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and costumes. Edwin Booth has familiarized the stand, a box shaped like a chair, the seat being the Dart of the noeen la The Huguenots." Bertha GALLERY AND STUDIO. SPIBITIJAL PHENOMENA. THEATERS AND MUSIC. poetry, and tbe examples of Wyant and James Hart that were painted thirty yearn or so ago, oro not a little curious as compared with their later manner.

The shops are full of beautiful things for tho holidays, for art becomes almost rampant at tbls time of the year and attaches itself to all manner of useful and useless material, while the mago zlnes celebrate the Christmas tide ty publishing a profualon of pictures more or lea appropriate to the ica 'on. As already stated. Harper for December is a splendid number and the compendium ol Alma Tadema'a work in tne Christmas annual ol the English A rt Journal, with thlrty slx Illustrations, is a thing to be treasured. Sumptuous works like Kenyon Cox'h Blessed Will H. Low's "Lamia" and Elihu Vedder's "Rubayat" a trilogy to borrow a word, that denotes the possession of the highest imaginative qualities by our native artists appear to find ready sale and from editions de luxe to humble Christmas card there is active demand for the stock of tbe book dealer and print seller.

Lee Shepard have printed for J. G. J. F. Low, the makers of tile and pottery, au exquisite little album or Plastic Sketches," forty even lithographic reproduction of their tile, so accurate and so strong In effect of relief that wore it not for the white margins they might be token for the tile themselves.

The sketches are mostly those of Arthur Osborn, the day copies of whioh are few in number and for sale at price, virtually prohibitory. The are serious, oute, humorous and picturesque. Some are Indifferent occasionally one, like When Age 8teals is full of poetry, and a bit ot Turneresquo grandeur Is now aud then exhibited, as in the sky of "A Street in Normandy." A printed satin cover encloses the prints and is fastened with silken skeins. The output of Christmas cards by Prang Cov, shows the usual number of floral piicos and conventional devices. There Is a growing tendency tc mere (prottiiiess, which is surprising when it is known that some of the best figure and landscape painters in tho country contribute tho designs.

The publisher's ingenuity in prlutiuc and mounting to more striking than that dlsclo. ed by tbe painters iu their own compositions; still thore are many dainty pictures and charming fancies, the satin prints are refined and delicate, and the mails next week will be greatly swelled in bulk by these missives of congratulation aud rejoicing. The Magazine of Art grows better all the time. The first number of the uew volume is fronted with an etohing of Cecil Van Haanen's "Venetlon Bead and that is followed by a hort sketch ol the artist with a portrait and cuts from four of his plcturea. Francis Ford takes the directorate of tha South Kensington Museum to task for maintaining the wretche 1 entrances to that noble institution entrances that more suggest the back doors of a drj used as a writing table.

Her boad alone was visi ble. An aperture In the back, vailed by a piece of colored cloth, furnished the spirit that occupied the box with Miss Fay an opportunity to reach the pen cil and paper on the seat Nobody in the audi ence could exactly make out tbe result of this experiment, for In the midst of the confusion created by Dr. LOgan's excited statement that ho dis tinctly saw Mlsa Fav'a haud at work behind the cloth, Assistant Cummlngs removed tho writing materials, unlocked the box and, pointing to the securoly bound figure of the medium, annihilated the doctor by a look of mingled scorn and triumph. Miss Fay also resented the unkind imputation that she had been guilty of slipping her hand out of the bandages and got off a witticism which was designed to priok the doctor sharply, although his mnnDer indicated that he was totally unconscious of tho sting. Tbe scenes behind tbe ourtain con cluded with tho chestnut of placing a glass half filled with water on tbe medium's knees and requiring tho spirits to Insert it firmly between her teeth while tbe curtains concealed them from the audience.

They were very expeditious about it, no more than half a dozen seconds, and then Miss Fay was released from her bonds. The second phase of the cabinet manifestations was meant to show conclusively that the lady had no active agency In producing them. The arrange ments for this demonstration were as follows: With a few dextrous passages of honied speech tbe ora tor beguiled a lady from the auditorium on to the stage. Closing the curtains of the cabinet he placed in a row against it three chairs. In the centre one sat Mr.

Marsh, on his left sat the medi um and on his right tbe now lady recruit The assistant then proceeded to blanket them. That Is to say, he produced an article like a Persian bedqullt. which be fastened first to tho side of the cablnot where Miss Fay sat The other end he secured at the opposite side. The tnreeoccupantsot tns chairs were thus completely onvelopod, with the exception of their heads, whioh protruded above segments of a circle cut in the upper edge of the blanket, making it seem aa if it had been originally used as a cover for a guillotine block. Mr.

Marsh waa directed to hold the ladlea' hands In his, which he procoeded to. do without the least reluctance. On the contrary his handsome face beamed with satisfaction, during tbe entire ordeal. His enjoyment communicated itaelf to tbe andionce, who laughed heartily. All be ing ready the signal for the spirits to begin was given.

Tbey'obeyea promptly. The guitar in tbe cabinet gavo forth inharmonious sounds. the sweet bells Jangled out of tune, the tamborlno responded to the blows of invisible flats and the orchestral effects were complete. Mean while the audience kept their eyes fixed on the space between the bottom of the cabinet and the stage, as If suspioiouB of somo trap door trickery, but to the best of my knowledge and belief they detected nobody coming up from the cellar. While this Inspection was going on the Utile door in the ourtain suddenly opened and Mr.

Marsh and tho medium were subjected to a floral baptism. Pinks, tubers, maroohal neil roses, forget me nots and pansiea oame tumbling out In profusion. They wore gatherod up and cast into the audito rium, not by tho "detached hands" of spirits, but by the supple fingers of the oratorical Cummlngs. Dr. Logan watohed the floral eruption with a profoundly thoughtful expression.

He reoonnoitered the cabinet from overy point ot view, trained his ear to catch tho faintest sound from its mysterious depths, ond finally, advancing to the footlights, Jerked out for the benefit of the audience little sentences like these: "There's nobody In the cabinet" I can't explain it" It's all incompre. hensible to me." "Igivott up." So did tbe rest of tbe spectators. Mr. Cummlngs now removod the iuclosure" and thon produced a tablet of plate glass, about two feet long, fourteen Inches wide and half an Inch, thick. It was first ex amined by the coramittoo and then passed to Mlsa Fay.

She rested it across the backs of two chairs, which had been thoughtfully placed at tho rear of the stage. On this plate she put a plaster cost of a hand and, retiring a few paces to one side, commenced interrogating It in a very familiar and rather uninteresting way. Sometimes It would answer by giving a tap, sometimes two taps and sometimes three. A suggestion from Borne impertinent parties that Miss Fay should bring the conversational bit of plaster to the front of the stage unfortunately did not reach her ear or she would have undoubtedly checked the tide of Incredulity that swept over the audience by Immedi ately complying with tho suggestion. I kept a sharp look out for any motion of the lady's band.

If thero was any thread in It attached to the cast she managed to very skillf ully conceal her use of it The next was the feat of table lifting. The table was the airiest, most emaciated and ethereal one I had ever seen. weighed more than four ounces Its looks did it Injustice. This she alao deposited at ihe extreme rear of the stage and began kneading the top of it with her hands. It Anally managed to stiok to her palms, whereupon she camo forward waving the table to aud fro, amid tumultuous cheering.

The atmospheric vibrations produced by tho ap plause apparently weakened one of the leg8, for It foil out the moment ahe attempted to aet the frail little thlug down. The performance waa eked out by the tricks of a hot temporod card conjurer, who from time to time murdered the Queen's English aud hurled the corpse at the audience. The forogolng is a substantially accurate account of what took place at MIbs Fay much heralded seance. The prologue raised expectation to the very highest pitch. The vast crowd present waa a proof of the curiosity which her advertisement had aroused.

The effect wa3 a bald disappointment She did few things that had not been better done by innumerable wonderworkers betore her. The only feature of the entertainment that deserved to be considered among tbe phenomena to which scientific men have directed their attention was tho manifestation within tbe cablnot after Miss Fay had left it By what agency the sounds were produced and by whom the flowers were thrust through the open ing In tho curtain are tho sole questions suggested by the seance that merit any serious consid eration. Her apologists admit that the performance was a miserably lame one, but they ac oount for it by saying that the conditions were unfavorable for first class spiritual manifestations; that the audience was hostile, and that the most powerful mediums under the circumstances, would have fallen far Bhort of perfect success. This Is a reasonable explanation. It is universally hold by all who hare faith in tho phenomena ot spiritualism that surrounding conditious are a vital ele ment of the problem.

If this were not so the ma jority of those who have concerned themselves about tho subjoot, would now bo ranked among the confirmed brethren. It is because tbe evidences so often fall on account of tbe absence of suoh favorable conditions that skeptics can still show plausible grounds for remaining steadfast lu their skepti cism. I am assured, moreover, by the friends of Miss Fay, that she was physically unequal to the task which she attempted. That tbo lady haa mo diumt8tic powers of no common order the testimony of Professor Crooker, who has tried them in various ways, is pretty good evidence. That ahe failed ft til or first public exhibition in New York may therefore be fairly attributed to the oausos aaalgned.

The omission of the most Important and Interesting part of her programme, namely: tbe materialization of spirit forma, waa an omission, I am told, for which she Was not responsible. Notwithstanding the indisposition from which she suffered she desired to attempt to fulfill tbat portion of her engagement with tho public, but was dissuaded by those whoso advice she waa loth to disregard. They felt confident that had sho made the attempt it would not have been successful and although she did not entirely share this view she permitted herself to bo governed by it. It is the lady's intention to give a public seance In this city. Brooklyn au dioucea are never hostile to the exemplars and ex ponents of any honest cause.

If Miss Fay has a great truth to illustrate she will receive here intel ligent and respectful attention. Brooklyn Is hos pitable to all mortals or spirits that can contribute anything to the common stock of knowledge and happiness. G. D. B.

THE BDSflWlOK RAILROAD. A Deficit for tho Fiscal Vear Endlngf September 30, 18S0. The annual report of the Brooklyn, Bush wick and Queens County Railroad Company, for the year ending September 80, shows: Gns3 earnings $04,105.88 Operating expenses 87,317.41 Netlossfrom operation 23.121.55 Taxes and other dlsbtu semonts. 232.65 Deficit for yew 40,354.40 Surplus Jut year 668.40 Tpts) doflcit this 39,760 HO nouiviuenu nave been declared during tne year. Other statistics include the following: Length of single track, main line, 6 mUos; number of box cars, 18; open cars, S3; horses and mules, 803; number of passongers carried during the year, estimated, averago number ot employes, about 100.

public with an extract from the play that he calls "Katharine and PetrHcnto," out it is aouoaui me comedy has been acted In Its entirety on either side nt tho Atlantic durinc tho Dresent century. The prologue, with its episode of the drunken tinker. Sly. has always been expunged from recent adapta tions and abbreviations, but thero is a ohance for humorous acting In It that should have suggested Itself to the managerial mind before. George Clarke, who was Daly's leading man some years aco.

and who retired from the troupe because he wac directed to sacrifice his moustache to a port In an old comedy, baa been engaged to play tbe Lord in the prologue, and John Drew and Ada Hohan will ot course appear as Petruohio and Katharine. NOTES. Miss Georgia Weld.will begin a series of subscription concerts at Historical Hall on the 17th of January. Miss Wold made her debut at the Academy ot Muslo In April and haa since appeared In Now York with pronounced success. She will be assisted by competent singers and instrumentalists In her Brooklyn concerts.

Nate Salisbury la Lo Roy Montaeue off the stage. His patronymio is a better nom du theater than hla assumed name. Professor Cromwell, the leotureron foreign travel, has written a new play with an Irish hero In It that wlU be enacted by Kolaud Rood later In the sea eo n. William MoPherson, minstrel, having lost part of his nose, had a new one mido out of his oheek In Philadelphia the other day. Suppe, the composer of "Poet and Peasant" and "Boccacolo," la at work on a new opera called "The Bellman." Over 400 theatrical, musical and variety companies are on the road." Some of them are on the road home, counting ties.

Margaret Mather never uad any lessons In elocu tion, aud some people think tbat tbe reason why she speaks so clearly and acts so naturally. Edwin Forrest once promised to give a novice a place In hia company on uonJition that Bhe. should never study for the stage. Lord Lonsdale tells his English friends that Vio let Cameron made a failure la this country "be cause American critics are down ort English players." Exception seems to have been made, bow ever, In the case of Honry Irving, Ellen Terry. Wilson Barrett, Harry touttgue, George Rig lold, Os mond Tearle, Herbert Kolcey, Rose and Onarles Coghlan, Kyrle Bellow, Charles Wyndhara aud a few dozen others.

T. Brigham Bishop, of bucket shop celebrity, is an ex minstrel, aud is the oomposer of Pretty as a Picture." The gentleman who notices tbe shows.for the Wsto London Telegraph is apparently In posses iion of fund of wide and varied misinformation. Hespeaks of the approaching visit of Mme. viodje.ka as that of "tne queen of song," and ths forthcoming appearance of the Redmond Barry company, neaays, will Introduce to the citizens of New London two of the finest male comedians known." It will doubt less surprise Mrs. Barry to find herself among the male comedians.

Sir Arthur Sullivan Is spending his Winter In Switzerland. Emma Thursby sang in Bordeaux, France, yesterday, for tne philharmonio Society ot that city. Irving will present his wonderful performance of "Faust" when he oimes to Amerloa. It wlU'be produced at the Star Theater next Fall. Brander Matthews' play of "Marjorle's Lovers," which is to be acted in the Madison Square Theater in the authors' matinees series, was produced origin ally in London and did fare very well at tne hands of the critics.

Perhaps it will be better un derstood here. General Banks' daughter does not please her father by expressing a dssire go on the stage, but she comes honostly by such a predilection. Nat wished to bs an aotor once himself, an his bi ographers reord an lmpoil'iu performance of Macbeth In the parental cellar, tue future gen oral and Governor ot Massachusetts figuring as the ambitious 8oot Tho average nightly a.lendano at theaters variety houses and concert halls in New York City during tbe season is comnutedat $0,000. Fay Templeton Is singing in the stock burlesque company of the Gaiety Theater, London. A "Black Crook" company that is periling its ex istence along the byroads of the provinces whore large barns and town balls abound, has a ballet of six.

It never appears for two night In one place. The ami hat movement really amounts to something. Ladles are requested to leave their hats In the cloak rooms of the Lyceum Theater. New York, when they go there to sex MIbo Dauvray, and In Boston it has become qnite the thlug for the gentler sex to wear caps and scarfs InsteaJ of the towering monuments of millinery tbat men have gnashed their teeth behind for some years past Mr. Cappa, leader of the Seventh Regiment band, is to give a serins of Winter concerts.

He has a backing ot $10,000. Mme. Janlsh terminated her season suddenly In Jersey City. The business had been poor and madame had nearly 0,000 worth of dresses to pay for. Mr.

Gillette's meritorious war drama, "Held by the Enemy," is to be produced in England under direction of Charles Overton, who brought "Jim, the Penman," here. Daly's company and the Madison Square Theater company are to play in San Francisco next Sum mer. Lawrence Barrett, who has given much practical encouragement to American dramatic authors of the better sort, is me Htating a production of T. B. Aldrich's "Mercedes." 'King Rone's Daughter," played by Miss Fortes cue at the Lyceum Theater, was not an entire novelty.

Mrs. Scott Siddon produced It at the New York Theater In 1668, but it was a failure. A oircuB manager says: "There's no money In tho South for showmen since the earthquake. The people are under the influence of tho preachers. The earthquake fevor is upon the colored people within a radius of 500 miles fr the canter ot dis turbance.

They are carrying on camp meetings all over the country. You nee them In the )ods aud on tho roadside; they may oome to tho show to see the parade, but instead of golug in to see the olrcus theyBtarta prayer meeting on the grounds. There is another drawback there seems to bo no money in the South. Everything there is done under the mortgage system. The cotton crop is abundant.

but it is nearly all mnrtga to the merchants, who have advanced supplies during the Winter aud Summer and have taken tho crops as security. Neither do tho merchants seem tn have any money All the show people who have been In the South since the earthquake have fared badly," John F. Rhodes, the Brooklyn violinist, has begun a series of musical recitale iu Philadelphia. Sydney Rosehfeld's opera, "Tho Mystic Isie," has failed in Philadelphia Dlgby Bell writes to tho Sexon Letter as follows: When I went abroad I expected to spend 1,000 and study a year and then return to astonish my friends at the Academy. New York.

I spent $5,000, stay 'd five years, and have not sung In the Acaie my yet. I was to have been a dashing grand opera baritone, and I am a light opera comedian. I used to have a pretty good voice in those days, but comedy business would rub tho bloom oft a steam caliope." The Dlxey ball in Boston was a great success and remarkable piece of advertising. Mr. Rico is suspected of sitting up very late at night forging now booms for the graceful Adonis.

Miss Dauvray win produce Bronaon Howard's new comedy in January. George Ryer, the well known agent and manager, who lives In Brooklyn, Is up to his eara in the work of dramatization. He is turning a novel into a play and says that he had no Idea how hard It was to bring six wide apart localities into one drawing room and compress the doings of twelve years into fifteen minutes. Char es A. Andrews, formerly local manager of the Brooklyn Theater, has secured F.

C. Bangs for bis Michael Strogort company, and baa engaged Harry Brown and Punch Robertson to play tho parts ot the two war correspondents. The Brooklyn String Quartet will give an evening of chamber music at Historical Hall, on Wednesday evening next, the 15th lust Mr. Edward A. Borke, tho young artist, has a patntlntr called "Tho Spectaole Peddler" In the Academy of Design.

Piorson, a young dramatic soprano, has made a fine Impression as Elsa In "Lohengrin," ana Laura Moore, a clever young American soprano. who last year carried off the first prize In the Grand Conservatory of Paris, has proved a valuable addition to the company. Among the contraltos are Mathtlde Phillipps and Jessie Bart lett Davis, the latter well known hero through her appearance last season, and who this season nas appeared with acceptance as 81ebel In "Faust" and Urban in "The Huguenots." Cornelia Von Zanten, leading conttalto, who will make her first appearauce in Brooklyn as Amnerls in "Aida," is said to be an artist of the first rank and has already made distinguished successes as Orpheus and as Ortrud in "Lohengrin." William Candidus again leads the list of tenors and his fine voice has been heard to bettor advantage than ever before in his new roles Kadames in Alda and Kaoul in "The Huguenots." Charles Bassett, another American tenor, is said to have a beautiful voice ond will be heard as Faust William Ludwig, the leading oari tone, has been givon fresh honors In the new operas of the renertory; Marks Babcock Is a valuable aa JRlon to the ltBt of first bassos, and Myron Whitney maintains his position as lending basso, not only of American ooera, but also of America. The national Opera Company, whioh has for the. past few weeks been mooting with remarkable success in tho west, is creating a furore by Its elaborate representations of grand opera in Chicago.

The attractions in addition to the prluclpal artists are the great chorus of 100 voices, the grand ballet of 92 dnncera and the unrl vailed orchestra led by Theodore Thomas. The repertoire arranged tor the week in Brooklyn oouid hardly have been made more attractive for opera goers and musicians. The ballet is acknowledged to bo the finest corps of dancers in the country, and bo great has been its success elsewhere that it has been decided to give grand ballet nights on Thursday, December 30, and Saturday even ing, January 1. The full repertory for tho week is: December 27, "the Huguenots;" Sunday, "Fausf." Wednesday, "Aida;" Thursday, "Galatea," one act opera by Masse, followed by "Bal Costume," grand ballet by Rubinstein; Fri day. "Loheiterln;" Saturday afternoon, "The Fly ing Dutchman," and Saturday evening.

"The Mar riage of Joauneth," followed by "Sylvia" grand spec tacular ballot by Dellbes. In this list of works there are none that muBio loving people will be will ing to miss, ond already the majority of last sea son's subscribers have re engaged the same seats for this holiday week, a privilege which they can avail themselves of until next Tuesday evening. On Wednesday next the sale of season tickets will begin at Chandler's and will continue for one week after which tho sale of tiokow lor single perform ances will begin. CARLOS SOBKINO. The second of Carlos Sobrlno's pianoforte reolt.

als will be given next Thursday evening. He will be assisted by Mr. Carl E. Duft, baritone, and M. Henri Final, violonaalio.

Tho programme Includes among other things. Sonata, for piano and vlolou cello, by G. Goltermann: variations, by Mo zart; "Songs Without Words," by Men lelssohn: Ca pricolo, by ltaff; Saiata If ot 0 hopln. IN NEW YORK. German opera continues to be the fashionable entertainment in New York.

To morrow night The Queen of Sheba" will be repeated In all Its pomp and magnificence, Lohengrin" and "Faust" being sung on Wednesday and Friday nights. Er mlnle" Is continued at the Casino; Moths" at Wol lack's; "The Schoolmistress" of the Standard; Turned Up" and The Bells" are to be played by Nat Goodwin at the Bijou; Mr. Mantel in "Tan gled Lives'' at the Fifth Avenue; "Love in Harness" at Daly's; "Jim, the Penman" at the Madison Square; One of Our Girls" at the Lyceum; Mod Jeska In "Daniela" at the Union Square; "The Silver King" at Poole's: Mrs. Langtry in Enemies' atNlblo's; "Siberia" at tne Windsor; M. B.

Curtis In Caught In a Corner" at the Fourteenth 8treet Theater; The O'Reagans at Harrlgan's Park, and Tony Hart at the People's Theater. At the Star Joseph Jefferson will present "Cricket on the Hearth" and Lend Me Five Shillings." The Klralfys will go "Around the World In Eighty at the Grand Opera Houho. MR. 8TEVE.VS' FEET. A sporting paper treadion tbe feelln gs of John A.

Stevens by relating the olreumstanues of his Shaksprean debut, which was made at Norfolk, at thj same time that El ln Forrest playei Macbeth there. Mr, Stevens was so nervous at the Idea of playing on the same age with the great tragedian that he gave himself into the hands of some of the older actors to be "made up'' and cos tumed for the part ol the Bleeding Sergeant. The theater was packed and the audience enthusiastic. AH went well until Forrest shojtei, "Here com )s the good and hardy soldier," and so forth, and the hardy soldier was lugged la by two supernumera ries. Mr.

8tevens was at that time a good man, but he weighed only 110 pounds end was six feet in height The tights that he wore draped his extremities like Zouave trousers, and bagged heavily ai the knees. His shirt was of Roman cut and several degrees too short His feet were preternatural in size in a pair' of huge Turkish slippers, and his forehead was painted red to i idtcste blood. Forrest stood Bpoeohloss with amizeneit, anl Stevena dangled from the arms of bis supporters speeohIea3 with fright During the awful stillness that en Bued a man in the gallery exclaimed. "My 1 Look at them feetl" The hush was instantly broken byaroarof mirth and the curtain waj down. Next day Mr.

Stevens tramped over to Fortress Monroe obtained employment in a photograph gallery. LEVY'S TEST1JIONI Jules Levy, tho cornet player. Is to have a big beuefit at the New York Academy of Music to morrow night Among the volunteers who are to ap pear are a military band directed by Mr. Cappa, Mme. Valda, Miss Georgia Weld, Mrs.

Bolle Cole, Mme. Vogrlch, Signorlna Adele Airaery, Nat Good win, Tony Pastor, Marshall P. Wilder, Jolly Nash, Maurice Barrymore, Alexander Salvlnl, S. B. Mills, the Clipper Quartet, Miss Lole Fuller, the IUcco, Mandolin Quintet, Francis Walker.

Edward O'Ma honey, Harry M. Pitt, D. H. Harklus, Hayden Tllla and Camilla Urao. This will probably be Mr.

Levy's last appearance before an American public. THE KOKTHEUER RECITALS. Hermann O. C. Kortheuer announces a series of piano recitals to be given at Historical Hall during the present season, each recital to exemplify the music of an individual composer.

The first recital will be In tbe nature of a Liszt memorial, aud tho la'ter programmes will Include selections from Bach and Beethoven. Mr. Kortheuer is a pupil of Liszt, and he plays with brilliancy and feeling. Vocal soloists will diversify his programmes. 8T.

BLIZABBTH. Liszt's great epic, The Legend of St. Elizabeth," will be sung by the Philharmonio ohorus at the next concert and rehearsal, to be given on Saturday evening and Friday afternoon of tho present week. The work, as originally given In Brooklyn on the 28th of February, 1685, created unusual interest and the forthcoming performance will at leasi equal Its original production. Tho chorus Is in excellent training: It is unnecessary to make allusion to an orchestra that is the type and standard of excellence: and the soloists, excepting Mme.

Dosseri, who is ill. are to be the same as those employed in the first presentation. Liszt's recent death will un doubtedly increase the interest felt in a work that is perhaps the fullest fruition of his genius, and the fact that the concert Is advertised aa a Liszt memorial will tend to augmont tho attendance. A few reserved seats are still obtainable. NOT KEPT AWAY DY DEADHEADS.

Joseph Jefferson, who outors on tho last week of bis engagement at the Star Theater to morrow, corrects tho published statement that he is deterred from playing In Brooklyn this season by tho magnitude of the deadhead nuisance. The statemen was made on authority that seemed sufficient, and the evil complained of was, at least recently, of such proportions that an actor would have been Ju itifled in offering so practical an objection to it as that of remaining away from the city altogether. Mr. Jefferson Bays, however, that he has noted of late a tendency toward repression in this respect, and that Brooklyn is not so bad as New York. He keeps away from Brooklyn this Benson because ho believes that after a two years' absence tbe public will extend to him a more cordial welcome and will see his plays with a fresher zest than if his visits were annuaL Mr.

Jefferson is too amiable a man to quarrel with, but in this surmise he is wrong. There are actors who ought to entertain views like this that ho haa expressed, and indeed their visits might even be made triennial without incurring public enmity, but the actor of Kip Van Winkle is not of them. He has an art so delicate, bo true, so majestic, bo searching in its pathos, so gentle in Its humanity, so sweet in Its humor that tc cannot be enjoyed too often. II is a satisfacllon to know that he has contracted with Colonel Slun to play an engagement at the Brooklyn Park Theater early next season. "THE TAMINO OF THE 8HREW." For the first time in New "Tam ing of the Shrew" Is to be played.

It Is now in rehearsal by Daly's company, and will probably be put on the stage in January or February, with an excellent cast, and with rich and appropriate setting An Evening With Excursionists from the Unseen "World. Professor Grooke's Investigations and the Conolnslons at Which He ArrivedDescription of a Seance at the New York Academy of Music Some Strange Tilings and Some that Wore Not so Strange Dependence of Phenomena on Surrounding Conditions. "When Professor Orookes, of the Royal Society, undortook to Investigate tho phenomena of spiritualism, there was a general belief In England that a light had been brought to bear upon them whioh would at last eveal the fraudulent character of the claim that they were of supernatural origin. His eminence as a man of science was an assurance of bis ability to deal with the mystery by which lhey were surrounded. If they were the product of any new and skillful employment ot known natural laws he had Just the tralning and knowledge to discover it If fraud and deception wore at the bottom of tbe manifestations, his acumen would enable him to detect the Imposture.

In every respect, therofore, tho announcement of his purpose to thoroughly sift the matter gave satisfaction to the public. Professor Crookea devoted nearly four years to the investigation. He subjected the phenomena to every teat which science could auggost for the detection of fraud. Associated with him at varloua times during this period were some of the 'nost distinguished mombers of the Royal Society, among them Tyndaii, Huxley and Varley. To the latter ho was specially Indebted for assistance in that anch of the Inquiry which related td tests for determining the possible use of eleotrlo' force.

The galvanometer was frequently employed to guard against any trickery iu tbe production of the manifestations. Under this searching scrutiny, conducted by one of the greatest of English savants, with all tho appliances known to science, the phenomena firmly held thelr ground as something which could not be explained consistently with the acknowledged laws of nature. That was the conclusion at whioh the Profossor arrived. Instead therefore of being able to produce proofs which would overwhelm the Spiritualists with confusion bo ended by becoming a Spiritualist himself. He accepted the most plausible explanation of what he which waa that an intelligent exercise of force can only proceed from an intelli gent agent, and that as the intelligent agent in thla case Wfw not to be within the realm of natural law, it must exist in some realm beyond it The theory of Spiritualism, or at least the theory of It whlnh commends itself as the most rational one, is that the degree of spiritual development which man attains in this world determines hla rank upon entering the world beyond the grave.

In the condition that he quits this life he wakes to con sciousness in the next The law of evolution Is not Interrupted by death. It simply operates under a changed environment. Hence, the lower order ot Intelligences or those whioh hare had tho least spiritual development cling more closely to the con fines of the material world after death than the more highly developed intelligences do. To this fact is owing a characteristic of tbe phenomena which is esteemed by most persons as the strongest argument that can be adduced against Spiritualism. I allude to the trivial and often ridiculous nature of mauy ot the manifestations.

They shook the mind that is seeking a solvent for Its sorrow or a ray of hope to light its gloom la tho mysteriea of the new revelation. 8uoh trlOlng and fiippauoy upset ail its preconceptions of the condi tions of the eternal world. But to the Spiritualist they are proof poaitlvo ot the accuracy of hla theory. They show ihat the spirits of tho flippant and tri fling are ranged closo to tbe border line, and are therefore more than tho refined and ele vated natures on the higher planes. It is easier to attract a tool from tho spirit land tban it Is to attract a pliilotopber because the latter has furiber to travel by reason of his greater eleva tion above the old and imperfect environment Phis view is confirmed by the further fact that the phenomenon of materialization Is generally pre sented by a recently relea ied spirit The longer the Interval since death the harder it is for the spirit to materialize.

Evolution carries it further and further away and multiplies the difficulties of retracing tho steps of Its progression. Those reflections upon the present status of spirit ual belief are suggested by my attendance at the public seance given by Miss Fay at tbe Academy of Music, New York, last Wednesday evening. She is a young lady ot prepossessing appearance. Not a typical English blonde, because she is too fragile, ersllght figure and nervous organization, pale.thin face aud spirituelle eyes harmonize with her pursuit. Sho looks the medium.

The advertisement of her programme was well adapted to draw a crowd. It announced the appearance of one of the most remarkablo memberaof her guild. She bad performed In the presence of men of science and before audiences of tbe highest respectability and intelligence in most of tbe European capitals. Leading English savants bad signed a parchment certi fying that her performances wore insorutable, Some of her wonders eollpsed any that had ever been produced by a medium before. Messages to the number of two or three dozen would be sent from tbe spirits to persons in the nudlence De tached bands would present the ladles present bouquets of Dowers.

Materializations would ftke place In the full glare of the gas lignt Not only spirit forms but spirit 'aces would come forth so distinctly as to be reongnize I from tho au ditorium. But that which probably attracted most notice and prompted the majority ot those prevent to invest from fifty oente to a dollar lu the spectacle, was the declaration tbat Miss Fay used no cabinet That seemed to promise an entertainment truly novel and interesting. It dispensed with the usual concomitants of trickery and fraud. It waa all open and above board. This much for the prologue of tbe seance.

What actually took place I shall briefly relate. There was present, as usual, the orotorloal assistant. He uttered tolerably good Engllsn and plenty of it His appearance was that of a oollego oarsman disguised in a dress suit He appealed to the audience to uominate a committee of three prominent citizens. They selected tbe Hon. Luther R.

Marsh, Dr. Edward Logan and Citizen Laflin. Under the eye of the vigilant assistant the committee bonnd Miss Fay hand and foot. The bandages across ber wrists were secured by strips of court plaster so arranged that it would be impossible for her to slip tier hands out unless she tore off tho piasters. It was the best precaution I had ever seen In suoh cases.

She waa then tied to a post or upright beam. to the back of. whioh were nailed the two endB of a atrip of muslin knotted about her neck. All agreed that under these circumstances i i would be a ph steal Impossibility for her to take an active part in what followed without discovery. Then came the first disappointment ot the evening.

The fluent assistant explained that Alias Fay would be obliged to make use temporarily of "an inolosure," Not a cabi net, mark you, only an "Iiioioaure." The audience smiled a sickly, dismal disgruntled smile, as the cur tains of a cabinet similar to that used. by the Davenport Bro.hers and all other professionals closed around the fairy figure of the culprit Fay. immediately after there were the usual thumping of the ban jo, ringing of bells and strumming of a guitar, and finally the violent expulsion of the instruments rum the "lucl'iaure." Promptly the assistant drew aside tho curtains, revealing Miss Fay in tbe attitude she oooupled when bound, with her big, soft eyes innocently staring at tho god3 in the gallery. She was investigated by the committee and pronounce! to be beyond the need of whitewash. Next came the old trick of introducing a companion Into the cabinet and crowning him with a water pall.

The assistant Indulged in souio more loquacity, appealing to the audience to chose the handsomest man in the committee for the coronation. They refused and thereupon tho gigantic Laflin volunteered. Seated beside the little medium with his pouder oua hands in her lap ho resembled an exaggerated Bottom caressing an attenuated Titanlo. Assistant Cummlnge prudently threw a napkin over Profesaor Lafiiu'a head before closing tbe cabinet It didn't improve hla opportunltlea na an investiga tor much but It probably kopt him from being frightened. The dlscordnnt minstrelsy waa renewed until the audience began to express sympathy for the professor when open flew tbe curtains aud tbe giant eat with the pnll oyer his head and his hands Just where tbe assistant had placed them.

He emorged looking rather shoeplsh and testified in a timid voice that bo had hoard a good deal and seen nothing. Most mediums in performing the spiritual writ ing feat are content to do it without the aid of apparatus designed to aonceal the presence of the spirit hand." Miss Fay Is not one of this class. The delicacy of her nervous organization required that she should be Inclosed in a sort ot boot black's News and Notes Concerning Ac tors, Plays and Singers. Ittraotlons at the Local Playhouses American Opera in Brooklyn Legend of St. Elisabeth.

Hr. Jefferson and the Deadheads John SteTens' Feet Forthcoming Production of The Taming of the Shrew at Daly Rotes and Personals. At the Brooklyn Theater "A Parlor Match" went out last night, leaving rather a strong odor behind it. This week Eben Plympton, who made an instant success in Harry Beck ett's "Jack." when it was played espenrnen tally at Wallack'a, and who has now started on a tour about tho country with it, will offer thai pretty drama or the plaudits ol Brooklyn playgoers. It lathe same as Emmet's "Frits" in tnomo, out is treated in a radically different manner, without iensatlonaliBm or coarseness, and with refinement and humor or dialogue.

Mr. Plympton Is a young petor or merit, wno would bo better If he did not try to do end who, a dozen years ago, was a promising member of tho stook company at the Park Theater in this city. lire. Georgle DrewBar rymore, Miss Joale Hall and Mlsa Virginia Buchan an ore members of his company. PARK THBATBR.

Frederick Warde, a Brooklyn man and an aotor of power and promise, is to give the public a wees of oolid old tragedies, his repertory including "Vir fflnluo," "Ingomar," "Damon and "Men aid "Brutus" and "Katharine and Petruohio." Gn Tuesday and Saturday nights he will give the first performances in Brooklyn of Galbo, tho Gladiator," an adaptation of "The Gladiator," that Salvlnl played here BOme seasons ago, that is to be mounted with special scenery and fitting accessories. Mr. Warde was for several seasons the lend ing aotor in the supporting company of John Mc Cullough, and his manner has sometning or tne reserved power, the majesty and largeness of that of the lamented tragedian. He has a good presence ond full voice, and oxhlblts the result of good training. CRITERION THSATBR.

William Addison Clarke, of Brooklyn, will play a treek's engagement at the Criterion, beginning tomorrow night. "The Hajah" will be the comedy, sir. Clarke assuming the leading part in It, and, In fesponse to the united request of the Amaranth, Kemble, Gilbert, Melpomene and Booth drtmatto looletles of this city, the actor has named to morrow evening as tho oue on which those organizations will attend in a body. Mr. Clarke has a wide circle of acquaintance in this city and his friends have watched his professional career with interest, for ho has entered upon it with a largo enthusiasm and abundant promise, lie says of dramatic art that he has the same passion for it that his brother, Thomas B.

Clarke, of New York, the well known patron and collector, has for pictorial art His company has been improved an! rehearsals have been taking place at the theater, under the personal direction ol Mr. William Young, author of "The Rajah." Tho Mexican Orchestra will give a concert at this theater to night Matinoe prices will be charged. GRA.NO OPERA HOUSE. The bOBt play that Hartley Campbell ever rote, "My Partner," is to be acted this week, with Louis Aldrlch, the original Joe Saunders, in the cast Tho support Includes T. M.

Hunter, Frank G. Campbell, F. M. Kendrlck, Stuart Clarke, Edwin Barbour. Frank Quimby.

John J. Hall, 8. H. Roynold Dora Goldthwaiie, Anna Crossraen and Adele Bcay. Tho types In this play are dl erse and picturesque, and tho situation In the second act, where Saunders finds his partner dead, is one of the most surprising aud effective in modern drama.

LBB AVENUE THEATER. The wild absurdity called "A Tin Soldier," that the author, Charles H. Hoyt, finds It necessary to plead for in mitigation on his programmes, will rattle around iu this theater for the next six nigh a. Jameft T. Powers aud George C.

Bonlfa who are physical comedians, will satirize tha plumbers, the two heroes, Colonel I. B. Boosey and Colouol Wood B. Fuller, will make their post bellum rauntlngs, and Paul Arthur and Isabell i Cci wld personate the persecuted young marriel Muple. HYDE ifc BKBJMN'S THEATER.

The Big Four will appear in "The Earthquakes this week, and plenty of nol Is promised. "A Lightning Descent from Rool to Cellar" la among their exploits. Harry Kennedy, the well known ventriloquist; Frank Lewis, who is a "motto singer;" anew vanishing man; the La Martlne brothors; Cu pontl, an alleged Hindoo that Juggles, Hlnesaud Kemlngton, Susie Wilde, Luigi Del Oro and HeUer nan and McDonald aro also in the blU. NOVELTY THEATER. One of the Bravest," a play that deals with the perils aud vicissitudes of a fireman's life, will be produced this week.

STANDARD MU8BUM. Thomas Watson's Specialty and Comedy, Company is to spend the coming week at this house. Kokln Segowa, a Japanese artist Professor Campbell, with his sun tableaux, Marion and Bell, eong and dance people Homer aud. Lingard sketch arlists, a vauishlug lady, Somers and Walters, "the musical mokes;" Gibson and Hardy acrobats; Profossor J. W.

Hampton's dog circus, and Professor Frank Kendall, driver, are in this com binatlon. BROOKLYN MUSEUM. Thla new and succejsful enterprise has taken its place among the recognized attractions of the city. Thla week the Museum atao will be occupied by The Private Tutor," which is said to be anoth version ot The Seoretary," and has been much prai ied, a Pittsburg paper declaring that "the 'Private Secretary' was au exceptionally brilliant comedy, butali things cous'iered was slow and colorless compared with the delightful performance of 'The Private Granting the plot to be the same there are plenty of opportunities for tun in It THE MEXICAN VILLAGE. There Is much of instruction in the Aztec fair and Mexican village now quarterei at the Clermont avenue Hint The small manufactures there In progress, the examples offered of dress, cookery and music, the relics and things ot historical and race interest give truer Ideas of the manners and customs of our kindly and simple neighbors than are geaorally enjoyed by the people of these latitudes.

Edward Greey, tho Japanase importer, has ordered some specimens ot wood carving from the management, to send to Japan as examples of Aztec workmanship. Among the visitors to the village the other day, was a Mexl. in girl, who Id living hereabouts for a time In order to perfect her knowledge of English, and who was affected to homesickness by the familiar look ot the faces about her. Wheu the fandango orchestra began to play the Mexican national hymn, she struggled for a time to ropiesa her emotions, but fell sobbing into the arms of a companion and was led from the room. BNTBRTAINMBNT AT THE ATHENEUM.

This evening an entertainment will be given at the Brooklyn Atheneum consisting of an Illustrated lecture by Profossor F. H. Gordon, who will talk of travel in foreign lauds and throw a hundred pictures ot European scenery on his canvas. Between whiles tho Alabama Jubilee Singers will illustrate tho unique music of tho South. Prices are to be low and it the entertainment prove successful it will be repeated on ovory Sunday night until further notice.

AMERICAN OPERA. Beginning on Monday, December 27, a series of opera representations will be given at the Academy of Music that promise to be the mo.it Interesting and brilliant ever given in Brooklyn. Encouraged by the success which crowned the American Opera performances last season, the National Opera Company intend giving seven consecutive performances of grand opera and tfrand ballet the week following Christmas, during which the first year of American opera will be finished and the second begun, in tho history of musical achievements in the United States there has been nothing bo remarkablo as the brilliant career of tho National Opera Company, and it is said that the productious of this season excel in every important particular those of last season. Tho company has been strengthened In every department and several important works have been added to the repertoire and produced In cosily and magnificent style. Madame Fursch Madi.

who la one of the leading dramatic sopranos, has after an absence of throe years returned to the operatic stage, and has made her first appearance in grand oporn lh English with the National Opera Company. The little disagreement botween the madarao and the Btftge 1 manager baa been smoothed over. Miss Emma Juch, who Is in exceptionally fine vloee this season, has been received everywhere with enthusiasm as leading lyric soprano of the company. Pauline L'Allemand, a sweet and brilliant singer. Is well remembered, and she has added to her repertoire i Exhibitions in New York and on This Side of the East River.

Nativo Art Hakes a Good Rhowlnff Marshall's "Head of Christ "The Brooklyn Art Clnh. American Pictures at the Union League Club. Lesser Displays Christmas Art. Tho exhibition best worth seeing in New York Just now la that In the American Art Gallery small but exquisitely choice, and of wide range in subject and treatment. The western wall of the first gallery is almost entirely occupied by W.

E. Marshall colossal head of Chrin the canvas being 7x 10 feet in area, and this Is almost the only picture that active objection can be offered to. It is too large for the space and tho protralture Is weak and conventional reaembllng those Insipid faces that recur In the sacred Hubjeots of the Italian painters: but from it Mr. Marshall has made an engraving of technical interest, inasmuch aa he abandons the hard, inflexible line usually adopted by engravers, and employs varied and vigorous stroke of the burin that resembles the play and power of etching. Thomas Aushntz, formerly of this city, has developed a ripe and brilliant paletto, and shows it to advantage in his "Fruit" and "In the Qarret." His composition la unforced and texture is well represented without descent to tricks of imitation.

G. W. Brenneman's "The Re it," is an example of extreme nicety in treatment. Two of Walter Blackmau's beads are deliclously painted in respect of color and finish. J.

H. Cailga has several attractive bits of figure, his Wild Rose little girl in a white head dross and his Peach Blossom a pretty lass in a pink snu bonnet George De Forest Brush exhibits two carefully painted Indian subjects. De Forest Bolmer is advancing rapidly and has in his later landscapes, a good example of whioh he sends to this gallery, attained to a strength of presentation and a depth ot sentiment that his work of even half a dosen years ago di not promise. George W. Chambers la a Millet of the negroes, and his "End of the Day," with colored laborers returning from tbe field has an under meaning that is full of pathos.

A ourlous etteot la seen, ou standing a little to the left of the center of the picture, in the eyea of the man, that catch the light from overhead in suoh a way as to shine from under tbe sh a low of hi? hat like phos phorus. Ono might almost believe them to Dave been represented In luminous paint W. R. Derrick is a new comer, and, 38 he brings power and confidence with him, ho is a welcome one Uarbert Denman, of Brooklyn, is superbly represented in "The Trio," a large picture with a range of color that sweeps from strong, vibrant reda to cate pinks, and that declares Its merit at once In the simplicity of ltu drawing, truth of modeling and fineness of light Charles Warren Baton has three beautiful aud feeling land capes; Charles Harry Eaton's Adirondack subject ia airy and fresh Bruce Crane and Charles Melville Deuey have both power and sentiment in their landscapes; Leonard Ocht man'o Holland subject is refined in color and easy in treatment Edward Grenet has put two speaking eyes into the face of "My Little Model;" there is actual speculation in them. W.

H. Howe's "Normandy Bull" Is big and muscular, and painted in a stylo worthy of tho theme. Robert C. Miuor'a "Twilight" is a little unfortunate in its surroundings, for the poaitlvo tones about It fades it down to the oolor weakness of herb tea a medium that It might have been painted in. Baatien Lepage ia auggeated in tbe vaporous landscape of W.

Metcalf, and there Is a hint of Turner In Rhoda Holmes Nicholls' "OntheRiva." Tho chill gray air of the Scottish highlands blows over the moors and hills around Arthur Parton's cottage Stepbeu Parish, though he is known chiefly as an etcher, handles color in a masterly manner, and tho cool, though bright, tone In his Brittany picture, a can vass that la suffuaod with evening quiet Is agreeable to the eye and the eense. A ruddy figure piece by the late William Page has an unu iual sator of beef, claret and Sir Joshua. Reynolds tbree constituents that seldom enter into his art Charles T. Phelan has two beautiful little sheep pictures. There is rude force in the ocean pieces of F.

E. M. Rebn, a smack of tbe force of the sea itself, but it is to be wished that he would get a little more light aud transparency into his aklea. Ernest C. Boat is an imaginative painter whose Mount Washington Is rather unlikely in color, but full of enjoyment of the sunshine, and with a note of dramatic significance In tbo line of blue that crosses the canvas.

Henry P. Smith Bhows the real Alps in hia "Briena," bathed in the hot light of Summer, but aro not bis houses a trine out of plumb? They foera to have a leftward The heat and aridity of the plains appear lu De Cost Smlth'a w8ioux Scouts," and the warmth and gener oaity of Colonel Bob Ingeraoll are hinted in Mr. Strickler'B portrait of that gentleman. D. V.

Tryon haa three pictures, hia "Twilight," wherelu the Bprctator is placed at an elovation above a town where evening lights are shining, and a now moon and a planet sink toward a western hlll.excelllug In poetia isuggostlveness. Thore Is a gray and tender piece of painting by Of. H. Witt, "In tbo Park," and Carlton Wiggina haa an admirable piece ot cattle and landscapo palntlug, In bis "Road From tbe Sea." The Brooklyn Art Club haa put Its best foot for ward again, and abundantly proves its right to existence. The show that it Is making at the Sherk gallery is one that it takes Just pride in, and thore are indications that the success it Is achieving is not to be one of estimation merely, for gla lsoino tokena of financial prosperity are offered in the Sold" tickets that have been inserted in the corners of several frames.

The success of its last exhibi tion has certainly not been forgotten, and tbe club's lnureose in membership from seventeen to forty. within the year, is a happy assuraucoof perpetuity. The members believe that within the next twelve month every painter and draftsman of any note in the city will be enrolled in its lists. There are a hundred pictures in the collection, lacking two, and thoy compose, with little doubt, tho beat exhibit of local art tbat has been made. The President, Mr.

Carr, in his "Sweet Song," has more command ot color than ha ever attalued before. Wedworth Wadsworth is gentle and reflective, aa usual, and Frank Squier bold and assertive. Ersklne L. Wait is one of the younger men, who paint wilh tho freedom and tho unity of tone that Mr. Strlckler puts into his im presalons of the figure.

Edgur J. Taylor la another landaoaplstwho uses tones agreeably and naturally, and C. D. Hunt paints with his wonted nervous force. William E.

Plimpton indicates the silence and seclusion ot the forest in hia "Wood Deptba," and Strafford Hewmaroh aho.wa the best work he has done ot lato. W. M. Brown's Fruit and Silver" Is worthy of Blaise DesgofTe. The peaches of Mary E.

Hurst aro so Juicy that they found a customer at once, and it may be that the artist will have all that she can do in painting fruit for some time to come. Profesaor Boyle's Annio" and his OrganlBt," with the been seen before, but they bear repeated oxhlbltlon, and the same must be said of Frederick Boston's Chinese laundry. Joaoph H. Boston haa a sense of the decorative value of fruit James G. Tyler's Lee Shore" Is brisk and windy.

E. A. Rorke's figure work ia careful in drawing and good in color, and the First Attempt" of Eugene De Comps, a humorous subject, haa the charm of clcannejs, accru raoy and spirit There is a touch of rich color in Miss Barstow'8 "First Snow." The flguro pieces of Harry Koseland, Miaa E. C. Bannister, Mrs.

(i D. Stearns and Miss M. A. Wood, tho landscapes of James Northcoto, W. M.

Brown, Clinton Lovoridpe and J. A. Parker, and tho bright and pleasant tcblngs of Benjamin Lander have much In them to command praise, There was a charming little ahow of American art works in the Union League Clun galleriea last week, moat of them contributed by the artiste who have manifested their satisfaction with tho promise that the club is to ro.iumo its patronage of native art henceforth. Carroll Beckwlth showed a Bacchante of sumptuous personality; F. S.

Church sent his vaporous "Gleaners" and "Friends In Council;" there were two atroug works by Bruce Crane: Hioh ard Crelfelds'" Absorbed Is admirable inl nicety of touch and truth; C. tl. Davis' twilight with its cool, clear sky has an Impressive sense ot aerial vastness; Gaugengigl's In the Library" and hia 'Boy's worthy of Meissonlor; Gilbert Gaul's military pieces, Eastman Johnson's portrait and figures, F. C. Jones' Unexpected Guest, Fred.

Freor's nice girls, Alfrod Kappos' Tottered and Frank Millett'a sojournor at tbe English Inn, W. H. LIppincott'B Rouge et Noir," Stlepevitoh'a decorative "For the C. F. Ulrioh's "Wood Engraver," the girl's head by A.

H. Thayer, The Queen of the Montauks by C. Y. Turner, and Edgar M. Ward'a "Laos Makers" are works that challenge comparison with those of living Europeans; W.

Tryon's landscapes are full of tenderness and goods shop than the portals to a treasure bouse ol art. A papor on old blue and white Nankeen china is pleasingly illustrated in color. There is a1 flue wood engraving of Turner's ploture of the dghtlng Tomeralre towed on her way to be broken up an engraving that suggests Turner's breadtn of hand, ling and myatery of treatment A tint drawing prefaoea the poem of there are four pictures of HogMon Tower; "Some Historic Gloves" are described and depleted, three Now Zealand pictures are engraved and Courtots' eastern "Dancing Girl," with a face of animal power and weird beauty, is one of tbe full page pictures. The fantastic work of F. S.

Church and tho dreamy nocturnes of A. P. Ryder were collected and exhibited last night for the pleasure and Information of the Art 8tudeuta' League and its frienda. The exhibit occasioned admiring comment At the Metropolitan Museum thirty four valuable examples of tbe old masters have beou put on view for a short time, the pictures being loaned by Charles 8edelmeyer, of Paris. Among the painters represented are Rembrandt Van Dyok, Murillo, Hals, Rubens, Cuyp, Ruysdael, Wouver man, Tiepolo, Watteau.

Osta lo, Jan Steen, Tenlers, Greuze and Sir Joshua Reynolds. There is also a large and Interesting work by Vasolav Brozik, representing "Columbus at the Court of B'erdlnond and Isabella" On Tuesday 8. P. Avery will open at his gallery, 86 Fifth avenue, an exhibition of European paintings in which are represented Achenbach, Breton, Boldini, Bouguereau. Bonnat, Bernud, Barye, Clays, Couture, Cazin, Cot, Detallle, Daubiguy, Diaz, For tuny, Hener, Hamon, Jacque, Jacquet.

Knaus, Kaemmorer, Lefebrre, vessonler, Munkacsy, Mad razo. Millet Merle, Monticelll, Perrault, Plot, Pro taU, Trogon, Tadema, Vlbert, Von Marcke, Willema and Zlem. There arc a frw American pictures by Leutze, Bolton Jones, James Hart and Vedder. C. 11.

S. HYMENEAL. Udirate Choi well. A ploasant home wedding took place Wednesday evening at the re8ldence of the groom's father, 485 Herkimer street, the contracting parties being Miss Anna M. Cholweii and Mr.

Alexander Lidgate. The Rev. T. McN'ichol officiated. The parlors were handsomely decorated, the ceremony being performed under a bower of rosea, Interspersed with emilax.

Mauy preaents were received by the happy couple who, were also the recipients of mauy congratulations and good wisho. for their fu ure welfare, after which a bountiful collation was partaken of and done full Justlco to. Tbo guests were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cholweii, ilr.

James LI Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chapman, Mr. aud Mrs. H.

B. Rothwell, Mr. and Mrs. George N. Asley, Mr.

and Mrs. F. Brikmann, Mrs. M. Hovendeu, Mrs.

R. Duffy, Mrs. Charles Grote, Mrs. William Stewart, Mr. Fred Da ton, Miss Masgie Lidgate, Mr.

George Formtu, Miss Mamie Lidgate, Mr. Charles Prior, Miss Nellie Barton, Mr. Robert Hovonden, Miss Lizzie Rothwell, Mr. Stephen Rothwell, Miss Mabel C. Buklnarria, Mr.

Harry Roth well, Miaa Uattle B. Chapman, Mr. Tom Cholweii, Miss Iaebol Chapman, Mr. John Hovonden, Mlsa Maggio CU.ipman, Mr. Robert Rothwell, Miss Mamie Duffy, Mr.

Newton Stewart, Mias Anna May Chapman, Mr. Tom Hovenden, Mrs. Kochert, Mr, Will Hovonden, Mr. James Lidgate, Mr. Charles Vandewater, Mrs.

Charles Vandewater, Mr. and Mrs. David Osborn and Mr. George Clark Stump. Whiie IBobby.

Last Wednesday took place, at the residence of Mrs. E. F. Valentine, 532 Penn street, tho brilliant wedding of Miss J. Louise, youngest daughter of Amos K.

Hobby, of thlB city, to Captain Frank T. White, of L. at which tho Rev. Mr. Snlrland, late of Southampton, officiated.

The bride waa attired in white coah more, en traine. wltn elogant pearl ornaments, nlfts from the groom, brought from the Arctic regions, and carried a large, handsome bouquet of orohlds. The presents were many and costly, among them being a seal skin coat, a gift of the groom. Tho bridesmaids were Mis Anna White, Mrs. E.

T. Valentino, A. T. Hobby, M. and Mlsa Edith Valentine, tho best man being Mr.

Frederick H. HObby. After a collation dancing the young couple left on an extended tour through Florida. Among thoae preaeut were Mr. oud Mra.

F. F. Hobby and family, Mr. and Mra T. A.

Halsey, of WatermillH, L. I. Mr. aud Mra. G.

W. Ferguson, Mr. M. Ferguson. Mr.

and Mra. Y. Vau Derwerkln, the Misses Longworth, Mr. and Mra. John Bennett and daughter, Mr.

Henry B. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. M. Payne, of Waverly, N.

Y. Mr. and John J. Dixon, Miss Fannie Payne, Waverly, N. Mr and Mrs.

John R. Norrts, Mlsa Katie Corwln aud Mlsa Isabel Jessup, of Westhampton Center, L. Mr. Charles Jogger, of Princeton College; Mr. and Mrs.

Rome, A. M. French, Misses Annie and Alice French, Mr. and Mrs. John R.

Crum and daughter, Mr. Benjamin Fordham, of Southampton, L. Mr. Charles Ward, Miss Guasle Ward, Miss Nettle Ward and Mrs. Anna Kane, all of Newark, N.

J. Mlsa Annie 0. Hobby, Miss Ella Wolsey, Mr. and Mra Meek, Miss Ella Meek, Captnin Thomas Mills and wife, Mr. and Mrs.

Naphle, Mr. Thomas F. Hobby, Mr. Kd. Heritage, Mr.

Fr ink Valwntine, Mr Burton aud Alice Barriugor, Mlsa Van Nostrand, M. D. Mrs. Alice B. Campbell, M.

aud many others. TRIED TO KILL HIHSKLF. Henry T. Garrett, the lawyer, who is held in ttO.OOO bail on a charge of having fraudulently appropriated while acting a the legal adviser of Mrs. Rosalie Cbnrpentler.

of 160 West Twenty fourth street, New York, before leaving Jefferson Marliet Pri8on court swal lowed two ounces of nux vomica. Ho wUl recover. GOXK BACK HOSE TO DIE. Miss Helen Vane, who recently arrived from Europe to Join Wallack'a compauy, and was stricken with paralysis, sailed for Europe at 6 A. M.

yesterday on the steamship Ems, of the North Germau Lloyds. Miss Vane, it is said, cannot recover. Among other passengers wore Colonel and Mrs. J. A.

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