Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1877, Page 9

"rHI: CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 2, 187/—SIXTEEN PAGES. 9 AMUSEMENTS. - Provincial Pumping of Actors on “The Decline of the Drama.” 3 Prosperous Thanksgiving Week at the Chicago Theatres. ‘MoVicker Will Ring the “Bells " and the Williamsons * Strike 0il" This Week, 3 The Kellogg-Cary Concerts--- The Apollo Club First Concert. Emma Abbott and English Opera on the Way West. The Verdi Requiem in Chicago and Vienna=--More Gre= gorian War. ABOUT THE DRAMA. STEZVIEWERS AND ACTORS. Detroit p at least two of the most in- gustrious Dewspaper interviewers that have erveradorped the crait. [tis amazing, itis 7, to see the pains they take to on natters concerning the drama. One would even go 60 far as to infer uat there was 3 theatre of some kind in that This, however, may turn out to be merely afigure of speceh. It s preity certain that actors do pass through Detroit, and whenever they do they arc sure to be interviewed. 1t was from Detroit that the uews first came that Dion Boucicaul: was “a lone, lorn critter,” and that evervibing was “goin’ comtrary with him.” The Detroit newspaper men probably had heard from Chicago that Mr. Boucicault was a dramatist of some skill, and fmaginivg that this meant s distinguisted person, they Grazged him from the supper- 1atle, crammed with distressful bread, and et Lim fool them with some sentimental stonies. Itis ove of the standiug notices, we believe, iu the newspaper oflices of Detroit—** Interview some actor."" Actors are obliged topass through v to the East or to the West, und oue of their intlictions is to be iuterviewed by reporters cn the subject of the drama. Sometimes it {5, ** Is the drama a blessing or a in which case they will ascertain the views of Oliver Doud Byron, who will tell them 1hat while, intellectually speaking, the modern drama is a fraud, tinancially it is one of the big- grest saps goine on the face of the earth, The Detroit people have heard from afar cer- tain whispers about “the declive of the drama,” just as Enoch Arden in his lonely isle is report- ed to have beard *‘the pealing ot his parish belle® There wasa flavor of novelty in the fugzestion, atd the first actor that came into sizht was pumped on the subject. Chanfrau foand it convenient to stay a night fu Detroit, aud the innocent interviewer went away with ohis note-book full of advertisements of Ait and Mr. Clifton W. Tayleure, Chanfrau’s w vanee agent. In the reported intervi readers of Detroit newspupers will learn, probably for the first time, how “eKit! went like wildfire,”” and, what the actor would like the public to know more than anything concerning its ments, that it vetted him $100,000, esthetic Boston having contribute d $30,000. The iuterviewer, of course, is glad to hear it, and proceeds to en- lighten his readers npon the deterioration of the drama. Then comes the inevitable question, —swhick has nothing to do with the drama, but sverytbing with the purport of the interview,— How about that Milwaukee scandai? The seek- er after information about the drama thus deftly conceals his fell intent: nt’s pause an expression of annoy- srce and vezation clouded the comedian’s frank, wood-nasured face, aud, turning Lo the reporter, he 1 suppose yon have ecen that outrageous libei blishied in u Milwaukee paper concerning Mrs.- Ciaanfran and myseify’ *+Yes, " replied the reporter. And soon. Chaunfrau vanishes fn 2 cloud of adiectives, and makes way for the next. uter Lawrence Barett, the actor of the who condescends to play—who Iy young American dian, - although he commenced his carcer about the same tiwe as Booth did. *No,” says Mr. Barrett to Detroit, “the drama is not on the decline.”” This is said *“very decisively.” Then Barrett shakes upa bag and produces some names which awe the Uetroit reporter— Shakspeare, Corneille, Jannah More, Congrere, Farquahar, Schilier, Kotzebue—and proceeds to 1ell bow he (Barrett) is progressing in the right direction. And this Jeads to a play wiieh Mr. Barrett is playing— Which 1 regard,” says Mr. B., *us the first purcly American comedy vet ucted.”” Here is a delicdoas bit of inter- youy “-Itistrue. 1had solicited him to writemea Tie bronant me the manuscrivt of this com- s to 1t= publication in the Atlantic, and red me the first act. - 1 #aid to bim. *Why, if it is ailux pood as thix, I will actit.’ lle blushed like # schoolboy. and acknowledred that he hud created the role of Burtlsft csoressiy for me, but had reurcely dared to bope that, with his 1gmorance of the minutiz of the staze, he couid produce any- tinng worthy of dramatic representation. 1t isa 1ys-ure you: a most charmiag. delicate drumatic exctch. John' Habberion, author of “Heien's Thab mamed two daye m Indian- aponis last weels 1o see it plaved, and was enrap- tured with it Like other hterary men of toe East, he had been unable 1o believe taat it could be so 3 Howells iz now transuting a me, and Barard Taylor 13 en- ation and adaptation of Schil- .\’ 4 German trigedy almost zrean in its lofty sentiment. which he will in Aanuare, and which 1 bope to produce a1 season.” ke n schoolboy and acknowl- And then the author of 5" was enraptured with it. That ¢ the question as to the merit of e p we. But Mr. Barrett, be it ob- terved, ials not to put in a hint about bis in- tellectual culture—a thing probably that the in- terviewer had absolutely omitted to discover— Ly infurming him that be is writing an art| on Carlott shman for the Galazy. * dere, £axs 1hie reporter in a burst ot awed wonder and euthusizsm— - Here the deep tones of the City Hall bell an- nounced the bour of m;dnignt, and the intervies- er considerately rase to depart. **You can =ay, " suid Mr. Barrett, his eves flash- 1oz and nis whole face lizhting up with enthusiasm, *“that vou found iu me one whose confidence in e integrity and coutinued advancement of the drama uever alters. No, the drama isnotde- clinng: T am sare of that. We arcall sureof that, although the fact can be stated temperately, without any lighting up of the whole face or eyes flashing with en- tausiasim. No, the dramais going to suryive in spite of Darrett. Mr. Barrett may fade away, the Detroit press itelf grow dim with ase, i nature siuk in years, but it shall flour- imnortal legs, unburt amid the war of n, the wreek of reoutatious, and the @rush of playwright: IIOME THEATRICALS. LAST WEEK. “The Danites” at the Adelphi has been what *0ld ¥el”” would calt *‘the most pronounced guceess,” if one may estimate success from 2 vurely financial point of view. Mr. Rankin and his party have achieved here a most emphatic popular triumph, having plaved probably to the larsest audiences the theatre bas con- 1ained since the opening. This was partly due to the circumstance that it happened duriug the week of Thanksgiving, but it was also due to the more important circumstance that the pab- e were pleased with the performance. Mr. Williameon’s ¢ Struck OH ¥ has been steadily gaining in public favor during theweels, the audiences having increased in bulk every evening. There may be many opivions as to the merit of the play, which is of a somewhat eclecticcharacter, but there can be but one upin- ion about the performance of it, and the per- formance,. singularly enoush, 15 such as to dwarf, ina measure, the merit of the picce jt- eelf. Miss Magpie Moore is comparatively new 13 the Eastern stage, and she is a delightul quisition. Her acting s alive with nocent merriment, and thereis an abundance of animal spirits in her that difuses zood humor throush the house whenever she in- appears. Mr. Williamson is an actor longr ago distinguished for bis ability to iuterpret what 1s techuically known 35 cecentric character. In hiis rendering of the zoud-humored, droll Dutch- won, be is faihful to the truth, und surpi the gudience in the clusing scencs by his pow 1ul detineation of the forlorn madman. Tie acting is better than the play, and yet the play has been found to be pleasing to that I ot peuglu who do not paw thing beyond the temporary deiient derive from the simulstion of woe'or of wirth. The :‘}cclgnmsous are to remain with us for another At McVicker’s Theatre “Lillian *” has run its appoiuted course, and has given uumingled- Pleasure to the audiences. THIS WEEK. The Williamsons in * Struck Oil” will be the feature of the week at Hooley’s. Oliver Doud Byron comes to the Adelphi on Monday evening with his well-known drama, “Across the Continent.” The rebearsals of ¢ Belshazzar's Feast,” which Ssvm be given at the New Chicazo Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday nest for thé benefit of avery deserving churity, are progressing tinely, and the actors are besinning to woik' well together. The Grace Citrch choir, consisting of Mrs, T. E. Stacev, Mrs. Frank G. Hall, Mr. Letler, and Mr. Kuorr, hav offered their services, and will sing a quartetee, duet, and several solos. A large attendance is looiied for on buth occusions. Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson has nearly con~ cluded ber course of iectures at Methodi: Church Block. During the past wi of the English bultmi and song w sixteenth” and sevent g sketehes of rare Ben Jonson, daiuty Suckli Peel, Greene, and_ othe: M forzotten, vet, wheu sweet and blussom in_ the . Tins foliowed, on Friday, by au ac count of the great lin¢ of ~pocts be- tween the times of Suakspeare and John Milton. Next Tuesday eveniug, an_uccount of he principal prose and verse writers of the reigu of Queen Anne, constituting what is Lkuown asths Augustan Awe in literature, will given. On Friday, Dec. 7, the Englsh Novel- s of the Eighiventh Century will be dis- cussed. t McVicker's Theatre “The Bells,” in which Irving, the grest English actor, acbieved so brilliant a reputation, is to be produced to-mor- row evening. It will be supplemented by @ spicy comedictta, “LUve Written lHome,” w Rolaud Reed, Lee, Ri nd Gerdldine Maye wi As this is the first production of *The Buil here, we append the cast: 0 cunsider . Chirton Notary. Margaret. ine May Jeanne.. “ora Tann The indefatigable Detroit reporter captured Bronson ilowsrd snd made him utteran em- on of praise about MeV s management. - Mr. Howard writes as follows to Mr. McVicker concerning the matter: DeTsorr, 50, 1877.—My Dear McVicker: On my way bere from Chicaz £ met the Detroft Free Press on the train with 1he inclos giving my views of your production of han. Tneed not teli you that 1am willing and = bave them thus made puolic. 1 cer press myself in the munner hera s glad 10 repeat the same opinion Lo You over miy own siznature. g faction to you perhzps 10k complighed the miracle of managerial ari— the suthor. 1f you do met succeed with your present company and Your present scenic artists in establishing s self-dévendent th in Chicago, and in making that city what it ouzht to be, oae of the great dramatic cenires of the country, it will be because the Cnicazoans. pubhe and press, are utterly indiflerent to the subject. 1 nave ju ceived a letter from Mr. Pa of the Square, speaking your etort: 1o McVicker's apon so good and i, as 1did so warmly in perse ful attention to my friend ** Lilh: If nothing else, it will be admirabic cust of actors with v rounded her, I remain smeerely your Box triend N Howanp. STAGE ' MARY ANDERSON. The New York critics have apparently been so dazzled, or dazed, with Miss Mary Anderson that they are unable to speak their mmd. Is difficult to make out from their vaguee uties ances what they think of her Evadue. They o for poor dead and gone Suiel with a wili, Loss Dis play in a blanket, and thea stamp upon it in exuberant raze. The ferald goes Into it in a historical spirit, and leaves littie to say about the actress beyond the questionable statement that “her manners 2ad methods are gracetal, and often stately, but the iwship to real grandeur is remote. . . She preserves stateliness of tragedy from the trivialities of colloguialism. . . . Itis charming frequent: Ir. it interests alwa it thnills (Wouldn't thi last plirase T well: It is charmingly frequen interestingly alw it is il uever? The Tribune also evades Miss son by devoting some neat roundabont writing o a satirical account of tne s and then gives the actress this bit of con ~Th ling is not the majestic cedar, but growln come: with yeu ‘This is indistinct. if fine. Sap- ling s a ¢ phrase,” and Miss Anderson should uos tolerate it Jor a moment. Old play- writers use it frequently iu # guestionsble way, ) Stie | iton supli and he like a clinging vin Or in Pericles Lodite O 1y’ Wacre an aucient date ot dubi- 0US TpULE SuyS 1O i Youngueoplyte: ¢ Marry, whip thee, gostin: Tuunk Ishall have thinz to do with vou. Come, you arc a youn, foolish sapling, and must be bowed would Dbave you?!” he Word comes out by i blaze of enthusiasm, and say: That she Jove n the old-1ashi heroie sihoul there can be no denial, and that she belo to the Raenel school of acting will no doubt be amply demon- strated after her return {rom Paris, When New orkers will no doubt do justive to u second There may be a zood deal of supling criticisi in that. NEW YORK NOTES. The Midgets, the smallest people in the world, are among the latest New York at- tractions. & Before his departure from this country, Mr. Farjeon, the English novelist, will vrobably read in public selections from his best works. 0. J. Byron's new mag: ALirth, is not meeting with much success, aitionz it. num- bers ou its of contributors such 1 Blanchard, Reece, Albery, Guvert, and Ros: d her engagement at the ze of Zlory with a large au- the erad varazraphi Presume she was called betore the curiain, and, in a blaze ot gratitude, dashed intotheorchestra circle und embraced everybody, after puiting her foot into the bass fiudle. In the Divoree Court, London, Sir R. J. Phil- fimore has pronounced a decree Nisi, Wwith costs, in the suit of Thomas vs. Thomas, the plaintiff being the wife of the well known comic vocal- istand actor, Mr. Linzard, whom she accused of a bigamous warriage and cohabitation Wwith Alice Dunning. Kate Claxton has only escaped one kind of persceution to become”the victim of another equully distressina. Some time ago she wis burning up_theatres; now she is marrying Charles A. Stevenson. She has been united in wedlock to this youug man about fifty times a week for the past two montbs, and as often dis- upited. For goodness sake let us get at the bottom facts in this mysterious ailair. The New York Tribune authoritatively declares that she is not married to C. A. S. Inreply to a noie from her attorney she denied thai there had been any marriage. She said she did not at present contemplate such a step.—certaialy not While traveliug professionally. Suc hac her divorce and her child, and did not intend. to enter into avy new relations while she was _ab- sent from home. Now, please let Miss Claxton alone. STAGE MISCELLANT. Effie Ellsler has won high praise for heracting in support of Edwin Booth. George Rignold says that his audiences in _Boston were the coldest he has played before | this season. But he likes Boston, “it is so Euglish.?” Jo Murphy is baving another drama prepared for him by Fred Marsden, author of “Kerry Gow.” Mr. Thomas R. Meagher, son of the great Irish patriot, has taken to the staze, andin a quiet way is winning the laurel, Bijou Heron has almost resolved to o to her father, Robert Stocpel, in London, after the close of hier present engagement. The new spectacular and musical picee, on which Messrs. J. Cocever Goodwin, Joseph Bradford, and Jon Braham are at work, will probably be produced at the Boston Globe Dec. 24 - Mr. Maurice Grau s going to play Mr. John McCullough tor five weeks through the Middle States, commencing to-morrow i Newark, N. J. Alr. McCullough has just completed a suc- cessful Southern trip. The *Two Orphans ™ is heing- revived in Boston, and the Herald devotes wbout half column to its annunciation, beginning, * it is fulf of stirring ineident and strong _situations, and abounds in lines,” et We have heard something sounding like this before, but it is very likely Boston never heard of * The Two Orphans il now. untr) the Courad brothers, clowns. and their comicul performauce, one pretended to be dead, while the othier cumbled him about.. They recenity weut. to Germany. The Londun Fra contains the fol- lowmer: “One evening the elder Conrad fell to the ground after a pretended blow, and was turned and returned, as usual. His arms and lers were jerked, he was struck and Kic drazeed, but preserved a steady imp: ¥ Sndgenly an expression of distress could he noticed through the grotesquely painted linea- ments of s brother, who hostily dropped on his knees and pliced his band upon the heart of the inanimate clown, exclaiming. My pour brother is dead!’ Al this the audience ouly laugted. * Gentlemen,’ sad the distressed s, with tears in his voice, 1 assure you that he is dead.’ Then, taking him tenderly in his arw hie bore him from the arena. The crowd ¢ i atural maner in which and applauded ried. There were loud encores for buth, but neiier presented himself, Death had been wore thoroughly simulated than ever betore.” mazer 1. Macauley, of Cincinnati and Louis- ville, has lately oeen refieving his mind of a pre ure of hara thoughts asunt grasping, pirat woltsit stars, and lits opinions” on the present de- o theatrical outivok, and his remarks got into_print. Macauley says at the outset that *~it 15 upon the high-priced ‘stars that we (the man- nsers) make onr money,” and then he oes into wholesale abuse of the hish-priced stars for Wi vir demands. Tle. s particalasly severe ugon Jetferson_und Boucicault for wauting all and leaving the manager none. e s down upon the New York piaywrights who keep their piars m thicirown hands und ehjoin the provincial h e is wroth w comntry, harv manauers from producing them: the combu injuring the profe: dennncintions of the’ varjety nd he is cvidently very mad that he et all the high-priced stars 10 keep his 0w point. He rding to an The press comes 1d busines. The w for o suare of his papers tell tov many things about the actors and fae stage to 30l this manazer. The public knows eversthing, and the ilusions of the stage are Qestroyed. There IS mo romance in the actors' world now. It is all paint, and o, and trick, and the people know i, ;o0 any of them are colng it as amateurs. The old lind between the profession and the public is swept away, and 07y fas departed from the realm of sock und n.” These are cer Macauley's views of the theatrical situstion. Lie i trving to pull i s seasou, but if the worst comes he suys voud boekbinder. FOREIGN NOTLS. Mr. Gilbert’s new play, ** Engaged,” which looked upon as a faiture, is said to be filling & It is very grown inito suet startling diuension: The Lonaon correspondent of a New York paper says: * Mr. Charles Matthews was so ill on the stage in a provincial tneatre » few weeks a0 that the curtain had to o down m the niidst of an act. The first time this happened, some months since, Mr. Matchews replied to the symparketic paragraphs of the pre jeering statement’ charactenizing the cvent as erossly exagecrated. 1is now publicly stated tuat the veteran actor really contemplates re- 1 from the stage at the end of the year.” The dead-hiead system is reaching even more startling dimensions in England than bhere, wire the phrase originated.” Suys the corre- spondent of a London paper: “One night 1 week Lwas at tie Aquarinm Theatre. I ome of our most Tespeeted Bishops going in with a party of ladics, and was proceeding 10 express to the manaver my eratification that soule members of the Church were courare and support the stawe. *Encourage and support be hanged,’ said the impressario; “tie old begzar cawme in with an order. shall have Lords Spiritual i mas boxes. and venerable Tos preb ls.? Mile. Titiens will was proved in the London Court of Probate ou Oct. 25, and Its contents will sct many rumors at rest. The prima donua died worth £16,000 in hard cash, besides other und frechold property, which will swell Itoa far larger figare. The whole of mutiey hus been left v her famils, with the ception of 1o £100 T s Markby ana G We M 3 brother, Herr Pt for life, and after death to his childr J0 is left to her cr, Mrs, Bell: £300 to her cousin, Frau smoller; 0 to her sister, Frau Krulsj her furniture and plate, her valuable jewels, s, and carriages o her nicees, Frau® Tem Kruls and Signora Bevienaus, and her free- ‘rau Kruls, for life, and alter 500 2ets understood to bave refused to if one were offered him. MUSIC. THE WEER WIICH HAS JUST CLOSED, although following upon the coutinuous weeks of opera and concerts, has fully kept up. with them in musical interest growing out of concerts and musical excitements caused by the rivalries of 1wo prominent sougstresses, which have found their way into print, through their prochivity to talk as well as to sing, though neither do the former as well as the latter. can agree upon the construc- tion of the iti cadenza, upon the proper temperatare of sleeping-cars, upon the owner- tain songs which belonz to neither, Crosvy’s managerial abilitics, upon other’s positions as urtists, upon cach Mr. Strakosch’s coutracts, or anything clse, ex- cept. that there is no quarref befween tnew, the concerts have been none the less it on that account. The great- pub- cares very lictle about the small battles of artists behind tie scenes, so long as they do ats. ‘They may even r, make up faces, and cail each other “hateful things,” o long as they appear amiable on the stage and siug their best. For- tupately, on this occasion, the animosities of the week Impetled both to give us their very best efforts, and it mav be said = tbat neither Cary nor Miss Kellooyr ever sang better before. Taey were making a very foud bid for popular favor, and thus the thousands who went to that huze hole in the ground so ubsurdly called the Tabernacle, not only got theirmoney’s worth, but considerably more, by the well-known contidence zame of encoring. To be sure we had nothing but the show picces which have been suugrall to tatters,and poor Mr. Pease might as well bave plaved a jewsharp as a piuno, but the audiences were big, and as as they were big, and they were as comfort- pretended able as if they were in upholstered arm-chairs instead of hard-pottomed seats, and in a brill- jantly decorsted opera-house instead of the cellar consecrated by Moody, and some day to be devoted to Mammon. If these concerts have proved anything at all, it is that this Taberna- cle, notwithstanding Sankey’s song victories and the good texts so liberally scattered about, isno fit, place for a concert given to civilized beings, and it is sincerely to be hoped, for the sake of musical enjoyment, that the owners of it will hereafter refuse to allow it to'be used for secu- lar purposes, so far as they are connected with music. The troupe will shortly leave for the East to complete its concert season, which ends. about the middle of January, when, reinforced by Rosnati, a robust teuor from Australia, who is destined to make o sensation, and Marie Roze, universally conceded to be one of the best ° mezzo-sopramos in Eu- rope, it will commence its season of opera, returning here fn February. By that time, it is to be hoped that. Kellogs’s and Cary's, little differences will be adjusted, as both to- gether may be put to their trumps to maintain their popularity by the side of Marie Roze, who is not only a beaufiful woman, buta great singer, pon whose shoulders thehantle of the lamented Titicns has taflen. . Another plensant feature of the week has Deen the performance of the Manzoni Requiem by the Beethoven Society. We have already recorded our impressions of the performance 50 fully that there is_no need, perbaps, to eay any- thing more in detail at present. Upon the whole, 1t was un_exceedingly creditable per- formanee, the quartette being decidedly stronger than that of last year, and the chorus showing manifest improvement, especiully in the tenors. The geumeral e¢ffcet was un- doubtedly lesseued by the orchestra, which was at times too powerful for the voices, but this mizht be obviuted if the staze would allow of throwing the orchestra more in the centre or even to the rear of the singers, Now that the chorus has become aceustomed to the orchestra, we may exvect a still better perform- ance next Tuesday evening, when the Requiem will be repeated in the same hall. _Those who have nov yet heard this majestic Mass should not fail to do so, espeeially as the opportunity may not soon occur again of hearimy it with cction the following ct from a leif tten from Vienua by a Hensel to the New York Zome Journat give sume idea of its recent performance in nna. She sa; This evening Verdl's **Requiem * was given at the lmperial Gpera. Tite *oloists were Frau Marie Wilt, Fraulcin Trémel, Herr Waiter, and Herr citaneky, mided by the Music Vercin, The cut- on what scamed & large Ruttersaal, hung zon satin, and liehted by 4 superb chandelier of erystal. Oreniestra and chorus were grouned on cither side of the in formof a horseshoc. “The strinzed instruiments and cornets on the right of the etage, the chorus on the left, while a few trumpets were grouped vebind the tenors on _the extreme left, The ladies were ll dressed in white with loug bigek veils; the altos were seated o3 the curtain _rose, but _the sopranos enterinzto take their places in front gave very graceful effect. After thiey were all veated the stage looked s if @ silver and cbony horseshoe had bien pluced on a Bill of crimson velvet, only the horseshoe was b which the catmne fors oottizhts. uiem, "' the wuy at the re: soloist, follow ward 10 their velvet fualeunils by ¢ Recoraure Lacrsmosa ™ pleased the Hoki v, but the trumpet in e far from well plased. Fraulein Tremel bus u very flue con- tralto, and 1 never heard **Recordare™ better rendered.. But the gem of the evening was the **Domine Jesu.” Each arfuste scemed siriving to blend her voice with the other. while bass and tenor gave the just measure their parts required. JUwas Ot a contest, as is 100 often the case in tome American concert-rooms, where the singers do their vest i their own tne, und the four parts are distinctly and separately heard. Oh, no, it was *ta perfect whole,” un even volume of *ofnd thit filed the bouse with {1y exquisite harmony. TUE APOLLO CLUB'S CONCERT. “The Apollo Club will give their first concert for the season of 157778 on Thursday evening, Dee. 6, at McCormick Hall. and it promises to be one of the most enjovable ever given by this favorite Society. Miss Ita Welsh, who makes ber debut before a Chicago sudience, comes to us from Boston, preceded by very flattering notices from the Eastern papers. She is a .. Hatton Niedermeyer mezzo-soprano, and is said to be winsome in voice and manner. Mme. Teresa Carreno, having already established her repatation as a piauist, needs no commendation. As to the sinzing of the Club, the rehearsals show that they were never in better condition. The first tenors, hitherto the wewk spot. have been strengthened, and the balance of the parts is now excellent. The programme will be as fol- lows: Parie Song. Romunce from ** Murie & _Mies Ua Welsh. 5 3. **TheNightis Clondlessand Serene ™. Schubert [Solo by C. T. Hurnes.] +. Ballade in G m ..Chopin me. 5. **On the Water" . eteses sesAbL (Solo by Miss Weish, ] ©. Double chorus froxs ** Gdipus ut Colonos en What Care 1 llow Fair She e Slumenthal 8. Faust fantasi Liszt e 9. **Nazaretn” . .Gounod {Solo by G. 1L, Broderic] ¢0 sanclisswa Virgine ... .. Giordiani 1Thought to Be Your Briae . o --... Blumenthal K Jta Welsh. 11, ““Vinum Hungs-icusa ™ ... Rubinstein We are requested’ by the manazement to say shect of reserved seats will be open ot ing AL So'clock at the Chicago Music Store, 152 State strect. The ceeuring of Scats by the Club is & departure trom their previous custom and Las wisely been decided upon at the urgeat request of their patrons aud for the acconmolation es; Iy of those living at a distance who are limited for time. That no one may be needlessly discommoded thereby, the seats will be reserved onty 1l tue doors close at S o’clock, during the singing of the tirst number, after whict time all seats not taken will beopen toany oue. Itisuot the intentiou of the Club to license auy person to come straggling in at any time after the con- and claim certain cert commentes any seat, disturbing every one in their vicin- ity. A strong force of ushers will be on hand, but as it is impossible to seat so large an audience ina few minutes, nily can are desired to come v ceilent carriaze regulations atwereadopted withsuch completesuceess last in put in force this season. All ¢ aud take up their passengers t eutrance. Arrangements have been made to brilliautly illumninate the street ab the close of cach cotcert. Any of the subseribineg members who have not received ther tickets can do o at once, Ly apuiying per- Iy or by mail to the Secretary, Mr. William £, at the rooms of the Club in the American press Building, 76 Monroe street. Any asso- ate member desiring an extra ticket (for the scazon) can obtain it by applying to the Secre- tary before the tirst concert. THE AGBOTT CONCERTS. It is apparent that Mr. Carpenter intends to wake the Abbott concerts, announced for a week from Monday and Tucsday, take a promi- nent place among the musical events which are crowding so thick and fast upon us. Since add- ing the Original Swedish Quartette and Mr. Allen to the company, as previously announced , hehas, during the past week, ereatly strengthens ed the already powerful combination by securing Mme, Rive-King, the engagement hoving been concluded yesterd: This makes the combina~ tion alnost a phenomenal one in its popular teatures, as it includes among its vocalists the prima donna Miss Abbott, who, whatever her otlier attractions, enjoys an unbounded popu- larity with the geucral pubiic. The Origiuai Swedish Quartette, who then make their debut in the West after u triumphant tour through the East with Thamas; Mr. Stay: the werl- known English tenor: and Ferranti, the inimit- able bafo-baritone; wiule the compan: ceptionally strony i iustrumental 1w pianists, Mme. Kive-King and Herr tire Ratter of whom makes bis debut on @ casion, while the former is o well known to need an mtroduction; Mr. C. N. Allen, tae solo violimst, late with . the Mendelssobn Quintette Club; and the eyer-pop Arbuckle. The sale of seats begins Thursday moraing at Root & Sons’, and with the attractions enumerated above there is littie doubt that it will be large. E Il OPLRA. The Hess Enalish opera company will com- ‘mence their scason a week from next Mondayat Hooley's with- “’The Chimes of Normandy.” The company as reorganized includes Miss Emelie Meclyille, MIl Mrs, Zelda Seguin, Miss Louisa Searle, Mr. William Castle, Mr. C. L. Terner, Mr. J. J. Benitz, Mr. Henry Pea egain, sod Mr, C. H. Moiton. THE GREGORIAN WAR. Parishioner? is evidently determined not to Dl put down by the formidable array of Grego- riins who assailed him last Sabbath, for he writes in reply as follows: To the Editor of The Tribune. , Nov. 30 —When writing my commu- of the 17th on the wusic of the Loly Name Catbedral, T had no dea of starting a +* Gregorian war, ™ or of being called uponto lead in the de- fende of the musicians, priests, und Iaity of the Catholic Church tie world over, and_especially of such musical contres us Italy 'and Germany, for their willful nexieet for centuries past of Gre.forian music. My ovject wasto_ direct attention to the music at the Holy Name with the hope of sceing It ed, reformed, changed 1n_uny way so as to it acceptable, 1 have beard it spoken of very often by maay of the members of the conzrezution at differcut times, and the frst to speuk 1n terms of approval is the aistinzuished director of the catbedral choir_in his jetter 0 TaE TRIBUNE of last Sundey. Dy the way, the aforesald letter bears a very striking resemblance to a long article (apparently editorial) which 8ppeared in the Chi- cao Times about the time of the dedication of the cathedral, or the Christmas following that event, Jauding Ceecilian_music to_tae ekies. As an ad- vertisement for the ssle and introduction of the staff be could mot have written anytbing better. Is it pot strange, then, that two years lLave ‘elapsed and not a convert is made in this great city of Chicago? Two such letters s Ar. Allen’s shonld convervagation. Is It possible that weareno bettor judges of masic than those poor tenighted Italians and Germans? Has this *-lamentable downfall of Catholic music™ (Mr. Mneller in his accompani- ment to Mr. Allen'yletter, 88yiog he had traveled six montbs fn Italy and found Gregorian masic was rarcly to be heard, and the referring to what he did hear, speaks of it as o lamentable downtall in Catholic music, reminds one of the juryman who called the other eleven jurors jackasses because they conld not agree witn him) extended to Chi- cagoy 1t looks mach like it, when not even tac Jesuits, the admitted teaders in everything Catho- Iic, with their thirty-thousand-coliur organ and gevéral eminent composers and muwsicians among their number, and their well-known respect for the *commands and recommendations ™ of the Church, foll to recognize the danger thewr people are in from listeninz to the **shallow, stupid, socl- sickening stuil written by Mercadunte, Lambillot, Mozart, Haydn, Rossini, and similar compositions. ™ Hoxw modest you ure, Mr. Slueller, to refer to your- self as 0 musician and m the e breath speak as avove quoted? You must have been elevated to the Aeventh heaven whilst listenin 1o the *+0 bos Ouwmes™ and *-Bonum Est,” by Witr, sunzat the orgun opening concert by that sclect choir from Milwaukee and airected by the President of the Cuwcllis Versin. That was fine, was {t not! No fine, that many of the_andience laughed outright, and many left the church, aud no doubt more would have followed, but, us Catholics should. they waited for the benediction_ (the priest and acolytes entering about that time). The antiquity of Gregorian (mot Cucilian) music i3 admitted, but, like many unworthy institutions of its time, bas’ fallen futo disnse except in churches where m.(l!IChIl\a' competent to perform the higher class ©of musie are not to be had. Quite frequently the chofee 3 left with the choir directors, and s times these directors have more sense than skill, and sclect that class of music most adapted Lo their capacity, Surely, this *preat and glorious move- ment going on all over the world,™ this **gixth epoch™* of Gregorian music i working wouders. It issung in one church in Chicago, once evers Sunday.and it xeems to me that the effect upon the uttendance is not such as to encourure its adootion by other churches. A PARSUIONER. LOCAL MISCELLANY. Chicago leads in mmsical enterprise.—XNew York Herald. Just found that out? Mr. 8. G. Pratt, so. well known in our local musical circles, is now traveling with the ‘Thursby concert troupe as £olo pianist. The Chanucca Festival will be celebrated by a vocal and iustrumental concert at the Temple of the Sinai Congregation on Thursdav evening, Dee. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Falk, Mr. Frank Bowen, Ar. Emil Wollf, violinist, and others, will The thirtecnth public matinee of the Hershey Schoul will take place uext Wednesday after- noun at 3 o'clo Among the numbers to be gven by the pupils on this_occasion may be imentioned three Becthoven Sonatas, the recita- tive and “Prayer” from ‘*Der Freischutz,” Handel’s aria ** Lascia c’io piauga,” and a vo- cal urio for soprano und two altos. The programme for the reular Turner-Hall concert this_afternoon_will mclude Faust’s Torchlight Procession Polonaise 5 Reissiger’s “Rockmill Overture?; Strauss’ “ Life’s En- joyments Concert WaltZ *'; overture 1 Mendels- solin’s Ruy Blas?; Weber's *Invitation tothe Dauce 5 the scherzo trom Mendefssobn’s “Scotch Symphbony”: Luesch’s medley of Americanairs ; Lumbege’s “Visions in s Dream” ; finale to “Maritana ”; and Strauss’ quadrille *‘German Songs.t Mine. Rive-King’s piano recitals will be given at” Hershey all ou 3londay evening, Jan. 7, ‘Thursday evening, Jan. 10, Friday evening, Jan, 11, Saturday afternoou, Jen. 1% and Monday evening, Jan. 14, Upon tiese occasions Mme. King will be assisted by Miss Abbie Whinnery, of Boston, Mrs. Clara D. Stacy, Mr. W, P. Tyr- rell, of Cincinuati, and Mr. 1i.C. Season tickets for the five recitals, witn reserved seats, hiave heen fixed at the reasouable price of 38, and will be placed on_sale sbortly at Root & Sons’ music store until Jan. 1. After that time single seats will be sold. We have received from Arthur P. Schmidt. of Boston, Mass., the fotlowing new music, which is of unusual excellence as comnpared with the average musical publications of the day: Hymn Anthem. “Oh! Tell Me, Thou Life aud’ Dalight of My Soul armunged " for tenor solo, tenor and bass chous, and fail chorus, by IL M. Duuham; four songs— 0, Tleart, My leart,” % Up to Her Chamber Win- dow,” At Rest,” and “ At Last,’—by Hen- ehaw Daua (the last 1wo_written for Adefaide Phillins); * The Munnuriag Wind,” writtea for Clara Doria, by Vincenzo Civillo: aad an_* Im- Gromptu,” for an organ, by Charles R. Ford. The Choral Union gives its first concert of the series Dee. 20 in the Tnion Park Congre: tional Church., We understand that Mr. Robert Goldbeck has writlen a part-souz expressly for this Society, whien will be sung at the secoud or third concert of this season. Mr. Goldbeek was engazed with Mr. Blackman in Dr. Root’s Normal, at Warren, O., in July last, and it is enid that the singing of tbat school, under Mr. * Bluckman’s direetion, induced Mr. Goldbeck to writea song for Mr, B.'s society in this city, He may tecl congratulated that this talentéd usician should intrust to him onc of his vocal . The songis u very brilliant. sprinz We have already referred to the Saccessful debut of the younz American smger Mile. Litta Von Elsner) in Puri: he Uau.ow, which is gencrally supposed to dislike Amcricans, admits that she Las a great future in store for her. The Figaro likewize pays ber a warm trib- ute for handsome vocalization and **a seli- possession unprecedented i an artiste who never before appeared in any theairc.” The Journale adds that Mwe. LatGrange bas reason to be proud of hier pupil. How many times has Chlicago harbored anzels unawares ¢ This same Maric Von Elsner sang here in Chicazo ten Fears ago, but ouly & fei thought she wouid be 1 great prima donia. The next reunion of the Chicago Musical Col- tege will take place on Monday evenil 3 with o very pleisant programme. It clude Goitschalk’s *Radieuse,” for_piano, by the Misses Kittie Richards and Jenpie Malone; Chopin's Nocturne, op. 15, No. 2, and_ Rall’s Taraptella, by Miss_Zulu Goodman;_daydn's Canzonetta, My _Mother Bids Me Bind Yluir,” bydiss Emma Marston; Sehubert’s \lomens Musicals,” by ) Blackman: Gottschali’s transceription of the *¢ Miserere ™ Srom Trovatore,” by Miss Awnes Kuotts Verdl's duet, * What Mountains,” by Miss Lansden and Mr. Bogue; Wailenhaupt’s * Ma- zurka Fantastique,” by Miss_Miunie Johuson; and readings, by Prof. A. M. Soper. Last Wednesday afternoon thesceond of the series of fortnightly muttaces wus given at the Tesidence of Mre Rezina Watson. The pro- aramme perforimed by the pupils was a very re- inarkable ove, as will be seen by the following numbers: Hoffmais Nachkloenge,” Ly Miss Spaulding; Chapizi waltzes, ops. 64 and 34, by Mrs. Barbour; the alicsro and audante of Beethoven's **Pastoral Souatd,” by Miss Lunt; Cinopin’s Nocturne, up. 4, by Saint-Saens’ * Paraphrase Mandolenater,” by «duer; Liszt’s utille for two pia by Miss Root aud Mrs. Watson; Beetliov overture to **The Cousceration of the House,” Dy Miss Lunt, Mrs. Garduer, Nirs. Watson, aud Mré, Barbours and the Mozart Souata o G ‘major, by Miss Scheffel. MUSICAL GOSSIF. Theodore Thomas gave the first of the Phil- ‘harmonic coucerts in New York a week ago’la night to one of the Jargest audiences that So- ciety has ever had. The leading numbers of the programme were Beethoven's * Pastoral Sym- puony,” Schumann’s ** Manfred ' music, and Liszt’s © Mazeppa.” The second coneert took place last cvening, the programme including Mozart’s symphony in E flat, and Schumann’s mphony in D minor, No. . Mr, Mills played at the first concert, und Miss Mathilda Wilde, late of the Fryer-apphenicim troupe, who quit it in Cincinnati, ¢ last coveningz. Emuta Abbott was at Rock Istand on thie 2sth, Bloomiugton on the 2Uth, Galesbure Jast cvéning, and will sing in Milwaukee ext Thursday evening. The Baruabee troupe w: in LaCrosse on the 26th, Winony on_ the and’ St. Paul on the fst, The Swedish L 2d Aptommas are giving concercs in Wisc Ao Oates is in Pittsburg. The Thursbv concert troupe was in Wasninuton on the 25th Sod 27th, aud n Philadelphia on the 30ih. Aimee cotmences a week’s season in New York to-morrow evening. The Mendelssobu Quin- tette Club played in Cincinnati last eveniug. Caroline Richings and, ber troupe are still in Orezon. The Hess onera troupe has been doing Indiana during the past week. MUSICAL NOTES. In St. Petersburg it is said that the Czar will at once order the immediate termination of the present [talian opera season. Daring s holiday, Liszt has finished his ora- torio of “St. Clristoforo,” and has written notes to the great trilogy of Richard Wagner, «The Nibelungen.” Miss Clara Nickels, of Boston, who has been studying musie fn Italy, has been engaged by Carl Rosa to sing iu Euglish opera in Loudon and throughout Great Britain. The talent of the Frenchman, Saint-Saens, havinz compelled Tecognition in the concert- rooms of Germany, now aspires to the stage. ‘His opera, * Delilah,” was booked in Weimar for Nov. 17. e Leipsic, bas published four new wnsrcl?sfll.;yhkubingtcib, iz, Sextet for strings, op. 97; sonata for piapo sud violin, op. 953 pianoforte quintet, op. 99; and sonata for piano, op. 100 Adelina Pattiis singing at La Scala in Milan with her nsual success. The Princess Margaret went from her palace nt 3lonza to hear the famons singer. The Milanese public grected Patti with cold reserve, determined to judge of ‘under favorable circumstances. her. powers unprejudiced by her fame. But it could not long resist the magic of hee scting aud siuging, and the representation finished amid a tempest of applause. On the 4th inst., the thirtieth anniversary of Mcudelssulen’s death, his works became g:blh: property. The right of sale has, loweser, Leen accorded to the publishers until the 1st of Junuary next by a'German law. Rubiostein has left St. Petersburg for a tour throueh Germany. He will visit Vieona, Alunich, Leipsic, Berlin, and Dusseldorf, and thence 2o to Paris to superintend the produc- tion of bis “Nero ™ at the Theatre Italiens. Negotiations have been opencd with Adelina Patti and Signor Nicolini mglng in Berlin. The two art”sts, however, demand _such Lizh terms that it is feared the Prussian Capital will not be able to se them until the voice of the prima douna at least has lost ts greatest charms. Siguor Brignoli's concerts at the Academy of Music, New York, were not at ull suceessfal. The first was attended by a limited audience, and the matinee on the following day was uot attended at all; so few seats were sold that it Jyas deemed Inespedient to give: the eatertain- At Treviglio, Italy, there has been a curious scee during Verdi's’ Masnadieri.””. The oceu- pauts of the gallery, either because they took a sudden dislike against her, or were bribed. hissed the prima donna. Thereapou the mem- Ders of the chorus climbed into the gallery, and ater a briel Sombat succeeded in sammarily ejecting malcontents. The opes ceeded with great eclat. o e Florence Rice, whose appearance in opern, both in Yaris and London, s not been what her friends hoped for, has had another opening in London. She was engasced for the promenade concerts at Covent Garden, and on her first nicht she selected the sonz Antoiette Sterling has made 50 popular and sings so beautifully, *The Lost Chord.” But, whether from over~ anxiety or sbeer stage-frieht, she failed once more 10 acquit herself with that brillianey which admirers of ber voice claim sheis capable of ‘The London correspondent of the New York Arcadian says: The enzagzement of Madame Marie Roze with Mr. Mapleson “does not terminate until Dec. 22, when the autumn 2eason at Her Majesty's Theatre lerminates. But Mr. Mapleson has consented to let her oif the fast two nizats, and_Madame Marie Roze will therefore start for 'tne United States on Thursday. Dec. 20, arriving, probably, about the last duy of the present year. She sails by the Adriatic, and thereby bangs u carions tale. It was in the Adriatic that Tietiens sailed, and Marie Roze, by a curions coincidence, comes out in the sclf-same berth that poor ‘Tietjens oceupied. She has the sume manacer (Strakosch) and the game acent (Henry Mupleson) that Tietjens had. And Istly, Marie Roze haw, by the 2 wish of Tietjens. become the_purchaser of poor Tietjens' ‘wardrobe and stage-jewels, which she wall bring with her to the United States. CURRENT GOSSIP. THE FIRST SNOW. **Hurrah for the snow!" said our Sam, With a &hout, Tiis eyes opened wide with delight. Asawuking one morning, on first looking oat, Te saw the ground covered with white. Unheeding the cold, bounds be out of his bed, And £lips on his clothes in great haste; ‘Then, eager to gain the hill-top with his sled, He cares not his breakfast to taste. Permiesion to coast from his mother he begs: Then, wraopinga scarf 'round his head, And tucking his pantaloons in his boot-legs, ¢ tarts out to hunt for his sled, Which soou s brought forth from the lumber-shed lort, Al cavered tith cobwebs and dust, And dragged on the €now, so crispy and soft. Tie smoothes both its runners from rust. Novw, tugging and pulling, he climbs up the hill, Nor stumble nor slip makes him stop, Surmounting all obstacles met with a will, Till, panting, be reaches the top. ‘Then, steadily seated on vehicle strong, What pleasure he feels in his pride, As, steering the course with a stout leather thong, Like a flash down the slope does he slide. Once more he ascends the steep hight to its crown, Agaln swiftiy glides to the plain— The pleasure experienced in coming dowa Paying him for the clitabing-up pain. Still scale up and ¢lide down, my bey, if you will; “The jogs of this life are but few, And, if we would earn them, up Meriv's high hill We must climb, still aspiring, like yon. Baut there 13 2 monntan up which we all climb, Whose side is both steep and uneven; "Ti3 the vear-furrowcd, nge-hightened, spow- capped one, Time, That rises and reaches to Heaven. Though, when we have guined its bright sammitat last, Gazin back o'er the long path of pain, A look of glad memory upor it we cast, Yet we care ot to silde down again. Marcors TAYLOR. “LITTLE CLASSICS.” Burtington. Haickeye. “Erastothenes,” asked his master, Calli- machus, one morning when they were taking their morning’s morning down near the Temple of Hepheestus,—* Erustothenes, why is the—just alittle more dash of the bitters, Jobnuy—why is the bread-bowl of the Ptolemies like this obelisk of Rameses#” *Is it anything, asked Erastothenes, watching . the man behind the counter slice the lemon,—‘*{s it anything about putting up a stovel” “No,” was the reply. “Is it anything about peither of them being able to climb a tree?” “No.” “Then,” said the philosopher, “I give ‘it up.”? * Because,” said the poet, **it is Cleopatra’s kneadle.” And then these two ereat men looked long and silently into their glasses, and stirred them in an abstracted mauner, nntil Callimachus re- iarked, * Well, here's at you,” and they leaned 'k their heads with a gurzliog sound, while the iragrant breath of a lemou-peel Boated off on the morning air like 2 dream of the Tropics. ‘The world is not what it used to be. It was a dismal, rainy day in December. Soerates, who had po umbrella, and in fact didn’t have time to live until the first one was wade, stoold on_ tue lront steps of his house, drawing bis clouk around hini, before venturing down the street. From the opposite side of the street bis iriend Theramens. passing by, famil- iarly lailed Lim as **Soc,” and shouted: ** Blus- tery this morninz.” “Yes,” replied the phil oplier, “it’s cold.” “Hey ! suddenly shot the voice of Xantippe from u secund story win- dow, vhat's that * L said,” exclaimed Socrates, promptly throwing up his guard, and cking prudentiv into the doorway,—* I said i'sscold. *‘Said what?’ was the sharp re- joinder; *‘yousay that aain, and say it sow.” “1's cold,” repeated the philosopher; its gcold; it's cold as thunder,” 1 said. There was 2 moment’s silence, during which Xantippe appeared to be buried in profound thougtt, while the grreat disciple of Anaxagoras oceupied the painful mterval by girding up bis loins and tucking his trousers in the tops of his baouts, and making other prepurations for a lively run. Presently there came from the window: * You hold on there o miuute, young mans till T come down. I wunt to see you a second before I go down town.” There Wwas a fierce, ranid flapping of Atticsandals upon tue wet paveweut, the wild rush of a cloaked figure through the pelt- ing rain, and ten minutes later Soerates was exphaining to Plato and Xenophon that he had chased a street-car all the way from the Peiraic gate, and was ciear out_of breath. « beucestas,” said Leonatus, one day, when theall-conquerfog army of Alexander was on its march to Malli,—* Peucesias, way is the crup- per of Bucephalus like a ship’s aochor? ™ Peu- cestas was buried in deep thought fora moment. * Because it has no pocket to put it fnf” he ventured timidly. ** Naw!’® roared the son of p “ Man behind the counter? * pursued Peucestas. *No!? “To cover his head?” s Shades of my fathers,no!” + Because its fofirm¢” Leonatus only made a despairing gesture. “ Because it’s” a slope upt” Leon- atus made a motion to strike bim; and Peu~ cestas said he wouldn’t guess agy more, and he couldn’t see why a horse's crupper was like @ ship’s anchor. * Well, it is,”” replied Leonatus, “because it'sat the end of the hawser.” Which end! " presently Peucestas inquired, with o show of interest. And then Leonatus looked a Jong way off, and said that the peculiar appear- ance of the ddonds and the bumidity of the at- mosphere indicated considerable areas of dis- turbances, with 2 right smart of mean tempera- ture at local points. CONFEDERATE DEPRIVATIONS. Hrs. M. P. Handy in Philadiphia Weekly Times. During Gen. Sheridan’s fast rafd Gen. Custer and his stafl stopped over night at the bouse of a planter in Fluvanna County, Va. Haughtily, yet. courteously, after the fashion of well-bred people who canuot help themselves, the best in the house was placed at their disposal. Among the first of Custer’s requircments was a bath, and tubs and water, with homespun towels, were readily forthcoming. Not go, however, were sponges and Turkish towels. At this the Gen- eral showed some anggr, supposing the neglect {otentional. When his servant was assured by the Iady of the house that her stock of suchk articles was exhausted, and couid not be replen- ished within the Confederate )ines, master and man were intensely disgusted, and Custer ex- pressed his astouishment that civilized peopls could exist without them. Sponreswere not tobe had at any price in Richnond during tiw winter of 186475, the few imparied to Charles ton and Wilmington being kept for kospizal use The ladies ki bathing zloves of coarse cottor yarn in garter stitch, making a close ribbed sur face which gave the desired friction. The car coes brought by the blockiule runners consiste: chiefly of munitions of war, medicines, anc staple dry zaods. Only occasionaliy o packaze of fancy goods was included,Jund these wi soon exbausted—the cemand far exceeding the supply. Hairpins, needles, pin; brought fancy prices. a-perchy. tuck-comb boug order in Wilmington, N. C., cost $30—equal te $1.25 in gold—at which vrice toc purchaser glad to obtain it—Richmond and Charles baving been previeusly runsacked ¢h for one. A great deal of smue the border, pruuci- ton in vain in zling was carered on ac Bally by women, and the steres brought by the sutlers in the Federal army were some swmall compensation to even the most rebellious wom- en for the presence of the army under whose shadow they came. Quilted petticoats were the fashion then, as now, und many of them were wmade to order for smuggling purposes. In one the filling was skeins of sewing-silk, in znother papers of Afulnim.-, and o on ‘witn everything which could be crowded into small compass. Ladies who came througsh tne lines, under flag- of-truce, were rigorously searched; mever- theless, o great deal that was contravand of war came through with them. A school- girl acquaintance of the writer displaved much ingenuity on such an oceasion. 1 brought mY waterfall cushion full of morphine to Dr.—,” she said. ‘The morphine was in tissue paper; over that [ laid dark cotton bat- ting, and over that curled hair in an visible net. They made me take my hair down and shake it out. Miss Kerr carried dispatches to Beauregard in hers, you know. I tellyon, though. I was scared when the woman Who searchied me ran a hairpin through the cushion. 1 bad disputches. too, vn thin paper, folded and sewed into a pucket oin-cusbion, but as they were written with invisidle ink, and I had taken care to soil the cushion. { didu’t teel frightened about them. It was a risk, though, for it they had found them [ siould have been sent to tha Old Capitol Prison.” GRANT AND MACMAMION. New York Graphic. On being fatroduced, they grasped each other warmly by the hands, shook, and smiled. This seemed satisfactory to both parties. But it could not last forever. And whea thelr grios relaxed and their palms fell apart, they gazed at each other in that utier hopelessness which men always feel whose tongues work through differcnt colloquial channels. Both Grant ap MacMahon were armed, ezeh with 8 copy Oliendorf. . MacMahon—Git out! Graut—Sir! MacM.—ah! Pardon, General. Sac-r-r-e! C’est mood day, sure! & Grant—Bony choor, Mar-a-shall. (Reads.) “H ou -seen- the - zreen - umbdrella-of -my- i No, no! Confound it, that’s b, here it is: ** Comaay V0o por- tay voo yourself ¢ But Dve lost all the places! (Reads hurriediv!) *~These are-the-zreen-pa taloons-ot-wy-sister's-nicce.” No, no! Ob, this isit! **J'aime Francais. Je Padore g—"" MacM. (reads)—+ 1 have veree vetl, but they have taken the green boots of your aunt.’? Nou. non, Mousieur! i tort savristie! Ah, veleome Sheneral to ze Republique Franeais. Grant (loquitur)—Where in theuder is the place! I had everything 1 wanted to say cuecked off in this book. > M.—Yees, sare, Sheneral, you speak the ange Frenceh like to a native— * Grant (interraptiug)—Of Iilinois ¢ MacM.—Comnment ¢ Grant—Ecl-ce-nov! A —Uui, oui, Monsieur. Grant—Used to live there, carried wood, tan. ned leather—before the War. 5 A\l:ecl(.—l)ul. oui, Sheneral; il fait besuce jour Grant—Yes, it's bo—very bo—confound bim, what does he mean? Macl. 122 Yous faim, General? Grant—No. IHaven't any about me, Marshal. MacM.—Voulez yous boiret ) Grant (reads)—** I-will-take-g-froz-on-toast.” MacM. (aside)}~Comment drole! Fumez vous. Saencral. = Grant—No, I never fume. T take it easy. MaeM.—Oui, Monsicur. Grant—We, Mongshure! MaeM.~0ui, oui, Monsieur! Grant (bowing)—We, we, we. Mongshure. MacM. (bowing)—Oul, oui, oui, Monsieur. Grant—We, we, we, we, Mongshure. (I can fighet it out cu that line with hiw, unyho Mac)l. (bowing bim out)—Oui, oul, o: oui, Monsteur. Grant (leaving)—We, we, we, we, we, Wwe, Mongshure! (There, that’s over, and I got the last word in on him.) . , ouf, THE FIRST NATIONAL THANKS- GIVING. N The following is George Washington's proc- lamation calling fora National Thankseiving." Tt was issued to 4,000,000 of people. The re- cent proclamation issued by President Haves was responded to by more than 40,000,000, Washington’s proclamation reads as follows: When we review the calamities that aflliet eo many other nations, the present condition of the United Statesafords mach matter of consoiation and dat- Isfaction. Our cxemption hitherto from forein war; un increasing prospect of the continnance of wption—the ereat devree of internal tran- ve have enjoyed—the res t conlirmation of that tranguillity by the suppression of o 1nsur- reetion which g0 wantonly threatened it—tne hap- py course of our public affairs In eneral—the unexampled prosperity of all clusses of our citt- nces which peculiarly mack our sitaution with indication of_the Divine benetl~ cence toward us. In such 3 state of s it is ip an especial manner vur duty asu people, with rever. enceund uilectionate #ratitude, 1 acknowiedze ou: mzny and great obligations to Alnizhty God. ana 1o fuaplore Hiat fo continue and contirin the bleas- ings we expesience. Deeply penctrated with this sentiment, T, corge Washinzion, President of the United ates, do recommend to sil relieions societies and cnominations, 2nd to 4l persons whomsoever, withiu the United Stales, to setapart and observe Tuurwday, the uth day of February next, us u day of public thunkszniviuz and prayer, and on that dav to meet tozether und render sincere and heurty thanks 1o the Great Ruler of nations for the munifold and signal mereies which distinguish our Jot a4 o nation—varlicalanty for the posseseion of constitutions of government which unite, and_by their union eatablish, Jioerty with order; for the preservation of our peace, foreisn and domestic: Torthe reasoruble cuntrol which hay been given to a spirit of disorder in the suppresslon of the lzte insurrection, and senerally for the prasperous coudition of our affairs, public and private; and ot the same time humoly and fervently to beseech the kind Author of these blessings grciously o prolons them o us: o (mprint on our hearts a dcep and solemn sense of our oblizations to ffim for them; toteach uy rigat- Iy to estimite their immense value; to preserve us from thearrogance of Drosperity, and from haz- arding the advantages we enjoy by delusive pur- knits; 1o dispose us’ to merit the continuance of 1fis favors by not ousiug them, by our gratitude forthem, and by a correspucding condact as eit- zens und'as men: 1o render this contry more and Tiwre a propitions asylum for the unfortunate of other countaes, 10 cxtend amons s true and use- ful knowledge, to diffuse aod_catavlish babits of avbriety, ordes, morality. and piety, sud Hnally to impat nl the bleseings we Dossess or ask for our- selves 1o the whole family of mankind. Tn testimohy whereof, 1 have cansed the seal of the United States of Anierica to be aftixed to these prosenss, and siened the same with my hanc. Done At the City of Pailadelohis, the 1st day of Janaary, 1705, Urouue WASHINGTOY 'By the President, Lbx. RAXDOLT. QUIPS. A good lesson: Less’n cost. A beastly gale: The martingale. The laniruaee of the suspender is supposed to be, **Brace up!” The wan who takes a ‘*broad view ' must discover a ** wide diference.” The title of the next new book will be: “‘Five Buried Men; or, Ten Feet Under Ground.” At the annual meeting of The Blasted Leaf Socicty, a cabbage rose to cauliflower to order. ‘When she discovered that they yet abode In the cranium of her younzest, she sang, ina plaintive voice: ¢ Hush! my babe, lice stiil and elumber.” “You've oniy balf a head!” roared the Cap- taln to a subaltern. **Very well, sir,” politely replied the *“sub™; “DIl procure the other half from headquarters.” She shouted to the burglar: “1'Ii call the watch, and he’ll t¥fs minute hana you over! He auswered back: “Youwd better call the clock and dial be gone!” And he struck out. A professional diver, who desired to becomt a performer on the piano, was told that, asa beginner, he would be kept constantly on the scales. He replicd that he was accustomed to belng weighed down. S Spilkins' son didn’t turn out 50 well as he ex- pected; in short, he grew up to be what is com- monly termel a ‘hard case.” So Spilicins told. hiswife that in bringing up that boy he believed they had raised the devil