Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 6, 1878, Page 11

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 6; 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. : ¢ THE STAG TIIE DRAMA. 1 REVIEWING THE THEATRICAL DOINGS OF TUE WEEK 4t will be quite unnecessary to recur to the fact that, with the exception of an oceasionat flash of sv<alled *novelty”’ among the variety peo- ple, the theatres bave been occupied with pro- ductions that have become familiar as house- hold words. In thiscaseitisa familiarity that ‘Jdoes not breed contempt ror neglect. On the coptrary there bus been manifested a rather grateful sense of oblization to the managers for giving the public old and tried sucresses, rather than rushidg * beadlong, s their New York contemporaries had done at 1he beginning of the seasun, into the undiscov- ercd country of dramatic authors, which has there proved so signal afailure already. It is for tbe most part the manager, not the public, Ihat is possessed with this insatiable thirst for mere noselty. The public will, as a rule, be found to be perfectly satistied with a good thing, whether it be new orold. We will not grow weary of Mr. Booth or Mr. Barrett uatil their powers begin to fail them, and then mo amount of ** novelty ”* will sufiice to keep them -on the hirht to which they have climbed. This pparent failure to supply somethiny pew has caused some writers to take a despairinz view of the prospects of the theatrical season. ‘There need beno cause for alarm. The great mew play- maker may not have come just at the moment De was called Tor, but we can await his coming inthe future with patience, and in the mean- time we can fall back upon the good things of sntiquity. The failure of the crop for this sea- on may result, after all, in teaching a useful lesson to actors 1o ““act well their part™ with- ont regard to the condition, and dismiss from their minds the star-and-combination-novelty business,. which has now Dearly run to the end " of its tether, and has contributed largely to ruin the true theatric art for a time. That the public is not easily tired with good . things, whether brand-new or twenty years old, bas been amply attested during the week just ended, in which there was not a piece presented any of the theatres which bad not been wit- nessed over and over again. . There was con- siderable variety in the choice of entertsinment, —the mirthful follies and frolics of **Evange- Jine,” the picturesque unrealities of “Kit,” the romantic, fresh, and wholesome atmosphere ot 1be Sierras in “The Dabites,” or the old, old sensational touches of * Life in London,”—it mattered not very much how new or how anti- quated were the pictures. The question was simply whetber thes were intrinsically capti- inZ 1o the senses. The public did not stop quire, but crowded to the theatres to enjoy them. It is refreshing 1o be able to record such a success as that which has followed *The Dan- jtes ? ever since 1ts production some years ago at the Broadway. [t was but a moderate suc- cess there for awhile, but the piece swiftly made its merits apparent to the people, and when it was trapsferred 10 the Grand Opera- House it vaulted at ‘once into universal favor. Coming to Chicago it obtained immediate rec- opuition, and, although there’ were some who were mnot inclined to predict more than a0 ephemeral triumph, the play hes steadily gaived in popular affection at every succes- sive presentation. One potent resson for this popularity, which Dpromises 10 be lonived, will be founa in the fact thatthe treaument of the subject is_cssentially poetic. It isnat amere picce of claptrap aud stage ‘mechanism, but an bonest effort to_ present a picture of Iife quite worthy of beiog delineated, with as near a similarity to the reality as the requirements of _success 10 modern theatric art wouid allow. True, the characters are occa- sionally distorted or -idealized; but what an sdvance is here from the wretched trumpery which formany vears passcd current as dramatic representations ' of Western Jife. There is bardly a character in the group that might pot be accepted by the most ex- scung Tealist as at least a plausible portrait. As pow presented, * The Danites” very much excels the performaunce which was given when it first began its career, avd Mr. Rankin may deem ‘himself fortunate if he should succeed in keep- ing together such a company as Louis Aldrich, Kitty Blanchard, Charles Parsloe, Lomis Mes- tayer, and Waldron. Mestayer's William Wise we. thiok 3 mach more, unctuously humorous delineation of The Judge than tharof the late Vining Bowers, and it would be impossible to improve upon Louis_Aldrich’s Parson, while both Rankin and Kitty Blanchard have im- proved vastly upon their original ideas. Under the present management the picee is to 2o from. here to Detroit, thence to Toledo and otber cities, and perbaps amain to California. The Evaureline company has filled two weeks at Hooley's Theatre of unusually fine business, financially considered, and the mad spirit of fun which pervades the picce has thrown all oth- er burlesques into the shade for 2 time. Fora thing which cannot be _ssid to have any literary merit the success of ““Evangeline ™ is extraordi- Dary, and yet not aifficutt to explain. It is the very pretentiousness of many of the Esilish burlesques to literary cleverness that, to Amer- ican audiences at least, kills theireffect. Kicehas given himself up to pure drollery, and in 1act it would seem as if be had merely sketchied an outline, leaving the filling in to the humor of the performer, while be bas_improvised a kind of popular music which readily catehes the ear. 1t requires no creat artinthe perform- s to make this funuy, but merely a gay soirit of abaugovment to the frolicsome bumor of the moment. The present company is admirably adapted for this, and they have made them- selves excecdingly popular here during their fortnight’s stay. = /Tne last week ended with a somewhat unex- vected revival, for sne night only, of “ Conrad the Corsair,” & burlesque which has not bither- 10 enjoyed the same favoras * Evangeline,” but which, last evening, went off rinwingly. * Con- rad™ is quite as nonsensical as ** Evangeline,” but it is not so deiightfully absurd. There is an effort at smart dislogue which provokes comment, and this is just what the other picce is beautifully deficient in. However, *Con-' rad” made an emphatic hit last evening upon the audience, and the success of the perform- auce was evidently due in larze measure 1o tbe circumstance” that the actors were quite fresh from “ Evangeline,” and could not auite et away from it. - fodeed, there was more than one funny allusion_thereto. Miss Lizzic Web- ster played 1he terrible Lorsair, * The Scourge of the Seas® in a remarkably scourgical fashion. (Why not invent pbrases that ‘will descrive such acting.) It was scrumptious, it Was—it was—a very pretiy piece of work. Harry Hunter (the lone old msn of the sea) Was Birbanto, and the part of Yussef was taken by Richard Golden, who displayed ‘more wenu- ioe humorin a purely burlesque part than we bave seen since Craze lefs that line of busi- ness. Miss Venie Clancy represeated Aledora ‘_'lhlh the customary milk-and-water sweetness ;\.hlmbcmmu the heroine of such & romance. ke piece was bandsomely cast, and, consider- 2 that it was almost an” improvised perform- wee it gave unbounded aelight to the audience. A taufraw's eucagement at Hamlin’s and cVicker's “Lost mn London® complete the record of dram; oceurre . At euces of the week. 't the Academy of Musica choice varicty pro- gramme has proved to be_sufliciently attractive o crowd that pretty auditorium to the brim every evening. { Those merry brethea oy a { s ren in - art, Robson an Crane, open at Hooley’s on Mn:;:\‘\' next week. It is sunounced that “Rosedale” will be pro- duced at McVicker's sima), bl 5 2 vival at Wallack's in Nzl; ;:z!:f:!my A m"" e ‘The Jennie Hight combination has discarded the new play of “La Cigale” (G s Ending there was “no dra in 1 PP The Rite Surprise Party will spend Sundsy i Clicago, and depart. Mouday moraibe for Mil waukee, where thes play one weer ¢ perFank Chantrau leaves to-morrow for Brook- bt where hie opens at the Park on the 15th in g ‘Tayleure’s new piay, * Crookedness.” ‘harlotte Thompson, supported by her own ipmnl‘ny. will play a short =nmeme)l’1t at the ;lrh(.mcagu Theatre some time this month. /otin Douclas 0'Hara, a youtbful aspirans for :fimc‘ ).xlg:nrs, gill lna muHi: the blngrlfmuh : 8 30 1 this weetr, 'ty Gow ” ar Haverly’s Theatre ghlee's, Surprise Party follow Jo Marphy at averly’s, obening on the 14th. Willie Edouin, » Miss Auice Harrison, and other popular celebri- : Ues are in the party. - The Dickson Lycenm dramatic company have i‘x‘fi‘h’gfs‘r}gfi rr"?‘mn suceessful tour lngeufi}\ e they o] ster, David- sous iereLhes anened, st Roches Prof. Emil Franklin will give, by favitation, 8 @ramatic reading this weck one' mZSoum Side— Ume and place to be designated hereafter—for - .+ the benefit of Hahnemann Hospital. Charles Butler, business manager for Robson ud Crane, srrived here yesterday from San Francisco, where, be says, *Our Bachelors’ have been doing a thriving business. . Rice’s Evangeline Company will play through £he larger citles of 1ilinois and lows this week, vd then filla two wecks’ engagement st the &;‘[n‘r:g t(‘)xper‘::;lé(mse. St. Louis. This compan m cagro agai N ¥ e heariy waicomey. 5 1 Hareh auclwill A social session of the B. P. 0. E. will be held this evening at their rooms on LaSalle street, when it is expected there will be an unusually large gathering of members of the prolession. * Tony Denier with his * Hum 2 pty Dumpty party appears to be doing fine bus{nas e‘:'er_v- here he as shown bimsclf. He was lst heard of at Peoria, where he packed the Opera-House. Sherman Finch, formerly of St. Paul, now of Chicarto, has formed u copurtaership with Harry Webber, azd will go on the road with the “ Nip and Tuck * combination, which epens at Jolict on the 9t inst. ‘The Lonise Pomeroy company is_expected soon in Chicago. They have been doing fine business with her new pl: Adirondacks,” in Ohfo. The actine of Miss’ Alice Sherwodd s bighly commended by the Toledo papers. Mr. Jobn R, Kemble, the popular minstrel, satled for England on the 20 on the + Bothifia, to visit his_ fricnds in London. He has been playing in Philadelphia, and would have re- mained there tor the season bad he not already made his arrangements to go abroad. The Englewood Library Association have, by the exertion of Afr. L. C. Straizht, Chafrman of ihe Lecture Committee, made arrancements for o series of lectures and dramatic entertain- meats to be ziven this fall aud winter at Tillot— son Hall. Miss Jessie Couthoui will open the course Nov. 8§ with some of her readings. Mile. Atlanti, 8 versatile and_accomplished dramatie reader, vocalist, and piarst, who bas had extensive expericucc on the stage, is in Chicago, and proposes o nauguratc o series of parlor entertainments. She has been recently in Milwaukee, Minueapolis, and other towns, and has won many compliments. Dominick Murray, the comedian and charac- ter-actor, opeus at Hawmlin’s Theatre to-mortow evening in his exciting melodruma “Escaped from Sing Sing; or, Criminal Lite in New York,” a piece which appears” to_have become execed ingly popular with a certain class of plag-golug people. Minard Lewis will_contribute fresh scenery. The Hyers Sisterswill follow Me. Mur- ¥ N ‘The favorite Trish comeaan, Mr. Joseph Mur- pby, beginsa short engagement at Haverly's Theatre to-morrow evenlug, In his well-known fish drama, “The Kerry Giow,” in which he sustains the part of Dan O'Hara. The very realistic blacksmith scene, where the hero shoes a horse, will be remembered us one of the strik- ing incidents of the piece. Mr. Murphy is ac- companied by Lis own company. Harry Chapman, the young old man, returned the otlier day from a sojourn in Waukesha, looking Tike alad of 21, Iie has some inama- gerial _projects in his head, and is evidently on ihe point of starting out on some venture, either bere or elsewhere. Chapman has been a successful theatrical manager,—no ope knows how far back he dates,—and now that his health is restored he intends to go into the fleld with the resolve to win. The Academy of Music offers to its patrons for the coming week a lively and entertaining programme, which will doubtless keep tlie place as crowded as usual. (John Muir, the treasurer, complains alrendy of overwork). Among the new attractions may be mentioned Santord and Wilson, who are old favorites here, and very funuy *‘musfcal mokes”; Keating aud Nands, sooe and dance; Frank Bush, the dialect come- dian: the Springers, in their *Cat duet”; with other artists” of the order. Mr. George W. Thompson’s drama of * Pinkey Krouse™ will be 1be tail-piece to the entertainment. The reproduction of “The Two Orphans,” which occurs at McVicker’s Theatre this week, wit) afford the public an_excellent opportunity | of judging the merits of the new company, the full strength of which will be peeded for the occasion. ~ The present cast of parts will include Miss Meroe Charles as Louise, tue blind girl; Miss Afie Weaver as Henrictte; Mrs. Howard Rogers as La Frochard; Miss Carrie Jamison as Sister Genevieve; Miss Annic Graham as Counfess De Linjers; Alice Hastings as Florette; W. F. Edwards as_the Cheualier; Learock as Jacques Frochard; Walter Kelly as_Pierre ; Harry Pearson as Count De Liniers; Roland Reed g5 Picard; Everbam as the Doctor. We are war- rauttd in believing that the scenic artists will give a superb mounting to the piay. At the New Chicago there was performed Quring the first three evenings of the week L’Arrange’s melodrama entitled ‘¢ Haseman’s Toceliter.” This excellent piay was well per- formed by Mr. Wurster's companv, and achteved quite as much of a success 75 when performed lnst season. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights the old celebrated sinzing farce “Rob- ert andgBertram,” was given, with those three sterling comedians, Schinitz, Schober,.and Puts, in the principal parts. It is but fair to say that this play was never performed better than it was at Wurster's Theatre this time. ‘This evening there will no doubt be 3 crowded Touse, as thie new leading soubrette of the com- pany makes ber_first appearance in this city. Miss Alvina Heynold has ao enviable reputation as o brilliant actress, and is favorably compared with Cottrelly, who achieved such areat success here Jasu season. The *Milchmacdchen von Setioenebers,” i which she makes her debut, is an excellent singing farce, in which Miss Hey- nold takes the leading part of the milkmaid. She is said to be without 2 peer in this part. The reappearance of Mr. Lawrence Barrett, who plays an engazement for only one week, will be a welcome event to the manv admirers of this excellent actor. Mr. Barrett opens to- morrow eveving at Hooley's Theatre in _his famed impersonation of Jicke'ieu, supported by Mr. T. W. Davey’s dramatic company. During the week he will give in rapid succession a round of his best delineatious, vamely: Hamvet, Wednesday evenine: rod Evelynin “ Money,” Wednesday afternoon; Cassius fn *Juluis Ciesar,” Thursday evening; Haphae! in * Marble Heart,” Saturday afternoon s and Shylock and Da- vid Garrick Saturday evenine. Friday evening he las reserved for the production Tor the first tmeof a new plece entitled **A New Play,” which has been translated and adapted from tne Spanlsh especially for Mr. Barrett by his fricna 'W. D. Howells, of Boston. The period of the action is in e time of Queen Elizabeth, and Sbakspeare is introduced as onc of _the charac- ters. Barrett avpears in the role of Forick. Mr. Davey’s company was selceted especially for Mr. Barrett, and bave been traveling with him the entire season. = ‘GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP. Miss Jessie Couthoni has been filling success- ful engagements in New York State. John W, Jennloes is said to have made a hit by a maemiflcent bit of character acting as Gas- pard in *The Chimes of Normandy.” Mr. Fraok Clements, the English_actor wao is supportine Modjeska this seaon, Is described as & fing, manly person, a gentlewlan in breed- ing, and an actor {n talént and cultivation. The revival of the “School for Scindal * has met with such favor at Wallack’s that its con- tinuance for several weeks is anticipaicd, and the projected revivats of “The Road to Ruin,” “She Stoops to Conquer,” * London Assur- ance,” cte., will therefore be deferred. 5 Mr. Sweatland, a well-known citizen of Mil- waukee, has leasea the old Theatre Comique in that city, bas reficted and remodeled the ince- rior, and christened 1t the Milwaukee Theatre. It will be run as a firstclass variety theatre, under the management of Lew Benedict. Blanche Meda will produce her piay, **Won at Last,” at the New Gaiety, Boston, in No- vomber. Frank E. Aiken,-C.'W. Couldock, J. (. Padgett, Walter Lenox, E. B. olmus, Frank Goodwin, Miss Minnie Monk, Miss, Emily Del- mar, and Miss Josephine Craig are in the com- pany. Mr. J. T. Sullivan has taken the rond with a company in which are Miss Emmic Wilmot, Mr. Charles’ A. McManus, Mr. B. A, Locke, late of the Lotta company, and several others. Mr. Sullivan has purchased from Mr. J. H. Meade the right to play his version of “The Womsn of the Peaple.” ‘When John Reeve was playing ‘Bombastes Fu- rioso at Bristo), Eng., upon_ beibg stabbed by Artazominous, he denied the fairness of the thrust, and, appealing to the pit, said, It is not fair, iSit!” -A bald-headed gentleman, who probaoly taok the whole representation to be serious, and to whom Reeve directed his glance, rose and said, timidly: “Really, sir, 1 cannot say. L do not fence myselL.” # A dispatch to ‘the Cincionati Enguirer sars Miss. Jgflxeys-Lewis sailed from New York by the Greece, and adds that * her sudden depart- ure puzzles her friends, who make various cor- ments.” Her husband, Mr. Maitland, did not accompany ber, and this puzzies them, too. Her marriaze with Mr. Maitland recently also puzzled toem. Everything this young actress does appears to be apuzzle. Should Mr. M. rejoin his wife fo Eneland alter his legal com- plications in California are settled, what would - friends say then? The history of the Globe Theatre in Boston affords an iliustration of the risk involved in & departure from business principles in a business enterprise. When Mr. Cheney rebuilt the theatre he conceived the brillant idea of ratsing $150,000 of the capital necessary by selling nshts to'150 of the best seats for the period of eighteen years for 31,000 cacn, so that the sctual cost to himsell was Jess than §130,000. Tnase right-holders’ scats have been an incubus on t.e establishment ever since. The owners were at liberty to vccupy them, or to give away orsell their tickets, aud they were constantly on the market at_brokers’ offices aca discount irom the regular price. Thevtook the Lest part of the house out of the hands of the m ager and were in continual competition Wwith Lis sales. The cousequence of this and other causes is thet in less thau four vears Mr. Cheney reckons his loss at over $115,000, ana is now cryiug to et tne whole thing off his hauds and into thosc of the right-holders, whom be wishes to form themselves into a stock company and buy nim_out. They hesitate over the proposi- tion, and in the mcantime the theatre stunds unused, as no oce is willlng to lease it with the existiog drawbuck of right-holders’ seats. If theatrical managers do ot by-and-by learn that toey et their money’s worth io the adver- tisetuents they pay for, and that this business transaction gives them no claimBupon the cdit- orial colums, it will not be for lack of sharp Iessons. It is Booth's Theatre now which au- dertakes to extort favorable critivism from’ the Eeening Post by discontinuing itsadvertisement, on the alleged ground that the criticisms are injurious. The Post véry properly tells the managers that they will get just the same criti- cism again whenever they seew to deserve it, whether they stop their advertisements or Dot. —New York Tribune. The American Dramatic Fund Association has decided to issue an appeal for aid to the actors throurhout the United States. At a recent meeting of the Society, the Secretary, to show the benefits afforded by it, mentioned the case of 8 member who_puid in §225.25, and who has already received $2,852.30; of another who paid J $243.27, and who has received $3,204.94; and of a third who paid $196.55 and received $1,352.7 ‘The Sceretary then goes ou to say: ** The readi- ness expressed by the professors of the stave at all times in assisting in all cases of distress and misery brought to their notice is too well known todwell upon, and I aliude to it ouly for the purpose of exvressing surprise that, in view of this fact, the American Dramatic Fund Associa- tion hus never been able so to enlist the sympa- thies of those blessed with & sulliciency of this world’s zoods as to receive bequests from them.” *FRISCO. “THE TWO MEN OF SANDY BAR.” Svecial Correspondence of The Tribune. SAN Francrsco, Cal, Sept. 28.—Stuart Rob- son conld not perhaps have selected a place where o play of Bret Harte's would meet with severer judgment thau in California. Californians view that author with mingled feelings of pride and resentment, the latter per- hiaps a little the stronger of the two. There is a very general idea that Bret Harte has *thrown off” on California, as the sayiog goes. It is true that it never gave bim any- thing but iunspiration, but s great pride was always taken in him, und he was paid bet- ter thau any other writer on the coast, though with nothin of the magniticent prodigality of the Eastern firm which tempted bim away and sorely repented afterwards of the bargain, Caiifornians have come to think now that he roughcned the rouzhness of the carly times, and drew in stronger and painted in louder col- ors thau would present us fairly to the reading - world. Also, a prophet is not without honor save in his owa couutry. ! ‘Therefore it is that'any work of Bret Harte would be set upos with barsk judgmént, sud that more especially 2 dramatic Work woulg be seathied with criticisin. As it happens, Crane 2od Robson are both so extremely popular fu San Francisco that they could present nothing whose faults would not be regarded lenie: Y ‘I'herefore, the *Lwo Men of Sandy Bar”’ has- deen received on the part of the public with 1o loudly-expressed disapproval, but with a stolid indifference, and ou the part of the critics witn so0 nanifest a disposition to deal ss gently as possible with tae two comedians, In point of fact, “*The Two Men of Saundy Bar,” quite aside from auy display of Calitor- nianl auimosity, is flat failure, and Crane and Robson have really, as Sandy Morton and Col. Starbottle, made the only conspicuous nou-suc- cesses of the engagement. ‘This seems to bave intimidated J. C. William- son, and he has conciuded not to produce &Freaks of Fortuve.’ whlch was to have beea the feature of the season, Possibly it is as well, siuce it is the work of a home author, and we share with the rest of the world the lancy for French adaptations. “Freaks of Fortune,” however, has been carelully rewritten since ‘its first production tiere, aud contalns really excelfent parts for Williamson and Maegie Moore In Feliz ' Fiush and ifary, bis daughter. Keunuedy has uot yet opened his theatre. Tt was announced that Rice’s surorise party would plav the first cnzagement within its re- modeled walls, but rumor comes that Alice Har- rison took @ positive stang that she wouid not come to Calffornia under any circumstances. As the dark-eved Alice is the maiu attraction, negotiations fell through. - - .. P It is promised us that'Ada Cavendish is com- \iiir, and at Baldwin’s they are rehearsing * A Womaun of the People,” “with Miss Rose Wood in the leading part. g It js certalnly the most enterprisiug little theatre that ever flourished in San Franciseo, ‘They gave *‘Les Fourchambauits” before New York or Boston had sceu it, We had + Olivia ¥ simultaneously with its production o New Yorl, and now e are to have **A Worn-~ an of the People.” . Thatis not bud for a little temple in the Western wilds. JassarT # MUSIC. THE KELLOGG-CARY CONCERTS. ‘The principal musical events of the past week were the two coucerts given by a troupe sublet by Mr. Strakosch to the Redpath Burean, and by the Redpath Burcan to an insurauce-agent, and by the insurance-agent to Mr. Haverly, and by Mr. Haverly to the public. The troupe fell ultimately into very good hands, and Miss Kel- logg, Miss Cary, aud the rest of the artists were Dolaced in the Monrae-street basement under very rood auspices. The concerts did nothing for music, and presented nothing specially new, ex- cept the debut of Kosuati, Strakosch’s new tenor from Australia, whose fine singing armues well for bis operatic success hereafter. They ‘were a great popular success, and all the artists met with an enthusiastic reception,—Levy, the horn-blower, carrying off the lion’s share. With the numbers of the regular programme, our readers are already familiar, but an extra con- cert was given euch evening with which they are not so well acquainted. Cousequently, we ap- pend the numbers of these extra programmes, with the names of the performers: FIRST N1GUT, 1. Ballad—**We'd Better Bide a Wee . Miss Cary 2. Cornet solo—** Last Rose of Summer y 4. Song—**Let A1l Obey ... 4. Ballad—**Let Her Go™. b Mme. Mareuzek The Ciang o the Wooden Shoe Cornet solo—** Auld Lung Syne ™. acked Car™. ‘¢ Have Missed «.. Miss Kelloge Harp solo— Jende™. ... . Ballad—** T 4. Cornet solo—** Ballad Ballnd—*+"The Heart Bo Ballad **0ld Folks at Hom Italiun song.... Ballad—** We'd Better Biden Cornet solos~ (a) **Rovin Aduir, *+Sweet By-and-By " £ Cornet solo—** Yankee Doodle ™ 10. Cornet solo—Scotch ballad. -Levy 11, Ballad—**Let Her Go" “Miss Kellogi The programnes given above are simply the encores of the two évemmngs. ~ There were thirty-two numbers on the regular programmes and twenty-one encores. This shows - fudustry, and gives hope that popular audiences may yet achieve the feat of getting one entire concert for pothing. Upon these occastons they paid 50 ceuts for stxteen numbers each evening, and ou the first evening got twenty-six aud oo the second evening twenty-seven. At the same. time, the butchers refuse tothrow in an extra oound of steak because their customers like the pound they pay for, and Do housc-owmer has yet been found generous enough to give the sccond month’s rent bscause tne tenant liked his house during the first month. It seems a paradox that onc may cocore a song but ot 8 glass of beer. If un artisc stipulates to sell one song for a certain price and has to deliver two, why should not the merchant also double his quantity whenever the customer en- cores the first conveyancel All sorts of rumors are afoat to account for the absence of Mme. Rive-King’s absence from these concerts. The real reason Is that she didn’t want to play in the Tabernacle. Wedon's blame hér. She might as well have played in tne Great Desert. .. .. THE APOLLO CLUB’S SEASON. While the arrangements for the “fall season are not completed, we are able to_outline the genersl policy of the Apolle Cluband give de- tails of the earlier concerts. ‘The first concert will be given on the evening of Dec. 3. The pro- gramme will consist of Mendelssohn's oratorio, “3t. Paul” (Part I), and Bandel’s pastoral, * Acis and Galates.” The soloists enzaged - for this performance are Miss Fanny Kellogg, Miss Abby Clark, W. H. Fessenden, and Myron W. Whit- ney, with chorus and full orchestral accompani- ment. % o ‘The second concert will be devoted to-male- Mme. Marctzek Miss Cary *Grill, a New York musicisa. volce music, and on thisoccasion the Arion Clul of Milwaukee, witl unite with_the Apallo Man" nerchor in the performance of Max Bruch’s can- tata, “Frithjof.” This performauce. will be supplemented by misecllaneous selections by the Arion und Apollo Clubs. The male chorus ou this occasion will number 140 voices. It is intended to arrauge the third concért in the nature ofsa request programume, including some of the more popular picces of former " years. The management of the Club has launched into a muen broader field of work. The solofsts announced will_be supplemented by arrange- wauts now pending with ather artists. The jn- ¢€ase 1 the number of concerts without add- ing to the cost of the subscription, the engage- ment of a full orchiestra, and other reforms, al] indicate a liberal policy which will strengthen the relations sustained between tiie active and associate members, - Already an _assuciate choir of seventy-five ladies has been elected to mem- bership in the Club. - The Manuerchor has been in rehearsal during the summer months, and, now the full reuearsals have begun, the strictest discipline will be entorced. Several changes bave been made by the Buard of Mauagen in deference to_public opivion and for the ¢ venience of the subseribers, amons whic! g 3 7, and & rule which will limit the number of seats 10 be obtaiued at the box office by any one per-~ son. Ve 3RS, RICE-KNOX’S CONCERT. ‘The important event of the present week will he the concert on Tuesday evening at the Union assiste A . Foote, Miss Rice, Mr. Celle, Mr. Brace, Mr. Bowen, and Mr. Lieb~ ling. ‘Thie programme will be as follows: but, assisted by Mrs. De rapr 1, 1. Organ Voluntary...... dr. John 3cCurdy. 2. Quartet from * Martha ™. ........Flotow Mrs. Foote, Miss Rice, Messrs. De Celteand Lrace, 3. Aris—**0 mio Fernando™ ».Donizetti Ars. Tlorence Rice-Kn 4. Piano solo—*Valse de Concert™.... Wleniawaki Atr. Emil Liebling. B Trio—*The Mariucrs"...... ......Randegger 3fiss Rice, Mexare. De Uelie and Brace, Canzonetta. .. . Gomez [ o Scena and Duo from © ...... Donlzetti Ars. Rice-Knox and JIr. Boien, PARE 1. 1. Piano 60lo— **Spinning Song ™ Jtr. Emit Liebling, 2. Aria—*‘Cataloguc Song™ from ‘‘Don Juan™ Mozart Mr. F. A. B ¥ 3. Shadow Quartet, . . ....Golmick Mrs. Foole, asg Rice, Mesirs. De Cellé and Brace, 4. **The Lost Chord. ... . . .....Sullivan Mrs. Florence Rice- Knox. *+ Adelaia ++--. Beethoven 6. Trio—*'Falstafl .. Balle Afrs. Foote, Miss Rice, and Mira. Knox. THE NEW CONDUCTOR OF THE GERMANIA MAN- NERCHOR. The Germania Mannerchor is at last to be congratulated ugon the election of a conductor who s likely not_only to prove a very cflicient leader, but to enlarce its sphere of work. Mr. Koclling, the new dire already o wide reputation not only 8s a musician but as a com- voser, especially for the piano. His **A la Cas- cade,” op. %5, was a favorite a0d much-played piece twenty years ago, and gince then every veur has brought something from his prolific Den which sorely-pressed piano-teachers were glad to weleome. Many. of his compositions develop technical diliculties in o pleasing form, thus furnishiug the profession with the muen- wanted sugar-coated pills. Among thesc are nis op. 147, Nos. 1, 3, and 4 for the right haod, aud ops. 170, 150, 16, and 63 for the left band. Out of the larze number of his works, which reach op. 200, the folluwiug are particularly de- serving of the atteutiou of teachers: Ops. 16, 35, 36, 52, 62, 65, 93, 05,97, 98, 125, 138, 137, 140, 147, 154, 155, 164, 167, 169, 176, 178, and 181, His works rank with those'of Docring, Jacll, Kul- lack, Loeschborn, Pauer, aud Willmers. We shall wateh with considerable juterest the progress ot the Germanjs under nis direction. LOCAL MISCELLANY. ‘The twenty-ninth Putils’ Matineeof the Her- shey School of Musical "Aft (tbe first _this sea- son) will take place next Weanesday afternoon, Oct. 9, ot 3 o'clock, in Hersbey Music-Hall, The Chicago Musical €allege has takeucharze of the music department at the South Side Academy, No. 9 Langles, avenue, Mrs. R. C. Ross, Princival. Mr. ‘Ellodoro de Campi has charge of the vocal, and Mr. Louis Ocsterle of the piano department. ] . Mme. RiveKing’s $ditz. “On_ Blooming Meadows,” which she céniposed in this city last summer, was performed by the Thomas orebes- tran few eveniugs ago inNew York with preat success. It was sct ifon. orchestra by Ernest T Wagner 5. at the SveaHall, A concert will be g‘g{q nd_ Chicago avenue, corner of Larrabee stre ‘on Monday evening, the. under the auspices of the Woman’s Gospe],, Temperance Associa- tion, and will consist ofyocal and_instrumental music, readines, speechgs, and recitations. Mr, Prederic C. Gleason, counected with the Hershey Music School, is'at work upon &u ope- Ta, the subject of whicl#’L, taken from the bis- torical narrative of Muntezuma. The success which attended his first work of this kind, “ Otho Visconti,” giveswarrant for the hope that he may achieve something still bigher in the sccond. i iss Arabella Root, the vocalist, was lately presented witn a hangsome dizmond cross by Mme. Marie Roze, who said sbe wished to make Miss Root some preseut, to show her sympathy for that lady in ber Rard struggle to attain artistic excellence. If Mine. Roze has any de- sirc to show her symuathies generally, she can ;l]nd plenty of deserving candidates in Chicago 0. ! Tbe pupilsof Signor Eliodorode Campi will give a musical reunion at -bis residence, 1283 Michi; gan avenue, on the evenigg of the Oth inst. Among those who will u‘ rt are the Misses Louisc Henrotin, Fanny®eake, Ettic Butler, Julia Moran, Nellic A. Hubbard, Emma Mars- tou, Mrs. M. K. Morrison, and Mr. R. Marstou. The pupils will be assisted by the Chicagv Quar- tette and Mr. Emil Liebling in an unusually pleasant programme. -+ The Schubert Institute will give a soiree next Tharsdzy evening, corner of South Park Avenue | and Thirty-first street. Mr. 8. G. Pratt and pupils will perform piano seleetions by Ruben- stein, Chopin, aud others. Vocal selectious will be given by Mr. Brittan, Mrs, Jobnson, Mrs. Havens, and_ Miss Jessie Crigton. The Schu- bert Club will sing some part. soogs, and Mr. C. A. Havens will perform selections from Buck, GuilmantZwd Wagmer upon the new organ. The soiree given by Mr. Pratt’s pupfls ot his residence on Thursday evening last was ve largely atteuded, and was not oulv an enjoyi- ble, but very successful, entertainment from musical point of view. With the exception of his own playing and some charming vocal se- Jections by Mrs. Clara D. Stacy, the programme was entirely in the hands of his pupis. It was made up with elegant taste, and their perform- auces were of a character_ that showed very tuorough and careful tuition, and entitles Mr. Pratt, 16 claim u bigh rauk as a piano teacker. Not the least sratilywe feature of the pupils’ playine Were the carnestness and enthusiasm displayed by thew in_their work,—qualitics whichs re equally shared by Mr. Pratt humself. The Chicaxo Orchestra, Mr: Rosenbecker con- Auctor, will wive fts second concert this after- noon at Turper [all, with the following pro- sramme: * Turver March,” by E. Bach; over- ture to Mendelssobn's * Fingal’s Cave”; a quintet for strings by Schubert; concert solo for trombons, to be performed Ly Mr. Braun; overture to Cherubini’s * Anacreon ”'; Saint- Saen’s “ Phaeton’’; the ballet music to Rubin- stein’s * Feramors ’; the tinale to Wallace’s “Lurline”; Josepl Strauss’ “ Autumn Roses Waltz”; and Bergmann's * Echo Galop.” The first concert, given ut the same place a weelt ago, was very successful, and indicated that the uew orchestre and leader will make a place for themselves aud supply a fong-standing want in this city. 9 Alr. and Mrs. W. O. Cole, of Hinsdale, gave a little informal musical reception to Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Marun, of Cniengo, on Friday evening, ‘The social features of the oceasion were interspersed with vocal selections by Dr. Martin, tbe old. familiar bass solo, *Nancy Lee,” beiue given with peculiar force and rich- ness, while Mrs. Martin played the adagfo of .Beethoven’s “Sonata Pathelique,” “Gott- schalk’s *lllusion,” and two polonaises of Chopin in 2 mauner proving 8 most intimate kuowledge of the sentiment of the respective composers. Miss McIntyre and Miss Robbins each saug vocal solos, aud Mrs.. Ritehie gave a Titerary selection, while Mr.J. W.- Reed" was forced to improvise on a pizuo different from the one be nses so much printer's inkabout. One of the most delightful features of the evening was the singing of Mrs. Dr. Carpenter, whose voice exhibited the same careful training, power, compass, and sweetness which hase - for years made her a favorite among. lovers of music in Caicago. THE CINCINSATI COLLEGE. The appointmeuts thus iar made in the Cin- cinuati Musical Colleze are as -follows: Elocu- tion, James .H. Murdock; vocal department, Paolo Lavella, Emma Cranch, and Otto Singer; piano, H. G. Andresand Armer Doerner. Ofthe string quartette the Cincinuati Gazelte says: Tbe one name wanting {n the string quartet we supply this morning: ft fs that of the viola player —Mr."C, Baetens, for several years the principal viola pisyer fu Mr. Thomas® orchestra. The uartet, therefore, as we will probablyhear it in the first classical chamber_concert. will be as fol- iows: First violin, Mr. S. E. Jacodson;_ second violin.. ar. Theodorc Thomas: viols. ‘Mr C. ) Mr.- A, Hartdegen. It an improvement on this guartet can be made from the ranks of musicians in this country it would be in- teresting to know where to go for the better men. Each of the pluyers cxcept Mr. Thomas will be at the head of a department of imstruction in the #chool. and Mr. Thomes, besides teaching the art of orchestral conducting. will_exercise general superintendence over the string deparument. RETURN OF GILMORE’S BAND. Tl:e New York Tribune of the 30th ult. says: Gilmore's band arrived in _this city yesterday by the steamer Mosel, after an absence of nearly five months, during which it has given a series of con- certs in the rincipal citiesof Europe. 3r. Gil- more, in speaking of his_ventare. said that nis bgng had mer with an unbounded success. \While, * gaid he, **we donot propose to cnrich the country with the amount of gold we have brougnt back, ‘musically speaking we have had an im- mense success,” With press predisposed against us, we have accompiished everything we desired, ‘We bave paven 150 concerts, and have played in England, Ireland. Scotland, melgium, Holland, France, and Germany. In Germany we met with the sreatest favor, In Lobdon we played the Rnapsodies of Lisztand the overture to Tanubauser, which 1o English band had cver attempted. Muny amusing incidents happened at some of our Concerts. In Ireland. wheu_the bsnd performed God Save the Queen* or *Rule Britannia,’ the music of the fustruments would be drowned by bisses, mingled with scattered cheers from the loyal Irish. Then when we would follow with * St. Patrick's Doy, " the cheers from the disloyal -cle- ment would be deafening, " 3r. Gilmore eaia that he was glad to reach home. e thought that New York furnished better ma- terial for un ®rcheatra or band than any city in the world. He wan sorry 1o hear that Theogore Thomag was nbout to leave New York. The .members of Ris own band, he said, were nearly all married men, and were rejoiced 10 sce thelr fumiiies aeain, ‘The fact of their having families was the reason of their retnen at this Lime, as good offers had been reccived to play in Vienna sua also in Ruseia. The report that the tnp had been a failure he declared to be unfounded. He said that the band would probably give & coucert soon. v WILHELMI. Wilhelmj, the violinist, bas given several con- certs in New York City, and las created a fu- rore. his first concert the New York Trib- une says: No such sceng as that of last night has been wit- nessed in Steinway Hull since Ruoinstetn. stormed the town, six years azo. Even that memorahie triumph has been surpassed by the overwhelming snccess of Wilkelmj. The great violinist has cap- tured usall. He has dazzled ne by his brifliant «and nerfect technique; he has escited ns by his fiery spirit; he has awed us by an indescribably serene seasc of force; and he has seized. uoon our ympathies; #nd 50 e has won, by this scries of victories over the inteflect and the affections, o most abrolute mastery of his sudience. We have never seenan urtist take such compicte ana such sudden posseasion of his public. - After the finst winute the house seemed to be under the spell.of some mmmetic power. It hung upon every mo- tion of bis magic hand; it was gay or pensive at liia bidding; and at the end of the irst of his se- lectione, the applause amounted to an_uproar. The rarest feats seem 10 be as ensy to Mr. Wii- helmj as any of the ress of his work, = The sharp- ext ear can detect no fauit in his fntonation, uo blemish in his pure, and rich, and sonorous tone. If we eay that in the finest”pnssages every indi- vidual note drops from- bis bow u finely polished gem, we shall not much overstate the case. "Phere is no difliculty in placing Wilkelmj's place in the worla. He is not only the first of hiving violinists, andone of the foreinost of lving musi: cians in any branch of the art~we knew that be- fore—bat he i 5o great that he enables us to forvet all_other violinists who lhiave been before him. i+ Greatness” is, perhaps, the quality which it impreases us tn bis playine. And it isa greatness all the more imposing Lecause it is associsted with the most perfect proportions—perfect proportions . in the art, the intellect, the temper, the very per- son and demennor of the man. \hen be atands before us, tall, shapely, nobly poieed. with a mag- niflcent hiead, o fresi, open, . handsome, winning fuce, clear blue eve, a_ genful smile, 3 manner that'is majestic from its very simolicity, we can- not help thinking of @ beautiful and lavely giant. Next to the quality of greatnéss in Wilhelm) is that nameless charm of which we can_only convey afaint ides when we sax that he is symoathetic, We know of hardly any who take 8o strongu nold upon the feeRngs of their admirers as he does upon THEODQRE THOMAS. The last of Mr. Thol Garden Concerts was given on the evening o1 the 2¥th uit., Taglia- pietra and Miss Sallic Reber being the vocalists of the occasion. On Thursday evening lust, a fareweil concert was tendered to him ot Stein- way Hall, which was immenscly attended. The programme included the _second Brahms Sym- phouy, the Coriolanus Oerture, by Beethoven, and Liszt’s Fautasiz on Hungarian Airs, played by Mr. Max Pinoer, the pianist. The vocalist was the well-known basso, Mr. Franz Rem- mertz, who sauz Schubert’s ‘Die Dopplegan- ger,” with Mr. ‘Thomas’ .own seoring of ihe ac- companiment, aud **Woton's Farewell,” and *Fire Incantation Sceue ™. from Wagner's e Walkure Mr. Thomas is pow on his winding way to Cincinnatl.' In this connection, somc of the testimonials of the press will be of interest. The Clevelund Leader says: ‘Theodore Thomas closed his 1ust sesson of sum- mer concerts in New York Saturday might, and this week will embark, with the *leading niembers of his orchestra, his_immense musical library, his yellow old Stradivarius, together with Mrs. Thomas and the little Thomases, for bis new hame in Ohlo. New York echoes the \Washingtonian strain sosto voce, **D—n Ohio, aayway!" ‘The Toledo Commercial says: 1t has been discovered thathalf theamount which Robert Bouner annually spends on **Dexter™ would Bave been sufiicient to keep Theodore Thomas in New York. Alr. Vanderbilt, by drop- ping a horse or to from his over-fu'l stables, could have puidall of Mr. Thomas' éxpenses in New York, und this is trae of a dozen other million- nires in that city. Nune of these. however, woald deprive themselves of 56 much seif-gratifcation or ostentation as a single twrn-out_aforded. to keep in their city a renowned musician of world-wide reputation. Nothing could be mote indicative of tne essentially sordid and vulgar natare of the aver- ge New York millionaire. The Norristown Herald savs: Since Theodore Thowas' determination to take ap his residence in Cincinnat, tuat ity has become Jughly muscal. Stiver dollats are droppea into the hats of orzan-grinders, street siftzers are vre- eented with new clothes, and cats are permitied to orzanize concerts on back fences witnout having to dodge bootjacks, elc. = The New York Z'ribune tenderly exclaims: A member of o fashioanble up-town conaregation in New York City called ata music store and in- quired, **Heve you the notes of a picce called the *Sony of Solomon?* ™ adding, **Qur pastor refer- red toit yesterdoy moruing 2s au exquisite gem, and my wife would like to learn to play ic.” The New. York Commercial Advertiser breaks TA-TA, THEODOLE. Our mizstrel boy to e West In the City of Pork you'll find bi This clausical pearls he has girded o, With his orchestra slung behind him. HIUSICAL NOTES. . Remenyi. violin virtuoso to the Emperor of Austria, sails for the United States on Oct. 1% 3 Herr Raff has had au offer 10 write 8 origina 1y work expressiy for the Leeds Festival of 1850, # and this prolitic composer witl in ail probability accept. S. B. Mills, the pianist, has been eclected a member of the Kueustler Vercin at Colow He recently plased before the Princess Ardeck of Wiesbaden, at one of her musicales, aod re- ceived hizh praise. > Avnie Cary used to live in Durham, a little viilage in Maine, aud nelehbors say they often heard Mrs. Cary at the wood-shed “door shout- ing: “Anpic!” Annic Louise! Annfe Louise Cary! come into the house this minute and chop them kindlings.”—Boston: Lost. “The Arabella Root Grand Concert Compa-~ ny,” which comprises the following aftista: Miss Root, prima donuna soprapo; Miss Zeline Mactey, violinist; M B. Furlonz, tenor; Mr. . F. Holmes, baritone buffo: Signor Carlo Tarriant, solo pianist; and Mr. Robert .de I'Ar- mitage, director, is about. to make an extended tour of the United States. The Worcester (Mass.) Festival, which has been in progress during the last week, proved a great success. The chorus is said to bave done excellently, and the soloists superbly. Amoung the soloists, Mr. Fritsch met with warm ap- provals and Mrs. Oseuod. who made a very en- viable reputation for Lierself iu Ciucinnati last spring, did even better. ‘I'he works performed Were of the hishest order, and, being efficiently interpreted, they met with a well-deserved suc- cess. ‘The Loudon Figaro says; *The wonderful escape of one of the passengers by the itl-fated Princess Alice is directly dueto the fact that he was & musician. He was playing a gizantic double bass at the time, a0d when the collision Dappened he clasped the waist of his beloved instrument, and trusted himself to the tender mercics of the Thames. The holes in the double bass were. of course, downwards, and the gigau- tie instrument was, of course, sufficiently bouy- ant to keep half a dozen men above water.. On tne other hand, it was ratber bard upon the players of the flute and the cornet-a-pistons -who did not stand the smallest possible chaace.” The New York correspondent of the Boston Saturday Evening Gazelte says: *Miss Emma Abbott has made quite 2 hit in English opera. Her acting scems to have touched the popular taste, and her singing is zood enouch to please the wultitude. -When she entered the operatic fieid {vwas sald that she was goiaz to sing nothing but ** high-necked operans.” This term does oot refer to Lhe costumes, but tothe morals ot the piece. I had a little chat with Miss Abbott. and asked her where sbe drew the ffne, Sne said at such operas as “ Travla’a’ and “Don Gioyanni.” * Faust? she cousidered all right, beoause it took superhuman agency to lead Marzuerite astray. J{arquerde i3 her favor- ite role, and her room io Mr. Lake's Fifth ave- ‘ue residence is covered with a carpet the desizn ot which is the garden scene [rom * Faust.” An old spinning-wheel ia the corner ‘would add to the effect.” - . A, BOSTO one of those who, as McUarthy says, “ has gone his own way as regards Charch dogma and iscipline; but, ‘except in the vaigarest aod ‘r‘n:;'(,:’:wsx application of the ward, he is no infi- Bidding good-by ti the Dean and his prede- cessors of English tame, let us turn to matters of local interest. Mary Anderson s here agaia aud making a sensation in- her roles of Julia in * The Hunchback,” Juliet, und iady acheth. She is supported by Mr. Lonis James, WHOM ALL BOSTON DELIGHTED IN LAST WIN- TER as Jfux Lussieres in “The Ruiles.” Admitting her faults of gesture and other lacks from prop- er training, the criticsrenerally pronounce her the most promising young actress that has come before the public for years. Mr. James docs not fall short of the hizh estimates of last win- ter_by his personations in the present support. Mechanics® Fair is a greater success than the Most sanguine expected it to be. Ex- carsions from all the neighboring towns bring au average of over 5,000 visicors per day. ‘This crowd at 50 cents per head will soon pay for the cost of the baildiag. **'The Siege of Paris,” a few rods away, tukes a great many of the Fair visitors, off and vn. Indeed, thetwouttractions helfi each other very much. As both' are to be with us for several months, there is no danger that we shall have a poor start in healtny, moral, and instructive entertainments before the naughty theatres call_vut protests from * Christian ~Matrol on Modjeska's Camille, and the like fascination: N. P Dean Stanley’s Shortcomings Discussed as the Door Closes npon Him. Reminiscences of Our ©ther En- glish Lions. The Infidelity of America as Compared with England, Hary Auderson and Her Critics—The Fair's Pros- ress~The Moral Meat to Brace Us for the * Immoral Drama.” From Our Own Correspondint. Bosroy, Mass., Oct. 3.—Now that Dean Stan- ley bas gone, after his fiying vistt, the tongues of eriticism are let foose, and the upshot of the whole—the general conclusion—is ~ that, s a sormonizer and a speaker, the Westminster Desn was a failure. He fingered his notes: he had no volce, or what there was of {t was ex- peoded in the British highnotes,—the notorious “rising inflectton,” which invariably betrays the Englishman; and his subject natter, as 1 bave said before, Wwas neither new, nor original, nor vreseuted in any new light or fresh force. But, pertaps/if he had been possessed of the ring- inx tone of Wendell Phillips, oz some other of our clear, magnetic voices which are famous on platform and in pulpit, what be sald might have come to us diffcrently,—might have seemed to bear both freshness and force in the bearing. After al), how much of this matter of taste may be educational and the farce of association? 1 am coustraiued to suggest this at the present moment from the recollection that comes to me just now of the impression that Mr. Phillips nimsell made upon AIRS. LUCAS, JOEN BRIGHT'S SISTER, when she heard' him for the first time in this country. Most New Englanders, and all Bos- tonians, whether they agree with Mr. Phillips’ views or not, generally agree in pronouncizg him the King of Orators, and are more or less proud of his eloguence, and its effect upon & stranger. I remember perlectly well the night that Mrs. Lucas heard him for the first time. 1t was doring Anpiversary-Days, six or seven years ago, in Horticultural Hail. I remember looking with =z mood deal of interest at the kind, sweet, motherly face of the motherly-looking Enclishwoman,— for she was on the next seat to me,—and won- dering as I looked how our orator would impress her. Mr. Phillips’ theme thatnight was * Labor,” 28 it was generally six or seven years ugo. 1 don’t think T had 4 doubt that the English laay would be pleased with Mr, Phillips’ manoer and metiod of specch, it she did not like » But, to my surprise, it was this very and method cf specch that disappe -She had heard a0 much about Mr. Phillips as an orator, and BHE WAS DISAPPOINTED! That was ber frank verdict. [ thought of Charles Kingsley’s hish-toned vebemence, and later of Froude’s pervous utterance, and ofail the rest of the Englishmen whom [ had heard or heard of. Perhaos Mrs. Lucas comopared Mr. Philtips with her brother, John Bright, who was a fine speaker, if we mav takeJustin McCarthy’s word for it,—and 1 think we may, because he so perfectly appreciated Charles Kingsley’s “rough provincial accent’ and **ungainly aiti- tudes,’—and, taking his word, we may_believe that John Brizht’s mastery of pure Enelish, which McCarthy assures us is beyond that of any orator now speuking the Enelish tongue, united with his * calm intensity,” stood before Mrs. Lucas in favorable contrast with Mr. Ph lips® reckiess intensity. *However that may b it proves one fact: that there is u good deal in the pational education of taste. But, though we mav criticise unfavorably the Dean of Westminster as 8 socaker, we may safely sav that . in private circies no-Englishman bas made s deeper ijmpression of simple, earnest siucerity than Le has. Some- body said a very true snd at thé same time 3 verv signitivant thing in_conpection with this gr’xvnw ‘persoual liking for the Dean the other a, LUCBETIA BORGIA. To the Editor of The Tribunc. New York, Oct. 1—In Tne Tuiuxz of Sept. 29 an cditorial articie discusses & recent wark by Herr Grezorovius vindicating the memory of Lucretia Borgia against the horrible accusations with which her name has been loaged. Thewriter of the article seems -to have overlooked the fact that the task under- taken by Gregorovius was discharged by Will-" ism Roscoe, the bistorian of the Pontificate of LeoX. Inthelifth volume of this musterly work, published at the beginuing of the présent century, Mr. Roscoe has made u critical exam- Ination of the evidence upon which the charges against Lucretia Borgia rest. He shows that they originated with certain Neapolitan poets Who were exasperated against Ler tather, Pope Alexander VL., for his ageucy in expelling the house of Arugon from the country. ‘They were perpetuated by the historian Guicclardini, who, bowever, dues not vouch fortheir correctuess,but only says ** 1t was rumored ¥ sv and s0. Mr. Ros- coe finds reason for believing that Guicciardin! obtained his rumors from the aforesaid Neapal- itan poets. Opposed to them aud to their fo~ sinuations an overwnelming mass of testunony is addug Amoni the eulogists of the char- - acter of Lucretia are the contemoorary poets, Pietro Bembo. Ariosto, Ercole Strozzi. and Ap- tonio Tebaldeo, the historians Giraldi, Sarvi, and Libaoori, and the celebrated publisher Aldo Maouzio. The iatter is cited by Roscoe as ** the grave and unimpeactable testimouy of one who, from the respectability of his character, cannot be suspected of flattery.” Manuzio, he adds, bas celebrated in the warmest tones of apuro- bazion ‘‘ber piety, her liberality, ber ?'usflce. and her affability.” “If,” continues Mr. RRos. coe, ‘Lucretia was guilty of the crimes of which sbe stands accused, the prostitution of her papegyrists 15 greater than her own; but of such degradation several of the authors before cited were incapable, and we may therefore by allowed to conclude that it is scarcely possible, consistently with the known laws of moral character, that the flagitious aud abominabls Lucretia Boryia and the respectabie and honored Duchess of Ferrara could be united in the same | person.” The proverb which says ““Let me write the,: songzs of the peopleand I care not who writes the' Jaws " might be altered in the case of Lucretia to read: Let me compose the operas of tha people and I care not who writes the histories. Donizetti will fix the character of Lucretia so long us the oublic are charmed with his music, in spite of evidence piled wountain-high. Is it not something bizarre that the woman of whom one of the world’s greatest pocts, her com- temgnmry and intimate assoclate, said: “* Roma ought to prefer the wadern Lucretia to the Lu- cretia of antiquity as well in modesty asin beauty,” should be reputed, more thun 300 years after ber death, au 1cestuons strumpet, 2 poisoner, and a plugue-spot on the unwholesome age in Which. she lived! H. W, SEPTEMBER, *Tis Autumn in our Northern land. The Summer walks & Queen no mora; Her sceptre drops from ont her hand Her strength i4 spent. hee pission o'er, | On lake und stresm, on field and town, ‘I'ie placid sun smiles caloily down. WE ALWAYS LIKE THE BIG FRLLOWS-- the real royal lions—who come over to us from Eugland. ~It’s the half-and-hall people—the littfe would-be great ones—who thoru us and are impudent to us, and who for the time wrongiy prejudice us against the Briton.”” How true thisis_we can easily see whey we look back. From Thackeray and Dickens, down to the present moment, what zood friends we Luve been witlt ana bow we have admired the real royal lions, and bow worthy they have been of it! “Charles Kingsley was uot so great a lion as either Thackeray or Dickens, but he wus one of the real fine stock of Eneland’s birth and breeding. And how cordiul, and sweet, and kind, he was to everybody he met pere. 1 remember Whittier's hearty words bout hiw,— words which showed both iu their meaning their warmth of utterauce how really ne was moved toward TIE APOSTLE OF MUSCULAK CHRISTIANITY. Aud toere was Froude. and Tyndall, und George Macdonald,—what 3 gentleman Froude was, and bow well ‘he took Wendell *Phillips’ drubbivg on the Irish question. In effect, Phillips seid to him from the platform: * My dear Ar. Froude, you dou’t kuow what you’re talking about; you are aitogcther and entirely wroug upon every polut of this Irish question.” And, in effect, Mr. Froude received this with the most polite ' attention. entirely devoid of chagrin. [t was as if he bad said, “Iam verv much obliged to you, I am sure, Mr. Phillips, for taking suflicient interest in_ these Irish matters that [ am bringiog before the public to become my opponent. But, thourh I am quite sure that Tam entirely in the right, if you will excuse we, 1 will pack up my thiugs and take a ruu over to England to make mysclf still surer, and then—" It was one of the ruwors that Mr. Phillins’ facts about Ireland were sullicicutly disturbing to Mr., Froude to make hin: desirous of furnish- iog himself with [resh data and proof, and that he reully] dmm:uummulam rlzl‘ixrning mllth this. data to Hloor his opponeut. are say it wis oletus only rumor; but it sbows what a deferential | Tignnd of (i By 10w B spirit entered fnto the Englishman’s attitude, ’ And outon the desthly stiliness The teeming Earth its frait has bornes "The grain-felds lic al) siorn and bares And where the serried runke of corn Waved proudly in the summer-air. And bravely tossed their yellow locks, Now thickly stand the bristling shocks. On suuny slope, on crannied wall The grapes hang purnlin in the ann; Dowa to the turf the brown nnts fail, And golden apples, one by onc. Qur bius cun o'er with awple store— Thus Autaun reaps what Summer bere. The mill turns by the waterfall: “ The loaded waioua go and cume: All day 1 hear the teamaier's call, All day 1 hear the thresher's hams And many a shout and many a h * Coine breakinz throngh the clouds of chaff. Gay, careless sounds of homely toil! With mirth and Jsbor closely blent, The weary tiller of the avil Wins séldom wealtu, but oft content. “Tis better still if he but knows - What sweet, wild heanty "round him glows. The brook glides toward the sleeping lake— Now babblin over whinin stones: Now, under clumps of bush and bruke, Hushing its oruwl Lo murmuring tones; And now 1t taken its windinz path Through mendows green with aftermatn. The Irouty twilizht early Iails, But houschold fires burn warm and red. The cold may creep withuut the walls, And growing things lie stark und dead— No matter, 80 the heartt be brisht When household faces meet at night. Laxz Muss, Wis Etey F. ALLERTON. e e— MIDNIGHT AT MEMPHIS. *Tis night 1o the fevered city. d the seatry's solemn tread, a?ul what a gentleman he was. i Floata Somelinies a Ciirse of prayer Then how charmiug we found Georze 3lac- From the purctied lips of the dying— . donald. “I'he requiem of despair. *JUST LIKE IS STORIES, YOU KNOW," as a story-reading girl said wheu he appeared amongst us. It was almost literally the truth. He actually looked as if be mig! Falconer or any of the other delig] : that we know we shall never meet outside of bis hooks. But gentleman and man of culture that be was, he actually dide’t know enough of the intelligence of American audicnces to know that be was doing o ridiculous thing when he stovd up in Muaic-Hall und explawed the puns in the last two lines of Hood's bumorous poetu ‘aithless Sally Brown ’ They went and told the scxton, And the sexton tolled the dell. 1 don’t suppose we shall any of us ineet with anything much funnier from any Kind wistaking and mistaken Briton than to be gravely informed of the pun possibilities in told and tolled, with the serious assumption that by no other possivie way can we arrive at it. 1t was urged as Mr. Macdonald's excuse st the time that be bad been in the habit. of addressing a verv diferent «lass of people in England,~the mnore unlet- tered class,—who would need the pun explanu- tion and be thavktul for it. This is rather hard on English lecture audiences and h lecturer. 0 God! if Thou art vur Father, List to thy children now ;. Send. with Thy hesling nizht-winds, Cafm to the throbbing brow. Fumine, and Pain, and Fever Iave wiought therr power tokill; Look down, as of vld at Gatilee, Aud whispez, * Peace—be stiti £ " How long, O God! must we bear {t, To wee Gur loved oacd go— s The ittle gold-baired darliug, And the wife we worshiped 50— Only to suffer for thew ‘The agouy und pain. And biess them with the loving eyes That close iu death aguiu? And what of the earthly angels ‘hat "midst us come and Zo, Who fall un fevered pattle-field— Low, none hut God can knows Who bend to catch the dyiog oréath And cool the pul row, Unmindful of the ** Yeilow Death,™ Or aught but duty now. From Eastern shores, and Northern hills, And Western prairies grand, Tiey cowme, for their souls haveled them. With belp to vur stricken fand. Unkuown, ‘anmarked. in martyr-grave, ‘A grant them this renown: ‘[Miat those who sank beneath T4y Cross Rise racant with Thy Crown. Jessiz CRise ARMAST. ——— OCTOBER. O Iatr October, thouzh you deck Yourself in crimeog and tu gold, - B'en from your [ragrant breatn | catch A hunt of Winter drear and cold. A SMART TANKEE. however, with one glimpse of the ant ereeted Georze Macdonald, would in its quality and at once haye g his Iittle lesson of explaung carried somewhere else. Briton learns is that the average American is uot to be judzed by the average Englishman, and that we are not in a state of semi-barbarity, despite some crude Munchausen stories of blanketed Indians -walking about New York. Dickens, Thackeray, Kingsiey, and the restof them, down to the Dean, had a more intelligent idea of us, and rave us from -the first - zood proof of it; but none of them could have had kinder intentions than Macdonald, or wore better to the end. Mawdonald, however, had good chance to learn in his long stay, aod m?mmed by it Long before he delives his last lecture to us he had discovered that an American audience, even in the smaltest of country towns, needed no explanations,—no foot-notés of asother’s wit or humor. The Dean of Westminster—the last of our English guests—seems to have made no blun- dering estimates of Americavs. Even bis ser- mon st Trioity, though to us not very prolound or original, or part| v liberal, was lntead- -ed evidently to strike at the root of growing infidelity,—the faithlessness towards Christian- fty,—which is the most muarked feature in Amer- iean thought at the present time,—much more 50 than in Enogiand, where skeptictsm in theo- logical matters is configed mostly to s certain educated class, of whomn Francis Newman is, perhana. or was. age of the best, exemplars,— Hang all your gandy banners out, And try to cheat us if you will— The whtie you smile your warmeat smile, Tfeers oreatyof Winter's cll. - - Over the rose’s faded tomb The stately aster rears its head; Alas: 17 can conzole e not— 2 Lmiss the blossoms that are dead. 1 miss the tender baby-leaves ° ‘That rustled in the soft May breeze; And for the promuse of the Spring You offer us these mockeries. Ab! things are aweet when life fe yorng— ‘Then all the year is like the Spriuz. For 1o the Scatons, as they Das. ‘Onrhope, na joy, and love we bsing. Bat, in the Autamn of ogz.years, W ben micn wo ove s meath the and, All beanty is bat mockery, Save thag which turas Gur 1hoagNIs to Gad, | AITE WALYON.