The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

MARY ANDERSON is twenty-sx years
old.
LILLIAN JEROME, Western society belle,
has gone on the stage.
CLARA LoUsIE KELLOGG has been singing
In the small towns of interior York.
THERE viii DO Blk opera and burlesque
companle. running in New York city.
THE SKATING RINK in which N G. Good.
win is to tour soon, is a sketch by II. G. Nor
ris.
The funny men of the minstrel boards are
beginning to burlesque the skating rink
craze
JAMES w. KNOX, of Teras Siftings has
written play, "Shane- lawn, !" for w. j.
Seaman.
Mr.. MAPLEsoN has arranged for a three
weeks season of Italian opera in New York
this spring.
MARIE VAN ZANDT, the American singer.
has reappeared in opera at Paris and was
cordially received.
The music at the Brussels Grand Opera
house is transmitted by telephone to the royal
residence at Ostend.
EDITOR SINGERLY, of the Philadelphia
Record, will transform the old Masonic hall,
Chestnut street, into a theatre.
Mr.. WILLIAM WARREN, Boston's favorite
and eminent comedian, distinctly states
that he shall never reappear upon any stage.
4hitS. DfOONtR, WIG OF Une OnlUeu states
Senator from Wisconsin, is said to possess a
highly cultivated and much admired So
prano voice.
THE Black Captain" an opera by Joseph
Mertens, royal inspector of music schools of
Belgium has achieved a striking success at
Hamburg.
PAULINE LUCIA achieved a great success
as "Giaconda,' i'll German version of Pom
chlellas opera of that title recently produced
in Vienna.
NINE. RIsTORI owns fine house in Paris
one in London, one in Boston, and has been
having fine houses throughout her recent dra-
matte tour in the South.
GENUINE Chinaman has been engaged in
San Francisco by Mckee Rankin to play
'Washee- Washee" in 'The Danites, y and viii
return East with the company.
NJ. GoUNoD, the composer, has received
letter of thanks from the pope for his Mors
ct \ltl, which is to be performed for the
first time at the coming June festival at Biz
mingham, England.
A GERMAN manager says: Every opera
singer is crazy at least fifty days in the year
When an opera singer makes a fuss | say to
myself: Make allowances for him; this is
one of his fifty crazy days."
SARAH BERNHARD will not come to this
country untli the season of 1861. She will
then open in Rio Janero about the middle of
May, and after making tour of South
she Will play east to New " rk.
In the third act of the "Mascotte,n by
Cartoons company, thirteen men are used to
introduce one gag and raise one laugh When
Rocco (Ciolden) says Il am O'Donovan Rossan
SIX men III the wings fire off musllets and six
men in the flies throw down bullets.
WALTER DAMRosCH, son of the late DR..
Damrosch, will be the assistant musical di-
rector of the Metropolitan opera house in New
York ne~t season. He will go to Europe to
engage artists Hans Richter, the conductor
OF the Hottstadt theatre, has been secured as
director. He superintendent and conducted the
production of all of Wagners operas at
Bayreuth.
DURING the recent German opera season
at the Metropolitan theatre, New York, the
"Huguenots" cost 5000 to place on the
stage, and drew $3.50, its largest house. at
amatlnee. ode Walkure" cost s., 200, while
the "Ir0 )het, with 65S people, required only
$500. The largest receipts were realized
on the opening night with ''Tannhauser,n the
returns footing S4,043.
The senate SpeciaI >ess,on-rour-
teenth Day.
Mr. Van Wyck offered resolution asking
that the proceedings of yesterday, in which
much was said which was Objectionable,
should be reprinted. The resolution was
adopted e. Mr.. Mitchell offered a resolution
asking that special committee of five Sena-
tors be appointed to report to the Senate not
later than the second Monday of December,
how many trade dollars were in circulation
prior to the passage of the resolution repeating
their legal.tender quality; how, when, where
and in what qualities these coins came into
circulation subsequently in this country;
how many are still held in this country in
what State, and the amount in each and at
what rates the same were tallen how much
profit has accrued by the coinage of trade
dollars; what has been the practice under
this and other governments as to the receipt
or refusal by them Of Uheir own coin and
that the committee have power to incur the
expenses necessary to be incurred in the ex-
ecution of this resolution. Mr.. Cockrell of
fered a substitute, recommending that the
committee lie authorized to sit at such places
at home OF abroad, on land or sea, as they
may deem proper; and to report with such
recommendations to the Senate at the next
regular session as they may both deem prop
er; the expenses of the committee be paid out
of the contingent fund of the Senate.