Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 14, 1878, Page 10

10 CLEIS. CHICAGO. 'TKIBUNE: SUNDAY, APKIL 14, I575-SIXTEENAPAGHS ability, and conducts cxtensive commercial op- “ANUSENENTS. Programme Changing---The Eddy Organ Recitals. i‘orthcoming Concerts --- The . Cincinnati Festival. Max Strakosch and the Proposed Musieal College. Something of the Operatic Gossip from Max's Standpoint, Reception of the Opera of “Aida” in Boston. Weekly Review of the Local Dramatic Stage. MUSIC. CHICAGO. PROGRANME-CHANGING. Wehave hed oursay on the slipshod manner of making up programmes, 2nd, before we close the discussion, it is pecessary to add a few words on the reckless ana unpleasant habit of changing programmes in the concert-room. Even in our best concerts the complaint halds good that, with- ont any warning to the public, numbers are fre- quently left outand others substituted. Take as an example the last Freya concert at McCormick Hall, in which the Society was assisted by the Ladies’ Quartctte. These last singers were set down for one composition, but instead of it sang the **Wedding March™ by Soderman. This was unfair to thoso who wanted to hear the former, znd a mosical swindle upon those who were ignorant of the change. Miss Burge's alphabet of pieces was headed with Gluck's Gavotte. The one by Silas baving more attractions for her, it was played instead. Mr. Krause, the violinist, undersigned the *‘Reverie™ by Vienx- temps, and cheated the sudience by Ernst's well- worn **Elegy." This is only ome casc among many. The practice is tantamount to s mausical swindle, in which people pay for ume thing and get anotker, withont even the gratification of Lpowing to what they are trested. There is no excnse for it, only in exceptionsl cases, as artist and programme-maker can matually Arrunge 2 con- cert satisfactory to both. Inconnection with this, another disagreeable feature belonging to bad pro- gramme-making may be mentioned, —the habit of announciag a performer and then leaving the title and composer of the piece blauk. It is a very common fault, and, like the foregoing, is not miti- gated by announcement from the stace on tho night.of the performance. A good programme is built up on scientific, esthetic, sud almost re- ligions principles. A bad programwne, asa rale, shows a careless and indifferent musician. THE EDDY OBGAN RECITALS. The fiftieth of the present series of organ re- citals (those given npon the Hershey Hall organ) to0k place yesterday noon. As these fifty recitals have been given without interruntion and without any repetitions in the programmes. containing apont 300 numbers, the fiftieth was made more conspicuous than the rest by giving it the character of a concert rather than a recital. The instrumentsl numbers were Hesse's Prelnde and Fague in 8 minor, op. 86; Schumann’s Canonic Studics in E 2nd A flat; Dach’s Prelude and Fugneon BA C B Reubke’s colossal Sonata in C minor, entitled the *Nincty-fourth Pealm™; ond the overture to ‘Weber's *‘Oberon.” The vocal numbers were Goldbeck's Quartette, **Spring is Coming, " sung by Alrs. Stacy, Mrs. Kempton, Mr. Knorr, and Mt. Gill; the two Mendelssohn songe, **A Voice From the Lake™ and **The Savoyard's Song,” by Mrs. Eempton; and Dudley Buck's *‘Ave Maria™ by Mrs. Stacy. Astheee recitals will be continued, the preeent i¢ a good time to review whatMr. Eddy has dope inthe fifty that are now finished. It ‘would be impossible for us to print the entire list of numbers, but we may suggest them in such manner asto give an indication of the richness, extent, and variety of his repertoire. Of Duch's compositions he has played twenty-two prelndes 2nd fogucs, three toccatas and fagues, 1wo fanta- sies and fagues, e1x choral preludes, three fantasies, - @ix sonates, one canzone, the Pastoral Symphony 1rom the Chiristmas Oratorio, the canonic vanations in C, the adagio from the violin and piano sonate, B chorus from the **Masmnificat,” and the gavotte 2nd rondo from the ixth violin sonate. Handel hss been represented by seven concertos, the fugue in E minor. the overturee to the **Occasional Ora- tor1o," ‘‘Samson, ™ *‘ Porus, " and ‘* Esther, " tho well-known **Largo,™ the Musette from the sixta strine concerto, and a chorus from *‘Joshum.” ‘The Deethoven numbers have been the andante {from toe Sonate 0p.28, tke ** Hallelujah Chorue, " ihe overture to ** Ezmout,” theandante and varia- tions from the Septette, the larco from the Sonate 0p.10, No. 3, and the march m D, op.45. The Schumann numbers are the **Canonic_Studies, " 00,50, Nos. 1 and 2, aleo those in B major and B minor; the ‘*Sketches™ in C major, C minor, F minor, and D flat major: the adagio from the symphony in C: ‘‘Pictures from the Oricnt:” apd the fogwe on B A C H. Mendeissohn 18 represented by six sonatas, four fuirues, the cauzonetts from the first quariet, op. 125 the overture in C and that to ** Athalia s ) Wedding March and_ Nocturne from the **Mid- summer Night's Dream™; the Athajia March and a transcription of ** Hear My Prayer.” The fe- Tections from the modern organ writers have been . pecuniarly intercsting, _Of Thiele’s works he bas layed the **Concert Satzen” in E flat minor and C minor; the Theme and Variations in A fiat and C; the *-Chromatic Fantasie and Fuzae™; and 1le Trio in G minor. Of Ritter's works he has piayed four sonatas and (wo fugues. From Guil- st be has made 3 rich_selection, iaclading the Cantilene Pustorale™; Finale in E far; Invo- catiop in B fla arche Religiense ”: +*Mor- ceau de Concer! Prayer” in F; Sonata in D minor, No. Secona Christmas _Ofertory; arctie Funebre et Chant Seraphique,”” **Marche Nuptiale; Communions in E minor and G Med- ftations In A and F eharp minor; *‘An- tieune,™ op. 33; Allezro in F sharp minor, Andunte in E, aud Allemeto in B mmmor; Capzoné in° A minor; melo- dy in A fai: Elevauon in A fiat; *:Processional March™ and Capricclo in B fat. Iluupt is represented by his concert f3 e in C and two canonic variativns; Itheinberger by four eonutas; Merkel by thrce souatas, threc fuzues, two pastorales, the introduction apd variations, op. 45, orgmn picce in E 1lat, in E, canou in F sharp, and choral pre- op. 100, No. 3; and Saint-Ssens by threc thapsodies. the clevation in E, and his ** Wedding Mzrch.” To compiete the review, we append the addiniona) composers on his programmes, with the namber of works of cach be has played: Archer. 1: Arcadelt, 13 Adam, 1; Buck, 12: Lennett. 13 Battiete, 53 Back, Wi, Fried, 1; Best, 5: Berens, 1: Bastisaps, 1; Calkin, 1; Chobin, 1; Cornell, 15 Duke of Saxe-Coburg,’ 13 Flotow, 1; Ford, 13 Fiscaer, 1; Fink, 3; Faisst, 1; Gade, 25 Glenson, 2; Gounod. 1: Iiatfon, 1; Hummel, 17 Hesse, 63 Hites, 1; Henselt, 1; Haydn, 2; Hopkins, 1; Jen. sen, 17 Klel, 1 “Kubmstedt, 1; ' Kul- iak, 13’ Erepbe, 13 Lachner, B3: Lux, 4; Lemmens, 3 Liszt, 41 Mailly, © 13 Mozart, 7; _Meyeroeer, Moscheles. 25 Nicolai, 13 Pletri, 2; Pluttl, 2; Pachabel, Paine, 1; Richter, 3: Rink, 1; Rossini, 2; Xa Reinecke, 13 Rebbeling. 1; Read, 1: 'Scarlatti, : Singer, 13 Spohr, 6; Smart, 53 Schneider, Schmbert.'2; Soemann, 1;_Thayer, 1: Tapfe: G Ad Thomas, 13 Ultich, 13 Vogt, 1: Van Exken, 2; Yulckmar, 33 Whiting, 1] Weber, 1; Whitney, 2: Welv. 2; and Waener, 3." Probaoly there have mever before been given €0 many recitals withont Tepetition of music or with sach a brilliant reper- thre of music, nd thay repericire 15 not vt ted, as Mr. Eddy is prepared to b ‘works in at least fifty more rg:lx::s. gy new TUE PRATT RECITALS, The firet of Mr. Pratt's piano recitals will be given to-mozrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at Hershey Hall, ;l‘hc occasion will be an interesting ope, as it will he Mr. Pratt's Sret public appearance in this city rom Earope. 'His programme will - Poaree.1n A minor. from the English §i ite.Bach fo “Dirasas 2 {b. Evieslerianns, Nos 4. S 1§ Mrs. Bracy . Yalsc in C sharp, =45 RS, 05, ot < Lalidin, it Ay Sl oif Jopmmn te. Polousiee in A fai. TRE BENNETT COLLEGE BENEFIT. berhe Chicaro Mueical Collese concert for the cnefit of the Beaneit Medical Colleze Hospital Will be given to-morrow evening st the Firss Meth- Qdist Church Block. The programme will inclode i‘:hflmnn s Sonata, op. 105, Sy Miss Bensley and r. liosenbecker:’ Cnopin's Scherzo, op. O1. by Songs. Mias Kittie Ricbards; Bishop's song, ** I the Gentle Lark,” with flaie” obligeis by Mies Ettie 'Dutler and Mr. Oeste cile; Schumann’s **Etude Sympnoniqae,” and in's Polonalse, op. 5% ov ; Ermat's - 0theilo Fantasicor by e Rosenbecker; Chopin's Ballade. op. 47, No, 3, by Misa Julla Moran; duo from Verds's +* Rigoleti, » by Miss Peake and Mr, Koss; Rubinatein's piano and violin eonate, op. 13, by Miss Wishard” and Mr, Rosenbecker; aria from ¢‘Romeo and Juliet,™ by Miss Ada Somers; Terschak’s *‘Fa- vonte de Vienna,* for flute, by Mr. Ocsterle; and the finale to the first act of the **Dallo in Ma- schera,” by the Misscs Butler and 3foran, Messrs. Wheeler, Hayman, Marston, Koas, Uattstaedt, and chorus. . LOCAL MISCELLANY, Carl Bergstein, who will be well remembered here, i3 teaching music in Louisville. H. S. Perkins, of this city, is holding a musical conyention this week at Chillicothe, Mo. Goldbeck, the new leader of the St. Louie Har- monic Soclety, i8 rehearsing Mendelssohn's **Oymn of Prase.™ The class in Harmony and Musicsl History at the Chicazo Musical Collece will commence April 20, under Messra. Ruff and Hattstaedi. The Root & Sons Music Company have made ar- rangements to secure choice seats for the Cincin- nati Festival. Applications should be madeat once. Mr. I. V. Filagler, the organistof Plymouth Congregational Church, eails for Europe May 2 for a three. monthe’ visit. Mr, French, we under- stand, will take his place during his absence. On Thursday afternoon and Friday evening of this week, Mr. Aptomnmas, the weli-known and favorite harpist, will give twa barp recitals at Hershey liall, assisted by sowme of oar local singers. Mrs. Rive-King has returned from Cincinnati. With regard to the class that she will form, we are requested 1o state that it will include only ad- vanced planists who desire to sindy phrasing and intervretation, and that they will be organized in graded classes. A testimonial concert will be given to the well- known basso, Mr. George II. Broderick, atMc- Cormick Usil, on the 8th of May. He will have the aseistance of Mme. Rive-King; Jme. Jancke, a powerful mezzu-soprano; M. Linfascrct, the vi- olinist: and a chorus of eixty-ive voices from the Apolio Club, The Tarner-Tall programme this afternoon_will include the ** Athatla” March ™3 Bacn's *¢Jubel overturc™; fantasic on thomes from **Tanu- I overture to Becthoven's ‘‘Ruins of Schubert's €0 trombone, by Mr. Erau Lenore Symphony; Liszt's Conradi’s’ **Vox Popult Potpourri “Artlsvs Life Waltz"; and Johmann's march, **The Wanderer.” ' The Mendelssohn Club of Hyde Park promiscs the citizens of that neighborhood 3 grand _enter- tainment on Tuesday evening, April 23, at Flood's Hull. Alr. Frederic W. Ruot has succeeded in vringing a choras of 100 and au orchestra of twenty-fiveinto a very eficient condition, and upon this occasion these will be assisted by a Bumoer of our most populat solofsts, anon tiem Mrs. E. A. Jewett, Qiss Ettie Butler, and Messrs. Wilijam Lewis and John E. McWade. ‘e pro- gramme 18 excelient in quniity and eminently cal- Calated to delight an sudience. A musical and literary entertainment will be iven on Tuesday eveninx of Easter woek, April at University Place Baptist Church, on Thir fifih strect, by Lucius J. Henderson, 4 youns e! cationist und pianist of much prowmi d vy Sis teachers, Prof. Walter C. Lyman, and the organist, 1. Clarcnce Eddy, ~Mrs. Kempton and MiZs Shaw bave consented o sing on this occasion, aud Miss Florence Fuller, s pupil of Mr. Eddy, will play 2 duet with Mr. Henderson. ™ The pro- gramme is an exceedingly attractive oué, and those Living in the southern purtion of the city shouid give the young wan on his first appearance beforo 2 Chicago andience a full house and an enthusiastic Teception. THE CINCINNATI FESTIVAL. Asmeny of our musica emplate zo- ing to the Cincinnati Fy eneral facts concerning it may be of interest to them. The Fes- tival commences Moy 14 and closes on the 17th, incinding_seven concerts,—three matinees and four eveaing entertaiuments. The principal works il] be the Ninth Symphony of Becthoven; selec- tions from Gluck's ** Alceste™; Handel's **Mes- sinh "; Liszt's ** Messe Solenclle "3 Sinver's ‘“Dedicatory Ode ™'; selections from Berlioz's symphonic poem, ** Romeo and Juliet™; and se- lections from Wawner's ** Lohengrin, " *¢ Melster- nger, and ** Gotterdvmmeruag.” The solo- jsisare Mme. Pappenbeim. Mrs. E. _Aline Os- zood, Miss Cary, Mise Cranch, Miss Rollwagen, Mr. Adams, Mr.' Fritsch, Siz.’ Tagliopictra, Mr. Whitney, and Mr. itemmertz. The direction is in the hands of Theodore Thomas, assisted by Ar. Singer. Mr. Thomas' orchesira will furnish the accompaniments, aad the choruses wili be 2ung by the Cincinnati Harmon- ic Souicty, assisied by _ choruses from Dayton, Grbuna, Columbus, and Springield. The new urgan, the largest in ts country, and the firth largest m the world, will be played by Mr, George Whitinz. The Cincinnati papers sunounce that *The Muzical Festival Association bave au- thorized their Secretary, Mr. W. W. Taylor, to receive oraers for tickeis from persons ont of the city. He will buy such tickets at the auction (which takes place to-morrow) on limited orders 24 may be desired. Orders should be nccompanied by the money. ™ Seats may also be secured through the Root & Sons Music Company of this city. e may add that Messrs, John Churen & Co., of Cin- cinnati, have issued a very hundsomg forin of the i+ Festival Ode,” **Missa Solennis, ¥ the selec- tions from ** Alceste,” and the vocil parts of the “*Ltomeo and Juliet.” Those who intend going ouglt to provide themselves with these scores. 1t is now quite appurent that there will this year be a much larger number of our musical and social leaders attend the Festival than ever before. 'The interest ulready arouscd is great, and when it is known that Mr. Carpenter has conseated to as- eame the rcsponsibility of arranging the detalls aud caring for tne interests of those who desire to attend; many more will undoubtediy be induced 10 go. ' Mr. Carpenter has gone to Cincinnati to be Dresent at the opening of the sale of tickels to- morrow, in order toseeure » first choice of the hest scats for the Chicago excursion, and by unit- ing the interests of all who will atfend it is ex- pected that much better a3 well #5 conslderably chieaper srranzements can be made than by ind!- vidual effort or action. Mr, Carpenter will return on Wednesday, and ail who desire to_avail them- selves of the benefit of his arranzeménts should at onceinform him of their intcution, in order that their necessitles can be proviacd for, and they be made acquainted with the reduced rates which he can gecure for thoso who join the pariy. NEW YORK. AN INTEKXVIEW WITH STRARKOSCH. From Our Own Correspondent. New Yorxk, April 1L.—Some time since thero anpenred what parported to he an Interview with Max Strakosch, in regard to the project entertafn- ed by him and Miss Kellogg of opening a Conserva- tory of Music fn New Yori. This interview male Mr. Strakosch talk, 28 he ramarked to me one day last week, **Jtke o fool," and pat words into his mouth which he repudiates ntterly. He was made to assume control immediately of the million and more of money bequentned by the late Samuel Wood to found a musical college, without as much as saying thank you or asking leave of the trus- tees. The bequest was treated entirely as a per- €onalone to himself and Miss Kellogg, in which the publlc, to be sure, had an interest. but only in an indirect ana general way. Now, as the will had been protested at the time of this interiew, and 28 the trustees had no plans respecting their fature acuon, granting that they were to get the money in the ¢nd, the assurance of the thingy wasas fufinite as it was amusing. Challng with the ammated and excitable AMax about it, I managed to get ot whut he had sald, what he bad done in the past, and what he hoped to do in future tn relation. to the establishment here of B consercatoire tbat should ramk with the best of those in Europe, and rendeY it unneeessary and impolitic for American girls to 2o over the water FOR EDUCATION AS PRIME DONNE. The idea of founding a conservatory, it appears, is an old one with Mr. Strakosch. Bat in the rush of managerial life—and no life is so fall of rash and vicissitude—this and a thousand more projects lae been stowed away, to wait till called for. Some years ago, however, when Mr. Wood turned hismind from a medical collee o & mustcal col- lege, hesent for Miss Clara Louise Kellogs, and made her an offer. Not such an offer aa bachelora cometimes have made tothe maiden songstress, but anofferto place in her charge the institation which he provoéed talcave 152 post-mOrtem monu- ment. Severai conferences were held, and the oid bachelor, who had anese for money but no soni for music, agreed thoronghly with Miss Kelloge's {deas. Then, Sowehow, there came _an end of mectings. and ' nothing more was heard from Mr. Wood or his propositions. Itepeated but vain efforts were made (o0 see him and continue the conferences. Whether far-secis releives had an Interfering hand in does not pear; but Miss Kellogz had other business to at- tend to, and let go of the wusieal-college plan so far as Mr. Wood was concerned. Not 50 _easily did 6ho give it up altogether. Mr. Strakosch was acquainted by her of what had passed, and was heartily with her in the idea that o Conservatory, with Miss %ellogg as chief teacher and Max Str koech as dircctor, would achieve an fmmensc enc- cose, sud grow more and more famous as time ‘went on. THE IDEA, MR. STRAEOSCI SAYS, was worked out into o plan thus far: He owns 2 house I Sixteenth street. It woulda't do for 3 zrand Conservatory, bat it would do for a be- minnine. With what caoitai—a modest sum of £100, 000 or *o—Miss Kelloge and himsclf would be willing to invest in the enterprise, they would be able 10 secure some of the first teachers in tne world. Miss Kellozz wonld be at the head of . the corps. Taking her reputation and his together, and with bis long experience and well-known standinz abroad, there would be no question of ®etting all the papils desired. ‘Why, " said Max, **1 am bored to death by per- £one who want to iz for me, to get my judgment 28 to their chances, and whether they had better 20 abroad to study. 1 am constantly Importuned lotake puplis at my own price. Icould All my bouse in Sixteenth street at once, if 1 would only Fo into the business and put a sizn out as Director Of a Condercatoire. Iknow what I cando, aud I can m?kc_ a great success of a Conservatoire in New York. Miss Kelloze thinks with me, and {rill do just s I say abont it. She would open m bouse to pupils 10-morrow if I said so. EV: hn{l m'uie upour minds to begin In 2 modest way, when f a sudden this will came, and, instead of a small Bouse ana capital, bere wa S1. 000, = cal college. Then we said. thie iy %‘l‘l.’:,’i‘é’i." o counid do. !\': will waitand see what comes orit.™ = Ml'se KELLOGG'S CONPERENCES with AZr. Wood, it seems. were known tn tha oan- tlemen who are to_carry oat the provisions of tho will. if it gets admitted to probate. Mr. Strakosch anid that nothing had been heard from these gentlo- men, und the matter rested. 1f they atanv time asked Miss Kellogg to take charge of the colloge of music, then she would take up azaina project long a favorite onewith her. If not,and a good col- lege were establiahied without her, one good coi- leie wonld be enough. Dut let a poor Conserca- {oire be founded, and Mr. Strakosch would En: be heard from at his honse in_Sistcenth street. As for talking as {f the millfon were fu his hands, and az If he had but to begin at once to erect a macnifi- cent building and secure an immense corps, that was purely the work of the interviewer. Thus the mater of musical colleges in the metropolis rests at present, and fe hkely to rest for a long time. Wili contests draz, and this promises to be A THOROUGHLY TOUGH CONTEST. The Wood family 1s given to litization. Samuel Wood having lunebeen enpaged in a biw suit over the atfairs of u brother. 'There are to be proceed- ings in the Supreme Court before the will is put into Surzozate's Court, snd hence 1t will be some months pefore the case will be reached by the con- testants. Undue influence isone of the charges and incompetency another, It has come to the pass that when a man does not leave his money to those who think they ought to have it he is im- medstely arraigned a8 incompetent when living to make up his own mind, If & rich man hus a hobhy ho should carry it forward during his life, and not trustany pet project o his executors. 1t hus been suggested that Mr. Wooa might have fonnded the splendid institution which his will provides for and have seen it in operation had he entered upon his plan at the time of its inception. Taen all this trouble had been avolded, und there would not now be a eerions uncertainty asto whether New York will ever bave s Conservatoirs to be kuown as the Samuel Wood College of Music. DButif we caunot have that aud the million endowment, perhaps we shull have the Strakosch and Kellogz Conservatory instead. I TALKEED WITH MR. STRAKOSCH, a8 8 matter of course, about his operatic business the past season, sud what he proposed for nest winter. Iiis joint venture with Miss Keliogg, ay 13 well known by this time, hias resulted in ilatter- ing pecuniury success. Tiie three weeks® season here was full of money-making, und quite as sat- isfactory as the combination had reason or rizht to expect. There was wire-pulling and some news- paper machination, but nothing to what marked the travels of the troupe through the West. Messrs. Mapleson and Strakosch both printed cards and in- terviews, expressing that cordial ill-favor which undoubtedly exists” between them. They sud nothing new, however, and the charzes and. coun- ter-charues were the same a3 had been gerved up ud nausearn in the Western papers. MR. STRAKOSCH SAID he had done finely with his three prime donne, and wonld never have had any trouble but for Maple- fon. Thejealousy of Kellogg, the strugulo 1o ob- 1ain_prejudiced notices m ' the papers, all in fact that bad been charged azain and again. existed only in Mupleson's cve. He wanied Mlle. Roze to have everylhing, und be everything, and that was the whole secret of 1t. But Max Strakosch knew the ropes perbaps quite s weli as the sou of the London impressurio, and hud - got along with the hnx-he.ul-:& boy as peaceubly as hecould, Max said he wouid Iike to re-engaze Mlle, Roze for next season if it were not for Maplcson. As the intter was her husband, the one coald not be bad without the other, und that settled it. Ho would never bave anything more to do with Mapleson in any_eircunistunces, e haa kept Roze throngh the five months, thongh the contract was for three with the privilege of two more, at 31,000 8 week, This proved whether Keilogg whs jealous of her. Mile. Roze was all- right 1f Teft to Lierself; but her huaband would ruin” herin any engagement she might make, A3 FOR CARY, Mr. Strako:ch eald she had not yet contracted with him for next year. but be iad overy reason to be- liove ehe and Miss Kelloze would remmn together, He would keep Ciry and would smive her o better ealurs: and with, thes two his company a3 Bure of Success. Mas is very jubilnt over bis success outside of the Academy and its cfique. They told him he could never make Italian opera go ut Booth's. Italian opera any'where clse than at the Academy! Why, the idea was preposterous. He was told that he could get no support” from the newspapers here. Then,” with an emophatic word, he said that he would succeed without it. Bui when the news- papers saw Lie was zoing through with it on a grand scale, they turned {n to help him. There was much comment at the time upon the course of the ferafd on the tirst night. It devoted t & dozen lines to tne opera, and a lincands half to Kellogg. Next morning, hoyever, it gave Mlle. Ltoze A GUSHING JIALF-COLUMN. MMr, Strakosch's version of this iy, that the Herald_people smd he conld not succeed, and, having been caught once or twice in predictions, they sent Bim to Ingmire if he was woing chrough all right. 1le replied that he was, with their help 1f they chose to give it, withoutit if they did not. ‘Then they never said a word or zave bim a notice in advance, and treated him shabbily on the. first night. Ue immediately cabled Mr. Bennett nest morning for fair treutment, and Mr. Bennett on- swered by cable that he would attend to the mat~ ter. Thé notice for Mile. Roze, in marked con- trast fo the slight put upon Miss Kelloze, was due, Mr. Strakosch said,to uu autograph letter from Ar. Bennett, whicn Mr. Mapleson procured from him in London. So much forthe critical course, su to speak, pursued by onc great paper. The others DID NOT SLIGHT TUE PERFORMANCES, nor give undue preference o unybouy, except in occasional instunce: ing Ttalian’ Opers awsy from the Academy wis a blow at Murray Hill and 200 stockbolders, however, and Max had sheet good Juck in cominz out as he did. This is but a modicum of the nusili) in connection with the onera season, but it will do, for s half-bour's sit- ting with the most successful manager Mirs Kelloge has ever had, and the one with waom ber fortunes seem to be permanently joined. . G. BOSTO THE OPERA OF ‘““AIDA™ AT THE HUB. From Qur Oun Correspondent. Bosrtox, April 10.—Verdi's long and mach- taliked-of opera of “*Aida” was given here last evening by the Kellogg Opera Troupe for the first time. Expectation had been at fever-heag for o good while, for the zlowing reports that had come to us through the winter hud bad their nsnal effect. ‘fickets began to sell carly, and were in great de- mund, and on the morming of Monday I don't think _standing-room could have been purchased **for love or money." Miss Kellogz isa favorite here, as 1 have before said in this correspond- ence, and Miss Cary fairly divides the honors with her. Eoth have their zealous partisans, who are ready to fight, or to male & fight, for their favorite, as we had pretty strong evicence during the per- formance Jast cvening. 1t wasat the conclusion of the third act. when, after prolonzed applanse, sfiss Kellogg and the new tenor, Signor Frapolll, came before the curtain. As they retired, the tamait increased, and frequent calls were heard for *Cary! Cary!™ varled by ‘‘Kellogg! Kel- Jogg!" from the ‘‘other side.” Miss Kellogs, Frapolli, and Verdi responding to this, the tumult went on until one could only term it an uproar. THE CALLS OF **CARY! CARY!” ‘became voeiferous, and bore down those of ** Kel- loga! Kellogg!" “After this Miss Cary appoared, aud her admircrs gave & round of brayas and other indications of approval. To a person stauding outside of all partisanship it looked very much as if Miss Cary had kept herself out of the way, waltmz for just this culmination. There may be nothing in ‘all this, or there may be everythin: 1f the former, and the long delay was mere acci- dent, caused, perhaps. by some trivial matter, tae "‘‘powsow” of the pariirana was simoly ludicrots. If the latter, and the stories which have come to us this winter of the ‘‘jar be- tiveen “the two ladies arc tae, then tlie whale thing was very undignified and injarious, not only on the part of the partisans, but on whichever of thie artistes may be to blame for this deluy ns well. The powwow, however, showed oretty plainly tuat most of the andience believed In_the family **jar.” And, to telithe trath, I think at the tiine that most of us enjoyed the tamult, for it waa exceedingly good-humored and very catching in its epirit. SIGNOR FRAPOLLI, ng an entire stranger to a Doston andience, re- ceived no welcome at first, as be was unrecogniz- ed. 'The appreciation, howaver, which followed swhen his merits as well as his position became known, must have made amends, The enthusi- asm lay with dida and Amaesis, ‘The espression of this was, of course, aurmuted by the spirit of rivalry fn the hoose, but, 08 many occasfons, it was @ genuine tribute to the ral power of cach. I think it is safe o iy toat *¢Aida will nmever be a favorite opera here. On the part of Miss Kellogg it % an experiment. Her conception of the part seems perfect; but, beantiful and striking as she wis on occusions, both 1n hier acting snd singing. there was a lnck of tragic force and intensity, —one could not find the old fault with her, that she was zold, Tnere was lenty of warmth and sweetness ix ber representa- tion, but there was no passior,— quality which, beyond everything else, the purt needs. Miss Cary ecems more naturally suited o Dic part of Ami- nerds, and her fine voice found full icope in inter- pretinz the proud character of the doagter of the Pharaohs. The preat stage of the Bostoa Theawe is admir- ably adapted to the ecenic dieplay; and TIE RICIE BARBARIC DIESSES, the whole efect of scencry, anited with the pict- uresque eronpings of the priesty, the people, and the “solaiery, has never, it 1is ssid, ~been bronght ontmore advantageously. —One fact con- neeted with the andience s worth comment, in view of the agitation in this natter for some time past, and that is, the attemptto return to the old ways and days of **no bonneta™ Here and there was seen a bonnetless head, tie baxr pretrily ar- ranged. aud in one instance deiorated with naturul flowers, Itisagreat guinto an sudience in one durection, —that 6f vision. Even with the hair in puils and rolis upon the top of the head, there is a gain 10 those In the rear, for,as often bappens, these paffs and rolls are sarmanted by & pyramid of flowers and feathers. TO le sure, fashion has been compressing and redwing 8 zood deal of late, but ' there are left thoso pert little hizh crowns, oud an arch af brim which would bumid’ up the obstructing head into a formidable barder. On the other band, if bounets disappesr, fall-dress will nacu- rally come in,-and then fafewelito the case with which one can visit the opera in Boslon. For sev- eral years, a3 faras dresswas concerned, it has ‘been as simple and casy a matter 0 g0 to the opera 24 10 an evening lecture. A palro! light gloves only were quite sulicient to givethe festal tonch that was Qtung. But now, If the tonnet zoes, and the uncovered head brinzs {nan daborite gpeta costume, what is to_become of ths mformal and. casy stute of things?. Ican fancytho stronger- mindad watarhoad Luoking &ram 2t this aneations for they will rejolee in rebuking the frivolous fashion-followers by nopearing amongst them in the severost of roform. dresses, ond, if occasion requires, with X TIE REGULATION SHOPPING-DAG on the arm. But: .tms will not help the majority of swomen, who. on these points, have no agpressivencss, and would much prefer staying at home to presenting themselyes in # company where their own oddity would make them a subject of unadmiring observation, And 50, if the relgn of full-dress comes in with the go- ing out of the bonnet, the thonsand and one quict women who have literally no ** full-dress™ “will find themdelves in a dilemma, which, however the stronger sisterhood may scornfully criticise, will be a gerious one. Bat we ywon't barrow trouble too soon. Buston is proverbially and practically slow of movement. She doesn't jump into new ways and conditions fn a hurry, and for along time clinga to her little **set » customs with fond affec- tlon. o therc {s comfort yet, pechaps, for & com- fortable perlod for those of us who haveno ** full- d;s;!." and who belong to the con(armhfi' c;\v- THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. ‘“TITE EXILES" CHAMPIONSIIP. The contest for tho championship in the pro- duction of **The Exiles™ between McVicker and Ilooley has falied to enlist the interest of the pub- lic to such an extent s had been anticipated. In the first olace, Lent is not yet over, and we are on thio borders of Holy Week,—a highly inauspicious season for profane entertainment. however at- tractive. In the second place, it was quickly per- ceived that the Boston edition of tho play had re- ceived by far the greater amount of caze and e: pense in its preparation. It was set in a splendid framework of beautiful ecenery, and aided by sumptuous arfay of victuresque costumes. Mr. Rowe's play, on the other band, was allowed to stand on its own . merits 23 a dra- matic composition, the -scenic embellishments having formed, apparently, & secondary consider- ation In Its production. Naturally, therefore, McVicker has had the wind of popular sentiment in his favor. The scenic decorations of the stage have, since the days of Elizabeth, been no sec- ondary part of the representation, and the first artista of the time have delighted in creating beau- tiful scttings for dramatic dialogne. In ‘*The Exiles,” a3 produced at McVicker's, the scenery lends no little charm to the plece, and as much is duc to the scene-painter s to uthor or actor. Especially notable are the interior of the Grand Duke’s palace, the Siverian dwelling, und the for- est with the snow-incrusted pines swingmng heavy andsolemn in the night air of that desolate revion. Mr. Malmsha in taisscene has shown that he Isa trus artist, ana many o broad canvas spread ostenta- tiously upon the parlor walls of the wealthy is not 20 much 2 work of art a3 this picture. Several other scenes algo show a muster hand. and Mr. MeVicker may congratulate himself on having scenic artist certaindy not _excelled, if, indeed, he be equaled, inthe United States. Asto the intrinsic merits of the two plays, we have already expressed our preference for the Boston version, and it is needless to reiterate the reasons. In eiach the theme js the same,~—tho prosecution of a wicked purpose on the part of an ambitious, relentiess villain, whose 1ufutnation for a beautiful woman carries him on to inconceiv- able extremes of cruelty. Mr. Rowe has displayod little inzenuity in the treatment of the sabject. 1fe portraiture of Scheim is that of a coarse, brntal wretch who is prompted to his infernal work by spirit of ignoble revenge. At best, 1t i3 a repulsive icture, but Sardon has displayed artistic instinct y introduting an element which in some measure softens the repellont featares of the character. He makes Schelm the victim of an overpowering sivn, and there are glimpses of a higher nuture in him which command at least respect. Mr. Wal- cot's delineation of this character is marked by n certain rude strencth and earnestness which oc- casionally hurries him into excesses, and yet he never loses sight of the central morive for his conduct,—the overmasfering passion for Nadege, and the smarting sense of being scorned. The(closing scene, in which Schelm, streiched npon his couch of uzony, still glaries in his power, and gloats over the discomfiture of the beinus hie nas reso.ved to destroy, is a masterly piece of acting, but horribly realistic—puintuily s0. Women avert thelr gozo from this awful spectacle of u sinner's deathbed, which is worse in its way than the death of Dunny Man and the marder of Nancy Sukes combined. Mr. Leorock doss some effective act- ing in the part of the young Frenchman De Lussieres, whom he porlrays with an casy, flowing 1mto payety and gallantry—rising ‘heroism when - the ‘occasion’ comes—that denotes intellizence and o thorough commaad of the techuical requirements of theatric urt. Mr. Darry Lee as Viadunir mukes up handsomely, and ren- ders the part of the impctuous young nobleman with trae spirit and point. A strong clement of Tumor i infusea into the play in the character of the zay, eccentric, but truc-learted Culcassin, which is admirably rendered by Roland Reed. e affords almost the only relief from the prevailing grimness of the picture. Miss Don Is unfist® by nature to speak or act in scrious parts, and her Vadege is a conspicuous failure. Miss Geraldine Maye, on the othier hand, scems quito at home in such a role a3 Tafraua, aithoush it must be said that neither of the characters are epccidlly fnteresting, suve throngn force of the distressing circamstances un- der which we find them. . As we have heretofore said, the Rowe version of the play lcaves Mr. Levick but limited opportunf tics for giving a rieht ‘‘faste of his quality." After the first and second agg, the character cedses tointercst the spectator, aul we can only admire the sicill of the actor in. contriving to keep that in- terest alive. The character of fuller is pertaps one of the best in tho cast, aud this finds au exce lent representative in Mr. Fred Warde, whose Im- personation s instinct with manly fecling. and Tacked by sound inteliigence. - 1n the persoaation of the two characters of Tatiana and Vadege the Hooley cast has a most decided advantage over thut of McVicker's. DBoth Miss Rigl and Mies Jeffrey: Lewis are deserving of sincere pratse for the uni- forin excellence of thefr acting. “The_Boston ** Extles” has been brought out at Booth's Theatre, in New York, and the crities of the metropolis bave given it rather a cool recep- tion. 'This was to be expected. IHowever. they concede that it was well received by the public. LOCAL NDTES: Jack Haverly hus ouly four minstrel companies on the road. **The Exiles” will be reoresented all this week at both McVicker's and Iooley's Theatres. > Aiss H. E. Haskine, the Boston reader, has been suffering from a severe uttack of brouchitis. A large andience grected Miss Rosa Porter at the West End Opera-House last Thursday, to listen to her readings and_impersonations, which were rc. cefved wita hearty approval, s The arrangements for the Murdoch Testimonial are progressing, and have already assumed provor- tions which indicate that it will be a most betrliant ana imposing social and histrionic event, The Grant Place Literary Society will give a pub- Tic entertainment on Monday evening in tue nudi- torium of the M. E. Church, coruer Grant Place and Larrabee street. An excellent programume has been prepared. 3Miss Alice Harrison, the sancy, dashing Prince Caprice in ** The Trip to the M00p, " bas been ro- lensed from her engugement with the California gompany, and fs t0 Jofn the Kice Evangeline par- y. She will probably make her first appear: with thow tu Chicago. e Mr. Henry G. Byron leaves for San Francisco under an éngagement at Baldwin's to produce +* Ogarita, the Wild Flower of Mexico, " un adapta- tion of +"The Sea of Tce. » which was bronsht out at the Strans ondon, when Mr. By e as Munuel the Adventurer. FSanRed A complimentary benedt has been te Miss Mary \Wheeler, of this city, who lm"!dg'r:l‘litéz admiration of her many friends’ by ber histrionic talent in her several performances at the West End Opera-House. She isabout to leave Chicago for new fields of endeavor. and a large number of in- luential citizens Liave resolved (0 give her a part- ing testimonial. The benefit will Gome off on the 25th Inst. A most delightfal Iiterary and musical entortain- ment occurred on Suturday might, April 0, at the residence of Mr. S.S. Stevens, No. 1821 Indiana avenuc.. Their spacions parlora were filled with invited guests. ixs Neely Stevens, Miss Henri- ctte Monroe, Mrs. Watriss, Mrs. Stacy, and Miss Jessie Patton took part In the entertainment. Miss Stevens is a most conscientious pinnist. Aiss Mon- roc clectrified the audience with Ler almost perfect impersonations, _developing rire talent asa dra- matic reader. Miss Monroc will eoon gratify her many admirers by s public appearance before a Chicago audience. Kiralfy's spectacalar production of **The Deluge, or Paradise Lost,” will be prodnced to- morrow evening at the Adelphl, with new scenery by Voertlin, complicated mechanical effccts, and costumes and arinors from designs by Gustay Dore. The California company wilf be sugmented by several new artists, and tho ballet will be sus- tained in interest by the continued presonce ot De Rosa, Pailadino, Kirlfy, Corsl, and thelr corps. The incidentul piciures include Pandemoniam, the Garden of Eden, the death of Abel, the Temple of Enoch, the Delugo, and other striking tableaux. The cast of characters in the spectacle Is as follows: T. W. Keene 3. Loufs Harrison «-. Mr. Wentworth e Fihe { oy M3 Marion tiolcombe s Victoria P Mis3 Grscle Plalsod «J. Fraak .Miss Helen Tracy Wiltiam Arnold <+Miss Marion Stnzer W. A. Mestayer 1ss Ada Shattuck Misd Gracelsud 1. Theobald . Robfnete Ny = i TubalTs desceniddnt of Cai b An old man. - STAGE-STRUCK. The following Ia 3 good specimenof the kind of applications received at the Dramatic Bureaa: Resrecrep Sins: recelved your cireular would say Iam youny sixteen summera, am a poor gir} and hive my livelyhood to make I have never traveled with a theater.” have been 0a the stage some. Iam weil sdapted to take o sentamental part Io most anythine. Tand ail my family are respected but poverty drove me 1o take tie step 1 havo undertaken and hope 1 will puc- cede. I will necd practiceand » few instractions. I a: active and quick 10 learn as for salery | would wang ¢€xpenses and at least 312 & month, You know what &ierv 50u have been Davinz to the one whose hositiua Ishould be reaulred to fill. 11 o K% bear from you o r by returd matl, L remaia, m’:'a B s : P. S.~Ilova the staze 1 lov %% judnent I muse and wili become an netress. 2 e} & ) )14 . ELSEWDERE. “OQUR ALDERMEN " was produced at the Park Theatre, New York, last Wednesday. Al the papera indicate & snccess except the Herald, which says it is too trivial to have been put on the stage, prononnces it worse than the **Mighty Dollar" and ** Big Bonanza, but adds, **Jt is always safe to hedge on matters ‘where popular taste is concerned.” The ZTribune eays: ‘*There ia much truculent satire on local political abusesin this play, —witlch mingles threads of comedy and farce,—and there is some capital cquivoquein portions of the dialogue. ™ The Times *“The play was received with abundant applause, and will nndoabtedly prove 2 source of amuse- ment for largo audiences for a few weeks.” The World says: *‘There is no dullness in the per- formauce,” and sveaks of all the characters as **mirth-provoking.” The Sun savs: **The audi- ence received the play with the most hearty good bumor.” Tne following is a bricf outline of the ‘picce, ziven by the New York Zimes: Afr. Lyman Drake, a retirea merchant, i3 elected an Alderman, and form3 a resolve to_ espouse the cause of Teforiu upon s entrance into the Board, and break up a**ring"of which four other Allermen arc the con- spleuous members. As Mr. Druke is unused tothe Jays o pollicians, dnd as Lie i83 man of lictic patfence and somewliat apprehensive about his health, his course Is anythinzbut smooth, ana It ends in failure. Jfr. IWitmont Birney, 3 50rt of **boss™ In politics. and rep- resentatlve of anow happlly extinct species. attempts to fstruct the would-be reformer Drake in the myate- ¥les of the **ring,” and I3 zealously supported by Yr. Anson Carter, su Alderman with sspirations; Mr. Futrick ‘0’ Maitey, an Irish Alderman, with a rich broguc and strong rejudices, and r. Diedrich Guck- ieberger, a German Aldermub, who controls -an Impor- tant German element. In & conference and subsequent caucus the methods of these politicinns are discovered Dy Drake and Dr. Bernurd Clancy, his ally fn the Board: but. by a speeles of cumulative voting pecutfar 10 thi3 particular ring, the reform element s overruled and completely discouraged, and an extravagant appro- priatlon for 1lie court-Louse dome adopted. " The wives of the Aldermen, and seversl soung perdons of both sexes, swell th Cast of charucters, until they number about a score, and, us each one fias o responsibility to lay upon Alf. Drake's shouldera. that nervous re- former has s hard time of it. and is fn the end glad to #o out of polititics sud escape diatraction of mind of Ueath from spoplexy. THE DECAY OF NEGRO MINSTRELSY. Old *‘Pete™ Hendersou, the darky from whom Sanford, Eph Horn, Frank Browers, and other successful minstrels’ drew their Inspiration, died in Philadelvhia last week. In his latter duys he was employed in a galoon, After his chores were throngh he ssid he was ‘ia gettin' weaker an’ weaker, Hke de old rye dot's left uncawked,” and he was led to his room where his life leaked out without 0 much as o gurzle, Pete was known and his acquaintance sought by ull the ambitions personntors of nexro churacters and singers of negro songs. In appearance he was the perfect plantation hand, and this the stage-men tried to catch. Ile was lame in one leg, and very often Carncross woula get his troupe around Petc 20 that they could imitate the limping. The limp is now scen on all tue minstrel stages throughout the country. “The passing away of this anclent relic is sng- gostive. Negro minstrelsy itself is fast passing away, and it Is about time to prepare its obituary. A few days ago Ned Langley, once a popular minstrel, was met by a Sun reporter in Umon Square, und he gave utterance to this sad Jament: 1 am a merchant now, bless your hears. 1 keep o dryozoods store In St Louls, aud I am_ here buylng goods. Just now I'm’ on the fuokont for some of my Gld acquaintances of my minstrel duys. but I doa's fin them. ‘They bave departed. ‘The truth fs, nlsgerism 18 played out. 'This city supports only une troupe, and they ayly keep thelr hill open five or slx months in the 1¢1s Just the same all througn the country. A * company geis several montns of fair business {n Phlla- delphln every season. Thats ail. Wny. in my time there used to” be several establfshed companies fn New ‘ork. two_in Philadelohis, and one apicce fn Boston. 0, New Orleans, St Louls, Clucinpatl, and San Franciséy, and tho trivellng companfes were almost beyond counting. Mot of these made 3 great deal of money. Look at Ithow. _\Vliat has becouie of such a8 Campbicil's, Sharplev's. Morrls Brothers, Buckley's — well, 1 conld keepon bulf an hour nawingonce famillar {Toupes that are now among the things that have been. Moseof them, after making fortunci. enied In bunk- Peopie zol tired of that furm of amusement. Variety shows have crowded them out. I can teil you {n two minutes _cvery troupe now, traveling—Nell Dryaots party, Simmons & Slocuw's, Carncross & Dixey's, Haverly's, buprez & Benedlct's, Cal Waz- ner's. and Harry Robinson’s—seven in ail, " lcaving oat two or three companies of genuine negrocs. Even these have to Intraduce white-faced features 10 attract audlences, or put on four end men, or resort to_suyme such thing that used to be unncceasary. Harry Robin~ Som hay six cnd men~think of_3hat, Almost all of the old-fashioned performers bave' L’fl?c out of the busi~ nesa. T ulggeriem of the variety shows {3 mostly done by young men, at very low wiages, and generally consists of sunes and dances. There 1800 negro_char- acterization, or any deminad for t., Asi aay varlety manager. und he will tell you_that "he can getall che **ham-fatters " he wants for #1Ueach per weei. Almost the valy old-timersnow before the publlc have worked {nto other lines. Joe Emmet 18 a° Dutch comedian, Willlom Castle iz an operatic tegor, Joseph Murpny {3 an frisn comedfan, and go on. O, Begro minsireisy has fiad {ts nse and fall, lke—like—vasn's 1t the Loman Emofre that ad a riso and gail? GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP. Mrs, Rousby was thrown over the head of 3 horse one eveniug while playing Joan of Arcatthe Standard, London. The Elephant and Castle Theatre, London, which was opened by the lafe E. T. Smuth in 1872, has Leen completely burned’ down. The loss 13 esti~ matea at 3125,000. Mr. M. L. Mager, of London, fssaid to have bouzht the right of represcnting Dumas’ new piay, **Joscph Dalsamo,” in England, the United- states, fand Canuds. Jarrett & Palmer have succeeded in getting Booth's Theatre for four months, from Septemver next. Mr. Palmer's moro particular object ingoing to Burope is to sign with Henry [rving, e A new version of *‘Leah' has been brought out at Niblo's Garden—where the original was produc- ed fifteen years ago—with Gussie De Forrest as the heroine, and Sam \¥. Piercy as Rudolpk. The manager of the Grand Opera-Tlouse, San Francisco, has leased the California Tneatre, and will vring out **Juliug Cressr,” with Charles Pope, Barton Hill, and Frank Bangs in the cast. A young Iawser of this city is now playing at the Moseum; the name he goes by there is Alf Hudson; e paid $200 for the privileze of playing, and also pays $10 a weelk besides; must want to play very oadly. — Pluladeluhia Correspondence Dromatic News. Asnes Robertson (Mrs. Dion Boucicanlt) will very shortly appear at the Olympic Theatre, Lon- don. in 8 new piece written for her by Tom Taylod, “I'his will be most probably Miss Robertson's last. appearance in Eneland before her departure zor America on a professional tour, In the days of Charles Kean it used to be sald that that actor wished to gee his company reduced 1o himself aud a ballet. This is one of the secrets of }r. Irving's trinmphs in Louis XZ., where he retains possession of the staze and stands'in front of accessuries WNO serve no Durpose but o put his fTgure 1to bolder relief. Ted Almonte, the wittiest and most genial of ‘modern circus élowng, died of guick consumption the other eveninz. Iie was performing almost up to the time of hid death, which he did not dream was 50 near. . He was one of the best clowns in the business, foli of fun, and as happy and witty ounside the ring as in it. Miss Genevieve Ward's Lady Macbeth has been pronounced by some critics to be the finest render- g of that character at the present day. Tha sleep-walkiug scene is declarod to be Superb. Miss Ward's recent Fmvincl.‘ll tour i3 a sort of farewell to her Engliah andiences before her de- parture for the United States. Mr. Joseph Jeflerson is a gentle-hearted man, as well a3 u fine actorand anaccomolished gentleman, t long azo he found an old blind flsherman ang- Jing in the bayou near his Louisiana plantation, und became €0 interested fn him that he sent him to u clever oculist in New Orlcans, with instrac- tions to spure no expense in restoring his sight. Rachel Macanley appeared as Seraphine last in the New Purk Theatre, Brookiyn. Her conception of the character differs from all who have preceded her in the part. It{s that of a wom- anof the world whose consciousness of sin h1s ariven her to bitter repentance, but whose mis- guided jndement leads her to silence toe dictates of her heart and seck consolation in & cruel and unnatural austerity. **Chawles, or, a Fbol and s Monev," by Hnnr{ J. Byron, the Enslisn ‘)luy\rril_’hL will prob- ably follow *!The Aldermen™ at the Park Thea- tre. The latter play ewploys elghteen artists— ten gentlemen and eight ladies. _Amonz tnem are Jumes Lewiy, W. J. Lemoyne, E. F. Thorne, W, iL. Bailey, J. G. Saville, T. G. Rizgs (who, 28 AMuldoon, made such a successfal cnaracter part in ‘+Oor Bachelors ™), W. IH. Cailington. Misses Sidney Cowell, Jennie Murdock, Florence Noble, Nellic Bingham, from Wallack's Theatre; Lucy Mestayer, Alice Windham, Kate Singleton, and AMrs. Chapman. More litization: a play cannot be produced with- out it nowadays, The Lramatic Neus saya: **Imro Kiralfy will to-day institate proceedings for an in- Junction azainst any further performance by Henry E. Abbey (the Egyptian) of *Our Aldermen'at the Park Theatre.” Abbey, it seems, claimed to Kiralfy that the play is published. Kiralfy tele- raphed on Monday to Moser, the aathor of * Der Iypochonder,' from which *OQur Aldermen’ is taken, uskinz him {f the play had ever been pub- lished with his consent. In answer, be recelved a cable from Moser that” * Hypochonder * had never been published, either with or without his consent. Kirally hus, therefore, a clear proprietary right in the case.” ——— Dramatic Close of an Interview. Cincinnatl Commerelal's Fiorida Lelter, A gentleman from the North, stopoing at Jacksonville, recently wandered off on a little forest stroll, aud soop came upon & tumble: down old cabin, at the door of which was scated a venerable white mag, with eyes blinking with age and his gnowy bair falling thickly about his shoulders. He was watehing’ a little darkey, about 15 years old, gathering palmetto roots. The gentleman from' the North enzaged the ancient forester in conversation about the crops, ete., and fouud the old man intelligent and well- informed about his surroundiugs.” ** But as to waaes, now," pursued the Northern visitor, how much do you have to puy hired help down here? ‘Take that little niguer eatherioz roots there, how much do you pay him a day?” i The old man hesitated a second or two, and then slowly said, skeining his long white hair through his flagers, “Well, to tell you the trath, stranger, I'm not much on wages myself. ‘The fact is, that little boy gathering “roots out there is my wife's son.” i ‘The Northern gentlemen had no further ques- tions 10 ask. more particdlarly, perhaps, as *that little nigger’s " motler, a strapping big colored woman, came out of the cabin about that time with a big pair of tongs fu her haud, carrying a blazing coal for the old man’s plpe. EUROPEAN GOSSIP. THE MALTA SCANDAL. Zondon Correspondencs Buffalo Commerclal. Licut. Scott Stevenson, statfoned at Malta, has 2 besutiful young wife. H. R. H. bas (or had) an equerry named Monson, who is 3 mar- ried man. It pleased Mr. Monson ‘to pay & somewhat lawless sult to Mrs. Scott Stevenson. It pleased her and her husband~—especially the busband—~to resent this. It farther pleased H. R. H. to espouse the cause of his equerry. For twelve months Mr. Monson laid siege in writing to the heart of the beautiful Mrs. Scotg Steven- som, and then came the incvitable expose. Before I go any farther let me say that on all hands it is sdmitted that the lady’s con- duet in tho aflair was that of o strictly virtoons, if attention-loving, wife. ~She flirted innocently; he Mr. Monson) did not. At least, the ontrazed hus- band thought he did not, and, in conscquence, he lost no time in his endeavors to procure re- dress. A chaiicnge was duly forwarded by the injured husband to the gay Lotnario, and cour- teously declined. Whereupon a second _chal- Jenge followed with fine promptitude. E,”“E tually, owing to the interference of the Duke v Edinburg, it was arranged on board the Su_lun; that Mr. Monson should resign the oilice of cquesry and retire from the island. On the day following, when Lieut. Stevenson handed in his written acquiescence to this arrangement, the Duk of Edinburg sont him s challénge to Gzht o public duel, with & complewen of four seconds and an adequate number of witnesses aud doctors, bis Royal Bighness to arrunze de- tails. Note 2 sentence or two in Lieut. Steven- son’s manly reply to this remarkable cartel: i = unable to comply with your de- m.‘.u’ui?“.‘ (e m.” S’I;onlld ‘your Hoyal Highness, in spite of what you know with regard to the char- acter of Mr, Monson, still consider him wortby of holding piace in your Court, you must not blame me if I call npon puvlic opinion to decide upon the merits of the case. . . . 1 meednotpoint out to your Royal Highness that your equerry is o manof the world, nearly 50 years old, while my wife is 8 comparative child. I assure you, sir, were it not for cuusing pubilc annoyunce to you and the Duchess, I would before now have chas- tised bim in the manner which is suited to men of nifs stamp. In reply to this the Duke demanded the ac- ceptance of the previous challenge. In the course of the rejoinder Lieut. Stevenson said: Your letter bas most deeply distressed me. Your Royal Highness seems to forzet the fearful injury which, in the rig has attempted to do me. . . . Igave him hig choice. He took it_snd must abide by it. When your equerry has left Malta, if your Royal ‘High- neas is still of tho same_opinion, and if T can rec- oneile it with my conscience and my duty thus to meet the son of my Sovereign, 1 shall then do so, only stipulating your Royal Highnesa will send me a clear explanation of why you bave interfered 1n this affair, which Mr. Monson, a man of honor, was bonnd never 10 have allowed ont of bis own bands. ... . With your Royal Hizhness I have noquarrel, and to save my life could do you no injury. Thercupon_the Duke withdrew from the affair, and a document was prepared and sizned Dy all the parties to the business. Therein Mr. Monzon placed his resiznation in the hands of the Duke, and undertook to leave the istand couditionally on the affair being kept a sceret. Subsequently a Mrs. Lloyd entered upon the scene, and wrote to Mrs. Monson declarme that Mrs. Stevenson had made a confidante of her. This, without mquiry, the Duke recarded ass breasn of the contract, and a conscquent re- moval of the ban of expatriation in réspect of Mr. and Mrs. Monson. They therefore re- turned to the island, and Mr. Monsun was horsewhipped by Licut. Stevenson. A Court of Inquiry ywas thereupon beld, and Lieut. Steven- son was held to have been fully justified in ad- ministering physical chastisement to the *‘in- discreet* equerry. I hope tie affair will be thoroughly canvassed in the House of Com- mons. Londnn. World. The “Malta scandal " would scem to be a drawn battle, both sides claiming the victory. A statement has already beeu published to the effect that Mr. Monson had received letters from Sir Charles Straubenzee and Sir Thomas Airey, declaring that his honor was unim- peached; and I now hear thata dispatch has been received from H. R. H. the Duke of Cam- bridze; in which he desires it to be made known to Mr. Stevenson and all his reziment (Forty-Second Royal Hizhlanders) that after *tcarcful perusal of the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry, he has come to the conclusion that Licut. Scott Stevenson has mnot acted in any way in a manner unbecoming a gentleman, gud be commands that he be at once relieved from the remark made on him by the Governor, 8fr C. Straubenzee; also that the regret of H. R. H. be conveyed to Licut. Scott Stevenson for the painful position in which he was pla-ed, and that H. R. fi? informs him that he will sce that no injury will happen to him in his pro- fessional career.” Everybody .will earnestly pray to hear no more of this unfortunate affuir. DRAMATIC BALL AT PARIS. Correspondence ~ew Tork World. Panis, March 26.—The annual charity ball of the drawatic profession took place Saturday at the Opera Comique. It began at midnight, just like the other witches® Sabbaths. At that hour the belated wanderers of the boulevards con- verzed to the spot to join the indispensable crowd of the curious. The men from the clubs, from the cafes, from the small and early even- ing parties likewise came down on the place— sball I say as wolves on the fold? noj; it would be uncivil, and, besides, the penped creatures they were to meet there had really nothing in common with “the sheoherd’s fleccy care,” but the whiteness of their outside. ~Later on the actresses trooped fn from the theatres, and the drama wes seen in loving companiouship with finance, diplomacy, and letters, but especially with finance—a touching _speetacle Which czave oue hopes of the final brotherhood of man. ' The ladies bad hurried throush their work for the night and_dressed bastily (a third time at least that day) for the entertain- ment. It was a bal costurue without masks, and intinitely superior to that sham festival at the opera in carnival time, whercat bired super- nuncraries Imitate the excesses of Mabille. By about 1 the place was quite full, and the differ- ent orders of society, as the word is understood in the coulisses, had found their patural level. The actresses who speak by the line down-stairs, thosec who speak by the paze above—in other words, the ‘‘stars?’— were in tneir proper place up aloft, the lesser lights on the level of earth, The coup d'eeil was brilliant—in the boxes all the great theatres represented by the elite of their respective com- papies, and in the pit (which with the stage formed the salle de danse) admiring Paris in its best clotnes. Louked atin one wav, it was a sort of popular review of the pieces most in vogue. Alphonsine sppeared as a character in +* La Petite Mariee;? Debreiix as the hero in * Paul and Virginia;" Judic as the charbonniere —without ber face biackened, bowever. Niniche had a whole loge to itself, and wanted it, as the members of the company gave a little supple- mentary dance inside on their own_account. Oue lady was in_tne costume of the Directory, another was a Russiau * for this night only.” Spanish students were wumcrous, almost to supertluity. There were black hunchbacks from the ballct at the Folies Berzeres. Angele ap- Fuarc!lns\l miller in a monstrous hat almost arge enoush to bave accommodated a quadrille party on the brim. Fanny Robert was made up as a beautiful mulatto. “I'he greater actresses, such as Blauche Plerson, Leonide Leblanc, were content with simple evening dresses, and sat proud and cold, playing no pranks in their Joges. It was the best thing to do. The crush below was indesccibable, the heat everswhere suffo- cating, and movement ouly wade it worse. ganncmz, or the show of it, was keptup till WL, THE HOWLER OF GALLIPOLI, Gatlipoli Correspondence Londan Times. It is, L take it, its saoctity that makes Galli- Ppoli so unprogressive 28 compared with neieh- boring towns, such as Dardanelles and Rodosto. 1In dress, manners, and mode of life it has not perceptibly altered {n the last century. Except the forelem Consuls, who, of course, are clad in Western fashion, Eastern dress of the oldest type fs worn by both Greek and Turk, and the quilted doublet and furred pelerine have not given way to the ‘“Stambouli,” which both R" yah and Osmaali have zenerally adooted else- where. Rich in shrines and monastic_institations, Galiipoli has been from the early days of Otto- man-rule {o Surope a stronghold of the faith. Ii shelters three sccts of Dervishes; the Bevs, the largest landed proprietors, are muostly allilated to one or other of the orders: wealth and influence belong bere to Islam, and the rule of the high priest of the Howlers overrides that of the appointed Governor. An able, en- terprising, intriguing, money-etting fellotw is this distinguished Dervish, thouzh ou would hardly think itto sec him with bowing kead and eves cast down, pale and ascetic of aspect, in green pelisse and turbaned calpack, slowly pacing the streets on his high-bred horse, with an attendant holding elther stirrup. Still less would you think it if you saw bim in mosque on Tuesdny or Friday, howling like a maniac till he foamsat the month ana drops exhausted. And yet this Hussam Effendifsa keen man of busiaess, manages vast estates with ereav t of God and man, your equerry, crations in timber aud agricultural produce with suceess, lends mouey to small farmers, has a larwe share in 2 steam flour-mill and biseait- factory, und is onc of the largest contractors for army and navy supplies. It isimpossiole to believe that one of such practical mind as Hys. sam Effendi should have faith in the valge, theologically speaking, of his grotesque and painful ritual; but be owes much of his inflg. ence to his reputation for holiness, whict, won by constant and eflicient howling, i as substan. tial an item of his large stoci-iu-trade as the engine in his biscuit-factory. Hussam Effendi’s steadfastness to tue rule of bis order is thus by no means irreconcilable with bis. keen pursgit of this world’s zoods. Howlinz pavs in ong fashion, biscuit-bakine in anotier; while by the judicious blending of mysticism with commerce the operator comes t0 0CCUDY 3 SOt of neutral ground on which he can serve indifferently both Goa and Mammon. CLEANLINESS IN ROME. [Eztract from @ Pricate Letter,) Roxe, March 15.—My ideas of Rome hare suffered a wonderful chanze. I thought it was a picturesque, dirty old place, {nhabited by lazy people dressed In picturesque costume. I fing it to be one of the newest-lookiug, cleanest, and busiest cities in Europe. The clcanlimess ig wonderful. The dirtiest strects in the Ghetto are cleaner than Broadsway, Chestnut street, or State street in Chicazo. The pavement of the Piazza di Spagna you would eat your dinper upon, and find it cleaner than the table of ap average American railway-restaurant. The houses have every part fresh plastercd, and g new coat of yellow-wash cvery year. All thiy is destructive to the picturesque. As to the Italians being lazy, I never saw a more industri- ous people; even the beggar women carry their knitting. 3 4 Cleanliness is next to godliness,” the proy- erb says; but it will be the ruin of Rome if not stopped soon. They bave a Director of Anti- quities, one Signor Kosa, who is like the witch's broom in the German fable, that could not be stopped from sweepine. He has pulled all the beautiful ivy and waving grasses and shrubs off the tops of the Roman ruins, and has scraped all the golden-tolored mosses and lichens off the sides of the brickwork, until they look as new as if builv yesterday, and as venerable ag the ruins of a_Chicago “packing-house after the fire. If somebody does not choke him off io will coverthem, Coloscum and atl, with 2 nice, clean coat of yellow-wash, paint the Cross of Suvoy everywhere, and then, but not till then, will he be happy. This damnable spirit ot clean- jnz has even extended to the tombs onthe Appian Way. Luciily, the fountain or grotio of Egeria has escaped his notice, and retains its beautiful old ivy 2nd mosses, and lovely, flowine maiden-hair, just as it did when yousawit twenty-eizht vears azo. Buu_for this bit, I should never have knowa what I nave lost, The Romans say this cleaning and scrubhing was done to preserve the ruins. I sar they have removed Nature’s covering and protection, aud, if they continue to do so, the brick and stone will decay. Nature has protected it, or it would not be so fresh and_sharp now. I fear the great archies of the Basiliea of Constantine and of the Baths of Caracalla will soon coms tumbling down. T. C. C. A LITERARY CURIOSITY, Paris Correspondence Phladelphia Telzoraph, A work which will be a yeritable literary curi- osity will shortly appear,—a drama in verse by M. Renan, autbor of the “Lite of Jesus.” And, strange to say, this drama is, 8o to speak, a cone tinuation of one by Shakspeare. It Is called *‘The End of the Tempest,” and purports to be nsquel to the exquisite “Tempest™ of the greatest dramatist. Theidea is said to be car- ried out with a good deal ol Ingenuity. Pros- pero, Duke of Milan, has left his enchanted isle and nas returned to his dominiuns, taking with him Catidban, on _whose coarse and bratal nature his instrue- tions have so far taken effect that in mind sad person he has become far more cvilized and bo- man. The restored Duke devotes himself more and more to study, Ziving: from time to tine, by the belp of «riel, sundry of those gracefal and poetic festivals, such as he was wontio charm the senscs of his son-in-law, Ferdinand, withal. Meanwhile Catidan conspires azainst him, finally dethrones him, and reiuns in bis pla Prosperv_seeks tor consolation fa his scientific pursuits. But the Holy Offfee. dis- covers that such studies are impious, and the Inguisition Iays violent hands on the benes- olent magician. This time Ca:iban Interferes to save his benefactor and former master; he de-. stroys the Inquisition and- delivers Ilmpem but the delicate Arie has perisbed in thecon flict, Strength and Science survive, but the airy spirit of Puesy exists no longer. ————— ADVERSITY. Ah! Jesus had not where to lay His head, And shaped for man a prayer for daily bread. Heaven's Great King here suffered, with 00 thought Or eare for earthly niches; ond e taught, In symbols Iike tise lilies of the field, That mu?d-shon]vl trust to what God's care doth yiel He chose unsordid hearts, the low and meek, _ To beur i spirit and divinely speak; 3 And, though he made and owned the Unirerie, Bade them go rortn with neither scrip nor purse. 1leaven he prociaimed the poor's who strive (0 - win, P And showed how hardly rich men enter in- 1fe shared and blessed an equal state for man, _Aslevel ranks ron through all Nutare's plan. Her herds, and flocks, and swarms she daily feeds, And ylelds the Snmmer’s frait for Winter's needs, Sweet instinet masic swells from svivan shades, Aud cominon weal her even law pervages. Lut'oride of man tmpartisl order spurns; He strains from service, and the raler turns. Though God gives ample bounties without alack, ‘The greed of one man makes a hundred lack. Who's wiser, God or man? The truth is clear, That man holds bat a fitfal tenure here. ‘Whole cittes crumbole in the earthquake's shock; 1lis tleets arc tempest-tossed on strun |t and rock; O'er all the world his ruined temples stand; 1lis helpless bones lic heaped 1n sca and laud; Discase, defeat, and blight all crowd his way, And iz all earthly thinga he reads decay. Amid such tragic acenes of life and death, How vain to grasp, and, mest bhour, breath! Hoyw ask God's mercy, while one's selfsh greed Refuses succor to a brother's need! i What fools to dray their gold to the grave's brink, Taen feel their youls, gaia-bardencd, dowuws sink! Ah! in all 1ssues of poor humaa strife, )n_ugl‘lllr brings pure joy like s kind, min'st'riog e. Man's mission lies in goodness, mercy, Tove— Toese, nurtured here, inmortal bloum above. ‘Then, O be patient—hope! No golden key Unlocks the heaveus, as doth Adversity. Seek not the mountain-hignt3, where verdore falla Baot walk *mid fruits and dowers of level vales. Tis not proud, 1dle pomp that God doth bleas; But toil and service dring most happiness. ile keeps dependent children of 1i1s grace, Lest trust in wealtn should trust in God displace. Sorrows train Heavenward; iils the faithfal bear Are left behind them here—exchanged for ziory TUERE. lExiy FAUNTLEEROT. ——— A PRAYER. O thou boundless, secret Teaven! O thou mystic Other Side! Grant me this most. precious token: Let me see my babe that died. Ile went out afone and helpless, Angels bore him not away, For that long, that awful death-night, 1did nothing clse but pray. gsp for Pray? 1 plead with such beseeching, Told In words of tears my wo, How my darling was life’s sunlight, How 1 could not let him go; And I know that if the angels Came to carry him awa; And had heard'and felt my anzulsh, They could only let him stay. But he went—his little epirit Floated out unscen, alone— 0O the little baby-shadow Toat my darling's form had grown! my prayer is: Let me see him. Let me know Wwhere be does stay, It he's grieving for his Mamma, 1 he Tikes to live away. Let me sce bim well and hapoy, And I can endure this pain Calmly, till Death’s welcome angel Gives me buck my babe again. Cutrcaco. Miruie C. PosseoT. ——— STANZAS. Among the may and heartless crowd, Wheremirth is hizh and Iaughter long, O never think of me! : I would not dim thy flashinz eye, 1 would not wake usingle sizh, Or check thy ouoyant gleal 1 woald not give » moment's pain, For all u thousand worlds contain, To one beloved like theal In joyous crowd or glittering hall, In bright and merry festival, It were not meet to think of one So young, and yet—alas—undane! When Morning in the Orient glows, Dazhing the dew-drop from the ro3e, £ O think not of me then! Nor yet at noontide’s brilliant hour, Nor yet \a pensive twilignt-bow's, Xor in the moonlight-glen ! Bat, "when thy pure and boly prayers . . Steals sweetly through the midnight-air, . Far from the haunts of men, Then think of me, and kindly pour One wish that 500n my woes be 0'ef On Earth—wy many sins forgiven— And that we meet st last in Heaven. CitreAGo, April . Evoesiz S OQL -