, 1873-03-02
presented with beautiful silver chcpet the Gift Of
he r.nr TINT city.

So:he1n Will soon start on trip through tho Western
cities, playing David GarricS piece de re<stoce
sna .'Dundfeary" aa an o6-nisht pteee. 10 is en-
gagged to appear ut the Academy Of Music in this ctY
Doucicault several yaa1B since, but mover pl.ye,l
viii be Thought out for tho first tine s Booths on the
night Of st: Paricks Day. Bouccault himself will
take the leading part.
crn starring tour account Of Ill health and has re-
turned home Other plays have been .ubsti.uted Tor
thore In which ehe WAS to appear 1nd Lawrence Bar
re:* put in as the leading nt1-.
The Lord Chamberlain is in trouble again. uo ha.
withdrawn bis veto upon tho performances OF the play
Of slack Sheppard, On condition that the play sha
be advertised under the name ct " Old Loadoua Tha
London preas wishes to know the reasous for this
strange course Of action.
Recently, at Booths Theatre, n. ], Florence
played the part Of Bob B'erly for tho 1o6oth time
of-Le1ye Mau" we hear that c1erEynen commend as
better than sermon, ind bankers and merchants pre
fer It soa buSghr-proof safe.
Prussian domination Is not get welcome in schleswig-
Hosteiu. During the performance Of piece called
" The Recruit recently, ut Hadersleben immense en-
tluas created by the appearance the stage Of
present htsscd TO purpose, but tbe higher au-
thozies suppressed the patriotic dra1nA tho next day
John Forster used to claim that Lord Lstton owed
the success Of "Ths Lady Of Lyons " to him, and,
read to circle Of triends Gytton never produced
play without placing 1t first beforo the censorship OF
nls 1r1ens and John forRter Was one Of ha anceres
he fen salecn during the reading Of the fourth ac and
that annoyed his Iordshfp to such degree that ho
rewrote It enHroly. "cousequently, unmarked Fors-
laughed heartily and admitted that tho alters-
ton in the fonrth act helped materially achieve the
popularity which It gained al over tho world.
They tell good story IN Lawrence Of professional
gentleman and wife, VINO bear the ysry hghcat repua-
tion for severe proprtety. Last Saturday night the
geatenan told hts wfe he was go!ns cut on business
the Black CROOK aro you7" sho aaked. B4ack
Crook + what do you take me fort" he Indignantly
exclaimed. "oh. WELL said abe, ~ was only Joking
II am not in when you return" The next that
x9Ethy couple aa Of each other Eas At tho Aforesaid
by side, to their astoniahment.
MckShn "a prot,ge and adopted daughter Of Mexican
Buchauan} who has been playing In the "Sea Of Icen
opinion IL expressed thu. she could not we'll havo Eot
tosehera worso lot Of sticks rantezs and than
ths H. esamaols gentlemen who have needleasly tnsed
groes injustice BY splitting open socka and busks in
stead Of mounting saw and buck and reducing cord
wood to convenient afze and length. Campbell the
heavy Yilain Is the worst in the business. His legs
show the fearful muscle Of the jail-bird while his
voice has the tremendous power ot = cross-cut cav
ahr1cktng Its remonstrance against the hle.
At the 1ge OF IS Nine. Marie Taeioni, probably the
greatest danseuee that ever lived returns to London
for tie pq1poso Of giving dancing lessons. Losing
desiro1s q svns her SOL who ID French ocer : as
large fortune she gave her daughter marrying,
dnd-hearted Nine Togiioni chearful1y goes to work,
Como. In perfect health, nctiye l11ny woman OF
49, With an exceedingly pretty foot, ths great e1-
fnoWn t s9 e "fn dog Know
where the manners nowadays !" she e1clams, with
asieh. a Nobody mows how 70 bow. But the Ameri-
They hare great facility in learning, and natural
ly graceful"
One Of the pretest Of the beautiful a11egoric pic
tuea representing the in the transformation
scene Of "Roughiug It. at the Grand Opera-House Ia
that Of Spring. This is in part formed By lovely
children reclining rustic hzddge, beneath which
grassy slope, PEA amid IN abahd.noe @ q T bright flowers
gentle lambs ara playing 6ix Of these little girls are
ilpets and the children Of two SISTERS HRS. Honora
Stewart and Mrs. Mary Campbell and are remarkable
for their beauty and zuddy hna1th The Stewart ch-
dren nre years old, and tho Campbel1s g. The fond
ahs sse o ones sre
great fasoIites With the members OF the dramatic
Gsss s s
bic resemblance to each other they a1s dcut to dis
tnguish.
Davenpor. roads 1t: @Hang out our banners ,-oa;
the outer wall the cry still tney GOMEZ" The critics
who urge that this reading Is correct think the
sae ey and @ed
out critically noticing any such differences as this and
fects We reme1n6er that JUL after janauschecE su-
pcrb tnpersonaton Of Lady Maebtth here last win
ter person who heard hsr sRoke Of her With great
asserted that she had better go learn English"
Why continued he don't yon think ehe actually
Macbeth" We kept "a straight faco os possible
while we told him that the German tragedienue had
ss ~
parted with strong conviction we think that it was
with Shakespeare Is Artemus Ward said Of Chaueer:
"He hsd TALENT but he couldn't spel."-Erey Epe1-
{u1 VJl1u{H1to7. Del
samusl Lovers mt and " only appearance s thus
narrated IN Blanche's ReconectioDs )" Finally he
tried the stage-tempted 1t Is probable By tho great
success Of Power in Irish characters but believe his
first appearance was hs last. 4 most yexatons but
and damaged him fatally In the opinion Of his audi
cnce. It was In provincial theatreI forget where,
and, believe, IN h's oTn drama o Of Rory oMoEe: IT,
in the centre Of the sage, which had small bar Of
wood acroasit representing the threshold. over this
amusement Of tho gallery. Recovering hinsef from
his confnsion, and cheered BY the general ap-
plause With which q good-natnred audience gen ga
misadVenture, he proceeded with the part; but, Of
course, with less spirit than he might have done
clusion Of the seene having akehis exit through
the door, malicious fats would haye It, caught
o ss b. sna 1o 81 Ts
WIS TOO much IT the audience; the house Wns con-
Vulsea with laughter, and am not quite sure that
all events, he speedily abandoned histronics, and
mover knew him to alude In tho slightest manner to
his dsheartenng coup dessaf IN thcm nor, Of course
IVES It ever mentioned By me or any Of the few who
heard it,"
MUSIC.
The week which has just closed Was marked
by fewer concerts than usual, but they wore Of q
high order. The week opened with the second
reception Of the Apollo Musical Club to its as
sociate members, on Tuesday evening, at STAN
dard Hall, On which occasion the hail Was
crowded to o7orhowing with ono of tho most
elegant and critical audiences ever assembled in
Chicago. The singer or singers who can pass
the ordeal OF such audiences may we'll congrztu-
late themselves. The Apollo Club concerts arc
now the rage in musical circles, and, recognizing
the aituation, the Club is determined to make its
fntrre cnncerta aran 1nnra atfracti4a than thoaa