Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 23, 1878, Page 10

e g 10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: VSUNDAY. JUNE 23, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. — trn); Dancla’s violin duet, Symphony No. 2, 0p. | This prodizious facllity is mot the result of g ge. THE STAGE. Theatrical Outlook for the Season of (878-'9. It Is Not Prepossessing by Any Means. Revival of “A Celebrated Case” at Hooley’s. What the Other Managers Will Present This Week. Important Meeting of the Apollo Club—First Regiment Concert, The Theodore Thomas Season=== Operatic Prospects Next . Season. THE DRAMA. THE OCTLOOK. Al our theatrical managers are now fn New York, busied in making arrangements and en- gazements for the cominz regular season of 15739, A most difficult task they must find it. The scarcity of positive theatrical attraction was pever so greal asit is just now. Booth, Jeffer- son, Modjeska, Clara Morris, John T. Ravmond, and perkaps one or LiTo MOre, Among stars, and some o or three combinations of a musical chargeter, are all that the market offers on which reliance can be placed a8 * drawing ¥ at- tractions. Most of the others are more or less doubtful. If these be divided up among our three theatres, the vast zup of time remaining 10 be filled must appal the mansgerial mind. It is not sikely Aimee will be in the field next sca- son; and ber place will hardly be filled, with a certainty of profit, by one or two stock act- resses from London who have declared their fotention to try thelr luck as stars in America. Several new plays will probably spring up from Paris or London. Ssraou is said to bave written something for the Boston Theatre, and a new play by the author of *The Two Orpbans® fs confidentiy cxpected by the manaers of the TUnion Square Theatre; While Fanny Daven- port is to produce a new dramatization of the « Vicar of Waketield” from thepen of Mr. Witls. These, with the Strakosch opera troupe, are about all. But a season consists of forty weeks; this, ‘multiptied by three, makes 120 weeks; and, therefore, it is casy to sce that each manager in turn is pretty sure to suffer from s dearth of attractions 1o give to his patrons. Nor is it alene in such cities as Chicazo, St. Louls, Cinciunati, ete, that this dearth is felt; tne New York mavagers appear to be in o similar quandary. Wallack is de- pendent upon Boucicault. But Boucicault, fer- tile as be was, and great as he is acknowledred to be, produces successes, by no means inva- riably, butoceasionally. Forone Shaughraun he is likely to give Wallack ten such failures as #XMarrlage ” or “Mimi" before he strikes another big streak of pay dirt. Cozsuran, who knows everything, as evers- body knows, says that npeither Angier's nor Sardou’s newest plars,—the * Fourchambants and the “Bourgeois dc Pontarcy,”—can be relied upon to suit the American market; and he also sdmitted thy other day in 2 conversa- tivn o this subject that the yet untranslated plays of Sardou, Ansier, Dumas, Belot, and the rest of the French dramatists are unsuited to the tastes of our people. Taken altozether, therefore, the efforts of MecVicker, Hooley, and Haveriy in New York are probably not 3 whit more strenuous then those of Lester Wallack and A. M. Palmer, of Henaerson and Stephen Fiske, of Doonelly and Avbey. Two consccutive successes will earry Wallack or Patmer through a eeason: they will ot carry Hooley, ar McVicker, or Haverly over more thap & wouth at mos! Another cause of anxicty to the managerial mind is o be found in the fact that, while in all other iines of businessexpenses have diminished that of Ienaud in which to display bis Distrionic powers. 1t Isa part in sympathy with all the fincr feclings of an audience. 'The play isto beiliustrazed by the same scenery that surrounded him in New York, He could not desire a fairer opportunity to duplicate in Chi- cago the impression he created there. THE PASTOR COMBINATION. The liberal attendance at Haverly’s Theatre during the past week must have been nlghlg flattering to Tony Pastor, who was greete nightly with a goodly array of gooaly people. Aiming to present the better side of variety ut- tractions, Mr. Pastor has gathered toxether probably the best combinstion of specinlty performers that has been scen in this city for a long time past. Avoiding all per- formances of a perilous nature, and sedulously avoiding all coarse aud offensive matter, he lias ziven us an entertainment singularly free from Sulgarity, and at the same timne bright and fre<h it its humor, with a dash of artistic excel- lence here and there,~good imitators of popu- lar actors, song and dance, sketches, hits at flyivg follics,—in a- word, what maoy people crave for in summer westher. Miss Mattie Vickers, a Chicazo debutaute, appeared to ad- vantage in a sketch with Charles S. Rogers, in which they each gave some capital imllnlio!}s. “ihe Harry Watson, called on the bil fucniest of Dutchmen,” gave fair evi- dence of the correctness of the asser- tion, and, with Ellis, presented a highly amusing sKetch. Tony was—well, he was, as usual, Tony. The Kerrells did a laughable ZIrish sketch, and DBilly Barry was excecdingly comical. Miss Jennie Morzan sang several ballads with finished exccution. ~Mr. Harry Kennedy, a ventriloguist, new to Chicago, gave some remarkable exhibitions of his peculiar powers. Bryant and Hoey made o marked im- oression, particularly the former by his comical imitations of Levy and Arbuckle. Miss Kitty O'Neill, the high kicker, the Fontainbleau children, Frank Girard, snd others, all met with deserved appreciation. The company go to California frow-here. LOCAL NOTES. Jobn Dillon and the Wallack combination open st Haverly’s on the 1st of July. Clifton and Fox, the gymnasts, who are now in Clucinnati, are to play & two_weeks engage- ment at the New Cbicago, beginning on the 1st of July. Sardow’s “Agnes” will succeed the * Cele- brated Case * at Hooley’s. It is a dramatic ver- sion of the troubles of the Count and Countess de Toeplitz. McVicker's Theatre is to go in stronz on mat-~ inces during the week of the Glorious Fourth. *LUncle Tom ™ will show up every alternoon and evening. Miss Ethel Lynton, the charming little actress and voealist, who, it will be remembered, played tne Conductor in ** Evangeline,” joins the Adah Richmond troupe here. Miss Delina Peuchs Teft the city last evening to fill an engazement at Deadwood, D. T. ‘The Bella Union Theatre there is said _to be doing a roaring business under Maunager Otternshasr. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin™ will remain at MeViek- er’s for another weck. There seews to be no falling off iu the attendance, and to all appear- ance it will go on drawige till the crack of doom. Miss Inez Sexton, * the sweet singer of Mich- jran,” left last night for Heuck’s Opera-House, Cincinnati, which establishment is reported to Dave entirely destroyed the ‘‘logitimate’ in Porkopoli: Mr. Horace McVicker, who is now the active manager of the theatre, says he has sent his father on to New York on swnmer pay. and that * the Gorernor " will bave 10 fight it out on that line if it takes him ail summer. Many of the Chieazo actors have made up thewr minds to stay here next season and take the chances at job work rather than accept un- certain engagements with wandering combina- tions. A very seasible resolution to adont. McVicker has secured the right to produce in Chicago Dumas’ *Joseph Balsamo.” He will also bring out during the coming season “Qtivia,” which Wills has dramatized from the “Vicar of Wakefield.” Among his other at- tractions are Joseph Jeilerson and Max Strakosch. *Diplomacy” will be produced in August. The New Chicago will open for a summer season on Monday, July 1, with unusnally strong attractions. The following artists have already been engaged through Cambridge & Co.’s Dri- matie Azency: John Hart, the popular Ethiop, A. C. Moreland, the Allen sisters, four in num- ber, Clifton and Fox, gymnasts, Alf and Lon Wyman, Blaache Coullss, late of the “Trouba~ dours,” Julietta Nault, and other shining lights. The Strasburg Clock contmues to be a stronz point of attraction, and there is no abatement in the attendance as days and weeks pass by. All are more than satistied in viewing this ingenious and historic relic, and equally iuterested in the Jecture in which its marvalous mechamism is de- scribed. 1ts success has induced the managers to continue another weck, when it will be vpen as ueual day and evening, 2150 on Sunday from 61010. The little Fontainbleau sisters, Leona and £ila, have left Tony Pastor, and are to zo to Heuck's Opera-House, Cincinnati. Manager Pastor was reluctantly comnpelled to part with them, as the State law of California probibis with the stringeucy of the times, they have in- crcased in the theatre. Never till now has it been believed that $400 could be safely paid weekly to a stock actor; yet we are told on good authority that Mr. Wallack is to pay it to Mr. Coghlan; and this at a time when the people are not ouly grumbling at the high prices of ad- ‘miesion and scats, but. when they show by their patronace of the cheaper houses that they will ot paythe War prices any more if they can heip it, save for extraordinary attractions. In view of these facts—and we think tbeg; are facts—we do not besitate to predict tlat theat- rical salaries, in New York and out of it, must “itake a tumble to enable the managers 10 re- duce their rates of adwission; and ihat stars must ‘“‘come down” in their terms to enabie manarers to keep theatres open for them to layin. A novel by Churles Reade, or Willtam lack, or George Eifot, can be. bought for 50 cents, or even less, aod affords Intellectual amusement of as high and absorbing a character as the thaatre can pretend to give, and that for geveral evenings after working bours; and it furpishes a rivalry to the stace suchas our fathers never knew, as we know ft. And the novel will be bought and the theatre eschewed just 8o long ss there exists the present dispro- portion of price between both, in times when the diffcrence 15 of importance to people of modcrate means. The idea that Dion Bouci- cault should receive from a theatrical management some 20,000 for a transla- tion of a French play, to me which, with the other expenses, the sald mavazement is compelled to cbarge $L50 for a geat for two Thours and forty minutes, seems. rather ridicu- lous in times when dimes are becoming as im- portant as dollars used to be. It needs no clairvoyauce to foresce that the engagements that are to be made for the season of 1579-'80 with the Coglilans, the Thornes, the Montagues, the Jewetts, the Stoddarts, the Becketts of the stage, will be made on & scale of remunera- tion corrclative with the value of their labor, and with the rewards paid for labor in other fields of exertion. This will be the lceson of next scasow’s losses, a5 sure as _the {:enernl cconomizing of to-day is tbe result of the osson tought by the extravagances of the ‘War fn other departments of luxury. TILE UNION SQUARE COMPANT. 3 *‘The Mother's Secret acbieved both an ar- tieticaud popular success at Hooley’s Theatre during the past week. Its subsequent presenta- tions, after - the openfug performance on Monday, suggested no reasons for altering the . opinfon of iis value or of Its acting already cxpressed in thess columng, _TO-MOTTOW even- fng the Celebrated Case™ will be presentéd, with the original cast and scenery of the Union Squsre Theatre. This cast couprises M Cburles F. Coglilen, Mr. J. fI. Stoddart, Mr. Jobn Parselle, Mr. Harry Crisp, Mr. W. J, Le. Moype, Mr. H. W. Montcomery, Mr. J. W. Tharpe, Miss SaraJewett, Miss 1da Vernon, Miss Cowell, Mrs. Phillips, Miss Lioda Dictz, Miss Hattle Thorpe, and XMiss Roberta Norwood. The story of this play and {ts merits have already been considered in Tar TRisUNE. The most interesting feature of the coming performance will be the opportunity it ‘will afford for the comparison Gf two styles of scting af opposite as the poles—that of Mr, Clarles R. Thorne and that of Mr. Coghlan. “The part of Jean Henaud—the great part of the play—ras rendered by Thorne at McVicker's. t s the one to he vplayed at Hooley's by Mr. Coghlan. Mr. Thore, as e bave remarked herstofore, ‘is am actor from impulse; Mr. Coghlen s an actor from study. The former has whag the French call *great moments”; the latter fs Tever startliog, but is_uuiformly interesting, For every zesture, emphasis, and_ ook be bas 5 logical reason born of the passing sitnation, and of the probable effects in the given chares’ ter of cach situation. 1t is Modjeska vereas Clara Morris over agaln. Ope occasionally startles, the other contiguously fascinates and enzages the sitention. The comparative vajue of the acting of these actors will probsbly be the theme of much critical comment, Guring the week. It is but just o Mr. Thorne, however, tonote the fact that the artists who surrounded Lim o the cast st McVicker's were 85 a whole fnferior 1o those seconding Mr. Coghlan. Such artists as Mr. Parselle as the Duke D' Aulelerre, Sara Jewelt s Adrienne, and Le Moyno as (hd 1eise Count D¢ Moruay, must greatly heizhten the effect of Renaud's powerful outburst of ne dignation and revenge. Mr. Coghlan could hardly wish for & finer, stronger part than the appearance of children ou the stage. The children are said to be very much disgusted ubout it, as they love their business, and can’t soc any reason why they should bo prevented {rom pursuing it anywhere. The Adah Richmoud Operctts Bouffe and Burlesque Company will put in an_appearance to-morrow evening at Haverly’s Theatre. At theheaa of the list of attractions appears the name of the popular lavorite. Gus ' Williams, =nd in the burlesque to be presented—Barnes’ * Chow-Chor, or a Tale of Pekin "'—the folloi- fog will be enzaged in the st Prince Preaty Pill . Adah Richmond Medora .. “Mish Jennie W larpiomsie Miss Sadie ) Cupid... . 3fiss Jennie Yeumans Glow-Vorm. Niss Rose Chapelle Conrad, lies Julia Sheldon Razeman r. A T Bell Qusen Yusetowa tr. Harry Allen Beebo P. Sheidon Mezrour. ... - W, A Morgan Skid-n-Ma-Linl Nr. George Sturgiss Cuabid: Mr. Ed Warren Chinese Emperor. MMr. Lew Maxey ‘The Midzets, despite their small size, arc makiog 2 wonderfu! noise in our local world of amuscment. Their levees were attended yes- terday by immense througs of people, who found theé small realitivs smaller than their im- arinations bud ;ever conceived. The Mites are well set off by the additional attractions of Ad- miral Dot and Miss Jennic Quigley, who have been hitherto recognized ns the lttiest folks on record. But in the prescnce of the Midgets, tot and Jennie feellas tall onks of the forest, and look down upon their dimiuutive compan- jons, und probably congratulatc themselves that there Is several feet less than them in the shape of humanity walking about under the sun. Gen. Mite's bead reaches Dot’s vest- pocket? when his silk is on, and Dot jbears about the same proportion to a man of averaze hight. Dot and Jennie take their ride behind a neat little span every day. The little General bas been rnder the weather for a day or so past, but be has now fuily recovered his health. They will be at Hershey Hall during the week. Tony Pastor was the first manager who ex- hibited the Iittle midget, Lucis Zarate, and that was about two years ago. Friday afternoon Touy put inan appearance at Hershey Hall, ana 10 his surprise found that the mite had by no wmeans forgotten him. She saw him in the crowd. elapped her hands, and joyfully beck- oned him to come up. The creeting he received was _exceedingly cordial, €nowing a grateful recollection on the part of the midret ‘of past Kindness. Still there_are people who persist in saying wnat Lucia1s a little bit of clockwork, and that she is wound up twice a day. The other day a man weunt to Mr. Flyno, the father of Gen. Mite, and demanded back kis money, on the ground that. he had been fooled into paging it 10 see a couple of workiue dolls. Touy Pas- tor aopears to e satislled that Lucia has o soul. He seemed quite flattered by her attentions. Butley o EE KooX Gosare. 3 artley Campbell is preparing a mew play cailed “The \'izilflules.’g E i Mrs. Edwin Adams, Miss Magrie Mitchell, and Mr. and Mrs. Chanfrau arc occupying their sum- mer places at Long Branch. Representations of *ast Lyooe” are fn progress at Niblo’s Theatre, with Miss Ada Gray in the principal character, ” Lotta will produce, next scason, a_version of La Cigale,” made for her by Olive Lozan,who has sdapted it from both the orieinal French and the English versions. Mr. Johin Gilbert hias zono io his summer home gt Manchester, Mass., in excellent healch. Next November be will have reached the fifiloth anniversary of his entrance upon the stage. Or. J. 8. Mackaye’s drama, “Won at Last,” liss been purchased by Miss Blanche Meda, and {ble lads will make o professioual tour of the ntry’ next season—acting fn thl Grave Fleming. i RIS Splare 5 Itisarranged that the first appearance In America of Miss Ada Cavendich will be made at the Fifth-Aveoue Theatre next fall. Miss Cay- endish will come forward in Mr. Wilis' drama of “Jane Shore.” ‘The receipts of the various Paris theatres for the theatrical year 1877-'S have just been of- fictally publishied; and, althougha large num- ber of places of museizent show a very serions {alling off, the balance is on the side of progress. Inall, the takings at_the twenty-five Iemlln%’ theatres for the year 1577-'8 amount Lo & tota of 16,605,789 franes; while the reccipts for the year 1376-'T amounted to only 16,345,071 frauncs. “The Dramatic News says: * The many Ameri- can friends of Mrs. Alexander Henderson (Lydin ‘Tnompson) and her taleutea husvand will be delizhted to learn that a complete reconcilia- tion bas taken place between the gifted pair. All proceedings of a mutually hostile chasacter lave been discontinued.” Miss Bijou Heron has rejoincd her father, TRobert Stoepel, and in & private letter expresses Tierself as being quite happy. She suys that slie las met many kiud friends in Enziand, who Dsve done evervthing to meke her haopy and comfortable, and the fdea o woing to school aud | studying secws charming 1o her. Mr. John 8. Clarke will relinquish his leasc of the Haymarket Theatre, London, as a conse- quence of Lt bankruptcy of Mr. Buckstone,— the orizinal Jessec of the theatre,—from whom Mr. Clarke derives his title. Mr. Sothern’s en- gagement at the Haymarket, accordmgly, Wil end at the close of its sixth week. The folicwing actors willbe seen in New York next sesson; Modjeska. Edwin Booth, Mary Anderson, Joha McCullough, Mr. Sothern, Dion Boucicauit, Genevieve Ward, Ada Caven- dish, Mr. and Mrs. Florence, George Fawcett Rowe, Mr. Chanfrau, John Gilbert. Robson and Crane, Miss Lotta, snd, probably, Mr. Jeffer- s0D. Lawrence Barrett lies seriously ill at his sum- mer residence in Cobusset. Ie yielded to the nervous prostration which has been threatening Lim since his return home from California, aud it scems almost certain that some considerable time must efapse _before he will be o his feet agafn. The sickness bas not been unlooked for by those who kuoyw him best. Manager Goodwin, of Philadelohia, sysiof the stars who play with bim and their term: Of the stars thac olay with me, Lotta 18 the most reasonable; Raymond is willing the bouse should lave @ fsic show; Chanfrau is liberal enougns Boucicault guarantees the theatre’s expenses, and 1akea Lhe lion's sbare after that; Booth and Neii- con draw large bouses, but the maumigement get but Iittle of the money; nobie Jotn McCuliouch, tbe coming actor of the veneration and. nature's grandest nobleman, iy very, very libetal; and Jef. ferson buys the bouse; that's the way it goes, you sce. Oneof the best-known comedianson tue Amer- {can staze, Mr. Vining Bowers, is lying danger- sick and In great financial distress at s dence fn New Yorlk, but his orother actors are elready coming to his relief with their char- acteristic kindness and liberality. A meeting of managers and 2ctors took place at the Union Square Theatre on Thursday afternoon for the purpose of taking steps toward a zrand benefit for this unfortunate and generally estcemed actor. The beneilt is to tuke place 1s svon s possible, as poor Bowers is eadly in need of as- sistance, and, in the meantime, hie 1s to be re- l‘{cx'crl from actual waut by private contribu- ions. Adelaide Lennox repeated her lecture on #The Stage as It Is,” which recently oceasioned much_uupleasantcorrespondence. The . New York Tunes, in its report of the lecture, s: As respects the allegation that any woman in society can obtain an cuguzement at & first-class theatre in New York by paviug for it, Miss Lennox reatlimed her original positivn, and eaid that one of the very managers who hiad been foremost in de- nving her statement bad since furnished demon- strative proof of 1ts' correctness, The anccdote told of u paor but merltorious actress secking an engagement from Jarrett & Palmer und Mr. L Wallack, was repeated, but accredited to Mra. John Juckdow, The concludine passage of the recent Tecture, descrioing the death of Amy Fawsitt, was omitted to make roon for u fable not from .Exop. A bird of very beautiful plumage lived fa 2 gilded cago in a foréign country, and was altoether a vory happy bird. - Bt one day the croa- tare took an idea fnto her tiny hittle head—the bird, by tho way, was called Tiny—to visit a land which she sippused to be Paradise, 1ying across a great body of water, and, finding her cago-door apen, away she went. ‘There she undertook to live by her accomplishments, and one very remarkable bird, called the Commodore, helped her alonz, being a_somewhat infuential feathered personave n that country, But it began 10 he whispered about presently that tho new bird Lad some white feathers, and thereupon she was dropped. Then she gathered together a great number of birds and told_her story, and soine of the birds—those in particalar which had o ring nboot their necks—said it was an absurd story, while others wanted to hear 3t over azain, and the great bird called tho Commodore declared he had never beard of Tiny, slthouch to besn with he had furnished gome of the straws to make ler a nest. — The audience laughed and avplauded, sad Miss Lennox retired from the platform. NEW YORK. MYICKER. Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. NEw Yorg, June 20.—Mr. McVicker, who has been scen daily on Union Square for the past three or four weeks, leaves for home to-morrow or next day, to remain a short time. Although he has been constantly at work trying to decide what will be the best ventures for next season, he has as yet made comparatively ferw engage- ments.. His aim is to secure the most eminent nmong the stars, and he is very cantious about retting to work. Amoug the few attractions he Das positively engaged is the Strakosch-Kellozg- Cary opera company, who will play n season of three weeks at his theatre early in November. And speaking of overa reminds me to say that the coming season will, without doubt, be one of the liveliest on record. There will be a sort of three-cornered fizht between Hess. Maple- son, and Strakosch, with the brunt of the bat- tle between tho two last-mentioned managers. Max weat to Europe the other day, leaving be- hind bim, by the way, a distinct fmpression that he is not an Israclite without guile. The belief was originally borp, I imagize, of certaln charges preferred by Miss Smedles, of Chlcago; it s rendered more profound through the style in which he is puiling the wool over the eyes of Mr. Thomas Maguire, of San Francisco. Let mo tell you about it. N TOM MAGUIRE. The other night I met young Goodwin, who is Maguire’s business-manazer. He was in a state of suppressed excitement, which caused me to stop and read him a section of the Riot act. Having partly suceceded iu quicting him in that was, I asked him what was causing his mental tumultuousaess. *“The Governor,” he gasped, **hos gone to Europe with Max Strakosch.” *¢Great heavens!” I exclaimed; *{f Max should—see here, Goodwin: if the worst comes to the worst, will Tom sue for breach of prom- 5e?? “0, that ain't it,” responded Goodwin. “They are golng on business. S—sh!™and be Jooked cautionsly about to see if anybody was within hearing distance. Then he seized me by the shoulders, placed his lips close to my ear, and roared, in a voice like a threshing-ma- chine, “PATTI!” I was lookiug for o place to eseape it he be- came danzerous, when he suddenly grew calm- er. Saidhe: “They are zoing to try and se- cure Patti. They will offer her in advance o chieck for $100,000 in zold for 100 concerts in this country. Then, If they can’t get her, the) will even 20 so far as to keep that offer good fog seventy-five coucerts, It a big thing, ‘I'he Governor and Strakosch have joiued. M will do the persuasion part of it, and Maguire will ndvasce the money. ' I tell you swhat it is, the bossis no slouch.” And (Gioodwin sidled awny in a condition of deliriGus admiration for *the Governor.” STRAKOSOH. This story began to achicve a kind of quiet publicity just DLefore the steamer which con- tained the two gentlemen mentioned drifted dowa the barbor. A friend of mine who had heard it called Strakosch aside as the gang-plank was hauled in, und asked how much of it was true. Max gave one ol those peculiarly subtle winks of his,—denoting vast wisdom or cholern morbus, it {s ditlicult to tell which—and responded: “1t wass a tam li—mis- take.” And he procecded to pour into his listener’s car a tale of which this is a synopsis: Maguire was to be allowed to continue thinking that they were to have Patti together. Butas for the reality, that was all “tam nonsense.” In 1868 Patti had signed a contract with himself (Max) and his brother to come to Americaunder their manazement. If she deferred the journey, shewas to pay them aunually s forfeit of £6,000 for six years,—which she did. But the contract was 50 worded as to provide that, if she should ever cross the seas, the journey should not be made under the guidance of anybody but the brotbers Strakosch. When she gob ready to com e (Mox) wrould bring ber, sad fie didw't need AMr. Maguire’s monev to do it with, either. And then it wasn't likely that she would come here for 31,000 a pight, because she was getting $2,500 for each performance in Europe, and she was mortally afraid of the ocean. The successive disasters to the Freuch live of steamers, some years ago, caused her to postpone her contem- plated trip in terror, nd perhaps she would never veniure upon the water. Maguire had only been encouraged <o ‘as to keep him quict, * becauze he wass such a tam nuisance ' under other conditions. So that's the way matiers stand. It is diffi- cult to decide whai to Lelieve, for obvious rea- sons. But, unless they offer better terma than $1,000 a night, the great” songstress will hardly L] visit tho United Stntes yet awhile. Maj. Pond, Who made o good. thing last season With the Kelloge-Cary company, has bought of Stra- nosch the first tweive concerts of the coming autumn, paying $1,000 apiece for them. Alter that the rezular operatic engagements begin in Philadelphia. FRANE LAWLOR, representing the California Theatre, has offered fabulous terins for a four-weeks’ engagemeut of the same company, He wanted to pay Stra- kosch $7,000 u week for the singers alone, he (Lawlor) to furnish advertising, theatre, und all other items of expense. This is gaid to be the largrest offer ever nade for any attraction in San Franciseo: and Lam told “that Strakosch declined it. So, perhaps, after all, he is “in with ™ Maguire. “Still, there is an old motto, which If changed a trifle will be just as good to follow as it was in the original: Put not your trust in Strakosch! Now, about TIIE OPPOSITION OPERA COMPANY, feaded by Marje Koze, whose real name is Mrs. Ifenry Mapleson, Jr. Some time 8o her husband anuounced his intention of running opera next season. Shortly afterwards, a cable dispateh averred that ‘the elder Mapleson had arranged for the production of opera at the “Academy of M ia this city. It was supposed that ths new venture as to be a sort of family affair; but this wus denied by the son, who ftated thut his enterprise Was distinct from that of his father. He afterward sdwitted, however, that they might possibly join forces. The Dramutic News to-day contains the substance of private letter from an cinivent musician in London, which in- ates that frantic efforts sre being made to secure additional strenuth for. the Roze-Maole- son company, which certainly needs some otker attraction together with what it now possesses. ‘The Jetter also throws some light on one or Lwo pecuiiaritics of Loodon managerial life. The writer says that the elder Mapleson made very strong efforts to vrevail upon Mme. Nilsson to revieit this country, and, fatling in that. was equally unsuccessful fn seeurivg the services of Mime. Gerster, who is *the sensation” {n Lon- don just at present, He adds that Ma- plesoil has, however, arranzed to transplant to American sofl Signor Foly, the great basso. But the most peeuliar part of the whole com- munication is that Mr. Mapleson does not feave London because be expeets to make a great deal of money. He is enormously in debt (I think the sum mentioned is £30,000, but I wou't be sure), and that he finds it necessary tostay away from the great metropolis for seven years, when s debts will have become outlawed. I should like to tetl where the. letter came from; but the author's nane was given me In confidence, and therefore L am restricted. But hie is a man high in his profession, and the intimate fricnd of 2 world-fanous composer. Therefore, he wonhl hardly be liliely to make sweeping assertions fike this, unless there was something fn the way of facts to back bim up. LAWSGITS. It is rather odd to notice that both of the present managers of the Fifth Avenue Theatre are sumx the former lessce for moneys loaned and salaries due. Stephen Fiske has one or two old suits in course of trial, and three new ones are to be brought at once, making his claims in all just $10,000. This amount he says is due_him for sums which he alleges to have loaned Daly, and salary which has never heen paid. Mr." Harkins also has a suitin progress for $3,000, whnich he claims asunpaid salary. ilis case is a trifle in- jured, however, by tlie fact that it comes up Tor trial befure Judee J. F. Daly, who is Au- gustin’s brother. Yestorday a motion was arizued before this monumental justice to put urkins® case on the short calendar,—whatever thot may be. It is perhaps unuecessary foz mo to say that the motion was smashicd into smitherecns, or quashed, or somerhing like that. There is nothing like having all those little things ia the family, you know. THE FIFTIL AVENUE. And while the Fifth Avenue »is under discus- sion, it may be well to suy that in addition to Modjeska, Booth, and Ada Cavendish, all of whom will appear there in the early part of the season, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kendall, who are heralded as * the best comedy-artists in En- uland,” have been engaged. L think this makes the thirteenth * best ”* case of comediau whicn England has contributed to the United States within three or four years. And I atn becoming a trifie eynieal on the subject.—go much so that sometimes I feel like saying, with Muldoon, *Mary Ann Dra-ady, you a-rre guvin’ me ta-: " Ina country that can produce such wlayers as Booth, Ow Barrett, Jetfersoun, Cushwan, Clara Morrls, Magzzie Mitehell, Lotta, and the rest of that ilk, the “Dbest ™ actors from abroad don’t show up to particular advan- tage. Occasionally we gcta good one from over the water. Cozhlanis one of them. Butit don’t happen very often. Horace Wall, who has been managing SOTHERN'S FAILUKE IN LONDON, is expected here next week. A private letter which be_sends ahead announces that ihe *Crashed Tragedian” is coming home before long, He closes his season in Dublin Dec. 7, 3 a steamer next duy, snd arrives in New York in time to open at the Park Theatre on the 234 of the same wmonth. It is Sothern's present intention to bring back an English comn- pany to enpport him here. but I shouldn’t won- der il the matter turned out a good deal as his recent rip to the other side did. He began by anpouncivg that he should take n full American company with him, and finished by taking oue American and two English people. THE “ CELEBRATED CASE " is without auy doubt the greatest success New York lus scen for a very long time. _After running a long season at the Union Syuare Theatre, where it was originally produced in America, it was plaved two wecks ai the rand Opera-flouse to enormous business. ‘hat, perbiaps, was not. partieularly wonderful, because everything does well there; but evers- hody supposud the West Side cuzagement had wotind up the career of the play. 50 far 55 New York was concerned. Not su. Monday night it was produced at Niblo’s Garden by J. W, Col- lier's company, which has been playing the piece on the road. - The thestre isa very large one, but it bas been packed to the doors every night’ and i the rear portign of the suditorium, where a few fakers usually stand, 1 saw last night not lees than filty Jadies and tivice 85 many gentle- wen who were unable to get seats. The com- pany includes E. K. Collier, Frank Mordaunt, Emina Cline, and Meroe Charles, _not to mention the original and only Bes sic Turncr, who appears in a short blue dress, matty blue stockings, and a smile like that of 3 school-boy going to get flogzed. A curious coincidence is the fact that 2 man named Tilton is also in the cact. He plays the villain; aud, if 1 were a profane chap, 1 micht add that he plays the deuce with ir, Collier sags he shall run the picco four weeks at. Niblo's, and that at the end of that time he shall take the road with it. VINING BOWERS, one of the oldest and best stock comedians fn he country, is lying at the point of death in this elty. e is poor in purse, and necds assist- ance greatly. The Dramatic News, by a serics of severe editorials condemning the practice of giving vearly benelits to the leading and wealthy members of tne profession, while others who aro deeply impoverished are fett out in the cold, has succeeded in calliug the attention of pro- tesstonala to poor Bowers' cuse. The result is that they have rallied in larze numbers around their otd. friend, and he s likely to have a bumper. A number of actors who could not appear fn person have subscribed liverally, and Shook & Palmer bave offered their theatre for two performances, free of cost. Among those who will play are Emmet, Knfght, Georse Clarke, Oliver Doud Byrou, Littic Mac, John T. Raymond, Tom _Whiflin, Pat Rooney, Milnes Levick, Charley Parstoe, H. D. Harkins, Hughey Dougherty, and a number of well-known ladies. bi ault, Wallack, Montaguc, Col. Sinn, Louis Aldrich, Jack Rickaby, MeCullough, Lin® gard, and others have giveu money in sums of 850 and less. Irnuriee. AMUSIC. SOME MORE WORDS TO THE APOLLO CLUB. The Apollo Club to-morrow evening will hold a very important’ business meeting, which may declde the future well-being of its organization, 1t we are uot ‘misinformed, the question will be brought up wWhether the Club shall enter upon another scason as’ a mennerchor or asso- clate with itsclf on nuxiliary chorus of ladies, which fs already formed, and fucludes some of the very best and most experienced talent in the city. Joiued with the present male chorus, ‘which is one of unusual excellence, the organi- zatfon would be a very strong onc. As betiween the two, if the Club is wise, it will dropall its prejudices and heartily and unanimously adopt the latter plan. Any other course will inevitably prove suicidal. As a Club, it has undeniably done a great deal for music in this city, but if it goes {uto another season as it is now it will have survived its usefulness and die of {nanition. Its members ought to see that it has 2ot to a point where it can 5o no further. They ought to realize that they have not made an inch of progress during the past season, but, on the other band, have fallen back. They ought to know that the public reatizes this, and. that the associate members are not o dull as to overlook it, but are elrcady making complaints. The moment & socicty begins to fall off and the . enthuosiasm begins to wane, its usefulness is gone and nothing can save it but a radical change. It is -time for the Apollo Club to make this change, and there ehould beno hesitation aboutit. The mattersof detail can be arranzed afterwards, but the firse step shonld be to Iet the pubtic know that the Club will appear nextseason as a mixed society, preseuting musle for male chorus, female chorus, and mixed chorus, and underlining some large and important works for perform- ance with orchestra. There is ample room:in this great city for twosuch societies, und neittier need interferewith the ot Whaatever preju- dices any members of the Club may have against 2 mixed chorus, they showid drop them, and look only fo the best ioterests of thelr organization, und to a continu- once of its usefulness aud an - crense of its_ strength, They should have some other object in yies than mere local pride. They should look into the future from tue standpoint of the advancement of musfe fn our mitdst. Whatever prozress we make must 1ezult from the work of ourlocal sovieties, and, to doits part, the Apollo Club wust take a higher standard than it has during the past season. It must address itself to works which can only be given with a Jarge and strong miged chorus. Wit those of its members who arc opposcd to this look bick at the record of its Jast season, showing o series of fecble con- certs and au extravoncert that s a lamentable failure in place of a powerful climax, and tell us what the Apolio Club did for music in 1877-'751 Can they not seethat almost the entire attrac- tion was in the solo talent from abroad? Do they propose to xo on and repeat this anotker scason! We write thus earnestly because we are Joth to sec so tine an orzanization throw fisell away, and because we are {p a position. perkaps, 10 know public sen- timent much better than its members. [t is no longer a question of uscfuiness ur success, but of existence, that must be declded to-morrow evening, aud the public wiil wait for that de- cislon witn great inlerest. THE PIRET REGIMENT CONC! . The pepular concert, arranged by Mr. Georgze H. Broderick for the benent of the First X ment wil be given ai the Tabernacle on Wednesday cvening, the 20tih. The combina- tion of talent sccured for this concert is quite remarkable. 1t includes Miss Heorietta Beebe, who made suck a great successhere last scason; Auna Tercsa Berger, the cornet solist; the Madrigal Club; the Teorzanized Quaker City Quurtette; John E. McWade, the haritope; gnd Mr. Frank T. Baird. The programme will e as follows: PR True Love Ilath My Heart = (%) ““Hicting Song*.. ... Jadrina! Club. 2. Cornet Fantasie—+* The Favorite”..liartmann s Berger. 3. Dact—**Love and War” .Caoke .Taubert Smart Benedict Dr. Barnes und Mr. Broderick. 4. Song—** Pralse of Sprme™ ..., dise I 4 Becbe. 6. Quartette—**0 Wert Thou 1n the Canld Blast”. i g .. Kuecken er Clty (uartelte. 6. Sung—")?y Angel " L ur. J. . JcVade, Esser 7, Song—**Cantique do Noel™ _...........Adsm Aies Emma M. Baker. 8. Songz—** Where the Buc Sucks"......Suillvan Miss Henristta Beebe. 9. Part_sonz—**The Dearest Spot on Earth™ «..-..Benedict Nadrigal Club. 10. Concert polka—**Young America Levy Miss Berger. 11. Song—**Meoting and Partina™. «..Clay Miss earielta Iz *The Mariner's fome s the Randerger Schupert ) o H Hatton @ Nig 3. {(n) *tThe Leiter". Quaker City ¢ The proceeds of this concertare to be devoted to furnishing the new armory of the First Reg- finent, und as the_tickets_have been placed at tie Jow figure of 50 cents, Wwith no extra charge for reserved seats, the Tabernacle ought to be crowded. ‘They can be hed at Cobl’s Library, Jansen, McClurg & Co.’s, the Cuicago Music Cowpany’s store, and of members of ihe Regi- ment. The sale of reserved seats Will com- mence to-morrow morniug at the store of the Chicago Music Company, State street. POPULAR CONCEKT. A concert will be given at the Third Presby- terian Church on_Tuesday ovenine next, under the direction of Mr. F. T. Baird, upon which oc- casion the reorguvized Quaker City Quartette Club will ake its lirst sppearance. The pro- grammo whl be as follows. 1. Organ—*‘Festal March Calkin Frank 1. Baird, 2. Quartetta—**0 West Thou in the Canld Blast" ov o +». Knecken Guaker 3. Song—** Should He Tpbraid ... ......Blshop Migs Kitly Ward. 4. Quartette—** Abaence ™" .. Abt Qualer City e, 5. Song—**1 Cannot Say Goud-Bye ... Kuecken Chuzles 4. Knorr. OffertGire in *G*"".0.. ......Battiste Frank T. Buird, 7. Song—**Sleep, My Love, Sicep™. Frawk . Powers, 8. Quartetta—{ | Tha Night uaker City Quartetie. e Adien, . .. Donizetti tty Ward ani F. F. Poicérs. 6. Organ— .Sullissn -Schuvert -Hatton 8. Duet. e 10. 1ly Mavourneen™ (Lily DfB i Killarne; ..Benedict 2 iiarics T barnci. 11. Quartette and Sulo—**Image of the Rose ... .. « - Reichardt Aiss Ward and Quier Cily Qdriette, LOCAL MISCELLANT, Alfred H. Pease gave two or three soirces at Bulfalo last week. Mme. Rounzue-Jancke, who made her debut here recently at Mir. Broderick’s concert, has gone to lowa City to reside. Mrs. Resina Watson eave the last of-her pleasant reunions for tlis season on Friday evening last. _The puplls who took_part were Mirs. Haines, Mrs. Gardner, and the Misses All- port, Houglteling, Root, Sprague, aud Lunt. Otiver Ditson & Co., of Boston, have fssued avery excellent tieatise on Thorough Base, called * Johnson’s New Method.” It i3 in real: ity an fnstructiou-book not fu_harmony, but in tlic art of reading and nlayiuz eliord musiz, and as_such will commend itself to those especially who play for public singing. Mr. Richard D’Allly, a youns Swedish bari- tone of unusual promise, ias heen enzaged by Mr. Strakosch asa_mengber of his troupe tor next season. Mr. D'Aifty was a tormer pupil of Mrs. Hershey's, in this city, and made one or two appearances here with su Hewas also amember of the Freja Socl Mme. Roze’s position in the Kelloge opera cowpany will be filfed next season by Miss Kate arimer James, Qauzhter of Judze James, ot ‘Council Bluffs, Ta., who has lately been singing with the Carlcton Englfsh opera company. She is a mezzo-soprano, aud has studied with Banti, Arigottl, and Mme. Gazzaniga. It will be a pleasant announcement to all our concert-goers that Mr. Georze B. Carpenter has sccured Mrs. E. A. Oszood, who made such a gzreat success at the recent Apollo Club coucert, for a short season ot concerts next fall, before her departure for England, and that she will sing in one or two conzerts in this city. The first of Mr. Fatk’s Sunday-afternoon con- certs will be given this afternoon at Unity Church, commeneing at 4 o'clock. Mr. Falk will olay Ritter's Sonata in A minor, Thayer's “ Variations on a Russian Alr,” the “ Intro- duction and Bridal Choras » frora *Lohengrin, sod Lortzrig’s * Der WatTenschmied.” ~ The vocal selections will begiven by Mrs. Falk, Mrs, Watrous, and Messrs. Schultze and Bowea. ‘The Normal Musiz School at Columbus, Iad., will commence its simmer session, under the dircetion of Mr. 1L, 8. Perkins, of this city,with a concert on Tuesday ‘evening nex:, in which, as well as in the other cxcrcises of the sessi Mr.S. G. Pratt, the pianist, and M Schimiat, the violinist, from St. Louis, will take vart. Mr. Pratt is o civea series of recitals cach Wednesday afternoon, assisted by Mr. Scumidt and vocal taleat. > The colored singers seem to be coming to the front. e haye alreads chronicled the success of Miss Cowen at Loutzville, and pow our at- tention has been called to another, whose staze name is Selika.” She is said o have a won- derfully strong aud rich voice of three octaves, with unusual gifts of execution. She has n very extensive repertoirc in operatic and bravura music. At present she is under Mr. Farini's charge, and will shortly sppear in concert. The choirs in Boston are now fully orzanized for the ensufng year, and many of our renders will be curious to know where the -prominent singera are Jocated, as Boston possesses many cholr-sinzers who are well known on the concert stage. Mrs. J. W. Weston and J. C. Coilins are at the old South; Fanny Kellogg at St. Pauls: Miss Abble Whinnery and 1. C”Barnabee at the Chureh of the Unity; Abble R. Clark at Clsren- dou Street Church{ A. C. Ryder at the Shaw- mut Church; Dr. Laurmaid ot ‘Trinity; Anna C. Holbrook at Dr. Bartol's; Mrs. West and the Winches at the South Conzregational; and }E}om Barry F: nln]u First Relizious Society. here are o less than seveuteen ladies playing church orzans In Boston. pasing The Mendelssohn Club Orchestra of Hyde Park, uuder the diccetion of Mr. Frod W. Rocr will give a *summer-night’s” concert at Flood’s Hall, on Tuesday evening, the 25th, assisted by the Misses Emma G. Hovey and Mary E. Coawell, (sopranos); Mr. Frank £. Root, (tenor); Mr. J. E. McWade, (baritone): Mr. F. A. Bowen, (basso); Mr. Willium Lewis, (violintst); Mrs. C. E. Daniels (reader), and others, the proceeds to be devoted to the pur- chuse of justruments for the orchestra. The programme xill inglude the following numbers: Gounod’s #“Funersl March of u Marionette,’ Strauss’ *Cagliostro Waltz,? and the *An- Qante” from Hayda’s Sisth Sywphony (orches- 109, (Misses Nellie Rowland and Minnie Hue- %‘mx); the Bach-Gounod “Ave Marla,” (Miss Mary E. Conwell); Hatton’s baliag, **In Days of 01a,” (Mr. F. A. Bowen); a violin_quartette composed for the occasion by Mr. Lewis, (the Misses Hugzins, Rowland, Nellic and Alice Hibbard); ladles’ quartette, **The Old Folks at Tlome," (the Misses Koot and Miss Barker); Paganini’s “ Nel Cor Pin,” (Mr. Lewis); and Mr. Root’s “Extract of Opera,” by the crowd. ‘The annual concert of the musfc department at Highland Hall will take place on Tuesday evening, 25th, on which oceasion the instru- mental numbers will be Weber’s *Jubel Over- ture” (eight hauds); Chopm's Polonaise in B flat, op. 22 (Miss Farr); Schumann’s * Kreis- leriuna,” N op. 16 Qliss Fischer): Weber’s Polonalse in E tlat, op. =2 &.\liss Parker); Liszt’s Fourteenth Khapsody (Miss Fezan); Liszt’s ¢ Rigolette "(Miss Case); Sehumann’s Concerto in A miuor, first movewent, op. 54 (Miss Edna Sweer; sccond piano by Mr. Mathews); Liszt's Coucerto in E flat, first, third, and fourth move- ments (Miss Hunsberger; second piano by Mr. Mathews). The vocal numbers (under Munger’s direction) are also fine, and include amony other thinys Schubert’s ' Twenty-third Psalm™ and Wagner’s “ Spinning Song."” ‘I'ne Jast rehearsal of the scason by the papils of Miss and Mr. Root will be wiven in the Apollo Club rooms on Wednesday afternoon, June 26, with a very interestine programme. The num- bers will_include Schumsnn’s ** Dedieation,”- (Mrs. W. E. Foote); Gounod’s **Jewel Song,” (Miss Munger); Luzzi’s ¢ Ave Maria,” (Miss Emma G. Hovey); Liszt’s ** Kine of Thuje,” (Miss Nellie Harmon); Fanre's * Sancta Maria,” (Miss Emma Blair); Barnby's © Wher the Tide Cotaes In,” (Mrs, Ed. E. Ayer); Tours' * Stars of the Summer Nizht,” (Miss Pettibone); Cow- en's “Tae Old Love is the New,” (Miss Clou hap); Schamaon’s * Belshazzan,” (Mz J. E. McWade): Sullivan’s * There Sits a_Bird on Yonder Bough,” (Mr. J. D. Paxton); Wallace's “Bell Ringer,” (Mr. C. H. Greenleal); and Faure's * Les Rameaux,” (Mr. R. 8. Thain). THEODORE THOMAS' CONCERTS. The Brooklyn Eag'e of the 16th says, and its statements are coutirmed by the New York papers: ‘Thomas has had another week of prosperity and goud houses at the Garden, und the gramblers are berinring 1o hold taeir peace, as it I3 now simply sbsurd to' syeakc of the Thomas conceris at the Gurden ns failnres. The concerts have already secured & clientele which is larcely composed of the ola eymphony concert patrous. And: he now feels that he is heyond the possibinty of failure. Thomas expects to shortly miroduce some first- class vocal tlent 0 his jutrons, and they will ever fail to hieara good and thoroughly pooular prozramme on_any night of the week. Thursday eveninz is reserved for classical music, but cven on thls evening Thomas favors his' audi- ences with selections {rom Strauss and Gounod. Thureday nights Thomas gives s sympbony during the fore part of the programme. and the balance of tne evening is devoted to a mised programme, the sume 3 On orainary nigits. Last Monday evening the first reauest programme (a Chicago in- vection) was given, proving a comolete success. TAE CINCINNATL FESTIVAL. George Ward Nicholz, President of the Cin- cinnati Festival Association, has made his offl- cial report, the most interesting feature of which is the financial statement of 1878 as com- pared with 1575. The foliowing are the fizures: ‘e receipts of the Festival of 1 3 The expense. Making a profic of The roceipts for 1873 wera Tacexpense. With a profit of. The balauce now in the treasury, which in- cludes surplus from last Festival and the . capital atock, is.... - ....592,600 The profits are to be disposed of as follows: $10,000 tor a reserve fund, 315,000 to pay the organ debt, 23,500 to be distributed among the socicties that took part inthe Festival; the resi- due to be dopated to the Music Hall. By this action both the orzan and hall are completely cleared of devt. OPERATIC PROSPECTS. The New-York Tribune of the 17th says: The Dircctors of the Academy of Music have arranzed for opera (O onch winter ducing the next three years. P Morton, Ciarence A. Seward, and Jimes Gordon Bennett were anthorized re contiy to complete & contract With the elder Mr. Mapleson, of London. A Director said on Satur- Qay: *‘The contract which has been signed is ex- cedingly favorable to both parties. The stock- holders will not. have to zive ap their boses; the rent will be fair. There will betwo seasons of opera each winter; one beginninein October, the other ending just before Ash-Wednesday. 1tis stipu- lated in the contract that there shall be three nizhts of opera and one matineeduring cach week, and that Mr. Mapleson shall bring over at least two of the very best wingers. Who' they shall be wiil depend uoon his seiection, but they must be sirst-c Probibly they will be_those whom hie eazages for the Loudon cesson, which ls in May and June. Ido notsuppase that any one knows now the names of the singe Iua recent interview with Mr. Crosby, Miss Kellogz's agent, that mentleman, speaking of Marie Roze’s plans, safd: She is making arrangemeats to give a serics of concerts thronzh the country. It has been report- ed that she intended to sing in Victor Massee's opers ** Paul and Virginia.” That is a mistake, because Mr. Strakosch has already received the masic, and Miss Kellogg wiif crente in this conntry the role of Firginia. A feature of the season will ba tae production of ** Lohengrin, " with both En- lish and Jtalian text. Miss Kellogg will appear in both as Elsa, having an Iftalian os well as an En- glish repertory, and is now studying the music. Ihe new company will include ies Kelloze, Miss Cary, snd Mlle. Catterina Marco. daughter of the Iat¢ Murk Smith. Mr. Strakosch has engaged Siz. Rosnati, tho Australian tenor, and re-engaged 3IF. Conly, the baso. The seazon just closed aem- onstrates ibat hard times will not keep people from patronizing good entertainments, and that iivesally. The London correspondent of the New York Zerald writes: T will turn to a more promising quarter. Carl has just returned to London, ‘having finished hix provincial tour on Saturday last. Ilis success, botn in London and the provinces, this season has been very complete, and tho most inlaciia journale, mecluding the' imnes. Atheieum, and the WWorld, have expressed the wish thut he fay soon fiud Winself able to make Enlish opera one of the vermanent institutions of the metropolis. His scason at the Adelphi, in Londer, was a brief one, Iasting only eizht \weeks. His provincial tout has occupicd aboa the sume space of time. Mr. Rosa zave us two novelties ana Lo revivals, besides the operas that senetally remain on his repertolre, ‘e movelties were Nicolai's ** Merry Wives af Windsor ™ and lgnaz Brull's **Golden Cross.” ‘The revivals were \Wagner's **Flying Dutchman,” the great success of Jast season at the Lycoum, and. *‘The Marriage of Figaro,” which Mr. Kosn pro- duced during his first’ London season at the Prin- cess’, three years ago. - TRREE AMBRICAN PIANISTS. The New York .i/usic Trade fieview has been guilty of a very neat picce of sative. It thinks anerica has produced three planists who are representative_virfuosi—Blind _ Tom, Jerome Hopkius, and J. N. Pattison. Of Bliad Tom it says: g Tom’s influcnce upon contemporancous music was incalculable. ' He formed the active inteliccts of the world, pailing the piano down to the level of the orchestra. Atone stroke he lifted it to the sovercigaty of the banjo. Iha well-known com- position, ‘*Exercises inC on the well-tempered tom-tom, " stands to-day one of the most curious examples of counterpotnt in the American reper- torv. - Like the youns Bach, he played on_every- —even ccliar-doors,—and when at last his eniia dveloned fully, bo' scorned the traditions ana_restrictions of his predecessurs, and estab- lished 2 method and style of his own. _Directness and_continuity of melody were not observasle in his etforts. 1t may be sald with entire truta that when- inspired he blayed all ways nt once, like & Dnrst hose. Such a vital, original master could not help iniliencing American taste. e fostered n newand better pianism. Indeed, it has besn well said thut he Stephen-Fostered it. Jerome Hopkins is anaiyzed as follows: This power of eubordinating everything to him- #elf; of coloring all themes with Hepking; of mak- ing Jerome howl, 50 10 speak, 13 pecaliat 1o him, A'poloraize of Cnopin's aad o transcription of Liscv's become fdentical under his compelitng fin- gers, ftis £aid that on one occasion he performed the Moonligint Sonata of Becthoven &0 thar Max Maretzek tnouht he tad written it himself. This story is, however. ucaathentseated. On another occasion, and during the national dispute which razed over th respective merits of Rublnstein and Lienrietta Markstem—s_dispute, by the way, not dissfmilarto that which raged’ in Eugland over. Arabeila Goddard and Von Bulow—on this occasion Hopkins 13 said to have performed the unparalleled fent of writing a Spring Clicken Orphieontide Phil- harmonic Ave Marie, und - getting onta blography of hiimself with one 'hand, whilehe playeda Noc turne of Chopin's, 8 Mass of Mozart's, and an Exercise of Hunten's, and collected over 3100 far Spring Chickens with the othier. This, 00, i3 nn- autkenticated. We simply narrate these frivolons anecdotes because they indicate the toue of pablic sentiment. i Lastly, Pattison is put on the gridiron, as fol- ows : He writes music at the slizhtest provocatlon, Everstuing in hfe suggests to nim a polka de con- cert, just as everything In life suzgests to Hopkins tide festival. ~ He once fell down a cellar, and, ealing for a candle and puper, wrote the **Leap in toe Dark Polka.” *Op azother occasion he was to_have taken a gifl to_the opera in a blue aroes, and didn't, whereupon he wrote the **Aznre Disappointment Polka. A glance over the Jist of his works will Indeato how hig atert mind recelves musical suggestions from all ‘promic_thinge, Thus we bhave -~ Tho Brick in a Hat Polka.” **The Commussioner of Charities and_ Corrections Polka,” **The Hoop da doaden doo Folka " (suid to have been suggested by sceinz Mlle. Dockrill riding elx hagses adreast. This polka'is especially noticcable for its breadth of method and style), **The Commissioner of In- ternal RZevenue Poika,” in A, and the **American - Plano-Mukers' Centecaial Prize Award Polks," in Eflar. In his lighter mood Mr. J. N. P. is guite as hap- py. He has written polkas for bugie trimmings, on Angostura_Bitters and Vichy, Sud, Seiting Sun, Noonday Suu Sun W oekl s ing aud Weekly Sun. . We met no more. sire to make money, but is owiug entirely 1o special and worthy desize of his to create, if nog sible. & stratum of polkas over the entirb contl nent. It'was Mr. J. N P., we believe, who fiest introduced the custom” in "this city of sticking ‘polkas under the frout doors. SIUSICAL NOTES. Pasdeloup was a failure in London]and gig not give a sccond concert. M. Gounod’s *Polyeucte” was_to duced at the Paris Opera on June 17, The Di Murska_combination gises a, o the Ginciunati Music-Hall this weak, o Herr Joachim, in place of M. Rubinstein, wiy conduct the Rheaish Festival at Dusseldort, The Schubert Instrumental Quartetta hag been orzanized in Boston. C. N. Allen s firsg violin, and Wulf Fries, *cellist. Von Bulow gave bis first recital in London g’ the Sth. His principal numbers were tho Bag Prelude_and Fugue in B miuor and the B thoven Sonatg, op. 110. It beinz positively scttled that Mlle. Aimes will not retura to this country next season, Mr. Maurice Grau has dstermined on kuporting g entirely new opera boutfe. b The Boston Phitharmonte Club, after an ex. istence of about four years, is now no more, 4 having been disbanded on the completion of jrs coucert tour just closed. Hartdegen, the Teellisy Jjoins the Thomas Orchestra at once. N The London Iornet says that Joachi Mine. Norman Neruda have found a riva). i:ml younz Polish zirl, Jadwiza de Bulewski, wny has made a reputation as a violinist in Paris and London. She is a pupil of Vieuxtemps, Her elder sister Wanda, Who 8ccompanies jo is a clever pianist. i A new dramatic opera by called “ Barbu Waking) bas be pro- C. A Mang 03sa’s Erwaclien " (narmr&?;‘; cen played With great success at Durmstadt. Frellimrut’s song, * Hurrah, Ger- mania,” is introduced in It as 2 solo and chorys, and at one place Barbarossa is metamorphosed into Kaiser Wilhelm, and the soldiers of thy late Fraoco-Gerian war cross. the staze to g fine Kaiser march. The chorus consisted of th inembers of the Darmstadt Musik-Verein and the Mozart-Verein. Mendel's great Wusikalisches Conversati Lezicon is now rapidiy approzehing comptetion The ninth volume (S— Straivari}, though con. taininz but very few long articles, shows a hign average level of excellence. Among the mors important biograpaical articles are those on Schubert, Schumann (Robert and Clara) Son. tag, Spolir, Spontini, and Steinelt; while some idea of the completeness of tais portion of the work may be formed when it is said tnat there are notices, more or less extended, of elsht Schmids, - twenty-three Schmidts, and mioe Schmitts, seventeen Schneiders, nineSehuberts and twenty Schulz and Schulzes. The thoreti: cal and historical articles are 1150, 13 usual, of great value, among the most nteworthy belag those on Scherzo, Septimenaceord (the chord of the seventh), Singspicl, Sonata, Spaniscbe Ma- sik (the most elaborate article in_ the volume, occupying twenty-five pages), Spiclicute, Stadt- musikus, Stil, Stimmbildung (voice-training), and Stimmoryran (the vocal orzans), = BODY-SNATCHING. A Talk with a “Professor of Subject- Gathering."” ¢ A Cincinnati Zrquirer reporter talkedrecently with Chiarles Kecton, who frankly acknowledges Iis profession of bods-snatching, and justifies -himself by saying that his labors are bestowed in the interests of science. | “ How long have you been in this businessi” asked the reporter. * About cleven years, sir,” said Keeton, ashs sat up in bed—for he {s now confined to his room from hemorrhage of his luogs. I began with Mr. Cunningbam, ‘OldCunny,’ they called him, eleven years aro, and bave followed the business every winter sincs that.” *+Does it pay pretty well” “Not now. " It used to pay, for we got a good price for subjects, but there iso’t much money in it now.” “ Wiy dou’t they pay so much nowi" ““Well, sir, the fact is I don't want to eay nothing agzalust snybody, but It ’pears to me that somebody ain’t exactly doing the fair thing by the pr'fession of subject-gathering. [ don't ‘cuse none of the doctors themselves of golng out to get stiffs, but there is something wrosg somewhere: ‘The old demonstrators of anatomy at the colleges wouldn’s have stooped 0 sdch & thing either, but I think things are chapged now. I Went to thed=monstrator of oue colleze —Iain’t golng to call auy names—in March, asd asked him bow many subjects they were going to want for the spring session, and he told uie he thouzht they wouldn’t want any more, that they had cnough on hand. Well, you sce, I know hetter than that, and my private 'pinfon fs that that ’ere demonstrator zots bis subjects In some queer sort of way. I don’t say that he goes vat for ’em himself, but if he doesn’s he must have some 10 "count men that would a3 soon rob the azraye of a party well connected, and with lots of friends, as any other way. Now, no body- snatcher as has any respect for hisself or his calling "1l do a thiog of that sort. There's plenty of material )ying 'round and rotting, Just rotting, sir, and 1o friends to claim ft.” “How loog Liave you been at the business?”? € 1¢’s gbout *leven years since I first bezun it. I begun with Old Cunny. First he paid me £3 a head; that was while [ wus lcarning, Then he gave me 33 apiece, and fimally I deeided to quit him and go by myself, an he said he’d give me half, and then we worked tozether on shares till be died.” *Do you make it a regular busioess, theni” I get my living by it o the winter time.”” «What do you get for subjects?” “We used to get about $5 apiece for them, but lately the price somehuw bas zot down to $15. The Professors buy some subjects for themselves, and they most always get them for about $15."” “flow do vou usually get the bodics? ™ “Well, we generally go oat two tozether and 20 lunburyinf—ground. Weroto the *poorlots,” the Potter's Field, and when we can find any Iresh graves we get the bodies.” “You dou’t get them from the parts where the better class of people are buried? “No. Lotsof times Cunny and [ have been out together and we'd find a fresh zrave on a large lot, and Cunny would alwass say, ‘Come ’long, boney, we won't take that When we'd come through to tiie part whercthe graves were close togeibier, and we knew it was the poor lot where the people without any friends wero buried, then we'd dig down to the collin, break it opew, aud put u rope sround the neck sod puil the budy out. Idon't dothat way mow, thongh, for it is just as ensy to throw all the dirt out. Then, after throwing it out, I zen- erally get down and open the cotlin, and tako the body by the waist and lift it out to my partner. He takes it, and gen’ly runs a knife down the back and rips the clothes off, and lets ‘em drop down. Then we slip the head Into 3 sack, press the knecs up azalnst the chest, and slip the body in and tic the sack. That's all there is of it.”” ¥ “ How do you enjoy the work?” “Well, it wasn't very pleasant at first, of course; but any one rets used toit. It fs for the good of science, and 1 think it is just a3 right and honorable as for the mun what does the dissection. 1 want to say ouething, though, and that is that the colored people have “cused me of robbing the graves in their graveyards. 1 never havedone so. [ bave took up a;geod wany bodies of colored pevple wot waa buried in the ¢ poor lot,’ but never any other.” * How many'do you suppose you Lave fur- nished in your exnerience as a body-snatcher *Masbe 500. I gotabout forty last wlm:;, but it wasn’t a very good winter for it, though.’” e —————— ONE SUMMER, T found to-day a little book of songs— One that we used 10 read 20 oft tozether That hapoy Summer, underneath the vines, Or curtained indvora in the stormy weather. T fondly turncd the poges o'er and o'er, And at my feet a withered blossom fe And 10! the present vanished like a dream— Thived again the days we loved 80 well, N Once more we walked the checkered forest-paths The shadows dancing on your snany bair, Or sat at ease amid the clover-tops— Two happy lovers, with no thought of care. Ateve we'd climb the hills, and watch the sun Sink out of sight,’ pass from the world awzy— Then homeward wander, slowly, hand in band, Lake bappy children on & holfday. And from the vine-clad porch we'd watch the stars As one by one they crept into the skies. And then the silver moou sail slowly on— The Earth was Eden in our happy eves, Such idle, blissfal times were tney, indced, The busy, noisy world we quite forot; The hilis shut out the echo of the strife— We lived as though the world and strife sere 2ot Al! croel Time, that would not stay Lis fight, Bat hurried us tnto the parting day, When Autumn It the forsst with ber torch, And my path from thy path stretched far away. Ab!)ittle Love, the days since then and now. Have been replete with sorrow and with paint Would 1 coulil wipo the dreary record ont, And stand with thee beneath the vines againl The world might cali me~1 woutd beed it not— Deat wonld I be to all save thy dear voice, And in that small world, bounded by the hills, We'd dwell content, and at our 1ot rejoice. parted, Sweet, and Fate did all the rest— All that remaina to mu 1s this poor, faded blossom, aud this book, Of thut bright Summer, and of love and tkee. Fairn WALTOX. i ! 1 S i