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BYE THE BYE.
It was 11 iiMRnlflccnt ilctnoiiRtrntion nt tlio
(ijK.ni liouto Inst Humliiy in honor ufJolm Dil
lon, Irish jinti lot nml member of thu llrltlsh
imrliiiment. Ho felt thu compliment lint
griioefully attributed It to Llneoln's interest
in tho Irish cause. Mr, Dillon Is not an elo
quent shaker, but hu wnn earnest ami lnul
tliu symjiathy of his audience, and tho meet
ing Avas a great success, lint did you notice
Mr. DiIIou'm maimer on the platform His
sH-ech iu liulting, ltli few gestures, and
tliu disposition of Ids hands was a vexatious
problem. When ho iimno in tho majesty of
Ids six foot odd ho put his hands behind. In
alout two seconds iio shifted his weight from
one foot io tho other and grasped ills coat la
pels in front tietwcim thumbs and forellugvrx.
Then tho hands wero transferred to his hips,
the arms akimbo, but almost instantly went
behind under tho coat tnlln. In another mo
ment thoy wero clasped in front only to tly
back again with tho left hand grasping tliu
right elbow. Tho next instant both thumbs
wero hooked in the vest pockets. Then the
left hand was extended in front, tho palms
and Angers curved in tho form of a scoop, and
the clenched right (1st was brought down In
tho little pocket witli ft number of gcntlo lit
tle pats to emphasizunn important statement.
Tho hands next How into tho side trouser
Hckct8 and then nervously clasped each
other behind tho shaker's back. These mo
tions wero repented constantly, and impressed
thu s))cctator with tho thought that Mr. Dil
lon, distinguished as ho Is and known in all
lands, is as modest and dlllldent as a school
boy.
.
Mr. V,'. Morton Smith has just completed
his flr&t year In thoservico of tho Omaha He
;iiMiC(iu,nnd he goes to Onuiha today to take
tlie position of mannging editor. Ho had lieen
tendered the placo several times liefore, but
declined It beonuso he preferred to livu in Lin
coln. Ho accept now in deference to the
pressing ilemnud for his services nt thu homo
olllce. Tho HcpublicdH has had threo differ
ent sets of proprietors during Mr. Smith's
connection with it, and ho is thu only mem
ber of Its stall who lias weathered thu vicissi
tudes of thu year. In his Lincoln work Mr.
Smith has had to compete with old and well
acquainted newspaper men, but hu has kept
even paco with them in tho nousluoss of his
correspondence and has turned out a great
amount of matter. He lms somo regard for
literary style, and his writings havo hpd dig
nity nnd excellence of finish. He goes to
Omaha ulth a considerable acimalntnnco
among politicians, with a thorough grasp of
thu questions agitating the statu and with tho
physical as well as the mental ability to do an
Immense amount of work. If ho have tho
support of tho management ho will undoubt
edly work a decided chnngo In tho tonu and
manner of tho llfjmlilicun. Without such
support no man can effect much improve
ment. Hero 's for wishing that Smith may
have a fair chanco to show thu metal that's
in him.
J. W. Cutiight, formeily city editor of tho
Cull but now correspondent at Oiunha for
the Journal, prognosticate a change In tho
ownership of the llvjiubllcan. Ho writes:
"Tho Union Pacific railroad company Is
soon to assume control ami management of
tho present dilapidated Omaha Hciiulilicmi,
and it "vlll bo used to boom Hon. John M.
lhurston for United States senator from Ne
braska. A managing editor, it Is said, has
already been elected, and ho halls from New
York, while newspaper talent from Chicago
will also bo enrolled upon tho staff."
This Is an interest'ng speculation, but that
is all. It Is assum-d that Major Wilcox
wants to sell tho Itrpubliam, and itissu
posed Mr. Thurston wishes to bu United States
senator. Tho political gossips have put two
and two together and made live. That is too
much. Iye-theHyo happens to know that
Mr. Wilcox Is not yet anxious givo tho e
puhlivun away. A party willing to pay him
$.",0,000 In tho interest of prohibition recently
approached him foran offer. He named $70,
000 o-s his price. At a subsequent visit Mr.
Wilcox decided that ho diil not euro to sell,
Tho major Is said to l,o worth several hun
dred thousand dollars. Ho happened to own
a big farm near Omaha yearn ago, nnd tho
growth of tho city is said to havo inndo it
worth ftOO.OOO, Tho major has held up tho
Uhjuiteh and tho llfmlilicon for a year and
a halt and abundantly proven his stlck-to-it-iveness
under conditions that would discour
age all but the thousandth man. Mr. Thurs
ton's friends nro not likely to be enthusiastic
enough to givu Mr Wilcox his price.
Eastern as a heniitilul iu. Tho gods 1h
praised! That shuts (ill' thu siipeistitious
crank from whining week after week about
seven rainy Sundays.
My friend Quiz and a bright girl had a talk
the other day about calling, ami their argu
ments are apropos to thu times. Thu sub
stance of tho affair, as reKrted by Quiz, as
about llku this;
The young lady made tho remark that thu
young men of Lincoln were not given to mak
ing social calls and weru neglectful of their
opportunities.
"Judging from my own experience," said
Quiz, "I presume the young men havo not
been Invited to call, Is it not thu fault of thu
girls themselves!"
"Well, I don't Invito them to call any more.
1 don't think you would cither, if you had
nsked onu after another to call and they had
snubbed you by persistently staying away.
A few cases of that kind aru enough to ex
haust n girl's pride, Don't you think so!
That is a common exporlenco of the girls,"
"No, 1 think on the contrary that oumaku
a mistake. You Invite a man tocall and then
make a personal matter of it. Society pro
tects a woman by decreeing that no man may
call on her w llh. lit her permission, A girl In
thu social swim meets a hundred men witli
whom she would lie glad to hnveau acquaint
ance say a casual, a calling acquaintance.
If shu invites them to call and then keeps tab
on tlium shu is likely to l mortilled, Ixrauso
there are u thousand reasons, gojd reasons,
why n considerable inimWr of that hundred
may never call on her, When a man receives
n casual Invitation to call on a lady ho re
gards it simply as giving him permission. It
Is thu H)llto, kind thing for a lady to do, hut
thu privilege carries no obligation. It Is one
of tho courtesies, onu of the formallths of so
ciety that aru showered right and left and no
ledger account kept."
"Well, If n lady Invito a gentleman to call
iho puts herself In tho position of asking some
thing of him. If hu neglect tocall It is hu
miliating to her self-resiect. I cannot see
how that Is to U nvolded."
"There Is ono trouble with thonverngo girl.
When shu Invites n man to call she does It as
though shu wero asking u favor Instead of
granting a privilege. Tliero Is tho kernel of
tho whole matter. I don't think it is necessa
ry to arguu tliu difference."
"If n lady ask u gentleman to call she asks
an attention, otherwise a favor. Shu stakes
n part of her pride on tho Issue."
"That Is Just what shu should not do. It is
too common n thing and not worth tho price.
It is ono of thu duties of n society woman to
learn how to glvo gentlemen Hruiisslon to
call nt her homo anil do it in such n way that
shu Is conferring n privilege instead of asking
n fnvor. If bIiu doesn't understand hor busi
ness nnd ninny young girls do not why, it
is not tho men's fault."
"You MK'in to havo n positive Idea of how
It should bo done. Now, how would you do
It!"
"Oh, I am not a tutor to tho public. Thu
fact is, tliero Is no set form or stereotyped
manner of doing it. Thu Incident of thu mo
ment ought to suggest n way to a bright wo
man. I havo noticed this, however: when
ever n Indy undertakes in tho middle of a con
versation to extend the compliment of n call
ing privilege thoro is liable to lw somo em
Iwirrafsment unless both parties aru adepts at
social matters. It generally makes n break
in tho conversation. The lady having intro
duced thu subject thu gciitlemnn may lie loth
to change It. If the ladv hasn't thu tact to
switch thu conversation quickly they urn lla
lilo to linger on thu subject, magnifying its
importance nnd perhaps leading onu or both
to effusive assurances that can Ito atoned only
by one or more calls. A lady's invitation to
call is one of thu formalities of thu social sys
tem that should not bo dwelt upon as a mat
ter of conversation lietweeu thu parties to it.
I have noticed thu most opx)rtuno time for it,
usually, Is at tho moment a lady and a gentle
man nre about to separate after n casual
meeting or conversation. Thu lady muy couch
her Invitation in uuy ono of a numborof wnys
as though suggested ly tho partlng.Tho gentle
man can express his thanks and bowhis adieu.
Thu lady has hcuu gracious, tho gentleman
grateful and honors aru easy. Somo girls ex
tend this invitation in n flippant, chattering
manner that is not creditable to themselves
nor calculated to impress the gentleman with
tho value of the privilege given him. Other
girls nro stiff and awkward, and thu ceremo
ny is painful to both parties, besides leaving
thu impression that n call will bo misery long
drawn out Hut there aru women who invest
tills simple matter with thu grace and dignity
of a queen, with a manner that charms a man
and makes him feel that his privilege is worth
enjoying."
"Why should not a gentleman ask for ior
mission to calif Somo eastern authorities say
that Is proper."
"I question tho tasto of that etiquette. I
Imagine it would bo very embarrassing to
most young ladies to refuse such a request
from n iiinn whom thoy wore meeting fre
quently In society. Society basset up certain
proprieties. I may know a lady over so well,
but If sho do not recognlzomo I jxissher with
out a sign. Tho social law protects her from
iinHrtlnoiico and enables her to drop an tin-
desirable acquaintance or rtwont an Injury,
The law of calling shields a lady from tbo
embarrassing impudence of cheeky men and
assists her In choosing desirable acquaintances.
It is proper enough, of course, for a gentle
man to get a mutual friend to ask a lady's
permission to bring him for n call. Hut thu
mutual friend forgets so often or has so little
lelsi.ru time that a man who depended on tills
means would not make a very largu acquaint
ance." "Well," said thu young lady, with tho air
of putting a clincher to the argument, "I am
sure most of tho young ladies havo given tho
young men plenty of opportunities to call,
and there is a vory general complaint that tho
iKiys nro neglectful of this matter."
"Well, let mo tell you my experience," said
Quiz. "I havo In-en In Lincoln three years,
attend the Episcopal church and havo a good
social standing as you know. In that time I
have received thirteen invitations from ladies
tocall. They were so fuw and far between
the first year three, I think, was tho total
that I kept a record for curiosity. Of tho
thirteen six wero from married ladies and
eight wero fiom ladles who had come from
the east, With the social freedom prevailing
in the west a young man can malm an ac
quaintance readily. A man friend with a
calling list can lake him out and in a few Sun
day afternoons put him on a certain footing
w ith a great many ludies Hut tliero aru ol
jections to that system for a self-respecting
man."
I inferred from his manner that Qui, bad
pursued thu latter method and it rankled
iu his soul. Ho was vory much hi earnest
about the matter, and oven wroto out a tol
erably full account of his argument, which
Hyo-tlie-Hyo has dressed up Into smooth,
readable sluiu. In the course of subsequent
talk Qui, said:
"I am not a chronic kicker, hut tliero is
one thing in Lincoln that I would like to see
remedied, I presume tliero nro plenty of
good harbors here, but business considerations
have couiH'lled mo to uitroiu.e two shops
and I'm not satisfied. The barUrsshavu well
enough, but they don't handle a fellow prop
erly. They have a habit of slapping their
wet hands across a mans lips to tighten the
skin of the chin, and if tliero is any slimier
sensation I havo not experienced it. It makes
mo shudder, and I want to get right up and
damn. Hut it won't do any gixsl. Thu bar
ber nuver remoinlHTs it more than two days.
Sometimes hu places tho ball of tho Ultimo on
his victim's uoso and lusts his weight on that
hand. Thu nostrils ato closed and thu lips
drawn shut, but this bather Is dellcloiisly In
different to tho life or death of Ills subject.
If hu is an cxcrt at his business he will stand
at thu back of his chair and lean against the
victim's head while a vest button tries to
leave its luipiesslon in tho shaxen's scalp.
'I lint Is a ditty, disagreeable way of handling
a man in a barber's chair, and there Is no iw
of it. I'lenty of IiiiiIkts will shave a man
without touching Ids lips. Why, I had as
soon ho would slap a lather brush Into my
mouth," &c.,Sn
This Is a wonderful age and many curious
things aru being discovered. One of the
prominent cltlrcns of Lincoln w as sick of erj -slpelas
tho other day and at tho point of
death. Tho physician in charge was one of
thu men who keep abreast of the times in
their profession, nnd ho resoitisl to a tieat
iiient recommended by (lorinuu doctors. With
n surgeon's knife ho made several slight
gashes up and down each cheek and crossed
these with several cuts at right angles Thu
theory, as explained to me, Is that thoK)isnn
oils matter generated by tho disease gathers'
nt thu intersections of the gashes and thus
llnds its way out of the system. Why It
should do so Is one of the curiosities of inisli
cal science. Ill this case the treatment saved
a valuable man to the community, and It has
proved successful In other cases.
Hon. H. W. Kurnas, ex-governor and sec
retary of the statu fair association, was In tho
city this week going about his IiiisIihsh as
calmly and as energetically as usual. Thu
Worltl-lfamld of Omaha has boon howling
Itself hoarso telling thu world that it was on
Gov. Furnas's trail and meant tosplll buckets
of gore. Some timid enp!o may havo wor
ried for the governor's liearo of mind, but,
bless you! It is as serene ns call be. Thu fact
of thu matter Is tho World-llniiUI bus a very
bad ooso of sour grapes Ih-ciiuso tho statu fair
was relocated In Lincoln, and tho Koplu
know it. (low Kurnas has been Itufnru tho
fieoplu of Nebraska too long and holds too
strong a placo in their rcsect for a disgrunt
led Omaha palter toseiiously harm him. His
olllclal acts havo been subjected to tho closest
scrutiny, and tho people of Nebraska will put
moro trust in the honor of Gov. Kurnas than
in thu sensationalism of an Omaha nier.
SPOUTING.
James A. Drain will leavo in n few weeks
for n wheel tour of Europe. Ho will Ikj onu
of thu Ellwell party, who will lie gone two or
threo months. They will leavo Now York
Juno 7 for Havre. They will taku a run to
l'aris nnd put in n week In that city. On
July 8 they will start for Geneva, Switzer
land, u rldu of !!00 miles that will consume
eight days. Onu of Its Incidents w ill be a ten
milo roast. After two weeks' roving over
Switzerland tho party will turn northward
through Germany. July III will find them at
Strnsburg. Thoy will visit linden linden,
Coblenz, Mnyoneo, Hlngon on tho Hhlne, Co
logne and other famous places. They will
enjoy i sail down tho Hhlne. arriving at Ant
werp August 17 on the way to Ixndoti and
home. Somo of thepaity will takusido tours
through England. Mr. Drain represents the
Eagle bicycle In Lincoln, and the manufact
urers have placed a new who-1 at his disposal
for tho trip.
Tim Lincoln lacrosse club has already be
gun training and is preparing to put up the
best game to bu seen In the statu. Among Its
members nru old Canadian players, Tcasdalo,
Scott, Gascoigue, Hrydou and perhaps others,
mid they aru backed by a company of enthus
iastic, athletic young men. Kearnoy hasthrco
clubs, Omaha will have one, Sterling is al
ready in thu Held with a challenge and thu
Indueudeiits of Lincoln aru up and doing.
Thu game promises to ha e u boom in Lincoln
this season.
A. II. Edmlston has a new Victor safety bl
cycle. Fivu other new safeties havo been
uddod to Lincoln's wheel brigade this spring,
four of them belonging to Messrs. Schultz,
Hickner, Slouccker and Wilson.
J. C. Anderson has lieon elected a in"inl.er
of the Lincoln tenuis club and Is uxpectvd to
bring tho championship to thu capital city.
Thu Lincoln liase ball club has boon incor
porated by A. S Hurnett, J. K. Hryaut and
Win. I'opu with a capital stock of fll.ooo.
Thu wheel club hopes to Hud several mem
bers among tho new ciop of bicyclists.
SHORT-HAND IN TEN LESSONS.
As announced iu last week's Issue, tho
CoriiiKii will commence hi threo weeks tho
publication of a scries of short-hand lessons,
taking tho student through the entire I'itmau
system of short-baud and enabling him with
practice to acquire a sulllcieiit speed 111 the
art to become a skillful reporter. The plates
which thu C'ol'iiikh will use in presenting the
lossons wero all engiaved by baud and mo
nuslelsof neatness anil accuracy. Short-hand
Is not only n lieautlful art, but is at the same
time a paying business, and the CoL'ltlK.ll
feels justified ill giving a gtxsl deal of space
to tills siibjtct, which in the past few years
has grown to such grtat Importance. Tho
CoL'ltlKH special class, each member of uhMi
will receive individual eiiticlsin (join the ed
itor. Mr Hert K Hettsof this city, offers an
extraordinary oportunity forgetting a full
course of lessons for only f'.'.tNl (Including the
Coi'ltlKH for three mouths), which would or
dinarily cost $10 to f'-tl. A largo number
have already signified their intention of Joins
lug this class. Send your name at onco to
Hert K. Hetts, Stenographer, Lincoln, Neb.,
if you wish to join. A gotsl stenographer Is
sure of an excellent paving position at all
times. Tho demand lor such work has more
than doubled dining tlie past jear mid is in
creasing much inoio rapidly than the supply.
Notice to Siibci lliers.
The subscription depart incut oft he Cai'ITa I.
City Coi'ltlKH has been placed In the hands
of Mr. Fred Keiiingir, hohnwng purehnshod
thu entire list, both city and foreign. All
paper bills ale pavablo to his older,
March 1st, 1MHJ. L. WvmcII, Jr., Prop.
jiTSIC AND TIIK DIIA.MA.
The California ocia company shows mini
erous signs of appioachliig dlsolutlou, and It
Is hiinlly fair or geneious tocilllclse this
week's performances as sexeily as ono might.
The company has been playing to sor busi
ness for weeks past, and has lost a number
of Its members. Twoof the singers sat in the
audience In Lincoln, and tho riY of "Said
I'.isha" was taken by II. L. Itattonberry evl
dently with ery little prcpaintloii. Two
other slugeis left the company hele to let lit li
to 1'hlliidclpliln. It was said tho company
had not made enoiiph lecciitly to pay salaries,
and it Is creditable to the loyalty of Iho pto
fesslon that tho perfoinn r continue doing
their work so conscientiously.
The company produced "I'rit Dlavalo" and
"Saldl'asha," tho latter for tint thlid time
this reason too much. Empty s-ats are not
llispiilng, and there wero dlseouraglngly
stnall audiences both nights. Tho members or
the east undo u creditable effort, hut tho re
duced chorus seemed to hnvc lost heart Miss
Ida Mullo Is especially to bo commended for
painstaking, consclencloiis woik, In "1'ia
DhiMilo" Arthur E. Miller took tho title role.
Ho has a Hue baritone volcu but was cast for
a tenor part. Sometimes ho reached the high
notes but more often he failed. It was not
his fault, for as "Hassan Hey" In "Said
I'asha" ho had n part suitnl to his t'trltnno
and proved himself a capital singer. Will S.
ltlsliig essays to slug tenor, but ho falls to
reach tho ilpisT notes, making wretched
work.
Somo of tho skirt dancers have bewildered
us with n sen of swirling Unify whiteness
about their kicking limbs, and there lias been
n deal of speculation about tho number of
their draHiles. Miss Mullo gave us somo
light on thesuhjict In the hcd-ioom scene of
"Tni Dlavalo." After removing tho outer
gown she took off a w bite skirt. Shu lifted n
second dainty he-laced skirt and disclosed a
third under It. '1 ho revelation was interest
ing to some of the audience as far as It
went, but some horrid men thought they did
not gut their money's north.
A WKI.I, KNOWN HTAIl.
Clarn Loulso Kellogg and company aru
booked ut Kunke's for an oeratlo concert for
next ediicsdiiy evening. Iho Muscatine,
Iowa, Tribune snys: To Judge from tho nu
merous encores, which w eie nil generously re
sponded to by the artists, tho company mid
audience were well pleased aUIi each other.
Miss Kellogg was in exceedingly good voice,
nnd did full Justice to tho gleat reputation
that shoenjojs, and her supsirt, second to
none, Is conn, wed of singers of tho most re
fined tyH-. Mr. Ia'o has a very agreeable
baritone voice which hu manages with good
judgment, while Mr. Splgnroll withhlsstrong
nnd brilliant tenor Is fully conqs'tent forany
thlng written for the voice. Miss Ciurlu
Morse showed a good voice, deep and reso
nant, and considerable dramatic Hwer. Mr.
Charles E. I'rntt, thu spuhir pianist ami
t'oiuiKwur, olllelntod as accompanist.
TIIK KIIKN Ml'HKK.
Tills iKtpular plant has had many notable
attractions, but next week promises tocclipso
all former i Iforts. There will 1st the usual
performances on tho two stages, hut tint big
feature Upstairs will I e the Japanese village
of San Hail. Hero will 1st tho representation
of a street In Japan, with Japanese men
and women and children Illustrating thu life
and industries of their native country. The
men Japs are skilled artists, and each will
work before thu audience in his own particu
lar line. Among thu number are a Japanese
bamboo worker, wood enrwr, painter, Ivory
carver, clobonne worker, carH'iiter, black
smith, musicians, etc. This is ono of thu most
expensive attractions, and this will bo the
only opfiortunlly many Lincoln peoplo wll
havo of ever seeing this novelty. It will un
doubtedly attract great crowds, and in order
to accommodate everyltody thu Mtisev will 1m
oKm nt 10 ii. m. on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. Indies and children who wish to
avoid thu crowds should go In tliu morning.
Every lady attending any of Friday's jH'r
formiinces will 1st presented with u handsome
Japanese souvenir.
AN AUTISTIC TltKAT.
The literary and musical soiree to bo given
at thu Christian church on thu evening of
April aid has aroused much interest. Miss
Aiiiiviiii Patker is a reader of exceptional
ability and Lincoln people lmk forw aid to a
liternry treat. Mrs. Wilier will sing Gou
nod's "Ami Marie" with a harp, violin ami
organ accompaniment. Pi of. Weber will
play. Thu lithographs of Madam Muriay of
Chicago show her to be a cry attractive lady.
The Chicago Kxjmurnl says: "Mis. Murray
was a favorite pupil of iho 'king of the harp
world' Aptoman who iiusliclisl for her a
great i nicer. Sincu coining h.-re she has filled
many suicessful ingugemeiits and has also
been very successful as a teacher." At the
recent Hums anniversary at the Auditorium
in Chicago she scored a brilliant triumph lie
loro un Immense and ci ideal audience. One
of the most Interesting features of tho iiffnir
w 111 bo two numbers by a ehoriis of twenty
of tho best voices troin iho Maiiucrchor
TIIK t'SIIKUh' IIKM.KIT.
Tho program for tho benllt of the ushers of
Kunke's is assuming ilellmto shue and prom
ises u iiecullurly interesting entertainment.
It will bu given April i'th. It will ho noiel
in having a Japanese lirst jmrt and a Japanese
burlrtque at thoclose entitled "My-Card-lio "
Among tlie participants will Is- Hat trull' and
lilaku, Hatch and Dethlless, Wurtz brothers,
Pushy nnd Ithody, and the Weston brothtrs
The general management of tho affair is In
the hands of Fi ank Handy, tho bright, gen
tlemanly treasurer of Funke's. The stage
management will Is. under the dinctiou of
John G. Hall, one of tho best men iu the busi
ness. Tlie b(.s have sccurtd Jn anese cos
tumes and are coulldent of putting up an en
tertainment that will gio satisfaction.
TALK OK TIIK STAUK.
I Harry Fieiind, the musical critic, makes
this statement. With the l'atti season of
four weeks in New Yi ik will closo what has
Uvn the most extensive and managerial en
j terpilso ever attempted. Mr. Gran claims
i that the total receipt- will i,.(ich f I.uw.oihi.
This troiiH gathernl In Europe, i (.presenting
In llspeisonnel Fiance, Italy, England Amer
ica, has traveled net oss the ocean to Chicago,
Mexico, San Francisco; Chicago again, llos
lou and New Yotk. without u single mishap
of any Impoitauce, and with very little ill
nvss Onco I'nlll was sick for a day or two,
and ouc Tnuiagmi had a cold. Ovi rlNHI peo
ple havo traveled over 1 1 .f M K t miles without
accident and ery few delays A wrecked
hi idgo at 'l'oi r ii, In Mexico, caused a short
delay, and theio went rumors, not very well
authenticated, of a snowing Inexperience in
thu Itocky Mountains titiewheie In ono
Mexican town two musicians wandered off
nnd were Imprisoned for mine mI ty off" nee.
They were n second trombone, like Nnnkl
I'ihi, and a di iimtuer, but they wore released
on the payment of a II, le. A door-keeper In
some way offended the son-ln-low of tho Pres
ident, nnd outi agist Justice yawning for him
declaiisl that none of tho company should
leavo the city mil 11 hit wasdellveitsl up. The
oileiiiier llieu gave muiseir up ami was sen
teliced to scvciul days' Imprisonment. Such
were the few trilling annoyances of this won
derftll aitlstlc Journey in which participate!
the most distinguished pi Ima donna and tenor
of the age, nnd a iiuiiiIht of other attlsts of
scared) inferior celebrity.
Delia Fox, the little Western soubrette, who
Is engaged to play one of tint principal parbt
In "Castles In (hu Air" with the DoWolf Hop
jier opera company, is again threatenisl
with all sorts of legal tiibiilatlons by her ex
manager, Mr. Conreld. That gentleman
seems to delicto that ho has a mortgage on
her, for hu Is sending threatening letteis that
ho won't Hriuit her to apMiir In "Castles,'1
and will exact to its full measure his pound of
llesli. .Miss Imix's story Indifferent. Shusays
that whatever contract Mr Conreld had with
her ho broke by falling lo pay her salary,
'l'heie is now due, she says, fil'i'. from him.
Miss Fox will 1st seen iu "Castles III the Air"
.May fith, at the Hroadwa) theater.New York.
"The City Directory" is in It third mouth
in New York, at tho HIJou theater.
Charles Heed Is singing threo new button
bursters. They are culled "Since Casey Huns
the Flat." "Over at the Huso Hull Gnmu" mid
and "Clancy Will Come." Thu proceedings
are also cnllNcucd by a Spanish danco by
Amelia Glover and a burlesque on 'TlieGon
doliors" by Charles Heed and William Collier.
Maud Wilson Is singing Gilbert and Sullivan's
"When a Merry Maiden Mai ties" and Ko-ii
Franco Is heard Iu "Ileal t and Hand," also
a GllU'it and Sullivan gem. Thu music of
"The Gondoliers" Is sung by permission of
It. D'O) ley Carte.
Tho new Madison Square Garden Is to okiii
iu Juno with two gorgeous ballets. Quit Is
called "Flora's Garden; or, Choosini: a Na
tional Flower," tho other "llcllona; or, I'eucu
aud War." Mo-t of thu costumes nro being
made In Ixilldoli. Those ballets will bo half
of the osMilug entertainment nt thu .Madison
Square Garden; iho other half will boStlatiss
and his band. Strauss willopeu the evening,
then a ballet will ho given, after which there
will ho mure Strauss, and then another ballet.
Smoking and drinking will bo permitted iu
the amphitheater. Now York has nothing
now or tliu kind.
Harry Fioiind of New York writes of u re
cent Interview with l'atti: At tills Interview
Putt I chatted pleasantly about her Join ney,
said that Mr. Abls-y wants her to sing for
him again next season, nnd spoke with pleas
urable anticipation of her apM'iirauco iu
"l.nkine,"nii uerii for which she has a strong
liking. Her views ns to another Ameiican
tour were dubious, but It hardly seems jxissl
ble, that in view of htr continued popularity
and the evident desire of the public to ss'lid
indefinite sums to hear her, sho will deny
them land herself) thu golden opportunity.
"A Soap Hubble" drew a top heavy house
It Is one of those shun bang farce comedies
with miiiio cluver and some ludiffeient ht
formers. It is not necessary to my much
mote. Thu lifu of tliu s'iformance was
Aithtir Dunn, thodwurfed young fellow who
played "Griiuesy, my I my" in "A Hunch of
Ki'jn" ycniHiigii. Miss Julio Macl.e pleased
the audience with a itmaikably heavy and
line contralto oUe, such as has Ihcii adver
tised as "female baritone."
.Many of our leaders will remember thu
bright aud winsome Hertha Flseh who as
sumed the role of "Flnetto'' iu "The Pearl of
I'ekln " The company iips-nreii last week ill
St. Louis and our exchanges speak in most
tlattering terms of that lady. Miss Fiseh is a
charming, painstaking artiste ami thu Amer
ican stage will at no distant da be honored
by her work. Tho CoL'HIKll cxx-ets soon to
see her at tho topmost mug of the ladder of
fame In oH-ra.
Hill Nc has orgaiiltsl a musical conumnv
to 1111 thu intervals ltwccu Ms side splitting
stories. Miss Olllo Tolliett, Molini-t, Mr.
GiistaMi ThallsTg, tenor, an i Mr. 1'iaiik
Duwnc), pianist The public is i-ntisllcd aud
the receipts me Just the same. Mr. Nye sajs
lie stmt. si out originally with a pianist, then
with n bra-s baud, then a pugilist, then a wot
and now he is back to his first love.
The part Louis Aldrich plajs in "Tho Kill
tor" is said to Ih a tys of the far western
gentleman, with a little dialect and a big
heai t. The comedy i-iu four acts, with tin.
scenes laid iu IrMiigton-oii-the-lliidxiii and ill
New Yolk, whole Colonel Haw kin- itho edi
tor! has been drawn by the picseiicuof his
daughter, w ho is atti iiding school.
illinium's one huu.lrt.l and forty-llvclmllct
girls aie rehearsing at his winter quai teis m
, HndgeM)it, and the girls m a mper Ihjx fac
tor there have ls.-ci.me so deui.nall.sl that
they emulate thu gymnast li s of the Indict,
, and snd their ikniii hour ill the Msiuetive
pursuit of high kicking Twenty tlreot theiu
have already la en discharged.
I Hiidolph Aronson of thel'a-ino, New York,
i has inaugtiiaUd a -cries of spular Nun.la
nigiii concerts i) at lists ireni Abls-v's Italian
oiera cnmpaiiv The soloists for the tlr-l
conceit were Mine Nordica, Mine Fabbrl,
Signois Havelli, Del Piunte and Nomiitu,
with Anllti to conduct theoiehestrn
"Shenandoah" is about to wind up its inn
iu New York. Next Wisliii'sdnv will l,ii.
I jitii ((i
Nellie Melleury has purchased a new four
act limit dy drama, entitled 'Ijuly Peggy.'.
McCatill has ptiichasissl the American
rights of Mlllocker's opem "Slebeii Schwa
ben," and will make It thu feature of his rep
ertoire next rensoii,
M, II. Ix'iivllt's Now llroaduuy theater,
Denver, will have nstagccniistiuctcdnf steel.
Thu scenery Is lo bo woikisl by hydraullo
fsiwer.
Will L. Lykeus has slgii"d a llvo-yenrs'eoii-tract
with Pay Templotou. Shu will begin In
a prisluctlon of "Thu Grand Duchess."
Win. Itedniuiid will star alone next season,
Mrs. Thus. Harry, his former associate, hav
lug decided not to travel.
Donnelly Gliard ami "Natural Gas" are
In Now York.
Delia Fox has left thu Colli l.sl 0N'ra com
pany. PEN, PAPEn AND INK.
That man George II. Yellow hie of Milwau
kee Is undoiibltslly thu greatest newspaHT
rustler in the wist Ills AVics Issues many
spis'lal numbeis and most of them are on u
scale of iiiagulllcciico that frightens most
publishers This week came one of them In
anticipation of thu Knights of Pythias en
campment iu Milwaukee. It has thirty-six
largo pages and a handsome Illuminated cov
er. The Inside pages are lllled with Informa
tion nlxnit the city, an endless miiiils'rof cost
ly hnlf-tono cuts- and legions of nils. Tho
f.0,000 edition Involved ,:i(H),(HI Impressions
on tho press, ami the pas'r alone cost t'.l.liOO,
Last week's tegular Issue of the AVies wasu
sumptuous Easter iiuuiIht lllled with beauti
ful Illustrations. I lie wonder Is how "S eno
wlnocan do It. Of course the M'oplu of Mil
waukee support him in his enterprises, and it
speaks volumes for their intelligence ami cul
ture, Yenowlno must be a favorite to com
mand such patronage, hut there is this to bu
said: hu always gets up a pas'r that Milwau
kee can be pi olid of ami each ssrlnl number
Is more elaborate than the preceding. Ills
dllllciilt to mii how hu can excell his lasteffott,
but ho Is bound to do It. Ho never dlsap
silnts his (KHiple, which may bu onu secret of
Ills success.
Thu h'orutn for April contains n iiotnhlo
Hsthumous article by the latu President
Harnard of Columbia Coll.igo, on the degra
dation of our jHilltics, in which ho shows that
the substitution of iersiiiiil reward for public
duty as tliu prime motive of political activity
has changed tho w hole character of our gov
ernment to so great u degree that It Is no
longer a republic but an oligarchy of maclilno
politics; and the popular conception of tho
two functions of government has Itself under
gone a change. This Is perhaps thu most not
able of nil President Halliard's writings.
President Timothy 1) wight of Yale Universi
ty, lays out u iroiur cotirsw of study for a
boy up to his eighteenth year, and compares
thu advantages and disadvantages of thu old
time system of education and tin present
system, lie makes an Interesting showing of
tho time waslisl by tho old system, hut lays
especial stress upon tho model n production
of specialists lather than of men.
The editor Tli? .trend made no mistake
when he ilcteiuiinis! to lighten thu pages of
his review with a bright aud entertaining
pen picture of great crsonagos and reminis
cences of Mipiilar Individuals. In the April
.limn lie has given us u delightful sketch of
Heiijamiu Disraeli by Jiiuiim Itealf, Jr., hi
which the statesman and his v ork are brought
Isildly before our view In a manner that Is as
entertaining as a bit of tlctiou. "Why and
Hi caue," the second No-Name paper, Is an
other Ingeiiloiisauil entertaining contribution,
said to Is.' written by an author whoso naiuu
Is familiar throughout tho uitlre English
sinking world. Thu Intioductioii of this
No Namo series of papers is (mother Innova
tion on the part of tho editor of 77ie Arrnit
which displays that enterprise nml life that is
essential to n brilliant success in magazine
work no less than other Melds of Journalism,
.SVnfaerN .Uiiyiizinc for April has for its
frontispiece an admirable engraving from a
painting, made for this cri(Hllcalhy the Eng
lish artist, J. it. Weguellu, to illustrate, an
(sle of Horace illk. I , li Other ll.iratian
odes will lx Illustrated b) the same alfist in
siicce.sllng iiuiuIhts. This Issue alsoinntain-t
the Is'glnnlng of a notable series on "Thu
ItighU of thu Clti7ou;" the last of the Elu'tric
Seriis (lieguu 111 Jllllo, lv-'.j, on thu Hililway
of Today, an unconventional aitlcleof tiavel
describing a Journey ncrosg the Syrian Desert ,
the second and concluding paper u Charles
Lamb's homes and haunts, an essay on Wag
uei iiiuisiu ami its i elation to Italian iqitra.
the t tul of Octave Thauet's ft.ur-pait story of
Arkansas life, aud two short storus one by
I Miss.lovvett.
(7ki of Cedar Hapnlsi tieila.laiu.v Easter
number. '1 In-Hist page of the cover U.re a
large lautrnit of a U-autlful little gill em
bellished with Easter flowers. On the first
I uldc page is mi eugravtd hhiii, illustrated,
by 11 S K needier, the Iowa poet, who has a
iiuuiIht of acquaintances among Litiiuluites.
Several line cuts illustrate a it-cent visit of
the. .lit.. i to Wiuhiugtun, ami a numlier of
other engravings have local ersons and
buildings tor siibj.s'ts. It Is an inter, sting,
creditable number
Tlie Frank OrlV Diiocti.ry company of
Omaha is publishing a blue hook that will con
tain the names of 7,0iin of the sociot) people
in thirty -live Nebiaska Hies and towns Tbo
merchant who wants to leach the ls-t ss.pl,.
of Nebiaska by circular will Hud tin- Usik n
valuable and tune-av iiigaid
Tho Cut IlIKH has Usui favored with an ad
vance copy of the double Easter number ot
the Youth's ( 'ini(iiiiMii. Tho page-are pro
fusely lllti-tintcd, and the sturie- are b fa
v.iiito w i iter-. Four hundred and foity
thousand lamilies will receive this number
Among the Is-st regular v isitors to theOu--ItlKll's
exchange table is iho Philadelphia t.'it-(iiim-,
which has taken a fi out rank among
ontelll dailies.
Tho GloUi clothing house with Its custom
nry enterprise is making extensive iiupi ove
nitMits iu its store. The show windows have
been enlargisl, a new iloor has Isi-n laid, tho
riHim has been (ltvoiulcd and the llxtuies havo
had a thorough u novating. Everything is
now brighter and more inviting than over.