New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-18
PERSONAL.

The President and Mrs. Hayes and Mn LOnGfelow
are among the guests invited to the Cincinnati
Musical Festival by the Association.
Mr.. Hester Clymer's bride Is to receive from the
House Committee on Appropriations a handsome
marriage gift bearing the names of the members OF
the committee. Mr.. Blackburn will select the gift
monument to Couture, the artist, has just been
erected at Pere-la-C hase 1t is pedestal of black
marble bearing bust Of the painter executed IN
1913 by Clesinger.
The mother Of Mr.. J. G. SAKE, the poet, died In
Vermont last week. Although in her niDety-first
year. she was comparatively vigorous woman, her
hair not having even turned gray.
MIR. Paul Bartlett. the fftecn-year-Old son of T.
II. Bartlett the sculptor, is showing remarkable
talent in his fathers profession. He is the young
est American art student in France, and is under
the tuition of Premie, no says that he has great
future.
Miss Charlotte Mary YoDge tho author, Is now
ffty-seven years old. She is a woman devoted to
RELIGIOUS work. The profits of her book the Daisy
Chain amounting to $40 900, she used In building
Missionary College at Auckland, n. a.; while o
large portion of those derived from " The Heir Of
Redclyffe went TO the equipment of the late
bishop Selwyn's missionary schooner, 1.-The South
ern Cross"
That brave and excellent lady, Frederick of
Hanover the loyal companion for SO many years of
her blind father, will next Saturday become the
wife of the man to whom. it is said in Germany,
she has been for long time attached. The Prn-
cess,s bridesmaids will be the eldest daughter Of
Countess Glechen; Lady Florence BridReman,
daughter Of Lord Bradford; and Lady Murel Hay,
daughter of Lord Kinnoul. Baron Rammiugen and
his Princess-wife are to live at Albert Cottage in
fine Isle of Wight pretty little house belonging to
Oueen Victoria, not far from the gates of Osborne
House. Here their annual income OF $lo,O Will
serve to keep the Kings daughter IN modest COM
fort
Mrs. Augusta Mary Elizabeth Cavendish- Ben
timex. widow of the late Northumberland Arthur
Cavendish-Bentinck. has just been made by Queen
Victoria q peeress in her own right. Her new title
IA Baroness Bolsover OF Bolsover Castle, Derby
shire She makes q ninth in the list of British
women who are peerosses in their own right. OF the
other eight, Mary T. f. Boscawen, Vcounkess Fall
mouth, Baroness lie Despencer wears the oldest
title. tho barony Of Le Despencer having been
created In 1854. Angela, Baroness Burdett-Contts,
was the last creation having received her title in
1871 The now Baroness Bos0yer Is the younger
daughter Of the Dean Of LismOre.
Mr.. Gilbert and lIr. Sullivan get nothing but
praises from the Londoners who have just listened
for the FIRST time to the Pirates Of Penzanee" Tho
Pail Mall Gasette seys THAT IN tho now style which
Mr. Sullivan has marked ont for himself this Is the
best he has written" The Standard says the "gem
Of the opera is an exquisite little madrlgh In g,
three-four time, scored for strings, Oh, leave me
not to live,' sang by Mabel and Frederic. Mr.. suli
van has written nothing more tender and graceful
than this beautiful melody, which contains Gil the
best characteristics OF old English music" The
GLobs says that the music may be regarded az dis
tinot advance on Mr.. 9ullitan's former efforts In
this style. The Telegraph which also asserts that
the music Ia "a distinct improvement" upon that
of the other operas says that every page Of the
nbrettO provokes laughter and that tho verses for
music are all capital and Just what lbretto should
supply, The Tfles while praising the opera calls
1The sorcerer" the masterpiece OF its joint authors
Il 10 to DO hoped they will give this work here next
season 10 cannot BIO we'll done by any one else.