, 1873-10-12
Receptions by the Clubs, and q
Little Scandal There
anont.
How "Betsy and I Are Out" Came
Near Porishing in O
Waste-Barrel,
Characteristics OF SaIvini's Acting-..
hi|sson's First Reap
pearance.
New Novels nnd Canon Tristra1n's
"Lanl Of NIonb."

Nc" NOVELS anu canon If1SCfnm'S s
Gland Of NIonb.''
Correspondence ~ The Chfcaao Tribune.
New YonK Oct. q, 1873.
Pleasant things and pleasant wontllcr came to-
gether this week. Tho opera, now pooplo Of
note. the opening of museums and galleries, to
cay nothing Of amusenonta by tho score. Mr..
Wilkio Collins was received by tho Lotos Club
Saturday night, md TINT attention waa followed
by a dinner given to moot tho nnthor ut tho Con-
fury, by Mr.. Conant, Of Harpcr's Weekly, In
charming fashion. Tho potito author looks like
D reduced copy OF Secretary Stanton, with black
eyes, sharp md merry, aud q bright, cordial
fashion Of his own.
Tho 1anour clubs take kindly to tho part Of
RECEIVING.
The fates forbid any ono should think tho
august Century was meant in that phrase. But
tho mystic LotoB aud the easy Arcadian altor-
nntoIy luro notable strangers to their ritoB. Tho
Lotoa Gave reception to A1r. Bradlaugt, who
brings letters from Miss Kato Fio1d,-as ardent a
syn,pathixcr and assistant in Repubcanism
abroad as Grace Greenwood vas before her. Tho
Arcadian saw tho affair anl went two bettor,-
quotation from John pnul'a Tribune lctters,-
with Lonors to Salyini before lie Ind shaken tho
dust from Ills feet, md feto to Afmo. Nilsson.
Tho pretty parors Of the c1ub.houeo, closo To
tho Clarendon, whoro Grantl-Dukea aud priu,a-
donnaH lodge, woro briliant, tho latter evening.
with ladies' in full dreas, windows and arches
framed deop III green studded with roses sore.
nado Mt II, calclum-Hghts OH tho balcony,
aud the diyn in whito silk and buah-
roscs In tho centre of it, taking hor death of cold
bowing to her admirers. but tho managers
hardly look back to tho oyoning with unalloycd
content. An eyopiug journal which takoH Ill
interest in tho doings Of tho Club could not for
bcar intimating its dissatisfaction by coldly 70.
marking that persons woro present Whose names
SHOULD HAVE BEEN nEsERyED
for difforont occuBion. Tho prcBonco Of Afr.
Bradlaugh TO 1ncet a1mo. Nilsson, and in sort d.
sido tho honors with her, was not the only
piquant fact Of the evening. Some superb gen.
tlemen married. their BonHa Of The courtesy duo
tile stage in society by eacorting ladies' whom
other gentleman wero not proud thoir wives
should meet. When MI opera-manager signifies
his desire TINT prima-donna should hayo
tho oclat OF club-recoption, together
with his willingness to assist with
tho bills for tho occasion, n certain
latitude is allowed as to invitations, and people
are tolerated as artists whose presence is not d
favor otherwise. In tho preBont case, tho recon.
tion was q spontan eons compliment from tho
Club, wlsoso invitation reached Nine. Nilsson
acrose the Atlantic, aud tho Committee, who are
gentlemen not merely iu q conventional Bense
is,uist thnt III future members shall pay re-
gard to appearaneos strictcr, il anything, than
they do III their own parlors. Tho alternative
would DO the dissolution Of any club wloRo in
Inmates regard it NB q compromise bttWcon tho
libertios Of the gveen-room or studio nnd tic
courtcsiea Of tho drawing-room.
Apnopos OF CLUBS,
NJ, Aase1 St9ry il ota tho :, l@st 9 aaH
ls not only q most delightful episode BIZ
peerless rucontour, but has the oquiyocal
fpss sft ouy n it VAS re%'nss o' Oily Of one 9ais a
"lko slender gilt arrow" III feminine guiso.
Club-legends are somowhat marvellous to hoar,
md gossip as fine art is carried to perfection
leaning across tho Idle billiard~tablos. What
would Mr. AlL,ich make, I wondor, Of tho pro-
tich,nout Of the grave lawyer who met pretty
w'inlan ut a dinner party who, on loarning TINT
he was going from the table to cluh-reception,
avowed she would give everything to attend aucll
nrocertiou hol self. OF COURSE lo was we'll pleased
to offer her his escort aud, as she Was in full
dress, they drove right OF to tlo club-houso. No
nintter wl,nt tho club WAS, aud it didn't happen
this season. either. but tho gentleman, / boiovo,
ls the eacorL of one OF the most notorious wonl-
on who hang on tho fringoE Of society. Tllomnn
was fastidioua, aud not given to distinguish him
self III this way; no presume lo inquiries solne-
what particularly about acquaintaucea now be-
fore ho takes them to receptions.
Nn. WILL CARLETON
may consider it lucky pen which wrote his
' Farm Ballads" for q. 900 copies Of them have
how near they cnnlo to being lost to
humanity in Ills wastc-barrel. "Betsoy aud
I Arc Out" WIS frat sent to the
Toledo Btddo in Mr.. Locko's absouce, and lis
alternative. tho serious partner, looked at tho
verses. and threw .hom in tho waste o-baslet,
winch, IN p. N. says, "happened to be Q larrel."
the barrel, and tho first thing ho pulled out was
this poem, which happened to catch lis eye.
in tonea Of thunder ~ DOCK, don't you know any
better than to throw away nIch stun III that
We'd better print it," Tho lnst verso WAS lost in
the fragments, and tlo editor wrote to MI.
Carleton asking him to complete It. Sori But I'LL 10
In my way ct tAil'king, and lad to COM
pose an ending which dou't loayo mucl,
doubt iii tho u,inda Of tho Toledo Dlade poop1o
who iy tue real anthor. Of tho baitads. By tho
Jot,nal, WAS ut Saratoga. people wore saying llo
didn't look much liko the nun to claim Nancy
Emersona verses, mud they thought he ought to
bo the rigltful ownor Of "Batsoy aud Arc
Gut, cfen ~ ho "NsIlt t. beS lehFo 10 HuoWst
this NJ final osre.ing To tho contro-rorAo-y.
MH. oEondE WILLIAM CURTIS
comes back to tho city with restored health, and
rcs,,t1os his Eary Chair before tic open Drawer
OF Larpe,'s Monthly, wliel. has missed lin sad
", and The entire charge Of tue editorial nage of
tho Weekly, which Aasll't missed him ut all Tho
tolerant, luaaculine spirit Of ita editorials through
the tllr1lur was az g1alofu to it's readers as the
polished mtolligoneo aud delicate spite which ro-
Hulno tno pon. ..
MH. MATT
ia tie botter OF the catarr., which threatened to
nut al onl 10 his usefulness, and is ut work
sgain Oh the lttekiy. Is you sec by liH cartoons
lita week.
RALY1HI
In not drawing very full houses at tho Academy
OF Music, rar.ly bcca,lse tue house IL 10 largo,
and partly because tragic art nntor the dreadful
realism Of this actor, is not exactly pleasure OF
a relaxation to witneas. lfe III groat, llo ia SUBJ
tlo and thorough in his treatment; but ono