:v. ' I ', . ',. t ; THE SCIt ANTON TRT11UXE SATURDAY MOTtNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1893. 8 News of the Qreee Room aed Foyn There la always more or less com plaint from certain iiarters. says the 'Minneapolis Tlmvs, that the degeneracy of tlie drama fort-tolls a speidy ruin of all that Is truly artistic and beautiful ,011 the stage. This Is the pessimist's View. There 4s no degeneracy of the drama, save In the efforts of the new school to break Into the established in stitutions by 'the Introduction of tilings the people are rel us-iug. And because rln; public will not have this new drama or the time there is a ery that art Is no longer In demand. As a matter of ttutli, the people are only going bar!; by natural methods to Hrst principles. They are casting aside the erotie play of recent creation for the whob'sonie comedies and tragedies thrrt are always In demand. It is not degeneracy. It Is only an improvement that to the new school looks like a backward step. No 'butter company than that of Rose I'ouglilan last season was ever seen !n Vi5tern playhouse, but reports from the leading !".iv-urn cities of the coun try showed that It did not attract first class audiences, because people did not want a play of the relit of "A Woman ft Xo ItniHirtauee." In Minneapolis, and the Wosterncitles. thoohjectlonable pl.iy was dropped and the company re pel vet! the generous supimrt Its excel lence merited. When Mr. Wlllard fol lowed " Woman of No Importance." a week later. In the East, with whole some plays. In whioh were wholesome comedy and plain truths, from the lives ,of plain people, although with a com pany vastly inferior to that of the LVshhm company, the theatres were everywhere filled. The pessimist cries aloud because of the success of "Old Kentucky" and "The Old Homestead." and Is full of woe be cause some second rate-actor, who rep resent Hamlet or Richelieu that Is no-t recognised by the audit n-ee. Is not Five-ted by paekiil houses. There Is no reason why comedies like those men tioned should lack success. They rep resent actual life, and are well played, and because " the legitimate" inade quately renrp-sented does not attract large and enthusiustle crowds, the cry that we are not artistic goes up. 't Is to the credt:- of our good sense as a nation thait we arc natural enmgh to go and pay to see things that we like. It has no reflection upon our in telligence thnt we prefer to see "Alabama"-or "Shore Acres" to Janau Fheek's "Lady Macbeth." The tired man of business sees to the playhouse to be amused, not to take up a nv line of study. If he Is tired of comedy, h will go 'to see a well acted anil ade quately stage production of "Hamlet" In his own tongue, not a garbled ae pount of a story that the master so per fectly grave, and Chat we have learned to know almcst by heart. remedy contiuts to draw Its thou sands year after year, and so do the good, wholesome plays, such as i!r given by Marlowe. Mansfield. Keene, F-aivlnl and others. There is no degen eracy In the honest field of the stage. nr comedy may differ from that of b.'i) years ngo. but If a man's name be penman Thompson or 'Pyonlsius pim ple, who should there be to en re? Tile new form of comedy brings more laughs than the old form did. and thnt Is what comedy Is for In these days of olirnric cirs and time table business men. Tall: about the deceneracy of the mi t b-gClniat" forrrs of dnma! How long as is it since Henry Irving played "'.look- t." "The Uelle," "I'.-mR" "T'o Lyor.-s Mall," and other things in America for something like eighteen wp"Vs, and hM receipts were more than balf a million dollars. Nat Goodwin dragged through a season of depression, was 111 part of the time, and was con stantly threatening to quit his tour, yet he wound up more than $10.0,0110 ahead of the game. He was playing American comedy, and the American comedy of the conventional school, too. When did Julia iMarlowe fall to score a success in (Minneapolis and other live Western cities? No, the stage is not degenerating, un less it bcthat the refusal of the public to patronize a new school of salacity ii degeneracy. The erotic drama has had "Its day. Oscar Wilde and his "Lady Wlndemere'si Fan," and the school they .represent, have passed. They were too irank for the educated American taste. Tiut there Is always someone to bewail the passing of 'She old days the discon tented fouI that takfs a has-been for 4its argument. There was no day In which the drama was as well off as It is today. It never took In so much money at the front door of the theater, and It never puld out so much at the stage door. There was never so many lacliffl and gentlemen In the profession, and never so many students and think ers. There are fewer drunkards and more rich men who are actors now than ever before. It Is not a profession of has-beens, but a profession of to-bes. Alodjeska's new plav, "The Career of Tt'-tty Hingkton," Is by Clyde Flieh. The story Is that of nn aetrers In the time of George II., who runs the scale of success from beautiful youth to th" triumph of mature genius, and then in rrlvacy (crows old and finally dies In penury. I'.elow Is Elwyn narroti's summary of It. as embodied In a letter from London to the Chicago Times llorald: Among tho numerous admirers of P.cily has been a handsome but rakish young liuke, well meaning enough, but shallow, yu.n and desirous to win Lctty chlelly as a persons I triumph in possessing onu R'horn all the world seemed to tie seeking. Hetty, who Is an odd mixture of fine senti ment, lofty ideas and ipurely selfish vani ties, eagerly accepts the duke, it be.ng ugreed between them ttiat she shall qu,t the stage on their marriage.. The duke, by the wny. Is several years younger than lietty. The play opens on (he wedding night, the occasion of lietty farewell to the ttage, and fiho Is playing Hen trice 1n the presence of a brllfiunt audience. Most Ingeniously all the vital characters lire Introduced, und we learn here that there Is nn older man who loves Hetty with a profound, sincere and reverent affection, and thnt he rather than the duke is her ffctintr -male, and already we perceive thtt tho duke -has a wandering eye that I'ghts upon another actress, younger, prettier, l'veller than IleWy. The Inevitable comes' iiiHoii, ana netiy renutes unntippmc a from hnr marriage, A peculiar prirle and womanliness Is developed out of her frlvol 'ty by her Bufferings. At last In the pres ence of her husband she proclsims her love for.her former sniitor, and throwing herself Into this man's arms, laughs out .her contempt for the duke and bids the other take herawoy where they mny live open in their love. Astonished and d'ir gusted, the duke, who is not altogether a bnd sort, quits the room. The moment he ' deports her whole manner changes; she repulses the man who, taking her at her word, urges her departure with htm, and tells him, whnt the audience very well knows, thnt nil this scene has been no more than act'ng and thnt she loves her husband niedly. Madly, indeed, since her poor wits fall ihto ruin under the pressure of this unshared love, and we see her In the miserable e,uprters where she has lived liwognito for some time; the dis traught nVnd glimmering tho Intelligence r AtkiMi linn. lilt, .la.l, in nMuAtit It is a sndly pnthrt'e scene, and yet its deepest tones of sadness nre sounded by the touch of comedy, fietty lives over gain that glorious right In her life with wiim me piny openen. nne :s ai ine theatre; there are heaps of Mowers about her; he bows right and left ti mnjestv and nollity; she mke the little sneer-h of farewell she made that happy night When she told them she was to begin a 'carry their good wishes for her iappl- nesB, and when she turns them Is the 1tko," hastily summoned hy the wretched 'poor attendant who has shared Retty's poverty, and who has learned only this Bight iron) har rambling ipech that aha A Spirited Defense of tlis Stage of Today .Chat About the Player Folk. is the famous Hetty Singleton who mar ried the duke. And she throws herself Into his armsvet not into his, but into those of that young duke her light mill adored 111 I he brill ant hour of In r life mid loved down to the moment where the tluikencil m. ml gave its expiring Hash of liyli! and then went out forever. The ci.niedy met Ini l Is praserve-l throughout, and in a very ingenious and cl-ver nvin n r. Itcttv never loses her l.gliiiu , h -r vanity-Ir. (lev of the I ilct concern this ..1 ....,.. 1 1 : II, a a n. v- enwi-lli.ss 01' n '1 ,;,)..,, ne.l'tv, iv.t.til'iir 1 liM-n mill n rlaii for rouge win a the I. got g.M s oiii. You know it is rieht clever nr'i-t who can give you the t!i lies of lHiighter w'l'i the t.-.irs of e brok"n heart I'r.pp'ng fror.i them, and thn. It seem to me. Civile I-' teh ha done 'n Mod.l -ska's in w play, "The Career r.f lietly Sin.-I -tnti," the heroine of which you will per ceive to belt female I'.ciij lirutmnell. Walter Sanford's great scenic pro duction, "The Klrucgle of Life." will be the attraction at the Academy of Music on -Monday and Tuesday next. In this era of mclodrautas it is refresh ing to moot with a r.ovelty in this particular branch of diamatl:- con struction; this Is what i cl aimed for Walter Sanfotds' great scenic produc tion. "The Struggle of d.iie." which is something nkln -to a revelation iu this line. From the rising of lh.' curtain to the falling of the same the Interest never lags, the humor never losiiisT It;' piquant llavor, and the entire piece goes rippling merrily onward to nn up Toarious termination. The governmer.t having had such luck pursuiiii: tho whiskey trust Into fcs hole, has now attacked the cord age trust, and means to tlnd out why these little schemes nourish. When the l'.H'ts are guthercd the federal grand Juries in I't- ton. Now Yotk and l'hll.i deiphU will be requested to look ii.'.o these cases. If this tiling keeps on nil the rich men wlil.be in jail. This will be a good thing for the asses sors. They -will not be bothered hunt ing up our millionaire and trying to make them own up to the possession of property. We shall simply have to elect a sheriff us the assessor. We are happy to announce to all and sundry that jolly N'elllelM'iHenry and her cycle comedy, "The l leycle Ciirl." is 110 trust. At the Academy of Music Wednesday evening. That merry farce. "The Prodigal Father." jollier and mere sparkling than ever, v lll be fl.-.shed on the peo ple at Pvtvis' theater for three nights and matinees, beginning Monday, Sept. PI. New funrnakers, new specialties, the latest songs and parodies serve to make the funny farce, row in its fourth year, fresh und more Irirresi ing than ever. Since its last pnpea ranee in this section of the country "The Prodigal Father" has been tillered from a straight coined;. Irto a rollicking and jovial farm comedy. A number of clever vaudeville stars have been added to the cast and the comedy is more than ever up-to-date. The announcement that Mr. Cits Hcogo. a comedian who h.-.s endeared himself to the theeter-gclng public, throughout tl-o land, rs soon to be s-v.n in an erdirelv new play of his own crca tio.i, will nraitse more than ordinary Interest In this rlty. "A Yenulne Yen t'efran" Is the characteristic title Mr. HeeL'o has bestowed upon his latent work and t will be presented f't Acad emy of Music Thursday evening, Sept. I Ti. I he pl.'.v Is described as a comedy I drnma and its scenic embellishment win give it me importance or a verv elaborate production. The ntifhor will be seen 1n the principal role and Mana ger L'tt has surrounded him with a company of unsual merit. CHATTI'P. OF TIIR STAR3: Vmion! Is in Tendon. MansfiiM Is seriously 111. Ifoyt has fiv companies. Willanl will art here in ISM. The 7.111 put nns are in Tierlln. Clara Morris will revive "Odette." Jimmy Powers wMI not act this season. Nat Ooodwin will give Carlcton's "Am h.tion." W. T. Carleton is singing on the vauje vilie staire. Jeff De Angolis will star next reason in a new opera. Mr. Pinero's new play is railed "Tho Itenrflt of the Doubt." "My Son Pan." Harrigan's new play, is a le-j timate domestic drama. Comedia Crane's company Includes Kl wln Arden nnd Kleanor Harry, A set-to between two game cocks Is a feature of "The Wieklow postman." f'.oiton Is to' have a theater devoted ex clusively to comic opera next winter. "Marmlnn," the new iplav which honb James wIM present this season. Is an a iiiptnt'on of Scott's poem. At Hooon nn attar-ho of Pain's "Car nival of Venice," while intoxicate,), cave aw:iy l.? pusses to the show. .lam'-s O'Neill will produce n m.r ,,j.,y this aenson by A'iguste Vneipierl", entitled "The Dream of M.uhew Wayne." Sarah liernhardt is to act the part of the I'mnrcfs Josephine in n ,!ly writ 'en for her by Kmllc Hergt-rat und called "I.cj Divorce Imperial." f.'ount Tolstoi's "Anna Karcnlna" has been dramntlzcd -In French. In the li. t act the heru ne Is run over by a ra'lroid tra'n in full sight of the audience. F.ugene Jepson. late of the Clrard Ave. rue Hioek company, has signed with Au Kiistin Daly, in supimrt of Airs. Janus brown Poller nnl Kyrle liellew In "Do Collier dq la Ue'ne." John Fiirrleeton. who is look'ng after Aiigustln Dcly's Intere'ts In Dondon. is one of the most Tiopnlnr member: of Ihn American colony In the city of manv fogs. Despite his five yenrs' residence abroad, he Is as much an American as ever. Frank O. Cotter announce the follow ing actor for the cast of "For Fair W i' n n." which roes on the road Kept. I'd: Hn Whytnl, Mrs. Tt'iss Whvtal. Carleton Maey, Mibe Knnwles, Dlttle Dnttie J!ri;i coe, Jihn Wooilwaril and Felix J. Haney. John Iirew will (.lay only three nlchts on his way from San Francisco to New York. In addition to "That Imprudent Couple," he has "Christopher. Jr.." a new piny by Anthony Hope and Kdwnrd Hone, a new play by Malcolm Watson, in his repertory. The Dlghy Hi II Opera eomnnny la now completed. The cast wdl Include. In nddt fon to Mr. Hell, Mrs. Laura .Invee te, M'ss Josephtre Knapn, Miss CL-irn Jewell, Miss Delia Htaeev. David 1,'thgoe. Will 1nm Thomas. William Cotlllrs, Robert F.vans and !ee Allen. John T. Sullivan has been engaged by Charles V, Atkinson and William ("aider for the part of Tom Chichester In Sutton Vane's melodrama, "In S'ght of "St, Paul's," which will hnve 1t first produo. t on In America at the TJowdo n Square theater, Horton. Sept. 30. Miss F.dytbn Chnpmnn, who foi the last three yinj-s has been the badinn vttress of the Frederick Wnrde-Douls Jnme rom pnny, will come before the publ'ij next year as a star on her own noeount. Ibr repertory will prohnhlv Include Rosnl'nd, Juliet and two or three other flhnkfs penr'nn pnrts. M'ss Chnpmnn la this season the lending actress of Robert Man tell'a eomipany. Imro Kiralfy hns built a theater at Earl's court which Is fhourht fi be the largest In the world. It Is VI feet long by KO feet wide, nnd he he'ght from the grnnnd ! 117 feet. The roof la 'n a a'ngle sprn. Tho stare Is S15 feet W,iP py ino feet deep, nnd the ro"cen!um has an onrnlnir of 1M1 feet. There Is a deen pool of water nn'lene.Hh the stage fcr the flostlnf of real fh'ns when they are r" onlretl 'n thn prodi)et'on. The flrpt of these r.neetiiclea la cell "India." London Letter In Dramntip News. John Hare hns ben strongly advised by many of his American friends to present while In America one or more- of the se ries of Robertson romedles which made hla managtTK nt of the old Court theater, London, ao noteworthy an era. Henry Irving end nviny other of Mr., Hare's Ra l.'h trenils are 1110 s.i.d reconiiiiiiitl t.his course, rio far it iias been detuiltely itecld-d nut to include in tlte repertory v( the liurrii k Then:-r cx-mpany for Amer ica .Mr. t'oiirr'alin's roined'etta, "A tjii'.ei KuI'lH-r." Sydney firunly's "A I'ulr f.f fliectucles" end A. V. l'inero'a "The No turt.es ,Mra. liblism th." lieyt's " t'ontciite I Weiir.n" mad a b:t n r.ufT.i'o lart week. Ti e play reals with tit.' w-imau's rirht questlja. 'l'-' ace ne Is laid in lenver, where women rROGRESS OF THE Review of the Week's Developments, Considered from a Pennsylvania standpoint. The exposition grounds at Atlanta are now the center of a series of t vcll ing scenes. Kvcrythlng Is rush and bustle. IA "Hurry Fp" committee has been apiMiinted .to hasten the work on the administration building and Us members are likely to have a lively time In a similar cnipleymctit with regard to many olher utrmniuvs. Uivat exclte ln.uit was caused the other day by the arrival of hlx big freight cms, each of which was placarded "Here is a car load of girls bourn! for the Cotton States exposition. Take g.Mni rare of them. 1 hey are modest and will not bear rough haiulllvg. They come from II. Mullin's manufactory at Salem." Crowds of people gathered and the different expressions heard were enter taining, "l'.y Jove! Cirls! Carload!" "Let 'cm out! Let's see 'eml" "Fac tory girls I reckon!" "No; Japs. That'a the way they travel In Japan." "tilt olf the tocks; can't you see 'taint not'oin' but ilrant Wilkins' statues." "-Hut they're girls. Read It. Cat loa J of girls bound for the ex posit Ion." Hence It was a bi-, .surprise to many when the cars were opened nnd big bronze and tin statues were tumbled out. There was a carload of angels with buttering wings. Another load of oung women were attired similar lo some of the living pictures In "W.r" that s shocked several S Tautonlans tho other night. Columbus waa the' only man in one of the cars nnd he didn't mind It at all. Among the sdntues Just placed this week Were the magnificent iK'tires de-si'.-ncd by Miss Mercer, of Pittsburg, for the woman's building, the cost of which will be defrayed by the wo men of .Pennsylvania. A portion of the $."iiui needed has been received from Sera ntonla ns. Among Pennsylvnnlt nrtlsts whose pictures appear in the nrt galletv are ,1a net Wheeler. C. Kstellc Filler. T. II. l.lnton, A. iM. Friedlander, C. N. Young, Ida Waugh, whose color studies of f.ibrlc" nr.- ci we'l kn"wn' Curl Weber, Williamson, Vnunnh, Trego, ib niy Tliouron. who Is a frequent vis itor at Crystal Lake; Sword. Alice Har bor. Stevens, whose Illustrations in Har per are so familiar to every reader; Prosper T. Stuart. Kmlly Sartans. P. Cresson Schell. K. V. Scelev, Cope and Richardson, W. T. Price, Jennie nro-.vnscotnb, W. T. 'Richards, Kdwnrd Hodlleld. T. IJoblnson, Lee IMerritt, Night comes, world-jeweled; The stars rusli forth in myriads, as to wage War with the lines of darkness. Hniley. In the accompanying diagram the poi t'ons of the brighter objects In the heavens nre given Tor the l,',h us tliey will npp-iir at X p. tn. Almost exactly In the zenith is the constellation Cygnns or the swan, whose principal slurs iirruniiod N Cnpjas. , UTTLJ. BEAR CASCfOPEA . , CCPHEU5 Wptcrffiei Fegascs Eagle: Cap?icoi?nus filves 1 en ton of principal constellations nivl stars nt ft p. m., Supt. Vi. Names of conslel'-iCfi'H are In capital letters, of individual stars In small letters. To get the CDiilig'irnlioii as si en ,y :m observer, hold over lieml w.-lh fioint marked N toward the nor'h. Only tho brighter and characteristic stars of each group aie shown in the diagram. in tlie for.n of n. lrrge cress Is a conspic uous landmark in the heavens, Jut westward is too brilliant star Vegii, the most prominent in tlie cousteilat.on of the l.yre. Tnis Is the star which will in b.'.Oi.'il years or so do service ns the Pole, star, owing to the slow shift ng of the earth's 11 x is of rotation, e Hymn, which is the northern of the two fainter stars Just east of nnd making nn equilateral tr'nm.'le with Vcgn, is Interesting 11s bi'.ng a double star easily resolved by an opera glass. It mny even be seen double by a keen eye iinasslsteilhy a glass. In reality tM-h component thus seen Is nlso double nnd If Is thus a rpindruple stnr, but n pow-e-ful instrument Is needed to disclose this fact. About hnlf way from the zen'th to the western horizon Is Hercules, unmarked by nny conspicuous stars; Just north of It is the Northern Crown whose name Is so Accurately descriptive thnt one can bold ly miss It. Northwesterly from hero RURHM. IT ""'Uran' 'll3! This diagram shows the position of the plnneU h the ecliptic nt 8 p. m Dept. 15. Tho arrow Indicates tho direction of dnlly rotation. Tho outer circle itIvm ih Ik. : 11 1. lh. '- thn nnnnl.tlntlnn ' nootls is Just setting with Its orignt red Uur Arcturus by far tho most conspicu ous object In that part of the sky. How In the northwest In the Great Hear, more fa miliar to most as the Oreat Dipper, Tho two stars Duhhe and Morak at the farther r ile of tho bowl po'nt almost exactly to tho pole-star and are on lied the "point ers." In the northeast Is Coss'.opaea whose arrangement in the form ot a groat W at once arrests the attention, .Just rising; In the northeast Is Perseus, In which is the ramorkable variabl qtur Algol. This f tar may voe and hold otTlc. Mrs. Renton iioitne isCiniueeil, afleru quarK-l with her liusliand, tu rim lor mayor ai oppua.t on to him, and succeeds in defeating iiiin. When she llnds at the lust minute that to hold olllce menus the practical bivsk'ng iu of her home, (he rceognit'tui of women of qucst'onuhic ctiaractcr and the ltuis of all retur n!; lalliieiicts in her home l'fe, she withdraws, bapiy bccmise It is dis covered she Is not of sge. and becomes a eentente.l wn.Tmn. tiroline Ai.Kkcl-iiu t played tho "New Waniati." ATLAMA SHOW. Cluirl. s Tial.ii.l. Paul Laehenmcytr, .bdm UtmOcil, Ivopfmnn, Tlioinas Ka k Ins. I'.lauche Dlla'io, Sara Hale, lAid son, Katherlue'r. I'm soii, C C. Cooper, KlUialniih Ho r.rll, Susan K. l'.radle;', ii. II. Hrcckinriil-ie, C. cilia IV.iivo. H. . Hrisbin, Schult7. '. r'va P. .;': "" ltnidlcy, J. Carrol Heckwlth, Ci. Rrown, M. iA. Huibank. one v.u-.u.i c-.--.--- in the womans building and Mrs. Chill; llovvell requests that u working exhibit of miniature painting be placed therein. Any woman can make plenty of money who wjll thus exhibit her work nnd take order.", particularly ns miniatures are now the rage, when every woman wants to see her face ban Jed down to pastel it y on Jewel rlmmed ivory, in all tin- delicate tints that this exquisite art portrays. The .Midway .it Atlanta will be a great fealuie, ns it was tit the World's fair, only .!t Is called "Tlie Terraces" In this ease. The streets of Cairo tire (hi re, uhe Chinese village, tile lletman village, the palace of Illusions, a beauty show, which is lo lie a genuine beauty sl'.ow, t nd not one where the recruits come from the city hotel kitchens; a mirror maze, Oi l Vienna, Hlarney Ca tle, Dahomey, and gooclnc: . knows how many more atilrictlons will be seen. Mis. J. sepb Thompson, president of tile board of lady inai:a.',i is. In ti wnmnn to be envied this week. She linn. In her rooms at the Kimball, the famous ool l"itl'in of Jewels belotuing to Mrs. Pembroke Jones, for whom a man from Tlfi'anay's seerched two years making the collect Inn. iMany of tlie Jewels are priceless In value, numbering antiques, odd In. tav.llos. Circassian bid's of beaten gold. F.g ptlun scarabs, miniatui'is S"t In rubles and diamonds. Among them Is a portrait of the Kmpress Josephine set In pearls, besides precious stones of modern design impossible to de scribe. They will also be seen In the woman's building. The liberty bell will go to Atlanta early In October, The Scroll ton Iron Fence company may possibly supply the fence that will protect the old bell ftom the eager throngs, it will bo placed In a better location than at the World's fair. 01 this occasion being lo cated in n pavilion outside the Penn sylvania bnlMiag, w''rre it will be guarded night nnd day. Probubjy a number of Sernntonlans will neeom nanv it he committee thnt u-ill travel I with the boll. hns a period of about three days, but It pusses through Its faint phase with sta-t-llng rapid'ty. losing live-sixths of Its light In ii Don t four hours tind as raii'.dly regain ing lis usual brightness. About half way freni the zenith to the eastern luir'znn is the constellation Andromeda, throuih whose br.ghlcst star, Alphorctz. passes the llrst meridian. That is, a I 110 drawn thioir-'li the Pole-sbir and Alphorctz will cut the counter at the vernal eoiiinnx. In I tlie east is Pegasus, three of whoso bright- .ej G KATE ZA?, sagittwjS est stars with Abihorelz make a striking group known as the Oreat Sipuire of Pegasus. Very low In the southeast Is the southern lish marked by one bright star, Fouialhaut. Not for south of the zenith, a little lo the east. Is 11 small lozenge shape lliiiire or four stars known ns Job's Collin, wh'lc due south and a little further from the zenith is the bright star Altai!', marking the Fugle. Auullu Is the middle and brightest of 11 row of three bright slurs. Hnw iu the sou Hi is Sngltturlus, mid west ward lies Scorpio with Hie grent red star Anlares marking Its heart, nnd the whole group adding splendor lo that quarter of the heaven. Hut over and above nil stretching from Perseus in the northeast, through Cnss'o pneit nnd Cygnus nnd the Faglo to Sn gittiirius ami Scorpio In the southwest broods the great inch of the Milky Way. Hlletitly but gloriously It witnesses nic vaslness of the universe and tho Infinity of the undiscovered that lies beyond our ken. The plnnets, those Interesting wander er among the celestial population, uro not In position to be of Interest to the casual observer as the accompanying diagram showing their position will indicate. There Is A partial eclipse of tho sun on the 18th, visible in Australia and Now Zea land. On the ld, at 1 o'clock a. m the aun enters t.bra nd autumn bejlns . ,. . ; ...... k B. Uttell. r - - ' HrRCULES I I 4 ' .1 c-iy,-.,.,, 7 I ' Gathered So the World of Melody. In the Intoxication of the theater, wkti the lights, the lnagnllicent music and the brilliancy which are ivcngiilK.'d coinpoiif nis of grand opera, Hi:1 casual apectator ilms not stio lo think of iiis Kt.tge ideals In their e veryday, private character. While, to a certain degree, tli ? private individuality of an iirlis c l.i 110 business of the public's, neverthe less there Is a charm about dramatli! Ci lehritii fl which IntllleilCeS liic thoiigliti'ul mati ur.d endears thm t 1 the hiiniiin'nrfi ctioiis as well as to tho ai'Lisilc li ti ll:;,i 111 e. While the aver age public cares very little, rav: III a curious or go: sipy way, for the minute ( haracti 1 1st lea ol stage favorites, there Is, ut the ;anio time, a large number of arl-lovlng people to whom th"ir fa vorites become friends as well as Ideals. To these 1111 artist's career Is always of as much I nil rest as their lyric iie'.iiev" nients. iMadanie Pasta Tavnry, who hciid.-i tip' Tavnry tliand Opera com pnny, which will soon be heard In Soranten, is a woman nrou'id whose pa rep r cliif.tcr Hie Immortelle.! (,f purity and esteem. Ii:-r success lias been mad" upon a purdy artistic basis, and her life, as the artist and Woman, hns been a noble nnd romantic one. Horn iu i;'olo;'ne. reared In Russia nnd fol lowing t e bent of nnflitrnl Inclinations, her musical education was begun when but a mere child, and having passed throu-di the l.ibyrlnt Ii of nil musical ordeals I'hc litis attained the height of nrtii'.iie fame. The private life of Marie Tavnry, however, discloses much that Is intense nnd extraordinary, nnd that reads more cs a story In Action lhau."f reHl life. Tito transition from child's life on n yecludcd estate to that of a favored lady nt royal court nnd prima donna of royal 0111 ra In n few brief yearn was certainly wide ami romnntlc. I'ler father was 11 illtissian of nolil. family; her mother 11 singer attached to the roval court, ilicr early life was passed alt gi tlir-r on her father's s 1,1 to. Fnrly It was discovered that she possessed a voice of rarest iin.illty end range. Us nilliv.il inn was begun, end In cr in time with pupil. i.'.r- und'T Mine. iM.irehisI, In Paris, and I.timpertl, and finally under Abb I.lzst. Dramatic ac tion was ol.-tnined tlironcii long study with Roger, tli famous l-rench tenor. Her operatic career bei-un. II II il D.Tadcme Tavary made her debut nt great L.i .Senli, '.Milan, as Lucia. She astonished the public, disarmed the crillcs and nehievcl a triumph. Afler Milan, then ilietlin. -where she was equally suci-essl'iil in winning public favor. Her npeitolre grew rapidly, nnd she succcsfull y aipean-d !n "(ar mcn," "'itoliert lo Dialde," "The Macic Flute," "La Jnive. Norma." ".Miir riiig" of Figaro." "(iuntav III." "Dun Juan." "Faui.t." "The Flying Dutch man." "Martha." "Mignon," "II Tro vnture," "iltigolctto," "La Tr.ivint.i," etc. She then took up tho Wag ner oneras, In which Jicr suc cesses wee even more bril liant. She triumphed everywhere. It was nt (Munich that the most Inter esting period of the young artist's lif occurred. King Ludwig, of l'.avnria. heard her sing and was enamored of her voice. lie nppointctl her a perma nent prima donna of the -Royal Opoa niul she remained thus attached until King Ludwlg's death, after Which slu became free again to sing In the thea ters of all Kurop.'. I.ud'vlg prized her singing above that of all others, ami It Is a significant circumstance that her's was the laat voice Unit ever sun-: to tlie ile:uiindent king Just before his unhappy death. 'She wears a inagpili cent diamond, surrounded by other rare stones. In a thumb ring that was given lvr by thin unfortunate monarch as a mark of his esteem, nnd In commem oration of her brilliant performance in the "Nicbclung." Ho nlso bus her lull length portrait In oil as "Kva" fur his own private collection of paintings. !l II li This picture recalls a pretty compli ment which one of the gr 'it composers paid Mine. Tavary. A celebrated art ist was executing her portrait in the character of St. Cecelia, .and one day the composer called Just as It was bciiv? finished. . He contemplated the canves very attentively, then s-ald suddenly: "iiut you have made a great mis take." The piinter stared aghast. "How? Why so'.- "Why," said Hie composer, "you have painted madaice as listening to the tingels; you Humid have made the angids listen ingto her." She was not only th. lavorite nrtlst of the king, but of the Munich publi" nlso during her remarkable career nt the Royal Opera. Later. Hie now fa tuous youti'T prima donna was secured by Augustus Harris to sing nt Covent Harden, London. wh"ro her success was unusual. While yet at Munich she received three offers from Stanton to go to America, but In deference to the king's wishes she declined. II II II In ISIU 'Mudame Tavnry accepted nn olTcr to come to the Pnlted States, and appeal! il In grand opera at the Metro politan Opera house. Her success was ...I nitu. nnd hlstilm. She I.S peculiarly conscientious In her stage work, careful and observant In every detail, nnd heroic in great nnd exact ing moments. Her voice Is a soprano of highest range, pure, rich resonant of rare lyric possessions and her skill In execution almost without limit. Marie Tavary has a most pleasing presence, a pronounced natnrnl blonde, nnd her face is of purely dreclnn mold. She Is a charming convcrsationnlist. speaking In several languages, and to the honor of being nn artist of rarest manifest cifts she ndds those admir able ciualllies which dignify the qhnr acter of a gentle nnd exemplary wo man. No nrtist has ever received higher praise nt tlie hands of the American press. The New York Herald terms her as being far better tlmn iNillson In her prime, while the Boston Olohp places her Hrst among living singers. II II II The Pcranton iSchool of Music, under manngement of II. IT. James, will this senson hnve nn efllclent corps of In structors, Including MIss Annette Rey nold.' vocal Instructor; Miss Adda Hreakstone, tencher of elocution, and Horace M. Kckmun, director of piano forte department. II I! II The New Year services nt I.lndcn ftreet synagogue, on Sept. lit, will be characterized by unusually fine music., which will be rendered under direction of C. 'H. Permnn. Tho pew musical service adopted nt the synagogue will be used for 'the first time on this date. Tho choir will consist of Mrs. P. T. .Inyne, soprano; Miss Maggie Jones, nlto; W.. AW Jones, tenor, and C. H. permnn; bnsso. organist, Miss Flor ence iltlchtnond. II II II Professor Oeorge 11. Carter seems to be sustaining his reputation ns an or gnnlst and musical director In his new Held of labor. The III tn Ira papers speak very highly of a BiieceHsful organ re cital given by iMr. Carter, Assisted by Miss 'Lillian Terry, soprano; Joseph Welsh, tenor, and Professor llostel mann, violinist. The Klmlra Adver tiser of Sept. 11 closes a cri'tlclsm of tho concert with the following referenco to Mr. Carter: "Professor George P. Car ter is an wrganlst 0 pronounced nbillty, as was evidenced by his playing Inst evening. He displayed last evening rare technique ariti his pedal work was something remarkable. His third num ber, the 'Funeral March and Chant of the Seraphs,' by Oullmont, waa onot of Interesting Notes About Famous Musicians at Homo and Abroad. 'the finest things ever heard In Klmlra, and. Ida teo'li iiiig of the 'Shepherd's Lay' and 'l'i:-:;l 'Pilgrims.' Ciiurna' drew forth lonfr am! h -arty applause. Tlie member;; of the Park church tire to be congratulated on Recurlng the s rviocs of s i ling an 011,-aulst. as is Professor C'.'irtor," ;: li II Miss Lydla Plain 1 gnve nn Informal niitf Icale nt her home, on Oliver : :rr"t, l.u t evening to a number of in-r fi ienda nnd u-diiiliers. Vocal numbers were rendered by tin- hoster Professor John T. Walking and other;;, and the evening was t-pjeyably ;;pcut by those present. Miss P.clu I, dining her so journ In l-lii rope, has made marked progres i in her tum lcal studies, und her i.iittii-iilly sweet vole,, has been greatly Improved by can f til culture. II i I' Miss S. Louise Hardenberah, piano forte teacher, wiil re-open hoi i-eliiinl of 1 iiisic fur the fall und winter "rms at ii:'l! Madison avenue, on Monday next. II II li IMiss Kva N. Hoblln will sing the solo, "I Know That My R.-dcmer Livetli," from the oratorio "The Mes siah," tomorrow evenin ; at the Sc-urnl Presbyn rian church. 11 " II I he nnnour.ei d and unexpected nr ilval In Nmw York or Fr.1.1 Klafsky, who Is to hi; the principal dramatic ho pr.inti of Wal'ti r LMrnrosch's opera com pany next .season, has a story bad; of it, Hccnrdlng li t'c Tribune. Frnu Kl ilsky will have nothing to do for two iror'ths to come, and she is hero in d. llance of the contract rights of Mr. i'.dliiil, her mamg. r at tlie Municipal ili'.itre of llainliin.g. Her departure fioin Hcrmany wan Heerotly mad", and in nil probability to prevent legal Inter 'rom.'o with h.-r proj cti d AmcriiT.ti visit, l-t seems limt she could not ngr-e v.iih Mr. iv.liini on the division of the iiiom-y wnich slieixi Is to make here, ml s i took Flench leave of him. Since ',e is a member of the (b-rman society ' f mai:a;:i rs, whose principal purpose i-i to punish singers who break their 01. tracts It seems more than likely I'li i't Frail Klafsky's Kniopcati careir is ;it an end. unless she shall be willing ;o pay the very stiff penalty whlt.h will lie assessed against her, and buy her way back into the good graces of Mr. Pelllni and his colleagues. She says til. it he wir.tr l one-half of all her American earnings, and the statement will found plausable enough to those uho know the Hamburg manager. Ks'that ine Klafsky Is one of the mort iiiteiesilng figures on the Herman operatic stage. She a Hungarian by bii.h and forty years old. having been born In September in. is.'.j. Her father w.n a shoemaker, with miiM'cal pre dilcctions. Her nn I'l'.er dbd when she was In her girlhood, and the remar riage of her father sent her into the world to take care of herself. SJ10 went to Vienna, where the discovery was made that she had a -promising voice. Mme. 'Marc'ncsi, who was then ihe principal vocal professor .it the Vienna consei-VKtry. swo lier b-ssons '.-.ratis. i?h,i Li-can In r career In Salx biirg In 1 svr.. but a yi I.i.ter mnrrie:! a n'ei'chatit and withdrew into private life In Liipslc. She was compelled to resume her circer brfore long, how ever, ami she bigan again with small 1 .irts In Leii'?ic. Per pr'gr.-ss was i.il-id, nnd on the death ,if Hulcher Klrdcrmann she became her successor In Angelo Neumann's peripatetic W.ig r.cr eomnnny. which wis conducted by Mr. Seidl, .and also at the Stadt theatre, of Hremen. A year nCtcr iMr. S. idl left i Ircmen to come to New York she went 0 Hamburg, v here she 1-as since been. 1'iMU Kla'fky has been thrice m.T ried. Her second husband was Franz I'reve. barytone singer nt the Hamburg opera House. HeUiid in 1!i:'. and within llio '. it yiiir she married II. vr Lehse, tlie ; if 't :i 11 1 conductor -at lh" llaniliurg s'ia-.lt theatre, who li.is nccompanied her to this cour.-iry. I- '1 ' . Hoito nn 1 his "Norono" are ng:iin oc cupying tlie attention of the musical press of l-iurope. (ine of the current stories on the sul jiot has it that Hoito Is determined not to produce tlie work nt all In his lifetime. "Not whil I live," he Is reported as saying, "lest 1 repeat the expri-'-nce which I made with ''Mete lofi le,' and T am t -o old to wait fir its resurrection." The point of this is that "Mi llstofel,." wis n dire ful failure on Its first performance. The second nicrht was no In Iter, and the opera was withdrawn before the third. 'After twelve yeci": .1 second ex periment ,wns made, with II, and lie, sncc, ss was s-ens.'itl-mat In the extreme. A lei'iotiet as given in honor of the c uiiposer, nnd many ph-ses were emp tl'd to him and his "immortal work " When the time for his response arrived. Hoito nrose and as ho expressed it! spoke just twelve words, "one lost word for each lost yer-.r." This was his speech: "Twelve years r;ro y.111 wlil-i-tl"d at my opera. I di ink y uir henl;h." Ho ompiUed his glass rnd left the room. li II !! SHARPS AND FLATd: Plunket Hreenc will come ii Amer'ea iik.-i ii in .!, iniiary next. Mine, llaslrelter i coming back to the 1 tilted Slab's next month. Mrs. Anna P.nreli is to sing In several western festivals in November. Next year Paiil'nc Hall will sing In Hon. Ion In a revival of "llrmlale." Mine. Camilla I'rs'o Is with us again af ter a tour In Australia and South Africa. Arthur Friedlie'ni is resting nnd study ing nt Kaslholir.c.a Hernrm Hill, South Woodford, Hssex, Knglninl. Henry W'dmcr. musical director of Au gnslin Daly's company, has gjne into ihe music publishing business as a side Is sue. Dr. Dvorak will sai l for New York from Hamburg on Oct. 17. It is said that he has been at work this summer on his "Hiawatha." Albert Ceranl Thlcs will soon return from Par's, where he has been of late. Ho hns milled some of the souks of Frank Huwyer, of New York, lo his repertory. Lnssnlle. the great baritone of tho Paris opera. Is going to give up singing, accord ng to the l.ripxlg Slgnale, nnd de vote himself to chemistry, (oology und geology. Alvarez, the tenor, has been engaged by Sir Augustus Harris to ring for three yeni: during 'the two months and n half of the Ixindon sc:ion. For the first ye.ir he will receive $,Sali; for the second, Jti.Oirt, and for the third, ST.nXl. Madame Judic, tho famous French nc ttvss and singer, contemplates reappear ing at an early period ns the star of a com lany that will visit Hngland nnd quite possibly America, She nindo her debut in Paris twenty-eight yenrs ego. Mile. Jeanne Pouste, who used to give p'nnoforle reltnls In New Tork with her s ster, has hecome n singer and been, en gaged by Mr. Carvnlho for the forthcom ing representations of "Hnnsel and Grctel" at the Opt ra Comlque !n Paris, Hcinrlch Zollner's opera. "Der Ncher full," Is on the carpet for production this month in Dresdrn.- The first performance was exDectcd to take plnee at the Court opera In Munich, but th's would havo postponed it till next month, and through the oourtesy of the Munich manager the new arrangement was ninde. Its com panlon piece, '"Hel Hojlnn," was set down for performance In Leipalc on Sept. 1. Now Jersey Grnpo Juice Sent to F.uropo. Sir. 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