The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-25

are advised by the Philadelphia Chronicle to hang
their bananas the outer walls.
General Joseph L. Johnston Of Virginia. is at tho
New York Hotel
General Grant. during his visit in Chicago. will
De the guest OF his son. Colonel Fred Grant.
MRS. senator Edmunds and daughter will remain
IN Europe during the winter. mainly at Carlsbad.
Inc son OF Worth. the man millner of Paris is
said 10 be more sklful In designing costumes than
the father is.
tbs generally believed among English politicians
tnat hamilton Fish will return as Minister to the
English Court.
Ex-Ministor Washburne has read befora the His.
torieal Society at Chicago paper on "The surren-
dor OF Lee and the Events of April 1865 :" in which
he Interestingly gives his personal experience
Prince Bismarck is blessed at the present timt
with 47o crosses or decorations of all kinds dis
play OF which in single row would cover about six
yards. The only Power which is not represented in
the collection is Great Britain.
London IVorld;--"Fisticuffs seem to be the order
of the day. An encounter took place recently on tho
Drogheda railway platform between MI. Callan. NJ
p, and q solicitor from Dundalk; pretty smart
fight. which only interrupted by tho arrival of
the train
Policemen, on Broadway at least used to pick.
ing out pretty, young and well dressed ladies to
cort across the street. taking them very familiarly
by the arm. But yesterday Officer No. 1857. who is
stationed near the HERALD Building. was actually
seen escorting between the hacks and buses lady
who was not pretty. young or well dressed.
Secretary Sherman arrived at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel at late hour last evening from Washington.
He will spend tomorrow and Monday with General
Fitzpatrick at his home. near Morrstown. in New
Jersey. On Monday night he will speak in Cooper
Institute. New York. Tuesday night he will speak
ut Albany. and on Wednesday, at Syracuse.
Taglioni. the famous danseuse, is still living o
gray-haired but charming lady, in London; and.
having lost her fortune, she teaches dancing and
department. to the daughters of few English
ladies'. When she the stage. the greatest Of
dancers. she wore skirt which fell far below tho
knee. straight and plain aud full enough for free
dom.
Concerning the satire on America attemp ted by
Sardou in his play "L'Oncle Sam" we are told that
Sin an early comedy, Les Femmes Fortes,' he had
compared the manners and customs of America with
those Of France. greatly to our disadvantage In
'LOncle Sam he laid on the blacks and whites with
SO heavy hand that the censors forbade the pro-
duction of the play, as insulting to o friendly
ton. But one of tho enterprising managers of the
friendly nation procured the piece, and it was
brought out here in the land it nsulted while still
under the ban in France. When acted here it at
once to be the result OF the most amusing
ignorance giving good occasion to laugh at the
author instead OF laughing with him. and showing
but little of his customary smartness."
Victorien Sardou the French dramatist, is clev-
erly sketched by J. Brander Matthews in the No
vember number of the International Rerie,c. In add
ton to an acute analysis of his dramatic methods
and skill the writer Of the article gives inter-
esting Information about the author and his plays.
"a dramatic author in Paris" he says 'takes If
teen per cent Of the receipts every night If
his play is short he gets only his proportion Of
this sharing it with the authors Of the other pieces
acted the evening But if the play is long and
important enough to constitute tho sole entertain
ment he naturally takes the whole fifteen per
cent himself" This explains Sardou's propensity
for the production Of fveact dramas and shows that
play writing is much more profitable profession
in Paris than in other capitals.