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to be called the Academy Of Music, and will be
opened late in the autumn.

The Logansport Qnd) Journal complain,
at that place, BY the Jane Coombs party, va,
not up to the mark 1t appears Mr.. Mobiles
cast for Romeo-was too ''1l " to appear, AMI
tbs monstrous absurdty was perpetrated Of put
ting On some one to "read the part. The Jour
nal says: "Just think Of chap. standing will
textbook in hand, reading q reply to the conun
drum, Oh, Ron1so, Romeo, wherefore art thor
nc tomeo M@ ?" There are two questions suggested
BY this paragraph Was the absent Romeo q
oomedian7 Had he recently enjoyed q benaht
Amy sedgvick, the celebrated actress, fat,
fair, and forty, and the widow Of DR.. Parkes,
I vas married at Brighton, recently, to Chariea
pen1berton, q solicitor Of Ii :erpool. The Rev.
owen Parkes, brother OF the BRIDES first hus-
Burrows, knight, gave her away. The lady had
taken her farewell Of the stage, few weeks be-
1ore at the Brighton Theatre, for the benefit ct
1Eomes Chart, and in speech to the audience,
| SAID; II don't know whether ought to express
my sorrow. should do SO but that feel leave
! the stage to be married to good, Kind gentle
man, with whom hope to be ye1y, very happy"
The manager OF London theatre lately con-
descended to hear in his sanctum young 1nan
(who had an unfortunate hesitation in his
speech) read q abort farce, the sole condition
being that it shobld not occupy more time than
it took to finish the weed the manager had just
Lit, Away they both start, the one reading, the
other smoking, but as the mild Havana reaches
its termination, the worse the young author
splutte1s they finish together: OF course. tie
Of it7" Well" replies Mr. Manager, " not half
bad idea father, mother, lover, daughter, all
suffering, will have noYsl effect" The au-
thor, furious: exclaims :. They don't stammor,
it's only my misfortune" oh, then the play
amt funny st al sorry can't accept it," re-
Piled the manager.
At the recent annual festival Of the Royal
General Theatrical Fund in London, Mr. j. n
Bel1ew Ghe reader and elocut1onist), in response
to one OF the toastB thus alluded to his v.sit to
this country last spring: ~ feel bound, on q
day when have only just returned from Amer
lea, to say word OF that great and ho5pitable
country. There is q home in which every artist
from England is welcomed With open arms.
There ia no one that can cross the line
and go to America connected with this and
kindred professions that ia not received as
brother and bis interests promoted. Received
as was, wish to speak OF it in deepest graft
tude at the present moment. Then, with regard
to the theatre, ne have no theatres in this coun-
try Like theirs. In merely the matter OF archi-
lecture, and also in the matter of preservation
against fire. wish our architects would 20 over
thore and see them, and then Initiate them"
TO AMATEUR Acroas.
10 those who intend to appear in public With
professionals We have only Punch's advice,
Don't" but to others the following little story
from the Atlantic for July, By Robert Dale Owen,
hA4A GaA4J Ako AhA AOAE4, WHICH Lu6I EAQ Al QQ-
serye before that proverbial blindness seizes
them:
In tbs winter Of 1859 party Of bright and lively
young people had assembled to spend the period OF
Sery far from Dublin. Several Of the aes "a Tel
as gentlemen, had already acted creditab1y the ana
tsur .tha stags; S 50 Il hey nttod ont lar$s hall
dies in manner Inst elicited hasrty T applause. .
Encouraged by this success, they thought they
oS G sad as Fsss
IN casting al the characers except one that Of juliet
herself It was offered to several young indies in sue
cesson but they all peTssteny refused, fearing at
tempt SO arluouB part. In this dilemma some one
suggested IN expedient- Mtas o'Se then in the 70
taton, most lndyike demeanor, and eminent talent,
whom once saw as juliet, She then regarded,
Justly imagine, as the most perfect interpreter Of
ton in the daughter Of Cdpue that had eyor appeared
on the London boards her singular beauty admirably
haf The fssnionable Young men Of The dsv. she va "a
best society," and had times assisted 1t p1ivate
theatrcals It so happened that she then IN Dub
lin, md, for the time, without engagement. The
p-oposs TO write to her and AJAX her. on her own
This was eagerly aeceded to, and letter dispatched
accordingly.
.. fortune and family, Nj Becher, Of Bsilygbbin,
County Cork jet.ae encore the French say, he
still the right aide Of 40, aud ezceing III biz
companions in hstrionic talent. To him, soon Is
m.tc friends. "Becher," said he, "ta1o my ady1ce
before I. is too lats Throw up the psst Of Koneo.
Back out OF the part7 And why, prny7 Do you
think my acting is not worthy to support Miss o.
'sYou act only too Een NY good faor, and identify
undertake: know Mi.s oNeil Wi there canr Be
played Romeo 70 hsr Ji<t without falling IN
stage for wife"
Marry az ss'ress and At my agot Do you take
Anything but TINT, Becher. I do taxa you for a |
splendid fellow, with little touch Of 70
nance about him, tmpresztble by beauty, and atill
Hrs. 'Becher.'" |
Do az sense, Tom, Il I hadn't agreed to p1.y
convince ii ron y how ridiculous you are"
"Wel], al hope is that the eachantress will de-
But aha accepted. Becher played Romeo shared the
ate OF bis predecessors; was engaged within tho
ana sTd aaa1 few TdsEs gsEs TT
onnt1y scat: he was charmed with Mrs Becher, in
vhom, ho said ho could not detect the sghtest trace
eemed 70 hare been enlne1d5 fortunate, though
p to that time they had no children
In the sequel they had severnl children Mr. Bech-
Jears with hs wife, aud was succeeded, in 1850 by
heir son, Sir Henry Wrixon Beeher the p1esen. bar
net, LadyBecher died only 1ast wintar, loved and
,ourned by friends and dependants having survived
er husband more than twenty 5ears.
MUSIC. II
The musical market, to use commercial
hrsse, remains dull and unchanged. One or
no testimonial concerts are announced, the pro-
rammes OF which are given below. With these {
xceptions, everything ia quiet
TILE NATIONAL NORMAL MUSICAL Esr1TU1H. !
The time for the annual session Of tho Na- ,
onal Normal Musical Institute la rapidly ap~ l
reaching. It commences At the Chicago Uni
arsity on Wednesday morning, July 9, and will t
'ntinue until Thursday evening, Aug. 1-fve :
eeks and two days. In the regular Institute
,urse tho the teachers will be Is follows:
arl Zerrahn, in orntoio and chorus practice; :
endelssohn's t'Hynn OF Praise" being the 4
atorto get for study, with selections from
Eli and the "Part Songs !" George F. Boot, =
Church music, class-teaching and harmony; n
P. Bliss. IN voice lessons and harmony 2
es1rs. Blackman and Whittemore in voice les 7
ns and graded system for public schools and
n. Root in voice-culture and harmony. In q
1;tior m thia Iar-nHs. ill uivo vo{,n f.