New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-23
GENERAL NOTES.

During a "PinafOre performance in tia
Davenport nowa) Opera House evening last week
a bat darted IN ana out among the wings OF toe stage
aud the aud the cousins and the auuts Of
Sir joseph. In the "cat scene" wnen the ash was
cracked The second time, andthe crew ercd Goodness
behind the mast singing. WDIsht! 1t was that Dat!"
The ridiculous Turnerelli's introduction Of
himself to the man who would not take " the peoples
trbue-wreath Of gold is said TO have given Lord Bea-
consaeld first hearty laugh which he has had for
years. The Premier concealed his first feelings Of an.
noyance. When the right moment came, he wrotea
judlcous letter, and when fate brings him and Tracy
Turnere face to face in NeyBondsr, he is also equal
TO tno OCCASION Diminishing us ray tread with shake
OF the hand and a word OF coincidence
The mosquito plague on the Eastern Shore
of Maryland must be very bad. The superintendent and
train hands OF the railroad Cambridge declare that
the mosquitoes have been so thick as TO obscure the
light OF the SUM- and that lighted lamps have been mecca
sary at midday in the stores and counting-rooms
newspaper correspondent writes Never IN the history
OF Tyaskin have the mosquitoes beer SO thick they
have been during the past week There no rest night
day; our only remedy Is smoke smoke! And
have smoked so much that our old women ana young
women, TOO, look Ike dried beef on the hoof"
The selection of names for some Of the
theatres this city would seem 10 have proceeded
on l,scUS AuoeRdO principle, although the stage
may be luminous enough when stars are upon che
boards The Park has not the faintest suspicion
OF q park in It's vicinity, the name being only
relic OF bygone times when It conjured with far
down town. Booths" has been discovered for long
tune from any connection with the actor who has added
ustre TO shining name inherited. The Fifth avenue
is remote from the famous street bearing that name.
While the Grand Opera House only rarely has within its
walls welded to song and IL devoted 20 both the
legitimate and the Legitimate drama. Ondness for
copying English names Is noticeable in the titles OF
some Of tne play-houses recently established The
Standard, Criterion ST. James and LyceumaltbOUgh The
later name has Just been drOpped-as well as others,
may ne noted by the observer OF what exists IN the
theatrical world. Among managers lucky or app-o-
pirate name Is considered good omen OF success and
luck often Thought 10 change with change OF name.
Jnstin McCarthy's speech in the House of
Commons the proposed memorial TO the Prince Ia.
peral was exceedingly good He contended that
there was no parallel between this and that OK
Stuart prince buried in St. Peters in Rome. st. Peters
claimed to be the church Of the Catholic world, and II
was perfectly matter Of course that great Catholic
prince dying under the shadow OF the dome OF ST. Peters,
should find tomb in its vaults But this
wac case entirely different. Il the English
custom 70 bury foreign princes Westminster, did
Il hold in the history Of the country at all the same posi-
ton which the history St. Peters held in the history
of Rome Most distinctly Westminster Abbey was al
ways intended hold the monuments OF great men who
had served their country II impossible to separate
something OF a political meaning from this The
Chancellor OF the Exchequer had lectued them on their
want good taste but IL seemed TO MI Mccarthy that
there something distinctly like want OF Rational
good taste IN raising pIcuOusly this monument to
priuce no longer belonged tn regning family. and
disgu gracefully they would represented
claims which the French nation no longer acknowledged.
The Swiss couriers employed by American
and English travellers receive heavy commissions from
propreor OF the hotels TO which they conduct their
parties Besides these direct payments they enjoy
dry perquistcs they live the fat Of the land, are
RECALLED with the finest wines in the innkeepers cellar,
smoke his best cigars, and often. when temporarily un
employed live free quarters in his house. or course,
travelling public, or the other, must pay
for all this and people who stay in the best hotels and
indulge in the luxury or courier get oil
cheaply for SO q day, railway fares and
hotel bills included. There few innkeepers
who their faces against this system aud refuse
to pay commissions to cOuTiers, and there may be
courers who do demand them; but these exceptions
are few far between, and the practices described
are general and notorious. The remedy Is In the hands
OF travellers themselves. Let them choose their own
hotels without reference to their cOurers insist pay
ing bills aud inform their landlord that they
Will be glad receive any discount he may be able 10
afford in the shape OF diminution OF his charges
The landlord, II he be wise man, VIII DC gad TO 90
this he only submits to the eXacuOns or cOuers De
cause ne knows that II he refuses they Will make dehI
against him. speak III of his house, and persuade
their for the future avoid his establishments