Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1878, Page 10

1o THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUNT 1 IS78—NSIX'TEEN PAGES. d Mr, Thomas D. Beotley in the evening, at ey Tabermacle, corncr of Hoyne sad Flour- oy streeta. BT The Rov. Mr. Tohizs, Chaplain of the News- boys Home, will preach at Lake Bluff i the morning. NEW JERUSALEM. The kev. W. F. Penaleton preaches at the corner of Clark and Menomunee streels this morn- ing. "Sthe Rev. 0. L. Barler preaches at ershey ‘Hall this mormng. CORISTIAN. 5 The Rev. Dr. Grahsm will preach in the West- ern Avenuc Charch, near Congress street, at 10345 2m. © —Mr. M. M. Lord will preach in the Second (formerly Cextral) Church. Campbell Hall. corner of Van Buren strect and Campbell avenue, at 30:45 2. m. ~The Rev. 0. A. Rurgess, President of the But- Jer University, will preach in the morning at the Firel Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Twen- ty-6fth strect. LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmund Belfour preaches at the Charch of the Holy Trnity, corncr of Dearborn avenue 2nd Erie stcect, this morninz. The R N ficknell aresches at Moony's he Rev. F. M. licknell preache " Church, corner of Chicazo avenue and LasSaile sireet, worming and evenip: : The medigms and _Spiritualists meet at 3 o'clock at No. 406 West Madison strect. —Dr. Mathewson preaches at the Green Strect Tabernacle, morning and evening. —Mrs, . A. Kanouse epeake 1n the Church, cor- ner of Noble and Ohio streets, at 4 o'clork. —The Rev. J. M. Worrell preacbes at the Wash- inzton:an Home this afiernoon st 3 o’cl — Okciples of Curiet will meet at No. 229 West Randoinh sirect 8t4 p. m. A —A mediums' and Spiritualists’ meeting will_be Jield at 3 p. m. in the parlors of Mre. lueley, No. %6 North Clark streel. second floer. —First Society of Spiritualists’ Chnrch, corner of onroe and Leflin streets. Mr. lindson Tuitle ‘will lecture at 7:45 p. m. ~A Gospel Temperauce service will he held (rom 405p. m. in the Union Temperance Hall, 89 Cottage Grove aveuue. —There will be o Spirituslist and mediams' meetiog 3t 3 D, m. in Meridian Hall, No. 89 Randolob street. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EFISCOPAL- Anz. 18—Ninth Sunduy after Trinity. Aug. 23—Faet, Aug 23-8t. Bartholomes- CATHOLIC. Aug. 13—Tepth Sunduy sfter Pentecost: St. - Joachim. C.. Father of the B. V. M. Aug. 19—0f the Octave of the Assumption. Aug. 20—St. Bernard. Abb., D. Aug. 21—St. Jane Fiances de Chantal, M. Aug. 22—Octave of the Assumplion; SS. Timo- thy and others. M. Aug. 23St Thilip. Bewit, Vigil of St. Bartholomew. Aug. 24-5t. Bartholomew, Ap. o s aind i W KEARNE A Leading Workingmen's Organ Calls Upon Kearney to Stop His Profanity, and Asks Him to Propose Some Taugible Remedies that Will Benefit the Feople. . Hoston Pifot, Auy. 13, Because the L’ilot is a workinzman’s paper, ‘beeause S0 per cent of our reaaers are in the truest sepsc ‘ honest, horny-fisted sons of toil,” we feel bound to ask Deunis Kearney two ques- tions: First, does he believe that profanity and abuse are arguments? Second, where are the * facts or issues upon which Le came to the East 10 agitate the workingmea? ‘It must be ad- mitted that since Dennis Kearney came East he bas ot broughbt forward a siugle idea for the consideration of intellizent men. ¢ Pool your 1 issues,” he cries in every speech; but be does Dot attempt to define or proposewhat the issues shall be. * Capture the State,” he shouts; but ‘e gives no suzdestion of a policy when the Stateis “captured.” We are uot of those who -oppose and contemn aworkingman who assumes “to be a Jeader. We welcome him as 2 bhealthy sien of democracy. But workingmen, like other men, must proceed according o civilized methods. A uvion of men utterly without a policy, except the desire of capturing a State,” 50 as to control its official power, would be a2 dungerous and uncivilized factor. The work- ingmen of this country need wise leaders. ‘There are balf a score of burnicg questions for therr consideration and_ action. Has Deanis Kearney avy message to deliver on any of these sabjects? The workingmen are all divided on their issues. s Deuuis Kearney's repeated allusion to *‘bul- lets, if ballots fail,” is gross iznorance and de- fiauce of democratic: principles. There is no danger of batlows failivg. If the workingmen of this country bave inwllizence enough to be united—tor it takes intellizent and practical Zv3s to unite men—they are sure to succeed, Jorwoey kave the majority in uumbers. To tatk of “puiicts” simply proyes that the intel- jigence tc unite is absent, and this is to Libel the workigmen. Shall the workingmen support free trade or protection?® Which is the best for them—gold, silver, untaxed bonds, inflation, or an ‘incon- vertible paper currency?” Shall the Govern- ment eeize the railroads? Sball there be a di- iston of public Jands among the poor? Shall idle investnents be taxed, and shall busmess investments go untaxed?’ Shall there be an is- sue of Treasary-notes to buy up the interest- ‘beariug bonds! In God's name, propose some- thing, Kearney, and give up this foul and fetid dlatherskite about the **lecherons boodhold- 5™ apd “the siimy imps of bell” who pub- dish newspapers. Have vou anything to say, mam, that s worth saving? The country will listen to vou. Do you really repreeent the workingmen, or, using the name of the work- fugmen, have you simply come to Massachu- 6tits as the hired stump orator of Gen. Butler? ‘The workingmen of Massachusetts know Gen. 1Butler better than you do. They ao not want Four assurance thai be sympathizes with the imasses. 1f yon proceed with the emoty, suid vigleut speech of the past two weeks you' will cficctally injure Gen. Butler's. chances of clec- ‘tiop. If Gen. Butler advises your pointless and . profane pohey be makes 2 wistage that will kil is chances and grieve his friends. Let us say 130 Dennis Kearuey that be nad, and bas still, if e have brain and principle, a rare and slendid -ouportunity. There is no grander: fame than “that of a trusted leader of workingmen. This s the country for the production of such lead- ers. Labor is irce and respected, and enfran~ chised. Turn to the study, man, before it is too Jate. Seize the deep wishes and bopes, take hold of e strong lines, be wise and powerfuland geotle. Be faithful and able to lead the masses 1o better laws und ereater happiness. | Be Rienzi if you can, be Massaniello il you fafl, but, for ¢ bonor of toil, be cveaa decent Wat Trler or Jack Cade. Rewewmver, Kearney, it is mo enemy who speaks, £very word we say here will reach the eves or ears of & million workingmen. Inu their name, for their interests, we condemn your fu- temperate courge. You commit a crime when your furious and blind utterances hold up the ‘ause of Jabor to public derision, It is charged tbat you are **a Protestant Inshinan and an Or- angeman.” We don't care for thai, though we don’t believe it. You have not come as an Irishman, a German, a f'rotestant, or a Catho- lic, but plaioly as a citizen. That is 2ood, and now all weask of you is from this out to study the real wroues of workingmen aud propose remedies: o sbandon abuse aud adopt argu- ment: to admit that it is nov 3 crime to grow ich by houvst means: to make fricuds for the workingmen, not enemies; 10 sav something ‘practical every time you eneak. and not 10 speak until you have (he useful word reads; to say nuthing about Gen. Butler, but a great deal about the reasous why workinzwen skould vote for him: in a word, to be a leader by prudence, Toresizht. and comimon seuse, insteadoy by filthy adjectives, riotous allusions, absurd advice, and brass-kettle oratory. ———— WHAT BOOTS IT, FRIEND? What boote it, frend, if T am poor, you rich? Thoogh lep-worn, weary, fawmt. and bent with carc, “Thigk not that I am none the less as fair As thon, with all thy jewcls rich and rare, What boots it. then, 1say? Can ] ot be Aslizht of heart, e'es in my poverty, As thou. with all thy gewgaws, trinkels. fine, eo ine— That which the outwsrd world holde doubly deart But let me tell yon "tn the inward shine Tuat akes tlie men—the man of worth—right cre. What biots it. then, Tsar? 1fnot a'ms Wiil all thy wealth buy ones et oo Give me the beart that 's felt the sting of wo— That Dears, still bears, the burdens God doth e That caters not to things of Earth below, For these one day most surely have rmwend. AWhat boots it, then, | say? If not for me This world, the ner!, moxt farr. is sure to be. Ata. 14,1578, Josevn D, TraNET. " — BOUND. AnOcean-wave crept idly to the Shore, Caressed 3t genuy, and crevt back agai Then eought 1t wildiy to embrace once more: A wooing constzni—yel forever vain. The Stiore was bound—1s {etieis were of tone: The Fates were merciléss—ite hondage strone. Thie Ocean, in a eaddencd monotone, - - o2 Sings of bis passion thronzh the ages long. ‘The Shore bad fstened, vielding grain by prain, And sear by year, 10 wild and etormy prajers: Almighty-wrought the heavy. galling chain Tn gloomy silence it forever weare. OuT o TuE PRamur, Aug 16, Avis Gaar, THE STAGE. THE DRAMA. ONLT 4 DROY. Let oot our theatrical friends and neighbors who drop around to “ The Drum,” dally by “ The Dizzy,” or smile at ** TheShanty,” takealarm; this is not a temperance lecture. Neither bas it any reference to that venerable Old Balley in- stitution which has been characterized us a drop too muct. The drop to which we invite atten- tion is that which it is the higbest ambition of the tyro to get behind, and the greatest pleas- ire of the veteran actor to be called before. It is not necessary to enter jnto a disquisition on the autiquity of “drops.” What arrange- ments the Athenisns had for marking the di- visions of their scenes; whetner the priestly plaers who in Chaucer’s days acted “Herode on a scalfold hie™ were during the intervals concealed from the gaping multitude; or whether the gallauts who smoked their pipes aud trimmed their love-locks upon the stage in the ante-Shakspearcan days werc bidden from the public gaze between the acts, would be almost as diflicult now to determiue as “what song the sirens sang,” or who strack Billy Pat- terson. From coutemporaneous priuts and al- lusions in old plays, we know that the curtains of the Blackfriars, the Globe, on the Baaiside, the Cockpit, or Pheenix, in Drury Lane, ete., were not “drops,” but actual draperies of some lively color suspeuded upon rods, and drawn aside after the mauner of the Punch-and- Judy shows ot to-dav. *“The Curtain” was a favorite theatre in Shoreditch, and had for its outward and visible sign a curtain striped hung over the door, similar to those which may be seen fu modern taverns. Juwas ut the period of the Restoration Lhat elegant accessories to the stage were first brought to perfection, and in the dircctions prefized to many of Dryden’s plags we fud elaborate descriptions of the necessary sceuery, aithough the most gorizeous surroundings were lavished .upon the Court Masques of Ben Jonsou and other Court pocts. Inigo Jobes, Christopher Wren, and men of similar note, arranged these, and the brushes of the first artists of the day were employed in depicting the scenes for these masques and dramas. With such attention to the seenery it is certain that so nmportant an adjunct g8 the curtain was not aeglected, al- thongh history bus beea silent on the subject. The impaticnt reader will perceive how easily this exordium permits the writer to drop, as it were, uput: the act-drops of modern days, and especially to introduce l:{‘ real object of the present ariicle—the past agd present curtains of Chicago. 1t bas been 2 prolifie season for drops , aud, with the solitary exception of Chicago, not a single place of ent reopens withoar unrolling 8 new canvas. That there was plenty of rvom for re- form, all theatre-goers who paid any attention to the subjeet will udmit, for 1t must be con- fessed that our former curtains were fearfully and woudertully made. ‘The old_act-drops might be divided into the allegorical, the anserical, the conventional, and the hybrid. Of the first order that brilliant ema- ation from the brain of him who built “Qur goardiug-ouse” was a rare ex- emplar. ~ Len Grover created, and Wallis perpetrated, rhe woudrous apotheosis of incinerated - Chicwro W adorned the proscenium ot the Adelphi. Here were seen specimens of the debris of the fire, consisting of a few rocks, a crooked yras-pipe, a cog-wheel at- tachwent foa steam-elevator, a kitchen-stove, end the Fidelity Bauk safe ina condition of peculiar unsonnduess. On the right, Volk, she sculptor, was caimly takine o sizht at the New Jerusalem, which was beiug condensed in the upper regions of a recky atmosphere, while a brawny Hope, leaning gracefuily upon the best bower-anchor of a fuur-masted Jake schoouer, and standing on the heated superfices of a patent base-burner, was pointing proudly to the castle 1 the air. = Outlined Cupids, minus pantaloons, were busily employed in satistying the wants of the re- cunbent. sufferers with plums, pears, pine-ap- ples, and other necessarics of life, from gor- zeous truit-dishes, while a_ solitary mechanic in a swallowtail coat and a candy-maker's square paper cap, was procceding with square and level to rebuild the city. It was at Hooler’s ihat the second order of subject was fully developed. A flight of steps leading up to nowhere, partially concealed by handsome curtains dependent from noth- ing, iutroduced the eye to & calm distance of eky-blue lake and Pollard poplar trees, with the Rocky Mountain range, adorned with Italian villas, in the distance. On these steps. in a_most uncomfortable position, was Iaced a lady, who was occupicd apparently in ending a tame goose to water. The way in which that lady’s garments were hung on was a. marvel. Onemovement, andall would have come down, after the. manner of Keats' _Wadeline “rustling to the races.” For propriety’s sake and the morality of the management it. was lucky that goose never moulted a feather, or that maiden shrugeed a shoulder, ¢lse a branch of the Exposition Fine Arts Committee on the Durham casts would have been calied in to de- termine the line between high art, and Adamic, simplicity. ‘he goose and the maiden have sope, the theatre has—well, never wind; and the country is saved. The old curtaiv at McVicker’s was of the com- posite_order,—the nase of a rulued column, o magnified chessboard of tessellated pavement, an opague lake, a purple mountain, a Paris: green prairie, and three or four worn-out broom-corn dust-disturbers doing duty for trece 1t has wonefrom our gaze, and we are appy. The Coliscum had perhaps the most artistic curtain before the alteration of the place,—a simple mountain laudscape with a rained chalet, copied from one of Rowbothaw’s water-color chromos. It was nicely done, correet in draw- ingz, and wot meretricions in color. What the new one will be is yet m the future. Menard Leywis has not yet put bis hrush to the canvas. And now it s tnné to turn to the noveltics unrolled for the coming season. At Hooley's the goose maiden has given way to an accurate view of the locality reudered famous by the sad di h proved so fatal to the cerebral develovment of the historical water-carriers but thro some idfosynerasy in the artist the pump at which Jack filled his pail is placed at the bottom instead of tlie top of the hill, which renders an alteration in the cpic puem neces- sary, and we must read “Jack and Gill went down the bill” instead of up. Jiow theeatastrophe could be carried out in this way, and the loving couple roll up the hill, we leave to the critics 1o discover. At any rate, we have the bill, the pump, the residence, and all the picturesque surroundings, with Jack in a sadly demoralized condition at the baze, aud Gill preparing to tumble at a convenient poiut to introduce ar- tistically o dash of vermilliox, which was requi- site to give tone to the picture. At MeVicker's, the new curtain, by Malmsha, is quiet in toue_and picturesque_in subjeet, ve- ing a view of St. Goar on the Rhine. It isin- closed in a neat frame, and more resembics the Jandscape to be found fn the parlor of a connoisseur than the drop ot a theatre. [n color, atmospherfe perspective, and geperal handling, it is 8 meritorious piece of work, which may be looked at without disturbing the eye by any- thing outre in color or defective in drawing. Haverly’s oew curtain, by Strong, is more pretentious in desfen, but has evident marks of burry in_its handling—and. that everlast- ing ~ gondola - ic again introduced. Lail Corinthian columus 1 the foreground, iahtly concesled by Indian red drapery, give hight to the design, which con- sists of 3 lake receding to some mountains in the distance, and having 2 couple of stone pines in the foreground. The design is pretty, the drawing correct, but the color is crude and wanting in_complementary harmony. In justice “to Mr. Stroug, it should be stated that he was in no wise responsible for the bad 1aste displaved by the fresco men,whose work has come as near killing the eff. artist's picture as any enemy of said arti: have wished. X More intercst will be taken in the unraveling of the act-drop at the Academy of Music than of any ottier in the city this season, asit s the work of the celebrated Matt Morgan, who holds In this country as a scenicartist the same posi- tiou s Gueve, Talbin, Clarkson Stantietd, and one or two others baved grained in Eugland, It Is asplendid work, very elaborate in. desion, perfect in drawing, full of exquisite detail, and goreous in color.” The subject of this curtain is partly decorative, and partly bistorical. The arch of” the proscenium _opening is filled by a brigit-red drapery. bordered with ermine, open in the centre, and rtevealing the | arms of Iilinois aud the monvgram of the " pro- prietor, Mr. Witliam B. Clanp. From the spriog of the arch falis in beavy, flattened folds to the basc a curtain of white satm. On either side are large Arabesque Moorish vases filled with exotics’ of rure beauty. In the centre of the curtain is a medallion bearing a historical pict- are, “The Oricwn of the Drama.” Thespis is seen in bis cart with bestained face haranguing agroup of Grecian peasamts, while the ozen rest in the ghafts. The composition partakes somewhat of the Bacchus and Ariadue of Tur- mer. It is a striking picture, and as a true work of art should be a useful lesson in color and composition to all who visit toe theatre. As 3 wonmarous imitstion of texture in tempera-painting, the satin of Matt Morgan - will not casily find a rival, in this city and as 2 work of decorative art this curtain will stand unquestionably at the head of such works i Chicago. -A)l South Siders will do well' to make a pilgrimage to the West Side to inspect 1t when it is unrolled. Mr. Morgan is also patnting several seenes for the theatre, and those we have seen are ver beautiful, Oue, an interior of the French school, will be bighly appreciated by our deco- rators’ and_ furnisters, while the water-color artist may leara mauch from a delicious bit of open country and a bosky wood with its sunny glade and ripe purple shadows. Mr. Morzau, who has an interest in o pottery at Philadelphia has also brouwht with hitn a collection of richl; ornamented plates which will highly delight our fair ooes who may be fortunate enough to get a glimpse of them. 4 Thus, ever foremost in enterprise, the theatre managers of Chicago have done their utnost to secure 10r us pt ouly she best of dramatic tal- ent, butarich art treat in the pauses of the com- ing entertainments. LOCAL NOTES. The John Dillon Combiuation have ehelved their Irish plays, and now perform in My Awful Dad ™ and pieces of that ilk. . William Lloyd aud wife, nee Cora Redficld, also Miss Marton Beut, of the John Dillon Com- bination, have returned to the city. Charles Stanley leaves Hooley’s Theatre aiter this week to commeuce his rezular ensaubment at the Chestuut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Rumor has it that a tiliputian opera, comnos- ed of the leading dwarfs of the country, is now oreanizing 1 Chicago upon a scale of win- fature prandeur hitherto unkuoown. Miss Eliza Long, some time since a member of McVicker's Company, passed through the city yesterday to Sun Francisco, wliere she is evjrazed for soubretts parts at the California Theatre. Mr. Wurster, who e formances witha Geru last season at the New Chicaro Theatre, b leased that institution for the season of 1875~'79, aud will 1ake po: ou Sept. 15. Will II. Vreclaud, at one time a member of the J. F. F. Dramatic Club and the Drauatic Club, and who_has been visiting dur- ng the past Lew months in Kansns, has returned 10 the city, aud Droposes to enter the profes- sion, Frank Pierce, a wetl-known Chlcazo actor, has been eniraed for the scason as first old_man and for character busiuess by Messrs. Fisk and Harkius, managers ofghe Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, opening tlfere Sept. 20 with Mary ‘Anderson in * Ingomar.” A beucfit to the Chicago Soldicrs’ Colony will ven at lvoley’s Theatre Saturday evening, Ang. 24, onwhich occasion Robinson’s great filitary drama, “Ours,” will be produced under the manzémentof ' Mr. Harry Webber, with a select dramatic compang, A full milt- tary band and the Lackey Zonaves, Capt. Georze W. Lackey, have voluutcered their services. McVicker's new stock company for the com- inie scason has not yet been completels filled. The following is a partial list of its_members: W. F. Edwards, W, A. Whitaker, Georgze F. Lea: rock, Roland Reed, Walter Kelly, Harry Pear- son, Everham, Miss Allic Weaver, Miss Anie Graham, Miss Meroe Charles, Miss Alice Hastings, Miss Belia Melville, Miss Carric Jamiesou. The Colville Folly Company will remain another weeli atLaverly’s Theatre, where ghey have been doing a remarkably fine business. On Monday even thev will gopear in a new extravazanza i cts, called ** Qur Cinder- elly, in an Entrel Glass Slipper.” compiled by Mr. William Gill from the verif faiy listory of the lsland of Imagination and Mr.Byron’s commentaries on the same. - The following are'the members of the Jennie Hight Combination for the coming season: W. IL.” Southard, . N. Wilson, Arthur Johnson, William Learrauze, Phillips Hawley, 1. Hillis, . C. Pearson, Eunice Goodrich, Marion llolcombe, Sallic Redeliffe Katy Day.” Smith and thill are the mana: Amonz the picees in their repertoire are “ The Grasshopper " an adaptation by B. Runnion of the great Parisian success **La Cigale,” *Won at Last,” “Woodlana Wild Flower,” and *‘The May Queen,” by Frauk L Jervis. A pleasant event last week at Oak Park was the delighttul litcrary_and musical entertain- ment given by Miss Mary E. Cherry, of New York City, at the parlors of the Congragational Church on Thursday evening. . The prozramme cousisted of selected readings by Miss Cherry, varied by vocal and instrumental music of an unusually high order of merit. Miss Cherr: certainly in what is vaguely termei *character sketchies,” and in dialect and hu- morous pieces she always pleases; but it is in the higher walks of her profession that she has fairly carned ber deserved reputation. The power and vasston of poetry, and the tender and touching pathos such as Dickens only could write, are alike rendered with such genuine fceling and avoidance of 2 staginessand affecta- tion that ber bearers are held as by a spell. Miss Cuerry’s interpretation of * The Last Hymn” will long be remembered by all who had the pleasure to hear it as something won- derful. On Mondey cvening and during the week Mr. Harry Webber will appear at ilooley’s in his melodramatic comeay, ** Nip and Tuck,” sup- ported by a company Which assisted at the first production of this play in Baltimore, and many times sivee through the West and South. The play is said to beavery odd. iuteresting, and humorous picce of work, the two fanny men being especially prominent. They lend their names to the title, and,while both are thorough- paced rascals, they are very amusing in Lheir vill 3. Bothbeing partners in the private detective agency business, and constantly en- deavoring oue to outwit the other. they et into all sorts of ecrapes and dilemmas. Accideut throwing them ou the opposite sides of a great wurder case, unknown to cach other, they bring about many strong contretemps, and commit ludicrons blunders without end. ' New scenery, appropriate_music and costumes will aid fn makivg “Nip and Tuck’ successful in thei elforts to befuol each otuer and amuse atl loyers of fun and plot. The play of “Diplomacy,” concerning which so much public interest has been awakened, will be produced at McVicker's Theatre ou Wedoes- Qay evening. It was the original intention to brivg it out on Monday, but the death of Mon- tague, and some other less important chan: in the cast, neeessitated some delny. MM Maurice Barrvmore, who is to ill the place of Mr. Mon'ague, arrived in town yesterda: Miss Aflic Weaver will play the of the Countess Zecka, and Miss Mcroc Charles, who is a member of the stock company, is also in the cast. The scenic artists arc making elaboate preparations for the production ol this piece, which has achieved a brilliant siteeess wherever it has been given, One of its California critics speaks thus of jt: “There tas never been a play here wiich so largely combined fnstruction “with pleasure, “There has never before been an example here of the ‘society drama,’ if *Diplomacy’ may be classed under that head, which throurh its con- struction and its acting had as largely the pow- er to elevate dramatic taste and refine dramatic ideas. There bas never becu 4 vlay that taught a more valuablelesson in a more palatable form, but the lesson, thus far, at least, has been lost by many who could have well afforde to study it once. if not twice. The plot is intri- te, yét_develops so naturally from the open- inz fo the denoucment that” the most blaze spectator cannot fail to enter into it. The dia- lozue is orilliant and attractive, and the intensi ty of tne play1s admirably relieved by a witti- cism here and there which, with admirable con- structive skill, Joosens the strain at which the audience are keot, and the necessity for which is proven by the hearty manaer in_whick the laugh fiashes around the auditorium.” GRELN-ROOM GOSSIr, Henry Crisp, who goes to the Boston Museum next season, is at present trouting at Moosehcad Laxe. Miss Mav Howard, manageress of the Acad- emy of _ Music, Halifax, N. 5., sails for Europe on the 24th fost. ° William . Crane arrived at New York on the City of Berlin from Liverpool on the 10th inst. He'immediately left for Boston. Mr. W. A. Mestayer passed throurh the city yesterday on s wav to Boston. He is going to join the Rice Combunation, which will “open in Brooklyn soon. Maegic Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Chan- frau, und Georze 5. fc bave new plags. Chanfrau’s play 1s entitléd ““Crooked, ana Knizhe appears with his wife in % Otto, a Game of Chance.” Mrs. Pheebe Gertrude Cuthbert, who died recently at the Royal Dramatic College, May- burn, it her 3fth vear, is said to have been a sister of Edmund Kean. She had talent as an actress, bat was never suceessful. Mr. Jake Murray, the author of the Baby Show, and other works of local interest, has come back atter a successful tour with one of the numerous minstrel shows. He is now look- ing up Juhn Dillon, with a View to business. The season at the Fifth Avenue Theatre open: ou the 29th of this month with Miss \mll!lx"s(.ms E. Murtay Day, iu “Incomar,” supported by a realiy good stock company, that will include Harkins, Frank Mordaunt, E.J. Buckley, Frank Chap- wman, Miss May Gallagher, and Owen Faweett. Atthe recent saleof the late Charles Ma- thews' effects the Garrick Club secured 116 highly finished water-color drawings, portraits Of Matliows in the several characters in whicn e at various times appeared. . Mr. J. L. Toole was the purchaser of a valuable scrap-book and several manuseript letters. Some enemy of the drama and of the Stand- ard Theatre has caused to be circulated the rumor that the piay, ** AnOpen Verdict,” about 1o be produced &t tnat house, was written b; **Gail Hamilton,” The fiend Who perpetrate this joke would put obstructions o a railroad track and call it Americas bumor. _Mark Smith- and nis sister, Mile. Marco, ar- rived last week from Europe. Mr. Smith as- Ures us that our ftem regarding the engage- ment of his sister in the Strakosch compan; was quite corvect, aud his wother, Mrs. Mark Smith. was mistaken in denyfog it. She will o‘gun in Philadelping 1w+ Traviata.'—Dramatic News. Messrs. Fiske & Harkins having given up the idex of britzing o Miss Ada Cavendish, that iadv hias cougented to appear at the Broadway ‘Theatre, under the mauagewment of Fulton & Edgar. 'She will open at this theatre early in Scptember in a Gramatization of Wilkie Collins’ *Miss Gwilt, which is said to have met with some success in London. M. E. F. Thorne, as Sam Sample in the new play purchased by him entitled ** Billiards,” en- ters on an early engagement. Yank Adams and William Sexton, who are well known as ex- werts in the game, are under contract for the season, and the play promises to be one of the most iateresting that has been put on the stage for some vears.” Jt'is not true that Mr. Frank Mayo has anything to do with it. Mr. Sothern, after seeing a partial rehearsal, offered to as- sume all espenscs and take the-wuole party to England. ‘The company witl probably open in Buston on the 26th of August. Kate Claxton fs annoyed by the repeated ru- mors about her giving up the lease of the Ly- ceum. She “ When it was known that I had the theatre L had many offers, and among them oue from Mr. J. M. Hill, of Chicago, who manages Mr. Den Thompson's business. Mr. ‘Thompson has been making u suceess Wwith +Joshua Whitcomb,” and it occurred to me that, if he played a few weeks in the Lyceum as a pre- liminary season, it wounld be advantagcous 1o me. September is very warm here usually, and 1 would much prefer plasing in_the Eastern States until October; so I rented the theatre to Mr. 11l for afew weeks. I'shall wo East with the *Two Orphans? and a new play, * Gorbaw,’ by the French dramatist, Louis Vider. 1 don't care to bring the play out first here, but would muck prefer trying it in the Eastern citles. am_quite certain of making from $1.500 to $1,800 a weck by this method. [ made much more_ than this lust scason in the East, and feel confident can make this now.” Dramatic News: *Tur CicaGo TRIZUNE, in stating that there is a certain poctical justice in 2 Frenclinan running away with the money be- longing to Gilmore's Bund, becuuse, when the French Band was tiere, an American, Stiner, ran away with their funds, » slight mistake. Grare is an Awnerican; that is to say, he has heen bere twenty oda years and is a naturalized American. He ought be famifiar enough in Chicago, for he took an English opera com- pany to the Academy there in the winter of 152 which comprised Rose Hersee, the sonrano, Bowler, and others, Robert Stoepel furnished the capital for the enterprise,—some $2,500,— which Grare managed to lose in Chicare. He nted more money from Stoenel Lo £o oo, but Stoepel didu't see it, ami Grare broke up. Ile hus lonsz been considered the best oboe-player in this country. We know the man, and con- sider the report as to bis defaleation as exceed- ingly doubtful. Tt is more than probable that he merely took the salary owiug to him—for it was only 3300."" Lutta is a sensible little girl. She makes the most she con out of the interviewer, and thus complacently and naively extols her littie self 10 a San Fragcisco reporter: “I have nev becen a failure and hope never to be. I have never played a bad engazement. At the East I am a greater favorite to-day than I have ever been. L think it is perfectly splendid. I heve just finished an enzazement in Boston, the hest hat has been played there this season. Then the feeline of the profession toward me is so kind. Jefferson says | accomplished in a few months what {t took him years to accomplish. He toinks wy power to fnterest audicnccs is extraordinary. Ile calls the power that I bave clectricity. Mr. Sothern s equally appreciative, and at the EIks’ beuefit in New York he sent me one of those kind, witty, characteristic notes of his. It was as nice as it could be. I wish I Lad it, but it is not here. 1 think I can remem- Lersome of it. Oh, yes! Ile said in it that when L came on the stage ligats were brilliant, and the mowment [ went off it secmed as if the gas were turned down, and that L was so natural [ made all the rest seem like' mere actors. I thouzht it the neatest, cleverest, apd most original thing [ ever heard.” ‘The proper person will always have the emo- tion that the occasion calls for. Launce de- clared bis doz Crab the sourest-natured doz that_lives, beeause ,when all_the household of the Launces was waikiue and howling over his leave-taking, the cruel-hearted cur did not shed oue tear. The keeper of Shakspeare’s House, at Stratford-on-Avon, told Mr. M. D. Conway that Geo. Grant showed no ecmotion at the house and relics of Shakspeare, and that his manner did not show auy interest in them. Not so with Miss Mary Auderson. the most re- ceutgreat American tragedienne. She resvond- ed properly witn the required emotion, and, being an actress, she had it in the professional degree. She told a_reporter at New York ber feelings were indescribable. She only kuew she wanted to be alone.” IHer fond mother here took up the tale: *Yes," sud Mrs, Griffin, Miss Anderson’s mother, “I saw that Mary wanted to be alone, and Jeft ber there. She stood there apparently un- ious of evervthing.” Of course she was , absorbing, imbibing assimilating, conceiving, the afllatus of Shakspeare; fur the deeply iunocent reporter asked: ©Did you receive impressions that will be of value to You in acting Shakspearean parts?” To whichthe inspired actress answered: * Yes, ob, somany. But 1 can’t put them in languaze. I can au{r feel ther. After Lleft the cuurch we went out sailing in the moonlight on the Avon, and all the time we \were on the water a swan followed our boat.” Of course the swan that followed her boat was the swan of Avon, which recoz- nized in her one of its anseric kindred.—Cincin- nati Gaztte. The procmial season at the Union Square was opened last week with Wills' play of ** Olivia,” which s founded upon the *‘Vicar of Wake- ticll.” The New York papers all speak favorably of tho picce. The Zines thus characterizes Mr. Wills has altered in some particalars the story told by Goldsmith, and the dialogue, which is terec and forcible. is all his own, althouszli he has wmade plentifal and proper use of pet phrases of the author from whom he has taken his theme. “The 1iew play i divided into four acts, and filtcon persons are concerneil in its representation, Some of the incidents by which toe Ficar of Iakefleld is best remembered have been entircly discarded by Mr. Wills. The ¢ross of green spectacles are miissing, und Moses is heard only In connection with his favorife Horace, and his still more favor- ed Polly Flamborough. ' Ephraim Jenkinson ap- pears, ina somewhat altered aspect, under the numeofl Leigh, and the zreat scenc in the prison i3 altovether omitted. Beginning utthe time when the visits of the eallant Syicire 1o tho Vicarage are becoming sugsestive, the play ends with the return of the heroine, " after her eyes have been sudly opened to hur lover's perfidy, and the welcome iven her under her father's roof-tree. Natarally, the cltef intercst in the drama centres upon Otivia, and, part from that cluracter, the burden of the action is borne by the worthv Dr. Primrose, the heartivss Zhornhill, aud the brasque Burchell, These three personaves were last night in the hands of Mr. Figher, Mr. C. A. Stevenson, and_Mr. Ed- win Price, respectively,” Miss Davenport's Olidia, howeser, 'was not only the centre of intorest last evening, but 1t was the reason of the presentation of the plcce. Inapbearance she realized the proud and handsome danzhter of the Viear sutlicientiy well to eatisfy the most imaginative reader of the Dook, ae misht have been expected. And in_de- picting the character of the misled gitl, in all its muny phases, she was emnently successfal. MUSIC. MR. LIEBLING'S CHOPIN RECITAL. An extremely interesting piano recital was theonedevoted to Chopin's music, given by Mr. Liebling last Tuesday evening, before Mr. Ma- thews’ Normal classat Evanston. Itopened with the F Minor Concerto, op. 21,—a work held by many (and itis said by Chopin himself) as the most elevated and fortunate inspiration of that poctic composer. 1t is of the Larghetto in this Concerto that Liszt writes: *The accessory desiens are in his best manner, while the princi- pal phrase is of an admirable breadth. It alternates with a _Racitative, which assumes a mivor key, and which seems to be an Antistro- phe. The whole of this piece is of 2 perfection atmost ideal; its expression now radfant with light, now full of tender patbos. It secms as if one had chosen a happy vale of Tempe, a mag- niticent Jandscape flooded with summer glow and lustre, as a background for the rehearsal of some dire scene of mortal anguish.” The tech- nical difficulty of this Concerto, no less than the romantic and highly imaginative character of it, make it a task for a piano-player of the first order. It isvery much to Mr. Licbling’s credit, therefore, that on this occasion he played it with all-apparent ease and mastery, as well as With such a genuine poetic insight as to absorb the aitention and sympathy of his audience to a deevee extremely rarc in piano _recitals, v is ot necessary to gointo the details of technical merit, thouzh the delicacy snd taste itk which the little cadenzas, or ornamental ! melodie embrolderies, were performed Were such as to forbid silence, especially 8s it is so Yery rare to hear them dope cxactly as they sheuld be. The same masterly tecboique and good understanaing of Chopin were apoarent throughout the evening, thongh in pointe of in~ terpretation different bearers will, of course, bave different opinions. In this recttal, no less than the previous two of the series, Mr. Lieb- ling gave pew and very important additional evidence of his ability a3 a concert pianist .and artist. - MUSIC IN OYDE PARK, On Thursday evening last tie Mendelssohn Club of Hyde Park met to talk over the comivg season. The President, Judge Hibbard, occu- pied the chair and called unou the Director, Mr. Fred K. Root, to give his views on the subject. Mr. Root said be had looked over the ground and found that the memuership would probavly be larger this year than formerly, and sugzested a fee for avtive and associate membership, , which the Club adopted. Tie Clab also re- solved to purchase a piano, and selccted one made by Weber for the Centenninl Exposition, andwhich tookthe prize there. Asto theloca of their rooms, the Club was undecided whether to take Flood's Iall or Lhe Presby and referred the matter to th The scason commences (ct. 1, aud will embrace W0 grand congerts. 1L is now one of the finest musical organizations in and around the ay, and the Ilyde Parkers are proud of it and patronize it well. There is some tatk of build- ing a large hail for the club, and the most ardent proposers have gone as far us o pick out the grouud it is to uceupy in case it is built. LOCAL MISCELI Jansen, McClurg & Lo, bave day-schoot singing book, by S. B. “Woodlund Echoes.” Slayton’s Lyccum Burcau has in its keepine for the coming season the Chicago Concert Party, the Chicazo Male Quartette, and the Chicago Lady Quartette. Miss Agues Togersol, the pianiste, and Miss Mary Lewis, daughter of William Leis, tne viulinist, are snending a few weeks i Coluw- bus aud Devil's Lake, Wi Mme. Rita, the soprano, who had a brief resi- dence here, 15 now mying concerts in Colorado s “the truly and only opel art] that has appeared in Coloradv from Europe. Mr. I V. Flagler, the orzanist of Plymouth Coungregatioval Chureh, las returned {rom his European trip in excellent health and spirits, and will resume his professional duties im- mediately. Mr. C. IL. Brittan, having closed his engage- ments in St. Louis, has returned 1o this o and will recerve students in vocal culture ana upon the pianoforte. e will receve North Sude pupits at 450 Nortn I Side pupils at P pupils at his residence, 90 Michigan avenue. issucda new traub, called Mrs, 8. L. Weston, o loeal ano, who is about’to remove to Mowmence, 11 to be the recipient of a testimonial cou illotson’s Hall, Thursday evening, Aus Miss Jessi Couthoui will read some choice selection Brewer Male Quartette, Mr. Goodwillie, and others will st. The concert will be uuder thie direction of Mr. W. N. Sunth. A contemporary s larence Eddy, the orzanist of this city, joying bimself fn the It is rumored that Mrs. I Clarence Eddy will return to C will wive out organ recitzl, composed weddivg musi.” As Mr. Eddy has plaved bis wedding-musie recital, aud no bride there, the above news is probably 100 good to be true. We have received from the Chicago Music Compauy the followinz new musie, just issued by Mr. A, Pond & Co., New York: * Rienzi Potpourri,” by H. Muylath; * Iima,” Graude Valse de_Concert, by Edward Holst; Haunted Stream,” amale chorus, with soprano obligato, by Edward H. Phelps; ¢ Nearer, My God to Thee,” solo and quartette, by E. 1i. Winchell, and *Fairer than Thee,” sung_ and chorus, by same; **In the New Ilome.’” Waltz, Dby Keler 3 Kiss Me, Would You son, by Archibald ‘Johuston; “Good Night. and Dream of Me,” duet, vy Fredene Clay, for soprano and contralto; “I Would I Wercn King,” sonz, by Arthur 8. Sullivan; * Moruing Land,” a duct for mezzo soprano and tenor, by Edward I Phelps; and * Romance,” for piano, by J. A. Dawson. On Thursday eveniug last week the residence of Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Blake, at Highland Pari, was the scenc of a literary and mus event of unusual note and excellénee, both from an ar- tistic and social pofnt, of view, and all who were 0 fortunate asto be present Wwill have the wost pleasant recoliection of the oceasion. The pro- sTamme, which was cntlrely impromptu, we believe, and was largelv musical, was partict- pated in by Mrs. Burzoine of Cincinoati, Miss Ella A. W Miss Nettie French, Mrs. Blake, Mrs, , and Mr. Emil Lic ling. The literary numberswere ably sustaine by that charming reader, Mrs. Laura Dainty Mr. Liebling’s playing was, as usual, ut m the extrewe. This genticman always sustains his hizh standard ~ whenever and wherever he plays. M Blake may wel! feel prond of the result her first musical av her new home. Among those present were the fol- lowing: Col. and Mrs. James and Mrs. Rich- wmond, of Detroit; Miss Allen. St. Louis; M Harris, Providence, R. 1.3 Mr, and Mrs. Brew ster, the Rev. Georee Wrenn, Mr. and Mrs. M- Cauley, Mr. and Mrs. Ilenry Carver, Prof. Wes- ton and lady, Miss Weston, Miss Marion Wake- field, Mr. McGregor Adams, Mr. John Wrenn, Ar. I. H. Spencer, Mr. Cog, Mr. N. Shieppard, Mr. E. G. Newetl, and others, of Chicazo. THE. NORTH AMERICA The tirst festival of the new North Ameri Saengerbund will be held in Cincinnati ny year. The Commercial of the. 15th savs: A Tull meeting of the delegates was held last night at the Tivoli, on Vine street. Co cations were received from the followin; ties announcing thefr intention of participatine, and giving the number of choristers they wonld sen Columbus Maenuerchor, twent: i man Maennerchor, Chicago. twenty- 3 In- dianapolis Macuncrchor, unmber not stated; Cleveland Macnuerchor, Sixteen ; Tentonia Sing- ing Societv, of St. Louis, twelve; the Arion, of Fort Wayne, the Fort Wayne Saemrerbuind, Youngstown Sacugerchor, and Milwaukee Lie- derkranz, numbers not state ANOTHER OPERA TROUPE. The Brooklyn (N, Y.) Eay'e suys: That presuming 0id gentleman, Max Marctzek, is again Lo come 10 the” front nEXC scason as on overa manaser, e i3 tired of Jeading orchestras for Strakosch and all thuse people, and bus made a bold autempt to become his own muster ouce move. Of course, somebody backs him np Gnuucially, but Murcizek i8 < honust as the rest of ticm, if not a little more 20, and te i< not 2 man to 20 into au opera scheme blindly, simply hecause he has had enougl of that sort of thing in the past, as he can probubiy Lestify o his corrow.. Maretzok will take his troupe on 2 Jittle concert tonr first, b way of experiment, and then he will orzamze them into un English opera company. e will not visit New York until January. aud then only for n short season, as he beheves that New York will have enonh in the musical fine without him mesxt sea- son, with Maplexon, Strakosets, Gran, and all the others in the field. "’ Marei has seen so many years of adversity thiae his brishtening vrospects will be welcomed with great joy by bothhimselt and the few friends who have lclicved in him dur- ing his darker days. e is certainly a ood ma ager, and his only want during all these yeurs g been a liltic cash with which 1o mike a fresh start in the world. €0 1Al now this want has_been_ - tended to elv 10 again establish himself as a suceeesful mana THE ST CH OEKA TROGPE Mr. Mux Strakosch oflicialiv announces that for the coming seasun of ltalian vpera he concludeq engarements with the following artists: Prime Donue- Kelloger, Mlie. ta (the famous American singer now in_ Paris) Mife. Catarina Marco (daughter of the lute Mark-Smith, who has made a very decided sue- cess in Ttaly), Miss Aunic Louise Cary; Tenori. Siz. Rosnati and Mr. Ilenry. Wertberse; Bari- tones—Sig. Pantalconi and Mr. Gotischalk; Bassi—Mr. Georee A. Conly snd ilerr Wicgand. The conauctor will_be Mr. S; Behréus. Among the works to be performed is Waguner's ¢ Lolien- grin,” with Miss Kelloge for the first time ns £-s1, and the noveities will e Masse’s * Paul et Yirginie,” with Miss Kellows as Virginie, and Bizet's ** Carmen,” with the same lady in the title role. * Paul et Virginic” is the opers in which Albani and Capoul were &0 successful last, season at Covent Garden, wnd ** Carmen® js the work in which Mite. Minnig i{auk made her great hit this soring in London.; The season willcom- mence Oct. 21 in Philudelphja, and the troupe will open in Chicago iu November! The Paris Figaro of July 30 says, in reference to the new prima donna: ““Mile. Litta, the young prima donna who made s0 great a success at the Theatre Lialien, Paris, and,\later, ed a furorc ay the Imperial Opcra:Houte, Vienna, has just been engaged by Mr, Max Strakosch for bis season of operain the United tes, at a snln:-ly of 100,000 francs. Mlle. Litta :&I \make her debut in *Lucia.” Private letters from her state that ste will sall from Eurove Sept. 29, and will arrive in New York just four years Irom the date of her departure from that cizy, and that she will at once proceed to Blooming- ton, accompanicd by ber fstructress, Mme. La- grange, and will spend three weeks or a_month - with her motler and other relatives and frieng during which time she will for the first time sing in public in America s a prinia donna. $he will proceed trom Bloomington direct to Balti- more, where shie will make her first appearance in America in opera. Witn regard to the local- ity of Strakosch’s future work in New York, tue 1ollowing from the Dramatic Necs, Aug. 17, will be of nterest: , ‘The Gilmore's Garden project with opera is ma- turing, and furtber telegrams have passed betwcen Max Strakosch and E. G. Gilmore, the past wepk. in relation to 1t. From present appearances fhu project Is more thsn likely to ve successfully i sdovted. ‘One of the additional ideas, in connec- tion with the opera, is a firat-class baliet troupe. capabie of giving full ballets, similar to the Pari ian staze. At preseut the whole thing devends on Max's decision, and be will be a little guided by his fnal arrangements. Thoughtful consideration of this project showy st once the fatal blow it would give 1o the Academy etockhoiders, and robably to Mr. Maplesbn's speculation. It'isnot lvikcly, bowever, that the Garden coanld be vot ready much befare January, §0 that Mr. Mapieson would have his tirst season at the Academy with- out fear of rivairy or opposition. M CAL NOTES. Mies Emma Thursby is at present in Parls, resting after her London season. The De Murska Opera Combination has met with moderate success in Toronto and Mon- treal. An opera on the subject of Robin Hood, with music by Herr A. Dietrich, will be produced next season at Fraukfort. Miss Emma Abbott will make ber first ap- pearance - America in the character of Mar- guerite in * Faust,” hiie Hess Opera Con Dany, at the Park Theatre, Brookiyu, Sept. 1 wed for the Wor- cester and Norwich musical festiy S tember and October next, after whicn she will #o to Russia, staying at Ik a few days en Toute. It fs stated on good authority that Dwight's Journal of Mus'c has ended its lons career. JJoun 5. Dwieht has sold lus mterest to ¥. D. Clark, of Boston, who will run the paper us a weeklv hereafter aud call it the Vasical Review of America. The Mrs. [l. M. Smith Conceri Company for the coming season will consist of Mrs. H. M. Smith, soprano; Miss Jennie P. Dana, colo pitnist and accompamst; Mr. Chartes H. Clark, tenor; 1. M. Babcock, basso; Walter Emerson, cernet soloist.” An opera entitled ** Aschenbroedel ** has Seen produced ‘at Maunheim. The German eritics are loud fu the praise of the music by Herr Ferdinand Laneer. 1t 1 to be powerfal and dramatie, and worthy of being associated with a becter libretto. ‘Ihe Barnabee Coucert Compauy for the com- ing season Wil consist of Mrs. IL. E. H. Carter, Miss Aura C. {lolbrook, contralte} C. Bartlett, tenor: Mr. H. C. Barnabee, 0 and Itmorous vos t; Mr. R. Shucbrek, cortiet s0loist; and Mr. 1. M. Dow, planist. ‘The Hyers Sisters Combination commence the 2 v upera boufle eati- u Princess.”” They Enuland, then go direct o California, openinz at the Bnsh Street il)‘nc:llrl.-, Buan Franciseo, the middle of Novew- cr. Mr. il and Prima-Donna De Murska were counting up the week’s receipts, and the rolls of greenbacks were Iying on the table in front o ihem, aud a lively dispute began over a matter of six or seven dollars which rested quictly on the marble table. The words grew warm, nud De Murska took the roll of greenbacks from the ble and threw it into the blazioe grate. re, now. Ve vill nowmore trou*le have about at.” What was the donua’s astouishment when she discovered that she had pitched the wrong roll into the tire, aud that they wero poorer by 3800, The Zampshire (Eng.) Chronicle has the fol- fowing nocice of the death of a lady who bas Thad o small popularity as a song-writer: *We have 1o record the death, op the 41h of July, at her residence, ¢ Ye Byrde's Nest,” Lyndhurst, ot the talented aud beuevolent lady long known in the wusical world under the name of * Dolores.” Miss Etlen Dickson was the second daughier of Gien. Sir Aiexander Diclson, G. C. B. avd K. C. 1i.,oncortne Dukeof Wellington's most trusted officers and friends, and she inherited in an un- usttal degree her father's talents for mathe- matics and his acute and aualytical intellect, She was born at Woolwich in 3819, and conse- quently was the same age as the Queen.” THE GAME OF CHESS All communications for this department should be addressed to T Teinyse. and lnlorsed * Chess.™ CHFESS DIRECTORY. Cic (6o Cirsss Assocrsviox—Hansen & V¥ 150 Dearbor 5 a2 the Tremont. Ho cman House (Hasement), and 16 ect, corner of ki 1t you SEouli itk T KL retuke 3 W. . —Solutfon to Problem correct. To the Enfgma. although von have the kes-move, the wrone. inclosed t4 Mr. S. d. but the poslzlon 13 hcorractly glven In your de: foa. 101y as fullows: Wilte—h at Q 1875 Qat @ . K Kt&: Ktac K I ack~K- at § Kt 7: Pawnsat K Kt 6and K B e mates In 3 by 1.. Kt 10 KKt 3 uiseh. Sotwithstanding your exceptlons, we must hut the soputlon to Provlem No. 138 by L5 ¢ was noticed fn Yssue of $th inst.. ipt of sour note. We supposed that S eitece would suliice, which my e ausyer referrel Tux ed o hiear from thuse who partment. NO. 142 hess Century.™ TY MR 5. W, ABBOTT, L Whlte, Kingat & 1§ thied Evok at K 1 third Hlshup at Q efzhth Sntelit at G 1V sguare winat K Ke thind winat K K 06h ¥ v Rntzht st Q B slxth White o play and mate {n two moves. White. White to piay and mate in fonr moves. ‘ SOLUTION TO PRUBLEM N0, 140, Tack. 1..Any move v accordingly & Colution o Problem No, 140 recelved from Campbell, W. H. Osinzton, 0. lenjamin, Conzar. K. Barbe, i L and 1t i W, A Quecs ch t takes Qor R uves 140_recelved from 2. M. Ce No. and i ity BB g for Auzust, nce w10 1he TeRlL of (e plas -0l I the Parls Tournament for it and fourth prizes. ‘The tie hetween Mr. Mackenzle Inyed off on the ith duls, tod In the former wiinlng th two james he 1 The play between Wwe a Jnst recetven. for scorins two games and Hry of force in these fe_throughout the Ifesturanster this mo and_contatns coil 1 in ty: Parts Tourn: devoted to ol ¢ games Con i€ polit: s Journatiim. Asa atntog snd Interesting chiess periodtcal it The Turf, Fieh and Fiarm of Iast week gave bisue to y enta. or charzes, (n rexard 10 manner i L touruey 6l the American ci3 AN Irallem Ax-0c1ation had Leen eondicteds cadin 10 the 7 au Impression abrond Samael Loyd had A (ut Ieast in New ¥ entered fn 1he tournes, un Tous, n violatlon of the rule. ohy Deslites * A Falr Field and ng Fav JCstlil further strenethiened, the Zunfieelares, by the refusal of the Sceretary of the ASociation, Who pos: the knowicdice odictally, (o sllow the’ names of APEsIEors O be kouwn, Tiw ssion unsiicce: Would fnguir clary? We are nut aware that the S y il to farnish full particulars th every nqalstely . "IT looks very 1uch a8 thoneli the Chess ey ftoe pro fem. of the Furf iad couched bis Quisvtic Jance and charged fuil tiit ot & windmill of fis own creation. The Story Is so fuprobable, and {s 8o lacking Hn even 7 snadow of foundation. that it 1 nut worthy of i denice. Thls Juatier Is not of recent orl- Joiirnal {or May contalned the follow- allcious Taischood has heen industrd- A most ously circulated b one of the Cafe pesta 1o the effect tiat some composer lias entered half a dozen scts It th Association Tourney. (i violation of the rulcs. \We are Creaflly Informed thut an examination of the names of £ COmPErILOry Proves a rebutable pateraliy for every setenterel.” This emnbatic contradiction shoold have sattaticd the must captious. IE1S1o be hoped that the Secretary will at once furnish & compiete lfst ot the en- trles in ordor that these Tumors wiuy be speedily and edfectualiy put £0 rist. The fnterest manifested by the London chess world during the prozres: of the Parls tournAment was Inten- sified when the reault of the play in the eleven ronuds was gunonced on the 2{th ult. A tie between Wina- ‘Wer and Zukeriore £or the chlef honow, Blackburae s adnird, 3 ti for the fourth place hetw Mackeuzie. ana the veternn Ancerseen shesiae et 18t Of Brize-Holdery, Turlaned ample matesiy 7 IEment — Thers was ftle Suronac howeris 1or eTeTy wne wlo had udserved iho by dining o 1o W0 Weeks of the touruey anticiared some sueh s salt. " Atter dlic ninch rand 16 s obeions sk ik 1orce dud steadiness ut Winawer an i Zukertort o b3t ySUstalned, ISE U2 CrORIE iliy (5 dacmy 4 Talrly earned Tor thelr toss sy otier lind. divpinzed throssicics cable mixture of streagi 4 Thraig wlWwiihstanding th has had 08" opportanities fuf prac crs of equal Turce. he defeated 1 (i 1Aners ot Uhie cie? prizes, and showa g c fast Anderssen_und Rocenthal only. jifs gauied with Winawer and Zucertore are amodg g Rreatonesihe toarzament Ny productd, amieatiiy T to 4 lace £rONE TRUK Of the Chess piayers of ourtime. Mr. s performance is ¢ for e o¥erwhelming defeats s s few ronads and quent recoves Eromid lie fund 19t By thein. < 13 bwo o derssen, haciaf which weré ton ‘U hi: Aamples of Ins brilliant styie of play, Ev c! will rejoice to sce the > X nden prize winners, snd t er on the But at co”years of mast, fn the miost aificd of morial decay of pow esaid of thiat he has mafntalnea his choss for femporarkes fur & longer tme than ever entered 1h: cl ¢ when e nament 3 race ISTS, hiy L ABY L0NT.ieF of and 3 formidable 2, 1 “Hl': l'l!‘f‘(‘[fl TS " e World caa produce. Fx Srore 13 SOUGUNLE OF 3 SurFises s caps RNl PiAY W et R Bl o e oo Il‘lla.'lvll o ‘:l“whr‘“; principal prize. ks _play on this ocenslon has teen wneaual, nad his rory ereat by Winawes Zukertort i chance of retrier s positina. Th ") 1.4' perhap .dlll'\' mu;v.nrcm.\r' ) g e was defeated by B0 piaver 13 the togrs except Mr. Blackbarne, e s falied 0 secure 3 ool among the winvers.— IWvstin{reter Papers, core of Herr £ the list, for GAMES IN THE PARIS TOURYAMES The followin: game, briween Mekbanse d Prof. Audersscit, was played 1n W0 elzhth round; —Herr Andes FtoK+ R g Qe s Retoied oy 10 15 < takes P K10 B 2: 37..02 takea s, Qto Q12 - (b) Kt to K 1E ed by 12 to KU, inlent pos- sibly inve been more ~Gluvyuto Herald, ssrs. Mackenale sad tetuitz. Terr Winawer. 0K 3 peditions e rounit Lezween ) notes are by RUY Lovrz. St Mackeazie, 1 back Tlaged (n Winawer. Whi ! to 11 kg (€) SPO QKL iloR3 3 ‘NtoQ Ke3 20 takes B (O k5 wki Restgms., fa atsadvantazeons fo the recond fnzs the Bostile ( Int0 & safe ai- 4 At once hreass te pofas of tn which the detense s lavolved at this nu better renly thaz Kin post. Aiticultf Junctare, White wotld | rier I idkes Kt or I3 (o Ktd. In tne former case, ould retake Wit the Q 1o ® by 3n- jeige” for_exehatze with Ktto K3 In the Black might cstle, oF peruaps even safely e K £ witlt the Jod wwove, and one most troubleioms to ntieal with onc which oce a MacKenzie aid Zitkertort §n tnelr sec- the present tonrney. The Jatter bers at Taved 1" to Q 4. aud after Mickenzie bud takea iy passing {t came 10 un exchan hishops and queen, ity in securing the draw. of his {soln! Q P, Herr Zukertort, however, afterwaids showed that the move in the text, which scewed the more feasible, would have embars nim stlli wore, =nd he puinted out the kiad of ccutiy patued by White. The object of 13't6 prepare for I to K B3, wilen coud ne now on At of the reply to B4 cb, followed by 1 takes P und B ral (1) Wigawer sees tog late now that he esnnot releass e by ¥ to K B3, for Walte would answer Rito Y obtalning in mo: adonble attackontheq 1 nor would 1* 10 Q I3 3 be of any use now, for White {ricaso prepred tostrengtiin the posiifin by Kiio A hielpless sortof move: and vet it la diffcaltio FAck coutd have done (o E1s predicapient. Had e sitorked The ha reated (0 K3, e n e w0 potit_at Dlack's Q 3 was then an Indefensidle Difinrsrize "n“.-lx? (hrealencd to eetle at thut weak by Way of K PR Y Shntepiion. ot b takea ob- vivusiy, for White conlid ansswer Q th 13, Baving atready ¥ f0r & peciand and K Ke 3. Uy 13 it hizlest sts.e, Nefther plece can inirable magner. trer Lo nterpose ¢ aL 16, Iy It e .n(l(:'l!fi:e {Lo e of one R I declslve. The two can make no stand azaiost (he advanceof te PaFUA supported by e Q nere chance heonght to have checked 1 fors et bk, 1§ wonld. have hees of fte reptied properly, namely, K o Ki2 fol- Tuwed by Lo K 83 1n'answer o tle sécond cli ot iaf B. B HARVEST-HOME. Again the Tlarvest-Hlome. Nizht after night, The full, round moou climbs un the dusky East, [Ere yet the day quite yields its throne to nigat, Ere Fet the suuset-glow bas whoily ceased. Nizht follows night in glorions, stitely march. The xame round moon. the eame far. dasky atars, In sulemp splendor, from the vauited arch Shed theie soft hight in pale and wisty bars. Do sou rememher onc sweet Summer prime— Such nights as these, such dim and dusky glow=. When first our two lives met in blended rhyme? We both were younZ—and it was long 220, What hope was onrs, as, standinz hand {n hand, Amid the Snmmer-moon’s soft, tender lizht, We wove our plan3 tozether, strand by strand, In fearless faith? ow is it, Love, to-night Asthen. the whispering winds steal through the cora: As then, we hear the owl's weird, solemn cry; ‘A then, the tawny fields, but avwly snorn. Wet with the night-dews, bae and silent lie. As then, the bark of dozs sounds faint and fa Asthen, the thick zeass hides an insect throngs As then, tne zlowworn shows its tiny star; As theo, rings snacp and clear tae cricket's s0og. Asthen, the solemn moonlight, shining down, Blent with the twilight's last depasting @, Then scems but now—ind yet your locks wele vrosn, And now I sec them thickly strewn with gray. Then seems hut now. I feel the same dear arm ‘That then I leaned upon. abont me throwa; The voice that swayed me with ity snbtle charm Still keeps for me the old caressing tone. Then seems bt now—and yet your stepg are sloWs = Your brow ahows prints of pain, aad toil, &5 care Apd T have seen my youth's last rorea blow. 1, t00, am growing old—why should I care? What matters it? Tn countioe of our life By harvest-moons, the checxered. {oiisome yeans Show in their record more of peace than eirife, More joy thon sorrow, more uf smiles than feas. Time fiies apace. Spring-fowers, sad Wiater me, 3 ’ And ewect June roses, swiftls 2o and come; ¥et the full richness o our southiul prime Still crowna us both anew af Harsest. Home. Lake Micts, Wis. Etirx P. ALLESTOL o— Hnrriet Hosmer. Miss Harriet Hosmer is aa inventor as well 38 a scalptor. She is said to have discovered s new motive power, which she will shortly W; 5 sent to the world. Sbe is now eshibiting Luni!?,n her fine statuc of the * Pomoeilan 36 tinel,