, 1873-07-06

presented no special features OF excellence to
native bands being toir sliporiora in dollcacy Of
expression aud harmonious unity. Tho loRder,
bfr. 1IanH Girod, ID goloist upon tho cornot-a-
piston, and displayed Bomo proficiency In ls use
Of tint instrument. Tho co1Ccrt, aS whole,
however, waa not great succoss." a
4, Long Branch correspondent says: IA
aeros Of conoorts will shortly bo given under tho
Of four vocalists OF grcat mcrit--
Mr.. Nelson Var1oy Mr.. u: 2. 11umphriog, Mr..
o. . Baron, and MI ntr; N; l, y: Wy whitney, Mr varloy
Mr.. Whitney AB q baHa. Botter part-singing has
nevor boon hoard In this country than tim! which
theee gentlemen will otfor to tho public. As
oyos f, sfaa fEeor sn @ T eoSSy seay e. S fGs
high enough for all ordinary purposes, and am
very anxious to 500 Mr. Vurley get up there
without breaking hia nook. Thcso gontlomon
which h houff f thoY Il % arc @ ea1ofuly wrapped upin
lavender and put to bod"
Tho Orchestra, In an artiole entitled ''Toujouru
Perdi1, J" has tho following pungont hits: ait In
tho same with tho higheat artiats as with tho
loHest. just as Brown, Jones, and Robinson
composition. Flowing. Founta Of Milk and
Water $50 do the frstclaas artints repeat thoir
own hohby-horso movements. Patti arrives for
tie sassen p'ays 1arq1ss In 'Fsuas and
concert. Albini arrives for tho soason J; phys
Marguerite in FauBt; md sings Tho Minstrel
Boy at concert Nilsson arrives for tho sea-
son; plays Marguerite II Faust;' and aingu
all did precisely tho same last yoar and tho year
bofore, and will do 80 in 1888, p1onsa goodness.
And they, mako great fortunes by It. aud hold
their. position at the top OF the troo."
Knto Fiela, who "went aeroas" in tho samo
Tribune that he Ii bent on turning his baok upon
tho public and devoting tho rest Of his lifo to
composition. Ho hns had o dream for many
yoare, aud ho intonas now to convert 1t, II possi-
bic, into fact. This dream ls to conquer for
music now proylnco-aacrcd opera. 6ratorIo.
he regards, with most seuBible people, as n
droary absurdity. "4hink Of Mosoa or Elial.
singing In q swallow-tail on bnre platform, ho
hlaccaboes," "David,'' "Josus Christ" Nome,
will bo brought out until all aro finished. or,
60 course he VII! throw . or lighter pioeoa
forth to ,bo, tho business of his life.
At present, ho is inclined to think thiH
country tho best place for, producing theao
operas whom J., completed. ted Indeed, but fer hia
Russian Of tho Russians, he Is republican,
and loveg liberty. He haa such horror Of tho
aea, howcvor, that, We fcar, tho chances for our
sgan saeinE him a srG but alht Iusidentay
prospects Of music In America. What was most
needed now was system of conssryatoricB ia
which hrs and not monoy-1naking should be the
u.
baltimore BY Mr.; poabody," lo said. "Tha
Peabody Institute has 500, 600 o year to spend on
music. What grand opportunity for D cons
aervatoIy! Our conservatory in Russia costs no
body Institute does nothing with it's music fund.
Tell this to tho people, It ought to be known
You will havo no music until you can educate
musicians at lome."'
LUcUA's DIVORCE.
= Neto York Letter to ths Boston Globe.
When it first leaked out in Now York that tho
popular cantatrico, Mmo. Pauline Lucca Ind
filed bill Of divorce a nensa ct thora against
her noble spouHe: the l,aron Won nhado, It ereat-
cd quite sensation in TINT excitable metropolis.
al first tho story waa diacreditcd, thon It was
contradictod, md subsequently the affair waB,
conducted 80 quietly that 1t yory nearly escaped
did not, however. Somehow 1t was discovered
TINT, on the 14th day Of lust May, the matter vas
! reforred 10 Nlr. Richard c. Doamish. tho Clorlr
Of the Supreme Court, to tako Testimony. It waa
afterward asocrtninod that AIr. Boamisl, In lia
capacity as roferce, became satisfied that tho
MARTA lBaron had treated the popular prima
donna very badly indeed, living Iotousy and
even criminaliy upon her earnings. Tho proofs
rested upon tho evidence Of tic plaintiR :and ona
Witness, detective employed to shadow the
faithleHs Baron through the hauntB of his Berlin
debaucherios Mr. Boanish mado Ills report TO
Faneher granted Mno. Lucca an absolute docroa
Of divorce with tho custody Of ller child, and
leave to marry again. 30 far, 10 good. Now tha
trouble comos. No ono doubts TINT Mmc, Lucca
had Just aud sufficient provocation for her action
in this delicate matter, and at the first look all
sympathy WIS hers Now thero Is
slight diversion. It is asserted that during tho
Franco -prussian war, while nursing her hus-
brother officer, and In time, aa It Is allegsd,
became anxious to bostow hor hand upon him.
Hence, say tue authors of tho report her haste
in securing On absolute divorce from the Baron,>
1uif II Tnov tn o3n
mont is introduced into the business which may
cause tho fair prima donnn trouble, and, If tho
report Of her intondca marriage be true, would,
If that intontion had boon contaminated, havo
that hor prosont decroo OF divorce ia illegal, for
the reasou TINT 1t was altogethor an OF patio
matter, the defendant not appearing In porson
aosd z sG u s n pioesags Ss Sa ns tha
marriage OF tho parties did not take place
in this State and that tho plaintiff wac
not bona hde inhabitant Of It, either
time Of filing the decroo. The reforeo ia not
willing to toll anything concerning tho proceed
| ings which took place before him, but has no
hesitation in saying that they were entirely rcgu-
lar, NJ far as he knowH, and that the docroo 10,
ho believes, valid in every respect. He believes
that the Daron had due notice Of tho case horved
upon him. Il Ro his non.appearance to defend
| himHolf was his own fault. Since 1862 it is NOT
place in Now York State before other Of the
partios to that contract could maintain suit for
divorce there. So far Is tho third point Is con-
cerned, 1t appears to bo sufficient In law that tho
plaintiff was q bona fide resident OF Now York
! State at the timo Of the filing Of tho complaint
aud this she certainly WAS. Whother tho aotE
.hnrgod against tho Baron extended ovor the
tmo or not, tho New York public have no noauH
| oiascertaining. oi So that rs far as is definitely
known, the validity Of Mmo. Lucca's divorce.
from tho Daron Won Rhado Is not beyond I'LL
doubs.
| The Pope
Rome tJxne 10y Correspondence a the Sco ToTk Wor!d.
| On 6uaday last His Holiness said mass for tho
first tima sitlce the rheumatic attack, from Which