, 1866-12-30

xns commenced last winter, may safely be
carried much further.
THE WORLD OF AMUSEMENT.
The Opera, Drama and Literature.
The Opera aSeakon-Rev1eyv Of the Week
-PeEfnu1cd dk9rogrAnmes-TheE Smells
OF Cnlcaco-RA1do on al1e Wall Flow
en-Cnunes Of The Philharmonic Faii-
ure-Adah 1saacs' Babf-N. r. Banks
on the cEtaEc-Somo Words to q ChIea.
go Dchutanse-Tha Hu1ehlnsonA-
Skating and Muscular ChrtstaAnisy-
RiornscD's Death-PerAbo-ThoC C1n-
clunalf OperA Uouse-Lltcrary and
musicnl Matters.
cA1cAso, December ., 1866
EdIora Chicsgo T.itune:
Have been to tho operaf
OF conrse have.
It is part Of my religion to hear music as
often as ] eau,
How was It donef
Troyatore wss done passably; L'Affieainc
fairly; Crispino finely; Borgla 80 50, and
Faust tolerably. 1rftc, with his splendid &C.
tfon md singing, gave me something to re-
member Faust by, but susIni's Mephisto whs
too we'll conditioned. Birthstone is not
good fattener. Where there is plenty of
maccaroui and fun, as In Leporello's case,
Snsini Is at home; but that deforned per-
version of human faculties, anil that onuip-
otent spizit Of er1 which is in every vortex
Of passion and In every human endeayor, Is
beyond susini's grasp.
cannot conceive why people 20 to see
Faust unless It be from the ptoaeness Of hui
mnuity to 60 to the devil.
think every one Of these operas would
have gone Oft better had 1t not been for that
awful orchestra.
It IL related that some time since mann
ger of French theatre wanted an sss for
aairy piece The long cared animal per-
turned his part for fortnight and amused
the audience With LIS blunders, but the thir-
teenth night he turned up missing. The
manager hunted up the owner and pressed
him to allow the ass 10 80 upon the stage
again. "No, gentlemen" said he, I'm not
going to let my Jackass 60 On the stage again,
did not let my father and mother know I
had introduced our jacknss 10 public life,
but Lord mercy II fcyery body in Paris aint
talking about our tsckasa and all my kins-
folk. even my faIhcr-in-lAw and mothcr.in.
Law arc repro.chiug mo for what have
dnre because, gentlemen, belong to
respectable family and We have never before
hud dTfis*tx in our family"
Since have heard that orchestra play, ]
ou confident some of that arttsses' relations
have got into the Opera House.
l am charitable enough to allow also that
sudden transition from the warm weather,
clclern and other lu1urses of New Orleans
fsf f1,n fr}r of
affect the sensitive tracbeas OF these singing
birds. an glad Irfre escaped. His ringing
high notes are as clear and bright as new
silver dollars. -,
Silver do]lnrs arc coins that once
circulated Ia the United States> They
had IN ef1ay Of liberty on the diverse and
spread eagle on the reverse. It Is related
/ also that there were smaller silver coins, hut
on this point authorities differ.
St,akcsch is an artist. Else he couldn't
have Issued such otjostr OF programmes !;
daintg paper; ornamental type; blue aud
gold, and FeHumed With FrauglannI, Nard
de AuntaCucs, Night Blooming Cereus, and
Other pretty smells, 50 grateful to Flora,
Aurclia nno Celeste.
Talking of smells reminds me that Louis
rcuillot, who wrote Lea ,Parfunles dc
Home, where everything smelled savory to
hin, has just written L<s 0deurs de Paris,
and made every nose In Paris, from Napo-
Icons to the gamIn's. turn up In horror.
Who will immortatize him1elf writing Lts
0deurs de Chteagof What field!
There arc the smells ofthe Chicago River, tho
smells Of the packing houses, the smells Of
the distlllcrles, the smells Of the glue works,
the smells of the sewers, the smells of the
dead fish, the smells Of the CUTTERS the
smells Of the streets, the smells Of the sa-
looms, the smells Of the people, the smells of
the basin, the smells OF the alleys, the smells
Of the Opera House.
have discovered fost5-four dis.
tinct smells in this city, with several
precincts yet to hear from, and that Is two
better than Cologne eau do.
But l return to my mutton.
That little, jolly, genial policeman of the
Opera House IS trump; more than that,
he Is a double bezique- BE made a raid nu
11c wall flowers In the lobby the othel
| evening It wxs arua1- TA.- =. e.-A-" ~-~-
ranged along tho wall 80 prettily, with opcu
mouths and "yo~, Investigating the ladtcs
when Nemesis appeared, with q brightly
hcaminE star On his hycast. lie was gentle
but hFn1 serene, but inplacablc; and tht
gents hsd to move on.
Thus did tho law triumph over inpcrti
| Icncc.
My friends Of the Philharmonic are be
;ssscn Scylla and Charybd It Is danger
| unk pTcliran,ent 10 hare an tnccpscd bull I've
hind you and all unpleasant dog before you
To 70 ahead IL impossible; therefore the,
must take that bull by the horns mud stant
by the chances. In casting about for tb
causes OF their failure, have they ever hi
iron the fact that Fashion has much to d,
/ with II! Three or iour years ago, when ! b.
sncsic was no better, Fashion would cool he
heels In the passage way for IN hour befor
" the OpcrinE In order to get scat. But th
icklr st'd1cas has decsced now that the Phil
ha,mhntc Concerts arc not the thin;
! | 10 do.
, Which is the rery best thing for music.
: Now, let the Philharmonic people uaak'
; no more appeals to fashlon. Let them a7
) peal to the musicians. Give as good, lcgiti
. tnate classical music, Messicurs Managers, l,
! chamber concert, aud the music lovers vii
. support you. The case is not hopeless.
Adah- Isaaes- Hecnan -Acnken-Et Cctera
t Barkley has got baby, mother and chit
d.'ipe we'll. II Is related that the child ffsu
!, t'caliy insists some nne shall bring fortl
:. The tiery unianrd steed." Thus the clarac
: trlislics Of the mother betray themselves Il
Q the progeny at tender nge.
Who would crcr have believed that n. T
: Banks-Gencral, Governor. Congressman
i had ever belonged to the same profession
!, with Adah 1saacs? Here 1t Is, from the Bo.
+ ton 7ranse,3pt Of June 4, 1889:
, NATIONAL THEATRE
Nr. n T. BanAs viii make bis azst appearance @
a .the Boston Stage.
| r1y4M md -
9 ....
;. This evening. jane 4th. will be perform Ru
4 1et's celebrated plaY OF the
= LADY OF LYONS.
b Claude Melnotsc.-- :. ........-.Ar. n. r. Bans
il iAkiint..s. AAtb. -AEQGsSc
0 After which. Songs, Dances, &C.
C Imagine. the dignided Nathaniel dresse
{, up with pretty ribbons rushing upon tn
Y stage, gun In hand, and shouting, 81 hav
j. won the prize, mother! Is II not beautiful
p Fancy the Ex-Governor Of Massachusetts an
,e Louisiana, nazEating to Pauline the CLOWN
Ii beauties Of Waltham, Aass.-T should say
= :, tho Lake OF Como.
'. That rura 1Hi, in Chicago, 1cbutant, h.
e appeared on the boards at Mcvickcr's dnrin
y y the week. Miss Gertrude Docgett Is tt
= iady's rame. could not be present, but
- - I'm told she achieved quite success. Tt
re newspaper critics go into ecstaclcs. ha,
c. only ono piece of advice for Gertrudc.
y: Don't believe all they say Of you4< II 20
n do, you viii make \ failnse OF 1t. In n
Is LING have seen numberlees young lati
- blown ont Of the trumpet of fame 80 far the
- never cAtnc back sgniu. Don't believe yt
:! !! arc m angel untii you can feel the feather
ae Cushmnn, Rachel and Rtstos1, made theI
sn11Ax frrnaf Nrt., hy 1o1r TprFN of If