Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1879, Page 11

THE CHICAGC TRIBUNE: SU FEBRUARY 9, N 379—SIXTEEN PAGES. :1: ragieg, and we give below some interesting cvmutnications on the sabject: To the tastor of The Tribune. Feb. 8.~T sce that there is quite 3 v ‘zoing on Letween the partisane of Jeatims and Mr. Edouard Remenyi. the greatvio- jrmist, quertioninethe veracity of the latter's state- ment that the Hungurian congs accribed to the for- mer's authorshin are plagiarisme. Now, I am no masician; bot while cailinglast mght on my fellow- exile and friend, Mr. Reuienyd, Ifonnd some mu- Sicians diecuesing this matter with bim. To carry conviction to theirmindk, he took up his violin and ‘eman playing one of the' reputed compositions of Prahms. No sooner did the firet notes_ stri unprofessional ear when the whole air, laving dor. quant within my memory for nearly thirty vear, anie to me like a fiash of lizhtning, and taking up The theme I whistled it through * tu the amazement of the gentlemen present and the satisfaction of Remenyi. The nir is one of the csardas which T tave danced when 8 youth more than a hundred es. 1 write this 10 assure yon of Remenyi's CricAro, perfect justitication in making the charge. A THus IN DEFENSE OF BRAIMS. Bernhard hn, a well-known musical au- thority, contributes the following to the Staats- Ze'tung of this eit; puring May or Jome. 1874, the Aligemeine Moskatiche Zeitung published the titles of the ton onginal tuncs which Brahme had used in his Tlungarian Dances, logether with the names of the composers. Nobody in Germany then undertook, on account of this statement, 1o accuse Brahms of theft or even plasiarism. 28 18 now done by the Honzarisn viehn-virtuoso, Mr. Remeny1. When, fenor eleveu years Brahms neglected to add ontbe ttle-page of bis ** Hungarian Dances ” the pames of their. original composers, he. vrobably d v Liszt 8 example, whose ** Hunganan Enaps also Jack the Information about the frigin_ of .the several tanes woven into them. At'sll events, the original in themselves must Jave_appeared 100 insiemificant for him, so that he considered it suflicient to write on the title-vage: ** Unsarische Tanze, fur aas Piano- forte gese(st _vou = Joh. Brahws.” This expression ‘‘zeseLa™ s very important. 1t formerly was sybonymons with composed. bt to- day it is but Jittle used in that sense. and means on the title of Brahms' work **arranged,” **scored, " or **transcrived.™ Tnat the word **zesetzt™ ne- cuentally §s wissing on_sowie of the laier editions of the Dances is by no means to betaken as proof of bad intention. ‘The New York Musik-Zedung published a few days awo the first bars of six of the orignals. tozether with the corresponding bars in Branme' work, 1n order to establish the truth of Mr. Hemenyi's charce that Brahms, werely copied his Dsnces. The comparison of th¢ origiuals and the alleged copies does, however. by no meane furnish ibe Droof, Dbut estabiishes ~something quite different. The original composers - are really indebled to Mr. ' Brahms, that Be preserved their vieces, and added to their gyp- er-like_rhriimy, —accordinz to the eamples, the only valusdie pofnt absut them,—everything else thet belones to music. One needs only look at Ihelr thin bass paris. To create something more simple or miserabic would really require a_ sreat swount of special effort. If. according to Mr. Remenri, all that which Drahme added to tie extraordinary trifles really amounts to nothi 1hen Beethoven also wag o thief in the Allear moito of his Sonata, op. 110, by not adding any thins worth mentioning to the beautiful tune, *+lcn bin liederlich, Du bist liederlich. ” s regards the scores of twenty-five years® stand- ing. L might add thyt the Dances in question ar- ranged by Brabms are but hitde oler than ten ears, and thai this secret was uncovered ive years 2g0. ' Novalone the readers of the Allgemeine Mu- silalische Zeitung learned the terrible secret, but a sreat many other people, us several other bapers republished the ** revelations. " BRENHAKLD ZIEUN. NOT AMAZED. Tn the Ediior of The Tritune. Cucaco, Feb. §.—1In an article on the Remenyi- Pralims cntroversy in your issue of the 6th inst., your informant & **The musicians present Wwere amuzed at the proof of such plamarism.™ A ;y name appears awmongst the awazed ones. allow metosay, 1donot think there was a gentieman present who was not perfectly aware of the fact 1nat Brabmshzd adopted or borrowed the airs of his Yungurion Duuces from oniginally Hungariay composiiions, and that when fitst published he so apnounced them @3 ** sesetzt,” i. e.. set or ar- ranzed by Drahms,—s _term peculiarly, well Cbosen, “as it ‘Impiics that the - jewel, here 'the melody, ~appears only inm a new eetting. t would be impossible for et music any one living in Chicazo to get any vublished at Pesth, Inngu iwenty or thirty Yesrs ago, it was cortainly very interesting to me. 2nd no doubtto all present, to ‘examine Ihe on: i publication of thosc Dances, with their orizinal titles and names of ibe composers. Lut (o rej gecta hall a dozen sentlemen who have devoted onanaverage twenty Vears to musical maiters as **amazed al the plusarism, " would be to set them down for mueical 1diots, and—1'd rather not. As for the controversy in general aliow me to e=v. whether Dratms had _any control over the va. noue reprints I am not aware. - If he did, it would Dave been well for him 10 see that the **arranzed » hud been retained in every instance. and on the part of his publisiiers the omission is 3 detestabic trick; but with such oublications as °* Brahms' Tiunganian Dances, issued oy S. T. Gordon & Son znd Pond & Cv., before me, I am strongly inclined 10 hold Jobannes Drahms as innocent as a new- Dorn bsbe as o any complicizy in omitting the word ‘carranged™ on the titie-paze. To mention & paralle] case: Who has not, fome ten Years ago. heurd ¥ Thalbere's *Howme, Sweet llome'* spoxen of 2 nundred Umee? How often was it called *‘Thalberg's arrangement of ¢ ilome, Sweet Tome "1 have before me a flaming title-page, Xhich reads: *:‘Home. Sweet Home,® par Thalberg,” but T never have heard anyboay accuse Thulbers of an attemt 10 valm himeelf of as the composer of the original nir. Now, 25to_that pe- culiar form of comyosition called **Czardas,” the notion has obtained outside of Hungary that they were a gort of people’s melodics, handed down like the €onas of Scotland and Ireland, and that in most caves tie authorehip was unknown. That wuch notion snould prevail is not so much to be wondered at when We consider that nearly all of 1kese dances wera publisbed at Pesth, Hangary. by bouses who bad bt little interchange with publish- ers of other countries. Tne copiea which we bad the pleasure to examine at Mr. Remeny1's were piano arrangements, wuch in the strle of 1he quadrill2s pubiistied nowadays, and treated in the simple nanner vsual in dance masic, but in that Eeiting mot very attractive to piunisis. When, after twenty years and more. they became popalar berond their mative oil, they were everrwhere recoguized by their typical national character a8 Hunwarian melodies, but the composer's name was merely remembered, if known at all, nnul finally there ¢cems to be an ides prevalent that Casrdas were not composed, but zrew. In fact, musicians are prone 1o congider characteristic national com- Positions a8 having their origin in popular or peo- ple's songs and dances. Many 2 musiciau has no coabt suspected that much of Schubert’s **Diver- tissement Hangroize™ was attributable to some such eource, which, however, Mr. Remenyi says s not the cuxe, aithough he considers Schubert the only forcioner whe ever succeeded in araeping the #piit of Hungarizn music. A similar experienco wusicians will bave with compositions of a marked Northern type, say Norwegian. But when the editor of the New York Jfusik-Zeitung, instead of receiving any detailed information as to the origi- nais of Brabime' arrangements with thanks, throws adoubt ou the word of an authority like Mr. Re- menyl, 1 think an exchange of the editorial chair with'a cobuler’s bench would be in order. - As for is wondernient how Remenyi kept that dreadful secret locked in bis maniy bosom for twenty years, 1suppose 1t is simply a fact that it took the gen- tlemum jnet it time to run afoul of such a gening 2sthat New York Jierald interviewer who wormed itoutof him. Thatman ougit to iry his band on Beccer. Yours, but not amazed, A. W. Doax. PHILADELPHIA. AMPENDING ARRIVAL OF JIER MAJESTY'S OPERA TROUPE AND THE COLONEIL. Special Correspondence of The Tribune, PriLaperrmia, Pa., Feb. G—The five litho- gravhs of the three prima donpe of Her Ma- Jesty’s Opera and of the dashing tenor fill the windows, xud every one should be talking ubout the opera season next week. But they are not. Ou the contrary, they arc taking things with exasperating coolness. There are very Iew peo- le in this city who care to go and see a novelty for themselves, and still feser who trust repu- tation won elsewhere. So, no matter how great the success of the opera, it is not likely to be attended by a crowded audience until Wednes- day pielit, when the critical few witl bave had a0 opportunity to sce the two leading prime donne and report as to whether it will pay to go ormot. [t is sure to be the correct thing to go 0 the opera. That i settled. One of the lead- ers of ton, Mrs. Edward Rogers, seat up for the Prince of Wajes box—as the second stage-box ou the right-land side of the house is known— for the whole season. Mrs. George Kimball 00k two of 1he stage-boxes for THE FIRST NIGIT OF GERSTER] Mrs. Marry Binghaw, whose husbaud has just been clected to Congress, vice Chaoman Free- manleit at home, will have the second box on the left-hand side for the first night of * Car- men”; and Mrs, A. J. Cassatt,wife of the Third Viee-President of the Peonsylvania Railroads Company, takes the same box for the second night of Gerster. The family of ex-Secretary Borie witl fill seven seats for the whole scason; Alr. James L. Claghorn, President of the Com- mercial National Bank and of the Academy of Fine Arts,~thus closely tozether do finance and artrun i this city,—has three for the scason: and among the other early subscribers arc Prof. Fairmau Kogers, Col. Joseph F. Tobias, Mrs. Kuln, and Mr. Chasles J. Peterson. There was Teally very little for the clerks to do in taking care of the first day's season sale, but things looked a little better yesterday when the sale for eingle seats opened. One man came dowa town i a rage because he had to wait thirty-five minutes for bis turn, and said that he would Dot uave thought of going at all if it haa not beeu for bis wife. Thusitgoes. And yet ME. WILLIAM J. DAVIS and Mr. Crofts, theavants-courier of the Military Alliance, have been herefora fortnight, and Davis spent haif of his time the first weels tryin Lo get Commaodore Foote, of the Mastodons, ] give bim a_little window spacc. ‘Lhe Masto- dous have those Mastodonic posters which fill Up_ any window less than ten by twelve feet, and the opera lithoraphs look smnll ud fusis- nificant by the side of the great oil portrait upon paper of “Col. J. H, Haverly. There has becn Just this same row wherever two of Haverly’s shows come together. ‘The first that arrives in town puts all the paper on the walls that they will hold, aud the “one that comes after has to Whistle for a vacant fence. » Nor will the first arrival yield 2 point. *-The Danites * followed the Mastodous in a little town in Connecticut, and Foote would not give thema single bill- board until after his show had begun for the last night. HIAVERLY'S MINSTRELS, by the way, went out of town much stronger than “they came jn. ‘Ihey took out with them TE: M. Kaine, lale manager of thie Muscum, as middleman, Mans and Turner, Zeneral performers, and Alfred Liston, a fi class xylophonist, who is to lead the drum- corps. " ‘They left two singers and Johuny Bouker, The latter had been engazed in New York, where he bad been walking around upon his uppers, and he was so elated at the idea of getting $15a week that he went and got ‘marricd at once. He theu took to drinking, whether from joy or sorrow consc- quent upon his marriage no one could find out, but it made him useless to the company. They went off in a special car provided by the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company, which takes about Sl,Oll‘lU for their railroad 1ares during the present week. STRAKOSCH'S LUCK. © Maxdid not find 2 bit of fault with his weck here, althourh it was mot remarkable in any way. Mr. Davis gave him a fair swing, and fol bore to make kuown the programme of the M: pleson company until Strakosceh had made all his aunouncements, which was not unti the middie of the wecek, the Saturday matinee not being announced pntil Friday morning, The housts coustantly increased, and Miss Litta fally war- 1anted the good report concerning her passed by Tne TRIBUNE at the time of her debut,— which report, by the way, was_most liberally distributed by the active Joel. She was recalled five times in *Lucia,” and aroused the most en- thusiasm that I have seen in the Academy since XNilsson’s time. Lazarini seems 1o have gained a little in strength since he was here in the fall, and Fantaleoui divided with Miss Cary the hon- orsof “Aida.” Iledid sowell that MissKel- logg could not avoid committing oneoi her abominable betises, in pretending that a beauti- {ful basket of flowers handed up to him was in- tended for ber. and_refusing to aceept, his dis- claimer until she had looked at the card to sat- isfy herself. DI MURSKA TIAS GROWN OLD since we heard her last, but her voice retains its freshness wonderfully, Mr. Adams sang ouce or twice, but mizht kept silent for all the music there w e company went hence to Buston, where it is doingz a vers_good business. The first, day’s sale was over 35,000, and to-morrow night Miss Cary is to have an immense house when she will” sing “Mignon for the first time for her beneit. She can sing 1wo or three acts without transposition, and will only have to make lower two or threescenes haif atone. Thence the troune goes to Providence, Hartford, and New Haven, xud opens the new opera-house in Burlington, Vt., on the 2ith, staying two nights: thence to Montreal, Mareh 1 untif the 6th ot March; Builalo, 7th and Sth; Toledo, 10th and 11th; and Detroit, 12th to the 15th, reaching McVicker’s on the 17th, The sea- son there will be only one week, and Max will be in_this city azain on the I7th of April. In May he goes West to San Fraucisco, but without Kelloze, who is going to Europe,— to siug, Max says,—but where? She comes bacle in the fali, and the troupe Will ba strengihencd by a fine dramaiic soprano, Mme. Teresita Singet, who is now at the Apollo Theatre in ltome. Max says that she is maemificent in “Xorma,” % Aida,” and *L?Africaine.” This last opera has vot been done here siuce Max Maretzek broueht it out in 1866 with Carozzi Zuechy, Mazzoleni, Antonucci, Baragli, and Bel- 1mi in the same season when fauk and Kellogs were both in the compauy. R W, AL ELSEWHERE. CHARLES HALLE'S ORCUESTRA. ‘The following extract from a letter written by Dr. Hans Von Bulow to the well-known musical journal, Die Signale, of Leipsfe, will be read with interest: The ** Bechstein " grand piano was en rotard, but L had no reason whatever to rewret following alr. Charles Halle's advice, to_content myself m the meanwhile with 3 little 0ld pisnino, 1lis or- chestra—which, ince I heard it last, threc or four years ago, has become even more -complete—ac- companied 50 exquisitely, 5o certainly, so discreet- 1y, und with such delicacy that my dwarfish instru- ment was never overpowered by jhe 160 arms of the iant body. Altogether. seldom have I haa the good fortune to play under such masterly di- rection. Mr. Halle directs as well as Mme. Neru- da plays the violin. There were twenty-eight vio- ling, ten violas, ten violincellos, ten double basses,—of all notions, Enslisamen, Gormens, ¥reuchmen, Dutchmen, Belrians, Italians, —per- forming with periect unanimiy, realizing in the domain of music the ideal of the Peace Congress. 1 £hall not bring on myself tle reproach of exng- geration if 1 declare Mr. Ilalle's orchestra 10 be one of the first in the world, 88 far as 1 know the latrer. Mr. Thomasin New York, and lerr Bilse i Berlin, who certainly possess model bands (Muster-corporationen’, must here Jower their sails; and if in Inst vear'e traveis I save a ngher **number " to the London Crystal Palace Orcbestra, 1 must now correct this. . S Whether it is here to the purpose or not, I cannot Jet this opportunity pess of asain bringing to re- collection the unequaled service to the eause of music 10 Englaud rendered by Mr. Halle. To recognize ifs full value we must go’ back to the primitive state of matters thirty yeare go, when, for instance, st the orchestral concerts at Mun- chester the violins were piaced behind the contra- Busses (sic) and in no London concert had a piano- forte sonata by Beethoven been publicly perform- ed. Thenin 1648 appeared Mr. Ialle, nndertak- ing the *~Apostolat ™ for classical musicand by de- grees in every branchh of it combatinz with un- Wearied persevernce 21l active and passive ob- stacles and splendidly accomplishing the fuliillment of the mission. Concerts lixe mine or those of a Rubimstein wovld have beenimpossible without the previons_berculean labors of this ploncer in thy calture of art. < THE MUSIC OF TIE MOMENT. The New York Star says: ‘The rage for the **Pinafore™ is & remarkable example of the whimeicality of public taste. The i spread in all_directions like 8 prairic fire. 'To say that the children cry for it is no ex- azgcration, especially when it is remembered that ‘most of those Wwho have got it are ouly children of a larger prowta. Oue thing is preuty plain, and it is that the ++ Pinafore " sugzests a new order of musical en- tertainment, in which the humor shall be character- istic und satirical, and not verbal and vague, and ghall be associated with the right, fresh, tuneful music. There is no reason why this sort of thing should not be done here 28 well s in England, Themes are_plentiful and rhythmic humorists avonnd. John Brougham is not. perhaps, the best type of the fresh—bnt imapine the comvination of bis satirical fancy with the fluent skill of—say Eichberz. of Boston, who wrote ** The Doctor of Alcantara.™ Some time ago it was announced ‘that Max Maretzek was at work upon a_comic opera, to be called -*Slecpy Hotlow.” Lecollecins nis, the Star canght the operatic manager in his new rooms on Fiifth aventc. “*Yes,” he xaid, **I have completed mn opera- comique called *“Sleepy Hollow.” It is desizned to meet what I long o felt o be a want in this country,—d licht, plcasing, and melodic form of dramatic_entertainment. . Mr. Guyler. who is a well-knownand _guccessful playwright, has made the librotto of a popuiar Américan story, and I ave written the music for jt. The success of *The Pianofore® does not surprisc me. It is 1 clever piece of work. The mosic is altosether Detter than that which the burlesquers have’ been gving us, and the humor is_timely and new. “Slceoy Mollow is mot in the ssme vein. or exactly on the same plane, but it attempis to do intellieibly_and pleasantiy’ what grang opera does pretentiously ana artificially.” AN IMPORTANT SACH DISCOVERY. The Pali-Uall Gazelte says: German papers annonnce & discovery of much interest 10 the musical world. The treasure-trove coneists of a larze portion of the missing works of Johann Sebastian Lach. The discovery was made by Herr Robert Franz, Convinced thut the long- 1ost Passion music and Christmus oratorios mizht yetbe brongh to_light, Herr Franz commenced 3 Systematic research In every place where the great master had been known to reside. Atier much fruitiess labor he arrived at the seat of the Wuzthun family, and, passing one day down an alley in the garden, noticed that the young troes where they were ticd to their supports ‘were vound round with strips of paver to prevent the bark from bemng ecored. A closer inspection skowed tuat the paper Lore the beautiful handwriting of iach, and, turmng to the gurdner, lerr Franz besought him 10 say wlence ihe precious MS. bad come. The reply was to the cffect thut in the loft there had been several chests full of the paper, covered with old notes, and as it was of Do use 10 any one he had made its serve in- stead of leather for binding up the saplings, ad- diugthat he had gone 3o for some time and found theTesult highly satisfactory. Herr Franz bas- tened tothe loft, when ne was rewarded by find- inz a chest yet untouched, and filled te the brim with MS3., which on insgection proved 1o_contzin no fewer than 120 violin supatas. His joy was dashed, however, by the certsinty that tiepre- clous Pussion music had long azo gone to bind up thetrees, and had irrecoverably perished throngh cxposnre tothe weather. 1t is probable that the works now discovered will not be received with such favor by the general musical pablic 18 was accorded to the symphonies of Scuabert uncartued Ly Mr. Grove and produced at the Crystal Valace Concerts by Mr. Munne. Herr Joachim, how- ever, will find in them ** fresh ficlds and pastures new"; while every one who has the least pretense toa love of music muet aamit the discovery to be one of exceeding interest. MUSICAL NOTE3. Rubinstein is said to be thrcatened with total | blindness. He is in Dresaen, where one of Lis operas will soon be performed. Miss Thursby and Mrs. Oszood are among the few artists already engaged for the coming sea- sou of the' Phitharmonie Society of Loudon. 1t is said, uoon doubtful authority, Lhoweve: that Victor Caooul, the tenor, has made an ens fagement to sing in New York in opera boutle performances at the Park Theatre next auntumn with Mile. Paola Marie. My. Theodore Thomas has found his duties at the College of Music 50 exacting, and to be in- creasing so rapidly, that It 1s necessary for him to withdraw rom’ the string quartctte. which has become sa famous at the chamber concerts. The Abbe Liszt is hard at work upon his com- posil “The Seven Sacramenis.” Twu of these - *“ Sacraments ¥ which ¢ finished— ‘ Marriage ” and * The Lucharist "—are said to be beautiful, and pervaded by a pecaliar mys- ticism, Accordlug to the Boston Herald. Mr. Charles Adams’ gold wreath, presenteda to him in Vien- na for nine years’ continus service as first tenor of the Imperial Opera-House, has beew attached for an oid debt of the Adams-Pappenheim Opera Company. The Lower Rhenish Musical Festival is to take place this vear at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle). Beethoven’s ¢ Missa Solennis,” Schupert’s By~ plionv in C, Schumann’s symphouy in & iat, and Brueh’s * Livd yon der Glocke,” are to be the chief works produced. The German musical papers are most enthusi- astic in their reviews of the new violin concerto, by Herr Braluns, exceated by Ilerr Jouchim at the eleventh Gewandhaus- concert at Leipzig; the difliculties are stated to be euormous,, but the form of the work s classical and elear. Both composer und violinist were much cheered. The Neue Zeitschrift fur HMusik announces that Wagner has compleicd the score of his_* Parsi- fal,” and that the pfancforte score, which is be- ing prepared by Herr Kellermaon under the su- perintendeuce of the composer, will shortly be published. It states that the production of the work at Bayreuthis definitely tixed to take place in 1880. ‘Ihe Dublin papers speak in terms of praise of the operatic performances of Miss Julia Gay- lord, a Bostou gitl, who has been singing with Curl Rosa ‘during the Jast,three years. Sue is a daughter of the Rev. N. M. Gaylord. By reason ol failing health he was obhzed to resign his charge iu Boston, but obtawed the oflive of a Debuty Collector+in the New York Custom- House. The new singer, Bianca Bianchi, who has been styled ‘the Baden Nightingale,” has made an immense success in Vieuua.~ She is described as rivaling Sontag-Rossi_in Ler best dass, while many prefer her to De Murska. As Aming in “Sonnambula? siie had seven recalls in the closing aria. But greatest triumph was in “La Fialia,” for which the stalls went up to fabulous prices, while the applause amounted to a brief frenz; Arthur Sullivan, who composed - the music_of “10. M. 8. Pinafort. is expected toarrive in New York in about a week to see his comic opera iu full blast at four or five New York theatres, and bringing bim id uothing for his work. - ‘The opera was a faluce in London, and he probably dismissed all thoughts of deriving any profit {from it; so he let it slip out of bis hands. When he come to New York he will see a cheerful and yet sorry sight,—cheerful iu the suceess of his work, and sorry in thatit is, to him, unprofita- ble popularity. There are thirteen differcut companies playing “ller Majesty’s Ship Pina- fore this weck in the United'States. ‘Lhe woods are fuil of them, The Atheneum says: “ The fifth part of Mr. Grove's new Dictianary of Music and Musicians, ‘which has jnst appeared, carries the work frorm * Ferrarese del Bene’ to *Guitan’ By lar the most important article in this_part is that oy Air. C. Hubere fl. Parry on ‘Form.’ Itex- teods over Tourteen pawes, and the subject is excellently (though necessarily not exhaustively) treated: the eradual development of the modern symphony from the older dances being very clearly traced. SirF. A. Gore Ouscley’s article on *Fugue’ is much less satisfactory, beiug undaly short, and of very little practical usc to the student. The illustrations given are also singularly uncomfortable—to say the least of them. ‘The author would, we think, find it diflicult to justify such harsh progressious as some which ne gives in the firstexample on page 563, Among excellent articles in this part may be named those on ‘Finzering,’ ¢ Flageolet,’ “Flute,} ‘Gluck, ‘Gounod,’ <Grotry,! and ‘Grisi’ The number asawhole may be pro- nounced equal fi merit to those which have pre- ceded it. We notice in passing that while biozrapbical notives are given of three Glovers, the one who a weneration since was probably the best-known, and certainly the most popu- lar of all—Stephen Glover—is not even men- tioned.” w 3 | MY LOVE, % #0 full of prace was she, .- sang on bush and tree Yor very joy 18 she passed by, The lilics paled to cuteh ber eve, The roses blushed 4 deeper red, ‘Each huwole daixy raised its head To listen for her lizhtest tread— My love, my lovel All Natnre langhed to see her smile, And, 1f there bivomed a thing of guile, It quickly hid from out her sizht ‘And waited for the veil of night. The leaves all whisoered love for her, The clouds salled brizlit above for ber, The wind in zeohyrs did embrace, The sun bent lasw to'kiss ker face, So pure wa3 she, ¢o full of grace— ty love, my love! Butlo! on every bush and tree Al hushied the ropin's song of glee, The wind goes soboinz o'er the heath, The duisy hides the trass beneath, And no¥ in grief the sun 50 prou Goes up to mourn belind a cloud, The 1thes bow their trembling heads, The roses wither in tneir beds, The rain weeps sadly on the leads— My love, my love! So pure, so fall of erace was she, Tnat Angels trusted not to me, But sent a measenger, whose breath To her was Life—to me was Death. Yet if, perchance, her tender cyes May picree the grave where my heact Ties, ¥Pwill wake some morn In Parudise— My love, my lovel ELLey Grav. Parasitic Life on Submarine Cables, J. avinrnin Clambers' Journal. ‘The amount of submarine life that comes up on a cable which is taken up for repairs, after being immersed for a year or two, is surprising. ‘Three years ago the writer was with a repairivg xpedition on the Para to Cavenne section of the Western & Brazilian Company’s ecables. We were chiefly at work off the Islind of Mar- ajo iv the restuary of the Amazon. The cable had only been submerged about o month; vet it. came -on_board the ship at places literally covered with barnacles; ab otbers overgrown with _submarine vemetation, crabs, ~ and curious shells, - often of _singular delicacy and beauty. The sca-weeds were iu great variety clinging to the cable, Sometimes in thick groves of red and yellow algme; siender, transparent, feathery mrnsses; Ted slimy frecoids, and tufts of amethyst moss. We found branching coralline plants upwards of afoot in_hizht growing to the cable, the soft skeleton beintr covered with a fleshy skin, gen-~ erally of a decp orange color. Somctimes a sponge was found attacted to the roots of the cerals, and delicate structures of varied tints in- crested the stews of all these plants and served to ornament as well as to strengthen them. Parasitic life seems to be as rife under these soft tepid waters 8s it is on the neizhboring tropical shorcs. Mauny star-fishes, zoophytes, and curious crabs and crustacean were likewise fished up on the cabfe. The crabs were orten themselves com- pletely overgrown with the indizcnous vegeta- tion of the bottom, and so were scarcely dis- tinuishable from it. . Others, uot sv covered, were found to have the same tints as the vege- tation they inbabited, und cven in structure somewhat resembled the latter. Others were veerfectly or partially transparent: and one most Deautiful hyaline crab, new to science, united in jis person several of the prevailing colors of the bottom. Its stenderlimbs, like jointed filaments of elass, were stained bere and there of a deep topaz brown. Its snout, pointed like a needle, was of a deep searlet; its triangmiar body was orange yellow; its eyes were green; aud its tiny hauds of an awethyst blug ——~——— A Pennsylvania Romance. There is a mood deal of romance to the acre in the farming lands near Wilkesbarre. A middle- aged rustic, who had been smitten with the charms of u saloon-keeper’s wite, recontly Dbought out the husband’s riehts for $75 in hand paid, receiviog o bill of sule uid 8 quit-claim deed. Hot urinks were ordered ull around, dinner wss served, and the furmer drove the whole party Liome. Not long afterward the woman who had beeu 0ld went riding three times with a physician, and the farmer demand- ed back his money. She bad vo mouey in her house, but there was a two-vear old-oit in the barn, and 50 sbe told the farmer to take the colt and * call it square.” The furmer tied the colt 1o his sleigh and drove briskly to his lone- some hearth. Meanwhile, tte husband who had sold bis wife had made love to a neighbor’s daughter and ran away with her to New York. The doctor now goes out viding with the former owner of the colt; the farmer wears bis old clothes and never shaves: aud tie saloon-keeper and his fugitive bride have vauished from the sight of all the gossips. BOSTON Carnival Suggestions and Future Promises. How a Boston Audience Received Mr. Howells' * New Play,” A New Field for Gail Hamilton--- Violet ¥Fane. ® From Our Own Correspondent. Bosroy, Feb. 5.—With the Carnival over and the sleighing gone, Boston turns its face theatre- wards once more, with still 2 bankering for the freer delights of Carnival pleasures, where one could move about from piace to place, instesd of being confined to a special seat for the even- ing. Brunetta says that, for the first time at a the- atrical entertainment, & wWoman had the same freedom as her brother, who goes out between the acts ““to see a man,”—she could roam about at will, not to carry out the little fiction afore- said, but as a meaus of rest, and with the pleas- ant chance of meeting friends a2nd acquatnt- auces. It isreally the case that, so great was the success of the Carnival, some of the public prints serfously considered the matter precisely from this point—of frecedom from the confine- ment of the ordinary entertainment where one is boxed in for the evening between one’s neighbors, and in this consideration there was involved the sugzestion of making entertain- wments of this kind permanent, where freedom ol action between the scenes or acts would he the rule. Of course, the conservative theatre- goer WILL CRY OUT AT THIs, and immediately ask how atting or other scenic displays are to be vossible, when a crowd of people are rustling about from point to polat, losing siont of the fact that it isu’t a consecu- tive drama that ie proposed, but detached rep- resentations like the ““Masque of Comus,” which found every listener and onlooker at the Carnival fixed and fast until the curtain fell. Of course we shao’t bave any of this kind all at once without imperfcctions, and we are not likely to bave it all at once anyway; but some of us have. firm hoves, aud with reason, that eventually we will attaiu to this novel und to-be- desired jnnovation as a restful variety to vur entertaiuments. L . Now [ am on this topic of theatrieals, 1 mustu’t pass by LAST EVENING'S RECEPTION IN BOSTON of Mr. Howells’ adaptation from the Spanish of the piece called A New Plag? Mr. Howells Is a favorite in Boston. A witty New-Yorker suys of him that he is moro Bostonian than the nutive-born. Without entering into a consid- eration of this wmatter, I have merely stated the fact of his popularity and its sugzested reason. The gudieuce who gathered last evening, there- fore, were largely comvosed of his friends, cither personal or those general admirers who follow to spplaud. They were very sure that they were golng to be wore than delighted. They bad got the idea that this picce was to be Mr. Howells! ehef d'auure, and that_they were 1o be taken by storm quite off their feet, BUT, AFTER THE FIRST LITTLE BURST OF WEL- COME, the premonitory promise of what they ex- pected from therank and file of the audience, Trom the personal {rieods, there was no further warmth, One of the journals, the most fayorable to Mr. Howells always, says: “That the picce did not meet with un- quulificd favor was soon very plain, and before the end of the third act it was obvious thata majority of the audience were not well pleasea.” After this admission there is this orating conclusion: * Nevertheless, the s of *A New Play’ are of a high and re- ble order. and we snall be sorry if wo cannot make our admiration for its virtues sbine throumh our consciousness of its faults.”” But this is just what it bas been found impossible to do. “fhe paper—and other papers— go on to point out diligently the virtues which ought to shine ~ down the faults; but as yet the general public, and, indeed, those who admire Mr. Howells, find that the faults predominate. ‘That the play, in its adaptation, abounds in elegant Eoglish, no onc denies, but. MR. HOWELLS SHOWS 1S SKILL NOWHERE ELSE. ‘The piece required lifting aud lirhting up from the dismal Spanish tragedy, and one would cer- nly have thought that” Mr. Howeils in his * agaptation ? might have “cut? here und there and interpolated elsewhere, sandwiching in some of the wit and humor for which he s admired. But uot a ray of light of this kind flickers through the deuse dreainess of the slow-moving drama. It is all unrelieved black- n and a general moan and lament from be- oinning to end, windiog up with a chorus of bowls. ~ Bostou peoplc are rather fond of senti- mental tracedy, but this was too much unre- lieved, too heavy, in short, spite of its fine language, 40 be Teeeived with auy warmth of weleome. There is a little laughing surprise which I have heard expressed in some quarters, that Mr. Lowells, who is EXCEEDINGLY PROPER, NOT 7O SAY SQUEAMISI, in his judgments and * views,” should have bad 1o do with & piece where the question of merital infidelicy arises. Some one has suggested that perhaps the sedulous suppression of unything like wit or humor is Mr. Howells’ way ol defin~ ing his position iu_this nlulosEhcre of Spanish intrizue; that he thought no harm could come to anybody’s morals_where the izeneral tone of things was not 80 solemn,—a conclusion which nobody would dispute. But, to sum it all up, the play is_a‘success in Bostou: people are disappointed, even the most sanguive. They say that it gives no fine opportunitics to favorite, Lawrence Barrett, and the popular leading lady of the Museum, Miss Clarke, IT 18 WHAT THEY DID NOT EXPECT and did not want—unrelieved tragedy. Another ripple of question and eriticism which seems to be gaining ground is_in regard to the new book of British pocts, called *‘I'he Fumily Library of British Poetry.” The pook bears upon its title-age the information, Ed. ited by James T. Fields andEdwin P. Whipple.” “The italic under’ the_conjunction is mine, to point the purpose. Literary peopleat first were a little surprised when they saw Mr, Whipple's name thus playing second Gddlé to James T, Fields’, because literary peopls of any acamen perfectly well know that, according o all the laws of established reputation and literary taste and culture, Mr. Whinple’s name should have been first, if the book bad anything of his impress in selection. Perhaps, how- ever, he bad E““L{fly Ient his name to adorn the page, and had merely piven approval of the compilation. But, upon” investigation, it turns out not to be the case. It turns out, iustead, that ME. WHIPPLE 1S REALLY TAE LITERARY EDITOR of the book; that, in short, alt the literary work of the book, the sclectiun, and compilation, are his. The question and eriticism after this Lknowledze ¢comes in with its why and wherefore concerniog Mr. Fields' precedence. A matter of precedence sometimes is a mere matter of ceremony, and_does no hartn one way or ap- other; but in this case it is not only an injustice to Mr. Whipple. who docs the worls, but to the publie, who have the right of choice as to whose work they will buy. Those who know Mr. Whibple know perfectly well that he is much too modest and retiring a _man to make a protest abont this, but this knowledge only dis- turbs his frlfinds;‘_shfll wore, and mwakes them feel like making for him fudividual protests, ot which the present Writhig thay he numbered among them. 1f Mr. Whipple was imbued with some of GAIL NAMILTON'S characteristics, he would ecter the flelds person- ally prepared for contest, uud come off vidtorious at the first charge. I want now to tell another secret of “The Masque of the Poets.” 1was entreated, by the that he knew better of * Violet Fane’s powers than we did, and tint the dedication of ** The New Republic ” was not so much a matter of auestionuble mallantry as we thoughit. With this revealing I 1must be content, 25 wust my reader at present. N. THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. Communications intended for Tuz Dmavent Emiron should be addressed to 0. D. Ovis, P.-0. Box 215, Chicago, 111 For Publisher's price-list of standard works on the game, addreas the Draugnt Editor. CHECKEL: TERS' DIRECTORY. Athienreum, No, 50 Dearborn strect. TRIDUNE OFFICE, Cuicaco. Feb. 9, 1879, PRODLEM NO. 104. By F. N. Joussoy, Chicago. White. @ e @ i, B BB well B of B B & 2 lell Be of L B & del @ 4, //%W/ . i, BEEE Black, Black to move and draw. POSITION No. 104. By D. W. Poxenor, Chicago. Black kings on 25 and 10. White man on 18 and kinz on 17. White to move and win. TO CORRESPONDENTS. L. Webb—Solation correct. A. S. Ingalls—Quite easy, wasn't it? A. E, Morse—Mailed on the 4th inst. W. E. Truax—Received with thanks. J. W. Mawlord—Book sent as reauested J. W. Brooks—You are correct in your & futf m. James Pelletier—The corrcsponding games mun- tioned will be very acceptable. Mort Flect—Tho . . . P. isSLa yeor. Ad- dress Edwin F. Richardson, Box 391, Worcester, Mass. Charles Sass—The . D, P. mailed to your nd- dress. (2) Send the corrcspondence games in, please. o Ed Beckwith—The party you refer to isnot known among the best players of this city. If he was i good player, think we should bave fieard of Eim before, David Nillar—The ‘‘Denny’ is formed by the first ;wove. 10—14. The_** Edinbore™ is formed by the first move, 9—~13. The **Dundee,” or **Bluck Switcher™ is formed oy the first two moves. 12—16,24—20, There ia no Opening known as **Brookiyn.” CHECKER CHATTER. Mr. Dearborn won the first prize n the Lowell tournament. Mr. Wyllic was playing in the Bridgeton Work- ingmen’s Club at lasc advices. The December and Japuary numbers of fhe Analyst, printed in one issue, came to hand last week. A bandicap dranght tournament is in progress among the members of the Caledonian Society of Montreal. A sccond annnal draught handicap tourniment was conclnded at Manchester. Enc., on Jan. 28, Mr. Crowther winving the firat prize. Messrs. Merry and Freeman are playing a third match for the championship of Providence, R. 1. At last accounts Merry held the lead. The apnual draught tournament between the members of the New York Caledonian Club is an- nouaced to commence to-morrow evening. The Zurfesys it Is reported that Mr. W, R. Barker is ready with a challenge to play any player in the world a match of 100 sames for trom 500 to dSl.OOD a side. Mr. Wyllie will stand from under, ‘The Hamilton. Ont..Draughts Club have changed their place of meeting from the Mechanics’ in- stitute to the rooms of the German Literary So- ciety. The Club is said to be in a very flourishing condition. The second annual Checker Tournament of New- ark, which hos been in progress for the past two months, was brought to a conclusion last week. Mr. W.'H. Garrabrant won the most zames, there- by receiving the first prize and the title of cham- plon.—Newark Sunday Call. 3r. David Carstalrs, who for mony yesrs held tie lead among the players of Lafayette, Ind., and who 13 now ouly excelled by the rising young Mr. Greenlee. has been making it rather livély for some of the players there during the past week. A correspondent sends us the following scores: Carstairs. 7 Greenlee..7 Drawn..5 Total..19 Carstairs....13 O'Hura....8 Druwn..l 22 Carstairs. 6 Marsh.....3 Drawa..0 9 Carstalrs... 5 Davidson.2 Druwn..3 Total..10 Toe New York Tournament scems to be moving abead with cloci-work regularity. The total scores ‘made by all the players up to the 5th inst. stand as follows Drawa..¥ Tatal.\6 SOLUTIONS. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM ¥0. 103. Between Workman and Ready. jo-t6 jaz-io (x-m o -2 fisze SOLUTION 0 POSITION No. 103. By Charles J. Davis. 6— 2 18-23 T4~17 —18 10— 3 [ fos I 14 l 10— 6 2318 3-10 17-10 1-10 CONTRIBUTORS' CRITICISMS. Mr. David Millar writes a8 follows: **T stand corrceted on my play, which was intended for o correction of Mr. Northrope, aud for the present will taxe a back seat Mr. James Pelietier writes as follows: Rive up Game 318 ns a bad job. thing with Mr. Greenjee's 19—15 ol me to offer the followins on Mr. Tlickey’s Gume I must 310, Atthe 52¢ wove this position occurs: Black men on 1, 3 11, 12, 17, Kinzon 18. White men on 10, 19, King on 9. Instead of 9— 3 play 10— 10~7, 1-3, 5—13, 17— 13-1%, 18—3i, 26—24, 11-1S, 24—16 and Mr. Hickey will do well toiind some shorter ruad to vietory JANES PELL Mr, F. H. Tiryant writes us as follows: the ixth move of my criticism on Game pleces xtand as follows: Blnck men on 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, White men on 13, 16, 20, 28, 0. r. Greenlee saya' that White can draw by 16— 1 fail to see it, and xubmic the folluwiny for a black win: . e -8 W=7 | backwins. i1y "B Broase.” Hickey writes as follows: **In Jast Sanday's Trpost: T find each and every one of my variations on Game 18 holed, punctured, rid- dled (7) and done by 1o less persons than the noted critics, Messrs. Hefter, Greenlee, und Pelletier. Now, right here_ailow me 10 remark (0 the boys that sayiny a cat's il is a leg, docs not make ita Jez. mor saying Llack win 1s o draw does not muke itw draw, s the play below will prove. I will com- wence with Mr. Greenlee's correction on my var. Way, in a letter, a week OF two ago, from ye I ek mon o 00D, 0. 13 #zoodly readers of ye TRIBUNE, to tell all I knéw | K& O% 00k, Vo0 MO8 Pt oy S S 78 of the secrets of “The Masque.” As it scems | graw., Tms will show him how Black winss o me most of them have been revealed by this time, I will at present confine my revelations to a much-abused name, *Violet Fane.” Every- vody that bas read *'The New Hepubtie,” by the youg Englishman, Mallock, will remeuber thiat be dedicated the book to VIOLET FANE. To make the revelation { am ahout to make still more interesting, I would say, if thereader would now turn to_an_article in_last August’s Atlantic, cailed **The New Renublic, and Other Novels,” ne or she will find a very sharp, ap- vareiftly—{rom the quotations—very just, criti- cism upon * Violet Fune’s” verse.” What is uoted from the verse is inconecivable stuff. What was my surprise, then—wint will be the reader’s surprise pow, after reading this stulfl— 1o be told that vne of the most perfect poems in the * Masque” is by * Viokt Fane.” Turn to the thirteenth page of the ‘* Masque,” dear reader, and read, “IF ONLY WE HAD TDIE TO SPARE,” then say if *“Violet ¥ane deserves all the abuse that is lavished upon her. She certainly gaios g little more respect for Mallock, and secs Winte to drat. Detroit, Mici itor. on the followiug position: on Var. (3) isO. K. wmove White can draw. _Position thus: on3, 10, 12, Kinzs on 11, 20, 20,29, Tnas on 4, 18. 1915, 10—19, 1863, Drawn. liere ang allows e of play we agdopt g (a) Mr. Greenlee plays 26— This is the for u Black win, and you bet it aoed win. . offers the same corre "% oxt inorder comes Mr. Hefter, showinga draw Black men o 3, 12 White men on 8, 17, Charlic “claiming o Kings on_ 7, 26 Rinz on 14." Biacks taove. draw on this position 13 suliicient. eviacnce tiat e fs “entirely out_of practice,” hence these fizures are intended solely for his benelit—o show him now to win: 2623 [14~18 | 19-15 -5 3-10 11 | In-13 Blacic =i {1-7 wins. “3fr. Hefter also says that Greenlee's correction fora Black win. At the 12th Black men White mer: on 10, Whites move. Play *4 Mr, Peiletier steps Lo the front again. His cor- \ zection on Var. (1) is oad, very bad. At second move 2318 wins. His play on ‘kf;' (2) necds no comment, as a Black win occars at each move, and Wnere he leaves it for a draw, the position siancs thus: Dlack men on 1, 3 Kz on 1. W e men on 10, 20, £8, 3 s on 4. Dlack's move. Play 13—17. —7. Y . 48, —:6, and ail the oxen icini 2 shalltotva couid not deave 1 * B 3. Hheges GAME NO. 320-CROSS. Played at Janesville, Wis., between Messrs. Morse aad Pryor. . Morse’s move. 30~26 610 THE GAME OF CHESS Communications for this department shonld be addressed to Tue TRIsUNE and indorsed **Chess,™ CHESS DIRECTORY. Cmicago Cress CLUB—No. 50 Dearborn street. Cuicaao CiEss AssoctaTios—Hansen & Welch' 150 Dearborn street, opposite TrisvNe Building. Chess-players meet daily at the Sherman House (Basement) and Tremont House (Exchange). TO CORRESPONDENTS. G. K.—As corrected, the two-mover Is sound. bat too simple. The other can be solved by Q 1o Q8. Kt., Tarner, Il.—The end-game is O. K., and matc can be accomphshed in three moves. Will you be good enough to eend solutions a day or two earlier?t L. A.V.—Problems received. There is some mistake fn No. 1. No. 2 is neatly constracted, but the trick is too well known and transparent. No. 3 {8 100 ca Philo Chess Club,—Wormald's *‘Chess Openinzs™ (published in London) is an excellent work on the pame. 2. Qto B 5 allowsssafe defense, viz.: B 10 Q5 BG, orRS. Problem No. 103,—Correct solation recelved from E. C. Phillips, E. Barbe, C. Huntoon, iL. F. Paul, 0. R. Benjamin, W. il Oviogton, D, H. Kinkead, und J. Trelease, city; erside, I ; H. G. Tsbell, “'aaKm C. J. Dodee. Bowmanville. Dibble, Niles, Mich. ; 1. ; N Schoff, Ana Arbor, M Milwaukee, Wis.: G. Krenz, Clinton. Ia. Kt., Turner, Jll., who aiso rends solution to N 162, but too late for acknowledgment last week; W. T. Trego and C. G., city. h.; L. A. Van PROBLEM NO. 165. BY W. A. SUINKMA RAPIDS, MICH. o ;%// ‘White. ‘White to play and mate in three moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 163. White, l i 1.RwQR 6 20 Mates aceordingly. LIVING CHESS. A new amusement is claiming oopular attention. It has attracted cousicerable interest in the Eaat, s0d is slowly making its way West. It 1sthe old and royal game of chess, and is piayed in_public, with men and woinen for Kings, Queens, Knights, Pawns, etc. An eniertainment of this kind was given in_Rouse's Opera-House, in Peoria, last Sweek, and we extract from the Zranscrint of that city the following description of it: At8orclock, the hour announced for the openln of the game, the hall was comfortably filled wit: Specta- tors, some forty belng accommedated with seats upon thestage. The audlence was fn excellen: humor, and Torc a somewhat protracted delay with cxemplary pa- tience. Finwlly the note of u bugle was heard, and Murshal Georve Puterbaugh, in Rorgeous robes, ap- peared, and proceeded to present to the audlence a A)ght dissertation on_chess, explaining the character of'the game, the power of the Dicees, etc. A second blast from the bugle Lrouglit. the heralds, who took thielr places at the sides of thetr respective ehamplons. 1f the Marshal was zorgeous, the heralds were splendia as to costume, and received, as they deserved. a round of anpiause. Sl anotlier bugle-cail brought from the ante-roums the pursulvants, st theheadof a line of Tadies, who were.the pawns, the suvance-guard of the real pieces of the game. They_ were preceded By he drum corpy of tho -Natlonal® lilucs, who took thelr stand at the upper side of the bLoard, and pisyed a merry Toll as the pawns marched around the boara and ranged them- selves (p the rear of the royal rows. Then folfowed fn grier the rooxs, enveloved in huye paper casties, the Enjglits, dn helmet and cuirass, the bishops {n cassock aua- mitre, and last, the kings aud queens tozether i Tegal rubes and KIngly crowns. ‘Fhiey took thelr places on the board. The piwns went to thelr front and the lierald announced that the first move would be declded by 2 bow Shut AL 5 tarzet whic was placed (o the front of the hail.. TWoOf the hawns stehped forward and the Ted essayed the first shot, and lodged ner arrow near the centre of the tarzet. Then the white trled her hand, and her arrow barely eseaped going Smong the audience on the stage, striking Just in_the upper edge of thetarzet. This gave the frst move to the red, and the serlous work of the game began. Before, how- evor, we proceed to **Writé up” the plav, let us pauss 1o say thatall the _pleces were most elegantly and ap- DropHately costmned, the dresses belng Proosbly thie Hnest ever scen o thé clty. “We caunot. nitempt_ to elve a report of the game In detal], nor would it be of purtlcular fntercst, The first capture was mude by the red king's knlght, which took a white knight, only, however, to be {tself captured at the next move by a white pawn. The gawe weat on with varying fortunc untl a castle was moved, only to be st once captured and marched off the board to the seats reserved *for them who‘rerm\'eu’ll 0ot to the nd.» The frantlc eflors of Sle Castle to sic down, EAused uproarivus lsughter from the nudlence, which s helehtened by his attempts to et the. - blarated thing" over his head. Finally he concluded that he didn't want to sit dowu suyway, and thencetorth Viewed the progress of the game 1rom a perpendicufar standpolat. “Fits yate ended In a victory for she white—time of Rame Nfiy minutee. Tho knlghts of the defeazed pac- Frformed an ‘srch with thielr spears, under which the Victors pussed and marched (ato the state-room. CHESS IN CITICAGO. The followinz well-contested and interesting game is the firet fn the match between Meswrs. Kdate and Ucdemann for the challenge cups of the Chicago Chess Associntion: PIANCHETTO, Black-r. Gedemann. White—3r. Adalr. 1 10 1 1akes Q 20,13 takey I ch sananene ZEZaLaAace ege RO TR 5 49. Kt BT id afler Inany more mores (he =ame was drawn. m(u) QoR G seems a better coutinuation. en hid 35..PtoRt4 6.1 takes Kt QuoRd . 8.0l K2 Or, if 17—, Q.10 @ 2, 18..B takes B, Rto R2, 19..Bto B 3. Bto K2now will not an- The only move. swer. ) (c) This is none the less neat for being forced, and enables White to escape from his critical po- sition with the loss of o Pawn. (d) Lest, a3 it places Biack under restraint for some movds. K takes B would be answered by It to Ktxq. (¢) Mr. Tedemann afterwards thouzht that he could have won here if. instead of makiuz this cap- tare, he had plaged 41..Kc to Q 2, and we are in- clincd to usrce with bin. Whiic docs not appear (0 bave any better lime of play at command than the following: P 42..K takes 12 S5 PrakedKt | 42..R takes R ch SR takes P on 41K tekes P The reply to 42..Kt to Kt 6 wonld be42..KtoR 2 (best). ‘This, of course, is not conclusive, and we shoulid be pieased to iear from any one who can demonstrate 3 draw for White in this pasition, CHESS IN LONDON. The following very pretty game waa lately plaged at Simpsow's Divan, London, between Mr. Masor, of New York, and one of the most brillisat Lon- don amateurs: BISHOP'S GAMBIT. Black—Mr. B. White—Mr. Mason. 4 Ldw Kt R4 toKB3®) 210 Rt 5 i 5 & B Ko Biotis ey Q takes B (g) 35..Qtakes Reh QoK Si.Qtakes P Siolia fradry Riooban WEOB3 Qo Ke7cl 30 KtoKt3 Q10 K5 (b) 07K o Rex 0Q 41.QuoR7ch ) 3 Gl tkes RS 0 135 3 Ptoits kev P isPRe Ko 45..Q (0 Bya Kts LR I4 K5 45 KL 100 Kee B Qwkrs 7 R Kt (k) 51P takey & 17 5270t Risen 2 53, 10%5 8 54 toht2 55, toRgch 5t WwK7ch ST GtoBy e 54 G tnkes 2 Ko B2 f 8 Q tks Q ch, 2nd wing (2) This defense has been lately popularized by Mr. Bird, who considers 1t euperior to the classic defense. Pto K Kt 4. tnasnuch as it enables Black to frustrate the Fraser attack, the first move of whichis Pto KKt3. (b) A plessing deviation from the backmeyed poth. Jeaving the K R 3d square 0 be occapiea by (c) This scems’ to give a safer game than the move recommended by some authorities—Ke te B4, (d) Well played. (e) This game abounds with fine and vigorons strokes on both sides. (f) The Rupert of Chess 2lmost reveals his iden- tity by this move. [We iufer from the above that Mr. Mason's opponent was Mr. Boden, the noted English chess-player.—Cuzss Ep. TRIBUNE. ] (2) White 15 evidently not to be dazzled by bril- Hancy nor intimidated by hard blows, (h) Of course, capturing the Kt would have en- tailed the 1mmedinte loss of the game. (i) Weak. (k) This eacrifice cxposed the King to much worey, but we believe it was 83 sound as It was pretty. - (1)’ A fata] blunder, but not to be wondered at, seeing that this admirably-contested zame, extend- ing oeyond eixty moves, was rattled off in about twenty minutes. —London Sporting and Dramatic News. THE GROVER LECTURE. The President of tho Philogophical Soclety Explaing How They Were Taken by Sur- prise. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cricaco, Feb. §.—Tue TRIRUNE of this morning has a communication signed A. H. 8. on the Philosopbical Society and Grover, asking questions, to one of which I would repiy as President of the Society. He asks, “What is the Philosophical Society thinking of in allow- ing such diatribes to issue under their aus- pices? Iam hapoy to inform A. H. S. and all others that the Phiiosoohical Socfety had noth- ing to do with the issue of Grover’s scurrility, uor, knowingly, with its orizinal production. If the question could bave been voted onin the Socicty [am sure that we should have tried to prevent any outsider from knowing how shame- fully we had been imposed upon; we would “have kept the whole matter a secret in our un- fortunate memories. Grover had no authority or permission to link the name of the Society with his valgarity. Ido not think the protest of Tuesday signed *“ A Member of the Philo- sophical Society” was a *-feeble disclaimer,” though restrained fn tone; snd tor myself (let any one who knows me imagine how I felt un- der the infliction of the delivery of that *lect- ure!), I bave waited only that my wrath might cool to the Writing point, and that my protest might appear-in Sunday’s TRIBGNE. The fol- lowing are the facts in the case: Grover has for some time wanted to lecture to the Philosophical Society; and just at this time the Executive Committee has had difficulty in filling their list of lecturers, none of those who were engaged being ready. On the evening of Dr. Thomas’ lecture [ was aathorized to an- nounced that Mr. A.J. Grover wonld lecture the next week upon * The Doctrine of Equali- ty,” a topic selected from our list; or, 1t was said, be might change the title somewhat to ex- press his subject more exactly. Duriag the week be informed the Committee that he would lecture on ““Some of the Causes of Intemper- ance.” Saturday moraing [ first saw the printed announcement of his theme, “Intemperance: Caristianity its Ally: Science the Remedy.” In the cvening a small audience appeared, partly brought in by the complimentary tickets we al- ways give the lecturer; not more than a fourth of the members of the Society were present. On rising to speak, Grover said he was like & woman on washing-day who gives 3 lunch of odds and ends: he bad not had time to write the lecture he had promised, 50 he wonld give us a basty article he had written for publication. ‘Then came that fearful mess of irreverence, false statement, bad togic, and scurrilous abuse of Miss Frances E. Willard, an bonored lady of whom we may say as Lowell did of Mrs. L. M. Child,— If her heart at hizh floods swamps her brain now ana then, *Tis but richer for that when the tide ebbs again. (Thoueh the lady bears my name, I have not the honorof claiming her as a relative.) \We were taken by surprise. Every one criticising the Jecture, including some anti-Christians, ex- presseddissent, both from the arzument and the spirit of the fecture. A stranger who hed the courtesy of the floor allowed bim, C. W. Johuson, Esq., of Kansas, joined in the general voice. To the criticisms Grover did not really reply, but added some other irrelevant stuff when he bad the floor tn answer them. ‘The Pbilosophical Society is composed of metnbers of ull shades of opinion, from Catholi- cism to Atheism. 1t wives a free platform for the presentation of all sorts of opinions, belicv- ing that error will be most effectually and most y suppressed when the light and warmth of truth and free discussion are poured upou it. Said an Enalisn critic some forty years ago, **1f the Devil be abroad _anywhere, by all means let. us see him: for the Prince of the Power of the Air ever worss most_dangerously in the dark.” Nowadays, to protect onr stores, we do not put up shutters, but put in Jarge windows and light the gas. - A H. S. says: “If the Soclety knew the ‘measurcment which the best minds of the city have of them, they would not provoke the Christian public,” etc. In his views, then, we stood condemned aiready. But “the best minds of the city” would do well if they ac- cepted the free platform we offer, nd yive us true philosophy and facts on all subjects within our scope. We do pot desire, geucrally, nor invite, lectures on theolvgical subjects; but dis- cussions of them arise iucidentally very often. We have gladly listened this year toa Jesuit Father Fave us a_purely philosophical lecture, to a Swedenborzian, to 2 Jewish Rabbi, and to a noted Methodist. Wedesire more sucn Jectures_as these gave ve. We iuvited Dr. Frauveis L. Patton and others like bim. I ouce in a great while we are deceived, we way remind A. H. 8. that the Christian pulpit is sometunes disgraced by a mountebank Jike Talmage. or dishonored by a seducer like Kallock or Clen- deunioz. - As 1o the membership, - we should gladly welcome some of those “best minds of vur city” {o maintain upon our floor the cause of truthas they see it. 1 rezard jtas agood place to tight for Truth, not because sbe is rurely there, but oceause Error comes there openly to 1avet her. Lumus well known as any mewmber of Society tor readiness to take the floor, and always m Geteose of Christianity and of the doctrines of God and Itzmortality when they ere assaled. £ should like the Lelp of these ““hest miuds”: there is the place for them. And if we are such a pestilent nest of infidels as A. H. 3. seems to imply, bow does it happen thut thus far, for siX yeass, the Presudenis of the Suvuety bave aff been Christians, Proi. Juseph Haveu and Dr. H. W. Thomas being the first two! SAMUEL WILLARD. President of the Philosophical Society. ———— Eirth Notlce. To the wif AL Ep) Teaman, i ‘o the wife of Ferry Crafty, colored, 2 Demo- cratic son, MajorTilford. o