Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-09
Stage and Studio.

boast OF. They we're q genuine success, and
reflected credit, not only the troupe itself, bat
likewise Oh the manager, who had the ability
and enterprise to bring together so talented anu
Weli-balanced a company. 1t Is long time
s.nce we have had, IL ever, a troupe with 20
much absolutely good and 80 little indifferent in
il, and We trust to have an opportunity of hear
ing itagain before it goes back to England. Dc
should come back after the holidays, when the
season is at its beet. At TIE National Mr..
Sayille made the most possible with his material
out of 'Ours," and he and his sprightly and
versatile wife contributed largely 10 its success.
Next week We shah have Mrs. Lander, and some
capital good acting, if She is as well Supported
as she ought TO be. Beyond the lectures occur
ring in the several courses and one or two social
entertainments, the announcements of which
will be found under their proper head, there is
nothing more to be said for the week next COM
ing.
-Nachtel, the great German tenor, who is
now in his fOrty-ninth year, was with his father
in the livery stable business as late as 1S4s quite
unconscious of the wonderful voice with which
he was gifted. He is married, and has several
children. Young ladies who have q habit OF
doting on tenors will please take notice. More
than this, his wife always travels with him AMI
acts as his dressing master. The two get together
in dressing room and between them his face
IL made mp, hair dressed, Costume chosen and
acting discussed. They are the jolliest, most
pleasant couple imaginable and have a good
dealthe air oftwo Over-grown children on romp
Wagner has triumphed in Italy at last, s.Io-
hensrin" having been performed with decided
success at Bologna The second act was not vel.
received, but the first and third were received
with evident relish and warm applause. The
opponents OF Wagner maintain, however, that
This reception came from the fact that in those
acts there is no Wagner music, and that in the
second act only does the cratic composer I'M
dertake to illustrate his peculiar theories ON the
subject.
A good deal of disgust is manifested BY the
musc-eying people of San Francisco over the
failure of an effort to get Miss Kellogg to appear
in opera there this winter. The contract was
Tor $4,000 in advance for a season of twenty
nights, with travelling expenses out and back for
herse!f, her mother and two servants and a car
rage 10 and from the theater each night The
managers subscription footed up only about
5000, however, which was 60 900 short of the
advance payment TO have been made on the
9TH of Noyember; and when he telepraphedher
the result, asking her to come on and take the
chances, she promptly responded: d" No money,
no come; consider the contract on" Clara
Louise has head for business as well as tongue
for music.
Trouble and bad feeling seem to have
grown out Of the fund raised from the sale Of the
pictures painted by the New York artists for the
relief of their brethren in Chicago In some way
the money got into the hands of the Chicago
Academy Of Design, many OF tile members of
which are not artists, and now the managers. or
what u charged to be ring within the manage
meht OF that concern, propose 10 distribute only
half the fund, holding the other half back for a
Time, and also to require each artist who accents
his proportion to paint a picture for the Acad-
envy in return. OF course, there is a good deal
Of indignation expressed at this assumprion. and
1t Is thought many OF the artists will decline to
be thus imposed on. The whole business con-
nected with this benefaction appears to have
bceh badly managed, or very unfortunate. In
the first place, the pictures contributed did NOT
ping anything near much as they wer.
worth, and now to have a squabble over the pro-
ceeds is in the last degree discoursginc on the
ole side. and disreputable on the other,
MIR. Goupil has brought to New York and
will soon place on exhibition Gerome's great
picture OF" The Crucifixion." The peculiarity
which most distinguishes thi picture from others
representing the Great Tragedy, is the fact that
only the shadows of the crosses and their burdens
are thrown into the picture,-the crosses Them
selves not being seen. In this manner a most
weird and impressive effect is produced, as the
imagination comes in to supply that which no
mortal hand has yet been able to alternately
represent. By the French critics it Is regarded
as Gerome's greatest effort, and it will doubtless
attract much attention in this country
Probably the largest and doubtless the hes,
sale OF pictures likely to take place this season is
to be held at the Leavitt Art Gallery, in New
YORK, ON the evenings OF Tuesday and Wednes-
day next. The collection is that of Mr.. Alex-
ander White, OF Chicago, whose heavy losses by
the late hre in that city compel him to part with
the contents of his gallery. The catalogue en-
braces fine specimens by some of our best
American artists, but it is particularly rich in
choice works by European masters which have
been collected by their owner with excellent
taste and judgment, and at heavy cost in time
and money.
Capt. De Groot, the gentleman who got No
The astonishing Vanderbilt bronzes on the Hud
ION River railroad depot, has been doing il again
by putting up statue of Franklin in PRINTING
Honse Square, New York. Fault has been
found with the figure, because, as is alleged. il is
tco short in the legs and too long in the body:
but whether the blame lies with the artist or his
distinguished subject has not been settled. A.
for Captain De GroOt, he paid his s25 900 like a
hero, and deserves credit all the same.