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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE * . SUNDAY ; MAY'35 , 1887.--TWELVE PAGES ' ft i
KAISER \YIIHEUTS \ NEPHEW
J'Trlnco Leopold Astonishes New York
Boclf ty By Exbibiting His Good Sense ,
COGHLAN'S LANGTRY KISS.
A DlntittKulHliciI Conchlnjj Party A
Pretty .Milk Maid Tail Men the
Huclnl lingo A Shocked
Mnldcn.
NKW YoitK.Mny 11. [ Correspondence
of the HER. ] Several little things nrc
big this weak to the Fifth avenue section.
We Imvo hml a real prince hero who pos
itively rcfusctl to bo caged by the swells
anil lionised , Tills was Frederick Leo
pold , of ( .tcrnmny , grand-nephew of
Kniscr Wilhelm. Ho put up at a liroad-
way hotel , registered as Count llohon-
Btoin. The nebs soon found out who ho
was , and ho was boldly attacked by the
tuft hunters , whoso cards were sent up
to him with all the bra/on persistency of
life Insurance agents or book canvassers.
Ho saw everybody who camc'and treated
them courteously enough , but ho would
accept no invitations to social enter
tainment , save from Germans associated
with the ( fcrinnn consulate. Ho was
fair looking young follow , not airy at all *
and bent only on scmng the sights of Now
York. Ho wouldn't bo petted by our
best society , and that was the end of It.
, The chief public exhibition of wealth
and fashion wits small indeed , for it was
composed of eight persons only ; but they
were a Vundurbllt party , posed conspicu
ously on the top of a tuily-ho coach. A
four-in-hand coach makes a dully trip
from Madison square to the Country
club at i'clham. Tlio driver is one of two
alternating amateurs , and this time lie
was Frederick Hronson , a howling swell.
William K. Vanderbilt was the host
and his guestH wcro mem
bcrs of his own family. The ladies wore
paver clothing than is usual ! v seen in the
street , but no more bo than coaching
usnge permits. Thousands of Htnring
eyes watciied the distinguished load as it
rolled up Fifth avcnuo , through Central
park , and thence over the country roads
lit a rapid pace. Photographers caught
the passing show at several points.
The cow show has not had the fashion
nblo countenance which had been given
to the dog show , though it was visited by
many modish women , whoso wide-opened
wondering eyes ( practicing the colcbratei
baby staru'siiw ) lor the lirst time thai
milk was not the Sap of some trco. Not
all the hellos , however aflVctud ignorance
of the practical duties of a milkmaid.
Mabel Wright is ono of the young beau
ties of pretentious society. She was ban
tered by a gentleman of tier party on her
declaration of dairy knowledge , and the
upshot was that she won 11 beef gloveH
on the wager that she could not milk a ,
cow.
cow.Tho amateur soldiers of the Now York
militia regiments , or ut least the three
organi/.ations favored by fashionable
recognition , have gained a transient
fiharo of attention by giving exhibition
drills In their armories. The chappies
brush the minutest particle of dust from
their uniforms , burnish their trappings
until a sunbeam would slip up on the
surface , and then march bravely before
an assemblage of invited guests. That
doesn't really seem a dangerous or dilli-
cull achievement , but the dour fellows
are the best material at hand to make
heroes out of , and so the girls assume an
4 air bf ama/cd dolf.rht ! at tlicso shows.
f "I do like to fool a man , " exclaimed
ono gentle fraud.
"Well , 1 don't , " replied her fair pal.
"And why notv"
"Hecauso it is too easy. "
There is nothing much more talked of
in society just now than the kissing of
Charles Coghlau and Mrs. Langtry in
"Lady Clancarty. " It is so dolibcrate.so >
utterly oblivious of the big iiddlo , so un
conscious of the base drum , that It has
nil tlie meaning and oarncstnoss of a kiss
in private life. It is not an exhibition
kiss by any manner of means ; The rap
turous kissing that Krania Abbot used to
bestow on Castle never stirred a hair on
husband Wothcrell's head , nor disturbed
the parting of a man in the audience.
The kissing of Mary Anderson was the
most transparent make believe in the
world. When Clara Morris used to kiss
Charley Thorno in "Camillo" she would
take him on her knees before her , muss
his hair and devour him with loving
looks , dip down upon his face and kin.s
liim linKcrmgly on his noseto his intense
nmusemnnt. When Kignoid was in the
country ho awoke the town kissing Susan
when ho played "William. " The women
in the audience tisodto adluiro , but Susan
sutl'ered. Uignold was a wiry , red-
bearded man , who shaved twice a week ,
and no oftoner. He would powder the
stubble on his face till his complexion
was lovely , but poor Susan 1 A section
of sand paper could have hurt no worse.
When ho got homo from sea in the plav
and met busun , sbo would tly into his
arms very much ( after the previous ox-
pnrlo nct > ) as thovictim who was fionton-
ced in the inquisition | to undergo the vir
gin's kiss , knowing she had to , and was
going toget hurt. Ho would hold that
iioor girl's head back , make rush , kiss
Loth eyes , root a second under her oil
car , and then kiss her straight in the
mouth , and all the while this adjacent
Held of cheek and mound of chin were
taking otl'hur cuticle like a nutmoggratcr.
Hut this business of Coghlan's makes
the ( tiulo's collar too tight for him , and
the uncorking of scent bottles all over
the house shows itt > etl'eet on the women.
Coghlan is a serious-faced man of inter.-
bity. There are no little nlpp.v-lhrty air *
or graces about him. All that : i kiss can
mean or convoy when ho stoops over the
handsome Lingtrywho : has half fainted
and taking in the delicious opportunity
makes the most of it. The remarks il
elicits arc funny. The other night as tlu
lingering , real kiss in all its warmth \vn
pressed upon the upturned mouth of the
famous Lily , \ \ lady said , with a sigh
' What a pity its in a play. "
"I'm sorry we're all here , " said an
other.
Ihit in the orchestra an old fellow whc
looked through a pair of classes , and
over a lot of groy chin whlsKcrs , just is
Horace ( Jrecly used to do , slappet
his leg with u big. freckled hand , am
made a sound with his mouth like idu
eouraglng a horse , while ho ejaculated
"Jowhillikens ? " Kvurvbody who heart
him laughed almost as much as they dii
another night when a small boy , 1ml
over the gallery rail , unable to cuutuii
himself , cried just as Coghlun's lijn inet
Langtry's : "Lot her go Gallagher ? "
Tall men are the rage once more. Thcj
come around as regularly as any of tin
other fads of that curious institution \ YQ <
call society. Fora timolittlefello'vswcr
all the go , and In this period a man mus
bo small : > nd delicate and pink-skinnei
if ho would win distinction among liS
fellows , lint in due course the cll'einin
ate sort of thing has to tnko a back seat
and the big and burly order of mankin it.ul
comes up for his inning. Just now , lie
. taller and heavier a man may bo the bet
tor , always provided ho doesn't run to <
much to abdomen. It is amusing , toe
to watch the expedients to which men :
bors of my sox resort in order to bo rigli
in lino. Talk about the vnmty of wome
why , it Isn't worth speaking of in ho
fame breath with the coxcombry of th
inon. Walk along a crowded street , whcr
there are big windows time rolled th
riguro of the passer by. You will sec thn
Uio Indies as they sweep along are loot
ing nt each with an eye of criticism ,
while tlio men. every mother's son of
them , are staring at their own sweet
selves in the windows , and are smlrklnc
nway for dear life. Well , row that it is
just the proper thing tor men to bo tall ,
they are improving on nature and buildIng -
Ing themselves up to the desirable limit.
The wnv they do it is to have their shoos
made with heels more than commonly
high and then built up1 ihshlc at the back
to a still greater extent'.1 ' This has the
effect , while raising the wearer , of pitch
ing him torward at tin Single that looks
as though It mint bo very uncomfortable
indeed. Hut the Now York fashionable
doesn't care for a little thing of that
sort. Hless you , no. There Is ono man
in particular who is making a sensation
on Broadway in thuMj days , partly
through his natural gifts as to hcighth
and partly because he lias boon assisted
by his .shoemaker to an extent quite be
yond compare. This .specimen Is a for
eigner , and is . aid to bo of gentle birth
In point of fact , ho is called a baron. Ho
is naturally over six feet high , and is a
line looking fellow of the brunette order ,
lint , not satMicd with Ills already advati-
tageo'is proportions , ho has built himself
up enormously , and his gait thereby has
become the apoof awkwardness.
When a man ot genius sets out to bo
jovial he succeeds. I know a chap of
that sort who had a heap oMun. Mrs.
Duncan Morgan gave an entertainment
called a fancy Gorman. With few ex
ceptions the guests wcro in character cos
tumes , without masks to bo sure , but this
young man got up a device that amused
him all the evening. To begin with , ho
had a throe-logged stool riveted in the
seat of his trousers. The legs were all
htted with hinges that , when ho stood
up , dropped Hat against his own , but
when ho sat down they fell into place ,
and supported him as well as a threo-
legged stool over supported a man. A
band of some stout stuff was fastened
across his knees , so that when ho
sat down ho could stretch his
legs two or three feet. Over his head ,
and resting upon it was a yoke , such as
French peasants wear to carry milk cans.
Thus rigged , the young fellow sat down
on his three practicable wooden and two
human legs , clasping his hand ? on his
knees and throwing his arms out. Ha
was upholstered in green velvet till ho
was a spectacle , His arms were tufted.
A line soft seat was run in to go round
his waist on a belt and fastened to the
band between his knees. A plaited
llounce encircled him , and a beautifully
padded back ran from his waist up to the
yoke on his head. In the center of this was
a slit , through which ho poked his head ,
and thro v the yoke backon his shoulders.
Deep bullion friugo wont down his
arms and over tlio flounce. When ho
stood up ho was an ungainly mass of
frills , fringes and furbcloiis ; but when ho
throw up the yoke on his head , drew his
noddle in like a turtle , braced his arms
in the proper position , and sat down , ho
was as inviting an easy chair as you
would I'Mul in a cabinetmaker's store. He
would select a quiet spot at the end of a
dance , s'riko his attitude and wait devel
opments. Down would drop some ex
hausted damsel. Once a fat dogwagor
nearly pressed the stull'ing out of him ,
but he contented himself by giving way
and making madam believe the rickety
old chair was coming to pieces with her.
Hut then came the delightful task of hold
ing her pretty niece , and our here behaved -
haved like a chair with a palpitating
back and a spring scat as long as ho
could. An attendant cavalier wcnl oil'
to fetch an ice. The fair maid leaned
her head back so that her Grecian knot
of hair perforated the slit made for our
friend to see through , and sullied his
mouth full of Titian red locks. \ \ hat
should tlio arms of a chair do then but en
fold her ? Up came both of his hands and
mot over the Jack roses ou her corsage.
Ma'nmzolln gave a desperate yell and
started out of that shady corner. At
that moment our friend sprang up ,
pushed the yoke off his matted brow , and
in the wild disorder of his crazy suit was
the first to ask her what the matter was.
To patch up a bottle of perfume and
dab th < > stopper at OIIO'H upper lip , I believe -
liovo is a popular trick with many women.
I know I've seen lots of women do it ,
and did it my.solf till the other night
starting to see Lantrtry I did that trick
in a dark room and have quit it altogether.
You s > eo 1 ran back for a glove buttoncr ,
and prowling over the dressing case
struck tlio glass stopper of a bottle of
Cherry liiossoin , caught it up ami
smooched it across mv upper lip and gave
two little dabs btihhul my oars so my
neighbors should have a smell. Tisn t
Cherry liiossoin after all , thought I , it's
the White Uoso extract all the same.
And 1 pranced down and joined my
party. Wo had got into a car when
some ono said "Good mercy , what have
you got on your face ? "
"Tlio usual umoliht of powder , I sup
pose , " I replied aggressively.
"Why , you've got a dark purole mous
tache. "
Great heavens ! it broke on mo in a
minute. That nasty bottle of scented
ink , that I myself had left on the dressIng -
Ing bureau. There was no Langtry for
me that night. Ninety-six washings only
weakened the stain. Sand-paper and
pumice stone have removed some of my
lip ( I always had enough ) but it's so dark
. now , ten days ago Tt happened , Unit
folks say to me "you must stop using that
vaseline , you certainly are getting a
moustache , * and just behind my cars are ,
- two spots that look as if mortification
hud taken place. However , I didn't
make a spectacle of myself as Maiia did
the other night. Maria has a litllo wisp
of hair the darkest shade of > brown-
growing on her head , but she has a lovely
switch that she just twists on as natural
as life and twice the si/u. She has boon
disporting herself all the afternoon in
. dishabille with just her bang nicely
curled , and thee 114 hairs of hers in :
knob as big as a hickory nut in tlio buck
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to the drawing room , where.their escorts
were waiting. Martha had slipped ink
her ma's room , just combed'out tlu
, switeli and twisted it in with tlio do voted
,
little band of hairs that had not deserted
her yet. Then she came back to her owr
< well lighted apartment , put on her bon
net and the party started. The curtail
'
was down on tho'tirstact when slio icanct
forward to speak to one of her friends
> The look of astonishment slits reqeivei
told her something was wrong.
"Why Maria , your back hair ! why it's
d its , " stammered tlio ldy.
Maria's hand went up , supposing i
was coming down.
No It was snugly coiled and sccurcl )
- pinned.
"Is it wrong , " asked she.
"Why , it's milk white. "
Ma's | 7. " ) switch of silver hair wa1
twisted in and skewered on to Maria' , ;
head , which swam , as she contemplate Jd !
the situation. She half turned am
caught the laughing regard of several in
the vicinity , and it is a wonder the hair
tiiat grow on her head did not turn whlti
| to match ma's switch.
I cannot stay , I shall faint , " inur
st mured the wretched woumnj and as > rn
as the light ia the auditorium wore pu
down for the next act 'poor Maria nros
. and staggered out on thff tinn of a friem
. and criel herself to firnupf that nigh
when the rest of the phrty were talkm ;
it over and laughing at her expense at
- the supper table. CI.AHV HKLI.I : .
itno
no To enrich and quicken the cireulatioi
, of the blood , and to reform iiTtmul.it
U' ities of the system , USQ . Dr. . ! . H. Mi
ht Lean's Strengthening Coruiulind Itlooi
Punlicr. _ _ _
The Lowell Courier says that the bes !
ro card in lloston just now is the quuen.
. - _
ml There are ninety persons in id
- with .In income of over 13X,000. )
SWARMING WITH BLACK LEGS ,
The Streets of Paris Pilled With Titled
VilHans.
THE GUILD OF LITERATURE.
Kmllc Znln'a Nnstlncss Inhibition of
1SHI ) Astronomical Congress
ItotitnncoiVH Cftinp
1'acta Notes ,
PATHS , May 1. [ Correspondence of
the HKK. ] The astronomical congress
has commenced badly. It was , in
a general way , anticipated , that tlio iir t
thing it would take in hand before in
dulging in star-ga/iing , would bo , to lay
the terrible cast wind , which dries a
fellow into a mummy and compels even
blue rlbbomsts to wet their whistles. The
east wind Is carrying off the rheumatic
with an earthquake complctenesS.so heirs-
expectant can console themselves with
the retlcction , it is a bad wind that blows
nobody good , It , allects the JinstiUitlon ,
as sympathy , in the form of subscrip
tions , is affected by the prevailing
drought. 1-lowers appear in duo season
all the same ; birds build their nests as if
zephyrs dominated , so as the French pro
verb says , when the building trade is
brisk , all goes well.
It must have been the Chinese that
gave the French government the wrinkle
to invite the astronomers from various
parts of the world to assemble in Paris ,
and form a co-operatiro society to farm
the heavens. All the waste corners of
our planet having been appropriated , re
cently by France and Germany England
having pliilanthropically left them the
pickings , it is only natur.il the upper re
gions should become objects of unvy.
Laplace and liiol attest that the Chinese ,
U.UOO years before our era , had practi
cally utili/.ed astronomy and made that
science a sort of government institution.
Mcropotamki was also renowned for its
astronomical lore and yet neither a Ce
lestial the most elegant of names at a
planetary congress , nor a choldeaii , has
been invited by Admiral Monche/ .
The congress will not bo occupied with
accepting Greenwich as tlio first merid
iau , as ! ranee chums the maritime sti
promacy for Paris , now about being
nude a seaport , and a sea side resort.
The congress has for end , to allot a cer
tain portion of the hrmamcnt to each
nation's astronomer royal or demo
cratic , who is to take photos of the stars
in his section of space according to n
uniform process , and common appar
atuses. In duo time all those celestial
t.ikes will bo sent to Paris , and by a
sv > riM : OK. ouoMP.nticAi. MOSAIC WOHK ,
pieced together , ami thus compare the
starry lirmument , taken fiom several
points of the earth's surface. Then on
the occasion rf the centenary of the pres
ent congress and''may we be there to
see" another map , a now edition , shall
have been produced , and a comparison
instituted between the two pictures.
With a good photographic apparatus
and c.irefully prepared plates , so deli
catcly sensitive as the latter , that it is as
easy to take a likeness of a portion of the
sky as of the human face , or a running
animal. The imago once taken it. is ex
amined by the microscope and the mi
crometeri and what appearo to bo only si
star or a blotch , will ho found to bo n
cluster of stars. It is the atom of cheese or
tliuilrops of water.magnilied to unfold its
myriads of atomies. Take for example
the star , or group , Hercules ; to the naked
eye it appears simply a dilluso spot , the
three thousandth part of a metro in ill-
ampler ; examined by the ordinary mag1
nifyine glass , it will reveal several hun
dred stars round a kernel ; looked at
through the microscops. the samp photo
will reveal thousands of stars. And to
think , there are stars whoso light trav
oiling at the rate of 200,000 miles per second
end since the creation of the world , has
not yet reached us , though possibly i
may by the time the Irish question is set
tled.
tled.Tho
The astronomers will bo entertained tea
a free representation at the Theatre Fran
cois. It is to bo hoped the bills will in
elude "Tho Voyage to the Moon" am
the "Milky Way" two side-splitting as
tronomical comedies. A banquet will aisi
be given to tlio guests ; in tlio absence o
ambrosia and nectar , tlio private dish o
Lalando the astronomer ought to b
served , namely , spiders
GUNUUAL UOULAXOEIl's 1'LAN Of CAM
PAK1N.
1 not for the invasion of Germany , but foi
tlio capture of his own non-commissionec
ollicers , has been divulged , officially
The French , like every other army , am
perhaps more so , suffers from a de.irth o
non-commissioned ollicers. duo to thci
dislike to re-engage. Indeed , had th
French army to rely on enlistment , o
volunteers , to be recruited , it would be
skeleton and far below that of Grca
Britain. Hence , a decided prolicien
militarism is not popular in Franco
General Houlauger maintains that the
army exists for the non-commissioned as
well as for the commissioned officer , and
that as the former is more in touch witli
, the men , his condition merits a partial
'
cure.
According to the Houlangor project ,
henceforth the non-commissioned ollicers ,
after eight years' service , will have the
rijt'ht to bo commissioned spceiallj by
tlio general commanding their corps
d'armco. They can contract an engage
ment to rem.iin till fifty years of ago
under the ll.iij , and this ro-ontngemcnt
can even bo made after returning to
civil life for three years following tfioir
i compulsory three yc.irs' active service.
, This Intelim will allow time for the ut-
* soldier to deeido between a civil rareor
; and tlio advantages of a special and
privileged non-commissioned officer. In
this latter paso ho can marry , live out
side barracks , and receive lodging
money ; if he commits a fault , among his
judges will sit two of his peers that's
a democratic innovation. His pay will
bo increased with his years of ser
vice ; so will his pension , which can
amount to 1,500 francs after forty-live
years under the Hag. There are condi-
lions for continuing" pension in case
tlio recipient leaves his wife a widow
and his children orphans. Ho can even
quit the army after his ro-ciigagomont
when he pleases , receiving a pension pro
rate to his years of service , nay 0191-0 , if
ho possesses the nptitmlo for certain de
partments of the civil service , ho will bo
nominated thereto as a matter of right.
This is a wet blanket on the civil servants
who threaten a strike , because one minis
ter has ruled that all 10 clerks within
's his jurisdiction must arrive punctually ,
must never remain idle , must work eight
instead of six hours daily , without any
extra remuneration , and at the latter
tariff and for longer hours , whenever
; necessary. These clerks who dislike
this draconian code have only to resign ,
when General lioulangcr will march in u
r-
battalion to occupy tlioir vacant stools.
n Wonders will never cease. Thirty-two
years ago Franco was ready to restore
the kingdom of Poland ; the countrymen
of Kosciusco were then the fashionable
sympathy. To-day they are as much for
gotten as Thlors or GambetUi. Stranger
still , such are the necessities of politics ;
an extreme town councillor has just
chanted the praises of Holy Uussia. M.
Martin has ju.i returned from a tour
- of some
10,000 MILKS THROUGH EASTERN SIBERIA.
He travelled with the tribe Toungouzos.
lived with them in common like a good
St socialist ; doga and reindeer drew the
sledgoa. The party consisted of Jmon ,
women and children , who lived as they
voyaged , by fishing and hunting , when
I M. Martin aiwajri enacted UU ibtra , A
baby wo.s born ilurlnjr the tour , thanks
to a lady Touugou/cs , and lived out the
Siuruoy to the river Amour , in eastern
Iberia.
M. Martin has only praises to bestow -
stow on every thing In the
great penal colony. Pity ho
did not ask Stopniak or the Prince
Kropotklne , who Is anything but a lory ,
to revise his notes. In Siberia , the In
habitants are as happy as Dr. Paugloss
could desire , every mnn sitting
t'.NDKIt Ills' OWN VISB AND KIO TURK ,
with prospecting In gold mines as n
recreation. The only drawback is , once
there , It Is impossible to leave. Although
the laud bo ( lowing with milk and honey
the Russian government has a decided
objection to making roads to It. Wcro
railroads Introduced , the peculiar travel
ers could never count upon return tick
ets. Tito state mines are worked by con
victs and tlckct-oMoavo men. M. Alar-
tin did not interview any of these , but ho
did olllcials. When an individual leases
a mine , he must work it within three
years , or ho locs his right. All finds
must bo sold to the government ; oven
before a promoter commences opera
tion * , ho must provide a r ° Pe. a doctor , it
midwife , an apothecary , and pay
for a guard of casfeaoks. Chained
gangs of convicts the latter include the
educated claeses. who differ in political
thinking from the state , are still marched
in relays from Odessa to Siberia across
another dark continent , and the simple
peasant still places at nightfall on his
window-sill , some bread and milk.to meet
the necessities of any fugitive , who may
take French leave of Siberia and all Us
charms. It is the manifest destiny of
Chlnit to open up Siberiaanil liberate the
intellectual prblitaircs who are miners
and sojourners there , against tlieir tvill
Minister Lockroy has not yet stated
what are the foreign governments which
persist in boycotting the 1831) ) exhibition.
Franco ought to resolutely affirm , that
the show is intended to glorify all that
was excellent in
TIII : BKvoi.t'TioN op 1789
for humanity , and depend on herself to
till the places of the absentees. If the
policy be adopted of uniting at the cen
tenary side , and assuring the political
hesitating that the blow-out is only tlio
usual decennial "versary , " the project
will share the fate of all the between two
stools conduct. There is still much to be
donn in aiding the efforts of workmen
distinct from eapitab/Aid imlustrieseither
as guilds , co-operative associations , or
simple individuals. It would be well
also , to bring out the important experi
ment now being tried , whore the artisans
are part associates with the employer.
unr.KAi , IIII.P IN THIS i > iitibrioN :
would .stamp the bigbaranr , as a people's
exhibition , and bo a tilting apotheasis of
the people's victory in 178U.
There is nojreason why literature ought
not to have its chaperons , as well as
Guinea pigs , shoddvito Una petroleum-
aires. A society lias been formed to
combat the circumstances which keep
many youths to fortune and fame un
known. Any one who writes a book has
only lo send it along with six francs tea
a newly formed society , that undertakes
to have it read by three competent
judges. If the majority give a lavorablo
verdict , the production , whether a play ,
a charity sermon , a plan of campaign-
in the military sense understood , a philo
sophical treaty , or even a philanthropic
subject , will bo read , on three franco
more being paid down , in public and in
the ampillieatro of the Sarbouno. whore
publishers will bo affectionately invited
to attend. Already the new society has
received 1,500 literary productions within
two days. All the pigeon holes in the
olliccs of the theatrical managers are be
ing cleaned out , and something like fur
niture vans stand at the doors. Publishers
are blessing themselves for the creation
of such an intellectual winowingand sift
ing machinery , and alienists promise to
allow their patients to indulge in Higland
flings , bofoio the new safety-valve for
cac < ithcs ! scribcndi. Henceforth , no ono
able to make pothooks And hangers , can
complain that his genius has had no op
portunity. As it will exorcise the mind ,
the fad ought to cufc' ' ' .hypnotism. A
poem , as long as a novel , by Paul
Toval or Ponsou do Tqrniil , will bo as
carefully read as a iiioudlbguc.
M. Kmilo Zola verily'bcVieves ho has a
"eall" to revolutioni/.u the stage by the
naked exposure of all * the sores , vices
and depraved sins of humanity. There
was a time when the theatre was accepted
as a place of amusement'but since it has
taken to the role of' instructing , of
charity-sermonizing , of illustrating im
aginary social theories.and paradoxcs.by
Dumas.and slum scenes and immoralities
by Zola , respectable society has only to
fall back on music halls land circuses , or
stay at home. "Hence" it. the dramatized
version of Zola's lomanco "Cureo , " in
live nasty acts. Itcnce is n girl who
has been miseducated , and goes wrong
at nineteen ; her father
MAUIUiS : UEIt TO bCKEKN HEIt SHAM ! : ,
To one Suecard who wants not the girl ,
but her money , and aggroes to lot her
live as she pleases after the ceremony
and the cash pajd down She renews
into a liaison with her now step-son , and
ends in being discovered by her own
father , when she blows her brains out.
This is called .society to life , or natur
alism. The most remarkable feature
about the representation is the crowd in
the house to witness the scavenger litera
ture. It would pay bettor to hear Hilly
Hayilen , the popular circus clown , road
his treatise , which ho is about to publish
on the "Intellectual Kducation of the
Pig and the Ass" his performing pets ,
only ho has .sent the manuscript to the
now Field of Literature , at tlio Sorbonne ,
with the siv and three francs fees.
Opinion has at last decided to allow
the police to complete their charge
agair.st Pranzini , wno must , when ho
wakes up in his pell , feel if his head bo
still on his shoulders. It is worthy of
notice that suicides of late have taken n
religious turn , . Aboil three unfoitun-
ntes before putting an end to themselves
tilled their pockets with books of piety ,
cruicifixes and relics. They wrote they
wcro tiled of life.
Even under the second empire Paris
was nov'or so full us now of members of
the dangerous classes , moving as tilled
individuals , in the leading hotels. As a
rule , in such places , all showily dressed
persons should be avoided. The soberly
clad are those who pay their out-titter's
bill. Men with eyes rolling as two ven
tilators , a nose like a parrot's and shaded
with wire like eye brows , watch chain
that would hold n sheet anchor , and
pearl shirt studs large as pigeon's eggs ,
should be unnoticed with great care ,
they have generally a title , wiiich tlioy
confer on themselves mice across
the French frontier. Similarly they
display the ribbon ' of some order ,
for they have a decoration for ev
ery day in the year. They are all black
legs and black sheep , without a franc in
their pocket ; they are in the pay of gam
blers and counterfeiters , their decoy
ducks , who got them up regardless of ex
pense , and plant them us an investment
in the loading hotels , to smiro the game
at the tables d'hote. Three tourists have
bean plucked to death by these crimps ,
within the lust ten days ; they try to get
into conversation with clergymen , the
hotter to blind the uiouton to bo sacri
ficed.
*
The Missouri Pacific Railroad com
pany on the 8th Inst. effected a com
promise in the followingdiimagii suits b
employes for injuries received in tlu
boiler explosion in the shops at Pales
tine , Tex. , two years jico : The infant
daughter of Engineer iProddy , killed
cets $0,203 ; wife of Machinist Uigg.s
killed , $5,400 ; James Haley , pormanontli
injured , 18,000 ; M. A. iSoodrleh , engineer
neer , permanently injured , $5.000 ; Albcr
Lam * , injured scriousl.jyf 1,000.
New York ia talking .about an angn
son who wears mourning becuuso nil
mother has married ,
ic"rniTiPioii iv
ALblilElltlSM IN
Boston Receives with Open Arms the Dusky
Qnccn Kapiolnnl.
PATTI AS A STREET WAIF.
Hcnton's Hnhny Sprlne-Clcrks Seek
Country Hpsorts SInJor U'ltrlon's
Splendid ItrcnkCiiat Mnns-
llcltl'H SUCCCSH.
BOSTON , May 11. [ L'orropondnnco of
the BKI : . ] Tne caprices of New llngland
weather have finally given tip to the
stonier demands of the season , and wo
are at last allowed to breathe tlio balmy
air of spring. These bright days have
been n long time coining , and now that
they are here everybody is prepared to
make the most of them. The rapidity
with winch Boston packed away her
cloaks and furs ami donned a fresh
spring suit , is astonishing. Halls , operas
and afternoon teas are things of the
past , and the weather classes are getting
ready for the seaside or mountains , or
they are planning their first yatching
cruise. Kvery young man or boy be
longs to a base ball nine or a bicycle club ,
or pet haps a lacrosse team , and each one
is enthusiastic over the merits of his par
ticular pastlmn. Kycry clerk in the city
is happily looking forward to his "two
weeks oil' , " when ho can go on that
little picnic excursion into the country
with the damsel of his choice. The hardy
laborer sous happy visions of eool even
ings at ( Jily Point , or , perhaps a happy
afternoon trip to Nantasket beach on the
steamer Pilgrim. The student , and Bos
ton is full of tlio in , is just beginning to
"grind1' ' for his linal examinations , and
in his leastire moments , whicli aie at
present very few , he dreams of the bliss
ful times when those examinations shall
have passed , when , as a free and happy
man , no can bo basking on the deck of a
cat boat oil'some old coast town , or take
a summer's tramp over the classic roads
of Kuropo. Nature , too. is not behind in
heralding the approach of spring , as the
veidant lawns ami budding elms of our
suburbs give ample evidence.
One of the most important cvonts of
this most delightful period , an event
which the nvorago eitt/.ou counts nearly
equal to the opening of the baseball sea
son , is the visit of her Hawaiian majesty
Queen Kuuiolatu. Tlio authorities hero
arc doing all they can to make the visit a
pleasant one , and her majesty seems to
bo very well uleased with her reception.
The queen and her snito nro accommo
dated ut the Parker house in the bridal
apartments , which have been from time
to time graced by the presence of Patti ,
Bernhardt and Do Lussan. .Although
tlicse rooms are not intended to bear
comparison with the princely hulls of
the "New Residence" at Munich , they
are considered elaborate enough
for the entertainment of roy
alty in democratic America. On
arriving at Parker's , yesterday morn
ing tlio royal party was given a break
fast by the mayor of Boston. The ban
quet hall was beautifully decorated by
1-lorist Galvm , and Baldwin's famous
cadet band was on hand with a charm
ing musical program. After the invited
guests were seated the royal narty en
tered the hall. The queen was escorted
by Mayor O'Brien , Princess Lilinokalani
by Go\ornor Ames , while Mrs. O'Brion
and Mrs. Ames were accom
panied by General lankca and
General Dominis of the queen's suite.
After the breakfast came speeches ,
music and Introductions , and the morn
ing passed pleasantly away. Last even
ing the royal party occupied Manager
Stetson's private box at the Globe , and
witnessed the performance of "Uuddy <
gore. "
To-day the llawaiin chief will give a
reception in Charleston , which will bo
followed by an excursion to the public in
stitutions in and about Boston harbor.
On Thurday the queen will visit Wellesley -
ley college anil the girls there , are pre
paring to give her a rousing reception.
On her return to Boston Governor Ames
will give a reception in her honor at his
palatial residence on Back bay. A grand
public reception in Mechanics' hall on
Thursday evening , will end the pro
gramme.
The queen's visit to Boston has not
only benelitlcd the city , but the country
in general. It would bo inconsistent with
our principles to try lo extend our influ
ence abroad in any other way than by
such fiiendly relations as these , and in
having given the Hawaiian queen such a
hearty welcome , Boston has added an
other bond of friendship and confidence
between the Hawaiian group and the
United States. Even now a large p.ut of
the trade of thc.se islands comes to this
country , and we should so keep and ex
tend it'that in case of international hos
tilities these islands would exert an in
fluence friendly to our interests.
The grand opera season has passed
away and with it has departed from the
Italian opera stage in tins country that
queen of prima donnas , Mmo. Adilina
Patti-Nicolini. Wo may or may not believe
tlio statement which has been .so glaringly
i advertised that Americans will never
again hear Patti in grand
opera. Kvcn prima donnas have
been known , within the momorv of man ,
to make multitudinous "farewell tours , "
some of them having gone so far as to
nrtke a "positively last farewell tour , "
which rather tends to lead the innocent
public to inquire how many professional
farewells are in really good form. But
say what you will about a gold hunting
management , for whicli the artist is in
no wise responsible , "La Diva" Patti
stands without a peer in the world. Her
history is an interesting one. She was
born away oft" in Spain , but .spent most
of her young girlhood on the streets of
Now \ork ; a brown , s.iucy little waif ,
with apparently no better future before
her 11 Kin tlfat of the commonest
street urchin. Even as a girl , among
such unfavoiablo circumstances , she
she was always Iho jolly and lighthearted -
hearted Adelina that she is to-day , with
her buoyant f.piiits , Her career as a
singer was begun in Mr. Bcechcr's Sun
day-school room , and in a short time she
was traveling about the country , though
not in her own car as she does now ,
Binging in concert under the manage
ment of her brother-in-law , Maurice
Strakosch. Her success as a jubilee
singer was doubtful oven then , anil it was
a great question In the mind of Mr.
Strakosch whether the youi'g voice
would over develop into n rich and
golden soprano. Besides , if she over did
learn to sing , people said she couldn't
act. She was nervous and dillhlent , as
beginners generally are. But the whole
world knows that this doubt dldn t last
long. It seems absurb to think that
Patli ever appeared shy or awkward ,
she who has so Jong been recogiu/.ed as
the very embodiment of self-possession ,
of careless , yet artistic gracefulness.
Pattl's hrst appearance in London
marked a decisive change of fortune.
English audiences praised her acting as
won ns her hinging. The Times and
other journals lauded her to the skies.
This set the ball u-rolling and In a short
time the bare-footed Now York roysterer
was so well established in thohaule voice
of London that she secured a real mar
quis for a husband. She was received
into coart circles at every capital in Europe -
rope as welt as at London , and her path
was literally paved with roses. But those
were the days of her primeand since she
loft the Marquis do Cuux and
married Nicolini , English aristoc
racy has seen fit to turn up
iti none. But never mind I The = o
things are all passed now , and the cole-
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iratcd singer is&ettinft well on in life.
Whether she goes on the stage again
after completing her tlirco months tour
'n South America , umlor the manage-
nent of Mr. Henry K. Abbey , ia a ques
tion. If she leaves the stiige she will
nvo to refuse $5,000 B night , for the use
of her vocal organs , which is more than
the average woman could do. In any
ciihe the t'Div.a" will probably bo con
tented , because it she retires nlic can
spend the rest of her days in luxurious
seclusion nt her Welsh castle of Craig-y-
nos , wlicr she lives like v queen.
The most important change of bill at
the theatres this week is nt the museum ,
yhero Mr. Richard Mansfield gives the
first performance , cm any stage , of "Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. " Any ono who
has read this wonderful piece of imagina
tion by Mr. Hobcrt Louis Stevenson can
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around its being played by such a brilliant
and talented young artist as Mr. Mans-
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nature of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide"
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man , is able by the help of a powerful
Irug , to change his nature to Dr. Jljdo ,
who is u downright bloodthirsty and
murderous nature. The plav is of u
ghastly nature , but the difficult parts and
jiiick changes of the loading character
are so well brought out by Mr. Mans
field , that it appears on thn stage as a de
cided work of art. Mr. Manslield'H fauc
cess in tlio play is assured.
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