The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-11

may be- certain that he Is a European.
After the glass of water. the waiter hands you |
the list of the eighty dishes of the day. do not /
| oXaggcratc. You make your choice, sclcting |
three or four: and the most comcal part oil the |
business ~, that all YOU have ordered Is brought |
| you at once, II you have unfortunately iorgM- |
| ten to mention the vegetables you desire then |
| the nftecn vegetables down on the hill vt fare |
viii all be BROUGHT You at tl9 same time 80
| thirty dishes som 1sh meat vegetables md !
| sweets without counting tho roar guard W dos
serts. which is always composed oil AT lra9t u
| dozen varieties. all arranged before you, plu-
| ding defiance to- your stomach. The first time
II makes you dizzy. and takes away all appetite
After some commonplace remarks con
| corning the houses. the streets. and public
squares OF New York, the maestro gives us a
chapter or two on the theatres. and declares the
| Leading houses to 10 admirably managcd;
but the dramatic art itself TO be in dcplorablc
condition" Ho IL delighted with the or
| chestra he had to lead at Gilmore's Gar
den. For each OF my pieces two rchearsals
were always sufficient TO insure "A most brilliant
rendering" On the other hand. Miss Kellogg :
| troupe IL treated rather roughly. and Mr..
| Boucicnut. too, gets en- pdssdnt black eye.
Oncubach saw Pique and declares it to have
been made up of stuntions stolen almost
everywhere; but the play il, OF course, by MIR.
Bouccaut." This last fact Will bc interesting
to Mr.. Augustn DAILY.
interviewer with this gossip about theatres.
the reader finds several pages " a not very cor
roctuccouut Of the life of jim Fisk. his connrc-
ton with the theatrical world and his death. La
monting over the backwardncss of art in this
country. the maestro remarks:
The progress which madG the United states
80 great wa- ?niy directed To on, sdc; ihDy
haNv ,3'i ~ a.u,H' W 'I,' IT, W" ,h %
HIS .s.ontinl 10 srirituhl lfe America Is To-
dug like giant ot a hundred euhus; endowed
WI ~ ~ 4 a =, ~ ~ H., N,,,l 't ,ntis
it Expresses in words what the purest s,nu-
mcnts errate. .., ,..,.., ........,.. ,
,,,ii w., nre "nlv nr,'lIn"d hv Xiii" institi,
ton-. II .ndy lu'al work. and slowly acquired
trauiii'n- bul ul'r' i1 l' l''ihuh y" orr, III
f,r ,n.rrti - and thrrr Is no stage for classic
or modern plays. which could OFFER sufficient
euorlni"- Of stability t. bonn , i, -.hool n,
Az 49,. nr A., ~, NV, nanu,,ore who ntr r,rni-
nnutir in the husiu SIS the Datrcs are let for
aeon. "a ~. iit.' r. Yen N.,N' ~ nlai.'.' "
ma tn,,i' il, th, w,r,, or lor sueh "A trnng
thing u- ihat. Iucd 'pHrheuNins. hoduiek.
'r ~ rriNfn- 49, H. .ui i.'' .i..in . u, XXX
Of a't"r are 'nor,.' TRAVELLER r. borrowed from the
Oldg World VINO arrive ana depart "''n u'
s'"a.' IL
| From theatres the maestro passes 90 the New
!. ~. .. - . ~, . ,,..... 81.
i"rN r.'''uI"u,7' ~','t'' MUS VIZ pi""SN' ~
pre.int,.s D.ln,nico's which he calls Swiss. IIe
has evidently a srdlse against tho proprictors
OF the Att o-taplishn mt Tor tc restraint
under which they thought to place him and his
,.istun.,,,,ui.,,s,, l lila t,v ,y,r,. I'm thnt .-.
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tl'Oshm'h. In' author DOS h'o m'N' ANY
=, ,h, r,rr,ti,., - ,l,, s..,,, b.l,1 Win th.,
w. '.' '''''''1 - ''' Az ''''' WIN
waters.
An.r th, restaurants comes the turn Of tho
ladies' Toward them the gallant maestro is
worry cnmulimentarv II. seems 10 hc delighted
,,,,i, tl. ,r.,tir n th.ir f,.s the graceful
WIZ wa. w., ''' w. -,
Hess of their manners. and tl' elegance OF th'lr