The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-16
Dramatic md Art Notes.

Miss Clara Louise Kellogg Is rather 70
yerely handled by the Boston Post, which
says sit is painfully apparent that the
Clara Louise that is, is far from being the
Clara Louise that was.'
Mr.. Hill, the manager Of Miss Mather and
Denman Thompson, is negotiating for
ground 10 build theatre on Twenty-thir0
street. in New York. Should he succeed
in getting the site Mr.. Hill proposes to-
build the handsomest theatre In New York.
A pair Of chalices with patens, in the
possession Of BraZenose College. Oxford
have been found to have hallmark OF
1902. Only six old chalices are known OF
in England, and these two now prove to'
be the earliest.
The workshops at Paris in which Bar
tholdi has been connecting his Liberty
Enlightening the World " are thrown open.
to visitors on Thursdays and saturdays.
Unless they are OF the artistic fraternity, a.
small entrance-iee j. asked.
Uittite inscriptions never before noted.
have been found by two Germans. Dr.
se,ter and Puchstein, on a lofty cliif OF the
mountain called the Nimrud Dagh, part
of the Taurus range i'm Asia Minor, wheIS.
the EuphrateS breaks through. The IN
scriptions are on colossal blocks OF stone
on the terraces Of the mountain.
There are large number OF good comic
opera companies, but very few good come
operas A new comic opera is about To be
produced in London. by the Royal English
opera Company, entitled the "Piper OF
Hameln." music by Victor Nessler. ana
the English version by Mr.. Henry Hersee.
which is claimed by those well informed To-
he one of the best that has yet been writ
ten.
Mr.. Lytton sothen, who goes 10 New
York 10 {" star next season, under the
management OF Mr. Horace Hall, will be
accompanied by his sister, Miss Eva So
thern. very Young lady of great personal
attractions and considerable dramatic pro-
mise. Among the new pieces Mr.. Sothern
will produce is one written expressly for
him, called Dundreary's SON."
The picture attributed to Carpaccio az
quired for b, 400 by the Uflizi at Florence
is incomplete, as if it had formed part Of a
larger scene. The background is filled by
a hill. An eccleslastc in rich robes stands
surrounded by soldiers with haberds; IL
Moor and negro are near him. A man iIr
dark robe lined with yellow whispers im
his ear. In front OF the principal figures
and running across the picture is Il BEAM
on which "A man sits with his feet in hole
in the ground. tie looks backward at the
ecclesiastic with malicious expression
According to the Acddemy, the drawing
is excellent and THE color very rich and
luminous.
The Music and Drama says: Mrs.
Langtry has oyershadowed Adelina Path
in America. Public enthusiasm has been
entirely confined To beauty, and the sweets
est singer Of our day has had cold re-
ception. Let those who rave about art.
and who are perpetually haunting caterers
for public amusement with the quality OF
the pabuum they supply, lay the lesson to
heart. The Langtry boom has beaten the
record OF Sarah Bernhard, Jenny Lind.
Nilsson, Patti; in fact, Of all the greatest
theatrical and operate celebrities who
| ever visited The States. Mrs. Langtry is Il
pleasant actress, but she il not great
artist who by her art has won this world
wide fame and worship. Mrs. Langtry is
The outcome and the apotheosis Of the
paragraph system. She il living proof
that short paragraph now and then il the
best advertisement in the world.