Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1878, Page 12

THE CHICAGO .TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JARUARY 27 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES, AMUSEMENTS. Success of ‘““Our Bache- lors” and “ All the Rage.” These Plays to Be Retained Another Week. Both Messrs, McVicker, Hooley, and Crane - on Dead-Headism, Interview with a “Star” of the First Maznitude. . Madame Modjeska as She Ap- pears Off the Stage. An Actress with Ideas and Ideals of Art. - Why She Chose to Play “Ca- mille’-=-Essipoff and Von Bulow. The Gilmore Band Concerts--- Xellogg-Cary Opera Seasou. Gméshnp of the Adams-Papnenheim Troupe---News and Notss, THE PRANA. THE THEATRES. ROLSON AND CRANE HAVE STRUCK OIL. Financially the play of * Our Bachelors ”” has Leen the most suceessful achievement of the present season, while it is generally commended as an unusually brilliant production. A ques- tion las been raised as to the autlorship of the coraedy, which, it bas been claimed, isa trans- lation of a Germas play. One would be sorry to discover that all our £ood things are cribbed from foreizn sources, yet in this case we do not think the public will be particularly interested in the question of origination. Itisall one to the epectators who the autnor was, so long as tbe play affords them wholesome and hearty amusement. They will say, if this is a theft, let ws by all means have some more of the eame gind, avd we don’t much care whether it originally came from Germany, Rus- sia, or Turkey. Mr. Dradford can settle this guestion as he pleases, and the public will meanwhile reap the benciit. Bengle and Jowler constitute 2 pair of most comical personages, as Teprescuted by Robson and Crane. The former is a comedy part all ready-made, and evidently premeditated as the principal source of amusc- ment fo the picee, and it falls in very happily with Mr. Robson’s peculiar humor. It is a striking evidence, however. of Mr. Crane’s keen sensc of comic poitraiture that he munages to 1ilt the part of Jow'er inio a promiuence that in a measure overshadows his rival. Crave is un- questionably n patural comedian. He is one of the fuunicst men on the stage at the present day, and heis growing fannicr in proportion as he pro- prresses from burlesque up to the more artistic work of lis lie. Plavzocers will be pleased to Know that there is to be another week of Our Bachelors.” “ALL TRE RAGE ™ 5 hias been very well received during the week at McVicker's. A comedy with four star comic parts ouzht to be amusing, particularly when the comedians are ezch of a hizh order. Such u quartette as Dillon, Recd, Pearson, and Mc- Vicker is not often to be encountercd, and they rucceeded in exalting this burlesque comedy. wiich hus mauy glimpses of rollicking humor in it, 10 & very éntertaining work. LOCAL NOTE: McVicker will keep on the new comedy © All the Rage ™ for another week. Chanfrau has played * Kit ¥ during the week 10 mood houses at the Adelphi. “ Qur Bachelors ™ will be given all this week at Hooles's Theatre. The attendance during the past week has been the best of the season s far. Milton Nobles, with a dramatic company. will oben at the Adelphi in an American dpama ealled “The Phenix; or, The Living Dead,” to- morrow cvening. To-morrow evening the New Chicazo will be apened by Miss Adelaide Stetson in = ance drama entitled * From the Scaffold,” ana Neil s will appear the same evening in his come Law.” An entertainment’ for the benefit of the Women’s Chri: aciation will be miven at Union Park Congi i day evening. It will consist of reading and vocat and instrumental music by artists of ree- oznized ability. On Feb. 4, Mr. J. A. Hamlin will assume the management of the New Chicazo Theatre, with Mr. John R. Allen, Jate of the Adelphi, as busi- ness manages. Tue scason opens with Den Thompson in a revised and improved version of ¢ Joshua Whitcomb.” A dramatic entertainment is_to be ziven in TFlood’s Hall, Hyde Park, on_Tuesday cvening, Teb. 5. by the scholars of Miss Holmes. The children Wilo are to do the acting are aged be- tween 5 and 10 years, and are_pertectly drilled in their parts, entering into them with zll the carnestne of real actors. _The pro- framme gives two pieces, * Fairy Pin- afores.”” in four scencs, and “The Chil- dren’s Joke,” in. six sceaes. principal parts will be taken by ) Clara Morgan, Mary Smith, Ti Seaverns, Gertie Ackerman, onnie Thompeon, Georzie Wood, Goveneur Calhoun, Lee Reilley, and Join Jamison. In ‘7] Children’s Joke.” Clara Morgan, Maud Lewis, Mary Smith, Mary Morman, Gracie Root, Heled Root, M “aylor, Georgie Wood, and Siduey Unaerwood will take part. *. Mr. Warster has suceceded in doin what no German manager has been able to do in this aty up to the present time. He bas given one play throughout the week, and his enterprise bas been rewarded - with good houses every night in the week, with the cxception of Monday gl which is usuaily 3 bad wmizht with all the theatres. * Around Chicago in Eizhty Hours,"” which has exerted such masnetis without value as a lirerary production, nor is it remarkable for its Wit aud humor, but 1t.1s well constructed, and affords the two soubrettes and four comedians ol the company zn_excellent chance to do some magnificent varicty acling and singing. Be-| sides, it coutams excellent selections from the best comic operas,wh:ch are arti: together by Mr. Adoiph Neuendoril of New Yori. The suecess of Mr. Wurster's attempt to give week-day performances in a firet-class theatre proves the failacy that the Germans will £0 to theatres ov Sundass only. Goed pia performed by a 00d comvany, in 4 first-class theatre, could be pertermed before remuner- ative houses throughout the week in tlis city Just as well asin New York and the priccizal citics in Gerzaany. The same play wili be givea for the last yme this eves DEAD-HEADING. HOW THE OLD THING WOK A New York manager recentiy gave utter- ance to a howl—through the mediumsiip of an interviewer—over the evils of * dead-headiem » iz the metropols, and 10 a burst of confidence confided some facts which were calculated 1o suTpT publis, besides throwing a calcium pass in New York, and is occupying the atten- tion of mauagers to an cxtent that few are aware of. They say, desparingly, that the sys- tem Dbegan they know not how, and will end. they know not where. They find themselves cntangled fn it, and it is leading them on to ruin. A very large class of theatre-goers are being educated into the belief that they do not need to pay for admission to places of amusement. According to the statis- tics furnished in the article referred to, there is an item of 4,000 seats per week, these being dis- tributed among the people who accord the priv- ilege of haneing up-lithographs or bills in their show-windows,—** aguestionable kind of adver- tising,” says thetheatrical man. And this isonly anitem. One night, during the run of asuc- cessful play at Booth’s Thdatre, it has been stated, some 500 people were unable to get seats, " the "house being packed; and yet the actual receipts footed up not much over half the amount represented by those who were turned away. The * paper” people had got in abead of the solid men. Thesc and otber FACTS IN REGARD TO NEW YORK MANAGEMENT are corroborated by professional people wao have ample means of information, and they dis- close an extremely unhealthy state of affairs. Of course it will be objected managers of thea- tres ought to be permitted to run their business in their own way, and the objection should be sustamned, were it not for a querulous habit of managers to consult the public on all occastons, to coax it, to argue withh it, to deuounce it, to take it into their confidence, and to ask its ad- vice. And the public has a curiosity in regard to this transaction between seller and buyer which extends beyond the mere purchase of the wares fot sale,—a curiosity which is continuaily fostered by the sellers. In the matter of the right of free acvess Lo places of amusement, it becomes a question of wmo little importance, bLoth to the people who frequent them and to the people who manage them, as to who is entitled to the privileze ol paying? If we are to credit the statements uttered by th v York man, there appears to be hardly one 1f of the patronage bestowed upon tiieatres that is of a paving kind. The business would seem to be conducted in 2 large measure upon the primitive system of barter, and now one of the parties to the bargain is finding out that he is buving the worsi of it. 1t is no seeret thas this system of “papering 5" las been gradually crceping in upon us in Chicago, but it is not generally known to what an extent it has_gone, through mistaken ideas of “enterprise” in certain mangerial minds, seconded by the ever-inereasing army of men and women who look upon theaires as a place of free resort. MR, M'VICKER'S VIEWS. + Dead-heading,” said Mr. McVi writer of these lines, ** bas become an institu- tion, and one which is unfortunately too well recognized.”” *Ana woo fonnded it 1t was created,” said ae, **by the managers, and bas been nurtured by them tili it has b come their zreatest evil, andone from which they apyear to know no escape. You may as well ask me what is the erigin of evil in the abstract here this particular evil began, All t cxists, and we must try to do away Some manage: afraid to vouduet their oiwn aff Ly nx of New York mex well as Chicazo men. They begin by dead-heads,0n the same principle that a social bowl,—to zain personal popularity, be kuown as ‘cood fellows. Your averaze manager of amusements ks a terrible fear of a failure, and, as his business is open to the Serutiny of the world, Lie resorts to strange ex- pedients to make the world believe he is pros- pering. To_ his creditors, in his private office, he is Toreed to show iigures—the * chicls t! winna ding *~and admit the truth, because he cannot pay his debts with the picees of paper he has zaken for admissions 1o his performances. “I have said,” coutinued Mr. Me- Vicker, ***Once a dead-head, al a dead- Lead.” The manager Who permits them to come in deserves no svmpathr. He may be kuown as a rood fellow for a while, but cvent- uatly he will be rezarded as a fool.” “Jave you any notion as to what extent this f papering, or dead-heading, is carried & Jestimate,” said he,** that there arc at least 5,000 amusement-seckers in Chicago who never pay, because y nave been taugit to know srhere to find ‘paper.’ I am pleased to say that 1 have never been popular with this class, and I hope I never will be. 1don't meanto cheapen® my goods by givine them away for nothing, any more than Field, Leiter & Co. do, for thesake of a very cheap kind of per- sonal popularity.” #1 wish you could classify the dead-lcads, such as you say have been created by man- agers.” ““Their name is legion,” said McVicker, *“and it would be impossible to cnumerate the bores. Go and ask somebody who is better acquainted with thew. X ean onlysay thau they are peo- pie who never thouzht of inakinz 2 ¢laim until they were educated to do su, and led to believe they had a rigibt to it. There are but two classes of pecople 1 consider leeitimately entitled to the privilege of a free pass.—the representatives of the newsnapers selected by the manager, and such members of the dramatic profession as are worthy of recoznition. It has come to be prezts well understood to be no casy matter to et into my theatre for nothing, and henee I am not much troubled, and am very seldom cailed a zood fellow. “ Dead-beading,” said Mr. McVieker in con- clusion, has always existed, and will alwavs exist so long as your averaze manager neglests to put his foot down onit. It has overrun Lon- don and New York, and is rapidly zetting to be a recoznized institution In Chicago and all large cities—but let the zalled jade whace.”? 1t 15 a good thing to have the courage to say 0. MR. HOOLEY SATS when he returned to resume the manazement of his theatre last scason he found thedead-head tem Lad erown to astonisbing propertions, and he tinds, it an awtul job to clean out this Augcan stable. *You would hardly believe me if 1 were 1o tell you the number of peonle—rich men, my boy, tich cnotyrh to buy out the whole concern—who hunt after me after day for frce passes. Why, I've known people svend whole days to wet a pass who might bave hought 2l the seats in the house and never missea it as much asI would a doilar. And ot vourse they always come round when ¢ having crowded hou: o, I don't kuow who bezan this whole- ay of dealing out paper. Some say it was , but 1 don’t know. You remember, not very long azo, seelnz a Jot_of books—wads, all ready made out? No?! Why, sir, they were circulated all over town. You could et them from anv storelieeper, saloon-keeper, or clerk. ‘There were enongh to cioke up a house for a week. I have been trying to fight it the best wav I can.” “Why don’t you combine, you managers, and put an end to it at _once? 's no disgrace to hiave a poor house if you give a zood perform- ance, and then, you know, appearances would cease to be deceitful.” Il combine, I'il do anvthing, to get rid of this npisance, and I am doing all Lean for mny part. “\We wouldn’t mind it so much once in a while when the business is not good, but—?* “But there’s your wesk spot. Once let the serpent into the zarden, and— “Very true, very true. Well, [ can tell you we have shut down upon it pretty effectually is last weelk.” **Yes, L saw Quinlin one day sittinz in his office with his dour barricaded, and a sentinel posted outside, and you ehould bave seen. the string of people on the stair askia: for him," “And you bet they were ali coming to ask for passes. But they didn't yet them.” WVhat kind of neopleare the most persistent in this kind of begring 7 ‘Here, just fetch me a city directory, we'll turn to the beading of occupations. m)u",r, take meover an hourorsoto get up a & No, Mr. Hoole be advisable for Bangk to kick Juwler out of the window instead of merely taking lim by the sest of the vauts and throwing him out. \When 1he subject of dead-heading was proposed as theme, they simultaneously #truck a tragic at- titude, aud uttered violent lagcuaze. We never keard Cranc use vrofanits till that moment. “I'm not a manager now.” ke said, “butif 1 was, I wouid not let a dead-head into my house. We bave sbut down on them altogether this time, but vou should see the way we arc bunted, and vou should hear the cooi demands. some peoyle make—not us a favor, mind you, but as obt. In the first place, every’ man who zs a bill or a picture in his shop-window de- mands two seals for the privilege, and they have been 1o the habit of getting them. If a rcls up an advertising dodzer and putamy hghe eoacn the true ipwardress of these * lonz ruzs ”? which are so trumepeted sbout by your advaoce-agent, and efectively used as an infal- lible preventive againgt faint praise m the provinces. From the.statements made—and sthey bear internal evidence of candor and truthfolness—it appears that the habit of + papericg houses ” has come to afrightful name on it, he comes after me for three scats. 1fa hotel-clerk tells a traveler whicl theatre 1 am_ playing in, he immediately tells me of it, and demands two seats.~If the correspondent of the Podunk Gazelte writes a paraitraph about Hoecley’s Tieatre, he rushes up to Bliss and wants seats for his- family. A man who has some new patent writing-desk on cxhibition somewhere came to me yestcrday and_wanted seats on the strength of - letting Hooley's play-bill lie on them. I told him Yo 1z and take them all off—it wouldn’t take him over three days. Another mancame dnd de- manded two seats of me because be bad hung up one of our comic lithographs on the wall of his shop. There were oniy a few seats left in the back row. 1 rold him it would just cost me $2, and I offercd him the cash. ‘e declincd hat, but went away in a huff because I refused him the cquivalent. The svsiem IS simply ruinous to theasrical business, and if the man- acers don’t put an end to it they will all be bankrupt.” . It would have been interesting to hear Mr. Haverly’s views upon this subject, but be is out of town; and besides it is a subject he might probably have some delicacy in discussing, beln an exceedingly liberal man i this way himselt. » TIE DEAD-IIEADS. Hercis a partial list of the dlass of people who demand the right of frec adinission Lo the- atres: Members of the Common Council. “The police force. ) Every city official and assistants. ll_ég:lxmydomcinls aud asgista ilroad men. , « Storekecpers who hang bills in window. Correspondents of country papers. The bill-poste: b County Comnmissioners and friends. Contractors paid by city or county. Bar-tenders in vicinity of theatre. Triends introduced by bar-tender. Prominent citizens. Well-known man about town. » Publisher of advertising sbeet. i Members of Board of Education (limited). Ex-members of Loard of Education. Ex-Aldermen. Ex-otlicials of all sorts. ‘At theatres where the dead-head system is in full force it is safc to estimate that on an aver- g cighty Seats per nizht—the choice seats in tlie theatre—are oceupied by non-paying people. [he first thine a newly-clected Alderman does is to avply at the box-oftice for a free pass. The morning after the voteds dcclared he goesto the theatrical manazer and demands an annuat pass for himself and family. If he is refused he quictly hints that a time may come whenthe Council mav take it into their lieads to make an juvestization into something, in which cvent it mizht be well for said maunager to be on good terms. Manager gives in—why, it is pot'easy to sce—andl the Alddrman becomies ‘a free habitue of the theatre for the -remainder of his life. Not only that, but he introduces his friends to the doorkeeperpand they become chronic dead- heads. COMMENT. S It is not casy to sce what eartbly right an Alderman, a_County Comuiissioncr, a_police- inan, a bailill, a_clerk in a public offi have to the privileze of seeing a play paying for if, auy more than a lawyer, a doctor, oratradesman. The managers have educated -this Jarge class of people into the belief that they arc entitled to it, and to-day the managers are justly suifering for their folly. The public Wil naturally say, Let them suffer. The object of this article is 1ot to administer comfort to them, nor to offer uscrul advice, but simply to acquaint people curious in theatrical matters with some facts that may be interesting. MODJESEA. AN INTERVIEW WITIL TIES GREAT **STAR.Y From Our Ouwn Corresponcent. Nrw York, Jan. M.—When I asked Mr. Sargent, Mme. Modjeska’s manager, for the pleasure of an interview with the lady, he was obliged to vount up the days in search of one when ber limited leisure was not completely filled with social enzagements. The desired poiut of time was fouud, but more than a week istant. This will pive some idea of Mme. Modjeska’s social reception here, which has been not less marked and brilliant than that in public. 1 passéd an hour ydsterday in the Madame's parlor at the Clarendon. The interview was not in the nature of a private one, but a feature of the continuons levees which this artist, nc mat- ter how busy, cannot well escape. Cards and ladies were brought in by the waiter in con- stant suceession. The caliers during my stay wera representatives of the first circles of New York ty. By that I donot mean anything Jess than the best cireles,—literary and artistie, not merelywealthy or shoddy. Mme. Modjeska is a woman to be appreciated by the former, not by the latter. ‘When I entered, she was finishing a letter. The table was almost -buricd in newsoapers, from which an assistant had been clipping the notices sent in from all parts of the country. A young lady sat waiting. She lad come for the favor of a word and a smile from the Camilte whose stage-death, the nignt before, had caused Der genuine gricf. GIRL-WORSHIP. Last spring, when Neilson was bere, I had oc- casion to speak of the girl-worship with which she was surrounded. The first exclamation of Mme. Modjeska, after my presentation, was: « Ab, these young girls! They love me so! And it is very flattering,—perkaps more so than any of my triumphs. For they fecl that I have a heart, and their admiration, at lcast, {s real.” This love from girls, she said further, was yiclded to her wherever she had been. The anifestations of it were so stmple and unaf- fected that she was touched, ana could not re- fuse an homnge that was o high a compliment, not to her art, but to hersclf. It is difficult to write of Mme. Modjeska without seeming to overstep the line between praisc and flattery; but it would in truth be vet more difficult to flatter her. There are few persons of whom this can be said. This womar;, who'mneets you so gracefully, is beautiful in the hizhest senso of the word. She Iias the beauty which vou feel rather than see. It comes not from regularity of featurc or voluptuousness of fizure, but from the and the expressionof the face. Itis the hizher Dbeauty of the psychical, not the lower beauty of the physical. The possessor of it does not in- spire passton, she inspires love. Her presence is pervaded by that delicacy with which true men always invest women in fancy, thougn they rarely meet it infact. Ifyou ask what is that pe- culiar quality by reason of which she charms and. wins so many bearls, the answer is furnished by herself in the single word, *soul.” Thisis not a staze property, asd shines out wherever she is with cqual attraction To emphasize this featurc is by no means to imply that A PERSONAL DESCRIPTION would be unfavorable. But the fine, the spir- itual, is what impresses you iirst and most deeply. Some faces cannot be justly described in detail. Mme. Modjeska, for instance, takesa poor photograph. Mora has tried her half a dozen times without success. “It i3 mot the voor photozrapher’s fault,” said she, smiling at a caricature of herself which luy on ber table: %I am always too tired when Isit. The trouble is with me:?? Avimated in conversation, her black eyes bright with intellizence, her lips smiling, this woman is not the same at all as that one in the pictures nor could you tell what her features would be in repose, unless you were 4 woman, come to dissect her. A man, you would neither think nor care whether her nose was retrousse or regulur. In figure she is slight and grace- ful, a little above medium height. Neititer face nor form are full enourh to indicate thorough health, and it 1s plain that mind and will domi- nate and tyrannize over the body. Asaconversationalist Mme. Modjeska is fluent and entertaining. She likes to speak iu En- olish, and refuses the offer to converse in French unless there is nced ot haste and quick comprehension. er vocalization of our lan- guage is exceptionally charming, and her com- mand of it, after so short a studv, surprising; She does not use words at a venture, but, if ab 1 waits till the desired word is snggested. She is bright, witty, and intelligent, thoroughly acquainted with berself and with the world, Her air and breedinz zre that of the titled ciety in which she has lived. Yet with this there is a simplicity and enthusiasm not often preserved in the artificial atmosphere of the stage. The woman of 32, with an eventful experience already in the part, has not lost her child mature. Mme. Modjeska is more than an actress—she isanartist. She has her own IDEAS AND IDEALS OF ART. She forms her own conceptionsof the characters she selects. She objects to beinz boana by mere staze traditions. She disclaims membership in - any particular school of acting. 1t must mnot - be inferred, however, that she forms = mere arbitrary judgraent as to what arole should or should not be., This woman is not only an_artist, she is nstudent. She is not content with learning the lines furnished her by the dramatist. The history of the character, the sources from which it was drawn, these she must investizate, that she may come into full understanding of and sympathy with ber part. Xf she cannot find the sympathy, the part is dropped. If her re- searches lead her to believe s traditional stage- rending untrue in form or feeling, she does not hesitate to present her own conception instead. Thus much I have summed uo, fn advance, from what came out in the desultory conversation later on. - A MISAPPREIENSION. Mmé. Modjeska's first experience herc with an interviewer, by the way, was not fortunate. Intending to express her pleasure at the wel- come she had met, and contrasting her present position with the loneliness aud friendicssness she experienced during her first months of resi- dence in San Francisco, she was made to say that she had met more cultivated people in New York in two days than she badin California during all the time she was there. This was natural for the interviewer to write, es the superiority of metropolitan culture over that ot thie savage West, Chicago included, is a stand- ard subject hiere; but, afterthe handsome treat- ment accorded her by the San Francisco press and publie, it was not kind for the lady 1o say— and she 4id not say it. No doubt she was honestly misapprehended, and so the incensed Californians have been informed. It was not strange that, inding so many people ready to welcoinediér to the metropolis, Mme, Modjeska should recall her entrance to San Francisco, when' utterly troduction. anknown, and even without in- After her debut there, she did not 1ds, whose plaudits paved the way successes here. COMING TO CALIFORNIA. In response to questions regarding her jour- neyings and sul uent study for the Ameriean stage, Mme. Modjeska said that her husband and self had decided to come to California for two reasons—beeause there was no place in Europe where they could remain in the neces- sary geclusion, and because her physician had recommended a protracted sea voyage. Shewas utterly worn out, and told hier husband he must take her aw: r she would die. Passionately fond of travel, she welcomed with delight the idea of a voyaze to Americo. She was tired of receptions and the con- stant’ demands upon her socially, and both on arcount of her husband’s position and her own, could only escape theze by tleeing the Continent. They reached Culifornia, and re- matued for more than a year at Los Augeles, where her health was fuliy rezained. “Lut I grew very tired of the country,” said Ame. Modjeska, smili “It wastoo quict for me. As sounas I was weil, T was restie: I must work, for that is my nature.” Then she aaded naively, “I was not born fora good Lousclkeeper.” Soshe went to San Francisco to study En- glish, with the idea of becoming able to trans- fate. Itwasat this time, having atiended one of the theatres and there witnessed some very poor_play that she determined to master the Englis| Beginninz her linguistic v in February last, in August she was ready toappear. That she secured her engagement for a debut was because the manager had noth- ing attractive to _ofler, rather thun from any hed of making a success out of the experiment. Thisis the statement of 2 oro- fessional gentieman who was in Lrancisco aL the time. He adds that the manaer argued that there were enouch Poles in San Fraucisco to make two good houses, beyond which he did not venture to_anticipate, not be- ing Llessed with faith in Polish Countesses, or in titled personazes at all. e changed his views suddenly, at least as regards one Count- ess. A week's performances yielaed him more money than he had counted in many a month before, and more faith than he hai finbibed in a1l his life. The rest of the story is sufiviently known, CTIOICE OF GAMILLE. I asked Mme. Modjeska what led her to choose Camite. . * Beeause _they told me it was popular in America. and Iwanted to sec what I couid make of the part.” She had loug been familiar, it appears, with both the story and its dramatization. Duinas Jils seut it to lier, she said, ucsiring lier to pro- duce it in Warsaw. This she did not do, for several reasons. 8 “ The restrictions laid upon the theatre, with us, are quite unknown to vou in such a country as this. ~ Our recerfoire was necessarily limited. We have but onc theatre in Warsaw, and we were Leld responsible for the character of the vlays presented, s0 we were extremoly eareful. And then, I never was much drawn to the Freneh drama. I preferred to play Shak- speare most of the time. I bad muny young girls in iy audiences, and they loved me, just as they do liere. The sgiris at home, too, #o to the theatre more gencerally and often than, 1 think, they do here. “And as_they Jooked hp to me, and admired whatever I did, I felt a very great respousibility. It was always my aim to play what would” clevate them, and influence them to be better, stronger women.” This was said not with assumption, but with an unconscious air that caunot e described. It was the natural revelation of the artist’s pur- pose in her work. In speaking of herself throughout there was n modest self-assertion which; however it may look in written languaze, was as spoken the farthest remoyve from vanity or self-praise. # Camiie did not secm to ¢ to have such an influence,” she continued. * I agrec with Mr. Winter’s expression, that ‘to sce Camille is to suffer and to weep,—and then to be neithier stronger, wiser, better. nor more clear-sighted than before.” You are moyed for an hour, but when you get homeand thinkabout it, you have nothing. But in spite of that, I like the part, clse I would not have taken it.” 1t having been said that she formed the char- acter wholly FROM NER OWN MODEL, and without havini scen any one_assume it, I asked Mme. Modjeska iu regard to this state- ment. “It is true,” she replicd. “But I was told about the Camitle that had been represeuted in this country: that she was a low, coarse woman, not better than the average of her class. Now yon, who have read the story, know Low un- true such a conception would be. This woman reigued as bnlliantly as any Princ Nooies gave large fortunes to gain access only to her presence. She was the centre of a cofirt’s ad- miration, and a great Minister wno was pre- sented to her thourht her indeed a Priucess from the homnge and adoration she received. The critique by M. Janin, if it were translated, would show the charazter in much truer light. Camille was, in the story, surrounded with these admiring friends to the last. To drama more effective, all that was changed, and she was made to die in poverty and almost fricndlessness. I wanted to give, as well as T could, a bigiier idea of this woman, who was fine enouszh to suller great agony, at least, and to die for a pure love.” ‘The success of this endeavor has alreads been alluded toina former letter; but as Madame Modjeska quoted Mr. Winter _respecting tne moral effect of the play itself, I will quote him respectingg it as now represented. fn Mme. Modjesia’s ideal, he says: ‘‘Camille is by nagure A GOOD WOMAY, who:mn wayward impulse and evil nceident have phneed into a bad_Hfe, from which, under the stress of a pure and sacred love, she is striving to free herself, bat from the consequences of which slic cza never get free. In hier excenti of this ideal she has set before this public an emuvodiment of such bewildering beauty, natur- al emotion, and exquisite grace, that, for the first time, the subject of this picce is really made to seem one that ousht to e treated, and the piece itself is half redeemed. No logi could neuumglish this resnlt; but the foree of menius and the fineness of consummate art have power to muke the theme one of fecling rather than reason. Modjeska's Camile, once seen, will no more be spared from our stage, no fered to fade from remembrance, thas R Theresa, or Scebich’s arquerite. The outbu inthe third act, when this torturcd human being eries up to heaven, * ydo L Live!' is as tine 45 auything that was doue upon the stage.” So does this critic of aze and wide reputation and expericace outlo the younzer men in his .x[ wmiration. But to return from this dizres- sion. CONCERNING HER HEALTIL, Mme., Modje: snid she endured her work well. ler face bore evidence, however, of the nightly drain upon her nervous forces, and af- firined her after-words: “Oftentimes 1 am 31l durinz the day, and once or twice T have said to Mr. Sargent, * O, caunot play to-night; I am very weak.! But tiie moment when the gas is liehted [am al wyself again. and do not_kuow that L am tired till the last scene is over,” As to the endurance required by the two roles, she said that of Adrienue tired her most. “The Jast act of 4 i haustive I have ever plaved. 1-as if 1were in reality dving. Camilie is trying in two acts, bat t. Kmit’:l—and 1like Camiile, which m; er. Speaking further of this last act she said: “ Camil.¢always makes me weep, and I ery as it for myself. I caonot help this sympathy. When I rise from the bed Iam all cold and trembling, as if really ili, and conscions that I woutd not recover- 1f Icould fecl that Iam only acting, perhaps it would be more casy for me, but it would be just so much less my idea of arf. I have made it the aim of my life,” she added with decp carnestness, **to be nat- ural. That is always my onc aim.’” This called up the question of her belonging tothe FRENCI §CHGOL, an idea which she utterly rejected. “ ['do not even like the French stage,” she said. “Ido not like the French writing or acting. I was in Paris six weeks, and of course was at the Theatre Francais and other theatres. Then I know the French language and plays, and so they say L am of tne French school. But that school with its artificial manners 1s the opposite of the naturalncss I have carcfully sought. No; in our country we know little of forcign acting. In our company I was an ex- ception, in my knowtedge of - Paris and French. Tue best comedian I have cver secn (showingy| me 2 photograph) has never been out of War- saw. 1le shuts himself up at home, and stud- fes, studies. But his characters are perfects £0 that when he once playca a Jew they insisted that he belonged to their race.”? %1 belong to_no school but my own,” she continued. ¢ When I was a young girl I had a teacher in clocutfon for a few weeks. I had a bad pronunciation, and in my enthusiasm I would speak the lines much too rapidly. The teacher cured me of those faults, and that was allof my stage schooling, or training in that way. But I studied very hard. When 1 was not on the stage 1 was in study.” STAGE POWER. Presently the conversation turned upon the criticism that she was not vowerful. *No, Lam not powerful,” sald Mme. Mod- joska, %if by powerful you mean a large figure and a zreat voice, a physical presence to awe and impress. Powerlul conveys this idea of bodily force. I do notsce why this word should be applied to me. & do mot claim it. Misy Anderson_is powerful: I am not. Evenif I bad the large voice, it s not my nature to de- claim. But in place of this I'have qualitics which she has not, which she cannot cultivate. I think L am able to judge m[)"scll critically, as if my *character’ were somebody else, and I a critie.” 'This was spoken with the utmost simplicity, as was the rest of her self-judzment. Michael Angelo was powerful, Raphacl was not,—he wus rather sweet and tender, and I liike limn the most. That is the oniy way £ can e) press my ides. I am notagenfus. I canuob be, for my face is too small, and I have no but I repeat that I have 1 do mot know any 5 to possess, and which win tie dearest triumphs of real affection. Everybody tells me, * You have a heart,” and [ fuess that must be so. But these qualities are nothing,—they are mere nuances, shadings.” An uuconscious sarcasm could not be avoided for the proofs of her pawer— Do ondary and leritinate mean- ing of ability to touch and move the human beart—were constantly confronting her. Mme. Modjeska is gitted as an imitator, thoush she does not imitate in public. Sbe zave amusing represeatations of ceriain suggestions wade to her regarding Carmille,—nhow she ought to shriclk on beholding her changed face in the mirror, and other **improvements ” cqually absurd. She said she was grateful for kindly suggestions, but she had to play according to her leelings. She played for herself, not for her audiences or her eritics. The latter toud her she raust do this and must do that, bat with all respect to them sie had to act as she bad con- ceived the part, atter thorough study. One of the lai 10 had cutered meanwhile expressed the delight musical people in this country had received from Mme. Modjeska’s countrywoman, ADAME ESSIPOTI. The Countess’ face was instantly radiant: 0, then you have heard my dear friend. And you liked hert” * $he charmed us all.”? “Tum so glad!” with an expression and ges- ture of plezsure. ** She is a vers desr friend to me; and she is a wonderful artist. Did you hiear her play Chopin? And did you ever hear any one play Chopin before? Al she compra henda Lim. ~_ She is the first in ability to in-te prethim. Is not that what you sav, to io-ter- Prot The occasional appeals as to words about whose use she hesitated were very prettily made. 1 taink her the first living planist,” she continued. “I like ber better far than Antome Rubinstein. He is a grand composer, but 1ot cqual to her tn interpretation. Did you bear Mine. Essipoff in private! Ab, she plays best in presence of a few friends. [ remember oue night at a friend’s, when tuerc were only a few ladies present. The moonlight streamed in through the windows and fell upon ber as she sat playing Chopin’s nocturnes for us. e could not resist the tears, and when she had ceased to play we took ler inour arms and kissed her. She is great, too, fn Becthoven. Did she play the sonatas fr you?” ‘Tne Jady answered aftirmatively, and sugzest- ed that Von Bulow excellced in Beethoven. Mme. Modjeska smiled at the weation of his name. ECCENTRIC VON BULOW. “Yes, he is great also,” she repeated, adding, with charming naivete, *but the onc is my very dear ftricod, and the other,—well, he is my friend, too. I will tell you a story of him. 1 wonder where Lhe crazy man is now,” she said, as it soliloquiziog, then continued: * You will excuse_mae il io this I speak ol myself. Once when Von Bulow gave his grand concert in Warsay, I was in a box with the Countess, who is an excelient musical eritic and plaver. The opening picee was a nocturne of Chopin, and as - 2wopin always affects me irresistibly, I wept. while e was playing. So soon as the picce was finished, be hurried to our box to get the Count- ess’ opinion. She turned to me and eaid, ‘ Look at Mme, Modjeska’s eyes. They will answer for us all.’ Seeing my tears, he said, ‘Uo you like Chopin?’ *An, indced !’ was all 1 could re- “Phen I will play Chopin the entire even- ? said the ceeentric man. and left ius. We did not believe hie incant to do it, but he: was in carnest about it. Without any notice to the audience that the programme” would be changed, he went on and played every selection from Chopin. The audience and critics did not want to hear all Chopin, since they had come to hear something clse, and quite a scosation was created. The action was afterward smoothed over by the papers saying that the evening was & Chopin anniversary of some kind, and that this had induced Herr von Bulow to suddenly change his programmc. No onc but the ludics in one of the boxes ever knew the truth of the matier, \\;,hich, of course, I could not well reveal Modjeska laughed heartily at the recotiection: ot the incident, and then said “1 will give you another personal occurrence. The first tune Uerr von Bulow was presented to me, he said: * You havea fine car, Madame.’ 8o the next day I had a cast taken, and soen afterward sent bim a marble car, telling lim thai. as he had expressed admiration for my ear e should have one to keep. NEW ROLE When the conversation turned again to act- ing, Mme. Modjeska expressed forcibly her opinious regarding the rightof individual artists to oreais away irom the bondage of staze tradi- tions. She described most amusinely the play- ing of trawedy in France, where no advance from Molicre's day was ailowed, and drew tre of what our Shakespearcan stage would be if the English fnsisted on doing everything as it was done in Shakspeare’s day, She saiastie intended to enlarge her repertoire as rapidly as she could find time to study. During the sum- mer she should devote herself to learning new parts. Siie had Lhwedra and Cieopatra in con- templation, and could suy that in neither role did she agree with the current representations, the traditional features. She did not think she would attempt anything like Jutiet or Uphelia, because innovations were not welcomed. In San Franciseo she had been eomy elled to adapt her Juliet to the views of the Nurse, who was a Jady of years, and celebrated in the part [Mrs. Judith]. This Iady insisted that lme. Mod- jeska’s ideas would not do, and so the latter concluded not to play what she dic not feel to be patural. At this juncture the lady’s carriaze was an- nounced, and interview and reception together terminated. Mme. Modjeska will appear in Chicago about the 15th of April. She oes first to Philadelphia, and the tour placned includes Il the principal citics. ‘The receipts at the th Avenuc last by the way, were argest since AL n played there last sprine. i.G. TER REAL NAME. To the Edutor of The Tribune. Crurcaco, Jan. 25.—Will you allow me a Jittle space in your valuable paper Lo say a few words in regurd to Mme. Helena Modrzejewska? The reporters of the leading papers, such as fue Cuicago TribuxE, Times, and others, should no doubt be cducated and accomplished gentle- men, well versed in the knowledgeof tiie differ- et nationali and of the proper names of in- dividuals about whom they write. If reporters make mistakes in such important matters it is cvident that thcy are not qualided to make trustworthy reports. The great actress. Mme. Helena Yodrze;ewska, was horn., brouzhit up, and educated in W Poland, and she is a pure- Iy Polish fady. The avilized people of Europe will be surprised to see the name of Mme. Modrzejewska stripped of four of its leiters, and also the 1gnorance of the article in the Cm- cago Z'imes of the 7th inst., i which the report- er makes her out tobe a Jewess, and Tnc Cuscaco TRIBUNE of the 20th inst. in which the reporter calls ier a French ladv. The sons of Poland who adopted the citizenship of free America donot expectto be robbed by the press of genius Which belongs to the Polish na- tiouality, and the American people have no right to steal the glory from ono nation and be- stow it upon another, as the Prussian who pub- lished the great Polish astronomer, Kopernik, for a (jerman, and the Russian who called. the zreat Polish painters, Matejko and Stemicracki, Russians. All we ask for is justice in rezard to nationality, and corre:tness in the spelling of proper nawes. ‘There is much in 2 name. GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP. \ DOUCICAULT AND PALMER. Dion was interviewed by a New York Sun reporter in reference to the recent fuss about Thorne” and the Union Square managers. Fol- lowing is a portion of his statement.: *tThere is really nothing that, for my sake, I desire to vay abont that letter. 1t shows for itself exactly what it is. I wanted AMr, Thorne, and I sedt where he was to get him." ** Did tne Union Square managers hesitate about taking Miss Clara Morris from the Fifth Avenue Theatre when they wanted her, or Jiss Sara Jewett? Recently they took Mrs, Gilbert from Mr. Daly's traveling com- pany. The public will find nothing in that Jetter that 1 am not willing the public should 1 never write lctters to be ashamed of, aond, althouzh it is in my code of ‘politeness that correspondence between gentiemen should not be published without the conscnt of both, I have no reason to regret that Mr. Thorne has given my lctters and telegrams to the press. 1 aesired to take him out of his undesirable position and place him in one that accorded with his ability —for { regard him as the best actor, in his line, in the United States. 1am not taking into account such artists as Mr. Bootb, who is a star, and with whom Mr. Thorne docs not properly come into comparison. I mean to say,that Mr."I'horne is pre- eminent as a stock actor. Lut he is simply & big, overgrown bo{x and acta that do not injure him, perhaps, would be decidedly wrong in me, I have fits answers to my communications, but I m decline to give them to you to prii know Charley Thorne will' say: he didn’t y harm; pood-natured baby.' If I shoula publish his lettera the comments wonld, justly, be very diffccent. for when 1do anything | know what I am about. Al- though 1 cannot imitate his example. according to my idea of propriety, L beat him not the slightest resentment. I sought to do him a favor, as 1 had several times done before. and as 1 doubtless shall do again. Whenever I sec artists wandering about the country, wasting their ability and lostng their standing in the_profession, and 1 think they deserve chances in New York, I try to zive them such opportunities. _ Why, sir, I took Alr. Toorne to London with Mr. Robson, intro- duced lum to the press, and made for him 'z great success there. Now 11find him wasting Lis sweet- ness on the desert air of California, while his place here is filled by another, and I offer to bring him back to the metropolis. That is all there is of it, and I have nothing to either mdo or expian. ™ The writer sugyested that, natarally, Mr. Boaci- cault would mot send into *‘the cnemy’s camp™ a Ietter that h= had any dread of being made public. What_‘enemy’s camp’ do you mean®" -The Union-Sqnare managers." *‘Idon’t know them atali—in an artistic sense. They are carbstone managess only, and below the plane that would make thcm possible enemies of THow about th w play at Wallack's!" hat new he adaptation of *A Celebrated Case’ that r. Palmer said you had made from the pablished synopsts of the ofiginal, or from u sarreptitionsly- obtained _copy, and which he chareed was being hurricd forward for production at Walluck's two dnys beforc the date annonnced at the Union- Satare.” ~+1 agsure you, eir, that there has been no effort to do anything of that kind, nor even any inten- tion.™ Oae would like now to hear “Baby Thorne’s opinion of his friend Boucicault. Here is what Palmer says about him to a Sun reporter: 4+ Boucicanlt says you are curbstone managers, " ** Yes. Idon't precisely understand the mean- 2 of that; but T do understand why he is jealous a envio; Ile came to us when the theatrc doors were ciosed against him and oifered as the adaptation, * Led “Astray,” whic: was a anccess, and then ho praised us to the skies. Within a year he has come to ns with three or four schemes and several plays, all of which I rejected. If sve had taken them there would be less malevolence in the 012 gentieman's tatk. This whole tning is o nui- sance—as be is.” PARAGRAPTIS. + Thé Exiles " (Boston version) will be done at the Fifth Avenue after * Jezebel,” which is called ¢ The Dead Secret.” Miss J. H. Vincent and William Warren have been members of the Boston Museam Com- ‘pany, with the exception of one season, since 1846 . 1. J. Montagae was taken sick at Stamford, Cona., while visiting Lester Wallack at his coun- try home, and it is reported that his itlness is quite serious. W. 8. Gilbert’s “Ne'er Do Well,” the play he wrote for Sothern, the title of which is to be changed, will be the next novelty at Wallack’s, aud not a play by Boucicault. Henry French, while in Paris, offered Sarah Bernhardt $300 'a performance for ten perform- ances in the United States, but she declined. This lady Is now the greatest of living French actresses. The Cincinnati crities are.cnthusiastic over Von Stamwitz. One of them finds that in Lady Jane GGrey “she isa grand creature, and was o revelation to the admirers of the high and clas§- ical in the drama.” an evidence of swhat business is in some places we may mention that Mrs, Bowers played recently to a $16 house in Detroit, and that J. B. Atwater and Lettic_Allen played to a $2 house in Pittsburg. _Their entire business for the week there was $53.—Dramatic News. A Celchrated Casé™ has been brought out at the Union Square for a run. The New York Tribune speaks rather disparagingly of tne play: **There arc no marked characters in the piece, and there is nothing in its language. It has situations, and—in views of Fontenoy, after the battle, and of Toulon and the adjacent sea—it has beautiful pictorial cmbellishment. Its sen- timent, that of filial affection, is pure; and in its complication of the lives and emotional troubles of two young girls, it deals skillfally and tenderly with lovely and diflicult themes. At its best, however, it is no more than a stngu- Jarity, while at its worst it is the common blood and thunder of wildand whirliug story-papers and the stage of our ancestors.” MUSIC. CHICAGO. THOE ROMINENT EVESTS of the past week have been the Gilmore con- certs, which have attracted Jarge audiences and proved very successlul. and the annual concert of the Chicago Musical College, which is always an interesting event, and vever more so than on the present occasion. The Gilmore concerts have already been noticed in detail, and we only need to say now that the band has never played better, indeed, never so well. Mr. Gilmore has evidently worked hard with it. asis shown by its steadiness and precision, its brilliancy In coloring, and its sharpness of attack. It was never before so well equipped with solists and never has given us such programmes. It was to be cxpected that the band would play many licht and popular numbers, as it would be manifestly impossible to confine a milita- ry band to music written for orchestra, and yet there i3 no room for complaint with prozrammes that contain the overtures to * Der Freischuetz ™ and ‘ Tannbauser,” the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven, the Second Rhapsody of Liszt, the “ Danse Macabre " of Saint-Saens, the overtures to the * Stabat Mater ”” and to * William Tell.” Compare such programmes with those Mr. Gilmore gave usa dozen years azo, and sce how immensely he has advanced. Lis band has never been in finer condition. With such players and with the repertoire he now commands, bis Parisfan visit J+is removed from the possibilities of experiment. A host of friends and admirers will wish the plucky bandmaster success_ in his fovasion of Gaul. We have said that the annual concert of the Chicago Musical College is always an occasion of interest. This year there was a degree of sue- cess attaching to it which made it more than intcresting, and inaicated that this excellent institution is dving solid work for musicin our midst. Ina con- cert of this kind it would be harsh to criticise freely, and somewhat invidious to single out pupils for praise or biame, but a collese that can show such good siveers as the Misses Butler and Lansden and such a piaser as Miss Wiskard can congratulate itsell. Mr., Zieefeld is entitled 1o great eredity ghe scholars showingr excellent teachinr in cvely department, particularly his own, which has devcloned some elegant work. The performance of the Chopin anda Beethoven concertos wasup to the diznity of professional work. There is another feature of these con- certs far which Mr. Ziegield is entitled to the niziest praise, and that is the use of the orchestra in producing bis prozrammes. It is of the utmost value and assistance to puplls in giving them confidcnce, where the orchestra 15 as well conduceted as this was it must prove very beneticial both te singers and players. TUL OPERA SEASON. The Strakosch opera scason will commence Monday eveniug, Feb. 4, and will continue tvo weeks. At orescot it is only necessary to give tbe organization and repertoire. The troupe comprises Miss Clara Louise Kellozg, Mme. - stuge. Marle Roze, Miss Annie Lonise Cary, Miss' An nle Montazue, Miss Luncaster: Tom' Rurl ang Gralf, tenors; Verdiand, Canffman, bariigpe. and " Conly and _Gottichalk, bassos "og: repertoire for the first four nights wili be follows: - Monday, ‘I Trovatore”; Toegiys “Favorita,” debut of Marie Roze; Wednesill® “Faust¥; and Thursday, “Aida” The of seats will commence on Thursaay of 1his week at the box-oflice of Hooley’s Theatre. THE IAYDN SOCIETT CONCERT." ‘The Haydn Society gives the second concert. of its scason next Thursday eveniag at MeCor. mick Hall, upon which occasion they wijy per- form the overture to Kreutzer's “Nisht Grenada”; the Larghetto and March Ten, from Rafl’s “Lcnore™ symphony; the Sil. Gavotte; Brahms’ Hunzarian dance No, 1-2:3 the t:'u:dc o’{‘hliscu_n.’s (l}nxgajur (* dupiterny symphony. e Socicty will be assist, Oriental Quartettc. e by the TIHE HERSUEY POPULAR CONCERTS, The seventh Ilershey Popular Concert wil occur on Monday evening of this week, An unusually choice programme has beeqy. med, Jrs. Clara D. Scacy will sing several attractiye numbers, also Mr. James Gill. Miss Eva gy, the talented young planist, will play Men-deb. sohn’s Capriccio in B minor, to which 3fr, g, will supply the orchestral part on the om,,_, Mr. Eddy wil give several of his pleasiny a;"u solos, similar to_those which have croateq much enthusiasm at ticse concerts previous) They are of a lcss’ scvere character thay ths selections played at the Saturday ey recitals, and have given so much satisfactip, that encores have frequently been dcmandu]n Miss Hiltz and the Misses Rommeiss wil 5iq sing some trios. These concerts have zm'ned:: much in popularity that it has been determineg to arrange a series of five, for which ticketawish reserved scats will be sold at low rates, Mr. Emil Licblinz bas already been engazed to s vart, and we are assured 110 pains will be g, to make them even more attractive than those which bave won so much favor in the past, The programmes will be duiy announced. LOCAL MISCELLANT. Mume. Maric Salvotti, the prima donna why sang at the Gilmore concerts, intends makiny Chicago her home. Mr. H. 8. Perkins is at present conducting the Southern Nebraska Musical Convention at Has;. inzs, Adams County, Neb. Miss Bertha Burge, the pianist, of this city, js traveling with one of the Swedish Quartette troupes, and making quite a success. The next Apollo Ciub concert will be pirey Feb. 14, upon which occasion Miss Henrieity Beebe will be the vocalist and Mr. Albert p. Ruff the soio violinist. Harry Gates, the tenor, formerly of this city, and 1ate of the Richinas-Bernard. troupe, whidy he suceeeded in disbanding, is now sineing wity an Old Folks? troupe in California. The Chicago Music Company have just re. ccived the following latest English sones from Boosey & Co.: *The Wazon,” by J. L. Mo loy; “ When Thou Art Near,” by Arthuf Sult van; and ‘“The Tar's Farewell,” by Stepheg Adams. A concert, under the direction of Mr. J, (. Haarvig, will be givenat the Tabernacle Chy corner of Indiana and. Morgan streets, oo ‘Thursday evening, the 31st inst. One of theat. - tractions will be the singing of Mr. Pedersen, who i3 said to possess a very fine tenor voice. “*The Licsceang Quartette will give its second concert next Tuesday evening at Brand's Hall, and will play the Beethoven quartette, o, 15; the Rubinstuin sonate for violin and iano, o 13; aud the Roeinberger quartette, op. &, I additfon, Mr. Liesezans will play Schumang's *Schlemmerlicd ™ and a cradle song by Reber. Miss Carry T. Kingman played tne Bech Toccata and Fuzue in D minor on_the orea, and Miss Eva Mayers performed Weber's Core cert-Stueek (Liszt’s arranzement) at the mat. ince last Wednesday at the Iershey School of Musical Art. Both numbers were performea most creditably. Miss Masers is oue of ¥r. Eddy’s most promising piano purils, and, like AMiss Kingman, is one of whom any iastitusion might well be proud. . The programme for the Turner-Tall concert this afternoon will foclude Strauss’ “Russian March Fantasie ’: overture to Auber's “L¢ Dien ct la Bayadere™; Meyerbeer's “Fackel tanz'; overture to Mendelssohn's ¢ Fair Melu sine”’; Boccherint’s minuet for strings; Bee thoven's * Adclaide” for orchests Salnt Sacns “ Danse Macabre ™; Conraéi’s “Immor telles”: Strauss’ * Bluc Danube Waliz; ani Weingarten’s © Regimental Marcn.” Dr. Eichbere’s operetta, *“The Doctor of A} cantara,” will be given at _the West-End Opera House on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings ol this week by the following amatcur cast, andes the direction of Mr. Frani T. Baird: Dr. Pare. celsus, Henry . Hart: enor Bulthuzar, Lembel Freeman; Uarlos (his son), E. T. Barnes; Peres Charles Smith; Sancho, Max Montague; Dos Pomposo, H. 1.Stoan; Donna Lucrezia, Mrs Lemuel Freeman; Jsabella, Fanny Whitney, Inez, Mrs. O. L. Fox. The dramatic and musical entertainment an- nounced for Feb. 9, at Bershey Hall, asa testt monial to Miss Maud Keanicoit, promises to bo an event of interest. Miss Kennicott, of late, has accepted and filled engagements in the neighboring cities, and has received the mot flattering notices for her artistic readinz. We believe her appearance on this occasion will bo her debut before a Chicazo audience. The mu- sical features of the evening will be the singing of Miss Nellic Harmon, a_promising Chicago vocalist, and the playiog of Mr. Emil Licbline, pianist, who needs no introduction here, as bif presence is always a feature wherever he ap- pears. The testimonial will doubtiess proves substantial one. The Apollo Club Mausic Class for 1dies and gentlemen is formed for the purpose of {mpart- ing a thorough knowledze of the elementary principles of vocal musicand to teach theartof | reading musie at sizht, as a stepping-stonc 0 advanted musical societies and a higher mosical education. This movement does Dot couterr, plats any interference wita private tcaching or quartette choirs, but, as it is ormavized and managed purely in tac interest of musical cult- ure, every department of music is thereby beue- fited. ¢ class first formed meets every Taes aay evening,and now begins a new terni, which will be of intcrest to advanced singers. A new class for beeinners mécets every Friday eveniog at the Apollo parlors, 76 Monroe strect. JA cjass | N § g £ ¥ £ £ 14 i for ladics onlv who cannot attend evenings ok meets every Tuesday afternoon. Mr. John White, the organist, formerly of this city, gave a recital in New York on f 1ith. The Torld says: The sclections from Merkel, Saint-Sacns, Gail- mant, Bach, and Thiele were of the highest order, and the performance vas surprisingly good. .‘lr} White's faciiity leads him into the tcmptation 0 playing too fast, and thus losinz somewnat }n clearncss of cxoression. This was particalatly noticeable in the first movement of the 3lerkel ronata and In the fantasie preceding the fogueo Bach (G minor). The fugue itself, however, £ idly 23 it was taken, was entirely clear and foiel; limole. “In the rendition of Thicle's thome 350 variations in A flat Mr. White was most saccessfol with the moet difiicult vanation ana seemed mh;r ill at ease with two of the less diflicalt oncs. 18 view of the hizh and difficult character of the pro- gramme, however, these defects were Compit- atively unimportant. The recital was anarmHe Buccess. *Mr. Eddy’s organ programme yesterday Wi one of unusual excellence, inclading the over ture to Haadcl's Esther 5 (xuflmm‘].tvg Cog munion in G, No. 2, op. 19; Scarlatti’s * Ratz« Fuge”; Bach's Adazio from the violin o plano sonata; Rebbeling’s ‘Tedal Eludl‘“: Yolkmars Sopata in F, No. 11, 0p. su‘;l:m 3 prelude by Otto Sinzer. The last-name is unusual interest, being a number from zheuc‘i!n'd - cinnatl Festival Ode which will be producty next spring in that city .upon the pcr.\s.flfl"r the May Festival and the dedication of the ntd_ musfc-nall. It s a brilliant, stirring cOmW' tion, specially written to sbow off the ne organ, the following description of which fl!:x’:' the Cincianati Gazetfe will be of interest io ! connection: The organ, which wlll accapy the back part.of thestage, will b among the largest of 1 he wor ut fexes n M 1t will have & creater numper of pipos, butfeREt speaking stops, than the famons Loston Meit: Hall organ. The summary of its etops isa3 lows: - 7 ’2} Great organ e Swell orgnn. P Cnofr organ.. = £l Totals—Stope, 94z pedal mOTE; menta. % a0 The organ is now building by Mesors. E. aod? G. Hook & IHastings, of Lioston. wilo w il ehipping toe instrument on Weducsday. ll?fl i cost will be abont $30,000. The organ proje in the hands of a Separate Association, 10 W54 fund Mr. Springer donated $5,000. " The vocalist of the recital was Jiss flel!-‘]l; & Bragg, a youns alto sinwer of most cxch;J prormise, who, we belicve, is new to ourft s After her nervousness and thahlf wear off, she gives every indication of pmvlfl?ne welcomeé snd valuable addition to our b singers. : vk The new operetta, * Penclope,” by Mr- Ffl:n C. Walker, of this city, scems to bavs P'F"m more of u success than its author or his ICrey at first anticipated. It has of late been gt}a bird to most cothusiastic audiences, the sita! ys throughont being amuasing, music - in part culled from B v