, 1870-03-27


cherub Of goodness, Sappho
in passion, 4 Mnerva IN wisdom, Venus in
face-bnt, c,si bono 2-if she has bad foot
Therefore I an rejoiced that the fashion
mongers Gndebted for information to Heel
Tap and Last) tell lis that tho divinity Of the
beau monde, rcguant in Paris or tho bsck
room Of any millinery establishment on Clark
staot, has declared that the Dear Creatures
must pay moro attention to their feet, and IS
suggesting the 1arest OF ernbroideries for
boots, from the toe to the ankle.
but while rejoicing TINT tAero ia prospect
manner, must protest, with al tho so!ennitJ
due to the occaeion, against such outrageous
p0,sseTs IS SEQ every day widdle-waddling up
and down the avenues. They are very
vulgar, my dear Madame; rery yul-
gar: God Almighty made You originally
70 be rorJ symmetrical and very graceful, and
pi1ing upon yourself ali sorts Of distorted T.
rcgufaritiesl Stuhing the back OF your head
with door mata Of TOW, manills, horae-hajr, and
other filthy stun, which no perHon with an or
dinary amount OF brains could wear for q
week without getting the brain fsyeE! 10
oualy, or to impair the beauty which is her
physical c1own- Pah! Have tho pretty women
of this country NO moro independence than to
follow after the Princess Mette1mch, and the
Baroness De Ton Dap2meibomenos, and the
coEOHeS OF 1a11Bf M4eIe u IAe lazy III our
upper circles who viii hoist the flag Of robol-
lion, and declare in favor Of g1ace and beauty :
It only needs ono to jump over the wall, and
Ill tho rest viii follow. II these styles arc the
creme de Ia creme, then, in the name Of all
that is pretty, let us have skim milk
could not help thinking, the other day, as I
WAS sitting in Trinity Church, with tho dead
rector was doing a very manly thing in cred
iting this man, who Wad only IN actor, with his
many virtues. It has been too much the
fas1ion with the pulpit OF late to denounce
tho dramatic profession By wholesale. AIr.
Durnett's life showed that a high-tonsd man
and q Christian gentleman -mhy hold and keep
his place upon the stage; that il is tho man
the man. Mr. Burnettts life gayo the daily lie
to tho charges so rccklessly and ignorantly
made against all actors / suppose there are
scape-goAts among actors but I also suppose
there are Rcape-goats among ministers. I
suppose both arc human. In = long and
nett, I had never seen anything that
was not high-toned, manly, and n1oral, and I
gladly, although sadly, fastened to pay my
small tribute Of respect to his memory. He
was ono whose every instinct YVES that Of q
gentleman He bore himself always with dig
never heard even slang word escape from bis
lips. He played his part on the stage Of the
theatre and On the stage OF life with equal f.
deity. He did his work faithfully and we'll ac-
cording TO the Light which Was given him-al-
WAVE 4 mnn, always moral man, always =
gentleman, always revering Gods law and
man'a law. Can any Of US do more
Dut, alas The play has reached its denolte-
1nsnl5 Tho curtain has come down. The
lights arc out, and tho great Manager of us al
las summoned him to act another part. He
has left his memory IS precious legacy to the
l.. r. !. 4 n. ~ To-
ador1a, and proved that man may be both
nrtor and Christian gentleman. So, good night
and farewell to James g.. Burnett.
Did you know that the generous shelves OF
loot & Cady are literally groaning with new
music, great part Of which is far above the
q sample: Sunlight TO the soul,' . very neat
song and chorus b Mrs: Hartwsl; Love
Among ths Roses" brilliant transcript bJ
Louis staab; For You, : duo b P P. Bliss !;
Fond Heat, o, Think Of Nc, ~ pretty nel-
odr by c. IL Cady himaen; q Crossing the
soe1ns a to t have broken he shell OF lis long
ailcnco; - It. tho 1aeonic title Of 4 song BY
Frank Howard; noctulne for piano BY
Dudley Duck, which Of course Is good :
an i%p59mRtu By & g; Rsss. Sae is
nocturno b. Robert Cookbook; 0rund's . Twelve
Etudes, with notes By Schumaun, edited BY
s. n. Penfeld, and also the Poem Of Life. v
By AR. Penteld, arranged IN souata form and
embracing the following movements: !. "FaE-
! Of Romance" an ddagio 8. 'sIhe Cascade Of
Pleasure" schorzo and tho; 4. "The
Stream Of I7ne.' rondo b1iuante.
And now let me tell you Of amusemcnts a
| home. The Opera House will reopen this
| weak fer tho advent Of the Humpty Dumpt,
troupe and the hiralfy Hungarian dancers
! Charler Abbott: lPantatoon, C.K- Fex; Harle
q,tin, Charles Chtisae; Co!Hnot"e, Nile
| laurent Tho Hung gazian troupe embraces al1e
| Hanio1a KiraIfy and her brothers, 1nare ane
Bolessy, with eleven assistants At Hcficker't
! Theatre, On Monday sTening, Mrs. CoEel take:
| a benefit, upon which occasion AIR. Mayo WI
Richard III, and on Wednesday evening
Damon, in s' Damon and Pythias,'' for ii;
benefit Of Walter L. a1nith, chief usher. Or
Ihursday evening, Ar. Emmett com
mences his engagement with Fritz. Error
Frou" will run another week at tbs
Simple, M ais in Bsron's comedy Not Such s Fool
as He Looks." BJron's new comedy drama,
| :. Uncle Dicks Darling" ia underlined fornext
week. 8Mazeppa" and "shoo Fly" with .
| new first part, will be the attractions for tht
week at the Dearborn Theatre.
The Concorrlia Mnnnerchor arc working In
dusttiously at 'sTho Magic Flute" and appar
emily cannot help giving 3 splendid perform
/ ance- The cast il as follows: Queen Of Ntghl
31ts. ZieGler; Panrino. Mrs. Huck: Sarastro
Mr.. Hoffman Pdpdgeno, Nr. Foltz Tamil
no, Mr.. Bischof the Three Ladies, Misses
Heinrichs, Somner, and Sehaefer. The cas-
| could not be battered from our home talent
! and the performance Will be notable event il
our musical history.
The event of the coming week viii be tho pro
.uction Of the " Creation" b. the " Chicago
Orato1io Society,"" in Farweu Hall, On Fnda,
evening, april l. The society is nova regular
| ductor, and Doard Of Managers, dating its e1
,istence from the production Of the " Csca
ton last spring. The oratorio Wns give1
| then With = chorus of about $50 voices. Til
society has been hard at work over since
meeting for 1ehearen every Week7 gathering
in new materia1, and now is in fine condition 9a
with an active membership Of nearly 800
| The backbone Of the society is its conductor
| MI. Balatka, q gentleman who has dono 81
! much for the music of this city. Mrs. Fox
TIC Of theSecond Presby te.ian Church
takes the part OF "Gabriel," for which he
singing & lie 1Marvc1lous Work, at the las
| rehearsal, called forth the admiration Of ever
one. HRS. FarEen, who appears as Eve, il
! the SOPRANO Of Christ Church, and has voice
| which, for purity and eVennesB OF tone, ha'
few, il any, equals in this city The other solo
ists, Mesars. Foltz, Goodwillie, and Bischoa, ar
NO or mention further than that tbay viii eint
their parts in a manner quite as acceptably a
| tho samo we're sung last spring. The orchas
tral accompaniment viii be all that could b
| wished. and will be furnished BY BaiatkAl
tSEmphony Orchestra" !" numbering forty-tiE
rieces. The society intend that the orato!i
| ah,Il mot suffer much in comparison with it
performance Last spring, and u the soc!ct
meets with liberal patronage on this occasion
the public will not want for oratoraoa ever
seAe0n-
The programme at Turner Hall to day is a
follows. y,,.,
pelss ne[ts3s Ma'sn % as ui on tie Re'ssse
/. Theme and variations on AlexiA;
Performed BY II. Wiesenoaen
s, A1lcRrctto and scherzando from the stn
Ss;f Ssssss Ssss
& fotpouIri 1rom ~ Album. ;5sn: Fay:
8, Bon Jour Quadrt1e. --....----..-oaai
I have some interesting gossip from abroa
to communicate to Jou: Cariotta Patn 1s 1uf
nov at Atlanta, where, acco5.lins to = local j ps
per she il receiving, 'maddcnlng encore
madden her here. She returns to New 70!
about Easter, and then IS going to Californl
hnqo anq seem bcep dong aPoiinto n Boston VT
rrest SUCCESS, and Kellogg has been dom
Iaru4.iie, in "Fsust," " IN The samo city, wit
snai2 success. Mrs. Adelina Patti Csu
has got tho quinss, showing that she Is at lea
mortal =. .Tho following is tho text OF th
Communication from Minister Richard, whie
informed Mr. Balfe Of the high mark Of 6,
teern psid to his musical talent: j" SE: haS
tn ;nform you Inst, by decree dated Febroa,
"a The Emperor has been pleased to nominal
YOU s knight Of tho Legion Of Honor. l COZ q
rTatr,1ate nvsc1f in having proposed TO II
woTEs % ior a long time held 50 distinguished
rank in the repertoire OF the principal IT
w1itten an opcra called "a Tho Czar'a Revenge