Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-21
NEW YORK.
The Murky, Mugyy Wsatber-Winter
Lingering Too Long in The Lap OF
Spring-SOcial AmuSements.
The Theaters-Debut OF Tom Dayey 3
Daughter-Osear Wilde and the
Marquis de LeuvilIe.

Special Cores pondence Of the Appeal
NEW YORK, May 1S.-There's rift in the |
clouds, and after repeated pitiful and hope
less struggles.
AT last from Aries rolls the bounteOus sun
Bot of all the satires on the name OF |
spring, this one of 1882 in the metropolis can |
carry off the palm.
Here it Is past the middle of May-the |
month for blue skies, glorious sunshine, |
blooming flowers and the lark's gay cong
and but for one or two bright, genial days in
April, and the calendars oracular DEGREES, |
it were easy enough to imagine November
here instead.
The "ethereal mildness" that Thompson
wrote Of is nothing but hollow mockery,
and his invocation TO Gentle Spring" only
fit to parse.
March was simply detestable, with its
horrid, irritating complexion-spoiling and
temper-ruining-and as many men SAID ana
lots of women thought-damnable winds.
April worse still, for instead Of her tradi-
ditional "gentle showers that make May
flowers" the capricious jade proved but de-
Iusive sycophantic echo TO the most miser-
able old tyrant of the whole year.
How glad l was TO tear off from my pretty
calendar -one of Marcus Wards, with an
apt quotation for every day in the year-the
last leaf OF that tickle hirt Of a month, and
how eagerly / welcomed the one beneath!
May, the loveliest gem OF all the violet
scented 'glad new year." with her budding,
leafy freshness; her pastorals and poems;
her quaint old superstitions, and tallsmanic
charms among Leaf and flowers; her many
and mysterious ways of reading the future,
or, in vulgar parlance, trying ones fortune
aud coaxing grim fate into the good luck
each human heart Graves and defines for
itself. whether in the form of health, wealth
or love, and which after all comes or not
anyhow, strive or struggle as we may.
WINTER LINGERING IN THE LAP OF SPRING.
But there are Mays and Mays, and the pres
ent one disdains any such idyllic glamour
and rhapsody as the foregoing burst, prefer
ring TO be LEES amiable and more peryerse
than any one could imagine her. Nasty,
beating, steady rains; gray, leaden skies,
with every vestige of blue compl ately shut
out; chill, raw atmosphere and dismal bleak
mess generally is the picture New Workers
have viewed day after day Tor the past
two weeks or more, and which could only be
% PATCHED for dreariness and desolate wretch
edness in some exceedingly clear pen pie
lures and scenes in the highlands of Scotland
by Philip Gilbert HamertoD in his very
charming book, 4 Painters Camp; which,
by the way, every student OF art should read
and remember. . .-...
Surely winter was making a decidedly
trying to persuade oneself winter wasn't dis
agreeable and cold, II toas emphatically, and
winter clothing and wrapping YVES still the
most necessary TO cCmfort and health. -a.
A lady remarked to me yesterday that
she chad made several of the most desperate '
efforts to wear her spring JACKET and each
time she found il entirely too light and
would have to fall back into her winter coat
again, as we'll as winter bonnet" She says
fEr,,a tr,yu Ear mi a n
ter things, for If she goss off to the noun
tains, or any more northern latitude than
this she will certainly require heavy arti-
cles opIy, and what's the use of purchasing
those summer ones nov~ From an econo-
mic standpoint the past three months unre-
lenting incls mency may be perhaps bless
ing in disguise. 'l-
To the fashionable ard wealthy, whose
toilets are such things Of beauty on the ave-
nue. and in the promenade, this spring has
been a great disappointment. The drive has
been their chief resource, but that was
scarcely satisfactory fa' zf,a
A FEW SELECT SOCIAL ADJUSTMENTS
still linger as the season draws to a close,
which serve two purposes, the principal one
being an opportunity to show in some degree
the new French styles and novelties, a chance
every belle avails herself of before she dis
appears in a blaze of glory for few months
at least to turn up again at some seaside re-
sort, or mountain top, or across the ocean
blue. .ss
To-day is bright, beautiful and golden, as
| started to cay half dozen times, but how
| long it will last, heaven knows. 1t wouldn't
be safe to bet on, you'd be sure to lose your
money. Like the Londoner, nobody here
ever thinks now of going out without an
umbrella It's the only method of pre-
venting the rain drops from falling on you.
| THE THEATERs. .. f.-a.., -
sIt's an Ill wind that blows nobody any
| good" however, the theatrical manager must
| think for as long as the cool weather lasts
| and the average New Yorker desires to be
| amused his audiences will continue reasona-
| bly. and, perhaps, desirab!y large. By the
| way, Minnie Maddern, daughter of Tom
Davey, who used to be lessee OF the New
| Memphis Theater, opened Monday night last
at the Park as "Chip," in Fogg's Ferry, and
was highly praised by all the papers the
next day, though the play itself is the meresi
trash. She will be remembered there as
| having played SO cleverly the part of Ray
| mondesn child, in Mons. AEphonse, at the time
OF the Kurdish engagement some years ago
| She gave evidence then OF immense talent
and decided promise of brilliant future
She has bright, mobile face, with red hair,
| and is said to resemble Lolita. $50
| All the other thesters are still open, and
| some are drawing fairly. AT Wallack's
La Bells Russo has proved an immense sue.
cess, and Spectators are the pest of the
| sidewalks at certain times of the day and
evening in that locality. The play is con-
\ glomeration of Fors et-1he-Not, The New Mos-
| ddieB and Diplomacy, sensational, unhealthy
and morbid, but attractive, nevertheless, per
| hapst on account OF its naushtness. Rose
! Coglan is perfectly at home in her part
| which she plays most admirably. .a-1rj
The production, as well as the acting OF a
piece at Wallaek's, is always artistic, and
therefore eompensates easily for any inanity
or paucity of the plot enacted.
aAnother Camille in the field" and at
the Union Square, where Eugenie Legrand
another and newly-arrived French actress
challenges the public favor and criticism in
her portray val of the old and hackneyed story
of the love and despair and pitiful death d
Dumas's pet creation.
The critics say Legrand gives a very
artistic impersonation of the character. They
regret she did not choose that for her debu
here, instead of the rubbish Sotdnge thai
Darrell wrote and acted in, and that was Gu
up so numerically. He left day after fol
Australia; anywhere" he said, ito get on
of this blasted town."
| Daly's salvation lies in the immense sue
cess his companies on the road are havin.
everywhere. In Philadelphia last week ia
Pdssino Regiment was played to sucl
, crowded houses there was not only 'tstandin
| room only" but the orchestra had to b
moved up on the stage in order to make room
for the tremendous rush. In the city hi
theater has done poor business. ?. go
Selma Dolaro, who opened at the BIO
last week, is losing money. She essays com
edy, and it is hard for I'm opera bouffe SINCE
! to take such an upward step easily or wit
J success. She lacks several elements of tn
! lady to begin with, and with all her beaut
: of face and form, her LsssDa IA Love wa
a failure. The second piece on the bi
D There are two) is The FIRST Night, and 8
E she sings in that, besides playing the rowd
e generally, there is some scope for her naturs
abilities One night the curtain rupg up
e So in the house, showing how few car
: to see her out OF her line, while the aud
C ence had increased so between the first an
f second plays, the curtain fell on SPAS d
q cided premium TO French piquancy an
= naughtiness.
! just before Genevieve Ward sailed IL
: England last week a handsome souven
e benefit was given that superb actress at Il
e Union Square Theater by a large numb
of the citizens of New York as testimoni
J., of the high regard for her, and as m
/. mento of her 60Oth performance of Forg,
e Me-Not, in which, as "Stephanie," she h
); achieved such brilliant success. She W
ably assisted by amateurs entirely, who q
Quilted themselves in highly satisfaction
manner. Indeed, / saw no difference b
tween the amateurs and the professions
is that had previously supported Miss Ward.
/ OSCAR WILDE.
is While am gossiping I'll say word
e two about Oscar Wilde, who has come al
l. gone again He returned from Californ