The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-12-25
NEW YORK.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

NEw YoRK, Dec. 2Sd, 1880.
BY curious oincidence-and most every
thing curious gees by coincidence, does 1t not 2
the day on which John Kelly was removed
from the Conlptrollership, was the coldest
known here in two years. Which gave the
irreverant not to say irrelevant, paragrapher
a chance to ring all the changes on the TACT
that the "Boss" was frozen out. On the con-
trary, should SO y that it was so hot for him
on that particular day, politically speaking,
that the thermometer had to go down cellar
to keep up an equilibrium. Mr.. Kelly says 1t
was the money of James Gordon Bennett that
did 1t. Other people say 1t was simply the
consummation of Mr.. Samuel ]. Tilden's hate.
Whatever the cause, he is out of office, but he
is not out of power, asthe politicians will yet
discover. Those who think he is dead, do not
know the man, and will find very able bod
led corpse to wrestle with. Mr.. Kelly will
make harder, bltterer fight than ever; like
Grant, he is the sort of an antagonist who
never knows when he 10 whipped. He has
now intrenched himself in an office in the
ETpresS building, and is preparing his forces
for battle with fifty thousand troops at his
command. He is still BOSS" of Tammany,
If not of New York city.
Boito's "Mefstofele" has again been the
leading musical event ofthe week, the critics
dwelling particularly upon Campanini's won
derful rendition of the role of Faust OF
course everybody compares the opera with
Gounod's Faust" and Berliozs treatment
of the same theme. But whilst Gounod was
satisfied with an episode only and that
thoroughly human one, from Goethe's great
"poem of poems" and Berlioz solved his diff
cultles by eternally dainning his hero, in spite
Of the fact that Goethe allows linn 10 redeem
himself-Boito's greet ambition has led him
to musically interpret not only both parts of
Faust as Goethe wrote 1t, but even its won-
detful Prologue and Epilogue, thus present.
ing on opera really of six acts.
Rather too much of the good thing the aver
age opera-goer may say, but to cultered and
musical people the opportunity of listeningto
this great work has been highly priced, and
fully taken advantage of, as crowded audi
enccs have evinced. No one hearing 1t once
but will want to again. Its grand and pow
Eerful music thrills the very depths of the
heart and completely satisfies every aspira-
tion Goethe's poems excites.
Signor Campanini has to be thanked for
the production of this original work. Boito
is his friend, and CampanIni from the first
generously recognized his genius.
The part of Faust is a most difficult and
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passlon that fall to his lot from the opening
scene to the close,
Maplesou NAV give YOU a chance of hearing
this great work after the holidays, and you
will agree with me, that 1t is a work of genus.
Aftef an absence of seven years Salvinl re.
appeared before a New York audience, at
Booths Theatre. on Monday night. The au.
dience was not so large as that which greeted
the Bernhardt when she made her debut In
the same place a short time since, but what
1t lacked in size it more than made up in
genuine. because appreclatiye, enthusiasm.
There could hardly be too high praise accord
ed to Salyinfs acting; tho company which
acted as a sort of bastard libretto, or English
text m the psrformanee-it could in no cor
ract sense be spoken of as supporting th,
grsat travedian was so-irredeemably bad Al
20 he below criticism. The Dssdemona wal
not a woman for whom any man could 20 in
20 rontpres of love or frenzies of jealousy
,ba hoo was worse than a wooden man
: Amid snch surroundings othsllo lowered llk
a Giant ON an ant hill. His acting was a sup
erbeated pulf stream of human passion fore
tna passage through an Arctic sea of frIRt,
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