial festival of the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston. 8 > Russian letters state that but for Mme. Ade- lina Patti the Italian operatic scason both at St. Petersburg and Moscow would have been most disastrous, despite the energetic efforts of the manager, Signor Ferri, and the magnificent company cugzaged. Monday, March 95, will be the fiftieth anni- versary of Beethoven’s death. The event will be observed in a fitting manner throughout Germany, and probably fn London also. ~Why cannot somethinz be done here to honor the memory of the great master? ¥ Albani has been engaged for the whole season at Paris to sin in “Linda di Chamounix,” I Puritani,” and **Don Giovanni.”” Masini begins her season on the 27th with “Aida,” * Un Balla in Maschcra,” and “Traviata;?” afterwards opera will be given fonr nights in the weekat the ftaliens, Albani and Masini alternating. Intelligence has just been received from the East that on the 23d of March Miss Emma Cranch, of Cincinnati, will make her first appear- auce in German opers in the Academy at Brook- Iyn. She will sing the part of in Wag- 1er’s Lohengrin,” which she is now studying under the dircetions of Mr. Neuendorff, who will cauduct the opera. - The Duke of Coburg, who is alegitimate suc- cessor to “ La Grande Duchesse,” his standing army numbering 110, including Generals, ofil> cers, etc., has conferred upon Sir Julius Bene- dict, the cclebrated composer, the distinction of Commander of the Second Class of the Saxe- Ernestine Family Order.” This corresponds With secretary of u primary in a down-town ward of New York. The New York Evening Post docs not like Offenbach’s new opera. It says: A fresh opegs bouffe was presented by the French company in the Eagle Theatre last evening, and a large andicuce was present to sec the picce and the Grand Dukes of Russia, who sst thronghout the erformance in one of the stage boxes. **La Boa- angere # des Ecus” would be rather more inter- catfig if the baker woman was as well provided for i the matter of songs as she 1s supposed to be in the matter of moncy; but unfortunstely Mile. Afmee lias comparatively little opportunity efther tosing. or to act es Murqof, snd the piece is not good cnough in other particulars to compensate the hearer for tais defect. The Paris correspandent of the New York World gives the foliowving description of Al- Dbani’s costume in ;t ‘sedent performance: 1t was compoeed of train of satin of a blue o pale that ft was but a shade or two removed from white. ‘This train sluped back—wlth Worth's own infinitable zrace of cut—over an underskirt of shirred white silk, drawn in longitudinal lines. “Tins underskirt was cut open in front up to the waist. 10 afford glimpses of a_quilted petticoat of ecarlet satin. 'The corsage, of pale blue satin, was cut squurosnd had nalf-iong sleeves, finished with lacerufes. The bridal dress in the second act was composed of heavy white silk, with un under- ekirt covered with rows of nurrow silver fringe, the overdress bein: mised at the gidein 2 novel and graceful fashion, h\‘flfllded upwards €0 as to present the effect of a hood scurf. t the forthcomfy& Leeds (England) Festival | ic intention to introduce several new com- tions. One of - these, called * Joseph,” is Dr. Macfarren. *The number of the concerts will be seven, varied from the usual custom at festivals by having four in the morning and three in the evening, instcadot four in the ¢ven- ing and three in thé; morning. * Mendelssohn’s # Rlijah » will be pelformed Wednesday morn- ing, with two smailer works in the evening. Tuesdny morning, Mendelssohn’s * Walpurgis Night *” and 2 symphony. In the evening, Se- lections from Handel’s works. Friday morn- ing, Macfarren’s “Joscph.”” In the evening, 2 mfscellaneous _coucert. Saturday morning, Bach's ‘- Magniflcat ”? (the same that was sung at the last Citcinnati Festival), “ L Wrestle and Pray "' (a motet sunz kere by our Apollo Club), and Beethoven’s ** Monut of Olives.” el ot | KNOW THERE IS A HEAVEN. 1 kow there is a Heaven; for her fair face Weareth o beauty vo divinely sweet, So radiant with the holy light of grace., Tkneel, to worship lowly, at her feet. 1 knov there is a Hesven; in bo: dark eyes 1 resd the zolden promite, olu in story, Of bolier lite in dreamful Paradise, Of holier life in realms of lasting glory. Iknor there Is a Heaven; for Is not she Heaven itsclf embodied, pure and fair? I know it well that she is fleaven to me.— Among the saintly ones a saint most rare. Hrnz Pank, 10. GipneE Procton. it Do: by ‘The societics above | . THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS, Commanications intended for this Department should be addressed to TRE TRBUNE and indorsed., - **Checkers.” ¢ CHECEER-PLAYERS' DIRECTORT. Athenxnm, Nos. 63 and 65 Washington streer. Checker-Club rooms, No. 186 South Clark street. PROBLE) XO. 4. “ By Dz. W. M. Prrczri. Txenk Havte, Inb. White. 3 White to move aad wia. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM X ' 2O T g R 30 ey g (‘l.‘ 1721 2540 26—19 1619 ) | 13-10 2 3— 7 (4| 510 21-25 15-13 Wh. wins, 1 22 207 ‘White 23-18 I 10— 7(5) ‘wins, 3025 ] bt 26—22 iy 22537 i-s 28-2¢ b : ] i |Es |ES ‘wmte P, S R O o 2 ‘TO CORRESPONDENTS, L. B. Stargweather, Boston—Thanks for favors duly received. 2 Edwin F. Richardson, Webster, Mass.—It woulds }: agreeable to us, but we are not permitted to do’ B. Bessinger, City—Please try again, . 2 W. J. Jeflerson, City—Thanks for problem. Please rewrite solution, 2s you reversed the num< 'h:: of the board. Hope you will contribate of- Frank A, Fitzpatrick, St. Lonle—Yon haye om thanks for valuable contribution. " Dan., City—Your problem is too easily solved to b:m considered up to publication standard. Try agmn, Ej CHECKER ITEMS. - Mr. W. E. Truax, champion of Minnesota, ar- rived in this city laat week for the purpose of test- ing the strength of bis skill across the board with: our local players, The total score made during his” visit stands: = Name. Drawn. Zotal. Truax. 4 3 7 Truax. 4 1 8/ Truax. 7 [ 158 Truax, 3 & 18 Trnax. 1 1 s 7 Truax..l 4 3 z 9 Trnax. 2 ° 2 4 Tua! 3 e 1 & Truax 7 .0 o 13 Total.. .33 26 2 8 Those who judge Mr. Truax's play by the Bcore made with some of our local players will be mistaken, for he is well **booked”" fn checker lit- crature, and really plays & much stronger game thuz his record made here indicates. Many of his- nmes were played while mentally fatigned from excessive and continuous play. Ami we attribute some of the *‘slips™ -mads to the same general causc, —weariness, through overtaxing the brain. Indecd, it is quite fair to presume that, should Mr. Truax play any of our experts single-handed in his own town the score might be reversed. While en route to this city Mr. Truax stopped at St. Paul and played the two strongest players there, with the following result: Truax., 7. Temple...l. Drawn..0. Totalgames.. 8 ‘Truax..13. l‘lnll?xlnn . Drawn..0. Tull.lgmes“ll Checkers are lively ‘in St. Lonis, and_several friendly matches are in progress there betweea Tocal playersto test the question of supremncy. One match resnlted in a tie, as follows: Schindzer, 4; Woestlake, 4; drawn, 22} total games, 30. Another match of fifty games, between Messrs. Gross and Westlake, is under way, and_the score at present stands: Grose, 7: Westlake, 5; drawn, 21: total games, 33. . The 22d ult. was a lively day for checkers in Dos- ton, six of the leading players engaging in a friend- 1y contest with the following resalt: Won. XName. Wor. Drawn. Total. 1 Hubpard.. 2 [ s Bugbee 1 5 7 4 { 3 of the World: In my Roberts 7o the Draught Player. former card of Nov. 8, 1876, I recognized the dif- ticulty of findinga plan by which, without playing for a stake, **Imight givo every }:lnyer an oppor- tunity to play me for the championship, and at the same time protect myself from challenges by any player who might be about to visit New York, and who wonld |iké 10 play for the championship » 40 Jong a8 it shonld cost nothing 50 to do, and to that end 1 offered the best plan that suggested itself tome. That plan, hotever, has been considereds unfair by several well-known playersand analysts, and now Mr. Martins asks me to play him for the champlonship alonc. I entemsin the high- cst respect for 3ir. Martins, but, as re- gurds “playing for the champlogship, = 1 Cannot - disttoguish between him and the poorest player in the land. I feel myself com pelled, therefore, either to resign the champlon ship, or to hold _{t upon the customary terms, and 1, therefore, withdraw my previous offer and sab- utitate the following: I will play, where I reside.; 3 match of v games forthe chainplonship and 1:! atake of from $100 to $300, In sixty days afteral ing articles. Tum willing, os heretofore, to playy all_comers, friendly, off-hand games without a stake and without notice, out of business hours. , Youry respectfully, RosxEr D. YATES. P.S.—If Mr. Martins will send articlea inac- cordance with above terms, and 8 deposit, to Dranght Editor of the Turf, Fidd, and Farm. shall be pleased to play him 3 match. 1 may herd add that Mr. Marting hos been misinformed as ta the value of tho medal offered in my former cards * GAME XO. 7. 2. (Duep caux) Played {n the Orvis-Johnson champlonship mateh. Johnson's move. 11-15 [ 11-16 | 12219 [ 1017 9 15 | 25-21 Z—7 | 2-13 | 13— 6w 7—11 18- 2-11 914 1-2g - 23 | 30— 2935 | 28— S1—2z 2= 7 7-11 | 11-16. | 15-19 si—17 | 19-18 [ 17—18 | 215 won. * - GAMENO. S—A?RSKI’%E LASSIE. il GAE. i Played o the Orvis-Johnson champlonship mateh, * Johnson's move. n-is g-15 "y81-28 | 19— 2y 24=20 -5 ! 8-11 113 e 2824 5—1 4—8 18— 9 23-19 -5 °* 1518 -8 215 5—1 1118 1410 328 1-5 &1 59 G.\_“H!Z ?;2“ 9.—1’)\;5.5'. (F1GITIE OAXR). Played in the Orvis-Jolinson chaniplonship match, Orvis" move, n—15 5-22 ) 1I-15 | 25=21 [ 10-10 =17 W11 s -8 |30—7 218 3128 14 R—12 18-19 17-14 =z o— 14 2617 26—23 won. GAME NO. 10-SINGLE CORNER. Played 1o brovidenice, between slessrs. V. R. Darker and N, W. DeMunn, ‘Barker's move. —15 | 2025 | 10-2 | 282 17— b A e S A—11 | 10-G 218 6—n | 2419 [ 22-20 i3 | m-1g | 11-ig | 32— 20-23 I #—13 A1z 31—z {1014 |18—9 2 630 | Z—iw 3-14 -8 |2e-x | 13-17 | Baker 1-12 178 11510 ‘won. GAME NO. I1..—DYKE. eontaspondence biieen ¢, Hefter, Chlca o T e S0 Tiofmani. ew Tork Ciiy. ‘Hofmann's move. A—-11 3')—3! 1t is perhaps aswell for Coroners’ juriesnot to lcngthmpe{ncxr verdicts by disquisitions on 5’"’ moral capacities of the bodies on whom they sl t. The good and honest twelve who * found drowned a fellow-citizen of indifferent repute- for intellizence might have. omitted the that ‘he never showed any penetration had made a hole in the water.”