, 1874-04-05
nil hereafter travel together, and be known as
one Of the startling events of the aeasou.

Conway Of the Brooklyn Theatre and her daueh
ter Lillian, two handsome lockets inscrihed !,
honor OF the SUCCESS OF g Led Astrav," Miss Ros
Eytinge received from the came hand t1rn,,ois
bracelet at the huDdredth representation OF th,
same play in New York
Mr. Willnm stuart, the manager Of the Ney
Park Theatre, New York, on Broadway. pea
! Iweuty-second street, Announces that the eatab
liah1nent will Be thrown open to the public OF
the evening OF April s, With q now drama, il
which Mr. Fechter will take leading part. Ths
cost Of the new theatre, exclusive Of land, In.
been $4,000
It is part OF the gossip Of the Iobbies tha
| Mess1s. Jarnett and Palmer have at length ef-
| fected an agreement with the owners of Booths
| Theatre, by which that property passes iut<
| their hands on the 1st Of May. That they will
| then leave Nlblo's Garden is certain. The offer
| for the lease OF Shlos that was made br Mr.
Josh Hart-550, 600 per aunum-was rejected by
Mr. A. I. Stewart. It is also part Of the rosein
I the 1obbies that 3r. Doucicaut will not be as
sociated with Mr. William Stuart in tile manage
ment Of the New Park Theatre at present
| The fashonables Of Paris hare taken it into
their heads to go en-masse to the'Comedie Fran
caffe on Tuesday, aud On that evening not boz
| IS to be had for love or money, while the house
Cutters with diamonds and gay toilettes like the
Italian Opera. On that night tho choicest pieces
OF the old repertoire arc usually played
Tha Pail HAL Gazette Gays: zone or two
theatrical novelties have appeared this week.
Mr. Tom Tay!or's new play Of 'Clancarty' was
produced At the Olympic On Monday With Miss
Ada Cavendish al the heroine and NIr. Henry
Neville as Clancurty. Mr.. Chatterton has re-
yived at the Adelphi the old 1nelodrama sThe
Exile, called on this occasion Elizabeth, OF the
leading character. At tue Court on Thursday.
dramatic adaptation Of Ready Money 3Iorti-
boy was given, with Mesers. G, R1rnold. 4
Bruce, Cooper. Miss Litton, aud Miss Hender-
son in the PRINCIPAL characters. At the Hol-
born Les Grandes Demoisel1es' has been 40
duced-"
The dramatic editor OF the Boston Heratd was
recently informed that the person who acted
the part OF Errestlne, q female character in
the play Of T. The Bynes," produced at tho How
ard Atheumum Was man. and the same one
who, tso or three yearr ago, was introduced to
London ladies' Of noble blood as a lady, but WAS
subseq1'' 'ntly discovered and arrested, the
nobleman by whom he Was introduced to society
committing Bulcide in consequence This state
ment Was Published, and called forth q reply
from the manager of the Howard, who states
that he brought this actor from London. s1,,-
posing that he had got woman, but nia state
ments are by 40 means positive, aud it looks az
II lie had been fooled by an adyenturer Pretty
good advertisement anyway.
The name Of Aimee Desc1ee is not 80 we'll
known here, perhaps, as other and less distin-
5ulshed onos, but her death in Paris has eau sed
2 profound sorrow throughout Europe Her
life WIS pathetic story, and her death at the
premature age Of 81 fitting end to tlirappoint-
ed life For fifteen years this gifted lady .oiled
IN vain to obtain recognition Of her genius.
At last, sinking under an incurable disease, slo
attracted the attention Of Alexandra Dumas at
B1ussels, and acting upon Lis entreatcs, appeared
once more in Paris. The result was almost
miraculous. The roll which had concealed her
genius from the public eye was suddenly torn
away, and AIMEE Desc1eo Uas the idol OF the day.
SINCE then she has reigned supreme in Paris,
through the sickening vandalism Of the Com
mune, until the unanimous voice Of the French
natlon has proclaimed her unequaled. 1t was
too late. She was dying fast as tor
long withheld honors came shovering
thlekly upon her. She died, md
her death revealed to the world what
an immense place she filled. Dumas pronounced
apathet:c euloEy over her grave, blaming him
SELF as the immediate cause Of her sudden de-
mise. We authors have done what we could"
he said She has done moro than she could.
aud titus ehe killed herself" Madame pcsc1se
belonged to the naturalisic school Of actinv. Of
which she Was the ab!est exponent Of her sex
MUSIC.
Notwithstanding the diaaster which closed the
weeks representations Of ssMasaniel1o," in the
breakdown OF ntr. Bischof, tho Liederkrsnz ia
entitled 10 great credit for it's admirable present.
alton Of tue opera, and those who attended on
eithor Of the first three evenings we're richly re-
paid. The vocal difficulty under which Gr. Bis
:hon labo1ed Tas not entirely unexpected by
hose who knew his real condition, but it was
hoped that he would be able to get through thu |
;eek- Mr. BischoGs failure o., one or two other
occasions recently seems to indicate that he |
ought to take rest, and not undertake auytI,inc,
more until he gets into singing condition. The |
aides aud gentlemen who took part in the Der
ormance-alrs. Hastreiter- -Schoonhoven, Miss |
Aenkel, Measrs. sclultze, Goodwillie, Eoch |
or the admirable manner in which
hoy acquitted themselves. Tho chorrs VAS !
Fcmpt, vlvacious, and spirited, and the
as We have said before, W.as the best
ome organization we na7e ever had. Mr.
,alatka has more than fulfilled tha declarations
% made when ho returned to Chicago from Mil
;ankee, and now to the Philharmonic Concerto
de Northwestern saengerfest, "Der Frei-
chuetz," and 'Stradella." he mug add Ma
aniello as another OF the 1eglti' nate successes
Tho receipts OF the week were as follows
londay, 5000; Tuesday. $1,000 Wednesday.
900; Thursday. 81 800; Saturday (uatueeG
!, ,2oo total. s66oo which. is n handsome
eek 3 work Tor amateur opfira- AS there are
ct many Americans who .nave not heard tho
ork. we hope the Society u4ay be induced to re-
eat it as soon as ar, B,st:hon shall have per-
anently recovered.
THE YALE COLLEGE oLER CLra's CoScKhr
A novel feature of this weeks entertainment
Ill be the concert to be given on Monday even
e, st hngsbury Hall, by the Yale College
lee Club, for the benefit Of the College Boat
ub. The now boat-hopse, for which tho pere-
mating undergraduate Apollos are singing, Is
cost about 3l2, 900. It is to contain q room so
ct square for the storage OF trophies, ETC., u
lanltors room, general drcssirg-
ON With lockers for individual use. the mi
rsity crews dressing room, and a large {
ON for general use. Around theze, on three
les. Is to be q large covered Tiazza. The tloor
to have waterfront Of SO feet with front s
Chapel street Of 70 feet. Tie elevation Of .
9 ground floor above low-water mark will be !
/ feet, and the height Of the first and second | +
'r1es II and Is feet. In the first floor there |
u be one large room to store boats. with
oacity for forty-ejght single, double and four s
red boats, and twelve six-oared- These facts 4
I prove or interest to the alumni OF Yale | =
l!ego IN Chicago, while the general public will +
ample material for IN evenings pleasure in +
J following programme: t
PART FIRST. h
i Farblo-"Come Rally Tonight, Boys, 4
S1nuh and Gtce Club.
sATch-" Our Gallant C0unnuy ~ 6ac&er | u