The Portland daily press., 1875-04-19
Art, Music and the Drama.

| Art, Music and the DIR ANA.
Corot will be represented for the last time in
the Salon of this year by two large pictures,
styled 'Une Danse Antique" ard lie Buche.
ron.''
Corder, French sculptor, has designed
monument of Christopher Columbus which is
pronounced gratifying success. 1t is to be
erected in the City of Mexico, opposite the new
railway station. Cordier visited Italy and Spain
and executed his design after a careful study of
what are supposed to be authentic portraits of
Columbus.
Albani is to sing Thomas's Optelia at Covent
Garden to Faure's Hamlet. At Drury Lane
"Mignon'' will be given with Nillson and Ca
poul.
| John Strauss of Vienna seems to have regu-
larly one success every year, and for the simple
| reason that he brings out only one new operetta
| every winter The last of these works, "Cag-
liostro at Vienna" is said to be one of his hap
| piest inspirations. The subject of the piece is
the creduity of the Viennese in 1888, dazzled
| by the pretended miracles of Joseph Balsamo,
which are explained by cleverly organized
| completely.
Miss Thompson, whose picture of the ''Roll
| Cali" received such unusual praise in England
has completed a new work called the "Twenty-
| eighth Regiment at Quartre Bras" This regi-
ment, formed together with the Royals into a
square in field of particularly tall rye
was repeatedly assaulted blythe French Cuiras-
siers and Lancers, who closed long series Of
unsuccessful attacks by furious charge stimuli
taneously delivered against three faces of the
square, where it was mainly composed of the
men of the 25th. The picture represents this
last effort of the enemy at about 5 p. m, and is
said to be remarkable for the variety of charac-
ter delineated in the faces of the Imen forming
the square, and the excellent grouping of so
many figures within SO small space.
Miss Clara Morris lately acted in a new piece
entitled, Marguerite" adapted for her by Mr..
ev~>----IIili i1,EG EG.--LA----ss~v,-s-s- El-..--l~
original. The scene is laid in Saxony. The
heroine is a wife who is first damaged by adul-
tery and subsequently struck and blinded by
tightening. She strives to expiate her matri-
monial error by hunting up her child-which
had been stolen by igypsies-and returning the
same to her afflicted husband. Miss Morris
conferred this boon on Buffalo.
There is in Baltimore an actor named Goshen
whose height is eight feet; and it is recorded
that local boot-black charged ten cents a shoe
for backing the pedal integuments of this artist,
Goshen persorates the tall gendd1nae in scene
from ''Geueveve," but doesn't walk much flor
fear of falling over himself.
An amusing story is told of the way Sothern
happened upon his great hit in 'Dundreary."
The part was so Insignificant that in his vexa-
ton he termined to guy" the thing, and so
ruin the piece and get rid of the role. Some
body told Laura Keene, the manager, of So
thern's intention; she was greatly worried, for
lhe business had been bad and che looked to
the american Cousin" to bring in revenue.
At this juDcture the foreman of a fire company
called to get special terms for themselves and
visiting company, and Laura offered them all
the seats they wanted, free. if they would come
in citizens dress, and applaud everything that
Sothern did. Accordingly Sothern was greatly
astonished to find every attempt at ''guying" re-
ceived with hearty applause which evidently
grew earnest, so that what he began in jest he
continued with art,until the exquisite fooling of
the Dundreary we know was achieved.
The studio of the late Senior Mariana For.
tuny-"Le joli Fortuny," as he is called by his
Roman friends-has recently been opened for
inspection at the Villa Riganti, In Rome,
, where the young artist resided. A kind OF
corridor or passage, artistically embellished,
and staircase hung with ivy, led to the
enormous studio, which appeared in that mag
nifcent disorder peculiar to some artists of
reputation and pecuniary means. Numbers
of watercolor drawings remarkable for their
good drawing and careful finish, still remained
on the walls, together with several unfinished
sketches, and the cartoon for FOrtuDy's largest
and most important work, The Battle of the
Tetuan. In a corner near the studio door hung
a portrait of D'Epinay, the sculptor, done in
pen and ink upon rough fragment of paper;
and in an opposite corner stood a bust Of For
tuny, which, with the exception of some pho
tographs of the artist, is the only portrait of
him that remains. Fortuny had collected
vast number of art treasures, chiefly for use
in picture making, and his studio was per-
feet Wardour street shop of valuable tapes
tries, rare china and glass, arms, armor and
rich draperes.
NJ. Carpeaux, the Partisan sculptor, will con-
tribute to the coming Paris Salon group rep
resentng Eve tempted by the serpent. Our
first mother stands under the tree of the for
bidden fruit and Satan lurking behind her
offers her the fruit, at which Eve looks half
bashfully, half covetous!y. Satan is modelled
on Millions description Of the Prince of Dark
ness, and his +. lure is described as startling
compound of manly beauty and stealthy,
vicious EXPRESSION, while the whole group is
most finished and realistic.
w. III. Beard lately finished quaint and
nrettv conceit entitled "Prism." 1t represents
a canoe, or gondola-like boat of no special col
or, rising on the crest of great, green, trans
lucent ocean wave. In the sky overhead is a
half-seen spirit figure with Il refracting lens or
mirror in its hands. This it holds so as to
illumiue the boat and its seven occupants, who
oddly dressed and queerly posed, represent the
seven colors of the solar spectrum. They have
thrown Black overheard and he is sinking,
limp ard helpless, through the water under
boat. Red, the dominant color, is steering,
with his brilliant legs hanging over the gum
vale; next him is Orange, then Yellow, and
so on until we come to Blue, beyond whom
there seems to have been q misunderstanding,
for the secondary shade of blue-Indigo, per-
haps he may bo called-has Violet's place in
the bow, and apparently refuses to change
places, although Violet is on his or her feet
and urgently gesticulatng. The idea as a
whole is a very odd one and quite worthy OF
Mr.. Boards eccentric originality.
A government survey for a railroad across
the island of Newfoundland is TO be made i'm