Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1877, Page 10

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1877— 'LEN PAGES tumes; buthere I ncver saw what the Princesses, Chippenaala T Ict alons my nelghbora in genernl What, with watchin| the orchestra, and being wholly wrapped np fn 1 couldn’t breathe from the moment 1{t ended. I tell you such muaicis eat atrain on an ordinar! thore can ba no doubt, and when one recalls the enthusiasm at these concerts, and the larze number of the immense audience who remained to the close, ho will sce that a great triumph was achieved, In spite of the * dropping out £ much complained of, near the close. For in the traditional Verdl and Donizettt bperas, con- #ller how much droariness in chorus and recita- | tive we enidure cheerfully for obacrvation of the scenery, or interest In the aress and action of But here wasthe atten- pesple concentrated for three hours upon musie nlone. The question as to the effect of Warner's works or work—for I maintain that the cffect of his life aml exertion as o whole will be qreater than that of any one of Dis operas—{is utnecesearily complicated by an fuea which scems to be " Beetlioven's *Romance in (," the 0" to the Eighth Bymphony, the “8erenade op, 8,"and the ** Prometheus ™ tinale, ccond Rhapaody,” Gounmd’s ' Ave ? vorsplel, Ghys' € Amaryllls,” and the Handel ¥ Largo.” Tiis week Mr. Thomas has increased his at- it programme will Miss Mary Lyons, ropiranc; Mias Lizade Ega nlto; Mr. Wiitiam F. Knelp, tenor; and Mr. 1% period of threa years, during which Limo he hos made numeros friends, directs the cholr for the Jast time to-day, baving resigned hi tis to be hoped, however, that Mr. Bergo will not leave the city, as Chi- cago cannot afford to lose so talonicd & mu- At Hnverly's Theatre last week Mr, Robert MeWade npl\:nrcd in hia wells known fmpersonation of Zeip a8 it has been several timea notleed in Tum TRinuNg, docs not now require further descrip- This week Mr. John Tlmmr!on will be recn at the thentre In his play of * lie persunates nine characters fn this play, and Iing his own nctora to support him. itis no- ticed that his danghter—a musical _prodizy onl 8 venra nld—Ilcads the orchestra. ‘The New Chi- cago Theatrs and the Museum remaln closed. BARNUM'S CIRCUS will visit Chicago on the 24 day of July and make astay of ono week, paylng the city the compliment of & Fourth of July opportunity, It Is understood that every department of the show—tuseuin, higl atato of clilelency. the bippopotamus wil degree of public attention. LOCAL NOTRS, Miss Jennie Hight propuses to play Fanchon at the New Chiengo Thentre on the Fourth of July, afternoun and evening. Mr. Davls, doorkeeper at Taverly's Theatre, takes his annual benefit Monday esening, July 2, on which vecaefon he will make his first ap- arauce fu several Ethioplan sketches for the rat timo on the stage. NEW YORR NOTES. #Cross and Crescent,” an old melodrama, was produced at Niblo's Gorden {n New York Mouday night with Miss Annle Ward Tiffany, and others tn tho cast. There Is not cnough ballet In tho performance to plense a NibloGarden audience. Another event 1 Now York was Maurice Graw’s benelit at the Acadomy of Musie, when the see- ond act of * Madamie Angot” was given with Mile. Almeco nppearing as oult as Clairelfe. On the same oceaston one act of * La Bonlangere ! and ona of * Lu Vie Parlsienne ™ wera siven,mnd Almeo sang hoth of her English aoy Allen plaved in * Waves ? at Wallack’s for the last_timo last night. ‘To-morrow will bo re- produced tho extravrdinary plece called ¥ The AMUSEMENTS. Wagner as the Composer of the Present and Fu- intellect.” O tion as orgaulst, include the overture to Grenada,” Strauss’ * Devil's Darning Needle polkas, the ' Cujus Aminam," s *Stabat Mater? Mr. F. Dictz; Bizet's * Luite overture to “Der Fretschuctz"; Schumann's ¥ Bilaer aud Osten'; “The Phantom Ship," Svendsen's ‘¢ Coranation March '3 Btrauss’ “Blue Danube waltz; Venl’s *Rizo- Tm'l"luuc; and the overture to Gounod’s c. Tuesday cvening will be the first of the **com- posera’ nights,” and wiil be devoted to Men- delssohn, with the following programmet 1. Cornetius March,......o . Overture, ** Melnaine . Mr. P, W. Root gave tho last of his puplls' matinces for this scason at the Apoilo Rooma, last Wednesday afternoun, with a yer! pleasant programme, the numbers of which M Qustorf, Mrs, 8. C. H, Weber, Mrs, E. A. Jewott, Mrs, Frank Holl, the Micscs Neilio Stevenson, @Graco M. Greene, Emma (1. Hi Clara A, Munger, and Mesars, J. The Great London Fostival--- What a Correspondent Saw and Meard. . fo= The Thomas Summer-Night Con- certa—DMendelssohn and Symphony Nights. On Friday evening, the 20th inat, an enter- tafnment of novel and enjoyahle eharnctor will be given under the managament and nusplces of Orlental,and Chiengo Quartettos, of Iterary, ond promennde concert on the excursion steamer. John Bherman. Hghtful moonlight ride with & very Intercatin, programme §s offered, and the many fricnds ol the matagement may expect a very enjoyable cents—can bo obtalned'at of the inembcers of eaves Clark street very ggeucral, that fs, .. ¥ ' a | Aessre, Schmitz, Peper, Kustenmacher, and Loa- cher, 4. Concerto, fnslmnno. No. they are to 1, in @ mInot...e.ieee and grow in favor, it 18 to be not a part of the music of the futdre, but the whole of It think this is & great mistake, Because wo havo Bhakepcare, shall we i Because fu some moods the philosophic subtle- tica of ITamlet have exalted ns, Dbidden to relax our tired facult, with the delightful absurdities of Tony Lump- kinl Let us havo necta MIRAION, A minar (Scoteh)susesasesens 6, Music to "mnmm:"er'slxfin Dream ™ .oeeeens Thursday evening will be the firat of the sym- phony nights, on which occaslon S8chumann’s great Rhenish Symphony will be given. This will boan event for concert-goers. Surcly we have enumerated a repertoire’ which makea a very feast of music, THE WOLPSONN MATINEE. The puplls of Mr. Carl Wolfsohn gave a ro- ceptfon fn honor of the Beethoven Soclety lost Saturday alternoon at I{ershey Hall, which was larzely attended, and was 1lso very successful. In name It was a puplls’ affair, but In reality it proved to be a vers Interesting concert by a nutber of very younz but promising students. We had occaslon a year ago, elter the fiest of Mr. Wolfsohn’s puplls’ matinees, to spenk in the highest terms of Mr. Wolfsohn as a plano- instructor, and of the efficloncy and mu- tlenl nequirements of his pupils, all of whom, although young in years, show the more mature appreciation of musicns an art as well as ex- cellent capabilitica Among Mr. Wolfsohn's most promiging puplls 14 Mias Eva Manlerre, who had the arduous task of Interpreting the well-known Beethoven go- “nate in C mnjdr, op, 63, While Miss Manferre's touch s not as fine and elastic as would be de- sirnble, she overbalances this little obatacle by a refinement of phrasing, correct executlon, and musiclauly Interpretation as to mnke 1t not ouly a very luteresting pupil’s perfor- but also Instructive and interestin Manlerre, who plave A Superb Array of Programmes—Yusical 5. Bympliony, K. Notes at Nlome and Abroad. evening. Tickots—00 tho music stores or from an; the Quartette. bridgo at 8 sharp, returning at 13 'The cholr of Trinity M. E. Church, Indiana avenue, near Twenty-feurth street, nasisted by the cholr of Park nutmber of singers from Englewou, hest_local sulo talen direction of Mr. W. N, 8mith, Cholr-Master, vo a concert at tho church on Friday even- une 20, on which ovcosion Weber's Mass In _ndditlon there will be solus, trios, and male chorus, makiuj Tho coucert 18 eflt of the cholr, which Isin every way worthy of a substantial and hearty recoguiilon. The London # of Mllc. Rosaval Philuarmonic coucert, say: The chict Interest centered Inthe reappearance Tho young American lndy #ang ** Deh vienl' n suclh s way 68 certalury not to roverse the opinton given Inst yeur adversely to her clalm to the po-ition of a volce Is of good awner apnears lo nse with Goldemith? jcaat other tines Bowery-Plays and Varieties at the Theatres. r and ambrosla, by all menns, but let there be no Iaw amainst cokes The world would be a much more mis- crable place than it 1a it we were condomned at all times nnd in oll conditions to what in our i hours we arce wiiling very best mood, to acknuwledge as the very beat. of the future Is to Le anything llke the poetry, the art, the 1ifoot the future, then it will be, ns it has been fn the past, not of one Wostiall have dance music so delfghtful that It will kindlo the blood from the coarsor intox! nents of melody tmprisoned ns of old; grand nnthems in which a all fecl a million of hearts beating s h woulil bring Jaughter to the virago of John Knox, aud blow away tiie mnd- nexs of melancholy from an overstralned braln. And, no doubt, we shall have ninont the rest a great iyrie dramng, to Inclwde, certainly, the r, but lofty and powerful eple of I regard Wazner's work fn he same with Wordsworth's In he world laughed fmmoderntely nb eter Bell,! and theother poemswich result of Worlsworth’s postic theories, in the days when he was fghting edanticy conventlonal dietlon in favor genulne feellng, care much for those poems now, but they mark astep on the path that led to the * Qe on Im- mortality " and ** The Excursion.” has been fighting farther back Lhan most of ue can remember the battle of musical expression. ‘There eat be no doubt as to the correctuess of his theory that all music must have a poetle soul,—must be the expression of a thought,— amd not n_mere meludious tinkle signilying reat reformers, he " has cleared the wine of Liis geulus through much bubbles, whose bursting has s first uverture, * Irrepressible merrlment.” But tho result of his work Is that he s ennobled and reformed thu opera to suth an extent that he may almost be said to have created the fdeal lyrie drama, so differcnt is it from the old absundities which went by the For In estimating Wagner's work ard its effects, one must not compare % Faust”™ and * Miguon’ with * Lohewgrin,” Lut the old absurdities under the name of upera —where the lirst tenor and the prima donna ploinly regarded the whole plot, pretlininaries, and snecessories of tho drama as inerel Ing convenlent pretexta to them for ** out melody,” and whero the inost exciting scene was delayed and humnn passion was hela in check while the chief charncters displayed the beauty of thelr volees—{these old atri melodious pearls are even now Iete, and oul Notes of the European and American Green-Rooms. the parts réversed, Ange P'tton and M, WAGNER. kind but of_ever. THR GRAND LONDON FESTIVAL. Bpecial Corresponaence of The Tribune. Loxpox, June 0.—The fitth concert was the most thoroughly enjoyable of tho series, It be- gan with tho overturs to the ‘* Melstersinger von Nurnberg,” which fs tho ncarcst to what one might call * popular musie ** of all Wag- ner's works. The fresh, hearty, melodious tones which (ntroduce the German life of the middle nges; the buatle and stir of the streets, say with banners of the guilds; tho Jaughter of the townsmen, the pomposity of Hans Sachs, tho tinkling music of the dancers, with of youth and charm it catlon of wine; [r speaking of the ainging ies Blauche Tucker) at n Vhago ot Jonn 1 ot dille. Rosavells, ‘% Bmike ! wna dono at the Qrand Opera House by the Unfon Square Theatre company, and WEvangeline ' at the Fifth Avenuc Theafre. GENERAL AMBRICAN NOTES, Montague's busineas at Montreal was bad. 1t is now definitely declded not to rebutld the Brooklyn Theatre. Coghlan was harshly criticlsed by the San Francisco nuiwapopers. Mre. Oates gave the only fmporiant perform- ance at Boston lnst week. There was no important theatrical perform- ance [n Philadelphia last week, Cazencuve, Holler, and Macallistor havo been fighting ench otlher ot 8an Francisco. Miss Adelalde Netlson salled Wednesday in the Russia for England, but ywill return'iu tho -rato artist, Her uality, bat It a weak, anid have ‘but the must superficial knowledgo of the vocul art, In Sig, Manuel tinrcla Mile, RRosavolla hns ono of {ho most successfal ol ninsters, and tho fuct that she Is unable to his precepts shows pretty well where the fanit Interpretation. The Parls correspondent of the New York You know what it 18 to be withont learning In the theary of sweet dounds; peoplo will not lob you say thiat you are pleased, only that you are thankful,— which 1e n more submlsxive and apelazetic form of ll]u: oxpreasion of delight, ol delightful overture and form o sharp contrast to the mystienl sugeestion and pathos of * Lo- hengrin,” or the wiid eple grandeur of the Nivelung’s Ring. The audience wero almost cqually dellghted with tho orchiestral introduc- tion to the third act, where the music conveys a quict Sunday morning in the quaint old German town, Then followed thoe song of Wallher, which was sung by Herr Unger fn a manner which left littlo to bedestred; really it was do- licious, and 1 do not know when I ever thought Defors of applying that adjective to anything of AWagner's, In the second part of the programmeo we had the Rhine doughters agafn, fn the third “Twilight of confesa not to have taken much Interest; but the concert closed With Siegfricd’s Death by the full orcheatra,and Hrunhilde's Fargwell to the World. that I have yet heard of \Waguer's surpssses this Death of Blegfried. Full ot beauty and tenderness, it hos o weird patlios all its own, an undertono of destiny and doom. thuslastically received, and had to bo repeated. Mme, Materna in Drunkilde's Farcwell was maguificent. The solemnity and grandeur of this mpersonstlon—tho scene over the dead body of Stegfriedd—are mdescristie. I have rarely heard anythlog more thrilllug than tho Vlended malesty and woe of her “Slum- Bt for this restraint, 1 uld also ventiira to praiso the niano plaging of 'ratt, of Chlcago, who Is now passing his nAre or wanderjihre In Europe. with the most serious Intent of trying to win a reputation in the higliest reaches of hia art on his return, studied” much In German, courage togivea concort fortune that deserved to ba its roward, Liszt wna ane of fils masters; and he speaks of that genfus with the raverence which, 1 think to his credit, your youth are over rendy to show when thoy huve Bnybody to revere, Mr. Eddy gavo his seyenteenth organ recital resterday to o larger audience than usual. cing the oceasion of his biethday, he gave an rogramnme of wedding musle, ably having refercnce to future expectations, 1118 triends, in vicw of the character of the oe- d the organ with wreaths and tlowers, and aflixed “an eclegant harp of callas and roses to the front, which shed aqueons benedictions upon his head, A large number of possible brides were In attendanco, and all went merry as o marriage boll. Thera men in attendance, no one could and thus much r. £ddy, how- to musiclans, this number entlrely from metor; to become n ver! r. Wolfsohn's youthful stand- ¥8, posscsses an almost marvelous technique oun, but fails (n producing the and he hes had the proper nusfeal eifects at certaln times. Espe- Betlin with the good In October will occur the fifticth anniversary foatn and man; of tho flrst appearance of Mr, John Gilbert ob correct and musical nwakened, 1lke rtfesimo dlfferent gradations and qualities of tone which oro 8o necessary, partivularly esssntial in the Liszt * Rigoleito ™ paraphrase. ‘Bimmenfekl, s youthful musical aspirant of 18, makes most rapll progress, as was shown In her excellent verformance of the Mendelssohn Last, but mot Allee Guggenheim, Thomas L. Hall, formerly of the Now Chl- engo Theatre, Is. to mauage the New Orloans Varicties next senson. ed Heary V. at Montreal lnst axton Is to bein an curogement thiere in *'The Two Orpbans " to-morrow. Leonard Grover takes out two traveling com- anles the onsulng scason, one to play the Boarding-Houso' and another to do a second of hia plays—t Lispet.” Ausburn Towner, formerly of the Elnira (N. Y.) Advertiser, will dramatize *“Danlel Deron- Mago, Its first production will take place at San Francisco in December. Leon, of the firm of Kelly & Leon, has writ- ten o now musical comedictta called ¢ Romeo, the Marmon,” fn which he will impersonate sevon Juliets of varlous natlonalitica to Mr. Edwin Kelly's Romnco Brigham Youns, Mr. McVicker nnd Mr. Edwmn Booth have severcd thele busincss arranzements, nnd Mr, McVieker wil not be his manager next season, unless during a star cngagoment In Chicazo Mr.” Booth has stated that hie will not play i New York tho cnsulniz season, and hils present ntention 18, not to be very active for sotne timo to come.~Dramatic News, The Dramatic News sayss * Charles Thorne, wlio was taken {11 recently In Boston, duriug the ven thero by the Unlon Squara Company, exiibited subsoquently in Providenco declaed " symptoms of demeitia, and his ibed absolute rest for tho His trouble Is on acuto attnck of nervous dyspepsia, which affects the by times, o witl stay at Colinsset, not golng to name of opers. y In Blumenthal's * Lu Source Blie 1s one of Mr, Wolfsohn's most talented and promisig puplls. pitant for vocal houors, made her nnea o this city, and was quite successful, 8ho has a good volee, which will stand plenty of cul- oty and considerable talent. T others who nsslated were Miss Ella A, White, Mr. Jumes Gill, aud Dr, C. E. Martin, LERSIEY BCHOOL MATINKE. The closing excrclisea of the Hershey Bchool will occur next Thursday evening, Iu the form of a reception by the puplls, who will take part In the followiog programmes charming style. Miss Cora Clary, the opportunit; wedding musfe was wusted. ever, played the musle so gracefully that (¢ s to Lo hoped on his next annivereary some one may play it for him, ABROAD. A WALNING TO ADKLINA PATTI ‘The London Afheneum of June 0 has the fol- fowing note of warning to Adelina Patti: Mpie. Adclina Pattl has appeared in two of Slymor Vordl's operna so trying for the leadin; art—Leonora fu the '*Trovato Ifer reperioire, an requrds tho Bellinl and Donlzattl, haviny od, |t hae bean deemed oxpediant for hor to under- take charactors, the muslc of which 1a calculated to strain_her sym were o screamer, but theso old absurdities must be compared with tha works produced by Wasner's {deas and cfforts. For * Fauat,” and ** Mignon," * [lant- Jet,” * Romeo and Jullet,' are plainly produced by his theory; only, as the composera of those poets oa well as musiclans, they took their plot and libretto from the greatest poets, and thus Gounod and Thomas have had the insplration of Uocthie aud Shakspeare to gulde and kindle thelr own. are all of a date subsequent to tho creation of “Riengl,” Tannhnuser,” “The Flyln, o, and “ Luliengrin 2701 5 rART L Tava Tetnei . 1o . Organ—Sonata in A.:u;} 3, op, 1nke out of the rough and vigorous Anclo-Saxon crman, and put Into suime- what modern cadences. Wagmer's verse thus treated certalnly loscs something of .its robust strength and Inelsivo character, but commends ftselt moro_readily to a public whichi*has out Erown tho old eplc forms: ‘When thé puor gods of your worshin 1hls Farewell uperas were not olliteration of the ton, Turitation to the Dance . Weber Master Leon Vel Motl, 4. Song—** Ild Me Discourso . Altss Lhrisi [ n, cnmn".k.‘. sevee Rullak 0. Arla—**to Itomeo ™ (Romeoand Aias Mary l'.rlhmlrlc Jiry £ C. Lutkin. PAUT 11, 1. Vaocal trio—** Ave Morla "', Misa Gruce A, 1T, 5t "And thoso operas | 3. Planoforto— been grontly lesnon- ing a alngor, thure woulil bo no harm In the coutso of actlon; Lut It will be indecd lamentable, constdoring tha wide rango of uperatic productions which would bear revival—and thoso of Romini muy be apocially ro- forral to~If Mne. Paiti whould, oither of her own froo wiltor from tho force uf clrcumstances, por- wint I tho performance of parts which tax her ptiys- The Leonord In inuch mory objectionable than uven the Alda, but thore would be no regret I0 the lady withdrow from tue MUSICAL NOTES, | Mr. Max Maretzek Lina writton a comie opera. It 18 sald that Mr. Charles Btantloy lins now definitely resolved to sing no moro i1 opera. Madamo Esslpofl’s concert tour in this coun- try Is eald to have cost her managers $20,000. Mme. Rudersdorfl, who Is golug to live and teach in Now York, has given a farewell concert Masanlolios—to en; nothing of Don Juans—who preceded them, and Into what adifferent world does Wagrner seem to Introduce the spectator and Hatener, dues uot In Mozart's ** Don Glovanul ™ feel the lot and text an dmpertinence, wholly out of ceping with the glorious musle? Iu his last and greatest work, thero is much In retalning tho outlines of the y he haa preserved feas to modern modes of f feelingy thero may be In thesc features somedecy symbolic algniticance,— as in the marriage of thy ~ gud-descended Siy- mund to his slster Sleglinde, and he may have remembered Homer's Juno, alster and wifo to Jupiter,—stil], this drama "8 Inatlnet with warmth and color far different from the re- mote grandeur of Homer's scenes; and this, and the dark treachery by which Urimhllde nn Sleyfried aro slike betrayed, scem Lo me blots on’ the eple, da they And wesk in ynnr“l'x physlclan hus preseri i 7. Organ—"** Bt. Not huusea; Innd,'nor state, Nor lifo smong the greut; reacheronn tier, ained by fraud and lles, Will nake you happy— i, tiss Aary P, tlendrick, und Pianoforte—** ondo Hriilanto ™ o Aria—*480 pel rigar * (La Juive), v M. DAl < forto—** Rthapsodie The New York -correspondent of the Boston Saturday Guazette writes: *Mr, Dan llarkins, tho actor, has brought suit agnlnst Auguastin 81,000 back pay. Mr. Harkins is not tho only sullerer by Mr, noss in paying his just debts, 1o owes hls actrosses, many of whom ean lil afford the loss, suma rauging frdin $150 to 8500, This, how- ever, does not provent his mnklmi Bam”"u 0 tho value of $10,000. When ong of hi to whom ho owes alarge sum of hard-carned money saw a dinmond necklwe ho purchased from n white throat, sho re- old Teclandie mytholoy Through grief of Joy but Lovel tures which arc palnful TIIE MATINER, ‘The Saturday matineo which closed this re- ‘markable serics of concerts assembled the I which yuade Its woy to Wongroteo, No. eat audience of all, bert Hall [ the m downright character botter fitted April than On account of the continued hoarseness +of Herr Unger the programmo had to be great- changed, As perfornied, it begau wit! nerican_Centenblal Mareh, which certainly will not add much to the composer’s fanie. Wo hiad then part of the * Melstersinger ' repeated, and o duet and orchestral “Tristan and Isvlde.” cannot say much, 1did not ud fn it the poetle beauty which hus been clalmed for this opera; by the orchestrn, was quite tender and Impressive. The rest of tue concert was merely o repetition of the see- ond puit of thaut ou Wednesday evening, aml was warmly welcamed, Tho usual applausy follow- cd theclose, aud tho audience bewan slowly to o numuer remualued, howover, halconles, and ou the fluor of woa evident that something Uproarlous appluuse summoned Wagner hack from the lower re- te was gently edged towards the front of the orchestra, whin o gentleman stepoed forward and read an address engraved and Hlu- archment, which ho ol the, orcliestra, composer was bowing his sckuowledguents a white rabed divinlty from the throug about him ptaced a wreath'of what looked 1lke ivy Icaves upon his head. 11 borehia somewdat coui- feal appearancs foramoment uid then withdrew it, smiling, omidat great applause. Loud eries for “Richter!? whers then beard, and Waner gently pushed bis favorite conductor Into tho Richter was then pre- . Wo H, Hurlb: . Arll-—“flm!ll“ ajghinua Tibl * —Sonata 1n ( minor, No. 2, op.. recenily sparkliw marked to a friond, *I thoss dlamondsj it's o some of my comrades own more valuable shares THR ATOLLO CLUB has at last taken definite action with regard to tho preservation of {ts Ideutity as a muenner- chor. The ladies of the chorus who have sung with the Club durimgz the past scason were not coutent to be regarded ns merely auxiliary to the Club, and the gentlemen wero not willlng togive up thelr organization as o male chorus, for which they have lubored solong and o hard, A scheme, therofore, has been settled unon which Is somewlint in the nature of ucompro- mise, The Apollo Club will remaln o maeher- chior umler Mr. ‘Tomliug® dircction, Meanwhile, he will select o sultuble number of intelllgent and experfenced singees, and organize a mixed which will b Independent of the Apollo management und business direction, but when the occasfon offers can co-operate with it musieally, With the exception that the man- ement of the two orgunizations witk bu dise their relations will re- ho real palnt of differ- ence Mes I the fact that the wixed socicty will bu at lberty to manugo Kself, which, of course, will beagreeable, Meanwhile, this arrangement throws u more serlous res wentlemen ol the Club, new repertolre before next season, sl present wldittonal claims to the patronage of their nsso- After the success of tholr re- suceess which could not have been bad without the ladles,—thelr gencral membership will, it 1 likely, be I their musieal demands, and want something more than the hackuoyed repertolre of part deprive thls drama exhiblt—a distiuct and beautiful Neverthelesa, the drama ls o grand one, and cannot help having a broadentng and clevating elfect ou cperatic musie now and herealter., fideed, 1o one could be present at such o fes- ust closed without feeling his That a whole Mile. Chicon{'s recent debut in ¢ Lucla, un- der Manager Maplesen, proves o complete sue- cees, The lady visits Amorlea In the autwnn, Balnt-Sicna has arrived In London, but like the reat of the pluntata, his talent and fame are overslindowed by the superior attraction of Ru- FORBIGN NOTES.. On the ocenslon of the Cornellle Aunlversary at the Comedie Froncalso recently, Mlle, Barah Bernhardt, after o Jong liincss, made her reap- pearunce on the stage, reciting stanzas In honor of the horo of the festlvat, The distingulshed artlsto was enthusinstically npplauded. The Emperor and Empress ot Drazil were present. The sudden burst of hot weather la not very favurable to the attendance ot the Londun thea- 1, Febvro sl his com. Of tho yocal extract I tival ns the one love, understan fuitely elevated und evenlng given to this musie alone ls sumething of astrafn on the mind, there 1s no doubt, v Macbeth. That the nujurity of ordiuary con- cert-goers would rather lieap * Com o g and *Comiug Througk the Rye," there is no But s0 the snmo prefer #Our Boys™ to he less Ia Wagner's musle a wreat revelation and boon to 'tho lover of the gruwlog art of musle, und It wil its effects. Oue of the greatest of these wiil, | o that upon the staxe iteelf, mistaken If these highly poctie and dramatic librettos of his do not exert un exalting and en- nobling inlluence on the production and_repre- sentatlon of puro drama, 20 of drama, and one fvaling the £llza. o matter of speedtution; but certainl all over tho worid thers {3 Just now o revival of and sympothy fn all matters il such work as ner's inay woll, as | wrote three years ago iresentutlon lul " Lo~ 2 It Is announced that Beth Abbott, the father of Misa Fuma. Abbott, is about to produce in Bultimore o cantata in which bis daughter will take the leading purt. M. Capoul, tho Freneh tenor, asked the agent of Muurice Grau 85,000 o month, guaranteed tor five montihs, for s scason n terms were considered too lofty and were do- At the Ualety, pany have leen suc who, {n o plecs entitled *Les Chansons do Suzou,” jutroduces her colobrated eqge chantant songs, Bho hins also appeared at o morning pers formance at thu Weastminstor Aquarlum, Mr, Five Bhillings " and “A proyinces, Mlss Jennis Leols playing fn do» at Bristoly Mr, Edward Teery and” a portlon of the London Calety Company at tbe Princo’s Manchester, In Byroi's comedy **Weak und his burlesqite ** Little Don Cicsar de Hazan; and Mg, Tools at the Prince of Wales' Thantre, Blrmingham, in * Dearer than e Spelling Bee,” and #Thy Man in et from cach uther, Tt R R aGtabart: Theodoro Lachner, orzanist at Munich, and the eldeat of u family of four brothers, all of whom, especlalty the” second, Frans Lachuer, aro distinguished ns musiclans Munich st tho age of 79, The Loudon Atheneum remarks that “thers of American aspirauts for t Miss Kollogg 1s the only Wo wonder it the Athe nusurs ever heand of Aluanl, or Miss Cary—but 10 him In behal ) has just died at onsibility upon the Whcther wo stinll ace 0 st estublish 4 have been plen operatic honors, clate members ouc of real note.” cent fustival,—i chalr” be had 8ix Paris theatres closcd the 84 Inat.,—name- Itis known that #[lobert Jo Diablo* was the Lyrigue, Odeon, originally written s an ** vpera comly thiat Is, un opera: with spoken Malogue, of recitative—aud was subsequently remoduled by Beribe and Moyerbeerus s All trace of the original furm o had lung since bocu Jost; but ata recent eale of autogrupha fu LParis this futeresting manuscript has boen recovered. Bchumann's ¢ Manfred" was cxecuted in ite cutirety at the Muslcal Festival in Hanover, which fusted from tho 11th to the 23th of May. honle Fantaslque, by Berlloz, the Balnte Ellsabetn,' by Dr, Lisze (con- ls plauoforte con- and his Poemo 8 des works by M Draescke, Schwarwen- expressions on tho n T Twinusy ou tho 1lls blonde faco cepened to poppy hues | hengrin in Chicago, be t uod his eyes became suspiciously mojst. buwed and stood in un embarrusscd attitude for & moment, then turned sudded Wagrner on the cheek, tthe Theatre Fraucals (icorze Nand's fs do Villemer," first produced fn 1864 has been revived. M, Qounod lns promised M. Curvalio for tho Opera Gumique u nuw _work, the librotto of which wiil bo written by MM, Louis Gallet and Polreon, the authors of "Clnq‘unru." ‘The Iay*" » balet by M and mudle by M. Leo Del'bes, whichihad to be withdrawn “Just year in consequonco of Mile. Sanwzwill, tho principal having spralned lier onkle, hus taken ho (rand Opera. MNle, Suuzulli ob- uiied a brillinnt success, do In Parls hasrecontly given thobi plece of * Cendrlllon,' performed by clghty LOGAL MIBCELLANY, Mr, Tomlins, the leader of the Apollo Club, leaves for Englond fu Julyg aud will remaln nly and kissed ) thy orcheatra sud Ger- schit, but the Eniglish purt of the the scene with that wd dirapproval with which Johu Bull ally regards any display of emotion, Lustly, Williclin] came to the [ront Iu responss to nuierous calls pecompanicd by gentle ahov fugga of liis fellow musicluns, aud recelved a fine violinbow. He futlowed Kichter's exanpl o3 o u!rl,‘ I:m. with AT 1HOME, THE SUMMEN-GARDEN CONCERTH, "Thero are 500,000 people, mors or less, ln this city. Of this number, perhaps 6,000 peopls have uttended the summer-night concerts given by the Thomus orchestra at the Exposition Bulld- ing during the post week. know what they sre lJosing? Leaving out of vonsiderution the very pleasant soclal attrac- tion, do the musical peoplo of Chicago under- staud tho richuess and almost Inexhuustible va- rlety of the programmes that have beeu pro- sunted in these soven delihtiul concertst week's repertoire bas been crowded with it elcli assortmient uf music. In overtures wo hayo had those to ** Egmont,” * Willlam ‘P’ Guzza Lodra,” Der Frelschuetz,” @ Athalla," ¥ Merry Wives of Windsor,” 4 Fra Dluvolo,” * Masaulello," “Night In Gren- ada,” % Tuunhuuser,” * Martha,” * Alphouse aud aud * Zampa"; In marches, the * Hakoezky " of Berlioz, the “1. Rat?, the * Coronation® of Sahrbach, the “ Behiller * and % ludlan " of Meyerbeer, tho # Mazoppa " of Liszt, ond the % Fuueral March of the Mariouetta * of Gounud; In opera, sc- Iectfons from * Willlam Tell,"” the ¢ Rigoletto " quartette, the “ Mignon " polonaise, and from in danco musle, the Strauss Boug * Blue “ Vitluge Swal “ Illustratlonen, Miss Jonuis Dutton, one of the most promis- o singers lu Davenport, Ta., will siug at the Church of the Messiuh to-dny, ‘The annual busincss mecting of the Apollo Club occurs to-morrow evenlug, Monday, the 43tn, ot the rooms of the Club, at 8 o'vlock. It ry thatsevery uctive mem- Do the other 461,000 ducted by thy composer), for two instruments hionlque, ¢ Dante,” bes 'chiulkuwskt, Metzdorf, ka, Bulnt-Sacns, and Brousart, were tucluded fn the programme, A New York paper says of the performance of Brignoli's new march by Gilmors's Band: layed tho LIZ Hrignoll's march last night— indeed thuy play it every nizht, f —called *"“Fhe Crossing of the march opens Oncly, with tho thunderingcannonade ppe andthe roar of the musketry and thy bugie-call of thecavalry, and then we hava snatches of Verdl and Meyerbeer in a marc which [s likely to be whistied by a! but s famlilar to opera-gocrd, march there is a®flue ¢ is wbsolutely nev ber should bo present. ‘We have recelved tho programme of a musieal solree, given In Detroit by tho puplls of . A, Auel's plano class aud Mra, B, R B, Carpenter’s voual cluss Jast ‘Tucsday evenlne, Mrs, Carpen- ter’s wany friends fu ths city will be glad to learu of hier musieal successes, Mrs. Regina Watson, the well-known planist, has fesued fu very beautiful forin, as a souvenir, the programmes {aud a ver) they are) of ier fourteen ¢l the past scason, frenzy over his violln! s features aro not reully handsome, Lut his forchead, with the great waves of chestnut hair flowing backward, aund his wonderfully expreasive oyes which glow und deepen whien hic i3 exelted or pleased, would minke him o good fmpersonation of musle {tselr, After these presentations, Wagner, Richter, and Wilbelm§aisappeared together, M. lng preceded them, cunmenced tu py Hooper writes_from Paris to the Phila- We are to have the Opera, the Cumedis Francalse, the Paluls Hoyal, and tho (iymnase all sumumerlon, thiv indetatigable ** el undiminished success, o7 1t 18 & succesw Two scts of uctors have suceumbed to the fathzucs of coutlnual repre- scntation, und & third cast 1s yradually belng But Achard and 8t Germain still re- tain tho parts that ¢ At tho Comedly Fran von with a cust of - exeoptional brifllancy, wefudlug Worms, Crolzetts, and Mudeleine Brobau, Thers was tatic of the pro- bibitlonof *Jeun Duclor*? by the preseut Miulstry o aecount of the fervid “Ropublicanisw of its sentiinents, but as yet no cuibargo has been lald upou {ts performance. Coyuctin, who plays Maubunt, who personutes the Commandant Berthaut, are Loth ardent Repub- llcaus, and so deliver the ficry speechies allotted to thein with wouderful polut ucd encrgy.'! e BEYOND. Henceforth my path slopos downward to the Rrave, The wiue of }ife le out, the cup turned down; Lifu's vontures all o weary burdun prove; My love now turas to thee—tu thee alone. Earih's highost goal 1s overmatcbed by cost D:n L;vl?llz:vs::-lmn. alll pluwmes hur‘guhl:n Wiy ‘Toward Lf:l‘ blest Paradlso wlicra treasurcs lost Aro found imuwortal, past all wstharlnx. There thouand §, O loved and trusting heart, Wil dwoll spart from all the warld bcznldu. Loving euch viber, Dover moro to part - Twmortal buth, thou fuires thau a bride. Tn some pure Kdea of Immanuel's Land, A falrer Pargdise shall lower againg o Love aud Inaucence agali walk band tn Liand, Aud zhere my Eve the sewplee lure T vain. lixe overflowing remurkable rerics u fnss reunlons during The work that haa beco done at theso soirees will tell In the future, sud will add to Mrs, Watson's reputation as a wkillful teacher aud conscicntious musiclan, A Chleago correspondent of the Boston Ulode, per frou this city, vays: “'Fho a puper that has o large clr- culation and 1s ably edited by the musleal eritic ‘The latter assertion is Tho wusieal critic of Tuk Tuisuxe has 1o connection of uny Kind with the Musical ste- ‘The statement deservesn correctivn be- cause it has been made in several other pa) und because it is an dujustice to the real edil 'The Freja Beandinavian Biuglog Society veld its clection of oflicers Just Tucsday cvening. The following geutlemen were clected: fHenry L. Hertz, Presldent; Gustal Nygulst, Viee- President; Lawreuce Hesselrotll, ‘I'rcasurer; August Grinsee, Recording Sveretary; W, Wes- rown, Corresponding Sceretary; Hjalwnar Hopp, Finauvial Seeretary: E. M. brurian; Heury L. Hertz, L. Hesselroth, Nelson, [rusiecs; Jobu L. Tellowship and scl Iny sudfenee left the Hall, Wagner was entertained by the Lon- rikranz at o banquet o holor of his sixty-fourth birthday, wreceding he weat by special invitation to Vindsor, und was received by tho Queen. Two extra concerts, at prices much lower than those of the Festival, are announced for this af- ternoon snd to-morrow uvening, as Wuguer's farewell tu Loudon, The Featival is generally recognized us a comptete suceess, both in of enthusiasm sud of Buavcla) results, During the Just two weeks the old composer hay been observed among the audience st buth opera- the vperlurmance of yiug Dutchinan,” and 4 Lo- hengrio," by the fincet sivgers of our time, What aconfrast between that lust visit of his to I any discouraged genfus i3 tybting fu obscurity with the complexitivs of upon these two pletures n the Tueslsy ndo passage which stralus of the Hus- TITE DRAMA, VARISTIES AND BOWERIES. During tho past woeek there was no theatrical event of lmportance in Chicazo, At McVicker's Theatre, Mr, Tony Pastor’s company of variety actors gumboled through many delighttully cool eveaings, which might havo been hnproved by a higher order of cutortalument. It was almost o pity that Theodore Thomas and Pustor had not exchanged places for the time. The samo rompany will occupy the theatre next week. The Adelphi, on the other hand, which is the custowary bome of variety companles, has been given over toa dramatic performsuce of the Bowery order, the chief actor being Mr. Hu is far above the uverage of actors lu bis depursmeut of the prufessivo, showing Loth a higher degree of uative setive- went and a mbre cxact acquaintance with tbe principles of acting. Thls week the Adelphi will be vecupled by Slavin's “Uuncle fom" Cumblination sud the Georgla Cablu Blogere. The drwustization 15 sald Mr, Goorge Kemble will Awy Slaviu * K, writlng to that Mualeal Review of Tas Tuisunk’ Jean Laclar, ad waltzes ¢ Wine, Womau, ay Dunube,” ¢ Autumu Roses,’ lows,” % New . Vieuna,” *Wieuer Freakon,” aud bis polkas, ¢ Devil's Darnjug Needle,” Jocus,’ * Lob derFruuen," sud * Unter Donner und Blitzen," the * Yor- stadtler™ of Lanner, Rhing ® of Keler Bela, and fu the bigher rank of the music of tho dancs, Weber's * Iuvita- tion to the Dance,” the bullet muslzto ¥ Fera- mors,” Tschalchowaky's * Alr do Ballet," Bul- Y Overture de Halle,” “0On the Beautiful Londun snd thist bis art, let hlm lool TUE OUTCOMB OF TilB CONCERTS, “ And now what do you think of Wagneri™ is o quustion which the public has been vious i uakiug the wusical world who attended al, sud which the Juver of wusicis suy rate, to wsk of blmself. me, be has beard a score of vurylng un- awery from his fllow-listencrs ay welfl as from ¢ I don't like such muslc,” 6aid 8 lively lady ab the clyse of one of the con- up my whole miud to it rally rest my wind be- raround ut the ¢ose Miltou Nobles. Lovers of classical church musle will bave a rare opportunity offered to them to-day. Curistian Beree, onganist of the Jesult Chy will, at the half-past 10 o'clock services thbly wornlug, produce Mozart’s * Twelfth Masa with @ vhorus of seventy-tive volees, aud Miss the soprano, will sing Uouvod's A " accompatied by violiu, quartette b composed of the following siugers: *Phaeton,” * Duuse Macabre,” und “Roult 3;0.};;?“!:"; u the world outslde. Masseret’s “ Se Pittorcsque,” and WL Arleslenue™; dn what . ay be cass Neustedt’s gavotie, Y Souy- eoir de Marla Theresa,” Schulert’s ¥ Ave Ratt's * Evemne cd us miscellancous, personate Unee and Mus Aly GOSSIP FOR LADIES. management, OF Mra, Hayes' abilities one of her classmates nt chiool writes na follows: " Lucy Webh wna a firat-cloas atudent in bot~ any and other atudles, and I have reason Lo re- calt my fecling of mingled annoyance amd admi- ration ns our tencher, Mins Do Forrest, wonld turn from us older rlrlu to Miss Wehb, who rat at tho headof the class, and zet fromn her o clear annlysis of the flower under discussion, or thg correct transposition of some involved line of lmulr . B8mewhat of this nceyracy was dotht- eas (ue to the fact that she had Leen trained In "an Winkle, which, An Amarican Woman's Blast at On Hand." English Women's Dress.’ . 'The Charactor of the President’s Wife --Woman's Rights in a Smok- inp. ' the revere dritl of the O. W. Univeraity, Bho ing-Car remained In the Ladies' College uf m‘fivcmnm until sho completed fta course of sty While et In her teensaha met Hutherford B. layes,who, after his firmhullnn at Grinbler, 0., had opened a law otlles in Clncinnatt, lie Méther ve. Wifo and MotherelneLawees A Wedding that DM Not Take ity aml circua—[s in a Y] wriles of her: My fricnd Jones has {ntroduced The tattoed man and | neee me to many of our city belles, but I do not aco no doubt recefvo a Inrge — any who make me forget the natural gayety LOVE-NOTES. augl attractivencss of Miss Lucy,' 3 Fairas Is a flower In SBummor, *Neath tho sparkling dew: Bo my love for you, aweet malden, Ever will be true. Baftly as tho meck dove cooeth To its gentle mats, ‘Whisper I my eceret loving: angs on thee my fate, Mournful as the leaven in Autnmn When the breczes blow: 8o my lifo will bo horeafter, It you answer *¢ No, " Gny as alng the birda in Springtime, In their joyonsnces: i S0 my life wii be horeafter, 1f you suswer ** Yee," L. A, Osronxa. Gne of her fricnds ¥lvnu theso Interesting ftems: * It was my oo fortunc to be a gucst ot the small am! unpretentious weddlug of Lucy ‘Webb In 1852, The only attendant of the younjz pair was o beautlful “child of 8 years, tho daughter of the bridegroom’s only'slster, A few days ago this same child, now the wile of n istingulshed citizen of Colnmbus, O, sat e side her aunt, Mra. Hayes, acting ouce Imore as her attendant, and looking down upon the sub- llmely simplb ceremonles of the Inauguaration of R. B, layesas President of the United Btates. It has been o marriage of almost ideal happiness, and to overstato the devotion of Mrs. Hayes to her hotne, her husband, and her children, “would Lo nalmost impossible. Tha herofam she displayed in sharing her husband’s arny life Lina been” the theme of many ot ad- miring newspaper reporter, There nre somo fncldents connected with this chapter in her history which would cnliance {ts beauty and Imnrfiulmflul, but they are too sacred for our § en. » Iier charneteristics aro perhaps suffcfently fn- dicated in the foregoing statements, “Bright lovelitess nnd devotion to principle® are given as tha chief.: Mra, Hay2s has been from childhood an car- nest Christian, a member of the Mcthodist Churcl, Hcr unostentatious habits are-well known to our people already. Bince the Re- public was founded ita shoddy element hes never rocelved a miore substantial rebuke than” from the simple costume, gentls homo-Jife, aml uict manners of the present ‘* Lady of tho hite House,” — IN A SMOKING=-CAR, Furminglon (Ninn.) Press, Wowitnessed an amnsing nud rather Instruct- fvo incident last Friday, while on the river train from 8t. Paut to Tlastings. A lady of good proportlons, woll dressed, and of a genteel appearance, came Into the smoking-car, just ns tho truin startod, and was fixing herself in po- sltion, when we ventured to Inform her, *Thia A8 the smoking-car.” “Iknow thatas well as you do, sir,” sha cheenly responded. ** Why, how sclilsh these men are; they never want s lady to enjoy what they do thomselves.’! Of courso wo subslded. Beating herself at her cnse near an open window, the lady at once proceeded to draw from a neat case a8 cl vy which she lighted and puffed away with ev- dent relish, Bhe minded her own' business severely, until a rude customerof the masculine gendor (a little too full_of beer) ventured to take o scat besido ber. But this merely sho did not resent. Iulling out his cigar ho asked the lady for a match, to which she politely respond- cd, and continued her smokiug, pufling fumea neatly out of the window. It was but a minuto or two when the masculin hitched a little near- er and made Inquiry that madame did_not con~ sider quite releyant, when sho ralsed her volee, and in clear and very distinet tonea remarked, *“You are gettlug {importinent, sir. It Is none of your business where I am from or whero Iam going to. Ihave tho sasme right to sit here that vou have, and {f you don't behave yourself [ shall speak to the conductor of your conduct,” She then procecded coolly with her diversion, and that chap got up and dusted. MOTITER V8. WIFE. Itamfiton Bpectator. A novel scenc occurred s the Western traln was leaving the Montreal depot luat evening. It nppears that a marrlago took place four years ago between n young man from a Western clty and a handsomo young lady reslding here. The couple resided ppaccably hera for some timo with the young lady's mother, until tho mother of the young man arrived In town and persuaded him to go homeogain. The wifo and maother-in-law hearing of his contemplated de- parture hastened to the Bonaventure depot just & few minutes before the duparture of the traln, A scone then oecurred.. ‘Lha youug. man wos . fl""'[': held by his mother, ang, notwithstanding all the vilorts of his wilo, ho was unable o move, The conductor-vut an end to the sean- dal by entering the car and ordering those with- out tickets to leave tralu, The young wife was carried from tho ear fafuting, and the traln pro- ccoded with her unfalthful husband ond bls tri- utaphiant mother, AN ADJOURNED WEDDING. A young wman, lving near Bolton, won the heart of an English tnald who worked in a spin- ving-mill. Tho happy dny was sct—May 20 by the calendar—and the bridal processjon formed. At the church gato the temuvter came! Anoc- quaintance whispered to the bridegroom that hy ought to fortify hitnaclf for the solemn cere- mony. The bride pleaded, the bridesmald frowned, tho * best nan swore, but the bride- groum crossed tho street, and drank two glnssea of whisky in o public housc. The brido, i ndlnfi that Lie tarrled, sought him out and summone: him. to tho altar, Hle would not budge. She appealed to her fricoils to drag bim nto the church, Thoy setzed him and carried lim Into tho churchyard, whera he broke loose from them und ran down tho strect with s crowd ut his hicels. They cut his new slik hat into shreds, rolled W iy the dust, and beat him with uine bretlas and boskets, The wedding wus adjourn- ed gine dle. . NO DIVORCE IN VRS, Han Mrancisen Lait's London Letter, It s well known that her Majesty s cruelly severe concorning the rupturs of the marrlago- tle. A certaln American lady, glfted with beau- ty and wealth aud marrled toan Ameri:an of standing, recently managed to obtaln a presen- tutlon to the Queen, not through tho Minlster, but through an English lndy_ of rank whose ac- quaintsuca her wealth and lavieh ontertain- ments had enabled her tomoke. A few doys afterwards the lady of ratik told an inthnnte friend that the Queen had discovered that Lhe American lady wna divorced and her first hus- Lund was still (lving, and sho rebuked the lady seyerely for making thu presentations FEMININE NOTES, Not many women are blackswiths, but most of them can shoo a hien. Tna lato stylo ot marrfage announcements only the names of tho bride ond clergyman ap- pear. As civillzation advauces, the groom be- comes of less and less importauce ou such occos slous, Alawyer and o minister, both Impecunious, boarded with a certuin widow lady at the South End, Boston. Neither could pay his board. The lawyer married tho lone womou, and the minister perforined the cercwuny, thus squaring aeeounts. ' Here is a bit of fashionable intellizence from the Kansas City Zlmes: * The daughter of Ar. Proddy, of Twelfth sgreot, has returned to her fatber's houss from a vislt Easts and O, how many fund sud foullsh boys rejolce over that Proddy gal’s return,” * Charles; dear,” sald 8 lady to hor escort at the Baston Theatre, as the bowitching Almes glauced lnuu!lxmu{y out of the corners of her cyea ot o row of Harvard boys in the orcucstra chinfrs,—+¢ Charles, dear, I'ms afraid she is sayiug mmudxlnw very lmproper. Fiud e the plave fn the libretto, wit you ™ S In the oges when our sncestors were sayagcs tho men wc}t on a lttle abead, tn journvys, to Mr. Frank Mordaunt, " Muxznas Poixt, Wis. ENGLISII WOMEN'S DITESS, Lucy Hooper'a furis Letter to Phlladelphia Telegraph, ‘This ta the scason of the year when the aunual Engllsh invnsion overwhelms Parls with an ariny of blonde misses and stout dowagers, to say nothing of battallon of lanky youths, arrayed in Ulsters of wonderful and dinbolieal phald. Bencath tho sturdy tread of thelr fiat- #oled boots, the asphalt on the boulavards as- sumes & firmer conststency, and tho btreet- paving machine cencos from its labors, . Fear fully and wonderfully clothed are these falr dunghters of Albfon, with a noble dlsrcgard for sultability In color or approprictences in materl- al that Is very touching to sce. Were I ealled upon to fnstruct the world In Englieh fashions for femnale dreas, my lucubrations would run somewhnt fn the following style: The materinl and cut of tho dress for strect-wear fs uot of the slightost lmpurtauce. 1t may be cither an alpaca or a muslin, thelatter proferred. The outdoor wrap may be eclther n cotton-lace shiaw! or a seal-skin sncque. Always be sure to wear your seal-skin with your urgandle dresses, #0 04 to avold cotehing vold, The lace shatwl will do well over s mousscling delnine or an alpaca. lfats nre worn, eithe of the exagger- ated Gnlnsborough type, flercely cocked up” at the side, or clse In shape like nn fnverted wnsh- Laain, and always of the conrsest struw. They Are worn rlnutcd well on the top of the head, or elsa tilted forwnrd #o na to shelter the bridre of the nose. Worn-out riding habits, with tho_supertivous skirt cut oll, will bo very useful to wear when promennding the boule- vards, us will also be any shabby old velvet iuckuu that inay be teft over from last season. f freshoned up with o littlo rusty black cotton Ince, the offect wiil bo all thebotter. - Boots should always be worn at least two sizes too Iarge, and totally without heels. Cotton gloves are very much “worn, and if kid are used care must bu taken in sclecting them to chooss them of o color contrasting finely with the rest of the tollettes thus emerald-green with bright huos, and lght-blue gloves with dark-purple or bright- green, are very usual, ‘The fashionable English colifure may bo described aa primitive—a round kuot behind and flat bandenux in front, plas- tered well down upon the cheeks, I have often wondered why It is that English wolg&n do eo persistently moko “guys?” of thenfselves In the matter of dress, - It must by from n lack of somo sultle Inncr scuse, or clse from a lack of coquetry, or perhaps bokh toggether, but chiefly the former. 1f they can- uot sce the hideousness of their own garb, they wuat bo, not. color-biind, but_clothos-bifnd fn somo way. And many of them might look so retty—the younsg iiris, £ mean—If they only [’rlud. “Theae fresh, folr dumnscls, with ~ thelr llzht comploxions and sunny halr, ougbt to be beuutles, and alas and alas! they are feigchtsl The Venua de Milo arrayed a ' Anglaise would be a dowdy, Ioftenlong to lny violent hands upon,una of thesepeuch-cheeked blondes fn cot- ton gloves and basin-shaped hats, and to try the experhment of having hurdmue& by Worll, collfured by Auguste, aliod by Percliclet, gloved by Bestin, and “bonnotod? by Virot. I siould llke to sce thuso good points of comn- plexton, hair, and teoth inado the most of. But hen-one would have to havea polleeman to luok after la bello Auglnise, and to prevent her from_spolllug the elfect of her get-up by soma startling and fncongruous addition, For they have not the falntest idea of tho cternal fitness of things, A fat old dowoger will go to a ball tn white puffed uslin trimmed with blue rib- bons, and o youn itirl will do the like on snull- colored brocado (these lnstances both camo un- der my own notice), and tha tdea that they were not arrayed in a atyle of perfect clegance and appropriuteness nover crossed thelr braina, Then they will put togetber the uddest and moat {ncongruous mate thoy will trim white muslin with bia hread ‘lace, yellow satin with ruchings of preen tarlatane, amd white tulle with bands of fur, without seclng auything odd fu tho Intermixture, f "hero 18 one reason for all this oddity and Inck of taste, and that Is the unwillingness of auy English man or woman under the suuto acknowledge that ouy *blarsted forelgner? knowa any moro than they do about any sub- *ucl upon the earth. They have no idea, thoy, ree-born Niritiah subjocts, of submitting to the dictation, or of takinie the advice, of uny French milliner or dressmaker, They prefer thelr own home-matle bounets L the dalnty marvels that adorn tho milliners' show-windows ou the Ruc da Ia Paix, and the Muzzleton Brothers of Ox- fonl strect hinve in their cyes twies the tasteand suyfor-faire of Worth or ot Pluget. So they must e’vn bo left to wo un thelr wn{ w]ulclur objects that the very street-boys of Paris will turn to stars at, scarccrows whors thoy might be, inmany instances, perfoct hourla, *¢O thy pity ofsitj thy pu{ ot it, Inzol™ For no moral end {a served by this lack of the esthetis ele- ment., Ugly clotlies vost nonoy us woll as pretty o 1t costa very Mittle niore, It fndeod any, to dress a woman slnply and tastofully than it dous to disgulse her as o duwdy, Lettle here last spring. In at aly’s want of prompt- compan, have a $200 shars in poor investment, but ded by Mile, ‘rhiercsa, n{mnrkut in ¥ Lend Mo Regular Fix,” In the THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE. les Frunces ., Willar.Lin * Our Unlon Prohably there §s o woman in the United Btates 8o enrnestly prayed for and eo much be- loved thls day as Mrs. Rutherford B, Hayes. Dr. Weby, the father of Mrs. Nayes, died when she was an Infant, but any aécount of ter which miakes no roference to her mother is ltke the play of *Ilumlet? with Mamlet left out. When her daughter was about 10 years 0ld, Mrs. Webl determined thut sho would remove to Delaware, 0., with her two sons and her ltle ir), the youngest of the family. The Ohlo Wesleyan Unlveraity had been recently establsbed thero, and was tho moguet which attracted tho suga- clous mother. Bubiequently sho took rooms in the colleze, wnd here for two years Lucy recited with her brothers. 3re. Webb was of the best blgpd f the land, for sho was of Puritan, New Englond aucestry, Her convictions of right and her loyalty to duty had the threcfold futensity of fuhieritance, education, and personal experd- cnce. ‘The Bible was with her Jud, ey jury, and advoeate on all -*umlmu concoruing practical, every-day life, Three letters lle before me from thosu whio wero personally scqualoted with Mra, Webb, This is thelr testiiony: - - % she will u womun of solid worth, rare cous- niou-sense, and a synunctrical Christian charace ter, I am eure, i1 the course of Mrs. Haycs 18 such as to command the respect of the true- hesrted people of our laud, she luherits the abillty to make jt 80 largely as & legacy from her mother,” 5 Anctherletter, from an altogether differcnt uarter, vuploys preciscly the same pbruse as Vaudevilie, Theatre- cns, and the lenalas- M. Jules Dar- The Clrue-Fernan- mll:nt falry- g At the luiter theatre ¥ puraues its course ol have made celebratod, tho “Marquisde Ville- fight the wa¥ through for the women, who tame behind withihe children aud Jugguge. A ‘‘sur- vival” of this ancient custow remaine to tbo present day among tho lower dasses, with whow, when the %mlmml und wifo goauy. where, the husband Walks on about six fuet be- {;Lrb\'. while the wife follows behind nud lugs the Y. . A pegro woinan in Alrleql; walking aloog with her twu children, saw @ hubgry lion spproac ing. She bade tha chlldron run and bide Iy tho bushes. Bbe herself stood still, fixed ber eyes on the low's G shook ber flst at him, aud commenced scolding hiin, 8he scolded fearfully sud coutinuously, still shaking her Ost aud keep- jug her eyvs fixed ou the lou, Aud she seolded su trewendously that at Jength the lion beat & rotreat aud skulked awgy, uctually scolded off. A little girl who sat on the front stepsof & house on Montcalm strect wus msked b strunge girl why she dida't have on a better dress. * Ican wear sllk if I want to,” quictly replied the little one. * Your folks slu't 33 rich a8 them folks over there,” sueered the big one. “Yesweare, aud a good deal richer ‘They was beatiog thelr carpets yesterday, aud we was Leatiog vurs, sud we bad twice os mudt dust oa they did1" “That scttled the big ouc und sbe woved oo, tho lirat: “The mother of Mrs. H:{u was a daldy of rare common , fo which the daughter strongly rosvmbles her,'? A third was this; tiinate vontidences of dully Intercourse she 4 o8 uarded as in the presence of @ multiiude, The xecutive Mansion hus for ita mistress ong who 1ss living exempliticatfn of Christ's Golden Rule. Except In very rure lustunces, when some uet of oporession to the poor or the defenseless outrages her souse of rlrlit, she {8 always thors oughly kind to txpression. I tbiuk thistrait of carefuluess for the feclings of vthers agifs from her wother, who bad o naturs exceedingly greniul sud kind, It isfudecd 8 Dlessed thing fur our muntr{ that such awoman bad the trulnlvg of our Presldent’s wile."” Iwo years at the Oblo Westeyan Unlversity were followed by several yoars of study in thu Cluclanath Wesleyan Femalo Collewe, of which tue Ileve By, uud Mrs. 4% B. Wlbur bad the o B, Camrxns