The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-25
gont to speak of his love for Mary Ander-

wont to speak of his love for Mary Ander-
son.
The buresque "How to Catch Grows"
will be rendered tomorrow evening at
Turner Hall.
Miss Emily Schaefer, formerly of New
York. has just returned from four years
course of piano instruction at the Leipslc
Conservatory.
The Shermans James and Lydia. in
Irish business, and Sheridan and Kelley,
another Irish team. begin an engagement
at Eshers Palace Monday.
The Rice sisters double serio-comic, and
the Swains, male and female, spoken OF very
highly as sketch artists, open at the Vine
street Opera-house Monday.
Pretty Mollie Maeder, now Mrs. Steele, is
with the Florences, and is as bright, fresh
and piquante a young lady as we have on
the stage. dramatic Mirror.
w. X. Bassford, the well known COM
poser, is at work on the score of new
opera, the libretto being by MIR. Charles
Barnard, of Scribner's Magazine.
Selma Dolaro has started from London to
join Breye-Colonel Mapleson's Opera
Company. She will sing Carmen" the
part first presented in this country by
Minnie Hauck.
Mrs. Segnin rejoined the Emma Abbott
Opera Company in Boston this week. The
lady is sensible in seeking active employ
ment at time when her mind had best be
occupied by duty.
At the German Theater in the Grand
One hOuca aVppinU Director
Wurster will produce the five-act comedy,
"Gretchen's Polterabend," with Miss
Mundt-Muhlbach in the title role.
Ristori has played in Paris, and this is
the verdict cage has told neither upon her
magnificent organ nor upon her high intel
ligence, nor has Time pressed too unkindlv
upon the fine expressive features of this
great ard kind artistic, Adelaide Ristori."
La Grand Casinir for which such great
things were confidently predicted in Lon
don, has achieved a most emphatic failure.
The story of the play seems o be sort of
conglomeration of La Cgale with the
Princess of Trebizonde, and the music is
said to be of the dimsiest and f1attest quail
ity.
The Germania Mennerchor will give
grand musical concert at Riedlin's Tivoli.
OH Vine street. tomorrow night Solos
will be rendered by Miss X. Breiling and
Mr.. G. Winkelman. The quartet. Messrs.
H. w. Hevne, w. Stoffregen, C. Winkel.
man and B. Meyer, will give some fine Sc
lections
The Beethoven Society of Chicago will
produce this season "The Lay of the Bell"
the cantata of Max Bruch, which last
August was PLAYED for the first time in
England at the Birmingham festival. The
cantata is very different from the Romberg
one with the same title. Max Bruch gave
massive grandeur to the choral portion of
his work, the subject of which is the we'll
known poem of Schiller.
Mr.. c. A. Byrne has resigned his posi-
ton as editor of the Dramatic News. He
admits that the late scandal is the cause,
but says he asks no sympathy of anyone,
and that he means to devote his time "to
sift down the blacklist perjury that was ever
admitted in court of law, even in di-
vorce case. 1t is to redeem the name of an
honest, noble woman. 1t is to meet out
terrible reprisals to those scoundrels who
have darkly conspired to take that good
name away.
The Musical Review says of Miss Gaul
and her performance in New York: Miss
Gaul is the daughter of Baltimore mus-
clan, and previous to her departure for
Europe she appeared once before in a con-
cert of the Arion Society, where. although
but fourteen years of age, she scored sue
cess and gave much promise for the future.
She has fulfilled that promise in all re-
spects save strength, which has not been
developed roportionately to her other
qualities as performer.