National Republican., 1877-09-17
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
CLARA MonRIs Is again very IN.

Sihhh nohhis II hRh1u Nery ihs
Miss CARY is staying at Portland, Ne.
LIMA pI MURzgA will be in New York next
week.
FRrTscH, the tenor, sings at the Wagner
festival.
MISS ROSE CoeHLAS will shortly appear at
wallacks .||I| ~
Mr.. AND Mrs. sEau1S have been sunmering
at Ocean Grove.
MADE, M.DEIGIsS Fine scArLLER, the pianist, isst
CAROLINE RIcnrNos- BERNARD and troupe
PAULINE MARKHAM is q member Of Adah
Richmonds troupe.
Mr.. McFARREN's cantata of "The Lady Of
the Lake" is Ia great success,
NINE. PATTI, from her conventual retreat at
St Bris, declares she will not come to America.
Miss blanche CoLE, a talented young
actress, WIFI appear In New York shortly at lead
ing theatre.
GALIMRERTI, the singer, who was so popular
a. Gilmore's Garden, New York, has mys'criously
disappeared.
MIss SARA JEwErr ha. turned her attention
to literature. She contributes TO this months
Overland magazine.
Mr.. LAWRENCE BARRETT will contribute
sketch Of the e" life and character OF Edwin Forrest
to the October Gdlary.
De VIvo's italian opera troupe Is not max
ing fortune IN the provinces. They report an
| average Of $40 night In the way Of receipts.
Mrs. Dora GORDON STEELE sang In New
York, at the Young Mems Christian Association, on
Soce has wa ysy mprors s s @ and .sS @ was % Geservcdy
applauded for her brilliant singing OF several
bravuras.
-"RoBINsoE CRusoE,"a burlesque new to
York, on Monday for the irst time, and proved sue
cessful. Is said TO be lively and full OF the wild
est eStrayasance Miss Lydia Thompson W.
rest Of the cast good and the burlcsquc was
well received by large aud much amused audi.
ence.
Georgetown, young lady Of considerable literary
ability, who contributed TO different weekly papers
of this city under the nom dc plume OF Dora Dion"
is at present travelling with the Boucicault
Shaughrann company now on a starring tour
through the New England States, Miss Hodge
possesses unusual aptitude for the stage business,
| and Will no doubt, with care and study, make an
| actress Of excellent merit
Miss JEFFREys LEWIS, the accomplished
actress, is now In New York. She has been passing
she sr opes wi,b Tsn i5SS PT GpanS e S
acting the role of Mngdalen. In New Years Eve"
Miss Lewis will appear in New York, at the New
Jansuschek, Eytinge aud Dargon act there. Her
initial IOte will be that Of Anua In Catherine H.
Nine Janauschek will be the Empress. Miss Lewis
Will also have an important r0tt In "Brunhtlde."
Miss MAMIE WILSON, of this city, for some
time attached to the Light House Board, has
adopted the stage as q profession and become
fntHDcr OF MISS hhtc urufnhtlC company,
Miss Wilson let Washington only about ten days
| ago, and not even her most intimate friends were
aware Of her contemplated project until after the
announcement Of her d6btd which she made very
successfully last Thursday at Portland, Me. Miss
Wilson is young lady Of rare personal charms
doubt reward her efforts with that success she so
well merits, and which her numerous friends here
wish her so fervcntly.
NINE. PATTI has withdrawn to nunnery of
very strict order In Brittany. This fact has given
rise TO a report that she intends taking the veil
She could not, because, although separated from
her husband her ecclesiastical marriage holds good
| In the Latin Church, which docs not recognize
divorce Nine: Patti has simply gone into retreat
In order TO avoid gossip. II Is reported In Paris
that she has declared her intention 10 become
riJfcnsc but that Is nonsense, unless her marriage
| II cannot be. still, In convent Of the Sacred
Heart she is, and has most positively asserted her
intention to stay there, being tired Of the strife and
turmoil Of life.
| Mr.. GEORGE g. KNIGHT and the Worrell
Sisters len hast evening for wheeling W. Va where
three representations OF lotto" will be given and
then the company viii travel further West Mr.
that he pleased his many friends, and who feel sat
sed that he will prosper financially, and his piece
gain the success Of which It Is deserving. One Of
The papers made strange blunder In stating that
d Metropolitan hall In this city. Neither OF these
ladies were acruss the threshold OF that place Of
amusement In their lives and great injustice Is
done TO them by making such statement public.
They never appeared In a variety theatre outside
Of the city Of New York. and the performance In
given at the variety theatres In this city. In fact
there is a wide difference In the manner Of con-
ducting the theatres Of that name In New York and
those In this city