, 1870-01-16

Amuscmonts.
Kov1ew OF the Week.
CHICAGO, Jan. Ia
7b The Editor ~ The Chicago Tribune:
DID yon ssy Jon hadn't been to the opera this
week.
You ought to be ashamed Of rourseIr for not
going.
You ought to have gone for the sake Of "Auld
Iarg syuet"N noIhtpg clse.
BesldeA It Isn't fair to slEe one woman all your
nohcy.
By dear Madaue, 60 to your opera cloak. take
1t out Of the drawer, and make . confession to 1t
that 5ou hAve si1ued. Look At 5oufse4 In yonr
mirror
OF course you neses do such thingA know
that
But look this once, and tel the shadow Of rom
pretty face how much you have missed.
Why! Will wager Jon whole box Of caraus4
against box Of Sunday School books that 5ou
never LAW anything In 1ouz We haN 70 aue a.
Dta1tonb Kartel
Or Mrh Bernsrd1 Falentin.
Or Harry Peakes' RtQetsMKh with his double G,
ILL EtQ1A3 p4AusNPulEAf U4A HtHkQ Ik6 ko
make DEagton pfesent OF q tatlEoad, or t1o or
three banks, for the pleasure ne has given me.
Wnat MARCEL! So full Of maJestic dignity! Of
lofty Bcornl Of sturdy rugged honesty! How be
III "a tncse cEoralst How he ennnc1A1es those
superb phrases Of recttat1set
"Thcy slrg no more" Did you hear him say
those fozr simple words after the massacre Of the
women In the church
NOT
We'll, then, you lost something jon would have
curret IN your memory all your life.
I hare uEly one objection TO the ftnate Of the
Hcane1ots. And that is the killing Of Marcel.
It would please ne very much II Dfayton would
request Aeyerbeer 10 step ore aide, AID then 60 In
and Glenn out all that M ran on the stage, en-
gage Barry Peales, and krock ntm hors de eom1at
in sbout miaute and q hall, save Sir. ard Mss.
Bernard for long and hap2y life, get married
himfeH TO zone pretty Hugucrot Wo4a1, and
sing the " PIT Pa6'' II hlaz OF red nse, wavlug
The Slar.SpanRled Banner Or goMe o!ler spanglcd
Banner.
That would be poetical 1uslce, and would sare
the laccIstion Of oue's feelings.
would Ike to zee the persou who wo7ld dare
TO leep on soper face Wneu Dfaytoa is playing
| Rsbollafo.
o., rice rersa, who would dare to laugh when he
Ia plsylnX IaFcftf
he is The hest singer. for au actor. eud the best
actor, for sIger, naso ever seen.
ARD then There IL Harry Peases, who throws
hlueelf,-aud there Is good deal Of him 10 throw,
tight into a ps11. When he acts he ac:s for
general sn4tmtk, and when he Sings, he Sings for
tho whole chorns. When you sec him atoop over,
and, getting good brace Tor his back, begin TO
draw that voice OF his out Of his boots, look out
for you1te4 II you are In the focus Of TINT voice
1 look out for the top Of your head.
| Harry uore than ealns his money, because all
the people On Dearborn and State Streets eau hear
| him.
Ard he kceps the hrenen In the engine hou1e
| on Desrborn street IN conatant agitation.
The woEat trouble with Peates Is that be Is
alive, xsde-awake, aud up 10 snun
1tMA great thing to be alive Nor, you take
| those fat fellows In the chorus. Ttey axe Lot
alive They died about twenty i've yekrs ago.
When they are wheeled IN 90 practical cas, and
set up IN their Places they take up great deal Of
room; btt, II you rotlce, they only open their
nouttA No s0npds come from them.
PehEee, under tha old regime, wns always under
clopd because Seguin and Sher. Campbell took
his paris and tried 10 s!rg bans, when one was
only baritone and the other no tonB At all.
alwh,s kuew there WIS dsy OF vengeance CON.
| Ing, std that when Peakes once got ahf At the
ucslc sou ethiug would have to give wsJ.
It tB absolutely Eelreth!cg to zee man come On
I the stage and do something besldes genteel
stardu ron1d and delivering moral lectures ns
| IN audierce In good Cd naaal Pu.ttanic way.
Iweuld rather see m actor knock Two OF three
naIs QFel and turn q 6ontrsault into the orrhes-
ira, than 10 stalk grm}y abont Witt an expression
Of face on MIN as II he were tying 70 do Rum In
compound fractions, ard TO pose himself about
the stage u II ne we're standing for his photo.
graph.
Which peakes doesn't do.
The stsge isn't quite large ecoagh for hil hust.
ness when he ac:s, aod when he sings he 1u1s a
| cast11on backbone right through concerted
piece.
There Is sone1hirg tangible about him. lie Il
| an actual presence. You can Sec him, hear him,
and lecl him.
he xas cut cut for grand opera Ia English
opera he Is whale in ahalio] water, ard wheu
4 he doea let himself cut the small 1sh haze TO be
| careful
His Blacksmith, IN the "Po5tlllon OF Lonja-
neau," L. rs gool as tomatoes tn w1oter.
Iadstte you to Sec It, II you dont believe It.
Nyou have never seea him, jon May mistake
the cpu1us tor him.
VOLTA.
Inn free to say sha. DON knor what to mako
out Of Drookhouse Bowler.
Wish ZONE cne would tell me whether Ike
hli, OF not.
Atose t1ne clap nS hadds ard CIT "hssro,'
ard At aEo, Ter tlme would give considerable L
ge, on tue stage and stick pla into HIN.
ta4e been s:ud5lrs The eon2ndrum for eone
lie ktoys the possibilities Of q ca7sn&a- There
| IL no doubt Of that
He kIoxa how TO act ore night aud be doe5nt
kho1 anything Gbont It the next
Ali The tetoEs are good lovers That Is the!r
bnslness. L basso, J0Q know, has 10 buslLess to
TT to uake II 1Dprt ssion upon the o:aer sex. He
coolau'r DO It II he did try.
The renoyA have the department Of rosez a1d
lutes all to themselves
But Bowler doesn't improve It,
Singular, 100, when it's SO uIce,
H. If'he were EerenadlnR, he wonld cha1ta the Le-
onura until he Eos to tho cadeaza, and then get
Leorora into trouble With her papa BY waking up
| everybody In tie house.
Sou e1imes Ike Mrs. Bowler, loo. and then
| aEaln lour.
How can 1e.3 being 1ckle7
II she wo1Id aws5 sIrg a. well as she siugs
| Crbino would a0m!Ie her, Il Mr. Bowler would
let Ee.
Sometimes She docen't, however.
she has sometimes certain sos: OF practical.
upImpass,onet war with her, something OF the
rnnLe er Of 4 resi- estate dea.et, which ec1res me
Then again, aa IN .fansy, ahe u good enougu to
When I cone to SIfs- Bernard+-os Caroline
| Rch.pga, as we all used to call nes.-t take OF my
hat. IncsnoEledge tnst reverence this Itut
black eyed woman.
R.,er you nnderstaud, Iii. Bernard.
| the respect atd aonlra.ton Of u2esa.goers tnA1
J any other artist on tie American ata9e- Ste Il
, | the mother Of English opera. She has watched It
and tended It, md brought It up through eyl1 re
| port and good report. She ltood By 1t In IT
Stormy dsyB and rejo.ced IN Its sunshine. Throug,
! d,1s n1d nights Of incessant labor. no othe3
wpmap could have endured. year in aud year out
/ Ehe perfected It. She sang In sickness And II
| hsalth. She has endured work enough 70 kt!l
! dozen ordinary women. She nAa aiwaJs fnin:!a'
Z her prpm1Eea: has atways gtyen the publ
I jast wh1t she engaged 70 do.
7 Ana When at las. the clouds Aesrncd hresktnt
{ Ant the Ron coming out,-Thea the good heea 81
had town vas Just blossouiug INTO the promise Q
: guden trulton,-eheotes rome Of her bess Artist
! ! y no no oyer 10 = r.EAl troupe.
: So.hiug daunted, this little iron woman gas
| together the best the can, and keeps On her wn
: through the b.acfeat OF dscourasenents-
: ARD sce has 80. g7tt enousa 70 sped her la1
j. dolar In the neht
SoH, What thal1 we do
Eont III htT N3kt i 1tone1 -
I Extend the hand Of encouragement. Testify
i Fer that We are graceful for Hhst ane has dons
Y saoK her that wa appreciate Der indouitaol
= e1rrgy, Ter uul1fug lncul.E1, her spotless cha,
i ncser aa q koozo, her Incompatible ts.en.s
l. singer and ae1of.
e Tha nucn at least le due to her. THIS lille VI
nMla fghticg s.ngte handed against fearful odd
4 ! Ard arc We, 10 whom she has giTtn 50 much {
4 p.Aaku1e In the years. gone by. going 10 Stan
= 1noetrv On without fAntef1u1 her xuT assistance