Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1879, Page 12

TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 2: 1879—SIXTEEN PAGES. s THE STAGE. THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. NDS. RICHARDSON'S NEW PLAT. 4 Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson’s version of Gaborian’s novel, presented bere under the titie of “Two Women,”is oncof three different zdantations of the same story, one of which was produced in New York, and another in Philadel- yhia. From all accounts it would appear that 1hey are distinet, one from the other, in their treatment of the theme, and they have each been received with marked aporeciation. This s due probably as much to the dramatie inter- est in the narrative a5 to the theatrical synopsis of 1he events given bytheadapters. It is simply a convenient way of skimwing throuzh 2 novel. A story is told in four object lessons in- stead of twenty chapters—and this is about all that Mrs. Richardson can claim for her work. ‘I'ie dramatic material has beenused ina con- ecientious spirit, but the playwright secms to ‘have forrotten that people who go tothe theatre are more Interested in men and women than in cvents. This is true, at least, of the more in- 1cliizent class of play-goers, and it isto this class that Mrs. Richarason has evidently appeal- ed in this, her first effort. The play is eventful enough, but the persomages comnected with 1he events are not, and, as far as one can see, cannot be made interesting. Thereisa greatdeal of talk and too little action, and this might be 2l very weli if the talk was of a kind that ré- vealed individual chbaracteristics; but v is mostly preparatory gossip, such’ 86 one mav liave in a parlor concerning the outcome of some cotertaining scandal in which the public sitting in front are interested. 'The hero of the story, Victor, has no opportunity to act from first to last. He is simply required to walk to and fro on the stage and show that he feels bad, and it was therefore mot so much to the dis- credit of Mr. Learock that, Quring the greater part of the time be occupied the stage he turned his back on the audience. It was not, as some malicious critic suzzested, for the Furpose of showing off that maguificent slope in his back, but merely because e had nothing particular {o exoress. Asiu the cuse of most of the characters, the suthor has given him 2 great deal to say and little 1o do. The idiot peasant, the perpetrator of the murder, who is jntroduced in the first act, might, it seems, have been turned to good adrantage, but he drovs out of sight, and is only heard of at the close of 1he last cene in an_explanators paragraph. In ‘Drief, Mre. Richardson has written a clever syn- opsis of a story, but she hasyet tolearn heartof Jroducing dramatic effects, aud possibly none understand the defielencies of her work better than the actors who bave laborea carnestly in jts hehalf. Mr. McVicker is 1o be commended or the manner in which the play was mounted, and also for bis courazeons dvings in the way of mving our coming playwrights a chauce. MMrs. Richardson has made her first effort, and 31 has been so creditable that one hopes it may not be ber last. LOCAL NOTTS. The nest entertsinment of the Englewood Lecture Course will be a reading by Mrs. Laura E. Dainty Friday evening. A musical and literary entertainment will be griven this evenfng at 351 West Madison street Dby the Chicago Glee Quartette. Miss Lina Tettenborn will make her first ap- . pearance at the Metropolitan Theatre to-mor- row pight in the play_traslated from the Ger- 1uan of Huber entitled * Tina, the Milk Vender of Germantown.” Mose Fiske, Little Mac, and Dave Oakes have been re-cogaged for the week. Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson will give a read- 4ng at the Church of the Messiah to-morrow evening for the benefit of the Ladies’ Fund. ‘The entertainment will take place in the Memorial Chapel of the church, corner of Mich- jeun avenue and Twenty-third strects. The -selections include popular passazes from Trow- ‘bridge, Lowell, Longfellow, Bret Harte, and other guthors. The “Science and Mystery ** entertainment provided by the Swedish magician, Balabregs, zud Miss May Leston at Hershey Hall, has at- 1racted a good deal of attention auring the past week. Miss Leyton’s share in the performance Das been the subject of much discussion, since it is not quite certain whether sbo claims to de- rive her power from spiritual sources or ‘other- wise. An entirely new progremme is arranged for the present week. The Alice Oates English opera company,which 15 alsways welcome here, opens for & rief season =t Harverly’s Theatre to-morrow evening. Their initial performance will be Lecocg’s military comic opers, ** Le Petit Duc,” which has en- joved considerable success in Paris, London, and Nan Franciseo. Mrs. Oates is associated with a chosen compavy ot artists who have been well svoken of in their recent travels, particularly in California, where they appear to have el d the special favor of the public. 1 Among the most interesting dramatic events of the present week will be the first appearaoce here of Miss Ada Cavendish, an actress who has received a_most sincere welcome on this conti- Tient, and iu regard to whose talents there seems 10 be bardly a dispute. A San Frapcisco critic opens upon her in this way: ** A greater actress than Ada Cavendish San Francisco.never saw:” which may be true enough, but the writer adds that he had only seen her in one character. Miss Covendlsh will open at McVicker’s in her famous impersonation of Jane Shore in Will's 1ew adaptation of that play, which will'be pro- duced with special attention to its scenie effects, and with'ibe aid of the prescnt stock company. During her engagement Miss Cavendish will ap- }n:ar;'l’! Mercy Merrickin ““The New Magda- enc. . The new Criterion Comedy Company, which euters upon its first engagement in this civ.iu)- morrow evening at Hooley’s Theatre, is likely 10 attract sttention, partly ou account ot some of the pames included in the combination, and partly because the aim of the enterprise is, it is claimed, to repair the dumage to dramatic art inflicted by the suppression of ‘stock companies. - “The Criterion Compauy have high and ambitious ains, which the public here will sincerely hope 10 sce fulfilled. Mr. F. F. Mackayv is an_sctor of known _ability, and some of his coadjutors will be recogmized in Chicago. - The season will oven with “ Caste,” to be followed on Tuesday evening with “ OQur Boys.” A ne comedy, adapted from the German by Stan] McKennas, is underlined for production during 1nis enzazement of the company comprisiog the < Criterions.” Mr. Emil Foechster is goinz to at: Testore the German Grama to the po Beld in this city sume two or three vears 2z0. He has enpaged a first-class stock company, with which be will performn the higher class of German dramas at Hooley’s Theatre, which he ‘ias reuted for Sunday nights for the bzlauce of the eeason. There is no resson why Mr. Hoebster should not succeed in his mis- sion to restore the German drams in this city to its former standing and popularity. He is a good actor bimself, and fully understands 1he requirements of the stage. This is a8 ood acity for 8 German theatre as 2ny.in the coun- 1ry, and the success of Wurster when le first started out proves that they are willing to sup- port it frecly provided zood plays, well per- formed by capable actors, arc presented. The new company of Mr. Hoechsterds s larzer and Detter one than Mr. Wurster has had for years, and considerable interest is manifested to Wit~ pess their inaugural at Hooley’s to-night. The piay that will be presented is a new comedy by Geber, entitled, *Die Kinder der Zeit ™ (Chii- dren of the Time), which requircs the full strength of the large company, und will afford a fair opportunity to judge of ihe capabilities of the newly-cngaged actors. NEW YORE. ° NEW THINGS. Svectal Correspondence of The Tribume. NEW Yo=K, Jan. 29.—There have been sev- eral fresn productions and arrivals in New York during the past four or five days. First came “Dr. Ciyde” at the Fifth Avenue “Theatre, then the *‘metropolitan debut of Mr. George Edgar as King Lear" at the Broadway, and upon the same might a most brillianu revival of “The Danites ” at Booth’s Theatre. Of the first affuir I spoke briefly in a dispateh to THR TRIBTNE after the opening performance had ended. Itiswell worth a little more ex- 1euded mention now, because the reopening of what was once aud ougbt aiways to be the crack comedy theatre of the city, under a macagement which 15 believed to be a perman- cnt institution, is‘an affair of some moment. This is the first time in the history of the house that its control has been entirely in the hands of a popular manager. Mr. Daly was the very reverse, and Mr. Fiske, who was Daly’s suc- cessor, was the very reverser, il one may be allowed 10 coin such verbiage. Daly wasan- questionably a brilliant manager. But he was constitutionally and cultivatedly ugly, beside being tremendously superstitious. Why, be wouldn’t allow an umbrela to be raised upon the stage when he was in command. If the “business” of any piece vroduced there demanded any such action, it had to becutont. And when on his opening night one of the big mirrors cracked under the ivfluence of the heat, Augustin wept and wailed, and would not be comforted, saying the house was a doomed institation. Well, o it was, But the thing that did the business for him was not a cracked looking-glass! Howerer, there was no such accident upon the OPENING OF MR. JIARKINS' SEASON Lo Iast -Saturday nieht. Everything went off as sinoothly as a small boy sliding down the wet shingles of a barn-roof.” ‘The piece _chosen for the opening was an adaptationof *Dr. Klaus.” Nothing coula be fuller of the funuiest kind of fun, zud nothimme could be received with warmer approbation. 'The picce is a string of uproar- fously farcical incidents, hitched together upon a very slender thread of story. It bas no plot whatever, and still it is asuccess. The talk bad 2 good deal of needless cackle in ft the first night, and what was the strangest part of it most of the useless and Jeast juteresting talk was the part in which the very slim story of the plece was told. ‘There were funny scenes and funnier situations without number: and there was a strong elemeot of brilliaot avd obvious smut, which almost drove _ the audience mad’ with glee. At the end of 1he performance I suppose there couldn’t have been twenty men fn thiehouse who knew what it was all abont. But I'll_venture to_say there weren't three people in the whole zudicnce who hadn't enjoyed themselves. Since then the play has been cut dow:l into shape, and mnow runs smootly and evenly. Mr. H':!rkhxa has athered about him a com- pany which canuot very easily be beaten. It comyrises among others, Charles Fisher, Frank Hardenbergh, Owen Faweett, George Chaplin, Harry Lee, Ellie_ Wilton, Laura Don, AMionie Mont, and Alrs. Hill. _Several of these are yery strons. Those who did the best workin Dr. Clydo were Messrs. Fisher. Fawcetty and Hardenbergh, and the Misses Wilton and Don. To Hardenbergh falls the egreatest share of praise. In the eceentric servant of Ur. Ciyde he found a character which just saited him, and it 36 superfluous to say thut ie made a great. hit. ‘He was recalled three times, and_the action of e play had to be delayed while be bowed his acknowledgments. ; THE AUDIENCE +was a distinguished one.” Among other faces were to be zfiutiued Anna Dickinson, McKee Rankin, Katherine Rogers (with a K), Joaquin Miller, Henry E. Abbev, Stgnor Flaonery, the I-tald-an sculptor; Rullman, the ucket-fiend; Fravk Mayo, - Krik,” the sporting authority, —in fact a perfect swarm of more or less noted celebrities. Mr. Harkins re- ceived at their hands a perfect ovation, and, although he is an exceedingly modest young mau, I'm sure he’ll have to ackuowledge away down in his inuermost soul that he's an exceed- iugly popular chap. But «“Dr. Clyde™ isn’t to be the sole attrac- tiou for the scason. Steele Macknye's ew play, “Throush the Dark,” which was originally written for Wallack, bas been gobbled by Mr. Harkins, and _will be brought out in three or four weeks. In it Harkins himself will appear. e is negotiativg with James O'Neil to do one of the parts. The play is Baid to bea very re- wmarkable one in maoy respects, Its interest centres in two men of widely diffcrent types, and the plot is called a **boomer.” 1 alluded to Joaquin Miller awhile ago among the people who adorned the Fifth Avenue dur- ing the opening night. That is what reminds me of him now. I don’t know that I make my- self cleur, but_anyhow Iam reminded of him. Joaquin, you kunow, is getting up a play for Elizabeth Von Stamwitz, 1t iscalled * Mexico,” and one of the odd things about the piece is its exact identity in name and plot to another piece which was written by Louis Vider some vears ago, but which has ‘oever been played. Do you know ° HOW MILLER WRITES A PLAY? | He simply scribbles off about a cord of dia- logue, and his share of the work is done. That is the way he wrote * The Danites.” When Tie had finfshed that part of it, the manuscript was given to o man named Fitzgerald, who constructed the present play, using for that purpose about one-half of Miller's work, and addiug 2 lot more, which he cribbed from vari- ous sources. In writing *‘Mexico,” the un- tamed poet of the Sierras did exactly the same thing. 1 am told that, in speaking of it the other day, he said, very airily: « ] have written the whole play, and Mr. So- and-So is now at work upon the merely mechan- jcal part of it.” How’s that for high? Don’t. Mr. Miller know that the construetion of a play is what makes it a success, and not the dislogue? Don’t he know —no, [ don’t believe he does. I don’t believe he knows anythiog! But, speaking_oi, Miller’s plays gets me around to **The Danites.” The piece was pro- duced at Booth's Monday night 2s it has never been produced before. The cast ¥as'of course the same as it was in Chicago whien last done there. But the scenery was something gor- geous. Most of the sets were painted expressly for tins revival, and the work was in the hands of an artist who knew how to utilize the im- mense facilities of the Booth’s Theatre stage. I don’t know how long it is proposed to run the piece, but it has been received with indica- cations of continuous public favor. Last sum- wer everybody laughed at Haverly for making what was considered a rash and extravagant contract with the Rankins for the season. But he has mnude money by the fistful, and now it is be who does the laughing. THE OTHER NEW THING is George Edzar's King Lear. Mr. Edgar is one of the proprictors of the Broadway Theatre, and bis debut in New York has been looked forward to with some interest. It has been promised and postponed several times already, but bas arrived at lust. On the whole, it isa guccess. 1t is pot a startling portraiture, but jtis ueood one. Mr. Edgar has the advantage of being surrounded with every helpful adjunct in the way. of company and scenic embellish- ments. The canvas is all new and appropriate. Joc Wheelock, J. H. Rowe, Fraok Pierce, and Maric Gordon form the principal part of the support, and are all of them more than merely good. The revival will continue for at least & fortnight. Barney Macauley bas madea big hit in Boston with his * Messenger from Jarvis Section.” Those Hub people arc not always quick to assert their ' favor, but Wwhen they once get fairly waked up they are splendid_audiences to play to. They fully appreciate old Uuce Dan'l, and, as the story of the drama is latd in their citv, they are pre- sumably moie deeply intérested in it than they might otherwise be.” The good-natured slaps at 1he city police-force are received with shouts of Jaughter every night. Before the engagement Dbegan, Macauley was afraid this element of sar- casm ‘micht give offense, aud he was consider- ably surprised to observe thut it was more keen- 1y appreciated thaw any other part of the piece. BOGCICAULT still does the * Collecn Bawn” at the Grand Opera-House; * Tne Bauker’s Daughter” isn't near doue running at_the Union Square; Texus Jack oceupies_ the Olympics Doud Byron is the attraction at Niblo’s; *‘Pinafore,” played as a burlesque at the Lyceum aud a comic opera at the Staudard, is coining moues; Jobn A. Stevens creates ecstasy at the Globe; and “OQurs” is the card at Wallack’s. In one A.C. Dacre, Dionysius. Boucicaunlt thinks he has struck a successor to the robes of e late 1. J. Montague. The discovery of this phenowmenon in breeches was made at the Ly- ceum, when Kate Claxton was playing ‘A Double - Marriage.” Dion has_ taken it under his wing, and intends to bhammer it down _the throats of the New York people. But I dou’t belicve they will baveit. In the first place, Mr. Dacre can’t act. Helasn'ta particle of that repose- ful ease which was Montague’s best hold. Don’t be deceived about this newest prodigy. His whole stock in trade_consists ot a lisp mnd an infautile mustache. He is sbout as much like Moutague as a porcelain egr is ltke genuine hen-fruit. Dion caw’t pass off any second-hand article on the New York girls. They loved Moutague, and I don’t believe they are at all auxious to find a_successor for him. 1lis mem- ory is still green with them; thus chap is per- haps greener thao that memory, but that’s all! PHINEAS T. BARNUM is zoing to have it made bot for him next sum- mer. The Loudon Snow has been crowding him hard for some years, and now it is going for his scalp in_dead earnest. It has combined its forces with the great Cooper & Bailey Show, which has just returned from Australia, and the upited concern will buck against ‘-the greatest show on cwrth.” Jack Hawilton, who s well kuown both as a journalist und manager in New York, will accompany the party. ITHURIEL. THEATRE-TICKET SPECULATION. To the Editor of The Tribune. Nrw YoRs, Jan. 30.—I have read in one of 1he pupers of this city (New York) an article re- printed from TaE CHICAGO TRIBUSE o1 Jan. 2, whercin an accouat is given of a theatrical- ticket speculation, the parties to which were Col. Mapleson, & Mr. Haverly, and a Mr. Rull- man. While that speculation was 3 transaction of greater proportions than is ever undertaken by the ordinary dealer in theatrical tickets, it calls to mina one of those spasmodic attempts made to stop ticket-speculation in this eity.. It was in September, 1570, and at that time the writer proposed, through the columns of a weekly newspaver. the probrety of compelling to places of amuse- Jicense for - that pur- n wes thought to be persons dealing in tickets " ment to procure 3 spwjal_ pose. As legisiative actio? 3 possibly necessary to carry out the suzgestion of licensing ticket-speculators, the outlines for a law on the supject” were given. The proposed law, while it would have been pencralas to every part of “this State, was designed speeially to affect the City of Now York. As it was not presented to the Legislature of this State, so far as tlic writer bas any kuowledge, it was never acted upon by either branch of that body. Be- fore giving the outlinesof that proposed law the reade “isioformed that in this city, and oroba- bly in other cities, it is a common practice for thestrical manegers to sell the outside of the bouse.” This is a transaction where, for a con- sideration, a ticket-speculator buys of the manager the exclusive privileze tosell tickets in front of the house. or at the entrance, or in the vestibule. The consideration paid varies; it mav be a sum in gross, or it may ben division of the protits betiwcen mangger and speculutor. Usually the speenlator has the privilege to return "all unsold tickets. ‘Those ticket-dealers who keep the news-stands in the hotels are required to return their unsold tic! ets to the box oflice of the theatre a few miu- qutes before the rising of the curtain. There is ulso the independent speculator, who buys in the morping and sells on the sidewalk near the {heatre as early in the evening as he can 50 as not to be “stmex ™ with- unsold tickets, In this city the tickets for those theatres which are advertised at $1.50 each are sold by the specula- torat 2, eiving him a profit of 333 per cent. At Wallack's—and we are all proud of our Wallack’s—one and the same man for the past dozen years has sold tickets iuside the entrance or vestibule. Of course, as he is there at every performance, in pursuit of his business asa licket-speculator, it is by the conseut of the manazement. The object of thewriter in send- ing to Tuz TRIBUNE the outlines of alaw whieh came to his mind more than elght years awo is to give to the good people of Chicazo a suzges- {ion which, if carried out so as to become a 13w of Illinois, may rid them of a class ol widdle men known as ticket-speculators, who are of no benefit, buza positive burden to the theatre- going public. The writer is _aware that addi- tions and amendments may be advisable, and these ouzht to vary so as to_meet the necessi- ties of dilferent localities, The following are the outlines of a propused law: i 1. All persons enzaged in the traffic of buy- ing or selling tickets of admission to theatres or laces of amuscment must procure a special iceuse for thiatl-purnose. 2. The license shall specify the name of the person to whom it is granted, and the particn< 1ar street and number therein where he proposes to carry on the business of dealing in tickets; and it shall be unluwful for the person receiv- ing such license to scll, or attempt to sell, tickets of the kind herein mentioned at any other place than that mentioned in bis license. 8. No license shall permit any dealer in tickets to carry on his business within a distance of 80 vards from auy cuntrance to the piace of amusement for which he offers tickets for sale. 4. Licensed ticket-dealers shall be privileged to buy aud sell tickets to places of amusement withiout limit to price. 5. Managere of places of amusement shall be privilezcd to appoint agents to sell tickets, but ot within the limits prescribed in Sec. 3 above, in which case no license shall be necessary; but each manager shall make the appointment in writing, which shall distinctly designate the time and place when and where such agent will offer tickets for sale, und he shall keep a printed copy thereof conspicuously posted at or ucar the box ard ticket oflice where he usualiy sclls tickets. Agents must sell tickets at the same prices and rates at which they are sold at the office of the theatre for’ which they are agents. (It is a debatable question whether this last clsuse should be changed so as permit mansgers’ agents to charge zu advance of mot over 10 per cent on the ticket oflice Tates. 6. L)lcen!ed ticket-dealers shall not be per- mitted to placard or advertise their business at or about the entrance to any place of amuse- ment. 7. NP managershall issue a ticket permitting the holder thercof to occupy a scat in any aisle or passageway within the auditorium of his theatre. -~ 8. A violation of any of the provisions men- tioned in this act, or the deallng in tickets with- out a license, shall be punished by a fine notex- ceeding 3250, or by imprisonment in the County Jail not excecding thiriy days, or by both such fine and imprisonment 2s may be with the dis- cretion of the Court. 9. Nothing herein contained ghall in any way | interlere with the present mode of seiling ticl cts at the rezular box and ticket offlce of any theatre or other place of amusement, nor shall anytbinz berein contained be construed as obiizumry upon & manager to sell tickets toa Heensed dealer. 10. Any person convicted the second time of a violation of any of the provisions of this act or the dealing in tickets without a license, shall be ‘punished by a fine of $250 and imprisonment in the County Jail for thirty days. A. P, EVERY WHERE. SALVINI'S LOVES. The wife of the great trazedian, Salvini, died a few weeks since at Florence, at the age of 24. She was an English girl, by name Lottie Sharp, an accomplished linguist, and at the time of her death was occupied in translatioz one of Schiller's plays for her husband’s repertoric. The event recalls some of the stories of Salvini's Joves. When he and Ristori were tn the Dom- enizoni company together it was thought that they would marry, but the surmise proved uo- founded, and Ristori went to Franee, to be. succeeded by an exquisitely beautiful young actress; La Cazzola, & woman also of modet character and the wife of a highly-estecmmed actor, Brizzi. La Cazzola conceived a violent aversion to Salvini, and one of their quarrels went to such & length that the other members of the company became concerned and inter- fered to make peace, a little fete being orzan- ized to commemorate the happy cvent. At table, as fate would bave it, Brizzi and Salvini Legan to discuss the question of wifely inde- pendence and the rights of women, Salvini tak- Inz the part of the women with miich warmth. From that moment La Cazzola conceived for him a passion as profound as her former aversion bad been bitter, and soon—to the scandal of Italy, whose women of the stage had posed for virtue and honest lives after the example of Ristori—she left her husband for Salvini, They formed a company and acted together, and he was devoted to ber slightest wish, bat in 1870 she died of consump- tion at Leghorn, and was followed to the grave with every demonstration of grief by her Jover, who raised to her memory in the Campo Canto at Floreuce 2 monumwent inscribed with a wail of erict concluding: * Ha posto questo monu- mento 'uomo del suo cuore. Tommaso Sal- yinl” Tn 1874 Salvini mct the woman who has just died, a pretty, young English gir), sudden- 1y left a friendless orphan without means, mar- ried her, znd made a hatpy but anxious hus- band, for, devoted as she was. he was credited with being as jealous as Othello. GREEN-ROOM NOTES. Barry Sullivan intends to visit America azain. Gotikold and Rial’s Uncle Tom * combina- tion will be in Milwaukee this week. Sothern is in Rome, and cables that he is get- ting along well, and will come to this countryin March to remain probably tili fall, Mary Andérson’s bumptious stepfather, Grif- fin, suys that reporters wont eet another chance to interview her. He won’t stund it. Miss Pomery, who was recently injured in a railroad accident, is recoverieg slowly, but it will be long before she can appear before the public again. Barney Macauley, who says he brought out Mary Anderson, says she was originally & tall, raw-boned girl, whose first representation of Julict was the worst he ever suw. Anna Dickinson will not act again upon the stage until the early spring, when suc is en- gaged to appear with John McCullough, in her new play entitled * Aurelian.” In the mean- time she will lecture. ” ‘We learn that Mr. James O'Neill, the leading man at Baldwin’s Theatre, at the close of the present season, though femaining in San Fran- cisco, will probably transfer his services to another theatre.—4Xa California. 1t is expected that oneof the great attractions for the vext season will be “Le Chevalier de Lamolier,” a historical drama in five acts, by Adolph d’Ennery, author of “Don Ciesar de Buzan.” and princdipal author of *‘Ihe I'wo Orphans.” . ‘The T'Kint robberies and trial have been put on the stage at the Fiemish Theatre in Brus- sels. the whole proceedings being treated with remisrkable boldness. “The piece is called “Twenty-three Miltions; a Great Swindle ic Four Acts.” The new opera-house in Paris, begun in the reizn of the Jate Napoleon; belongs ?fi’me State, was fiiteen years o building, and cost $13,000,- 0. A manaier is appointed by the Govern- meut, utid. receives a subsidy of $160,600 annu- ally for the experses of maiutenance, besides receiving a salary of $5,000, witn 51,600 ad- ditional for house-rent and $1,000 for his car- riage, and half the profits. ‘The expenses of new scenery, new musice, uud so fortl, are paid Dy the State, by which the cost-of mounting the various oneras is, in_round numb "' La Juive,” $33,000; La Favorita,” $23.000: ¢ Wili- fam Tell,” $35,00; ** Hamiet," $30.000. Modjeska’s baggage consists of twenty-eizht trunks. This may be a little exaggerated, but it is somewhat near the pumber. It takes pine elephants and 2,000 horses to carry the Amccr's bageaee. It's a wonaer Harry Sarzent basu'c tumbled to this racket. Mr. Strakoseh Is at présent negotiating with Sizuor Salvini, the great Italian trasediad, for the reappenrance of ihe Jatter in this country next senson. : Signor Salviud is anxious to come, aud Mr. Strakosch wishes to be his manager. Al that remains is to settle harmoniously the question of terms. It. would be a zood idea for Harry Sargent to change places with Modjeska aud go on the stagre himself for o season. Alter reading the pewspaper puffery which precedes, accompa- nies, and follows this pair, one really fs at a Toss to discover which fs the attrattion. Mod- jeska, they say, is growing jealous. Joe Emmett, Our Fritz,” denies a_report thut he has been ou a drunken spree which dis- appointed hia audience out West, and nearly canused his friends to send him.to an asylum. @ Eyery one knows,” . he says, ,‘that I have drank ‘at times to excess, but in every case and worry have beea the cause; but L n an oath, not before Murphy, but be- I, never to drink anotber. drop as " QOur own Dillon has done thut a thousaod times. Mazeie Mitchell says to-an interviewer; I remember once playing in Coriuthiah Hall in Rochester, and the andience was_coraposed of clerzymen and their families, and people’ who seldom or never go to the thearre. Thesat stone 6till through the play; there was not 2 hand. not a call, aud it was very depressing. At the close of the play they all sat in_ their seats until the manager went out_and told them the liy was over.” Upon which 2 Detrolt paper remarks: * ‘That yarn appeared in Harper's Drawer some time previous to the Revoluiion- ary War, which was proof positive of its moss- backed antiquity evon at thut remote period. If they will be interviewed why can’t they make up something original The New York correspondent of the Boston Tera'd says: _*Speaking of matrimony amous the show people, Haidee Heller would be a de- sirable wife, aside from the good qualities as a lady thatno_doubt she possesses. She s the sister of the late Robert_Heller, and used to do the second-sleht trick with him. That wonder- fully clever performancz was IHeller's chief mieans of suceess as a magician, and Miss Heller Liolds the valuable seerct. Although it is almost certain that the *second sight? was a systeth of ‘lanzuage in a language,’ enabling the wagician to corivey intelligence to bis confederate on the stage in words thut meant something else to the audience, nobody ever had the ability or perse- verance to discover the -key. But Aiss Heller would tell ‘a husband_ all about it. She is at present, Jiving in‘the family of Stephen Fiske, late manager of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, whose wile is her intimnate friend.” Polite London has latterly been mystified and scandalized by the appearance of & woman of rank on the sfage. A’ paper recently had this tantalizine item: “We have been particularly reauested to make it known, that the appear- ance of a lady of quality, under an assumed name, at one of the West-End theatres, is an impudent attempt, to annoy her rclatives, and a direct violation of the terms of an agreement entered into only six mounths ago between her aud ber husband as the basis of an amicable separation.” A rood deal of search has shown ihat the aristocratic actress i3 a sister of Lord Newry, and herself the wife of & Lord, who bas been vinntng great praise for her rich voize and fine actiuz. She has won favor by her talents alone, but why she took to the staze, and how it happens that the family are angered, are still mysterics, as her brother is the lundlord of the lessec of the (Hlobe Theatre, where she is en- gazed, and might easily have kept ber out of the theatre. B - MUSIC. AT FIOME. THE DEBUT OF REMENYL ‘The present week will be hardly less notieea- ble than its predecessors, as it will introduce to us Tuesday cvenme, at McCormick Hall, the distinguished Hungarian violinist Edouard Re- menyi, who has been making such a sensation at the East, and who comes here at the head of a concert troupe stronger by far than that which accompanied Williclinj recently. As this artist isunknown here, though bis‘renntatlon has pre- ceded him, we cannot better” introduce him to the Chicago public than by piving a brief sketch of him that appesred in the New York Zribune. Thut paper says: ‘ He is abont 40 years of age, and was bornat Mixcole, in Hungury. 1Iis master on the violin at. tbe Vienna Conservatoire, where hestudied music, was Jonn Bohm, the samé who instructed another Hungsrian violinist—Joseph Joacnim, Hisartistic cr, wiich he began yery early, was interrupted by the [ungarian rising in 1848, in which Remenyi, then quite & boy, took an active purt. After the defeat of thé insurgents ho had to fly his_country, and resolved to o 1o Enzland. But on hus way to that country he made the acqugintance of his cele- brated countryman, Franz Liszt, who at once recognized his genins, and pecame his friend and artistic adviser. In 185t the young artist went to London and was appointed solo-violimst to the Quecn. In 1850 he obtained his amnesty, and rcturned to Hungary, where some time afterwards he reccived from the Em- peror of Austma a similsr disfinction to that aranted him in Enzland. Meantime he had made humself famous by nuimerous concerts in Paris and other European Capituls, After his return home, lic reems for a time to have retired from public life, living chiefly on an estate he owned in lun- gary, but three yearsazo he resumed his artistic career in Paris, where he was received with open arms, and has been living since. Ile has been greatly admired wherever he has gone, and critics of the first rank, from Liszt downwards, have spoken in terms of hizheet praise of his work. Ile is not at all such a player a8 Wilhelmj; do far 28 can be juaged the tivo men_ditfer as much in style as in tempernment. Remenyi's great power seems to lie in the fiery, passionate charac- ter of his nature, which has the faculty of carrying bis hearers away, and making them scarcely lcss excited than himself, while Lic appeals to the in- tellectuat side of hig listeners far less than uocs the great German, to whom he scems to be not inferior in technique. Thathe have a com- plete opular success in this country con scarcely be doubted, but it will be rather such a success a8 ‘Wieniawski's than as Wilhelmj's. His repertory is very larze, covering apparentiy almost the whole field of violin masic, from the severe works of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Mendeixsohn, down to the works of the later violin composers. Besides these he plays a number of tranecriptions of his own of _all sorts, Chopin’s Nocturnes, a- zarkas, and Waltzes, Field’s Nocturoes, Schu- bert's sonzs, nnd & vast number of selections from operns of ali sorts, from Mozart to Wagner. The advent of so great au artist, though he follows unusual attractions, ought not to pass without notice by our concert-goers, not pnly for the sake of thie artist himself, but also because it affords a rare opportunity for com- varison of violinists in different schools. The other ‘members of the troupe are Mme. Rive- King, whose merits as an artist are so well established here that she needs no infroduction; Franz Xemmertz, the basso, who has distin- guished bimself both in opera and in the con- cert hall; Miss Gertrude Franklin, a young soprano who is mnew to our stage; and Mr. Ferdinand Dulcken, theadmirable accompanist, who was here as Mme. Essipofl’s second. Such a_combination as this, beaded by Remenyi, of whom Theodore Thomas said: “Wilhelmj plavs for the miusicians; Remenyi plays for thé musi- cians and for other people 00.” ought to at- ;m t a large andience. The programme speaks 1. “Phird Concerto, C ininor, 1st move ment (with Reinecke’s Cadenza), (the orcnestral part for Eecond viano performed by Mr, F. Dalck- Beethoven Tanshanser™ o _dlr. Franz Temmer 3. Violin Solo—Faiitasiz on ¢ Othello X Mr. Edouard Remnyi. 4. Aria—**0 luce di quest’ anima "'...... Donizetti tisa Gertrude Franklin. a.” Allezro from Op. 26. 4. Prelude and Fugue. Tarbabier-Guitmant e, Julia Rite-Kin 6. German Song—*+The Wanderer™......Schubert .Schumann 5. Piano Soloy Ar. Franz Ilemmert (a. Nocturne, m E flat, Opus: 5 9, No. 2 (transcribed by Mr. E. Remenyi) Chopin fclodies Herowques et Lyr- Horngroises (tran- by Mr. E. Re- v Remenyi 7, No. .. Chopin , r. Edocard Lemenyi. 8. Song—‘‘It wasa Dream™.. . .. ... Cowen diss Gertrude Franktin and ifr.” Edouard Re- < menyi. . 9. Piano Solo — Fantasia_on Hunparian _*Airs “(the. orchestre) part for second piane performed by Mr. F. Dulcken). Liszt e, Julia Rive-King. 10. Violin Salo—** Capriccios,” Nos. 21 and 24 .Paganini Mr. B THE PRATT SYMPHONY CONCERT. The sccond of Mr. Pratt’s series of symphony coticerts will be given at McCormick Hall next Friday eveninz. ‘The public rebearsal will taky place vn Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock. soloists of the concert Wwill be Remenyj, 1l violiuist; Miss Amy Fay, the pianist; aid -Miss Kittie Ward, vocalist. The programme will be ! as follows: A March, *‘Tiomage to X L Gre s g Pt 2. Coneerto for VIolin. ..uevems ey -os MonGeISORT Edouar ltenenyi and Orchestra. A A ‘Rubinstein 3. Songs {5 Xneriiemis .Gounod Swiss Kitdle Ward. o nony, All od 4. Unfinished Symphony, egro mod- erato, Andanto . 4 s chubert 5. Andanté, from tho Sympiiony in C. 1. Schubert barT 1. 6. Concerto for piano in It migor . .. ...Beethoven SOReCT ias Ay Fay and Orcliestra. 7. Song, **When Tnou Art Near™.. iss Aittie Ward. 5. VIOURS0108. +ruvesnsinsnasese \ v Bdoard Temeny 9. Les Prelndes; **Symphonic Povm™, .. «...Liszt LOCAL MISCELLANY. The Beethoven Socicty will produce “the “Qdysseus * Feb. 18. . Mr. Jules Lumbard has left the Berger Family to engage in active business. Mrs, Fanny Kincaid, one of our resident so- pranos, has gone to New York to continue her musical studies. T ‘The Chase Concert Company, whose departure for a tour througth the Northwest we noticed a few weeks ago, has met with success “all along the line. | The Amphion Choral Society will give com- plimentary rebearsals on the first Tuesday of each month at their rooms, 76 Monroe street. The St. Louis Post and Dispatch says: **Min- nic flauk’s voice has a strong resemblance to Pauline Lucea’s. It has the same feathery qual- ity.” What next? 5 The thirty-eighth pupils’ matinoe of the IMershey School will take place mext Thursday, instead of Weduesday, afternoon at 3 o’clo The programme will consist_entirely of recita- ons by the elocution pupils-oi Mr. Samuel Kayzer. ‘Ihe performances of “II. M:S. Pinafore " during the past week by a troupe_originally or- ganized by Mlle. Martinez for Enelish opera have just been attractive enough to create n desire to hear this brieht little work by some troupe competent to produce it. A concert will be given it the Fourth Uni- tarian Chureh, corner of Prairic avenue und Thirtietn street, on Wednesday eventng, Feb. 12. The Oriental Quartette, Mr. A. J. Cres- wold, Mrs. Thurston, Miss Jessic Bartlett, Miss Aunnie Howard, aud others, will take part in the Drogramme. B A concert will be given gt the Union Park Congregational Church on next Thursday éven- ing under the anspices of the Philomathean So- clety. The Madrizal Club, Armand Buisseret, the violinst, and Miss Jessic Couthoui, the read- er, will appear in the programme, which is & popular one. We have received from C. M. Brinkerhoff, music pubhisher, New York, a song, “I’ll not fnri‘uz the one who is all the world to me,” by H. F. H., and a polka ealop, “Capt. Boyton on the Wave,” by Siracusa. The best part of the latter is on the title-paze, which is illustrative of Mr. Boyton’s aquéous experiences. The Chicago Lady Quartette filled an engage- ment at Geoeva, IlL., last week, making a re- markable success, und arousing great enthusi- asm by thelr fine singidg. They were engared to make good the place of the Swedish Quar- tette, who were unable to aopear. Last Wednes- day evening they sang at {Evauston with cqusl success, and Thursday at St. Panl’s Church in this city, at an critertainment given in ald of the IndustrialfArt School. ‘The Turner-flall programme for this after- noon will be as follows: Ulrich’s ** Festlval March ”; overture to Auber’s *Haydee”; Schumann’s ‘ Forest Scencs ”'; Mozart’s * Turk- ish March 3 overture to Mendelssohn’s * Mid- summer Nizht’s Dream”; Schubert’s “ Ave Maria ": Balatka’s Fantasic on the ** Sicilian Vespers "; Hamm’s “Night and Morning Pot- ourri”; Strauss’ ‘ Saneerbrecher Waltz; and ach’s ** Return of Spring Quadrille,” A grand concert will be given at the Union Park Congremational Church mext Thursday evening under the auspices of the Philomathian Society. The programme is excellently arrang- ed, aud includes the Madrizal Club and Mr. George H. Broderick, his final appearance orior to departure for Europe to join Her Afzjesty’s Opera Company: also the elocutionist, Miss Jessie Couthoui, will certainly appear on that oceasion, she lhaving entirely recovered from ber recent sickness. Mr. H. C. Eddy, the organist, has just re- turned from n trip to Canandaigua, N. Y.; where be gave two successful concerts in the Presby- _terian Church, Jan. 25 and 2. At the second concert he plaved a vcrf)elegant programme, in- cluding the Sonata in Minor No. 1. by Guil- mant; ** Allegretto Grazioso,” by Tours; Finale in D, by Lemmens; Elevation in E, by Saint- Sacus; Prelude and Fugue in G Major, by Bach: ¢ Christmas Pastoral,” by Merkel; Grand Etude 1 C.Sharp Minor, by Chopin; ** Processional March," by S. B. Whitney; Concert Variations on *fhe Last Rose of Semmer,” by Buck; and Concertsatz in C Minor, by Thiele. ‘The second chamber concert of the Athenzum Conservatory of Musicwas given at 50 Dearborn strect, on Friday afternoon. The programice included the Trio, op. 10, in C Major, by Gur- 1itt, and the Trio, op. 1, No. 1, in E Flat, by Beethoven, performed by Messrs. Koelling, Lewis, and Eicnheim: an- aria from Mozart's “Magic Flute,” and songs of Schumann, Braluns, and A. Koellinefwere given by Mme. - Koclling. The third concert will be given on Friday, Feo. 7, at 2:80 p. m. Mme. Koelling, Messrs. Fuchs, Lewis, and Eichiheim will partici- pate. Havdn's Trioin C Major, Schubert’s Trio, op. 100,in G Flat,a cavatinafrom *Sonnabula,” gnd dt.hc *“Serenade,” by Braga, will be pro- uced. ‘The *“Templar Service,” as sung by the Apolls Commandery Quartette (C. M. Smith, C. C. Phillips, E. C. Hale, and B. ¥. Tilden), has recently been issuod 1n very handsome form by William A. Pond & Co., and i§ for sale by the Chicago Music Cowmpauny, 152 State street. ~ The service consists (1) of an opening acthem, ®) quurl:ttfis (3) . four Glorias, () quartette, 5) hymn, (6) threz chants, (7) two Kyries, 8) closing bymn, (9) sppendix of four gambers. ix of the numbers are by Mr. R. MFrenc, and the remainder arrangements from Tschirch, Farmer, Mendelssohn, Lowell Mason, Bennett, King, Tallis, Jansen, Nares, wnd Mozart. The compilation is very creditable to Mr. French's good taste and skill. i Mme. Franchina Paolo (Frank Powell) a col- ored pupil of Miss Barnecte’s, staried last week to join the Ilyers Sisters’ troupe on a tour throurh the West to Sau Francisco. She is tor take the part of the Quéen in their burlesque operctta, and will also be one of the soloists of the cowmpany. Her voice is a rich, power- ful high ‘sopramo. She has been for several years a- profinent musical member of the Ofivet Baptist Chureb, and is also Secretary of the Daughters of the Unlon Soclety. She has, by ier intellizence, ¢ianity, and uprightness of character, gained universal respect, not only among her own people, but with those of our white citizens who have made hier acquaintance. ‘The following sclections were given at the pupils’ matineé of the Hershey School last Wednesday alternoon: Orgun, Theme and va- rintions in A flat, ITesse, Ar. A. F. McCarrell; voeul trio, * Youth, Joy, und Hope,” Miss Béttie CGossitt; 1da Gilbert, and May Phenix; plano, ¢ Austrian Sony,”’ Pacher, James Kelley ; pizno, E flat impromptu, Schubert, Miss Dora Stein; romanza, **Deh non voler,” from ‘* Anna Bole- 1a,” Donizetti, Mrs. Agnes Cox; piauo, Sonata in A minor; Mozart, Miss Mattie Prink; vocal waltz, “Glaaly I trill my joyous lay,” Sloman, Miss Alma Bite; piauo, Nocturne in E flat, Field, Miss Hattic Phillips; * Audante con vari- azioni,” frum S:nate in A flat, Beethoven, Miss Carric B. Decker; Song, “Oh! that we two were Mayiog,” Gounod, Miss Sara E. Willtams; piano, Andaute inD flat, Thalberg, Miss Eva Mayers. ELSEWOERRE. MUSICAL NOTES. M. Alfred Vivien is appuinted Professor of the Violin in the Conscrvatory, Mons. The ereat Sangerfest at Springer Hall, Cin- cinnati, will commeuce on the 11th of June and continue until the 15th, inclusive. The Cincinnati papers announce that Rossini’s ‘‘Stabat Mater ™ is to be iven at the eizhth or- chestral concert of thie Colleze of Music. M. Massenet, the composer of *“ Les Erinnyes?” and “Le Ro: de Lahore,” is at presént at work upon a grand ltalian opera entitled * Erodiade.” It is annonnced, though on somewhat doubt- {al suthority, that application has been made by Christine Nilsson for a judicial separation from her busband, M. Rozaud. The Mapleson-Rosd gedson of English opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre has opened brlliantly. The English papers speak of the perfection of the troupe witli real enthusiasm. Mr. Max Goldstein, well known through his connection with the German press of New York City, has become editor and proprietor of the New York Musik Zeitung. Mlle. Emilia Chiomi; a singer who appeared last year at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, has recently had a mnost_singular _compliment paid ber by Richard Waaner. The great master, of the success of this yonug lady at muny of the German operd-houses, invited her to meet several prominent persons in the music- 2l world at his house, in order that* they might Lear her in various portions of his own operas, e himself accompanyinzg her. Tenbach has made a great hit with his ¢ Mad- mr%rrf’nvut," which Mile. Aimee and Mr. Grau promise to_produce at the Park Theatre, New York, next March, The libretto is by M. Cantin. firror calis Rosnati ** the Ballarat Pet.” Il'{.llll?a]slnylc of nomenclature is to be adopted, we shall soon hear of Miss Abbott as “the Skowhegan Darlinz.” 5 the anmual musical fete on the Lower I{vfl&c, which is to take place at \Vb!tauntiqe at Aix-la-Chapelle, the newest comy ’s(tlou of Max Bruch, “7The Song of the Bell.” is to be per- formed under the composer’s personal direction. 1c fifth part of Mr. Grove's new ‘ Dictiopa- "’I;ile)ffi:/s‘cp d Musicians,” which has just ap- peared, carries_the work from “Ferrarese del Bene ™ to * Guitar.”? By far the most important article in this part is that by Mr. C. Hubert . Parry, on * Form.” j According to the latest reports we arc to have Carl Rosa here nest year as the auccessor of Mapleson, when the regular Italisn opera season ends. He and Mapleson are to be partners to & certain cxtent, and to lease the New York Academy of Music for the whole winter. Anew “alto flute,” the pitch of which is an octaye below thatof the ordinary fnstrument, “hias been invented by F. \Wallner, of Vienna. The tone 1s gaid_to be very rich, full, and, ac- cording to the Neue Zeitschrift jur Musik, of a “highly mysterious quality.” A letter recently recetved from Miss Emma Thursby leaves it still undecided when she will return to America. Sue had several engage- ments in Berlin, including a_Court concert, ail of which Lave been postponed on account of the ofticial mourning for, the Princess Alice. Mme. Lucea, the head of the well-known pub- Jishing firm in Milan, who has done so_much to rendér her countrymen familiar with German music, having, amongz other things, introduced «Tannbauser " and * Lobeugrin ! to them, nas made arrangements for the production at the ‘Teatro Vittoria Einanuele, Turin, of Herr Gold- mark’s opera, * Die Konizin von Suba.” Mrs. Fanny Raymond Ritter bas written a very intcresting ‘“art historical sketch of «Some Famous Sontzs.” of various nations, and it has been published in a neat pamphlet by Reeves, London, and Edward Schuberth, New York. Mrs. Ritter writes with ample knowledgze and fine musical sympatby of compositions which liave taken a firm place o the world’s affections, but of whose story the world general- 1y knows little or nothing, and her brochure will Dbe a weicome addition to the musical library. The “Programme Plebiscite,” which corre- sponds to the *‘Request Programmes? with which Theodore Thomas has made s familiar of late vears, originatéd last year by Dr. Von Bulow at the Glasgow Choral Union concetts, has been adopted azain, uuder the direction of Herr Tausch, the conductor, and the works which had the larzest mumber of votes were performed on the 8d inst. ‘T'he selected compo- sitions_were by Rossini, who headed the poll, Herr Wagner, Mr. Foster, Herr Tausch (a con- certo for six_drums), Boceherini, Beettioven, Mr. Sullivan, Herold, Mr. Burpett (first violin), and Haydn, who was No. 10,‘ the last in the list, with the andaate from the “Surprise’ Sympho- ny. The result looks as if the amateur voters bad coalesced to secure a miscellancous scheme of firstclass and of light music. The rejected works were by Handel, Mozart, Sponr, Men- detssohn, Auber, Berlioz, Nicolai, Meyerbeer, Cherubini, Gade, M. Gounod, Relnecke, Bizet, Verdi, Schubert, Brahms, Bishop, Hoff- mann, ete. Not a single dance piece, whether by Strauss, Gung'l, or Jullien, was, however, chosen. —_— FARMER GRAY. You may envy the joys o the farmer, An’ talk o' his free, easy life— You mey sit at his bountiful table, A’ praise his indnstrious wife; Ef you worked in the woods in the Winter, O follered the farrow all day, With 1 team o’ unruly youns oXen, An' fect heavy-louded with clay— Ef_you held the old plow, I'm a-thinkin® You'd sing in a different way. You may dream o the white-crested daisies, An’ lilies that wear gech a charm; But it giv Yo keep "em from spollin’ my farm. . You may picter the skies in their splenidor, Tag landscapes so full o repose; But I never git time to look at 'em, Except when it rains or it snows, You may ging o' the rong-birds o’ Summer; T'lL tend to the hawks an’ the crows. You may fyrite o' the beauties o’ Natur!, Aw’ awell on the pleasures o' toil; But the good things we hey on our table All hev to be dug from the soil. A’ our beantifal, bright-golden butter, Perhaps you may never hev learned, Makes a pile o hard work far the wimmin'— 1t has 10 be cheerfully churned. An’ the cheescs, so plamp 1n the pantry, “All hev to be fifted an’ tarned. ‘When home from the hay-ficld, in Summer, With stars gleaming over my head— ‘When I milk by the lizht o' my lantern, An' wearily crawl into bed— ‘When I think o’ the work o' tire morrow, An’ worry for fear it micht rain, While I list to the roll o' the thunder, An’ hear my companion complain— Then it seems as if life was a burdex, With leetle to hope for or gain. But the corn must be planted in Spring-time, The weeds must be kept from the ground, An’ the hay must be cot in the meader, The wheat must be cradled an' bound— Fur we never are ont of employment, aEstopt ven we lfe in tho hed. o wood must be chopped, in the Winter, ‘An’ patiently piléd in the shed; e An’ the grain must be snaked to the market, The s:ock must be watered and fed. "Bug the farmer depends upon only "'ic generous bounty o' God; - An’ he always is surc 0’ a ivin’ By wurnin"an’ tillin’ the sod. When his wearicome work is all over, ‘With conscience all spotless an’ clear, He may Ieave the old farfi-house forever To diell in a holier sphere; An’ the crown that he wears may be brighter Because o° his simple life here. LawxDALE, Ciicaao, Eveexz J. Hain, THE MODEL WIFE. **T saw her coral lipa to mave, And with her breath she did perfume the atr, Sacred and sweet wasall | saw in her.” So you tell me you never have felf that great pas- eion Which binds both the weak and the strong with a speli: You have lived till yon're thirty, nnencumbered and heart-whole? That is strange, 10 be stire; but it may be as well. At thirty 2 maa shonld have judzment too cai To be held in a thralldom of dimples and cnrlsr:eml Too wise should he be to consent to the worship Of even the rose in the ** garden of girls »— Tnless she's as sweet at the beart as the rose is; Unlese she's as pure 13 the dew on the leaf; Unless von are sure she can Live through life's trials— An anchor in trouble, a refage from grief; Unless she be fonnd in the pathway of dat, Toine hfe's work with Lrave heart and re band; Unlesa \\;iih a reverent faith she °*puints up- ward ' To a hoier life and & happier land. ® Consistency. faithfulnese, cheertulness, - If these be her virtues you've notbinz to s A meteor-light was the dream of your youth— 'Ihe love yon way gain is a atar, iixed and clear. 1 have painted the colors too elaring, yon think? More than one liko o this 1 have ktown ia my ife. When you find her, then win her, and cherish and keeb her— . She ““!:fg,c' what I wisn you, Heaven's gift—a good Cuicaco, Laura Esrte. R Bubstitates for Liqaor. . Boston Journal. : A curious feature of the operation of the No- License 1aw ut Norwieh, Conn., is the substitu- tion by drinkers of othcrstimulants in the place of liquors. Perbiaps the most natural substitute of all is Jamaica ginger. ‘This extract has about double thie alcoholic strenzth ot whisky, aud as it is 2 medicine in_coustant demand, 1nd kept by all drugeists, it makes a very satislactory substitute for tlie habitual old ‘toper who is bound 1o zet drunk on something. That it is used in this way to a considerable extent is stiown from the increased sales of the drug as well as the confessiou of the user. One dealer estimates his sales of Jamaiva ginger since the 1st of November as fully three times as great as they were before; another sells verbaps a third more now thau before that date; aother las noticed but a small Increase,—not over 5 per cent; while a fourth cstimates the calls upon him as five times us larze now as they were up to Nov. 1. It is also said that the sale of pare- goric has slightly increased {n some cases. — N ‘l‘\n “Scene” at a Funeril. remarkable scene occurred at the of Witliam . Tiltord, a weslib dstso of Se J}qms. on Monday, according to the St. Louis ZLimes-Journal. Mr. ‘Tilford, it is said, separated from his wife about eigt vears ago, and con- tricted another alhance. Upon his death wife No.1 demanded to see the remains, and, after several refusals, wife No. 2 at last consented, the former bavimg thicatened to make o scene at the church. \Vhen wife No..1i saw the re- mains, howerver, slic was very much aflected, and it beeame necessary to mive up the Idea of having service first st the church and then at 2e, und the body was 1aken to the ceme- ¥ wichont any cerawmony, the two widows fol- lowing, and so much absorbed in gri notice each other’s presence. This i%?:;“b‘: bly ot prevent a fierce legal light. over tiy o) of the deceased, who left property \'zlueuhl $150,000. a 8. C FOSTER. The Sad Story of the Great Amerlcan Cop, . poser. i Potter's American Yonuily, Of all the popular song composers our conn- try has produced, there 500 one better knowy than the subject of tlils sketeh, Stephen Colling Foster, with whom it was my pleasure, iy sop, ways a sad one, it must be contessed, to bewm: personally acquainted during the last year of his brief existence. It was in the latter part of the year 1852, and in the City of New York, that I'saw him for thefirst time. “Iwygpy troduced last night to Foster, the composern said 2 friend to me; * would you like to kogy him?? It was an opportunity I had long ge. sired, and I accepted the invitation to make 5 call opon him. * Immediately the songs I hy loved from childhood—almost all associstéq with Foster’s name—bubbled up from my heqrt and murmured in my ear, and I slready imag- ined myself before a hale, merry oid man, with long white hair, his head bald ac the top, and 5 kindly smile ever on Lis lips, such asI hag g). ways pictured him,—the man for whom [ haq loug 1elt a sort of reverence. e Talking of him and. his many melodles, vy walked quite a distance down the Bowery, in the neighborhood of the old theatre, und tymag into Hester street. On the northwest corner of Curistie and Hester streets wus 2o old tumple. down grocery, and into this we entered ung passed through to a d’ngy barroom at the bagk of the store, where, 8 moment atter, I wag jp. troduced to the anthor of **The Old Folky af Home.” Let me privily describe him as hethen appeared to me: A tizure shetd and a lietls below mediuwm stature, attired in 2 well-worg suit; bis face long and closely sbaven, sofr, vrowu eyes, somewhat dimmed, shaded by 2 rather high forebead, which was distizured by the peak of & glozed cap that clung closely ¢ his head, scarcely allowing his short browp Dbuir to be seeu. Eis appearanee was at once go youtiiful and so aged that it was diflicals {o determine av a casual glance if e were 25 or5), An anxious, startled expression hovered ofer his face that was palnlul to witpess, Lookinz at him thiss, it was tiard for ‘fie to believe that stauding before me was the most popular song-composer in the world; byy it was Foster, Indeed. He seemed embarrassey as a girl in the prescnce of a stranger,, and thiy ditlidence never ¢utirely wore ofL. Whether i was a natural bashfulness or voluntary reservs, 1 cannot say; but, even with those who kney hitn most intimately, he was never familfar, His vonversation, made up mostly of mnsiea| reministences, ~ was olwsys * intereiting, and, =t his invitation, I irequently ther after made an opportunity to visit - him, He lodged generally at & small hotel o the Bowery, but that small grocery he made his usual sitting-room, und an exquisite nieiody hil its birth in that most-uncongenial place, He was not one to hagele about the prie when selling his songs; and it was oot seldom, in consequence, that a publisher would takesd. vantage of this fact, as well as bis poverty, paj- 1ne bitn & paltry sum for what otner amd fp. ferior composers would demznd and receire § {fair remuneration. % He used vtten to talk of his earliest efforts, and how he first happened to discover b pox- ers as a composer. At a very early age be hiy attained, ungided, a moderdte proficleney b playing upon the flute, flaceolet, and piinolorte; and vesides this, his voice was well under em- trol. ‘Thesé qualifications made him quite a leading spirit {i1 serenading expeditions, and & the solicitatious of his comrades in theseparties, he attempted to write sonzs for them, whita wert so successsul that they speedily becams favorites amon them. This fired his ambition; and when a traveling minstrel troupe passed through his native town,—Pittsburg, Pa.,—add e chanced to be present at oue oI their pér- formaunces, he sought, through them, to laya one of his own songs brought before the public. # Oh, Sussana!”’ was subwitted by him, accept- ed and sung, and shortly afierwurds was pub- lished by Peters of Ciocinnati, mecting with a decided success, his remuuncration being tiventy- five copies, or thereabouts of the song. This was in the year 1842, when Stephen, wno wis born on lndependence-Day, 1526, was o mers boy of 16. In the same year, *‘Open thy Lat- tice, . Love,”” a serenade, was published br Georire Willig, of Baltimore, and * Gacle Ned,” by the publisher of nis first song, both becom- ing rapidly popular. A e saw und fels that he was appreciated, and needed no other incitement to exerifon. Sonz- after song he taught.thic:peoplé, each new .ots_ to bé loved by them only betier than the last; for he bad acquired the secrct of translating the thoughts, fechngs, and sympathies of every- day life into melody. IWhenever an opportunity offcred itself ba would visit Metnodist camp-mectings, white and black, and, listeninz to tneir weind chants, as he loved to do, would gather manydn idea for his folk-songs; and in tais fa>t, perhaps, lies the scuret of his wonderful success in writ- ing négro melodies. Oue song of Foster's n particular’ sprang from this soarce—t Hifl Times Come Amin No More.” And I might ‘nere inention that oo more than one occasion fa that old erocery I have beard him sing that good old * soue ol weary? with rare pathos. 7 It s sad tu think that he who iwus foreversing- ingof home and luved ones should have no dear- erplacethan tnis that he thizht call 2 home, and no fond friend to comlort him; yet here he wag in that great, cold city, In that sense alone, sl writing ever of * love, love, and only love.” It {3 unnecessary to give 4 list of all of “Fos- ter's songs, they are 50 nuinerous, and so well known; but the followlng cables of sales of bt half & dozen of thew, tal 2 logue of the pubtications of Firth, Pond & Co, issued over twenty years aco, will give some faiut idea of their wondarful popularit, 3 0ld Folka it Home. My Old Kentucky H Massa's in ac Cold, Cold 01d Dog Tray (six months) Willie, We Have Missed Ellen Bagne .oo.o. o oou During the last_twenty _years t mhust huve gréavly ineressed, for evein at this duy the demaund for them bas not ceased. In *+ Old Folks at Home »” Fuster hoped, and even expected, to rival’ * Houme, Sweet Home,” wiich he always considered was written cob- triry to the rules of pure melody. - He could never aceount for its popularity, and thé enth- stasm wod emotiun with which it was received on every oceasion. Perhaps hau hic not made the words of fiis sonz loezl, by the mentfou of ths Suwanee River;” there” might have been 8 chance of its equsling, or at least approathing, the song it was intended to cclipse, tor it 183 simple, tonching, dnd beadtiful tompositios. But few have dared to follow where Foster falled, 2ud **Home, Sweet Hoine,” still stacds sceure, the home song of the world. A In looking over the titles of his pleces, it 15 curlous and plessaut to' notice how often’ the uame “ Jenoy” occars. As many 3s ten dfs woven aboup that loved name,—the uame of hid wife. Sne was the ddughter of the late Db MeDowell; of Pitisbure, * Littte Jennie Dow,” as she is ¢alled in one of his suties. 1le potooly sanig liis wile’s oraises, bt always shoke of hér in the foudest terms; he used to say Lhat she it was who, then 2 brigbt-eyed, merry_little girh first inspired his soul with sonz, aind made him long to attune it to the masie of her voice. + Jenny’s coung o'er the green,” recatling tie buppy vhne when he waited for her comibt was always o great favorite with him, and whe asiced tO sing, if he yielded At all, which Wa3 rarely, thut was most likely to be his’ chofce His voice was thei of sinali compuss aud_fittle power, yet he saar 5o tenderly ahd caroestly thut the effcet was always pleasing. * 0l1d Folks at Home,” he best selling song he ever composed, in fact the most profitabls piece of rousit published iu this counsry prior o theé Rebellion, was in the tenth edition’ accredit- ed onts title page to E. P. Curisty, of. utlustrel notoniety. For this privileye Le 15 said to’ bave paid Foster a cansiderable Sum. Foster was a poet, us his sonzs attest, the words of nearly every one of ks songs beloZ ! his o®n _cowmposition, and wmany of thew dre beautifal, though shuple. * My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Nizint,” was thouuht worthy of 3 lace it Bryant’s “Library of Pdetry and Soug, ut Foster receives no credit, thouich it was ut- doubtedly written by him. “Ihe accldent, a severe fall, which termidated oor Foster’s life, orcurred at the Anjcricad ouse, in the Bowery, on the murnitg of tie 0th of January, 1864 - He was immediately carried to Bellevue Hospital, where be lingered but three aays. Io his waking bours he wad searcely ever unconscious of what was passiod about biwm, but often conversed easily, id o2 Dis customary topivs. He tatd out plios 1or tue future, for hé seemed to have no idea that dedst was at the door. On the wiorning of the 13th the attendant came to dress his wono and, in answer tosomeobjections, said e woull be caréfal not to hure_him. ¢ Ob, wait till to- morrow,” whispered Foster. These Wwere Jast words. A szasp followed. his lieud tell back, and he sank dead in the attendant’s arms: At vittsburg, his native city, interesting wov mposing ceremonies were bela io “his Lonof- A largre concourse of people, cager to do b~ aee to the mentory of their gifted Lu‘.rn_:mn(, sttended the faneral and accompanied the &= mains to the gruve. Maoy uf his popular souts were there performed, amoug them ihat 2% usite serenude, ** Come Where My Loye Lis Dreaming.” his most claborate ‘aud artialle comnosition. B