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ARuLINU III.

1t now three months since two new Park
Commissioners were appointed, and the Board
has had time to give some proof of its executive
capability The city has waited with charity
and patience but il can no longer overlook the
fact that the Board is unable to gasp the ele-
mentary idea of organization. The Park Com
mission still remains without head, without
members, without any division of labor and re-
sponslbility, without any policy beyond con-
trolling purpose ON tho part of each Commits
sioner to obstruct the efforts OF another. Suspl-
cion. conflicts of authority, INSTRUMENTATION ir-
regular orders and constant dead-locks alto
eether make a burlesque of anything like
orderly and efficient administration. The
Board makes farce of dealing with its own
subordinates An ignorant and incompetent
official whose acts are questioned appears by
counsel" and insults his superiors, and the
spectators of the disgraceful scene cannot dis
cover whether the Commission is trying the
superintendent or the superintendent Is IN
vestigating the Commission. Every underling
is encouraged in revolt, and the fact is adver-
tised that the surest plan to gain the favor OF
two Commissioners is to abuse and snub the
other two. No direct, straightforward work is
practicable, and the best possible attainment is
feeble compromise in which each side "gets
something and gives little to the other
Perhaps it is too much to hope that the city
will ever have a Park Commission of gentle
men who have an intelligent notion of what
Park is and what it is for. 1t may bo that Ia the
distant future we may have Commission
whose members have such an appreciation OF
their own ignorance that they will be willing to
receive instruction from some one who does
know But it is u present necessity that the
scandalous condition of things which has so
long outraged common sense and common de-
cency should cease. The city has a right to de-
mand relief at the hands of the Legislature, and
to insist that one of It's most important execu-
tive boards should be compelled to demean
itself like other bodies of civilized men who
meet TO transact business. If any Board ever
deserved to he summarily wiped out it is one
which has no self-rcspect, which commands
the respect of no one else and lacks the faculty
to get itself ready to begin to do anything de-
Gently and in order.
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NEW YORK CHORUS CONCERT.

The approaching performances tomorrow afternoon
and on saturday evening OF the New York Chorus Society,"
devoted entirely to memorial production OF the WORKS
OF Richard Wagner will ttly crown season Distinctly
marked by representation of compositions which were
not only of innate interest and Importance, but were
Also with the exception OF numbers OF the forth
coming programme. absolute novelties to the public Oh
New York
THIS quality of novelty attaches in great degree 10
the programme OF this week, which has already been
printed In THE TRIBUNE. The "Tannhaueser" and
Meisersnger" numbers are familiar. az is also the
superb Siegfried Lament from the "G0tterdammerung
but the ParsifaI" music has never been heard IN
America The selections chosen the Flowergarden
scene OF tho second act and the finale OF the dram"
The former is the Magic Garden, the scene Of PdrSydF
temptation by Kundry and hs awakening ana
enlightenment through pity :" his rejection OF h~dTys
charms and her The finale Is the complement OF
the former In it the curse OF ktdy "hch cou-
pels Pdrsifat to search endlessly III VAIN ior h"y
Brords becomes futile and the meeting comes 20 pas
of the guleless fool " and the SHINING ahu
King with the healing OF mystic wOuhu % the tVucn
of the same holy spear which inflicted It. ,,
The numbers therefore, two great cHtAes closty
related the most significant and characteristic portions
of agners last work Tue music IL oil unedfiny pcauy.
and giyen AZ If must be with the solo artists, chorus and
Phl6arInonlc orchestra IL will command the atehuahoo
OF every lover and student OF Wagner
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GENERAL NOTES.

A neat cemetery has been laid ont at Tel-el-
Keb and the bodies of all the English soldiers who Were
killed in the Egyptian campaign have been collected
and buried there
IL is not likely that the cherry tree which
Mr. Gladstone cut down in snow-stOrm during the
Enster recess the estate OF the Hon T. l.. Cover.
NJ p will overrival the renown ofthat hallowed growth
which WashngtOn's youthful prOpenSities have made
illustrious but netheri Is 1t destined to oblivion Mr.
Cover has presented it to the Bursem Liberal Club.
whose members intend TO MAKE IL up into various memo
rial articles TO bc sold ut bazaar next September.
On the morning of April H. 1854, mass was
celebrated at Fort Duquesne by the Rev. Dennis Baron
Roynl Chaplain of the French troops. That the
first religious service of any kind performed the spot
which the city of Pittsburgh now The l29th
anniversary of the event will he celebrated with impos
ing soe,rnes next Tuesday ut the Church Of II. Mary
of Mercy whose parish boundaries include oil the his
tOric part or the city
A Spanish magistrate, shocked and exasper-
aed by repeated proof of the aduteraton of food in
his district has issued proclamation afiame with right
eous wrath declaring that all articles in tho shape of
Wines groceries and provisions. which upon examina-
ton and analysis proved to he injuries to health will
be cOnscaed forthwith and distributed TO the different
charitable INSTITUTIONS
That stanch and respected organ of the
Low Church England, The Rock, has fallen victim to
an ancient hoax which has service every quarter
of the globe by printing tho following letter from
Despairlng Protestant -" We all know how rdiculousy
palms are used In some churches Palm Sunday. But
surely when the vicar of Rituastic church tas was
actually done in own parish breaches with palms in
his hands and crown on his head Rtualistle priest
worship has attained its zenith How long this TO be
tolerated by ruth-lovng Englishmen T.
A child has been born in Turkish Kurdstan
with a full beard and mustache, q perfect set of
thrty-two teeth and fewer than forty distinct and
we'll formed fingers Naturally such prodigy attracted
great attention but several visitors inspected at their
cost for 1t snapped Its hirytwo teeth at everybody
who came within range with such energy and success
that IL became necessary TO extract all the 'front.' ones
IL Ia wonderful thing to the infant lying III its
cradle, stroklng Its beard with Its forty fingers.
A rich widow living at Neuilly, near Paris,
had suffered such loss and annoyance from the mystic
disappearance OF ewey that ut last she asked
her son. officer In the French army, to make an nves-
tgaon not wishing Gull in the police for fear that
her old and faithful servants would be suspected
The accordingly kept watch one night with loaded
revolver AT about midnight he heard tho foosteps OF
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NUSIC AND The ORA MA.
ITALIAN OPERA" LOHENGRIN."

The production of "LohengIin." with a cast
substantially new should occasion greater interest than
appeared in the size Of the audience gathered az
the Academy or Music last evening The possible results
OF experimenting with such work as this opera may
have excited dread sufficient deter some muscover'
but In fac. many pretenti0us performances hn'e
been less agreeable than this representation. Ins
first act was rather trying The exquisite Introduction
was ruined by noise, and though the management can
not be held accountable for the chatter OF ignorant
persons and tho STIR OF late arrivals, 1t could az
least stop the indecency of the boys crying "opry
books through the house. The lmportans
chorus numbers in this act were bad The orchestra even
which in general played acceptaby, being here more
than once much amiss. But from the end OF the
frat act the performance steadily improved,
taking the tone apparently from the excellent work OF
Nine. urschMadi and signor Galassi las Ort'ud and
Teiranund), with which the second act opens.
Mme Albani as Elsa appeared IN the second Oh tho
great parts with which her fame is particularly associ
ated Her Elsa is inferior in interest 10
her Sena, and neither vocally nor dramai
caly confirms the reputation which has been attached
to her rendering OF the part In the scene with O"a
in the second act and in the chamber scene with Lohe
grin Nine Albani produced occasional strong effects,
but her entire performance. though intelligent
careful and strenuous. was nothing more
It's great fault lack OF spontaney and ease OF &C.
complshment
Nine FurschMadi, in OrtrUd added greatly to her
growing reputation as an exceedingly sound ana trust
worthy dramatic singer Her voice. perhaps from better
adaptation to our climate has gained in stoutness and
power since first Appearances and IA the music OF
Ori,7d we'll IT, and her methods OF singing arc
always sure she accomplished last evening DECIDED
success. d.
signor Gaassis Telram,nd was effective signor
Frapoll tame as LOhenUin, on account OF natural
limitations He lacks breadth Of every KIND for part
so commanding Excepting this however, his perform
said even to have surprised his hearers
His singing was uniformly tuneul, meodious, and d.
rected with taste, rising sometimes almost 10
the required height OF power sguor Frapo can never
he a satisfactory LOhengrtn, but his performance
won respect and increased the public
estimation of his abilities sgnor Mont sang the King
accepaby chorus though bettered after the nIst
act was not good at any time.
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ynoex to advertisements.

AMUsEMEyTs-7M Pagc-4th, 9Th and 9th coNmns'
ANNOUNCEMENTS 8m Page-6th column
BANKING HoUsEs-7h Page-3d cournn
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BOARD AND RooMs-.7h Pa5e-2d column.
CORPORATION NoTIcEs-6th Page-+th column
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ISsrRUcIIoY-6h Psge-3d column.
JgwELRY, Seth Page-4th column
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LEGAL NoTIcEs-6h Page-3d column.
MININe-7h Paqe-3d column.
M.r,,.cys AND DEA rHs-5h Pa1e-6th column.
uIsog1IAysoUs--7h Page-3d coumn-Sh Page-Sth
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NEW PUBLrCATIoSs-6h Pd0e-2d column
OCEAN srEAMERs-7m Paoe-4th column.
PRoPosALs-6M Page-4th column.
REAL EsTATE-7h Page-1st and I'd columns
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FEMALEs-6M Po0e-4th and 9th columns
SPECIAL NorlcEs--5h Paoe-6th column.
srr.xBoArs AND Railroads.&c. Pdqe-5th and 9th
columns.
TEAcHERs-6h Pagc-3d column
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ACTORS FUND DAY.

Mr. John Ellsler, of the Grand Opera House,
Pttsburg writes that Actors Fund benefit will oc-
cur nj the Opera House. where all the available atrac-
ZION will be centrei Mr. Emmett will play there in
net OF Fritz" and the Wilbur Opera Company and tho
williams Variety Company will also appear.
The Boston Theatre benefit by thecombined managers
promises exceedingly well. 1t is expected that salvni
and Clara Morris will perform in addition to the i'm
mense list OF attractions offered.
the companies and theatres IN Baltimore viii unite
In one performance, at the Academy OF Music. Mr.
John T. Raymond and his entire company Will assist
At the National Theatre Washington. Maggie Mitchell
will appear and other entertainments will be offered.
Sol Snth Russell teegraphs that lie will give amanee
ut McCaulys Theatre, Louisville -
John W. Norton has secured all the attractions whicn
are St. Louis during Actors Fund week, 10 unite AZ
the Grand Opera House. .,
At the Grand Opera House. Cincinnati, Mile Rhea and
Bishops strictly Business" Company viii unite. Az
Heucks, In the same city, uarrgan Harris squstter
Sovereignty Company will perf0rn A.,
At Havery's California Theatre, the Vokes Fanny
and the Harrisons will Join their merry forces 49,
In Chicago all tae theatres, exccpt one VIII give en'
tortainments.
In Philadelphia nearly all the theatres will participate
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Netu'llo1k Daily Gribmase.
FOUNDED HORACE REELEY
eNEW:YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL ~.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Carey and Farrell. the informers, tes-
tilted at the trial of Joseph Brady for the Phoenix
Park murders yesterday. - Several pounds OF
dynamite have been found near the office OF the
Home Secretary in London. &C. The House OF
Commons rejected Mr.. Healys bill for local self
oovernment in Ireland 60 The health of Prince
Bismarck is greatly improved - Floods are
doing considerable damage in Ontario, Canada
DoMEsTIC-Mr Bulls bill to do away with the
present convict labor system was ordered TO third
reading In the Assembly yesterday. - The
Jacobs immigration Commission bill was passed by
the Senate. - The Assembly cOncurred in the
Senate amendments to the NewYork and Brooklyn
Excise bill 60 Governor Butler made several
nominations. 80 Fire at Boothbay, Me-, caused
heavy loss. - Eight men were buried IN mine
in Michigan. - The Georgia Democratic Con-
vention took twelve ballots for candidate for Gov
enor. - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad de-
Clared a semi.annual dividend of per cent, and
added more than 500, 600 to its surplusf fund. -
Prices in the Chicago markets again advanced.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Frsuds in the City Treas
ury Department to the amount OF SlOO,OOO were
made public yesterday. - The will OF Peter
Cooper was offered for probate. - Mayor Low
made public his reasons why Flatbush-ave. should
be extended to the Brooklyn terminus of the Bridge
"a boxing-match at Irving Hall was stopped
by the police - The State Railroad Commits
eiop heard testimony as to the cost of the elevated
roads. 80 The trial of suit for breach OF prom
ise was begun against David Wolfe Bruce. -
Robert Collyer, Edward Everett Hale and others
made speeches at conference of Unitarian
churches - Gold value of the lega-tender Sill
yer dollar (412l2 grains s3.46 cents. g. Stocks
were active but irregular aud cratic, and closed
dull and unsettled.
THE WEATHER.-TRIBUNE local observations in
dictate cloudy weather with light rain, followed by
partly cloudy or fair and cooler weather. Iempera-
ture yesterday: Highest. $50 lowest 44'; svera &c
A91so.
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allowed to shine Respondent in red and white ~ as
to dazzle the eyes of innocent villagers; but whom
there is any real fighting to be done. the British
soldier will DO as indistinct target for the enemy
as common sense and optical experiments viii per-
NIT. Military tailoring may make handsome uni
form Of the grsyj bat tho traditional glory OF tne
rod-coat can never DO riyalled The adoption of 30
ugly color az earth-worm khakeo would nave
excited iusurrection in the ranks.
The betting Ia Washington Is thousand 70
nothing and no takers that Frank Hatton will not
edit Postmaster General Gresham.
regular monthly meeting OF the AAlIld AS
sembiy District Republican Association was held GU
Tuesday evening Strange to say neither John j.
ORrien nor George Bliss addressed the association
on the need Of reorganization. We assume that
both were detained from the meeting by important
previous engagements that they could not break.
Senator Grady is violently opposed to the Niagara
Falls bill, but then it must be remembered that the
Falls are water and not rum.
To The Prohbtionis.s who insisted upon running
separate Assembly tickets last fall: OF course you
have observed that the Excise bill has passed the
Senstei In the light of to-day, what do you think
Of the wisdom of your action, anyhow Think 1t
was conspicuous by its absence. do you mott Next
time would it not be we'll to let your moderation.
rather than your political jlmjams, DO known unto
allm
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The red uniform SO dear to the hearts of English
men will be seen hereafter only on dress parade.
An exhaustive series OF experiments have been
carried out under varying conditions OF weather,
atmosphere surroundings and background, and the
color committee appointed b, tho commander-in-
chief has reported that scarlet and white, owing to
their glarng conspicuousuess are not suitable for
military uniforms IN these days OF sharpshooters
and long range rifles. As tho scientific tests pro-
ceeded one color after another was excluded, until
only two were left, gray and the India khakee, or
earth color. While these colors were on par 80 far
as invisibility concerned. khakee offered
less resistance to rain and sunlight than gray and
ma 1t faded became almost rs conspicuous as white.
Gray, consequently, WAS recommended by the COM
nttee as the best color for the service dress OF tho
army with lumber belts ind hayersacks in place Of
pipe-cay and white. Not even the brass buttons
have been spared dull, unpublished bronze being
favored for ornament. and the bright surfaces OF
the accoutrements, buckles. scabbards. bayonets
and all are to be vanished with sombre. brown
lacquer. Lest the transition should prove disheart
euing TO the soldiers aud unpopular with the
masses tho old oOlors aie to he retained for full
dress parade. aud the recruiting sergeants will DO
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amnsements Co. Niaht.


AcIpEMy OF MUsIc-8:3o- Concert"
nooru,s THrArRE-s-"T The Bankers Daugntor'
BIyou OPERA House, and g." VIM
CAsNo-8-Frenoh Opera.
CosxopoIIrAN-s--" White Slave"
DAYS THEATRE-2-" 1908 "-s:3O-oeouo"
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRg-s-ModjesXs'
HAyxnIY,s I4rH STREET THEATRK-s-"The Planter
Wife" s,
burys Troubadours. o,.,.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-lo ands-Barnum's Circus
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE and $3.50" Russian
Honeymoon"
Nr,ro,s GARpEN-2 and S-John Mccullough
nv I'm .ycIsco OPERA HoUsE-S-wile Edouin.
Star THEATRE and 800" Tho shaughraun."
ITALIA TuEArRE-2 and s." The Prince Consort"
THEATRE CoMIoUE-2 and g." The Muddy DAY.
IyyIos SQUARE THEArRR-2 and g." Brighton"
WAILAck's THEATRE and 7:45-"The Silver King
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impression that an apportionment bill is
cunning device for increasing the Congressional
9Th of the party that reports It, that treats
the charter of this great city as college boys
treat football-this Legislature when the ses-
sion Is over will cast about for something 10
brag over But it is likely to be as embarrassed
as the boy that was reduced to the necessity
of pointing with pride to the skunk under the
barn, since its chief boast must be the glory Oh
the shame of Free Rum.
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advancing stsalthily. "who goes there r. No
body Of his mother. The widow was somnambulist
and had been transferring her own jewels
to unused cabinet where, after search. they
all found. She will from her wound, and, 1t 10
to DO hoped from her s0mnambulsm.
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The letter in another column from Mr.. Owen.
of the State Charities Aid Association, ought to
make an end of the bill now pending in the Sen
ate to incorporate a home for destitute children
ii Suffolk County, located few hundred ieet
from the poor-house, and under the poor-house
management. The benefcent legislation OF
the State has heretofore treated destitute or
phaus as wards to be brought I'D for something
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NEW WORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, APRIL H. 1888

Capitals There is need Of patience and peace,
and in the tranquil and normal exercise OF the
political capacity which the country undoubt-
eddy possesses, France will become as strong
well-ordered and pacific an industrial State as
her sister Republic in America.
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81 know where all my derricks lift
Their costly heads In air,
And when Outsld3 my plans they drlit
I'm bound to rise and swear"

There s one feature of Mulletts work. how
ever, and it ought in justice to him to he CRATE
fully noted, to which in terms like these he can
properly point with pride. He has deprived
the dynamite ficnd who blows up public build
ings of more than half his terrors. To any dy-
Mantle fend harboring designs. against the
Mullett system of public works, tho American
people would doubtless say what the thrifty
farmer said to the incendiary whom he canght at
work ON his well insured barn" Be careful
not TO let the match go out
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Dnsluess Notifies.
"ALDERNEY BRAND
Buy always

ARE You GONG TO BUILD?
complete Of Plans Specifications Working DTawlns'
% for Frame Houses 5000 10 $1,000 designe
and drawn up BY experienced architects from 20 upwards
Jusrated pamphlet forwarded on receil OF
Meta FINCH Co, Z Warren-st., NewYork
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nUJJFTT PROTESTING.

1t is stated that Mr.. A. B. Mullett, late Super
yising Architect of the Treasury, has filed
protest with the Secretary Of State against what
he alleges to be improper changes In the new
State, War, and Navy Department Build
ing. Mr.. Mullett has maintained an attitude
of protest ever since he was removed from
Office. Whenever heard from-and we do not
now recall any consecutive two weeks IN when
he has not been briskly stepping round In the
public ear-he has been protesting against
something or other in language which had TO
be winnowed of much that was unscrlptural
before printing. Out Of office, he protests
against everything and everybody; in office,
everybody WAS in corresponding condition
of chronic protest against him. 1t happens
that many of the architectural nightmares which
he concocted for the torture OF the public sense
during his official career arc inchoate, In
complete. Alterations for the mitigation OF
some of these monstrosities, changes calculated
to alleviate the general distress they occasion,
are his principal grievance. Wherever his
derrIcks mark the spot foredoomed for one of
the architectural blights with which he used to
scourge the face of Nature and the eye of man,
there Mullett may be found, the dragon with
flaming sword and mouth full of Goals OF fire,
forbidding approach and protesting against
PROCLAMATION of his plans
And now it seems that, having learned OF
prospective changes in his plans for that
remarkable tumble of pilasters, pillars.
porches and porticos known as the State, war,
and Navy Department Building, he has struck
again his favOrite attitude of strenuous protest.
No doubt it will seem singular to some persons
who have seen so much of that remarkable edi-
fee as is completed, but have not seen Mullett,
that anybody should protest against any change
whatever In 1t. For like the farmers stone
wall. which he built five feet wide and three
feet high-so that " If it should tumble down it
would be higher than it was before - this
structure seems to have been so planned that
any change must be an Improvement, and II
il should tumble down entirely it would be
better than ever. But those who know Mullett
and who does not will not wonder at any
thing he does in the way of protestation or pro
family. The building in question IL probably
the worst of all his works which is saying
great deal-and it may be that its supreme ex-
celence in this regard imparts unusual energy
to bis protest against any change in his plans.
Or il NAV be that he feels toward all his struc-
tural denominations as the mother toward her de-
formed baby" They're ugly, but they're mine y
and would be equally violent against change
in any of them. No doubt he sings daily with
the poet
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in life not as mere paupers to be kept from
starving. To reverse or evade that legislation
would be distinctly step backward which we
cannot believe the Legislature deliberately In
tends to take, or the sentiment OF tue people
would tolerate.