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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY APKIL 24 , 1887. TWELVE PAGES. 11
HUE , PATH'S ' INCONSISTENCY ,
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A Oostnmo of Seventy Ycara Ago Adorns
a Bustle of the Present Day.
6ACRELIGIOUS STARING.
Jlmpltnl AflHiiclntlon Festival The
Woman In the Hoi An Abbrevi
ated Skirt -.Domesticity at Sea
Clam llolto'fl Chat.
NKW YOKK , April 21. [ Corrcpond-
cnco of the HKK.J The newest nfl'ecta-
lion of the Fifth avenue girls Is called
the baby stnro. It takes the place of the
roguish glance and the shy droop. The
operator of a pair of eyes opnns them to
their widest , lixes them directly upon a
man , or any other object.nud calmly keeps
them there so as long as circumstances
permit. Neither ogle nor wink is rccog-
n/cd ! by the cool orbs thus employed in
the infantile act. They scorn aware of
nothing beyond the merely ocular mani
festation. It Is a curious freak , this
baby stare , and it puzzled all observers
for a week ar two , until it became com
paratively common among the very swell
maidens of the Hill.
The most remarkable feminine staring
Ims been lately done in the church of
tho.Kov. Dr. Hebcr Newton , whoso ad
vanced doctrines have several times
brought him into famous collision with
lits Episcopalian bishop , but whose con
gregation was formerly more intellec
tual than modish , But fashionable girl
nlrangers become more numerous from
Sunday to Sunday , and these visitors
sweetly requested the ushers to scat them
in tiie gallery. The reason was simple
and silly , ( 'ourtico rounds , a pretty
tenor of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas ,
is an alluring portion of the quartet in
the choir , and the girls desired to turn
their
IJAIIV STAKES ON HIM
ns ho hanir. The pastor has put a stop to
that sacriligious sort of adoration , how
ever ; by issuing an order to admit no
outside girl to the gallery , except as the
guest of some pow owner.
The greatly observed vocalist is Patti ,
whose Carmen is something of a relief to
these who have been accustomed to her
in other roles. She wears no dresses with
immensely long trains , which have to bo
swung and kicked into recumbent , retro
gressive submission. I noticed that the
men in tlio audience were not unmind
ful of the fact , and viewed the adoption
of an abbreviated skirt with true operatic
interest. And yet it was simply n walk
ing dress , and when in repose gave no
more than a reasonable suggestion of the
diva's foot. I am inclined to think that
the superficial masculine observer would
have said , that P.itti dressed with refer
ence solely to the natural demand of the
role. As the cigarette maker in the first
net
THE COLORS OK HER COSTUME
were chosen with the nicest taste , and
the lit of the dress to her liguro was per
fection ; but nevertheless it was in violent
\ contrast to the commoner costumes worn
by the chorus women , who wore sup
posed to bo her associates intho , factory.
The same general effect was maintained
in the gypsy scone. The star never
Kliining to the superficial observer by the
undue brilliancy of her clothing. But I
think I may bo allowed the claim of
of the introduction was this : "Tho
action pf the opera takes place in 1820. '
And yet underneath the Spanish exterior
of Patti's 1820 costume I detected the
presence of a fully developed 188 ? Parisian
uustlo. And thu same bustle , or one just
like it , extended the grace of Patti's form
beyond nature's limits when she denned
n gypsy dress , i-'or my part , I think that
this costuming was eminently proper ,
Hang anachronism ? Ono must look as
attractive as possible when so much depends
ponds upon it in public life.
The fact that Patti was to sing a role
new to her made it an ultra-fashionable
event , and every wealthy body foil bound
to go. Among thorn was the wife nn out
of-town millionaire. She came near
making n bigger sensation than Patti
herself , and for a timu at least eclipsed
the diva. She came twenty minutes Into.
II r box was next that occupied by the
Astor's , and therefore in a position to
show oil' its occupants to the best advant
Y URO. When tins lady came into view ,
fine had on a gorgeous crimson wrap , th
ihishing brilliancy of which it would bo
dillicult to equal. She was evidently no )
uwaro that there is an ante room to each
box provided for the special purpose of
removing wraps , nnd putting the finish
ing touches to one's toilet , before enter
ing the auditorium. Or , perhaps , she
knew this , and ignored it , and adopted her
extraordinary course in order to bo seen
of nil. It seems hardly probable that shn
should be deliberately so ridiculous , but
the effect was the samo. With her bril
liant wrap over her shoulders on which
poised a head that ran over with short
curls of thu blondest blonde , she
MAUCIIEU INTO THE BOX
nnd proceeded rapidly to the very front
rail. There she paused a moment nud
surveyed the house nnd the stage with an
expression of haughty interest. Then
she took off her wrap , and in so doing
she throw her arms out wide on either
side , and nourished thorn , nnd the wrap
with thorn , until it seemed as if she were
waiving a crimson 11 ae at n passive bull.
The attention of everybody in the house
was directed ta her , though there could
bo few who were not astonished observ
ers of her dramatic entrance. Her escort
cert , n palo slender young roan , hastened
to take her wrap and retire it to the ante
room , but that did not end the show. Up
to this moment the lady had been stand
ing , looking , coldly about the house al {
the time , and now she sat down with an
uxtravnnt swaying of her body ,
intended to bring her tourn-
nro into safe bearing , and thnn
frightful to relate , produced from some
where a pair of long gloves , twenty buttoners -
toners , and deliberately put thorn on. In
so doing she stretched nor arm vigor
ously to its full length , with many a wry
look us the gloves pulled on hard , nnd
buttoned , buttoned , ono after another ,
until her costume was thus far complete.
The house looked qn in amusement , but
the lady , far from being disconcerted ,
tictually seemed to enjoy it > It took more
than ten minutes for her to prepare to
attuiul to the opera , and then the curtain
wont down on the tirst act , and all
through the lobbies , and in the boxes and
* * the orchestra chairs , this extraordinary
behavior was moro discussed than thu
performance of Patti.
The fomlno section of tall Focioty gave
nn Euster futo in aid of the Hospital and
Prison association at Dolmonico's. Tick
ets of admission cost $3 eaeh. The fete
was held in the ball room , in which ( low
ers were sold , une in the little rooms ad
joining ice cream.nnd coflco were to bo
bought. There was nuisio in the balcony ,
but nobody minded that because it was
made by stringed instruments ai\il wits
not loud enough to interfere with conver
sation. Thrco hundred and iixty women
and fourteen men bought tickets and
wont to thu foto. A lot of men bought
tickets and didn't go. There was great
adversity of opinion among the wpman
concerning the proper costume to bu
worn upon such an occasion. Homo ap
peared in street dress with cloaks and
AM. MANNKIt Or OUTSIUE WltAM.
nnd kept their wraps on. Ono young
woman had a red and blank rig that
would have done very well tit a fancy
b ll. A largo triangular absence
of clothing on her back exposed her
shoulders and most of her spine. She
had ii mole too , although It was pretty
well down below her shoulder blades nnd
cbiild have boon concealed easily. A
lady behind ono-of the booths seemed to
have mndo n mistake nnd put on the tri
angular cut bodice a wrong side to. The
mistake was partially concealed by a bit
of lace nnd some powder.
Everybody wnlkcd nround the room
nnd chattered , nnd when cuch ono had
bought a ilowor and put it In her dress ,
thcro was nothing moro to bo done at the
booths , unit the Indies behind them
joined in the general clnck of tongues.
Airs. Paran Slovens came in , wnlkcd
throngtr the crowd at ono side of the
room a in ! took rofuiro behind n cake
staml in the corner. She remained there ,
talking with people and looking at the
crowd from under her heavy oyo-
lids. Two very distinguished
loaders of society entered and
wuro greeted by the managers ot the
foto. They were on the , list of patron
esses. A table was brought out and set
in the middle of the hall for the two pai
tronesses. and colTuo was served to thorn
thcro. Tim table was in everybody's
way and so wore the patronesses , but the
rniddlo of tlio hall was the best pluco to
sit and bo socn.
When the people tired of the guv rev
elry of walking about , they stood still ,
anil when they tired of stundlng.still tlioy
moved about and collided with each other.
Tlioy didn't tire of talking , nnd so tlioy
didn't stop that nt all. Tlio re was noth
ing else to do except to listen to the
music , nnd nobody did that.
Ono of the fourteen men had gray hair ,
n very rod face and a single eye glass.
IIo wandered about alonn in solemn silence -
lonco and had a joyous timo. It was n
society affair and ho was discharging his
duty by showing himself. The other
thirteen were very subdued nnd kept In
the corners. Some of them were quite
pretty and talked all the time ; but most
of them scomrd cither frightened or
frightfully" bored. It was intended to
have some dancing , but when everybody
wns thcro tho'floor was too crowded , nnd
when the Hoar Was available the men
had escaped. The fcto lasted three hours
and was a great social success.
"Tho great dcutcronormy is com
mcnccd. " said Mrs. Jimmorson , ( she was
referring to the summer exodus from
Now York ) , "and wo are all interested in
pncilics for .sen sickness. " A pacific for
the Atlantic is something much ncoded
in this day and generation. Every ono
going to soi : has a theory , and usually
some panacea , for tlio woes of tnal do
ruor ; but along about Harnegat light
house tlioy throw up all idea of euro nnd
just submit to fate. Under no circum
stances , pcrhup.s , do wo HOC so much of
the resources , the character , and the
inner nature of our friends ns at son.
They got past dissimulation. Ihu potty
hypocrncics of lifo socm to got beyond
their roach. A man may live twenty
years
OK LAND WITH HIS WIFE ,
and got really introduced to her the second
end dav at soa. A woman may View the
head of her husband opposite her neat at
table , nnd on the adjoining pillow , for *
"yonhs nnd yeahs. " as Mrs. Fioronco
says , but she confronts the real iclmbnd
for the first time when he turns his de
spairing gaze toward her from over the
rail of an ocean steamer. On an outgo
ing vessel there was a floating hospital
of these sufferers , and day after diy : the
snip's company sat down with about six
of tlio 260 cabin passengers to dinner.
Tliora were n party of tourists on board ,
under the temporal nnd suiritual guid
ance of an old baptist minister from
some western .state. He had n doz.cn
young and pretty girls to take care of ,
and a well-worn article of wife as assist
ant. Poor old man had boon lixcd up
for foreign ports , nnd aftur going tooth
less for years , n brand now upper and
under set of Htoro tooth had boon put
in. Pa had given his mind to the art.
of vanquishing sea sickness. H < J got his
party up on deck , ho rattled the .stewards
for mattresses , and bv the time wo got to
Sandy Hook , ho had thorn all in reclining
positions. Lemons , champagne , parched
corn , chloral and clam juice had bcon
variously rocomended. lie made tlio
rounds with u lemon and gave every one
of the girls a squeeze. Ho followed it up
with a "small bottle" and a teaspoon.
Ho tramped up his row of girls with a ,
paper bag of pop corn , and he tramped
them down the line with clnfn juice. As
some one hud ndvisod them to keep their
oyus on a stationary object , most of thorn
read their last letters from homo.
"This sea sickness is moro n matter of
the mind than anything else , " said ho.
"Mens ngitat raoloin , " said I in roplp.
"Very true the great Latin poets wore
generally correct , " assented Pa.
Just then Ma. who had been sitting on
a camp stool tolling mo of going to Now
York on board a Perry Anger in ' 40.
madn n ghastly face at mo and described
n helpless circle in the air with a limp
arm. She was
TOTKO TO THE SHIP'S SIDE
as the iirst contributor. There was a
click , a glint in the sunlight , a gurgle ,
nnd the upper and under sot of tooth
wcro in the "bosom of the ocean buried. "
She made the rest of the passage behind
n handkerchief , nnd whistled her lamen
tations for f 73 "just thrown away. "
A fashionable couple had the next
tnto room. The husband was the only
man outside the ship's craw who was not
sea sick nnd ho took a villainous advan
tage of the woman.
"I know 1 can't live , Hennery , " she
said ono day.
"I can't say as I sco how you can , " re
turned the truthful spousoj "don't die
with any secrets between us , or nnyting
on your"mind. "
I didn't think thcro was nnyting loft
for that woman to give away , but directly
I hoard her faintly confessing that she
expected to meet : m old beau , of whom
the husband was suspicious , in London.
An admonitory kick on the partition was
no earthly sort of good.
She'd got to tolling nnd the.ro scomod
to bo no end of it. lint silence af tor a
while announced she had got to tlio terminus -
minus of the confession. Then the
tinrsh brute of. a husband had his in
nings.
"VOIT I'OOIl , SILLY IDIOT , "
ho said , "after tolling mo that , yon M bet
ter catch something nnd die as quick f.s
possible. No ono over did die of soa-
sickness. wish to the Lord they did.
You can stay right in this stateroom , nnd
go back on the ship , for I never will tuku
you offit. "
"Wow ! wow ! " wuilad M nrin , "what
will booomo of mo ? "
And I often wonder what docs become
of tlio women nftor n .sea-sick passage.
Certainly it scorns they are of no earthly
attraction to their lawful owners , nftor
the disclosures of these iconoclastic days
at soa.
Miss Fluta Magildor came on board
with a largo Saratoga trunK , anil had it
toted Into the statu room which she was
going to share with a woman who had
traveled
"Why , what can you bo thinking off"
groaned her ngrioved shipmate , who
could hnrdlr get in or out of bed with the
big trunk filling the room.
"I am going to make toilets nnd wear
decent clothes , " replied FluU.
Shn sal down to eat a big dinner while
yet the bay of Now York lay tranquilly
nbout her. She turriod over the nuts
nud wlno till the merry little breakers
outsuto Quarantine thrilled the ship to
the centre. Fluta then grow gray round
the gills. She was escorted to the state
room. Under the bows of the big trunk
she did up ouo Bide her front hair on a
crimuiug pin. Tire opposite lock was ir
her nerveless lingers when she fell of
the stool and into her bunk. She novel
moved ngaln till the steamer struck thi
Mersey. Then she was carried off the
ship on a litter witli ono side her hair
crimped like a darkey's wool the other
tralirhtcr than a loon's hind leg.
CLAUA BELLE.
CITIZEN JOHN SHERMAN ,
How the Ohio Statesman Dispenses Sweet
Charity for Sweet Charity's Sake ,
EMANCIPATION DAY DOINGS.
Senator Hlicrmnn'n Lovely Foster
Daughter A Bashful Cotiurcss-
man Bitting Down on
Opera Shari > ors.
WASTIINOTON , April 13. [ Correspond-
cued of the BEK.I To road the press dispatches -
patches sent out of Washington to "load
ing dully uapors , " ono uii ht infer that
wo were holding a continual political con
vention for nominating presidents , hav
ing at our disposal several innocent men
to torture ou the political gibbet. Wo read
that i Senators Allison and Sherman wore
locked i ut , lilco lighting cocks , for two
mortal hours in the committee room hav
ing a regular bout over who shall be the
the next candidate for United States pres
ident. Strange proceeding ? for two
prominent statesmen with two such cool
head si Now 1 Ir.ivo my professional
doubts about the heavy door of Senator
Allison's committee room ever
beln g locked while the committee's
uro in session , or at any time while being
publicly or privately occupied. ( Thu
lower committee rooms sometimes hr.vo
locked doors while giving wet lunches ) .
In the lirst place , the appropriation com
mittee room i well guarded. There is
always a crim messenger sitting at the
entrance with a "bo watchful and be
ware" expression ou his sad face , to keep
out intruders. No brass-clad press re
porter would over venture to walk over
that grim messenger's live bouy tbe ex
pression of his ' sphinx-likp face would
molt the brass at onco. Wo have to have
tliain hero in Washington these sphinx-
like fellows -for several reasons. If
Allison and Sherman wcro in close em
brace in that committee room for two
weary hours , no doubt they were dis
cussing thocoerclan bill and ) ti\ingup the
feasibility of not attending other people's
funerals. We have quite enou gh caiiho
for shedding honest tears at homo.
SENATOlt SIIlMtMAN AND HOME HUM : .
Senator Sherman showed his devot ion
to the Irish cause and "homo rule" , by
attending the theater to sec Dion liouci-
c.iuli in "Tho Jilt. " Ho hud sent Ills re
grets ut not being able to b present at
the anti-coercion meeting ncld tlio saino
evening. Not like his celebrated nephew-
in-law , Don Cameron , who always sits
boxed at the theatre , Senator Sherman
sat midway of the orchestra chairs , ac
companied by his adopted daughter , Miss
Mamie , and two other pretty girls.
Sherman's name being prominent before
the country as a possible candidate for
the presidency in 1838 , nil eyes and
opera glasses were leveled ut him , anil
How mindful ho was of this marked at
tention his face did not betray , save that
ho gazed about smilingly. Of all im
movable faces , Senator Sherman's is the
most pteadfust , usually , but when he
does smile wo are reminded of our
youthful delights over a jack o' lantern
in a dark night. After letting his grey
eyes wander about the theater to see who
was there everybody likes to know
what kind of company ho is keeping
Sherman discovered oY-Conirrossnitui
Amos Townsend , of Cleveland , 0. , sitting
stark alone by himself , and so the dis-
iuguishod senator leisurely pulls htm-
soil up and walks around the circle.
shaking hands with several on route , and
nabs tlio bashful Amos and brings him
all covered with blushes to his party
whore there was an. empty chair to bo
illed. Mr. Townsend being a "lone
man" in Ohio it is the French for
"NOT TIEU TO A WIFE , "
n other words an unfortunate bachelor
, of arts ) , modestly seated himself beside
; ho fair Ohio maiden , with Sherman on
ils right standing guard. Sherman
ilways looks well after ttio
l > ooplo of his own state , is
ndecd a strong believer in "homo
rule. " As the play progressed Sherman
jecamc so absorbed in the scenes on the
stage that ho lost all thoughts of Amos
1'ownsend and tlio side issues. It was in
teresting to watch the staid old senator.
Those who believe Sherman to bo a cold ,
unfeeling man , should have seen him
with lower jaw dropped , eagerly watch
ing the love-making on the stage. "Why ,
[ never did supposu that John Sherman
could bo worked up to that kind of a
pitch , " said an unbeliever at my back.
Why , just loot at him , his face really
grows sublime with emotion of the tender
kind. It is as good as a circus to see him
laugh. It appears that the old coon
hasn't lost all of his sentiment lor love
romance after all. How horrible it is to
misjudge the inner lives of these men
in public life. " Uy this time
lioucicauit , as Miles O'Hara , had the
audience wrought up to the highest
pitch of excitement over the supposed
oss race going on behind the scenes , and
the players themselves , all onthiismm ,
carrying the audience with them in the
wildest excitement and imprest , and
none Deemed more excited and intensely
interested than the
COM * iiiuurEi * JOHNSIICKMAX , "
and none cheered more loudly to bring
the famous actor before the curtain than
ho. At times it was a tie which wo en
joyed the most the piny on the stage or
watching the play of emotional footings
on Senator Sherman's faco. John Slier-
man never did pose for society , and
never has boon rouownod for his social
attainments. His personal attractions
nro not especially winning. A baby
would hardly hold out its little hands to
bo taken and kissed , on short acquaint
ance , and yet ho can bo , and is , ouo of
the pleasuntost entertainers , in his own
house , In Washington. Ho ft fond of
having a friend to dinner in a
homelike way. Although at times ho
gives "swell dinners , " they are not to his
special liKing. Senator and Mrs. Sher
man's evening receptions this pnst sea
son , have been among the most agree <
able ; the senator has a way of slipping
around among his guests , in a gracious ,
graceful- , graceful , way looking
.after each ono , especially the strangers
in a way to put them at their case. J
have recently hoard many things of Sen
ntor Sherman's private and domestic life
which give the lie to his being such r
Bullish , cold man. From ono who knows
being on the most friendly terms witli
the senator and his family , I am told tba
ho is really a generous man. giving away
largo amounts in dollars to all kinds o'
charities and helping the deserving pool
generally. In his own state
HE IS MOST LIUKKAL
in giving to all sulVering humanity. He
helped most generously those who suf
fered from the ovorilowcd districts along
the Ohio rivor. lint , I asked , why is i
that the public do not know of benato
Sherman's generous deeds of cltarity
"Simply because ho does not wish ti
have these things talked of. Ho is truly
a modest man in private life and docs no
wish to be overwhelmed with publi
thanks for private deeds. " "There is no
mistake that Sherman is after the white
house ? " I asked. "Not a bit of it , " re
plied the Ohio friend and devotee
tollowor. "Sherman fully believes tha
ho can make a good president
and so do wo who know him
best. I have inst como from New York
whore I have boon fooling the pulse of
Wall street , and when I say Wall street I
moan the financial part of New York anil
that is the largest half and to a man they
have full conndonce la John Sherman's
ability to conduct the finances of our
country with safety. "
"Is Senator SherranQ the very rich man.
that he reported to but" .
"No" replied tbe Ohio political wire
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puller , " he is not. Mr. Sherman lias
often talked with mo about the over esti
mate of his wraith , lie has had a good
many irons in the lire , in a business way ,
and at times hn has been
MltlVUK TO T1IF.VALL
pretty closely. "His style of living in
Washington docs not suggest a Califor
nia gold mine , or a never failing oil
well. " I replied : "Ho seems to live well
but not extravagantly. And if ho
docs donate to charity liberally
it is all to his credit that lie does not
stand on the street corners and throw
dollars to see the gamin scramble for it ,
as ono of our distinguished public men of
Washington'did ' year ago last winter ,
the son-in-law df Ohio's other senator.
Society is nil agog over the coming of
tlio diva 1'atH , the 3d of May. Ad slio is
to bo here but one night in Opera , tickets
will bo sold , fi'om seven to five and
S3 at the very loWest. and tiicso will tail
into the hands of sharpers so that to hear
Patti will nioat { I starvation to me who
would rather hear her than own a corner
lot in Paradise !
The sharpors'got a Mack eye when
Sarah fiornliardt was hero ; they bought
up the choice scats for the best plays and
hold them so high that they grew mouldy
on their hands. While wo are in the
protection business hero in Washington ,
it is to be hopod'that our district govern
ment will protect the poor man's pocket
from sharpers !
Life is a howling wilderness to the
'average housekeeper to-day for our
colored servants are nil on the streets ,
emancipating midst thunder , lightning
and a perfect sheet of rain Hooding the
streets. Most dismal day for celebrating ,
but what cares Liberty for thunder ,
lightning and rain ?
It is a good thing for people to cook
their own dinners sometimes ; then they
will know how easy it is to burn the meat
an d spoil the coffee. Cox.
MUSICAL AND DUAMATIC.
Wilson Darrett will sail for London
Mav 10.
Helen Staudlsh , It Is said , Is engaged to be
married to Sam Sotheru.
IMon lioncicnult wrote "The Colleen
Bawn" In live days. Dion says ho will cud
Ills dajs In America.
liaron Von Tnvern , the new Austrian
minister at Washington , is a line musician.
CnmllleMnorl , a young soprano ot Chicago
cage , will stiii ; with the linston Ideal com
pany next season.
Captain Paul Ooynton , the rubber-suit
swimmer , has bcnn en jaed to travel witn
the Barn urn circus.
Vlda Croly. daughter of "Jennie June , "
will adopt the stago-or be adopted by It ,
if she has the ability next season.
The old Stongton , ( Mass. ) musical society ,
now In Its second hundred years ot exist
ence , celebrated caster by a concert.
The debut of an American singer In Milan
Is announced. She Is from Sau Francisco ,
her stage name Is Anita Alamcdo.and .sho au-
po.tred as Amiua In "La Sonnambnla. "
Hon. Chas , F. Crisp. congiossman fiom
Georgia , isfthe son of William 11 , Crisp , an
actor who had a wiUo reputation thirty years
ago and was very well known In liostou.
Emma Hay den Eames , soprano , of Ooston ,
ha * succosstully passed the preliminary ex
amination at tlio Grand opera , Paris , and
expects to make her debut there within a
year.
year.Admiral
Admiral Porter's sensational novel , "Allan
Dare , " having boon dramatued and produced
in tlio West , \vill bo forthcoming at the
Fourteenth street theater , New Voik , next
season.
Jennie Yeamans bnasts of wearlnz a piece
of Llama lace in the last act ot her new pUy ,
"Our Jonnie , " which is seventy-two years
old , belli ? a present from her grandmother ,
who U still llviiv. .
Savs the Hour : Nobody can reach Mary
Anderson how to make love , excepting Love
himselt. Kven 1'attl was comparatively cold
until cupld cauiorto her dicssed as the Mar
quis do Caux.
Kato Claxton l.s to produce n now play
from the French entitled "The Uraln
Stealcr. " The translation is by Cu/.aunxn ,
who Is travelino with tlio comnany and re-
lieawliu the play. It Is to bu tirst played at
MoVlcker's theatre , Chicago.
Charles MM > Mson's health has been run
ning down of Into. For n chance of air , ad
vised by his physicians , hn will hie himself
to lirazll , accepting an oiler trom lom Pe
dro to assume the unties of Inteiuhuit to the
Itoyal Opera Uou > o ot Hlo Janelio.
If AmericafcoiUil oill all her singers home
what an operatic stage wo mU'lit have , lias-
trelter , Nordica , Duttl , Marie Engle. Minnie
Hank and Nevada this does not begin to ex
haust the list ot lyric artists of high rank
whom our stave claims as Its own.
"Anaichy. " Uie play by Mr. Steele
Mackayo , wllMiavo Us lirst presentation at
liiuTaln.on May 'M. that being Mr. Mackaye's
birthday , and uiilfalo the place of bis birth.
The production there is In response to an In-
vltatlonof 3,000 cltUons of the LaKn City ,
who wish to tender u compliment to the Buf
falo play-wrlght.
Queen Victoria has Informed the dean of
Windsor that she will accept the dedication
of a collection of jubilee hymns with new
tunes. Among thu authors of these hymns
arotho bishops of Uipon and Kxeter , and
ilevs. John Ellcrton and S. Itarlng-
Gould , The list of composers Includes thn
names of Urs. Hridee and Rtalner.SIr George
Elvoy and Mesars. Barn by and I'arratt.
A remarkable accident occurred iccontly
In the theater at Newcastle-on-Tyne , Eng
land. In the course of a performance by Carl
Rosa's troupe ot Nordlsa. The itorm scene
was on. Too sound of thunder was made by
heavy cannon balls rolling along , gutters
lined with iron , twenty feat above the stage.
The ball was dislodged Immediately after a
flash of llybtola ? , and fell amid a group In
the wings , on tlio head of a stage eaipenter ,
who has since died.
Campanlnt used to become 50 realistic in
certain passages that women with whom ho
sing were half atrald of him. While he
was tender and natntal as a lover. It was in
.scones of anuer and jealousy that his dra
matic Instinct had most sway over him. He
was so splendidly ferocious once as Don
Jose , about to stab Minnie llauk as Carmen ,
that she had to bioak the spull with a smile ,
and to whisper , "Kemcmber , you are not
really to stab me. "
The now nursery spectacle. , "Snowflako , "
bv Howard P. Tavlor , to be brought out at
NI bio's. Now York , at the beginning of next
season , Is said to contain ellccts entirely
new to the American staco. Thcro Is one
scene where the largo staen will be tilled
with moving animals , from the elephant to
the frog , all dancing under variegated calci
ums to the music ot an animal orchestra. In
another scene It Is converted Into a bower of
gold , the human lignres , animals , birds.trees.
etc. , presenting a moving mass ot animated
gold.
EDUCATIONAL.
Professor Todil , of Amliorst colloze , will
go to Japan to observe the total eclipse of
August Ib.
Senator i'avno. of Ohio , has given JSl.OOO
to the School ol Technology at Emory college
In Georgia.
Evelyn college for young women , soon to
be opened , will bo under the direction of
'ilnceton professors.
Miss Charlotte Lane , of Bralntree , Massa
chusetts , has been appointed assistant libra-
Ian of Uowdoln college.
Eight cIris now in Wellesley cello 'o Intend
o tuvnilsblonarles. Happy cannibals ! The
Wollcsley Ilavor is delicious.
1 he report comes from New Haven that
William Walter Phelps has given 535,000 to
Yale university as a fund for the study of
civil government and political economy.
Over 833,000,0000 has been contributed to
; he colleges of this eountry by twenty men.
Three of these twenty Stephen Glrard ,
John Hopkins and Asa Packer gave over
$14,000,000.
A teacher In ono of our grammar school * }
was giving her class a lesson on the art o1
putting words into sentences. The words
selected , with their doiirtltlons , were , "aque
duct , a conductor , " and "effervesce , to work. "
One of the sentences handed in read : "My
father is an aqueduct and has to effervesce
very hard. "
"But auntie , " said a Vassar pirl , "all the
researches of modem science convince us
that evolution Is the only tlioorv to which we
can attach any confidence. " Amiable Aunt
"Well , my dear. If you won't disturb my
ancestors In the Garden of Eden , I will prom
ise not to teed peanuts to yours as the z oo-
loglcal garden. "
Thn trustees'of the Coe Colice , at Cedar
Itapids , la. , have elected Professor Samuel J.
Kirkwood , jr. . president. He Is a nephew of
ex-Governor Knlcwood of lu. . Is forty-seven
years old , was educated at Indiana university
and for seventeen years was protestor of
mathematics and astronomy In U'ooster ,
O. , University.
Columbia Is the llr-t of the old-fashioned
colleges to confcran honorary degieo upon a
woman. No woman's name appears in the
long list of such honors distributed bv Har
vard anil Yale. Miss Amelia B. Edwards ,
the lady so distlnzulshcd yesterday at the
centiiulal celebration of our local university ,
Is the English novelist whoso works of hetion
wcio familiar in Hie youth of mnn whoso
giown-unsons and daughters have read them
over again. She Is not yet sixty years of age ,
but hho beuan to pour stories into the Lon
don magazines when she was scarcely
twenty. It Is not , however , on Miss Edwards
as a novelist that the Columbia bestows the
compliment. Her parchment specifies that
she Is made a doctor of lettois as being an
"archiuologlst" and secretary to the Egyptian
exploration fund.
SINGUhAJUTlUS.
A man In Illinois has made a curious col
lection. Ho has n little dirt trom the grounds
of every state house In the union.
An Oil City boy has a pair of Cochin China
rooster of enormous sl/e that he hitches to a
small wagon of his own construction , and
dtlves them about the premises.
Charles Johnson , of Grlllin , ( la. , says that
he has a cat that turned fiom Jet black' to
gray from grief at being separated Irom
his children , to whom it was ure.itly at
tached.
A clti/on of Albany , Ga. , who has an Ivy-
mantolcd oak In his yard in which English
sparrows nest , made a raid on It the other
day and captured sixteen eggs and two bush
els of nestSj The birds have gone to work
rep.iliin , ; damages with great Industry.
Juno , the huso dromedary which fora
number ot years In tlio Woodward eardcns
San Francisco , has been the chief attraction
to the children , wlio rode her In throngs , Is
dead. She was sixty-one years old , and left
an interesting Inlant nearly /one-year / old.
Near Oakvllle , W. T. . Is the burnt stump
of a cedar tree , probably the latget on
record. It Is a hollow shell , 50 teet high , b7
teut In circumference 1 foot tinm tin
ground ; 73 , U feet G Inches trom the ground ,
and 54 feet 8 Inches , 0 feet Irom the ground.
The cavity IsU.i feet at Us largest diameter.
Rochester , N. V. , boasts of a girl child with
two tongues. Now Maryland Is proud. The
wife of ono of Its oldest cltl/.cns has given
birth to twins who are splendid specimens
of babydom. The happy father , be vein 1' .
Mason of Asmiltli's Island , Is so\cnty-three'
years old. The air of the Island should bo
Bought by desponding husbands and wives.
Evidently , U has a rejuvenating quality.
Henry Itay.of Gllmer/I'ex. , has discovered
the secret ot the quail's being able to bide ao
well. He was walking In a field when a
covey was flushed. One alighted near him ,
and the moment It' did so seized a dead oak
leaf , crouched to the ground and threw the
leaf over Its back , so that It was hidden com
pletely from vlnw. Mr. Bay said ho had to
go and turn over the leaf before he could bo-
lleyo his own eyes ,
, < A gentleman from Andrew county , Mo. ,
says : "Three months ngo Sirs. Emanucl
Baiunvs , ot Andiew county , gnvublithtoa
male child , ami at the timoot its birth half
or its body was white and halt coal black.
Ono part of the body , that is from a line
drawn straight down from the middle of the
head being white , while the other was black.
The parents at lirst thought It only a tempo-
lary treak , and that the child would soon
have Its natural color , but there Is still no
change , nor Is there likely to bo , for the
color on both sides remains the same as at
the birth of the peculiar being.
RELIGIOUS.
Father Mctllynu Is to speak In Boston on
May 8.
Plymouth church , Brooklyn , will dispense
with Its 55,000 choir after May 1.
Mr. "Sam" Jones will soon begin "re
vival" work in San Francisco. There Is much
commotion on the band lots.
Kov. Dr. Henry M. Scudder has resigned
the pastorate ofthe Plymouth Congrega
tional church at Chicago , and will go to
Japan as an independent worker In the mis
sionary Held.
One of the oldest preachers In the country
Is Elder Phillip S. Fales , of the olu Camp-
bellltechurch In Nashville , Tonn. Helms
prenched there since Its dedication sixty-six
years ago , and his age is eighty-nine.
Archdeacon Farrarsays that "ho who talks
of missions as a failure uses the laummgo of
ignorant error as an excuse for unchristian
sloth. " In nine cases out of ten the men
\\lio speak of the work of missions as unpro
ductive know next to nothing of what has
bceu dono.
"There Is no unbelief.
Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod
And waits to see It push away the clod ,
lie trusts In God.
Whoever sees 'ncath winter's field of snow ,
The silent harvest of the futuio irrow ,
God's power must know. "
John Kuskin denies that ho Is.n Uoirmn
Catholic. He says : "I was. am and can be
only a Christian Catholic in the wide and
eternal sense. 1 have been that for live and
twenty yeais at least. Heaven keep me
from being less as I grow older ; but 1 am no
more likelv to beccmo a Koman Cathollo
than a Quaker , Evangelical or Turk. "
Itev. Kobert Collyor. the popular and gifted
preacher , discussed "Tlio Moral Influence of
the Secular Press" at a meeting of the Uajn
list Social union , in Now York. In his ro-
maiks ho admitted that he read his Sunday
morning paper at breakfast before ho ro-
toucheu his sermon tor church , and thought
ho got some good Ideas that way.
The Independent says that"If Evangeli
cal Christians should come cenoially and
practically to believe that another probation
awaits in the future those who here have not
heaid of Christ a probation longer and ap
parently more piomlslug than is offered in
this lite" Its ' 'most serious judgment" Is
that "enthusiasm for Christian missions
would fall , effort would decay , contributions
would come only of a matter of traditional
habit , and tlio stimul ttod bialn ana heart ot
the church would no more be devoted to vast
endeavors on behalf ot those lor whom bettor
things.were believed to be prepared In the
gicat and near hereafter.
.DAKOTA'S .MISFORTUNE.
The Evil Influence of the Railroad
lioMty In Dakota.
Bdiloi/df Tor. .lUinir < u > ell Tribune.
The Farmers' alliance in Uakotti hasn't
yet got through passing resolutions of
censure against the last legislature because -
cause of its extravagance. The farmers
are both surprised and disappointed at
the result of the winter's work. They
oxDcctcd to sco the expenses cut down
and certain laws passed for tlio taxation
and regulation of railroads. But a dif
ferent result followed. Not n single anti-
railroad law was passed , and the appro
priations .exceeded anything before
Known. This possibly could not have
been avoided. Hut the farmers are not
'looking at any dillicultics which may
have been in tlio way. They see only
the result.
The Farmers' nllinnco voted to send ils
president , II. L , Loueks , to Bismarck to
look after thu interests of the farmers ,
and -omo are inclined to censure him be
cause of the failure to got anything done.
Tlitose who do this , however , shut their
eyes to the real situation. Kach of the
railroad companies which enter the torri-
torv had at least one lobbyist ut the capi
tal. What could u farmer oven oho of
the best and most intelligent of men do
against the odds which ho had to face -
against some of the keenest , shrewdest
and possibly the most unscrupulous men ,
whoso business it is to "get there , " quite
regardless of thu means used to do so ,
and especially when thcsn men had
several acknowledged supporters in the
legislative halls. Indued it would have
been surprising if any important unti-
rallroad bill had passed.
It so happened then that the farmers'
movement in Dakota , so far as it con
cerned results last winter la u failure ,
lint lot no ono mipposo for 11 momenl
that the movement has failed or that the
farmers are dihcourngod. On the con
trary , now alliances are being organized
everywhere , and the movement is gath
ering a degree of strength that is full ol
Import for the future. At present the
farmers nro groping along in the dark in
search of relief. They haven't yet
learned just exactly to get what the\
want. They know that together with
taxes and high interests and small re
ceipts for their produce they have little
or nothing left from their year's income
nftur meeting nil obligations. They see
dourly the evils wnieh exist , but the
remedy -there's the rub.
In their efforts to bring nbout reform
they nro apt to spread over too much
ground. At n mooting of the territorial
iilliiuice last your u long lint of grievances
was drawn up , and the result i.s that no
thing has been douo. The liring along
the line has been done too loosely nnd at
too long n range. After the farmers
huva decided upon two or three things
which need to bo douo most of all , and
devote themselves exclusively tq those ,
success will crown their efforts. High
taxes , high interest , high transportation *
charges , unjust grading of wheat , nro in
juring the farmer , nnd n remedy will
surely oomo.
As has been said the farmers nro or
ganizing in almost every county in
Dakota , and it will not bo Mirprising if
by the time the next legislature i.s to bo
elected they include in their membership
the great majority of the voters of the
territory. Granger legislatures do not
always accomplish nil tlmt is expected of
them , but the agitation is bonctlcinl all
the sumo. It serves to show the power
the farmers have if they euro to exercise
it. It is pretty early to predict , but still
the prophecy Is ventured that Dakota's
next legislature will pass so called antl-
railronoVlcgittlation , though the character
of the legislation is not heroin ojtuor out
lined or endorsed.
While the farmers have failed so far
ns the passage of laws is concerned , they
have accomplished , through their alli
ance , a few things whioh arc vurv grati
fying to tliom. . At many places they
have established co-operative ware
houses , nnd this has generally bean the
moans of increasing the price of grain
in some cases nsmucb as live cents per
bushel. In the purchase of coal , binding
twiuo nnd barbed wirethey have effected
a decided saving by buying in carload
lots. Jn this wny.thoy are having nt both
suds. If to this tboy could mannge to
keep out ot the olutohos of the 2 , 8 and 4
: > er cent , per mouth throat-cuttersandin
[ not , avoid nil-high interest and mort
gage foreclosures , witli the attending ex
cessive attorney's.foesthe farmers would
prosper , oven if they failed in the legisla
ture.
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