Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20

DC destined for the "skin ana g..
hoSpital." IL YOU area person ~ sroa,,
soeie, consequence and your hostass ~
one y, he upper ten, of course Won .yo
slau 70 pay dollar for the PRIVILEGE -
sippips poor coffee in her drawln,g.roo,,s.
s s., II tne Skin and Cancer hospital beno'
uts oy tne transaction, so much the ~,
~, VI course. But oh Charity what
a,,o,Ssutdltles are pcrpetra.ed In thv panni
why not take cup of good coffcc ~
your own home and send the dollar 10 the
hospital dlrectY N0''''' ~ INC
The recent exhibition In this ,it,, 90 !.
collection of the chief works of Tho re-.
nowned English painter, MIR. G.orSo 4
Watts, will not have been forgott6n h,,
lovers Of good art. The exbibition 4
over, but it will be learned with pleosure
That one Of Its chief ornaments Is 10 ro.
man win us permanently. MIR. Watts
mas generously presented to America. as
an acknowledgment of the cordial an
pIeclalion with which his work was re-
celVed mere, the noble imaginative paint
lIg ehtltled Love and Death.n This
picture is by many good judges consid-
eIeu 10 De the artists most impressive
production, and 1t is certain that he him.
sen esteens II second to nothing that he
mas zone. The gift is as unexpected and
graceful as 1t Is valuable. Il has not vet
oeeii decided where the painting shall be
uhally placed, though Il certainly VIII not
20 10 Boston, and the probabilities are
that II Will remoin in this city.
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There was benefit for the Actors,
tund at the Casino the other day. by
Whlch $500 was raised, aud the same
afternoon benefit at the BROOKLYN Grand
Opera-house Melted $1,000 for the same
cause. The fund was incorporated sbout
three years ago, and the benefit perform.
ances IN the principal cities realized about
$4,000, of which sum $4,000 was the
gilt OF Mr.. James Gordon Bennett. The
iund is broad and iudicious in It's views.
and wise and active in its administration.
during the past year some $1,000 have
been distributed to the sick aud wounded
oil the profession, and fifty persons have
received burial in consecmted ground
The fund now possesses a burial ground
OF its own. The names of those who re-
ceive help are never published, so that
the respectable unfortunates are not
ashamed to seek aid. Benefits for which
actors volunteer and buy tickets will soon
be given In San Francisco, Chicago, Phil.
adelphia and other cities, and another
monster benefit at either the Metropolitan
opera'house or the Academy OF Music in
New York, in which the members of the
various stock companies will participate.
Col. Mapleson of Her Maiesty's operate
service, though as jauuty as ever in bear
ing, and full of bold assertions as to the
defeat aud confusion he proposes TO bring
upon German and American music, is, as
matter of fact, in pretty hot water
Italian opera, despite the colonel's pro-
testations, is defunct IN New York, aud
the musicians whom he has employed are
clamoring for money due them but not
forthcoming. The singers and the En-
glishmen who have charge of his cos
tunes, armor, etc, have, cm told, agreed
TO stand by him little while longer; but
the orchestra are ravcnous and mconclli-
ated. Col, Mapleson's best chance would
seem to be TO make little money in his
provincial trip, which is announced to he
gin very shor ly.
GEORGE PARSONS LAruROP.