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week During Which Theatrical Patronage Has Been Evenly Distributed. ee A Patr Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Hancock as They Appear in Everyday Attire. 1.

Latest New York and Paris Modes for Women Spring Silks Plush Pelerines. The Crusade in New York Against the Appearance of Women in The Cru! Ai New York Belies Who Are Quite Conscious of Their CharmsFashion Patronizing Art. Fur an Marabout TrimminzF1ora1 JewelryBodicesThe Lai-Pose" Tunic. apectacle has been revived by the Kiraitys in San Francisco with great splendor. The actor Keene.

latety taken dangerously ill In Kansas City, Is recovering his strength rapidly. At Haverly's Minstrel Theatre the comedy "Gleich und Gleich" will be presented in German. Maud Miller-Mackaye-McCormack. .15 acting with John A. Stevens at the People's Theatre.

Little Aimee. the 5-year-old child wbo has made herself a favorit in "Fantasma," is a daughter of one of the Lawrence Barrett's performance in "Hernani" is highly spoken of in New York, and the piece is probably in for a long and prosperous run at the Star Theatre. Miss Jennie Dutton, Miss Amy Fay. and the Chicago Lady Quartet have engaged to participate in tne Russell recitals to take place in Haveriys Theatre soon. Mr.

Russell meana to have good music in connection with hid own work. Mr. Sidney Woollett will give the second and third of his poetic recitals at Beverly's Theatre next Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 3 o'clock. Tuesday afternoon will read Tennyson's beautiful poem and Thursday afternoon Tennyson's "Guinevere." Ic Mule. Efopekirk an Artistic as Well as rinancial SuccessThe Opera.

Mine. 11( ri A Stare-Entrance Scene with an Obvious MoralThe Three GracesA runny Disaster. Skating suitsAu Elezant Theatre Co. tumeTollas Worn at a Stylish Wedding. (9'.

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Correspondenee.1--A certain public man remarked, and meant it, too, that be never saw a parade of war veterans without being displeased by the sight. Re gave the reason, which was that the display lacked so much in martial aspect that no heroism was expressed by it- Solid ranks, still in their precision, exactly uniformed. and sternly commanded, were essential to his idea of a warriors' procession. A few hours later I happened to see two of the War's famous Generals, Stieridatx and Ilancock, shaking bands MUSIC. terval thereafter, the leader had his shoe bottoms gone over by a waiter with an iron brought hissing from the kitchen.

DAuckr. f(4' 4 4' 1 THE WEEK IN GERMANY. Prince Dismareles letter to the Pope, translated from the French, in which We origiral was written, is as follows: BERLiN. Jan. 13, The letter Which your Holiness has honored me.

and the high Order which accompanied it, have given me great pleasure, and I ask your Holiness graciously to accept the expression of my deep-felt gratitude. Every mark of approval towards a work of peace in the consummation of which I have been able to assist is the more precious to me on account of the satisfaction it gives to his Majesty, the Emperor, my illustrious master. Tour Holiness makes the remark in your letter that nothing is more consonant with the spirit and character of the Roman Pontificate than assistance in works of peace. That very reason caused me to as your Holiness to accept the noble trust of arbiter in the difficulty between Germany and Spain, and to propose to the Spanish Government that both countries should appeal to the decision of your Holiness. The circumstance that both nations are not the same position in regari to tne church which honors your Holiness as its head has never been able to shake my confidence in the loftiness which was to me a guaranty of the strictest impartiality of your decision.

The relations of Germany to Spain are of such a character that peace between these countries cannot be endangered even by a permanent divergence of their interests, nor, by difficulties resulting from the past, nor by jealousies created by geographical position. Their accustomed relations have only been disturbed by accident. There is, therefore. reason to hope that the peacemaking of your 1101inefild will be of lasting effect. Therein I Include above all the grateful remembrance in which both contestants will keep the II-lustrous arbitrator.

As regards niymelf, I shall always and zealously improve every Opportunity that offers itself in the fulfillment of my duties toward my master and my country, to prove to your Holiness my sincere gratitude and deep-felt devotion. I am, Sire, with a sense of the highest esteem, your Holiness' most respectful servant. V. BISMARCK. or palutinga maintain gallerieS often Containing better and more celebrated work, and there are occasional collectionsjust now a remarkably fine one made by the Union League Club that the Academy cannot begin to equal with new American canvases.

Notwithstanding contradictions, it is sure that the young Vanderbilts intend to build and endow a public art showusing their own collection for a startand a big one, too. It used to be common to say that William H. Vanderbilt had no taste In art, and teat he bought poor things at rich prices. That is not true. He did pay extravagantly, but how could it be otherwise when the sellers were aware of the wealth of the buyer? He knew exactly what he desired, and was bound to have it anyhow.

His ideas were fixed and clear. He believed that pictures for pleasure ought to be pleasant as well as technically meritorious. There does not bang in his house a single shocking picture. Views or torment are altogether absent. Not one nude figure is visible.

On that point he was Invincible. THE QUESTION OF STAGE MORALS. A powerful combination of theatre managers has undertaken to bring the public taste up to a similar attitude as to stage amusements. I stood on a street corner with one-or them near to the rear door of a theatre devoted to burlesque. A matinkt was over and the performers were emerging.

"There is proof positive of what I've been arguing to you," he said, referring to two young women who came out. The foremost was clothed in an extremely expensive fashion. A rough estimate of the cost of her attire was 600, not counting in the $3) dog that she carried. "She is in the chorus," said the manager, "and her salary can't be more than $15 a week." Behind her was a contrasting woman whose clothes and manner were plain and m-ylest, and she walked otr alone, while the other rode away In a carriage. "That is Miss the manager continued.

mentioning the name of a tolerably well-known actress who was playing a leading role in the burlesque; "her income must be somewhere near $75 a week." No particulars are requisit to convey his meaning; and he was right in so far as no condemned the shame that comic opera and burlesque have brought upon the stage of this City. Other towns get nothing so bad. Symptoms of a reaction in public sentiment are happily observable; and Thursday afternoon with each other, and it struck me forcibly that the critic of the rank and file would have been compelled for consistency's sake to condemn the looks of these chiefs. In everyday costumes, away frem all connection with military life, they would have displeased him grievously. Sheridan has grown rather stout.

and his bight is not sufficient to save him from an appearance of heaviness. Hancock shows LIS age and sorrows, for death has been at work in his family, and yet he is still a big, handsome man. Put the pair into blue and gold, pose them strikingly, and they would become sightly commanders; but at this time they had the appearance of solid merchants with excellent appetites bountifully catered to. THE soCIETY YUM-YUM. Happy is the person who has sound reason for satisfaction with his or her own personal appearance.

I once heard Samuel J. Tilden say, in jocose yet ball earnest self-condemnation for having ever gone into politics, that portly men ere the only ones suitable for statesinatiship. What he meant was that personal influence, especially among politicians, depended considerably on an imposing physique. A politician haS to be ad the smarter I 1 A villa has been purchased at Koburg for Prince Alfred of' England, the eldest son.of the Duke of Edinburg. and as such the heir presumptive to the Duchy of Koburg-Gotha after his father.

The young Prince, who is now in his 12th year, will make oburg his permanent home and is to visit the classic school at that place so as to receive a thorough German education. It is even possible that he may succeed directly his grand-uncle, Duke Ernest, as his father seems to prefer his position as the eitieEt brother ot the future King of England and ot an Admirai in the British Navy to that of a petty German sovereign. Besides, he knows very Ai' eft that he Is not liked by the people of the Duchy, nor is he on good terms with his uneLe. rrince Leopold of Anhalt, whose death was announced a few days ago, was the eldest FOn of the reigning Duke of Anhalt and his presumptive heir. He was nearly 31 years of age, but leaves only one daughter.

II months old, so that the succession descends under the Salic law to the brother of the deceased, Prince Friedrich, born Aug. 19,16. The library of the late Dr. Decker, first Mayor of Cologne, containing 10,000 volumes, mostly historical works, has been presented by the widow to the city. b.f 4k, lit 4' 1 I I I i' 4 f.

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I 9 tOC-7-1 11 44. ew- I (N n7 N. A operas of Donizetti, ellint, and Verdi, with an occasional side issue in form of "Don Giovanni, "Huguenots," or something pretentious. By great effort Hauk changed all this. Sbe broke the ice with "Carmen," but Maple-son drew the line at that.

This year be baS broken it again with Matson," of which we shall know more next Wednesday niglit. The prospect for the season is encouraging. The personnel of the troupe has aiready been given. The new singer. Mlle.

Febstrom, will make her first appearance. She is represented be many as being the best singer of the company. At all events her record leaves no doubt that she Is a pleasing and a fresh artist, if not a great one. The repertory and casts of the week are so fully given as to make it unnecesSary to repeat them here. TUE MUSIN CONCERTS.

The second of the Mum concerts Saturday afternoon brought Out much more clearly than the first the merits of the company and particularly of Mr. Musin himself. This artist is unquestionably one of Use very best, if not absolutely the best, popular violinist's beard in this country. For popular audiences, perhaps, it would be well for him to have a few pleasing folk-songs in reserve, but, for any audience with a capacity to be pleased and entertained by violin-playing of the higher sorts, no better representative could possibly be lound. In his concert yesterday Mr.

Musin showed again his brilliant mastery of violin technic and his capacity or the lighter and brighter forms of sentiment. His numbers were the Grieg sonata for piano and violin in le the Leonard transcription of Haydn's variations on "God Save the Emperor," Henriques "Fairy Stories," and Weniawski's rnazourka, as well as two or three recalls not identified. The pianist also. Mr. Godowsky, Improved upon furtner hearing.

His reading of the Chopin scherzo in flat minor was extremely fine in every way, and almost as much coula be said for the lighter numbers that came later. Ile is but 16 years ot age, a pupil of the Kullak school in Berlin, and unquestionany one of the best and most oromline pianists ot his awe ever beard in Chicago. His repose is admiratee, as also are the clearness and accuracy of his playingespecialle praiseworthy on account of the warmth that actuates it. Mite; Ewan pave a creditable rendition of A fors lui and of several smaller airs. She is an uncommonly good concert singer.

something of ease and sentiment might indeed be added to her improvement. The tenor, Mr. Dunhalle is pleasing if not robust. The accompanist also was satisfactory. It is one of the perversities of the concert-goIng public that so superior a company is this snould have been so poorly supported.

Another visit, towever, will probably bring things around into satisfactory balance. Mr. lausin appears next in Cedar Rapids. AIOZART AS AN OPERA COMPOSER. The revival of Mozart's "Magic Flute" by the American opera company has naturally calied out sotne unusually plain speaking with regard to its inherent worth as a lasting musical work.

The New York Etciting Poe whose musical columns are et a pronouncedly Wagnerian flavor. cites the orenion of Dr. teemann, one of the most impartial of German critics, that "the first century which has elapsed since the composition of these operas has not done them any damage; nothing, absolutely nothing. is todey antiquated in Den Fan Tutte, and 'Magic The statistics Of the Berlin Opera-House hardly bear out ties verdict; for, altuough the Mozart operas come next after Wagner's in frequency of performance, teeir four times a year each are but a leeele concession to a classical sentiment which has had the combined ineuence of most critical writers and of all conservatories to create. The keening Post then proceeds to tne following beret-teal and irreverent sentiment, which, however.

is simply and strictly just. It says: "Alliontolt we cAn find very few traces lodau of the much-vaunted Mozartwn dramatic 'Instinct and power of characterization. yet the music is always sweet and melodious, and so simple that a child can understand it. inasmuch as it was written by a composer who remained with one foot in the cradle all his lefe." The closing touch is unmanly in its suggestion of spite. but here also there is a basis of truth.

The writer goes on to regret Mozart's having conceded to poptear demands to the extent of uniting euch meaningless florid music as that of the Queen of Nieht, which it not unsightly characterizes as being "as insipid as anything ever written by Dontzetti or Rossini." If this sort of writing were to have the effect of throwing contempt upon Mozart's operas it would deserve the reprobation of every musicent. Mozart was not only a great composer for his own times, but for all times so long as the tonal system is made the source of musical discourse. Ile brought into music a sweetnees, a pure tenderness, a graceful melodiousness, and a perfection of formal beauty not only new in his time but unsurpassed since. eVitbin his personal limitations to depth and range of emotion his intuitions were wholly clear and valid. What Mozart wrote for the tender, the pleasing, the joyous will remain expressive of these states so long as human ears recoenize existing tonal relations and enjoy pleasant rhythms.

Wbenever the "Jupiter" symphony becomes trivial a great part of the Beethoven creations witl have to go. When daisies, buttercups. roses. and the other unevolved adornments of the Id lose their interest to an advanced generaiem whose eyes have "gotten beyond them." it is quite possible that more complicated flowers will have to be sought out, or Use floral department of the poetry of the time be closed out at a sacrifice. The 7.eozart operas are nearly all based upon amusing stories and are carried through in a spirit ot gayety which even in "Don Juan" is only occasionally relieved by something deeper and more serious.

Nevertheless, when these deeper moments do come they fail of producing upon modern ears the impression of depth and seriousness intended. Within his limits, as before said, Mozart's dramatic characterization is clever and valid. Consider, for instance, the high-bred air of the music of the Countess in Figaro," and observe how it contrasts with the peasant-like jollity of Figaro. Still more marked are the contrasts between the music of Donna Anna, Zerlina, Don Octavio, Don Juan, and Leporelio in Don Juan." But of melodramatic music, descriptive music, the modern sense, there is very little in it is the; lack which modern ears most observe. Weber is suffering a similar process of disillusion.

His once-famous Wolf's Glen music in "Der Freischiltz is cli ildsh beside the supernatural incantations of Wagner. It would be a great mistake, however, to conclude that by reason of these defects Mozart's music ought to fail Into disuse. The true solution of the problem will lead to an honest appreciation of Mozart for wnat he really isnamely; the most tuneful. spontaneous, and charming of composers; and not for impossible excellencies such as no composer had until long after hie day. For, we must not forget that even Beethoven, with all his depth of feeling and with his matchless Intuition of musical means by which deep feeling could be expressed, was never a dramatic composer.

All his descriptive passages stop short of the clearness (and perhaps crudity as well) which alone are effective upon the stage. There is, moreover, this one thing to be said by way of tu quoquenamely: that Wagner's music, when beard in long succession, is as monotonous in its way as any, possibly even the most of any. 31elody possesses a perennial charm. NOTES FROM NEAR AND FAR. Emma Abbott's next Chicago season will be given at the Chicago Opera-House, following soon after the Dull "Mikado." Mr.

C. J. Smith's Costa Club will sing four selections from Costa's "Eli at the Michigan Avenue M. E. Churcn this morning.

The vocal pupils of Mr. Miner gave a song recital at the Musical College yesterday afternoon, and will hereafter give one every two weeks, Saturday afternoon. Miss May J. Brown has been playing a highlyappreciatea series of three piano recitals in Oak Park and has neen preeentea with a handsome copy Of Beethoven's works. Miss Meta BiSetkOff, the banjo expert, will have a benefit at Weber Hail Tuesday evening, when some remarkable banjo work may be expected, the whole under the direction of Mr.

J. E. Henning'. Mr. Mathews' second lecture morning at 10:30 wia be devoted to the Second period of Beethoven's creative activity, from sonata pathethine to sonata appassionata.

The illustrauons teased by Mr. Seeboeck will cons et of the sonata in A fiat (op. 26), the "Waldstein sonata (op. 53), and the sonata appassionata (op. 57).

The course comprises ten lectures three upon Beethoven, three upon Chopin, and three Schumann. Mr. W. C. E.

Seeboeck played a piano recital at Jacksonville, Thursday eveumg, with a remarkable program, containing among many others the whole ot Beethoven's fifth concerto, a concerto of Mozart, etc. At Mr. Mathews' lecture next Friday, at Mr. Seeboeck will play sonata pathetique, the Waldstein sonata, and sonata appassionata, representing Beethoven's second period. Dr.

Louie Maas, the well-known pianist, will play two recitals at the Hayerly Theatre Friday afternoon. Feb. le, and Saturday morning, Feb. 20, at 11 o'clock. The programs are very pleasing.

The first one contains tele Schumann "Pbantaste," the Liszt arrangements of ectiutert's "To Be Sung On the Waters," Thou Art My Rest." "Gretchen at tee Spinning-Wheel." and The En-King." Also by Liszt, "Au bord dun Source," Polonaise in major, Midsummer Nignt's Dream." "Liebeslied," Magic Fire Scene," and a "Meistersinger" NUMtine-le and two selections from lausig. I I Coquelicot red and mandarin yellow are still the leading colon i in French millinery (Siva the New York Evening Hoop earrings set with peerls, diamonds, garnets, or rubies are very fashionably worn with full evening toilets. Hooped chums to match fasten the velvet dog-collars, now the Invariable addition to a dressy costume. The fresh spring silks will show a diversity of new half-tints and several novelties in decided colors, samples of these elegant geode showing that blue in a number of supert dark but distinct shades, and golden browns witu en added golden sbeen to an already beautifes surface, will lead as first choice for carriage and visiting wear, not, however, excluding' gray, which appears in lovely soft Parisian dyes, if possible more attractive than ever this exceptionally beautiful Color, the pride of Frenchwomen, proving as capable as Cleopatra of intinit variety. Many plusis pelerines are worn this winter by ladies who adopt the warm.

servieeable chamois jacket as an under waist. With good deal of wadding these capes are made nearly as warm as those of fur. There Is now added a very deep rolling collar, and often the fronts are cut in "stole" fashion, which lends added protection. lu color the pelerine usually matches the costume worn with them, or otherwise to correspond to that of the dress trinenaings. The new, thick, shaggy plush, closely imitating natural beaver, is much used for both short coats and prlisses.

Jockey caps and muffs are shown to match for skating nees. Furs are always the handsomest of winter trimmings, and the fortunate vossessor of good furs need not trouble herself to follow the prevailing mania for marabout. ha wear, like that of ziblinet, is by no means satietactory, and, although inexpensive, the necessity for trequent renewal materially increases the original cost of the mantle or dress of which mantis-mit is the adjunct. Nevertheless, mos tires of economy do not deter people from wearing a great deal of marabout trimming. It is certainly graceful in effect and elwass beceming, and is a very pretty trimming for house dreeses.

elarabout is now dyed in the most exquisit pale tints, which makes it particularly deskable as a garniture for delicate evening gowns and wraps of silk or satin. FLORAL JEWELRY-110Dietse. Flowers formed of real diamonds or other rare stones have been one of the curiosities of modern fashion. and now in paste, mock opals, French" rubies and emeralds begin to tind their way among elegat et. trinkets of the lash-tensible jewel-ease.

At a celebrated Broadway lapidary's are shown unique and beautiful devices in flower brooches, necklets, and bangle bracelets with tufts of forget-ine-nots. star flowers, lilies, and roses, in fine gold or silver thigree, and buds in tulle pink cameo overlaid with diamond chipping. Necklaces with angles. points, and curves which fit the and odd dog collars of wrought metals set with "electric" diamonds, links, clasps. and slides are all in vogue, and, taking the plusses of brooches, are ornaments which military deeoratione, and cbatielaine appendages.

in no point whatever is fashion subjected to any rigid rule in the sbane ot bodices. Of peaked waists, round waists, pleated or gaged waists, Jersey bodices, crienquins. or coats there is no end; they may be either in vest habit. Gretchen, cuirass, Zouave, Russ'jaunty French, or severe Quaker style; they may be as long ana "wooden" in their lash-ion as a Joan of Are bodice, or the natural waist-line may be relegated to half way up length of the waist, a la bebe, and yet be in best form. The only question at present to be weighed in regard to the corsage is, Which of all i most becoming? And here opens a wide choice, for more attention, this season of gayety, is given to the shape, end decoraLion of the bodice of one es'enuer corsage than Is bestowed upon the decorttion of the skirts of half a-dozen trained skirts of brocaded satin, broche velvet, and like heured goods, NV Weil illustrates the truth ana perfection of beauty unadorned.

THE "LAVEUSE" TUNICSKATING AND OTHER CoselleSIES. The "Laveuse" tunic will again be a popular overdress with spring fabrics. It is caught up at both sides, and fastened under the back pouf exactly as peasant girls tuck up their skirts. The front breadths are cut almost as long as the underskirt. The front and side breadths are joined, then pleated up and fastened at the lame by a sash or wide loops of the dress-goods.

The deep upturned portion of the front of the tunie is taced with a contrasting fabric and color, as, for instance. a dress of stiepterteblue foulard Wit a rever-faeleg of cardinal red, otethe tunic may be of a ream-coloree serge with facing of golden-brewn velvet, or of veiling with revers of embroidered surab. The effect of the Laveuse is always French)," and coquetiste but invariably negligee, and It cannot be worn with an evening toilet, except by very young ladies and in light materials, such as veiling. albatross cloth, Canton crape foulard, or India silk tissues. There appears to be no end to the variety of handsome skating costumes worn this winter.

Among- those noted recently was a stylish suit of Persian striped plush in dark moss-green and gold, with Merquise coat above the plain green plush over an ample vest of the strieed goods; this fastened down the front with heavy silver agrees. Tho hat, a Glentrarry. was of the plain green plush, with a narrow band of Persian silk ect close to the head above the waves of raven black hair. A twist of the plush was set at one Fide of the cap, With the head of a golden pheasant peeping from amid its folds. Whole Costumes are made of cardinal stockinet trimmed with beaver, with fur cap en suite, also of golden-brown itective cloth bordered with astrachan, and of Roman-plaided velvet trimmed with recian lynx.

In fine contrast are styliehly-made suits of black velvet with close-fittieg French surtollte and long, Ellaggy coachman's capes Of black fox entirely covering tne shoulders. Around the bottom of the skirt is set a wide band of tut' to match. At a representation of "As Yon Like It" last week a very lovely-looking young arly among toe audience was attired in a stylish and elegant costume of fawn-colored Ottoman rep. the cord of the sheen fabric exceedingly heavy and showing a superb lustrous sheen upon its rich surface. The skirt wag laid in wide panels, with fan pleatings between toed of the dress goods, the panels elaborately embroidered with gray silk flowers outlined upon each hand-wrought device, with tiny plomb treads.

The coat of the same fabric was also bead-worked upon the front and bordered with golden beaver bandie as were also muff and prineesse bonnet, which had an extra decoration ef grey sea-swallows set above the narrow fur band whice bordered the entire bonnet. A pair of softest gray gloves of undressed kid. a large clester of real violets, and a golden brown Mind-painted satin fan depending front an entiqtle silver chatelaine were the tasteful accessories which gave artistic effect to this most ebarming costume. BRIDAL COSTUMES. At a Very elegant weeding up-town last Week the bride, tall, graceful blonde of slender but very beautiful fornewore a perfect-fitting princease dress the front of which was a mass cf pearl and erystal embroidery.

the long white satin train oaught up with elegant ornaments of pearl. Tie corsage was cut out heart-shape. and narrow bands of lace and pearl eeibroldery served in the fence of sieevete the toile Suede Saxe gloves nearly reaching to the betels. The bridemaids, three in number. wore Pik dresses, with vests covered with garnet bead embroidery and corsage bouquets of beueh buds, and sprigs of cape jaernineeand foliage mingled.

Garnet ornamente were worn upon bait, throat. and wrists. The bouquets were exceedingly large, and in addition each carried a tiny basket of exotics on her arm. Ttie bridees mother wore a trained dress of gray satin brocatelie. A young lady guest was attired in a unique toilet of ruby velvet.

trimmed with olive and gold-striped satin and velvet, the two fabrics made up in Oriental with abort slecces with wings," these held on the shoulders by antkiue elegise or hammered gold, quaintly decorated in brilliant enameling. A singularly elegant yet simple dress, worn by a lade from Pniladelphis, was formed of mauve satin, with a tong train cling-mg clogely to the figure. Across the frone was a graceful scarf drapery of real Spanisb lace. The Medici corsage was cut out square in the neck and edged with the lace, and beyond was the high satin freise covered entirely with white pearl embroleery. A large bouquet de corsage of pure white roses completed a MOtt LeC01111Jair and lady-like toilet.

The latest craze at Berlin is half a dozen Bella Coo la Indians from Vancouver Island, B. brought there by the Po itir traveler Adrian Jacobson. They were exhibited before the Anthropological Society of Berlin at Kroll's establishment, witb learned speeches by Prof. Dr. Virchow, Prof.

Bastian, and Dr. Aurel Krause, who proved to their own satisfaction at leastthat these particular Indians, as well as all North American Indians, are of the same race and origin as tho Japanese. WHAT LAST WEER HAS SHOWN. The week j11S1 ended has not been a notable one at ttie At tare plueve of amusement there has been no change of bill and at the others the new attractions have teen of a moderate type. The only thing occurring to the PS'fri curreut of affairs wee the titeformauce at eleVicker's Friday afternoon or the benefit of the Theatrical Mechanics' Benevolent A ieociation.

There wee the usual deuenneted performance of it benefit, when a eumber of companies participate, but the work was. as a weete, cleverly dome and was appreeetted crowded house. Tee honors were rather carried (el by Losina 'Yokes with "His Heine Wee Tr Liu 1.0 Pull" and by Pat Rooney in his least the most applause billowed their i forte. The result of the pertormance must have been satistactory to the to benefit wheel it was given. 'the business: hes Lei very eveniy divided aniene the theatres.

Itiitisen and Crane have teayed to inederittely good houses, the Vekes tempitne has lest little in drawing qualities wit it a week, and that successful jumble, "Tie: Tin Soldier," has been presented to least pieeng awl terwes. 'llitt Dinkins have dime wee at ileteey's, aud so have tee minSie la tee (. hientr0 tapeea-liouse. There has not been anti is litic likely to be a week in the seasen showing suee division of paDeaneto 'intone the at reeeere. The waning charms tit tiertorttniticeS giVen her the er NVI2k ties put tneln oti a piaue viith iess iiiihteni ions tint Ir.

shi attrections. telthme in the evee exhilet teera special ineetien it has tteu teaturcs et the performances at the Columbia and tit Rosins. Yokes has made hereelt a reverit here. awl the -(ehe is the feature of her manee IS WiiiSt led on trf, streets. t-iihe acts it ad in a way wait is eatening, and see Is iy iginal all the tinw to held with a rt tientil 0441 eli OW beele tee elks Le -lie 4 aiceiter IS as her plitte grebe-.

Lave Oti, and, etidiy ouougu, ehe ten sine unit Oct it I't Ttp, tear it re of the I I atilon performance at Deoicy's which so lees the observer is that Miss kate itavhs teaying the good Ordinarily the geed spirit in heything like Fantasula repreeetfed by a plump and pa-ant young peraen an attractive liguie and -watt about ae niece: cOnCtlition Or how a 'beret oient witen pJ.cn Shotlid eontete meseit as (if the or the dog-star. Miss Kate I etv the au litelee by v.oieeng a no traditions timi kilying the tart enaracter. EL; ritiormorn it is diSCOVOrcd that tniS lany. Who toe; cleeeet usuelly to ate rear in eliarieeete tett parecelarly attractive te tee trent rue-, lek a ligure ot het own stalhl the te UI arrayed in the simple and elegantly-Little garb of fairyland. A 1.t0LI RUSADE.

The suillee esaee mritle aeainst the apeieoivice is tO trataluz eeerite itt at iOrt in New Yoiet. It is observed that itionni.I, on the subs ket tithe views reit ulatea somewhat by the euality of their own al traetions. The veteran Semite' (ro niterviewed on the subject thits PAM', estel himself: Beal Loio'c1lo 5 a huniereus story, with a necessity to dramatic aellou In ita play in inch great acters ere aitedeci, and not it is as different trona what intIV call the tothed-woman exhibitiene t0 cen be. In the days heti actors like eir. Jeflerson appeared in it the puiete went, to It with just I'S much auto a-.

Won as they 04 tilt) snectsetilltr titiriesiiiitt comic opera that is so popular toaley. They saw a eilew, too. that had hothiug or about it. Now, in to beliete Om girls don't even wear trunke. NVhv, II'S otillairteotnt Want rXhitatiOn could be more than tnat Irvin ia ''anon' eild declare." said Mr.

Col- viee, it virtuous that did 1 cledet to the malt wile erotteet OVer Lydia Thompson's troupe. teink there was ever mere stelet nuiiy eilvree the plibile to if at en, eVeil When the 'veiled statuary created se much exeitelatint." Do you thine the audeinces regard Deem purely us scantily-teethed women rattier than et testee I enure fihanly?" listiaw: It they simply wanted to see the letnele torin divine in all its perfection it WIOl I Visit art galleries and look at state uaiee Even statuary is suegestive to the Intl-- of people. Au artist triend of mine in itrieens Mal a copy of tlie Greek Stave at tie offered shriw tin old lady whose tee-tine he wee painting. When he drew the curteins the old laity jumped back et ingot and tvianne '0, sn't linished yet. You got her clothes I always tniek that thI hely when I Visit One Ot these seectactea burieseues.

I expect will be gettele hit a Greek Stave balet next. atere are FoVcral that could as tor the. now and retelire eininge 1I 4N nil de you tienk that trio effect or all thia much staea. It muse as it panders to a tiegraded taste." Yet you have g.voii tillriesqUes yourself In which there have been apeetaeutar features, Itovo yoll I certainly have, but they were ballets that prelleriy be eteled se and without a suggeetion el Indecency about thernprolessional dancers, I hat ere under the direction of a bialtemasiee Nu one thinks of blushing at hainits iZtatid They are beautif ul, gr.teetni. LIULI 1 10111 see weat right to the word Millet' the atuazons in burlesque and comic opera have.

They are simply the elturus without any on Worth Mention De you think that the legititnate drama is in much danger rum the tjrail.i for burlesque?" "To lie sure it is. There is just about so Pinch money that is every day spent on amusements. It ene thcatre gets an undue share the there must eulter. NV heti the Black Crook' ktiS running, I believe tnat it averaged to hurt every other theatre in the city fleet) a night. lint you ran't drive the pubicthey Nviii go here they wont to.

it is a unstakea idea to so ppeee teat trio stitize is the aituier. Not at ele It must toliow tee public taste, and the VOW Wtifit ti hula form et eutertaintnent. it lies wen tho tninutgerS Whether that torm shall be bertniesly amusing or morally degradin. (net thing has Leen thoroUghly ectrinnbt rated td years, and that is that Shakespeereite productions have got to Le yen in very small to lie paying. The experience that Mr.

Ifeeth had with his theatre here will Prove that." lebei RAM FOR TIIE WEEK. There wi I Ue another week of The Comedy Of and "Fantitstua will held the beard at ilooleya. At tnetirand opera-House "'the Fin Seidler vet give way to "Mixed Pieloes," wheel was produeett here late last seasote elle J. B. leek has made something of a eueeese et his comedy in the East, and has settle tecver prepte with him.

inclueingAiex. Vincent. Milton leenterd. welts rage, J. W.

ker, airs. eel Smith. Miss Jtela A. Polk, Jen Christie, fuel elks Nellie Sheldon. Jett re s-Lee is 'will tenreht for the first hcr from Australie appear St he elel) Miss: Lewis has not been seen 4144re It)r nl.ary three years, lien She acted in "La Belie Russe." It is new livery ten jeers since she first came to Iles count: V.

playing tie leading temaie ill "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," 1 i mg. one et tml best of tne romantic actors Ilueintel has sent here. She tiecame a kibor. ation, and acted throughout the country with success. einee her return from Austreean zou tie has been playing in Freecisee suee rartS ILS taut I le.

Odette. Frou-Freu. and eteptiante in le Forget-MeZ'itet." She i I oecn in the last-named play. le'vset teeselp. Edwin Booth has it new rolethat of grand-lather.

Katie Putnam, who was recently very ill, la "The Pedal)" runs to good bueinese at the Third Avenue Theatre. New York. "We. Ca Sz Co." will be at 143 Oeera-lIouse in a week Leta lately presented Rusina Vokee with a with a tinttuond solitaire. The tit- ath or Mr.

Aiexander itemierson. the bustiand of Lydia Thompson. is announced. Arrargetuents nave been made with the for tile proluction of "The Black trout" at Chteago Opera-llouae. The NE! WTI Tho wee ono at tile went then others the entre type the 0 tOrliial or the be ne ft((intiec 111111Ler oi waS.

as a tat her cat NV a in his sped, tormance 0c.att. '111,) atIoltig th, tc company wit "Tit, nt leztAt )) Slrels Ilet beell scf1S011 Slit tl 0111- or I tutyt I mention I allyt's It os.e,4 littS here. awl vorlot acts II ad Is stillicit I lention apt stti vs chart! gra! she tail si tea IL)oopy's" kate letV rtly the lastita vnt yonnt watt aro btIIC 0t0I t110-1. 1101's AIISS KattLII vital that tht4 bear in to the tro In the sari Land. The sit rit 1 I -ret" berved ject tal(.

r-alh het lately, th "Heal IleOeSsity i inch W'rt I shell aet, the touch oat (lay. 'Eta ttv it's owl inure int ILttri III, wt II Oita t() uver JI tt.t, created Ito yt purely tiS LLIt'tC ti 1,1 ihe it wou of I trlt iit tile he tiIiLS tho 4-ti' (0 I lint 0 1.ra.; up a 0,1 11.10t-s 11110 It nit Yet which tit tiaA'e 3ot I cer CLIII II II'' thtacers a.lettna 111,3 Leek, ritzht to the eller Lion D.t jII Iii LICik RI, i1tlI1 M. oillet runi everY lint you it here I till. It I It shall la. (In strated ptareatt ry sin; that l'41r.

prove th There Cr Ei 1-0r tylar(2 at "Tilt) I iteaSoti. tlueceS in 111? 31.4s Jet Mtz at itot bet lie1 Si lilY 1141 C0ti :0 ter ill 0 Kt tth country Fru Edwin ILL (Lie Katie I a MUSIC VERSUS TECHNIC IN THE PIANO-PLAYING OF Melte HOPEKIRK AND OTHER PIANISTS. Male. Helen Ilopekirk's fourth and closing recital was attended last Tuesday by a large audience, the door reoeipts being among the largest ever taken in the city for a piano recital. The sympathetic appreciation and support betvveen the pianist and her audience were quite as marked as upon any former occasion, perhaps more so.

Counting the two recitals itl Milwaukee, Mine. Hoockirk has played no lesa than nine recitals in Chicago and vicinity since Dec. 31, six of them in Chicago. All of trie programs have been played without notes, and all, it is believed, with a memory nearly or quite faultless. As the repertory has embraced at least sixty comPositions, of ail gradei and schoole, this fact is a sufficient certiticate to the musical ability of the artist, for no person wantiug in genuine musical life could have retained find reproduced from memory so varied a list of works in so short a timea time allowing but little rehearsal for even the most difficult numbers.

In respect to the ease and sureness with which the artist accomplisLed this part of her work, entice Hopekirk takes rank with the best planiets WOO Lave been heard here. A most grazifying circumstance of her Chicago visit Las been the warmth of her reception upon her own merits solely, and without ans kind of advertitious managerial arts. In this respect her success has been ebencimenal, particolariy inasmuch as her playing is want-lug in certain quelities of technical perfectiuu wiiich other artists have taught us to expect. 01 these later. tier success anti personal populerity in Chicago rbst upon an honest liking for her as a simple, unattemed, and unpretentious personaiity, Rust au artist of characteristic and valuable gifts.

Her uneouvenGentility in arcss and mariner is the expression ot a quiet Intention of having her own way a way winch her unessurning manner renders inoffensive. As to mental gifts. Mine. Hope-kirk is well endowed. She is a person of wide readiug, of sympathetic intelligence, and genuine geed sense.

These points not on.y appeal. in her conversation; they come out lu her nlaying, ner readings being sensible rather than sensational. Tho peculiarly niusiece intelligence of her readinge is due to her posiession of what the Germans call vitaWtt.Nie, a spontaneous activity of maidnamely: in turning over. recombining, and originating mueical material. It her playing did not testify this quality in unmistakable terms, her cninpositions are so varied and so fresh as to leave no doubt upon the subject.

It is tins spontaneous quality in her playing, its sounding as If it might be the expresiecin of her own thinking, that renuers it ee attractive to the average hearer. In this respect she IS to be counted among the foremost pianist who have been heard In this city. The musical quality of her playing was often coexistent with certaiu technical shortcomInge clearly perceived by many and more or less felt by all; these were not to Dave been expected in a virtuoso. One of them has already been pointed outnamely: the uneue preponderance of tha thumb inai first finger la chorus. This delect rests eartly upon a lauity lialancing or tee hand in the descending stroke (so that the weight of it tails upon the thumb) and partly upon an underestimate of the degree of accentuation necessary for enabling the listener to teliow the melody with a minimum of effort, and, coneequently, with a maximum of pleasure.

The correction of it would have improved almost every page of every piece In the entire series. so pervasive is this fault. The other imperiection referred to was a want of finish in ail the passage-work. At the moment of present writing there is not recailed a singienadenza or brilliant passaire in any of the recitals wheel had really been in the sense that Josetty poLehes a paesege. For want, of the diligent pructice needed to do this, Mine.

Hopeisirk's piayiug, even in so comparatively easy a work as Choplins third ballade, relied to make the effect belonging to it. The rippling, purling effect or several ea the runs in this work under Joseirys fingers, and the nartieularly dazzling beilliancy of many of tire Leszt passages as played by him and by other virtuoso pianists, were ail wanting here. Each particular failure of this sort has to be set down as a lost opportunity of impressing the average bearer, and, it rimy be added. of expressing the cumpoeer. For it is not to be overlooked that Chopin and Liszt have intended just these briiiiant, rippling, purling effectswinch stood to thorn in the moment of composition as something poeticaily desirablejust as much so es the mouulations and the melodic pliraee()logy.

To fall short of this standard la public pertormauce is to lame the interpretetion by just, so much. The only queetion is as to whether there is an offset of greater sate. Opinions wili differ as to the relative worth of piano-playing like Sberwood's. Josetly's, Nine. Mme.

Carrefio's, and mule. Hopekirk's. That all eliould be alike is not desirable, for no one is perfect or all-sided. What Joseffy does is to bring certain pieces of ueic in order to iilustrate piano-playing. and his own plano-playing in particular.

Went Mme. Hopekirk does is to use the pianoforte for the purpose of interpreting certain tone-poems ot Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, and the rest. In the one case, music is sacrificed to mechanical perfection of performance. The instrument is made to sound at ita best; but Mr. dosellyes Hamlets.

Othellos, Jullet3, and other imaginary beings materiailza with extremely clear-cut corners and finesse cif trimming. Mine. Hapeldra's heroes and heroines materialize In something. like the "impressionist school of 1i-tinting; looked at in detail there is a blotch of green here. of brown there, a heavy line here, and so on.

From the proper lietance the blotches and heavy lines fall into place and the eseential effect of the scene is carried over to the beholdercarried over, it may be riaded, witb more directness and power, and wee Is misdirected attention to the unimportant than in line engravings and suchlike laborious methods of reprodueing linear beauty. Therelore it is not necessary to derogate from Mine. llopekirls'e playing to call attention to its technical linperfections. It is primarily a question of mental attitude on the part of the player, and in this an intereeting study for musical students in general. Mine.

ilopeeirk's IllUSiCal imagination is tel by its possessing so lame a store of the best tone-poems laid up in memory. Fed, also (en(1 tbis is the most important consideration), by the habit of playing a wide range of pieties. Just as soon as the pructice is lengthened and concentrated upon some one difficuit piece the imagination is dulled and bored by the process, at the very time erben its crdinary stimulus has been The peculiar staleness of most virtuoso piano-playing is due to this cause. The conclusion of toe hele metier is that Mine. Hopekirg deserves to be remembered as one of the most interesting players ever beard in Chicago.

Whatever one may conclude with regard to her wisdom as it virtuoso in foregoing virtuoso elects which are easily within her reach, there can be no question but that foe amateurs generally tier example is the very best possible. ITALIAN OPERA. Tomorrow evening the ladies will turn out in their grand tollete and the gentlemen in their Lest to welcome once more Col. Mapieson's tuneful warblers. Tee old-time rapport between Italian opera and rastuon will have a fresh oppotunity to show Itself.

Col. Maple-son is rather kind to the patrons of opera in the lovely original. With a single exception he will keep strictly within the precedents so long established and so fully observed by Strakosch and himself. elassenetni pretty opera of "Marion" is the only novelty; it leans upon Its nder brothCr. Bizet's "Carmen." Both are evidences of plucky Minnie Itauk'S perseverance.

Agains.t an endless succession or "Martha." "Lucia, Trovatore," eTraviata," eSonnambulas" and the like he for a long time struggled In vain. The veteran manager felt that he bad done his duty Liy posterity when be arta devoted forty years of nis lire to popularizing tiece favorit Managers Wallack, Daly, and Palmer, controlling the three permanent stock companies employed legitimately, struck their first blow at nudity by giving tor the Actors' Fund entertainments from which tights were rigidly excluded. They are open to the charge of sr-interest, of course, for their business has been badly hurt by the rivalry of successf ul shows of women. Moreover, Wallaek ana Daly have had on their stages the same kind of exhibitions which they now condemn; but their appeal tn decency is felt to be reasonable. It has suddenly become unfashionable to go to burlesques, and the rare and radiant belles of Fifth avenue who can gaze on a grand-opera ballet without a wink now decline to see Amazon marches.

Much of this sentiment is an outcome of the numerous flagrant scandals that have made some of the beautiful burlesquers notorious, and the rest may be set down to mere whim. Luckily for Wallack, Daly. and Palmer, their leading actresses at present are free of public reproach, and dierefore can impersonate respectable heroines without any suggestion of incongruity. They are Ada Reban, here pictured lo the centre of the Annie Robe at her right and Marie Burroughs at tier lett. All handsome and of a type enabling them to enact society heroines agreeably.

when he's small. It is undoubtedly true that a man often chooses his pursut in life with direct reference to his being able to look it. The lean, lauk, and salow is apt to become a poet; the chap with an uncommonly straight spine goes to West Point if be can; the possessor of a sober, honest face gets into a bank; the sorrowful visage sends its owner into the ministry, and so on. The most interesting study of self-complacency and perfect certainty arising from a know-thyself kind of knowledge is afforded by the New York society belle WOO chances to be beautiful. Gilbert has a habit of making the sopranos in his operas assert their own loveliness placidly.

It was so with Patience and Yum-Yutn, and tne examples seem to have been potent, for I have observed that our social beauties are hardly less Openly conscious of their charms than their professional sisters. It was one of the almost perfect creatures at a Patriarchs' ball to whom a rapt and somewhat bewildered beau remarked: You are quite the loveliest girl hereyou are, indeed you are." "But have you looked around thoroughly?" she calmly inquired. "0, yes; I've seen every woman in the house, ana I assure you that you're by far the most beautiful." Then Miss hasn't belle said, in a casual manner that outdid rum-rum's declaration that she is the most attractive girl in all tne world; there's nobody else In society with whom I am comparable." Ilow can a pretty girl help iinding out about her comeliness when persons reflect it as quickly and clearly as mirrors do? At every step she sees expressed in glances and hears it In some form of words. Why shouldn't she accept the unanimous opinion? When she treads on the mass of gout and rheumatism that an old curmudgeon calls his foot, and sees him grab up the agonized thing, sbe I tw.w.g...,-- 4 Vt Ai? 0 tic. I 1---- Tok--7' i I i a 1 -N 1...

16 4 4' '4 mo' rAk 1 Ge Great distress reigns among the working population at Mcerane in Saxony. Most of them had to take their scant furniture to the pawnshops, 184 families not betng able to even retain a bed to sleep in, while nearly all the rest have nothing left but one bed, which has to do for the whole household. Typhus-fever has broken out in consequence, and committees are now being formed to find beds and bread for the needy. In view of the expulsion of 30,000 Russian and Austrian Poles from the eastern provinces of Prussia, andcilismarck's declaration that the Prussian Government intends to drive out the large Polish land-owners by buying up their estates and converting them into small holdings at a perpetual rental, it may be of some interest to know the proportion the Polish population bears to the total population in their respective There are In all 12,684,000 Poles, of whom 7,000.000 live In Russia, 3,230.000 in Austria. and 2,454,000 in Prussia.

In the latter country only the four eastern provinces are inhabited by Poles, and in only one of themPosenare they in the majority. the proportion bemg: In East Prussia, 1,434.000 Germans, 350.000 Poles; West Prussia, Gern3ans, 470,000 Poles; Posen, e10.000 GermansIll 810,000 Poles; Silesia. 000 Germans and 740,000 Poies; in the aggregate Germans and 2,450,000 Poles, or seventy-two Germans to twenty-eight Poles in a hundred. As will be seen, tbe German population outnumbers the Polish nearly three to one, and it appears strange that, such being him case, the moral weight and influence of tho majority, assisted as it is by its higher civilization, should not he sufficient to Germanize the minority, and that so broad measures as the expulsion of whole familieswidows and even orphansinvolving the destruction of great business interests, should have been found necessary. A fatal Christmas present was sent to the family of: a mechanic living at by relatives in Pomerania.

It was a ham, not of an American but of a Pomeranian bog, of which the recipients freely partook. At last reports the mealtime and his wife had died and all the children were suffering terrible tortures from trichiniasis. At Hamburg all the slaughtering-houses in the export business have closed their doors since New-Year's on account of the excessively high prices prevailing in the live-stock market, which precluee the possibility of competition with the American product in foreign markets. This proves to be productive of great distress to the poorer Masses, as it deprives them of the cheap meats. not wanted for export.

which they were accustomed to buy at the 63i.t:3.?,:''' -A 4 1 J-I- ,,) 0s---. er ,4 ..11... 44-6 6 --f, ir I 1 i 'I ti, I 1 it. i )11 ,1 ii RIOTOUS SOCIETY' PEOPLE. Society Itself tilde it bard to be altogether graceful and seemly.

For instance, the very people who profess to be so extremely polite are notoriously riotous in their onslaughts upon the refreshments at balls and receptions. The rush and scramble al the tables were so violent at this week's Delmonico assembly that a Jerk was driven by collision into a girl's mouth, wnere it made a painful wound. The telles are expected to smile superior to the emptying of wineglasses on their exquisit toilets, and to show no annoyance when greasy viands are dropped into their atm tape, but this one screamed loudly as soon as the fork was pulled out of her palate. So difficult is the task of distinguishing the-nselves by polite ways from plebeians that several of the scions of have given it up, and have on several ceremonious occasions appeared in suits of the usual swallow-tail cut, but made of pearl-gray material. Thus they are not mistaken or waiters, and 'awkward blunders are avoided.

LEADING THE GERMAN. The funniest of disasters, and yet extremely regrettable to the victim. a lively little man wbo excels in leadIng the german. Military maneuvres are nothing compared with the evolutions through which be can put the fifty to a hundred couples engaged in a german. His preparations are comprehensive and careful.

but this time he made an awful miscalculation. On examining the floor of the bail-room the day before he found that it had become a little roughened ey ttse. Therefore be sent his dancing-shoes to have the soles polished like glass in smoothness. He put them on, and at length stood on the field of command in them. Horror! The floor bad in the meantime been scraped and waxed until it was as slippery as new ice.

The time to start the german had arrived. He dashed desperately forth. All in vain. He might have skated over that surface, on which the common-shod dancers had to move with caution, but he couldn't walk. Up went his feet, down came his bead.

O. but it made a thud! The stunned leader was helped out into an ante-room, where he dazechy declared that somebooy else must take his office. Then came Genius to the rescue. "Heat your soles," counseled Genius, and they'll stick sufficiently to the waxen floor to give you foothold." That was done. Before commencing, and at every available in A tragic occurrence is reported from Sommerach In Bavaria.

A young girl, who bad found a pocketbook containing ten marks and bad Immediately turned it over to the owner. was charged by the latter with having appropriated therefrom flveopfennigsone and a quarter cents. She was found guilty and sentenced to oue day in prison. Overcome with shame, tbe girl bas disappeared, and every indication points to the presumption that she has taken her own life. The owner of tte pocketbook bad not beea lynched at last accounts.

eOrint von Tattenbach, General of Infantry, has died at Munich. does not fly from impending wrath, for she knows that she can lace it out with the fair visage that nature has given to her. Blest if you ain't the only on in the house that could be so Internally careless and awkward, be raged; and then he looked up at her, his grimace became a itstorted sort of grim smile, and be apologetically added, without gettinsr damned for it." This was simply one more victory of matter over mind. PATRONS OF ART. Fashion has taken up art in New York unprecedentectly thiS winter.

This picture shows the Academy of Design, which is the place of several annual exhibitions. The bui.ding is so distinctly venetian in architecture that it looks like something utterly foreign. the more so as its surroundings, at Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street, are made up of contrastingly ordinary structures. In reality, a small proportion only of the art shows are given within these ornate walls. Artists dissatisfied with the management of the Academy get up frequent rival collections, some ot Ws importers Pauline Lucca's recovery from the illness contracted during her engagement in Southern Russia is remarkably slow.

She is still unable to move about her room without the help of a cane. But the physicians awree that her malady la not of a daugeloas character. .0.