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6 THE SFORTHSrQ LIFE. Oct. 21. DRAMATIC MRS. KENDAL'8 MISTAKE. VUIjGAR CONCEPTION OP "THE SECOND MKS. TANQl'ERAY." A Portrayal Which Shocks Her Ad mirers—Her Bad Taste Illustrated tii a Public Defence of Her Imper sonation of a Distasteful Character. Pinero's pluy, "The Second Mrs. Tan- queray," has set the New York critics by the ears and has started a heated controversy just as it did in London, where the play is enjoying phenomenal success. The point most discussed on this side is over the representations which the Kemhils give of the chief roles in the melodrama. For the lirst time since Mrs. Kcudal has begun to make American tours she lias been severely criticised for her portrayal of the part of the abandoned woman, who married respectably after a vicious life. In fact, the criticisms have been so se- vere and so nearly unanimous thaPMrs. Keudal has felt compelled to turn upon her critics, and in a long interview de- fends her conception of the part of tho sinfnl woman, and betrays some temper in doing it. The New York "World" editorially takes Mrs. Keudal to task as follows: "When a popular actress like Mrs. Kendal, who has fixed her status with the theatre- going people of America, makes a bold departure, she Is pretty sure to shock thousands of her admirers. This is what Mrs. Keudnl has done iu the production of a play here which does uot meet with the approbation of the thousands who de- lighted to honor Mrs. Kenilal mainly be- cause she has hitherto refused to do this sort of thing. "The play in question Is a study of mor- bid life; its ablest defenders have not been able to find a good ethical or artistic reason for its existence, and the uncritica. public, which was so profuse hi its admira/- tlon of Mrs. Kendal in the simply romautk roles, does not like her iu this play. "Iu the face of this unpopular verdict the actress undertakes to defend herself and the play In print. Shu makes the egieglou? blunder of declaring that 'mistresses' exist in English society, und therefore should be tolerated In the American pro- duction of plavs. This Is an argument entirely unworthy Of Mrs. Kemlnl's intelligence. Because a thing exists Is uot always a warrant for its representation in art. There are mr.ny things in the experience of life which are necessitous and have recognition, but that cannot be exhibited Iu the domain of good taste. '»'The Seoond Mrs. Tanqueray,' the play in question, is not as malodorous as a score of other plays that have been pro- duced hen-. lint those phiys were made tolerable by a distinct order of talent, which could seize upon their aberrant Subtleties aud redeem them with special gifts of portrayal. Mrs. Kcudal, in the opinion of her admirers, cannot do this, and we suspect that her real admirers are rather proud of hor for this reason." All of the critics, and doubtless most all of those who have seen this piny, huve felt that Mrs. Kendal might be just as true to nature and far more satisfac- tory to her audience if she were to rep- resent the woman as one of those fas- cinating, bewitching though evil even- _ tures, who in spite of an immoral life' have been able to win the affections of respectable men so that marriage and a domestic career are open to them. rorULAlt SENTIMENT. Many persons have, said, when talk- ing about the play,. "Ah, how Clara Morris would have playod that in her earlier days; she would have made you feel that the husband, while his judg- ment may have been bad, was never- theless entirely Unman in permitting himself to become a captive to the fas- cin.itioiis of such a woman, and to be so thoroughly infatuated as to be willing to offer Tier marriage and to attempt thereby to reclaim her." And it has often been said, "l?ern- hnrdt would play that part so as to make almost any man feel that if he had been in 'Tauqueray's' place he would have done exactly what 'Tan- queray' did, and married this wicked woman." MKS. KEXDAI/S MISOONTEPTION. The trouble with Mrs. Kendal is that ehe does not see, and she can never see that any man who is in possession of his senses would ever become attracted n as to offer marriage to such a woman as sh" represents "Mrs. TaiKjueray" to be. If it is her object to make vice hideous, she succeeds very well, because she makes "Mrs. Tanquoray" repulsive, and barely escapes producing the same impression regarding herself. She has created a woman that the audience feels "Ttinqueray" would never have offered marriage to. She says this is the kind of woman she ought to create; that it is exactly the sort of person a woman who has led the life that "Mrs. Tan- qneray" led really is, and she ought to be played as she is in real life. But that is not true, and most men and some women know it. It is not a part for Mrs. Kendal at all; she is not of the in- tuition which can grasp the character of an abandoned woman, who is also of what Dumas calls the demi-monde, using the word as he used it, and not as it le commonly understood. IS IT AN IMMORAL PLAY? Aside from the discussion which Mrs. Kendall's portrayal has caused is the criticism which th« play itself has raised. Some of the most experienced of those who are fond of the theatre speak of the play with disgust, although for its dramatic art, its dialogue and its situa- tions they have ouly the highest praise, saying that in some respects it is the most perfect play of modern English origin which has been put upon American boards. But the motive of the play is offen- sive; it is not a pleasant thing to con- sider in real life; it is a subject which is spoken of with bated breath iu refined and gentle circles, and there seems to be absolutely no need for the lesson which Mr. I'inero is said to have desired to teach iu it. A NEW HAMLET. E.S.Willard Achieves a Notable Suc cess in the Part in Boston. E. S. Willard, in the Tremont Thea- tre, Boston, niijht of Oct. 16, for the first time in his life played the role of "Hamlet," "I'rince of Denmark." Kx- pectation regarding _,this performance was of the highest pitch, partly because Mr. Williird had spoken uot a single word of his own work or permitted any one to be present at a rehearsal. Mr. Willard's appearance iu Shakes- pearian tragedy has been awaited with great interest, which was not at all lessened by the fact that he chose "Ham- let" for his beginning, nor by his pro-an- nounced decision to present a very differ- ent version of the tragedy from any seen during the century. This version was arranged by Mr. Wilhml himself from the folio of Ki23, and very many fam- iliar passages found a different render- ing. Moreover, iu the division of the play into acts tradition has been fol- lowed only when supported by the text. Full use has been made of the fact that in the folio of 10'J3 there is no di- vision into scenes after the second scene of tho second act. Front s-cene^ have been dispensed with in many cases, and thus several incidents are presented in a very diii'en.'Mt and ninre effective man- lier than in other productions of "Ham- let" with which the public in f-iuiii; : ;i'. .Apropriato scenery has hee^i provMr'I. though iio attempt has \x-cn ju.nl;' ;:! the spectacular, and the music of Am- broise Thomas' opera is employed to add to the effect. Mr. Willard has not copied his "Ham- lot" after anyone clse's, but it is more Irving's than Booth's. His 1 tendency to the melodramatic is irrepressible, and, though no passions are torn to tatters, on no occasion is an opportunity lost for accentuation; so that the effeot upru an audience accustomed to Booth's stud- ied aud refined performance, of this part is not satisfactory. Another no- ticeable thing in his performance is the offhand inanrer in which he reads some of Shakespeare's most memorable lines. His soliloquies beginning "Oh, that this too, too solid flesh," and "To be or not to be," were delivered in a m.inner be- low the stamlaid of so scholarly and careful an actor. This, with some of the other short- comings, may be due, as Mr. Willard explained iu his speech after the close of the performance, to the fact that tho production has been but three weeks in preparation. Mr. Willard is entitled to tlie gratitude of the public for pre- senting so beautiful ami accomplished an Ophelia as Miss Burroughs, who shared fully with the star the honors of the evening at the hands of a large and critical house. Of the other members of the company it is not necessary to speak at length. Mr. Percy Winter, as the fool, and Mr. Hoe, as the ghost, were, however, particularly artistic. ENGMSH NEWS. What is Going on in Theatrical Cir cles in the Old Country. John F. Sheridan in a "A Trip to Chicago," is still doing a good business at the Vaudeville. The new curtain raiser of the house is called "The Merry Blacksmith," and is a neat adaptation of Longfellow's poem, "The Village Blacksmith." When Wilson Barrett returns to Amer- ica the Ingo to his Othello will be Mr. Franklin Mcl^eay, a young Canadian, who was formerly a schoolmaster and foot ball player in Ontario. Before the Uoyalty is given over to vaudeville. Miss Annie Uose will bravely try management again at the unfor- tunate little theatre in Dean street. Paul Merritt has written a now play for her. W. S. Penley is making some changes in the Globe Theatre, where "Char- ley's Aunt," is still doing a phenomenal business. A new melodn ma by Arthur Shirley and Benjamin Landeck was recently produced with success at the Surrey. It is called "A Lion's Heart," the ex- citing scenes of which are laid in the French penal settlement in JS'ew Cale- donia. Heports received in London state that Siguora Duse will tour the continent until Lent, aud will then take a year's vacation. "The Lady Killer," a version of Bes- son's farce, "115 Hue Pigalle," has been successfully tested by Willie Kdouin and his company in Liverpool, and will soon be seen at the Strand in London, where Arthur Roberts is now playing to good- sized audiences in "Don Quixote," de- scribed by its authors as a "nondescript." A version of "115 Hue I'igalle" made by Sydney Hosenfeld, was acted in New York at the Standard Theatre under the title of "The Family Circle." Isabel Batem.an is highly praised for her powerful work us Esther, iu Lang- don Mitchell's American play, "The Slave Girl." The heroine of the play is a quadroon, whom the hero, a South- erner, does uot object to marrying, in the final act. The Empire has a new up-to-date bal- let, called "The Girl I Left Behind Me." which is said to tell an interesting and intelligible, story. It arrests aud holds attention not only by its beauty and picturesqueness, its bustle and ani- mation, but by the clever exposition of its skillfully arranged plot. It was in- vented by George Edwardes and ar- ranged for the stage by Mine. Katti Launer. The scenes represented in- clude Epsom Downs on Derby Day and a Burmese war incident. Signorinu Cavallazzi is the premiere assoluta. jenny Hill, the music-hall star, is to make a tour of the antipodes. Some recent London productions are: "Little Christopher Columbus," at the Lyric; "The Two Johnnies," at the Tra- falgar Square, and "A Gaiety Girl," at the Prince of Wales. AMONG THK PLAYWRIGHTS. NatiTe Dramatists Busily Engaged oil Plays of Every Description. James W. Hawkins. Jr., the author of a number of successful melodramas, is writing one for Augustus Pitou. Paul M. Potter has been engaged to write a plav for the Lyceum stock com- pany. It will not be ready for use until next season. Espy Williams, tho author of Parr- hasius," a tragedy which Hobert Man- tell is acting, has written the book for a comic opera which he will call "Olla- inus." Louis Blake has composed the music for it. Lizzie May Ulmer has a new play with the characteristic title of "Mul- berry Bend." Clinton Stuart's comedy. Commodore Cob, Sah," has been accepted by Nat Goodwin. It is said to be a comedy of Newport life. Mason Carnes, who with Edward S. Belknnp, wrote "The Better Part." which was acted by Charles Frohinau's comedians, has returned after a year's absence abroad. Leopold Jordan has begun work on a new extravaganza for Henry E. Dixey. C. T. Dazey, whose "In Kentucky" is shortly to be seen here again iu spectac- ular has completed a comedy-drama and an idyllic play that treats of the Salem witchcrafts. Hiclmrd D. Ware, of New York, has written the book of a comic opera, for which Benjamin E. Wolf, of Boston, will compose the music. Martha Morton has completed a play for A. M. Palmer. The authoress of "Brother John" has several others on the stocks. "The Diplomat," by E. M. Alfriend, will be produced by the Grand Opera House Stock Company, Boston, some time next January. PLOTS FOR 250 DRAMAS. How Sarclon, the Great French Dra matist, Writes His Plays. The manner in which dramatic authors write plays is very different. Some select characters and let them work out their own story. Others work to and from situations, and others first map out a complete scenario, a skeleton of a play, and then fill in the dialogue afterwards. The latter method is the one adopted by Sardou It is said that he has on hand the plot and bare outline of about two hundred and fiity plays that are still waiting to be written. Of this number fifty have already been named. These scenario are all carefully indexed and filed away in leather cases. Ho ad- mits that a great many of them he will never live to write. lie gets his sub- jects from everywhere. A rennirk ut- tered in conversation, a news item in a newspaper, an incident in a story, are all made vise of, and tinder his skill- ftil touch a paragraph has been known to blossom out into a great and success- ful play. As he has tho outline of his dramas all arranui'd beforehand, Sardou can " viic away whenever the inclination L'i,:cs him without fear that some troublesome point will bob up to inter- rupt his progress. Footlight Flickerlngs. Rlchar.l Mansfield Is going to play "Shy- lock" in New York next week. Clyde Fitch has written a new play for Sol Smith Russell, called "The Minister." T. 13. Thalbcrg has been engaged to play the titlo role iu the forthcoming produc- tion of "Olaf." Wllbert It. Melville has fully recovered from his recuit Illness uud is at his home at Washington, D. C. Clara Morris is making a tour of the large New England cities, where she has not been seen in several years. Nat Goodwin has accepted a comedy of Newport life, entitled "Commodore Cob, Sah!" written by Clinton Stuart, Jr. A chorus girl sapicutly remarks that It is no pleasure to see your name on a bill- board if you can't pay your board bill. Annie 1'ixley has been In bad health for some time. She has decided uot to go out this season and has canceled all her dates. Bichard Mansfield declares that he will abandon bis old repertoire and produce hereafter only Shakespt urean aud classi- cal plays. Lewis Morrlson Is to play an engagement in New York City after the holidays, when he will be seen In "Kichelieu" for the lirst lime there. It is said that Charles Frohman lost $!MAX> on the production of "Fanny." Sims and Raleigh had $5000 before they put pen to paper. Sydney Kosenfeld Is prosecuting come- dian Charles H. Hopper for asault iu a quarrel during the run of the unfortunate "Kainmakcr of Syria." J. A. Allison is playing "Jefferson Bas- sett," Iu "Ole Olsou," and Is reported to have made a Iflt, especially with his comedy work aud sirgiug. Francis Drake, formerly In Daniel Froh- man's company, will star this season iu "Troubled Waters," a play by Charles Thomas and Walter Ellis. Jos. Anderson, of the Graham Earle Co., is reported lo have fallen heir to $11,000 and two hundred and eighty acres of choice land near Oil City, Pa. The "Dramatic News" has made a cen- sus of the various theatrical agencies, and linds that no less than iWUl actors and ac- tresses are looking for something to do. A mural tablet to the memory of the late Edwin Booth, will be erected iu the Berke- ley Memorial Chapel, at Middletowu, Ct., by his daughter, Mrs. Ignatins Grossnum. Manager'Augustus 1'itou has secured by cable from J. C. Williainsou, the Austral- ian manager, the exclusive rights to this country of the comedy-drama, "Struck Oil." Uosina Yokes Is a very sick woman. She h:is been struggling against 111 health .11 fct'iuion, but will Have to succumb. Her season will close next week in San Fran- cisco. Charles Townseud will star this season Iu his uew comedy "Captain Racket," oi which he is the author. His season is booked solid to June iu the leading cities of the South. The Rainmaker of Syria" closes Its career at the New York Casino next week, witli unpaid salaries. The chosen people have engaged a lawyer to collect from backer Uoseboru. Mrs. Kendal is very sarcastic about tills country being "young, fresh and virtuous." Perhaps she laughs at us for being also patriotic, progressive and prosperous. Mrs. Kendal has a lovely smile. Mr. H. C. Miner has sold to Miss Loie Fuller the right to use iu Paris his re- cently-patented scheme of mirrors by which two or three women may take the place of a hundred In a ballet. Wall ir Eytiuge died in the German Hos- pital, In San Francisco, Oct. 15, of typhoid fever. He had been ill for four or live days. The deceased, who was 05 years old, was quite well known as an actor. It is aiuhoritatlvply stated that Charles H. Hoyt lias secured the promise of u renewal of his present lease of the Madi- son Square Theatre, and that the neces- sary papers are at present being drawn. Adelaide Cushmau, the leading actress of 1'Jlou's "Power of the Press" Company, is a daughter of the late Judge Cushman, of Sanlt Ste. Marie, and a relative of the famous American actress, Charlotte Cush- A public meeting of the Players' Club will be held at Palmer's Theatre, in New- York, on November 13, the late Edwin Booth's birthday, at which there will be appropriate txeicifces in commemoration ol the dead actor. Miss Ellic Shannon, soubrette of Froh- mau's Lyceum Company, is to retire from Mr. Daniel Fiohnmn's inangeiuent In two weeks, at the conclusion of the summer season. She will theii join Miss Rose Coghlan's company. There is u great danger that the public will be wearied by an overproduction of American "dramas of character," as Au- gustus Tucinas calls them. We are already getting too much, for variety's sake, of the eccentric traits of inhabitants of town and village on the stage. 'McKee Kiuikln has seceded from the Drew company, playing "The Rivals" and "The Road to Ruin," and with his wife, Kitty Blanchaid, and daughter, Phyllis Rankin, is appearing in "Nancy," a ver- sion of "Oliver Twist." at the Alcazar Theatre iu San Francisco. Two Interesting souvenirs of the Paris stage have been otfeied to the directors of the Comedie Franeaise one a fragment ot Talma's heart, and tho other the uiuminl- liwl hand of Mile. Dnchenois, an actress who shared in Talma's triumphs. A pair of slippers that Rachel wore huve also, been sent to M. Claretle for preservation In the theatre's museum. Kitty Cheutham made her debut as a star in the title role of "Jane" in Detroit, C)'.:t. 18. She played the part with great cleverness, uot forgetting, as some "Janes" do, that, iu spite of her tine dresses and diamonds, Jane is a servant and not a lady of refinement. The audi- ence liked her and her acting, and warmly expressed the pleasure she afforded them. Miss Cheatlmtn's appearance as u star was a decided success. It has been stated upon accepted author- ity that Mr. A. M. Palmer has concluded to postpone the New York opening of his stock company at the Garden Theatre In Augustus Thomas" new American play. "New Blood." This production was to have ncenrred In January at the close of Mr. Willard's engagement In this theatre. Mr. Palmer, noting the demand for bur- lesque, has determined to substitute "Mor- occo Bound" for the Thomas drama. Mr. Edward E. Ric-u's contract for the continuance of "141)2" at Palmer's Theatre has been extended, this time with no defi- nite "stop order," until July 1. 1804. The run of the burlesque has been set forward from time to time for tixod periods, but by this last arrangement Mr. Rice's ten- ancy of Mr. Palmer's theatre becomes prac- tically permanent, as, according to the In- formation at present In circulation, "Venus," also und^r Mr. Rice's manage- ment, will probably follow "1402" at this establishment. The San Francisco "Examiner" publishes a fonr-cohiinn article in regard to the al- leged bribery of four members of the jury in the last trial of M. B. Curtis, and the attempt of the bribers to collect $8000 from Curtis, under threats of violence, with the result that Curtis has appealed to the Sheriff of Kresno County for pro- tection, and a deputy bag been assigned as his bodyguard. The story, as told by Attorney Wilson, who defended Cnrtls, implicates "King" McManus. a notorious politician, and Senator William J. Pmin, as the bribers, and T. M. McFarlane and C. S. Coy as two of the four jurymen who were to be bribed. McFarlane Is ex- president of the California Efurlul Case Company. Coy Is a clerk In the Security Savings Bank. Wilson chums that Mc- Miinus and Duuu claimed $8000 for bribing McFarlane and Cloy, and two other jurors, whose names thev would not disclose, and claimed that Curtis had au- thorized them to do it. Cortis denies this allegation. McManus and Dunu deny all collection, w-ith the affair. The Australian cricket eleven played the All-Massachusetts eighteen at Boston, Oct. 11-lli aud won. The score: Massachusetts, first inning, 88; second, 27; total, 115. Australians, flrat inning, 65; second, 52; total, 117, with eight wickets to full. The game proved a remarkable one fn n »i'y respects, and the great bowling feats achieved in the match make It memorable. 'Ihe bowling analysis of G. H. S. Trott, who in the Massachusetts' second inning secured ten wickets for'five rims, is the best work ever done in a first-class con- test, while his record of 18 wickets for -~> runs, which be gained in the match, is re- markable. MUSICAL. A GREAT ORGANIST. GU1L.MAXT, THK FIIKXCH MASTER PLAYS IN NEW YORK. His Marveloiis Improvising Creates Amazement Among Musicians—His Methods of Work and Instruction Described at Length. Another foreign personage is in New fork. It is Alexandra Guilmant, the best advertised organist on earth. It must make one J. Sebastian Bach turn over in his grave. No one ever adver- tised him till ItX) years after he was dead. Twenty-six years after he was buried Sir John Hawkins published a voluminous aud learned history of mu- sic, iu which Bach got half a page, picked up accidentally by the historian iu a chat with Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, who was then living in London. Guil- mant, on the other hand, gets just three solid columns in the last "Musical Cour- ier." HIS AMERICAN APPEARANCE. Mr. Guilmaut gave two recitals in New York on October 13, one in the after- noon at the South Church, and one iu the evening at the First Presbyterian Church. At both recitals immense au- diences were present, including many musicians, who agreed that, considered from both the technical and artistic points of view, M. Guilmant's talent is simply without equal. At both recitals the programmes con- tained compositions by the prince of or- gan composers, J. S. Bach. In the after- noon it was the great fantasia and fugue in G minor, and iu the evening the grandiose Passacaglia in C minor. The performance of the latter was charac-. terized by a dignity and breadth of style Hellenic in its proportions. Indeed, throughout the recitals grandeur ap- peared to be the predominating feature, liven when the number was simply a pretty little melody, as, for instance, Chauvet's andautino in D Hat, the pretti- iioss never became trivial, but remained broad and Self-contained, impressing one with the idea that M. Guilmant deeply respected his art and inteiide* to com- municate that same feeling of respect to hi.s audience. It was iu the improvisation that M. Guilmant more particularly demonstrat- ed the perfection of his technique. Just as an extempore speaker equips him- self for debate, M. Guilmant has at his fingers' tips all the devices of musi- cal science, all the resources of har- mony and all the regulations of counter- point. His mind then is occupied with nothing but the creative, the artistic side of the performance, for ho knows that his fingers have the ability to carry out all that his mind wills. HOW HE IMl'UOVISED. From a dignified four-bar theme in D minor, written by Mr. Walter Dam- rosch, iu the evening, on the back of a sheet of music, M. Guilmant evolved a finished work of art, equally propor- tioned and grandiose in style. The theme was perpetually present in one form or another. Out of it he developed a second theme in F major, less rugged and more suave. So the improvisation went on, the theme being developed rhythmically, harmonically aud rnelodi- eally, until one thought its resources must be exhausted, when, to illustrate the organist's skill, lie used it as the subject of a movement fugal in treat- ment and winding up to a finish as com- plete and rounded off as though he had spent days polishing the work in his studio. GUILMAXTS METHODS. In the "Musical Courier," N. C. Carl, an American organist, writes at length of the master and his-methods: One of the important points M. Guilmant insists upon wi'.h pupils, according to Mr. Carl, is.in regal-dins the exact value of each note, especially the sixtee-iths. In the prelude to St. Ann's fugue (Bach), and in his own March Funebre, so well known here, I well remember how each note was not permitted to be left until it had received its proper duration; no matter how many times the phrase was repeated, it was not allowed to pass un- til exactly comet. In the manipulation of the balanced swell pedal, it is always gradual, and never with a sudden transi- tion from ff to pp, or an unsteady cres- cendo. His study on this subject has resulted in a use of the "pedales'd'ex- prcssiou" rarely attained even by his colleagues. All schools of organ music are heard at La Trinite, and often for several suc- ceeding Sundays the "Grand Sortie" will be selected from the works of Bach. As well Mendelssohn, Handel, Hhein- berger, Wesley and Lemniens, with nat- urally selections from his own composi- tions, are frequently played. All his writings are first performed at the church from manuscript before being sent for publication, thus giving an ex- cellent chance to judge of the effects and make changes if necessary. At other services he will improvise a fugue, or, perhaps, a double fugue, and accom- plish the task with as much case as if it were a written work before him. It is during one of these marveloiis im- provisntions that his individuality is most clearly demonstrated. Three set pieces, and occasionally an accompaniment to the Credo, constitute his work at the grand mass Sunday mornings, although occasionally his mass for two organs is used, and then he plays almost continuously. In the after- noon at the "Saint," in addition to tho interludes, the "Grand Sortie" is usually a set piece, and frequently a Mendels- sohn sonata or one of his own larger works. THE MASTER AT HOME. On leaving the church, a few steps np the Rue de Clichy bring one to No. B2, the town residence and studio of M. Guilmant, consisting of a suite of rooms, "an premier etage," with a salon, con- taining an Krard grand Mustel har- monium, a portion of his large library, a signed portrait of M. Cavaille-Coll, a pen portrait of himself when quite a young man, and several laurel wreaths, as prominent among the furnishings. The music room adjoining is devoted to the organ bnilt for him by his father, who was a prominent organist in Bou- logne, and who died recently at the age of 97 years. It is upon this instrument, with its single manual and pedal board of twenty-seven notes, and not over a dozen stops, that M. Guilmant gives all his lessons, except in rare instances, when he will go to the organ factory of M. Cavaille-Coll. A XBW COMIC OPERA. Pauline Hall Presents "The Honey- mooners"in Admirable Style. "The Honeymomiers" was produced for the first time Oct. 10 at the Lyceum Theatre in Rochester, X. Y., before an audience which fairly represented the wealth and1 fashion and music-loving people of Rochester. The opera was sung by Pauline Hall and her company in a most elaborate and pleasing man- ner. The preparation for the initial pre- sentation of the piece had been thorough and painstaking and the result was satisfactory. "The Honeymooners" is the joint work of C. M. S. McClellan and William Furst, who composed the music of "The Isle of Champagne.'' Both were present. Of course the idea of the new opera is purely fanciful. The misadventures of the people of the kingdom of Rooty- tootoot furnish the foundation for all of the fuu. Tho book is witty and the story is told- with clearness and admirable skill. The second act is so worked up as to permit the introduction of some enter- taining specialties. All the scenery and costumes used were brand new and pic- tured the rich architecture and gorgeous fashions of the enchanted kingdom. Miss Hall begins the season of 1893- 94 in excellent voice and1 spirits, and with the conviction that she is pre- senting the most worthy production of her career. Her company is large and includes some capable people. Richard Golden, who has been increasing his stock of fame of recent years by his character acting, is the leading comedian of the aggregation and his entire work was splendid. The company also in- cludes Caroline Hamilton, Alt' C. Wheel- an, Tom Ricketts, Kva Davenport and Helen Dunbar. The chorus is large, the company including over sixty people. RAKE IN ART. The Domestic Felicity of Eugen <PAl bert and Teresa Carreno, His Wife —A Home in Which Two Pianists •Dwell in Harmony. All music lovers remember the per- sonal appearance of Kugeu d'Albert, the famous pianist, sometimes called the Jaeger-flannel pianist, because every- thing he wore, even his neckties aud his touch, was made of that goods. No one ever saw a homelier man than d'Albert, and no one would have sup- posed him capable of winning the af- fections of one of the most accomplished and certainly the most attractive of fe- male pianists. But he did win Teresa Carreuo-Tagliapietra-Sauret. Perhaps the lady's experience with good-looking husbands had taught her that a plain, uncngaging gentleman, with a Jacger- tiannel temperament, would wear bet- ter than those who kept their emotions in silk attire. OLD THEORIES NEGATIVED. Anyhow it appears that the domestic life of this remarkable couple puts to Hight all theories about the storuiiiiess of the home existence of genius. They live a bread and butter and beer life that is simply ideal. The Leipsic cor- respondent of the "Musical Courier" be- comes quite enthusiastic about it, aud says that "to all appearances a more harmonious, a better mated couple than d'Albert aud Carreno, would be hard to imagine. Their beautiful villa in out and inward appearance is the acme of neatness, order and comfort, testifying most strongly to the equal greatness of Carreno as artist and housewife. The deportment of all connected with the household, the unassuming, quiet dignity surrounding the entire place, demon- strate a refinement that is found ouly with those endowed by nature with the chivalry and aristocracy of gentility. For painstaking and intelligent attention to all the details of husbandry the il- lustrious couple can well serve as a. model. D'ALBERT'S WONDERFUL HEADING. "Carreno reverences d'Albert as a mu- sician, and her own rare talents, through his influence, have been greatly develop- ed. Though d'Albert composes very much, especially in the summer, the piano is still his inseparable daily com- panion. He is a wonderful sight-reader. Wishing to decide the merits of a new French opera. Mr. Fritzsch, the veteran critic and editor of the 'Musikaliscb.es VVochenblatt,' recently called on d'Al- bert, requesting him to play the woi'k. "D'Albert read the score, which was full of polyphonetic intricacies and diffi- culties of all descriptions, without hesi- tation, playing it as though it were some ordinary piano composition, adapt- ing the different instrumental parts with the greatest ingenuity, talking and laughing part of the time. Though the opera proved at once to be without merit, d'Albert's wonderful reading amazed all so much that he was allowed to half finish it before Mr. Fritzsch closed the book with the assertion that it was not worthy of being played by so great an artist." Musical Notes. The Boston Handel and Havdn Society will give the "Messiah" in December. Woolson Morse is at work on the score of a new opera for De Wolf Hopper. Ethclbr-rt Nevln composed several new songs and a violin sonata during the summer. -Maurice Dengr?inont, the once famous violiu prodigy, is reported to have died at Bacnos Ayres. Rubinstein's younger son, Alexander, died iu Italy on September 27, of con- sumption, aged 20. A new opera house is about to be built at Munich expressly for the performance of Wagner's operas. Marie Roze, one of the most beautiful women who ever appeared in grand opera, is now a music teacher in Paris. Mine. Nordica has been engaged to sing Elsa in "Lohengrin" and Venus iu "Taun- hauser" at Baireuth next summer. Tom Karl has permiiently retired from the operatic stage. He still retains his pr>orietary Interest in "The Bostonians." Victor Capoul, 20 years ago the most popular tenor of tne Paris grand opera, is teaching dramatic singlug in New York city. Franz Kneisel, the accomplished concert master of the Boston Symphony Orches- tra, will play Beethoven's violiu coucerto this season. Reginald De Koven Is said to be writing another opera. This one Is for Laura Sehir- mer-Maplesou, and it will be called "The Chatelaine." Anna Kurch has been engaged by the Handel and Haydn Society In Boston for the performances of the "Messiah," to be given during December. Mr. Hermann Wolff contradicts the re- port that D'Albert's opera, "Der Rubln," has been accepted by the Vienna Opera Hop.se. It has not been offered to that house. Anton Seidl has been engaged by Ab- bey, Schoetfel & Grau to conduct a series of Sunday night concerts at the New York Metropolitan Opera House during the grand opera season. Bertha Webb, violinist, pupil of Mine. Urso, Is branching out tis a siar this sea- son, and her lirst appearance in New York City will sing at the St. Cecelia concert at Carnegie Music Hall on Nov. 22. Basil Tetson. a singer in the Mnplesdn- Wliituey Opera Co., has brought suit for breach of contract agiiinst his managers, He was engaged for serious parts, he says, and found himself cast iu a comedy role which didn't suit him at all. Hence the action. Why does not JosetTy emerge from his retirement and play the piano for the world? He can do it. His intimate friends who have uei'rd him In private report that he bus gained greatly In depth and nobility of style. What Is it they say about birds that can sing and won't? Miss Carlotto Desvigncs. contralto, who for the hist three years hns taken part in the principal music festivals In Great Britain and France and has appeared In high-class concerts, has arrived In New York, under engagement to sing in ora- torio and concerts during the coming sea- son. ThB Marie Tavary Grand English Opera Company Is now busily rehearsing under Mr. Max Gabriel's direction. The organ- ization will Include Mile. Irene I'levny, ftnr- oness Helen vou Doenholf.Chas. O. Bnssett, Payne Clni-ke, Enill Steger and Conrad Bohrens. The seasjn opeus In Syracuse Monday night. Charles Francois Gounod, the composer of the opera "Faust." was stricken down with apoplexy, Oct. 16, at his house in St. Cloud, a suburb of Paris. He shows no signs of rallying. The effects of the stroke are complicated by partial paralysis und a profuse hemorrhage. As Gounod Is 75 years old his physicians fear that he can- not recover. 'ml. iv,^vtt;i. __ _______________ Marie Tempest bus left. "Tin. 1 Algerians ' Company. Rumor has it tl'at the dcscr- tlou Is due to tenor Julius Steger's dis- charge by Manager Hill, to make room for Murk Smith. The lady, however, denies this, and says she canceled her contract for business reasons, and tlmt Steger's discharge had nothing to do with it, though she regretted, his The novelties for the present season at the Munich Court Tbejrre will be "Die Uautzan," Meseagni; "Suhach dom Kon- ig," I. Brull; "Hansel und Grotcl," E. Humperdiuck; "Die Verkaufte Braut," Smctara; "Gnntruni," Hit-hard Strauss; "Falstaff," Verdi, and "K.-inlhlld," C. Klst- lor. The "Nibelungen Ring" will also, It Is expected, be produced. Jakobowsky, the composer of "Ermlnie," irnde arrangements lust week by which Elizabeth Marbury, the representative of Aineric:,n and foreign dramatists, shaJl hereafter be Ills agent in this country. Mr. Jakobowsky has left in Miss Mar- bury's possession the score of a comlo opera which he has just completed and which is to be produced in Vienna this season. M. Henrl Mnrtenu, the famous French violinist, has left Rheims for Vienna, where he will study the new Scotch suite for violin with tho composer. Max Bnich. M. Murteau will play in Frankfort, May- ence, Cologne, Birlin and Leipsic before sailing for America iu November. The bookings for M. M.irteau's ensuing tour are simply unprecedented aud ouly second to those of I'ndercwski. Mr. I'lunket Greene is expected to arrive In I hi 9 country about the middle of No- vember. The Irish baritone will make his reappearance in New Yolk lit one of the concerts of the Symphony Society. Dur- ing his visit here it is intended that he shall sing a series of Hungarian songs, which have been urrauged by Mr. Frauds Korbay, who v ill most probably play the pianoforte accompaniments for Mr. Greeue upon this occasion. Sims Reeves, the famous English tenor singer, recently returned to the concert stage, despite the public fnrowell of a year or two ago. He Is now 71 years of Hge, and in a recent notice concerning his reappearance the writer says that, although his voice is not what it was a generation ago, his phrasing is still incomparable, and that he is still chief among ihu few singers who can articulate their words with all the effect of line elocution. As a result of his quest of the American dollar and other profitable fortune-chasing Paderewskl can now indulge iu luxuries that involve the expenditure of a good deal of ready cash. After he had com- plet'd his new 1'oiish Fantasie and In or- der to judge of the effect of the musio before it was given to the public the composer had it rehearsed by a full orches- tra, himself playing the pianoforte port. Not a solitary person besides the musi- cians was present, and the hill fur the unique uutertninment was about $500. Boston is all agog over the personality of the- new leader of the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra, llerr Emll I'aur. Boston is unlike New York in many respects. Among uthtr 'peculiarities, its society ex- ults persons of artistic repute and treats them with respect. In 'New York such peo- ple are regarded through lorgnettes with supercilious amusement. It is furthermore rumored that Mr. Paur does not yet rel- ish oysters; that he is not in love with American cooku-y, and that he does uot drink beer. There is also a Mrs. I'aur. Joseph Antorio Buldguer, at one time well known as a singer iu Italian opera, died at his home iu Bayonue, N. J., Oct. 14, after a four weeks' illness, from a com- plication of disorders. He was horn In Barcelona, April 12, 1S1G, and appeared first in this country when he came here as flrst bat-s with Jenny Und on the oc- casion of her memorable engagement In old Ciistle Garden nearly half a ceutury ago. He sang with 1'atti on her flrst visit to New York City, and also was a mem- ber of the companies of Maplesou, Strak- osch and Max Maretzek. Chicago has now a Wagner Club. The announcement Is made that the object of the club is to encourage the cultiva- tion of music of a high standard aud to enliven and keep up the interest for It by studying operas Wagner's works in particular, but not exclusively; by giving a cyclus of concerts aud lectures on mu- sic, and by producing one grand opera In the original version at the end of each season. Clarerce Eddy is the president ol the club. Properly conducted, as it doubt- less will be, such uu organization can do wonders for the advancement of musi- cal taste. Walter Damrosch, speaking about his opera, founded upon Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter, said that for twel.e years he had been revolving the subject iu his mind, and last yi ar had the good fortune to meet a sympathetic librettist in the person ol George Parsons Luthrop. the son-in-law ,pl the novelist. Mr. Lathrop listened to Sir, Damrcseh s views upon the matter and soon threw the libretto into the requisite form. The musio is practically complete. The whole of the flrst act Is even orcfies- trued, as well as part of the second. Th« remaining act is outlined, and the entire work, Mr. Damrosch hopes, will be com- pleted by December. Mrs. Laura Schirmer-Mnpleson and Llllj Post have had a disagreement. Both arl singing in- "The Fencing Master" on tilt ro.id, and each sink's the title role on alternate nights. F. C. Whitney engaged L'lly Post with the r del-standing' that she was to sing the leading role three times a week, when Mru. Mapleson was resting. During the remainder of the week she was to sing the part of Phillipi. She dressed this subordinate part so gor- geously as to outshine the star. Miss 1'ost refused to change her costume ana a quarrel between the two women en- sued. Colonel Maplesou tried to discharge Miss Post, and act tally locked her dress- ing room. She refused to be discharged, and Mr. Whitney sustained her. As he owns the opera and is its backer also his siiy so has great weight with Colonel Maplesou. The relations between the two impresarios are said to be slightly strain- SPORTING NOTES. Greenllck, the famous grayhound, winner of the Waterloo cup iu 1SS8, and sire of Fullertou, the four-time winner of the same cup, died iu Loudon Sept. 15. The sculling match between G. Rubeor and Sullivan, of New Zealand, for the Thames championship, took place at Lon- don, England. Sept. 25. Sulllvuu beat Bu- bear by live lengths. Professor George Kisler, who calls him- self the champion swimmer of Wales, has arrived iu this country and has issued a challenge to swim any man iu America from loo yards to one mile. A match of two games to be played by cable between W. Steinitz, of New York, and tliu Liverpool Chess Club, has been arranged. There will be no stakes, und one move will be made in each game per week. Carl Rouke, of Trail County, -who died in Belmont, N. D.. on Oct. 8, was probably the largest man in the world. He weigh- ed 52o pounds, and the <-xaet measure of his coth'u was V/ 3 feet long, 3 feet wide aud 2'/4 feet deep. The officers of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for the coming year are as follows: D. A. Candler, of Columbia, ia president; Malcolm Chase, of Brown, vie* president; Arthur E. Foote, of Yale, sec- retary and treasurer. F. A. Johnson, captain of the Yale 'Var- sity crew, has called for the candidates to go into training at once for the fall races. Fully 40 fresiiieu have presented them- selves for positions on the 'Varsity and Freshmen crews, and the prospects are. very bright. The regatta will be held iu about a week, at Lake Whitney. We Have High Opinion Of Hood's Sarsaparilla at our hmiae »n 1 wlh good reason. For eight vcars I was truuM"' «i-' ( rbwum- uliam and all remedies failed to lioip me except Hood's Scirsuparilla. Like many others I l.afe m<t taken it elemlil>; out/ wt;eo the jaiua came on, but it lu^s alwtya given me relief. For nifinv \**n pa^-t I was tror.l.'- .1 Mih quinsy.Sin'et:ikM ! SartMpiirilU 1 )>'"< had a Un^l? attack. V lie «ny of my family are ' sick they result to in :;hl Hood's 8?'"" Cures write seve!»l psi- cin**." T. W. tl Hood's Pi! Is i. iv (1 . n-- . .. .,, ::..,-..,., a I'Ui£"» l»*iu or gripe. S U by ail Utu^gUu.

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Page 1: THE SFORTHSrQ LIFE. Oct. 21. DRAMATIC MUSICAL.library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1893/VOL_22_NO_04/SL... · 6 THE SFORTHSrQ LIFE. Oct. 21. DRAMATIC MRS. ... and Mr. Hoe,

6 THE SFORTHSrQ LIFE. Oct. 21.

DRAMATICMRS. KENDAL'8 MISTAKE.VUIjGAR CONCEPTION OP "THE

SECOND MKS. TANQl'ERAY."

A Portrayal Which Shocks Her Ad­ mirers—Her Bad Taste Illustrated tii a Public Defence of Her Imper­ sonation of a Distasteful Character.

Pinero's pluy, "The Second Mrs. Tan- queray," has set the New York critics by the ears and has started a heated controversy just as it did in London, where the play is enjoying phenomenal success. The point most discussed on this side is over the representations which the Kemhils give of the chief roles in the melodrama. For the lirst time since Mrs. Kcudal has begun to make American tours she lias been severely criticised for her portrayal of the part of the abandoned woman, who married respectably after a vicious life. In fact, the criticisms have been so se­ vere and so nearly unanimous thaPMrs. Keudal has felt compelled to turn upon her critics, and in a long interview de­ fends her conception of the part of tho sinfnl woman, and betrays some temper in doing it. The New York "World" editorially takes Mrs. Keudal to task as follows:

"When a popular actress like Mrs. Kendal, who has fixed her status with the theatre- going people of America, makes a bold departure, she Is pretty sure to shock thousands of her admirers. This is what Mrs. Keudnl has done iu the production of a play here which does uot meet with the approbation of the thousands who de­ lighted to honor Mrs. Kenilal mainly be­ cause she has hitherto refused to do this sort of thing.

"The play in question Is a study of mor­ bid life; its ablest defenders have not been able to find a good ethical or artistic reason for its existence, and the uncritica. public, which was so profuse hi its admira/- tlon of Mrs. Kendal in the simply romautk roles, does not like her iu this play.

"Iu the face of this unpopular verdict the actress undertakes to defend herself and the play In print. Shu makes the egieglou? blunder of declaring that 'mistresses' exist in English society, und therefore should be tolerated In the American pro­ duction of plavs.

This Is an argument entirely unworthy Of Mrs. Kemlnl's intelligence. Because a thing exists Is uot always a warrant for its representation in art. There are mr.ny things in the experience of life which are necessitous and have recognition, but that cannot be exhibited Iu the domain of good taste.

'»'The Seoond Mrs. Tanqueray,' the play in question, is not as malodorous as a score of other plays that have been pro­ duced hen-. lint those phiys were made tolerable by a distinct order of talent, which could seize upon their aberrant Subtleties aud redeem them with special gifts of portrayal. Mrs. Kcudal, in the opinion of her admirers, cannot do this, and we suspect that her real admirers are rather proud of hor for this reason."

All of the critics, and doubtless most all of those who have seen this piny, huve felt that Mrs. Kendal might be just as true to nature and far more satisfac­ tory to her audience if she were to rep­ resent the woman as one of those fas­ cinating, bewitching though evil even- _ tures, who in spite of an immoral life' have been able to win the affections of respectable men so that marriage and a domestic career are open to them.

rorULAlt SENTIMENT.Many persons have, said, when talk­

ing about the play,. "Ah, how Clara Morris would have playod that in her earlier days; she would have made you feel that the husband, while his judg­ ment may have been bad, was never­ theless entirely Unman in permitting himself to become a captive to the fas- cin.itioiis of such a woman, and to be so thoroughly infatuated as to be willing to offer Tier marriage and to attempt thereby to reclaim her."

And it has often been said, "l?ern- hnrdt would play that part so as to make almost any man feel that if he had been in 'Tauqueray's' place he would have done exactly what 'Tan­ queray' did, and married this wicked woman."

MKS. KEXDAI/S MISOONTEPTION.The trouble with Mrs. Kendal is that

ehe does not see, and she can never see that any man who is in possession of his senses would ever become attracted n as to offer marriage to such a woman as sh" represents "Mrs. TaiKjueray" to be. If it is her object to make vice hideous, she succeeds very well, because she makes "Mrs. Tanquoray" repulsive, and barely escapes producing the same impression regarding herself. She has created a woman that the audience feels "Ttinqueray" would never have offered marriage to. She says this is the kind of woman she ought to create; that it is exactly the sort of person a woman who has led the life that "Mrs. Tan- qneray" led really is, and she ought to be played as she is in real life. But that is not true, and most men and some women know it. It is not a part for Mrs. Kendal at all; she is not of the in­ tuition which can grasp the character of an abandoned woman, who is also of what Dumas calls the demi-monde, using the word as he used it, and not as it le commonly understood.

IS IT AN IMMORAL PLAY?Aside from the discussion which Mrs.

Kendall's portrayal has caused is the criticism which th« play itself has raised. Some of the most experienced of those who are fond of the theatre speak of the play with disgust, although for its dramatic art, its dialogue and its situa­ tions they have ouly the highest praise, saying that in some respects it is the most perfect play of modern English origin which has been put upon American boards.

But the motive of the play is offen­ sive; it is not a pleasant thing to con­ sider in real life; it is a subject which is spoken of with bated breath iu refined and gentle circles, and there seems to be absolutely no need for the lesson which Mr. I'inero is said to have desired to teach iu it.

A NEW HAMLET.

E.S.Willard Achieves a Notable Suc­ cess in the Part in Boston.

E. S. Willard, in the Tremont Thea­ tre, Boston, niijht of Oct. 16, for the first time in his life played the role of "Hamlet," "I'rince of Denmark." Kx- pectation regarding _,this performance was of the highest pitch, partly because Mr. Williird had spoken uot a single word of his own work or permitted any one to be present at a rehearsal.

Mr. Willard's appearance iu Shakes­ pearian tragedy has been awaited with great interest, which was not at all lessened by the fact that he chose "Ham­ let" for his beginning, nor by his pro-an­ nounced decision to present a very differ­ ent version of the tragedy from any seen during the century. This version was arranged by Mr. Wilhml himself from the folio of Ki23, and very many fam­ iliar passages found a different render­ ing. Moreover, iu the division of the play into acts tradition has been fol­ lowed only when supported by the text.

Full use has been made of the fact that in the folio of 10'J3 there is no di­ vision into scenes after the second scene of tho second act. Front s-cene^ have been dispensed with in many cases, and thus several incidents are presented in a very diii'en.'Mt and ninre effective man­ lier than in other productions of "Ham­ let" with which the public in f-iuiii; : ;i'. .Apropriato scenery has hee^i provMr'I. though iio attempt has \x-cn ju.nl;' ;:!

the spectacular, and the music of Am- broise Thomas' opera is employed to add to the effect.

Mr. Willard has not copied his "Ham- lot" after anyone clse's, but it is more Irving's than Booth's. His1 tendency to the melodramatic is irrepressible, and, though no passions are torn to tatters, on no occasion is an opportunity lost for accentuation; so that the effeot upru an audience accustomed to Booth's stud­ ied aud refined performance, of this part is not satisfactory. Another no­ ticeable thing in his performance is the offhand inanrer in which he reads some of Shakespeare's most memorable lines. His soliloquies beginning "Oh, that this too, too solid flesh," and "To be or not to be," were delivered in a m.inner be­ low the stamlaid of so scholarly and careful an actor.

This, with some of the other short­ comings, may be due, as Mr. Willard explained iu his speech after the close of the performance, to the fact that tho production has been but three weeks in preparation. Mr. Willard is entitled to tlie gratitude of the public for pre­ senting so beautiful ami accomplished an Ophelia as Miss Burroughs, who shared fully with the star the honors of the evening at the hands of a large and critical house. Of the other members of the company it is not necessary to speak at length. Mr. Percy Winter, as the fool, and Mr. Hoe, as the ghost, were, however, particularly artistic.

ENGMSH NEWS.

What is Going on in Theatrical Cir­ cles in the Old Country.

John F. Sheridan in a "A Trip to Chicago," is still doing a good business at the Vaudeville. The new curtain raiser of the house is called "The Merry Blacksmith," and is a neat adaptation of Longfellow's poem, "The Village Blacksmith."

When Wilson Barrett returns to Amer­ ica the Ingo to his Othello will be Mr. Franklin Mcl^eay, a young Canadian, who was formerly a schoolmaster and foot ball player in Ontario.

Before the Uoyalty is given over to vaudeville. Miss Annie Uose will bravely try management again at the unfor­ tunate little theatre in Dean street. Paul Merritt has written a now play for her.

W. S. Penley is making some changes in the Globe Theatre, where "Char­ ley's Aunt," is still doing a phenomenal business.

A new melodn ma by Arthur Shirley and Benjamin Landeck was recently produced with success at the Surrey. It is called "A Lion's Heart," the ex­ citing scenes of which are laid in the French penal settlement in JS'ew Cale­ donia.

Heports received in London state that Siguora Duse will tour the continent until Lent, aud will then take a year's vacation.

"The Lady Killer," a version of Bes- son's farce, "115 Hue Pigalle," has been successfully tested by Willie Kdouin and his company in Liverpool, and will soon be seen at the Strand in London, where Arthur Roberts is now playing to good- sized audiences in "Don Quixote," de­ scribed by its authors as a "nondescript." A version of "115 Hue I'igalle" made by Sydney Hosenfeld, was acted in New York at the Standard Theatre under the title of "The Family Circle."

Isabel Batem.an is highly praised for her powerful work us Esther, iu Lang- don Mitchell's American play, "The Slave Girl." The heroine of the play is a quadroon, whom the hero, a South­ erner, does uot object to marrying, in the final act.

The Empire has a new up-to-date bal­ let, called "The Girl I Left Behind Me." which is said to tell an interesting and intelligible, story. It arrests aud holds attention not only by its beauty and picturesqueness, its bustle and ani­ mation, but by the clever exposition of its skillfully arranged plot. It was in­ vented by George Edwardes and ar­ ranged for the stage by Mine. Katti Launer. The scenes represented in­ clude Epsom Downs on Derby Day and a Burmese war incident. Signorinu Cavallazzi is the premiere assoluta.

jenny Hill, the music-hall star, is to make a tour of the antipodes.

Some recent London productions are: "Little Christopher Columbus," at the Lyric; "The Two Johnnies," at the Tra­ falgar Square, and "A Gaiety Girl," at the Prince of Wales.

AMONG THK PLAYWRIGHTS.

NatiTe Dramatists Busily Engaged oil Plays of Every Description.

James W. Hawkins. Jr., the author of a number of successful melodramas, is writing one for Augustus Pitou.

Paul M. Potter has been engaged to write a plav for the Lyceum stock com­ pany. It will not be ready for use until next season.

Espy Williams, tho author of Parr- hasius," a tragedy which Hobert Man- tell is acting, has written the book for a comic opera which he will call "Olla- inus." Louis Blake has composed the music for it.

Lizzie May Ulmer has a new play with the characteristic title of "Mul­ berry Bend."

Clinton Stuart's comedy. Commodore Cob, Sah," has been accepted by Nat Goodwin. It is said to be a comedy of Newport life.

Mason Carnes, who with Edward S. Belknnp, wrote "The Better Part." which was acted by Charles Frohinau's comedians, has returned after a year's absence abroad.

Leopold Jordan has begun work on a new extravaganza for Henry E. Dixey.

C. T. Dazey, whose "In Kentucky" is shortly to be seen here again iu spectac­ ular has completed a comedy-drama and an idyllic play that treats of the Salem witchcrafts.

Hiclmrd D. Ware, of New York, has written the book of a comic opera, for which Benjamin E. Wolf, of Boston, will compose the music.

Martha Morton has completed a play for A. M. Palmer. The authoress of "Brother John" has several others on the stocks.

"The Diplomat," by E. M. Alfriend, will be produced by the Grand Opera House Stock Company, Boston, some time next January.

PLOTS FOR 250 DRAMAS.

How Sarclon, the Great French Dra­ matist, Writes His Plays.

The manner in which dramatic authors write plays is very different. Some select characters and let them work out their own story. Others work to and from situations, and others first map out a complete scenario, a skeleton of a play, and then fill in the dialogue afterwards.

The latter method is the one adopted by Sardou It is said that he has on hand the plot and bare outline of about two hundred and fiity plays that are still waiting to be written. Of this number fifty have already been named. These scenario are all carefully indexed and filed away in leather cases. Ho ad­ mits that a great many of them he will never live to write. lie gets his sub­ jects from everywhere. A rennirk ut­ tered in conversation, a news item in a newspaper, an incident in a story, are all made vise of, and tinder his skill- ftil touch a paragraph has been known to blossom out into a great and success­ ful play.

As he has tho outline of his dramasall arranui'd beforehand, Sardou can" viic away whenever the inclination

L'i,:cs him without fear that some

troublesome point will bob up to inter­ rupt his progress.

Footlight Flickerlngs.Rlchar.l Mansfield Is going to play "Shy-

lock" in New York next week.Clyde Fitch has written a new play for

Sol Smith Russell, called "The Minister."T. 13. Thalbcrg has been engaged to play

the titlo role iu the forthcoming produc­ tion of "Olaf."

Wllbert It. Melville has fully recovered from his recuit Illness uud is at his home at Washington, D. C.

Clara Morris is making a tour of the large New England cities, where she has not been seen in several years.

Nat Goodwin has accepted a comedy of Newport life, entitled "Commodore Cob, Sah!" written by Clinton Stuart, Jr.

A chorus girl sapicutly remarks that It is no pleasure to see your name on a bill­ board if you can't pay your board bill.

Annie 1'ixley has been In bad health for some time. She has decided uot to go out this season and has canceled all her dates.

Bichard Mansfield declares that he will abandon bis old repertoire and produce hereafter only Shakespt urean aud classi­ cal plays.

Lewis Morrlson Is to play an engagement in New York City after the holidays, when he will be seen In "Kichelieu" for the lirst lime there.

It is said that Charles Frohman lost $!MAX> on the production of "Fanny." Sims and Raleigh had $5000 before they put pen to paper.

Sydney Kosenfeld Is prosecuting come­ dian Charles H. Hopper for asault iu a quarrel during the run of the unfortunate "Kainmakcr of Syria."

J. A. Allison is playing "Jefferson Bas- sett," Iu "Ole Olsou," and Is reported to have made a Iflt, especially with his comedy work aud sirgiug.

Francis Drake, formerly In Daniel Froh- man's company, will star this season iu "Troubled Waters," a play by Charles Thomas and Walter Ellis.

Jos. Anderson, of the Graham Earle Co., is reported lo have fallen heir to $11,000 and two hundred and eighty acres of choice land near Oil City, Pa.

The "Dramatic News" has made a cen­ sus of the various theatrical agencies, and linds that no less than iWUl actors and ac­ tresses are looking for something to do.

A mural tablet to the memory of the late Edwin Booth, will be erected iu the Berke­ ley Memorial Chapel, at Middletowu, Ct., by his daughter, Mrs. Ignatins Grossnum.

Manager'Augustus 1'itou has secured by cable from J. C. Williainsou, the Austral­ ian manager, the exclusive rights to this country of the comedy-drama, "Struck Oil."

Uosina Yokes Is a very sick woman. She h:is been struggling against 111 health .11 fct'iuion, but will Have to succumb. Her season will close next week in San Fran­ cisco.

Charles Townseud will star this season Iu his uew comedy "Captain Racket," oi which he is the author. His season is booked solid to June iu the leading cities of the South.

The Rainmaker of Syria" closes Its career at the New York Casino next week, witli unpaid salaries. The chosen people have engaged a lawyer to collect from backer Uoseboru.

Mrs. Kendal is very sarcastic about tills country being "young, fresh and virtuous." Perhaps she laughs at us for being also patriotic, progressive and prosperous. Mrs. Kendal has a lovely smile.

Mr. H. C. Miner has sold to Miss Loie Fuller the right to use iu Paris his re­ cently-patented scheme of mirrors by which two or three women may take the place of a hundred In a ballet.

Wall ir Eytiuge died in the German Hos­ pital, In San Francisco, Oct. 15, of typhoid fever. He had been ill for four or live days. The deceased, who was 05 years old, was quite well known as an actor.

It is aiuhoritatlvply stated that Charles H. Hoyt lias secured the promise of u renewal of his present lease of the Madi­ son Square Theatre, and that the neces­ sary papers are at present being drawn.

Adelaide Cushmau, the leading actress of 1'Jlou's "Power of the Press" Company, is a daughter of the late Judge Cushman, of Sanlt Ste. Marie, and a relative of the famous American actress, Charlotte Cush-

A public meeting of the Players' Club will be held at Palmer's Theatre, in New- York, on November 13, the late Edwin Booth's birthday, at which there will be appropriate txeicifces in commemoration ol the dead actor.

Miss Ellic Shannon, soubrette of Froh- mau's Lyceum Company, is to retire from Mr. Daniel Fiohnmn's inangeiuent In two weeks, at the conclusion of the summer season. She will theii join Miss Rose Coghlan's company.

There is u great danger that the public will be wearied by an overproduction of American "dramas of character," as Au­ gustus Tucinas calls them. We are already getting too much, for variety's sake, of the eccentric traits of inhabitants of town and village on the stage. 'McKee Kiuikln has seceded from the

Drew company, playing "The Rivals" and "The Road to Ruin," and with his wife, Kitty Blanchaid, and daughter, Phyllis Rankin, is appearing in "Nancy," a ver­ sion of "Oliver Twist." at the Alcazar Theatre iu San Francisco.

Two Interesting souvenirs of the Paris stage have been otfeied to the directors of the Comedie Franeaise one a fragment ot Talma's heart, and tho other the uiuminl- liwl hand of Mile. Dnchenois, an actress who shared in Talma's triumphs. A pair of slippers that Rachel wore huve also, been sent to M. Claretle for preservation In the theatre's museum.

Kitty Cheutham made her debut as a star in the title role of "Jane" in Detroit, C)'.:t. 18. She played the part with great cleverness, uot forgetting, as some "Janes" do, that, iu spite of her tine dresses and diamonds, Jane is a servant and not a lady of refinement. The audi­ ence liked her and her acting, and warmly expressed the pleasure she afforded them. Miss Cheatlmtn's appearance as u star was a decided success.

It has been stated upon accepted author­ ity that Mr. A. M. Palmer has concluded to postpone the New York opening of his stock company at the Garden Theatre In Augustus Thomas" new American play. "New Blood." This production was to have ncenrred In January at the close of Mr. Willard's engagement In this theatre. Mr. Palmer, noting the demand for bur­ lesque, has determined to substitute "Mor­ occo Bound" for the Thomas drama.

Mr. Edward E. Ric-u's contract for the continuance of "141)2" at Palmer's Theatre has been extended, this time with no defi­ nite "stop order," until July 1. 1804. The run of the burlesque has been set forward from time to time for tixod periods, but by this last arrangement Mr. Rice's ten­ ancy of Mr. Palmer's theatre becomes prac­ tically permanent, as, according to the In­ formation at present In circulation, "Venus," also und^r Mr. Rice's manage­ ment, will probably follow "1402" at this establishment.

The San Francisco "Examiner" publishes a fonr-cohiinn article in regard to the al­ leged bribery of four members of the jury in the last trial of M. B. Curtis, and the attempt of the bribers to collect $8000 from Curtis, under threats of violence, with the result that Curtis has appealed to the Sheriff of Kresno County for pro­ tection, and a deputy bag been assigned as his bodyguard. The story, as told by Attorney Wilson, who defended Cnrtls, implicates "King" McManus. a notorious politician, and Senator William J. Pmin, as the bribers, and T. M. McFarlane and C. S. Coy as two of the four jurymen who were to be bribed. McFarlane Is ex- president of the California Efurlul Case Company. Coy Is a clerk In the Security Savings Bank. Wilson chums that Mc- Miinus and Duuu claimed $8000 for bribing McFarlane and Cloy, and two other jurors, whose names thev would not disclose, and claimed that Curtis had au­ thorized them to do it. Cortis denies this allegation. McManus and Dunu deny all collection, w-ith the affair.

The Australian cricket eleven played the All-Massachusetts eighteen at Boston, Oct. 11-lli aud won. The score: Massachusetts, first inning, 88; second, 27; total, 115. Australians, flrat inning, 65; second, 52; total, 117, with eight wickets to full. The game proved a remarkable one fn n »i'y respects, and the great bowling feats achieved in the match make It memorable. 'Ihe bowling analysis of G. H. S. Trott, who in the Massachusetts' second inning secured ten wickets for'five rims, is the best work ever done in a first-class con­ test, while his record of 18 wickets for -~> runs, which be gained in the match, is re­ markable.

MUSICAL.A GREAT ORGANIST.

GU1L.MAXT, THK FIIKXCH MASTER PLAYS IN NEW YORK.

His Marveloiis Improvising Creates Amazement Among Musicians—His Methods of Work and Instruction Described at Length.

Another foreign personage is in New fork. It is Alexandra Guilmant, the best advertised organist on earth. It must make one J. Sebastian Bach turn over in his grave. No one ever adver­ tised him till ItX) years after he was dead. Twenty-six years after he was buried Sir John Hawkins published a voluminous aud learned history of mu­ sic, iu which Bach got half a page, picked up accidentally by the historian iu a chat with Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, who was then living in London. Guil­ mant, on the other hand, gets just three solid columns in the last "Musical Cour­ ier."

HIS AMERICAN APPEARANCE.Mr. Guilmaut gave two recitals in New

York on October 13, one in the after­ noon at the South Church, and one iu the evening at the First Presbyterian Church. At both recitals immense au­ diences were present, including many musicians, who agreed that, considered from both the technical and artistic points of view, M. Guilmant's talent is simply without equal.

At both recitals the programmes con­ tained compositions by the prince of or­ gan composers, J. S. Bach. In the after­ noon it was the great fantasia and fugue in G minor, and iu the evening the grandiose Passacaglia in C minor. The performance of the latter was charac-. terized by a dignity and breadth of style Hellenic in its proportions. Indeed, throughout the recitals grandeur ap­ peared to be the predominating feature, liven when the number was simply a pretty little melody, as, for instance, Chauvet's andautino in D Hat, the pretti- iioss never became trivial, but remained broad and Self-contained, impressing one with the idea that M. Guilmant deeply respected his art and inteiide* to com­ municate that same feeling of respect to hi.s audience.

It was iu the improvisation that M. Guilmant more particularly demonstrat­ ed the perfection of his technique. Just as an extempore speaker equips him­ self for debate, M. Guilmant has at his fingers' tips all the devices of musi­ cal science, all the resources of har­ mony and all the regulations of counter­ point. His mind then is occupied with nothing but the creative, the artistic side of the performance, for ho knows that his fingers have the ability to carry out all that his mind wills.

HOW HE IMl'UOVISED.From a dignified four-bar theme in

D minor, written by Mr. Walter Dam- rosch, iu the evening, on the back of a sheet of music, M. Guilmant evolved a finished work of art, equally propor­ tioned and grandiose in style. The theme was perpetually present in one form or another. Out of it he developed a second theme in F major, less rugged and more suave. So the improvisation went on, the theme being developed rhythmically, harmonically aud rnelodi- eally, until one thought its resources must be exhausted, when, to illustrate the organist's skill, lie used it as the subject of a movement fugal in treat­ ment and winding up to a finish as com­ plete and rounded off as though he had spent days polishing the work in his studio.

GUILMAXTS METHODS.In the "Musical Courier," N. C. Carl,

an American organist, writes at length of the master and his-methods: One of the important points M. Guilmant insists upon wi'.h pupils, according to Mr. Carl, is.in regal-dins the exact value of each note, especially the sixtee-iths. In the prelude to St. Ann's fugue (Bach), and in his own March Funebre, so well known here, I well remember how each note was not permitted to be left until it had received its proper duration; no matter how many times the phrase was repeated, it was not allowed to pass un­ til exactly comet. In the manipulation of the balanced swell pedal, it is always gradual, and never with a sudden transi­ tion from ff to pp, or an unsteady cres­ cendo. His study on this subject has resulted in a use of the "pedales'd'ex- prcssiou" rarely attained even by his colleagues.

All schools of organ music are heard at La Trinite, and often for several suc­ ceeding Sundays the "Grand Sortie" will be selected from the works of Bach. As well Mendelssohn, Handel, Hhein- berger, Wesley and Lemniens, with nat­ urally selections from his own composi­ tions, are frequently played. All his writings are first performed at the church from manuscript before being sent for publication, thus giving an ex­ cellent chance to judge of the effects and make changes if necessary. At other services he will improvise a fugue, or, perhaps, a double fugue, and accom­ plish the task with as much case as if it were a written work before him. It is during one of these marveloiis im- provisntions that his individuality is most clearly demonstrated.

Three set pieces, and occasionally an accompaniment to the Credo, constitute his work at the grand mass Sunday mornings, although occasionally his mass for two organs is used, and then he plays almost continuously. In the after­ noon at the "Saint," in addition to tho interludes, the "Grand Sortie" is usually a set piece, and frequently a Mendels­ sohn sonata or one of his own larger works.

THE MASTER AT HOME.On leaving the church, a few steps np

the Rue de Clichy bring one to No. B2, the town residence and studio of M. Guilmant, consisting of a suite of rooms, "an premier etage," with a salon, con­ taining an Krard grand Mustel har­ monium, a portion of his large library, a signed portrait of M. Cavaille-Coll, a pen portrait of himself when quite a young man, and several laurel wreaths, as prominent among the furnishings. The music room adjoining is devoted to the organ bnilt for him by his father, who was a prominent organist in Bou­ logne, and who died recently at the age of 97 years. It is upon this instrument, with its single manual and pedal board of twenty-seven notes, and not over a dozen stops, that M. Guilmant gives all his lessons, except in rare instances, when he will go to the organ factory of M. Cavaille-Coll.

A XBW COMIC OPERA.Pauline Hall Presents "The Honey-

mooners"in Admirable Style."The Honeymomiers" was produced

for the first time Oct. 10 at the Lyceum Theatre in Rochester, X. Y., before an audience which fairly represented the wealth and1 fashion and music-loving people of Rochester. The opera was sung by Pauline Hall and her company in a most elaborate and pleasing man­ ner. The preparation for the initial pre­ sentation of the piece had been thorough and painstaking and the result was satisfactory.

"The Honeymooners" is the joint work of C. M. S. McClellan and William Furst, who composed the music of "The Isle of Champagne.'' Both were present. Of course the idea of the new opera is purely fanciful. The misadventures of the people of the kingdom of Rooty- tootoot furnish the foundation for all of the fuu.

Tho book is witty and the story is told- with clearness and admirable skill. The second act is so worked up as to permit the introduction of some enter­ taining specialties. All the scenery and costumes used were brand new and pic­ tured the rich architecture and gorgeous fashions of the enchanted kingdom.

Miss Hall begins the season of 1893- 94 in excellent voice and1 spirits, and with the conviction that she is pre­ senting the most worthy production of her career. Her company is large and includes some capable people. Richard Golden, who has been increasing his stock of fame of recent years by his character acting, is the leading comedian of the aggregation and his entire work was splendid. The company also in­ cludes Caroline Hamilton, Alt' C. Wheel- an, Tom Ricketts, Kva Davenport and Helen Dunbar. The chorus is large, the company including over sixty people.

RAKE IN ART.

The Domestic Felicity of Eugen <PAl­ bert and Teresa Carreno, His Wife—A Home in Which Two Pianists•Dwell in Harmony.All music lovers remember the per­

sonal appearance of Kugeu d'Albert, the famous pianist, sometimes called the Jaeger-flannel pianist, because every­ thing he wore, even his neckties aud his touch, was made of that goods. No one ever saw a homelier man than d'Albert, and no one would have sup­ posed him capable of winning the af­ fections of one of the most accomplished and certainly the most attractive of fe­ male pianists. But he did win Teresa Carreuo-Tagliapietra-Sauret. Perhaps the lady's experience with good-looking husbands had taught her that a plain, uncngaging gentleman, with a Jacger- tiannel temperament, would wear bet­ ter than those who kept their emotions in silk attire.

OLD THEORIES NEGATIVED.Anyhow it appears that the domestic

life of this remarkable couple puts to Hight all theories about the storuiiiiess of the home existence of genius. They live a bread and butter and beer life that is simply ideal. The Leipsic cor­ respondent of the "Musical Courier" be­ comes quite enthusiastic about it, aud says that "to all appearances a more harmonious, a better mated couple than d'Albert aud Carreno, would be hard to imagine. Their beautiful villa in out and inward appearance is the acme of neatness, order and comfort, testifying most strongly to the equal greatness of Carreno as artist and housewife. The deportment of all connected with the household, the unassuming, quiet dignity surrounding the entire place, demon­ strate a refinement that is found ouly with those endowed by nature with the chivalry and aristocracy of gentility. For painstaking and intelligent attention to all the details of husbandry the il­ lustrious couple can well serve as a. model.

D'ALBERT'S WONDERFUL HEADING."Carreno reverences d'Albert as a mu­

sician, and her own rare talents, through his influence, have been greatly develop­ ed. Though d'Albert composes very much, especially in the summer, the piano is still his inseparable daily com­ panion. He is a wonderful sight-reader. Wishing to decide the merits of a new French opera. Mr. Fritzsch, the veteran critic and editor of the 'Musikaliscb.es VVochenblatt,' recently called on d'Al­ bert, requesting him to play the woi'k.

"D'Albert read the score, which was full of polyphonetic intricacies and diffi­ culties of all descriptions, without hesi­ tation, playing it as though it were some ordinary piano composition, adapt­ ing the different instrumental parts with the greatest ingenuity, talking and laughing part of the time. Though the opera proved at once to be without merit, d'Albert's wonderful reading amazed all so much that he was allowed to half finish it before Mr. Fritzsch closed the book with the assertion that it was not worthy of being played by so great an artist."

Musical Notes.The Boston Handel and Havdn Society

will give the "Messiah" in December.Woolson Morse is at work on the score

of a new opera for De Wolf Hopper.Ethclbr-rt Nevln composed several new

songs and a violin sonata during the summer.

-Maurice Dengr?inont, the once famous violiu prodigy, is reported to have died at Bacnos Ayres.

Rubinstein's younger son, Alexander, died iu Italy on September 27, of con­ sumption, aged 20.

A new opera house is about to be built at Munich expressly for the performance of Wagner's operas.

Marie Roze, one of the most beautiful women who ever appeared in grand opera, is now a music teacher in Paris.

Mine. Nordica has been engaged to sing Elsa in "Lohengrin" and Venus iu "Taun- hauser" at Baireuth next summer.

Tom Karl has permiiently retired from the operatic stage. He still retains his pr>orietary Interest in "The Bostonians."

Victor Capoul, 20 years ago the most popular tenor of tne Paris grand opera, is teaching dramatic singlug in New York city.

Franz Kneisel, the accomplished concert master of the Boston Symphony Orches­ tra, will play Beethoven's violiu coucerto this season.

Reginald De Koven Is said to be writing another opera. This one Is for Laura Sehir- mer-Maplesou, and it will be called "The Chatelaine."

Anna Kurch has been engaged by the Handel and Haydn Society In Boston for the performances of the "Messiah," to be given during December.

Mr. Hermann Wolff contradicts the re­ port that D'Albert's opera, "Der Rubln," has been accepted by the Vienna Opera Hop.se. It has not been offered to that house.

Anton Seidl has been engaged by Ab­ bey, Schoetfel & Grau to conduct a series of Sunday night concerts at the New York Metropolitan Opera House during the grand opera season.

Bertha Webb, violinist, pupil of Mine. Urso, Is branching out tis a siar this sea­ son, and her lirst appearance in New York City will sing at the St. Cecelia concert at Carnegie Music Hall on Nov. 22.

Basil Tetson. a singer in the Mnplesdn- Wliituey Opera Co., has brought suit for breach of contract agiiinst his managers, He was engaged for serious parts, he says, and found himself cast iu a comedy role which didn't suit him at all. Hence the action.

Why does not JosetTy emerge from his retirement and play the piano for the world? He can do it. His intimate friends who have uei'rd him In private report that he bus gained greatly In depth and nobility of style. What Is it they say about birds that can sing and won't?

Miss Carlotto Desvigncs. contralto, who for the hist three years hns taken part in the principal music festivals In Great Britain and France and has appeared In high-class concerts, has arrived In New York, under engagement to sing in ora­ torio and concerts during the coming sea­ son.

ThB Marie Tavary Grand English Opera Company Is now busily rehearsing under Mr. Max Gabriel's direction. The organ­ ization will Include Mile. Irene I'levny, ftnr- oness Helen vou Doenholf.Chas. O. Bnssett, Payne Clni-ke, Enill Steger and Conrad Bohrens. The seasjn opeus In Syracuse Monday night.

Charles Francois Gounod, the composer of the opera "Faust." was stricken down with apoplexy, Oct. 16, at his house in St. Cloud, a suburb of Paris. He shows no signs of rallying. The effects of the stroke are complicated by partial paralysis und a profuse hemorrhage. As Gounod Is 75 years old his physicians fear that he can­ not recover.'ml. iv,^vtt;i. __ _______________

Marie Tempest bus left. "Tin.1 Algerians ' Company. Rumor has it tl'at the dcscr- tlou Is due to tenor Julius Steger's dis­ charge by Manager Hill, to make room for Murk Smith. The lady, however, denies this, and says she canceled her contract for business reasons, and tlmt Steger's discharge had nothing to do with it, though she regretted, his

The novelties for the present season at the Munich Court Tbejrre will be "Die Uautzan," Meseagni; "Suhach dom Kon- ig," I. Brull; "Hansel und Grotcl," E. Humperdiuck; "Die Verkaufte Braut," Smctara; "Gnntruni," Hit-hard Strauss; "Falstaff," Verdi, and "K.-inlhlld," C. Klst- lor. The "Nibelungen Ring" will also, It Is expected, be produced.

Jakobowsky, the composer of "Ermlnie," irnde arrangements lust week by which Elizabeth Marbury, the representative of Aineric:,n and foreign dramatists, shaJl hereafter be Ills agent in this country. Mr. Jakobowsky has left in Miss Mar- bury's possession the score of a comlo opera which he has just completed and which is to be produced in Vienna this season.

M. Henrl Mnrtenu, the famous French violinist, has left Rheims for Vienna, where he will study the new Scotch suite for violin with tho composer. Max Bnich. M. Murteau will play in Frankfort, May- ence, Cologne, Birlin and Leipsic before sailing for America iu November. The bookings for M. M.irteau's ensuing tour are simply unprecedented aud ouly second to those of I'ndercwski.

Mr. I'lunket Greene is expected to arrive In I hi 9 country about the middle of No­ vember. The Irish baritone will make his reappearance in New Yolk lit one of the concerts of the Symphony Society. Dur­ ing his visit here it is intended that he shall sing a series of Hungarian songs, which have been urrauged by Mr. Frauds Korbay, who v ill most probably play the pianoforte accompaniments for Mr. Greeue upon this occasion.

Sims Reeves, the famous English tenor singer, recently returned to the concert stage, despite the public fnrowell of a year or two ago. He Is now 71 years of Hge, and in a recent notice concerning his reappearance the writer says that, although his voice is not what it was a generation ago, his phrasing is still incomparable, and that he is still chief among ihu few singers who can articulate their words with all the effect of line elocution.

As a result of his quest of the American dollar and other profitable fortune-chasing Paderewskl can now indulge iu luxuries that involve the expenditure of a good deal of ready cash. After he had com- plet'd his new 1'oiish Fantasie and In or­ der to judge of the effect of the musio before it was given to the public the composer had it rehearsed by a full orches­ tra, himself playing the pianoforte port. Not a solitary person besides the musi­ cians was present, and the hill fur the unique uutertninment was about $500.

Boston is all agog over the personality of the- new leader of the Boston Sym­ phony Orchestra, llerr Emll I'aur. Boston is unlike New York in many respects. Among uthtr 'peculiarities, its society ex­ ults persons of artistic repute and treats them with respect. In 'New York such peo­ ple are regarded through lorgnettes with supercilious amusement. It is furthermore rumored that Mr. Paur does not yet rel­ ish oysters; that he is not in love with American cooku-y, and that he does uot drink beer. There is also a Mrs. I'aur.

Joseph Antorio Buldguer, at one time well known as a singer iu Italian opera, died at his home iu Bayonue, N. J., Oct. 14, after a four weeks' illness, from a com­ plication of disorders. He was horn In Barcelona, April 12, 1S1G, and appeared first in this country when he came here as flrst bat-s with Jenny Und on the oc­ casion of her memorable engagement In old Ciistle Garden nearly half a ceutury ago. He sang with 1'atti on her flrst visit to New York City, and also was a mem­ ber of the companies of Maplesou, Strak- osch and Max Maretzek.

Chicago has now a Wagner Club. The announcement Is made that the object of the club is to encourage the cultiva­ tion of music of a high standard aud to enliven and keep up the interest for It by studying operas Wagner's works in particular, but not exclusively; by giving a cyclus of concerts aud lectures on mu­ sic, and by producing one grand opera In the original version at the end of each season. Clarerce Eddy is the president ol the club. Properly conducted, as it doubt­ less will be, such uu organization can do wonders for the advancement of musi­ cal taste.

Walter Damrosch, speaking about his opera, founded upon Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter, said that for twel.e years he had been revolving the subject iu his mind, and last yi ar had the good fortune to meet a sympathetic librettist in the person ol George Parsons Luthrop. the son-in-law ,pl the novelist. Mr. Lathrop listened to Sir, Damrcseh s views upon the matter and soon threw the libretto into the requisite form. The musio is practically complete. The whole of the flrst act Is even orcfies- trued, as well as part of the second. Th« remaining act is outlined, and the entire work, Mr. Damrosch hopes, will be com­ pleted by December.

Mrs. Laura Schirmer-Mnpleson and Llllj Post have had a disagreement. Both arl singing in- "The Fencing Master" on tilt ro.id, and each sink's the title role on alternate nights. F. C. Whitney engaged L'lly Post with the r del-standing' that she was to sing the leading role three times a week, when Mru. Mapleson was resting. During the remainder of the week she was to sing the part of Phillipi. She dressed this subordinate part so gor­ geously as to outshine the star. Miss 1'ost refused to change her costume ana a quarrel between the two women en­ sued. Colonel Maplesou tried to discharge Miss Post, and act tally locked her dress­ ing room. She refused to be discharged, and Mr. Whitney sustained her. As he owns the opera and is its backer also his siiy so has great weight with Colonel Maplesou. The relations between the two impresarios are said to be slightly strain-

SPORTING NOTES.Greenllck, the famous grayhound, winner

of the Waterloo cup iu 1SS8, and sire of Fullertou, the four-time winner of the same cup, died iu Loudon Sept. 15.

The sculling match between G. Rubeor and Sullivan, of New Zealand, for the Thames championship, took place at Lon­ don, England. Sept. 25. Sulllvuu beat Bu- bear by live lengths.

Professor George Kisler, who calls him­ self the champion swimmer of Wales, has arrived iu this country and has issued a challenge to swim any man iu America from loo yards to one mile.

A match of two games to be played by cable between W. Steinitz, of New York, and tliu Liverpool Chess Club, has been arranged. There will be no stakes, und one move will be made in each game per week.

Carl Rouke, of Trail County, -who died in Belmont, N. D.. on Oct. 8, was probably the largest man in the world. He weigh­ ed 52o pounds, and the <-xaet measure of his coth'u was V/3 feet long, 3 feet wide aud 2'/4 feet deep.

The officers of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for the coming year are as follows: D. A. Candler, of Columbia, ia president; Malcolm Chase, of Brown, vie* president; Arthur E. Foote, of Yale, sec­ retary and treasurer.

F. A. Johnson, captain of the Yale 'Var­ sity crew, has called for the candidates to go into training at once for the fall races. Fully 40 fresiiieu have presented them­ selves for positions on the 'Varsity and Freshmen crews, and the prospects are. very bright. The regatta will be held iu about a week, at Lake Whitney.

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