Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-10

son, 12 shillings; Chester A. Arthur, 5
shillngs; Jefferson Davis. Q shiilngs: r. f.
Lee. gulneas; Mllard Fillmore, shill-
ings; ]. A. Early. shilllnga: ''stonewall''
Jackson. 2 guineas; General Bongstreet, fl;
General Forrest, 4 shillings, 4 pence; Cen
eral Hancock, shilllnes; Napoleon, fl;
Joseph Bonaparte, Z shillngs An auto
graph of Dickens brought 80; Carlyle, I
shillings; Tennyson, shillings.
Much comment has been aroused by the
action OF the board OF guardians at Bourne
mouth. At recent meeting OF the board, a
letter was read from the manager of a
local theater, inviting the inmates OF the
workhouse to visit the Christmas pantomime
at matinee specially arranged for their
enjoyment The proposal to allow the
paupers to attend was regretted by a vote
of 10 to 5.
There are many impending changes of an
important nature about the once aristocratic
and now notorious Leicester Square. The
site of the many noble residences of a
former day are now occupied by the Empire
Music hail. and on the west side, by nu-
merous restaurants and French hotels Of
unsavory reputation. One of these, the
Hotel de L'Europe, and numerous adjoin-
ing houses have been acquired by the COM
pany known as Baker Bros" and work
upon the enormous hotel and cafe which
they propose to build on the site will be
commenced almost Immediately. The large
block at the opposite or east corner Of
Leicester street. has also been bought by
capitalists and another restaurant will be
there erected. Another corner has also been
sold for f45,o0O (s225, ,OOO). The house around
the corner once occupied by Sir Isaac New
ton will also be demolished.
SALE OF RACING TROPHIES.
An unusual sale has just taken place at
the Hotel Drouet, Paris, of all the racing
trophies, cups and shields won by the stable
OF Lefevre and afterwards the joint stables
of Lefevre and Baron lie Grange. The finest
piece there was the Ascot cup which was
purchased by NJ. H. De Young, proprietor
OF the San Francisco Chronicle for the mid
winter memorial museum, San Francisco.
This so-called Ascot cup that Mr.. De Young
purchased was in reality large solid silver
shield won by Lefevre's great horse,
Ladislas, in 1888. 1t is two feet and eight
inches in diameter, and has six raised cir
cular panels. The center panel is a beau
tful piece of silversmith'o hand repousse
work, the subject being st. George and the
dragon. 1t was the work of Hancock of
London.
The theatrical novelty OF the week was the
first performance at the Avenue theater on
Saturday last of "The Men About Town."
which turned out to be dire failure.
The managers of various London theaters,
following the examples of the American
managers, are agitating the question of
ladies' large hats in places of amusement.
Several of the British managers have been
interviewed on the subject They include
Sir Henry Irving, Charles Wyndham,
George Alexander and William Greet.
Messrs. Irving and Wyndham are both OF
the opinion that the ma ter, rests entirely
with the public, and that amy reform must
come from the outside. Mr. Greet frankly
states that he would be lad to refuse ad-
mittance to all offenders, but is afraid to
make the attempt
An interesting and successful experiment
has recently been tried with the orchestra
at the Empire Music hall. For some time
it was noticed that the instruments did
not sound as exact as they ought to, and
various schemes and alterations were pro-
posed. Tne orchestra at this house num-
bers some sixty pieces Finally the leader
Mr.. Wenzel, got the directors to have
specie of platform sounding board placed
along the foot of the orchestra, and this
bottom was filled with six inches of broken
glass and charcoal. The result more than
realized what was anticipated.
The version of The Sorrows of Satan"
which was produced at Plymouth, has
achieved considerable success.
1t is probable that The Gay Parlsienne''
at the Duke of York's theater will be fol-
lowed by a musical play of which the
libretto is by Messrs. r. Horniman and e.
II. Kelly, and the score by a composer named
Clutson.
The American comic opera, 1.-The Doctor
of Acantara,' will be performed for the
first time in England by the London Or
chestra society, on Tuesday, January 10.
Mile. Jeanne Nuvla of New Orleans has
just signed a three months contract as
the leading cantatrice for the opera season
at Cannes, which begins on Friday, Janu-