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THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
'GRAND OPERA GROWING IN FAVOR
IN THIS COUNTRY?
, Americans Are Taking Kindly to Classical
Music \Vhich at One Time llIet With In-
difi‘erence—Nordica Says the Salaries oi
Singers Are Higher Here Than Abroad.
M. Cast'elmary’s latest appearance in
a new part was in the recent produc-
tion of “Siegfried,” when he sang for
the first time on any stage the role of
Fafner, the dragon. He sang then in
German for the first time in his life,
and was greatly elated at his victory
over the difficult text of the part. Fol-
lowing the lead of his friends, the dc
Reszkes, he had recently become an
ardent admirer of the works of Wag-
ner, and he enjoyed his performance
of the growling dragon with the spir-
its of a boy. In the “character” part:
of grand opera he was eminently suc-
cessful, and his Dancairo in “Carmen"
ranked as one of the brightest buffo
performances on the stage.
M. CASTLEMARY.
’(Who died on the stage of the Metropolitan
‘ Opera House.)
Castelmary was born in France and
was well educated. It was reported
that he came of a noble family, and
had the right to the title of Count,
.Which he declined to use. In early
years he took the operatic stage, and
became passionately attached to his
profession. He first became known
in America in 1879, when he appeared
in French cpera in New Orleans. His
next engagement was in Booth’s Thea-
tre. In 1886 he took a company to
Santiago, Chile, where he lost 100,000f.
at the Theatre Nacionale. His greatest
success was in the character of Meph-
istopheles, in “Faust.” He sang and
acted the part with great success all
over the country. He made it a rollick-
ing, humorous part, and to such a per-
formance, it may be remarked, he was
especially adapted.
Speaking of grand opera abroad and
in the United States, in a recent in.
“terview, Mme. Nordica said: The as-
sertion that salaries are the same on
the Continent as in the United States
is not correct.
It is a fact that in London an artist
may be paid~ the same per night as he
is in New York, but nothing additional
goes with it. He gets no percentage
on the gross receipts or anything of
that kind.
MME. NORDICA.
In Paris he may receive as many
1 francs per night as he gets dollars in
New York, but the difference is readily
perceivable.
- 'At the same time the demands upon
the artist are greater in New York and
all over the United States than. on the
Continent. In Europe three or four
operas Will be selected for the season
and these only will be given. In New
York a nightly change of bill is de-
manded, with a matinee.
It is true th jthe season is longer on
this side of the water than on the oth-
er, and herein lies the value to the ar-
tist who comes here from Europe. He
has the opportunity of making more
money than on the Continent, although
at the same time it is true that his ex-
enses are much greater here. In this
way it may be said the great salaries
‘ paid here are in a ”measure equalized
by the smaller salaries paid in Europe.
I may, perhaps, be permitted to give
you an instance. If I am singing in
London, a shilling will pay my cab
'fare‘from my hotel to the opera house.
In New York, say I am stopping at the
I Savoy, I pay $5 for a carriage to and
from the Metropolitan Opera House.
Everything else is in proportion.
You cannot wonder, then, why opera-
tic salaries are higher in the, United
States than in Europe. There are long
distances to travel, frequent rehears-
als because of the more extensive re-
pertoire, and more work to be done in
every way. One is also expected to
be proficient in three languages. There
is a greater number of performances,
and the participants are continuously
at work. ~
The Macrcady Institute in London,
was started in a small way some twen-
ty years ago by Courthorpe Todd, who
opened a clubroom for poor actresses,
in the hope of saving some of them
from the privations and dangers to
which thvy are often exposed, His
plans prospered, and the place was en-
largtd. till the house now called the
Macready Institute was built.
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A great work is going on in Nor-
wolk. Quietly, steadily and Success-
fully a powerful force is exerting itself
for the good of the people.
When ,it was announced that the
great medicine, California Cutarrh
Cure, which is, without question, the
greatest remedy for catarrhul trouble
ever compounded, was to be offered to
Norwalk, the number of people who
turned out and admitted themselves
victims of this obstinate and hitherto
incurab‘e disease. was astonishing.
They Came in scores, and unbesitating-
ly announced that they snfl'ered, and
had for years hopelessly suffered, from
hawking, hemmine, bad breath, slime
in the 'throat, dropping of, otfensxve
matter into the throat, headaches,
gagging, choking, nausea, stuffed feel-
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One of the people who got a bottle of
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nue, East. Norwalk. He had long been
troubled with a very annoying form of
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11‘ Every Mother: Knew Her Little Ones
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Bnmcnrour, Comm, May 3, ’95.—Dr.
Hand—~Dear Sin—“I have used Dr.
i Hand’s Teething Lotion and found it all
, it is represented. I have had no trouble
‘ at all with baby during his teething; it
has helped him so much, he teases to
have it used on his gums. If every
mother would use it they would save the
l little ones a great deal of suflcring.
l Yours respectfully, Mrs. Harry Browne,
1 614 State street ” Dr. Hand’s Teething
Lotion sold by all druggists, 25c.
John Winfield Scott, formerlv of this
city, has been appointed a member of
the general committee on the Grant
monument exercises by Mayor Strong
of New York.
From Sire to Sew
As a family medicine, Bacon’s Celery
King for the nerves passes from sire to
son as a legacy. If you have kidney,
liver or blood disorder get a free sample
package of this remedy. If you have in-
digestion, constipatiou, headache, rheu,
matism, this specific will cure you. Ed-
ward P. Weed, N orwalk, or George C.
Stillsou, South Norwalk, the leading
druggists, are sole agents, and are distrib-
uting samples free. Laige packages 50c
and 25c. '
Selectman Selleok is getting anxious
about the stone-crmher which ought to
have reached here ere this. Consider-
able stme has been quarried and the
crusher will not be without Something
to do as soon as it is set up.
Glad Tidings.
The grand specific fcr dispepsia, liver
complaint, Rheumatism, costiveness,
general debility, etc., is Bacon’s Celery
Thisgreat herbal
ronic stimulates the digestive organs,
ieguates the liver and restores the system
to vigorous health and energies. Sam-
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Sold only by l- dward P. \Veed, Norwalk,
and George C. Sullson, South Norwalk.
Mrs. Hattie Hobbs, who has been
spending the past two months in New
York City, returned to the home of her
sister, Mrs. William H. Smith on Mor-
gnu avenue yesterday.
Rheumatism (Jared in a Day.
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T. F. Anthony, SEX-Postmaster of
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good than any medicine I ever took.”
75 cents. Sold by E. P. “Need, 38 Wall
street, and N. C. Baur, 55 Wall street,
Druggists, Norwalk. _
Main street needs cleaning badly, the
block pavement being entirely hidden
from view by the mud.
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By using "The New Great South Ameri-
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and pain in passing it almost immediate-
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consequences in almost all cases by its
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Sold by E P. WEED, Druggist, Norwalk,
Conn. ,
.It has been suggested that Clyrk
Ferris of the town court return Jimmy ’s
V and step his profile.
TH ERE IN :1 CLASS '01“ PEOPLE
Who are iLjpred by the use of coffee
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocerv stores a new preparation
called Gram—O, made of pure grains
that takes the place of Colin. The
.most delicate stomach receiVes it with
from cofl'e‘e: Itdoes not cost over i at
much. Children maypdriuk. it with
great benefit. 15 bis. per package.
out distress, and but few can tell is _
The Bradley-Martin ball is now a
brilliant memory. The personal testi
monyof many who attended confirm:
the published accounts that is was a
great success. Other people achieve
fame by fighting battles, making
speeches, discovering scientific se
crets or founding institutions, but the
Bradley-Martins have achievd flame
by giving a ball. Their names will
long be known on both sides of the
Atlantic in connection with the afiair.
A local newspaper correspondent in
writing of the function says; “Some
persons who have estimated the cost
of this ball 'will be surprised to know
what it really did cost. The Martins
themselves expended only about $25,:
000. The actual figures will fall be
low that amount, if anything. When
the cost of all the costumes of every
guest is counted, together with what
was spent in dinners given by guests
before the ball, I don’t believe the to
tal cost of the affair to everybody whc
attended ,will foot up more than $100,
000.”
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MRS. BRADLEY MARTIN.
Everybody knows that it took
money to give the ball, but it is not
generally known that it took nerve ou
the part of many of the women to at-
tend it. There was hardly a woman
of great wealth in New York known
to be going to the ball, from Mrs. Mar-
tin down, who did not receive before
'the ball at least one letter threatening
her life if she attended it. Mrs. Mar-
tin receivcd a dozen. Two of them
were written in a red liquid of some
sort, which the writer said was blood,
but which seemed to be paint. Some
of these letters informed her that her
house was to be blown to pieces on
the afternoon of the ball. Others
warned her that a bomb \Ymilfl be
thrown into her carriage on 1119 way
to the Waldorf, while another told of
a plot. to blow up the ballroom. A
force of detectives was watching the
Martin house day and night. Every
time Mrs. Martin left her house up to
the time she left it to go to the -ball
detectives followed her.
Mr. Bo-ldt, proprietor of the “7:11-
dorf, received nearly a score of let-
ters threatening his hotel and his
guests.
Between 300 and 400 of the ;"iCStS
at the ball sat for their photographs
at Gilbert‘s studio from 7 o’clock Wed-
nesday evening until 8 o’clock Thurs
day morning. At one time there were
as many as 150 men and women, at-
tired in the costumes of centuries ago,
in the gallery awaiting their turns.
Not once during the night was there
a lull, and Mr. Gilbert and twenty-six
assistants were kept constantly at
work.
The salary of the Mayor of New
York is $10,000, the salary of the
Mayor of Brooklyn is $10,000, and the
salary of the Mayor of Long Island is
$2,500, Brooklyn Aldermen and New
York Aldermen receive the same sal-
ary, $2,000 each. The Mayor’s secre»
tary in Brooklyn gets $3,000, and in
New York $5,000. The Brooklyn Sec-
retary has only, official matters to at-
tend to. '
The Presidents of the Union League
Club have nearly all attained ‘distinc-
tion in public life. John Jay was made
Minister to Austria; Hamilton Fish
was Governor, Senator and Secretai'y
of State; \Villiam M. Evarts was
Senator and Secretary of State;
Chauncey )I. Depew refused a tender
of the State Department from Harri-
son. and is now regarded as a likely
selection as Ambassador to England.
The present President, General Porter,
is supposed to be slated for Ambassa-
dor to France; Joseph H. Choate was
President of the State Constitutional
Convention and candidate for Sena-
tor. 'l‘hc Presidency of this club may.
therefore, be regarded as a political
stepping stone.
Should Mr. llepcw go as Ambassador
to England he will be obliged to re-
sign liis profitable. and influential po-
sition ,as President of the New York
Central Railroad. and naturally there
is already much gossip as to his suc-
t-cssor in that position. Among those
who have been suggested are Samuel
Spencer. President of the Southern
Railway. and Il. \‘i'alicr \Vebb, who is
now 'l‘hiril Vim- President of the Gen-
tral and in charge of the operation of
the road. Mr.‘ \Vebb is a brother of
Dr. Seward \Yebb, President of the
Wagner Palace Car Company. and a
hall“ in'mhcr of General A. S. “’ebb,
l‘rcsiihvizt of the College of New York.
CYRUS Tuonr.
lieseutful.
{.1 have a good father," said the.
young man, “one who, I am sure, al-
ways tried to'do his duty. I have only
one. thing with which to reproach
him." ' '
"What. is that?”
“Human nature is human nature,
and I must take it for granted that he
is no exception to a universal rule. I
don't think I can ever forgive him for
the manner in which he used to, go
around andbore his friends with the
smart‘things-I said when I was a
baby.’«’—‘\'Vashington Star.
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