, 1874-10-25

For rent and e.peuses OF otilce.......... e7ss.s
Tie bal.nee, sbass is invested in Gnss
states bo1ds. standing in the namea OF s. l. IL BAR
loT, p1.sidsnt Of the Association, a2d D. Kingao,l
. nhs Of ane Trustees tee producing annual income Of
amounting to about $3.50. making total iuco.na of
aooat II ooo per annur from which IL deducted o;ce
expenses snd salaries OF Secretary and T1cayurax
amounting to about 81 0o0 the residue divided ouar-
! M tsriJ among the claimants, Of which ara
Annnitants tn,ala and fe1nal.) g
oicA "emoess..-.. 6
Contributing members -. IS IS
Present total Of members. bers..............,.1 135
When divided among tlis number zro rata It
amounts to shout $5o per year when twenty ysaxs aou
they received 500 per year.
19ikes' Spirit ears Of ths benefits zor Mark
smith family: ut seems that certaan NOM
bers Of the Committee in charge OF tho tickets
either placed tho bulk OF the choice seals in the
hands OF tho ticket s,ccu!a:ors, or at1o.ed tho
control OF 1hec1 to fall into their hauds in ad-
vance Of the resufsr sale at the hox-otfice of ti,
theasEes whore the performances wcro given.
and applicants for tickets roeo compelled to pay
to shcsc cormorauts double the mone7 loyiti-
n,atcly due for = seat The amount rercived At
Booths Theatre auouated to $4,000, and 1t
Waiiacks, $500; bat tho amount actually real
lied from tho sale OF tickets undoubtedly c1-
cecded this sum largely. That It did not accrue
70 the benefit OF alsrk Sta:th's family is duo
alone 10 the cupablo action of the Comm1ttoo
who haa charge OF the salo OF ticaets.'
The philna~Tphia Telegraph says: "The Cen
tre Square Theatre il no longer mere project.
but 3 fact Tho tract OF land IL Broad and
chcrE streets. occnpied for more than forty
years by Hugh Crls's warehouse, has becn par-
chased, the necessary papers preliminary 70 the
transfer Of t;s1o have been signcd, and the
formal delivery Of the propertr into the possse=~
sion OF tho now company will take place in Feb
vY7hr In H.
genuine, and merits. as it will unqneshonabi3
obtain, the hearty support OF the public. i; ths
terms Of the contract with $, r. Rush i Sor ar
chitecss md builders, the theatre is to be ready
for uea on or before Oct I. 1875, eight mouths
after the ground rassc3 from Mr. Craig to tia
new amusement company. The building; viii b.
of b-ick. with an imposing and oruanent4i frout,
aud contain seats for at least ], 800 people,
The London -fUaenEun says: 4 well-knovn
story tells tha. . Frencaman had spent 70. soa,e
ycars all his evenings at tho honsa OF certain
lady, when tho death of her husband Left hint
pointed out to him, ho admitted its existence.
bat asked- sadly: Where an / to spend 1ay
evenings" This ruther venerable anecdoto
seema to have supplied Mi. Labiuehe and Duru
With tha idea Of their ne" comedy, in three seks,
''Les Samedis De Madame" produced at tho
Palais Royal. During the lifetime Of her hrs-
baad. Her7m0nce has been in tue habit Of meet
ing every Sunday her lover Leoa .]acotez, in
tho Rue TaitLou!. There designations ara
known as tho 'saracdis Do Madame" When
the daath Of Monsieur has Withdrawn the ouly
obstacle to tEeir union. tho lovers are married.
After brief honerr1oon. quarrcls commence.
4 misunderstanding is fanned by the ladya fa+h-
er, who wishes to llTo with her, until sepa-a-
ton is arranged and carried out. Tho OLD at-
traction now makes itaetf felt, and the father.
following, his daughter to Ntat appears c7;lui-
nal assignation. finds she has resumed her oil
rendezvous with her husband. II: Goearoy, IS
Sacouret. the father. gave one OF his inilnitatls
PRESENTATIONS Of bourgeois life. Nile. Alics
Kagnault Was Ue77nance, and II. Dieudonne,
formerly Of the Gymnaso-Dramatique, but for
the past decade Ill Ruseia, WAS Jaco.eL
Mrs, J. B. Booth and llr. Joseph Whec1ook
have been playiug in ''Eomeo aud Juliet"
" . Much ado About Nothing, 8 g Tho Lady OF
Lyons" aud other favoritc pieces. in Cincinnati,
cess.
Dion Boucicault il slowly recovering from the
Effects OF a suggestion recently made him to
lramatize the Brooklyn scandal
4 new extravaganza by Mr.. Farnie, called
~ Loo" has been successfully produced 1t ths
London Strand,
The following from tho New York correspond
once OF the St. Louis Republican il good, per-
Bona1:
A new fancy is the vogue s. our theatres now. Most
III the managers havo adopted tho plan Of havtngs
ort Of inl-slngers sample zoou, where, b+tweeu tbs
cts tho critics go and strengthen their opinions end
eun Of first night They ere codiy, clanlni'y critical
through the first Act- Then they go out and return
moro disposed to untend Ike the miserable ordinary
pcctaor who has paid hts MONEY for acat and sits
nd coughs in it, second rush Is made at the next
s Of tie curtain, and when they file back therosa
promising beam In the aud sntiaaed smile about
he mouth, tbs remains Of lots Of smiles outside
The third and last trip finishes 'em. Willie Winters
ucst,e has been uuoosed, that the compliments that
-ovf too thtckly for utsesance may Be unimpcded
shicign Of the C.iDp<r. walks down the sis!s Ike
jorhe also is too full for uttetanre CAan-
% Fulton trts to cast melting Eiancs At blonde
aide and brunette the OTTER, aud the effect
immediate and innoderate strabis,nns tho Ti,n+a
see tho rest OF the play hrongh rosecoored
pttss, and; tho performance esschea II, it'a Il!
nFression that they c7rFy away"
Bronson Howa1d's new American comedy,
Moo:crofs," aE Daly's is, we fear. not n success-
he critics do not praise The Tribune 1aahea
1e unfortunate author with mercless cruelty.
he paragraphs we select ate fair samples. bat
10 evident mailgnity Of purpose will rob them
auy influence:
siliies play than !" Noorcroft" 1t his neysr been
lr misfortune 10 witnesx and fully pe1suad-
that the puhls understood and viii consiaus to I'M
xn S.ratoxa,' because that play was coar6ely tn~
elicate aud this one is not ndelicats At Ill hut tho
me sickening pueriity Of style chaEacterizes both
e playa, aud in IoorcToft it sHelis and bouEzeoES
Re An inflated caulidower.
Sixteen characters appear, Of whom five ara fernt-
ne and eicytu masculine. Ten p2sts afe ttn-
'rtant, while the others aupeEauoa and, Of tho
craa spoken by these ten, much might be loptfd
to great advantage. Two paizs Of lovers eanaer
and batble, and m<auder out,-aud tic oftcnef
ey seen the more ashsmed does the sensible
ectator become OF the human Species and OF tho
riteT who could expoee this nane dialogue to public
,servation or dramatic point in the piece thero u
orally none. The born drzruatist docs not e1ps1t-
ent. Mr. Howard may he the born drAma:ist but,
his present rats Of Development va should prefer
meet with his work Abou. 1917 BY that tins &hsy
~ be mature.
The Pail lfol1 GnzeNe Gays: "1aere was
eat gathering Of musical and thea!rical ceIebri-
30 at the Italian Opera-uouse. PARIS. On Sum-
y night. on tho occasion Of Mile. Deiazet's
neit- Tamberiik, Faure. Nine. Gue;1nard
ng: ladies' and gentlemen OF the Theatre
:aucais performed an oct OF Tartune there
- also q ballet, music. complimentary Terses,
ID the coronation Of tho heroine Of the even
E, before whom Populations from all tbs thea-
- marched pas.. Ime. Nilsson (who had
id 600 francs for seat} and M.ne. Miolan-Ca:-
Tho took part in the procession. al!le-
sjazet performed an act In tho Is:
t.at' of 6art.ou, and played and
ng NTH ease aad skill in spite Of her Y
als. Even the ro1st inferior roles were filed
persona known to European fame. Duma1ae
aycd wa:er-carrier vino had oaly oce itae 70
peat, and Nile. Schneider ard other LADIES'
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