] 2 THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY. MARCH 0. 1887. TWELVE PAGES.
BENCH-SHOW OF BEAUTIES.
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New York Society Knocks its Ashes
Off the Lenten Oigar ,
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COURAGEOUS COPS CARESSED.
Hctnanil lor I/OUR Haired Maids
i Mnmc In the Alr-UiiflnlMieil
p- Jlonds-IJm Doctor ItllU In
t Gothnni.
Nr.w YOUK , March n. [ Correspon
dence of the HF.K. ] Lent doesn't gloom
society altoguther. Various things are
tfoing on blithely. This week wo have
had n show of feminine beauty. It was
for charity , of course , but tlio daughters
of Fifth avenue were none the less on
view In the multitude. The acknowl
edged pri/o beauty , among the scoie who
posed in booths , was Mabel Wright ,
whoso charm is largely that of perfect
health. Her freshness and vitality con
quer almost as much as the .sympathetic
expression of the pink and white oval
countenance , with its broad brow , clear
blue eyes , small ears , regular nose and a
radinnt smile thatdisplays faultless teeth.
The fair hair is worn knotted. She is a
picture of pure Saxon beauty. Her voicn
Is rich and pitched low , her manner
frank and cordial , and she has a charm
ing laugh. Her invitation beguiled many
men into purchasing the roses she had to
sell. Since her introduction into tlio
inner circles of New York society , people
ple have been asking the usual question :
"Who is she and whuro did she come
from ? " The answer is in every respect
satisfactory. This girl's i.iothor was iv
member of n highly respectable family ,
the 1'eaboilys , of Lowell , Mass. Her
father is an architect and a designer ot
carpets. Shu is unaccomplished aitist.
MUSK' IN 'IIIi : AIR.
Music isn't under taboo in Lent , anil
wo are having a grout deal of it in
' . I'roti'ssionsil
wealth's parlors. singers
are in votruo for private gatherings , but
the music activity is chiclly for Hun
garian bands. Why that is so nobody
knows or cares. Tliu simple fact is ac
cepted. There arc several genuine Hun
garian orchestras in town , composed of
pluyeis on stringed instruments , and
they are remarkable for good harmony
and time. Three or four others are
really made up of German , Italian and
Norwegian players , dressed in Hungarian
costumes and with beards of Hungarian
trim. Hut on several occasions the war
ranted Hungarian orchestras had born
New Yorkers in a majority. Tliu demand
has got to be supplied ; and why should
a Yankee hang up his fiddle and bow
when silence and a clever make-up will
turn him into n passable Hungarian.
Thus society is satisfied if tliu leader of
the band is Hungarian and tliu rest of it
doesn't betray Itself.
LONl-IIAIKEl ) MAIDS.
Sneaking of humbug , a Fifth avenue
belle's maid , a trim , pretty creature , sud
denly disappeared recently , and it was : i
wonder , because tlio girl was well paid
in proportion to her good looks for it is
deliciously swell now to have a pretty
body forvant. She had not seemingly
been dissatisfied with her work or wages.
Her omuloyer feared that some senti
mental harm had come to her , and
charitably went so far as to biro a private
detective to hunt her up. Where do yon
think ho found her ? She was an adver
tising exhibit in a hair-wush establish
ment. There is a boom on in that in
dustry. Phenomenally long-haired
women nro posed in the windows of
stores where hair tonics are on .sale , nnd
competition is hot. The comely maid
had luxuriant tresses which grew so
heavily and rapidly that the wont
periodically to n hairdresser to have
them cut snort.
"How much wages do yon get ? " ho
* asked her.
"Twenty-four dollars n month , " she
replied.
( "I can ? et you double that , " ho said ,
"nnd nothing at all to do except be ad-
mired. O. don't bo alarmed there's no
harm in it. Messrs. lilank & Co. , the
well-known makers of Cerulian Glory ,
want to boom their stuff1. Yon are just
the girl they desire. You will have your
head shaved close. Then they will show
you freely to their customers , telling them
that you lost your hair years ago by fever
and nave given up all hope of regaining
it ; you have tried many preparations in
yaln ; they are going to experiment on
-4 - you. Your hair grows fast and fine ; it is
i on view from day to day ; it becomes a
{ marvel ; the fame of it spreads by word and
* mouth , nnd by the time your head has
regained its usual beauty they have sold
a thousand extra bottles of Cerulian , nnd
you have received three months excellent
ywages. See ? "
i She saw ; nnd that was how the Fifth
. avenue belle lost her pretty braids.
STAINED ( JI.'ASS CKA/.K.
' There is just n ohanco that the com-
1 munity may bo nfllictcd with n stained
glass mania before the next season. Art
1 in stained glass is ancient enough , and
respectable enough , nnd greatly ml-
miredbut the craze , if it comeswill bo di
rected to a novelty nevertheless. Sotno
months ago a lady who lives in one of thu
big bouses on Fjfth avenue took it into
her head to have her windows decorated
with portraits. iShechosu the library as
aconvcnlnt room for experiment 'and
summoned one of-La Farge's most suc
cessful pupils to execute her commission.
tSho presented him to her children and
ordered that tliuir portraits be placed
I in the the windows. Thren windows ,
I three children , three yictures the
idea was lovely and it only remained
; to see how well art would nlili/.o it.
Alnst in spite of thu fact when the artist
, was most faithful , that hu hold sitting af
ter sitting with thn young subjects , that
thu glass work whim complete was es
sentially beautiful , the pictures wore no
tnoro portraits than poems. The mother
and father looked long ui.d mixiotislv at
the brilliant windows , and had to turn
away , admitting that thov had not
> known that it was their children who
were there represented they would not
; have been able to recogni/o their faces.
Still they cherished tliu hope that other
people might have bettor fortune. Alas !
. again. Not one of their guests tilled to
, nay pleasant things about tliu tix-
' cellont quality of tiio woik , its
soothing inlluenco , and the like ,
and not once failed to amid can-
i. tlously that ho or she could not precisely
remember what elussiu or mythological
* Mono was depicted in the window paint-
Ueg. Notono hinted that tlio throe chor-
' obs might bo tliu children playing about
Uicm. it is now a question how long the
t father nnd mother" will keep the windows
t lit place , and it the innocent queues of
' friends relative to the antiquity of tliu
* subject continue , it is to bn feared that
j-thelibrary will bo lighted through plain
. glass oncu more butoro summer. lint
.there is just the I'lmnco that patience
fumy lust till winter , and In that CIIMI now
experiments may bo muilu nnd a cra/.o
ks ut fairly on Its way.
I" UAWKINO rOI.IOKMUN.
L The police have got into thn habit of
linfestlrig tlio masked balls. They are
> * usually liondud by thu captain of the pro-
kelnct , who swells around thu hall , hov-
? erlng near thu entrance in the early oven-
' 'ing , and making sum that no man guts
"In without knowing that hu is on hand.
; JTliu Now York polieo captain is a service-
I , tbln individual , but ho Is not without
Ijtil * i\uuhing ! peculiarities. However , as
Ifrle U amusing he can bo forgiven ; Ins of-
B * > > hC9 are committed after the
ball has begun. Then lie , with his
half hundred nnd more patrolmen ,
distributi ! themselves about the
hall , keeping their hats on stupidly
staring at the f-cciiea before
them. The swell chappies who attend
these balls must feel the indignity of the
olllccrs , but they do not show it. They
do not even c iibit any repugnance when
a patrolman with a leer recognl/es and
accosts the bulle who promenades on
chappie's arm. Hut this is tolerable to
what happens in the course of thu dance.
Just when chappie by dint of patient
kicking up his heel , by providing liberal
potations of wine , by inducing the throng
of spectators to move back a bit and giyu
htm room , has persuaded his belle to try
her hand , no , feet , at a cancan ; > ju t'as
hu Iris inspired her with omo of his
own excitement , as she. has plucked at
her skirts , as thu music hits it up with a
strongly accented rythm and the belle's
begin to caper anil appear ; then the
policeman in all the vulgar obtrusiveness
of his club , helmet and uniform , pushes
through the crowd , bids the belle sternly
to stop , sci/.iis chappie by the shoulders
and pushes him uneciemotiiousiy oil' thu
dancing lloor. If chapnic is too obstre
perous he is arrested aud perhaps has to
pay something for his release. Recent
masked balls tltat drew great crowds by
reason of the freedom that characteri/.ed
them in the lust have been dulled this
season by tills interference of the police
"nr.i.LO , m.oMJY. "
Hut the guardian of the peace is some
times hors du combat at these events
The captain never is ; lie is too grand ,
and if hu gets into temporary trouble ,
or in an cnibairassing situation , tie with
draws dignilied and stately and sends a
patrolman to finish thu job. A case to
hhow how thu policeman's lot nny bo
rendered unhappy is the following. It
was about halt past two by thu clock in
the wine mom when a group of half a
do/en , including both suxes , rose from a
table and staggered towards the main
hall. At the entrance to thu latter was a
patrolman on duty He was a tall , good
looking fullow with a heavy llaxen
moustache. One of the girls as she
passed him .suddenly slipped away from
her escort , put one arm lound the police
man's neck , and with the other carresscd
his moustache , as she said : "Why , hullo ,
Hlonily ; when are we going to see you on
the old beat again ? it's awful
dull tlioru without you. Husinuss
going to the bow-wows " ( Hut shu
didn't say the "bow-wows. " ) The
blonde policeman seemed wofully em
barrassed ; it wasn't s > o much that the
crowd made inn of him as that his cap
tain stood there beside him and heard it
all. Thu patrolman perhaps feared that
thu captain mightdetect a suggestion of
ollicial Impropriety in the words of thu
intoxiuatud duneor. Another policeman
near thu ladies' cloak room was annoyed
bv a young woman in pink stockings and
a brief skirt who insisted upon tailing
into \\l-i \ \ arms. She was hopelessly drunk
and needed taking c.iro of , but the
policeman was not anxious for thu task.
Again and again hu pnsliod her from
him only to receive her the ne.xt instant.
He had to suppoit her each time or shu
would have gone to thu lloor. The
crowd found it good sport , and , as the
pool follow could not leave his post , lie
had to stand it till a brother oliicer Imp-
pened along and took the girl in charge.
UNPINIMIKU HEADS.
I wsib in nSovfiitcunth street picture store
yesterday lookingover some ot the lateil
things in etchings when the dealer was
called away a moment by thu entrance
of an artist with a picture to sell. Thu
dealer made an excuse to show mo the
work. It was a child's head , the expres
sion mischievous and rollicking , and in
thorough keeping with a bit of teathci
which the child had thrust into his hair.
The copper plate from which the single
proof had been printed looked almost
bare , so faint is'tho impression made by
etcher's lines. I thought the idea a good
one , but I asKcd the dealer innocently
enough if artists were in the habit of
bringing proofs of their work before the
plate was linished , as if to save them
selves the expense of finishing a work
that would not tind a purchaser. Ho
smiled wearily.
"Yes , " ho answered , "but not in order
to save themselves any work. The artist
in this case thought his work was done. "
As a matter of fact it scorned impossi
ble that any one however ignorant should
have iiiado such a raistaKo , least of all
the artist himself. The head and face
wore so dim in the proof that the lines
were invisible at a short distance , and
across the room one could not havu told
that there was a uioturo there at all. Yes ,
one could have seen the feather ; that was
done , and it stood out with odd distinct-
ivcness in thu proof. When thu aitist
had gone , the dealer said :
"It is an astonishing fact that very
few artists know when their w > rk
is done. That picturu would have
been absolutely unsalable in the
form in which it was otl'ercd to me ,
and before hu left the artist seemed to
realize it. It is by no means an excep
tional case. Day after day I have to tell
artists to take their work homo and fin
ish it. i very rarely accept an etching
on its tirst presentation , and solely by
reason of the need of more work on it in
some respect or other.
u ; DOCTOR IIIT.I.S.
The public often marvels at the price
paid by rich persons for art object.
Greater surprises might bo caused by the
sums given to physicians , tor the preser
vation of health. It has been said that
Mrs. Wolfethu hopeless invalid owner of
ten millions , pays Dr. Wm. Todd Hel-
ninth $1,000 u year to doctor her. She
confesses these figures. Mrs. Alexander
T. Stuwart retains three doctors at an
aggregate cost of at least $ -10,000 and
called in one of them nearly every day.
Shu had what seemed like a system , by
which she abided by thu decision of
two out of thu three in matter
of diet and medicmu. Mrs. William
Astor pay ? to lr. Fordycn Darker per
sonally an average of $20,000 always
sending a chuck for double or treble the
amount of each bill rendered. Her idea
is that , by rewarding his skill and vigi-
lanceiibcrally , she will get the vury best
uurvico of which hu is capable. " Mrs.
Cornelius Vandcrbilt's physician is Dr.
W. S. Uuldon. and although bur hnalth is
cxcnlluiit , ho is consulted often preven
tion being preferable to cure , doubtless ;
and thu belief is that thu prevention costs
not less than $10,000 annually.
CI.AK.V HKLI.E.
A Dress of I'uro Silver.
A regal robe of pure sil\er , once thn
wedding gown of a royal princess of
of 1'riihsia , and lately pmchased from a
court ollicial at Darmstadt , who held it
as an heirloom , was presented on Now
Year's eve to Mile. Marie Deeca , the new
American soprano. The donors wore
some enthusiastic friends of thu charm
ing Deeca. Thu foliage and the ( lowers
ot thu en > broidery r.re of solid bullion ,
and the petals of tliDllnwirsnro repeated
with exactitude. Thu anginal cost was
700.
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At the bob sled races the oilier night at
Albany , N. Y. , the winning bob carried
twenty-onu iiiun. wiio , together with the
machine , weighed nearly 000 / pounds.
It Jiad nuw bobs , live and one-half and
.six and one-half feet long , with line steel
shoes.
Of live people , who on their dying beds
last year confessed to great crimes , only
one told the truth. In the other eu es it
was shown that the "confustor.s" could
not possibly have had anything to do with
the crimes.
It is reported that eastern capitalists
have formed a corporation in Canada for
the purno.so of working ton farms , each
containing 10,000 acres , in the noithwest
ern turrltoiies along the Hue of thu Cana
dian 1'acilic railway.
QUEEN OF THE MIMIC WORLD
Adam Badeatt's Brief on the Stage Career
of Sarah Bernhardt.
STAR OF THE FIRST MAGNI TUDE
Without n tjlvlni ; llhn ! In Modern
Iloinnntlc Drntnn Her Trliiiiiplin
In ttie Old World nnd
the New.
Niw : YOHKMarch ! ) . [ Correspondence
of the HIK. : ] This month .Sarah Hcrn-
hardt returns to New York. I lir t saw
thu greatest of living actresses in Paris
ten or twolv c years ago. She was playing
Herthc de Savlgny in the Sphynx , at thu
Theatre Francah. It vvsis soon after
Croiscttu had made her success nnd es
tablished herself fora while as a rival of
Sarah , who for several years had reigned
supreme on those classic boards. All
Paris was talking of the competition , and
of the rage of licnihardl that any one
should dare dispute her supremacy. Hut
thu tickle crowd had turned from its for
mer idol , and the now star was nearer the
zenith. Sarah paled her iincll'cctunl
lircs.
Both actresses were in the cast that
night , and Croisette was certainly more
conspicuous , more applauded , more the
personage of the scene. The women
were rivals in the play as well as in re
ality. Onu snatches from the other what
she pri7cs most in the world. Blanche
thinks for a moment of murdering Her-
the ; and Hertho threatens and taunts ,
and finally conquers Blanche. It was
strange to scu these two simulating jeal
ousy -mil wrath and hale and fear
towards each other in their mimic rela
tions , and to know that they felt the same
emotions in tlinir actual solves. The
Parisians said at thu close of the play ,
when Burtho pardons and kisses' her
dying enemy , and tenderly co\ers her
face with : i veil ,
SAKAII i iiir.DID IMM u
rroisctte and u\en to bite her in the mali
cious embrace which to the audience
.seemed so lull ot oathot and pity ; while
the uxpiringCroi-ctlocould only murmur
curses in reply.
I was not so much impressed with
either as I had expected to bo. Sarah did
not seem to me. so full of thu divine tire
as I had been told ; perhaps shu was
subdued by thu ascendency of her rival ,
and felt as only the artists of the slagu
can feel thu hateful repression ot a cool
ing audience ; no doubt the plaudits that
stimulated one diminished the ardor of
the other. Croisettc , however , disap
pointed me even more. She was already
stout ( as is known , her increasing obesity
finally compelled her to leave the stage ) ,
and I .saw no mark of thu extraordinary
utility that Pans and the Due d'Aumalc
was iuit thun extolling. Tor Paris ,
like Nuw York , lias its caprices and
fashions even in ait. The Due
d'Aumalo had not very long neforo
returned from his English exile , there
.seemed a chaiico oi the Orleans pimces
recovering the throne , or of ihc Due
himself bcintr elected president ; and his
passion for Croisotte was well known ,
lit ; had been iibhi to thrust her into a po
sition moil ! fortunatu than her own abil
ities could havu secured in the sacred
prccints of the the.itru Fraucais , a g"cal-
er triumph of political and personal in
fluence than is ever achieved in America.
The advocates of civil service reform
should look to France ; if our theatre
were subject to such control , Mr. Curtio
and M > . Katon uoultl find greater cause
for griuf than now , and Carl Schuiv.
might oven stay away from HID piny.
The ncxttimo I paw Bernhardl was at
IIEU DKllUl' IN LONDON.
The company of the Comediu Fr.incaise
was to perform , and the little theatre in
Strand was crowded with the most dis
tinguished people in England in rank and
fashion , literature and art. Thu play
was Phedre. 1 had watched Richci often
in this role ; and had been moiu impressed
by that great tragedian in her perform
ance of the passionate stepmother than
in any other of her parts. The memory
shu luft was still vivid. In Pliedru shu
bade farewell to America , and thu love
and horror conflicting that covered iier
fragile frame as with a garment , thn
scorn with which she clutched her robe
from the grasp of ( Knono ; the stammer
ing in which she uttered
IIEK ( HUI.TV TASslON
for Hippolyto , thu mingled meaning she
infused into the two words , J' amiu , and
the meaning greater still with which she
looked into llipnolytc's eyes all wore as
present to mo as if I had seen her the
night before. After nearly twenty ycais
all came HP vividly when the same scene
and the same words were presented by
another French woman , not without her
own share of the dramatic tiro.
But Bernhardt was not Hachel. She
lacks the statuesque grace , the air of
classic antiquity , the severe and inimita
ble dignity of bur great predecessor ; she
cannot bring to life as Kachcl did the
creations of Euripides nor the heroic
women of ancient Komc. In the classic
plays she only recalls memories which
siiu is unable to realt/.o. But in the
modern romantic drama Burnhardt
has no living rival. She is the
only actress who can throw the
passionate tin ill into the last words
of Dona Sol ; the only woman who can
play L'Ktangoro ; the bust Frou-Frou on
Marguerite Uantier on the stage ; the only
one who transcends her author and cre
ates a party ; who makes thu artist and
and the theatre , forget to critici/.o and
even admire , bccausu. > ou feel ; transports
you to the gardens of Arngon or the
chamber of Adrienne ; looks , moves ,
glances , implores , imprecates , adjures ,
so that you think nothing of Sarah Hern-
hardt or yourself , but you only feel the
power and passion of tliu situation and
thn play.
Shu had a great triumph in London.
She took tliu town by storm. Thu theatre
was crowded night after nigut , and the
bla/o people of fashion disro\orcd a new
emotion. She created , some of them told
me , that peculiar
SKNS\T1ON ALONG THE SPINAL COLUMN
which guts rarer us yon grow older , "but
so long as it recurs is a proof th.it you
till can leol. They were delighted to
find that she could transform not only
herself but her auditors.
They worn not satislied witli admiring
her in the theatre , but insisted on having
her in their houses. It is a strange freak
of English fashion , but English have
their whims , and enthusiasms like every
body olio , although they aru supposed to
be so stolid and impassible. Bornhardt
became the mode. Shu was admitted to
thu most exclusive circles , and made
much of by women of irreproachable
character , though everybody know her
Haunting history. Even the wonderful
barriers of rank and precedence were
broken down for her ; she was taken in
to dinner before duchesses ; Mr. Glad
stone , thu primmest of premiers , wont to
meet her at afternoon dinners , and the
prince and oven the princess tried to
lind out if site was as fascinating in pri
vate as on the stage.
Then they took to having her play in
society. I romomlKjr cutting an "At
Homu" from Lady Brassoy , with
"Mademoiselle Hcrnhardt" in the corner ,
just as you put "Music , " or "Tea at four
o'clolk. " 1 went early , hurrying away
from dinner , but found thu drawing-
rooms already crowded , everybody
seated who could find a place ; and very
exalted company it was , indeed ambas
sadors and royalties , and cabinet minis
ters , and 110 end of thu nobility.
A littlu stngc w.s built at one
end of the largest room with
hardly space enough for thu people to
move about on it ; no chance for tranic
stalking ami gesticulation. Bernhardt
was plavingnt the theatrdthusatneiiight ,
nnd. lia < f to change her dress for Ujo new
role , o ( ho company waited an hour or
more. Finally , "lie cinno In ut the ordin
ary door , for there was no "behind the
scuiius. " The stage was nmere platform
between the windows. She was to play
thu part of a boy of sixteen , in love , and
was dressed in thu costume of Louis
XV's limn longhair , long coat , breeches ,
and low shoes. As she made her way
through tlio fashionable thtotig , her tall
slim ligurc and not always graceful bear
ing , weio very conspicuous. The diess ,
of cour-c , was not at all becoming ;
breeches ns even body who lias
seen her knows aru the hist costume that
she should ever choose. But she stepped
upon the stazc before us all , and every
body laughed a little , and wondered that
shu uas
uasWILLING
WILLING TO SHOW HRH L1U1S.
But thu play began , and Mio conquered
both her audicncu and her naturil di -
advantages. You forgot tlio tall , ill-
made woman in man's disgul o , and saw
and heard only the awkward , earnest boy ,
lighting a passion he hardly under
stood , uttering sentiments that fright
ened himself , but carried aw.iy
their object , and the listeners. It was
a downright triumph of genius , and
worked thu cold and critical audience into
L'enninu warmth. I saw moio than one
of the worldings wipe their ojes , and the
cynics breathe short , and the great and
the little people for a time forgot them
selves. After It was over , she walked
among her audience in her breeches and
received her compliments.
Tlio rage lasted through all that season.
Nothing like it had been known lor
twenty years ; and at that time the Eng
lish world of fashion had not taken up
with player * as it has since The great
est actors and actresses were not re
ceived , in society. Irving , perhaps , had
begun to make his wav a little , but I re
member how people talked when hu was
invited by a bishop. But Bernhnrdt
wont everywhere. You can do thincs
with French people that you could not
with j ourselves you know , just as you
can "say things in tlio Freneii
language that in English would
bo impossible. Apropos of which
i WILL 'ini.L 101 A STOUY.
About tliis time , a.vearortwo before or
after the Bernhaidt cra/c , another
French woman came to London , Madame
Cliaumont , who ang with the exquisite
expression and : > rt , but had the most at
tenuated slip of a voice imaginable , and
who sang , and said , and suggested the
most daring tilings 1 over saw or heard
on the. stage. Judic was nothing to her.
She , too , was immensely the fashion on
the stagn. The greatest ladies in Lon
don went regularly to see and hear things
which , if one of their acquaintances had
repeated to them , there would have been
an end ot the acquaintance. All at once ,
people began to say it would bo charm
ing to hear Chaunioiit in private. Now ,
there was an aspiring Jewess going about
a little , rich and handsome , who nad
been noticed by the prince of Wales ,
and it occurred to her that Chaumont
was her oppoitunity. Accordlnuly the
Frenchwoman was engjigod to .sinjr
her mo-l lisque clmnsons , and
perform her most impossible pantomimes
uefoioa very select company , and to
make it moro piquant still , on a Sunday
coning. . Tliu most iiltr.Mf.ishionablc
people were asked , and had determined
to go : and it was supposed that the
Jewess would secure her ) Ksitioii in the
highest society.
But this be--t concocted schemes of
women of ta liion , as well as mice ,
"g ang aft agiee. " The duchess ol West
minster determined to circumvent tlio
intention. After tliu Hebrew cards wcio
out for Sunday , the duchess asked all
the same people for { Saturday , and
hired Chaumont. Of course , thu world
went to the duchess , and was .satisfied ,
and the Sunday was a failure.
But to return to Hernliardt. Her so
cial success was not perennial. Siiu re
turned to London , and
roi ND iir.Ksni.K roitaormN.
The audiences were perhaps as crowded
and enthusiastic as ever , but her noblu
friends now had other favorites , and had
suddenly grown moral. No prince nor
prime minister , in her second season.
were found to pay her homage , and the
great ladies could not possibly overlook
this year the piccadilloes which the
summer before hud becd quite ignored.
She played at no private houses , and din
ners wore not made to meet her. Yet
she was the same Bernhardt.
When she came to Now York her
genius was recognised , and somebody
thought tiiat , perhaps , she might repeat
her original London experience. A num
ber of invitations wore sent out to meet
her , but no ladies accepted them , and
though there were many men ot literary ,
or political , or fashionable reputation
who were glad to make her acquaintance ,
they did not introduce their wives. Still ,
the private life of an aitist , if it is not
obtiuded upon the public , need not de-
ti act from the pluasuiu that genius af
fords. What plajers do oil' the stage
may be correct , or the contrary , accord
ing to their caprice or character ; it does
not afl'ect the play. Hern hard t's history
all tiie world knows ; it is not very dill'or-
cut from Rachel's ; and whether the line
ladies visit her or not , she will give us
Phcdru as no one else aii\e can do it ; shu
personates Dona Sol as Victor Hugo him
self aul no onu else had ever done it ;
slio aft'oids the most .splendid representa
tions of passion and art combined that
ncilhui tlio French or the English or the
American stage presents to-day.
ADAM BADIAU. :
CONXU ni
The preachers of Chcbnvgan , Mich. , liavo
decided nut to perfoim the niairia ii cere
mony lor any pmson who lus beeu divorced.
A in.in down east says that ho doesn't see
any p.uticnlar tun In tobo nnlu . Sluca
then the tnct 1ms been developed that ho
went tobi ( , uiilK ) with his wife.
It is said that somnambulism Is on the In-
cictxsu In this cimnti vanning married women.
The only way to bip.ik Vm oi Ills to hide
your wallet ontsiilo ot j om bedroom.
A vomit : woman Htintrslcm , who has been
mnrilod for oulv live months , has a pulled for
a judicial senaralion becatiim hei husband
will not cut his toenails , w hlc-h are ot abnor
mal leimth , and shu complains tlmt she Is
Bc.iued 1 1 om he.ul to foot by them.
Klla Wheeler \Vllcov , in one of lior passion
pee m s , poitinys a touchlni ; little connubial
episode when shu say i :
"Ono lies awake In the nlslit to weep ;
And the other Uiitts into a sweet , sound
sleep. "
If the theory was true that Kv was created
becansu Adam was lonely and wanted some
one to talk to. how disappointed our lirst
ancestors must have been when ho leall/ed
how illlllcnlt it was colng bo for him to gut a
word In t-dre ( ways.
Philadelphia Hccord : In Boyertown on
Tui'Mlay James A. Heard , t wealthy rattle
raiser of Nctnaska , married Miss Kilzabutli
Wise. They had onlv Known each other by
correspondence until Mr. Heard arrived in
Hoyertown a fuw hours before hU mairlase.
W Ihlnk that ( illroy can olalm the oldest
married couple In California , Mr. and Mrs.
liloduet , Mr. Hlodcott belli ! , ' nliictx-nliioanil
his wlfu ninety-sou'ii years old. They have
been mauled suvi'uty-nlnu jcars , aru both In
good health , and the happy guests of their
son , Mr. Hloilget , who lvalues near that city.
A Shebojgan , Mien. , widow , after mourn-
Intr ten < la > s for her dear departed , souirht
consolation In a second marrlairo. She
didn't litul It , though , for Ita \ said that ever
slnco the wedding thu ghost ot tl'oik-ad ' hus
band has been unking ! ilnus Ihnly for tlm
honeymooners , who ha\o already moved sev
eral times , but are iinablo to o-capo the
spirit , which rattles windows , moans ,
shakes the doors , nnd makes himself gen
erally very
The demand for the recent published edi
tion of the CJilneso t.'slamiMit , revK'il bv
Ituv. ( iiiillth John , average's about 1,000
day. <
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.MUSICAL. AND DRAMATIC.
The tpnor S\lva is now engaged at the St.
IVtc-isburK opein.
"Ten Mshts In a nar-Uoom" took splen
didly in Kansas towns.
Anna Krlbel. a Xorwoirian cantatiico , re
cently made a debut in Tails.
The J'arls conservatory concerts are in the
sixtieth year ot their existence.
Stuart liobson's favor'te ' poem Is said to bo
Loimlellow's "Hanging ot the Crane. "
llinh-crowned hats at theaties are now al
most exclusively worn by homely ladles.
Richard Mansllcld , It Is said , will occupy
the Mndlson Square theatre next summer.
Excise Commissioner Andrews , of New
York , is an ex-scene shifter and prompter.
Angustln Dil > 's company will bo.'in Its
engagement at the lloston museum , May 17.
Kyrle Bellow was , twelve years airo , re
porting tor the Melbourne ( Aiibtialia ) papers.
The tlmnand for photo/iaphs of Mary
Anderson has fallen oil very greatly in Lon
don.
don.Mis.
Mis. W. II. Courtney , a Brooklyn amnteui-
has decided to become a professional act ,
ress.
ress."Sophia" has passed Its 200th night in Lon
don. Upiosed a failure at Wallace's. New
York.
Fiederlckde Bellnvllle has been otforeil a
two-years1 engagement at thn Mew York Ly
ceum.
ItobdtL. Scott will take out a new play
next season. It Is called "A Chip ot the Old
Block. "
Ernesto Vaniicclnl , the maestro of vocal
art , died recently at Florence. He was 02
years old.
Kate Ticriioy made her first apuearance at
the ace of eight as the Duke of York , In
KIclmrd 111.
A Ttas youth , after buying Ids ticket
wanted to know if Booth appeared in tiug-
rdy or opera.
'Iho Baltimore Oratorio society will pro
duce Max Brtich's "Lay of the Bell" at the
March concert.
Candldus , the tenor , It Is said , receives a
bigger salary than did lirienoll In the piimo
ot his career.
Ladv Colin Campbell contradicts the state
ment tlmt shu Intuuds to become a profes
sional vocalist.
The "Vice Admiral. " Mlllockor's latest suc
cessful operetta has been sucuied tor America
by M. Conrled.
Beinlmnlt gave ten performances in the
City or Mexico , and it Is claimed that the re
ceipts were S47.000.
Mine. Marches ! has written and published
a book on the \oice , entitled "Methods et
Critique de Chant Theoruiuu. "
Lucca Is engaged to sing three times as
Carmen at the Hojal theater. Copenhagen ,
dulling thu coming month ot May.
E&The latest social cra/e in Europe Is tlio
mandolin. Thu instrument has capthated
the society people ot Washington and New
York.
"Tho Private Secretary" has made such
marked success In English that It Is being
plajcd In Boston In its oilglnalerMon In
tieimnn.
Marculla Scmbrich Is likely to succeed 111-
anchl at the Vienna Couit opera. Shots
said to he negotiating for a permanent en
gagement theio.
Thochoius girls In the Metropolitan opera
company aru bound bv contract to give thn
managms two weeks' notice butoro they null
into matrimony.
Iieno Curry Is the name of a musicil won
der In Han Kianclsco , Shu U only six je.vrs
od ! and her performance of piano solos Is
hlghl ) M > okon of.
The first score of Verdi's "Olello" has
arrived at Xow York irom .Milan , anil was
ndilrcised to Mine. Fur-ch-Madl with the
composer's compliments.
"Kudityirore , " It Is asserted , Is a delibeiato
"crib" Irom a comic opera entitled The
Crimson Mask , " wiitten twenty jeans a o
by the late John Brougham.
Miss Eleanor Calhoun , the- American ac
tress , has returned to Nuw York fioui
Europe , not to mairy } oung Hearst , but to
look alter a play prepaied for her.
Emll Thomas , the celebrated German com
edian , Is on his way to this country. Hu will
bi-Sln an eneairement at the 'Ihalla , New
York , the second week In March.
"Nj m Crinkle" t > a > s that ho can remember
the time w hull ho used to think Kosu Cou'h-
Ian was the handsomest woman in tlio world ;
and hu inlils : "l'\o ! ota son who Is bu in-
nlng to think the same way. "
Miss Mary Anderson will make her riven-
trance on the English Ma.-o at Birmingham
on April It , and subsequuntly slui will net at
other provincial eltn's. thus liilliUIng a
spring engagement. Mr. C. .1. Abud will
net as her business manager. Miss Andur-
son's season at the London Lyceum will not
begin until autumn. The latest talk about
Maiy Is that she is going to become a nun.
Chas , U. llojt has purchased u residence
in his nathc town , Charlestown , N. 11. Mr.
Ho\t will bo surrounded by the scenes that
ho has made lamous in his farces. At a near
corner Is the Eagle hotel , used as a back
ground for a "A Bunch ot Ke > s , " near bv Is
the drug stoic which liguies In "A ling
Baby , " on the street a tew blocks off is the
lesiuonco where It is claimed the scenes
shown in "A Parlor Match" tools pl.vuwhile
two blocks away Is the depot ot the Connec
ticut lallroad. In the station loom ot which
thu scenes in his now farce "A Hole in the
Uioumt" aielaid.
SINGULARITIES.
A cray eazle shot at Kott Pierre , D. T. , had
a jack-rabbit in its tallons.
A resident of Chester , III. , has a pet crow
that talks quite as well as any paiiot.
A Pokoon ( Mich. ) man found n boar's
tooth In the center of a solid log recently
while chopping.
Kesldents of Vila ? , I ) . T. , by the aid of a
mirage , distinctly saw \ \ csslngton hills , lifty
miles away , onu day last week.
A domestic goose was killed by a gentle
man living on Cache cieelc , Lake county ,
C'al. , and In Its ciop was found a largo quan
tity of gold dust.
A U corgi a hen belonging to Mrs. News
laid an egg the other tiny about two Inches
lonii aud HliapoJ exactly like a sodawater
bottle. Wonder if the freak has nuj thing
to do with prohibition ?
In cutting ice on Lake-of-thc-Woods It was
found tlmt the heavy cakes contained many
fish that were caught during the. . cold snap
and fro/en in the Ice. On this account the
Ice cutting on the lake was abandoned.
The other day while William Cole was
drlvine thn stage between Ne\adu City and
North Bloomlield ho saw by the roadside six
quail that appeared to be Know-blind. Ho
jumped out ot the sleigh aud caught them
alive.
A doctor of Odin , III. , purchased some
whisky to bo used as medlclno tor a sick
child. Holctt the bottle on his table for a
low mlnute < s , when it exploded with a loud
leport. The bottle was broken , and the
liquor faltii ! ' , ' on the table cloth burned it lll :
acid.
acid.One
One day last week a hen at Mr. Cosbv's ,
Cuthberti.i. , wlillo looking around with a
view of iroing into business , lost her loothold
and fell Into the well. She remained in
there a dav and night , and when found had
apmopiiated nra\e In the well to hei own
use and was making hciself at home.
A joung lad in Kingston , N. Y. , Is the pos
sessor of a tame pigeon which follows him
wherevci I'o coos. On Thursday it followed
him on his way to school. As soon ns ho saw
It ho carried It back to his house. Alter ho
had been In school some time the teacher saw
the pigeon making its way Into the school
room , and the boy had to cany thu bird home
a second time.
A tanner living near Quincy s.i > s that
wiille out tei'ding his ehickuns one morning
recently , lour wild geesn ramu Hying
towaids his barnyaul , and altci circling
about him sou > ial times lit among his
chickens. Ho canht one ot them , where
upon thu others attacked him viciously. Ho
dually managed to secure a second one , nnd
after a shaip encoiintei dune oil the other
two.
two.Moirls Shclhnil , of Call , Caimdn , bought a
wild goosuot Mi. Hariis , who had caught It
eighteen je.us before. It has recently died.
Themis an uticeitalntv about Its age , ns no
one could tell how old It was when caught.
Casey countx , Ky. , Is said to be oveiriiii bv
nits. Asoit of r.ucholeiu has killed oft all
the cats , nnd thu i.itsaio liavlnir eir < > thing
theli own way. Cats aio away up abo\u par
there.
Whllu tliu lecent stoim was id its heightfa
Mi * . KoeciN who rtsliluiic.n 1'iatUllIe ,
giivu biith to tilplets-onu boy anil two ulils.
Though duior sileet of snow miilu it im
possible to procure medical assibtanco at thu
time , tliu mothci nnd all tlireool the new nr-
rhnls tire doing well The little nnus.tliougn
Mii.dl , tholaige t weighing only four and a
hull pounds , am perti'i'tly loimed and lull ot
lltuandUor. .
,1 nines Lon , of Klmlia , desired a pholo-
graph of his liny St. Hirnnut dog. When
tliu dog haw thu camura pointed nt him ho
supposed that stmii'thtng was wiong and
bolted out of thu door , Ho was coaxed lrd : :
and posed again. Ai.ain ho toi > k alaim , and ,
thu iiooi being Mintlumped out of a w indow ,
lull on an aunliiLuioKo through , fell on
twoouir.r men , .smashed a hit Hat. and ter
ribly hc.ueil a hiiir.ll toliiiul bootblack , The
dog weighs l.VJpoumK
After nluhtlall wild ducks Infest thu grain
tieliU In the \iclnitvof I'utali cieuk , Ala-
nii da county , California , In moat numbers.
They h ivu nearly di-vaslateil IOU acres on the
I'urrv farm , llenrv Goodman , thu toreman ,
alter expunmuiitiiii ; with numerous
to frighten them away , at last lilt upon the
project ol burning candles during the night ,
these are piotectcd lioin the wind by sacks ,
and the holds are kept comparatively clear o
ducks.
Quite a natural curiosity was nn oblcct of
eotislileiablo interest in the olllco of the
superintendent of thn poor In Chicago. It
was nothing more nor less than a Drlprht
little girl , three anil a half j cars old , who
was lotted , or allllcted , as the case may turn
out to be , w Itn two tongues. A little tongue
about half the regular si/e bad grown on top
ot the natural organ. This did not In any
wayatlect the child's speech or prevent her
cntinua hearty meal.
Some Ohio parties while fishing at Dixon's
pond onu night last week left their guns at
the mill. During their absence a couple ot
dogs entered the house , and dog like.engngcd
In a light. During the scuftlo onu of the
guns was knocked down and the contents
dlschnigcd Into the hindquarters of one dog.
Thoothci , though master of the situation ,
lied Incontinently , leaving poor Tray to the
meicv ol the lishcrinen , who \\eio soon on
the spot to ascertain the cause ot the leport.
RKMG1OUS.
One-fifth of the cntliu population ot Kng
land Wales are stated to bo In btindav shoots ,
theie being 000,000 leaclieis aud .VJOO.OOO
scholar' ' .
Lord Win. Cecil , second son of the mar
quis ot Salisbury , is about to be ordained to n
curacy at the parish church of St. Nicholas ,
Client Yarmouth.
The Kev. Frank IJussell , of Oswego , N. Y. ,
a talented minister , ulegnnt speaker , and
classical gentleman , of the Congregational
church , Is In the lecture held.
Messis. Moody and Sankev will attempt to
evangell/o Chicago , and to that end thev will
erect a building In that city to cost S'A'Xt.OOO
for the training of Christian workers.
Thn American board of commissioners for
foielgn missions hasiejoMed the application
ot it. C.Mone , of the theological school , who
has recently been licensed to preach.
The reading of the "Lives of the Saints"
caused Ignatius Lo\nla to lorm the purpose
of creating a nuw religious order , which j > ur
pose eventuated in the powcitul society of the
Jesuits.
The two copies of the bible used at Queen
Victoria's coionatlon are still In eslstunco.
Onu is a hcliloom in thu family of the late
Dr. Simmer , Itlshop ol Winchester , anil the
other ib picsorved in the cathedral of Nor
wich.
It Is repotted that Father Charles Turner ,
latelv pioffsiorof theology at Ulshop Hag-
shuwo's Diocesan Semluaiv of Our Lady
and St. I huh. Nottingham , hart speeded from
thu Roman Catholic church , and bus been
received into the Church ot Kuglnnil.
The rniversallst club , of Now York , Is en
gaged In pi'tlccthiR plans looi.lng towaids
holding , next wlntei , in thu larse hall of thn
Cimper union , .set viies ut which prominent
Unlversalist pieachers shall expound In a
simple and popultu manner the iirinelplesot
theh belief.
Theolil fnmllv blbluthnt belonged to " .Mary ,
HID mother ot Washington , " Is still In exist
ence , and Is Kept In a bunch of the Wash
ington l.nnilv in Virginia. It contains tlio
f.imilv lenister. wording th birth of ( ieorge
Wushlngton , Kebruaiy'"A 17 : . The binding
has a cover ot cloth woven by thu hand of his
mother.
Hv the stem airav of facts and nguies. at
thu "end ot this luustcd cenliny of missions ,
while not , uooKKi ( coiiveils. nominal and
leal , havu been won bv elnistianity in paean-
ilom , heathen anil .Mohammedan aieiiK,000- ! )
rioo mon1 than they wein at thu bchlnnliitf of
tliouintiiiv. Thu votaries ot thi"-c faiths in-
cie.isiiM'vunty times lastcr than the follow
er , ot Christ.
A ( -erinon both short and good Is perfect
anil needs no apologv. A .shoit , poor seriiioil
Imi an apolruv fin Its poorness In Its brev f
ity , A ImiK.gooil sermriu has nn apology for
its length In Its goodness Hut n long , poor
sermon admits ot no apologyand tliu nltempt
to mnko onn maU'sIt both longer and poorer.
Then-tore , proceed to business without
apology.
Uy thu death ot HHlinp William .Mercer
linen of Mississippi last Sunday , the Kpis-
eopil chuieli l < ist luv oldest and onu other
most vmieutcil prchti'i. Ilu WHS lioin in
l7tS ) and was nid lined to thu eiilspuji.tcy In
JSVi. It was liiseonellijitoiv seiinoiiHt Iho
npunlngoftho genei.il ( oiivent'on ' ol 1HU ,
tli.itwi'iit tar towaids liealin ' thu breach
m.iilo between thu noithem and southern
church by tlmuar.
The Kiigllsh boclcty fin the pmpngittlon of
the gospul In toiriigu paiU Is nn.inuliii ! for
otiservance on Aiuust I'J , 1VJ7 , ot Iho ifxuii
annlu'iMuy of thu ronsci'tntlnn , In Lain-
both palace , ot Di. C. Inglls , who was ' not
only tlio hiht bishop of NOVA hrntla.'but thu
m-t blslidit of the Chinch ol Kiulnnd if Ion
lllgnpuK Ot louihc , therefore , this IH ni
event in which thu Anurlcnn Kplscopallaa1
Will I eel much inleiubteil.
