Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1880, Page 11

’ MUSIC. The Closing Matinee of the Mu- sical College Normal. ‘ Mme. Rudersdorff Contemplates a Visit to Chicago. The New York Festival of 1881— Musical News at Home and Abrozd. = The last of the series of matinées given by the pupils of the summer normal course of the Chicago Musieal College has taken place at Apollo Hall. These concerts have dem- onstrated @ number of facts all; testifying to the thoroughness of the education re- ceived at the College, and the varied natural talents of the young ladies who are gradual- jy becoming first-class singers. The efforts ‘of the pupils clearly show that the College can hardly be excelled in the efticiency of its four principal departments, Dr. F. Ziegfeld rionds at the head of the piano department. jis numerous pupils testify to his abilities asateacher. Mr. L, A. Phelps, a thorough urtist and teacher, is placing the vocal de- partment on a level to which it had never previous aspired. His own training, in the jest Italian schools, has been thorough, in- ing him with a devotion to his art that is Je in the effurts of his pupils, Mrs. Anna Cowell Hobkirk, so long connected with the dramatic 2, is instructing many purils of talent according to the best princi- ples of elocution and rhetoric. Yocal pupils preparing for the opera are given a complete stage training, While those who desire to be- come readers only could find uo better pre- ceptor. Mr. Heimendahl, late of Boston, has assumed the direction of the violin depart- quent, and as a player stands foremost in this count ‘Kittie Richards played the piano num- persat the fast concert. She is so wellen- gowed with musical talents and has de- yeluped them. so conscientiot that she is teurs in is admirable, bege Funiasie ” of the fine: Her __ technique ns were the ** one the Ner ¢ of Schumann, the air from the Raff suite, op, id third movements of nor concerto, in which gield, played the or- Mrs. in the Col- oncerts, sanz’ Donizetti's “Regnava flenzio ? admirably, and also in the duet iralabianea Luna,” with Mr.L. A. Phelps. ‘The duet was §\ nan excellent manner, Phelps’ robust tenor being in god con- mn and showing to the best advantage. phrasing, expression, and shading are 4, and should be heartily commended, Iubmatde his first appearance, ‘Su, and the sccond the Mendelssohn Gn her texcker, Dr Z chestral parts on a second piano. Preece, who has appeared. befo: lege an ptivated all present. His conneetion with the “Boston Mendelssohn Quintet Club as a solo violinist were a warrant thot he was 2. superior artist, Tut. all expectations were — exceeded. A pleasi ty was lent to the perform- ance by the appearance of Mrs. A. B. Jarvis, who recited © The Naughty Little Girl? hinuch piguaney and humor. Mrs. Edna 3 Emma Bobbitt recited chillers play of * Mary wi Brown and 3 stlections from Stuart? LOCAL SUMMALY. s Bertha Burge, ihe pianist, has re- from her vacation and resumes her 25 AT ONCE. ze s Lilian E. Smythe, having ' returned from her vacation, will reecive her pupils as formerly at the Woodruff House. Mrs. W. E. Foote, formerly well known asinger, and now of Kansas City, is mug With friends in this- city for a few Weeks. Mme. Rudersdorif is ready to spend four weeks in this city in October, provided a certain number of pupils are guaranteed her. Mrs. Hershey-Eddy will receive all applica- tions, which must be made before Sept. 4. Prof. C. E. Rt. Miiller, the well-known inusitian, who hasbeen teaching in the Ham- burg Conservatory for two years past, has returned to the city and will make it his per- quznent home, resuming the duties of his profession, in Which he isso distinguished, THE NEW YORK FESTIVAL. Apropos of the New York festival next year, we extract the following from an inter- ‘iew of the New York Herald with Dr. Dam- he _“ And how are matters progressing, Doctor, 23 th *" the writer asked when the ed to that topic. in tember we will rehearse prove practically the acousti $s not perfect in that way alterations will be made in the interior. i ave over seven hun- dred applications from choristers that | think will be acceptable. In ad ices, mostiy from the and 1 from Brooklyu, To these add iw from the Ontario Society and Ihave a total «f over tiftecn hundred from which to choose ‘the chorus of.a thousand.” Z ~ And how about an orchestra?"” tr ageregate 2 or over, chosen from best musicians. If 1am not fully suited in this direction I shuli seck players from otber cities. The program of the week's festival sil embrace new and grand choral and instru- mental works, representing some of the greatest of the old masters and the most interesting of the new, not excluding any school. The suloists are not decided on yet. 2s only this geueral out- line is drawn now. “Iam corry I cannot tell you more about it at present. MUSICAL YN Mr. George E. Whiting’s “Song of the Viking” will probably be produced in Cin- ciunati. Signor Rosnati, a tenor, who will be re Mebered in uhis city, has been singing with- ‘out success in Milan. 4 Mr. Lithgrow Jamies; a baritone, said to be 88 fine as Casuemary, has arrived from Lon- dou aud joined the Emma Abbott opera company. “Stradella” in English will be the strong featare of Carl Rosit’s répertoire this year. Miss Josie Jones Yorke will take one of the Principal parts. .dliss Van Zandt is studying with Mme. Carvalho the characters of Di ih, Susan- a, andthe hervine of David Perle du msi,” in which she is to appear at the Opera Comique. My. Maurice Gran’s French Opera Com- pany will make their début_at the Standard dheatre Sept. 13 in “La Fille du “fambour- Major,” which is said to be one of the most auusing of Offenbach’s operas. The elaborate program, which has been be- fore noticed, in which Mr. 7) Sonduet an orchestra, and hy; Wilteimj ror soloists," and give conceris for Ae months in the principal cities of the country, is nut likely to by carried out. though not successful last season dhis selection of operas, hus fully appre- Gated his rivai’s skill, and will accordingly ¥ “Mefistofele? at Covent Garden, with me. Kaiti as Margherita. It is further flaied that he is negotiating with Signor im for the sole right to perform that cum- }oser’s new opera, ** Nero.”? A. Gounod has undertaken to write a new + Matorio entitled “The Redemption,” for the itningham Festival of Iss2. The publish- & Messrs. Novelio, anuuunce that IL ged says this will be bis “crowning ef- or.” As the work is not yet composed, this inodest statement of M. Gounod svems to be of the nature of enumeration prior to the Recessary incubation, or, vulgarly speaking, ‘counting chickens before they are hatched.” Patti's season_for two months, next year i mu March to Mfay, is to be under Pollini’s tap eement, the Hamburg impresario, and t of Franchi, her secretary. After this arisian engagement, she will sins in Lon- ‘Ol, as usual, and then she meditates a visit merica with the inevitable Nicolini. A pred tour to Jast a year and a half, with the et result to the two artists of $600,000, and brig the public career of Patti is to end. She ill become the stay-at-home mistress of Tais-y-nos in Wales. Anew symphony in three parts, called a Jewish Trilugy, bas been written by Mr, Sper, Bammerick, Director of the Musical ‘hool attached to the Peabody Institute of a ltimore. ‘This work hes been commented at sume length in the Berlin Zeitung of TK t date in a rather unfavorable tone. the {jompesition seems to fail in conveying dea suggested by the title. Its claim to the 3 considered a trilogy is even denied by in tigelting, for the fact of its being written Tenstnee, Patts does not entitle it to such pre- the a and ihe critics search in vain for a inst trace of the presence of the Jewish tel lent Which assumes to be the source of Lepae The overture is, nevertheless, . ed to be a well-rounded work, although SMmMetry in its rhythm, whether intention- -with foreigners are unhappy. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES ally or ctherwise, is generally avoided. The overture is followed by the second part, called a lament, the whole terminating with the Sinfonia Trionfale. The orchestration is far from masterly, and the whole trilogy is con- demned with faint praise as a work more pretentious than important. ‘The principal honors of the Concours de Chants of the French Conservatoire have fallen to Miss Gertrude Griswold, an Ameri- ean young lady, the niece of Mr. ‘Bret Harte. ‘This is the first time since the establishment ofthe Tagaous Conservatelre that an awa an or even an English-speaking person has carried off the grand prise. The Boston Philharmonic Society an- nounces its programs for next winter. Mr. Bernhard Listemann will, as usual, be the conductor, and among the new work: Boston) are Liszt's “Faust” symphony; the first part (Inferno) of Liszt’s “Dante” svi phony ;-suite, op. 48, by Tschafkowski; 0’ ture to “Der Bauer ein Schelm” (T Peasant a Rogue), by Dvorak; Goldmark’ overture to “ P; Pes Carnaval”; onic Dances,” by by Zopf. . NEW MUSIC. Chicago: Root &Sons: “The Turkey's Patrol,” march humoristic, by Gcorge Schlieffarth; “Valse Semplice,” byS.G. Pratt; “Commundery Grand March,” by S. C. Mills: “Down Where the Cotton Blossoms Grow,” by H. Paul Dresser; “Ysland Belle Mazurka,” by Gilbert Breton; “Zion Glide Schottische,” by E.G. Klein; and “Something That's Nothing to You,” by Gilbert Breton. Chicago: Lyon & Healy: Polka" and “Porte Bonheur Polka,” Granado, from tho Spanish Students’ toire; Galop from *Bocenecio,” by Vor March, for six hands, by Wekerlin; “Da Roses,” by Ratacl Joseify; “ Lullaby.” by E. D. Austin; “Down by the Huzel Dell," by Mrs. Clara Tompkins; “The Midshipmite Sons,” by Stephen Adanis; “ Prince or Peasant,” by Joseph L. Rueckel; * My Life Is Like a Summer lose,” by C. R. Adams. _ MARRYING TITLES. “Machaumicre by D. reper- /Title-Hunting Americans and Fort- une-Hunting Frenchmen;Fools and Their Moucy. CN a ake caer * Alvert Rnodes in Scribner Jor August. > Itis the subject of genera! remark that the majority of the marriages of American girls This is sufli- ciently indicated in the newspapers, where, from time to time is recorded the evidence of such domestic infelicity.. There are nat- urally many instances 6f the kind which do not reach publicity, through adesire of those concerned to avoid the exposure of. private misfortune and the common discussion of their domestic affairs. A naiural inquiry arises as to the cause or causes of such un- fortunate result, in response to which several reflections suggest themselves. In this case, the Englishman’ can hardly be regarded as a foreigner, for his mode of life and thought approximate to our own, and his language is the same. Hence he must be regarded as exceptional. What brings him still nearer to the American in the mat- ter of marriage is the absence of the dowry system which prevails in most of the other countries of Europe. ‘The countries which chiefly furnish these titular distinctions to American aspirants are Germany, Italy, and France, where, it is hardly necessary to say, the titles are not held in much esteem unless they represent talent, character, or wealth; not being in this respect as in England, where the title is usually packed by houses, lands, stocks, and social and political power.* a ‘There is in America, perhaps more than in any other country, a desire for some kind of distinction, which is another and character- istic form of the ambition of a young peo~ ple. Indeed, the desire to be something bet- ter than their neighbors belongs, in greater or less degree, toall people. The ancestral lines which mark out the elect in old coun- tries are absent here, and the Americans are obliged to seek forsuperiority in the material they have at hand ‘To be wealthy is of course desirable; but there are now so many who are wealthy that to be so does not con- fer the distinction it once did. Riches, being largely held in the hands of the vuigaras as the refined, something else is found trive to be distinguished in s, but,.as special gifts are requisit, comparatively few reach the covet- ed honors, and it never ean be otherwise. ‘The old question, Is he rich? is now supple- mented with, What has he done? Ir the man is neither rich nor talented he must, under pain of social excommunication, belong toa “good family.” A ‘The desire to be of good family is intense throughout the Union, and the man is yet to be found who admits that he belongs tu a bad. one. One thinksof the child, reading the records of tombstone-virtues, who asked where the wicked were buried. It is exhib- ited in the popular specch by F. F. V.’s, x k's, and so on. “Lhe subject isso dwelt upon that a stranger might suppose that we were made up of Muntmorencies and Howards. le finds io his surprise that more importance js aitached to this feature in’ this democratic country than inan aristocratic one. This naturally arises from the insecurity of the. position here, where no strong lines of demarkation separate the ordinary frou the distinguished people. Hence, every town, village, and ‘oads is composed Dp families,” a notification there municated to the stranger immediately on his arrival, This reaches a point that is here almost every shanty is pointed out as containing “blue blood.” ae It has passed into a proverb that the En- glishman iuves a Lord; but he inust be an English Lord, with an ancestral serell, and the Englishman who loves most belongs to the middle and lower classes. ‘T. F -quious tradesman of London in hi ement before sucha one is a painful Lit, which, so tar, is foreign to Aimerican experience in these States. In .the intel- Jectual class of England, however, much Jess importance is attiched tu a title. Mi Englishmen think Disraeli made a mistake in beconiing the Earl of Beaconsfield, mean- ing that he has thereby lost political in ence. The same affirm that a good shar Pitt's influence arose from remaining him- self a Commoner, whilst distributin others with a generous hand. Th other influence operating again ¢ ance of titles in this class, and that isthe Englishman’s inbred distate of novelty and innovation, and his Jove of his identity in name, character, and associations. A ‘This is still more the case with the intel- lectual class of France. Under the reign of Louis Philippe, when a dist entished person ersisted in addressing Guizet and Thiers as Barons, the former at length observed: “We are not Barons, Thiers and 1; if we wanted titles we would be at least Dukes.” italy has furnished the United States with agood many gentlemen of rank, who have put rect on the soil at the Battery from the’ steerage. A number of them, in the pursuit of a livelihood in the country of their adop- tion, have shown a familiarity in the man- ipulation of the razor and the making of lather, which has led to some doubts in the minds of the young women with rank aspira- tions as-to the authenticity of the names they bear, especiully as there are enough of undoubted titles from whom to choose. The genuine and the spurious, however, are al- ways @ in their. poverty. The fortunes of italy’s nobility appear to_haye been _pur- sued wiih especial disaster. In Naples Isaw a tailor who was_a Marquis, and a water- carrier Who.was a Prince. and several gentle- men of the same race and caste have come within my observation in America in the pur- suit of various callings, such as the vending of fruits and nuts. and the playing of a hand- organ as,an accompaniment to the perform- ance ofainonkey. This is not noted as a re- proach. but as an interesting fact in connec- tion with’ the titled. They were sad-faced men, not disposed to make light of their mis- fortunes. As one turned the crank of the organ to the air of “ Lannigan’s Ball,” and the other turned the roasting chestnuts, the; minds of both, probably, dwelt on the splendor of ancestral were tears in their voices as they spoke to each other, and no allusion was made to an- other life beneath Italian skies. Their lips uttered no title. The chestnut-roaster | ad- dressing the monkey-carrier as “my dear Marquis” would have produced a grotesque effect of only which an American humorist, or a French claqueur, would have been capable. _ : “As has been intimated, the. young woman who desires rank‘no longer encourages the interesting stranger who is introduced to metropolitan society through the Battery. A rude experience has taught her that, even *A distinction which is, of course, due to the law of primogentture in regard to tides and-the custom of entail of property in England; whereas, on the Continent, while the property is dissipated by frequent subdivision, the titles often belong allke to allthe descendants.—Ep, grotesque in some State: halls, There* when the noble foreigner comes in the cabin, it is well to wait for confirmatory testimony as to the name he bears before accepting his account of himself. Germany also furnishes America with a number of noblemen,—as a rule, Barons; but as almost every fourth man one meets in that land is a Baron, the title is not so highly esteemed among the title-hunters of the United States as some others. Germany may be considered as the home of titles, for pro- fessional naines are used in ordinary conver- sation as well as those created by Royal pat- ent. Not only is the doctor, the director, and the lawyer spoken to with this prefix, but it is shared in by their wives, and is exacted by the rules of politeness. ‘here are conditions under which mar- riages may be effected ina foreign ‘land, With approximate chances of happiness, as. in the native one. They involve a long residence in the country, and intimate ac- quaintance with its people and friendly rela- tons with some honest families, Familiarity with the language is naturally implicd. ‘The exercise of ordinary prudence under such circumstances is attended with the results following marriage at home. ‘These condi- tions are hatdly feasible to. Americans, who are gencrally travelers, or at best sojourners of a year or two. Those who reside abroad longer are usually deprived of the prudent presence of the head of the family, who can not absent himself from his business, what- ever it may be, for-an undue length of ‘time. There are men, however, entertaining this singular idea of domestic life. who permit their families to dwell in foreign parts for years, they remaining at home to toil and supply them with money, from which sepa- ration it is hardly necessary to add, estrange- ment, and unhappiness frequently follow. ‘To establish friendly-relations with honest, decorous, and esteemed families of, say, a country like France is exceedingly difficult for the foreigner, unless opened up with kindred ties, and these very few Americans possess. If the American girl does not en- counter the nobleman on what is considered, by a fiction of international law, American soil—the floor of the legation—she .incets himin one of the houses of the American colon which keeps up a Social connection therewith, and where a group of noblemen may always be found. Although such a col- onist may have been residitig ten” years or more in the place, it is rarely that a’ French- woman is -seen_in her house; of the sisters and’ mothers of these needy no- blemen she knows __ nothing. ‘‘Vhe frecdom and accessibility of such a drawing-room are contrary to the customs_ of the country, and, if no other reason ex- isted, this would be suflicient to account for their absence. The nobleman in quest of money goes there rather for business than pleasure, in his continuous hunt after the American heiress. Indeed, this prac- tical way of looking on iarriage is a feat- ure that extends through all classes of the French nation; and vet it is a fashion among French: publicists to look upon the French as a people of sentiment and ideas, while they regard Americans as a_ positive, practical people, given over to the pursuit of the dollar to the exclusion of the gentle sen- timents of romance. For instance, that impractical leaning toward mysticism which conduces to vague, unsatisfactory results, in theology and Spiritualism, is a trait of Aimer- ican character which the Frenchman camot comprehend, and, not comprehending, he attributes it to what he calls American hum- bug,—that is, something done with an_ ulte- rier moiive of pocketing a gain. In all the affairs of material life, the French are really the most practical people in the world. ‘The nobléman in quest of money to regild his blazon says in his defense thata ude should be regarded in the same way as a yaluable commodity; it has 2 high market- yalue in America,—higher, perhavs, than in any other country.—and of this he proposes to take advantage; the young woman.wants his title and he wants her money, and the inarriage becomes a fair exchange. The owner of ‘the titular ornament of course holds it at its highest value, and garlands it with the traditions of his ancestors, from the founder of the family down to himself, ‘This account often produces the same effect on the fair American listener which the story of Othello did on the gentle Desdemona. What most probably contributes tothe birth of this love, however, is the coronet of a Countess ‘on ‘cards, coupé-panels, plates, knives, and forks, and all the paraphernalia of a household. « ‘This explanation or defense “of the noble- man, from his point of view, may satisfy his conscience, but as much can hardly be said of the father of the young woman, rearedin the midst of republican institutions, who pays down the money. With an equanimity surprising to one who has been tanght from childhood that. marriage should be based on affection, and affection only, the father sometimes enters into money stipula- tions, as if he were selling a horse dr a bale of cotton. In thus disposing of his daughter, he has nothing tosay in vindica- tion of the home principles inthe midst of which he has been reared, and they go down before the first vigorous attack in a foreign land. ‘The cause of this surrender fs natural- ly to be found in a new-born vanity. He is soing tobecume the futher of a Countess. le Would probably like to become a Count, but, that being unfeasible, he contents hi self with the second part; and itis this vari- ance between profession and practice which often makes of the American father a fair target forridicule, —_ Itis not the intention of the writer to be understood xs saying that moral deficiencies are the traits of noblemen. asa class, for there are probably as many good men among them in proportion to their number as in any other class, but these the young Amcrican: woman seldom meets, for they are not the kind to haunt Jegations and the, houses of Americans in quest of marriage i ements, making of it the business of their iv Tiius it is that the young stranger from the other side of the Atlantic is apt to meet only the worst of the titled people. [tisa rule in France that tliose who are of easiest access in social life are the least desirable as friends or aAcquaititances, Among these, the titled who nkrupt in character and money press forward, at the possible chance of filling their purse by marriage with some stranger who knows nothing of them and their past. All this before the weddinz; for the Ameri- ean father and mother and sisters. of the bride expect, after that, event, that the doors of the rfoble groom’s family will be thrown open to them, and that they will enjoy intimacies before denied. This hope is dwelt and built upon by the expectant re- publicans with an alacrity and joyousness sad to contemplate. Their future entry into the noble world is nade known to friends on cboth sides of the Atlantic, Copies of the coat-of-arms of the husband that is to be are contained in most of their letters. A slight damper may be thrown over this expectant gladsomeness in the rigid persistency of the noble groom in drawing up each cl the marriage contract, and in his that the exact sum shall be paid down p vious to the ceremony. They, however, soon recover from this passing chill, in view of the great results which are to follow the marriage. e : ‘This ante-marriage draft_on the fortune of the American family is not so much minded by the women as by the- father, who probably himself has made every cent he possesses, and knows, in consequence, the value of money. F Generally, it then occurs to him, if it has not before, that he is paying a heavy suin for an unknown; unsubstantial thing which can- nott timated in dollars and cents. And yet he is obliged to recognize that it has a market value among his own fellow-coun- trymen. ‘The women-members of the house- hold are in such a state of beatific hope, usu- ally, that they would as soon think of hag- gling with St. Peter about the-price of ad- mission. within the celestial gates as. to ehallenge that demanded by the noble groom for opening unto them the portals of the new world to which it is his privilege to belong, After the murriage consummation the American family are prepared to become the friends of the noble husband's family. Calls are exchanged, and: politeness is shown to the transatlantic people,—a politeness that is unexceptionable. The Americans wait for that expansion which usually precedes inti- macy, and, as they wait, discover that the newly-made Countess is being Eradually withdrawn trom them, that she is surround- ed, and that barriers are beimg erected be- tween her and them. In a word, the parents learn that they have served 9s.a ladder to what they considered a higher social life. The relatives of the new husband have vir- tually said to him: “Your wife is now one of us, and we receive her, but you have not married her relatives, and we draw the line there.” 5 The young American woman, with the nat- ural affection which belongs to her sex, may rotest against this virtual separation froin er parents, butis trained and amused in. sucha way that she, as a rule, gradually be- comes accustomed to it. ‘The separation does not take place at once, but the visits between mother and daughter become fewer and then at longer intervals, until finally the mother ceases to enter into the daily life of the daughter, And yet neither the father nor mother can find an act or aword in their brief intercourse with their daughter’s new relatives which they can term positively unfriendly or impolite, Everything, in appearance, is smooth and cohventional, and an objection is difficult to ind. ‘The American father chafes under t! He would rather receive some act, of ue ocation, give them a piece of his mind, and be done with it; but the provocation never comes, and at last he finds it incon- sistent with his dignity to have any inter- ourse with people who keep him at such a distance, and he. will have nothing more to do with them. The mother may still yearn for her daughter, but the aroused father will permit her to make no further visits to the daughter’s house; then, only once ina long while, the Countess comes to them. Thus is brought about what the husband and his family have desired. ‘ : The following case, which will throw ligt on another side of this subject, came w Hight the personal knowledge of: the writer. ‘The Count, a good-looking fellow with a fair Somlly. name and nO money, sought: to remedy this deficiency by wooing a young Ameri¢an woman, andin a short time he won her affections—atter he had ascertained that her father was rich. ‘The titular orna- ment on sleeve-buttons, handkerchiefs, and note-paper, joined to 2n agreeable person, did their work speedily and effectively, The Count whispered in her ear, between Jove’s murmurings, that he would be mod- erate in his demands on the paternal purse— enough in hand to repair the house of his ancestors, and $10,000 a year. The infatuated. young woman was not affrighted at the lan- guage of tenderness thus sandwiched with financial demands. But when he proposed to puton his black coat and white cravat, in accordance with the custom of his coun- try, to talk over the matter with her father, it ‘occurred to her that the latter, with his American notions, might discover some impropriety in the overtures of the man she loved, and she begged him to leave the matter in the hands of herself and mother. ‘Chis was “irregu- lar,” but he submitted in deference to the wishes of his beloved. * " , ‘fhe ornaments appertaining to thetitle, set in sleeve-buttons and Srearlig apparel, had also produced their effect on the mother, and she was ready to do- anything in her power to enable her daughter to share the privilege of the Count in Nearing and displaying this Gallic wampum; but, Knowing her husband as she did, she stood aghast at thée'conditions which her proposed son-in-law imposed, and that person was informed by the daughter that the terms were out of the question, ‘Between _love’s murmurings, the Count knocked off the sum intended for the repair of the ancestral home, because he could not live without her. When the mother was in- formed of this concession, she thought, even without that, the terms were still excessive, and he was made acquainted with. her opinion. ‘The Count consulted with his sister and his cousins, and particularly with his uncle, who also was a Count, the head of the family, and nearly as,penniless as his nephew. The result. of this confidence was that, at the next interview with the young woman, in- terlined between the tender speeches, he ‘confided to her that he would make it $5,000 ayear,—only 25,000 francs,—because he leved. and could not pessibly live without her. He gently whispered, as he told her that she was an_angel, that this was his ulti- imatum,—his unele, sisters, and cotisins would not permit him to come down another olar. ‘When the mother was persuaded that the nobleman would not ‘recede from this posi- tion, she communicated his proposition to her husband, an_oil-striker, who had worked with his hands fora living before he ‘struck oil.” It was. received with an expletive which was too forcible to write, and coupled with the remark that he would never give one cent to the man who married his daugh ter, Count or no Count. ‘this stern resol .tion was made known by the weeping daugh- terto her nuble swain, who kissed away her tears, swore he loved her more than ever— but was obliged to adhere to the last figures he had named. _ With a view of further impressing the American family with the dignity and im- portance of his title and connections, he nvited them to make a visit with him to his uncle, who dwelt in the country, about two hours’ ride from Paris by rail. The oil-striker refused the invitation, but the mother and daughter accepted. ‘The head of the noble fanily burnished up everything for their re- ception. An additional servant was had up from the neighboring village, and put into ablack coat. to do general duty during the visit of the Americans. -‘The old woman cook did her best in the preparation of adejeuner a la fourchette at 12. The mnan-of-all-work had-dtsted down the old furniture and waxed the flours. The re- ast was flanked with two or three of the last bottles of the old gentleman’s wine. He received the visitors with the suavity of the old school, exhibited to them the parch- ments of the family, showing the deeds and honors which had ‘crowded’ thick and fast along the whole ancestral line, and when he had satisfied their hunger with appetizing food, and their thirst with toothsome Yquem. he brought them out in front of the old house, by way of crowning his work, and showed them the statue bronze of the founder of the family. This, in a word, the language of his own countrymen, he had re- served as the bouquet. Mother and daughter were more enamored than ever with nobility, anda systematic suit was instituted. by them to induce the oil- striker to make~ the marriage-settiement asked for; but he remained obdurate. ‘The twain averred that the nobleman was not. the mereenary person witich the ancient striker of oil believed him to be, but wanted to be inarried beeause he loved; whereupon the old man proposed to submit the matrimoni- ally-inclined nobleman to a test, to which the women reluctantly consented: in two or three days it came to the ears of the Count that the oil-well belonging to the father of his beloved, which heretofore had poured forth its oleaginous wealth ina continuous stream, had ‘stopped, and the large stock of oil comprising the bulk of his fortune, held fora rise, had caught fire, and there was no insurance thereon. ke The Count and the members of his family. held a consultation, after being apprised of the double: disaster, when it appeared to them that the path of duty was clear. In accordance with and in pursuance of this general conclusion, the loye-smitten noble- man presented himself before the object of his adoration and told her that_ he had come to perform the saddest task which could pos- sibly be imposed upon him,—to relinquish all claim on the woman he loved. It * tore his heart” to do so, but a sense of duty impelled him to rise above all other consid- erations. Her father could give her no as- sistance; he himself had no money; and if he were to be united to her, the union would compel her to live a. life of privation and misery. He himself might undergo the mis- fortunes which’such a union offered; but he never could entertain the idea of asking her to share them,—he loved her too much for that, Even were he so far tq forget himself and what was due to heras to ask her to share such a humble and miserable life, his family would never consent to it. Saying which, the French &neas, with a face of an- guish, bowed himself oub never to return, ard left a pale American Dido on the sofa who refused to be‘comforted. : i The comment of the. 0! ker was sig- nificant. It was comprised in the question of, “What did I tell you?” The result of the test, however, did not bring the daughter to the same conelusion as_her father, and it is an article of faith with her to this day that the Count loved her, with a love unknown to. ordinary men. . Six months Jater it was discovered by the Count and his uncle that the weil continued to flow, and thé stock of oil, held for a rise, was unburned, except in Inmps, after fur- nishing a handsome profit on the topmost wave of the rise.. Another family confer- ence was held, when the path of duty again Decame clear, and in compliance therewith the young nobleman, at the earliest moment, presented himself at the residence of the oil-striker; but, through the orders'of that person, admittance was denied to him. “Another instance is found of a Frenehman who met this demand in a way thatis not new, but it was successful. Learning; soon after his arrival in America, that some of the young women were possessed of an intense desire to become Countesses, he straight- way called himself a Count, which, it is needless to say, he had “never done in his own land, | “Il wavait que jeter som mouchoir.? “He selected a good-looking young woman with money, whom he met- tied. She experienced the sensation of hear ing herself called a Countess, and of seeing 'the appellation inscribed on her visiing- eards, He could not take her to his provin- cial home in France, where he and his /ather were known as ameligrated peasants, aut he took her to Paris, where she at present re- sides under the ‘pleasing fiction that she has become part of 2 noble and ilustriouy fainily. = ¥ In conelusion, it must be. owned that the | evidence of conjugal unhappiness, however strong, will hardly deter the young Ameri can woman from striving to be a Countess, if her head be once filled with the notion, Were it proved to her that, in nine cases out of ten, such unions are miserable, she would with a. fatal facility believe hers to be the exceptional tenth, and unhesitatingly place upon her head the coronet destined in the end to become a crown of thorns. OUR SOCIETY. - . CHICAGO. MATRIMONIAL, A pleasant company assembled. Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. John Snigs, No. 82 Walnut street, to witness the mar- tiage of Capt. Lysander Miller, of Kenosha, toMiss America Bissell, of Joliet. ‘The cer- emony was performed by the Rev. L. P. Mer- cer, and, after the presentation of hearty congratulations and many tokens of good, will in the shape of gifts, the bride and groom departed - for their home in Kenosha. Miss Fannie A. Thoms, youngest daughter of the author of “ Thoms’ Practical Naviga- tor,” was married Monday last in New York City. Her brother, Dr. Thoms, is President of the American Humane Society, and she is well known in Chicago. ie APPROACHING NUPTIALS. On the evening of Sept. 1. Mr. William H. Street, well known in this city, will be united in marriage to Miss Cornelia M. Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Davis, of Santa Fé, New Mexico, Mr. and Mrs. Street will arrive in this city on or about Sept. 1, and will remain fora few days at No. 530 West Washington street. The marriage of Miss Abbie Scott, daughter of Ira Scott, Esq., formerly of Chicago, to Dr. Howard W.-Longyear will be celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 8 o’clock, at the resi- dence of the bride’s parents, No. 50 Frank- Hin street, Lansing, Mich. ‘The marriage of Miss Netta May Barney, daughter of B. B. Barney, Esq., of Toledo, to Mr. Edward F. Getchell, of this city, will Be ana n Wednesday evening, Sept. ad clock, in’ i it Gitirehefoledd. the First Congregational Miss Hattie S. Barrow and Mr. Chester S. Gurney will be married _on the evening of Sept. ES at, phe residence cs Hee bride’s uncle, mith, of the c 346 Park avenue. Hn OF SREER & ingze of Miss Belle J. Maxfield to . E. P. Gallaher will be celebrated at the residence of the bride’s mother, No. 12 South Eincaln street, NY cHines day, Sent af he engagement of ‘Mr. S i it Leonora Rothgerber is anigances nee -SOCLAL NOTES. A literary and musical entertaiment was Biveas last night in honor of the General th rand Chapter 0. £. S. by the members of e Order. at Nos. 62 and 6 North Clark street. The participants in the prograin in- eluded Mrs. C.D. Carrington, Mrs. Harry Wagae, Mr. C. M. Hutchins, and other mu- sical and literary talent. Mrs. Thomas M. Hoyne, of 1401 Michigan avenue, gave a delightful Iunch party last week in honor of her sister, Miss MeClay, of New York City. 2 ‘The West Side Musical Club gaye an enter- tainmant at the residence of Mr. S. Green- burg, and those present njoyed avery pleas- ant evening. é Mrs. Otto A. Sommer gave 2 coffee Friday afternoon at her residence, No. 433 West Lake street. A large number of her friends ywere resets and the affair preved very en- Joyable. * : Mr. William Fitzgerald and his lady enter- tained last ‘Tuesday, during the parade, quite @ number of friends at their home, No. 1309 Wabash ‘avenue, A lunch was served, to- gether avith wine and cigars, and the guests ure full of praise of the host and his amiable wife. Among those present were State’s- Attorney Mills, Assistant State’s-Attorney Baker, Mr. Ad. Fuerstenberg and lady, Mr. and Mrs. Fishmueller, Ald. Hildreth, Mr, William Marshall, Mr. Hugh 4fcLaughlin and Jady, Mr, Charles A. Arfeld and lady, Mr. Hugh Mayer, Mr. Louis Haas, Afr. James Rogers, Mr. Hans Herting, Col. Taylor, of Louisville. P On the evening of Aug. 14 the residence of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Van Deusen, No. 24 Campbell Park, was quietly and unexpected- ly surrounded by a large number of neigh- bors.and friends. The occasion was the tenth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. ‘Van Deusen, and the guests were promptly admitted. Many presents were lett by the visitors, and the evening was passed in a very Pleasant manner. PERSONAL. . Mr. William E. Foote, Miss Carrie Foote, Mrs, M. Munford, and Miss Aggie Williams, of Kansas City, are visiting friends at No. 493 West Lake street. Mr. F.R. Brainard, of the U.S. N., who has been visiting hus sister, Mrs. W. W. Van- arsdale, of this city, has been ordered to the United States steamer Galena, and expects to.crnise in European waters. A. L. Willoughby, Esq., Treasurer of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. McCord, and Miss Florence Mc- Core w Orleans, left Thursday morn- ing for Milwaukee. e r, Frank Agler, of -St. Louis, and Mr. Ho Kirkwood, of Washington, D. C., have been in the city, guests of Mir. and Mrs. Bell Mann, No. Calumet avenue. rs. Sam Brown, who has been. very sick at the summer home of I. S. Crane, Geneva Lake, is convalescing. = i Mrs. J. S. Mitchell, Bishop and and Mrs. J. L. Collins were regi me Sea View House, Martha’s Vineyard, ‘Tuesday, Aug. 17. ee Miss Lottie O’Brien, of Toledo, O., is visit- ing Miss MacMahon. Mr. Isador Springer, of the West Side, will leave Monday for a few weeks’ sojourn among the lakes of Wisconsin. Mr, and Birs. E. H. Scott have returned to e city. Miss Lulie Reeves, of Aurora, who has been for several days at Piebland Park, is now Visiting her cousin, Miss Florence Shep- pard, of No. 33 Twenty-lifth street. - ‘The Sisses Ceil and Rose Mayer are visit- ing friends at Hoopestown and various other places. Miss Florence Sheppard, after a several days’ pleasant trip"through Iowa has re- turned home, E. ‘Mrs. Jacob H. Wilson and daughter, of No. 374 Lake avenue, have left the city for a weeks’ vacation In Polo, Il. M vie Blodgett, of Hinsdale, left the city last night fora trip to Green Bay. She goes with a party from Jacksonville, I. Mrs. Alexander Henderson and Miss Julia Henderson have gone East, and will spend a month in Detroit and othercities. | Mrs. Henry 3. Birge, of Buffalo, is visit- ing her mother, Mrs. ‘T. B. King, of No. 2033 South Park avenue. ill LH. Moore, accompanied by Mr. J. A. Rowe, of the Union National Bank, has returned from a two weeks’ trip into South- western Nebraska. They report the best va- cation they have ever had. = Mr. William Wilson and. family, of Natchez, Miss., and Miss Nellie Loveland, of Jalainazoo, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. ‘£. Cartes, of No. 696- West Washington street, and have gone to Kalamazoo. ‘Miss Florence Cassard, accompanied by her friend, Miss Alice Hammer, has re- turned to the city. ; 4 Avice Minis Conkling is spending a few weeks in Ohio. Brother Arnold, late Director of De La Salle Institute, Toronto, Ont., is the guest of P. F. Ryan, Esa, of No. 312 West Washing- ton street. = ‘Mrs. U. R. Remington and daughter, Miss Ella Remington, of Grand Rapids, Mich., are guests at ee home of C. S. Squiers, of No. 3024 Wabash avenue. Esq., Ernst Butler, Alexander Butler, illersbure, Ky., and Walter Savage, of, Sft. zuests of the Sterling, Ky., have been the Rev. Dr. Dandy during the week, ‘Miss Badie Stephens. of Covington, Ky., and Miss Zoe Beatty, of Indianapolis, at- tended. eae Henne Conclave, guests at the Grand Pacific Hotel. r ‘Bliss Allie A. Worfolk, of Cleveland, is visiting with Miss Alice Crighton at the resi- dence of Mrs. M. O. Brown, 567 Adams reet. if. ae rs. Kittredge, of St. Paul, has been visit- ing in the city for several days, the guest of Mrs. George W. Fuller, No. 2426 Alichigan avenue. Sirs. Denry L. Hatch, of 310 East Indiana greet, is visiting her aged father, John I. Drury, Esq., and other friends, at Yates fr ah ‘Mrs. Charles J. Barnes, of this city, whd have been spending the past few months in Europe, are expected home earlyin Sep- tember. . he ‘Mrs: Charles Eldred and family, of Michi- gan avente, whe have been at the Wilting: Honse, Geneva Lake, Wis., have returne Te. ; nos. Hirvey Lester and Miss Rothgerber have left for Geneva Lake, where they will spend a week at the Whiting House., Senator Carraw and wife, of Cleveland, who have been visitmg Mrs. John L. Mac- Mahon, returned home Friday morning. ‘Mfr. and Mrs. John Busher. of Springfield, T re the guests of their daughter, Mrs. E. ¥. Hill, No. 76 Park avenue. Mir. and Mrs. J. K. Russell, of Milwaukee, s.. are spending a few days the yuests of Mrsand Mrs. C. S. Squiers. fz, and Sirs. John Crighton and Mr. and MYrSAL O. Brown have left for x two weeks’ Easten trip. 3 ‘Mrs.Jackson and daughter, Miss Bella, are iss Georg! visiting Mrs. Charles H. Atkins at 631 West Jackson street. Lester C. Newell has returned from his vacation improved in health. ‘Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hewes have returned from the East, _A. G. Van Schaick, Esq., gave an elegant dinner Tuesday to a large number of visiting Jumbermen. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Buchanan have taken up their residence at 3039 Groveland Park avenue. Maj. George M. McConnel returned home Monday after an absence of two. weeks in New York. - Mr. Horace Kirkwood, son of E. C. Kirk- ‘ood, U.S.N., Washington,D. C., is in the - Mrs. S. Harvey, of Otto, N. Y., is visiting her daughter, Birs. W. D. Allen, of Floral Miss Margie Hunker, of Toledo, O., is vis- ing Mrs. F. E. Rice, on South Ada street. _Aliss Cora Cooper, of; Ohio, is visiting her sister, Mrs. X. L. Otis, of Michigan avenue. Mrs. Kearney, of Toledo, O.,.is the guest of Mrs. MeMahon, No. 805 Chicago avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Pardee, who have been at the seashore for some weeks, have returned. Mr. and Mrs. Scott, of New York, haya returned ie nis ells is Mrs. eCall, of St. Louis, endi the summer at Geneva Lake. pened Ars. Enos Ayers and Mrs. C. T. Boals have returned from! Backing ohn ‘rumbull, of this city, is Newport, ut gis a Miss De Koven has left for the seashore. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Clark, née Arnold, of Council Bluffs, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, of Indiana avenue. The Hon. C. A. Waldron and wife, of Waterford, N. Y., are visiting friends at No. oe Wert aiams piteot Th iss ie Mahoney, of Throop street, and Mrs. Mary Hedglin, née Daley, are visiting Miss Lizzie Kavanaugh, of Lemont. Mrs. John E, Dunn, of Rochester, N. ¥., is this ett M. and Charies A. Dunn, of his city. Mrs. William Corrie, of Rochester, N. ¥., is visiting friends in the city. i E Mr. Fred Adams has returned to the city after a year’s absence in Boston, Mrs. William ‘IT. Falconer has returned from Hong Kong, China, to her residence, No, 203 Evergreen avenue, Miss Jennie Macaulay has returned to the city after a month’s visit to her aunt, at Chester, Ia. Mr, and Mrs. Rollin Sherman and Mrs. BI. Graff left last week for Minneapolis, where they will spend the balance of the season. Mr. George S. Willets has returned from a trip through Michigan. Mrs. Will S. Hall, née Goodno,: of mond, is visiting hermother, Mrs. S. 8. wood, of 958 Congress street. e Air. John Thompson, of Vetroit, was in the city last- week, the guest of Dr. Frank Ed- wards, of Wabash avenue. George Whiting, Esq., and wife, of Nee- nah, Wis., are spending a few days in tho city, and are the guests of Mr. J. W. Butler, Mr. Frank C. Bromiley and K. Felix Ekblad have gone to Lake Geneva for a few weeks, after a trip through the East. Miss Anna O’Llara, of St. Louis, is v: ing her friends, the Misses Davies, of No. 301 Groveland Park avenue. Mr. George Jones, of Jackson, Mich.., has been stopping with his sister, on Michigan avenue, during the past week. : Clement C, Chase, of Omaha, was in the city last week. Miss Nellie Leach, of Des Moines, Ia., has been visiting Miss Susie Spaids, of Michigan avenue, during the week. Mr, and Mrs. D. C. Leach, formerly of this city, but now of Des Moines, Ia., have been in the city during the past week. Miss Annie Jameson, of Quincy, Il, and Miss'S, C, Shafer, of Milwaulice, are the guests of Mrs. E. S. Overlock, of No. 70L Fulton street. iss Ella Shafer, of Foud du Lac, Wis., is yisiting Miss Lizzié Snyder, of No. 3436 Dear- born street. Miss Fanny Wolfsohn, of New Orleans, is spending afew days with Slr. Henry Liber- man, of No. 52 Twenty-fourth street. T. J. Hogan and Miss Josie Hogan, of Mil- ance are in the city visiting friends for a few days. A few of the many friends of Miss Nellie Nollister, of Leavenworth. Kas., yesterday assembled at the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa- cific depot to bid her farewell. Miss H. has for afew weeks been testing Chicago as a summer resort, visiti her friend Miss Emma Minehart. She leaves well ‘pleased with the city. . "> _Mrs. James Gamble and daughter‘Anna, of No. 3002 Wabash avenue, have returned from a trip to Wisconsin, bringing with them iss Emma Carlisle, of Mazomante, Wis. Mrs. Charles Morris and daughters, Ella and Cora, have returned from a six-weeks’ trip to Kilbourn City. Miss Laura Johnston and Miss Lucy Morris returned Saturday from Kilbourn of No, 118 Park avenue. City. Mrs. E. A. Morse and daughter have re- turned from Michigan. . John Cri! Ml and wife, of Cincinnati, have been visiting relatives in Lake View during the past week. Mrs. J. E. Woodman left yesterday morn- ing for a visit to her relatives in Williams- ton, Mich. Z Mis Katy Crooker, of Waukegan, is visit- ing her nd, Miss Minnie E. Uaydon, of. a No, 27 Twenty-tifth street. ‘Mr. and Mrs. William Knox, of Rome, N. f., are Visiting their niece, Mrs. Latie Pither, at No. 385 South Leavitt street. ‘Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Kelson, of Milwaukee, returned home yesterday, ‘Miss Mattic ins, of Geneva Lake, who has been visiting ™ Belle Crockett, re- turned home yesterda Miss Annie’ M. O'Conner and’ Miss Alexia G. Moore bade farew Il to their many friends last evening and started for Milwaukee and Waukesha. Mr. George Newhaus has returned from a three-weeks’ triparound the Lakes. SOCIETY TOPICS. The toniest woman at Newport registered and made. aan ASt Louis lady who had been graduated from three seminaries tried to send a band- box by telegraph the other day. The latest craze in furniture is for the styles of the First Empire. Mahogany is the fashionable wood, with gilt moldings for decorations. : WW. B. Bryant’s Chicago Business College is being flooded with applications for help from business houses. Not only are real flowers extensively used now as trimming for dresses, but real birds’ nests seem to be coming into fashion. One ob the leading ¢légantes of South Kensington, London, appeared the other night ata ball with a humming-bird’s nest with eggs com- plete, and the former little owner stuffed, on the edge, in her abundant hair. Many ladies attending the recent festivities fT at Central Music-Hall stopped: at Burnham's hair store, adjoining entrance, to admire and purchase from his tine stock. ‘A Chicago young lady is so enthusiastic over croquet it her father says “she is the maiden all for lawn.” ‘The exhibit of artistic furniture in the win- dows of J. A. Colby & Co., 217 State street, is attracting much attention. One of the, wealthiest of the summer resi- dents at Mount Desert is Charles Francis Adams, and his cottage is one of the least ex- pensive. on the island. To close out an accumulation of his supe- rior custoin-made shoes, Keller offers theim at unusually low prices for a few days. Monroe street, Palmer House. It was Elizabeth Stuart Phelps who, being asked if she was not afraid to be on the beach in the storm, when it was deserted, replied thatshe “preferred the voice of God to that of the sumuver boarder.” Many Sir Knights with their ladies visited the furniture warerooms of Wirts & Scholle, 22 Wabash av. The full shirred corsage introduced by Sarah Bernhardt is adopted by slender Jadies. _ The latest caprice is to wear the fan thrust in the belt instead of suspended by a chat- elaine. The new hat just introduced by Hagedon, 42. and 44 Madison st., delights the Indies. Miss Dudu’Fletcher, the author of .those charining novels, “ Mirage’? and “Kismet,” 4 is about to publish-a new one with the strik- ing title of “The Head of Medusa.” Fetherly makes’ a specialty of [natural Waves to conceal thin Part OES Teh, gray hair, and high foreheads. 189 W ‘abash. The twin girls of Norman Taylor, of Lan- singburg, N. ¥., ¢ years old, are so exactly alike that even their parents cannot always distinguish them. ‘The other day the mother gave a dose of medicine to the well one in- Stead of the one that was sick. . Viightand and French ranzes. potato-fryers and cups, Vienna cotfee-pols,, A faryland i is- cuit-makers. Harbeson’s, ortit ar a One good turn deserves another. Giad- stone fas always uphekl the British Corstitu- tion, and now his British constitution up- holds him. Views of arches, Camp De Molai, etc., sold by Lovejoy, §S State st. “ There are seventeen sculptors and paint- ers from the United States now residing in Rome,” said: Mrs. Bemis from the news- DapSt t ant q grantell at Bemis, “no i couldn’t vhit wash that shed.” petra painter tay. wnite- agree asian an “peshng pence mmrich’s Park, Washington Mela on the Rock Island Koad. : laynes. the milliner artist, main retail store 198 North Clark street, ee gone East. Sea gives us this week a discourse on the fools of Europe, and what they have jusb done for the good of the Chicago public. Also tells the experience of his agent while so- jJourning among the barbarians ’tother side the Arlantic. See hisadvertisementtirst page. __ The Ladies’ Grainand Provision Exchange in the Metropolitan Block has been very pop- ular, and now, as A, W. Nohe, formerly pro- prictor of Metropolitan Exchange, has pur- chased a controling interest in the Ladies’ Exchange, the business will surely increase largely owing to the confidence that Mr. Nohe’s strict Integrity, and good manage- ment will give to it. His reputation for in- tegrity and square-dealing makes him a gen- eral favorite with speculators and traders. LAKE BLUFF. Westerday’s Proceedings at the Teme perance Camp-Reeting. The attendance on the meetings at Lake Bluff yesterday was much lurger than on any preceding day. Themorning trains from the city brought a large number of visitors. The rain of Thursday evening laid the dust on the grounds, and so cooled the air that the place is now all that can be desired in the way ofa pleasant retreat. The program, too, must have had not a little to do with the increased attendance. It included Mr. G. W. Bain, of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Iowa. When Mr. Bain had spoken his allotted time, and was about to close, cries of “Go on,” “Goon,” went up from every part of the audience. Mrs. Foster is the only woman who has as yet been admitted to the lowa Bar, She is a very ready and pleasant speak- er, and a logical and forcible reasoner. ‘The regular prayer and praise meeting pre- ceded the morning service, The Clark- Street Chapel was filled for the meeting, which was made very interesting under the leadership of Chaplain McCabe and Mrs, Hibben. The Executive Committee of this State was made a special object of prayer. A fair-sized audience gathered in the Tab- emacle at 10a. m., for the regnlar_ morning service. Mfrs. M. M. Conwell, of Evanston, read a Bible lesson and made the opening prayer. Mr. George W. Bain was then intro- duced and addressed the meeting at somo length upon the importance of temper- ance question. After the address, Mrs. Foster, in response to a request, told the status of the agitation in Kansas and Jowa. In Kansas there isa statutory prohibition, but this can be undone at any day, and they are now agitating a con- stitutional amendment. In Iowa the strong ally of temperance is the Republican party, which has promised to put the question be- fore the people in the shape of a constitu- tional amendiment. The “conversation” which regularly fol Jows the morning mecting was dispensed with in order to listen to some remarks from Mrs. L..M. Wells, of Springfield, of the State Executive Committee, on what should next be done in Ilinos. She thought the labor that was at preent being done was right in kind and only needed to be intensified. At 3 p.m. Mrs. Helen ML Beveridge, of Evanston, spoke of “ Christ’s Little Ones,” her theme being the relation of the Girls’ In dustrial School to the temperance work. Immediately following the address of Mfrs. Beveridge, Mrs. L. M. Wells led a conversa- tion in the Tabernacle, in which many who were present took part with profit. At5 p.m. the Gospel Temperance Institute convened in the Clark-Street Chupel. The discussion of methods in temperance work was continued, and notes were compared by members of. different local organizations by the representatives present, In the evening Mrs. J. Ellen Foster ad- dressed a large audience in the Tabernacle on the subject of prohibition. _The congregation was then dismissed with singing. ¥ "The program for to-day is: 10 a. m., Chap- lain McCabe; 3 p. m., Miss-Frances E. Wil- Jard on ‘‘Alrs, dtayes and Temperance at the White House”; 8 p.m., Mrs, Jennie F. Willing. FROM THE HEART. For The Chicago Tribune. parson rose when thesinging was done, ‘The good And bis text he repeated with unction: “ Be ye ever prepared!” ‘Then he smote with 1% fist, ‘White performing his clerical function. “Be ye ever prepared! Keep your lamps always trimmed! Let the light of your knowledge be burning, For you know not the day when the trial may come: Ab! beware of the lane with no turning. “ Are we ready?” he asked witha sorrowful face, “ For we know not who cometh to-morrow; In the brightest of days darkest storms may arise, Clothing all the green Earth with a sor ow. “There are times in our lives when we are not prepared,” Said the weak, trembling voice of the pastor; “There are happenings quite unexpected, wo know,’ And tho tears followed faster and faster. The kind people joined in the good parson’s tears, ‘The choir couldn't sing for its sighing; And even the sexton pathetic was seen By the outer door, swaying and crying. “ Ab! parson,” a mother in Israel said, “ How blessed yourzrand sermon of warning!” ‘The kindly, good parson, between sobs, replied, “My wife brought me triplets this morning!” + New-Mas, We notice that Weber pianos only are used at MeVicker’s Theatre, and almost invaria- bly atthe Central Music-Hallconcerts. They are also used by the Apollo Musical Club, Mv. W. L. Tomlins, Miss Ainy Fay, pianist, and many others of our local artists. HAIR GOODS. THOMPSON WAVE! Are dressed simply ~ with comb and wa- aster, forming Ratural Waves, which require no string to keep them in place, or crimping pins, or irons. Indispensable for .covering thin partings, high fore- beads, bare temples, prema- ture gray hair, in a word, MAKING THE PLAINEST FACE LOOK HANDSOME. HRS, THOMPSON. REMEMBER THE NUMBER, 107 STATE-ST. N.B.—A VERY Important fact is, ther wear THRER ris fOSTEE than ang vther Wirves made, and each one is wurranted to REMAIN in WAVE. Natural Curly HAIR. All rare shades. Wenever fail ofmatching. The BERNHARD? WAVE j is unsurpassed. Bs E. BURNELAM, Hf 71 States. ( Central Husic-Ihalli. St lel Have You Seen THE NEW ROMAN SCALLOPS. and WATER WAVELETS ? JUST INTIRODCCED AT THOME’S HAIR BAZAAR, autho ont STA EE SE aay rect Also alt the other New Styles leis ly receiving. te