Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1878, Page 12

e PAGES, .- AMUSEMENTS. “Bartley Campbell's Peace of Mind Sadly Deranged by Bal- let Girls. ‘Ho Says that Half the Young Women of the City Want to Go ‘on the Stage. - Attractions Provided by the Local ‘Managers for the Com- ing Week. Thecdore Thomas Not Coming to Chica- go—-The Thursby Testimonial ~—Qates Comic Opera. PDramatic and Musical News and Gossip at Home and Abroad. THE DRAMA. . NOTES OF THE WEEK. An advertisement appeared in last Sundav’s TRIDGSE calling for twenty-five children, one Pundred ballct girls, and fifty *supers,” to take part in the new play of *Clio” at Hav- erley’s Theatre. The manner in which the re- quest was responded to would scem o indicate that a very large class of people in_this city are candidates for histrionic honors. Since that no- tice appeared, the author of the play in question has been livioz a life of wild excitement, with Dbarelj an opportunity to superintend the pro- duction of his work. He found himself in the position of the wizard whose familiar fiend, at his biddinz, brouzht bucket upon bucket of water, but who had not theart to make him quit carrving, and so was deluged. At theap- pointed hour every day for a week Haverly's Theatre has been beseized by AN ABMY OF MIMIC HEROES eager to colist in the cause of dramatie art for ‘the munificent figure of 25 cents a performauce, while an array of ballet beauties has flooded the approaches to the private office, overrun the stage, and made the transaction of the necessa- ry work of preparation next to an impossibility. Children too, came in swarms—some Wwith mothers, some Wwith brothers, sis- ters, auuts, and guardians. The bewildered playwright secured all the fairics he npecded, but the small applicants would not be & shooed away. They slid down the balustrade, and came back with beseerhing looks and lisping voices; **Pleathe, mither, can’t Iact?™ or the plaintive wail, ¢ haven'f @bt no father, thir,” ‘gs if the absence of the male parent especially qualified them for the business of butterflies. BARTLEY CAMPBELL was on the verge of despair. “Ihave written,” ;, said he, “thirteen vlays, snd I have tried to be % a manager, but I never kad an experience like % this. Since that little ‘ad? appeared I have 7 lived in a whirlwind of petticoats and peti- 7 tiops; I bave encountered a ‘maelstrom of feminine fairies and furies, and oceans of pre- coclous talent. This much I'have learned, tbat ‘all the-children in Chicago are born with a nat- ‘ural sptitude for acting, and that a majority of the women want to be ballet-girls.” * THe business of the pastweek would at any rate, -convey the impression that a very large ‘dass of our citizeos have become keenly inter- ested in theatrical affairs. Every place of amusement in, the city has been tbrongzed, and “=~— " evcn the readers—a class of artists who ure not usually - accustomed to liberal patronare bere—have succeeded in drawing forth audiences of ~unwonted dimensions. It may be owing to- the setlement of the silver question, or the lack of safe sav- « ings banks,-or the open wiuter. Certainly it is a very cheering thing to hear the voice of the turtle in the land singing, “Hard times come again no more.” TRE PRINCIPAL NOVELTIES of the week were Colville’s Folly Troupe in the . burlesque of * Robinson Crusoe,” and the ex- cellent colored company at the New Chicago in 4Qut of Bondage.” Tae Folly people arcwell ‘named, for they out-Herod Herod in pure ex- travagance, carrving burlesque someiwhat nearer 10 the kind of clown work that wight befit the * gawdust than we have yet seen. The merriment evoked by this kind of rough-and-tumble farce is delusive. Itis not mingled with admiration. The Hyers Sisters have won a geniune suce which they cminently eserve, for their admi able musical accomylishments, and the rich na- tive humor evinced by the principal members of the company. Mme. Janauschek closed a very successful en- mazement Just evening, when ghe appeared in fier great role of Debora’, of which she is prob- ably the best living interpreter. At McVicker’s Theatre *The Two Orphans ™ is still in the full tide of prosperity, and from ail appearances it _is destined to have an extended run. This is highly compli- mentary to the stock company. which has been widely acknowledged to have given as complete and satisfactory a representation of thfs drama as has been seen since its first introduction by 1he Union Square Company. The mountingz of tue picee is every bit as good, and, with the ex- ception of onc or two of the parts, the acting will compare favorably with that famed organi- zation. Miss B. E. Hackins, a young lady of marked ability as a dramatic réader. Fave a charming Jiterary entertainment last Tuesday evening in Trinity chapel,- In prese) of a larme and cultivated audience. It consisted of a series of readings, covering a wide range of subjects, which _ afforded her ample scope for the displ: of her versatile talents. 3iss Haskins is codowsd with a voice of sinzuiar power and compass, afinestage presence, aud superior intellizence. She ex- ercises a commanding influence over tiic sym- pathies of her listeners, and has in a rare desTee the faculty of identifving Lerself completely with the character she portrays. Among the most notable achievements of the evening was ber aamirable reading of Mrs. Brown- jog’s **Mother and Poet,” “Jane Conquest,” *The Senator’s Dilemmsa,” the quarrel scene between Sir Leter and Lady Teazle, and (in re- sponse to an cuocore), ** The Bobolink.” in all o1 which ehe displayed artistic quaiities of a ligh order. Miss Haskins is_to remain in Chi- cago for ‘some time.-and will undoubtediy af- ford the public a further opportunity of indors- ing the high opinion formed of her by many of the leading literary men of Boston. . COMING EVENTS. “The Two Orpbans ” will be on the boards at McVicker’s Theatre until further notice. . The Alice Oates Comic Opera Company begin 2n cngagement of one week at Huoley’s to-mor- ToW evening with * Girafle-Girofla.” Tony Denier, the celeprated clown, has re- tired to his farm at Arnoldville, and is oceupied in the arduous work of 1aising chicl -Long may he cackle: “Eggs, two fora nickel.” Car] Pretzel’s gpmic lecture comes off at Far- well Hall on-tfic sevening of the 14th. Some mistake was made in the unnouncement last Sunday, which appears to bave put Carl, as ell a3 2 number of s triends and admirers, to me inconvenience and ex| e i Yome in pense in the shape of Mrs. Johanna Clanssen, the soubrette of Mr. ‘Warster's dramatic compauy, takes her bencit at the New Chicago Theatre this evening. On . this oceaslon therewill be presented, for the first Ume in tbls ity B. Knolsel's ceicbrated farco: ) ¥, entsches Maf (& German Gl in Kisaey, c0chen im Elsass ™ . A dramatical readiog was given in Y THall on Thursday evening by 5[(155 .\mfiémaf cott. About of the young lady’s iriends formed thc audience. Among. the picces reaa were “The Schoulmaster’s Guests,” * duz Jtcliens,” “‘The Deacon’s Confession,” “The Cooi of the Period,” aud others. The youne lady possesses considerable talent, and’ only needs a little more time and practice to develop Ther voice and improve her staze presence. At the New Chicaro Theatre, Mr. W. Irving Bishop, the ahti-spiritist and mind-reader, will grive an expose of the tricks of spiritunt medi- ums. His entertainment is said to be very amusing, as well as instructive, and yevelations of the methods resorted to by the dealers in psychic mvsteries have created a wide-epread scnsation in literary and sclentific circles. In a leuter to Mr. Bishop from the Rev. Dr. Bellows, tne great divine thus ex- presses himself: “ Without attributing any exalted motive to the business which engares you, I deliberately think, independeut ot any + ends you seek, that your exhibition is oze of the most instructive and useful I have ever scen, as well as one of the most interesting and success- ful. I wish you a long succession of fortunate -spectators.” % The novel Readinz Tournament, projected by Mr. Carpenter for 3 week from Tucsday cven- ing, bas aroused an interest that promises to make It a_marked Jiterary sensation. ~Mr. Carpenter has been remarkably successful in seeuring the talent to carry out bis plan,—the leading represcntative of cach style of dramatic reading appearing in the list announced, which jnclodes such names as Vandenhoff, Murdoch, Couthioui, Dainty, Slayton, and Felt.' The musical feature of the prozramme, while in- cidental to tne literary. promises to be of in- terest in that it introduces two mew artists, who will make thetr debut on this occasion, —Miss Amalia Kleinfen, a dramatic soprano singer just returncd to this country from Leio- sic, aud Miss kannle Danziger, a pianiste of Dbrilliant promise. The new entertainment of Alfred J. Kright, under_the auspices of the Dorcas Socicty, at Farwell Hall Friday nizht, was pronounced by those present to be a success. Mr. Knlaht bas Dbeen long and favorably known to the people of Chicao as a reader and clocutionist. His new entertainment cousists of recitations in costames, representing s number of Shak- spearcan characters, Wwith appropriate sur- roundings. ‘There was a fair sudience in Farwell Hall, and Mr. Knight was well re- ceived, especially in the first part of the programine, where he appeared in his usual at- tire and delivered a_scries of humorous picees from Mark Twaty, Will Carleton, and JuliaPick- erinz, and **The Death of Samson™ from the Aldine. In the second part of the programme hie appearcd in the richest of costumes, imper- sonating Otheilo, ftichard I1L., Shylock, Cassius, Jtichelien, Macbeth, and Hamlet. ‘The audieuce appeared to be better pleased with the first than with the last half ot the programme, from the facty no doubt, that they expected too much in the way of acting from’ the rich surroundine: It should be borne in mind, however, that A Knight makes no pretensions as an actor, but merely as an clocutionist and reader. Miss Nellie Bangs enlivenca the occaston with some fine instrumental music. BARTLEY CAMPBELL’S LAST. «(Clio,” the last product of Bartley Camp- bell’s facile pen, is a story of [taly in the fif- teenth ceptury. It is the romance of au artist’s life, and, if there is anything at all didactic in it, shows the emptiness of fame, and the value of an unselfish devotion. In goinz to Italy for his scene and subiect, Campbell has doubtiess Deen, influenced by what Hawthorne has said: «Romanse and poctry, fvy lichens and wall- flowers, meed ruins to make them grow.” There is about this land of ours a newness aud commonplace discouraging to poetic flizhts. The Old World has been mellowed by time, and this, as well as distance, lends enchantment to the view. Mr. Campbell declares Clio” to be Ius best literary effort, and in very enthusiastic moods calls it *an American clas: How far the public will bear him out in this exalted notion of his bantling’s worth, this week will deter- mine. Thereis o strong tendency to soar into goelr)' in this dramatist’s compositions which as been repressed by the narrow confines of the society play, and * Ciio”* has afforded him a free opportunity. 1cis to be hoped the winzed steed will not carry off the drumnutic interest, orrob Campbell of his chicf charm,—thut of dramatic movement. \Whatever ecls¢ can be 1aid to the charge of the autnor of * Fate " and “tPeril,” his construction, ina theatric seuse at least, cannot be denicd. To epitomize the story in a paragraph: A sculptor named Fabian picks up a little girl in the streets of Rome, whom he finds bezeing for a witless father, and gives them bouh a shelter. Wheu the girl ripensinto womanhood ehe serves ‘him for amodel of Clio, which hehones tobringto the notice of the Medici,and secure lusting fame théreby. - Unconsciously the scuiptor and his model have conceived: an attachment for each other, which is interrunted by the machinations of an adopted daughter of a French Duchess, then resident in Italy, who offers him a position at the Court of France, if he will* go there. He refuses at first; but the ‘wicked woman con- vicees him, through an accomplice, that his mbdel is £ wanton, and so he casts ber ofl, and declares for France and fame. 1In the next act Fabian has attained to his am- bition. He hasall the rewards of fame, but finds glory does not meau happiness. Toadd to his cup of bitterness, his model, who hasbeen a sort of modern Penclope, appears at court as 2 woman of the world. scorniner his; work, and weaving her meshes around the King. Stung to freozy be insults the court, and stigmatizes the King, and. but that the palace is almbst immedi- ately destroyed by an eartbquake shbek, would have worked his riin. In the next agt, his court experiences piove to have been only” 2 dream, the euitty are brought to . justice, the lovers united, and Clio proves to be the real Countess iustead of the wicked Ehice. To tell this story, Mr. Campbell has employed a full dramatic company, a premicr dansense, a dozen_coryphecs, the Quaker City Quintette, and a full chorus. Toere will be also aset of classic groupings, finely-formed females, ren- resenting the work of Fabian’s chisel. Tac%ast is an exceptional ore, including Miss Itosa Rand, alady of acknowledzed ability and rare per- sonal attractions. The rofe of ¢Clio™ was written especially for her. Miss Amy Gordon, the soubreite, is said to bea vocahst of more than ordinary merit. Miss Josephine Craig, who plavs the Countess, is well known here. Mr. Haverly, the manazer of the Adelphi, is en- titlea to the thanks of the amusement-loving public for his pluck in producinz an untricd play, involving, as it necessarily does, a large outlay. MARY ANDERSON. To the Ed: Cmicaco, March 2.—Mary Anderson is playi) throush the Southern Siates, and her suceess the most remarkable of the season. At At- lanta, Savannah, and Macon there were recular ovations. She is now playinz to enthusiastic audiences at New Orleans. At the close of the engazement there she will go to Gaveston, Houston, and Austin, Texas. Her dates are all filled up to May 21, at which time her season closes. She will return to her home at_Louis- ville, Ky.. and June 1 she will sail tor Europe, where she will remain till November or De- cembgr, studyving under the ablest masters; then returning to America and bezioning her winter scuson of 78 and ’79. Thus she will not visit Chicago this season, but may do SO next year. The lady scems to feel hurt ab the treat- inent shie received here, this being the only city during her entite carcer that has through its press assailed her, personally, as did certain dailies of Chicago. She seems to think sheis not wanted here, and consequently shuns this city. But such is not the case. She has many warm {riends here who eazerly watch her suc- cessful carcer, among whom Tne Tripuxc, I believe, is not the leasi. A 2 GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP. Genevieve Ward Las been enzaged by Jarrett. & Palmer to make a ten months’ tour of America. Henry C. Jarrett js paving 5300 to Faweett Rowe to rewrite * Unelé Tom’s Cabin®? for the English trip. « Our Bachelors has met with reat success in New York, and * arun” of considerable du- ration is predicted. Mary Anderson has refused to play the part of Jtoralind in her Southern tour, on the ground that she considers it_unmaidenly for o young girl to apoear fu boy's dres: Effie Ellsler was met at the railroad-station at Wheeling, W. Va., recently, by 3,000 people, who nsisted ou escorting hér to her hotel, us- sisted by Krancr's Band. She felt beteer next morning. An avenging angel has pounced upon Sandy McGes,—in other words, McKee Rankin, the proorictor of * Tbe Danites,”—and made him disgorze about 330) tor costumes purchased from Lord & Taylor, in 1875. A. M. Palmer, of New York, was the plaintiff. Telve boys fainted at one_of Texas Jack’s performances at the Olympic Theatre, New York, recently. The cause was a stampede oc- casioued by the faiuting of a_bootblack in the gallery. The other dozen followed suit. ~ Prob- ably they mesut only to kick up a shine. Pure gush is refreshing. Tbis is from a rustic gureler in the State of New York: **Allin all, the company is the best we ever seen, and when they return wil secure oven a larger house than they did this time, but in regard to the refined and elite persons who grace the auditorium, theywere the creme de la creme of society.” Aund after all, the advance agent of the com- gnny refused to give the critic a parting bouwl ccause the notice was not long enough. Mr. Clay 5. Greene, of San Francisco, writes us that It s 2 mistake to_attribute the drama- uzation of the * Gilded F2e™ to him. It was he work of Georze B. Densmore of the San Francisco Cal, and Mr. Train; who had’reci ©d $100,00 for the work from John T. mond, had paid Mr. Densmore $400 for it. Noble man, that same Twain: If Parsloe would divulee his' experiences with Tiwain, it would, o doubt, make another intcresting_chapter in the humorist’s bistory.—Dramatic News. A Bostonian, who once stood behind the scenes during a performance of “Medea” by Adelaide Ristor, describes a small fucident illustratiug the ease with twhich the artist tem- perument slips from nature into art. The cur- tain had not risen, and the actress was vehem- catly rebuking hier son, ““In the midst of ges- ticuiations such as Italians alone can make, the call came for Ristori to go on the stage. in- stantly a shiver passed_through her frame, and Medea came to fill the form betore me. Then followed lnfi!nllse on applause from au excited audicoce. Ristori left the stage by the same slip she bad entered, and there stood the young 3 = ‘man. -Again, instantly, as if by maglie, Medea was gone and Ristori was present, and the ma- ternal advice was continued in the same manner as thongh nothing bad occurred to laterry pt'the same.” . s It is not probable, after all, that Jarrctt & Palmer will take Booth's for the ensulvg sea- son. Since they made their bid and things were practically eettied, the estate—through Tweed, their Jawger—have gone up in their price. The only différence was a conple of thousard dollars. Mr. Jarrett offered 525,000, and Mr. Tweed was Srilline to take $27,000. Now Mr. Tweed will ot take less than $30.000. and J. & P. have practically surrendered the lease. J. H. Me- Vicker has been coquetting for the place fn the name of Edwin Booth, and this is the cause of the sudden increasc. Nothing worse can bao- pen to Mr. McVicker than to get jt.—Lramatic News. y Messrs. Howe and Hummel, the lawyers, recently wrote to Mr. George Jones, alias the Count Joannes, recommending an unemployed actress to his rood oftice, and saying - that his well-known chivalry would not allow sulfering womanhood to .want. The.Count Jones, in answering, sald that he was well aware of his own chivalry, but that even chivalry fn the cause of suffering womanhood had o iimit. = As it-was, he bad some thirty to forty applications a day from suffering womanhood, and vould not satisfy them. Ho at the sume time inclosed & prozramme of his performance ut the Lyceum, adding that the price of orchestra stalls was 31. —Dramatic News. i The New York Zribune pays the following tribute to Mr. George Riznold, who is now act- mentalists. Master Leopold Lichtenber; boy violin virtuoso,—who has been one New York and Boston sensations during the winter,—will make his debut, besides Charles N. Allen, who was beard here at the Abbott concerts, with Pease as delm and Colby ac- companist and musical_director. Certainiy it would be difficult to discover any additional taleut which could be profitablv crowded into one eveninz's entertainment. The date of the concert has been fixed for Monday, March 5. * MUSICAL COLLEGE CONCERT. The pupils of the Chicago Musical College wil zive a concert_to-morrow_eveuing in the :{,cdthcotli:llé Church Block, corc\:'ll‘er of Washinuton ark streets, for which the programme il be 25 tollowe:” g Gottschalk Alr 3. Sonata, op. 10, N [l Miss Agae: ott. 4. *Una Voo™ Barer of Seville..... Rossini fiss Fannie Peake. 5. Sonata—Adagio and Finale... .... ....Haydn 4 tiss Clandie Buel. 6. **Vago Snol™—Aria and Trio......Meserbeer Aiss Eltre Butler, Jliss Emma JMarsion, Aliss Ada Somers, Miss Ella Benstey. : 7. Trlo, op. 1, No. 3, plano, violln, and - cello.. vevees -eo o.DBeethoven Miss Hattle Gillelt, Messrs. Rosenbecker and Liese- an ; 8. Aria, from Sao. Jrerr... ... Paccini + s Jda Somers. 9. Sonnta, op. 24, Adagio, Menuetto, and, Rondo. 7 ssseenearses e iVEDED Miss Zula Goodman. 10. T{:Ia. ‘‘Well sold, my eon,"— Beethoven ing *Henry V.7 a the Grand Opera-House: L yigses Linma ifarsion, Fannie Peake, Alr. Jobert Much nonsense has been written about most of the actors of this period: but no actor has been more erronwusl¥ estimated than this rep- resentative of fenry V. He is as hard as hick- ory and as metallic as a wood-saw. He assumes, however, a ood diseuisein *Heory V.," and, thereupon, the imagination of his auditors—in- spired by the bustle of Shakspeare’s scenes and the breezy eloquence of his poetic language— readily persuades them that they are looking upon a gentle and princely person. The thing which, in fact, they do bebold isan image of trained proficiency in a mechanical pursuit.” Miss Emma_Stebbios has nearly completed lier life of Charlotte Cushunan, and this memo- rial of the great actress will soon be publisned. Miss Stebbins was, for vears, the intimate, cherished, and trusted friend ot Miss Cushman, She lived in close companionship with that cat artist, and saw and understood the habits of her daily life, the springs of her con- duct. and thé peculiarities of her character. It was upon the loving fricndship of Miss Steb- bins that Charlotte Cushman leaued in_her hours of loncliness, sickuess, and sorrow. Ever since the death of the eminent actress Miss Steboins bas been engaged upon her biography ; and this has been a tabor of reverent aflection. ‘As, in life, Miss Stebbins was the repository of Miss Cushman’s confidence, 50, in death. she became the inberitor of Miss Clishman’s papers. Her tacilitics for writing the standard life of Cuarlotte Cushman are obvious. MODJESKA. Madame Modjeska has met with great success in Boston. The following estimate of her act- ing is from the Advertiser® Coming to the great question of the underlying power and informing spirit which transcend or Five vatue to physical conditions, we find the lead- ing trait of Madame Modjeska's method, ae of her f: to be intelligence. Her comprehenston is always quick and clear, often subtite; she under- stay her author, conceives her part vividly. and expresses it distinctly. Her taste is well-nizh Derfect. and is of that all-pervading, finely-dis- criminuting kind which is one of the infalhble marks of the true artistic temperament. On the side of the emotions she is not steadily a thrilling or—if we may_usc the convenicnt slang epithet— 2 ‘‘mawnctic™ actress: sbo has nut been pre- eminently gifted with that inexplicable power of moving the heart of the spectator by a look, or ofopening the flood-gares of fecling and memory witlea tonc. Butin the utteranceof extreme emo- tion she shows a grest deal of passionate power and decided professional skill, The actress' en- tire method—that crand summing up of her meth- od a8 an artist which we call her style—may tgere- fore be described as highly intelligent, refined, and tasteful. An observer, who is not so much occupied with the true inwardoess of her art, comes out in this glowing delincation of her costume in the fourth act of ** Camille”: It is a ball-dress from Worth, a princesse of pearl-colored satin. A double-box plaiting_is placed all ronnd the bottom of the skirt. The bodice is square, front and back, and ie laced down the back ta the drapery, which is placed low on the skirt and_falls in festoons on the plaited fan train. This drapery i edeed round with fringe of lc pink lilies of the valley, with heading of dark cen leaves. The necilace is of strings of pearls ith diamond pondant. A bunch of roses is worn at thié oust, and diamonds eparkle in the hair. Peart gloves, with broad Etruscan bands, und pearl slippers complete one of the loveliest foilets cver seen on the stage in this countrs. “The ifth dress for the death scenc is a simple robe de cham- Dre of dotted Swiss. trimmed with real lace. From an_intellectual, moral, millinery, and society point of view this new Camille is evidently 2 marvel. FOREIGN NOTES. . Sardou has an aunual fucome of about $80,- 000. Very good tor a playwright. “Qur Boys” reached its one thousandth censceutive representation in London on the 16th of Febrtary. Mr. Toole has achicved a fresh success in Byron’s play, “A Fool and His Money.” Prior to its production he was playing to poor business i London. Macready was acting the scene in “Richelicu” where he tal the enormous two-handed sword and say: JHrancois, take away the sword; States can be saved without it.”” “The lady who was acting the part of Francois forgot the sup- posed weight of the wooden sword, and, lifting it geftly as a fairy’s wand, took it back and put it ‘among the other weapons; when Macready for once lost lis temper, and said: Nervous people have no busiuess on the stage.” The Figaro reports the production in one of the suburb theatres of Paris of a_picce called “The Hunchbuck Demon; or, The Assassin Son.” ‘The hero fs 8 Quasimodo with a murder- ous instincts. In the first act he kills hjs mother, father, a brother and three sisters, sets a house on fire to burn their bodies, and throws . a faithful dog into the flames. lie iscventually tracked to his doom by this dog, after ase sinating cighteen people in the presence of tho audience, and_the play ends with his beine guillotined. The star in this remarkable drama is a veritable hunchback, who wrote the piece to it his deformity, and, thanks to bis own and its gidLsmsncss, he is coluing money hand over and. - MUSIC. TATODORE THOMAS NOT COMING TO CHICAGO. Tne following from the New York Ierald, of the 27tn ult., will be received with regret in Chicago: : . Mr. night concerts in_this city nest summer, alter an interral of three years. The concerts of 1873 will be given in Gilinore’s Garden, under pleasant auspices, and they will begin on the 25th of May, after the return of Mr. Thomas and his band from the Cicinnats Festival. Mr. P. S. Gilmore's con- tract with Lhe lessces of Gilmore's Garden, Messre. Sheridan Shook und E. G. Gilmore, expired last autumr, and_ their negotiations with Mr. Thomas buve just veen concluded. The interior of the garden will be brightened and freshened. and the fustic decorations will be renewed. The band wlatform. as hitherto, will be in the centre of the place, aad around 1t will be a dais, upon which Dbe placed the reserved seats. Ar. Thomas’ orchestra will be increased in numbers to about cighty preces, and he desizns to make his pro- zramwes lighter in some regpects than they were at bis Central Park Garden Concerts. One even- ing In the weck. howeve vus formerly the case, will be set apart as +*Classjcal Night, " when 2 symphony will have the place of honor on the programme. Another departure will be made at Gilineres Garllen from Mr. Thomas® former cus- tom in hix summer concerts, i the introduction of vocal music in each evening's entertainment. Of course, this banishes the last hope that we shall have the orchestra hiere this summer, but at the same time we cannot help remembering the tender letter Mr. Thomas wrote to Chicago, last summer, upon the occasion of his benefit. Letters less gushing and positive have proven many abreach-of-promise case. ‘The gay de- ceiver, however, can be forziven since he will give his New York season upon a certainty. TOURSBY FAREWELL TESTIMONIAL. The musical season was opened by Mr. Car- penter last fall with the memorable Rive-King testimonial concert, and he has now determined to close the regular season with another one of those musical combinations which it scems to be his particular delight to organize from time to time. The immediate purpose of the pro- posed concert is of double intercst to the music- al public, in that it will be o * Farewell Testi- monial ”' to Miss Thursby, prior to ber depart- ure for Europe in April, and also that the tal- eut secured forms one of the most remarkable groups ot concert artists that has ever been pre- sented in this city for any single entertainment. Fifteen artists, each oneof them occupying lead- ing positions in the musical world, and several of themn uncqualed, have already been sccured, completing 3 coucert company the like of whil it is seldoin afforded to the public to hear. Of coursc Miss Thurs- by leads tne organization, and associated with her are two additional sopranos, Mrs. Annes- neodore Thomas will resume his summer- Billings and Mrs. Humphrev-Allen, with Miss Abby Clark, contralto; Fessenden, temor; Carleton, baritonc; Whitney, basso; and the original Swedish Quartette, which proved such a popular feature at the Abbott concerts; while the company will be ¢qually brilliant in instru- Marston. THE OATES COMIC OPERA. Alice Oates, with her comic opera troupe, will occupy Hooley’s Theatre this weck. und will produce the fol{owinz operas during the en- wagement: * Girofie-Girofla,” *La Fllle de Mme. Angot,” ** Ihe Grana Duchess,’) ““La Jolie' Parfumeuse,” “The Princess de Trebi- zonde,” * La Perichole,” and * Barbe Blyue.” The advertisement elsewhere gives the dgtails of the season. THE HERSHEY POPULAR CONCERT. The tenth flershey Popular ConcertaQillL givenat the Hershey Hall, March 87wl e following delightful programme 1. Organ: **Marche Celebre™ .. Lachner r. 1. Glarence 2. Duett: **The Sailor Sizhs''. Mizs Mina Rommetss and . 3. Pianoforse: Gigacon Variazioni o [First time in Caicazo.} Ay, Enid Liebling. 4. Song: ‘*Here. Under tne Tree: Am Lying". Mendelasohn Miss dlina 5. Organ: (a) Adagio in A flat, op. 256, No. 1 olckmar (0) Gras deinCuharp! st J(I('. )l{]:‘l(il';lreuceak'{vf’y o . 6. noforte: (a) Etude op. 2, No. 7... s {5) *Springsong » op. 15 { Henselt 4 (¢) **Rando Pia- cerole™. Mr. Emit Liebling. 7. Song: **The ltose™...... .....ce.eeesen Spobr Ur. Edward Dexter. **Ceeur - Dame " Valse de Concert.. Emil Liebling Mr. Emit Liebling. 9. Song: **When the Hay is on the Mow™...Gatty Miss Mina Rommeise. 10. Organ: Marchin Athala... ..Mendeissohn Mr. H. Clarence Eddy. MR. WOLFSONN'S BENEFIT. The long-talked-of testimonial to Mr. Carl Wolfsohn, the leader of the Beethoven Society. has at last taken definite shape in a convert whicly is set for the 21st inst. The beneficiary presents unusual claims upon the musical pub- lic, not only as the leader of a very flourishing soclety which bas given several excellent public councerts and private reunions devoted to the highest standards of the music of the ehamber, but also for his personal work in his own re- citals, and the carncst and conscientious man- ner in which he has labored to elevate and edu- cate the public taste. All this work, and how ungraticul it is no one but a musician knows, 8. Pianoforte: deserves substantial recognition, which we feel assured will be awarded on this occasion, the more so that the programme will be one of preat excellence and that the Society will have the assisrance of two ot the best artists on the concert staze,—Miss Thursby, who has made herself a favorite here, and Mr. M. D. Whitney, the bassc, whose name alone adds great strength to any programme. We shall give further particulars of the concert and details of the programme, in which the So- clety wilt take o conspicuous part, herealter. THE SINGER RECITAL. Thursday evening another of Mr. Joseph Singer's violinand piano_recitals took place at Lis music-rooms, and was attended by a crowded audience of music-loving people and” fricnds of the pupils. Scveral voval numbers were added to the usual instrumental prozramnme, among them a duet by the Misses Stecle and Kutken: “Heaven Hath Shed a Tear,” by Mrs. Car- rington, with violin oplizato by Mr. Singer. In the first part of the programme a violin solo by T. E. Copelin deserves mention, also a lovely atranzement for violin, viola, piano, and organ of Schubert’s * La Jeune Relizicuse.” In the second part, o violin quartette from Laubert, in “Pizzicato, a love song, was_well performed. Weber’s * Invitation to thg Dance,” as string. quartette, was also well plaved by the youthful performers. The predominance of concerted pleces over solo playing is s marked feature of Mr. Singer's concerts. By this means he suc- ceeds in arousing a truc musidanly feeling in his pupils. The sense of time is streugthened, und the real meaning of music more ully learncd. In these recitals there is a most pleasing variety presented, sciections being made from a larze and classical repertoire. -Although, owing to the inevitable nervousness of young puvils, the selections may not always be smoothiy per- formed, yet the evident intention of always in- culeating s knowledge of the best makes up for any shortcomings, and gives promiss of real progress and good uitimate result. NEW MUSIC. We have received from the Chicagzo Music Company, 152 State street, the following new publications of William A. Pond & Co., New York: ** Absence,” a_song for bass or contrai- to, dedicated to Jules G. Lumbard, by Horatio C. King; * Row Gently Here,” a barcarole. and o new Irish song, * Maurcen Casha Dlas,” the former written 1or Mr. Carleton and the latter for Miss Cary by Mr. Pease; an Easter anthem, “Christ the Lord is Risen l'o-Day,” and *-Sing to the Lord, O Ye Mighty,”a solo and quartette arranged from Rossini” by Albert J. Holden; “ihou Art Like the Violet,” set with violin obligato by Paclo Lavitlo; 8 mazurks, *Im- ressions,’”” by Homer N. Bartlett; **Our Front toop,’” a comic sung by D. Braham:'and * Une Fleur-d’Orange Valse,” by Henry Mayer; alsoa collection of Easter carols, including * Mag- Galens,” *Children In Heaven,” aud “dJoy to- the World,” by Mosenihal; ‘¢ Jesus, Son of Mary, Hear,”” by Dants; and some short ones by George F. Root and 8. C. Moore. ‘The same house also sends us Vincenzo Cirillo’s “Voeal Method,” a mew work intended for be- ginners, and very excellently adapted for this Durpose. ‘The whole metbod is included in seven lessons, very concisely and clearly stated. ‘Messrs. White, Smith & Co., of Boston. are to be credited with publishing, and C. D. Blake with arrangiog, quite a lot of uscless stuff from the burletta of tbe *‘Babes in the Wood,” which has been sent us. 1t includes the * Jobn- ny Morgan Gatop,” the * Manin the Moon,” and other waltzes, and a potpourri inciuding the principal melodies. LOCAL MISCELLANY. The Chicago Madrizal Club gave a successful concert at Leavenworth on the 23th ult. The Chicago Concert Party, assisted by Mrs. Slayton, gave a concert at, Sterling, ill., on Tuesday of last week. b The sacred concert which was to have taken place this eventng at St. Patrick’s Church bas been indefinitely postponed. The Musical Soclety of Englewood are giving weekly rehearsals of the ‘‘Haymakers,” pre- paratory to a concert to be given sometime this spring. Mrs. Eugenie de Roode Rice, the pisnist, con- templates a series of musical receotions at her residence, No. 9 North ‘Throop street, March 13 and 27 and April 10 snd 24. . Mr. Liesegang has perfected his arrangements for the second season of his string quarteite concerts, and the subscription list is now open at Hudley Bros.” store, Nos. 63 and 65 Washg- street. The Choral Union gives its second concert of the season Thursday evening, March 14, at the Union Park Church. We are desired to state that an extra rehearsal will be held Wednesday evening, and a full attcadance is very earnestly desired. A concert Is to be given fn St. Jobn's Reform- ed Episcopal Church Friduy evenive. Mrs. E. A. Jewett, soprano: Mrs. Frank Hall, contralto; Miss Aznes Ingersoll, pianist; and Mr. William J. Lewis, violinist, assisted by a chorus of twen- ty male voices, will take part. Jules G. Lumbard, so many years the favorite basso of Chicago, wiil give a concert on Thurs- day evening next_at Hershey Hall, uoon which occasion he will be assisted by Miss F. Dins- more, soprano; Mrs. Josie Harrington, altos Mr. 3. Farini, baritone; Mr. Lewis, violinist; and the Oriental Quartette. We shall reter to the detalls more particularly hereafter. The regular_fortnightly piavoforte recital of Mrs. Remina Watson occurred_at her residence, | No. 241 Oblo street, Wednesday last,and was, as usnal, largely attended by a select assem- blage of our rausical people, gnd was pro- nounced to be one of the most élegant and fn- teresting of the scries. It is evident that with every succeeding recital a marked de- gree of improvement is noticeabls. “End_Opera-House | clude with commendation cannot be ac- corded to Mrs. Watson for the opportunitics afforded at these musleals for the constant jo- .troduction of o higher standard of music. Miss Ella A. White was the vocalist of the occasion, -and delighted the audience with her mw\lig'm\at stnging. The cantata of *Esther” will be eiven at Farwell Hall on the 7th, 8th, and 9th inst. for the oencfit of the Citizens' League. Ame. Salvotti will appear as Esther, Miss Jessic’ Bart- lett™ as Zerish, Mr. C. S.Lee as Haman, .)h-. Homer Stone as Mordecal, and Mr. J. A, DeWitt a8 Ahasuerus. The chorus will mumber about 200 voices, and the accompaniment will be orchestral. - The_programme for the Tarner-Hall concert this afternoon will include Strauss’ ** Persian March”; overturc to Rossini’s ** Sieze of Cor- ioth 7; jungmaun’s * Harpsounds "3 overture to Bargicl's * Medea: Schubert’s Maria ; Hohlfeld’s *- Elegie,”” for trombone; Snint Snens’ * Danse Macabre ”; Menzel's - Opera-Glass Potpourri ; and Vass' * New Chicago Waltz.” A musical and dramatic entertalnment, under the auspices of the Helping-Hand Societv of St. John's P. E. Chureh, will be given at the West to-morrow eveninz. The first part of the programme will be of o musical character, Mrs. Dr. Martin, Mrs. Lemuel Free- man, Mrs. R. H. Kelly, and Messrs. Martin and Freeman taking part. The programme will con- the performance of the three-act comedy, “Fiower of the Family.” The fourth reunfon of the Mendetssohn Club of Hyde Park will -be held in Flood’s 1all to- morrow evening (March 4). The voral numbers upon the programme are especially attractive, and amoog the instrumental selections are an. arranzement from Mozart and Goutiod’s ‘ Fu- neral March of a Marionette,’* for orchestra and string quartette, by Haydn. ‘The choral divis- ion of the Club, havinz outgrown the Baptist and Presbyterian churches successively, now meets for rehearsals in Flood’s Hall. Miss Thursby and troupe arc to make us & chort visit in March. The troupe includes, fn addition to this excellent artist, Mr. Carleton, baritone, so welt known in connection with En- mlish opera; Master Leopold Lichtenberg, the young violm virtuoso; 3. A. H. Pease, pian- ist; and Mr. Colby, accompanist and dircctor. ‘The first concert takes place at McCormick Hall on the 19th. _Subsequently, Miss Thursby will slug at the Wolfsohn testimonial vn the 21st, and ot her own testimonial on the 25th. WHEREABOUTS. ‘fhe Hess trouve was in ‘Toledo last week. Miss Thursby sines in Rochester, N. Y., to-mor- row evening, Tne Strakosch troupe closed its Louisville season last cvening, and this week will be in Cincinnati, Everything was lovely between the three prime donne at last ac- counte. ‘The Adams-Pappenheim troupe is still giving operas with_success {n New York and Brooklyn. The Denver News of the 22d says: * Caroline Ricbings, the American prima donna, and Ye Olde Folks, leave this morning tor Colorado Springs and Pucblo, then proceed over tiie Atchizon, ‘Toncka & Sante Fe Railroad to Omaha, giving thelr very quaint and most enjoyable performances of Ye Olde Folkes at all the principal towns on the road.” ‘* Masan- jello " is to-be given in Buffalo in May, with Bischofl in the title role. Haydn’s ** Seasons ™ was given by the New York Oratorio Society last Thursday evening, Miss Imogene Brown takine the soprano and George Simpson the tenor part. Adelaide Pnillipps_aud _her sister Mathilde will give o concert in New York on the 5thinst. Mrs. H. M. Smith and her new troupe are in the Massachusetts country towns. The Seniorciass of Bates College, Maine, have secured for their Commnencement concert, to be given nest June, Miss Annie Louise Cary, and for soprano, Miss Ella C. Lewis. The Mendeissohn Quintette Club play¢d in Oshkosh last cvening. This evening they play in Milwaukee, and next Saturday evening at Freeport, Iil. MUSICAL NOTES. Ole Bull has failed in Vicona. Mile. Maric Krebs and Herr Wieniawski are in Loudon. Mme. Nilsson com = cnced her Vienna engage- ment o March 2. Mr. Strakosch will bring his Ttalian Opera Company to Booth’s Theatre March 13. A Wagnerian Association, called the Order of the Holy Grail, has becn established at Munich. Miss Mattie Bell Clark has accepted an_en- gagement with the Hess English Opera Com- pany. Athong the manuscript_compositions by Her- bock, found at his death, arc five¥masses, a sympliony, a cantata, Faust,” and a bundle of EONXS. ‘Annie Loulse Cary has decided not to go abroad this spring, but will hold herself in readiness to aceept college enragements throurh the sumumer. Mr. Arthur Sullivan has been appointed con- ductor of next scason’s promenade coacerts at Covent tiarden Theatre, London, in place of Sigaor Arditi. The success of Miss Minnie Haack at Brussels goes on increasing. Her most recent appear- ancewas in * Don Pasquale.” She sings doring i Italian, while her comrades sing their parts i French. 1t is seid in London that M. Rubinstein, in an interview with the correspondent of an Amer- ican newspaper, on the day that he conducted at the Pasdeloup concert in Paris, expressed his readiness to return to_the United States, pro- vided that a proper offer was made. Mme. Marie Roze, the prima donna, it is said, has received an offer from M. Halanzier, Direct- or of the Paris Grand Opers, to_sing in Am- broisc Thomas’ new opers, * Francesca da Riminik.” during the Exposition. Capoul will Dr?bnbly sing 1f Mme. Roze accepts the prop- osition. A dispatch reccived from Greenville, Pa., on the 29th ult., savs: **Miss Emma Abbott, the vocalist, appeared at Laird’s Opera-House here last evening to a crowded house, but upon her attempt to sing her voice failed ber, und she was obliged to retire from the staze. Cause, a severe cold. She took the first train for Cleve- 1and to consult a physician. The whole audience sympathized with her.” ? Mr. Joscoh P. Halc caused the editor of the Trade Review, Mr. Johu C. Freund, to be ar- rested a few days siuce for slander and libel. As Mr. Hale clains $100,000 damages, the bail was fixed at $10,000, which was procured. As the suit involves important questions, to be definitely settled, the developments will be of much interest to the public and the trade. We believe a suit is also pending against Mr. Freund by Mr. Albert Weber. The Cigclnnati Gazette of the 25th ult. says: “Among the forcmost names of the harp-play- ers of the world have stood for a quarter of a century those of the brothers Aptommas. The representative who visited us on Saturday play- ed under such disadvantages as make the appli- cation of a severe standard of criticism unjust. He was suflering trom erysivelas, and scemed to be vearly frantic; the result was a sacrificeof all cosrect toue, though the exhibition of execu- tive ability was stupendous. Miss Stone, the vocalist, was also ill and could not sing the aria set down for her; she substituted an easy bal- lad. Mile. Mantey, the violinist, displayed a full, round, pervading tone, and a vizorous and fre¢ movement in the right arm, and was the first to win the plaudits of the audience. The coneerts billed for this week have been canceled, and the artists will put themselves under medi- cal treatment.” " THe Paris correspondent of the New York Evening Pust says: Preparations for the musical, literary, and artistic charms of the Exhibition, continue, for Enzland and Russ=ia have ulready sent most of their contri- butions to the Champ de Mars and Trocadero, and the festival of peace would probubly be beld even while the East was convulsed with war. Great subsidies have been accorded to classical concerts and 10 the opetas for the approaching summer sca- son. Nearly a millionfrancs extra have been voted 10 the varfons Ministers that they may give splea- did eatertainments from May to November. Ten concerts.on a grand scale, gevoted to the produc- tion of the woriks of Adolphe Adam, Auber, Boiel- dien, Berloiz, Bizet, Cnerubiny, Felicien David, Halevy, Herold, and Kreutzer, will be given in the sunmer. The Society of Musical Cumposers ofters prizes for a eymphony in_four parts; an Aze _Maris Stella, cnorus for four volces, with solos at will; a concérto for piano and orchestra, and a Iyric scene for one voice, all to be brought out in Exbibition time. The principal choral festival will be held on the 21st of July, and the international musical festival will rake lace on the 23d of the same month. ——e———— YOUR SMILE. On Earth there's little worth possessing, Or can the ills of life beguile, Without that dearest, sweetest blessing, ‘That'magic in your loving smile. The glare of wealth, the pomp of fame, Arg senscless treasuzes, joyless, vile, Are banbles with a splendid name, ‘Without the charm of your swect smile, ‘The noxions clouds of motley care, ‘That thicken 'round our joys awhile, Like morning mists dissolve 1n air Before the beams of your fond smile. How swect the sun’s bright beams must be, After long night, in Zembla's Isle, Bat 0 much sweeter far to me ‘The sunshine of your radiant smile. . Then "Mid dreary waste or savaze isle; For o'er my eonl no gloom can stay Thile ¥ am blest with thy bright lm“% lace me, Fate, where'er yon mayf} W Ave- GOSSIP FOR LADIES The Determined Young Woman, and-How She Succeeded in Her Plans. ‘A Graduatings Essay that Won -a- Hus- band—The Sturdy Oaks: and Clinging _Vines. Extraordinary Story'of a New York Girl--Tragic End of a Clandestine NMarriage. E— AND I ARE IN. Every morning she is at the window. _ She says she's studying; but szems to me, With one eye on the street, one on equations, She can't have very clear ideas of z ¥ = Breakfast is over at **Onr Boarding-House," And all **The Bachelors™ are going to town: There’s many o .no and smile for passing friends, In spite of books and the maternal frown, But Time will wait for no girl—nearly eight, And the worn History is waitinz yet. Both eyes turn to the page—the rocker creaks— Her brow is knit, her lips are closer set. Tén minates later: **There! that lesson's done! Now hear me say this History-lesson throughs Degin at *Charles the Second '—no, not there! 1 haven't got all day before me, Lou." (Lou): **Who was Charles the Second?™ With her eyes Far eazing down the street: **Charles Second's reign— Why. there is S—! Wonder when he got back! Charles—Second"— ahie is tapping on the pane. *+There are the two French scholars. Bah! what French! *Oui, oui, Monsieur," is all that they can say. (Why don't you ask a question?), O there comes _That great fart. Hurry! Look the other way! ¢ And there's the cunning lttle fellow coming; See that handkerchlef—silk, and cardinal. Where's mine? O Mamma'slouking.) Where wasI? Charles— Idon't think his eyes are black at all. **There gocs the minister. Do you remember The day he mistook our house for his own? And how ehocked Mamma was once when I asked him, “How was that for hizh?' via telephone. .+*Half-past cight! O dear! my Innch 's not ready; Do_put it up—mince-pie, and pickle sure. That History comes first thing, and ali I know T, that Charles Second s a hornd bore.” Walk by Our House some morninr, you'll be sure To see her; at that window she will oe (If there’s u tall young lady just bentnd, Be carefal what you eay out lond—that's me/) Caicaco, Feb. 21, 1 LuLo M. W. 78, A DETERMINED YOUNG WOMAN. Correspondence New York Evening Hall. It was probably the most aesperate case of love that was cver known since the first man avd the first woman met. Mr. Julius Crapsey was his nathe, and Miss Julia McGonimel was bers. Mr. Crapsey was the Cashier of & loan association in this city, and Miss McGonimel was the daughter of a rich and prosperous gro- cer, who, by, selling liquor and articles of that nature, hed wased wondrously well-to-do. The course of their true love bad run exceedingly smooth. In fact, it was so commonplace in its way that there was not cnough in it for a ro- mance. Mr. McGonimel was -entirely satisfied with Mr. Crapsey, And Mr. Crapsey admired Mr. McGonimel with all the tervor which an es- tate of $200,000 s entitled to. And lus lather and mother, and his brothers aud sisters like- wise, all favored the mugch, and were anxious to have the nuptials celebrated as soon as pos- sible, that they might quickly get upon a com- fortable borrowing and indorsiag basis with the rich MeGonimel. The most vivid writer of ro- mance could not et a particle of scosation out of it, it was so cntirely satisfactory to cvery- body concerned. ‘The wedding was to have taken place the 1st of this month.” Miss Julia had ner dresses from Paris; thatis, her maiden friends to whom she showed them were all juformed they were from Paris,thoueh every article in the trousseau,from the dress with orange-tlowers to the last pair of silk stockings, happened to be charged to herpa from up-town establishments in New York, and the wedding-gilts bad been laid in in wild pro- fusion, It was intended to be, and doubtless would have been, one of tae most notable affairs of the season. 2 ‘A very larze pebble was thrown intothe quiet stream of thelr love on the morning of the lst. Miss Julia was already dressiog for the approach- ing ceremony, and was in raotures over the fit of a dress she had tried on, which wasso clegant that she remarked to her maid and ‘to ner ad- miring friends that she felt, as she stood in it, that she had been born again. Sne was before a pier glass when a note was handed her. She opeuned itand read: SturtevAaNT House, 9 a. m.—MyDantiNe: Be ‘calm and collected. You will never see me more. 1 sail to-day for Europe. Cause—defalcation 1n the sum of 330,000, Lost in Wall street.” Discov- ery inevitable. Will be arrested to-day. 1 will notinvolve you in my wretched fate. Farewell forever. Wed one more worthy of you, and be happy. Your wretched JuLs. Miss Julia was a peculiar woman. She knew that the entire Crapsey family couldn’t make up so larze 2 sum as $50,000, aud also that the moment her father heard of the affair he would 1o more atlow her to marry bim than he would a convicted burzlar. The old gentleman had some old-fashioned notions. Her liae of action was very promptly taken. She laid off the gorgeous marments it which she was arrayed, or partly arrayed, and resumed quickly her ordinary street-dress. Then, calling the carriage, she drove rapidly to the Sturtevant House, where she found the wretched young man pacing a room in great agony. * Julius . Juliat” « Julius, how much have you left of the $50,0004” « Julia, I cannos tell a lic. It'sall gone but a begarly $20,000. Fool tnat Iam, it’s all gone but that.” *We cannot live upon that, .cven in the cheapest German village, in the most quiet way. I hoped you had more of your earnings.” ** i¥elive on that! Doyou then still cling to a miserable wretch like me?” * Julius, true love, such as mine, can’t be put out by 50 small a matter as a $50,000 defalca- tion. ~ Lcling to you tul death or u divorce do But we have xlx’? time to losc. When us part. does the good ship t noon to-d We can't take it, for we have no time. But listen. Do vou know my father’s signature(’” “ As well as I know my own.” « T thought so. Here, I have a blank check on his bank. Fill ftup for $20,000. That makes 240,000. My ma’s jewelry and my sister Jane's are worth at least $10.00J more, aud I can crib my brother ‘Tom’s diamonds, if they are not spouted. I will have the check cashed, and you take it and get out on the first train. Yougo by the Central to Cbifeago, and I will follow, with the jeweiry and such other thines as I can find Iying; around loose, by the Pennsylvaniz, I will meet you in Chicago. If we arc not tracked, we will goto California, and thence to Aus- tralla, where we will live in peace, and found a new family, far from the faflures of this coun- ury. If weare discovered In Chicago, it won't make any difference. The people of that city avill mever let any one be taken out of its hor- ders who has $50,000. We will provide against that by asserting that we waot to invest it all in real estate.”” It is unnecessary to continue this horrible re- cital. Suffice it to say that the programme sug- gested by thisdetermined young woman was car- ried out to the letter. Miss Julia got the check cashed. The jewelry of Julia’s mother and sia; ter Jane, as well as the diamonds of her brother Tom, andeverything hehad of avaluable nature, were taken, and the twozot away comfortably to Chicago, ana are_now securely hidden In some villaze in one of the Territories. The old gen- tleman did not claim the check to be a torgery, for he took “in.the situation, and, as the Loan Company failed a few days ago, the matter of Julius will probably never be prosecuted. But they will not be hanpy. ‘Lrue happiness is Yound onty in the strictest virtue, and certain- ly defaulting, and forging checks, and running away with a'mother’s and sister’s jewelry, can- not be gaid to be a proper proceeding, or one that wiil pass as virtue in any sense. A GRADUATING ESSAY THAT WON A HUSBAND. w Cincinnaii Enquirer. Among the graduates of the High School at Bidford, Me., in 1673, was & young lady of 19, whoread 20 essay on ** After Graduation, What? inwhich she gave utterance to the following commendable sentiment: The **lords of creation ™ have be: sturdy oaks, and we the vines m:?mp.:int?l lang ph g played out.” . We haveail ne:rd%?z%fenm% onicless vines fn Massachuseits, to say nothiny the uncounted :thousands. in Maine, and thers o oo manyonks that can scarcely support then. sclves, (o eay mothing of their supporting pe. thinzelse, . % . Imuchprefora Do of schily and hopest, éxertion, and 1 buleve. tatths mos] owes n if Lear 25 thes condifion. 2 1 a4 Lexpectit gy ‘This_cssay was published entire In the locy b, e 1o papers of the town, and attracted cddsldex:;.l.‘. attention, the extract we have given abarg _being copicd into many of the leading journaly of the larger cities. Oneof these papers fel] into the h.mvds of a zentleman who was returg. ing from New York to his home in Youngs. town, in this State, and he was so struck wuth the sentiment avowed that he cut out the tract and placed it in his pocketbook. B s, then a married mav. In 1873, his wife hnvi" died, he inclosed the slip to o' fricnd 'fa BlqnS ford, nsking him 1f it was written, as hag been asserted, by a girl craduate of th High-School_ther, and, If 8o, If the lagy married or single, éte. Tn dus time ho reseiney au aoswer giving him the lady’s name, the f; . that she was still heart-whole and fancy-fr o and other particulars relating to her famiiy that were of a most agreeable’ character. The Youngstown man at once opened a wrresm)mlIi ence with the lady, which, as it prosressed, - drew them nearer and nearer in spirit uotil at Inst ao engazement 0! marriage was entered into between them. This fact was also prb- lished in the papers, and not longsince the New York Tribune spoke of the matter as fotlowss Agraduating essay may be made as usefu ps matrimonial advertisement, 1f & coantey edior Will ouly be good enough o publish e 1. ook lady in Biddeford, Me., Wroto s beaatifal oe b, summer; touk ereat pains in copying it, so as t give every **2" and every *y" a lonzloop: linked -the pages with delicate blue ribbon, and then rag it with such alarminz grace that ‘an editor E" lished it in his paper. 1n this remarsasle exsay the young authoress deciared that she fally intendes. to earn her own living withvut ard from any ma, Now, it happened that an fron merchant in Cinéie: Dati saw the paper, read the essay,aod honored g il for giving ntterance to this seotiments sad ~ Correspondence ensued, whicl i a \Yfld!‘i’lfl!- Foduly poid As is usual in speaking of Western Tribune fell into an ercor about the sentiemey home, but otherwise the article was all au fair It remalns, however, for us to tell thestorycor. rectly. - About two weeks azo the Youngstown gentleman packed his carpetsaci {al of ney clothes, kissed his three little children adie; «shook hands with his friends, and tookthe tmuu‘ for the East, arriving in due time at the home of his literary inamorata. He was warmiy wel- comed by the hospitable Yaokees, aud sfter 5 few days he was instrumental in baving his fne tended father and mother-in-law send us tng folfowing invitation: Mr. and Mrs. Jobn W. Elden request your pres. ence at the marriage of their daughter, Elden, 1 Andrew J. Packard, Wednesday morning, Fen, 2, 1878, 2010 o'clock. at the residence “of her ndfather, e Hon. Jol illiie Seo. Se. S Mr. Packard is a native of Warren, 0., but he has lived for years in Youngstown, where he i Pmminently eugaged in the iron business. He s one of the best Demourats on the Western Reserve, and for years has been a member of the Democratic Siate Central Committee. In view of Miss Elden’s success, we should not be surprised if the favorite themes for graj- .uating essays at Vassar and other female col- leres henceforth will be * The Washtub as s Hygienic Ald,” “The HEsthetics of Cooking? 'Ten Doilars a Week Enouzh (and to Spare) for Two," “Let's Give Him Tafly THl hie's Caught,” ete. % A ROMANCE OF. FIFTH AVENUE New York Letter to Laltimore Sun. On Tuesday there were borne froma sump- tuous house high up on Fifth aveaue, for inter- ‘ment ina Connecticut town cn the New Haven Road, not far from _this city, the remains of & revered wife and mother whose distant girlhood had supplied the heroine of a romance as dra- maticas ever found exposition in novel or ca staze. Half a century azo, when she was the only unmarried daughter of an old and wealthy family of the town in whose cemetery her body uow rests, she came to New York In the bloom and vivacity of a youth just coascions ofits own power, to visit tbe friendly household of one of our first merchants. A prolongation of her sojourn here @id not excite the remanstrance of her parents until tney were surpnsed by in- formation that her delay was possibly occasion- ed by the frequent calls of a gentleman, a Llea- tenant of the British navy, whose attentions scemed ominously serious, when her motter took the family carriaze precipitately for the city, to convey back forthwith tne giddy dam- sel. Uponarraiznment before the maternal bar the young lady did ot deny the !rcq\ueot visits of the allegéd suitor, whom ner New York frirnds had seen no reason to interfere with; in- deed, upon stepping ato the carriagetogo home (there was no New Haven Railroad thep) she said quite coolly: **It’s useless tofind faait now, ma, for 1 am married.” Such indeed was the ,startling fact; after a short acd only finally suspected summer's courtship, suo and the Lieutenant (had been clan- destinely married, and before horrified ‘mother and romantic daughter had been in their Connecticut home twenty-fours the boid younz saflor was there too, to claim his wile! But hs found her a prisoner, locked fo her own room, snd both parents met bis appeals with anudr refusal to acknowledge his authority. The girl was but a child, they said, not conscions of her own mind, and they should resist with every possible form of law any attempt to remove her from their custody. The husband, urying that they loved each other.was told that she whomhe bad made bis gvife in name now only bitterly re- gretted her sentimental folly and wished to see him no more. Astounded at this assertlon, tne ounz man passionately impugued its truth. . Would he be generous enough :;»mfive her up, he was asked, 1f she nerself assured him of her desire to that effect? Chivalrously, thouzh tco rashly pechaps, he uereed so todo, confident,un- doubtedly, that she would provetraetohim. And then came the most extraordinary_scene of the little drama. A married sister strikingly resem- bling the yet imorisoned virgin wide had been hastily suinmoned from this city for the pur- pose, and artfuily dressed to intensify the re- semblauce, hurriedly entered the rovin where the Licutenant was present, with a friend for 8 Witness, to learn_his_fate, and, with simulated sobs, hastily hid her faceon her mother’s bosom. Supposing her to be the wife whom he agitat- cdly called by name, the deceived husband bezzed ner to go with him. I sjsh to remain “with my miother!”” was the apparently tearful answer, without so_much ‘asa glance for -bim, and without another word the Lieutenaot bowed to parents and child, 1nd at once With drew with his friend from_the room aod the house. On his wav dack to New York by stesmt’ * boat a favorite dog that accompanied him leaped overboard, and he, lunging lostfatly overtd the rescue, was drowned. FEMININE NOTES. Dumb belle—An impossibility- A coquette isa roscbush from iwhich each younz beau plucks a leaf, and the thorns 3re left for the husband. Osman Pasha has seven wives. Hisestablish- ment was the original of Hawthorne's story, ta8 ¢ House of Seven Gabbles.” In Nubia. ns soon asa girl is married, her mother Is foroiddea by law ever azain to speak to her, under pain of beinz roasted on the splt- A St. Louis girl stepped in the mud Tast falk and, when iz froze over, the owner of the land put up some fence and advertised 3 skatng- rink. A halr from a mad dog Is said to cure the bite, and it frequently happens that a solitary tress from the hash will cure o passion for & red-headed waiter-girl. An Oblo woman baked 220 pancakes In balt an hour. _ This is the liveliest griddlereasiid on record, aud was not done bya dreamio® lolanthe.—Danbury News. It was on the train and thellzhuburnaddlfl; 15, Sald he, Do oo ub mef" Said she, *E& ubs 0o.” Sald a vulgar fellow o the seat hind them, * What are yer givin’ us—tafy!"= Boston Post. “Yer go’n spend every cent what I brin2 ¥ home for striped stockins', an’ther aln’t not! to eat in ther house.” is what a2 druoken was telling a barter’s polc when a pol arrested him the other day. An exchange has this startling ptece of intel ligeace: * Nothing will be worn this_spriog bf tiie falr sex, except longitudinal striped bost: We presume this attractive though somew plcturesque costume will not become the e ;l;tt% the warm weather scts in.—.Memphis 45" e A young lady Postmistress of "Virginistomd recently found herself fn a_dilemma. Sbe ¥38 invited to » ball, bat like Flora McFilmsey. 3¢ had nothing to wear. Just at this time 8B found = package in the mail containiog 2 fash- jonably made silk dress. The temptation W83 too strong for her powers of resistance, a0 stole the robe and wore it to the party. Sbe was arrested and tried. Her shame and sorro¥ made such an_impresson on the Judge that, I3 rrononucing the sentence, he was aifected £ tears. The sentence was the lightest_in his power to inflict, $100. This was paidat on;: and the young lady left the room. Her trothed lover, to pleass whose fancy she stols the dress, urgd the engagement, and they Wers married the day after tho trlal B