113 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SEPTKMBBR 4 , 1S92-SIXTEEN PAGES.
WITH ORATORIO AND OPERA
Plans of the Apollos nnd Miss Olary for
Ornalm'a Musical Culture.
GREAT CHANGES AT THE BIJOU THEAFER
Jln n Stork CnrnpHiijr nnil Will Olvo Con-
tlnnoua 1'crrornmiiccA KTolutlon of
the Rerpoiitlnn Dnncn Co in I UK
Attractions Stuff oC'Imt.
The Apollo club , wbich has done so much
for the musical culture of Omaha , has made
Its plans for the coming season nnd announces
three subscription concerts , which will bo
given nt the Boyd on Thursday , November 7 ,
Monday , February 20 , and Thursday , May 4.
The program for these entertainments will
probably bo selected from " 'Tho Crusadors"
by Gndc , "Frlthoff" by Bunch , "Tho Golden
Legend" by Sullivan una "Tho Creation" by
Haydn , all works of high quality. Tno man-
ngomcnt expects losocuro the assistance of
Charles A. Knorr , toner ; George E. Holmns ,
baritone ; Mr a. Jobnstono-Btshnp. soprano ,
and ether musicians of llko quality.
In order to moot objections to tbo former
method of reserving Boats , the tnniineeniont
has decided to have on auction nnd sell the
choice of seats lu tbat manner. This plan
bus been tried In ether cities with satisfac
tory results. Each tlckot will have three
coupons , ono for each concert , nnd after once
fcocurlng his sciu the subscriber will have no
further trouble hi reserving for tbo soason.
Tbo following prices hnvo been adopted
for Reason tickets : Each box , son tint ; six
persons , fJ5 ; scats In parquet nnd par
quet circle , ? 3 ; seats In the balcony , $3.50.
In this connection It may bo well to remem
ber that tbo Apollo club Is not n moneymaking -
making organizailnn. No mnmbcr receives
any remuneration for his services , and tbo
club generally expends moro than It takes in.
Last season this cxcoss amounted to nbout
C300. This organization is worthy tbo heart
iest encouragement.
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Miss CInry reports very encouraging progress -
gross for tbo Omaha operatic festival , which
will begin at the Boyd 011 November 7 nnd
continue for tbo week , and is now nblo to
make some dollnltio announcements. Mr.
Max Marotzok , a well known musical dl-
C rector , has consented to take charge , which
assures competent management In that do-
jj pnrtmont. Ho has expressed himself as very
y well pleased with the cast submitted , which
will bo selected from the following singers :
Tenors , Pavno Clarke and SlgnorMlchneltni ;
baritone , William Leo or Herr Cuminsk ;
basso , blsnor Bologna ; soprano , Mmo. ICoert-
Kronold or Miss Dilthoy ; contralto , Miss
Hose Lelchtfln.
S'gnor Mtmtzok says In a letter : "I have
received your letter and seen Mr. Wolfsohn.
Wo will get a good and satisfactory company
together , and I will como tor the amount
nnmed. "
Miss Clary says of Hlcnor ularotzck as a
director : "It is a crcnt honor to this city to
ha\c this master , the companion and peer of
Ardltl , direct tbo first Reason of opera tbat
Is attempted to bo riven us a local uffalr with
the hope and Intention of permanently estab
lishing the sarno with all Its possibilities for
futurn dnvolopmoiit. Signer Marotzok h.is
bccoiuo idonulicd xvlth tbo history of bow
York. TnoICovNotesaysIn an article printed
nt the time of his golden jubilee , given at tbo
Metropolitan opera houao : 'As un read over
tbo accounts In several old journals of the
eventful career of our honored friend , wo
were moro than over Impressed with the
amount of work ho has accomplished ana
the grand quality of that work When Sig
ner Marctznlc came to our shores In IB-IS , ho
found our city in regard to operatic knowl
edge a poor-place indeed , but under his
management the tinost performances were
slvon that America has over seen.1 The
members of the company nro all known in
Mm best musical circles In the cast , and wo
Will have a creat director , one whoso skill ,
, 'xpcrlcr.co and line taste will brine out the
best results ot the material ho brings. "
.
* *
Mr. Kobcrt Downmi , * , the tragedian , bus
been successful In more than ono line of en
deavor. It is not generally known , for in
stance , that ho is In the publishing business.
Mr. Downing Is a Knight of Pythias , nnd this
p.\vo him renewed Interest .in the story of
"Damon nnd I'.vthlas. " in which , during his
stage career , ho had taken the part of ono of
the principals. Ho became convinced that a
tale so full of dramatic Interest and so suc
cessful on the stugo would make a splendid
subject for a romance. Having conceived
the idea , it did not take long to execute it.
"A ' 1'ruo Knight" was soon wrltloa , a story
of the loves of Damon and Pythias and of
their antagonism to the tyrant of Syracuse.
The tradition , as treated in John Bnnlm's
great piny.vas followed very closely , the
only departure being in tbo introduction of
a tender and romaniio love element , the
germ of which is In tbo old story , but which
Mr. Downing believed worthy of mornpromi-
nonoa.
Tbo romance being finished , the question
of a publisher had to bo settled. The terms
that were offered did not please Mr. Down
ing. Ho believed that a bonk founded on the
Pvthlas story would have an Immense sulo.
and ho also behoved that his work was so
, written as to possess moro than an ephemeral
i value.
' ' "I will publish the book myself , " ho said
to his friend , A. D. Hall , who hud collabor-
i atcd with him on the romance.
Mr. Hall objected that the tragedian know
nothing about the publishing business , and
that ho would lose money If tie tried. But
that did not Jeter him. Ho had the work
set up unti stereotype plates made In Chicago
cage , bought paper , contr.icted with a Wash
ington linn for the printing , and opened a
publishing house In the latter citv. That
was the beginning of the Edgomoro Publish
ing company. Within sixty dura the book
wan in the hands of the newsdealers all over
the country , nnd Belling fast.
Then Mr. Downing oogan to look for other
work for his publishing house. The storv of
thu unfortunate English stage pot , Nell
Uwynnc , came to his mind as a good subject
for a second romance , and In duo tlmo this
work nppoarod also , as "Our Ltdy of
Laughter. " Doth boons have had a largo
lalo , ana the publishing house thus accident
ally founded Is proving a prosperous venture
for the tragedian.
Visitors to the old Urand will hardly rccog.
al/u It blnco Manager Lawlor's ' improve
ments have been mado. The moat striking
3f thcso is a now colling whlun blues the
ugly girders that formerly disfigured the
auditorium. This coiling Is hundsumelv
pulutcd In light colors and It Is said to hav'a
made a wonderful improvement in the
icoustlo properties of the room. The walla
have also boon painted to match and n baud-
lomo now drop curtain adorns the prosco-
alum arch , Thcso are but Homo ot the rono-
rations which have taken In the whole place
In their scope.
An oven greater clmngo has been made in
the manner of conducting tbo nouso , which ,
by the xvay , will hereafter bo known us the
llljou theater and Wonderland. Mutineer
Lnwlor has engaged a permanent stock corn-
puny and will give what U known as u con
tinuous show. Under the now deal be will
hiivo two companies. The traveling performers -
formers who glvospouiallios will goonsav nt
1 p , m. , aqd give th 1r perfouuaticp. After
Iho curtain has been down two or three
minutes the stock compjny will begin upluv.
at tlio conclusion of wulch lhaspecialists will
again do their turns , to bo followed Immedi
ately by the dranmtlo performance again. In
ItInay n visitor to the Bijou may drop in
pi any tlmo during the altercoon or evening
Riid watch the performance ai long as ho
pleases. Ho may uo when the act ivhldh ho
lint law on entering U repented , ( mowing
Unit ho Ims BOOH the whole prourum , or ho
aiuy ire In at the boglunlui : of tbo perform-
unco nnd remain till tlio house H closed , thus
{ jutting four or 11 vu hours' ontcrtalnmontfor
o Miiall sum.
The ntocic company , which has already
been ichoarslnB u repertory of standard
nluys , will produce "I'Mlrtutlons ut Long
Branch.11 "FoggM Forrv , " "Blucic Flair. "
"East Lynne , " "Silver King" acd otbor
popular dramas. Thu prlco of udmission
will ba IG and 20 cents , Wmlo it U Manager
Luwlor's ambition to glvo a theatrical por-
ftnmaucu equal to souio of the succosifut
theaters of the east , the curio hall will have
manv Interesting attractions and has already
boon supplied with u number of vuluublo
aovoltlos. The season opened yesterday and
promises to bo the mo t successful the man
agement has had.
Tho'Sorpentino danoo has become ono nf
the successful novelties of Iho stage , and the
man who can glvo the atralghtost account of
Its origin happens to bo In Omaha , That
gentleman Is Louis Do Lange , ono of the
stars In "Tangled Up. " Here is bis story ,
which shows how keen theatrical people nro
to appreciate the possibilities of nets comlrB
tinaer their notice , nnd how Ingenious thov
nro In adapting them to the uses of the stage :
"Before tbo qponlng of the season 1 had
occasion to BO to London nnd thnro mot Loio
Fuller. She and I hnvoalways boon friends ,
and when I told her about the starring enter
prise thht wasnbout to open m America with
mvaolf as the principal feature , she asked
for a place In its membership. I have always
entertained the hlshcst esteem for Miss
Fuller's dramatic talent , nnd I Immediate ! ;
closed n contract for her nppcaranco in the
forthcoming production. In ono of Miss
Fuller's visits to Paris during the exposition
she was entertained by nti exhibition of
terpslchoroan art as demonstrated by the
Nautch girls. She was fascinated bv the odd
dross that thov use nnd as early as possible
secured one. She was also n great ndmlrcr of
the well known English dancer , Lotty Lind ,
and by seeing her specialty various times
secured a perfect Insight Into her flower
danco.
"It was not long before she was compelled
to return to this country to All bor profes
sional engagement with mo. I had east her
for n part thnt suited her perfectly nnd dur
ing the rendition of it she was to Introduce
the Ilowor daneo. The novelty of tbo dance
was morn In the oross than In the figures ,
the dross being madu so that at various
movements a bouquet of floxvors was formed.
' "Quack , M. D. , ' the farcical comodv that
Fred Marsdon had written for mo , did not
possess In n very liberal d groo the ingre
dients ossontlnl to n theatrical success , i
hud scoured n strong company , but the piece
was no go. Ttwas during our ongagomontnt
the Park theater , Boston , the latter part of
last September , thiit the Incident occurred
that caused the Inception of the dance now
so famous. It was nt'our Wednesday mati-
noo. Miss Fuller , who had used the gown
obtained nt Paris as n .walking dress , was
too much fatigued to make a change , so that
when her tlmo cnmo she had on only the one
that wns n copy of tbo Nnutch girls' costume.
I was In the wings watching tbo action , and.
when MUs Fuller began to dance my atten
tion wns attracted by the working of the
costume. I saw there was n great opportun
ity for an Innovation in.dunning. The re
sources of seventy yards of Indian silk
seemed to warrant fho making of a
dance thnt would catch public favor. With
pretty poses and Intricate handling of the
skirts f s iw a uovolty tbat perhaps would
reaoom the failure of the production.
"When Miss Fuller came oft the stage I
told her of my discover/ , requested her to
rohcarso with mo the following morning ,
which she did , and for ton davs I was busy
drilling her In poses , stops nnd the treat
ment of the dross that has now maao the
dance so famous. Ton days afterwords wo
opancd in Now York city. The ploco wns
tbo usual disappointment , but the dance
created a furore. Now York was captivated
with it. Everybodv paid tribute to the nov
elty and to the artist that was soon in Its
rendition.
"Closing tbo season , wo ropilrod to my
country homo nt As bury Park , N. J. , and
commenced rohoaisals of tbo new comedy ,
Tangled Up. ' Miss Fuller was to intro
duce the dance In tlio now production as
well as playing ono of the leading pirts. "Wo
had not yet cbristcned the danco. My father.
Dr. Do Lauge , nt the dinner-table ono day ,
sucrcested the name 'serpentine. ' I scoffed at
the idea , but Miss Fuller was pleased , and
announced that thereafter the word 'sorpon-
tlno' would bo applied to 1U
"Our season opened nt Philadelphia the
week before Christmas , and was to be fol
lowed by a tew woks' rost. M s Fuller was
aided this tlmo bv the success of fancied
Up,1 nnd the serpentine dnnco was ono of its
biggest features. Mr. A onson of tbo Casino
hnvinc mndo Miss Puller a liberal offer , Mr.
Rising and I released her from bor contract
and snourod for her place Miss Lottie Mof ti
mer , n professional dancer. This Is the real
history of the aanco. Its Inception nnd the
'
orlalii'of its name. "
*
Gossip "f tlio Stngo.
Miss Minna K. Gale will be married Thurs
day ovoinng.
Nat Goodwin tried n now comedy , "A
Gilded Fool , " in 3Now York Thursday ovon-
Ing.
Ing."Black
"Black Crook" was revived In New ork
last week. Also , "Patience , " with Dlxoy as
Bunthorne.
Now Orleans was the first city m the union
to introduce and llrmly establish regular
seasons of opera.
Mrs. Potter and Kyrlo Bellow have signed
to play under John Stetson's management In
a now play from a Zola novel.
Charlns Frohman has counted his com
panies. Ho will have sixteen on the rnad
this boason. This tops the record.
A now Swedish comedy , "Olo's Luck , "
with Charles P. Hall in the dlaloot pirt , was
given its initial production at South Chicago.
The news comes from London tbat Sir
Arthur Sullivan is to bo made a baronet , the
llrst musician , who has over received this
honor.
Francis Wilson and wlfo have sailed for
Europe. His next season will not open till
November , and ho will stick to "Tho Lion
Tomer. "
Otis Skinner did a pedestrian tour in Eu
rope this summer. The costumes bo is to
use In Modjoska's companv ho has had maao
lu Paris.
The Now York manaaers npprovo of and
will adopt Charles Frohman's recently
formed rule to exclude professional doad-
hcads at first nights ot now productions.
Dr. Strcmitz of Gralz has sent to tbo
Vienna exhibition the warrant issued bv the
police of Dresden In 181U. for tbo nrrost-ot
XVagnor ns a "dangerous political indi
vidual. "
Rehearsals of the Warde-Jumes company
began in Now York last wrok. James will
havo. his chance In "Francesco da Utminl , '
Wardo his in "Tno LlonN Mouth , " nnd the
pilr will get an equal opportunity lu "Julius
Ciosar. "
Ernst Possart , the Gorman tragedian , has
decided not to fulfill bis contract for an
American tour under Stuart Uobson's con
trol. Hobson had gone to some expense , but
Possart pleaded 111 health , and thcro vats no
alternative but to call the tour off.
The r.ulroad transportation for the entire
lour of the American , oxtruvaganza company
In "All Balm" was closed during the past
week. The contracts call for special trains
of seven cars , and tbo strength of the road
company will bo 115 people. The traveling
season will cover over 1 ,030 miles of terri
tory.
tory.Fanny
Fanny Davenport will plav onlv twenty
weeks tbo coming season. She will not play
west of Chloigo , and her tour will ulinnly lu-
cluda the loading eastern cities , with two
weeks in Now Orleans during Mardl Grus
tuno. MUs Davenport wrlton from her cas-
tlu lu Wales that slio has entirely recovered
her former good health.
At ono of the Vienna concerts n piece for
piano and orchestra by n local composer
named Labor was played , and wns so well
received tbat the young woman who had
played tbo piano ran out and lot ! the com
poser upon the stage. Ho kissed her band
and pointed to her when ho hoard the ap
plause , giving all the credit to hor. Ho
could not see the audience , for ho is blind.
A musical contemporary says : "Muscagnl ,
the composer of 'Cavallorla Uusttrana,1 has
boon much annoyed , according to foreign
papers , bv the porlstout reappearance of a
paragraph declaring that ho had become a
( . ambler aim played for heavy stakes. Ho
dually lost his patience and so'nt tlio follow
ing telegram to OHU of the Milan Journals :
'It Is truu thnt I play but only billiards , ' "
TIIK URU acknowledges an invitation from
Mr , DoWolfo lioppnr to attend a special per
formance of "W'in ' "gtvon in Now York last
Monday ovonlnc , at which Captain Watldna
and the adla-M of the City of Paris wcro nls
honored guo.us , Mr. Hopper was a passen
ger on that btcamor when it broke the record
In crossing thu A'lantio. Tbo theater was
handsomely decorated with Ilagsund a model
of the steamer twelve feet long aud costing
f j.OOU wm used In tbo llrst act.
According to Air , Mara Klnw , who Is an
authority In the matter , there are about 'J.OUO
licensed thoalinM in thu Unltod Status. The
traveling combination ! * number about 400 ,
and cacti company averages llftcou people ,
making tl.OOJ ( tutor * aud aclroctoi employed.
Tliero are us many moro unemployed. The
theaters of the country glvo employment to
about 130,00 ! ) people , including gus men , property -
orty men , machinist ) , carpenters , BOOUO
' paint * ) ! * , supers and sueuo shiltors.
Anlunusual event occurred lu Now York
lust wo"li. "A Trip to Chinatown" was
' acted simultaneously at two theaters In that
city , ThU Is rare , out not unprecedented.
\
Nearly forty .voars auo "Undo Tom's Cabin"
was slmultaneouslv acted at two Now York
playhouses , and four or IIvo other pieces
have since had n similar record , not to men
tion "Pinafore. " In Ilbndon , indeed , ' 'Undo
Tom" was ut ono tlmo , nt the height of Its'
success , running on Iho boards of no fewer
than twenty theaters nt one timo.
Sousu's now marine band Is being organ
ized in the east nnd will start lor Chicago
September 10 , giving n number of concerts
on the war. Mr. Sousa and his baud will
inaugurate n series of concerts nt the Audi
torium on Monday , October 10. At the close
of the World's fair dedication ceremonies a
tour will bo commenced throughout the
countrv , with the expectation that wl'.hln
ono year the whole of the UnltoJ Slates will
navn bonn visited nnd every principal city
permitted to enjoy the play In R of "tho llnost
military hand ever organized. "
Ilss Georgia Cay van said , in an Interview ,
that she was humiliated repeatedly in Japan
by the predominance of the English lu com
mercial and social nnd ofllclal life , and her
prldo was humbled bv the pomp ana olrcuin-
otanco upon the English naval vwiols lu the
harbor of Yokohama , with their generous
displays of bunting , In sharp contrast to the
wooden ships of this country thcro anchored ,
and their apparent carelessness in the mat
ter of flags. Sbo complained , too , of the
modest showing tnndo by this country in the
way of ncciodttod representatives when con
trasted -vlth the great display of the English
legation. But , with nil that had disturbed
bor , the absence of the American line and the
failure to nro oven n single gun on thoEourth ;
of July ever tnoro were the most exasperat
ing thing * . Miss Cayvan's ' bosom swollen
when in the harbor at San Francisco shesaw
the noble now ships of the United Status
navy , tbo Charleston and Boston , and she
than lied God for tbo sight.
There are said to bo more theatrical people
nut of employment now than at any similar
period for flvo yoars. A dramatic agent ! a
discussing the reasons says : "Thcro nro
uboutGOO moro actors and nctrossos than can
bo given places , avou if every successful
company In existence last year wns to take
the road again Ibis autumn , I suppoao the
political campaign has cnusod a shrinkage of
iir > per cent in the number of companies , so
that upon tbo whole wo have nearly 800
actors and nctrostfcs scattered through the
country who have baon nnd will bo unable to
Und places. What becomes of these who are
out In the cold ! Tboy will live on their fam
ilies until better times como around. As n
rule thev have nothing and always begin the
season deep In debt for the summer's bnard.
Thn actor who can start out for the season
owing nothing is the rare execution. I sperm ,
of course , of the rank and fllo thn mon who
seldom aspire to moro than $40
n week aud go through their worn
In a thoroughly mechanical xvay.
The fact is that It is a lazy sort of life which
rather unfits n man for anything olso. I
speak now of the rank and fllo man , who has
no ambition beyond getting his iuilary with
the least possible exertion to himself. People
ple have an idea thut actors are overworked.
It's all bosh. A company playing one-night
stands has a good dual ot traveling , but that
is not hard ; mon play cards nnd smoke ;
the women rend novels and sleep. There is
no rohcnrsincr , no studv , and the only actual
work , so called , is during ttio three hours
spent at the theater. It must u'.so bo said
that an actor often enjoys plaving mora than
ho docs eating his dinner. Therefore it maybe
bo said that no actor resigns from the pro
fession. When ho grows too old or flnds that
tbo public will not have him on any
terms , the aotor usually opens
a school for young people anxious
to shine upon the stage , thus adding to
tbo already overcrowded ranks. The time Is
coming when the small actor cannot pay $1.50
a day ut a hotel as bo dons now. Ho will have
to do as his professional brother in England
has always been compelled to do llvo In
cheap lodginps and trust to odds and ends
for meals. Tbo English actor is satisfied to
llvo on far loss than wo pay here , which no-
counts for the many Importations wo moko.
TZ1K TniHATJUllS.
ThoFarnam street theater bos a high class
attraction in "Tan-pled Up , " which will bo
repeated this afternoon and evening. Louis
Do Laugo and Will S. Rising bavo branched
out as stars in a very bright and humorous
musical farce from the French somehow all
tbo bright and humorous farces are either
from the French or Gorman to which they
Uavo given the namu of "Tangled Up. "
The name is npnroprliUo , as the entire
tire dramatis pcrsonno is kept thor-
roucbly at cross purposes una most hope
lessly tangled up tarough two acts nnd are
barely glvon a chancoto got themselves idou-
tillca and sorted out before the llnal curtain
falls. It Is decidedly a farce of situationsnnd
not of IIOHO play , as are thosn so-called
farces of homo 'manufacture that have
brought discredit on tbo nutno. Musical tnv
torruptions occur at intervals not too remote
to lot the audience forgot that the two stars ,
Mr. Rising especially , bnvo good voices
which they can use artistically , and not too
frequent to spoil the chain of incidents.
Milton and Dolllo Nobles and their excel
lent company close their present engagement
at Bovd's ' Now theater this ovaninp by giv
ing "From Slro to Son , " which is considered
ono of the best plays Mr. Nobles has yet
written. It possesses the essential element
of "human interest. " The mon ana women
are flesh and blood. Ttioro is nothing artifi
cial about them. Dollio Nobles nlays with
sueetncss and intelligence. Sbo sings
"exquisitely , accompanying herself with the
mandolin. Mr. Nobles plays with tbo case ,
polish and magnetic force that have always
characterized his wont. Many admire Milton
Nobles as an artist far above the average In
point of ability. Ho Is always conscientious ,
and whilobo may fall sometimes to realize n
character , still you will never Una him com-
monplaco. Ho is a product , of our American
civilization , and has risen from the ranks ,
like others that might bo named , to n promi
nent position as ono of our loading uativo
actors.
Robert L. Downing , the tragedian , whoso
coming to Bovd's Now theater this woolc in
four of the strongest plays of the logltlmato
drama Js no event in theatrical affair * , has
boon for the past fifteen years before the pub
lic , and during tbat time each succeeding yonr
has scon him do bettor than the past , both
in tlio quality of his art and in the patronage
civon him by the public. There are four
characters In which ho has won especial
favor , and these are Vlreinius , Mare An
tony , Ihgouiar and the Gladiator , tbo four
which ho will play In Omaha.
Trained in that school of great actors , the
stock company , and graduating from that
particular shining oxumplo of the best re
sults of the stock system , John T. Ford's
stock company , at tbo National theater In
Washington , Mr , Downing is regarded ns
the legitimate successor ot such giants of
pa&slon una Imporlousnoss as Edwin Forrest
nnd John McCullough. Ho Is moro than that.
Even In the great roles of borolo inveatlvo ,
Mr. Downing Invests his work with a ro-
mantin clement which emphasizes Lho human
quality , the tenderness of emotion which
oven tbo strongest and greatest of mon feel.
Mr. Downing's repertory will bu : Monday
"Vlrglnius " night "Julius
night , ; Tuesday ,
Ciusnr ; " Wednesday afternoon , "Ingoraar1 ;
Wednesday night , "Too Gladiator. "
"Tho Fast Mail" which appears at the
Farnam Street theater next Tburaday evenIng -
Ing is said to bo the most successful railroad
and scenic melodrama on the road this sea
son. Mr. L. J. Carter , tbo author and man
ager , has contrived to weave into a consistent
story nearly all tbo good points of the sensa
tional drama which tradition has handed
down , adding thereto tbo most ingenious
mechanical oiTeoU of the day. The climax
of czch act is strong enough to sustain a
whole play , yet so well graded are
the features of the ploco that ono
views with increasing interest through
the llvo nets the murder and
the clover trick with the grandfather's clock
in the llm act ; tbo Mississippi river
steamer , its engine room showing a practical
funmco , and tbo explosion with ' complete
chunira of sccno behind a curtuln of rising
bmoko , " bohlnd which is soon the wreck ,
as the curtain falls on the second act ; the
"llfoulzo" froleht train , with its realistic
ont'lno and sixteen box cars , with tbolr
familiar lettering , followed , at the close of
the third not , by "Tbo Fast Mall ; " the daijo
diva of the fourth net , und the thrilling In
cidents and hairbreadth escapes wlilch tuko
pluco there ; and then tbo "full front View of
Ntnuaru Falls , as BOOH from the center of
Suspension bridge , " upon which tbo llnal
curtain descends. Tbo dialogue la said to
bo bright ana uloan , nnd the company well
trained , making tbo ploco go witb a vim.
Mrs. L. R. Patton , RookforJ , III , , writes i
' Frompononal oxporlouco I can rocomraoad
DoWUt's Saraaparllla , u euro for Impure
blood and general debility "
'i'ivV ' . . - rr-h ' " '
- - i n i .i i- r in1'ritV"
WHERE BEAU NASH WAS KING
.
Sconoi thnt Waken flopping Memories of
Oid-Timo Hovelrjes in Batb.
RESORT OF ENGLAND'SJVIT ' AND BEAUTY
01 f
Sauntcrim ; * In tlio llilr 8t > morsot lilro City ,
AVhoro Seventy YcnrniABnno Hhnrtilnn'st ]
Itcmtixnnit Holies Drummed the Spinet
niidrtnj-cd Havoc with lleputntlnn * .
ICopjrrlfflitSlr. 1852. ]
BATH , En ? . , Aug'-1 23. fSpoclal Corre
spondence ) of TUB Britf.1 ! Nowhcra In Ene-
[ mid anvil so many great inon and women
como and for n tlmo llvoJ and Isft bohlnd
thora such clear ana charming chronicles of
their lorrying ns in the Interesting old Som
ersetshire.ot . Bath.
Curiously onougti It furnishes tow of the
ordfnary characteristics which rendered
most other British cities nttractlvo to the
traveler. There are no ruins of castles or
vestiges of slego and slaughter. No kings
wore crowned or are entombed within It. It
lias no cathedral , vast , dim , shrluoful ,
whom n Cromwell can still bo remembered
In the hbadtoss and limbless cfllgtos ot martyrs -
tyrs and saints. Even Us abbey church has
scarcely had tlmo to turn gray from the
Hinds of us sixteenth and seventeenth cen
tury bullaors. The city's ' noble crescents
and parades are scarcely -100 years old , and
only In odd quarters of the old town are
found the tenders brown ? and grays mingled
with the masses of Ivy whicn mutely toll ot
a remote and hoary long ago.
And yet Bath has a known antiquity of
nearly 2,000 years , ono that you can see any
day of the year with your own eyes , and a
claimed antiquity ot nearly 1,000 years be
yond that. It Is In the baths of Buth , modern
and ancient , that chief Interest centers.
From the standpoint of modern elegance and
convenience no city In the world possesses
more splendid provisions ; while there Is cer
tainly a wonderful fascination and Interest
In the fooling that hero in.a west of England
city , while enjoying hot baths under condi
tions of luxury unsurpassed In Europe , your
surroundings are those of the Roman em
perors and generals ot 1,400 to 1,800 years
ago , while the same thermal waters possloly
banished the Ills of St. David , King Arthur
and a vast line of old British princes and po
tentates of 500 years beyond.
Whatever may bo the actual antiquity of
this ancient city nnd Its moro nncloat
baths , the legend of their discovery Is
most curious nnd interesting. Hudlbras ,
King of Britain , who flourished B. C. , 892 ,
had a son named Bladud , who being a
leper was expelled from the royal court at
Winchester , nnd wandered In poverty
throughout the land. After a time ho be
came a swineherd along the banks of the
Sumorsotshirn Avon , but soon discovered in
dismay that all the animals in his charge had
bocoarb as leprous ns.hlnibolf.
The IMcs DIflcjovecpil the Pool.
Fearful of discovery , by his master ho
drove his pigs across IhoMvor at u point still
known as Swlnoford and' took up n position
on the hillside whoro"&holtor and acorns were
in abundance. It happened that ono of the
finest sows was a'ddioldd to roving. She
strayed from the rcst'andlBladud on march
ing for her discovered her contentedly wal
lowing in a pool of muddy , warm water. But
Bladud found much more .to his satisfaction.
The animal bad boon fclodnsod other leprosy ,
and following her example , bo not only Qrovo
the whole herd to the warm pool morning
and night , but himself \vnllowod within it >
among the swlno.
Finally the prince ( eiurnod to his father's
court clean and wholo. , There was great
rejoicing and Bladud resumed his pluco as
hulr apparent , but for a long time could not
bo prevailed upon to , mnko the place or cir
cumstances of his euro known. Ho was sent
to and educated in Gi'Wco ur.dor thu name of
Anarls , and returned a "capable governor of
the nation. " Ho now bethought himself to
make bis secret known for the benefit of
others. Thereupon ho built the city of
Both ( about aTOO years agol ; when ho ap
plied himself so diligently and exclusively
to ingenious studies that bo succeeded in In
venting and maKlne for himself wings with
which to fly : but in ono of his flights ho foil
down upon a church steeple , which caused
the breaking of bis ticck , from which ho
died.
A rninong King Coxcomb.
However all this may bo , certain it is that
about the beginning of the last century Batb
suddenly rose from the condition of a ne
glected provincial town to a second capital of
English fashion. Its baths attracted all the
rich and groat. . Then it was that the un
known Richard Nash , who , when a law stu
dent at chambers In the temple , London , had
been raised to royal favor by bis conduct as
master of the pageant on the visit of the
klosr , came to Bath , and , by common consent
as master of all city ceremonials and the
most trifling questions of otlquotto concern
ing the social relation of visitors , bold un
disputed sway for over fifty years. Now
York has now a. mimic of this famous king
coxcomb , a sort of social mala tapa measure
and steelyards of corciaonlal inanities , but
the Beau Nash of Bath was intellectually
and in the matter of actual power , a king
indeed in comparison with all the buffoon
Imitators who have followed nim.
Jtisaiovoiy , loary , roomy , rare old city ,
this Bath , without any or its curious
uld associations. Its baths are flnor
than can bo found elsewhere in Europe. Per
haps 1100,000 visitors seek their boaling
qualities annually. Woaltb , ago , rofli.omcnt
and wonderful beauty of surrounding ronaor
tarrying bore luxurious and charming. And
then what a treat it is to have added to this
modern day luxury the constant experience
of sweltering in those hot waters precisely
where tbo swine , Bladud and all the old
Romans have wallowed ! The old Roman
bath Is'hcro today almost precisely as it was
built and the generals of the empire loft it.
Something like 100 feet in length and 70 in
breadth are its dimensions. The auolont
vaulted roof , tlfty foot high , supported by
six mas tvo piers , is onlv locking. But hero
are still tbo clustered pilasters on either side ,
and broken columns. , wonderfully carved on-
inblatures , nnd all the curious stone work of
1,400 years ago. It is all worth a long Jour
ney to see , for In Homo itself is a no moro
curious relic ot Roman time and Roman
luxury.
Whim Until \V in ltd dory.
To many the literary nnd artistic associa
tions of Bath will have the deepest Interest.
In no other English city , except London , can
thcro be found such a wealth of memories ot
this character. Everywhere you turn is
some lemlnder of a pleasant or pathetic sort
of the doings and personality of tbo eroat
scientists , writers , pools , painters and actors ,
or tbolr Irlonds , of the Init , , or the early part
of the present , century ! ' Bath was then in
its glory. In those1 days every coach from
Condon , winter or"summer , landed some
famous personage at the door of the White
Horse mn or the Pelican Inn , which Is still
standing and is knoxvji as the "Three Cups. "
At No. SI Pultonoy1 street lived Blr William
Watson , the natural'fthllosophor ' who intro
duced Blr W. HorschAl td the king and the
Bclentillo world. In 176U the latter removed
from Yorkshire to Batb , where ho lived at
No. 7 Now King struct , / itle was for a lone
tlmo organist at the. .Ootagon chnpcl nnd
loader of the orohostf a'pt the public assem
bly rooms. At length'n. simple telescope ,
only two foot In loiigtfjfpll into his hands.
Ho was atoncofilloq'w Mi intense enthusi
asm for itstronomlcorcseurch ( , but dismayed
at the London price of a larger glass , bo de
termined to construct ouo with his own
bands. Telescopes of seven , of eight , ot ton
and linally of twenty feet focal distance
finally crowned his efforts mid the primary
planet Uranus was discovered by him ut this
old house In Now King street on March li ! ,
1761 ; and it 1s a pretty picture one's fancy
mukes of tbo faithful slater sharing in nil the
night watches with her brother with pencil
in hand and eager eyes upon the clock ,
Among tbo noted people of the stugo who
have made moro sparkling and mellow tbo
memories of Bath were Sarah Slddoug , Quin ,
the inimitable "FalHtaff , " the elder Mac-
ready , John Kern bio , Foato and Uar-
rlck. It was hero tbat bluff old
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an actor. Mrs. Siddons callcU upon him In
his np artmonts lathe Pelican inn. There
was s oino confusion incident upon Frank , the
servant , not coin ? nblo to Itntnodmtoly fur
nish Mrs. Siddons with a chair , whuroupon
Dr. Johnson Instantly romarlcod : "You see ,
mudam , that wherever you go thcro are no
Boats to be gotl"
Interesting Anociloto.
Macreaily's presence here is cmbulmod in
a moro savage but no loss witty rejoinder.
Tno "John Dories" nnd port of the Pollcan
Inn had boon too powerful for an actor who
was suoportini ; him as lago. An amateur
was necessarily supplied. Maorcady's agony
was Intense. On returning to Bath some
"months later as a visitor to the baths tbo
mournful lago who Und supported him
sought u renewal of the great actor's ac
quaint an co. "I had tbo honor of playing
lupotoyour Othello at the Theater Hoyal ;
don't.you remember mo , sir ? " "Komombor
you , sir ? remember you ? " thundered the
irate tragedian. "How shall I over forgot
you I"
John Komblo , wbilo a visitor at Bath , and
when bestowing a farthing on a bocjrar , gave
to literature this Impurishiiolo satire upon
the parsimony of the nobility : "Friend , "
bo said with the dignity of a Uoriolanus ,
"wo Rive but seldom , but when wo do glvo ,
wo glvo lltco princes I"
Uarrlck wrote some of his ilnost satires at
Bath. The great miuiic. Footo , was nearly
always to bo found In bis company. Saorl-
dan , when but a youth of 00 , WAS onu of the
lions of Bath. Ho wrote and contributed tuo
aamo to a sort of litararv "tnlr of Parnas
sus , " instituted by Lady Millcr.so admirably
described to us by Horace \Valpolo , tUojo
exquisite stanzas beginning ,
"Dry bo thai toar.my gentlest love ; "
and Uanlsborouch's celebrated nainting of
Sncridun was also done In this city. Quln
lived longer in Bath than any ether in bis
profession. When the famous comedian for
the last lima played "Falstaff" mid retired
from the stage , In 1753 , ho came to Batb to
pass his romulnlnc davs because , ns ho said ,
ho "did not Know a hotter plaoo f or an old
code to root In. " Ho llvod for thirteen
yoara and dlod in lih lodgings at Cuostnr-
Hold house , Plorropont street ; and in the
north aUla of the choir of Bath ubuoy U a
rnnrblo tablet with a striking liltonoss of the
crest comedian. Underneath is a mask and
a dagger , representing comedy and trairody ,
and a characteristic apltaph by Gam ok , the
closing lines of wlilch are :
In Nature's happiest mould however east ,
To this oomuluxion thou iniut comu at last.
Homo Famous Woman.
In addition to Mrs. Siddons some nf the
famous women who made wlnsorao the
Booloty f Bath durluir this brilliant
period were Queen Charlotte , wlfo of
George III. , Mrs. Piozzi , the celebrated
companion of Dr. Johnson , Lady Miller ,
Bur ah Fielding and Mmo. D'Arblay.
Mrs. Piozzi was ono of the most beautiful
and accomplished women of England. Slio
first married a rich brewer named Ttirulo.
Tuo couple llvod in great splendor at Bath ,
and Dr. Johnsoa wns the lady's ' acknowledged
greatest admirer. Btiortly after the death of
Mr. Tnrulo the sprightly wldow'tlroj of the
ponderous devotion of Dr. Johnson , and bo-
oatuo ttio wlfo of a muala master numod
Piozzi , A complete rupture of Johnson was
the consequence ; and the famous loxlco-
crapbor was over aflor a misanthrope re
garding all womanhood. After a brilliant
career In Italy , Mrs. Piozzi returned to Haiti ,
wboro , in 1830 , she cole bra ted her both birth
day by ono ot vho most famous bulls and sup
pers over glvon In England , wlioro the
uprightly female antique led oft the dancing
with her adopted non , Blr John Saulsuury ,
"with astonishing elasticity. " But she dlod
the next year. Hnr "Anecdotes of Johnson"
and bor own "Literary Uorauinu" are among
the most piquant tidbits of biographical
literature.
Lady Miller was a conspicuous figure at
Hath In these good old times. Walpolo and
Mmo. D'Arblav both charmingly doicrlbo
tbo ' 'fair of Parnassui , " a sort of literary
tournament Instituted at her noted resi
Bathcaston villa. A Roman
vase , dressed with laces , costly ribbons
bens and myrtle , recolvod tbo poetry ,
w hich was drawn ut every lestival by six
judges , who road all tbo compositions and an
nounced the successful compotltor. Tnolat-
tor was crowned with myrtle and permitted
to kueol and kU& the fat and freckled hand
of Lady Miller , who was n "coarse , plump-
looking dame , whoso aim It wns to appnar a
woman of fashion and patroness of lottery. "
It was Garrlcu who slipped the following ef
fusion into the sacred-urn :
"Tho vase speaking :
For Heaven's sake bestow on mo
A little wit and that would bo ,
Indeed , an Act of Uhirltyl"
llttlU'H liimouf ) r.ltor.iry Mon.
In the residence of famous literary mon ,
Bath was immensely fortunate. Cbistophor
Anstoy , the poet llvod noirly all bis lifo in
Batb. William Bockford , at ono tlmo the
richest nnd most luxurious man in England ,
who expended nearly S1,5JOU)9 ( ) on ill-fated
Fouthill abbey alone , but whoso enduring
fuma will roU on ttio authorship of that most
wonderful of all oiionial taloi , "Vatuok , "
wat for many yuan n cltizon of Batb , and
built the palatial tower on Linsdown , bo-
ncath whoso shadows hia body now lloj.
The momorlos of Or. Johnson are so rife in
the old Pelican Ian that in pissing through
its oaken-paneled rooms ono oanalmoit scent
the musty aroma of his can < llo-scorched wigs
and see the ludicrous plcturo of Frank , tbo
servant , lying in wait to clap a fresh ono on
bis hard , old haad tbo moment a caller was
announced b3lovv.
Samuel T. Coleridge often preached at the
Sawcloso chapel bore. It was vvbon referring
to these days hero bo said to Charles Lamb :
"I think , Unarlos. you never hoard mo
proaob. " "My dear boy , " replied Lamb , "I
never hoard you do anything else. "
Alexander Popu llvod on the bounty of the
rich philanthropist , Allen , hero for years ,
only lo.ivinir , llko the ugly little wasp ho
was , when his host refused to grant him bis
manor house at Uatlmmpton for the oocu-
panov ot his paramour , Martha Olouut.
Tnorna ? Gainsborough finished many of his
most famous portraits in Bath ; and Sir
Joshua Reynolds not only used his marvel
ous pencil here , but recovered from n para-
lytiu stroke through tno use of Bath's ther
mal waters , Tobias Smollett was for a long
time ouo of tbo literati gathered here , and
every reader of " 1'orosrino Ploklo" and
"Humphrey Cllnkor , " is favored with plo-
turos of Bath associations , customs und
habits of that tlmo.
Oliver Goldsmith visited Bath lu 1771 , with
the literary remit of "Tho Life of Hluhard
Nash ; " hardly a fitting subject for the pen
of the author of "Tho Vicar of Wnkellold ; "
but through this event Beau Nusli's memory
became moro imperishable than througli all
tbo monuments , opltapbs and paintings to bo
found to his honor in tbo ancient city ; and
if you tire of Identifying the great of olden
times with their nncolnt habitations horn , a
pleasant walk of two mllot to tbo west of the
city will bring vou to the little village of
Twortou. Hero in a tiny , nnat cottage , now
known as Fielding's house , Floldmg's ' ter
race , was ublolly written "Tom Jones , " for
which , through Iti llrst reading In manu
script by the wlfa of Andrew Millar , the
great London puulUhor , Fielding secured
tbo , to him. Incredible sum of X300 , whlcn so
astounded him that f or liimsolf.llio publisher ,
who afterward cleared 18,00 ! ) from tbo tala
of tbo work , and his friend riiompioti , the
poet , Fielding straightway deliriously or
dered of the waiter , "Two bottles of your
best port. " Eoout L.
"I take nloasuro In rooommendlnc Cham
berlain's Cello , Cholera and Dlarrhuu Hem-
edy , " ay8 Goo. U. Uankston of Mill Creek
111. "It is the best medicine 1 have over
used for dlarrluua. Ono dose will euro any
ordinary case. " Porsulo by druggUU.
"Papa , " aald llttlo Francis nfter ho haa
boon playing on.tno beach for u few hours ,
"lot's buy tfcoupto of barrels and a pnll , ana
take tuo beach and thu ocean homo with u > . '
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