The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1878, Page 6

“THE GLASS OF FASHION.” Prevailing Mode and Style of Street and Evening Dresses. TOILETS. NEW YEAR ; Gloves, Bonnets, Coiffures and Orna- ments of Many Kinds, —s MIDWINTER NOVELTIES. iemnianatae ‘The peenliarity about the fashians of to-day is that they may be made either very costly or very economi- cally. The fine soft woollen fabrics are no less de- sirable than the richest silk and satin, In fact, they much imore in demand by those who wish to xealize pure art conceptions. The best dressing is not that which costs the nrost, bat that which is inost effective and best suited to the age, means and re- quirements of the wearer, It is diffieult to make in- experienced persons believe that the deep Spanish Jace collars, for example, have ndt superseded the plaited ruffle and the narrow rim of linen at the throat. All neat, nnobtrnsive styles are retained for street wear, and whatever can lend a charm or add to the picturesque effect, is pressed into the service of those who can afford to make theaaselves beautiful @t home. are NEW MODE ‘The polonaise is by no means discarded; on the vontrary, it is more universally used than ever as a y attire. The adoption of somewhat interfered with its popularity for the et, but in the present graceful designs it is considered particularly desirable as part of the indoor dress, as one polonaise of good @esign enables a lady to wear out her old demi- trained skirts which otherwise she could not employ to advantage. ‘The “Remira” furnishes a fine example of a style in mastic colored wool, with a speckle of darker shade, enriched with an embroidery in crewels and bordered -with a fringe combining the different colors. The basque and overskirt are still in fayor, and one of the yery prettiest designs for soft and diaphanous anaterials is the “Elana. For evening dresses in tarleton, gauze, gaseline or black net it is particu- Jurly adapted. ‘The “Madina” basque, worn with this overskirt, is a novel method and very pretty, yet per- fectly simple. ‘The collar, which forms a long, pointed plastron, is very effective, A magnificent bridal dress is in the “Adrienne” princess style; the dress of white satin and the vevers, sashes, collar and sleeve trimming of the bro, cade. Fine plaitings of satin are used to trim the edges of the revers and the bottom of the skirt, and are disposed en casende up the middle of the back and surmounted by a bow of satin ribbon. A garland ‘of Chrisimas roses and orange blossoms commences at the right side of the waist and is carried across the revers on the left side and finished at the middle of the back. A bunch of similar flowers is to be worn at the front of the waist, and 2wreath to match fas- tens the long tulle veilon the head, » “Minerva” princess dress is exceedingly grace- ful and very distingné in effect. It ts tight fitting, with a basque in front over askirt having a draped apron, and the sides ornamented with “panel” trim- suing; and the back strietly in princess style, and fall. ing in a long square train. The design is appropriate for dressy tabries, and is very desirable for a com- bination of colors or materials. W YEAR'S RECEPTION TOILETS, A lady who closes her house and has her reception Tooms lighted with gas throughout the day as well as evening, has had a maguificent dress of white and gold brocade made, with a white satin tablier and lace sleeves, both covered with a network of pearls, Of four young ladies who will receive with her one will ning pink, the other evening blue faille, the lered a rosebud pattern, and the fringes ot acacias er white has a dress ot black Brussels net and ornamented with black and white lace parted blush roses. fourth dress is tearose silk, trimmed with white lace and tearoses, with dark, shaded folia \ pretty wine-colored dress of satin is shirred all over, excepting the back of the trained skirt, which is very slightly and gracefully draped. The puffing, which is straight, is divided lengthwise by bands of velvet matching in sh: and the costnme is finished nil cuffs lac part of ordinar the short dress has ™! A third antiq y stylish dress of black satin has a draped i front, and elbow sleeves of white satin striped with velvet, the latter trimmed with beautiful white lace. A little black satin cap, edged with pearls, and orna- mented with a bunch of violets, was made for this dress, aud is almost in the form of a small royal crown. It is a pretty fashion, and very imnch ad- mired, a revival, jnder, of one’ that flourished thirty rty years ago—with this difference, that then the little Polish forms were the rage A novelty which is very effective is of soft, rich, princess styl mastic colored silk, made in th a opened in front over a petticoat bordered with a plait- ing and tied across with ribbons. The sides of t front are thrown back fared with satin, aud npon this sutin are painted conyolvuli in different colors, and inthe most natural style, The ends are tied at the back over the train, which is ornamented with a cade of narrow daisy plaitings down its entire lengtn— ms, which are satin, matching lors of the painted tlowers. Astylish and m fective black dress is of rich black taille, with a princess polonaise draped ds of crimson satin ribbon over a demi-traned skirt flounced. At the aock and wrist is a wide rafile of fine real Valenciennes thrown over as a falling collar and cuffs. nite should only be worn by gaslight, not in cold light of day, unless it is to be dixpi & brilliant re tery, only relieved by the white gold of the Parisian chairs. iu a cold looking room on New Year's I to give the guests a chill. Much more would be a dress of warm garnet, even if it were romposed of plain wool, It depends very much upon who ix to wear the New Year's reception toilet as re- weds the suitability of the same. A qniet little lady, in a modest h be quite sufficiently dressed in a black 0} with a finish in the the way of a lace se for ample, as the la mansion sits down is enough to dinner in not consider “dress up” at ai. For her, therefore are the richer robes of embroidered satin, lece the trained velvet, with its #parkling or- ts, and the delicate frou-trou of intricate s which require the practised ey hang to venture upon, EVENINE The most admired y da evening wear are the side cut gloves, ‘They are ent to button on the side and just under the arm, ren- dering the fit most perfect, and concealing the fasten- ing almost entirely, for the battons are scarcely per- ceptible, even when the arm is raised. 7! Rit in very soft, fine and flexible, They come in from four to vinatr traine wen tC par ex- The delicate tmastic shades are also in favor, and ladies in monrn- ing wear white undressed kid—the dull whiteness being considered more sant, even in deep mourn eetlence is the iny, than the glos#y black finish Lambkin gloves, anew article of American manu A this fall and are said to facture, have been introduce Bt weil and to we 1 aud therefore fine They are a cheap glove, WEN AMENTS the hair in Paris t dressin One of th p Bhows two extremes of the head, leavin atyle seven years age the élite far receptions flat against the back valled “Oriental braids, the back of it flat, as was the The other style, adopted. by ome, shows the lair laid head and of many uve & beautifal antique effect, but the present whit demands that they shall be worn pendant undrnamented coiffure is hardly to be seen abroad. Independe&t of the comb is the bow, band or jewel, wnd each and all of these are very novel, and many really beautiful. One of the handsomest clasps f ontining the Oriental braids is of ge Lin centre is a simall parrot’s bead, in brigh ‘With a diamond set in the distendea beak. Never was the er went. It is to be fonnd even in bonnet juents, It appears in brooches, earrings, belt « Jiair clasps, braceicts and e ‘on shoe buekt » being one which be ont used as now for an orna orna. # wet im it ) ornament with the points t clown instead of up, a sight caleniated to make & Luropesn or, indesa, almost any foreiguer, and pat. Sicularly a natt f the Past, store and smile. An exquisite braid clasp has two tiny birds, with wings spread and holding the chain of jewels in ‘heir beaks. ‘or pins, whi arranged in Jique or in a half oftete; & one position aud two im auotner, Ligher of lower, effective | 9g arries it np to the | nitifnlly displays the Inetreslgimy her way back to England to join her mother, It is amusmng to see the eres Bonisa says her mother does not know the condition upon the head. ‘These ornaments are made in shell and silver, and one of the favorite forms is the four leat clover “for luek,"” WESTER. BONNETS. The most fashionable winter bonnets revive very old styles—shapes worn at least a century ago. They are high and quaint and very narrow across the back, whieh has no cape, but is finished with a straight band. ‘The brim is small and worn close to the head, or there is none at all, only a straight bond, which is red by a band of feathers or tlowers or leaves, fits the head like a sealskin cap. The crown nds high, and the trimming is massed in front or upon it. ‘A very handsome reception bonnet is of the white mastic or pale putty-colored satin. ‘Che trimming is narrow satin ribbon, of the mustic shade, with gold on the reversed side and a profusion of marabout feathers tipped with gold. oss the front is & scarf of pale Spanish blonde, exquisitely embrai- dered with fine gold threads. ‘This can be fastened at the sides or under the chin, or inany way to suit the wearer's pleasttre and ¢ mene. f ‘A pretty costume bonnet is of dark blue satin, with an interior ruching of red and red satin bow upon the front. With this is worn a costume of dark blue ve vet, with a red satin vest and one graceful cordon of long red satin loops in the drapery at the back. The flaring hats are less popular than last year. Young ladies prefer the English walking hats and the small bonnets, which are so dainty and distingue. There are some bright, piquant faces, however, to which the large hats are decidedly becoming—the irregular faces, with low brows, bright eyes, carling hair and greater breadth than length of feature, ‘\ stylish addition to these hats this season consists of the black sweeping phumes, gracefully arranged upon the interior of the broad brim, which is thrown back from the face. Black ostrich feathers are always becoming, and the sombre character of these hats in all black 18 well relieved by the inexpressible softness which these drooping plumes impart to the face, ‘NOVELTIES. Gold thread embroidery is used on the vests, revers and cuffs of handsome dresses. For indoor dresses vests of plush are trimmed with Breton | Black dyesses tor evening wear are trinmed with jet and warabout feathers. Charming new wrappers for imloor wear are em- | broidered up the frontand upon the cufls and jackets with stalks and leaves, executed in the shades of old, pure and ordinary gold, and have the tiny golden buttertties or other small insects with expanded { wings poised upon a leat or stem. These cannot be bought; bat ladies of artistic skill embroider them at home. Winter walking dresses are made with a jacket, bodice and yest, over a skirt with triple folds in front and slightly draped back, bordered with a deep kilt plaiting. The dark Scotch tartans make charm- ing dresses of this description, and also the plain ngs, in dark shades of green, plum and ‘These have only the stitching upon the for trimming and small silver or gilt but- tons. ‘Lhe street garment worn with them is a long, closely cut jacket of furry cloth, with broad velvet collar and cutis. French moire, with very small waves, is much used for trimming, and panelled sides to dresses are very fashionable and yery effective. Moire antique, wit its large waves, appears among the importers’ treas- ‘ures and makes rich and elegant costumes. The Breton lace is a novel and decided favorite of fashion. It is a bobbinet lace in imitation of Mechlin, but instead of being marked with deep scallops on the edge it is either finished with the smallest saw-teeth or else like an insertion, the purl edge inaking a straight outline. ‘A lovely bonnet is made of white, downy feathers, in which nestle small, brilliant green enamel bugs. Searfs of chenille, with deep fringe, are used tor bonnet strings. Among the recent novelties reported from Paris are pocket handkerchief suits. For the benefit of those seeking “Paris novelties” it may be well to add that it requires forty-five handkerchiefs to make a dress, and if the borderings be properly arranged these’ make an exceedingly peculiar and stylish cos- tume. The one made fora leading society lady last summer was of white silk handkerchiefs with pink borders. By way of new fashionable trifles may be mentioned © Moyen Age belt of woven silver or gold tissue as soft and supple as gros grain ribbon, fastened with a handsome buckle to match. Waistband buckles are cither of gilt or silver metal or of the pretty new style of mother-of-pearl. Brooches for fastening the strings of bonnets, eaps and coiffures are very fash- ionable. T AT HOME. HE DENIFS ALL INTENTION OF FLIGHT, AND SAYS HE HAS NO INFORMATION OF WHAT THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION WILL BE IN HIS CASE. The report which was published yesterday in a morning newspaper to the effect that Harry Genet had again flown from the city created a great deal of excitement, which was, however, soon allayed by its authentie denial in the Erening Telegram. It is alleged by many persons that it was maliciously in- spired by enemics of the accused, His bail amounts to $25,000 and his bondsmen—Peter K. Knapp and Judge Thomas Pierson—evince no alarm whatever in view of the decision which must soon emanate from the Supreme Court on the merits of his case. After that is rendered there will be but one more res’rt for him which will offer a possible escape from the condemnation of the law. He may carry his case to the Court of Appeals, but it will be seen below that he leaves the question of what course he shall in future pursne entirely to the judgment of his counsel. ASTONISHMENT OF GENET'S COUNSEL. These gentlemen—Messrs. am A. Beach and Nelson J. Waterbury—were very much astonished by the ational statement above alluded to, and they lange heartily y read it. A te porter of the ertained that M. Genet bad by occult means received information — that Judges of ‘ourt had decided against bis appeal, action had not yet been made pub first made at the District Attorney's office ward of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, resulted in the absolute contradiction of this statement also, and the reporter then visited Mr. Genet himself at his idence in Harlem. There he found him with an appearance of ordinary good health and spirits and the following 0 the Supreme their aithough i I s. ‘asked the re: “What is the exact staty porter, “of the ease against you? “It is in the matter of John McBride David: whieh was tried three or four 1 Daniels. It went against me, you remember, but L was not sentenced. Bail wax’ given before Judge the 4th of Februa in this year. My miner to the Supre: the last General T submitted to t “Have you what the decision jay “No, not “Hi | “EN, air. “Have you gained any inkling of the views in this cawe of one of more of the judges of the Supreme Court?” | ‘“Neither directly nor indirectly have I any in- | formation bearing on this matter.” “Should a decision be rendered against you what do you propose to do?” vy] shall. leave the determination of my future rae entirely to my counnel Will an appeal be carried to the court of ast re- sort?” ‘That will be for Messrs, Beach and Waterbury alone to decide.” No “Well, if it of snddenly leaving the ¢ 1 do eo TENTION OF DECAMPING. «against you haye you any notion Aes ‘ay under any cireum* doing 80. hat the story published this ne How do you suppos morning was originated “L cannot imagine. Here Tam, and here Tam got | toremain. The report is a malignant falsehood, culated to injure me. It was concocted by som enem, dl every word is pregnant with malice,” WALKER, THE GLASSBLOWER. OF NINE CHILDREN AND A DIVoR cs A TALE {From the Louisville Courier-Journal, Dec. 6.) Robert Walker, a glassblower, employed at the Star works, in New Albaw, riing to the stateru his own daughter, is a m married man. ) Louisa Walker, aged sixteen years, to New Albany in June last from England, where she left her | mother and two sisters, Her object in coming was to | Jive with her father, whom she had m mere child, The girl had not been in long before she found that her fether living with and that he six children very unpleasant for her she concluded to leave, and so informed her relatives, Her father declined to give up her clothing, and she was obliged to do the best she could in her every day dress, She found employ- | ment at the Phoenix Hotel, and afterward secured a | better place at the residence of Mr. Albert Trinier. | Since she has been employed at the latter place her ut of | | father has made apy ner weekly wages dito him, and Mr. Trin! one of the letters wherein Walker acknowledges that he is the father | of the girl, and that he of right ought to . | aye the money she earns, It has been the | gbject of the girl to earn enough money to d will soon send of things, but has been written to a her marriage certificate to this country, that her trnant husband may be punished, Walker says that was married to his proaent wife in Boston, Mass., nil that he obtained adiverce fyom bis first wife in Boston in 1866, He docs not yememberthe nante of the judge who granted the divorce or on what ground he ped it, He does not deny that he had a wife in Bngland, but seys she how ty Claims on him now. William Perkins, # nephew of Waiker’s, substantiates the statements made by the girl, and says Walker's first wife knows nothing of the divurce, ; AMUSEMENTS, ACADEMY OF MUSIC——“LUCIA DE LAMMERMOOR.” The matinées at the Academy of Music, if one may judge from the magnitnde of the audiences which assemble, have evidently become extremely popular, Yesterday the congregation was little less than a jam, People were almost obliged to quarre! while they crowded in, put once in they presented as pretty a pictorial spectacle as has been seen in New York for many a day, ‘‘Lucia,” as illustrated by the Mapleson opera troupe, has already been fully described and criticised in these columns, and it is therefore unnecessary to repeat comments, beyond the fact that Campanini and Gerster were in admirable voice, and with Galussi and Poli sree personated the leading characters of the opera. The vocal beauties of Gerster, her won- derful flexibility, her admirable taste and cunning art, have naturally made a strong impression on the riusie loving portion of the public, and whenever sbe appears it isa signal of success to the manage- ment, The splendid tenor and superb action of Campanini and the robust basso of Foli, however, ought not to be forgotten while giving praise, for we have had few artists among us in these late years who 80 well illustrate the beauties of operatic art, STWENWAY HALL-—TIHE SYMPHONY SOCIETY. The secord concert of this society, Jast night, proved a brilliant and, in most respects, satisfactory performance. M. Max Pinner, the soloist, played Beethoven's concerto in E flat with the delicacy, taste and intelligence which are his distinctive characteris- ties, It cannot be said that the selection was a specially fortunate one for the pianist, for he was overweighted by the immense demands of this giant work. Most of the work of the orchestra was very well donc, ‘There was a lack of shading in the violin part of the “King Lear’ overture, but in the “Fingal’s Cove” overture, the Beethoven concerto and the Haydn symphouy there was very little that was not ad- mirably given. Dr. Damrosch is proving ” most satisfactory conductor, and it scems probable that he, with his orchestra, will make good the place of ‘Theodore Thomas and his orchestra in the annual offerings of the season of symphony concerts. THE AQUARIUM-~‘‘CINDERALLA.” The above named fairy spectacle was presented at the Aquarium last evening to a goodly sized audi- ence and afforded not a little genuine pleasure. A large number of little folks were on the stage, and handsomely costumed as they were, well trained and under intelligent direction, made a performance which the more it becomes known the more it will become popular. The scenes were attractive, the play lively and the familiar story prettily illustrated rom beginning to end. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTEs. Mme. Isadora Clarke will probably give her first concerts here in January since her return from Enrope. Modjeska last night played ‘East Lynne” in Buffalo for the first time. A telegram describes the perform- ance as a success, “The Banker's Daughter,” at the Union Square Theatre, enters upon another successful week. The play is full of merit. At Tony Pastor’s there is visible anything but an evidence of hard times. Large audiences attest the popularity of the entertainment. Marie Roze ia singing in the West to large audiences. She is underlined for Milwaukee on the lth and Chicago on the 12th of December. Mr. Henry D. Palmer sailed for Europe yesterday, en route to St. Petersburg, where he will superintend the production of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin."* The Young Men's Christian Association give a re- ception at their hall to-morrow evening. A number of mnsical features are on the programme. The Theatre Comique people have recently bropght to public notice a number of lively sketches and ex- cellent variety artists. They are drawing well. The New York Saengerbund celebrate their thirtieth anniversary at the Germania Assembly Rooms this evening. Good music is among the attractions. Mr. Herman Linde, the German tragedian, will play Othello at Booth’s on the 7th of Jannary. He has a fine reputation as a reader and exponent of Shake- spear ‘The San Francisco Minstrels are apparently winning fresh laurels this year. They utter new jokes, tell racier stories and get themseives into more ridiculous situations than ever. Mr. J. A. MeNulty will give a series of readings at the fair in aid of the Methodist Episcopal Home, to be held at the Seventy-first Regiment Armory, com- mencing Tuesday evening. “My Son,” as performed at Wallack’s, promises to oceupy & high place in public favor. It is full of ac- tion, and affords the cast an opportunity of making many strong dramatic points. Mile. Eme Roseau and the Colville Folly Company appear at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, this week in ‘‘Robinson Crusoe,” and following with several other English burlesque Since the opening of the Lyceum Theatre by Miss Kate Claxton the audiences have been large. She has established a special box office at No. 852 Broadway, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. A testimonial concert is to be given at the Union Leagne Theatre on Tuesday evening, at which Miss Ada Hard, Mrs. Woolsey Johnson, M. 8, Severini and other amateurs and professionals will appear, Mr. Florence will shortly produce in St. Lonis a new comedy-drama by Panl Merritt and Julian Mag- nus, The seene is English, and there are said to be very strong character parts for Mr. and Mrs, Flor- ence ‘The first concert of the Staten Island Philharmonic Society took place on Fri pning at Association Mall, West Brighton, The andieu music classical and the occasion thoroughly enjoy” able. A concert will be given on the 12th of December at Steinway Hall to aid in the enlargement of the Home for Business Women, in Clinton place. A number of prominent artists are promised to make the occasion memorable, In aid of the various works of the Church of St. Vincent de Poul a vocal and instrumental concert will be given this evening at Chickering Hall." The French Choral Society and a number of fine artists will be present. The “Comedy of Errors” at the Park Theatre has become one of the dramatic sensations of the season. The two Dromios, Robson and Crane, keep up an un- interrupted fire of fun, and send the audiences away tired with laughter. “Joshua Whitcomb” is to be transferred to the boards of the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, this weck. Mr. Denman Thompson opens there on Monday with his eccentric creation, supported by his own combination. Di Murska has been singing in Boston with Wil- helmj. ‘The houses have been large. On Tuceday she appears at the Brooklyn Academy of Musie, with Susini, Friteeh, Levy and an orchestra under the direction of Max Maretzek, The “Trapper’s Danghter; or, The Perils of the Frontier,” is the name of the play which will be pro- duced to-morrow evening at the Bo 'y Theatre, In cast are Donald MeKay, Arizona John, Gray Eye, Scout, and “Old Sloat.’” The Amateur League is the name of an organization of ladies and gentlemen, who propose to play Byron's comedy “Our Boys,” at the Lexington Avenue Opera House on Wednesday evening next, and to follow it with other kindred attractions. ghty Days Around the World,” at Niblo’s, is one of the principal down town theatrical sensations, A great deal of money evidently has been expended on the epectacte, and the large audiences which at- tend attest the fact that the play is appreciated, “Out American Consin’’ will be produced to-mor- rowevening at Booth’s Theatre, with the following cast;—Lord Dundreary, Mr. George Parks; Asa TN chard, Mr, Frank Hardenberg; Florence Treneh- ard, Mies Rose Lisle, Popular prices will be continued, T »rehestra under the direction of Mr. Gotthold Corlberg will appear in ite «econd public rehearsal at Chickering Hall, on Thursday, December 26, The second aymphony concert will take place on Satur. doy. Miss Anna Granger Dow is the soprano and Mr. 8. B. Mills the pianist. Mr. Carl Lanzer’s third vocal and instrumental con- cert will be given on Wednesday evening, the 11th inat., at Chickering Hall, Miss Fannie Goodwin, so- prano; Mr. A. L. Rowman, tenor, and Mr. tikon, the welt known pianist, are arnong thi who are announced to appe On Thursday evening, December 12, Mapleson’s Opera Company will give “Liteia di Lamme yor’ in the Brooklyn Acadomy of Music, with Mme, Gerster and Signor Campanini. The opera will be given with the samo oumber of chorus, orchestra and principals ‘as at the New York Academy of Music. Augustin Daly (now in London) has made a con- th SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1878—QUADRUPLE SHEKT—WITH SUPPLEMENT. tract with Mr. Chatterton, manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, to write a strong local and sensational play, which is to be produced in splendor immedi- ately after the withdrawal of the pending pantomime. The house will be closed one week for rehearsals. Mr. Ben Macaulay commences an engagement at the Broadway Theatre to-morrow evening in his humorous characterization of “Uncle Dan’l, Deputy Sheriff of Jarvis Section.” ‘The play has been warmly praised, and may turn out as successfully as “Josh Whitcomb,” which, by the way, is drawing crowded houses ‘on the road.”” ‘The Globe Theatre will be reopened on Saturday evening, the 14th inst., under the management of Mr. Frank B. Murtha, formerly of Niblo's, It is under- stood that the initial piece will be Barne’s five act drama entitled “Only a Farmer's Daughter,” in which Miss Katherine Rogers and Miss Laura Eldridge are now playing in Philadelphia. Mrs. George Vandenhoff, assisted by her pupils, will give a performance at Chickering Hall on Satur- day evening that will be welcome to all who enjoy good elocution, The name of the lady is in itself an carnest of snecess, ‘Lhe subjects selected for the readings are admirable aud the audience are likely to enjoy an excelent entertainment. ‘The orchestral works to be performed at the second concert of the Philharmonic Society are:—1, Beet- hoven's Eroica Symphony; 2 Pastorale from the Symphony Fantastique by Berlio: Francesca da Rimini,” a fantasie for orchestra after Dante by Tschaikowski (which is new). The soloist ot the oceasicn will probably be Miss Minnie Hank. The first appearance of Ole Bull, the famous vio- linist, will take place at Steinway Hall on Saturday evening next, on which occasion he will be ossisted by Miss Minnie Hauk, Signor Galassi and others among the artists of the Mapleson Opera Troupe. The orchestra will be under the direction of Signor Arditi. It {is promised that the programme shall be brilliant and attractive. Buekstone, late of the Haymarket, London, is likely to pass away soon. He lives in a little house in the suburbs, very destitute and very feeble, His story is that of many an actor, He has made many fortunes, but all have slipped through his fingers, and now in his old age he is well nigh penniless, Jobn 8. Clarke, who was a warm friend of the comedian, has just set- tled upon him $75 a month. One of the pronounced successes of this season is Mrs. Ettie Henderson's dramatization of “Almost a Life,” now in the fifth week of its course at the Standard Theatre. Abounding in strong situations and exciting incidents it attracts and holds the atten- tion of its auditors, The management evidently have struck a bonanza that promises to yield ducats for many a week to come. The Broad Street Theatre, Philadelphia, under the new management of Messrs. Ford & Zimmerman, is so fortunate as to have made a popular hit with every- thing that has been produced since the opening of the season. Mr. Macauley’s just terminated engagement, with his play of “Uncle Dan’l,” has been a great suc- cess, Stetson’s Boston opéra bouffe, extravaganza and burlesque company opens at this theatre this week with “Evangeline.” At the Grand Opera House this evening Gilmore will repeat another of his attractive Sunday night concerts, It will be the occasion of the first appear- ance of Misses Ella and Mamie Conron, who have just returned from their musical studies in Europe. One is a soprano and the other a contralto. Miss Ida Hoeffler will make her first appearance as a pianist; Sohst, the baritone, will sing; Levy will play his favorite solos on the cornet, and Signor de Carlo per- form on the fiute. “The Merchant of Venice” is to be revived at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, this week, with unusual care and elaboration. The author's text is to be more closely adhered to than usual, the Princes of Morocco and Arragon being restored to heighten the effect of the casket episode; and the beautiful fifth act, which is omitted altogether in the usual stage version, will be given entire. The scenic effects, the costumes and the music are announced as being very fine. At the combination concert by Miss Hauk and other prominent members of the Mapleson troupe, with M. Reményi, at Booth’s Theatre to-night, a pro- gramme of sixteen numbers by popular composers will be presented. Miss Hauk will sing Arditi's waltz, “L’'Incontra,” accompanied by the composer, and the * ert. M. Reményi will play his own “Valse Noble,”’a rondo by Ernst, for the first time, and two pieces by Chopin. Mme. Pisani, Signor Frapolli, Signor Del Puente, Signor Campo- bello, Mr. M. F, Dulcken and Signor Bisaccia will also appear. The seven farewell performances of Edwin Booth at the Fifth Avenue Theatre are announced. On Monday and Wednesday, “The Fool's Revenge;” on Tuesday, “Richelien;” on Thursday, “Hamlet; on Friday, both ‘The Merchant of Venice” and *‘Kathe- rine and Petrucio;” at the Saturday matinée ‘The Lady of Lyons,” and on Saturday night “Hamlet” will be given, ond the engagement will thus be brought to a conclusion. Mr. Booth will probably renew his series of representations in the spring season. Mr. Joseph Jefferson, in Dion Boucicauli’s dramatization of Irving's “Rip Van Winkle,” is un- inel for the 16th inst. Doctor Klaus,” L'Arronge’s latest and best pro- duction in the comedy line, has had an unprecedented and successful ran, drawing crowded houses night after night, Owing to the arrangements made by Manager Nenendortt for other plays this piece had to be withdrawn, and last evening the new comedy by Ludwig Doezier, entitled “Der Kuss” (The Kiss), was produced, and will be performed to-morrow and ‘Tuesday evenings. On Wednesday and Thursday “Doctor Klauss” will again practice his art, and Fri- day and Saturday evenings a new comedy, by Dr. Oscar Blumen—that in four acts, entitled ““Betrogene Betriiger"’—will be performed. ‘The concert in course of arrangement for the pur- pose of enabling the Nautilus Boat Club to erect a new cottage on the banks of the Harlem River for the reception of their friends has been fixed for Tuesday, the 7th of January. It will take place at Steinway Hall, and between the generous services of Mr. Stein- way, Mr. A. Neundorff, the Philharmonic Society, Mr. P. 8. Gilmore, Mr. Levy, Messrs. Rummel, Mills and Pratt, the well known pianists; Mr. Christopher Fritsch, Miss Sallie Reber, Mrs. Florence Rice Knox, Mr. George Morgan, the celebrated organist, and others among our most distinguished artists, the oc- easion promises to be the great event of the year, Nearly a thousand seats have already been sold, al- though the concert is yet a month away. DRAMATIC ton Square Turatnr, Dec, 7, 1878, or THe Herao:— ‘siseue of the Hrranp there appeared an editorial article commenting on an unpublished letter of Mr. Bronson Howard, the author of “The Banker's Dangliter,” now being played in this thea- tre, As lL understand it from Mr. Howard the success of this piece made the frequent postponements of its production bitter to him. The production of “The Banker's Daughter” was, it is true, twiee postponed, It is true thatench time it was postponed because of our haying on ovr hands Prench plays for which we had given valuable considerations, and in the produc. tion of which we feared to be anticipated by some pirate who hed paid nothing whatever for the samo, and whom, in the absence of international copyright, it wonld cost a great deal to fight in the COPYRIGHT, courts, ‘The Henan cannot have forgotten the at- tempt made to anti ie us in the production of “The Celebrated Case.” That attempt first forced us to deter the production of “The Banker's Dpaghter,”’ a play which, being copyrighted by an Americ was sure of casy protection whenever produced. If “The Celebrated Cass nd “Mother and Son” could as casily and as cheaply have found protection the excellent play of Mr. Howard, an American author, would have been played last season. It is an error in your writer to suppose that American managers would not benefit by and do not desire an international stageright law that would pro- | teet over our w! country their rights in the prop- erty they purchase abroad as clearly as our national copyright law protects the property they purchase hy Managers are as much inverested as authors in the protection of authors’ rights, and the assertion of your writer that if they desired sueh protection they could easily met it, is another error, My late partner, Mr. Sheridan Shook, during three consecw tive sessions of Congress, kept knocking at com- mittee doors, button-holing members of Congress, ould te get something of this kind, and led in the Senate, oniy to be defeated in For his deteat the press, headed by the degree responsible. It has the House, Hera, is in no small done nothing to heip the passage of such @ law, _Now and then im some passing editorial a sentonce or | eig two has admitted that ‘something ought to be done;” but never, so far ax I know, has it taken the slightest trouble to do that something or to help anybody else do it, yet no one knows better than you do that un- less it is made apparent to Congress through the press that public sentiment is in favor of such a law Con- gress will not pass it, All the efforts und appeals of men as Hugo in France, Dickens and Reade in Fngland, have passed unnoticed by Congress, and will do so till they are “consistently and earnestly seconded by the _ press heres. ‘The writer of the article in the Henanp errs, too, in classing the thoatre ax ‘a shop and the ma ager as a retail dealer,” peddling his wares at fh rates, He might as well say that the studio of the sculptor is # “stone shop,” where a Vela or a Story kells his wares. Again, the same writer finishes by the positive sentence, “He (the manager) does not want a copyright law, of course, and he would not be the keen trader he is if he did.” This is the most erroneous statement of all, Being a keen “trader,” if you prefer that appellation, he does want prote tion by law for trade, knowing that the end of gen- eral piracy has ever ‘been and always must be the death of trade. It cost Shook & Palmer over $11,000 to protect the ‘Two Orphans” of Dei nery. It cannot cost them $100 to protect ti American play, “The Banker's Daughter,” and had there been due legal protection for property honestly paid for they could have protected their right to the one piece of property as easily as they ean protect their right to the other, In justice, then, to Ameri- can authors, to foreign authors and to American managers, I believe the press would do but what is just if it strenuously advocated a copyright law covering the foreign as well ax the home work; and if that be impracticable as yet, then a stageright law protecting alike Dumas and Dennery, Rea and ‘faylor, Bronson Howard and ail other dramatists ot all and every nation, Truly yours, ‘A. M. PALMER. A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. ‘To Tur Eprror or THE HeRaLy:— If your facetious correspondent, who signs him- self “Some Theatre Goes,” probably because he imagines himself “some pumpkins,” had been as conscientious as he is critical he would have honestly confessed that although the managers of the Fifth Avenue Theatre gave “The Merchant of Venice” in four acts they also gave “Richard the Third” in six acts, thus more than equalizing maiters, As for the “gas” question, which negely pervades hik letter, the good faith of your correspondent may be judyed from two facts:—First, that the Fifth Avenue Theatre has one row less of balcony burners than any other first class theatre in New York, and is, therefore, in this respeet more comfortable; and, second, that the ob- noxious burners on the family circle have been stopped up. Perhaps “Some Theatre Goers,”” who signed himself by some other title in the Keening Post some time ago, will now rest in (five act) peace and oblige, YOURS TRULY, RECITATIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE. Professor Locke Richardson, of Syracuse University, gave a unique entertainment at the Union League ‘Theatre yesterday morning, and was attentively lis- tened to by a fashionable and intelligent audience composed largely of Indies. Of Shakespearean readers there have been dozens, but of Shakespearean memo- rists Professor Locke 1s one of the tew. He recited the entire play of the “Merchant ot Venice” without prompting, acting each part as he proceeded, and as- suming the different voices with great cleverness, There are five more recitations to follow this, all of Shakespeare's plays. MR. H. M. STANLEY ON AFRICA AS A MARKET FOR LANCASHIRE. {From the Manchester Courier.] The following letter has been received by Mr. James Bradshaw, of Manchester, and has been handed to us for publication :— EprxpuraH, Nov, 17, 1878. Drar Sm—I have just received your letter, and have read your very interesting letter in the Cou am extremely glad to find that there ix one man in England who does not only regard Africa with the eyes of a far-keeing political economist and a true patriot, but who also strives with his noblest energies to kindle interest among his countrymen in the sad and neglected continen It 1s inspiring to see that the spirit of the old founders of England’s colonies has not died in the mother country, and that the same vigor which animated the heroes of the Elizabethan age still exists. I wish others with means and energies would trouble themselves to cast up alittle sum in arithmetic and try to culeulate what the population of Great Britain will be, at the'rate it has been increasing lately, in 1888, and how many factories for the manufacture of cotton will have been built ut the same period in America and India, and how many markets which Great Britain now possesses will have been closed to it by the increasing prosperity and enterprise ot En- rope, America, Asia and Australia, Remember that I am not one of those who think there is any fear of England's decadence, She ix greater, better and no- Dler than she ever was; but the tear is that this small world will be flooded ‘with the fabrics of many other nations, and that England’s millions of mechanics andbartisans will haye to compete under great dis- advantages with the mechanics and artisans of many other ever-improving nations, Great Britain has taken a high stand with her free trade, Out of a magnani- mous fecling, due to her wealth and enterprise, cul- ture and high civilization, she proterred to'be a pattern to the world of what a high spirited country onght to be. Other nations accepted without thanks thix magnanimity, prepared under the mgis of pro- tection to take advantaye without reciprocating the benefits granted to them. The consequence is’ that England has fostered in other nations the spirit of rivalry until it has become so great and ardent that it threatens to become a real danger. If you cast your eyes round the world you will hind that’almostail the markets are the resorts of enterprising nations who | are determined to underbid England, Circumstanc: re now very different trom the period w! Englond declared herself resolved to permit free trade, Peoples that she could then look down up con pencaney ‘annot be so regarded now. They must pe regarded as rivals in every branch of trade which made England's name so great. But there i# one chance still left to this great mother and nurse of nations, and if she only bestirs herself in time she may avert the evil which threat- ens her own sons for hundreds of years yet. The over-production of which her people how complain, which causes so many hives of industry to be ly idley will be removed, aud the energies of ail restimu- lated to regain the lost vantage ground she so grandly and so disinterestedly dispossessed herself, [mei that she should look to Africa—that “second India, which you have so aptly called it, but which I believe would, before many years, so far as trade is con- corned, be regarded as greater than India, ‘Therefore L urge you with a triendly advice to per- severe in your efforts, Be not daunted by th: - ness of thoughtless people. Think, as you write, of the growing millions and the wombs still big with sturdy sons, fields for whose energies, sinews and brains shonid be sought and occupied the de- spairing cry comes, ‘Loo late! ‘Too late!” Very trul: yours, HENRY M, STANLEY. James Brapsnaw, Esq. COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION, A special meeting of the Tammany Committee on Organization was held last evening in the basement of the Fourteenth street edifice. As usnal the session was held with closed doers, It was understood that the project of decreasing the number of the General Committee for 1879 would come up for discussion, 9 disposition has been manifosted as yet tor organize the districts #0 that the party may cmorge from its present control. The new General Commit- tee will be elected in the latter part of the present month. The election of the thirteen sachems of the Tammany Society will not come off un- tit April. t the Board of Sachems that really controls and manipniates the Tan itself, Seven members can recognize any they please and close the doors of th against all comers except those that they designate as “regular.” Nothing detinite was done as to the wumber of members to be re-clected at the p: and the meoting adjourned to Satur MR, YEOMANS’ CLERK, Some new developments have been discovered i the case of Whelan, the confidential Mr. _ mans, the Pearl street cotton broker. According to the latter he paid Whelan a weekly salary of $8, and was accustomed to give him a check for that amount every Saturday, Whelan would then, he eays, add the letter “y" to “eight,” making the amount $80, 6 sum Weekly from the Corn Exchange air. Yeomans says he does not know how mattch he has Jost in this manner, as Whelan always destroyed these particular checks when they were te- turned by the bank. It was also stated yesterday that ‘Whelan has u wife who is lying dangerously il] at her parents’ residence on Jersey City Heights, Whelan was arraigned before Jud £ Kilbreth at, the ‘Lombs Court in the afternyon, and held in $5,000 Pl a the $4,000 check on the tank, NGLISH STATESME {From the London World| Some of the most interesting and not least eharac- teristic judgmeats of Prince Bismayck find no place in the new volumes, Here is his view of English statesmen: Whenever £ come to close quarters with the English government and feel its pulse the more Tam struck with iis complete want of sys tematic and consistent ideas, They waver, and you find that there has been an election or a meeting ora which has thrown them into @ the same hha Lord Knglish Grand Viziers of public opinion, and, wnfor- tunately, this Sultan is not less capricious or less nninformed than the other,” Some one having ob- served that Lord Beaconsfield was a great party leader and that Mr. Gladstone was a great financier, the Prince added If Lord Beaconsticld really de serves that reputation he must lead his party much better than he does his country, and if Mr, Glad. stone's finance is so admirable it inust be conducted ferent priucivies from those of his for- So HUNGER AND CREED. A woman wearing tattered garments, carrying im her arms @ babe and leading a seven-year-old girl by the hand, entered Police Headquarters Fri- day atternoon, She gave her mame as Catharine Kane, and was afterward allowed to enter Superintendent Walling’s private office, To that oficial she told a sad story of her wander- ings, although sick and destitute, through this city with her fatherless children. Chief Walling listened attentively to the woman’s story and sympathized with the poverty stricken mother. He directed her to go to the adjoining building, which is an institution kept by the Episcopalian nuys, She left the Poiice Headquarters and proceeded to the building nextdoor, At the stoop she faltered, for she was « Catholic, and St. Barnabas’ Home, she learned, was kept and supported by Protestants, Her daugh- ter was also acquainted with this fact, and when ~ they reached the door the little one refused to enter and began to scream loudly, beret regetr Wallin; witnessed the sad scene from his office windo' immediately despatched Officer Mullane to ase what was wrong. tharine told the officer that she was # Gutholic, and would rofer to ue to the city almshouse, but to enter a Prot estant institution she could not, were her self and children to perish from — hunger anicold, The officer reported the facts, and accord: ingly she was brought back to Police Headquarters. She consented to allow herself and children to be committed ax vagrants to the Poorhouse, and with that end in view she was arraigned before Judge Otterbourg at the Jefferson Market Court late in the afternoon, An officer who took her to the court stated her caso to the magis- trate, but when the latter heard that the unfortunate woman had previously resided in the Fourth ward he declined to take any action in the case, ssying that she would have to be committed by the magistrate sitting at the Tombs Police Court. Starving with hunger and shivering with the cold the poor woman after the Court’s decree left the temple of justice und again emerged into the street to wander about. The policeman felt for Mrs. Kane, and told her that she might find shelter for the night in a Catholie institution on Second avenue, where she afterward applied and was given food an¢ shelter, * CITY NEWS ITEMS.’ ‘The police arrested 1,349 persons last ween. Seven hundred and fifty-two emigrants were landed at Castle Garden last week. ‘The Excise Commissioners granted fifty-six licenses lust week and received $2,475 us fees, Four hundred and Aficixe deaths, 549 births, 195. marriages and 47 st‘ll-births were reported at the Bureau of Vital Statistics last week. Sneak thieves on Friday night gained access to the apartments occupied by Edwin Orcott, at No. Lis East Fittieth street, and stole jewelry valued at $450. ‘The Second Avenue Railroad Company has reduced the fare from Peck slip to Harlem to five cents. Notices to that effect were posted in the cars yester- day. ‘The first rifle match between the Home Insurance and Citizens’ Insurance companies, five men each, was shot at Creedmoor yesterday. The score was Home, 104; Citizens’, 94. ‘The yrain trade met yesterday at the Produce Ex- change and decided that No. 2 amber wheat in New York should correspond as nearly as possible with No. 2 red wheat in Chicago, Killian Gundersland was held at Essex Market Po- lice Court yesterday in $1,00) bail to answer for having stabbed his roommate, John Fander, at No. 312 Stanton street, on Friday night. “Dr.” Mary A. Walker called on Superintendent Walling yesterday and requested that official to have the trials of Roundsman Lewis and Officer Flannery, of the Broadway Squad, set down for Wednesday next. * ‘he commission in the matter of the contract of the Riverside Park met yesterday and organized by appointing Mr. Charles H. Haswell chairman and Mr. J. Bogart secretary. The examination of the work will be proceeded with immediately. Ata meeting of the Police Commissioners yester- day Superintendent Walling was directed to ‘prefer charges against Captain McDonnell, of the th precinct, on the affidavits of Henry Oeste and John Cox. The day for the trial was not set down, At half-past eleven o'clock last night Officer Dalton, ot the Tweuty-seventh precinct, discovered that a pane of plate glass in the front show window of the Waterbury Clock Company, in Cortlandt street, had been smashed in, He summoned Officer Tyrell to hi« assistance, and an examination showed that about fitteen small clocks had been stolen. Benjamin Lewis, the crippled old tar who has been ten times uround the world, will, through the efforts of United States Shipping Commissioner Duncan, ob- tain a home in the Sailors’ Snug Harbor on Staten Island on Monday next. Until that time he remains voluntarily in the Tombs, having refused the hospi- tality of the Sailors’ Home in Cherry street. ‘The railroads are still cutting rates between the West and Liverpool. Merchants on ‘Change received positive advices yesterday that agents of the railroads were offering contracts a8 low as sixty cents per 100 pounds on provisions from Chicago to. Liverpool by way of Boxton, and that the rates at Boston, by steamer, were twenty-five shillings to twenty-five shillings aud six pence per ton. ‘The investigation at Jefferson Market Police Court of the accusation preferred by Blanche Elkan, of No. 76 Chandler street, Boston, against Dr. T, E. Heiden- feld, of No. 422 Lexington avenue, this city, occupied the whole of yesterday afternoon and evening until haif-past eleven. Judge Morgan heard all tne wit- nesses for the prosecution and detence and gaia he would render his decision on Wednesday. SUBURBAN NOTES, The probable cost of the new wing to be built to the Raymond Street Jail, Brooklyn, will be about $125,000, It will contain 400 cells, A tramp was given food and lodging at the resi- dence of Mrs, Henry Shepard, in Northport, L. L, on Thureday night. Next morning he was missed from the house and with him a gold watch and some pieces of jewelry. The funeral of Theodore P. Howell, the ex patent leather manufacturer of Newark, took in that city yesterday and was attended by an unusual assemblage of mourners, The interment was at Mount Picasant Cemetery, on the banks of the Pas- sac, ‘Mrs. Henry Fisher, of North Bergen, N. J., yester- day complained to Judge Volhardt that because of some slight disagreement about some chickens be- tween her husband and his neighbor, Carl Betz, the latter aimed and discharged a gun at her on Friday, A warrant was issued for Betz's arrest. Judge Dykman, of the Supreme Court, at a special term held at White Plains yesterday, in the divorce suit of Mary $. Roe vs. her husband, William J. Roe, of Newburg, ordered the latter to pi to Mrs, Roe in quarterly payments, at tl $1,600 per annum; also $260 for counsel fees and $250 for expenses, ‘The stable of Judge Pratt, of the Kings County Su- preme Court, which is located at the rear of his resi- dence on Pacitic strect, Brooklyn, was damaged by fire yesterday to the extent of $2,600; insured in tho Nassau Company. The adjoining stable, owned by William Sharp, sustained a damage of $1,000; insured in the Scottish Commercial. While some workmen were engaged iterday in digging « cellar for the foundation ot a house on the premises of Deputy Sherif William L. Banks, on Broadway, White Plains, they came across an old foundation about eight feet below the surface of the round, None of the old residents have any recol- jection of a house ever being situated on the site of the newly discovered foundation. Benjamin Smith and family, of Istip, L. L, drove over to Bohemia village on ‘Thursday and spent the best part of the night at a ball. On Friday Smith re- ported that during the night his store had been robbed of a large quantity of goods, and that his dwelling apartments had been ransacked and a box containing $390 carried off. Yesterday Sheriff Cooper boarde t up the windows and nailed the doors. ‘Two men, who gave their names as Byron T. King and George Lee, were arrested in Brooklyn last night as sneak thieves, Lee was identified by a servant of Mrs. Ford, who resides at No, 157 Pierrepont strect, as the man who handed her a bogus letter on the ‘ith of last month, and while she was delivering it to her mistress, stole two overcoats from the In the possession of Lee and King a nminber of bogis Jotters addressed to residents of the Heights were found, Aconviet in the State Prison at Sing Sing named Michael O'Neil, on being ordered one day last week to adark cell as a punishment for refusing to work, inade a desp ittack on Mr. Biglin, the principal keeper, with @ sharp pointed tool, but did not injure him, O'Neil subsequently professed great sorrow for what he had done, and stated that some of the nviets had incited him to commit the murderous wanlt, A train on the Newark branch of the Eiie road, arriving at Paterson, N. J., at forty-one minutes past eight on Friday night, ran into an obstruction on the westward bound track between Franklin and Pgru causing several hours’ delay, The obstruction proved to be a number of railroad ties driven into the ground in an upright position, with others piled against them, the evident intention having been to wreck the train, Fortunately, the only damage done was tothe locomotive. ‘The residence of Major Bryson, keeper of the sol+ diers’ graves at Cypress Hills Cemetery, was entered by burglars early yesterday morning. The Major, who is @ one-armed veteran, was awakened by the noise, 1 we with th tention of learning its origin. ‘The thieves, becoming alarmed, hastily lett the house, As they were clambering over the eeme tery fence Major Bryson discharged two shots after them, but with what effect is not known, Only # small amount of property was stolen, Judge Neilson, of the Brooklyn Cit; Court, ter doy granted an order requiring plaintiff, in ie outs brought by John Armmerman against Catharine An merman for divorce, to show cause why he should not pay counsel fee and alimony pending the trial, Plaintiff, who married defendant in March, 187! Brooklyn, is @ manufacturer of Has fix y and resi No, 1W Boerum street, Williamaburg. The parties have two children, Ce Lin nee four and two years, The order is returnable next Thursday, pensive in