Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1881, Page 11

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MARCH ° 6, 1881—EIGHTEEN PAGES. i1 \ e e e mmemflcn cdifice in Town. It was MUSIC. Glose of the Theodore Thomas Season. st Summer’s Thomas Concerts at the Exposition Building. A Great Festival Announced for the Spring of 1882. K4 éoncert by the Boy Violinist, Michael Banner—Musical Notes. The Comley-Barton and Beauplan Troupes on Their Way Here. TOE TIIOMAS SEASON. The season of Thomas concerts has come toa close. Musically, its results have been moted Quring tho Past WO Weeks. Among the more {mportant works it hus given us Berlioz's dra- matic lewend, *The Damnation of Faust," the *Prometheus " music. the Fifth Symphony, ond e E fiat concerto’ of Leethoven, Dvorack's the ** Feramors® usic of Rubiustein, cond Lthapsody ** and Cpreludes,” the * Neapolitan Scencs™ of agseenct, tho Ninth Symphooy of Schubert, the “Danse Macabro™ of Salnt Saens. the ** Man- fred Music™ of Schumann, the first symphony of Brahms, tho second concerto of Chopin, the Whall Sccue” from Berlioz’s **Itomeo and Jullet,” the * Faust Overture™ of Wagner, tho “seoten Symphony,” G minor concerto and wiigsammer Nights Dream Music” of Men- golssobn. and the Hensels concerto. These have becn fnterspersed with lighter numbers of o popular deseription, und there bave been nights given up exclusively to popular musie. With such programs it might have been thought that tho attendance would be very large, but suchhasnotbeen the case. There are many ressons for this, such as some errors in manage- ment that perhaps could mot be foreseen, the competition of Sulvini, the advent of Lent, the high prices, and the borribic weatber. It is to be cons.dered. however, that these concerts were only the beginning towards an fmportant end. Itis now deflnitly scttled that r. Thom- ‘s will come here this summer and give a Ties of forty concertsin tho Exposition Build- Ing during July and August. Better than this, jtisalso definitly settled, and a committee of ‘promincut citizens has already been selected, at The head of which Is Mr. N. K. Fairbznk, to tuke gereral charge of it. tizit Mr. Thomas will con- uct 8 great Testival in this city in the spring of cly after bis festivals in New Tork and Cincinnati, to be based upon the high gandard of the laiter. Leyond e fuct.that These two pruminent events buve ocen decided pon, we hinve no detaiis, but these may be re- gurded as certain. AR. ROSENBECKER’S DENEFIT. The Concert at Turner Hall this afternoon by the Chicago Orchestra is for the beuefit of its Conductor, Mr. Rosenbecker. The program will .Grauer JThomas . Vogrich Hornemann £ 0 M0 Memorin” <...Servais Mr. Brand. f. “Prejudes” 1 “Variaticn: THE BANNER CONCERT:? Master Michael Banner, the remarkable boy vioiinist, will give a concert at the Central usic-Hall on Wednesday evening next, prior 10 his return to Cineinuadl to resume bis studies with Yir. Jucobsohn, and will be assisted by Miss Ettle Butler, Mr. Charles Knorr, the St. Cecelia Quartet, and Mr. Carroll Stampowski, a pupil of Mr. Wolfsohn's. The program will be as fallows: Dverture, * Fidelio”. ...... ..Beethoven Orchcsira. Concerto, A minor, first movement........ Viottd Mendelssohn JMaster Michael Banner Recitative end Aria, from * Elijah™ Afr. Charles Knorr. Concerto, A minor, firstmovement. ... Schumann Mr. Carroll Stampowski. +...Moebring ‘ecclia Quuariel. Varistions, from ..Beethoven Tegends... Andante &nd *Kreutzer Sonata. Mudder Michae! [3anzier and 31 Aria, from ** L'E w0 iutes obligato. .. Miss Eltic Butler, Rocturne, E major.. Master Michael Baniner Overtare to ** Figuro”...... Orchestra. LOCATL MISCELLANT. Mr. end Mrs. Louis Falk will give a coneert in Oregon, 11L, March 17. The next mecting of the Amateur Musical E:b will occur Wednesauy afternoon, the 16th 3. The Beauplan opera season will commence at McVicker's Theatre March 21, immediately atter the conclusion of Lotta's engazement. Mr. fl. 8. Perkins, of this city. conducts the Central Kansas Musical Convention and Festival ‘l;sg‘llrllm:ame oa the §th, 9th, 10th, and 1ith The Concert Variations with Fugue, recentls somposed by Carl Koulling. and dedicated to ¥r. Liebling, will be played this afternoon at the North Side Tarner- Hall concert. Weare requested to state that the Apollo Club ¥ill commence to-morrow evening the rehearsal of Mozart's ** Hequiewn Mass,” and that all active members are requested 1o be present. The soirée musicale of the Chleago Musical Loliege, which was to have taken place last Thursdry evening, was postponed on account of testorm to Thursday cvening, the 10th, when the same progrum will be given in Apollo Hall, Ceatral Musie-Hall Building. The Comley-Barton ®livette troupe, including #lso Catbarine Lewis aud Join Howson, which bas just concluded a remarkably successful en- -fBeement at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New ork, prior to returning there fn April. will visit ieago, opening bere ut Hot s Theatre on ;he:snx inst. The version of ** Olivette” played ¥ this troupe is the original one. g The eleventn reception of the pupils of Mr. §. . Pratt was given on ‘Ihursday evening last at the piuno-warerooms of Messrs. Lyon & Healy. hose who tookk purt were th Carrie it. ilder, Cor cks, Emma Yun Eisner, Minnie Norton, Alice S, Millar.Stellu €llogg, Virginia Schotield. Hattic Schimpfer- may, Mury Moren, and Mrs. D. 4. K. Steele. Anparlor concert will be ziven for the benéfit m1he Women's Chiristinn_Temperance Cnion at e residence of ¥ P, Kelley, 244 Calumet eaue, on Fridy evening, the 1ith inst. The usicul talent will be represented as follow: George B. Carpenter and Miss Ettie Butle pranos; Mrs, 0. K. Jotnson, altos Mr. C. H. Llnrk, tenor; Mr. A C. Goldsimith, baritone; Mr. ward jleimendanl, violinist; und Mr. Frank I-Balrd, dircctor. A Junited number of tickets forsale ut Jansen &'MeCluric's. The concert given at the Union Catholic Li- mury roms on Tucsday evening last by the pu- !] Of Mrs. Kempton was a tine success, not .tBe in the miscellaneous first part.—four out e six nuinbers receiving enthusigstic en- mfi-hut wlso in the performance of Balfe's Mise operetta, * The Sleepiaz Queen, which fox Butler and 3iss Cotfey received very hand- tome recognition for ther excellent work. The ecess was still more a tribute to the puinstak- g and skillful tuition of Mrs. Kempton. b progrm for the_concert at Brand’s Hall | H )Afllemtmn will include the following num- tam: Overture 1o - Felsenwmuble,” by Relssig- : “Romantiker Waltz” by Lanner; eoncerto gflun played by David Bimberz; fi- e a” by Wallace: Fantasic on oo, by Suppe: Vieuxtemps Fantasie, b erel,” by Schumann; “Love Murct and Chorus from *Ruins of Athens™: overture Pizzicato Polica, March,” by Wi co® fricnds of Mies Jennle Hunter, an clo- fatonist of “considerable local ceiebrity, will cader that voung | T2 Central Musi ovesduy, March 15. 3 St oceusion by same of Chicazo's best ,fi_‘l-m«l and clocurion: talent, amons them uis Falk, Miss Kittie Wallace, Mrs. Mel- Miss P'auline Rommeis tenors Mr. C. C! Edwards, Dariton nce of r. Lay the literary portion ik entertainmest, cnd Mr. Louis Falk will Gy Selection from ™ Der Freischutz ” ou the e new Opera-House at Keokuk, Tn., which pan¢ Opened next week by an’_operatic com- 7 uuder the wauagrement of WillJ. Davis, of 4 Grand Opera-Housc in this city, will be the designed and built by Mr. Oscar Cobb, and deco~ rated by Atwood. 1n the company which is to formally dedicate the new house aro Jessie Bartlett Davis, Ada Somers McWade, Ettie But- ler, thrlesvfl. Clark, Charles A. Knorr, Jobn E. Mv(:\\ ude, Charles F. Noble, Will Griwsiey, Hen- {éul:ll‘:.:)d}ll;)a“k l;l‘. Bu]rd,d Agnes Yates, Lillie se, und an orchestra under t ! 3 Gi:r;:c I;ucscu. the \rcl.“ e oo A concert prozram of seleeted numbers, Bulle's opera of * The Slecping Queen” and aI-‘lmm\ S Martha* will be produced. There are to be flfieflwgggflr ]:mcs by this cc‘)mpang'. which will 3 an opportunity to hear some of tho best musical talent in the West. kS MUSICAL NOTES. The new operetta by Glibert and Sullivan is nearly finished. The subject is the ever poctic westhetic manin of society. Of “H. M. S. Pina- fore,” gince 1578, when it was written, over 200,000 have been sold. Of the * Pirates of Pen- zance,” published on Nov. 11, v e ‘E.(m v. 11, there were 80ld on A revival of Verdl's “Vespri Sicillani” 8 in ‘preparation at the Théatre de Ia Moundie, Brus- sels. The work was popular enough at ono time, though It nover had 1ho success of some %{ his Q‘lhcr \T?‘I'ksl.‘suclh as * Il Trovatore,” ** La raviata,” and * Rigoletto.” Of late years it has hardly been sung at all. ¥ The popularity of * Pinafore " is actually wa- ning. A Boston opera company advertised a performance in New Haven Wednesday evening, and gave notice that purchasers having tickets should vote whether they wanted to bear ** Pin- afore™ or the **Chimes of Normuudy.” A large majority voted for the latter. The two femnle parts in Gounod's new opera, “ La Tribut do Zawora," which will be produced at tho Panis Opern in March, are to be acted by Miles. Krauss and Daram. 'Mile. Daram's en- gugement will terminate at the end of April, and she bas deelded then to leave the stage, S0 that she wiil be abic to sing in the new work only a few times. She has cousented, however, a8 o favor to the composer, 10 siag SiX_times 1o the “ribut™ in May, and for nothing. The Paris correspondent of the New York Herald says: ***Les Contes d'Hoftmann,’ the posthumous work of Jacques Oifenbach, the fan- tastle plot and the lively manners of which will bave been made known to you before now, will probably suffice to il the Optra Comique en at- tendant the revival of Meyerbeer's * Dinorah*® (known here as-‘Le Pardon de Ploermel’), in which that sweetest und most gifted of Amerl- cun singers, Marle, Van Zandt, is to make her second début here.” v All of Schubert’s efzght symphonies are to be given in chronological order at the Crystal Pal- uce in Londo; Their produtdon ~ will be especially interesting Lecause_the first two have never been performed in England, and. the Atlienccum snys, bave probably never been per- formed at all. Through the kinduess of tho posseszors of tho autographs in Vienna. copies huve been allowed to be taken for the use of the Crystal Palnce, so that it is possible to give the full set, as has been done there mare than once with tho Becthoven symphonies. ‘The Cincinnati Com:mercial says: *Tho first Cincinnati Opera Festival is over. The week has been a remurkabie one for this eity. The wmost brilllant and refined audiences ever gathered togetteron this continent bave nightly congreguted at the Music-Hall und bowed the Lnee at the shrine of the divine goddess. Near- Iy tifty thousand people have been in attendance at the operas, many of them from other cities, far and near. Toe financial results are, total re- ceipts, about §60,000, of which about $50,000 will o 1o Col. Mapleson, about $20.000 to the Collero of Music, and tle bilunce to pay expenses. The expenses of the Festival will probably be about £40,000, which jncludes what Mapleson will take. The stage, scenery, etc., are included in that sum.’ 1t scems that Wagner's musie still ealls outoc- casional protasts in Paris inspiteof tho fre- quency with which it is played. At arecent Colonne concert the “ Ride of the Wulkyries™ was savagely hissed, apparently for purely polit- ical reasons. A writer in La Globe thus cautons the people who hiss: * Howeverrespectable the patriotic sentiment which guides you may be, vou have before you a man of great talent, per- haps of genius. and later on you will regret your hisses.” Wagner was terribiy chagrined by the faiture of **Tannbauser ™ in Parls in 1661, and by the misery which he was in during his life there, and he rejoiced savaxely over the French de- feats fw 1570-"71. Frencli people cannot forget this, and pay him back in hisses. Itisasmall business and in bad taste on both sides, NEW MUSIC. New York: Willinm A. Pond & Co. Chicago: The Chicago Music Company': * The Castaways by Dave Braham; “Feu Follet,” scherzo for pinno, by Emil Licbling: * W heel the Baby Out,” by Dave Brabam; *The Torpedo = aud tho Whale,” legend, und * Lancers™ from “ Olivette,” by Andrau. Chicago: S. Bralnard's Sons: “La Fille du Tambour Major.” potpourrl, by Edward Holst: “Mon Reno ¥ " by Wi :zes,” by Waldieuffel: * Eyes tiint Stole My Heirt Away."” song and chorus, by John T. Rutledze; *Ob! Fred, Tell Them to Stop.™ serio-comic_sorgr, by Max Vernor; and “Sweot Susio Gruy,” by J. 3. Hubbard. HOW TO MAKE POETRY. By Prof. V. Huzo Dasenbury. J. G. Whittier is called the Quaker poet. Afr. Whittier especially affects the simple octosyllabic verse: Thero werc three crows sat on a tree: And they were black as crows could be. * This has a great advantage over the deca- syllabic verse of Ar. Pope; it enables you to spread out an idea much thinner. Sometimes, as in * The Barefoot Boy”” Mr. Whitticr even cuts it down to seven syllables; but this is only when it is absolutely necessary to skimp the measure. K Suppose we want to write a poem in the Whittier style. y We must choose a trooly rooral subject. Let us choose The Barn. Then, first, we haveto make a list of all the component parts of the Barm, all the characteristics of the Barn, and all objects connected with the Barn. Then we have to sort them out jnto the order in which they would naturally strike the observer's eye, Then we have to pick out those words which at once suggest rhiymes—as door, beam, hay, loft, ete. Lhese arc for the ends ot lines. Then we must fish up a simile or two, and a few metaphors, and we are ready for business. i hs To begin with: The Barn is a Jarge building in_the rearof the farm-house. It is painted either red or brown, those being cheap colors. Ithasa big double door, on which the skins of pred- atory animals are nailed. Inside are large rafters, supporting a hayloft. 1n oue corner is a hay-cutter, in another a Buckeye mower, likewise a bag of crushed oyster-shells for the use of hens who have a tendency to lay eges whereof the shells Jack the necessary proportion of line. Then there is a cow tied up in the Barn, and it is dark, and the fine hay-waste gets into your bronchial tubes, and makes you cough; and there is a smell made up of cow and hay and the most recent of the woodehuek skins on the outer portal, That’s enough to begin on: . This Is the Barn, a building broad, Back near the winding orcaard road— This is no rhyme; but Mr. Whittier doesn’t mind a little thing like that— A building bright in reddest paint ‘As butcher's meat without a tatat. Tpon the mighty double doors A 'woodehuck's -kin, with outstretched clawrs, 1s railed with many a tenp'ny nail, To make all other woodcbucks quail, Within the woods near by he dwelt; His den our faitbful Fido smelt; Our younger brothers dug bim out With tatber's spade and joyful shout. Qur father decked the portals wide With the poor captive's striptd bide; And then he hided Sam and Jim Witk sections of a hickors limb. He hided them because they did Not hoe the corn as they were bid. "This is a mood deal of poetry to get out of one woodchuck; but it is nothing to what A, Whittier can do when he tries. Behold within a cave of glooms Like the old genii's fabled tomb— Mr. Whittier 1s frightfully reckless about his figures of speech. He thinks that so long as he heaves in a hint of oriental magnifi- cence, 10 zive a contrast with the occidental simplicity, he isall right, whether it makes sense or not. ‘We enter through the open door, And walk upon the wooden tivor. And through the window see a stream Of sunlizht gild each rafter-beam; And through the dusky radiance soft, When we huve sneezed and even coughed, We gaze upon the hizh has-loft. How strange! The horses feed on hay, ‘Aud there the heus delight to lay; Why mourns the hen upon one fez? The horse has eaten up her cgg! Yon beam upholds my sister’s seup; Here stands the old cow tethered up; When wintry winds on earth are lovsed, Upon her biick the chickens roost. And bere the Buckeye Mower stands, Steel cannibal of lexs and hunds; Baured oyster-shells just here occurs Here stands the pensive hay-chopper, Among whose spiral knives there hngers A remnant of the farm-band's tingers. And smells of desiceated grass “And cow before our nostrils pass, With hints of woodebuck on the door Most delicately sicklied o'er. p I will closo this lecture here. If you will sit down and copy this sample imitation our, You will find that, before you get to the en of it, your brain will suffer from u kind of poetical palsy, and your pen will go right on, reeling off verse of that style till the barn is inventoried right through,—and then you will have to check yourself if you don’t finnt Cxc slopY over inu_wbuxe llangflty end the en-Co0] ‘ours anti-bucolically, e V. Hugo DUSENBURY, Professional Poet, THE STAGE. Salvini’s Engagement at Me- Vicker’s, and Its Results. Dramatic Attractions at the Various Houses—Com-~ ing Events. American Actors Abroad—Henry Bergh's Inhumanity to Man. Theatrical News—Arrest of Herrmann —Cazauran’s New Play. . SALVINDS ENGAGEMENT. Salvini yesterday afterncon finished his en- gagement at McVicker's Theatre. The play was + Othello,” and the bouse was crowded. During bis engagement Salvini bas performed cight times, and has appeared in four different char- acters,—four times as Othello, three us the Gladi- ator, onco as Hamlet, and once as Macbeth. His Othetlo, owing to the fact that it is his best- Known assumption in this country, and because it is onv for the perfect embodiment of which his Southern temperament js entirely suited, drew very large audiences. is other perform- ances were badly patronized when we take into consideration the fact that Salvinl holds to-day the foremost pusinon among living actors. There was areason for the lack of interestin his Hamlet, and that reason may be found in tho fact that he sepoke in a forcign tongue. *“Hamlet” abounds in lengthy philo- gophical enecches, the beauty and the force of which aro lost to an "American-andience when they are delivered in any other lanjuage but their native Anglo-Saxon. There was no reason, however, for the thin houses when he presented his Gladiator, n picce of acting which, as we have said, except for the limitations imposed by the dramatist, would be ranked with his Othello. His Maeneth was given upon a night when tho most severe snow-storm of the winter camo, and that can necount for the comparatively light, not absolutely bad, sudience In attendance upon the performance. These various works have Deen reviewed ns they came up for considera- tion, und we need bero only make ono reflection in fooking over the entire éngagement, and that {3 in regurd to the artistic alfectution, as shown jn this engagement, that exists among the play- goers of this city. When Bernburdt came here and played twelve times {n two weeks at larger prices than Sulvini charged, at no performance had she as small an audience as atiended any of the great Italinn’s etforts except Othelto. Aud yet Bernbardt and Sulviul as artists in the true, glowing, full meaning of the word, can- not be mentioned in the snme breath. Bern- hardt is a plece of dramutic clock-work, aprod- uet of truining and bard, inflexibie study, arti- ticial and tricky. Sheis Bernhardt, und in all the charnetersshe portrayed sho was nothivg more and nothing less. Saivini, on the other hand, has quite ns fine a knowledge of the mechianism of ncting as bis French sistor. Be- siaes he has a versatility that his French sister knows nothing of, and that sparik of genius which iHuminates everything he undertnkes .and raises it to thé plune ‘of preatness. Nature ‘and art have lovingly combined to make Salvini 2 great actor: art has turned out Bernhardt. Bernbardt cnme. Her managers had worked up an Interest over her outside uf her merits as an actr Public curiosity was mistaken for artistic veneration, and_plnygoers lacked to sco ber. No such outside intercst was worked up over Sulvinl. _le cnme simply upon his ‘merits as an nctor. We buve secu tho result. Among the company in support of Salvini Miss Marie Prescolt deserves particular men- don for her Faustina in “Tho Gladiutor” and ber Lady Macheth. In these parts sbe displayed qualitics entithnzz ber to a prominent piace among our few tragic actresses. She hus a good presence, is a fine reader, and, nlthougn her action is oceasionally constrained and ber voice has a limited ra sho briugs to upon her work a Keen intelliyence, that intelligence enables her to muke excellent use of her gifts. Miss Ellie Wilton, in vur judgemont, is a little out of her clement in tragedy. The same may be said of Mr. Hurry Urli‘[li. ‘and, indeed, of » number of the company. Salvini goes from here to Milwaukee. OTHER ATTRACTIONS. . “The Vogngers in Southern Seas™ is a very cheap piece of dramatic swash, but through the efforts of the scene-painters, the machinist, and the ballet-master, it has been made an attract- ive spectacle, novel emough to pleasc peopie who ndmire this sort of thing. The audiences have been large, and tho picce will be ziven for another week. We have rurely seen a compuoy of such a calibre engaged in the presentation of a piece containing so little merit. Its members are from the Boston Theatre, and -all enter into their work withan earnestaess and a ogre worthy of something better. Mr. Leslic Allen makes a good deel out ot Paganal, an eccentric French- man; Mr. Otis Skinner cleverly portrays the philanthropic and aristocratic Lord Glenarvon; Mr. M. J. Jordan as the sanzuinary and ulti- mately prayerful Burcke does well, and Miss Rachel Nosh portrays tho shiveringly pathetic son of Grant with heartrending and tear-start- ing feeling. There is a young man in this troupe deserving special mention—-Mr. George Parks—for the manner in which he assumes tho character of a Patagonlan Indlan,—an ex- emplary Indian by the way, who talks the purest English, drinks no whisky, indulkes in prayers, and, in fact, in bis bigh morality and utter lack of selfishness, might be set up as the very model of a modern_savage after a_severe course of missionary instruction. J. iunes s a _good Irish comedian, s Charlene Weidman. I8 a clever rough soubret. It i3 the ballet, however, that is the main feature of tho picce, and tho audience are content to sit through seven or cight acts of Jules Verne's eccentricities for it. The scene in which the ballet upoenrs is n very gorgeous affair in which we forget how many hundreds of gus-jets and cium lights ure used. The dancers are ulso Very gorgeous phys- jcally, &nd_& great deal of monecy wust hive been gpent upon thefr decorations. Bonfanti dances as well and looks as churming as she did ten years ago. Bossi is a premiere of great activity. Ariel, the tiyer, delights by the grace and ease with which she’moves from one point to anotber. Taking the feature of the balict alwgether it is well worlh seeing. + At Haverly's ** My Partner,” with its well drawn types of ploneer life, Jifted from the vul- garity of uctuality, with its interesting and well-told romince, its strong end bright vein of comedy, its healthy sentiment, kas been well attended. Miss Dora Goldthwaite, who in- vests the character of Mary with a rare sweet- ness, gentlencss, and womanly feellog; Mr. Lou's Aldrich, who, in Joe Saunders, finds nd- mirable scope for the perfect displuy of his pos- ers in the depiction of Western charncter; Mr. Frank Moredaunt, who humorously hits off tho olitician beyond the Sierras, and Mr. Charles Pursioe as the irrepressible Chinuman, are all weil and fuvorably known bere. Tho play is well mounted. It will Lo presented during tho cusuing week. * Widow Bedott,” a piece that hns won o certain popularity, chiefly owing tothe clever bit of chardeter actmg given by Mr. Neill Burgess us tho 1¥7idow, bas done fairiy well at Hooley’ The last performance,will oceur this eveniny The next fenture at this house will be the Sulsbury Troubadours, whose jolly enter- tainment -bas made tho fortune of neanrly every member of tho company. Littie Lotta will make her reappearance at MceVicker's to-morrow evening. She will on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday even- ings appear fn *“The Little Detcctive”; on Thursday and Friday evenings, and ut the Sat- urday matinée, in *“Musette,” and on Saturday night as Little Nellin *The Old Curiosity Shop.” “The Waifs of New York,” in which Miss Kute Howard, talented littlo Iady and a great fa- vorit with the West-Siders, played the chief fe- male role, did a large business during the past weck at the Academy of Music. The bill for to-morrow evening will bo *Swift and Sure,” a melodrama. In it Miss Minnie Oscar Gray and W. J. Stephens with their dogs will appear. The vaciety olio will include Hurry G. Ricumond, Harrls and_Wood, ana_Schoolcraft and Coes. ‘The business at the Olympic has been fair,where #en Cotton and Little 1dulene huve been piaying. Iarry Webber, with bis*Nip and Tuci,” up- pears here to-morrow evening. AMERICAN '‘ACTORS ABROAD. John S. Clarke, the comedian, who latciy ar- rived in Philadelphia from London, has been in- terviewed by thie Times of that city, and says of our nctors in London: « Edwin Booth made a great impression among the better class of theatre-goers, and s univer- sally ackuowledged to be the most artistic actor Americn_has ever sontto the mother country. 1lis greatest successes were Eechelicu, Bertuccin, and Jago, and during the production of the plays in which be appearcd in the charucters named the theatro was not large enouzh to hold the people that came 1o fts doors. Ten or twelve Jears ago it was next toimpossible for nn Amer- jeun uctor to get uu opening in London, and it they dig the engagement gencrally proved n + o what do vou attribute tho asked o listener. OB, many things; Dbut perhaps the leading reason is the large num- ber of tirst-class theatres opened in Londou - of late years, and_the uecessity of sccuring new attractions. Then the people seem to tal:é more Kindly 1o American actors than they did when I first went over. The Florcuces made a decided hit, but I do not thi ir eng:iemont Wwas as ik the! successful inancially as it t have been, Haverly's Sastodon Mlostrels proved one of the grc:swsyt attractions of thescason; and, although fuey opencd in the Opera-House at cheap rices aud at o bad time, und bezan the cogage- Pront insthe face of numcrons mannserinl prophecies of tailure, thoy strucl Dubiic favor ut the start, and never % How about John T. Raymoud?’ *Well, Job: was greatly liked; indeed, e became a stron, fuvorlt, it the people didw’t like the play, and consequently his enugement wis not as suc- ccss[lfi 19 his mauy- friends wished. W John McCuliough begins an engagement in London on Enster Mondity, and every one thore redicts his suceess. 1 bave not seen 3r. Mc- ullough act since he played at tho Arch-Street Theatre, in this city, but I understand he has developed into a tracedian of great merit. itis a pity, however, that his engazement in London is confined to tour weeks, for he will bardly be- como known to the theatre-goers in tbat brief time. The engagement. however, cannot be cx- tended, as the attraction which is to follow him Das already been aunounced. He will only play two parts in London, Virginius and Brutus in “Julius Cesar.’ While in Enzlnnd Iast summer Mr. MeCullough made hosls of warm personul friends, who will give him 2 bearty reception and do allin thelr power to make his engugewment successful. W1 don't think there is any possibility of Hen- ry Irving coming to this country for some time. o has 4 prosperous theatre to’look ufter, unc, mthough he would no doubt prove u paying stur in America, still he would risk a greai deal in coming here. & - b%: nyr of the number of new theatres in London,” said Mr. Clarke, ** onc morning, some time ugo, I was aroused by an unusual ruitliog and banging in _the balls of my lodging-house, and these sounds were_diversified by shouts on the pavement below.: When I asked the cause of the noise I was ipformed that the house was about to be transformed into 4 theatre. 1 doubt- ©d the story at first, but on going down-stairs tho news was corroborated, and I’ learned that the new edifice wns being erected by D'Orly Carte. This, of course, necessituted a hasty re- moval of my goods and chattels, but even be- Tore the furniture was all out the Wworkmen be- n excavating. This hus been u very zood theatrical season in London, und nearly all tho. managers made money. The Vokes family will roturn to this country before long, aud they are as clever und popuiar a8 ever. The Hanlon- Lees aro also very popular, and L have no doubt Wil prove a gréat card in this country. They give a performance wnuch like the once-famous Tiavel family. Ab, you should have seen Gabriel Ravel. lie was the-grentest comediun Iever ki It wasn't necessary for him to speak to male an audience lnugh. The Hanlon-Lees aro Vory clever, but they lack the finish of the Ravels. Ono scene in a raflroad-car is very good. The cur is set sldeways, und 1s the wheeld revolve during the act the effect s zood." HENRY BERGI’S GREAT PLAY. _ Tienry Bergh, the New York gentleman who takes such n lively intercst in the welfare of four-footed creatures, has written a play called “Love's Aiternative.” It wns produced in New York during the past week. Mr. Bergh's play is generally described as aspecimen of rank cruelty o his fellow-men. The Sun, describing thisinter- esting event, tells us that * The audience. if not large, had at least the possible advantage of baving been selected by the author. Itsustained itself throughout with dignity and fortitude. and even in the third uct betrayed a degree of self-commnnd and resolute reticence that re- flected fufinit eredit upon every member of it. There are scenes in Mr. Derrh’s drama that are 80 powerful to stir the emotions and rouse the dormant passions of the ungarded spectator that it would be unsate to permit their repre- sentation before a mixed audience. Mr. Berirh's discretion In the matter, however, put any dan- gerof the sort out of the question. and the peo- ple in the Union League Theatre lnst evening abstained from any unbecowing demonstration whatever, Indeed, the curtain was allowed to go dowu in such silence a3 would bave adorned funeral, aud tho only interruptions that oc- curred were when some people went away ibout the middic of tho drams, snd when some others who brought floral olferings for tho benutiful beroine had to create anoceasion for their pres- entation. “*The procecdings began with music by Mr. Bergh's orchestra, which was trylug to the nerves, and then Mr. Bergh entered with an fm- pressive demennor ead A dress-suit, and took his seat amoug the congregution. At the Union League Theatre therc ure, unfortunately, no boxes from which a dramatic awbor inay bow his acknowledgments when he s called for by the admiring audience, so that Mr. Bergh had to sit in front in order to ‘iituess his play. The awkwardness of calling for the author under these conditions was at once uppurent, and vas ded. “#*Love's Alternative’ s described by Mr. Bergh ns u * serio-comic drama,’ and it justities tho applioation. Its themo and its purpose are of the lofticst that bave ever been chosen by n dramntist. They are difiicult to be discerned, it is true, but they are there, and they are high. 1t abounds in erudition; it s deep, recondite, and mysterious. Passages that tho ordinary mind can grasp for n_mowment 08 they evade its eager scrutiny,ure full of the rarc uad subtle besuty that iss0 often the attribute of the incumprebensible, Tne autbor’s nature Is attuned nearly to sadness, and be lingers with foud longing on the brink of melancholy; but 4 gentlo, wayward fancy plags throughout, nnd reveals liself In bright flashes of wit, delicate touches of a refined bumor, and oft o senten- tious and trenchant philosophy, which, in the vigor of its expression brings to mind at once the styleand the power of Shakspeare, For instance, who can read tho following without immediately reenlling the metancholy Jagues in tho forest of Arden: A cathas ning lives, Butu mun hath seven azes, ihey are cabb-age, saus-uge, dot-age, -uge, dam-nrc. ele. “ Mr. Bergh does not allow his emotions to play upou his countenance, but he uppeared To enjoy his play, He watched it with & degree of attention which was attributed to tho tuct that he was the only auditor present that understood it, or felt areal, deep interest in it. The pe sons from the College of Oratory wbo were en- gaxed with it knew probably less about it than any one else, which was all the better. They prosented n marvelous spectacle, and one could not help thinking that Mr. Bergh had known them all from infancy, bad studiea their gitts, and bad fitted his drama to them, person for crson, so wonderfully did they become it ever were actors and pluy in more extraordi- nary accord, and never wuas there witnessed a {:ml;i curious exhibition than was furnished by oth.” 3 DRAMATIC XOTES, J. B. Polk will star in Frunk Madden’s * Yours Truly. Boueleault is said to be writing a play for Mad Dolaro. Nat Goodwin has accepted a new play by Mr. A.C. Gunter. The fair Davenport will show herself ut Haver- 1y’s on the 14th. B Jannuschek appears at Booth's, New York, to- morrow evening. At tho - Nationa) * Oliver Twist ™ "willbo the next attraction. Wiltig Edouin with his **Sparks” will return to Hooley's on tho 13th. W. IL. Lingard and his wife (Alico Dunning) are in San Francisco. Gus Willinms and company gocs to San Fran- eisco the lutter purt of April Anew theatre will bo buflt in Montgomery, 4Ala., by George F. Mconald. Mr. Will D. Eaton Is said to_have rewritten his “All the Rage” for next season. Leonard Grover Is faid_to be nt work upon an adaptation of Surdou's * Divergons.” The Octoroon will be acted at the Halsted- Street Opera-House to-Morrow evening. = . The Londoners say Charles Coghlan hus caught the American nccent, und they object to it. Miss Lizzio Hurold has been engaged for the part of Melissa in Haverly's * Widow Bedott” compuny. Miss Amelin Herbert has just been married to Mr. Jeromo Eddy, dramatie editor of tho New York Courier. 3r. AL B. Leavitt tells a Mirror reporter that he don’t owe Dolaro o cent. Yo prove it he pro- duces receipts. “The Guy'nor,” a delightfal piece of comeds, bas drawn light audiences at McVicker's during Salvioi's off nights. Salvini will play fn San Francisco In June. Kate Claxton wili Gill an engugement {n that city during the sume mouth. Vill Davis, nssoclate manager of the Grand, s recovered most of his jewelry stolen front tho Shermun, and is huppy. Pauline Markham is going to appear again at Niblo's in the comi revival g}? "Thug}}l.‘mk Crock.” She will be the Stalacta. Arthur Wallack, son of Lester Wallack, and Adelalde Moss, daughter of Theodore Moss,were married in New York last Tucsday. Under tho manggement of Mr. J. C. Schoflcl Br. George Hollapa is playing “Our Boy: * Boarding House,” and *Lord Dundrears Salvini bas oceupled @ box at tho Grand dur- ing his off nights, and the great tengediun ap- Ruured to bo particularly pleased with tho bul- The New York Heraldsnys that Edgar Faw- cett’s mew. comedy, “Sixes and Sevens,” pro- duced fa Deston Jist™ bonday eveniug, s & Tho regort that Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, the Lon- dun favorits in polite_comedy, would not visit this country during tho present year {3 ugain contradicted. * Steele Muckaye; it Is said. intends to produce bis plays on another stage than the Mndison Square Theatre, in order totest the claims of the Binllorys upon them. In connection with Col. Scllers’ comlng mar- ringe, the Republic remarks: * There are millions init. In fact, there are some thousands who ‘wish they were out of it. ** Voyagers, or Fun on the Celtic,” is the name of a new plece owned by Gus Bruno. - He means to travel with it, and has organized the foliow- ing company: Mrs, Bruno, Alf. McUowell, Ben Gilfoil, Clark_and Edwards, Miss Annie Boyd, Hurry deAvoy, Miss Emmea Rogers, and Sam Holdsworth. Mr. Digby V. Bell tho other day on Broadway, New York, wus knocked down by a rnunaway horse. He sutfered fujuries which will contine him to bis room for some weeks. Lytton Sothorn, sou of the lato E. A, Sothern, appears to have determined tu come to this next season and act in ** Fomgmrty's a piece written by Gilbers for his tatkor. Nym Crink!e remarks that Mr. Cazauran, un- like Mr. Boucieault, is a “clever naturalizer of French plays. He adds to the skill of the lélrlllll.'er thegood tasteof an experienced littéra- eur. “Two Hundred Wives ” i3 the name of a new plece which Georgo Boniface und J. B. Studley evidently intena to muke successful upon the ‘popularity of Messrs. Pierce and Runnion’s Mor- mon play. = Mr. Adam Forepnugh has thoughtfully sent us his picture.. It is a lurge chromo, and very min- isterial in its appenrance. Tho able artlst hag ontirely obliterated the familinr scowl ever on the face of Adam as he sits at the door of his tent and passes in a deadbead. A Buffalo publisher hus put out a circular an- nouncing that ha will shortly fssuea * new the- atrical guide,” and endeavors to begaile adver- tisers with the statement that the book will bave a circulution the first year of between 40,000 und 50,6001 Where is he going to get it? “ ‘The Big Four Minstrels, now knowa as Hoo- ley’s, are doing un enormous business at the Bush-Strect Theatre, San Francisco. They opened to $1.300, and have averiged not mucl less than $1,000 a night sinee. Hooley, it {s said, is trying to et & lease of this house. Inaletter to o friend in this city, Al Hayman, the Austrulian wunuger, says Lonise Pomeroy has really made a hit in Melbourne, where she has been pinying Juliet, Viola, Rosalind, and Jinogene. Her receipts for thirty-six performn- auces netted £6,814, nearly $1,000 & performunce. Dr. Hnmilton Grihn, tho special mannger for Mary Anderson, so tho Feuilleton sys, bns sent from Kentucky to ench of tho critics of New Yorlk u bluck juie of prime Bourbon whisky. In duc course of time this tluld will be transformed ihto glowlng spiritual artieles on Mary Ander- on. “Little Ea'ly” will bo brought out at the Globe, Boston, to-morrow cveaing. ‘The cast will_include Louise Sylvester, Bmiiy Rigl, Mrs. a_ Fisher, F. F. Mackay. Jumes O'Neill, Georzzo C. Boniface, J. W. Shannon, Mark Pen: dleton, Charles Staniey, Nelson Decker, and othiers. The Cincinnati Enquirer says the accomplished wife of William R. Hayden, manager of the Thomas W, Keene combination. is quite an art- ist. A placque, ornnmented with a portralt of Lier nephew. is her Jutest work, und it has won frm\h commendation in Chicago. She will short- v paint n picture of her genil spousc. They sy that in New York recently n negro comadian, who had ahways had a reputation for excerable’ puns, nid with closed cyes at the oint of death. ' His purtner, standing by tho cdside, inquired of the medical attendant, »Daoctor, do vou think he will live through tho cevening?” The dying inan, with a iast convul- eive etlort, replied: *Not this evening. Good- evening,” uud expired in fearful oxony. Aletter to u Paris paper irom one ot tho Bernhardt party recounts that at Cincinnatl Mrs. Wilson, wite of u prominent_pork-preker, bestowed upon tho grent Surah a Kiss and a din. moud ring ufter tho prémier of * Frou-Frou. The netress returned the courtesy with a photo- graph and autograoh, and when Mrs. Wilson bad turued nwiy remarked: “ Mais, sacrd, nom de Dieu, elle est trés amisble, la bouchére!™ At Atlanta a buricsque compauy was per- forming. Tho Muyor hud sent a police Captuin And three men to arrest the aetresses il they did anything ovtrageously improper. The silk tigots worn by some * living stutues ™ were so perfect in_ flesh color that tho Captain doubted if they werereully tizhts at all, and helnvaded tho staze with his forue. An inspection, bowever, showed that his suspiclon was groundiess, and the skow was allowed 10 go on. * La Princesse_do Bagdad " Is pronounced by the critie of tho London News as the best play M. Dumas swritten.” It Is o love story at otico terrible, beautiful, and trie to nuture. The dinlog_abourds in wisdom, ripe_end meliow, convesed In Telici ams, and oceusion- ally it rises into pathos £nd elogqueuce. success of laughter as well as ol tears, and the wit in it i3 bright and sparkiing. It does not deal ‘with contemporury manners and fashion- able viee, but with buman passions, which are the same'ut ail times and in ull countries. Donn Piatt, according to Nym Crinkle, as a preliminary to good criticism upon an actress, always folls in love with her at trst. Hehuaa fresh, guileless theory that criticisms should be written trom the heirt und not from tho heud. be suid to bein o continual ssive mush,” Judging from his recent vommients on Mury Anderson, his nffec- tion for that player is quite equal to his former adoration of Morris. After performing some- tking like a moonlight sonnta to the divine Mary he nppears to have o suspicion that she may not be thie artst that his fechngs paint ner—for he exciims somewhat irreverehily: % In the name of the Lord, give us a beautiful, natural savage, sooner thun this eternul perfection of standard mechanics on the stage, with furniture positions. all exactly like what we have seen for twenty years,—pretty lay fizures moving ut each scene in the samo old way, with tho same old staze business.” & In an interview with n New York reporter re- marding the will of the Iate E. A. Sothern, Dion Boucicault said: * We all deeply regretted to 1ind that te bequeathed nearly all he ~possessed awny from his wife and family. A small gum, whicl: may eventually amount to §5,000 or $6,60, is ull that'is left to his three clder children. his youngest child. 1 boy of 14, he leaves the in- tercst on 510,000 for his education. Should be die the principal is still left away from his fam- aly. The entire rest of the estate goes to his sister, who nursed him during his “last illness. The valuc of his property Is sworn to than §80,00). As M. Suthern nppeuars to have Leen a_ naturatized American citizen, n ques- tion arises as 1o tho legmlity of proving his will in Englard nt all, and 4 caveat has been placed on tha proceedings by Mr. Georze Lewis, an En- glish solleitor. who represents the family. It is To be hoped, bowever, thet an amicable compro- miso will be reached.’ Herrmann, the magiclan, and his company, wkile en route from Atlanta to Augusts, Gu., the other duy were enguged for their own anusenient in a game of Sinyt-et-un with eards. In the absence of other counters, they unsus- pectingly used silver pieces to represent the humber of winning hauds, ns the gane pro- pressed. There was no betting of money; no one wis expected to win or lose. It wag acei- dental and enti without thought of legal rohibitions thet the money was used at all. Bt on the cars between Covington und Conyers was Solicitor Genernl Wommack, a fresh ofticer of the law, whose vigilance wus at once aroused and whos¢ zeal immediately grew intense. In- stead of investigutinr for himselt further thun to learn the numes of the partles Herrmann, he perinitted the pluying to proceed without wurn- [ or interference. Hle knew the party was to be in Auanta u couple ot days end could be ensily reached. He at once went before the Grand Jury at Conyers, ana n speeinl present- ment was theesult. Then followed the arrest, the bailing of the parties, and a deal of trouble yot to bo szone thronzh with, nt grreat cost 1o the innocent persons involved. Tho caso has not yet been settled. wFelicia; or, Woman’s Love,” Mr. Cazauran's lav. just praduced ut the Union Square {3 described by the Sun ' us n strong and well-constructed drama, excellent fn_its motive and St i _its_treatnéut.” The play is gence: admitied 10 b 1 grent SUCCess. Fhé time of ez is the present; its placi is France: itsaction is contined 1o one sceie: 2ind it prineipal personages ure six in nuwmber. “There {5 an artillery officer, Capt. John,—a bryl iant voungz rellow, handsome. full of mauliness and houoar. flc loves Dolores, the daughter of Al Murnay, aud confesses before he asks for her hand that he is of fllegitimate birth, The objection is condomed, but when the ceremony 15 about 10 take place it is diszovered that Mme. Dumont, who is sup- posed to'be his aunt, is really his mothyr, and that ber antecedents are such that she is fitly deseribed as n sort of Cora Pearl. Hersecret is disclosed by her meeting at the Mornay mansion 10 old nequaintanceor vietim in the persou of L Cassaynac, nad by legul requirements of the mirriage contract, with which she cannot com- ply, veeasions which afford scenes of great dra- matic opportunity. ‘They culminate in ber rev- elation of hersetf, nnd her history to ker son, nnd in the well-sustained development of the complex conditions that ensne und _tholr con- version to au inzenious and decply interesting conclusion, The edst was: Captein Join, Charles 2. Thorne, Jv.; M. Mornay, John Parselie; AL Ferri, J. 4. Stoddart; M. Cassagnac, . de Belle- ville; Clauds (Clararcl, Owen Faweett: Jome. Du- maoitt, Re rtinge: Dolorzs, Swn Jewetts El- canor, “Zlme, Dorlcourt, Estelle Clayton. ki TWO LIVES. For The Clicago Tritune. ne, llke the flowing of some peaceful river OBcl\veL’n sweet bunks that shield, yet neer op- - press The ohor, all a whiripool's rush and shiver, And rasp—and awtuiness! @ One. quiet—commonplace maybe—no bubble To mar the surface of that happy streams fThe other. rife with pussions, joy, und trouble, ‘o ever vex the dream. Born of the same sweet, fearless mother-fount- ain, They wauder us ther started, side by side, Only 1 little distance from theé mouninin— And then, tho werld Is wide! One. drifting through dear days into a haven That doth compléte and crown its huppiness: (Tpon this 1ombstono pleasunt words aregravel ** Butsleepeth,” and * At rest.”) Tho other, battling through strange pathsand drenry, 5 A tortured soul, bard straining at the close To clasp unto itself, most wun and Weary, at rec so—God knows! Whaut recolopen: fiLy Corny. —————— Why do Hop Bitters curo so_much? Because they Em: g(m% digestion, rich blood, and healthy action of all the, organs. NEW PUMPIRG-WORKS. Proposal to Establish Them Twen- ty Miles North of Us. Mr. W. W. Boyington’s Figures as to the Expense and Saving. The Only Plan by Which to Get a Pure Water-Supply. LAKE-SHORE WATER-WORKS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tridune. CmIcAGO, March +.—Now that the subject of our water-supply nnd the disposal of the city sewerage is thoroughly arcusing the public mind, and as our neizhborson the south have brought the subject before the Legislature, so far as disposing of the scwage i3 concerncd, it seems to meo that it is the intecest of the city to have some measure adopted 8o that the sewage disposal shall not in any way contaminate the water. It is very ovident that some measure must be adopted, both for the relief of the people south, and our rapidly-growing city, which, in the near future, promisesto be the second city in num- bers and importance on the continent. We bave oll the clements and geogrzpbical position to make it so, if we only avail ourselves of what i3 at our command. Our lake affords the purest reservoir of drinking-water within the reach of any Inrgo city. Our sewerage system threatens to destroy the purity of our drinking-water, or “stink outand cause sickness and death to our nelghhors ou the south, along the line of the canul and river. Iam one that believes that the authorities in the discharge of their duty 10 the public have no right to do or allow thisany longer than it is possible to make positive repar- ation. ‘The subject has been quite thoroughly and varlously discussed by experts and scientists, sufliciently so to prove that at times our drinke ing water is impregnated with more or less lilth, und to prove that our neizhbors oo the south cannot and will not endure waat they have kad 1o for two years past. 1t has been said that n ship canal would cure both the evils. All such advocates seem to lose sight of the limited capacity of the South Braoch. Ido not suppose that uny of tho ship- cuannl projectors anticipate removing the mani- moth elevators, piciting-houses, ruftrmad depots, freight houses, bridges, und nutkerous railroad tracks that line tho river on Loth sides, tor the purpose of widening tho sume, without which ¢ven a ship-capal would uot remove the dif- ficuity, but for a portion of tho scuson. With n'cramped South Branch ncting but stug- gishly, the sviids and putrid deposits from the sewers. staughter and rendering houses will set- tlo to the bottom of the various brunckes und forks of the river, only to be disturbed by rhe freshets from the watersheds tributary to the various branches. When this occurs the ac- cumuiated fiith in the bottoms and forks of the river, und from the decayed vegctation on the surfico and in the pools of the 3#) square miles of wittershed that How into the various branches and iorksof the river, zet tboroughly washed out. Outwhere? Letsome tell towhut distance into the lake this stutf does not o with a favor- able westerly wind, und mizzsle with the water that is pumped back forcitizens to drink.. Somo argae that our water 1S so much better than it into not tunnel was made tho lake that the peopie cught 1o complnin. [ well rememuer those as well as the days when we had to rel getting our water-supply from easks brouight to ‘our doors, and the old wooden-pumn days. Be- fure the present works were extended into the Inke, however, the river wash bad no compari son with the present, and the present will huve no comparisou with tho future, witn its antici- puted growth in nll its departments, unless some ineasure commensurate with taid inecrease is adopted. AS it now ig some may et compura- tively pure water, and other purticles of rank poison. My observation for the past severnl yenrs, since tho decpening of the caoal, has been that for a goed portion of four moaths ot the season the water fromn tie 350 square iniles or water- shed rushes into the river and its forks at times of freanets i i quantity about four times more thau tue South Branch can carry away. This surplus tiads finds rellef by the main river into the lake, carrying with ftTons of refuse and putrid matter. Now tius state of things is inevitably the case for all time to come—unly worse—with the pres- ent eapacity of the Nortt Branch. In these culations ot surplus tlow and the limit of escape, Y take us o basis the yarious estimates made by expert engineers as reported and commented upon at a meeting of the Engineers’ Club 2larch 10, 1840. At that meeting it was shown thut the average daily fiow of water for n month wus about 70,003,000 cubic feet more than could pass down the South Brinch nng canal. Now, If this is the case on un avernge per month, itis evi- dent_that nt times of freshet there are days, ns before mentioned, when ut least four times as much, or 280,000,000 cubic feet of water, puss into the luke fu twenty-four bours, more than can pass down the South Branch. Now, with such an overplus of filthy water, cnrrying with it the accumuliated fIth of tho river into the luke, who can say it does not tlow miles beyond the receiv- ing Crib in quantitiestoo foul tv be tolerated for a duy longer than steps can be taken to remedy the evil? E. S. Chesbrougl, who is good author- ity on this subject, in his discussions at the Engineers' Club meetiny, before mentioned, said, in answer to & guestion a3 to how far in times of u freshet the river washed into the lake, * When tiiere wasa freshet water from the river went beyond the Crib, and he thought sometimes two or three miles, and its presence was noticeable for two or three dnys. At such times he had scen it andsmelt it.” This beins admitted us un incontrovertible i How can_we expect to et rid of the ri tlow by extending the tunnel two miles furtber, and there cstab- lish another receiving Crib at great risk (that distance out), when it has been already shown that the river How goes a mile_or more beyond the proposed cxtension, and I believe severul miles beyond it if the truth was known? What has been done, 1 consider bas been wisely done, under the circumstances, taking into account the unprecedented growth of our city. It may be considered by some an experiment. We mnay also consider most other water-suppties for larze citles experiments. Most of them b been extended and enlurged, and are still too limited or otherwise objectionuble. The City of New York has in contempla tion the project to bring its water-supply_from Luke George, hundreds of miles away. ~Pure driok- ing-water i3 a very essential element of health 0 ull lurge cities, and must be odtuined, if with- in reach, at w ver cost. If we keep on with our present system. only by extending it for tewporary relicf, our present fears of e¢piddm- ies will onty be inteusilied from thi3 time on and result in the loss of thousands of our cii zens us . penalty. Now, what s u permanent remedy? Tt has been suggested that the removal of the pump- Ing-works up the luke shore to the' highlands, say twenty miles or more, is the oaly safe mode of ietting pure luke water. This 1 have advo- cated for the pnst four or five years. Imen- tioned the subject to Mayor Heath about four yearsnzo, Ground up that distance is about 130 to 130 feet above the lake, und the solla solid ass of clay. I would recommend the purchuse ofabout 100 ueres. AL frst excavate, say forty neres, five feet deep, with which throw upan em- bankment, say twelve or fifteen feet hizher, forming a forty-acre resecvoir twelve feet di This can be done without masunry, eXcept At the outlet and fulet gates, This reservoir would hold abuut 21.000,000 cubic fect ot water. Now, as to cost of the enterprise: For reservoir and pumping purposes, 100 acres ut an uversge of S0 )Jl:l‘s Tuke Mr. Chesbrouzh's estimate foru new Crib and tunnel two miles fur- ther into the luke (which should be done ns cheapup the like) . My estimate for excavatimg fOrty cr d cing same in embankments— yards ut 30 cents...... . 84520 Masoury tor outiets and julets, sa; - 2,00 Removing and resetting pumps and buildings.. Ceaes Frow my observioon of the luyof the land ulong the probuble route from eight to ten miles, it would be sufe to construct @ brick conduit and the balance of bar iron, to connect with city mains, say cight miles of sevens foot brick conduit at & per mile. Twelve miles of iron pipe, elther single or double, equal to six feet diameter, at $150,000 mile... Add for surveys, superintenience, wi- ter-gates, and othor comtingencies, including right-of-way, etc. Total........ - §5.525,520 ‘Whilst tnis estimate i3 only approximate, [ believe it wiil be tound liberal. Suppose the city were to fssue 4 per cent bonds to defray the entire expense. Tho interest om L5003 in round numbers would be $140,600. T meet this interest L esthmate there ure 20,60 o 25,000 hnbitants north of the present city water-sups ply and tributary to tho line of the propuscd cuaduit, say for w safe estimate 5,000 fumilies, that would take water at 35 per family, letting tho towns and citics run their own pipes und collect thetr rents and account to the city. This makes $25,000. Icinim with 2 reservoir head of 130 feet above the Juke we could throw waler over the hignest building in the ity by which the city would dispense with, suy, 50 per cent of the cxpense of the Fire Department for ull time to come. Let us take s n basis for thbis the cost of the Department for 1677, which was 222, 313, From which deduct for extending new fire telegraphs and interest on temporury lunos, $28255. ‘This leaves the year's expense $hii,- Deduct &) per cent from this for saving, or £121.223.18, leaving $146,223. If these caleuta- tions urc correct, then tho saving ond in- come on the Iline morc thun pays the interest on the whole outlay, and leaves the city with the full revenue of the water-ing to defruy the current expenses and form a sink- ipg Tund to liquidate the bonded debt, or double the capucily of the works, which tho growth of the city may require. This will give us pwvro water permanently, and nearly seif-sustaining, without the income from the city water-tax. Now, what has been rocommended by, others? wus betore the 500,000 g Some have recommended the construcuon of & | ship canal, variously estimated to cost from ° $12,000,000 to $17,000,000. Others have recom- mended o large séwer along sile the present canal ata cost of $6,000,000. I think I have fully shown that neither of them would give us pure wuter the year round, 8o long a3 there exists g tlow of water in freshets four times more than the capacity of tho South Branch to carry away. Unless there is o lock placed in the main river o ruise the head, and prevent the tlow into the 1akes at such times. it caonot be forced through the present South firanch. Aud that is out of the question, for the reason that such 4 lock or dam would cause the water to set back into tha main sewers and basements of the business buildings. - Now, if the Water-Works were placed out of the resch or induenco of the river-iow atall times It would matter but very little whether the river washed into the lake or canal. But some expedient must be introduced to move the pestilential waters of the river sufliciently to protect tho heaith of the city. The city having already successfully established the Fullerton avenue conduit and pump for the North Branch another similar arrungement as bas already been projected could be introduced at the inter- scction of the river and canal at Bridgeport as a temporary expedient till the Water-Works could be removed up to the highlands. By that time tne ship eanal may be one of the possibilities. If not. some exionsive outlet and powerful pump works and conduit on tho south can be made to move the sewage into the lake alto- gethor. WaL W. BOYINGTON. TIE SAME IDEA. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. CAICAGO, March 5.—How shall Chicago be sup- plied with pure water and yet so dispose of its SCWAgE 1S Not Lo contaminato the source of sup- ply, nor incommode its neixhbors? About four miles north of Evanston the bank of the Inke is about 100 feet above tha water. It gradually descends to about twenty feet in about # mile. and from there to Michigan City a plain extends back frum the luke for several miles, 0o purt of which I3 more than fifty feet above the Inke, on which the City of Chicago cnd many o its suburbun towus are situate. On the side of this descent from the highlends a reservolr could be constructed at_suci a bight above the lake a5 deemed best, with which tho water of the luke through a criband tunnel conid be forced, ns it now is for the use of tha city., From that reservoir it could be distrib~ uted through pip& all over tho pluinsouth of ft. Then If the Pumping-Works proposed to be put in at Bridgeport should be connected with the luke just north of the Cniumet River, the sewage from the city would be discharged into the lake at a point twventy-tive miles from where the water is tuken from' the lake for the reser- voir. The supply then would be so far removed from the pluce of coutamination as to be prac- tieally aiways pure. ‘The suburban towns south of the city could be supplied from the reservoir, and necd notuse *- the luke water as they now do. The crib, tun- nel, reservoir, yistributing-pipes, etc., are mat- of civil eagineering, and I do not preiend to discuss them. But as it 18 merely & change of 1oeation of what is now In operation, it secems to me to be practicable. Legislation would be re- quired, and if & system of parks for the benefit of the public ean’ be legnlized and carried out, crtainly 2 system for tho supply of witer for the public cun also be. so, being pructical and legal, IS {¢_not worthy of discussion in con= nection with otlier projects before the public? W. T. BURGESS. THE FIRE OF 1871. Commemorate It by Laying the Corners Stone of u Publlec Library Building— How to Ralse the Woney. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. CHICAGO, March i.—I bave been an interested reader of the varlous suggestions which have been made fros time to time during the past few weeks regurding the commemoration of the great fire of 1871 by the people of Chiengo. 1 do not think the event itself ome which pos~ sesses any fearure which it would be pleasiog to celebrate. The celebration of any eveat which but reculls the saddest and bitterest memories is_repugnant to human nature. We properiy celebrite only such events as were either the prime or proximute cause of thut which was of great good or lasiing benefit to our ruce, While the destruction of this great city was 8 most unparatleled catamity, the ashes of our zrief, watered with the tears of the world’s symputby, gave growth to the most signally universal gen- crosity the history of bumpnity bas ever re- corded. Many of the schemes suggested are worthy of the great conception and srand ex- ecution of our unrivaled city, but none seem to be pecutiarly g{ypronrmu to the commemort= tion of thit which, born of this event, excited the adiniratioa of our race. Amonz the many genvrous déeds waich It ‘moved men's bearts to ¢o wus the founding of a great Public Library,—that, thougha man might be robbed of all his goods and chattels in a sin~ gleday, yet his mind Gould_be cogaged, his bet- ter nature cultivated, his ambitdons again arouscd, und bope stiv to action the hands which otherwise despair might eternally shuaesle. The Public Libntry was peculiurly the acci~ dent of the great fire. Springing out ot the no- blest of all_buman virtues, we have cherished and fostered it as_the olf3pring of love, until it has to-duy growsy into greatness and usefuluess. Thousunds among us buve been benetited and ennghbled by its establishment, and each recur- ringhuonth but bears witness fo its grand work. 1 think [ may safely say that no institution in our midst is more dear to the heart of tne gen- cral public thau our great free library. Whoes, a few months ago, it was fHrst learned that by & techaicality this_institution was to be deprived of the use of the old Post-Oftice Build- iog, n_uoanimous, though unuttered, protest grose from tho people azainst the secuning wronz. A ealumityhad befallen us. The build- ing bad been procured of tae Genernl Govern- ment for thut sole purpose, and to sce it defeut- ed, as it wus, 2t the haads of its friends, brought deep and sincere regret from the peoplc, becuuse 1n no way so useful to tne bigher education and upbuilding of vur citizens could it be employed. 1would respectfuly suggest to the gentlemen baving charge of this muiter, and to the people of tiris grout city, that there could he no mure fitting and graceful commemoration of tho world’s unstinted generosity consequent upon our great fire than by generously contributiog to the erection of a monument in our midst, which itself would contribute something to the worla's general good. Our weslthy citizens— men who have grown wealthy out of the pros- perity ot a city whose founautions were lald in charity—could o no way ercct a monument so creditable to their memories as in thus paying recognition to the world's wonderful benetl- cence. 1, for one, sincerely Lelieve, and do not liesitate to express the belief, thut there are many wealthy gentiemen in Chicago who would giadly crect such a monument,—* more lasting' Thun brass, more endurinz thun marble.” "As our Library bus far outgrown its present untit quarters and is far too valuable to be fonger left exposed to_the easy ravages of fire, a suitable building should ut once be erected for jtsuse. Mauy books in our Library could never be replaced, and_insurance i3, therefore, prac~ tically of no avail. Why do our citizens, then, stand idly biv and sce this important matter neglected? I am persuaded that it is simply be- cause it bas not been- brought to their consider ation. I would beg leuve to present a plan, hastily and crudely conceived, In. which each and erery citizen—yes, cach und every child in Chicngo—would have a part. Let this Commit- tee of gentiemen, with our Mayor ut i1s head, togethor with such other gentlcmen as may.in rood judgment be added, resolve to proceed to the soliciting of contributlons from our people tobeused fn tho erection of a great Publice Library building. Let books of subscrip~ tion be placed in the hands of busie ness-men in all parts of city, with instructions to accept any contribution to this end, Let every coatributor, if but of the sum of 10 cents, and whether un adult or a chiid, write hisor her naweon these books of sub- seription, and _a_proper eard ot acknowledg- ment be issued for the contribution. Letour powerful and worthy press give continued pub- licity to the scheme, and its pure and generous object, and 1 doubt not that every man, woman, and child's name 1n this great city will be founs on these books, and eards of acknowledgment will decorate every house. .\ half million ple, erch contributing a dollur, would make & grand total of a balf-milifon dollars, And is it 100 1nuch to say that the averaxe of 8 dollar is too high? I am confidenc [ can name more than one of our wealthy and honored citizens wbo would head such books of subscription with the gift of thousands. Let our City Council. in thus wiscly administering their trust, icate to this use the old City-Hull lot (which ft can legally do), or some beiter location, I posaible, and then. on the 9th day of October, 1381, let the corner-stone be luid with suen pomp and cir- cumstance us the occasion would deserve.—and in this corner-stone let those books of subserip- tion be pleced,that when, if ever, the peoplesyet unborn sbitll Inquire who bulltthis grund struct- ure they may e answercd by the recorded fact that Chicago's men, wonien, and children erected it us an ucknowlcdgment of their gratitude for the world’s generosity ! Couid any commeinoration of the event be so * graceful? . Could the money of our people be put o such u fittingand wortby end? Could the old City-Hall be granted to & more noble purpose? ‘All considerations seem to move to the acs complishment of this scheme, and Lam contident that if these gentlemen will kindly consider and adopt it the great heart of Chicago will warmly and cothugiastically upplaud the act, and roydl= ly contribute 1o such a grand work. JAMES LANE ALLEN. —————— . carlyle. “Iremember on one occasion visiting Care lyle's birthplace,” says a Berlin correspondent of the Buffulo Express,**Ecclefechau in Dium= friesshire. Lsought *oric of the oldest inhabi- tants,’ who was credited with *kunowing all about the Carlyles.” Like most people who *Lknow ali about ' most things, be knew. but littie. But hi3 knowledze wus unique. This aged, garrulous, and lugubrious-toned historian of the villaga inted out the career and prosperity of the Car- vles. All kad been *brawlie lacs an' decent 100, but taat ne'er-do-well chap Tum awa in Loonen, seribbling things and aw that stouf! Then look= Ing indignantiy sud haltndmlrln:l{ he ailudedto *unitner brither o' them; aw moul he's tho gaog © the heaps be's sent mair swine to market thal o’ the parish togitber.’ " Winchestar’s nn:opnoryhlta: ' will cure consumption, coughs, wWeak ufi bronchitis, and gen! debllity, Estab! tiventy-ong years, - oy . . =«