Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 28, 1878, Page 11

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JULY 28, IS7B—SIXTEEN PAGES, 11 THE STAG. THE DRAMA. TAEATRICAL ARTISTS OF MODERN TIMES ‘met with more general recogaition and e 72 approvation than has Clara Morris. "“d‘“']i' resembling {o Der early struggles, her o exclopment, and her present reception, riper G eservedly celebrated Afiss O"Nell, e O cembles that Jads in missing by she K adth that superezcellence in art which s exponent upon the narrow pedestal oc- p"‘»’; py a Siddons 2r 3 Rachiel, which elevation o eslosly guarded that nothing short of in- B e lead toits world-witnessed slti- i e time whea the carlier follow- md"of the Thespian 2rt danced with wine- £ e faces around theiriox-drawn wagon, and e the Grecian harvesters, to the palmy el ik snd Kemble, snd 50 on to the i mphsof those Titans of dramatic art e in the memory of old playgoers; “‘u‘:fi.ol worthy men and women occupy T blepositions fn the Biogreghia Dramice, to the houor of enccial mention in b fer e O endinms. bave a distribution of dramatic mfi:‘:nhan 1o the English stage, and ol ‘re not only divided into tragedies, com- o and farcés, but into first, second, and fimflm If we werc calied upon to eata- American artists in a like manner we Togue A ompelled, owerer unwillingly, to Miss Morris in the second order, honestly P smorledgiog at the came tiwme that we should {4l to find at present upon our boards the ludy m,;gp.-enedanee of ber and occupy the first flfim&h{bfiticn of such emotions as make: 4pe wock fn trade of suthors who manufacture and pile ap untold agonies in rapid 'n, 10 the exclusion of any long-contin- ged grief calling for unintermittent power in s endition. we bold. Aies Morris to be without sinsd; but we Jook upon theexhibition as more ;n;.m’; in its carnal than its intellectual Lfimm sufferings =0 admirably dieplay- ety Miss Moris fn ifias Multon must not ve red by the sare bigh standard as would the b tal tervars of & Lady Afacbeth or the moral :.flg of 8 Medea. The stony stare of the oe and the fixed index of internal suffering of the other are master touches of art which we ‘pave vet falled to sce in the admirable acting of yiss Clara Morris. Taking the plece she has pisyed this week as a favorable specimen of her ‘powers, 8s it is a favorite example of her choice, wehold that therepresentation of actual pbysic- si suffering, such asmay be £cen where no jo- felleciual canses are present. for its exhibition, overloaded and concesled that finer flavor of wo which wonld naturally spring trom a moth- er's absorbing love a0d 8 neglected wife's ase- Iess sorrow the coarser pains of bodly discase ‘seem 1o choke the more refined touches of men- 1a] dictress, and where we might expect to main anipsight into the mystery of Promethean wo we find ourselves gazing upon the nopleasant. incidents sitendine a clinic previous to the in- troduction of anesthe Far from this beiog a drawback to Miss Mor- is' popularity with the general playgoing pub- 1ic, we think it is the very kernote to her suc- cess, The grief *‘which endureth not for yews” s familiar to all, while the zrander ‘2gonies of enlarred natures are but rarely scen s0d seldom appreciated. In another branch of art we see careful drawing, broad bandling, and yure masses of positive color sure 1o picase, bouit is only the expert who can revel in the meatery of distant gravs, the pearliness of half 1ones, and the subtility of chiaro scuro; so it is with the crand school of dramatic art, the per- sonification of griet, with its hand-wringings, its comvalsive twitches, its tears, and its shrieks, —all conves a lesson easily understood, while {hat finer fecling, which threw a veil o'er the fxe whose intensity it was unable to portray, addresses itself only to the critical mind which tmade such matters the study of a lifetime. Too pronounced to belong to the highest orderof tragic artists, yet so tntensely nataral a1to be understood by all who bave suffered, ‘Miss Morris touches the great public heart, and teigns there with a permanent rule and a well- deserved aflection which one would not disturb kil endeavoring to show that she is not that ‘“perfect monster which the world ne'er saw $er more enthusiastic and less critical admirers. would make her out to be. Y LOCAL XOTES. Mr. James H. McVicker, an sator well known for many vesrs in Chicago, came into town ves- du:;y. Mr. McVicker is President of the Owl The regular season at Hooley’s will be opened oext week with the Majeronis, who have re- e!muk)" achieved considersble renown in New o) The Boston Herald says: “Miss Lizzie Web~ ger,of the ‘Evangeline’ Combination, leaves Boston for an extended visit to Chicago the oming week.” Miss Clara Belden, an actress who has won considerable favor in the South acd elsewhere, assed through Chicago yesterday on her way Eust, where she intends to orzanize a company for the season. The Adelpht Theatre (now Haverly's) has ‘beea sandpapered all over until jt looks as clean aswhea it first appenred as the Post-Office. The interior has also undergonsa complete trans- formation, snd next week the scason will open wih the Colviile Folly troupe. There is some tlkof Baverly coming to Chicago himself to loksafter the affair, but that ecems hardly eedible—he has so many other irons in the fire. Hery Robinson’s Minstrels, united with Ar- lingwn, Cotton & Kemble, will open Mon- &y evening at ' Hooler’s, with an enter- tloment whiclh promises to be unusually Among the conspicuous features are the silver cornet band. with fourteen soloperformers; the Silver-Statue Quartette cloganeers: Harry Robinson in his burlesque »ltrmu-n: ‘Welby and Pearl. song and dance; Stiles and Goodyesr; the London Quartette; and other specialties, composing an unusually t minsirel organization. A prifate letter from Paris says that Mary Andercon, the young American tragedicnne, i lising fu the Vilia Balzac, Paris. Spe has be- fome quite a protege of Sara Bernnardt, of the Theat cais, who takes herto that excel- leat school of theatrical art almost every evea- , that ehe may study the details of her pro- fession. Miss Anderson read the potion scene fm “Romeo and Julict ™ before Miss Bern- bardt, who exprossed Ler sdmiration of the Joang Amercan’s tragic forcein entbusiastic Dromising 1o assist 5o _gifted a young Miss A. has visited most of the noted Places in and around Paris, but was most bleased ¥ith the Versailles Palace, and the rooms of e Antoinette, and the art gallerics. She ‘herself as greatly enjosing her sojourn Inthe Imperial City. She expeetsto play an &gazement in Chicago next season. kE'“.Tbods knows by this time that Barnum i coming “to astonish the people with his Breatest show on earth.” The exhibitions :Iglmeummen:e to-morrow on the lake-front, et the distinguiched showman will be pres- wd_address bjs patrons from the ring. There wil be a grand public parade in the fore- oo ®hich, of cuurse, everybody will see. One the tosy interestiniy features of the exhibi- will be the troupe of twenty trained stallions, “’;‘,"" tha puidance of Carl Antony, said to be @ Hfinest trainerin the world. Hissystem is that induess. He rarcly, if ever, uses the whipss a Dunishment, bur merely to dircct the move- Detsof Wis pots. He is, besides, one of the bandsomest apd most polished of men, still Yoag, ¥ith & face beawing with genial expres- "gnfil pertect features, o tail and graceful terfield, Th JORN DILLON ON JAEB MURRAY. , o ¢ Bloomiogton (1IL) Dai'y Leader of the s inst. prints the following teristic let- zlnmg‘ John Ditlon: AT Sacixaw, Mich., May 23, 1678.—My Dear o Smish Yo will, of Cadesc, b sarpriscd: If touneaded, at receiving a_letter from the um- Ingaayls Undersioned, the “* bad man, ' accord- mpRdake Cheeferpeld Murrny. whose opinion of i vudlished in the Dloomington Leader, 3 “"r’d:l’:‘ll@ Ieaw, for yon know **bad news o Smith, Ydo not think I have more then one Ta, Aot —an infirmity, my dear sir, I nced mot o oneti8t 1 was wWeak enough' to let the trugs et hold of me in Peoria, is unbappily an dld co deliterately, ‘‘on'purpose,” to 2y engacement with McVicker, is_false, a the manners ana bearing of a Ches- e, ¥ amintic o1y amlition was to play to the end’ of. the 08— end of ‘June or middle of July,—s0 lonz Juid. ‘There was no stipulated time. I was r Mr. Wallack, and meant bosinesss {1he “curse camc on e, and I snccumbed (0 oo, M. ., T do not owe a nickel 1n the world. Feleinn, 5ke Murray 523 85 much? Ask the pro- GO O the **Vizzy ™ in Chicago, whom he Mopi28 thinks are Lis friends. When Mr. . vl arts out 10 crush Jobnu Dillon, taking E of my ““ininniiy, cowardiy do s he Tior g o WILh & man to a1d him.~1 wil rise eupe~ fugn il 8% & may and 3 gentieman. By my in- fie b0 otame e situation of busincas man- ? - McVicker. a position he was totally a3 Hig unumlph manuers and choice " Sdesbalary of gian toe diage ™ compination. e spoke of e ladien apd poner & entiemen of the party as **the %" 403 1ad che"bas on onc or Two occasions were caicujated to_cast odium teachings of iy name ¥ " of ola, lDDc.Flmrdon me, you are a just man, and Please set me right with the press. God knowa T catchitall around. - McVicker sued me for dam- ages, and lose_caste, health, money; then who 1a She real sufferer? 1'am back with Mr. Wallack, Wwhom I was 8 fool ever to have left, and will bg & man sure, Jo show youthat I am siill alive, splte o Jzke™ Beta Brummell Marras, I im ofercy the Fourth of July week in Chicago, and ten weoks after it it I want them, by the shrewdest, manager inhe clty, viz.: Mr. J. I, Heverly. - A difference at on the Fou 8 all that no ta) betmeen e cloring of tho contract. % Maniy ve played several times in Blookingto the last fow veure, and did not taste. seae om0 ihe city. The same iu Peorls, and I've suffered untold mental azony on nccount of the -+ dees damnation of my waking of " In that delightral Lintend 10 remain with Wallack for go il I make my debut fn death. Of comreo. Bl Sord to yourcity and Peoria: hove there will not be s sttong demand for dead cats and ancient egy. Business tn Michlgan not great—it is ogt of my torritory. We play in Grand Rapids dst ang June Would like to hear fn‘!'m yo% Very respectfully, orix DiLLay, 4 Pardon this long and basty scraw). Comflfll‘xi it COHASSET. . ProL Swing has beeu enjoying the hospitali- ties of Lawrence Barrett at Cobasset. \v’i’lntifi a very gushful qu;e of matter ju the Alliance devoted to the celebration of the genial souls who are summering at that cool retreat. It looks very much as i Mr. Swing had been hav- iog an exceedingly jovial time of it with Barrett, aod Robson, and Mayo, et sl., learning for the first time, perbaps, that the ‘Dlay-actors are, after all, quite fit company for preachers of the Gospel. There is a sort of apol- ogetic tone, however, pervading the effusion, which shows that even tbe liberal-minded Swing is not q}“mc sure how his congregation will take it Sohe unwrinkles his fucc, alter one of Rob’s explosions, or maybe one of Frank Mayo's metaphysical disquisitions, and proceeds to as- sure all people who read the iliance that in the home of Barrett tue peacs ana promise of God are * Beautiful a5 the whisperiugs of the sca without, and beautiful as the flowers about the bouse, were the words of the dauzhzers of the actor when they, in turs, said ‘grace’ at the table where so much love snd_fricndship met.” This is fine, and 60 is this: “In infinite kiud- ness the searuns fnland every few miles to make places for homes, aid boats, mnd fish-ets, and boat-houses, The ~vast Atlantic fringes itself, and each tassel of this Iringe becomes 8 suwmer-resort. Mr. Barrett owas an acre or two of this sea-washed ground, and from 2 sohd high wall, all his own, he steps,” cte., ete. I this kind of thing had come from the pen of a hired newspaper mazn, people would sag—but {t’s uo matter what peo. plesay. Mr. Swing promises to wnte morc about Cohasset. While hic is about it, wish he would try and explain to Charley Thorne that a recent paragraph concerning bim published in Tue Coioaco TRIBUNE, and copied inio the Dramatic News, was intended as a joke. Let him break it gently to Charley in his sweet.win- ning way, with ail the consolations of religiou. Thorne is in need of spiritusl aid. GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP. Among the latest arrivals in London are Miss Rose Coghlan, Mme. Javauschek, Mrs. Alice ?a&, Mrs. Lester Wallack, aud’ Mume. Mod- jesk: Miss Louise Pomeroy, will travel this scason under the managemert of John W. Edwards, supported by his dramatic company, openiag in St- Lonis Sept. 2. G George Fawcett Rowe is putting the finishing touches on the adaotation of ove of Charles Dickens’ novels. His time with ¢ is filled for nearly six mounths. “Diplomacy " bas been played to immense houses in San Francisco all the week. A pri- ‘vate dispatch from Mr. Montague says that huu- dreds were unable to gain admi o 8t the Toatinee. Miss Augusta Dargon, the well-known Aactress, wriles from San Franeisco that she is gradually improving iu health,and will probably start eastward in a few days to make arrange- ments for the approaciug season. * Barney Macauley, with is own dramatic com- any, will commence his scason in Chicago Sept. 4, presenting his own new comedy entitled, “ A Messenger from Jarvis Section.” . Miss Eugenie Paul will probably be his principsl soubretie support. . Mrs. Barney Williams, it is said, is arranging togo on the stage once more, and will repro- duce the picces that have been made famous by her deceased husband.. No one will be more warmly welcomed back into the ranks of the profession. Fanny Davenport’s opening at the Union Square in * Olivia® has been postroned until Aug. 19, from the 12th, as orizinally settled. Louls James will play the *Sguire; Jauies Lewis, Moses; Charles Fisber, the Vicar; and Laura Jayce the opposite to Fanny. The “ Hornet’s Nest » was withdrawn at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on Saturday, July 18, and Mr. Sothern is to take a flying irip to this country previous to commenciigr bis tour of the Englist provincial theatres, which will occupy his time antil the end of the yeur. In spite of having bought the Fleur de Lys, formerly Arthur Cheney's pretty yacht. Bouci- cault is proceeding rapidly with the building of the larger one, the price” of which has come down, howerer, from $100,000 to £30,000. 1t will not be called the Aafharine, as orimnally intended, bat the Shaugbraun.—Dramatic News. Boucicault sars that actrerses_should be wed- ded only to their profession. *The priestess of our art should be devoted to celibacy. The audience is a busband that is never out of tem- per,—always & lover, liberal, faithful, aud always at home. ~ She cannot gerve two masters. An actress should live among the illusions of life as Jong as she can. Marrioze and its conse. uepces are realitics of the realest kind.” vercome by such a pleasant picture, the Lon- don Figaro defers reply for & few weeks. Dion G. Boucicault, son of the adapter and dramatist, safled for Europe Saturday on the White Star steamer. It is undcrstood that he is a sort of plenipotentiary from his father to his mother, to palch up the troubles that have been fomenting for some time,—troubies whicix zave rise to Mrs. Boucicault's inteation to visit this country professionally next scason. This intention was. frustrated l)?' the failure of Mrs. Boucicault In her new play in London. The lushand does not wish her to appear in public agamn. and it is with this view that the gon has gone abroad.—Dramatic News. Rose Eytinge’s debat at the Olympic Theatre, Loudon, s described as successful, but tucplay, a mew version of “Oliver Twist,” was fre- quently Lissed on account of the realism of the situations. When Bill Sykes was wiping the blood from his boots after the murder be was grected with cries of ** Come, that will do,” “This is too horrible,” **Cut it short,” ete. TLondon audiences are quick to take offense at this sort of thing and to show it unmistakably. Miss Eytinge, who was warmly received, is ex- Dected” to appear soon as fose Miche! and in other roles in which ber fame is established. Speakiong of the proposed Dramaric Authors’ Assoaation which * Otd el has been vroject- ing, the Dramatic News says: While Mr. Leonard Grover's a of an American Dramatic Authors’ Protective Union may be_very good in theory, we fear it will prove abortive in Practice. Similar associations 1o London and Paris have done more or less good, and have been more or less succesefal. DBut authors, and, in deed, all literary men, are a peculiarly canta erous race, and they fall out generally at the emallest provocation. Dumas, Dennery, and Sar- dou withdrew fong ago from the French Soclety, and m London some of the best known authors bave not cared to join the English one. ~ The nuis- fortune always is that men seex an individual and not n common interest in all they do, and, when it becomes & question of sacrificinganyihing personal for the geueral weal, gelfish motives vrevail. In this country, however, onr dramatic authors aze more on a common footing of insuccess. We mean insuccess as foward the msmagers, the majority of whom are still exceed- ingly. skeptical o8 to the existencc of the American drama. Unjustiy so, a3 we have before demonstrated. A conipact, well-orzanized ssoci- ation of such men as Steele Mackaye, Josquin Miiler, Bronson fHoward, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Fred Marsden, Bartles Camphbell. _Augustin Daly, Leonard Grover, B. E.Woolf, J. L. Runnion, Clay M. Greene, Julian Maznus, and A. E. Lan- caster would form quite a powerful phalanx of intelligence and enerey. and would command re- spect where at preseut they bave to almost beg it. Success for the Assaciation could only be sccured by making it a rather close corporation. For in- siance, it shonld be 3 sine gua non that each per- son admitted had written at least one original suc- cessfal play. The Association wonld speedily be- come rigiculons in everybody's eyes if they admit- ted mere adapters, trenslators, and sketch writers. Dot an honest. hard-workiug association of 1men of brains, such as we have named. would create a public opinion in its favor, and wotld coon be able 10 dictate terms. The estsbiishment ot one invari- able rule as toroyalty from stars and mapagers would, in ftself, be a Doon. In fact. we cordiully approve of the idea, and trust it will take serions snape. MUSIC. CHICAGO SCRAPS. Stanley, who used to sing tenor here, has fallen heir to §10,000. Now is his time to quit singing. . Mme. Rive-King is at Richfleld Springs, N. Y., and recently played ata concert there {n which Mme. Roze sang. X Mr. H. Clarence Eddy left yesterday for the East, where he will spend about six weeks in Greenfield, Mass.,, his native place. He has earved Dhis rest. Mr. Gleason, also of the Hershey Sehool, accompanles bim, aad will go to Hartford, Conn., for & few wecks. Mr. Loesch, the leader of the Loesch Orches- tra, has received the commission to furnish the musie for the Exposition next September. Mrs. Kempton, of this city, recently gave a concert at Janesville with such excellent suc- cest that it resulted in the formation of a sum- mer vocal class. Mr. Loesch has severed all connection with the organization known as the Chicago Orches- tra, and now bas one of his own, known as “The Loesch Orchestra,” A contemporary says: *“Mr. Farwell does not know whether to raze the Tabernacle to the ground or rent it for concert purposes.” Raze it, Mr. Farwell, by all means, Mr. W. F. Holmes, who will be well remem- bered here as first bass of the old Quaker City Quartette, will sinz with the Arabella Root Concert Company next season._ Balatka is talking of returnivg fo Chicago to tryhis luck again. In the present squabble among the German musicians he might prove the angel that would quiet the disturbed pool. Miss Graco A. Hiltz, Mrs. Agnes Cox, and the Misses Rommelss, who have appeared before the public as_quartette singers, will hereafter be koown as the * Chicago” Lady Qnartette.” ‘I'he ladies are all pupils of Mrs. Hershey, and have been ilufl{;lng with her for a long time. The quartette has already received offers of engagement for the coming season. The closing services at the Church of the Messiah for the seasou will be characterized by sume new music o be perforined by a quartette choir instead of the usual duct singing. Tho choir will include for this occasion Mrs. J. Downey, sopruno; Miss Bartletr, alto: Alr Scrultze, tenor: and Mr. Goodwillie, basso. Among the selections will be a_new quartette, “Nearer My God to Thee,” by Winchell. The Original Swedish Lady Quartette are spending thelr summer at honie in Stockholm, Sweden, und will return to this country at the opening of the coming musical season. ~Of the other Swedish Lady Quartette, Mlles. Lofgren and Ekstrom_are at \Waukegan: Mile. Carlson is in New York; and Mme. Bertha Ericson- Krause s talen a summerresidence in Lake View. Her husband, Cristian Krause, leads the first violins at Hooley's. Next Friday eveving, Aug. 2, Mr. Liebling plays the first of threo plano recitals in Evans- ton oerore Mr. Mathews’ normal class: The rogramues are fine. The first one embraces ach’s orzan preluds and fugue m G minor, (Liszt); Beethoven’s * Moonlight” Sonata: Rubinstein’s * “Kamennoi Ostrow,” No. 23; Schumann’s * Ende vom Lied"”; Raffe’s Giga cou variationi, from the Suite,op. 91; and Liszt’s * Polonaise eroique,” in E. R. A. Sanlfield, 33 Union Square, New York, seuds us the following nei publleations: *My Heart is Sair for Somebody,” the ballad which Lias been made so familiar by Miss Thursby; * Little Old Log Cabin by the Stream,” song and chorus, by Richard Dunn; * Remember Me iu Your Pruvers,” sonz ana chorus, by James Reid; “Columbla Collere Regatta Waltzes,” by Clifford Putnam; “The Cliop Waltz,” by Arehur de Lullis” and the *\Whoa! Emma Galop,” by Henfan. The recital given at Evanston Friday after- noon b Mr. . Roseubecker and Miss Moran was very highly appreciated. Mr. Rosen- becker’s’ playing in the Bach “ Chaconne,” Becthoven Sonata, and Wieniawski ** Legende was extremely fine. Miss Moran gave three Schumann songs, and showed a fresb voice, good musical feeling, and gives promise of suc- cess as a coucert siveer. Miss Harris played a Chopinscterzo and tie Liszt Polonaise in E with a vigor aud reflnement tuat made a decided sensation. The current number of the Saturday Herald says: A, Farini’sTirst musical reception took place last Saturday afternoon at Martine's Hall, a Isrge and fashionable audience attend- ifug. Mue. Selika, a colored Jady, made her debut 83 a vocalist with most gratifying sue- cess. She has been under the teaching of Mr. Farin for some time. Mme. Salvotti fully sus- tained her hizh reputation as au artist, and Mr. Farini gave an arlafrom **Martha™ that orought him an enthusfastic encore. Mr, A. J. Lewis, a promising young tenor, sang from Mappari in good style. Mr. H. M. Dickson, teacher of clocution at the Conservatory, gave ** Wound- ed" in 3 mauner that won for him hearty ap- plausc, and showed 2 thorough knowledge of his art. Mr. Farini intends starting out in the fall with an opera troupe, and has_ slready sc- cured several engagements. Miss R. M. Whit- ten and Mrs. A.J. Bassett, who are studving for the operatic stage, wll accompany him.” A HEAVY PRIMA DONNA. A correspondent of the New York Sun, who has been interviewing Marle Roze, eredits her with tue following: “*You know,’ continued Mme. Roze, *that operatic singers are divided into two kinds. Thereis what we call the light vrima_douns, like Patti, Nilsson, Di Murska, aud Gerster, and the heavy prima donna, oF prima donua dramatique, like Theresa Titiens, gu;:pcn heim, Lucca, Minne Hauck, and myse!f.’ 1 o TILEODORE THOMAS' SEASON. ‘Theodore Thomas is giving Sunday vight coucerts at Gilmore's Garden in conjuaction with Leyholdv's Military Band, which plays the promenade music. Ilow the programings are graduaily thinning out is shown by the follow- ;r;g extract from the New York Z'ribune of the The experiment of combining a_military band With the orchestra on Sunday evenings nas been rewarded with complete success, £0 far ae the pleasure of the audience 13 concerned, and even the astistic result s all that could be expected, Last night thero was a great multitude of quiet, order- Iy, well-dressed people at the Gurden, and the per- formance passed off brilliantly. The brass band fs placed on u platform near the Madison avenue entrance. During the intermizsions in the regular programme it plays promenade music, and then thie whole Gurden starts 1nfo more than its usual acity. From time to time during the evening picces “are_introduced, like Weber's ** Jubilee * overture, or the Prayer from ** Moses in Egyut,» which enable the ‘extra band to join with the orcliestra in u stirring finale, and these powerful effects the honse certainly does not fail to appre- ginte. The uppliusc last night was mbundant, Encores were loadly demanded and gratefully re- The Garden was bright, cool, gay, and Light music, suitavle’ to this trying weather. s on Lhe prozrammes of the present wock, The **request concert ™ this evening will present some special temptations for the connoisseurs in the first part,—but the **composer’s right" is to e omitfed for the present, and on ‘hursday, in- stead of a symphony, wedre to huve one of the very lightest programmes of the wouk. . NEXT SEASON'S PROSPECT: The New York Dramatic News says: The musicsl people appear (o have more con- fidence in the coming sea<on than do the dramatic, No part of the country is going Lo suffer for want of 2ood music. _OFf grand vpera there will be the JMapleson company from London. and the Stra- kosch-Kellogy troupe. ~ Of the latter wo as ye know little, ‘eXcept the certumnty thut Max Stra- kozch 15 ot idle on tne other side, The coming of tie Mapleson compeny will spur iim to gremter eflorts. He will positively produce ‘*Paul and Vir- vinia” and **Carmen,” voth of which have been greatsaceesses during the London season. Of Mr. Sfapleson’s repertoire we, as yet, know absolutely nothing, but, no doubt, we shall have some novel- ties. The concert companies will be out in force, most prominent among them being the Marie Roze orzanization, with Carleton, Frapolli and Mme. Pizant. The Di Murska-Birignol company will 2lzo remain on the road. _Among the iighter com- panies will be the Hess toupe, comprising some excellent material. " Of those' purcly devoted to operu boude tnere will be E. E. Rice's two com- punies, the Ontes, und the Emelic Melville troupe, 'his is without counting the innumerable concert ard operetta companies, which mainly have their headquarters in_Boston, and which all are, more or less, under tic direction of the Redpath Bureaa. " PATTL IN “ SEMIRAMIDE." The London ZTumes of the 13ch inst. says: 1f any further proof had been required of Mad- ame Adelina Patti's singuiar versatility, her per- formance last night in Itossin's ** Semiramide would bave estaolished it deond further dispute. Ilow complete a mistress is Madame Patci of many styles has long been acknowledged; but she had et to show ler proficiency in the grand bravara £chool of Italinn opera seria, which **Seiairamide " may justly be said to reoresent in the fuil glory of its mendian. Madame Patti not only cxecuted the music with euch ease and fluency 2 1o satia(y the crtical taste of amatenrs who still delizht in Itossini's absolate Italian manner, the and, therefore, ripestexample of which is ** Semi- ramide, ™ bt Jooked aua acted the part of the im- posing Aseyrian Queen in perfection. For the present we must be satisfied tostate thus much, and 10 record the brilliant saccess ostained by the pift- ed and accomplished prima donna, who has now impressed upon Semiramide the slamp of her own characteristic individuality, and gisen to tho opera a rencwed leuse of popularity. Few donbted the ability of Madame Pauti, gifted as she i3 with o voice 50 equal In topeand s well balanced from the highest to the lowest notes of its almost excep~ tional Tange, and with & command of it aerived from long cxperience and sssidnons study, to master all the vecal details with_esse, bat jnst as few were prapared fora dramatic_embodiment of the charucter worthy ta rank with that of any previous model, It will be our daty, bowever, 10 retun to the subjectat the earliest opportunity. Madame Patti's chief associates Jast nignt were M. Maorel, as dssur, Semiramiae's gality confed~ crate, and Madame Scalchi, whose Arsace is in most respects irreproachable. built, as it might be Tessonably thought, nupon the traditions of Brambilla and Marietts Albony, whose firt debuc in London (April G, 1647) in the same part is vividly remembered by all opera-goers. ME. : PAPPENHED. The New York Music Trade Review has following sketch of an operatic husband: The duties of the operatic husband are msnifold. the but they are utterly nalike those of any otner hi Dband allve. He has to aversee and even deliver to his own wife her Jovers' bouquets, many of which have pillet-donx in them, which be never resds. And it is no alleviation fo him to know that the lover Is the public. He has to encourage and stim- ulate personal udmiration of his wife, and preserve all the voluptuous descriptions of her fizure,. face, and gait in a scrapbook _where everybody can have access to them. Ile is not. allowed. to refer to her as his wife, but must jnvariably epeak: of her as Miss Leonora, and in the - inner Circles {s only per- mitted to refer to himself as Aer husband. He most give way at all tlmes to the superior claims upon Her time of the manager, the leader of the orches- tra, the tenor, and ihe musical critics. At the cnd of six months he becomes an anpendage, & retainer, and if be ia an emotional husband like the Iate Mr. Pappenheim (nee Arens) he stands rouna and weeps silently, a sad, salt spectacle of the nat- ural man trying to sprout through the heavy top- dressing of marital rights. ~Men like Mr. Pappen- heim sppear in operatic history as mute mysterics, whose natural self-assertion has been swatlowed up in the majesty of prima donna. They wear an amazed loo%, 88 1( they never recovered from the blow of muguificent destiny, Thore {3 a continual reference in their deferential deportment and im- personal words to the fact that they aro not events themselves, but are only hitched o to & superior order of circamstance. Mr. Pappenbeim used to glide through Irving-place and Fourteenth stroet, £ie tears toliioz down nts handsome face, When he met anybody, bie natural impulse was to rush up and nssure the person that ske (the wife) wasa far reater artist than anybody suspected, 8nd he manazed to convey in his pathos the idea that he had_better opportunities for knowing than had anybody else. MUSICAL NOTES: An Interesting series of performances of the operas by Mozart will be given at the theatre at Cassel. The works will be performed in chrono- Jogical order. - Mme. Urso will return from Paris about the 1st of September, and will be accompanicd by the same corps of artists who assisted ler dur: ing the past season. The members of the Gluck Soclety in London lately revived Parcell’s Dido and (Eneas sn opera that had not been performed since A. D 1675, The greater part of Gluck’s Alceste was alo efven. Mr. J. Henry Mapleson, Jr., does not scem to rely very much this season on operatic ventures. He wanis to do the operatic concert busingss, and only intends playing French opera fn New Orleans for a couple of weeks. It is snid that a Cincinnati concert combina- tion will start for South America next fall, under the management of Armin Tenner, The artists arc Michael Brand, 'cello, Armin Doer- ner, piano, and Szuor Saleedo, cornet. Miss Henrictta Becebe wishes to be under- stood that she has resigned her membershly in tbe English Glee Club, and that if she should lereaiter appear in any of their concerts in New Yors it will be by special arrangement. According to a Russian journal, the Shah wishes to have the telephone “laid on* from the Imperial Operaat St. Petersburg to his palace at Teheran, so that ne cav “ hear the stars with- out paylng over £300 a night for them.” Francols Buzin, & well-known French com- poser, died in Paris of apoplexy, on the 2d inst., at the age of 62. ML Baziu was a natise of Mar- seilles, and studied music at the Paris Consery- atoire, where for scveral years past he had been Professor of Compositiou. His “Traite a’Har- monic” is a standard work in France. A, Bazin composed several operas, the most successfui of which were *Le Trompette de M. Ic Prince,” “Maitre Patelin,” and **Le Voyage eg Chine.” Mr. Mapleson bas engoged for Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, nexe season, little Mile, Van Zandt, a daughter of the prima donna, and who 1s reported by Mme. Patti, avd by evervone who has heard her, likely to become ome of the ereatest of operatic artists. She was a remark- ably clever child, even when she was at board- ing-school in England; and now that her healtn scems to have improved by some years’ resi- dgnce in Italy, the highest things are cxpected of her. Hess, with his English Opera troupe, strength- cned (%) this season by Emma_Abbott, will’ go his usual way ‘of doing the show business in smaller places. But vhere is danger of another [Euglish Opera, with Miss Aunie Montague as leading star. The party which takes interest in the fate and artistic career of this lady i3 look- ing around for money, and as soon as the capi- tal 15 hunted uo the season will be planncd, and, as a matter of course, the money nvested witl'be lost. = Miss Emma C. Thursby has concluded not to return to America for the autumu season, be- lieving it to be to her advantage to remain in Eagland until late in the winter and perhaps unzil the autumn of 1870, She bas aceopted a large numher of enragements for the coming autumn in the priucipal cities of Eugland, and bas an offer to sing at the Covent-Garden con- certs every nizht durivg Auzust and Septem- ber. Thelatter offer, however, Miss Thursby declined to nccept. The London Atheneum of the 6th says: Mr. Georze Macgrath, an American pianist of Irish extraction, who has profited by his studies at the Stattgart Couservatorium, made s hizhly favorable impression at _bis matinee on the 25th ult., in St. Georze’s Hall, by his able intcrpreta- tion of Beethoven’s Sonata in F minor, Op. 57; four picces by Cliopin, and works by Herr Ru. binstein (Barcarolle in G), and by Dr. Liszt iRImpsod(c Hongroise). He also iflinefl Signor Papini_and M. Lasserre in Mendelssoln’s Trio in C minor, Op. 66. His exceutive skill is un~ uestim’mblc, and he plays with intellizence and tharm." The Ciocinnati Commercial says: * The Alice Outes Comic Overa Company, s0 far as reorganized, consists of the following people: Mrs. Alice Oates, Miss Lulu Stevens, Miss Ada Dow, Miss Pauline Hall, Mr. Jack Howsou, Mr. Joc McLaughlin, Mr. James A. Meade, Mi Alice Townsend, and Mr. Con. T. Murphy. devisive _arrangement has been made with Charles Diew, and the leading teuar is not fixed upou. Tony Rives will be the leader of the orchestra. Maj. Charles Ammel the advance agent, and Julivs Kahn manager. The reper- toire fncludes the following comic operas: * Chimes of Normandy,’ under its French titie, ‘La Marjolaine,” ‘La Petit Due,’ *Perichole,’ ‘The Creole,’ *Mwme. Anzot’s Child,” and Girofle-Girofia.' The company will go to Cali- foraia in six weeks.” News says: “Rouzenud, the ting NI . in Boston. Came over to_pegotiate an engagement, some say. Not a bit of it. The fact is, Madame Rouzeaud had a great deal of wroperty in Boston. When here, in_place of Engzlish con- sols at 3per cent, sne thought she'd ke 10, and she got it for a year or two. Then came the fire—burnt down her property. Got about half the insurance, and sang a little to pay for the rebuildiog. Good interest once more. ‘Then the panic. Dowa went the property. Still she hune on; put the whole thing in the hands of an azent (member of a church, of course) and slept easily. Now Mr. Ageut has “ busted,” and Mr. Rouzeaud is looking after the rem- The loss will be from $30,000 to 330, Nilsson, in the meantime, has gone to the Pyrenucs for the summer, probably to look aiter her castle in 8pain.” THE LITTLE SISTER. 8l stood apart upon the crowded pave, The haet'ning throng her sombre garments brushed, And many a wretch on ribald jest intent, % At sight of that sweet angel-face, was bushed. 3 She scemed like some whtte lily that had strayed From God's bright garden 10 this arid sphere; Her very presence 1n that sinfal place The Heavenly Mansion scemed to bring more near. Tne last faint beam of the declining day A mimbus formed above her veil-ed head, And shone athwurt the silver symbol-ring That told the Spouse to whom her soul was wed. She scemed a thing apart—so sweet and pure, Where'er she troa seemed conseérated gronnd; And yet, to deepest, darkest haunts of sin, Thoe little feet their patient way had found. And many a soal those folded hands had drawn From ont the vortes of the citys ways; Those gentle lips the Savior's Jove proclaimed, And won the erring to the Savior's pruise. O heart g0 filled with tenderness and love, Thou knowest not false 1aws of race or créed; Ttou knowest bat thy Master's broad command, o clothe the naked, and the hungry feed. And though the world may greet thee with a snecr, ‘And deem tby office bat & sinecure, Astarry crown in Heaven awaiteth thee, “Thou Christ-like Littlo Sister of the Poor! AcNES Angsy McQuUine. Ought Horses to Be Shod ? Zondon Lancer. ‘The question whether horses should or should not be shod is again under discussion. Theprop- osition will crop out at intervals until a rational view of the subject comesto be taken. Asa matter of physiolozical fitness, nothing more indefensible thau the use of shoes can be imag- ined. Not only is the mode of attaching them by eails injurious to the hoot, it is the probable, if not tne evident, cause ol many affections of the foot and leg, which imvair the uscfulness and must affect the comfort of the animal. Whether horses could work on our roads with- out some protection is another question. We think it would be found that the natural struct~ ure would adant itself to any ordinary require- ment. There is, however, a wide diference of opinion upon this point among authorities on horse management, and the proolem isnot likely to be finally solved until the experiment bas been tried.” There canbe no doabt as to the additiopal power of grasping road surfaces which would be secured, to the advantage of the rider or driver and the reliet of the horse, if shoes were not used. Meanwhile, we should like to see the trial made. It should, however, be understood that the exeriment must be tried with colts ttat have never been shod. This is an essentia! condition of the test. GOSSIP FOR LADIES. ADVICE TO THE LADIES. 0fl City Derrick. Unwary belles, ‘Who, day by dav, the fashionable round Of dissipation tread, stealing from art The blusk Eliza owns, 10 hide a cheek Pale and deserted—come, and learn of me How to be ever blooming, young, and falr, And it shan't cost you a red cent, Give to the mind 1mprovement ; That is to say, read the fourth page Of this paper, terms $10 a year in advance, No disconnt to clergymen. Let the tongue Be subject to the heart aund head, And give it o rest occasionally. Withdraw from city’s smoke, And trip with agtle foot, oft as the dey begins, The steepy down or velvet lawn; Or play an air from 7roratore On an 0ld-fashioned churn. Rise with the lark, and wich the lark to bed; ‘The breath of night 's destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to tae field, And vk the humble datsy why jt sleeps Soon as the sun departs, _ 1t will tell yon Tt is to preserve its complexion, And keep {ts breath pure and sweet; "That it would droop, and all its freshness Jose, Comnelled to taste the rank and polsonons steam Of midnight theatre and morning ball, Or 1o sit out on the 8t00p With 8 Yoank man. Glve 10 repose the solemn hour she claims, Aud the front gate will call you bless'd. b1 thore 13 2 charm Vhich morning has, that gives the bro A emack of youtn, 8 ot And makes the life of youth Shed perfumes exquisite— Precisely what you want, yon see, And what you piy your druggiet big ‘money for, Excopt, perhaps, the smack of youth, Whic* be will be only too glad to give For nothing; or. if he ian't, Do not hesitate to call on us— You will ever find our latch-string ont, By a very large majority. Expect It not, Y who tiil noon upon a down-bed Iie While your mothers are dong the work; Ye fair, like you, it must be waoed, or nayer won, And, being lost, it is vain to advertise for it; tsots fe vam v ask fo5 Milk of Roses, oat's » Bloom of Youth, Lily-W] Cream for the Complexioa, Tl Or any other cosmetic—all are . g. THE LITTLE MOTHER. ¢, Louis Times, A Times reporter called yestordayon probubly the smallest mother ever known, Mrs. W, B. Bristol, better known as Faonie Burdette, who has been traveling for years with Forepauah's circus, and who gaye birth on Wednesdar night 1ast at the Commercial Hotel, Fifth and Poplar, to a child weighing eieht pounds. The mother weizhs about fifty pounds, ana is but thirty-two fuches in hight, while her husband is of full size, ueing six fect tall, and weighing 145 pounds. The {nfant was healthy and well developed, but In order to preserve the life of the motber It was necessary to sacriflce it. Drs. Frazer, Youneblood, and Shore were in attendance. The pangs of maternity lsted seven hours, beginning at 8a. m. wnd endine at 8 p. m., snd had the little woman not possessed an iron con- stitution she would certafuly have died, Dur- ing the whole of these tonz” hours of deathly 2agony she maintained almost complete sflence, uttering bug few moans, and struggling against all extraordinary exhibitfons of rafn, A Times vepotter, bearing a few of tho cir- cumstances of the case, called yesterday upon o couple of the physicians, but lor some reason they were found to be very reticent gsbont the matter. ‘Che reporter afteryards visited the Commercial Hotel, where an interview with the oddly-matched pair was obtained. The Zimes man had been warned not to seek information {rom the two, as they were very strongly op- posed to baving the matter pudlished. It was conscquently with some timidity (if a re- vorter can feel timid) that he addressed Mr. Briscol in regard to the mauter. The latter, who seems exceedingly fond of his wife, rs marked that Lie bad no objections to full details ol the casc appearing in print, so that the papers did not call his wife a dwarf. 'He said he was particularly opposed to the term becnuse it al- wags suggested to the mind the jmagze of a badly deformed Iittle ecreature with horribly distorted features, and he said that his wife did not belong to the class, as she was a pretty lit- tle woman,Zperfect in every limb and feature. In proof of his assertion he invited the reporter into u neatly-furnished room upon the second Hloor, where upon the cdge of a large bed lay the eubject of thisarticle, to whom the news- paper man was introduced in a polite, formal manner. The voice which greeted the reporter had much of the softness peculiar to the chil- dren of refiuement about it, whire the language used in the eonversation which followed showed cultivation. ‘The little lady bas a pretty Iace.gwm: pearly white tecth, and a pleasunt, hopeful coun- tensnce. The hauds, arms, and shonlders, which. owing to the pleasant weather, were un- covered, were well developed and_in'good pro- portion, and Mr. Bristol showed the reporter a pair of tiny shoes, which belozzed to a pair of very pretty little feet. ‘The couple have been married two years, and this fs thetr sccond child. The other was much smaller, and was stiil-born. Mr. Bristol_was formerly a doorkecper in the employ of Fore- paugh’s Circus, and in this capacity became acquainted with his wifc, who was théu travel- ing under the management of that show along with o twin brother, who is an inch shorter than herself. They were called the Burdette Twins, and always traveled togetber until Mrs, Bur- dette’s confinement last springz, when the broth- er continued the encazement alone. They are now Iu the 21st year of their age. Mrs, Bristol was born in Montgomery County, Marylaud, on afarm ucar thelitue Village of Damascus, where her parents still reside. ~ She has a broth- er and a sister of ordinary size, and her father is above six feet. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bristol seemed very sad over the loss of the child, whose death’ they were inclined to believe was due to the_want of judzment on the part of one of the physicians ho attended the mother. 5 Dr. Shore, one of the attending physicians, s0id to a rcporter of the Times vesterday that he betieved Mrs. Bristol the smallest moiher on record. The Doctor told the reporter that he had never seen a better-formed swoman, snd he declared that her (Mrs. Bristol’s) constitution and powers of endurauce were wonderful. MRS. LANGTRY. Zondan Corresuondence Hartford Courant. As beauty is in the eye of the observer, there are different opinions about this so-called “thequty.” Of medium size, regular featurcs, rosebud mouth, large blue cye, low forehead, nice creamy complexion, dark-brown bair, squarfsh shoulders, flat bust, long, classical arms, such,as the old masters portrayed on canvas, and you bave the ensemble. *A self- willed determination to be adinired, to sensate; a pizarre way of saving and doing things, not coarsely, artistic manners, is something of the posyer that has set even this diznificd, fashion- able world of Loudon chattering widely of triv- Ialties, and Mrs. Lanztry, First coming into broad notice by the marked attentions of the Prince of Wales; ‘then a ratter obscure but true artist made 2n ideal head and face of this subject and displayed it in promiu- nent shop-windows, which brought bimself and the original intv town notice. This inspired fn the ladv a desire to be known apart from otiers, and she soon _ became noticeable as an artist in matters of dress, affecting, as she does, the antique classical styles. Her dressmaker, who is classical in her taste, albeit she is English,— she nas studied Greek statues and_drapery, and knuws the perfect lives.—lends ber cenius 1o this model, who sensates in the poble prom- cnade of Hyde Pask, where, in all the world, you will séc so many handsome, beautifully- dressed, and fashionable people assembled. “What's the style tbis mornine{” gaid a lordly habitue of Piccadilly, corner of Hyde Park, to a tall, well-dressed, asistocratic youth, s perfect in respect to dress 85 Smalpagé could make him. **A symphony in canary and black,” was the answer. We needed no_further enlizhtment when a cartiage rolled yound with a classical female fizure in-canary and black. to know it was Mrs. Langury, the daughter of the Deau of Jersey; the wife of zood . Langtry, “a lay fizure of married life," associety unkindly whispers; the admired of the Prince of Wales; the {riend of artists, of gay young aristocrats, and others; the society talk of Londop. The dress was of very delicate canary, exquisitely fittiog, without other color of trimming except kilting of the same. The hat was black velvet turban, with a canary featber; not a soft, drooping feather, but a stilf wing of s large bird, which stood up intheair in o most striking way. This co- quettish hat, tipped slightly on the side of the bead over wavy brown hair, and Greclan coil, with Dblack ~ four-buttoned gloves, com- pleted the costume. Tuere was nothing clse like it In the park, and mBo cus- inme so striking in its. simplicity. ‘© For English women almost proverbially dou too maay colors. They look more like marigolds, popoies, China-asters, with an ocrasional rhodo- dendron, than symphonetic arrangements. But Mrs. Langtry looked like a canary-bird, and was a noticeable figure out in the snnlight. At the Ascot races the other day, she was clothed thr‘unghnuun *‘white samite, mystic, woader- ful'"; "white gloves, white. hat, white feather, but she had a black sflk parasol, lately made to order in Paris, with two L's embroidered in 2 “Iam Lily try, an ou al t0 know it." EEn e Ry Clothes, you see, and “astudy of color-har- monies, have a good deal to do with this lady’s fame. Tuthe nomenclature of Mr. Whistler, she carries out that artist’s ideas of “arrange. ments,” and “symphonies,” and * nocturnes in twa colors. B JULIET’S MISTAKE. New York Corresnondence Boston Post, Some little fan has been created by an ind- dent in which & young New York Iady, who has Jjust made her appearance in society, and {s spending her first summer at Newport, figures. Ste {s stoppiog in one of the cottages, whose identity I will not further indieate than by say- ing that it is located between the beach and Cogzeshali’s Ledge. She bas g lover,—a dash- ing, good-looking_ fellow,—who somehow has come under the displeasure of both papa and mamms, and is deprived of the pleasure of a qulet tete-a-teto in the paternal parlors. It was arrauged that n meeting should take place in spite of maternal viglance, and the Forty Steps was the spot determined upon, where an lour’s chat could en: joyed without disturbance. 1z so happened that Romeo was called to New York on the ap- Foluled night, and ill-luck would further have t that the boy who carricd bis regretful missive to Juliet missed bis mission. lu blissful ignor- ance of all this, Juliet sped away to the steps, and saw, us she supposed, Romeo musing on the Tocks at the bottom, She waited a sufiiclent space of time to be noticed, and then she tossed 2 stooe to the object of her affections, if possi- ble to rouse him from his reverics. 1t splashed into the water almost st his feet, and he turned to see & hand waving him up the steps, and to bear a voice, “~——lcy, why don’t you keep your appointment? The youth gallantly bounded up the steps, and, liftioz his hat, stood before Ler. She uttered, not one - little scream, but a serles, £ plercing, and following one another o quickly, that a party of zentic men and Jadies hurried down the graveled walk to lier assistance. “**Jobn, yon scoundrel, what do you mean?”’ demanded one of the gentlemen of the handsome mulatto, whose skin was tinged so slightly that the color reddened his cheeks, and who stili stood before the young Jady bat in hand. %I thousht he was ——ley,? she sobbed; and the good-looking waiter, exon~ erated from all suspicion, lost no time in relicv~ ing himself from the embarrassing- sitnation, while she pleaded iliness, and was escorted to the boundary line of her father’s realms. She will laugh at the incident a year from now, but atpresent the future secms dark and drear. DEATH IN LIFE. Sacramento Bee. About a year or 80 320 a young lady of sunny temperement, pleasant features, anl pative generosity and goodness of heart, commenced to use tc excess preparations for bleachfng her hair to the fashionable golden tinge, and at the same time became a slave to that beautifier of the complexdon and form,—that deceptive voison, arsenic. Her features before, though not beautiful, were at least good, but. like too many of her sex, the bandiwork of Almighty God did not satisfy her, and she sought to im- prove upon it. People soon remarked her changed appearance for the better. Her com- plexion was rosy and blooming; her hair soft, silky, and of a beautiful tinge, her form vlamper * than it bad been, and her skin smooth and white. But her self-con- gratulation did wot last long. Headaches soon followed, more and more violent every day; but stll she kept on using the abominable stuff which has been the ruin of 50 mauy. - Of late her sufferings haye been almost intolerable. The blessing of sleep has not been hers. Rest dented to her his soothing presence. Her head was a very hell of torture night and day, and living and breathing was au agouy. There are women in this city—in every city, in fact—who can tell what she suffered. Thank God, there are few of them who have come: to her eud! Day by day, and hour by hour her sufferines increased. Her mind gréw feevler and feebler, her thouzhts wandered, her inteflect was lost, aud to-dsy, & young girl of 20 years,she is confined in a cell in that prison of the dead, Stockton,a chained and raving masiac,—a fearful and u terriblo warning to others. A PRACTICAL SWEETHEART. Sunsas Oisy Times. A nice younz man employed in the Kanses Pacific office resolved the other day to present his beloved girl with a nice pair of shoes. He accordingly procured her mcasure, and went into one of the fashicnable stores oo Mainstreet, and purchased & $2 pair of shoes. In order to make the present appear more valuable, he marked §5 apon the soles of the shocs, and, at his request, the clerk put a receipted bill for 85 into one of the shoes. The presentation was made, and the lovers were happy, os lovers should be. But mark the sequel. “The girl ex- amined the shoes in the daylizht, and was not satisfled. She was convinced that ber lover had been cheatcd in the parchase of such 2 pair of shoes at that price, She, decided to go and chanze the shoes and obtain a better bargain. Yesterday she appeared in the store and selected a pair_of shoes, price $3.50, and politely re- quested the clerk to take back the shoes™ for which she said her husband bad paid $5. The receipted bill was produced in proof, and the boot man tound it impossible to go ** behind the returns.’” The smart girl fook her $3.50 pair of shoes, and obtained $1.50 in money, and went home happy and satisfied. The boot- seller sent a bill for $3 to the young man, who promptly paid the dillerence, but he thinks that girl a little too smart for him. FAIR VIRGINTANS IN TI(E SURF. 0id Potnt Comfore Correspondence Baltimore Ameri~ can. The youhg ladfes manage to make out very well for themselves, which Is not surprising, as the most of them are Virgnia’s fairest daugh- ters, who are as noted for their scif-rellance as Boston girls for bookishness. This remarkable quality is scen at the best advantage during bathing hours, and the visitor soon learns that some of the girls here ure as much at bome in the water as dacks, and can dive around as dar- ingly and as gracefully as dolphfns, even ven- tunng into deep water away from shore. It comes very strangely to a young man proud of his strength to have the apparentiy frafl and gentlc creature be met and walked with fn_the moonlight last night dash past him into decp water. and, daring him to follow her, breast the runuing biltows and swim far away With ease, while he stands shivering and ~gasping for breath, and wondering why women are called the weaker vessels and wman creation’s lord. Miss De Russey, who haslived here by the water Elde for many years, the daughter of an army- officer, now deceased, swam.a mile out ana back thisafternoon with an officer from the fort, and came buck looking as fresh and buoy- ant and bewitching s any siren of the sea. ° -om constaut exposure to the sun and salty alr uer face and arms are browued as decp as any Tuscan beauty. VISCOUNTESS MANDEVILLE. London Vantty Fatr. Miss Consuelo Yznaga, when she came to En- glaud, was at once recognized as one of the most beautiful of all the beautiful girls sent over for our delectation by America. Lord Mandeville, the cldest son of the Dukeof Manchester, struck by ner splendid beauty, followed her back to America, and was so fortunate as to return witn beras his wife. Lady Mandeville presents a Soutnern tyoe of beauty, embellished, as it were, with Northern accidents. She hasa very refined face, with small features, s fine trans- parent comiplexion, deep browe eyes, and a wreath of Hiztt hair, in which ber face s set like » jewel. Bothat Cowes and London she has necessarily become very popular, and there are few of the vettgr kind of entertainments of ‘which she does not form a princioal orpament. In conyersation sne is ready and sparkling; in dress she shows an originality and sometimes 3. charming carclessncss which have agrace of their own; and when, in course of time, she be- ccomes a Duchess, she will add anotber dower to the chaplet of notable beautles swho have worn the most honorable of coronets. FEMININE NOTES. Aladly, joking about ner nose, said: I had nothing to do in shaping it. It was a birthday present.” Edgar Fawcett wishes that ** Man conld make love likea bird.” He does, Edgar, he does; like a goose.~—Burdeite. ‘ A San Francisco woman, having no faith in bauks, carried aroand $2,400in herbustle. Thus her income was always in arrears. The 1,600 young women of Cleveland who are pledged not to associate with vounz men of Convivial habits are getting very lonesome. Mrs. Jenks has had her portrait pablished in Harper's Weekiy. The hat is decidedly dam- agiog to her testimony. Seven years nd the times, if 8 day.~—Cinciinati Breakfust-Yabie. During the past winter a New Hampshire woman E:uz and piled twenty-three cords of wood. Well, thatis doing oretty fair. Eve man should” eaconrage. s Wi 1o beat 15, though,—Danielsonville Sentinel. Only six mouths ago, when John Stilson, of Soath AL, (ora Johnson, he called her bis darling Nora.” And now, when he gets upin the night to fosten a spring dmhu-gln er over her vocal nose, he uses the same tent gvlfis&fl. but leaves out " the “darlmz.:"—, I want, and will have, 3 wife with - ing,”” was the remark alfin young munnfih: ?&1 three seasons’ experience of life, His sister, with only acountry girl's Dhilosophy, remarked: ;“‘l&hen ou'll never Tz"irlrf: because, shoald you nd such 2 woman, she'll be sure to want band of the same character. AR The good woman who tied & bunch of v: gated ribbon to the candal of her 'modxefr.i-: marked that it was the dutv of everyone to do something toward making the world briehter 2nd better. She might oot be able to point a moral as well as the minister, but sne could dis- count him at adorning a tail. - Washington Post. A lover who had “gone West” to “make n home *” for his “Birdie,”” wrote-to her: “I've got the finest quarter-section of lang (160 acres) I ever put my foot down oun.” Birdie wrote hack: “Suppose you buy auother quarter sec- tion, John, so we can bave a lawn around sour foot!" John ‘‘made a home,” but Birdie never was the mistress of it. MUNICIPAL DEBTS, Comparative Indebtedness of Eastern and ‘Western Cities and States. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cricano, July 27.—I have read, fa common with my fellow-citizens ot Chicago, many of the -BRMErous articles publisted in the newspapers of the East during the past year inregardtothe financial condition of onr city and its taxpayers. T suppose that from the malicions spirit 5o ap- parent in them, and their exageeration in almost cvery regard, that they would be read, lsughed at, atd forgotten; but having spent the past {ew months East, where I had oceasion tocircu- late quite extensively among the people, I lcarned to my surprise that most of these state- ments were believed, and the people had really come to betleve there was but little value toour ‘property, or responaibility among our citizens, and that what little value remained was so coy~ ered by trust-deeds that what few equities we bad remafuing on property not already sold under foreclosure were of only fmaginary value. Not only does this work injury to our interests by causing such distrust of us and our property as to make them fear to loan more West except ‘upon enormous margins, but I have reason to know that many of our own people have become discouraged in conseguence of these continued assaults, aud do not put the yalue upon their vproperty they should in consideration of its prospects, or real present valne, and many without means of kuowing the truth are believing to-day that we of the West are universally debtors, and that everybody East is walsing sround with money in his pocket, and that their citles are out of debt, and with sinking funds ready for any emergency. t is with a view of correcting this impression, toth in regard to. ourselves and onr Eastern friends as well, that I ask space in sour columns to give some facts to our peoblé, and to show them our condition as compared with thoss in the older settled section of the Republic. Our own newspapers have told us so much in regard to the financial straits to which our city bas been brought that many of our own capital- ists have been fearful of our bonds, becanse they really believed that we were fnancially worse off than aoy other municipality of tha continent, and to correct this impression I have at cousiderable labor puthered the following facts in regard to the population and indebted~ nesa in 1876 of the following citles, and also showing the amount of the debt in each city for * each inhabitaut, simply saying in addition that the debt of Chicazo at this time is less than fn 1576, and that some miltions of back taxes re- main unpaid, and that couservative judges esti- mate our population at the present time to be s half watlion: Dedt to Popu- each in- Gities. Tation: Dedt. habitant, Augusta, Mo, 10,180 S100 Boston. 127 Daltimote 31, it roaklyn, 7 141 49 Hartford.... 17 - 33,003 100 Jersey City ... 116,000 120 Cincinnati 266,528 87 New Orle: 203,439 111 New York. ....1,249,808 119 New Bedr 20,000 50 Pittsburz 211 127 Providence. .. 100,675 03 Philadelphia .. 800,000 76 Portland.. 84,462 s As 80 much has been safd fn regard to the corruption of our City Government, and its reckless extravagance in creating Indebtedness, T append the following statement_showine the increase of indebteducss of several cities from 1366 to 1876, showing o little of the same thing in other cities as well: Indebtedness, Indeotedness, 1866. 1876, Pitisbure Providence municipal mismanagement of these cities from Eumrfiewn apers cxcept in regurd to Chica- 0. They did allude to Twecd's villainy in New ork some years azo, but as that city Wwas not growing fast enough to excite their jealousy or divert their trade they soon forzot about it. K also give the amount of tax levied o 186 for expenzes of roverning nine of our American cities, pavine intercst on indebtedness, and for improvements, etc.: Popu- Taz Cities, Entiretar. lation. pér head. $ T0L8%6 34,462 2 0,000,000 341,109 1,219,868 Pitsbarg 1,108,542 ' 71,352 ‘Ehiiadelphia -..12/000,000 860,000 Newark ........ 1,700,000 124929 Baltimore . ... 4,100,000 300, Cincinnati ... 3,000,000 206, Chicago ... 4,000,000 450,000 It is gratifying to know that this appropria- tion of $4,000,000 in Cbicago for municipal ex- ‘penditurea has not been exceeded, unless by & few hundred thousand dollars in city scrip, which need not have been issued had taxes been paid promptly. 1 have just been reading the report of tae Auditor of the City of Boston for 1876and 1877, and flud that, while they raised 10,- 000,000 for the muaicipal expensesfor that year, they exceeded that amount in expenditures over $3,300,000, and vet, thefr newspapers did not say enougzh about mismanagement there for us to hear about it so far out West as Chicago is. When we remember the area Chicago covers, and the obstacles to be overcome in making good streets here, we have this to console us, that by the expenditure of the same amount Boston bestows upon her improvements we could put them tn condition to piease her {as~ tidious citizens, sad we know our city has clti- zens who were here when she was a village on. stilts in the fand and when Boston haa ware- Douses large enough 10 hold supplies for ail de- mands west of the Alleghenies. I regret my inabllity to wive a valuation of each city to which I have alluded, but any at~ tempt to do so would be valueless, a3 the Assessors of each city a3sess upon an entirely different basis of values, Of the municipal debis of the Unlted States amounting to $644,373,663, cities in five Easters and Middle States, viz.: New York, Masaacan setts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maine, carry over $417,000,000. Eight Western States,—California, Illinois, Indians, Iows, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and. Wisconsin,~with n_population of 13,000,000, have s total State debt of only 337,000,000, or .90 per head, while Connecticut, Massachu- setts, Peuosylvania, New York, Rbode Island, New Hamoshire, Maine, and New Jersey, with a population of 11,908,170, besides carryine the great burden of the municipal debts, have an aggregate State indebtedness of $35,000,000, or nearly 3S per head. Did 1 not feel, Mr. Editor, that I bad alresdy trespassed sufliciently upon your columns, L would adduce additional facts to. prave the com- paracive favorable financial standine of the ciutes and States of the West. -But X feel thac I have proved enugh, tnat the citizenof the Weat. can point with pride to the record be has mage. the obstacles he has overcome, ana the trifling indebteduess he has incurred which -be bas not. already di; , and that he will take new courage from this survey for the future, feeling sure that a greater growth {s before us In the immediate future than he ever dreamed of fu the past, and that in coming vears the Eastern. editors and thefr readers as they come Wesc: will wonder {n amazement at the magnificence of cities and development of 2 country of which they had tvo long been - jealous, bt to which they were at last comvelled to bow. in ,admira-- tion and surprise, and at resuits of ener:y of Wwhich they bad heard but had never- belleved. - Reapecifully, J. FRANE LAGREXCS.