Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-26
GOSSIP GALORE LIN GOTHAM.
Theatrical Critics Sharpen Their Pencils and
Prepare for the Proposed Slaughter OF
the Innocent Stars.
Society Circles in u State OF Holy Horror Over
the Revelations Regarding d Pair Of
shining Lights.
Notes Anent the Newspaper War. Monthly
Magazines and Other Timely
Topics.


OF opera with which are to be RECALLED this
season, beginning with the opening of the new
Metropolitan Opera house ! y Mr. Abbey on the
22d. went through tho Metropolitan Opera
house yesterday, Standing in the Proscenium
arch, which is ffty-t feet in tht clear, the
amphitheater of SEATS and boxes sweeps aloft
with tremendous spaciousness. The or ch estfa
chars are large AID low, as VOL as numerous;
and above them pliel the three tiers of
boxes, sDlcly SET, and above these the balcony
and the family circle Tho whole interior is
rich monochrome in gold, the notifications
being only old god, copper aad burn; bronze.
The exterior Of the building does not at all cor
respond TO t,e intsmor, beng neither beautiful
nor Imposing It Has more style ard architect
ural grace than blru, and looks, to thu spec
tator comilg up Seventh avenue or down
Broadway, a good deal like q Duluth elcyat II.
1t might probably have been PM int the
hands Of an architect Of reputation ana taste.
Maplsson shows to tho public an unb:anch FL
face and q stir upper lip, aud is apparently
courageous for the frav, but it 10 priyatcly re-
ported that the academy Of music Subscribers
are making Certain conditions, that If g. sDeCi
fed number OF boX"s and sents are not sold by
the goth there will be arrao gements for q short
season there, in which Patti will not appear at
all.
CRITICAL STRIKERS
In any case tao newspaper dramatic critics
are sharpening their pencils aud wits for all
active campaign. blush to say that some Of
the best known Of these gentlemen connected
with the pros Of this ci'y have IN exceedingly
merconary side AMI do not scruple or
hesitate to ''sriko" either managers or
artists for money, board clothes, jowerv, or
l. r
was Compiled 10 open aud keep q largo sum-
mer cottage al Long Branch, whece six or
eight Of these gentlemen went with their wives
and stayo,l for many weeks. ! know two
dramatic critics who were discharged from the
Herald; ono who discharged from the
World, .rd one who was v ~ snmmarly put
out OF au evening paper for urscrupulonsly
b!ack::,a,iinS noted singers. Every prua
dona who ever sang o. season in New
York h:s Lad to pay money to some dramatic
critic for their favor. / know q critic
whose wife said to noted prima donna who
will s!nc, hero this winter: "Come! You are
going to Europe this week. Bring mo cam
els hair shawl when you return in the fall.
Don't fail!' And the cantatrce bought il and
laid it about tic fair shoulders. | know an
other who wears a watch got by the same COM
placeHt assurance. What a world tits is
Charl Reade's soldier shouted as he march, Ell
through Europe. ''rho devil is dead"' But
now yocolipcS that lie laughed whe7,
hs made the announcement The pub
fishers Of tho New York papers have
seldom sold their opinlops-except when
they have Unt1pp1ly fallen into the clutches
OF railroad or telegraph masnates But they
are not always wholly impartial A cele brat,d
Ginger tod rro this week two stories Of the
cider baurctt. When rarepa first came to thi
country she cal ed at the Bennett mansion and
presented 4 'er Of Introduction which she
brou9tt firm Europo Mrs. Bennett, who was
Il dressy and rather MAGNIFICENT society Lady,
received her i'll the parior, anu, after welcom.
ing her, bore her to the library whore her dis
tnguislcd husband was at his desk
Father" said Mrs, Bennett, "Father Here i.
Nine Parspa. coma 20 ask The protection Of oul
paper
Mr. Bennett expraaaed his pleasure st see
her, but Tarapa bridied percuptibly, and ex-
claimed carnes'ly:
Nv! mol Pardon mel You surely mistake. ]
do hot ccnne to ask the protection of the Herald
but Only to present personal letter Of introduce
ton from your Friends"
Cnnat1aint and embarrassment followed.
Mrs. D4unett angry Tho call was short.
And tho Herald never gave word Of cord al
praise TO Par, pa Till both her host and hostess
were dead. Another: When Madame GAIA
nigga, The fines! singer Of her tme was in this
civ, she called On Mrs. Barnett one day and
waited for her half an hour III the drawing
room, and then left. On letting her out, the
servan. askel:
"Who shall tell her callad?"
"T-il her, SAID the prima donna, shat she will
find MY card On the piano.
And there, su1o enough, it was found,
"Gazzanigsa." scravled in tho dust tha: had
blown in that summer morning Il the polished
piano lid! Instead Of being offended, Mrs.
Donnctt was at once pleased by the impude 'cs
and liveliness Of her caller, and tHenceforward
the two were good friends, and tho Herald
could never say enough for her.
I rtnember." sid Mr.. George Jones Of the
Tins, to mo the other day, when James Gordon
Bcnue,t was KIN ocked down in front of the Broad
way bank Wonder, by somebody whom the paper
had cffended-an actor. I believe. Mr. Bennett
jumped up, brushed off tho dirt picked up his hat,
and said to the man, We'll, what's tho trouble :?
What are you striking for?' For your id
impudencel sold his angry assailant. But I
amt impudent,' pleaded Bennett: it's the paper.
don't know whether the man saw either the force
OF the discrimination or the righteousness OF 1t. )"
THE PAPERS AND MAGAZINES.
called at the Sun Office this morning and
asked Mr.. Dana about the effect Of the Times
anil Herald cut on his circulation. He showed
me c statement from his books, and said frankly:
Our daily circulation now is about 14l,o0O,
against 1856, 1000 along in July. This is loss of.
say l4,COe. But there is always q little falling off
at this season Of the year. Just how much we have
lost by the cutting down Of price by the other pa
Ders. we do not know: and, Of course, its future
effect is still probematical, We 40 not fear it.
The Horald's campaign against the news
boys has been short, sharp and decisive, end
Ing il complete victory for the paper. One
thing has been developed by this combat:
that there zoo many daiiies in New York.
There are now fifteen morning papers that
know of, aud probably some that never SEQ.
This is too many. Some Of them got have to
go to the wall within the next year or two.
The new magazine. the Manhattan, is said to
have one Of the firm of Arnold, Constable 4 Co.
as its chief hacker It is making very creditable
fight FOR existence, but it must have hard
slsdding Mr.. Roswell Smith, publisher OF
this Century, with whom T spent some
days at Lucerne this summer, told me that it
Coz: about 5000 number to get out that
beautiful magazine. Among the chief impede
monts to magazine publishing is the fact that
we have few writer's Of good short stories in
tbs country, and few writers Of long stories
who eau divide them skillfully for & serisL
just think OF Charles Dickens work. He un-
det'ook to write to space, and he did it won
dorfully well. Before beginning q novel he
contracted to write book Of $40 pages to ap-
pear IN sixteen monthly parts of forty pages
each Each monthly part was not only to be
exactly forty pages, but it was, if possible, to
end sltuatjon. so as to furnish at once slim
uant and rest for the next number But Dick
ems is dead
SOCIETY QUEEN"
There has been good deal of agitation here