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SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON ,
Arrival of Lent Hailed With Delight
by Weary Belles and "Beaux.
WHITE HOUSE ENTERTAINMENTS
Mm. Cleveland a Hostess Mrs.
Whitney's Charming Receptions
The Chinese Minister's Esti-
nuUo of Capital Society.
WASHINGTON , D. G , , Fob. 17. Special
Correspondence to thp BEK : Lent , long
delayed , has put in an appearance , and
the society satiated capitol is assuming
its ponotontial garments. For the con-
vontial party days wo shall have a ces
sation of the giddy rout of receptions
and "high tea " of state dinners and
stately balls. The white house Will bo
closed to dining diplomats and jocund
justices , senate and congress , army .and
navy and the general crush. Mrs. Clovo-
lariaVurm , which has literally "yanked"
thousands along the long line to the time
of Mirahal wiUon's stentorian voice
\vitt wrt fem its labors , and the presi
dent's "society smile will bo put safely
away to bo brought out again at the
oponiug.ofu.uothor season.
Tho-suelnl-season has boon ono of un
usual brilliancy even for Washington.
There hue been , perhaps , no more than
the common number of olllcial social
events , of white house and cabinet din
ners and of receptions and of senatorial
soirees. But , asldo from this , the
rapidly increasing list of wealthy prom
inent residents of the city has swelled
the numbqrpf social events and length
ened the visiting list of the cligiblcs.
From the holidays on It will bo a steady
succession of parties , hops , receptions ,
cotillonsr and ' 'afternoons'1 until the fe
male face divine of the loaders and fol
lowers of fashion began to show the
lines of fatiguu and forlornncss which
marked the end of the teuton.
' I am so glad that it is all over , " said
a fluttering little miss to mo the other
evening. I myself have made more than
a thousand calls since Now Years' .
Every day during the week there was
an unvarying routine ; Mondays , supreme
premo court ; Sundays , forojgn digni
taries ; Wednesdays , cabinets and con
gressman's \VUosjThursdayH , senatorial
receptions and the army and navy ; Fri
days and Saturdays , civilians , not to
, tmcak 'of n 'score of card receptions
thrown in in , < .horovoning which hud to
bo attended. ' I liaVo iibcd up fifteen
hundred visiting curds since the begin
ning of the year , and fourteen dresses ,
not to speak of gloves , whoso iiinno was
legion. "And then to think of my di
gestion poor thing what with salads ,
a dozen lands of heavy , stimulating
punches , twenty varieties of ices and
\ all the aids to the study of medicine ,
which Washington edibles and drinks
furnishes. "
This has boon the usual experience ,
nud the lady who spoke with s > o much
leollng on the subject probably bimply
voiced the prevailing idea.
TUB LKAPKK OK SOCIKTY ,
of course , has been the president's
wife. Mrs. Cleveland has added to her
laurels during the pujt season , and
stands par-excellence as the representa
tive of feminine tuck and womanly dig
nity in the national capital. The btato
dinners at the white house under her
careful supervision have surpassed in
elegunco -excellence oven the so
given under the regime of President
Arthur. There have never been less i
I1 ! than seven kinds of wine at each plate i
ind , although Mrs. Cleveland , following
the example of Mrs. President
Hayes , has btcadily declined
to drink anything but cold water , she
has not cast a frowning chill upon the
digestions of the guests present. The
floral displays have used up something
like 10,000 roses and chrysanthemums ,
most of which have been supplied by the
conservatories of the white house , but
many of which have boon secured from
outside sources. It is stated by these
who ought to know that the cost of the
entertainments at the white house dur
ing the last three months have iun ; up
to a figure which will closely approxi
mate $12,000 , all of which must bo from
THE I'UESIDENTIAL POCKET BOOK.
At the otlicial receptions Mrs. Cleveland -
land has , of course , been the center of
attraction. Her dresses have been a
matter of univorbal comment for their
richness , their elegance and the invar
iable taste displayed in the selection of
nutorial and make up. Her cordial
land grasp and beaming smile have
sent warm chills down the back of many
v countryman , while they have added
: o the presidential retinue of followers
thousands of followers. The president's
wife is everywhere voted a social and
political success , ' Mr. Cleveland will
undoubtedly receive many votes should
lie become a candidate next fall , which
will bo polled solely on account of his
wife's popularity.
Next to Mrs. Cleveland Mrs.Vhit -
noy , the wife of the secretary of the
navy , has scored the greatest success in
society. Her weekly receptions have
been thronged. Nothing like the ele
gance and floral decorations , magnifi
cence in toilets and variety in table
which Mrs. Whitney's parlors have af
forded have ever before been scon in
the cabinet houses in Washington.
During her first year her brother , Mr.
Payne , of Now York , generously do
nated to his sister 8100,000 for purpose
of entertainment.
With this high water mark sot at the
bcginningMrs. Whitney has moro than
sustained the reputation of her first
winter in Washington. Plain in features
and figure , she has ouVot her natural
advantages by a cordiality of manner
and a luvishncss in the way of enter
tainment which has drawn to her week
ly receptions , ana the five balls which
she has given during the season all the
eligible pflicials and residents of the
city. Terrapin by the drove have
passed through the secretary's kitchen ,
( locks canvass-back ducks have been
plucked in the areuways , a ship load of
champagne has 'jxjpped und n/.zlod in
the dining room , and the richest and
most expensive table and room decora
tions have boon utilized in making the
Whitney mansion an Alaadiu-liko
palace of beauty and splendor.
Among- the foreign legations the min
ister from the "Flowery Kingdom" and
his buito stand par excellence as the
contra of attraction. Chung Yon Hoon ,
envoy extraordinary and Plonpoten-
tiary , with a retinue of fourteen secre
taries , assistants and interpreters , oc
cupies the old Stewart mansion , called
Stewart castle , upon thp court circle ,
in the most fashionable portion of the
northwestern quarter of the city. Ar-
raycil in the picturesque garb of their
country , in Mowing robes of brilliant
silk. glittering with cords of
gold bullion and gilded buttons , with
tufted caps representing their
rank in the order of mundarris the
Chinese legation are the most notice
able , as they are the most welcome of
.visitors in oflicial circles. There is a
sucot smile of social contentment and
enjoyment constantly playing around
their lips ; their small eyes glitter with
excitement when the music strikes up
for the dance , and their little ladles
twist in contortions of courtesy as they
are surrounded by u bevy of fascinating
girls who-eagerly listen to the pigeon
English mingled with the rasping
anguago of the tea chest and laundry
> ill.
ill.It
It has-been the object of the Chinese
ninister since his arrival at Washing-
on , to outdo all the other foreign loga-
ions in the brilliancy of his receptions
ind in the extent of his hospitality ,
? ho reason for this , as he himself has
tatcd , is to introduce educated China-
mon and Chinese to the American
> coplo in order that , if possible , ho may
vipo away some of the prejudices which
jxist so strongly in this country against
us nationality. His prime aim has
> eon to create good feeling between
SENATORS AND HEI'UESENTATIVKS
of the United States and the diplomatic
oprescntativos of the Flowery King-
lorn in order to affect pending legis-
ation udvonso to the interests of the
hincso. With this object in view ho
las taken ono of the most elegant robi-
dcnces in the citv ; has surrounded .him
self with a suiteTn .American servants ,
drives through the streets in a Victoria
with a colored * coachman and footman ,
xnd , accompanied by a brilliant retinue ,
invariably puts in his appearance at
every reception or ball where prominent
officials may bo expected to bo in at
tendance. The urbanity of the man
ners of the Chinese legation , the pic-
turcsqueness of their costumes and the
elegance of the receptions which they
jive to their friends have mndo them
the admired of all admirers by the
female sex. It mutters not what the
social entertain ment may bo , if a
particularly largo crowd of lovely
women nro'socn smiling and bowing In
ono corner , in the centre of the circle
will invariably bo found cither Chang
Yon Hoon or some of his attaches.
I mot the Chinese minister on Thurs-
dup at a bonatorial reception and
listened with pleasure to a conversation
in which ho indulged with the nephew
of ono'of the senators.
"Volleo flnco day , " chirped the envoy
extraordinary.
"Lovely , " responded the young gen
tleman.
"Shallco woleo see you at ourleo
lecoptlonV"
, "Oh , I guess not , " responded the
young man. "There will bo such a
crush. "
"Oh , ycssco , " said the minister ,
"alloo Washington likeobellco fullco. "
Thus did the shrewd representative
of the Flowery Kingdom refer to the
frco lunching mania of Wafehingtou-
ciety.
The Chinese minister during the past
season has been throwing himself into
the social vortex with an energy and
vigor that would do credit to n man
thirty years younger. Having watched
In ecstatic raptures the movements of
the modern waltz during the last year ,
and having been compelled to decline
the earnest requests of scores of ladies
to meander with them in the giddy
mazes of the dance , the minister last
December made arranzoments to receive
private instructions in dancing , to1
gother with his translator * , Liang
tihung , and a couple of other members
of the legation. Mondays and Thurs
days , with unvarying regularity , these
representatives of Oriental aristocracy
could bo found at Miss Wilson's , per
spiring in their efforts to acquire a
knowledge of the three and two-step
walU , and making glittering circles of
ULUE SILK AND TINSEL
ns they whirled around chairs and
caromed against sofas in the apart
ments of the fair dancing teacher. No
more inspiring and inspiriting sight
has over been seen in Washington than
the Chinese minister plenipotentiary ,
with his spectacles bobbing up and
down on his nosoclasping spusmodicall ,
the 'fair-haired American maiden
wildly endeavoring'to elude her train
weeks ago paralyzed all bystanders by
knockingovor three foreign diplomats
and doubling up a waiter with a tray of
wino glasses as hd/sklpp'ed / festively
down the floor with his four inch soled
shoes , bobbing serenely up and down in
the festive waltz , f | V '
That the Chinos * minister is not de
void of gratitude , for the social atten
tion paid him may } > q seen by a visit to
some of the ladics parlors in Washing
ton , where , hanging on the walls or dis
played conspicuously on tables are seen
the Now Year's gifts of his excellency.
Like most of his nationality ho never
allows a Chinese Now Years to pass
without giving profuse evidences of his
regards for his friends. How deeply at
tached ho is to his dancing teacher may
bo seen from the fact when the Chinese
Now Year came around this year ho
sent her a most gorgeously decorated
Eair of silk stockings , which she now
as hung on her parlor wall with u
Chinese dragon above them.
E. A. W.
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Lent in the City of Mexico.
Written for Hie Sunday nee.
Unfortunate it certainly is that this la the
favorite time of the year for tourists to visit
the City of Mexico , for she Is covered under
a closely drawn cloak of religious fervor , Is
doing penance for thqaccnmulatcd sins of the
past year , and with ahamo and contrition
seeks forgiveness on bended knco in sack
cloth and ashes.
Mexico's crown of precious Jewels , namely
her Roman Catholic churches imd cathedrals ,
are now hung In somber drapery , obscuring
the magnificent crimson velvet hangings of
the church of Sunta Domingo ; the priceless
golden ornaments of the cathedral and rare
old paintings.
Open wide their ancient doors churches
pathetic In ago and association built by
Cortez. Time eaten and polled they are
filled by horror-striking ghastly
images. Tottcringl ? stand , earth
quake shaken churches , presenting the
unholy appearance of having visited rcllg-
iqus bar-iooms. Churches of fabulous
Wealth , as well as churches for the "poor
and lowly In spirit. " These churches all
open a straight und narrow path for their
bleating , wandering lambs who may bo seen
from 5 o'clock In the morning throughout the
day wending their way thither. The early
service is strictly attended by all classes , the
streets being thronged by black draped
figures , hugging their Voanrles 'and prayer
books , while over the cify In the rosy dawn ,
ring out a score of bellsjjn tones of admoni
tion. Black is univorfullv wom during Lent
and gayety abolishcu.3 The theatres are
closed for legitimate jJUrposes , while balls
and tertulia ) even Ing pf ty ) have blown out
their bright lights , and the click of the SpanIsh -
Ish boots to the time of the danza will not
ho heard for a timo. The fashionable drive
of the pasco do la Re farina is deserted by the
aristocracy for the mor * tecluded paseo do la
Viga , the ribbons of the former drive being
held by women of the deml-mondo over
whom the power of the Uoman Cuthbllo
church Is as nothing.
There are two distinct phases of hfo visi
ble in Mexico during vent , the -one of ex
treme godliness , the other of extreme ungod
liness. Now is the accepted time for the un
righteous to unfold themselves like the long
torpid snake and bask in the sunlight of their
forty days of prominence , as it is the time
for Christians to repent of their sins. Natur
ally these two sides of life do not come In
contact
Carnival , the noisy herald of Lent , opens
brilliantly under an ardent sun and bright
blue sky , but participated in principally by
these same worn en of the1 dcml montlc. The
trcetsare thrpngrd by a chattering , feasti
loving ptoplo wtio on { ilcaauro iutcnt tlock to
*
.ho paseo to witness the gay scene. Extend-
ng from the alamcda far outon the naseo are
rows of chairs sold by neat , smiling Indian
women foramedio (0) ( cents ) apiece. Seated
icro the sccno is varied and interesting ,
.hough not ns splendid as in former years. A
multitude of carriages pass up and down oc
cupied by masqueraders. Hands of music
of music statlodcd hero and there drop gay
notes from French opera and Spanish love
sona , while above this musical tumult
rise the voice of dnlco and fruit seller , the
latter tempting you with lucious , sunny troi > -
ical fruit , while both sides of lifo are pro-
icatcd to the roaming eye by frowning and
laughing masks. Discordant notes shaken
from throat and horn ; or bugle , trumpet the
approach of drag , or coach filled by laughing
women representing eagles with their royal
winps extended ; lustily crowing cocks and
ballot-girl and silly dude , or keen eyed bull
fighters and beribboned tambourine jingler.
"Fallen angels , " all , defiant under the cold
gaze of an onlookiug public , not one among
whom , I doubt , conld Hing a stone. Cosmo
politan the throng is and in the dusk with
the masqueraders they slowly saunter homo
all languages of the world floating on the air
to the accompaniment of national airs.
On this nignt , as well as on every Sunday
ninht during Lent , these women , shorn of
pity , or charity by the righteous world , give
grand fancy dress masked balls In the vari
ous theaters of the city. Every year the
newspapers cry out against them , for they
are scenes of wild deprovitv , but in spite of
forcible articles they still flourish ; the only
difference noticed in them is that each man
as ho arrives at the theater is searched at
the entrance by a policeman for knifo'or" fire
arms , for some .of Mexico's best blood has
been spilled at these debaucheries. In the
theater every other man is a policeman
and as the hours advance it is well that it is
so. It is a brilliant spectacle , tier upon tier
of boxes , filled with magnificently costumed
women , but rather disrespectful it seems , to
behold every man in ordinary dress with his
hat on. A costly supper is served in the
foyer of the theater amidst rare plants , soft
musio from the ball roog and songs of Span
ish students. Sparkling wines never ccaso
to flow , and obsccno songs of crazed women
penetrate the unholy atmosphere , louder yet
as the drunken applause of Mexico's most
respectable men strike their confused ear.
Broad daylight hastens these poor creatures
homo from theater and tivoli , wrecks in body
and costume , homo from where men and
women both have lost their lives for what !
The lower the people the smaller the theater
and moro degraded the scctio. Such are the
two sides of lifp hero represented , both
watched over by the same God.
Through all Spanish towns during lent ono
day is devoted to the burning of an cftlgy of
Judas and to the cracking of Judas' boucs.
The latter may seem to you to bo a dinicult
matter , but it is very simple. Toys are
made after the style of a watchman's rattle
and sold in the plaza and on-tho streets.
They are often made of beautifully carved
ivory , fit souvenirs of the country. Big and
little people buy them , whirling them with
quick turns of the wrist , round and round ,
producing the sound of the cracking of
bones. Strung high across the streets , well
out of the reach of rogueish , boyish fingers ,
are ropes from which dangle hideous cloth ,
or puper-mado Judascs from the size of over
grown mcu with small , disagreeable head
surmounted by a stovepipe hat , extended
, belly und short bow legs to little
> betrayers , the size of a doll
dancing on the wind. Crouds gather
beneath these figures and fall to cheating
.them with long sticks , spitting at them uiid
tfinglng opprobrious names ut them , as do
tothur groups of men and boys carrying hugo
'clHgiDs about the streets. The stomach of
Judas is filled with gun powder , and Jeering
and hooting , the crowd anxiously awaits the
hour when they can apply a lighted torch to
this combustible edition thus causing it to
explode , so , they think fittingly ending Lent.
All the city comes out U > witness the funny
spdctaclc , hurrying to this or that point in
order to obtain a bettor view of the bloated
cftigics. As the clock strikes u curtain hour ,
from over the four points of the city comes
the sound of exploding Judases midst wild
expressions of delight from tbo multitude
gathered beneath them. .
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Maurice Barrymoro has left the Langtry
company.
Henry Irving celebrated his fiftieth birth
day recently.
Sardon is building n magnificent villa at
Nice for Sarah Bernlmrdt.
Rubinstein has been made a Russian coun
cillor , with the title of "excellency. " ,
Sir Arthur Sullivan Is said to bo again
very ill , and owes it entirely to over-exer
tion.
tion.Minnlo
Minnlo Ewan , the American young lady , Is
slng'mg leading parts in grand opera at
Milan.
A new theatre , to cost $700,000 , is to bo
built upon the site of the burned Opera
Comlquo , Paris.
The National Opera company did a heavy
business in Washington , the receipts having
been over $20,000.
-"King Lear , " a now opera , founded on
Shakspearo's ' tragedy , has been completed by
Victor Joucicr'cs.
Weber's posthumous work , "Tho Three
Pintos , " has been , brought out at Dresden
with good success.
A popular edition of the complete works of
Wagner is to bo published at Leipslc in
thirty-one volumes.
Manager Henry E. Abbey has signed a new
contract with little Josef Hoffmann for 100
concerts next season. -
Parties In London are endeavoring to sell
the pianoforte which little Ho f man used , at a
fancy price , because his autograph is written
inside the case. x
Tony Pastor has renewed for five years life
lease of that part of Tammany hall now oc
cupied by him as a theater , at an annual
rental ot $10,000.
In the spring the remains of Beethoven ,
Mozart , Gluckand Schubert will bo exhumed
at Vienna and transferred to the Central
cometary of that city.
Maplcson , of London , has engaged an
eleven-year-old girl , Paulina Ellico , to travel
on a piano-playing tour. She is said to bo a
sensation in Germany.
Mine. Gorstcr made a second trial of her
voice in public at Steinway hall , Now York ,
last week , but the result was not favorable.
The charm of her voice is gone.
George and Edward Hannan became nat
uralized citizens of the United States last
week , and will make this country their homo
for the remainder of their days. ,
W. J. Scanlan is getting ready to produce
his comic opera of "Tbo West Point Cadet , "
for which ho has written the words and
music of thirty songs and choruses.
The farewell engagement of Henry Irving
and Ellen Terry in the United States will
open in the Now York Star theatre on Mon
day evening , February 20 , with W. G. Will's
"Olivia. "
Christine Nilsson writes in a letter to n
Philadelphia friend that shu is'a constant suf
ferer from rheumatism , and fears that she
will bo obliged to close her professional
career at ouco.
To replace ut the Paris Opera Comiquo his
"Uorneo and Juliet , " that Is to bo transferred
to the repertory of the Grand Opera , M.
Gounod is to write an opera to bo called
"Charlotte Corday. "
M. Prcderio Lo Roy , the young composer
and pupil ol M. Dellbcs , who wrote the opera
"Stcnio , " is finlslilng another on the subject
of "Hermann and Dorothea. Ho intends it for
the Paris Opera Comiquo.
Clmssalgne's Hungarian opera purchased
for America by Rudolph Aronson , of the
New York Casino , has been rcchnstencd
Nadje. It was Nadgy at first. In London
Violet Cameron will play the heroine.
Marcolla Scmbrlch , the brilliant and yet
youthful soprano , who la considered by many
judges as the most probable successor to
Patti's mantle of pio-cmlncnco , is singing
with great success at the Berlin opciu.
Booth and Barrett will play In San Fran
cisco for three weeks , beginning March S.
Senator Fair has offered $10,000 for the Bald
win theater for 0110 night to have an exclu
sive theater party. The offer is being con
sidered.
Thirty choir singers from Now York
churches have been engaged by Mr. Price ,
Fanny Davenport's husband , to sing the
Incidental musio of "Lu Tosca.1' ' which will
be produced ut French & Sangcr's now
Broadway theater on Monday evening , Feb
ruary .7.
, Imre Klralfy has started work on a second
"Mazulm , the Night Owl" production !
which ho intends presenting in Cuba ana
Mexico. The company now at the Aendcmj (
of Music will appear in duo time in Bos'toi
and afterwards go to Philadelphia , Pittsburf
and Chicago.
Madam Wildt , the Vienna prima donna , tt
said to sing the roles of Valcntlna and tli $ _
queen in the "Huguenots" on the sumo nlghtk *
and that Lill Lehman is likely to attempt th *
same feat hero , but it is not explained hoi * ,
the garden sccno can be accomplished , who *
the queen and Valcutina sit side by side.
The royalty paid for "Jim the Penman , " li
appears in legal proceedings brought at Kew
kuk , la. , to restrain an authorized produoj
tion , is $150 a week. For the pcrformaccs of
the play at the New York Madison Square
theatre 10 per cent of the gross receipts tVA *
paid to Sir Charles Young , the author.
Oordl's Othello has been performed in Meat
ice , not with the original instrumentation
but in an arrangement made from the piano *
forte scored by Vallini , musical director of
the theater. The manager had been refused
the right of performance , and helped hlmBoll
by bringing out the work in thd manned
stated.
M. Ambroiso Thomas , the celebrated com
poser , will , on his return from llomo\vhithe ;
ho has gene on a short visit , take his quar
ters at Hycrcs , and set to work on his nek
opera , which is founded on Shakespeare' !
"Tempest. " The opera is to bo fin is liea' 11
time to bo produced at the Paris opera dui
ing the exhibition time next year.
Ono night recently , at a Denver City , the *
tro , to the great delight of the ' audience.thl
bulldog in the play , whoso part was to Belt
the vllllan by the throat and hold on for'deai
lifo , succeeded in dragging from under th
actor's collar the picco of ilycr which coaxc
him on , and taking it bcfora the foot-light
ho sat down and quietly ute It , while th
villian escaped. , v-
Mllo. do Lusson , If she is not a great com *
dicuncposscsses beyond doubt extraordinary
powers of mimicry. Her voice has of torn l' .
been compared to Patti's. It is rcallyuS
moro like Patti's than an agate atone in llkf
an opal. Yet Zelio , witli that wonderful
mimetic voice of hers , will color certain
tones of her voice till they do remind you
wonderfully of these of the great Adeliiia.
It Is not generally known that Miss \VinnM
f red Emery , whoso impersonation in Mr. Irvi
ing's comp.iity have not been unappreciated '
by the largo audiences , is under study foi
Miss Terry. During the run of "Faust" | r
London Miss Kincry had xovcrul opportune
tics to play Margaret , and the critics spoke
in the highest terms of her performance , Fofl
so young an artist her capabilities appear to )
bo exceptionally tine , and a brilliant futur
is anticipated for her in the profession.
Mmo. Uoquclln , the mother of the Frencn ,
actor , is now well on toward her scvcnUctjj
year , and lives with her sons in Paris.
While their own apartments are furnished
with every luxury demanded by modern
taste , the old lady has her room fitted up
with the simplicity which characterized her
pleasant days iu Boulogne. She is very
proud of her sons , and they are oqualltf
proud of her , and when they want to shovf
special honor to a guest they Introduce him
to the old luay in her cottage room.
Brooklyn Eagles Prof. Carlos HnsssU
brink , of the German Opera orchestra , says
that violins differ In value according to muk
and condition. Alard has u Strodivariua
which cost (4,000. Wilholmj plays on 4
Stradivarius which is worth 15,000. Leonard
has a Magginl which cost &i,000 , ana Joachim ?
has a Stradivarius worth $4,000. General
Hawlcy , of Hartford , and Mr. Colton , of
Brooklyn , probably have the fluent violin
collections in this country , Hawlcy has O )
Guarnerlus worth flu.OOO. Colton has tha
iiddlo loft him by Ole Bull , estimated at
* 3OUO In London.
The Players' club , which was recent ! *
organized by prominent actors und man ?
tigers , has been incorporated. Among th
directors are Messrs. A. M. Palmer , Angus *
tin Duly , Edwiu Booth , Lawrence Barrett ,
Hrumler MatthuwH , Henry Edward * .
Lawicnco Hutton , J. H. Daly , W1U
Ham Blspham , S. L. Clemens , W.
T. Sherman , Joseph Jefferson , John
Drew. John A. Lunu and Stephen H. Olin.
The objects of the new club mo the promo *
tion of social Intercourse between the reprq.
Bcntatlvo members of the dramatic profca *
slou and of the kindred profession ! of litera
ture , sculpture and music ; the creation of a
library relating to the American stage , -undf
the collection -curiciltrca pertaining io dra >
mutlc history. '