, 1876-01-02
Growth Of the Sunday Drama---Re-
view Of the Week--~The Death
Roll,
Advent Of the English Opera
---Success Of the Opera
Bcuffe.
Tho Prominent Musicians Who
Have Died During 1S75-.-
Musical Notes.
THE DRAnA.
IN CHICAGO.
THE UNEMPLOYED.


Tho uumber OF actors out Of employment /
Chicago just now is unusually large. Exact fie
ures cannot, from the nature Of tho case, b
given; but it is safe to cay that at no t1uao ia
eoyerai years hare so many regular members &
the profession wanting engagements been eath
t cred in this city. Chlcagois the headquarters o
Western travelling companies. which general
! make it convenient to 80 to pieces hose or here
abouts. Whom failures Of this nature take plac
many Of the strolling actors find themselve
! without means t. carry themselves elsewhere
md without encouragoncnts to use their mean
for such o purpose if they had Eoy- an instanc
III hand il afforded By the virtual dissolution O
the Aiken company. Tie actors forlc!og tim
organization were regularly engaged TO
tho season. Thay arc now thrown on
of employment. Thoy nre not il
a position to sue on I'll cir contracts. They mus
make the best of the situation, and wait TO,
aomething to t:.ra up. Tho Wailack conbina
tiun and several others of the kind bnye ais,
broken up in this vicinity. Most Of tho persons
belonging to these organizations are now II
| Chicago. None OF tln unemployed actors asi
charity Or wan. it, Taey do deserve sympathy
They belong to profession which hiss Afforded
the people MUCH entertainment, and which
eu''.A ',, isee4'o 1'-nn eons'Iefas'eu ~ ua'o az
~ 49, 49, 1890. - @e
va " .u.s el1aa neS' ALI .Ao onA'' '.
'ao.o oArasA4e-A "o AoT' 1Ao' NAY se'
~ .na snAS eoato p11t'tooeo W. ~ en1"n ~ ~
.1e'- n''l ~ s-o00 "Ao n0'o ~ ~ s''s' Auo.o
40 40 es'. wv " no nA4a ~ lesNa ~
Nv -o ~ "'os. o'ep e1o'" 20 'aAeo
.'s .ae e. s,4oauk ., ae-ots ~ tno "es' 1uau
o.lu W .ae 1o1t'1ton ~ nosa0' 1ioeee1soo
oest', ."'tu A4'sn' uAoetsaAo s"o i4oaeeu''on
81 ~ .so,,.oi =, es ous rnIm ~
losing honestly what ho ,,as in m ende>vor r.
! fulfil his contracts; it il quite another for
wealthy man to become an amateur manager,
ami to retire from business tho moment ba tiuds
Ms spica1alon oecom!ns unpr,htaols. Inc law
snoul,. " .nsoAou aEa'nst manase1s OF tha ~
M WIN su1as1eoI means coula oe 1ound 70 u1luer-
~ .aae s.t: naius Goncess were taNeu among
Iae ~s;1ss ,ntetesteo .ae Means eouia oe louoa:
1a sna" SUBS suoseI'pt!on w eacn lersou lateIesseo M
"Go., w a 1ui.a u1,u unlte ta'se o'ousn 1oe
~ PURPOSES n pIosectioo. "o nope 10
an ".su tae u.o ~ aaoe na.e oesu !ici-
auorteu as lug opeu!ns ot 1u1ute sensons. ana
!es 1no pestlc'psass ,aae care toas tue Iunas are
m no' ahstussSu 70 1.easare1 VI oaoloas cnaeac
~, "u1 so4 1"Ao ao]'>'oco ANY 1ol picaaAo-
'r'p ~ 1o.ope'
TOUR SUNDAY THEATRES.
Three English and ono German theatre in this
CITY advertise performances to-day. The puri
T, 49, eu.e.a. sees " W 'S4aus 4uto uts'e epa'e'
Inc 1oanaSers' Of course ma 'ne1r proht ID
Sunday performances. They hare discovered at
Col Woods Museum and ths Academy of Music
that the SUNDAY evening exhibition a. tho Adel
phi fs full Of pro.it. So the - Two Orphans is
to be given at the Academy and 4t Cinderella "at
the Museum. The managers Of the latter place
even stretch point, and announce matinee, as
we'll az regular evening performance. They
make charity a prete1t, Of course. The
Newsboys' Homo is to have a certain
share Of tho receipts. Wa shonM bkn
to see the Museum cone ont fair and square Oh
ira Thaf =; ths ns' on,r m 81 ,,c ;ts suoa
c,n noss;h,r Ia ins,;t;a, Tna a,aria.t;nr pe'
rhar!tv c,n on,r hn naead to covar y ,ns1t,tn5a
~ e;no ~ rio ora-esa nm, +h,s .-e+ars ~
benefits for everybody and eyerythinr i1ndar thu
sun is tEila hypocritical, if not transparently
rutnia4.-fecksninan. II not fick"lcs1au..
1 a u,,da -, 81 tne.''teal
auest;en va do not nronose to tiiscuss in Tia
place. There is much to ba said on either side !
OF the argument. No doubt many pe1sons who |
~ now go 10 ths tnea.res " SUNDAY nlgnts would go
~ "o4so rlaSe' - 19slo we're ~ taeaItes open
anu 10 qonpt, asaln, many WOULD % LII netter
~,
~ ~ eaa ~ upoa ne nuSlse
hrI1rn In ent;ca ~ into -otfo1 uoot md +hreS,-;
with an und5rhod. To seixo it bY head, or by |
any OF ita Thousand fangs, ls to invite destsuc-
['oh-
nlaA A-e4o'.. ooohss'
nao o'e> ooutso ~, 1''ln1o.'' ~" 'ua' sne
".s n8o'' s''' w .eo'A'su' M @no "i' con-
w. - 4aso ~ ~ 1ns ne1s ,estu1o
"n w 11onua,' 'An. 1o' ~ f'sniootn onulei'
y tne Iu,sn ols1o. WIZ etea'eo SUCH en-
- n"7'asn. W Ills e1oiuenco n0t7 'en years ago.
1enss sIlcens' -ae S"se ol sca&s 1os tnls lec-
ure will begin next FRIDAY ct Jansen, 9lcClurg
y COT Heniy Vincent WILL bn followed, Jan. |
y, at the Union Park Church, by Schuyler Col
az, Ia bis grafton on Abraham Lincoln"
Jcrl Schurz, Bayard IaJlor, MISS Helen Patton
tue only reader of tho coursel, Mrs. LiveEmore,
he Boston PHILHARMONIC Club concerts, and the
]ratorlo concert.
TIE GEORGIA sl7SsTREIs.
With the racation Of Hoo1ev's .fhpatra bv Rho
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