The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-26

ese duels is not. after ALL more decent than this
sort of thing.
Public scandals gambling Mt baccarot, &c,
become more and more common in the London
clubs. This Ia naturally hurting the clubs and
several OF them have been compelled TO close
their doors. The Junior Naval and Military and
the Buckingham are among tho number. The
latest curiosity OF club land Is the " Book Of
Heircsses." which crculates chiefly among the
Dung men. The compiler OF the book has col
lecled notes upon the ages, temper. good looks,
and social position OF tho various entries. An
income Of 1900 a month or its equivalent In
cash has been taken M tho lowest qualification
for the admittance Of name. Keeping in View
tho loud talk about the prevailing distress. the
list appears to be n very full ono.
Mr.. Hughes. an English missionary in AZ
ghanstan. gives n short but rather telling
sketch Of tho Ameer. now a fugitive on Russian
territory;
The Am,er can neither read nor write What l. the
nse 81 rcadlng Or WHITING he ask ~, wHen one n1s
wei W IN history, the result OF conversations win
Is do most indian Pri9ccr In conversation with
" aTcsa sG sSoa I'm Inc ne wG .sf sc
IN public he = frugal and sober. but in private he Is
mos Who .aw him a rmleiia no Ges A. .9s Quail
w6cS he his ,hronn d 6s a war he
owed his success to three persons Us 6r"'irr us
did was cause his brother hc sranecd to sena his
s sssss~ L X. LePSTs ff Y SSid AZ ~
Interesting character IN any wav and 1 who Know nun
IAuron's picture Pope Formosus" has not
been found yet The Disappearance IL. II pos
sible. more mysterious than that OF the
Duchess OF Devonshire." II was enclosed in
a case eight feet by six and sent from the
Champ de Mars station to Nantes. 10 the
Muaouun ~ xuhiah oftv "a hatonga From TINT
day 1t has never been heard Of.
Ofrrnbach has made n great hit with his
Madame Favnrt," which Mile. Aimee and Mr..
Grau promise to produce at the Park Theatre
next March. The libretto IL by NJ. Cantin, who
thus described to Labouchere how the music Of
the opera was written:
The maestro had agreed 70 write the music Of an one
Tcta nnicr the uie Of Ano!hicairr ei lie rerruqneI
much To do ami the young author had TO
some sodness en.SSd and nnsv matte rs came hot
aS Sp which t SS B1ee "a a. @ % & Saay
sad At last IN = NJ OF passion Yon shall have H.,
Sr 7. nsw.pspST and sssr tor lie jumped
At rned paper. pen aud ink, and began % write
1 1oGG to Ii. foS s %s /. hc music You can S9s 4
cannot mean III ~ osecd he author Tor the sake Of
SS qs no f ycns Sp s ss" can a sa
nothing morc, uie author went away with the Ms Tie
wat there were nvs ny charming mel,-lies IN tins
mufirnl tcrhhling. enough petia
Oncnhach prevailed upon revise u, and within u
month the WORK was presented.
Paladilhe. whose name Is not familiar here.
but whose Mandolinata In hummed bv every
street boy. has written an opera which has been
just produced in Paris under the title OF "su-
Enne." II proved very successful. notwith-
standing the fact that the llbretto Of NM Lock
roy and Colman WIS n very poor one. Tho
scene IL laid in England. in the University OF
Cambridge and the plot 10 said to DO common
place.
The fast fashionable world OF Paris has lost
one Of its l!onosses in the person Of the Prn-
ccss Rimsky- KorsakofT who died suddenly ut
Nice. Shc started in life as a young bello OF
the Empire some fifteen years ago and though
Of late years she had grown old. she seems to
have preserved her hold upon that portion OF
French society acknowledging Nine. Meter
mich and Nine. Gaifet az its leaders.
n. /. r.