The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-10
Stage and Atelier.

Mr. Ernest Longfellow, son of the poet, has
sent from Italy a view of Cannes on the Medi.
terranean painted by himself, which is highly
praised in Boston.
A portrait marble bust of Thucyddes has
just been identified in the collection of the Earl
OF Leicester in England by Professor Michae-
lis OF Strasburg. That is to say, the Professor
supposes that he has made the identification.
Among the fresh plays which may be ex-
pected in New York this season are s'Les Elk.
iles." "Au Fond du Mer," and "Mammon. !"
All are French. The spectacle of eau Fond
du Mer" contains one of the most beautiful
and most strikingly dramatic effects ever wit
messed. "MammOn' was prepared for the Eng
llsh stage by young gentleman named
Grundy.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson, while picnicng on the
Thames recently, encountered a gentleman
who appeared to regard him with the reveren-
tial curiosity of Pickwck. He rushed ND
breathlessly to ask if he really had the pleasur
of seeing Mr. Jefferson On its being an
nounced that he had that delight, he said. IT
beg pardon. the Mr.. Jefferson?" and again.
''The great Mr.. Jefferson?' 1t was somewhat
confusing to see this person stand bare headed,
bowing like Chinese mandarin, and subse-
quently waving his hat and handkerchief as
long as the boat remained in sight.
M. Alma Tadema is painting three small
pictures, illustrating Painting, Architecture
and Sculpture The canvass devoted to sculp-
ture is curious one. 1t is filled by colossal
head of Zeus. The scaffolding which closes
about the neck forms the ground plane of the
picture, the awning overhead flaps in the sum
light. and parting on the left. permits Just
glimpse OF undmmed day. The figures of the
sculptors at work, one of whom, chisel and
mallet in hand. stands with his back to us in
ind oro MAJ ir,a;,
brown ants moving on the immense surface of
the marble; the actual subject Is not the hu-
man actors, but the great sleepy, smiling head
OF the god himself.
Promises of new operas in France and Bel
GUM are numerous. There will be "Nero" at
tbs Italian Opera House in Paris, by Herr Ru-
binstein, and "Francoise de Rimini," at the
Grand Opera, by M. Ambrose Thomas, while
M. Saint-Saens will be in the field at Lyons in
grand spectacular opera, 'Etenne Marcel"
Within. Louis Galet for the libretto. In Brus-
sells, NJ Humbert has two works preparing for
the Fantaisies-Parisiennes, namely, "La Mutt
de Saint Germain." music by NJ. G. Serpette
and la Fee des Bruyeres," musicby M S. Da
vld. lt appears also that the revival of Hale
vy's "Reine de Chypre," at the Grand Opera
will be followed by italian adaptations, to pe
produced at the San Carlo in Naples, the Scala
IN Milan, and at the opera houses in Vienna
anu OF. FetersDurg.
The author of the old song, Listen to the
Mocking-bird," which has been sung and
whistled and played and strummed and
drummed and banged and clattered all over the
world, with all possible variations, was not
Alice Hawthorne, as the title page announced
but Mr.. Septimus Winner of Philadelphia,
who took his mothers name as a nom de
plume. Another of Mr.. Winner songs was the
subject of an amusing criticism in a Philadel-
phia paper Miss Caroline Richings gave it
there one evening when she was singing in
English opera, and the critic spoke of it as the
gem of Mendelssohn's finest compositions"
The statue of Gen. Philip Kearney which
was ordered by the State of New Jersey and
meant for the capitol at Washington, remains
in an out-of-the-way niche in the state house
at Trenton, where it was placed when finished.
No one seems to know nor care what is to be.
come of it,