St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-27
SOUNDS FROM CHICAGO
The Garden City in Gontented Frame
Of Mind Over the Close of
the Year.
Frank - LaWler and His Spelling Reform
bllt-A Buncombe Measure in the
Interest of Fun.
Miss Marie Engel, the New Prfma
Donna on the operate Stage--
The Nevada Concerts.
Inc Board of Trade Tower to be
Turned Into Huge Elec-
trio Mast.


CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-We are now in the
| Iull enjoyment of the holiday season in this
prospective hub Of the universe, and the
average Chicagoan has disposed of his
CHRISTMAS dinner of roast turkey, or pig, or
pork and beans, or whatever else his means
and credit have permitted. and for the next
fortnight the business world will undergo
taking stock' experience which is gen.
orally period OF rest from the rush of
business to the more anxious proceeding of
hndlng out how much one has left. either
III cash or its equivalent. AS whole this
business community seems fairly well salts
he'd over the years income, and there seems
10 be Well-grounded hope of fairly pros
porous tWelve-month during the new year
Wnlch is SO soon to be ushered in. In nearly
all the Industries here during the year past
| employment has been steady at fair rates of
wages Ihere has been no complaint of
any particular depression in any line of
business except the lake marine Owners
OF real estate have realized steadily appre-
ciating values. The city has grown at least
10000 during the year. The aggregate of
the years building has not been exceeded
during the past ten years, and there is no
reason why Chicago should not enioy her
Christmas in the merry fashion which she
is to-day ndulging in.
FRANK LAWLER AND SPELLING REFORM.
The whole town has worn a grin on its
countenance since Tuesday, when it learned
OF Frank Lawler's latest scheme. This
gentleman (the blue-stockings would be
apt to put an Interrogation mark after that
term it they were writing it, bids fair to
become as famous as Carter Harrison.
Elected to congress year ago from the
| west Side district as a straight Democrat
| over john Flnerty-Who was trying to sue
ceed himself as a sort of Demo- Mugwump-
epubican-Lawler has been the recipient
of good deal of local advertising by the
Republican press of this city in it's attempts
to ridicule him, and by the Washington
correspondents in a national way for his
efforts in behalf Of his constituents in the
leapportonment of..offices. A certain portion
OF the would-be highly respectables affect
to despise him, and leave nothing undone
in their attempts to beIitte him, but he is
evidently turning their ehaff to good ac-
count On Monday he introduced bill
appropriating $50, 900 for the purpose of
spreading information concerning new
scheme for spelllng-reform which has been
invented by man named Storey, and the
papers here have been giving him columns
OF space in dersion of both the scheme and
the author of the bill. Lawler is
NOT AN EDUCATED MAN,
can hardly be said to have more than the
rudiments of an education, and yet, while
his chirOgraphy may be bad and his gram
matical construction worse, he has an ele-
ment of good sense in his composition and
possesses elements of hard work and zeal
in whatever his life brings him to do, that
more than atones for certain sort of
breeding, which is not the lot of every one,
and prophecy that his public career and
the measure of the services to his country
and his party will last longer and be much
greater in public estimation than that of
many of the 'nobs' who would not recog-
nize him socially. The Introduction of the
bill in question was evidently intended by
him to amuse the public, and his shrewd-
ness will be demonstrated before the session
expires. I have no idea that he expected
there was a moments possibility of the
passage of the bill, but it will evidently
serve the purpose it was intended for. The
New Y ork papers of the early part of this
week contain favorable notices of the debut
of Miss Marie Engel,-
A YOUNG CHICAGO SOPRANO
under the auspices of Mapleson and Madame
Murio-Celli. and Indirectly rejects the sug-
gestion that she is a pupil of the latter
lady. Such is not the fact, however, and
while she may have had few months
tuition under Morio Celli, she is a Chicago
girl in all her characteristics and musical
education. Eleven years ago | first knew
Miss Engel, then mere chit of girl. with
pretty face and good voice, when she
first commenced her musical studies She
was ambitious to become prima donna;
her people had some means; and, while she
was fair student and had many things in
her favor in the pursuit of her art, she owes
much of her excellence as a singer to the
little lady who for eleven long years has
striven to put her Interpretation and the
soul of the music she has taught into the
mind and heart of this young lady. To
Madame Magruisson-Jewett, her teacher,
is due great part of whatever credit and
! musical reputation Miss Engel may win.
Madame Jewett was the first Chicago girl
to be sent to Europe to complete her musi-
cal education and files of the Chicago pa
pers, away back in the sixties, tells of the
genuine enthusiasm of her welcome home
after a three years stay in Germany and
Italy. A pupil of the famous Italian
teacher, Lamperti, she was the
PRIDE OF CHICAGO
and Boston musical circles. Shortly after
her return home she lost her voice as the
result of long illness, and since then has
devoted her life to teaching the art which
to her was almost life itself. Said Max
Strakosch, so long PATHS manager,
when asked by Chicago acquaintance for
advice as to the education in music of a
daughter there is no longer any need Of
going to Europe for an operatic teacher as
long as you have Madame Jewett here"
and he showed his faith by having his COM
panies rehearsed by her whenever he was
in Chicago. l believe Miss Engel will
make her mark in the musical world. She
started for Paris last March, where she eX-
pected to make her debut, but some of her
New York friends induced her to postpone
her trip, and, Mapleson hearing her, [
learn. wished to bring her out, and he did
so last Saturday.
NEvADA's CONCERT SEASON.
Emma Neyada's season of concerts here
last week was almost failure, and her
friends are trifie dOwn-hearted over her
failure, for it is getting too evident that this
hard-wurking singer will have to stand on
her merits in the future. The time has
passed when judicious duffing will avail
anything to her success unless her voice
holds out and improves. The musical pas
sage at arms here last spring between her
rival stars and the Sage Brush Linnet," as
she has been styled, at the occasion of the
musical exposition. won for her many
friends, and her plueky resoluteness when
portion of the management attempted to
cast her in the shade brought very large
following to her train of admirers, but for
some reason she did not draw well when
she attempted to star here as the central
figure of concert party. She was in bad
voice and had a variety Of complications
against her.
THE BOARD OF TRADE TOWER.
The .'powers that be" in control of the
new board of trade building have deter