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

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JULY 14, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE STAGE. The Telephone Utilized by a Chicago Play- wright. Science Comes to the Aid of a Hushand---Billing and Cooing by W_ire. Clara HMorris Unites with the Union Square Company at Hooley's. Local and Foreign Stage Gossip- Toaley's Programme—Charley Thorne in a New Rol Musical Matters of the Week at Home and Else- where. THE DRAMA. THE TELEPHONE UFON TOE STAGE. The regalar play-ocr must have noticed the guickness with which any scientific discovery or any importsnt invention finds its way into a play, and hecomes thenceforward a part of the stock-in-trade of the dramatist. Thus, the let- ter which the lover receives has been replaced by the telegram; the railway-train takes the place of the staze-coach; and when a ship foats upon a canvas ocean it is an iron-clad, and po longer a wooden craft. The play-writer is eaer to catch hold of anything sensationsl and pew for the purpose of making it acentral point or an interesting feature of his play. So it is not 10 be wondered at that the many ioven- tions of Mr. Edison should have attracted the attention of those who furnish actors with lines and the public with amuse- ment. Mr. Cazauran, when here a week or o 270, nad Dblocked out a play in which the phenograph was to bave a prominent part. Whether it was to be a villain of a phonograph, or a_guardiaa angel of a phonograph, ke had not- devided, and, perhups, hasnot yet settled fn his mind. 1t has been left, however, thank fortune! for a Chicare writer 1o make the first use of the telephone upon the stare. Whick: stage has not yet been determined. There s frantic competition among oll the managers. The writer is besicred with legatious from McVicker, Haverly, and Quin- lin. fle sits impassive, and is waiting to sce which will bid the hizhest. Nor is it necessary just yet to give his name. The reader can fuess it out if he vieases from among the dramatic stars of Chicago. It may be W-———n, or E—n, or G—-n, or i—n. or R—n, or S—u, or any other member of the constellation. The motif of this play is feminine frailty. Its ‘oredominant calor, to horruw the technical ex- ‘pressfon of the eritic, i3 creenish- arumatis persows are, the wife, El 1aav with a great inclinalion to frailr quick percention of the imoroper possibilities of scientific inventions; a husband, Heary A.,. e ordinary husband of the stage. unsuspicions 10 2 faa!t until ne gets started, and then a per- fect model of suspicion; Mr. Arthur D.,—a lo- cal villain, 2 Board of Trade msan on_the buli side, a frequenter of the Tivoli, a wmember of ' the Owl Club, a pos- sible correspondent of Mamie Stevens: Mr. Y.. an_eclectrician of note, who is the good a and conlidential scientific friend of the busband: and a lot of minor churacters, men, women, errand-b ‘tom-cats, ete. To'this plav thot absurd thine calied the orchestra, which soends most of its timie in wipiug its_ fead with many-colered bandanna and myes the audience an_impression that it is a 5l of peoules in. s rain-storw, is one away with, aud the phonozraph’ is stirt Darinz the | wa exccllent instrament delights the sudicnce witl: songs by Kelloge and Cary, aud music by Liszt and Wamner—the latter siecially imported. It is Gnnecessary to more than briefly state that the villain makes love to the wife throush s act or 50, and succeeds i Winning her affec- tions. Hie bas a down-town oflice, in whicl there is a teteshone which goes, as all govd telephones do. 1o the oflice of the A. D. T. Company. She, the wife of & well to-do hushand, has in her house on the avenue a telephone 'which also runs to the same place. She has pursuaded a doti unsuspicioas nusband that it zreatly faci the doing of her marketing and_shopping—that <l can sit at home and carry on a long shop- . ping conversation with one of Field & Leiter's ealesmen, or with ber butcher, and that the saving in time and in bills is far ereater than thecost of the pnone. The husband, however, which it is unnecessary here to state, Dut which are superbly brourht cut in the play. has discovered, or thinks thut he hasdiscovered that his wife and the Board-of-Trade man are in the habit of mzking violent love to ch other throuzhh the means of their respective tele- vhones. But the puzzle with him is. how in the world e is to fivd it out. He cannot break dnto bis rival’y office, and it is no usc to get uader a sofa in his wife's Toom. for the device is an antiquated one, and he couldy’t bear a word, even if she were sieninz Lo the most impassioned of love declarations. At first he has idea of laying the case befote the Electrical icty, and “see- ing if that excelfeut orgamzation can -do auy thing for him; but he dreads the publicity which wou!d folfow. and lie consequently re- X. Y., his sympathetic eleetrieal the purpose of getting the help he 5. The following is the second scene of the third act:, The curtain, rising slowly to the music of the henograpn, with Johony Iland at the erauk, 15 Mr. X. Y. ceated at a table fittered with megaphones, _bydrophones, — sometimes called water telephones, —d s, and other interest deep thought. Henry—** Pardon me. my friend. for intruding 01 your valuabie time, but1need scientific coun- scl Tor a breaking heaft aud @ maddenca mind. My Tuat must be vers annoying, Lut let Nope for the best. Cn the stase. where | have Teazned all 1 know about false wives, it sencrally comes ont all right. And the dramn, we are in- foruned, holds the niirror up to Nature. But, pase.. ane that by, bow is she false. and how am 1 fo help your* Henry—*Do_sou eee yon slender wire that Fweeps in giddy zht from point te peint, now shimmering in the tun. now quisering I the ceze? That's the cursed pander to their loves, ™ Y.—*‘1 sce several wires,—the W ¢ fire-alarm. the A. D. T.. the G “which particuiar one is it that is miscon- ancting iteelf? Which is the instrument of [railtyy Henry—¢*The telephone wire. at either end of which each eits. znd, lo:t to honor and o sbame, oakes the' duil metal reer with words of hurne ing love. The wanton breathes her aculterons passion agsinet a vibrating dispbragm, and it Smorons partrer repeats into his car (b vowe ehe Thion, Stoe Dbreathes.” But how am 1 tointercept them, how lieten, myeclf unseen, 1o their most scientific con- versation? Y.—*NMilkj.” Nay. but yon mock my eorrow. This 3sn wire I speak of, and not a cow. Y.—*"Listen to me, my injured friend. We wili ecek yon Lonsetop. Across it runs the wire from bis ofice. To that wire I will attach another #mali picce. 1 will furnish you. 100, with a Tele- phone. Youwili lie there with your cartoit, Lverv word they speak you shall hear.” Heurs~** You will do that—for me—row!™ X. Y.—**I swear it" |pointing to 8 picture of Edison). They embrace. The next sceae isupon the honsetop. Itis afternoon. The long shadows of the chimneys Jeud a persive interest to the prospect, and are 4 fine substitute for the conventional trees. The Lusband, being alone, indulzes in a monologue, without which the sudience would have a tire- some wait of it. This is indeed the chief object. of monologues. He' curses Edison and all his works. Presently he espies a lonely tom-cat on 1ke roof, conjectures thut beisona similar er- rand - with * himself,—wants to find out about - the frailty of some = furry 3nir,—and, being_unwilling to tkrow away £o finc an opportunity of moralizing, seeks to draw 1he ¢at ioto conversation on the similarity of their destinies. A phonograph hidden in’ the corner, iuto which a cat tas howled while under the fnfluence of loeal excitemynt,—tail trodden on.—renders the feline part of the dialogue to perfection. ‘Then comes the orand scene, the culminating ‘point of the entire vlay. There are represented on the stage iwo rooms aud one house-top. ine room Is a gown-town office, occupied by tke villain. He sits_there alone with a'telephone o bis mouth. Inthe other room, many blocks' away, i5 the wife, also furnished with'a telephone. "Inthe same apartment, for e the sake of adding to the dramatic excitement of the piece, are a number of ladies who have called to see her. ln the distance appears a Toncly housetop, on the summit of which lies the busband. His wire has been duly connected with . the other, and, with a telephone to his ear, he is patiently waiting the beginning of the conyersation. The lover in lis down-town office begins to moke his impassioned speeches to the lady up- town. Shie listens with unmoved countenance to the words of love which float into ber ear, and as- sures her friends, who are watchinz her with in- terest, that fu is nothinyg but an ordinary mes- sagre from her butcher, who is questionivg ber conceraing the bill of fare for the day. The accompanying diazram 1s given as & hint tb the stage-carventer, who will easily arrange au effective stage set. | I o] T | -Office of Board of Trade villain down-town. 1lousetop where suspicious husband raves, Oflice of A. D. T. . fiandsome perior-set in clegant mansion on avenae. The husbaud, grinding his teeth and shaking his fist vaguely in the direction of the South Branch, lies upon the housctop and listens. The couversation runs sowewhat after this strain: Arthar —Darling, once more along ths tingling wire Iapeed the words of passion and of fire, ‘Though blocks may intervene and streets divide, yet tafe we talk, dear love, as side by side. _And 3 a careful watch you keep, you'll hear a tender— weep, when I prosounce within ay telephone n Eiés thiat's heard bat by your ssrs sione. Henry—Damuation ] Lady Guest—What i¢ be saying, Mra. A, ? Mrs. A.—Me I« eaying what he has in the market to-duy. Did you ever hear a telephony? Lady Guest—No. 5 Mrs. A.—Well. put your ear here andli [Toherlover.] 1wasjust telling this lud you were my butcher. and that you wera teiling ug What you had. ~Say something to her. Arthur—Beefsteak, hawm-sandwich, fried fish, chopy, cutlets, roast-beef, builed potatoes, and pudding, 3 Laay guest—There must be some mistake. IHe talks like a waiter at a restaurant. {The husbaud's redections, whichare nmacrous, are omitted. } Mrs. A.—All rizht vow. Go on. Arthur—Now, listen close, while I my plans dis- close,~a mement'a haste, ana then a life of blest repose. To-morrow nigbt a hack will wait near yonr door, and see tht all the jewelry is duly packed before.and ali the casn that in all mortal ways you can for an urthinking husband raise. The smaller in the greater sinks; and when he knows that you have fled, be'll heed no lesser woes. _And don't forget totake his Sunday clothee. [Reflections by husband.] Then Jeavea note, with many a tearful stain. tossy pursuit is eminently vain—that you have left America, and crossed the main, Ly the Iock Island depot, you will tind me, dear, to check the trunks. und see no spy isnear, And then, ensconced in one of Pallman’s sleeping cars, we'll' fly towhere thesun lets down his golden bare, and where, thronzh Jucid skies, smne clear the Western stars. 131t 0. K. ® At this poing the feelings of the injured hus- band can 0o louger be restrained. He has for some time been mauifesting extreme impatience by kicking the roof with his_hecls. snd gesticn- lating violently with his left haud. Unable longer to restram. himself, be takes the tele- phone from bis car, puts it to his mouth, apd cries out Ioudly: Ibave detected you. Your plans A.—O heavens! I am undone. (Falls fmint- the foor.] Arthur—The devil! Something is up. 1 must getout of this. (Esit.] The husband, rushing wildly down-stairs, takes two hacks, and, accomoanied by several expert reporters. sets off in two direetions at onue, cartying with him numerous weapons which are the bud and promise of the catastro- rhe which enlivens the next and concluding act. CLARA MOKRIS. Following ‘“Acues,” wuaich has tasked the energics of the Union Square company to its utmost during the hottest week of the season, comes Clara Morris, the representative cmo- tional actress of the aze. It is always in order, in iutroducing Miss Morris, to begin by speak. ingz of her bealth, that beine a subject as com- mon as the weather. We are pleased to inform tie publie that this time she Is perfectlv sound, and fecling as lively as a cricket. The lake breezes agree with her, and she likes Chicago as well Chicago fikes hero—which Is saving” a great aeal, for ) Morris is certainly the most popular actress that comes to our shores. Her enizaement, which extends over twosweeks, will undoubtedly prove to be a brilliant. close of the scason of the Union Square company. It is just oue year swee Miss Morris appeared in Chicao, The plavs in which she will act this time are 4 Conscience ™* and * Miss Multon,” both pop- ular pieces. The former was first presented in Chicago by Kate Claxton. The distribiztion of characters for to-morrow evening will be as fol- lows: Constance Marewood. ctace Lawton. . Mies Clara Mosris Mr. Harry Crisp W. J. Lt Nathaniel Harewood. A, . LeéMoyne Judge Van Cort., Mr. John selle Dr. Mordaunt.. .. ~ J. 1. Stoddart Cyril Harewood - Walden Ramsay David Deioe. H. Montgomery John Pry. . M. Collins Richard Cobl Y. 5. Quistey Ir. 11. B. Bradiey rs. E. J. Phifllps aailer... . Tabitha Trump, LOCAL NOTES. +Pink Dominoes ? will be played on Wednes- day and Saturday matiuces at Hooley’s Theatre this week. : Dunrez & Benedict’s famous minstrel com- pany will open at McVicker’s The atre on Mon- day, next week. Leon de Leon, the well-known gymnast, late of Orrin Brothers’ Circus, arrived bhere last week from Cuba. Lotta and her mother, Mrs. Crabtree, were the zuests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parker, of the Grand Pacitic Hotel, yesterday. Clifton and Fox, the gymnasts, and Charles Diamond, the pretty guitarist, bave been se- cured by Manager Tony Denier for next season. Miss Clara Brown, of Englewood, a young reader of some prominence, is visiting her cousin at Waukegan, 1IL. The people of thap place will probably. have a’chance to hear ber read before her return. JMr. Harry Wentworth, an actor well knowu to the Chicaro public, has been eugazed to play Jeadine business for the coming season by Mil- ton Nobles, who, in adaition to bis *Phapiz,» has 2 new play in hand. * John W. Blaiedell is reorzanizing the * Black Crook™ company, with Bonfanti as tha pre- micre dauscuse, and will Start on o weneral American tour on Sept. 2. 1t is possible that they will open in Chicaro. The Midgets and Uncle Tom have been dofng good business in Milwaukee last week. Thoy will all return to Chicaro to-day. Mr. Gotthold is preparing for auother scason of © Uncle Tom,” to besin either in England, Turkey, Cyprus, or Honolulu, and closing in Chicago. e frequent mention or Mary Anderson’s Dame fa connection with that of John C. Fre- mont, Jr., and the positive assurance of the Lousville Ardfus that the youns actress was weaded to the son of Gov. Fremont, needs but few words of explanation. Miss Mary Ander- £0D, the rising young tragedienne, of Louisville, Ky., Is ot married. Lieut. John C. Fremont, Jr.. United States Navy, married Miss Sarah Mary Anderson, daughter of Gen. A. Anderson, late Vice-President of the Wabash & Western Railroad, and late Receiver of the Danville & Vincennes Railroad, at the residence of her father, in Newark, N, J. This explains the pop- ular mistake. _Harry Pearsan, the rare “old man” of Me- Vicker’s Theatre, bas. just eneaked off to St. Paul to play Fa'stafl with a snide company, He thinks he Is, or oughtto be,a great Falstaff, but he is afraid to come out boldly in Chicago. Toa friced who saw him off on the traln, Mr. Pearson safd: “Don’t tell anvof the news- paper men here about this. Iam just goine to try it on a dog. If the dog bites, Why then you know—chi~—fine rural puils—ah! Thén I can wax the old man.” Mr. Pearsonisz Glasgow actor. He played withold Alexander, He is n‘sl In;.dns’thfittgr and a3 old as the h}l(lls. Why shouldn’t he be competent to play Feltaf at St. Paul? i e = s The New Chicago Theatre will contain for the present week 8 number of new variety stars, -with some of the most ateractive of the old | oftex selfish. ones retained. John Hart and Moreland are r engaged, ana_Jennie Aforgan, called *‘the nightingale of the varicty stage,” will sing. Among the new appearances are the Etzeltine Sis- ters, club-swingers and song-and-dance artists; Jennfe Miaco in sony aud dance and skipping- ropes & merry Swiss couple in a musieal sketeh; the Allen Sisters in “‘Pink Dominoes " the Webster Brothersin Irish sketches; the Law- rences, the Hurhes, cte. The show is a pleas- ing one, particularly at this time when one can sit in a cool theatre and fan one's self, and not be bothered about intellectual recreations. Richard M. Hooley has just come from New York, where he appears to have been success- fulin sccurfug some of the most attractive combinations that were to be found. His pro- grammne for the scason includes the following unmed stars, aud it will be seen that they pre- sent 2 rather formidable array in opposition to the other houses, . considering the somewhat litmited choice: John T. Raymond,.John Me Cullough, Rice’s * Evangeline” Combination ; Lawrence Barrett, Robsou and Crane, the Trou- budours, the Linwards, W. C. Goodwin and Eliza_ Veatbersby’s * Froliques,” George Koight in_*Otto,” Miss Fanoy Davenoort, the Hess Enghsh Opern Com‘pnuy. Adn Caven- dish, John Dillon, Janauschek, J. K. Emmetr, “Fritz,” Lotta, the Kendalls (from London), Modjeska, Sothern, and others, negotiations with whom are still pending. COUASSET. Tt will surprise the friends of mr. Charles R. ‘Thorne, Jr., an actor who has for several years past been in recept of a fair weekly stipend 1rom Shgok & Palmer, to hear that lie has de- cided to forsake the stage, and devote the re- maining hours of his unevent[ul life to portrait sketching. He has taken it into his head that ke is an artist,—a singular freak which his {rienas bave in vain endeavored to persuade him is but a freak,—and he is now said to be solicit~ ing work from gome of the comic weeklies. Of course he will earn a mere pittance, and it seems almost incredible that a man able to command at any time $230 a week should be rash_enougn to throw up his brilliant opuortunities for the precarious livelibood of u caricaturist. Such, however, is the fact. - Not less singular is Mr. Thorne’s queer roundabout way of trying to introduce himseif in his new role to tie Amerfean public. For some time past he has been forwarding to a Chicago justitution called ** The Drum "—the manazers ot which appear to be knowu to him—packages containing caricatures of well-known people in Chicago, with hints that they be exinbited to the editors of varions newspapers in order to secure some free advertising. These ‘so-called caricatures, some. of which have been submitted to Tne TRIBONE, are mere libels,—zood enough, con- sidering they are the work of a beginuer, but hardly of suflicient merit to warrant their reproduction in a periodical. It has occurred to Mr. Thorne's friends in Chicago, where he was always well treated, as somewhat, singular that he should take this odd way of repaying the numerous favors showered upon him by his Westerncronies, who had done eversthing in their power o make things pleasant for him, Many of them are surprised and grieved at his circu- lating through the mails these 1njurious and wantonly wicked illustrations. A orivate letter from Stuart Robson—who is summering at Co- hasset, as usual—to 2 friend in this city zives a curfousaccount of Thorne’ssly, underhanded way of working. He says: ic inclosed libels I have )ust found ou iny writing-desk, and it is my belief they have been placed there for some vile purpose by a paoer-collar actor uamed Thorne. Although there has been a coolness existing be- tween that worthy and myself for some days past, he has, at intervals, been nosing around my villa, as I ° supposed, in quest - of “the cook, but his real“purpose, 1 am uwow sure, was to father his vile sketches on me.” "It is a pity that these things should be. Mr. Thorne was n very promising actor, aud, if he had not taken this sudden kink into his head, might*one aas bave become an ornament to the American stage. ROUSDY'S ROMANCE, The London correspondent of an Eastern pa- per tells the story ot Mrs. Rousby’s life: Mrs. Rousby's career is a romance, full of light and shade, a story that beslns with comedy scenes of happiness and” ends with almos: tragic gloom. She is the daughter of o Piymouth doctor. Ast girl ehe aesisted at amateur theatricals in that town of military and navat snobs. In tho year 1308 Mr. Tom Tuylor was visiting the Isle of Wight. e went to"the local theatre. The pretty Piymouth girl had married an actor and gone upon the stave. Ilusband and wife were pliying at the little house which Tom Taylor looked in upon. Ile was _ then—during” Ozeuford’s _sbsence in Amerfca, T believe—writing dramatic criti- ciems for the Ziumes. e wrote u notice of he Rousbys at the lsle of Wight. ‘They were the greatest artists he had seen for vears, Why were they not on the metropolitan boards? He bronght ihem 10 London. The Queen's wana new theatre. Tom Taylor zave it a new play, **'Twixt Axe and Crown, ™ with the new actress, Mra. Rousby. Suc- cess smiled on theatre, play, actress, dramatist. The Zimes gushed; society applauded. They auid she was @ cold beauty, this lovely Plymonth wife, but she was a queen of flowers. Society jiked her coldness, It was aristocratic. It was ** Vere-de- Vereish.” Resider, s was opposed to sensuous- nesr. Tere eses were **so innocent.” She r ceived wen's complimenta with haughts smile Diana hrself wos not more chaste. Mrs. Rousby made a fortune. Fortunatus crowned her. ** The world. the flesh, and the devil " were at her feet. Time rolled on—montbs, Scandal wagwed its tougue acaluel her. ' Society imnant. Firstitwas a Prince. 1o nad disappeared for & week. So had Mre. Rousby. Soctety denied It. ** Be'thou pure as ice and chasto 1sanow, thon shait not escape calumny.” Poor, dear lady, with her funocent face, and her pare eyos. Fashion bad sct vp an idol. Belzravia would not hear of auything but worship. |One day, however, down it came, crash. bang; sprdwling in the mu It wae 3 popular actor who did It. He is in America now. A handsome, clever married man. But then «he was so beautiful, and she lored him! TRousby went about and told ' the story himeelf. He related it to Stephen Fiske. who, in turn, re- loted it in the Fornet. It was all’ over. From that time to this the hill has been steep. She has one aown witha run. Notonly her repatation, ut her beauty. ‘e fair, sweet, cold face is chanzed. Did you sec poor Amy Fawsitt, who died last year in New York? She, too, wasa pretty woman once. Mrs, Rousby reminded me of that unhappy woman the last thne 1 saw. her. 1t is a sad story. We come to the closing scene in this braw] with Bandmann in {he presence of half a dozen men who never internosed n word, on -the very staye where artistic London sat at her feet ten'years ngo, when a rude word or gesture in_ler resence would have been ** resented tothe death ™ y s score Of cavaliers. Iow often it is that beauty is a fatal inheritance! GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP, Dion Boucicault last week completed the play that will open Wallack’s season. It is, as vet, unnamed. The two first acts of Boucicault’s new play having been given into the hands of the copy- ist, Mr. Wallack has ventured to order the secnery to be painted. The date of opening will be Sept. 11. Samuel Colville starts early, opening his sea- gan in Chicazo July 2. Ile will have substan- tially the same company as last scason. All the ladies remain, and only one or two of the men do not rejoin. Willie Edouin will still be the principal comedian. To the question addressed to a well-known agent as to who he was goinz out with of the seventy combinations about to start, he answered: *Going out is casy enough, and I Dave no difficulty about that. The question that worries me is who I'll come back with.” Messrs. Shook & Palmer have taken a Jease of the Lyceum Theatre for three years, und witl install Miss Kate Claxton as the mauager. Mr. Charles Stephenson is engaged, and Mr. Stanl, McKenna will be the business director. The plan of the campaign will be competition with the Grand Opera-House. Archie Gordon has written a play for Louise Pomeroy, entitled “Olivia,”” which that lad has accepted. 1t is founded on the same inci- dent in the Vicar of Wakelleld” upon which Willis founded the play that. Fanoy Davenport has bought from French & Sou.and upon which ehe also relies for her mulnstay the coming scason.—Dramatic News. Mr. Leonard Grover, the author of “ Our Boardiug-House,” has. within the last weck, completed 3 new American farcical comedy, with the singular title, * But—a_disjunctive conjunction, otherwisc IL R. H. the Prince. Mr. Grover has great coufidence in its success. e destined it for the Park Theatre, but since the Evyptian Abbey has aitered his bose to the star plan it will Rave to find room elsewnere. Ir. Grover will take out his “ Boarding-House 1 combination rext season, and Treastre-Trove. will be onc of the attractions. Thisis play of bis own that Mr. Grover ran_six months at the Olywpic twelve years ago.—Dramatic News, A correspondent of thie Boston Gazette thus delinestes Lydia Thompson off the stage: The moment Lydia Thompson leaves the stago the becomes 4 rather duil, - commonplace litle En- lish woman. The wit that sparkles before the footlighis vanishes. She knows nothing outeide of her business; anything that tends in a differont direction hawno charm for lier. Instead of soing home for a night of caronsing, she retires quictly to her hotel with her husband, eats o chop and drinks & glnse of porter, aud goes'To bed. ~ She never rees men, A person’ who knew her intlmately for a number of Jyars told me that never but once in that time ¢id she have o man home 1o supper, and 1bat was 3 pewepeper man ont West.invited by her hasband, Mr. Iender. Miss Thompson, in- #tead of ‘being the reckless, prodigal creatnre peo. ple belleve her 10 be, ia thrifty and economical, and c She likes a biz dinner more tuan a gaod ‘dinuer, and if she_indulges in a_bottle of champagne she economizes in something clec. She always paya her bills, and keeps her word. ** What iould she Liave heen if she hadn't been an actress™” Tasked one who knew ner well, *-A bar-maid; only Lhardly think that she would have bad_repartee enonzh for that,” was {he reply. “*Was she at all fast™ I inguifed. +*Not a bit: ehe cared for no man but her husband, aod she made him a good wife—better, indeed, than he de- rved.”” And that is the siren whom the preach. ers prayed againit! While I say a good word here for Lydia herself, I will not attempt to deny the perniclous effect of her company npon the morals of Young America. MUSIC. THE SUMMER OPERA. The appearance of Brignoli and Susini in the opera of “Don Pasquale,” last Monday even- ing, inevitably sugzested the time when these two singers koew better days. The sight of these two veterans-in such a shabby-looking suditorium, soiled, and stained, and begrimed with the coming and going ot the irre¥ponsible crowds who wait upon the variety and minstrel business, accompanfed by a bandful of musi- cians who were. ‘barely kept together by the conductor’s desperate efforts upon his piauo, resorting to all kinds of devices and make- shifts to secure the unity of the work, which was pared and pruned in all directions, recalled the seasons fiftecen years ago, when they were prime favorites, at the very zenith of their fame; when houses crowded with the beauty and fashion of tne city applauded them to the echo; when their troupes were equipped with artists, chiorus, and orchestra such as we don’t have nowadays; and when opera was given with some regard to the eternal fitness of music. The old habitues will recall how glori- ously Susinlused tosing Oroveso, Moses, Leporello, Sitva, and. Alfonso fo * Lucrezia Borgia,” and now Brignoli captivated the vrowds with his Genarro, Manrico, Lionel, Edgardo, Don Ollatio, and Fernando. 1t is cighteen years azo (Nov. 15, 1560), that Susini made his opening bow to Chicago as Do Pasguule, and Briguoli had preceded him nearly two years (Feb. 22, 1850) s Genarro, in “Lucrezia Borgia.” How time flies! How many artists have come and gone since those days! How mavy new faccs have appeared, and how many of the old oncs have disappeared forever! It can hardly be said, however, that these two veterans lag superdu- ous on the stage. Though a new generation of opera-goers has grown up since they first ap- peared, and though their oldassociates, Porodi, Colson, Coraler, Amalia Pauti. Junca, Amodio the Mamnificent, Virzinia Whiting, Macaferri, Massimliani, Bellini, Mazzoleni, Trire, and others, are now all lost to the stage, they still retain much of theirold fire. Susini is every i as good an_actor, even if time has injured his voice, and Brignoli can yet sing with a force, and dash, and timbre that make the pipiug tenors of to-day seem insignificant. Forold time's sake, therefore, we speed the parting veterans most heartily, and wish for them in the future some snug haven of rest, where they can shoulder thew crutches and show the newcomers how fields were won in their day. De Murska made her iirst appearance in opera in this city upon the above occasion, It was, of course, a trifling part, that furnished no fair test of her ability, and she labored azainst physical obstacles that mizbt bave impaired her per- formance, even had it been 3 fair test. The only effect of the performance was to empha- size her reputation as a great vocalist. Asa dramatic performance, her Norina lacked uneven, but the singing was exceptionally brilliant and showy. There was just enouth of sugwestion in the performance, hoyever, to make one wish to bear her in some role adapted to ler remarkable vocalism and upun some occasion when she is in ood form. The troupe will keep the field until August, and pending that time will successively appea; in Toledo, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, St. Johns, and liaiifax. 7 THE FALK CONCERTS. \ i On account of the excessive heat, Mr. Fal% has decided to change tie bour for tb{ Unity Church coucerts from 4 o'clock in the ar: ternooy to § 'clock in the cvening. The tourti concert will be ziven this evening, with the fot- lowing programme: 1. Fantasie and Fugue. .. ZLouis Falk! 2. Song—**Esmeralda ", . Mr. A, Schwartz. 3. Violin—**Reverte " ... Mr. E. 0, Wolf. 4. Song—**Ruth and Naomi™ Jlrs. 0. L. Fox. 5. {n. Slumoer Song....... b. Lenore March.... 3tr, Falk, 6. Ariafrom ‘‘Elijah™ .. Ar. d. Schiar 7. Trio for violin, organ, and piano Messrs. Wolfi, For, and Shi 8. ‘‘Angels’ Serenade Ars. 0. 9. Overtureto **Maritana™. Mr. Fal LOCAL MISCELLANT, Mme. Rive-King s suddenly changed all #= plans, to which publicity has becu given, sone to New- York Citv to reside. i A coucert will be given on Friday evcm"?.z next at the Immanuel (R. E.) Church, at winih Miss Vietoria C. Adawms will recite the ** Rock of Ages,” with orzan accompaniment. Mr. Farini will give a_musical reception’it Martine’s Hall on the 20th, at which Mie. Salvotti, Selfka (tho colored singer), Mr. Liztfs scret, the violinist, and M. Fridori, a tenor ffqm New York, will appear. o Following her plau of last season, Mrs. Wafson hos issued in very handsome form the pro- grammes of her class reunions for the present season. The) ke very pretty little souvehirs, and are a valuable reference record of muiival progress. ! Mr. Eddy closed his series of recitals fof the present yesterday noon with a yerv pl programute, the vocal parts of whith wes nished by Miss Hiltz, Mrs. Cox, and the ) Rommeiss. These enjoyable recitals will be re- sumed in September. The programme. for Mr. Perry H. Smith's Lincoln Park concert will include ihe following numbers: Chorus from *The Creation,” “The cavens are Telling”; overturo to lasaniello 3 Verdicte Waltz”; “Fan- tasia Ie Bohemienc?’; solo for two cor- nets; march from ‘“Tanmbauser™; overture, “Chase for Luck™; waltz, “News from Vienna”; fantasic from “ Ernaoi’; fantasic on modern melodics; *Sweet By-and-By ;- What Shall the flarvest Be”? and gallop, “‘Happy Through Life.” MISS MINNIE TAUK'S SUCCESS. Miss Miunie Hauk, who is now singing with Mapleson’s company in Londou, appears to have won the cordial and unanimous favor of the critics, and the enthusiastic applause of the public. Her volce Is sald to have rained in vol- ume and quality, her execution to have been perfected, and her dramatic powers wonderfully developed,—all which agrees with the accounts that have reached us from time to time of her suceesses on the Continent. On the 224 of June she appeared as Carmien in Bizet’s opera of that name, the occusion being its first representation in England. IHer triumphon that evening must have “been complete. ‘The Fall Mall Guzelte says: “Her Carmen is ‘mothing less than a perfect embodiment of @ very bright, artistic creation. She enters into the spirit of the char- acter, lives in it, and is never anything but Cu men {rom Carinen’s first entry until er tra end. Her looks, sestures, walk, general air, and demeanor all belong to one another and to thepart. . . . Itis to Miss Minnic Houk’s impersonation of a character which suits her as though she had been created for the cxpress purpose of playing it that the success of this yery Spanish, very Bohemian work will maioly be due.” 3 TIE THEODORE THOMAS SEASON. Theodore Thomas appears to be doing remark- ably well in his summer season at Gilmore's Garden, On Saturday evening, the fith, Miss Sullie Reber made the first vocal appearance of the season. On the Sth & request programme was played, including the following numbers: March Heroique, Saint-Saens; overture, *F zal’s Cave,” Mendelssohn; waltz, **Soldiers' Dances,” Lanner; Screnade. Schubert; Fan- tasic-Canrice, Vieuxtemps; overture, * Eury- anthe,” Weber; air (strings in unison), Bach: Waldsreben (new), Wagner; Valse-Caprice, Ru- binstein; Hungarian Rhapsody, Liszt; <Funeral March of a Marionette,” Gounod; Amarytlis,” Gyhs; waliz, “Rudololis Kiaenge,” Strauss: overture. “Masaniello,” Auber. On the 9th the first and econd parts of the pro- gramme were compused of the foliowing sclec- tions from Becthoven: Allegretto (Gratula- tions-Menuett); Deutsche Taenze; Equale, for four_trombones; si-mphuny, No.'5, C “Furkish march, *Ruins of Athens’” laide” (Mr. C. Fritsch); theme and variations, from the Septet; overture. ** Leonore,” No. 8. = FOR AND AGAINST. We printed last Sunday a very favorable crit- iclsm of Mme. Papocoheim from the Lon- don Times, npropos of her debut. Here Is the other side, from the London Athenum : The debut of Fraulcia Papvenheim in the ** Ha- guenots™ as Talentina, o the 15th inst., bad 2l the outward and cusfomary signs of saccess; but, as usual, opinions out of #izht of the curtain were Dot favorable. That the German lady, when she played some years slnce at secondars opera-honscs 1n e own country, and subsequently in America, must iave possessed eplendid vaice there can ba little question; but ber training was certainly de- fective, for her styie of producing the tone is radi- cally wrong, 03 was unmistakably shown in the canlabile passages, wherein there was no equality inthe enunciation of the notes; to ascend to the upDer region of the register the mode was detach- ed. or, L0 use 2 more forclble exuression, it wag ‘*pumping.” and when the high latitudes were reachied the notes were shrili_and screaming. So far as the dramatic portion was concerned, she was conventional; but, in the final duet with Aaoul, feeline and energy were not wanting. As the lady is not a romantic-looking Valentina, the necessity of more than ordinary abjlity as actresa and singer ‘was unusually obvious. It {a right to add that ex- cuses were made on her behalf,—fitst, that she had { «». Richtey! 4 .vxenxtcm;w} mot sufiicient rehears secondly, that she was nervous; and, also, that in the duet with Marcellp —which' it is uscless- to conceal was a compleie failure—she was placed at a disadvantaze, as Here Behrens had forgotten the music or had lost the resonance of his voice. MUSIOAL NOTES. Miss Aunie Cary will spend most of the sum- mer in ber native town, Gorbam, Me. Mme. Anna Bishop arrived from Europe dur- ing the week. She is now nearly 75 years of age. Miss Laura_Joyce will probably be a member of the Hess English Opera Compauv next sea- soo. Miss Emily Melville goes to Australia next season as prima doana in Mr. Tracy Titus' com- vany. Mr. J. \V. Jennings, well known on the dra- matic staze, has engaged with the Hess English opera troupe. Prol. John K. Paine will pass the summer at Cambridge, during which tine he will finish his “Second Sympbony.” Among the oumerous 1eports from abroad fs one to the effect that an alliance is about to be effected between Mme. Nilsson aud Miss Bel- loge. The Listermanns and Mr. Belz, of the Jate Philharmome Club, are to - remain in_Boston. Mr. Hardegen goes to New York to join Thomas’ orchestra. . Miss Henrletta Beebe, of the -New,York Glee Club, has resizned her position, and. gun be en- gaged as a concert and oratorio singer. during the coming season. o Mr. Carl Rosa has left London for Germany *and Italy, to look after new artists for his En- glish opera undertaking, but the statement that he bas taken Covent Garden Theatre for next season is not true. Mr. Longfellow's poem, the ¢ Masque of Pan- dora,” has been set by Mrs. Meadows White, of London, known in thé profession as Alice Mary Smith, who has composed various works for the orchestra, s well as chamber music. Mile. Albani has just been engaged by the direction of the Imperial Opera of St. Peters. bure for tile nexv winter scason. She has to stz only twice in each week. and the salary to be pald for that service is 7,000 francs per night. Mme. Etelka Gerster will take the leading sopraro part in Balle’s posthumous opera *11 Talistnano,” about to be performed tor the first time at Her Majesty’s Theatre. The opera was performed at Drury Lune Theatre about four years ago, but was oot much adwired. Mme. Adetiva Patti has had _great success in London in “Faust ** and “ Aida ”’ this season, and it'is ncw rumored that she will undertake Becthoven'’s “ Fideiio " and Meyerbeer's * Afri- caipe.” Her voice has gained greatly in power in the middle and Jower rexister, and it scems likely that she will essay the Grisi-Tictiens rep- ertory. ‘There s & g0od story toldin fayfair about. the hushand of Patti. ~ One day Signor Nicolini called oo Mr. Gye and abruptly informed him that Madame could mot sing that evening. $Why not?” asked Mr. Gye. “The caok bas left, said Nicolini, * and since Madame has had no dinger she caunot sine.” * Dos the signora dine_Juxuriously!? asked Mr. Gye. “No,» said Nicolini, *‘she usually has soup, tish, entree, roast meat. and pudding.” “I ‘should have thought, then,” said Mr. Gye. % that the defec- tiou of a cook need not have proved an fnsuper- apte difliculty in the way of ‘dinner. You. my dear Signor Nicolini, cannot have 0 short memory as to have forgotten the preparations for 50 simple a_meal.” " Nicolini did not like this pointed reference to his former oceupation, and furiously left the room. Mme. Patti did Dot sing thaf night. But Mr. Gye had had his joke. GATH’S GOSSIP. Uncle Sammy on the Sea-Deat Shore~Pecu- lisr Presidentinl Prognostications—A New Theory of the Sherman-Jenks Business. Loxa Braxcm, July 8.—That the story of Gov. Tilden having gone to Europe had no foundation was verified by me last night. Mr. Tilden was discovered walking close between the hotel and the ocean, his bands behind his back, and bis promenade trequently interrupted by a stop, and a very brown study. He looks better than ever In the face, and wears a white hat with mourning crape, gray trousers, and a black coat. After looking at me several times, he came forward and shook hunds. There is a devided ‘improvement in his color, form, and style; vet he appears solemn, and some might say unhappy. [ talked with several persons who have conyersed with Mr. Tilden since he came here. All agree that he is desirous, il ot hopeful, of a renomination next time, and hasceased to repose auy hopes in the Potter investigation, exeept as an agitator. Mr. Horace White, u fellow-guestat the hotal, expressed the following views on the situation: * Gov, Tilden,” he said, ‘“is for the first five minutes of conversation 5o vacant and limp of countenance that he appears to have lost his mind; but yon must listen to him an hour, and he will then be found a fund of information, well classified and digested. He has great self- esteemn, aud js an {dealist in many thins man, 1 think, of certain strong purposes. President he would have been obstivate with liis party, but certainly a greater success than Hayes, who is a very cheap production.” Mr. White scems to thiuk that at present the two leading Democratic candidates are Thur- man, of Obio, and Tilden. He thinks that as Thurman becomes more prominent Hendricks will zhide in the rear of Tilden and be content with second place. Indiana will go for the old ticket, ‘lilden and Hendricks. Tilden’s danger lies in New York repudiating bim. 1f Thurman is nominated, Mr. White supposes Bayard will be pus up for Vice-President. He believes Grant will be beaten for the Republican nomi- nation, and thut Edmunds, of Vermont, is as likely as not to be the candidate, locality hav- ing very little to do with it, as Blaine, who lives further East, nearly ot the nomination two years ago. White thinks Hayes’ nominations to office worse than Grant's, Gov. Warmoth, of Louisiana, iwhi Jenks and Anderson well, expresses the follow- ing judgment on the Sherman letter. 1le b lieves that Sherman wrote a promise o provide for Anderson, and Mrs. Jeuks put it in her t, and had a fictitious - letter fora pease Anderson, while she kept the or trade on with Sherinan, and probably has made a zood trade. .Warmoth says both Jenks and Anderson are orizinal scoundrels. Revorts here represent Clarkson N. Potter much disconraged and cast down by the aspect of his Committee before people of wisest cen- sure. nows Mrs, ———a— GOOD-BYE, OLD HOUSE! : Good-bye, old houre! The hurry and the bustle- Smothered tifl now the pain of lcaving you, But the last toad 4 gone, and I've 2 minate, All'by mysell, to say a fast adien. old house! T shall not soon forget you' of 0 much eveatfai time: have ears, they say—T beg you cherish Each gecret that you may have heard of mine. strange people will come in and gaze upon you, Irreverent aini carcless of each spot That held in sacrea keeping houschold treasures— Ah, well! you needn't mind—it matters not. They'll wonder why that tack was driven yonder, In reack of Freddy's hand. at Christmas-time, *That he might hanz, himself, Nis little stocking; T'his notch marked Willie's hight when he was nine. Those marks, that T have not the heart to tronble, Johnny put there before he went away, Wishing, meanwhile, that he could” make them double— ‘They meant the days he had at home to stay. Dear child! it was that corner held his coffin, When study, toil, and pain for him were done; And In that correr, too, I've since kneit daily, Striving to find the Way that ne has won. *Tycas in this corner Marguerite was marrieds And that white spot upon the smoky watl 1s where her picture hung; those three nails you- er 5 Were driven to hold her hat, and scarf, and shawl. And 20, old house, you have for every blemish A strance, pecnliar story of its own, As our poor bodies bave, when we have left them—~ And powerless, alike, to make it known. Gofld-lbyel. old house! How fast the night is com- oz . They'il think T've wandered from tiie path, T gnese. One mu;\: louk throngh the roomsfng. how’ they echo! - How strange and ghostly seems your emptiness! Caicago, Il AMiLiie C. PoxEnoY. e~ " Wide-Awake Madge. E New York Independant. Oirr Madge ‘has grown, much, but she still keeos bright and pretty. We think her choice and commund of words wonderful fora child only 3% years old. She said to her mothier the other day: * Mamma, are sou_like the im- mortal Geérae? Do younever tell alie? Do tell just one. Say 'm =ood.” “She is very Jjealous of her cousit Annie. Her father asked her the otber morning if she did not love her sweet little cousin. ** Oh, yes, papa,” she an- swered, ‘“Ilove ber dearly—out of sight.” She is now visiting me all by her **’lone.” By her- self, she menus. Last nizht Iwanted her to pray for her little brother, as well asfor her father and mother. *No, no,” she said, “T don't want odds and ends stuck in myprayers,” NEWPORT, R. I The Heat and the Bathers---Bath- ing Suits and Cloaks. The Beanty Unadorned---A New En- tertainment---The *‘ Feastof . Lanterns.” The Wedding - March--- Ham- mersmith.” - . From Our Own Correspondent. NewporT, R. L, July 10.—The sultry heat rages like a conflagrationall over New Enaland; yet at Newport one can find the airs of Paradise, which made one of its lovers say ** Newport is bliss.” . What weather for batninz! And how the bathers' costumes have improved since the duys of bagay trousers, a few yearsuzo. Look at them now. Why, there are no trousers to speak of below the knce,—only the prettiest of striped or plain colorea stockings; a sharp tunic, With 3 sailorcollar; aud sometimesshort sleeves, just below the shoulder. If, inside of all this bal- letcostume, there is a presty girl, with fair round arms, old Neptune's watery embraces do not do much damage. But let thin angularity beware of this dress. 1 saw an_ extremely beautitul young woman descend from her carriage the other morning and enter one of the bathing- boxes. SHE WAS TALL AND SLENDER, and graceful as a llly,—one of those tigures that the Efglish women-novelists describe as “suelle,” and ~lithe,” and “elance.”’ We are all perfectly familiar with her type. Well, this is "‘? figure that I saw disappear, in all its loveli- nels, within the little bathingz-box. Presently the door opens. Ye gods and goddesses! Ifere was a creature whose thin, dark little bones of arms, whose scrawny ueck, whose dreaaful slenderness, 5o lovely a3 a frame for floating draperies, for shirrs, ond plaits, and folds, and. ruches, were simply a tall, laoky girl, with a lovely-featured face, ft 15 true, but which need- cd all the pretty fripperies to bring it out,—to give it the setting that was nceded. But, look- ing at her without these fripperies, ONE WOULDN'T LOOK AT HEK TWICE for Beauty's sake. 1 suppose thts is very bard on the old saw—** Beauty unadorned,” etc. And 1 supposc it is only another argument on the side of the dress question. adorned in this case had only thrown over her slender shoulders one of the lonz, loose Turkish traveling-cloaks which all the wise ones wear 1o that trying transit to and from the beach everythinge would have been well. These bathiug-cloaks, however, are not used nearly as much as one would supposc. They are really charminy thines in themselves. It needs an attendant though, and not nearly all. these gay- looking people who come down in thetr gay car- riuges with- 2 smart +coachman brinz a servant for such purposes. People, in these days of shrunken incomes, Wait upon them- selves more than they used. Besides the bathing, which, if ever, is at its height now, there is a ood deal of boating,— boating and garden parties being the order of the day. ‘There was a lovely zarden-party given in Rbode Island, at Providence, a short time ago, which some one who owns a beautiful gar- den ‘rln Newport talks of repeating. It was calle ‘‘THE FEAST OF LANTERNS." The idea was taken from the old Chinese fes- tival of that name, where two days befors and two days after the first futl_moon. of the Chi- nese new vear not only all the gardens, but every portion of a Chinese city, is blazing with the gay lizhted lanterns swinging from evers imaginable poiut. From pagodas. trees, min- areis, and boats they flash and gleam.- A little history, of lanterns, which the onginators of the Provi- dence festival have put out, gives two possible origin for this “feast.” First, *‘in the cele- bration of the feasts of Isis and Osirls, Moon- Goddess and Sun-God, we read that the lamps blazed like stars all upand down the sacred Nile. The oldest Feast of- Lamps was held at Lois, ou the Nile, in houor of Osirls, when lamps were ptaced ‘everywhere about tne city, and wicks Hoating in salt and oil were set adrift on the little sacred lake. The illumina- tion was general throurhout Eaypt, and lant- ernsiwere used to protectthe lizhtsthat flickered as the wind blew through the open lattices that served for winaows. Out from Egypt went this custom, like so many others; and in some un- traceable way it is found again in’ China, but with this marked difference: that the ligut 1tself is now less important than the light- hhler,.,nud 50 we hear of the *‘Feast of Lant- erus. Of course our modern festival of this name is only a pretty parody on ali this Orental mysticism. A party of ladies last year, in custing about fora new sensation,—a novelty in the way of festivals, to give eclat to a charitable undertakiog, and put money in the “Treasury,—bethought themselves, or were in- spired by some happy genius to study up and carry out as much of the Oriental faucy as would be carried out in this prosaic land. The owner of a farge and beautiful estate gave up lier erounds for the project, and the zeal with which the arrangements were verfected and the effects produved were such as to delight and astonish everybody. All the charming variety of Japanese aud Cbinese fanterns swung from trees and arbors and made points of spleudor at window and doorway. Tle great house was fluny open and DECORATED WITI ORIENTAL FANCIES. . Ilere and there about the grounds bazars for the sale of fans, Japanese umbrellas, and kin- dred_notivns, or * refreshmnents,” served by houris, added to the scene. A few wecks ago the festival was repeated at a public garden by the same charitable Society, and was an immense success. It is little won- der if Newport, with her beautiful garden- piaces, should otdo these gay begninys, and lisht a *Feasc of Lanterns ' whose splendor shall make such an iliumination as will be caught and reflected all over the countrs. Either for a private pleasure-party, or for a “project™ to put money in the purse of necdy charitable treasurics, it is the prettiest, the most suceessful, aud, above all, the newest, of under- takings. (3 In the meantime, pleasure-seekers here don’t 1ack for ways and means to kill time. Plenti- ful enough are the fine junketings, in which the days all seew set to music. The matrimonial note which iuvariably steals into this music in- variabl§ brings THE WEDDING-MARCH at the end of the season. 1t is curious to ob- serve that, even in the midst of so much hard- times talk, aud the real surinkmg of vales, which is more tikn talk, and which af- tects everybody, there are always just about s0 many weddings, resulting from the summer’s campaign, oOr at least ~coming at the end of the season here. [s it that this lovely Paradise suzwests the primeval passion, and to breathe it for a certain length of time is to awaken in the hearts of the happy youths and maidens the old, old story which has the light of the eternal sumners upon it? Or {s it all the result of the waorld’s business? Isit, indeed, a sort of organized campaign—3a meet- ing zround, on which Miss Irene Macgillicuddy carries on lier operations? [ must confess that things look a good deal more of this complexion thun of the Arcadian color. Where VILLAS, AND COACHES, AND YACHTS are held as the necessary belonzings to daily living, there generally enters in the worldly spirit of calcutation. I am inclined to thick that the Newport atmosphere lias its truest. ex- pouent in such views us have recently been set forth In that very charming and popular_story of ‘“Hommersmith,’ where the old woridlin; of en uncie addresses bis nephew in this wise: “Gad, sir! why shouldn’t a fellow capture a young woman that can bring bim a good pot of money, eh? Gad! It’s no more trouble to falt in love with a rich girl than 2 poor one.” - “But, wood gracious, uncle! You seem to consider that a man can rezulate the matter for himself,—all in love, as you say, at command. So much money, so muchi love. - That's not my idea of the matter, I assure you, uncle. If I ever do marry,—which [ greatly doubt,—it will ‘e from no such consideration as that you sug- gest, you can depend upon it.” “Ob! well, love and a cottage fs alt very sweet to think about: cosy litila time, snug little rooms,—deuced snug!—and all that.. But 1 tell you it's no more trouble to run a fine establishment than a Jittte box of a hut in the suburbs, il you've only the sincws ol war; and it’s a deuced sizht more comfortable. Gad, man, why shouldn’s you have the sivews of war?” Speaking ol this pew book, one ought to speak of its author, himself 3 Harvard man, - and the son of Mrs. Caroline Sibley -Severance, who was President of the Boston Woman’s Club until berdeparture for California, three or four years ago, and well known in -the choicest circles for her liberality of thought and fnterest in the advancement of ‘women. ~ Was it Napo- “leon who said, ** Show me the mothers of men, ang I'll tell you what the men are?” Boston people who knew Ars. Severance, and who watched the carecr of that handsome, tall son of bers whose name now fizures- on this new novel of *Hammersmith,” would tell you how If my beauty yn-" 9—13 (1)i 31—2u ers now who follow *HAMMERSMITI worthy this son was of his mother, - A““m'd. b DAYS cannot fail to see, I think, thaf = had a fine strain o geutls assaci gt iiot by aad breeding where the home clement "n cerned. A Harvard man, and now, oy 2 0% cently, a President of a Cafiforaiy xot 2 1 but little past 30! His work liag agcXt s sensation bout Boston, and | gamot dhitey find admirers everywhere. I gave it taly iy University man £0'rcad the othes sy B0y verdict was, “It's immense ! cun&"fi“ cloguent, ‘and fully. revealing the ooty Mt which the nineteenth-contury max s sl lock and Koy, 0 be fired off o peec Wi single shot liKe thls. B THE GAMNE OF DRATGHTy Communicationsfatended for Trve by should be adiresied to 0. D. GRS, By LE0M Chlcago, M. -0 Borz, For Publisher's price-list of standarg i game, address the Dravght Editor, 0> 03 4 CUECKER-PLATERS DIRECTORY, Athieaaam, No. 50 Dearborn strees, PROBLEN Np, 74, Oceurred In play. White. 777 L A Black to move ana dray POSITION Br Cuarres Herree, Black men on 8, 12, kings 31, 32, White men on 10. 20, kings &, 15, White to move aad wia, TO CORRESPONDENTS, Cortland Bali—Ansiverd by mall. J. H. Irwin—Too late for this {sene. s Frank A. Fitzpatrick—Thanks for the games, J: J. Drown=Tue SENDAY TRINCNE s $2504yey, & H.C. Chipman-Quite correct, an . ;G Chipman-—Qu 1, 20 received oy ? J. A.—See answer to J. IL. Crocker, are ot In the same boat. Ty S. D, Woods—Address A. J. Dunlao, Turr, 128 Frankila strest, New Yore, TrosWEa —We Have misfaid Your Grat solution 1o Py Ut was under the Gapresson thar PR and replied accordingly without lookingw i 3 Loar. How can you draw after playiog 20-203iestg ove - WK @ ot i up - tempied 10 seive Proble 2 play. Thus, 23—24, 23—16, 10—~14, 13—18, 26— 18- . _Atthis polnt 2382, 16—10, etc., and eventually wi 10, gl oy b & reauitinein 8 W0l vl Now inkend of S T 10 tentn move. Blacks have a pretty draw. 3 16719, B, Bo11, 710, 19-25, drawme o 0T J. H. Crocker—Yon have walked fato the in which *-J. A." “J. D" and Qfl?g g Boundering In " your - praiseworthy efforta g5, Problem No. 72.° You say 2-7, 2i—18, 10-14, -2 141 23, 26—30, =22, 1. ), 17, 2321, 17-22, ete., wias. “Now. Tnstead of 1722 at sixtecnth move,py %_%—XH;’. 8—11. nux!!d l.‘fll d;lw W{g m;::'fihlll'( e ‘move will also draw ihe B polnt you leave it for & White win. ey CRECKER CHATTER. 1t ts now anpounced that Anderson's Thin Kity ‘will be ready Aug. 1. . Mr. Wrille Is willing to glve Mr. Jewett, of Eughu, W alies In & restFIGred match oF Sag Prof. Frank A. Fltzpatrick sinrted from St. Tovhe the 10th Inst., fntending to visit the players at Qene & Iand, Cincinnati, and other Western polnts. aod & rive 1o Chicago early fn August. " Jr. Dykes, the euccessful_contcstant In the Dyta- Labadie’ mach at Loudon, Canada. for the Doz Shumatonshir. exprestes ois milingness o oot Jamt Wyllie s moneyed inatch for the championshipof s world. provided Mr. Wyllle will play the madik Ameriea. . Irwln was qulte successfal at the same-biatkts Chicago, none of the players belnk willing ta play ki 1Or & stal Turf. Mr. Howley defested Mr. Lruisw the tune of 12t0 4. witlta few draw games, derigtly latter’s vizit to this city, and Mr. Howley don'teoesé er himself the best pisyer here, ‘elther. % % SOLUTIONS. 15-20 | 718 2919 [1=7" SOLUTIOX, TO, POSITION X0.73. By C. Hetter., 22-18 11926 [11=7 | 13—90 | 7-4 1w-10- |2o-i6 |4~ [ n-10 | e-it 19 o e 18-14 1~5 |10-0 | Whie 10-17 8~7 59 GAME X0. 224—SINGLE CORNER. (Twenty-ffth game.) Played In the He: ced match, Hefter's move. 21-17 (@) sawis (3) Drummornd plays 23522 for a draw. (b) Spayth gives 14—13 for a Biack wln. —mea———— IN THE ZGEAN SEA. _ The sea creeps up the coast In idle sprar, A deathlike fullress falls upon my breaths = O rignt, bald moon, woo rid'st in roysl MY Thou reddenin: with past glory of tac dat, ooy Stretch down some power {0 sactor =2 fF death ! A wayward whire of lifted eavcs azew Fluate wld 1a restlesa fashion to mmet: rom the forest, Whera mgxl;n:;n 3 Edges along the thicket top zud tkrongh, ; Till sorg-birds slumber Irem ihelt aiterst fears. No streneth have T—no power for good o7 Illé. ¢ Invieibly chained, my bost rroc anlzblflnl’ll - Stcod out all day; I easefully drank my il - Of sweet biuc sky and Southera vdats, Hll /. The red moor *cone npon my helpless fa S0am 1 drowred in Grecian glory bere, With warm, voluptuous biue or red of 85Y;’ With depeity in ancient atmosphere, With ehais of e3. and irople vecdurs nen e tide: b { Boon, tho3 doal rule the tde: bely, of [Z0, 4 e ————— A Woman in Command. .32 Gsicego Patladium. i The Canadian Sicatng Hasiazs weot oatdd Oswego at ¥ 3. m. on Thursday with an o sion party for’ Kinzston, and was due omretty at 9 p. m., but did not arrive ill 7 0'cIOk nest morning, having knocked about all ou the lake. There was no one ab tent to navigate her, and-she was fio stantially taken ju_charge by a ¥omas, Hart, who bas sailed the Iakes a3 ookt years,