Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1881, Page 10

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE MUSIC. | The Theodore Thomas Series of Concerts. A A Remarkable Musieal and Fi- nancial Success. The Gorgeous Array of Programs for -the Present Week The Lewis-Eichheim Chamber Concerts and Their Results. A Great Furor Over Ravelli in Cincinnati. Concerts at Home 'and DMusic Notes from Abroad. %‘THE TIIOMAS CONCERTS. ‘The first week of the Theodore Thomas con- _certs bas closed upon a great imusical and sinunciai success. On Wednesday and Thurs- day vvenings Berlioz's * Damnation of Faust ™ was produced uuder the auspices of the Apnllo Club, whose leader, Mr. Tomlins, pre- pared it for the vocal work in his customary thorough manner. On Fridey eveniug thete was 2 memorable performauce of Two numbers from Beethoven’s *Promethcus” nasic. his Fifth Symphony, the Concerto in Eflas Mr. Josetfy), and the * Leonora Overtur 3. The performance of the Berlivz and Bec- thoven music has already been noticed in these columns. Yesterdsy there werc two popular proerams crowded with good things that came inus o kind of .Fest after the heavier musicof the first three concerts. The second week opens to-morrow evenlng with & repetition of the **Damoationof Faust.” On Tuesday even- inie there will be & request program, as follows: 1. Overture, “Oberon". .. Weber 2 Andante, fifth symphouy. .Beethoven 3. Symphonic Poem, ** Danse Mac- abre” .. ...... ..Saint-Saens 4. Vorspicl, * Lobengrin 5. Hungarian Rhapsods 2. €. Uverture, »Merry Wives of Wind- sor " . Nicolai 5. Tracumerel. .Schumaunn £ I'uneral March of a Marionctte. ounod o, Waltz, * Blue Danube 1. Scenes Neapolitaine: Yor the Wednesday matinée a very choice pro- prram has been arranged, the leading feuture of which s Schubert's beautiful symphony fn C mujor. It will be as follows: 1. Symphony, No.8, {n C major ‘Tunphiusser R . lusic 4k e ~Rublnstein & Dumnation s 1\ -ation, b Minuet of the Will o' the Wisp: ¢ Danco of the Sylphs, « Rakeez, Maren... .- The program for the evening corcer! will be s follows;: c. Invocation of the Alpke Fay, b. Interiude, 2. Concerto, op. 16. M. Lafc 3. 4 Waldweb 1. a. Overture { 6. Symphouic Pocm, * Les Preludes ..Liszt Thursday evemmg bas been set apart for a symphouy concert, the program for which fs'one of the best of the seuson. It will be as follows: 1. Symphony, No. 1, in C minor, op. 63...Brabms 2. Concerto, No. 2, in F minu, Chopin r. Rafac! Jos 3. A Faust Overture....... 4. Fantasia, **Ruius of Athel ] Afr. Rafacl JuscTy. Romeo alone. Sadness. Distant sounds of musicand dancing. Grand féte at Capulet’s bouse. - Friday evening there will be a concert of Mendelssohn’s music, at which the program will 1. Symphony. No. 3. 4 minor, op. 36 (Scotch). 2. Converta, No. 1, G minor, op. 25. Iy, Rafod JosedTyy. 3. Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.” 2, Sel % Intermezzo. 4. {a. Variaton Sericuse. i 1. Three Songs Without Words. Ar. Rafacl Joscqy. 5. @verture, * Ruy Blas,” op. 4. On Saturday there will be two concerts with popular programs. Apropos of the present sea- son, the lovers of instrumental music wiil be glad to know that negotiations are pending for a summer season of the Thomas orchestra at the Exposition Building, with every prospect of suc- ‘cess, and that the preliminary arranzements for the great festival next year arealso moving for- ward satisfuctorily. THE LEWIS-EICHOEIM CONCERTS. The present season of the serles of Lewls- Eicbheim concerts is drwing to_a close. as but one more remains to be given. They were com- menced three years ago, and the first one was given to twelve persons. They have rupldly grown iu favor, and now each concert is attend- ©d by from 300 to 400 people. The players en- waged in these concerts are Messrs, Lewis and Rosenbecker, violing 3ir. Allen, viola: Mr. Eich- heim, violoncelio; Mr. Glass, double Luss; and that thoroush and conscieutious musicinn, Miss Ingersoll, piano. Their programs have included the very best music, and toat their perform- ances kave been of nhigh standard is indicated by the steady growth of their patrunage, which is something unusual in_chamer music. bave done u zood work for music in_our mids quictly and modestly, and even at personal Jos: for a long tme. Now, bowever, they hav reached a position where they are likely to re- ceive some compengation for their long three " labor, and this is watter for congratulu- 5 tion. ’X:IIE BLIND PIANIST. Mr. E. B. Perry. the ceicbrated blind pianist of Boston, gave @ recital in Hershey Music-Hall yesterday at noon, it being the fifteentb in the series of Saturday noon concerts. The audience was unusually lnrzze and enthusiustic. Mr. P erry terest, severpl of which werce 1o Mr. Perry has fmproved considerably since he was bere before. His playing was remurkably clean und erisp, and he phruses in u thoroughly Especially noteworthy is the fucility of his lett band. with which the most diflicult ana rupid octave and AFpUREIO DUSSIEES Wera, excented with unerring certainty and precision. It would e entircly unnccessars as well 05 unjust to 2mnke any allowance for fnfirmity for uny one Who can pluy the_* Harmonies Poetiques et Ite- ligicuses,” No. i of Lisat, or the B tlat minor Scherzo of Chopin, in the munner which Porry played them yesterday noon. Every phrase was cleanly cut and_ sinificant, his tidei- i1y 10 the score was truthful, while bis'interpre- tazion left little to be desired. LOCAL MISCELLANY, Mr. 7. Clarence Eddy will play atan organ concert in Rock Island to-morrow evening. The next meeting of the Amateur Musieal Club will take place on the afternoon of March 9. At the Hershey-Hall chamber concert mext Saturduy, Messrs. Eddy, Nurnberger, and Eich- bheim will play the Beethoven Trio for piano, clarionet, aad violoncello. The Chicago Music Company, 152 State street, hnve received copies of the uew cornic opera by I Stephens and Solomon jcalled * Bitlee Taylor,” which is now creating quite a furor, and bids fair 10 become quite & popular rage. The Euglewood Mate Quartet sang at the En- glewood Tnion Veteran Clubd entertainment on Tuesday evening at Tillotson Hall *The Boys 1 Bie are Growing Gray,” the music of swhich wits composed and dedicated to the above Club by Prof. A. M. Fletcher. . The seventieth pupils’ matinée of the Hersbey 3enool of Musical Art will take place at 3 o'clock next Wednesday afternoon. Au interesting program will b given, iucluding the Mozart poncerts in 1) minor, with Cadenzas, by Carl Heinecke, to both the first and lust movements. The many fricnds of Mr. Balatka will be patned to learn that his duughter, Miss Helene, the well-known soprano, is v seriously sick with malarial fever. The young Iady has been failing ever since the severe weather began, and is now 0 low that unless more favorable weatler sets in tne most serious consequences may bappen. Edw: B. Perry, the blind pianist from Bé:&mh\\r‘;‘;‘ crcmel:ln Fuch u sensation here o Yeur ago, pave 8 piano recital at Hershey Hall Yosterday noon, at which be played the 1ol b numbers: Gavotte in at, op. 7, by, Hoeders «3lcnnetto Capriceloso”” from the sonata in A fiat, op. 3, bF Weber; “Aus Schoener Zeit.” op-34 offmena; Toceata, up. 31, No. 2, by Maye! onics Poetiques et Lelizieuses,” No. 3, by Liszty prelude in A, by The numu- | Sherwood; “Les Souvenirs,” by _Perry: S L'Oruge.” ctude, op. 2, by Henselt; Etudes, Nos. 7 and 11, and Scherzo In B Chopin. A concert will be given at the rooms of the Tuion Catholic Library-on Tuesduy evening next by the pupils of Mrs. Kempton, assisted by Dr. Barnes. The first part of the program will be miscellaneous in character. Balfe's operettd, “The Sleeping Queen.” will occupy the , cast as tollows: Maria Dolorcs, Mi; utler: Donna Agnes, Miss Kate Coffe P D Aguilar, Dr. Charles Barnes; tho Regent, 3. Henry T. Bart. Tho program for the concert ut Turner-Hall this ufternoon will include the following nuan- bers: March, * loceaccio,” by Suppei Over- ture, * Hungarian Comedy.” by Keler Bela: waltz, * Feuerfunken ™ igw), by Hd Strauss: 4 3 overture, ht's Dream,” by Thomass *Evens by Knuzsch: * Funtasie Caprice, potpourri, » An Evemng Xt Bilse,” by Scherz: gavotte, “ Empero Moriéy: and gallop. ** Zechbrueder,” by The program for the concert av Brand's Hall this aftepnoon will be as follows: Overture 1 + Masanleilo,” b S Dy Striass: * “Remembrance of Tannhauser. 5 r overture to * Freischuiz,” by Webs Walther's Love Song,” from the Meistersinger, by Wagner; WHip! Hip: Hurrrab! Potpourri,”” by Schubert; wPurkish March,” by Mozart: overturs to rv Wives of Windsor,” by Nicolal; ** Baby * by Bial; and “ Storm Galop,” by Keler tlat mioor, by ** Faniasie P: * Summer- ngner Polica, Bela. The first concert of the Mendelssoha Club of lvde Park, under the direction of Mr. Frederic W. Root, is announced for ‘Tuesdsy evening. Tpon this occasion a number of part songs and choruses will be given by the chorus of 10 voices, togethor with solos by members of tho Club. Miss Laws-St. John, Miss Ingersoll, and My Wiltinm Lewis und W. H. Cluark (the new 1550, 50 rapidiy coming into notice), will assist. < is tha fourth entertuinment of the Mendels- sobn Club, three reunions hayimg bitherto been given - A soirée musicale, under the auspices of the Chicugo Musical Coilege, will take place in Apolio Hall Thursday evening, Murch 3. The tollowlng young Indies and gentlemen, nll pupils of Mr. J. J. Hattstnedt, will perform the piano nuinbers: Misses Annn Meyer, Emma Branns, Maric Griswold, Fannie Armstrong. Ida Wolfe, Jeonle Wilson, Carrie Hiteheock Wilson, Mary B. Poelan, Jessie Sweger, Finnle Ferre, Alice Freemmn, Messrs. Clittord Morton und Ewmnmet Wilson. Vocal selections will be given by Misses Netlle Wolcott, Lillian Reynolds, and Mr. J.J. Hattstaedt. Mr.and Mrs. Carl Koelling gave another of their pleasant soirCes lust wcek at their resi- dence, 2353 Wabash avenue, at which the follow- ing program was performed: Trio, Tuubert, by Messrs. . Koelling, Freese, ana Heusner; avia from * The Murringe of Figaro,” Miss Leo- Qflldl: sonaty, for four hands, Weber, by the Misses Rose and Wittkowsky: concert varin- tions with fugue, for piano and orchestral ac- companiment. by Carl Koelling, played by the composer; * Ballade,” Goltermanu, by Mr. Heusner; ** Auf Fliigeln des Gesanges,” for four pands, Mendelssobn, by the Misses Rose; aria from * Ernani” by Miss Solomon; aria from * Lohengrin ** and Marschner's “ Serenade,” for orgun, by Mr. Koclling: fantasie on Mendels- sobn's ** Midsummer-Night's Dream,”_ by Mr. Danziger; ariettn, Campuna, by Mme. Koelling; “ Agrnus Del,” for ‘celio, Bochmiibl, by Mr. Heusner; and a quartet, Berens, by the 3isses Rose and Messrs. Freese and Heusner. N 2 RAVELLI'S SUCCESS IN CINCINNATIL The remarkuable success of Signor Ravelll ip “Lucia" seems to have been tho crowning feat- ure of the Cincinuati operatic festival. The Guzette, speaking of his performance of Edgardo, seys: In spite of the inexcusable omissions, the de- lay in chauging the scencs. when “supes” were clearing away tubles und chuirs ou an open stage, and other defects that mixhr be men- tioned, the audience was entbusiastic. warm, and appreciative to the end. The reison of this fact is found in two names,—Ravelli and Ger- ster. Gerster's floriture singing, ber cadenaas, trills, and sostenutos were given with the touch of 4 genuine artist. She was encored and called before ihe stage. But welcomes sccorded ber fell fur sbort of thuse bestowed upon Ravelll. From the openhig to the close Ravelli received un ovation from the vast audience of which he may well feel proud, for it was well deserved, and in this instance proclaimed the truth of the vox populf. When at the close of each nct the principal singers were called before the curtain, cries of ** Ravelli™ were heard through the nu- ditoriuin, and the sudience was eager to have him come before them aloue, fur their out- bursts of enthusiasm iwere intended for bim afone. Finally, at the close of the opera, their wishes were gratified, and there was not only a tumultuous applause, but loud cueering und calling of ** Ravelli.” He appearcd .four times Defore them and bowed his thanks. Mr. Otio Singer directed the chorus of **3loses in E«yp! which both as 1o scenic display and tine volume of sound was asuccess. As the audience left Music-Hall one might have read 2 certain satis- Tuction depieted on every fuce, and heard many conversutions nbout the success of Ravelll. MUSICAL NOTES. Gilmore is giving concerts in New York with success. : Mume. Pappenbeim concluded a successful en- gngement lastmonth at tho Stadt Theatre in Cologne. . Mine. Pauline Lucea sang receatly at Olmiitz, where she began her artistic carecr twenty-one years ago. Johannes Brahms’ two new _overtures, *“Trag- jsche’ and ‘*Akudemische-Festl,” have been warmly recelved. There is a rumor to _the effect that Curl Rosa is the manayger who will bring Richurd Wagner to the Uuited States. Miss Ketlogg, on account of her mother's sick- ness, canceled her engngzementat St. Peters: burg, 2ud has gone to Nice. A monument is to be erceted in Bergen (Nor- way) to Ole Bull, for which subscription lists uré to be ovened bota in Norway and America. Sir Julius Benedict is writing a cantata on L martine’s * Grazielln,” transiuted and adap! Dy Mr. Heory Hersee, for the Norwich festival. Fraulein Hedwig Rolandt, of the Weisbaden Royal operas, is the prima donna_that Muurice Strakosch proposes bringing to this country next season. Miss Blanehe Roosevelt's concert company will inciude Mr, Christian Fritsch, the: tenur, Senor Ferrantl, bulfo, and Mr. Carlos Hasselbrink, violinist. Mlle. Marie Litta appearedin New York for the first time nsconcert singer at the Saulfield concert last week in Steinway Hall, New York. Sig. Brignoll also assisted. - The Strakosch & Hess English opera company will begin a bricf season ut Haverly's Fiftn cnue Theatre, New York, to-morrow evening, h n performance of Boito's * Metistofele.”” Having ended her short enzagementat Monaco, Mme. Patti bas gone to Yaris, where she will sing at the Théatre des Nations with Signor Nic- olini, Mme. Tremelii, contralto, und Mlics. Pede- wontl and Pozzi, suprani. Capoul’sreception in Puris hns been very suc- cesstul It is now rumored that he is lish bimsell_permanently in that undertake the ma YAttienée. Under bis direction vau operetta will Le given upon glternute nights. Herr von Billow has received the ** Command- er’s Cross of the White Falcon ™ from the Duke of Sax cimar, while the King of Sweden bas Awmbrvise Thomas the ** Com- s of the Order of the North Star,” and on M. Vancorbeil, Director of the Parls Opera, thut of the order of ** Wasa.' The New York festival orchestra will number 255 perfermers, distributed s follows: Eighty violins, forty violns, thirty violoncellos, and wenty double busses, totalof 170 stringred iu- struments; twelve horns, sixteen trumpets, sixteen trombones, four tubns, six flutes, four oboes, two Enelish horns, four clarinets, eight bussoons, three harps, snd ten tympunl. The Cinciunati Commercial nys: * No surprise will be created by the announcement which the Commercial 15 able 10 muke that u permanent and paid chorus of 1) voices will be immediately organized by the Collegeof Music. Wilh the e: pericnce of this veur, this s deemed enough, and they can be so disciplined ns to be more available thun the present chorus has proved.” According to a_published stotement, music will bave an internationsl exbibition all to itself next summer, the favored scene of that unique event being Milan, where the show will remain open, in the Conservatorium, from May 1 till Juiy 31, under the speciul putronaze of the Quéen of Italy, The committee, presided over by Count Borromeo, hus determined upon five grand sections, which are: First, composition inali {ts forms, classic and popular; second, didactic works, methods, treatises, lnstruction bouks, ete.; third, musical literature, including Jjurisprudence in relation to the theatre; fourth, instruments of all classes: fifth. miscelluncous colieetions relating to music. It is further in- tended 10 orinize 4 series of conferences, and of lectures with musical illustrations, . w NEW MUSIC. * Chicago: L. Brainard's Soms, “Farewell,” sonr, by Riccardo Banfé; *Roses on the Other Side,” song and chorus, by John T. Rutledge; “I'll Rock Me to Sleep in My Grandmotber's Chair,” song and chorus, by Edward Holst; *Whirlwind Polka,” * Coraet Polka,” and * Car- nival of Venice," arranged for cornet and piano; “Opera at Home,” Vol. VIIL of Brainard’s * Musical Library,” a collection of brilliant potpouries on favorit operas of the day for the pianoforte by favorit authors. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. Chicago: Lyon & Healy: *The Slender Water Liiy,” song, by Robert Franz; *Some Day We'll Part as Stran- ers,” ballad, by Paclo La Villa; ** A Sprig of Mignonette,” song for contralt by Mollie Carleton; ** Land of Light Afar,” song, with re- frain, by L. 0. Emerson; * The Currier Dove,” voeal waltz, by G. C.8t. Clair; ** Here I Am,” and * Alone,” for piano, by Heinrich Lichner; Schu- bert's “ Serenade," arranged for cornet and pfano, by Levy: * Sebastopol,” descriptive fantasie, areunged for banjo, by S. S. Stewart: *Only One less and Cheer Me,.” * Pretty Snowdron th?nzrl!xr!(&" wQ. Chide Not My Heart,” and « Heurtsease Waltz,” by Willlam Smallwood. — —c——— EARLY CHICAGO. rials and Tribulations Endured by the Inhabltanix Forty ¥ears Azo. To the Editor of The Clicago Tribune. CicAGO, Feb. 26.—As2 some of your readers 1nuy have no fdep of the hardsiips encountered by the tirst settlers on reaching our city in carly times, I will muke a few extracts from notes made some twenty-five yearssince, which I trust wili be found interesting: To commence, just faney yoursetl standing on the rond leading from the eaust into: Michigan City, one cold, raw, wet afternoon, about the middle of October, and there you would have seen two covered wagon: one drawn by two horses, the other by one, wending their slow and tedious way along tho muddy, miry road leading from Lu Porte, then culled Door Prairie, tho place from which they bud started that morzing, and though only four- teen miles distant it had taken them the whole dny to accmplish the distance, and hard work at’that, occasioned by tho villainous roads over which they bad passed, or, to speak wmore titerally, through which the tifed horses bad dragged them, tor it had been out of one mudbole into another the whole distance, and the poor beasts looked pretty well fagged out from their day’s work and the previous 500 miles they had already come on their journey. Some of the party were walking, and from their appearance—mud-bespattered - clothes—looked as if thoy had put their shoulders to the wheel more than once that day. Walk with them to the tuvern, to which they are evidently bending their steps, and, while stunding thore, let us take a look at the occupants s they alight trom their vehicles. It 2 very evident from their ap- pearance that they are not rough Hooslers from Indiana, or Buckeyes from the backwoods of Ol ‘or thore is, notwithstanding thelr travel- worn appearance end the circumstunces in which thoy are placed, n something in their looks and manners which stamps them ‘as fur superior in mental culture and clvilization 10 the rough, uncouth persons usuully scen tumbling out of a mover's wizon,—though prob- ably not so well calculated to get nlong in a new country or to endure the privations experienced for tho past few weeks, or the truvel and hard- ships of the next few days, as the other clusses would have been. Their very wagons look as if tasteand neatuess were not_ wholly forgotten. They are i large fumily, the heads of which ure’ a gentleman and lady past the meridiah of life anelderly lndy accompunying thom, uinc chi dren. the eldest & young man just appronching manhbood, and his four brothers, three young givls not yet in their teens, and one just enter- Ing that important ern. Two youny men, friends of the fumily, who accompany them, complete the purty. Taken together, they comprise a up not often scen su far West in those eurly when Chicago was on the very contlues of ization. But thay are now quietly seated in tho tavern, n description of which will answer for ninetecn out of twenty of all they have stopped at durag their journcy. The outer door opens into a large room used as . sitting-room Tor the men folks, and alsoas a burroom, for in one corner, generally in the ungle, you will see a cupbonrd With twa or three stielves, on which nrearranged 1o bottles, the difterent colored liquors, for 1 suppose the color is about all the difference you could bave found in them.ns the brandy, i and whisky generally eame from one distillery 1u Ohio, with tho addition of burnt sugar and Jjuniper berries 1o suit the tastes of their custo- mers. From this room you would cuter the fumily sitting-room, also used us a_dining-room for travelers, and out of that usuully & Kitchen andswmall family bed-room, The upper story, although sometimes divided into two rooms, was often left fn one, with Dbeds ar- ranged along tha sides. Once In & while you might find .4 curtain drawing across the further end of the room, af- fording a little privaey to tne female portion of the occupants, but offen oot cven that, the bed being occupied promiscuously, on the first- come-first-served principle. Meals usually con- sisted of bread, butter, potatoes, and fried porks; now and thea you might get a few eggs, but not s far West us ouriravelers now tind thomselves. Such were the accommodations travelers lnd to ut up with in_those early times. 1f they could flnd a tin wash-busin and clean towel. for tho whole party to use, genernlly used onz beneh outside tha buck dour, they considered them- selves fortunute. Nine times out of ten the beds were all occupicd, or at least bespoken, but prepared for such oc- ourrences, 4 tho one-horse wagon was fHled with mattresses, blankets, pillows, cloaks, and other articles to make up comfortable beds on the floor, which was done acecording to clr- cumstances, sometimes in the bar-room, and sometimes in the dining-room. The timespoken of in Michigan City it was in the inner toom, where, at 10 o'clo o will leave them for the night, the female portion of the fawily ou tie mattresses tho male on the softest, board they cuulfi pick out, wrapped up in a blunket and clok. They were carly astir the next morning, not that they need have been bad not the room been wanted for other purposes, for they had deter- miued to spend the day where they werc to rest the horses before venturing on the forty-two miles of lake-shore without a_house between them and the Calumet River, During the day they would ve tound ample time to have seen all thore wns 1o be scen 1o the embryo clty, which then contained probably about'fifty in- habstants. The buildings cousisted of one small brick tavern, a frume one opposit, u blacksmith- shop, 4 store, wnd half a dozen houses, bullt in, on, ubove, and below the sand. It literally 1 plaee of sand, being locuted on fur more sand- Lills than ever uncient Rome was on hil It appeared to be about the southern point of Lake Michigan. A small ereek emptied itself into the Tuke, though appurently much too smail for any harbor ever to be formed there. 3itogetber it wais one of the most dreary-lovking places imng- inuble, nothing invitmg ubout it. Our party were making what prepurations they could for the morrow's journey, but provisions were very conree. All they could get was asucking phs, Two small pleces of pork, and balf a bustel of potatoes: no butter or milk was to be hul for love or money. Fortunately thoy had tlour and honey in the wagon, so they felt satisfied thelr provisions would lust them through. From ail tho information they could gct thoy hud made up their minds to spend onc might on the lake-shore, either in the wazou or under the broad canopy of heaven. Itisvery evident from their conversation that they dread the journey, for two of their borses are about used up, and their loads are heavy, but we will agrain leave them for the night. The next morn- ing found thein up bricht and early for n start, and nfter getting vreakfast aud repacking the wagans, they mude it by puttivg the three borses 10 the smallest wagon and huuiing it over the hills to the shore, when the I und children wsiarted on their tolisome journey, while the men folks took a span of the horses back for the double wagon. They soon found the depth of the sand und the ditficulties of the way had not been exiyzrerated, for it was all they could doto reach the beach, on which they had Lnrely traveled baif-n<mile when the horses came to o dewt stop, which deluyed themn sume lime, and they: concluded the “only wuy of makiog any progress at all was by fraveling in_the water on the edge of tho lake, Even there they found the sund €6 heavy that they had to stop every now and then to Dreathe the horses, which made it very tedious traveling. 1t was 3 o'clock before they over- 1Qok the first wagon that started. The fumily complained of great fatigue. but there wus no help for it, they could not ride, the single horse was compietely used up: all theiv urgig could not move him. To aad to these troubles, @e wind and waves began to rise, drivime them fur- ther up the beach. Itbecame cyvident that n beavy Storm was blowing up. Aftera deal of useléss trouble and exertion, it was decided that the two-horse wagon should procced with the could tind some sheitered spot in which to spend the night, leaving two of th young men to get the other on_us fust us pos: ble, and awzit the returnof the team to take them to the sm_pyhlg pluce. 1t was nfter durk before they rejolned their party in the sand hills, where they found supper prepured, and glnd cnough they all were to sit down to it, ufter the lubors of the day, but they had hardly tasted & wmouthful Lefore ‘the threatened storm broke over their heads in all its tury. They had barely reached the wugon, whither they hastened with ‘what food they could snatch up, Lefore the rain fell in torrents, the thunder rolled fear- fully, and the wind increused to a perfect burricane. The storm continued to increuse in violence until after midnight, the tamily sitting opposit cach other on ecither side of the ‘wagon listening to the war of the elements during the lonz and tedlous bours of that drea ful night, bolding on with tightened grusp to the bows of the wagon cover, expecting every minute it would be blown away. Fortunatels the canvas top was made of stout material, and withstood the fury of the ulast, but still left them in no very enviable position, sulfering as they were from the fatiguc of tho previons day’s walk, the cold and daump ntmosphere sur- roundtnz them, and the want of a good night's rest. The three youny meu crawled for shelter under the cover of the smull wagon, closing up the back und front as well as thoy could to prevent the'drivinr wind and rain froma making a ciean sweep through it. In the first few hours they bad_ the best of it. laying on 1 pile of mattresses with plenty to cover them, but towards morning whea the wind was at its hight they suddenly found themselves deluged ‘with rain, the tront and back of the cover hav- ing been carried away. and it was with the grent- est ditliculty they again secured it and sheltered themselves from the pitiless storm. None who went through the cxperience ot that and tho succeeding night will ever forget it. Glad enough they all were to welcome the first rays of the coming morn; even then the outlook.wvas none of the brightest. Fortunately the rain had ceased, but a cold north wind continued to blow from the luke, driving them up higher and higher on the beuch where the horses had to travel fetlock deep in sand every siep they took. After partaking of breakfust cooked under the greatest difficulty, as the wood and thing around was saturiated with the rai they again started on their Journer. soon came to the conclusion that the L)ld horse, - THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. every-' < e but. bought in Michigan only ten days befos o no further, 5o after consultation it was de- Termined to_turn bim ndrift in tho sand bills, “where 1 have no doubt he soon beeamn food for the wolves, After hnuling the leaviest wpgon well up ou the beuch, secare from the waves, and filling itwith all that could possibly bespared outof the other wagon, we fastened the covers down, aud left it, fully expecting that balf the contents would Ve stolen: but it was neeessary to make every sacrifice, a8 it wus beginning o Do a serious matter how we were to exist until we renched Marin's tavern on tne Calumet River, over thirty milesdlstant, ps the two horses Jeft were pretty well tired out. There waus no: time to be lost, so putting one horse,before the othor, they pmsml’ on though still baviog to unr every half hour to rest the horses: about? o'elack four travelers on horsebaci overtook our party. Among the number was Augustus Jar- rettand Dr. Epan, for many years after well known znd promiucnt citlzens of Clicaxo.. They told us weconld not be,over ten miles from Michigan City, which greatly discouruged our travelers, ns thoy fully expected they were at least twenty, but the continued sfoppages to which thoy had been subjected bad deceived them. From this time they fully made up their minds to spend anothor night vn the shore of Lake Michigan, with a pleasant praspect cer- tainly, as it was still very cold. and a largo amount of thelr bedaing und blankets was left behind, but there was no help for it, so thoy walked wearily onward until towards evening, when. finding'n sheltered spot in one of the swales nmonjr the sand-hills, they ‘prepared to spend tho night there, by wathering woad, lighi- ing a fire, and cutting 2 quantity ot juniper and fir boughs to cover the ground, on whlich, after partaking of rather u slim supper, they lnid down, covered with clooks —und what Llankets they had, end, being com- pletely . tirea” out, reully enjoyed a zood night's rest, under the somewhat novel circumstances In which they found themselves. The peor horses were, if “possible, in a worse plight tifan themselves, 18 they had nothing but the dried, wiry grass to eat, aitording very little nourishment.” They were up next morning with the first dawn' of day; 4nd, as they hud no sumptuous Lreakfast to cook, thelr: previsions Deing reduced to ubout half a peex of potaloe were soon prepared to resume their journe! though nof with a very comfortuble fecling, knowing thoy could not " taste another mouthful until they hiad traveted the tweuty miles inter- vening between them nnd the neavest house, but they hurried off, hoping almost against hope that a friend in Chicagzo to whom they had writ- ten while nt Michigan City an _account of thelr situation, would get tho letter und send help, which fortunately tfor them hedid, scuding a yoke of oxen driven by a former acquaintance, who met them about 1l o’clock. This wus a great relief to all, ns it enabled the female por- tion of the family to crowd into the wagon and ride tho remuinder of the day. Leaving em comfortably provided for, threc of the youny men walked on, arriving at Mann’s tay- ern on the banks of the Calumet soon nfterdark, and no three young mea ever felt happler t they did to find themselves swain under the ehelter of & roof, with the prospect before them of n good substantial meul. The remuinder of the purty, with the wagon, arrived an kour or so later, and were highly delizhited to find a good supper prepaved for them. The night wis spent, asmany before had beem, purt sieeping on the pare fioor, while others occupied i couple of beds, which were fortunately found discnguzed. The tavernkeeper was a hulf-Indinn, but kept a Zood house of its sort, on tho _enstside of the river, and also_ran the ferry. Tho house was of Jogs, two buildings about 16x2) belug put up, leaving aspace Letween of about the suine size, which, befug covered with clupbois like the othier-build.ngs und Inclosed at the sides, made quite # commodious tavern, much better than most of those they had stopped st for the last 300 miles of their journcy. Iu the morning it was decided that three of tho young men should sturt back after the other wagon, which they did. thouzh much aguinst their inclina- tibns, taking with them both oxen. and horses, cirrying what provender they needed on their bicks. Aftertruveling ten or twelve miles on the buck triek they cwme to a grove where the two men were at work building a shanty, stubling. cte.. for a new station for the stage compuny, 2nd not before it was needed, for our party drageged one horse ol 1o the wond,—a vie- tim to hurd driving, scant feed, and want of care; but whatcould the drivers do, with n route of forty-twu miles of lake-shore without a house, but put the poor brutes through us best they could. That night the young men had to Jie on two inches of snow, by way of a change, but with their beads protected from the wind by boughs stuck In the sand by some other . party before the frost set im, - and n good roaring fire at their fect, they munaged to gpend a pretty comfortable night. The see- ond day,u little before dark. they found the wagon just as it.had been left,—not a thing touched, It was not long before u lire was kindled, and slap-jacks were frying iu tho pan, which, eaten with the honey leit behind, made an excellent supper, enlivened us it was with many songs and jovial tallc. It took two daxN more,10 again reach the river, where thoy found ™S the party fully recruited from the fatigucs of their journey, and unxious to be geain on the roud for Chicugo, sowe thirteen miles distunt. The following day, nbout 11 o'clock, -thoy feft Muun's tavern, aud towards evening arrived at the place of-thelr destination, where they might reasonably have expected to find a comfortuble resting-places but 16 was not to be. Every tavern and house was. fiill, and they had to wait two or three hours in the cold before they could find & roof to shelter them: then u kind lady took compassion on them, and took them info her already crowded bonrding-house, a log building about 16x20, where thoy had amin to spread their mattresses on the floor. Such was the reception of a family in the then Village of Chiengro, and such were a few of the hard- ghips and troubles expericnced in getting there. AN OLD SETTLER. & Increasing the W The Lake-Front Bill—Keeplug Open Sundays. The Board of Dircctors of the T'ublic Library beld n regulur meeting yesterday afternoon, President Ouahan in the chair. There were present Messrs. Loewenthal, Callaghan, Kadlec, Walk nd Allen. Dr. Walker, for the Library Committee, re- ported the following bills, which had been found 1o be correct by the Commitice: F. it. Head. for books, §69; Charles E. Metzger, for binding, $s1: Flotow & Meninger, for German books, $61. “They were vrdered paid. Librarinn Poole stited that since tno last edi- tion of the finding-hst 9731 new books, not counting the old ones whici had been replaced, had been udded to the' Library, and, in view ot this fact. he sugiestiéd that the Board order 3,500 copies of & supplement printed. He nad esti- mated the cost ut about 230, or seven cents per copy. Of tho originl findiug-list 5,000 coples had been printed, of which about half’ bad been sokd, and be thought that i€ 3,509 cuqics of n supplement were printed it would allow 1.000 covles for thy 10 nlrendy have the finding- lists. and 30 coples to be boand in _with the originnl list. At present there were 74,802 volumes i the Library. On motion the Board decided 1o act on the Librarian’s suggestion, and feff the matter of printing to him. resident Onuban, for the Committec on Leg- islation stuted thyt he vas in re of a letter frown Senator Aditins, in which he stated that THE LIBRARY BILL 1AD D ‘TIE SENATE Thursduy, and that Mr. Rockwell would urge its speedy pussuge in the House, Ho bad already futroduced it, und it was likely to comeup Thursd: for i disposition. ~ Mr. Onahan saitt he ‘had aiso reecived & letter from a friend of the Bourd in Springfield suggesting that it would be weil for the Committee to be on bund “Phursday il cuse any oppasition to the bill man- ifested itselt. 1le urzed the Committee to act on this advice, nnd it is provable that they will 0 to the Capital Toursday. i an Poole reported that during tho first ks in Februury the circulnton of books had reached 26,764, an increase of 19 per cent over that of the corresponding time lust yeaur. Mr. Poole has Iately returncd from Wushing- tou, and he stated that while in that city he had seen Messrs, Duvis and Aldrich and usked their opinjon 58 to the proviso in the Luke-Front bill iving up Dearborn Purk for librury purposes. Mr. Davis was afrald that an amendment to the Dill might interfere with its pussuge, und thought the watter bad betterbe deferred. Sinee his re- turn he had been surprised to hegr It reported that Mr. Davis was opposed to_the Lake-Frout Ditl, #s he had uppeared to bim to be enthusinstic in its favor. Hehad'also conversed with other Representutives und sith severnl Senators ubout the bill, and they had all suid they saw uo resson why 1t should not puss, #s there Wus 1o opposi- tion to it. KEEPING OPEN SUNDAY. The report of the Comirittee on Revisfon of the By-Lnws was then taken up und discussed ut considerabie length. The only hnportant chauge contemplated was_the opcning of the library and reading-room from L p. m. until 9 p. on Sundays. This change was not favored by £ome, as they held that it would necessitate an inerease of the force or the use of the night force, but the others favored it because it would rive youns wen a chance to improve their Sun- cciully during tho winter months. The chanwes recommended by tho Committee served only to more cloely detine the duties _of the officcrs and the standing committees, The report was tinally referred buck tothe Commit- tee without action, and wiil be brought up at the next meeting. - The Board then adjourned for two weeks. . ————— Artificial Stone. ‘The Ternikoff process, recently fnvented, for producing artiticlal stone, is described in the forelgn journals ns successfully mectlng some of the dificulties hitberto prescuted in this indus- try. According to the method in ?uesrluu, i€ miortar, consisting of cqual parts of fime and sand. 15 exposed for a few bours to a tempera- ture of 1,0 deg. centigrade In the presence of water vapor. The paste, huving been taken out of tho furuace, is pussed under the cylinders of a machine ‘like that used for the molding of bricks, and it comes out in the form of cubes, whieh, o belng exposed to the air, becomes dry and hard: in the course of some eizht or nine hours the cubes ncquirc x hardnes: equal to that of good bullding stone, und are fit for use. This new stone IS fn tact a sort of brick or mortar buked, ata low temperature, and the cost, too, is about the same as that of bricks, Quiet nerves- and balmy eleep in Hop Bitters, for sleepless Indies gnd invalids. THE STAGE.. Salvini on American Theatric- al Taste and Acting. T. W. Keene’s Engagrem‘enb—A Popular Success. Madame Dolaro Reaches for Mike Leavitt’s Scalp. Coming Evenis—Miscellaneous Dramatic ‘Chat from All Quarters. SALVINI ON TASTE AND ACTING. “The American people,” sald Salvini the other day, * are certainly very fond of the thea- tre. But,” he contlnued, spenking of the tpste of our theatrical public, ** while playingin Amer- fen, not only during this tour, but during my first engngement, one thing has struck me very torcibly. The cultured part of the nudlence if they see anything done by the uctor fnnway that is aguinst nature,—that is inartistic,—will muke no demonstration, but the gatlery will appland. So if an artist only waits he will re- ceive admiration for inartistic efforts.” “Theresalt of this Is seen in the work of our best actors.” “Yes, naturally. The consequenco is that a great many American nctors when they do something inartistie, recelviug this applause, think thoy have made a good poiot, while thoy are violuting nature. I noticed this tendency on the purt of the public most foreibly when I lutely saw ‘Ingomar,” a play with which I am very familiar. iss Anderson was tho Parthenfa. ‘Wheun she did somothing very fine and very ar- tistic the public weresilent; when she did some- thing very artistic and came outside of her character, she recelved loud applause. I would like,” suid Salvinf, *tosee the actors form the taste of the public for what they ousbt to ap- precinte, and not the public to form the actor. *“The generality of your prominent American actors,”-continued the tragedinn, *have great genius, but they study very little. That phiio~ sophical und historieal study necessary to por- tray great characters they pass very lightly over. The most of your uctorg are like fertile gardens, but uncultivated. I have been told that some of your sctors often play great parts after studying them two or three weeks. I could not do that, [ would not play a great rile unless I hud studied it for two years. In twoor three weeks an actor cannot dig deep into the meaniog of & character, and if your actors studied philosophically the work they under- take they would not he elated with the applause of the gallery. Every night I playJgo to the theatre about three hours beforo the curtain rises, in order to dress and get into the atmos- phere of my character. I sce actors coming to the theatre half an hour before the curtain rises. They dress hurriedly, and rush on the stage. They cannot in this way do justice to the characters thoy assume.” Salvini spoke of his conceptions of his Shak- spearcan characters, *1think,’” said he, ** that in Hamict I adhero closely to the poet'sdea.in this sense,—that Shakspeare wanted to make a man weak in purpose but withn great mind. Hamlet i3 undecided in his resolutions. ESome critics In this country have said that I am too violent in certain scenes. Fomlcl's speeches to the Queen would give the idea, and it has, that the character is a violent one; butI think my treatment of the role is very subdued. I have seen Rossi, Davenport, Keene, and & number of #ood uetors in the pary, and 'y were fur more violent than Law. I dun 0% i objection from the £ that my voice is sonorpus, and when 1 speak my voice may sound a little 1oud.” ¥ writer remarked that in the Gladlator Salvini, in the muke-up of his face, presented a striking likeness to Forrest. S5 nismiled. *1 had no idea of this when X assumed the rdle. I have been told, how- ever, that my Gladiator dues resemble that great actor. The facial make-up of the Gladwator I copied Nom an old bas relief which 1saw in Itome belore J kuew nuytbiog of Forrest.” " “You tyre going to play Jdlacbeth before you eave us?” In regard to Iris iden of thischaracter Salvini SM\l‘: *I'ho character of Macbeth is that of a great Varrior, vho would at the sume time bave been \ man of noble heart If wmbitdon bad not brough) him to the commission of crimes Before be commits tha first crime he Isa war- rior, proud, bold, and during. Fate in the formn of thd witches appear before him and prognosticate that he shull be King. Then the glory of the warrior disappears, and ambition to becomne King takes its pluee. He conceives te iden of the first erime in order to reach tho goal of hisambition. Lady Macheth feeds this amn- bition, ives hith couruge, prompts him to other crlmes from the commission of which his nat- ural nodility of disposition shrinks. All throuzh e play, even after tho commission of the first crime, he retains his pride: and when he is be- siered on every side with ditliculties he fecls like ation inadenstruck ut by people be cannot reach. . e resorts to the witches, They tell him to * be bloody, bold, aud resolute s * for none of woman born shall harm Macocth.' 'This encour- ages him, and_this courage is first broken down by the news of the death of his wite, and, when JMacduff tells bim thut ho ‘from his mothor's womb was most untimely ripped,” he dies, ~shrinking from deserved opprobrium.’ ™ *Some ol tho critics have found fault with your dressing ia the part?” “'Ihoy have; but my costumes have all been modeled upon'sketches made by Gustave Doré, who wentto Scotland fur the purpose of iitus- trating the play. In regara to, his engagement in this city, he suid his Othelio seemed to be his wost popular role. He regretied be could not play it oftener. Were he to do so the performance would not be etlcetive, the physienl strain to reach some of his elleets being 5o great. e spoke of the kind- Iy manuer in which he had been received by the people- of New York aznd Boston particularly, and touehed feellugly upon the waryth of his reception by thoe protession in America! TIIOMAS W. KEENE. To-night Mr. T. W, Keene, the tragedlan, will closo his sccond enzagement at the Grand Opera-House this season. The engngement ha lasted two weeks, and ichas drawn bouses as lurge as the most fuvored tragic actor hus done in this city for years. At every performance of “RRichard IIL,” **Hamlet,” and * Richelien™ the houses have been packed, and his Shytack drew the larrest Saturday-matinée nudicnce that eyer gathered in the Grand. Whatever doubt thore might bave been of Keene'ssub- stuntiul popularity here bas been completely swept nway by this engagement, and he may now fuirly bo considercd us the most reliuble arawing-card umong the stars. Tho least suc- cessful performance trom & financial point of view was his Sir Giies Querreach in ** A Ne w Way to Pay Old Debts,” a plece which, however fine the assumption of tho leading rdle may be, is too antique in its character to plense a modern audicnoe. 1t3 production served but one pur- pose. It gave audditionul proof of Mr. Keene's <utility. All the fmpersonations by this new aetor bave been considered by us as they were presented, and we have pointed out what we considered blemishes, ant d tho beautics. wiven the reasol they occurred to us, why.he bas so struck the popular funey, und 10'z0 over the ground again would oniy bea work of supercrogitiol feene will not again appesr i this e morrow evening he wili begina three- engagement in itwaukee. will travel tbrough the Nor will in nll probability end e the remainder of tha tuur be us profitu past five months of it, after L‘lcurmq g_%lscs the prolits will not be much le SALVINI AT M’VICKER’S. Salvini has appeared on this stage four times during the week, and has presented three char- acters,—Othello, Hamlct, end the Gladiator. “Qthelio” was the bill for Monday and last night, und drew enormous nudicnces. His Ham- tet and his Gladiator, both great works, excited little fnterest and drew light houses. This cer- tainly reticets lttle crediton the taste of the i Salvint's engagement will lust another week. The répertoire will be: Monday, Othel- l0”': Wedneaduy, * Tue Gladiator ™'; and Satur- duy matinée, * Ocheilo.” nll ex- s than DOLARO ON THE WAR-PATH. 3fme. Colaro {5 on tho war-puth. ‘She has begun o suft against Mr. Michnel Leavitt for the recovery of certain moneys which zhe ai- leges he owes her, and she declares that if she cannot get er dues she will bankrupt him. To a Mirror reporter she has said: Leavitt’s contract with me, as you wits for forty wecks. When I left tho Lurlesque company therc was salary to the umount of £5,009 dite me for the balance of tho season. Having some sympathy for Leavitt in his misfortunes, [ thought it would be generous 10 nme u nowinal sum and let him oi easily, Two hundred dolturs was fixed upon. Dut, ol .thougsh Leavite has been in’ the city nearly two weeks no money hud been fortbcoming. Iam waitlng, and my personul expenses pave al- ready reached the amount he promised to pay me. “There was no written ugreement concern- ing it, and now I bave determined to hold bim for the entire sum of €5.0X0. Had he acted hon- orably I should bave bad no reason for com- “utes,” i3 the name of a plaint. But clrcunistances have shaped them selves so that I shall press my claim-to the end. 1 nm a woman not ensily aroused, but when peo- ple treat me badly T'am capuble of extreme en- ergy in ngserting my rights.” o “were vour relations with Mr. Leavittof o pleasant character?’! - “By no means. When he engaged me in En- gland st summer, 1 was wholly izuorunt of his Chnracter or that of the organizations under his control. We have a very indefinit iden of the status of American managers over there, you know. My friends cabled over here to find out something about bis responsibility. The an- swer came that be was solvent, and I decided, ‘with this knowledge, to take tho chunces. Per- sonally he was very distasteful to me. He fined me $10 four nighis in succession because I did not wear u certain dress in “Carmen.’ To this I submitted beeause I -desired to makeno dis- turbnnco, aithough obviously I bad x right to dress the partns Lchose. WhatIwore under Curl Rosw's manugement in London, and what sutisfled Col. Mapleson nt the Academy of Music, surely should bave been good enough for a burlesque troupe under Leavitt's manage- ment. lu my contract there was no rule that provided that Mr. Leavitt should be the censor of my wardrobe. I belleve Lum not con- ceited in suying that in England I had the repu- tution of being one of the best-dressed ludies ou | The trouble arose biecause on somc nights [ wore three and on others four dresses in *Carmen.’ Another reason that caused u rupture between Leavitt and myself wus that [ ulways held myself nceessible to the interview- ers of the papers.—This he did not like. You know here fn America you can call n man a Kknave or a scoundrel. in_ print with perfect foi- punity. In London you would be rewarded with ten yeurs in Jail for Tndulging in the sume style | of compliment. At first I did not like the cus- tom; bLut now that my eyes are opened to its beauties and convenfences I consider it u most | delicious and agreeable institution. I shall em- ploy it, you muly be sure, as much as is ncces- sary in order to justify myself. If Leavitt craves war, he will be obliged to an alarming extent.” DRAMATIC NOTES. In May Genevieve Ward will return to Eu- rope. “\Where's the Cat?" has proved an utter fail- ure at Wallack’'s. & “Hamlet” at the Grand to-night, the last of Keone's engagement. A, #Joshua Whitcomb " appears to be still hold- ing his own in the East. * “Lady Audley’s Secret ™ at the Halsted Street Opera-House the coming week, There is no truth in the report that Marcus Meyer has left the Bernhardt party. “The Two ien of Sandy Bar,” recently pro- duced 1n Germau, has not succeeded. Miss Ada Cavendish, who bds been scriously ill I New York, is reported convaleseent. Mr. Chizzoln says that fifty performances by Salvini in this country huve averaged §1,602. Manager Hannn, of the Euclid Avenue Opera- House, Cleveland, was In town on Thursday. The early appearance ot Miss Sclina Fetters, the Louisville débutante, in this city Is talked of. The Troubadours will not produce their new sketeh, written by Bronsoa Howard, until next sensou. “An Arabian Night™ party under the wan- ngement of Mr. McConoell has apparently | + cnught on.” Henry Ward Beecher saya: * God will probi- bly make two more Shakepeaivs before he makes ancther Joe Howard.” The projected new Union Square Theatre will not be forthcoming foranother year. Mr. Pulmer bas renewed bis Jease of his present house. 1t Is said that the stockholders of the Califor- nia Theatre, San Francisco, intend opening the ltz’nuse on tho 2d ot May with an Eastern attrac- on. : On Tuesday next a dinner will be given in honor of Salvini at the Grand Pacitic. The mex"x;&crs of the Owl Club are the mfovers in the matter. Salvini is greatly fatigued aftar playing Othel- Io; but his Iago eits five meals the next doy. ‘They ure sent to his room.—San Francisco B~ aminer. “Puck; or, Around the World in Forty Min- new comedy by Mr. Charles F. Pidgin. Mr. Charles Atkinson will shortly produce it. Tne Feuilleton says that Frak L. Gardiner has abundoned his idea of producing “ The Passion: Play ™ in New York. "Allthings considered, tk: resolution is & wise one. Miss Louige Searle s sald to be serionsly {il at the Hotel Emery, Cincinnati, Gricf over the death of Harry Hunter, to whom she was soon to bave been married, is said to be the cause. ‘To-night * The Hearts of Oak,"” with.its real water, real live baby, real cat, real flour, and other realities will be seen Tor the last time st Hoollcey's. ‘The piece has done well during the weck. Leavitt's Vaudeville company has pleased the Olymple audiences. There are a number of good features in the bill, and the show in its entirety _Lust suits the taste of tho audiencesof this ouse. Miss Ellle Wilton explains that she gets her cues from Salvini in this way: ** 1 study the syl- Inbles, and then Signor Sulvini repeuts them to give me the pronunciation. When I hear them Tspeuk.” John McCullough leaves his company at Nash- ville on Aprii 2, and sails for London on' the 9th. W. E. Sheridan takes his place with tho cown- ‘pany and Hlls his dates during the remainder of the season. Mis3 Mury Anderson will begin her Southern tour at Richmond, Va., on Mouday. She travels under the manazement of Mr. Joe Brooks, aud will be conveyed from polut to point in a palace Iy Titted up for her use. Miss Katie Hownrd, supported by Mr. O. B. Colling and_the Academy company, in the “ Waifs of New York™ to-morrow night at this theatre. Schooleraft aud Coes, Miss Jeunie Ea- gle, and the two {aleys will be In the olio. Lankester and Merivale’s comedy * The Guv- moe,” which bus beou pluyed upon Salvint's off nights nt MeVicker's. hus' drawn tolerably well, and bas made o favorable impression. The picce will be continued during the engagement. A reception In_honor of Mr, T. W. Keene was given by the Owl Club Inst night nfter the per- formance at tho Grand Opcra-House. Con- gratulutions of course werc Invished upon tho fruredian, and all S0rts Of good wishes tendered . On the J5th and 16th of March the new Opera- House at Keokuk, 1a., will be opened by a musl cal attracdon under the management of Mr.Will J. Davis. The house bus a seating eapacity of 1,209, was built by n company, and designed by Mr. Oscar Cobb, of this city. “Widow Bedott,” with Neil Burgess as tho garrulous old woman, will appear at Hooley's to-morrow night. ‘There are in tho cast: George Stoddurt, Harry Rich, Waiter Fessler, Andrew Mulion, J; I, Wyndhan, H. Blackmore, Mrs. George Sthddart, Miss May Taylor, Miss L. Pel~ hat, and Mrs. Thompson. On Wednesday last « young and pretty ** serd comic ” called on Dr. Flemining to be vaccinat- cd. * On what portion of your anatomy shall T indeulate the virus?" nsked the doctor. * Where itis not lik o The doctor shukes bis head. ** Hum,” stid he, * that’s a difficult ] His left eye hus gone inio mourning.— Feuilleton. Clar: Morris was unable to appear ata *Ca- mill mutinée ut the Union Square the other dny. A New York paper says: * A striking proof of her popularity is afforded in the fuct that less than twenty persons in the very larze audience asked for “tho return ,of their money. the others preferring to keep their seats for next Thursday. 'There is no actor on the stng who can disappoiot no audience with so great impunity."” No stronger indication of the decay of public admiration for what is now_known s burlesque is necded than that furnished by tho mesyre patronage given Rice's Surprise Party during their engagement at Haverly's. With such a company as 3Mr. Rice's. and. with such @ réper- toire,—and the pleces ave just as nonsensical ns the most of the bLurlesques of recent years.—a year or two o the houses would have een crowded. Now they rarely get more than balf u house. ‘This evening the_ eugagemont will end, when ** Tho Babes of the Waod” will be given. Dartley Campbeil’s greatest work, * My Part- ner,” will be tho feature during the coming week at Haverly's. The cast will be almost the same as that engaged in the Iast presentation of the play in this ¢ity. Louls Aldrich appenrs as Joc Saundery, and instead of Mr. Crizp, Mr, Oliver . Barr will assume the rdle of .Ned Stngleton. The company inciudes: Mr. Frank Mordaunt, Mr. J. F. Dean, Mr. J. W. Hague, Mr, Wulter Lennox, Jr., Mr._Charles A. Sturgcs N, Reynolds, Miss Dora Goldtbwulite, IGnEdE' Mrs. Louisa Morse, and Charles T. Pars- oc. T After a good deal of dickerinz, Manager Ham- 1in, during his recent. lrlr to New York, signed the contract with A. M. Palmer for the nppear- ance of that geutleman's Union Squure Theatre company at the Grand Opera-House next fall. In‘*eu of twelve wecks.as originally agreed upcn, the engugement will onoly cover eizht weeks. The season will begin in August, and it will be opened with * Dan’l Rocbat.” * or. Womun's Love,” the **Fils de Coralie, other pleces will follow. Scenery, furniture, orchestra, ete., will, it i3 said, be brought here from the Bquare. “The Upper Crust,” a cowmedy by Bysron, which ‘has been mude famous in London by Mr. Toole, wus_produced at Wallack’s last M cvening. The Sun saysof it: **The new pl does " not very materially difer in_its charncter from other productions of Mr. Byron, except in respectof being. inferior. It possesses the usual worthy parent, sutfering from tho infli tion of weaith, this time an uctive soap boiler; the modest aad accomplished young woman, tho oo young mun who aspires, and the requisit number of people of superior condition. The domestic impulse 2nd vuigar babit are stirred in with family pride and haughty prejudice; the feeble_ moral and the weaker tale have their doudtial growth, and the play in its humor and its vitality rises easily to thelevelof tho late Itis not much 1 raging drawa, aud 1t15 ot prere il by Mr. Wallack’s compuny as "s :‘lz’.’;:pfi?:zm maoager thought it was. There is enough lex_n B tomake people luugh, and they may even wsit icas. highly 8s thoy did * The Guy nors bus el all that it 18 muen too light and inconsiderspl thing for the stage of Wallack's Tnentreore 0108 To-morrow evening the spectacular pi “Tho Voyagers n Southern Seasss Loh Verne and D'Ennery, will be prossate] arics Grand. ‘The production. we arc told, il ae 29 nalized by au excessively gorgeous display e scenery, no less than six car-londs of wcmmy . pnm?hernmlu baving been brougnt to thig “{" and louged in the Clark street theatre. %t" company will b the same ns that epgmesy fa no original prodiction of - fpooFared in this country at the Boston 'm?«'m Among the people will be Mark 3 Prgm‘ E s Harisors, Lostio Alicn, .33 ginuig, Miss Rachel Noab, 3iss M er, ang §iiss " Gharlone. Weidmat. Mile onrick&d Mile. Ernestina Bossi will lend tho biflor o ‘amoni the novelties enumernted 1a tha Loy G2d will be the celebrated tlying dancer Arfe) ) A New York reporter hus be: h piotograph stands whore tho pretiy” 28 picturesque phozogruphs of Actresies ro sy and finds that many of the old foolizht fayous bave lost their hold upon the popular fap = Ttio variety quecns have besn compelied 1o i way to stage beauties of the-more - legitimupgs drama. Lydia Thompson, Pauline Murkha, Adu Harland. Rtoso Mussoy, Rosing Volks, o Other favorits of n few years go have alped disuppeared, because nobody buys them ot more. ~Even Maud Branscomb, ‘of wans g negatives are said tohuve been madein posty; ranging from simperiog prettily Ina gl ’3 clinging desperately toa cross, is dropping ong of fuvor. Miss Anderson IS now tho einnmas oy the photograph stand. As the Countess, | *Love,” shie vutsells_eversbody ¢lse ten 1o one und in elghtor ten other CRATRCLES hor wpart terfeit presentments” o off fike hnn- cakes. Tho reporter counted twenryseres diiferont_aspeots of Miss Andersons peesc inone b ue collection. Amang the t: actres<es who firmly hold their places tifore thy camera nre Lotta, Kate Claxton, Minaie Paim, . Fanny Davenport, and Maud Granger. Thepew ones “that scll well are Adelutdg Detchon, of Wallack's; Eleanor Carey. of thie Chion Squares Cutharine Lewls, of the Fifth Avenue: B ler, of the Madison Squure Theatres; Anale Pix- the Western star, atd Ada Gitman, now ap Booth's, There has 'been only n modérate da- mand for Sarab Bernbardt. The * professional society beauty " has no existeice, we aro glad to know, in this country, and 10 woman of fushiog would cure to have her photosraph adorning the shop windews, 48 so many of them doin Englang, Of course the photugrabhs of the actresses are g great wdvertisement, and there Is no regson to Qquestion the guod tadte of any lady who is'op th - stazre, and whose personal appearanceis amatrer of public property in i manner, because. hor pictures are sold in publie. It is very different with a woman In private life, nor do we meun by this o retlect upon the zctrasses. W can very well conceive that they are entirely righ = Ing thelr pletures for salo. FriEinbar MARK TWAIN. Hix Spcech at the ““Ladies’ Night? Dinner of the ¥oston Papyrus Club. New Yotk Times. BosTON, Feb. 24.—The Papyrus Club, of this city, composed largely of literary men and jour- nalists, had its anoual * ladies’ night” dinner at the Revere Housoe to-night. There was a large and brilliant gathering, each member present being accompauicd by a lady or ladies, besides the Club's guests. The latter included Charles Dudley Warner, Col George E. Waring of New~ port and Mrs. Waring, Willism D. Howells, T. B, Alidrich, E. P. Whipple, and **3Mark Twain." Mr, Wiltiam A. Hovey, the editor of the Transcript, as President of tbe Club, sat at the chief table, with the Club’s principal guests at either hand, The after-diuner features included the reading of a new and dainty poen, sent from London for the occaslon, by James Russell Lowell; a flnely- drawn speech by E. P. Whipple. largely u eulogy of George Eliot; a speech by Mark Twain; aad several skort poems by members of the Club,— one by Robert Grant to the iadies, and another Ly Joun Bogle O'keilly. Mark Twain's specch was in his own style,~a story In & speech. ‘He gui perrectly ustounded at the way in which history repeats itself. 1 find- myself situated at this mowent exactly and precisely as I wus once be- fore, years uzo,to @ jot, to atittle,—tou very hair. ~There isn't u shade of differeace. 1tis the most astonishing coincidence that ever — but walz. I will tell you the former instance, and then you will see ‘it yourself. - Years ago [ arrived one duy at Salamunen, N. Y., eastward- bound. Must change cars there and take the ‘sleeper-train. There were crowds of peopla there, and they were swarmiog into the loug sizeper-train and packing it fullandit wasa perfect purgatory of rush, and contusion, fud jerittimg of tecth, und soft, sweet, and low funity. I asked the younyr man in the ticket~ otlice if I could have a slecping-section; zud 1o answered, * No!" with & snarl that skriveled me up like burned leatber. I went olf smart- infmituble -1 um ing under this usult to my diguity, and .asked another local ial. suppll- catingly, if 1 couldn’t have some Duos little corner somewhere in a sleeping be cut me short with a venouous can't;-every corner’s full. Now don’ we roy more” and be turned Bis back unt walked off. My dixnity was in astatenow wiich cunnot bedeseribed. I was so ruilled that—well, Ysnid to ny companion, * If these people knew who I am, they,'—but my compinion cut ne short there aod said, * Don't tulik any such rolly, 1t thoy did know Who you are, do you supposa it would help your high migntiness to» vacuncy Inu train which bas no vieanc i * Thig did not naprove my condition uny o speak of, but just then 1 obsérved that the colored por! of a sleepin: s CFe 0D Garls countenanee, hicht up, the uniformed conductor. nods and jerks toward me, conducior came forward, ovzing politensss every pore, uud sui 4 3 uy this 1r: : , too. Give me unys thing: anything will answer.” He said.. *Wo have nothing left but tisc Lig famil roottl with two berths'und n couplz of armebairs in it butit is eutirely =t your disposal. Here, Tom, tale thesa sachals aboard.” ; He touched his hat, and we and-the colored ‘Tom moved along. I was bursting to drap just oxne little remark to my compunion, but I huldin end waited. Tom mudo us comfortsble In that Sumptuous greut apartment, wud then said, it bows cnu a perfect aftiuence of smiles, is dey anything you wa: sah?—case you kin bave je: ything you wantz. 1t doa't no ditference what it is’ Isald, *CanTbave some bot water and n tumbler at to-right, blazing hot? You know about fhe right tem= perature for n bot Scotch punch’ *Yes,s: t vou kin: vou kin ‘pen on it 1'll et itaye s *Good! now that lamp is hung tao high. Can T bave a big cosch-candle fxed up Just at the fhead of my bed, so that I can reud comfortably?’ *Yes, sah. you ki Il ber up elt, an’ Tl fix her so she’il burn Al night. , $ah; an’ you cun jes ceall me asye thing you wants, and disi yer, whole rautroad 1L be turned wrong eend up ‘un’_instde out forto gititfor you. Dat'sso.” And be disuppearcds Well, Itiited my bead X, hooned my thumbs in my arm-holes. smiled 2 simile on my compuss jon, and sald_gently: *Well woat do you 337 now? My conipanion wis not iu n humor to res , and dida‘'t. The next moment bat saity ik face thrust in at tho cracs of ke d this speech tollowed: * Laws biess . 1 knowen you ina_minute. Ltold de 1 1 knowed you de minute £ wy boy? {Hauds ing him n quadruple fee.) o um 17 *Jenn MeClellan,’ and he disappearod again. 3y com= nion sufldl vinegarishly, * Well, weill what do vyou suy now? Right thiere cowes in the mare Velous colncidence T mentioned u while uzoy you, s coaductahso. L viz.: I was—speechless; and that Is my condt tion now. Perceive it \ : e tr———— ALL 1S WELL % For The Chicam, Triduns. % And now farewell!” The words fell loW, 2 In mensured accents, clear and slow. X “ And now farewell; und, if no'more | Our feet shall tread tne sume path o'efy A loog tarcwelll A “ To you are due my thanks, for fast The Summer-days have glided past. . The fieeting hours you have begulled In pleaaing way.” The red lips smiled; Then silence fell. With scarce a pause I ralsed my eyes, v But turncd them toward the Western sklegs While on my lips was answerine smile As low Ianswered, ** And the while You have been kind.” Then gave a little, half-bruised fower, And tightly said, “Farewell! The hout Grows late™; then turned away, As if no grief like burden lay Upon my mind. Around the carden once T'd gone, When band restraining touched my own; . The low voice said, ** One moment stay} Our purting ¢nds not in this way: Ooe moment'rest!™ The breczo the branches searcely stirred, And hushed was every twittering bird, While Nature secmed to bow her head - To heur tho tender wdrds be sal -And in my breast )'l{ heart so wildly throbbed and beat, 2 "Twas like a bird with fettered feet . That strives with all its feeble micht © To break tha chain. Thea gentle Night About us fell. * She beld us in & closeembrace And kindly hid my blushiog face: é\nd. ns shg “‘“h,‘,’,""" nt‘lll m;rcc rr\cnr, g he seemed to wi ¢ in my ear, Now all is welll, JACQUTTL " S¥inchester's Bypophosphitss will cure consumpdon. coughs, weak lx_mfi bronchitis, -and ‘general debility. Establ twepty-one years. * W o —e————— Wash the scalp with Glenn’s Sulphur Scep remove dandrulf and seald bead.