Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-09-29

! RETURNING OF THE SUMMER WANDERERS CITY
THEArmoALs-NEw ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
OF MUSIC, asTo.
BosToN, Sept. IA, 1882.
Is it necessary that l should send in my
| card, or may | enter as usual2 1t has been
80 long since have knocked for admittauco
that am not certain as to the amount Of
| ceremony before the door swings open TO me.
! Still will venture, and will only hope that
may be- accorded something Of welcome
and that you will be half as glad to see me as
l am to got back again. The summer, with
its trying, hot days, during which the cast
wind has been too infrequent a visitor, is
over, and town begins to have habted look
| again. II is surprising how differently the
streets look TO what they did month ago
there were no less people in them then, but
the faces were strangely unfamiliar and one
missed the real habituGs Now, at every turn
some well-known face, Drowned by exposure
| to sea and mountain air, flashes "A welcome
| upon one. Still, large number of persons
have not returned to town, especially Of those
whose residences are near the city The
English fashion of keeping holidays in coun-
! try homes is fast being adopted in America,
and many Of the houses In Milton, Canton,
Sharon and other towns of that kind are kept
! open till after the New Year, and some of
them are not closed during the entire year.
After all, there is more genuine home com
| fort to be taken in roomy country house
| than in any city residence Boston is con-
stantly becoming more and more a business
resort and the number of towns around
about where people "go TO sleep" is con-
stantly increasing. In fact, the city is sur
rounded by double Gordon of towns that
| depend entirely upon Boston for existence,
and which have no business interests Of their
own; quiet, lovely places, nesting on hill
sides and in strawberries, just collections Of
pleasant homes.
Tho season to come bids fair to be a very
gay and busy one for everybody. Already the
theatres are all open, with the exception of
the Bijou which is the remodeled Gaiety, un-
der the management of Mr.. Fred Vokes and
Mr.. Geo. Tyler who had the charge of the
! Gaiety box office under Mr. Wentworth aud
were part of that popular theatres SUCCESS
es. The theatre is undergoing many changes,
and will probably be ready to open about the
first of the month. Mr. Chanfrau is at the
Boston, and he will be followed by produc-
ton of youth" one Of Mr.. Eugene Tomp-
| kins'5 ventures, which should be successful if
it follows the special plays of preceding years.
At the Museum there has been a revival of
familiar comedies but last week "The Par
venu' was produced. II has taken immense
! ly, with Mr.. Warren as the Parvenu. Miss
| Clark, Miss Nora Bartlett, Mrs Vincent Mr.
Barrow and Mr.. Geo. Wilson also have good
parts, and although there is no miraculous
cleverness about the play, it is as bright as
the average, with little more than the aver
! age display Of humor, happily noticeable
absence of puns, and Is charmingly played
but that goes without saying, when one sees
! the cast. The Park and Globe are promising
all sorts of good things, and Messrs. Stetson
and Abbey seem to keep up natural rivalry
as to which shall secure the greatest attrac-
tons. The Kiralfys, with Around the World
in Eighty Days, are making things lively at
the Globe, and Days Fifth Avenue company,
with pretty Ada Rehan, Mrs. G.. II. Gilbert,
James Lewis and John Drew are filling the
Park. Among the attractions promised at
these two theatres, are Mrs. Laugtry, Mad
| ame Modieska Clara Morris Salvini Lotta,
and John l. Raymond. Nella Brown, the
| popular reader, makes her debut at the Park,
| the evening of Nov 4, as Lady Gay Spanker
| in London Assurance. She will have the sup
port of the Clara Morris company. There is
naturally great deal of curiosity among
Miss Browns friends, and she will have a full
house to play to. 1t will not be an entirely
new experience to her as she has played the
| part several times in amateur theatrcals and
| | believe, unless my memory is unusually
| treacherous, that it was seeing her play the
part, in an entertainment given by the Wal
lack club in RoXbury, that induced Mr..
Hathaway Of the Redpath Lyceum Bureau to
introduce her to tho public as a reader. The
| Wallack club, by the way, has given a num-
Der Of professionals to the stage, among
them, Loren Deland, who has left the stage
for business now, Edward Milliken, Frank
| Burbeck, who is in his third season with
! Robson Il Crane, and Miss Gertie Blanchard,
| who is a present member of the Museum
company. Apropos of dramatic promises
| Mr.. Field is to bring out The Romany Rye"
at the Museum this season. l wonder if he
will have the real gypsies with genuine
| green that are assisting in the production of
the play in New York.
The New England Conservatory opened
formally last evening at its new home in the
| St. James Hotel. There was throng of peO-
| pie present and the whole house was thrown
open for inspection. The address was made
by the Hon. Rufus S. Frost and a concert Civ
en- by DIR. Mas Mr.. Henry Durham, Mr..
Alfred De Seve, and Miss Emma Howe fol-
lowed. DR.. Tourjee said very little himself,
| but there was little need for him to speak,
his work, the splendid consummaton of
his long cherished plans, was the best word
| to the public. Acts were more than words,
surely. The art department is a wise addi-
ton and it was fortunate thing for the Con
servatory that the short sighted State Board
of Education made it possible for Dr. Tour
jee to secure the services of Prof Walter
Smith as director of the department. Sever
al of the former normal scholars have follow
ed Mr.. Smith, and others have signiftd their
intention of entering the Conservatory. Sew
eral new teachers have been added this year
in the musical department, all of them of un-
questioned ability. Among them are DIR. Louis
Mas, and Mr.. G. W. Chadwick, teachers of
piano. harmony, and composition, Mr.. AL
fred De Seve, teacher of violin, and Mr.. Hen
~ X. White, Jr., who will be the only teach
er OF the Rudersdorf method of singing. l
wish very much to describe the interior of
the building and explain some of its working
plans, but must leave that for another time.
The Jordan excursonists returned last
week, the brownest, happiest, most satisfied
people in Boston. They are full of gratitude
to Mr.. Jordan for this unprecedented outing,
and have settled down to work with a new
energy. The result has been just what Mr..
Jordan thought it would be. 1t has develop
ed in all of them an ambition to make the
most Of their opportunities, and to endeavor
to dignity their employment by making
themselves better educated, more widely in
formed and more thoughtful men and wom-
en-. l am happy to be able to tell you that
not one is 'spoiled, made dissatisfied with
their lives, and raised above the stations they
are compelled to occupy" as one wise news
paper predicted while sneering at the gen.
erosity that made so pleasant vacation for
so many working people.
SALLM JOY WHITE.