Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1877, Page 12

P ~ El 1HE CHICAGO ''RIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH 11, 187/—SIXTEEN PAGLS. “AMUSEINENTS, “Lemons” at McVicker’s and “Evangeline” at Hav-. - erly’s A Reading of ““Hamlet > hy Prof. A. P. Burbank. Schiller’s “ Don Carlos ” at the German Theatre. Notes of the Green-Rooms in America and Europe. Chicago Musical Festival---Hershey School Matinee-~-Verdi Requiem, The Emma Abbott Concertse- Miss Thursby’s Success-= Local Gossip. Mnd Symphony Concert---What the Singers Are Doing---Operatic A Notes. .°° THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. “/LEMONS” AT M'VICKER'S THEATRE. The reorcsentatfons of “Lemons™ at Me- Vicker’s Theatre have been, onthe whole, agree- able, and we take plessure in noticing that the Diece is to hoid the stage for another week. It is a fair specimen of the upholstery drama. The fun of it is unmistakable, and, though there i5 a too frequent recurrence to the same source of misunderstanding, the interest is tolerably sustained. The set scene ‘which serves throughout the plsy is one of the most beautiful ever presented here. Hounschold art never received such a practical’ illustration in public before. The acting of the piece is ®enerally good. Only Mr. Hotto secems to be npotably incompetent to deal with the difficult part of Gen Bufiington, which is full of opportunities for caretul sheding and guiet expression. Mr. Seymour - does perhaps the best work of the evening, in the part of Foker, the orderly. Mr. Thorne as fred 3ay, and Mrs. Stonesll as Mrs. Olympia Brinck- erlioff, are eflicient representatives of their re- spective parts. Miss Laura Don 1ade an agreeable impression by ber personation of Kate Brinckerhoff, and we feel glad to forget berJovita in “1ibe Two Men of Sandy Bar.” The attendance incressed steadily during the week. #EVANGELINE.? ‘This burlesque, now ruaning st Haverly’s The- atre, is destitute of merit. A stupider thing has noi been dignified by presentation on the stage in Chicago for some years. The one good idea in it is the character of the Lone Fisherman, who is 1ot, as supposed by some, - original with the authors of **Evangeline,” but an old ac- quaintance of tomime. Maffit, who was the first ne Fisherman in Bos- ton, had played there beiore with success a similar character in the sketch of * Nicode- mus” - The libretto. of *‘Evangeline” is altogether ab unworthy composition, containing neither any sastained ‘satire or burlesque, nora dialogue'or happy surprises. The puns are dis- wracefully bad. The loca} allusions, such as that to the building of the new Court-House, 3all flat. The political squibs are stalg since 1his is no longer the day of Returning s, butof Civil-Service Reform, and the present serne of attewpts at bulldozing is not Lonis- inua but Wushington City. - There are a num- ber of actors in ** Evangeline ** who deserve bet- ter emnployment. Miss Weathersby has person- al'charme. Miss Flsber can sing. _Mr. Daly can act. Mr. Goodwin can imitate. We have said tlat Miss Fisher can sing. This statement is based not on anything she is permitted to do in this piece, bat on 4 knowledee of her previous achievements. For the music of “ Evangeline 7 is as bad s the libretzo, beinzr made up of fa- miliar suatches of songs of all ages and climes, aud having about the " consistency of Sunday~ $chool airs in the last stages of decrepitude. MIL. BURBANK’S READING. The resding of *Hamlet,” which Mr. A. P. Barbank is to give this afternoon at the Hershey Music Hall, iss new thing in this city, but has. been successfully tried abroad. Mr. Burbank's - attempt is ambitious, but not for him presump- tuous. His readings have given him fame at the East. The following from the last number of the London Spectator tells of a success achieved In that city by a Mr. Brandram. The ) tor, it should” be- remé&mbered, does not often indulge in terms of extravagant praise: - Mr. Drandram's recitation of **HNamlet” at Willie' rooms, on Tharsday, wae in every way a fine performance. Probably ncither the part of Folonius nor that of Usrichins _ever been better or 50 well given on the stage. With regard to Folo- s, he struck just theright mean between the con- ception of him which dwells on his pompousness and vanity, and that which dwells on the shrewdness ' of his worldly . wisdom. And ~1be delicacy and tenderness of Mr. Brandram's Uphelia was still more marvelons. In Hamlet him- #e1f the solilognies—ut least, the meditative solil- <oguies—were made grite too muchof set epenches, 1hongh the silologuies in which He expresses his fmpatience of bis own haiting and irresolute PUrpose were ziven with a force and fire, and yet o Worough naturalness, greater thanwe have ever seenonthe stage, Mr. Irving renders the argu- ment witn himeelf—the argument of reveric—bet- ter than Mr. Brandram, Mr. Brandram the passion ©f self-scorn better than Mr. Irving. “DON CARLOS.” Schiller’s “Don Carlos? received what was ‘robably its first representation in this city last Sunday evening at the New Chicago Theatre by Mr. Wurster’s-German company. The oo casion was the benefit of Mr. Gottfried Brock- tan. Comparatively few of our theatre-goers are acquainted with the dramatic capacities of the play, since it is more read than acted. ““Don Carlos ” is, in number, the fourth of Schiller’s dramatic works. It was preceded by *The Robbers,” ¢ Love and Intrigae,” aod “Flesco.”” In these dramas Schiller's genlus rose from step to step, cach work being of a larger scope, possessing higher ideas and better form than the preceding one. The rebellious pirit of the % Sturm und Drang™ period finds €xpression . in “The Robbers™; the injustice of caste infringing upon - 1an’s inherent right s the . leading motive of ‘“Love and Intrigne M3 revolution against tyrants thatof **Fiesso.” When *Don Carlos™ was planned, Schiller had entered into close relationsbip with Goethe, and through the influence of that master much was done to dlear and modify Schiller’s passionatecreative powers. The arams, unlike its predecessors, was written in verse, which, by itself, gives it a more poetic tone. As in *The Robbers™ and “Love and Intrigue,” 60 in “Don Carlos,”” the voice of Nature strogples against ovpressive tradition; bat its aim 1s the political life of & nation. It was Goethe’s and Schiller’s most cherished ides to make the stage a hish school for the people. When. “Don G105 was written the time was pregoant ¥ith the idea of man’s right of civil liberty. 3 5 as undermined, the French mvolm nspimpend- ing. Trae to the me above alluded to, Schiiler expressed in “Don Carlos ** the highest ideals of Liverty of thought and action, and in the sigure of Warguis Posa he finds an interpre- ter of the thoushts of anew and better time. A German eritic calls *Don Carlos™ a dra- matic bymn to 3 happy mankindina free and well-resulated state. The poet proclaims that Which fills his sonl, and Posa becomes the reve- lation of his poetic genfus. The plot (his- torjcally fncorrect) treats of the love of Don Carlos—heir ‘apparent of Philipp 1. of 8paln—for the Queen, his stepmother.. Philipp Las interfered tyranically with the love between Do Carlos and Eiizabelh of Valoiswhen he made thelatter his wife. From .passion Don Carlos rises through the friendship of Posa to enthusi- asm of ltberty and res: n fn the eervice of maokind. But the: jealousy of Philipp—the despot-~'and - the, husband—has been , aroused, and Don’ Carlos aud Alarguis Posa fall moble ~victims ~to their aspirations. As a drama, *“Don - Carlos™ possesses scrious detects. The ideas pervading 1t place the individual relations of tbe charac- ters in the background. The framework of the drama snffers under this heavy weight, and the catastrophe comes, not s a logical result of pre- ceding cvents, but as Posa’s heroic resolution to die inthe service of his friend and a martyr of liberty. Besides these defects in the fram- ing the plot, serious and well- founded objections have been made to the unreal delineation of characters, and especially that of Posa. Heisnotahuman being, acompound of fanlts and cxcellences, butis the ideal of manly perfection. This fault may be forgiven when it is considered that he was meant to serve as such, and to reveal sentiments apd_thoughts which have become to thonm- sz2nds fdance and elovation. On the other hand, the tyrannical King is drawn in_ a masterly manuoer, and his grand figure almost becomes the centre of tae plot. Tufew of Lis churacters has Schiller Ziven so vivid and life-like a picture as he has of ihe despotic- ruler of the proud Spanish Em- Ppire, the op{rusur of nations, and the champion of Rome. Mr. Donald as Fhilipp, Mr. Brock- man 25 Don Carlog, Mr. von der Osten as Poa, Miss von Stammwitz as Ebol, and Miss Linder- mann as the Queen, were all excellent. When the dimensions of the work and the difficulties that the performers had to encounter arc con- sidered, it can well be called a remarkably fine performance. NOTES. Evangeline ” i3 10 be played another week at Baverly’s Theatre, and “Lemous at Me- Vicker’s. Next week Dion Boucicault will be at McVicker’s Theatre with “The Shaushraun,” and the traveling company with his *“Forbidden Fruit " at Haverly’s. ‘The peculiar combination of * Macbeth * and “ Wild Bill ”” at the Adclphi this evening is cal- culated to please the most varlous tastes. “To- morrow E. T. Stetson's ** new and original local drama,” * The Boss, or Living for Vengeance, will be presented. Mr. Thorne’s benefit, as already announced, will take place at McVicker's Theatre next Sat- urday afternoon and evening. Mr. John MeCul- lough will assist in the afternoon performance, when “Damon and Pythias and * Black-Eyed Susan” will be presented. The bill in the evening will be *Don’ Cesar de Bazan ™ and “ Black-Eyed Susan.” The attendance on hoth occasions promisesto belarge. Copeland agrees to give every lady attending the theatre Satur-’| day one of Mr. Thorne’s photographs.” 3r. Warster, the manager of the popular German company at, the New Chicago Theatre, promises to-nizht the production of the cele- brated_play of - Danicheils,” written by Alex- ander Dumas and Pierre Nevosky. 1t is under- stood that this is not a pirated copy, but is the play as sold by the authorsin Germany, and procured from there by Mr. Wurster. The in- terest in_the play should attracta number of the English-speaking people in addition to the Jarge German sudicnce which always favors the ‘Wurster Company, THE OUTER WORLD. NEW YORK NOTES. Eelly & Leon’s minstrel company has failed and broken up. - The newspapers gre circulating the rumor that Miss Ada Dyas will leave Wallack’s The- atre at the close of the present season. *¢ Antony and Cleopatra?” will be produced by Mr. Ben Sherwood at Niblo’s Garden on April 2, with new scenlc effects by himself. Among the principal scenes will be the State barge and the vovage down the Nile. Miss Lulu Prior and Josepk Wheelock have been engaeed. ¢ The Rivals,”” * She Stoops to Conguer,” “ Wild Oats,” and “ Mr Awful Dad " were the productions’ at Wallack’s Theatre last week. * Kifth Avenue * received its last. representa- tion at Booth’s. ““ A Trip to the Moon ™ is to be produced at this theatre by the Kiralfy Broth- crs this week, the difficulties betweenthem and Messra. Jarrett & Palmer having been amicabl adjusted. The last nights of ¢ Lemons® were seen at Daly’s Theatre; to-morrow wbie new local sensation of “Blue Glasg” will be brought out. *“Les Danicheffs” continues the reigning attraction at the Union qu‘;sm and, seats are sold two weeks inadvance. Mrs. Oates and ber comic-opexa company are to re-open the Lyceum to-morrow. **Our Boarding-House? passed its sixth week at the Park. GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES. The Thompson burlesque troupe is to begin an American tour of thirty weeks next August. ‘The Soldene Company has cngaged a new ec- centric dancer, Mlle, Sar, who will relicve the “Xicker™ of some of her arduous duties. John McCullongh has secured the Baldwin Academy of Music of San Francisco, to whichhe will transfer his drammic company from the California. Two actresses calling - themselves Frou Fron and Hazel Lave been playinz “The Two Orphans ™ in Texas “with peculiar sweetness and grace,” according to.a Texan ecritic. In Dallag Frou-Frou got drunk and bit off one of Hazel's thumbs. Mr. Nathan Appleton is the writer of 2 com- edy in five acts called “ Centenmal Movement. 1t does not appear to beadapted forstage repre- sentation. At any rate, the usual directions to actors concerning modes of entrance and - exit, and what is known as ‘*business,” are not given in the pamphlet containing the comedy, waich Messre. Lockwond, Brooks & Co., of Boston, Lave just published. The second and last week of “The Two Or- plans” at the Chestnut-Street Theatre in Phitadelphia showed some diminution in the at- tendance. “Lemons” will_be given at this theatre to-morrow night. Edwin Booth’s last week at Mrs. Drew’s was successful. He opens in Baltimore to-morrow. Sothern follows him in Philadelphia. The Florences zre mow play- ing ~The Mighty Dollar” at the Walnut, and will remain there until 3arch 19, when John McCullongh takes their place. The Globe Theatre in Boston has been closed for some weeks t0 admit of repairs iu conform- ity with the orders of the Building Inspectors. It will reopen to-morrow with a full dramatic company, reinforced by Ada Dyssand Jobm Gilbert, from Wallack’s.” * London Assurance™ will be the play. Magie Mitchell occupied the Boston Theatre last week; sh® will be sue- cecded by Mr. Charles Fechiter. Rose Eytinge wasat the Muscum and E. L. Davenport at the Howard Athenzum. Janzuschek and John McCullough were at St. Louis last week. Miss Effic Ellsler is to begin an engazement in that city to-morrow. Dion Boucicault was at the Cincinnati Grand Opera- House with “The Shaughraun.” Miss Lettie Allen, of Chicago, is to make her appearance at Wood’s Theatre in that city to-morrow might, presenting the *‘Cravbed Age.” Lawrcnce Barrett wus at Pittsburg. Lotta was at Buffalo. Genevieve Rogers was at Rochester. Sothera was on the New England circuit: H. J. Monta- guewas in Maine cities. The Berger Family and Sol Smith Russcll were at Providence. Kate Claxton was at Richmond. John E. Owens \éuf at Rochester. Louise Pomeroy was at New. rleans. FOREIGN NOTES. Joc Jefferson has made another hit in Lon- don. ‘He appeared as Golightly in Morton’s farce of “Lead Me Five Shillings,” and the London papers pronounce the personation in cevery way perfect. Mr. Phelps is sbout to begin his farewell en- gements in England. They are to commence at Manchester. The veteran® actor has pussed his 70th year, but he will retire very nearly, if ot wholly, i the fallness of his powers. Mr. Charles Wyndbam is now conducting a new series of dramatic performances in the Lon- don. Crystal Px cousisting entirely of dramatizations of popular Englishi novels. - The plays are John Oxenfords “East Lynnc, George Roberts’ “Lady Audley’s Secret.”” Tom Taylor's * Heury Dunbar,” C. S. Cheltnam’s & Aurora Floyd,” and W.'S. Gilbert’s *Ought We to Visit Her?? A season of French plars will commence at the London Gafety on ¢ ” the 21st of May, and ter. mivate at the close of July. The opening piece will consist of “L'Ami Fritz,? with M. Febrre in his orizinal ‘charscter. This sub- stantial fare disposed of, there will follow = much lighter eutertainment, the succeeding at- tractions consisting of Madame Chsumont, Mile. Judie, and Mlle. Theress. " A anyual season of French plays is promised. - The chance of this may, however, depend ' upon the result of the opening venture.—London Acad- emy. Edward King writes from Parls to the New Tork Evening Post: “*The Hetman ' is a great gloomy piege in verse, which has been magnifi- cently dressed and placed upon the stage of the Odeon, where it seems likely to have a ong run. The expence in designing and making of cos- tumes must have been enormous. ’fhe play deals with Cossacks, or Kosaks, as the suthoy persists in spelling the word, and there are spectacnlar eflects in it which would doubtless make it as popular in America as it is here. Jules Clarctie is the author of a new comedy soou to be fntroduced at the Gymnase, in which Worms, the celcbrated actor, {;nm have a re- markably fine part.” A correspondent of the Nation, writing of the King of Bavaris, says: * Thanks to his genuine taste for art, Munich, though containing bat 180,000 sonls, has & dramatic sod operatic £tage in many respects the finest in Europe. This winter all the dramas of Schiller are being pro- dueed bere in succession, with a perfection in acting in all parts and a brilliancy of scenic out- Ot which they bave never received on any other stage. In March o German version of the ¢ Frogs’ of Aristophanes will be brought out on a staze modeled after the Greek; and other works are producea here which arc seldom seen on any other stage, such as Byron’s ‘Manfred with Schumann’smusic, and Goethe’s * Egmont ! with Beethoven’s complete music.? MUSIC., AT HOME. THE MUSICAL RECORD THIS WEEK is mainly limited to announcements of forth- coming performances, which may be prefaced with a brief notice of the second organ recita! given at the Hershey Music-Hall yesterday noon by Mr. Eddy. His programme embraced the Bach prelude and fugne in B minor, the Merkel * Christmas Pastorale,” Hatton's “Triumphal” March,” Ritter's Sonsta in D minor, op. 11, the Andaote -from the Beethoven Sonate tn D, op. 23, arranged Dby Buck, and another of Thiele’s terrors for organists, the C'minor concert-satz. The Bach fugue was given with that peculiar steadiness and .clearness that characterize Mr. Eddy’s playing. While everything on the programme was played ina masterly way, this fugue and the Beethioven Andante were peenliarly enjoy- able, the Jatter 50 much so that it gave one a longing to hear more of Becthoven arrang- ed for organ. The vocalist of the recital was 2 mew tenor, Mr. Edward Devon, who has an admirable voice but ot a very enjoyable method, especially with regard to bis high voice. ‘We should like to hear more of ‘him, however, before reaching any definite conclusion s to his abilities. The andlence was much larger than that at the first recital, which is very encourag- ing, as showine that these enjoyable occasions are creating interest among mausical people. THE CHICAGO MCSICAL FESTIVAL. ‘The musical festival In St. Louis is dated May 8, that of Boston the 15th of May, closing with 2 Sunday evening voncert on the 20th. Next in order will come our Chicago festival, which is arnounced for the first week in June, under the suspices of the Apollo Club, with a chorus of 500 selected voices, assisted by the: rep- resentative —artists of the cnumrg".fl: With such talent we. are as. il to cclipse our sister _cities. in musical success as in the magnitude. of detail. Boston has its old Handel and Haydn Socicty, but, with the esprit de corps which is so characteristic of our home Society, we have wvery little to fear. We necd in Chicago such a festival, and the public are readyto support it. ‘The arrange- ments now in progress sre certainly extensive and elaborate, and we are promised un cvent be- fitting the dignity of the Apollo Club and our city. i HERSHEY-SCHOOL MATINER. The first exhibition of the pupils of the Her- shey Musical School will be given at a matinee next Weduesday afternoon at - the hall of the school. Among Mr. Eddy’s pupils, Mr. Peter Lupkin will play two new compositions of Mer- kel’s, for organ; Miss Mary Putnam, two of Mendelssohn’s Songs Withont Words, op. 19, Nos. 1 and 3, for piavo; Miss Margarethe Walker, ‘“The Brook,” by Pape, for piano; and Miss Car- rie T. Kingman will play Bach’s great fugue in B minor. Miss Lils Fargo and Miss Han- nah Warner, pupils of Mr. Matthews, will play Schubert's * Marche Militaire”; and the Misses Grace A. Hiltz, Mery A. Hen- drick, fand Lizzie S. Foster, pupils of Mrs. Hershey, will have attractive vocal solos. As this is the first exhibition by pupils of the school, there will be a very general interest manifested in their efforts, 85 giving indication of the work which this new- school of musical art is doing in our midst. ' THE VERDI REQUIEM, Atlast the definite announcement is made that the Beethoven Socfety will zive the Man- zoni Requiem of Verdl at the Plymouth Con- #regational Church, on the evening of the 224 inst., Mr. Eddy playing the orchestral parts upon the . orgam, . and Mrs. Thurston, Miss De Pelgrom, Mr. Dexter, and Mr. Bergstein taking the solos. The Society has now given the work three months’ study, and will undoubtedly be able to introduce it with a degree of success that will make it exceedingly interesting. As one of the works marking Verdi’s departure from the old Itallan forms, in which respect it follows “ Aida,” there will be a curiosity among mu- siclans to hearit. We are desired by the man- agement to suggest te the associate members of the Society that a full rehearsal will take place uext Tuesday evening, and that they. will be ad- mitted upon presentation of thewr membership tickets. The work is one of such magnitude that they ou%l;z to avail themselves of this op- L):rtuuny to become acquainted with the work fore hearing it in concert, and from the same point of view it will be a matter of general in- terest that it is contemplated torepeatthe Mass for the benefit of the guneral pablic. THE SECOND SYMPHONY CONCERT. ‘The sccond symphionic concert of the Chicago Philharmonie Club will be given at McCormick Hall next Friday evening, the soloist heing Mme. Eberlein, who comes here from the Munich Opera-House, and Dr. J. Jordan, a Bos- ]wn violinist. The programme will be as fol- ows: 1. Qverture, ‘‘Egmont" ... o_ §6 Aria from *‘Tannhause: 2 b Song from **Lohengrin”.. Alne. Eberlei § Symphony. D migor. . Schumann 4 7 Rria from the **Huguoaots” . ... Meyerboor Jfime. Eberietn. 5. Entre-Act, ** Lohengrin™ .. ... Wagner THE EMMA ABBOTT CONCERTS. The Emma Abbott troupe, embracing Miss Abbott, Brignoli, tenor, Ferrantl, buffo- basso, W. R. Case, pianist, ana Charles E. Pratt, ac- companist, Will give two concerts at the New Chicago Theatre on Friday evening, the 10th, and Saturday afternoon, the 17tn. As there has been much curiosity to know just where Miss Abbott stands as a singer, we quote the follow~ ing from one of .Jerome Hopkins® recent, notices of her: Miss Abbott's concerts have been re- markable for several reasons. - They have been given by a singer, so the papers say, who ‘““does mot phrase well,” and -yet whose ** phrasing fs most excellent; ' who * cannot silig a scale nor 2u arpeggio,” vet * whose vocal- ization is perfect;’ whose voieé is * perfectly yet is “weak in lower .and middle toues; ™ "whose “ballad-singing was the best thing she did,” and yet from whose perform- ance it was evident tliat *“ballad-singing wasnot Der special gift.? If our readers do not kmow noW, we certainiy cannot tell them any more definitely, but leave them to judge for them- selves at the forthcoming concerts. . LOCAL 3MISCELLANY. The Hershey musical evenings will commence at the Hershey Hall on the 23d inst. Mr. Emil Licbling and John White, the organ- ist, contem plate giving some piano. and organ recltals at. the Hershey Hall in May. The popular Barnabee concert trompe ywill give the last concert of the season at McCor- mick Hall on the 14th Snst., with one of their characteristic programmes. Julia Kive bad s very remarkable snuccess at Burlington, In., on the 4th inst. Next Tuesday evening she plays at St. Louis, and will appear before a very large audience, ReR The Chicago Musieal College will musicale at the Methodist Church 12th of Arrfl for the benefit Wishard, the pianist, and Miss Alice Lansden, the soprano, who acquitted themseives with such rare excellence at the recent annual con- cert of that {nstitution. Ole Bull, the veteran vidlinist, is announced for three concerss oz McCormick Hall on Fri- ve o soiree lock on the of Miss Mary day the 23d, Saturdayv afternoon the 24th, and Monday the 2th. Upon these occasions e will have tlie com J)azem. assistance of Miss Thursb { and Mile. Isidore Marzinc, sopranos;Tom Karl, tenor; and Mr. S. Liebling, brother of our own Mr. ]:j:,l:llng. plnnis:d e array of talent Is unueually sirong, and some very enjoyable con- certs may be. angdpued. T enloralle o The programme for the Turner Hall concert. this afternoon will be as follows: Coronation March, g; Mererbecr ; overture, * Congecration olnlher‘ e’r,nf;u 1{5! Wiesbaden,” bydlidn Bela; *Reverie,” by Vieuxtemps: nd potpourri, “The Country Fair,” by "Schngx’:er; lx]\rl:? nSel cret Longings,” by Menzel;. Marien waltz, by Gungl; overture to “3fignon,” by Ambroise Thomas; fantasie from igoletto,” by Verdi; and Ferdinand Quadrille, by Strauss. George L. Oszood, the leader of the Bo: Iston Club fn Boston, writes to the Boston Adrsmim- the following statement, which shows that it ogecuples the same position that ‘the Apollo Club does in Chicago: The Boylston Ciub, as an_organization, is st chorus of male voices; bur it possesses.” i T tlon. a diciplined ‘muxiliary chorns’ of female voices, all freshand pure. By uniting these two separalely-trained choruses, there regults o third and complete chorus of mixed volces, known asthe Boylston Vocal Soclety, also baving its own tep. arate drill. We seek 10 make 2 complete whole of perfect parts. Such a chorus on such a basgis has never before been attempted here. The members of the Boylston Glub agree with me it in taking this etep they place thefr organization on the high- est plane. and thereby control material which en- ables them to.draw from the exhausticss repertory of such vocal music ng mcludes the whole compass of the human voice. 4 H. M. King, of Ashtabuls, O., writes under date of March S: The Ashtabuln Musical As- gociation is now in session st Austenburg, un- der the direction of Prot. H. S. Perkins, of Chi- cago. We are having o elorious good time. The chorus numbers sbout 150 singers from varfous parts of this and adjoining counties. Prof. Perkins has demonstrated to this conveu- tion that as a conductor and athorough mus(cu’lixz he stands in the front rank. Prof. F. M. Davis is also with us as pianist.” The severe critic of the Musfc Trade Review pays Mr. Goldbeck the following tribute in_con- nection with one of his %x’eces receatly perform- ed by the English Glee Club in New York: The noteworthy plece was a septet by Goldbeclk, ‘*Morninz. " Of all the modern composers of glee . Goldbeck has the most strongly marked in- dividuality, and the greatest genius. ~He is 3 man of great talent, a thorough ,musician, and he kas managed fo strike out a new road;for himself, —no easy matter where the composers of & school gre so numerous as in this onc. This composition of Goldbeck’s abounds with realistic effects, striking- 1y original, never too szmlnun!, but all of them admirably eubordinated to the harmony of the general result. The following pupils of Dr. Julius Fuchs, the well-known teacher, will- appear at his sccond concert of the scason, to be given on the 20th inst.: The Misses Marie Seipp, Hannah, Clara, and Mattic Lipman, Hautie and Carrie Cram, Phebe Rehm, Virginia . McCormick, Emil, Miller, and_Messrs. Dyhrenfurth, Wey, an Grinm. The programme is faidy re- lete with novelties, - among them cinecke’s duet arranrement for piano of the chaconne and variations of Mr. Bach’s fourth violin sonate; chorns from Handel's *Judas Macesbeeus,’? arranged for piano, six hands, by Czerny; Stichl’s ** Grace and Humor ”*; Bendel’s “Red Riding Hood ”’; Reinecke’s arrangement of the Gluck gavotte, with variations: Mon- czynski’s “Etude "’; Liszt’s Au laede Wallen- stadt™; the ~Beethoven sSeptette, op. Liszt’s ‘“Shepherdess”; Koelling’s ude ” in sixths; ¢ The Squirrel 5 Scholta’s * Album Leaves”; the polka from Von Bu- low’s ‘11 Carnevale di Milano™; n’ml the polka from “Le Bal,” by Rubinstein. ~When has such o novelty ever beén presented here before as this programme? ABROAD. THE TRIUMPI OF AN AMERICAN PRIMA DONNA. The New York Frening £’ost makes the follow- ing authoritative annonuncement : One of the most brilliant musical engagements ever made by un, i rican_ singer was made on Monduy last by Mies Thursby, the leading member of the Broadway Tubernacle Church cholr in_this city. The particulars of this engugement, which we print herewith, are froma source of unques- tionable authority Ox Monday lust Mr. Maurice Strakosch signed a contract with 1ss Thareby, fn which sbe, on her part, agreed to sing In concerts under his direc- tion’ in America and in_Europe during the three years following tne 24 of April next, and lie, on iis part, agreed to pay her $100,000, to- gether with the hotel, traveling, and incidental ex- penses of herself and sister who . will sccompany cr. In addition, he also binds himself to give her tlse months of July and August in each -year for rest, and allows her to retain all her préscnt en- Engcmenm up to the 20th of May next, includin, T engugement to sing at the forthcoming Handel and Haydn Festivz] in Boston. Still further, he grants her the right to sing in private concerts n Europe, —a concesslon which will be worth to her fally 33,000 year. Miss Thariby will sing in this country until the beginnkg of next year, ond will probbly wmake ber first appearance in London next March. She leaves New York on Monday next for a tour in the West, where she will appear at elght concerts [n company with Ole Bull and Mme, Essipofl. Mr. Strakodch has the direction of this engagement also, which, however, fs entirely independént of her great thre years’ enmucement. On her return from tho West &he will vlsit Mme. Rudersdorf, her music teacher, in Boston, Tt is understood that stronz cfforts were made by 3r. Strakosch to induce Miss_Thuraby to sing in opera under his direction. This Misa Thuraby positively and persistently refased (o do; and her objections are helieved to be unsuperable. The most earnest and protracted urging has thus far been of no avail. - B WHEREABOUTS. ‘Theodore Thomas gave his regular symphony concert (Hayden's Symphony in D) in New York on the §th, with Miss Thursby as vocalist. Emma Abbott, on her route to Chicago, sang at Buffzlo on the §th instant and Cleveland on tue 9thinst. The Kellogg trouve sang in Phila- delphia last week, and will be in Boston this week, %iflng “The Flyine Dutchman” twice. Ole Bull, assisted by Aiss Benziger and Tom Katl, pliyed in Washiugton on_the 7th and ore on the 10th. 'The Boston Philharmonic Clubty played in Co- lumbus, O., lsst cvening. ~ Mme., Essipoff was in JBoston last week. The Oates troupe commence a season in New York to-morrow evening, opening with “La Fille de Mme. An- got.” "Aimee is stfll in New Yors. The Weber troupe is in Cincinnati. The Mendclssohn Quintette Club played in St. Louis on the Gth. Soldene s ir Cleveland. DiMarska is in San ncisco. MUSICAL NOTES, * “Zampa” has been revived at the Paris Opera Comique. ! Rubinstein's piano recitals in London com- mence on April 30, A certain Signor Ventura has composedanew opera called ¢ Aida.” Compana has written an opera called * Har- old, the Last King of the Saxons.” Herr Withelmj, the violinist, began his con- cert tour in Dublin on the 10th fnst. ilwaukee is going to celebrate the filticth gm:lvcrsury of Beethoven’s death on the 26th inst. M. Gounod, whois in the best health and spinits, intends to reserve his * Polyeucte for tue Exhibition year. The University. of Cambridge, Eng., confer- red the degree of Doctor of Music on Prof. Joachim on March's. The new opera, “Le Timbre d'Argent,” by M. Camille Saint-Saens, will be produced this month at the Theatre Lyrique. = At the .Apollo Theatre of Madrid, “‘La Muerte de Garcilasco,” anew opera by Senor Espinoss, bas just been produced. A new pianist, Fraulein Joel, has just come out at Vienna. Ier performance of modern German music is highly spoken of. Mme. Nilssorphad left Vienna, and sang from the 1st to the 10th of February at the Hamburg Opera as dfarguerite, Valentine, and Elea, A new. opera-bouffe by - Offenbach, called “La Foire Saint-Laurent,” hos met_with partial sue- cess only at the Folies Dramatiques, in Paris. Mme. Christine Nilsson -is using all her fn- fluence to reduce the pitch of tEs orchestra wherever she sings to the French normal diapa- son. The * Philharmoniker? of Laibach, said to be the oldest musical society i Germany, ccle: brated on Jan. 22 the 150th anniversary of its foundation. ¢ : The New England Organ Company has_suc- ceeded in manufacturing o seven-octave cabinet orzan,—something heretofore unknown to the organ fraternity. It is in the innermost points and effects of scores, in the observance of pianissimos, in thic general coloring, that the Paris orche tras show their training, their tact, and their faste. adame Madeline Schiller has just received the fourth coacerto for pianofortc and orches. - tra. b’V Saint-Saens, which we understand she is to bring out this season or carly in the fall un- der Mr: Theodore Thomas and his orchestra. Mr. Maurlee Strakosch announces that he wilt shortly introduce to the Nesv York public Prof. Elisha’ Gray's invention—the teiephone—in a series of concerts, when melodies ]pcmmned on the instrument in Phitadetpbia will be heard {n New York, and vice versa. In addition to the works alreddy announced for the festival'by the Handel and Haydn So- glety, of Boaton, in May, Marcello's setting of Psalm xviit. will ' be sunw, with Lindpainter’s orchestral accompaniments. The words will be an adaptation of Addison’s para hrase, * The spacious firmament on high.” %he orchestra will include the best of the resident musicians reinforced by New York and Philadelphia play. ers. The chorus will be augmented and £trengthened by the addition of muby profes- sional vocalists.” Miss Emma Thursby has been ;gaa(fd l}o the corps of soloists engaged for the val. ; The Brothers Hug, of Manchester, England, bave become possessed of the piano ‘of Ludwig von Beethoren. 1t is the instrument he used in Vienns, and according to the name-plateon the front, the maker's name is Conrad Graf, of Vienna. The piano i an old-Tasbioned graond, but s tetrachord throughout the treble, the bass being trichord. The three deepest bass notes (trichord) are wrapped thinly with ‘copper wire: ‘The piano has three pedals, and at ope time was probubly o powerful ipstrument. 1t has been very much played upon, bearing the marks of excesssive wear and tear. The keys, especially in the ‘middle. portion of the’ Eey- board, are quite hollowed by excessive use, - | views of the matter. BOSTON. The Scra‘p~Book Club Fall Foul of the. British Stranger Within the Gates. Blondina Gives the True Story. of the . Stranger---An Oxford Graduate and George Eliot. Don Carlos in Trinmph and Oovered with Glory—Young England and © Young America, A Distinguished Wit of Boston Taps the New York Nation-Lastly, the Von Hillern. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Bosrtoy, March 7.—The other night at the Scrap-Book Club, one of ‘the most talkative members, who is known as Biondina, sudden- 1y proposed that the Englishman of the period aud his relation to good breeding should be dis- cussed. We are used to some very odd things st te Club; expiosions in all soris of directions ou almost every topic under the sun; “but this sudden sssault, 50 to speak, upon the bold Briton, with no apparent reason, crested a de- clded sensation. - And under the effect of this scnsation the whole clubbecame at once a8 mag- nified interrogation point, which found voice in various exclamations of whys or wherefores? Whereupon, atter order being restored, Blon- dine explains. i ““Last evening, at Mrs. Leo, Hunter's, a tall” voung Englishman was presented. After the first flourish of introduction and the responses, my pew acquaintance opens upon me in this wise, in the usual erescendo tone of the Briton: ¢ Now tell me what it is that you have written— 1" sure that you have written something, be- cause everybody that comes here to Mrs. Hun- ter’s has done something literary, you know® There were nigh on to seventy people present,’ says Blondins, interrupting nersclf with a fine scorn in her tome and . an . eleyation of her eyebrows. ‘“Then taking up the crescendo tone -again: ¢ Yeas, now, really, I ioslst upon your telling me what you have written, because you kmow I'm a stranger here, and of course I couldn’t know.! “‘For a moment,” says Blondina, dropping her representation, for a moment I, yes even I, Who, to quote my dear Brunetta here, am rather impudently ready upon most occasions, was nonplussed. I looked up, and my eyes had a loug journey, for whatever else the bold Briton lakks, he does not lack usually a goodly number ol inches, and as I met the smiling, but solidly serious face, I said to myself, * No, my yonng gentleman does not mean this for a ponderous attempt at playfulness, for a light and airy flight of gracefut badinage; he is in sober car- nest. IE THINES IT 13 THE WAY TO ADDRESS AN AMERIOAN - stranger, that it is the topmost height of good breeding, and the sure way to success on this side of the water, at least, to start fair with a good lump of information honestly obtained by his own enterprise.” * Oh, Blondina, this is too bad,” cries Brunetts, fiying to the rescue. # No man eould be such a fool; and an English- man is no apterat foolishness than an Amer- jcan. It wasfun, heavy English fun, a sort of {?cos’e’: wayof opening a lively party conversa- on., “ Very heavy, I shonld say,” responded Blondina demurely. *A sort of elephantine gamboling.” S “ Which trod on Blondina's little, blue- stockinged toes? " struck in a young gentleman whom we call DON CARLO: for his astouishipg feats in the way of travel and sight-secing, falrly rivaling the perform- auces of the amiable Brazilian King. *To have 10 better tact than to ask that question of any Lmsslble poet; and to hit upon Blondina, who s made the possibility possible,—a fixed fact with us all. ' Ab, no wonder she is_wroth with {lhn Briton at even hinting at such ignorance of cr.” Blondina laughs with the rest, and then re- turns to her attack. * But let us suppose,” she says, © that the gentleman was sttempting fa- cetia; it was even worse, for it 1mplied such cnormous rudeness, for don’t you see he was attempting what no gentleman of breeding does ever attempt, a personality with a stranger. What if one’of us should find ourselyes in a London drawing-room celebrated for being the resort of literary celebrities, and what if, upon being introduced to some one of the guests, we should immediately open upon Ler or him with the question, ¢ Now, what have you written? - ['m sure you’ve written some- thing, because everybody who visits here lias dong something literary, you know.” 5 ** Dou’t you suppose in less than twenty-four hours we shiouid be held up to scorn as another example of American gaucherle? Dom't you suppose in twenty-four hours more we should be sneered at very likely in some witty Punch article tor our _ EXTRAORDINARY MANNERS,— and justly, too.” When Blondina waxes serious fn this fine fashion, we all gave in. Brunetta collapsed at once in the most abject way. - *“Well, well, I admit, Blondina, that this par- ticular Eu;'a ishman may have been—ugs—a dolt, a blockhead, and a rude onc at that; but I in- sist that he isno worse than an American of his type.” Ve have no Americans of his type,—a man who has had the advantage of education and association and opens conversation with a stran- ger, a9 asilly miss{ish young girl might, under the delusion that she was innocently charming! If you can find me an American Wwho ean do that, I should like to have you.” *1Vell, not iust that, perhaps, but something cqually flat. I'll give up this particalar Briton 0 your fury, and allow _you to jump on him, but I won’t have you jumping ‘on the whole Buxnc. ‘;l‘hey’te:splunmd Tellows, a great many of e, 7 Well, we don't see a great many of these splendid” fellows. I remember, liowever. a winter or two ago, a very fine-looking fellow and,—yes, a_gentleman in his_way; but, Bru- netta, what do you thinki he did’nt know about George Eliot ; Iie fold me that he thought she \rnAs ulu Ame;taau g!r]!""on’ 35 T ¥ chorus of shouts, o] at Is too bad of you; we shan't. believe that story.” It 1sentirely truc, and this gentleman was A GRADUATE OF OXFORD, agood Latin and Greek scholar, with ability enough in the literary line to write Latin verses?? o Well, but you are off the track, Blondina. We are talking of gentlemen of good breeding. Isuppose a man may be gentleman and well: bred, and be ignorant of George Eliot,” Brunet-’ ta interrupts, .- **Ob, yes, I suppose s0; but he is not 2 very intdligent gentleman, spite of his Oxford Latin and Greek, and I'd put any one of our well-read iness men against such Oxford training.” “Brava! (brava!” cricd Don Carlos, “at this spirited point. % I'm ready to faceany ten Oxford scholars after this,'and talk them dyry in fiftcen ml{u{}tesj” t 5 : “No, I must say,” praceeded Blondi calm- 1y ignoring this gay outburst, 41 mus:':x'v that Thave never yet met a very delightful spccimen of & young Englishman, “1f they arc’ Oxford men they arc not much else, and they are so patronizing to us Americans. But for the ma. ture Englishmen, for such men as Ti dall, and Froude, and: Macdonald at_least, ive only ad- miration. They were delightful, as [ can testify. But ())ee- are the exceptional men.” ¥ ““ Which leaves us where we started,” says Brunetta. ' We shall all know the attirade of Blondina after this toward the bold Briton. She will go raging through society with Fee, §, fo, fum, Xy 1 smell the blood of an Iu{"pcr wnl;:bword." g e dismiss the subject with a laugh, but we are all more or less imprested with Blondina's Lc or haven’t we al) of ns' scen the undiscriminating acceptance of nine- tenthsof our girls of these young Englishmen's, Ways and mannerst—ways and -manners~that' they would 1ift their Jitle noses at very decid- | edly if practiced. by thelr own young country- | men. Therejs a foolish -and not very respecting element in this admiration’ of the l average American woman for the Visiting En. glishman. Itis the element of snobbishness. He is to her the embodiment of ariftocratic as- sodations and instiiutions. He may be THE JLOWER OF REAL NOBILITY— ] nglishman, 2 gentleman pur sang. * But she does not s to ascertain this. ?lx;gh; comes with nredenu:?s‘,? ::LA: lgltmd’uced cfia aer Ml, sont:e' fine house, she m ‘in°a litle glory frame at onc: avologizes, and maktsgallg;\'auc'cs for, mfi erates, a great deal e and tol- of bad manner, to say noth- :iz;g sglu;ep&de:c’m %n ?onvc;snflnn with Blon- oir, he e “;-, B rankly and -somewhat me _that, the B had the reputation - of h thouel Bustan beinz very like an En- lish town, it was ten times as hospitable. “In English society now no stranger Is ever received with the cordiality with which you receive one here. They are stiff and cold, and wait.” ‘This was certainly significant. “They wait /'* Yes, they wait to find out something of the manner of 1can, his_intrinsic right to be wel- comed gs 2 friend and brother at the family fire- side, WHERE_HE CAN FLIRT WITH EVERY ONE OF THE FEMININE MEMBERS OF TME FAMILY {from mamma downwards; and we all know that the mamma’s of this mneteenth century aie by no means averse tothis little pastime. And while we open our doors “and our hearts in this hospitable fashfon, and while the object of it all accepts it and cvjoys it, he has half the timea hittle secret contempt for his entertainers. “I.felt as it I were the Queen of England all day,” was the gay remark of one of the middies on board_the Bellerophon, after visiting one of the New England cities,where they were feasted and finttmfi from morning till night.” And the trouble of it is, that we are all the time treating every one of hier Majesty’s subjects as if hewere the Queen of England, even when he comes asg private individual, and we know next to nothing about him. And the pl’t}’ of it is, not that the bold Briton laughs ot us for it, and hasa little sceret contempt’ for us, but that we deserve the laughter and. the .contempt, because it is pot true -hospitality that moves us, but o much .. meaner quality. And oneof the out- growths of this atate of things on the masculine slde is the wholesaleacceptance by Young Amer- fea of everything from his coats to the binding' of liis books that bearsthe English stamp. It was out of this fecling that the New York “Nation became such a power with the younger eneration of men. - It was English in its tone. t had an English editor, and was marked throughout by that nil-admirari style, that absence of cothusfasm which is supposed to be judical and full of majes tic wisdom,—iu short, English. They won't own it, but there is a large class of very fine fellows = amongst us whose politics, whose opfnions of books and literature, are slm?l reflections of the Nation, Open upou them with these topics, and straightway they will open upon you with tid-bits from tbe Na- tion. You can't touch them anywhere bat the Nation breaks out in little eruptive paraphrases. They think itis the Nation who agrees with them; but instead, they are themselyes LOST, MERGED, SWALLOWED UP, IN THE NATION. 4And itisa notable fact that it is the men un- der, or, at_furthest, but a little over 30, who are thus affected. Cownment is unnecessary. But, in conclusion of the subject, I must tell of the witty remark of & very Witty 2nd very distinguished gentleman of Massachusetts in regard to this very matter. Some one was in- quirfug the aze of a certain promising young mdn, aud the wit _replied, “Well, he is just coming down with the New York Vation fever— 1 should judge he was about one and twenty 1 But to turn from the Englishmanand kindred topics, let me tell of the little German’s last suceess—Bertha Von Hillern. There was no waiting for somebody to set the fashion this time. The ‘fashion had been set before, and all Beacon street and the Back Bay turned out in their strengih and glory to watch the 100-mile walk in twenty-cight Dours. She accomplishes the trip with thirteen minutes and fifty-two sec- ouds to spare, and Beacon Hill and the Back, *both feminine and masculine, SPLIT THEIR TWO AND TUREE AND FOUR BUTTON GLOVES to atter ruination in the ardor of their applause. Aud to cap the climax of faghion, the Iadies of the Christian Union Gymnasium invite the lit- tle Vou Hillern to inspcet the gymnasium, and the method of instruction. Here is_blue blood and the bluest of respectability united in doing lonor to the little German, that at the first start they fought shy of. No wonder she likes Boston, when her successes have been £0 applauded and honored. And out on the Back By and all up and down fine old Beacon strect the girls that she; has inoculated with the pedestrian fever, are more_than ever to be secn putting roses in their checks by their vigorous tramps. Now, if Miss Von Hillern, or some potent fairy, would untie the bondsthatholdoar Hmbs in Fashion’s fetters, and let us once more feel the freedom of taking three steps without a pull-back, there might be some hope for the nineteenth-century woman, but not othgnvlae‘ N. P A MEMORY OF 63, TFourteen long years ago, my sister dearest, We knelt by the glowing grate. Tn the pride of out youth and lappiness, And talked till the honrs grew late. We spoke, perchance, of the sweet, bright past, And the promise thé future bore, Of the beautfes of art, and the study of books, Of rich and varied lore. Hearts were heavy that winter-time, For the fower of Ameican youth Suffered and toled, ana **fouzht as they fell, In the canse of Kight and Trath. But onrs were the careless hopes We recked not of grief or fear: Ahl we hhoughl of them both, and learned them well, Before the end of the year. of the young— My sister's heart was & poet's heart— AMine was of common clay; Her dreams were dreains of -the starlit night— Mine of the pleasant day. Soul that was noble; and pure, and true, Wit keen a3 Damascus blade, An intellect quick to comprehend, A hand ever ready to nid. Fittest to live, and fittest to die: Father, Who knowest al!, ‘Why are the gifted the earliest called, The brightest the first to fall¥ There’s s driving storm in the streets to-night, And the wind makes fitful moan; Does it sigh for the myrind parting sonls Thrust forth on the dread Unknown? "Tis & fancy born in some poet's brain, But it blends with these thoughts of mine, Which forsake the present, Jiving love, And with that of the past entwine, Twice seven are the years thathave passed away— Alone by the fire I s : While Memory turns, with a thoughtfal hand, o The pages that Fate has wril Years of pleasure, and years of pain Of mingied good and N1 i Dut the sweetest dreama of my life have fied, And my alster's voice fs still. Wild grass grows rank on Sonthern graves— Snow covers thy resting-place s Only across the river of Death May I hope to sce thy face. Fittest to live, and fittest to die, Father, Thon knowest best; It is well that the purest should earlfest g0 Home toa perfect rest. But a work remains for the living to do— A duty we may not slight: That I may do my Jfe's work well, Is the prayer that I breathe to-night. ‘There are hearts to cheer, and burdens to bear, And wrongs to be overcome: Feet for the lame must His followers be, And a voice for those who are dumb. Though clouds may lower, and the path “ Let us work wm{u \'dllingnhnnhde;“ P8 ROBEL) They dare not marmar at rugged rosds ‘Who look to the Promised Land. At Inst. when the busy hands are atill, And are clasped on pulseless breast, The glorified spirit will softly say: **Lay the garments by—to rest ™ Lavra Esniz, 4T Frult for Europe. Phitadelplia Press, A new source of trade between Florida and England will almost certalnly be opened during the present year if the large production of oran- 2es continues in that psrt of our country. Early in November, when all other fruit has bad its day, shiploads of oranges begin to pour into London and Bristol. The popular lifting for this fruit, which is wholesome ‘ana finely flavor- ¢d, Is very great, and has never iutermitted. It becan fu the time of Beavy import duties, when 00 cents per box had to be paid at the Castome louse on arrival. In 1858 :h’L& duty was lowered 10 16 cents, upon which reduction tne consump~ tions immensely increased. Finally, in 1861, the import duty was entirely stricken off. Itis estimated that the value of the orange carzoes now urdflnélln_Euzlanfl 1s not less than 35,000, 000. of which $500,000 fs paid for consiguments of the small, sweer, thin-skinned, and delicious granges grown in and called after the Island of St. Michael's oneof the Azores, This frait 1s alon supplied from Spain, Portazal. Sicily. and Malta, Thi rich and generous fruit, which 1 nutritiows aswell as_agreeable, was not known to the Greeks or Rolans. One can fancy bow the re- fined epicurianiem of Lucullus wouid have en- J%ytrl its delicate flavor—and it has been declar- edand belfeved that.it is a_bative of North America. near the Gulf of Mexico: in other words, of our own salubrious Florida. The lemon wus known in Europe a thousand years before the orange, which is said to bave "been brought into Europe by the Moors. Now that particular attention- has been latterly and sue- cessfully paid to the cultivation of ‘the sweor orange in Florida, arrangements for large and steady importations from that State to England are far advanced, and it must be borne in mind that, though the oranze is hly prized in Frauoce, the high price put upon 1t has hitherto greatly checked the.sale. In. Paria o singlo orange which costs from six to elght cents u’in- e’ rent Irul oo o Bridge, who, nearly thirty years dies, are nnderstood to have this oran; tation bnsiness in. their hands, Flog, 1ail to gain by it. ot and 65 Washington street; House (Exchange) and the Sherman Honse (Bagg: ment)." : Chese, ™ A TO CORRESPONDENTS. **Pawa. "'—There Is no difference between prope lems and enigmas except in form of Presentation, **B. and B."—The threatened check ‘with Roog renders the eolution to your problem too BUZRest- fve. ‘**E. B."—On re-examining your last move. “‘W. H. 0."—Younr 68 are well merited, and the few who have unny., eled its tangled thread are aleo warm in **L. C. W."—The position is another examply of smothered mate, generally known as ** Philj. dor’s Legacy.” continue by 2..Q takes B P ch, 3..Kt to Kt § ¢k, and 4..Q or either R mates, from W. H. Ovineton. C. A. Perry, C. Drefer, B Barbe, C. W. Clark, 3. H. Campbel, G.G, Wiior, Siorgan poct, 1% T & Siy o REN inson, Wi Rl 4% rrmons » o (;:;rrfi;x gl;zu«n chmbl;Qm No. rom W. H. ngton, C. A, J. Ho Bell, C. Drcler, 62 6. Wilson, B Byri, S5 k, J. E.ILU., Sam, H. A. G., En Passant, snd 1457 Fulton’ street, city: Z." C. Bium 1oq L. Ratner, Des Moines, 1a. ; . T. Wrignt 3ood gin Park, Til.; B, S. Thompion, Hyde Fatk. 113 3. 5 Bobiuson, izons. Minn.; A . G. Paul, Minn.; K., Tamer, I 9. H: Vea city. ENIGMA NO. 87. . BY ME. W. 4 SHINEXAN Kiocarhs s & QueenatE B2 Regnks NookatQ B8 Bushopat K B8 katG R4 oD 8% Q Kt 5 T K8 Knightat KR 2 Boiehca Q. Knigntac K Krsq 7 Fiwnatgha White to piay and self-mate fu twomoves. As perhaps some of Tuz TRIBUNE'S correspond- ents may be uracqnainted with the conditions erning a self-mate (or suimate) problem, it may be a8 well to atate that White, having to play, compels. Black to mate. —_— PROBLEM NO. 67. BT MR. W. A. SHINEMAN, - nn B ! i | Eel B B dfla,wh!nhmmwm; importation_of pineapoles from the West o THE GAME OF CHESS, Cavss DuABCrORT. —Chicago Chess Club, Nos, @ open from9a. m g 10p. m. ~Chess players meet daily at the Tremory All communications intended for this deplm i 8hould be addressed to Txx TRIBUNE, and Indorseq mover it seems that K to B 3will auswer for g’ encominms on Problem Ko, ' its pratse, After the first move, White cag “*s* Correct solution to Enigma No. 85 received city; H. T, Wflfi 65 recelyed ' goy- ‘White, White to play and mate in two moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 65- Black. ] 1..Kw00Q4 27 Moves 3 Ptakes Penpas SOLUTION 70 ENIGHMA NO. 65. White. Black. -P 10 Q 8 (bec. & B) l 1..Avy mova B nates ‘NOTES. The two exquieite little gems given this week. comprise the set which took the first prize in the Detroit Frez Press two-move tourney. The Globe-Democrat is authority for the state- ment that Mr. Jsmes Mason, after his proposed **professionas tour throngh most of the principal cities of the Union, " will probably return and per- manently locate in St, Lonis. The Lebanon (Tenn.) Herald has decided, on ac- count of the flattering success of its recent Prob- lem Tourney, to inaugurate a second, and offers the following prizes: For the best set of two prob- lems, in two moves, —one to be a direct mate and one a snimate,—310 in gold; for the beat direct mate problem In any set, 85 in gold; for the best sulmate problem in any set, $5 in gold; forthe second best set, the second best direct mate, and the second best sulmate, each une year's subscrip- tion to that paper. Competition open 1o the world, ~ Every composer may submit s many seta 23 he desires, but each set mast bear a diferent mo! CHESS IN PHILADELPHIA. An off-hand game Played some time 250 betwees Meesrs. Elson and Nelll, noT LorEZ. Black-Mz. NziLie L.Prok4 White~MR. EL0ON. Pto K B 002 wR2 takes Kt . e Ki lakea b osm folke 10 touKeaq QB3 akes Kt tnkes Kt P 0K takes Rch 02 28 e ey QK3 takes QR¢ P QRtoke WKt 3 wKea 10Kt Qto Kt 3 k4 U takes takes Q F1o Ko 0QBY PtloQR3 T hE3 (@) BroR B4 wELT P1oBs R4 RtoK ¢ wEteq KoKk KT 37 10E}q Braxes B P wE4 BloK 6 wWEI 2 BloK 6 ch 532K to B2 and wina (e) (8) An 1njudicious move, the weakness of which is well taken advantage of by Mr. Elson. : (b) Very good indeed; the whole of this attack 18 prosecuted by White wish great skill and vigor. 1¢) Had he taken the other k, he wot re- marks Mr. Neill, have lost the game by Q 13 ch, followed by B 10 Kt 4, etc. i (d) Better, perhaps, to have gone at once to Et's square. qge: The exchange of Rooks is now forced, and ‘White's Pawna on the King's side mast ly declde the contest In his fasor.—Zury, Field and ara. 3 ** CHESS BRILLIANT.” SICILIAN OPENING. 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