nor Roach, at Wall's Opera House, New Haven, Ct., with John Howson in the title rôle. A country lass wins the love of a rich gentleman, whose mother, greatly incensed at the marriage, lays snares that bring the young wife within a dive in the great city. Rescued at last by the brave farmer, Dan Darcy, she is returned to her husband, who, persuaded of her death, is about to marry a woman of his mother's choosing. The usual reconciliation ensues. Incidental to the plot is a lost marriage certificate.- -Death of M. Perrier, veteran actor, at Paris, France.

13. Production of " A Game of Chance," an adaptation from the German, by Louis Ludovici, at the Madison Square Theatre, New York. Production of "The CircusRider," comedietta, by Mrs. Charles II. Doremus, at a matinée at the Lyceum Theatre, New York.- -Death of William E. Sheridan, American actor, at Sydney, Australia.

14. Production of “Jubilation," musical trifle in one act, text by "Richard Henry," music by Ivan Caryl and H. J. Leslie, at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, London, England. The piece deals with the misunderstandings of three pairs of lovers. -Production of "C. O. D.," by Frederick G. Maeder and Robert Fraser, at Stamford, Ct. Mary Anderson appeared for the first time during her foreign tour as Bianca, in "Fazio," at Liverpool, England.- -The Park Theatre, at Jacksonville, Fla., was burned to the ground, the loss amounting to $14,000; insurance, $4 000.

15. Celebration of the twenty-fifth year of Charlotte Wolter's stage career, at Vienna, Austria.

16. Production of "As In a Looking-Glass," drama in four acts, adapted by F. C. Grove from the novel of the same name, by F. C. Philips, at the Opera Comique, London, England, the cast including Mrs. Bernard Beere, Eva Southern, and Messrs. Standing, Marius, and Denison. Mrs. Lena Despard is a divorced woman, who has managed to keep her shame out of the papers. She is desperately hard up, recklessly extravagant, and is besides an inveterate gambler. Moreover, she is perpetually blackmailed by Captain Jack Fortinbras, an unscrupulous scoundrel. Lena's last hope of rehabilitation lies in a wealthy marriage, and she lays herself out to capture Mr. Algernon Balfour. Algernon is engaged to be married to a Miss Vyse, who loves him with passionate devotion, which he returns with equal fervor. By a short series of artful little manœuvres, Lena breaks off the engagement between this devoted couple, and captures Algernon for herself. A heavy bribe is the price of Fortinbras' assistance in the plot. Lena, failing to complete her portion of the contract, is denounced by the bully to her husband on their wedding morning. She implores forgiveness, but Algernon is obdurate, and poor Lena ends her strange, eventful history by an intentional overdose of chloral.

Production of "The Pyramid," comic opera, music by Charles Puerner, libretto by Caryl Florio, at the Star Theatre, New York; with the following cast: Mortals: Albert Leroy, Harry Hilliard; William Dodge, Paul Arthur; Abdul, T. Witt. Mummies: Ramsas, Frank David; Rhea, Addie Cora Reed; Tai, Helen Standish; Natasa, Rosa Cook; Sabake, Ellis Ryse; Menphta, Herbert D. Chelsey. The book relates the adventures of two American tourists who wander into the pyramid of Rameses XXVII. just in time to meet the entire population--King, daughter, priest and all--on one of their ten-centennial returns from mummydom to contemporary existence. The instantaneous slaughter of the intruders is prevented only by the equally instantaneous sentimentality of three maidens--two young and one elderly --and by the unfortunate sternutation of the King, who has caught cold through a crack in his coffin, and who sneezes away his wrath at each critical moment. Production of the com'c opera "Captain Cupid," music by Ferdinand Puehringer, libretto by Rose and Sage, at the Park Theatre, Cleveland, O., with an amateur cast, including John B. Lang as Bombolo, Inez Mecusker as Fanchette, Frances Heywood as Angelique, and John Spindler as Hector. The plot of the opera is as follows: Bombolo, the first sovereign of Popota, a diminutive kingdom in the Isle

of Atlantis, is an eccentric monarch with an ill-tempered daughter, Angelique, who, despite the efforts of her father to get her off his hands, still remains single. He therefore orders a competitive examination of the youth of Popota. On the day ap pointed for the contest, Hector, a young sailor, returns home, and is joyously welcomed by his betrothed, Fanchette, the village beauty, who persuades him to com. pete for the prize. He does so, and is declared the victor, but is horrified by Bombolo's announcement that the prize is Angelique's hand. Fanchette penetrates to the palace in the disguise of Captain Cupid, a dashing young naval officer, and Bombolo gives him entire charge of the wedding ceremonies. He makes love to Angelique, who ardently reciprocates. Bombolo abdicates the throne in favor of Angelique, who immediately announces her intention of marrying Captain Cupid. She thrusts Hector and her father into the street, and places Captain Cupid on the throne by her side. By an ancient law of Popota, whoever wears the crown is ruler of the realm. After various complications, Fanchette finally secures possession of the crown, which she immediately returns to Bombolo. Angelique is punished. Hector and Fanchette are married, and all ends happily. Revival of "Adirondacks," at the People's Theatre, St. Louis, Mo.; with the following cast Edith Roylston, Louise Pomeroy; Gus Gudger, Arthur Elliott; Ralph Challis, Williard Brigham; Dr. Cutter, Cripti Palimoni; Lester Morfield, Will Farnum; Arthur Hughton, G. Stuart Brodock: Toby, Charles Bulkley; Mrs. Jubkins, Agnes Maynard. A wealthy widow plays fast and loose with a number of admirers until she meets one who defies her fascinations. One of the lovers kills himself. She becomes crazy with remorse, is restored to reason, falls in love with the man who defied her blandishments, and her love is reciprocated. There is a simple love story of the rustic inhabitants of the Adirondacks that runs through the play. Production of "By Special License," drama in a prologue and three acts, by Frank Marryat, at the Theatre Royal, Longton, England.- -Rosina Vokes appeared in the comedietta, "The Game of Cards," at the Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadelphia, Pa. -First representation in New York of "The Black Thorn," at the Third Avenue Theatre, with Joseph J. Sullivan in the principal 1ôle. Revival of "The Romance of a Poor Young Man," by Wallack's Stock Company, at Daly's Theatre, New York. The final representation of this piece on May 28th was the last performance of the company under the management of Lester Wallack and Theodore Moss.- -Revival of Millöcker's opera, "Gasparone," at the Standard Theatre, New York.- - Richard III." was presented at Poole's Theatre, New York, with D. H. Harkins in the title 1ôle.- -Death of Hippolyte Raynard, whose real name was Louis Hippolyte Henri Von Latum, at Paris, France.Death of Edward Morton,, stage manager, at Kansas City, Mo.

17. Annie Pixley gave a professional matinée of "The Deacon's Daughter," at the Union Square Theatre, New York. -Mme. Janauschek, after appearing as Meg Merillies, at Newport, R. I., fell down-stairs at the Parry House, breaking her arm and suffering other injuries, owing to which she was compelled to cancel her dates for the remainder of the season.

18. Production of “The Judge," comedy by T. W. King, at the Town Hall, Saratoga, N. Y., with Odell Williams in the title rôle, supported by D. G. Longworth as the Yankee Overseer, May Wheeler as Beatrix, Annie Ware as Widow Evison, Florence Vincent as the Judge's Sister, E. J. Ratcliffe as John Evison, Porter White as Hubert Evison, and Thad. Shine as Joe Carter. The story is one of Louisiana life, and Judge Elton is intended to portray a typical Southern character. Most of the serious part of the plot is simply referred to as dark doings twenty years before the opening of the story. Two men fight a duel. One takes an unfair advantage, firing before the word, and kills his man. A brother of the survivor was to have given the word. The latter kills him to hide his disgrace, and later commits suicide through remorse. Each man leaves a child. One of these is a girl--the daughter of the man who died

in the duel. The others are boys, sons of the brothers. These children are grown when the play opens. The daughter is the ward of the Judge, and is being educated in New York. He brings her home to his plantation amid great rejoicing. The cousins are suitors for the girl's hand. The son of the murderer of the girl's father is the villain of the piece, and is the unsuccessful suitor. He is foiled through the Judge holding" papers" that are played as trumps when needed. These papers divulge the story of the crimes.

Production of "La Roi Malgré lui," comic opera in three acts, by Emile de Najac and Paul Burani, music by M. Emmanuel Chabrier, at the Opéra Comique, Paris, France.

-"The Donagh," an Irish melodrama, by George Fawcett Rowe, was presented at the Grand Opera House for the first time in New York, with Joseph Murphy in the principal rôle of Lanty Killaly.—Death of Amanda Pauline Schaefer, actress, at Bremen, Germany.

19. Production of "Maganon," comic opera, by Barclay Walker, at the Grand Opera House, Indianapolis, Ind., with Ida Sweeney (of Detroit) in the title rôle, supported by local amateurs. General U. S. Whiz, a politician, having been appointed United States Minister to the Saddletall Islands, spends his fortune in trying to discover the location. The first act opens on board the ship Baltimore, returning from across the water. On board the ship are also Maganon, an opera singer, formerly Stella Clifton, who has adopted the stage on account of a love disappointment. The ship burns, and only Whiz and valet and Maganon and maid are saved, being cast upon the Hazelbar Islands. A former lover, Dorchester, having previously arrived there, has earned his way into the good graces of the King and is the Prime Minister. By his orders he condemns his rival for Stella's band, Delbrook, to a life in prison. Dorchester confines the four rescued to prison and consents to release them if Maganon will marry him. As a last resort she consents, and the ceremony is about to be performed when Delbrook appears, having effected his release, and denounces Dorchester, marries Maganon, and turns the tables on his former captor. Production of "The Empress," historical drama in four acts, by Bernard Dierkes, at the Grand Opera House, St. Louis, Mo.; with the following amateur cast: Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, Maria T. Hopkins; Count Bartenstein, Bernard Dierkes ; Count Wassner, W. M. Porteus; Count Gotter, II. H. Herold; Duke Francis, Grey Lindsley; Prince Joseph, Bernard F. Dierkes, Jr.; Doctor Haversack, E. L. McDowell; Stanislaus Boskay, Beaumont Smith; Agnes, Bertha Westbrook. A conspiracy to overthrow the Empress and its frustration furnish the plot. Production of "Fashion," society play in five acts, by Selina Dolaro, at a special matinée at the Madison Square Theatre, New York; with the following cast: Captain Denalgnez, Eben Plympton; Philip Valnay, John T. Sullivan; Baron Sarcy, E. J. Henley; M. Pierson, Harry Edwards; Dora Valnay, Annie Robe; Marion Pierson, Belle Archer; Adelaide Lapierre, Mathilde Madison.- -A benefit entertertainment was given at Harrigan's Park Theatre, New York, to the family of the late William Welch, minstrel performer.- -The roof garden of the Casino, New York, was opened for the season.- -Grace Leslie, actress, was killed by an accident on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

20. Terrace Garden, in East Fifty-eighth Street, New York, was opened by Gustav Amberg, with the Thalia Theatre Company, in the opera "Die Fledermaus," by Strauss.

21. Production of "Le Cœur de Paris," revue in a prologue and one act, by Philippe de Massa, at the Opéra Comique, Paris, France.- -Production of "American Grit " (dramatized by George Hoey from George Manville Fenn's novel, "The Vicar's People"), at Yonkers, N. Y.; with Henry T. Chanfrau in the principal rôle.

22. Manager Schaefer, of the Opera House, Canton, O., disgusted with the assaults of the local pulpit upon the stage, at last broke silence in a Sunday night lecture, appearing

at his own theatre to a crowded house. He selected for his subject, "The Moral, Intellectual, and Christian Character of the Pulpit," and for his text, Luke 6: 41, 42. The lecturer spoke of the grandeur of the stage hundreds of years before the Christian era, and of its notables from its early history to the present day. He then cited statistics to prove the corruptness of the pulpit, and the crimes of ministers greater than of any other class of people.

23. Production of "Gwynne's Oath," drama, by Nelson Wheatcroft, at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa.; with the following cast: Sir Pearce Parker, R. F. McClannin; Harry Vesey, Nelson Wheatcroft; Jim Richards (known also as Mons. Latour), George R. Edeson; Gussy Lambton, Ernest Tarlton; Richard Welbeck, Howard Coveney; Gilbert Archer, Archie Lindsay; Gwynne Archer, Adeline Stanhope; Miss Willoughby Parker, Emma Skerritt; Bessie Smith, Effie Shannon; Jeffreys, Julia Taylor; Pene, Bella Ross. Gilbert Archer, a superannuated gamester, is killed in a fit of passion by Harry Vesey. His daughter Gwynne registers a vow to discover the murderer and avenge the crime. Her fiancé, Richard Welbeck, is brought under suspicion by Vesey, who also loves the young woman. He twists a number of coincidental circumstances into proofs of Richard's guilt. But Gwynne believes in his innocence, and, walking in her sleep, confronts Vesey, who, according to her vision, is the real criminal. With the assistance of Vesey's reformed and repentant "pal," one Jim Richards, the crime is finally fastened upon him, while Richard and Gwynne are left free to spend the rest of their lives in saying nice things to each other.

Adolphine Zimaier-Modjeska, a Polish singer, appeared at Terrace Garden, New York, in the title 1ôle of "Gillette De Narbonne," comic opera, with music by Audran and libretto by Chivot and Audran; the cast including Conrad Junker, Ferdinand Schütz, Otto Kemlitz, Wilhelm Burkhardt, Bernhard Rank, Selena Kronold, Gustav Adolfi, Ludwig Steingade, Ella Grunewald, Felicita Spiranska, Lucie Werner, and Paula Buechner.A testimonial entertainment was tendered to John T. Ford, at the Grand Opera House, Baltimore, Md., in honor of his thirty-third year of theatrical management.- -Death of Guillaume Poultier, retired operatic tenor, at Villequier,

France, aged 74.

24. Production of "Fair Fame" (adapted by Clinton Stuart from "Denise," by Alexandre Dumas), at an authors' matinée, at the Madison Square Theatre, New York; with the following cast: Lord Elsmere, E. H. Vanderfelt: Hugh Stanton, Walden Ramsay; Captain Eustace Farquhar, Frank Rodney; John Preston, J. H. Fitzpatrick; Sir Thomas Dry, Roland Buckstone; Margaret Preston, Linda Dietz; Lady Clara Farquhar, Mathilde Madison; The Hon. Ada Denison, Lilla Vane; Mrs. Preston, Mrs. E. J. Phillips; Lady Duff, Virginia Buchanan. Margaret Preston is the daughter of Lord Elsmere's bailiff, and with her father and mother is residing in Elsmere's country-house as companion to his daughter Ada. Captain Farquhar, backed by his mother, Lady Clara, a "fast" widow, sues for Ada's hand, and is favored by the girl. Margaret loves Elsmere and is loved by him, but on his proposal for her hand rejects him. On learning that he has consented to Farquhar's suit, she throws off the veil and discloses that Farquhar has been her lover, having deceived and abandoned her under promise of marriage. Honest John Preston at first orders his daughter from the house, but thinks better of it, and proposes to force Farquhar into marrying her. Elsmere hesitates as to his course, being further embarrassed by the fact that he has formerly been the lover of Lady Clara. But the kindly and large-minded friend, Stanton, urges that as Denise has made her painful confession purely from the most generous motives, the best thing he can do is to marry her out of hand, which he submissively proceeds to do. after vainly trying to endure the pain of seeing Ada and Margaret start together for the convent.

Production of "Peaceful War," a farcical play in four acts, adapted from the German comedy, "Der Krieg im Frieden," by Sophie Scotti and Leopold Wagner, at the Prince of Wales', London, England.

"The Passing Regiment," presented in New York some years ago, was taken from the same source. -Production of "Nadia," comic opera in one act, text by Paul Nulliet, music by M. Jules Bordin, at the Folies-Dramatiques Theatre, Paris, France. -Production of "Cleopâtre," comedy in three acts, by Paul Ferrier and Paul Solié, at the Vaudeville Theatre, Paris, France.

25. The Opéra Comique, at Paris, France, was destroyed by fire, which broke out on the stage just after the curtain had been raised for the first act of "Mignon." A terrible panic ensued. It was subsequently estimated that one hundred and eighteen persons lost their lives at the conflagration, and Arthur Leon Carvalho, the manager, two architects and two firemen, were found guilty of gross negligence. 26. Death of Lewis B. Lent, circus manager, at New York City.

27. Production of "The Skeleton," comedy in three acts (adapted from Von Moser's comedy, "Haroun al-Raschid," by " Austin Stannus " and Yorke Stephens), at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, England; with the following cast: Willoughby Wilkinson, Yorke Stephens; Peter Wilkinson, Richard Purdon; Charles Vassar, Lewis Waller; Tom Prideau, Hamilton Astley; Jacques Legros, M. Marius; John, Sidney Brough ; Waiter, Martin Morris: Ada Durnford, Florence West; Louisa, Frances White; Mrs. Woodruff, Charles Poole; Mrs. Smale, Conyers D'Arcy; Susan, Miss Harding; Rose Ducombier, Helen Leyton.- -Production of "After," play in one act, by Scott Battams, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, England.

28. Production of Raymonde," comedy in four acts, by André Theuriet and Morand, at the Théâtre-Français, Paris, France.- Production of "La Nuit Bergamesque," tragi-comedy in three acts, in verse, by Emile Bergerat, at the Théâtre Libre, Paris, France.Production of "Vincinette," comedy in one act, in verse, by Pierre Barbier, at the Théâtre Français, Paris, France.

30. First representation in New York of "On the Rio Grande," romantic drama, by Mark Price; with the following cast: Daniel Webster Byall, Edward Lamb; Harold Rapley, M. J. Jordan; Del Paso, Mark Price; Morgan Mortimer, Percy Meldon; Captain Highflyer, Fred. Wildman; Charles Brown, Charles Lamb; Dick Wayde, Sam Ervin Ryan; Tom Norris, I. H. Harvey; Dave Sexton, S. T. Jones; Wilson Kirby, William Barry; Joseph Conners, T. G. Monson; Dora Rapley, Mamie Johnstone; Kate Shelby, Clara Flagg; Priscilla Muffins, Carrie Reynolds. Robert Rapley, a young Louisianian, meets Morgan Mortimer in a gambling house in New Orleans, and while in the act of saving the latter's life, young Rapley accidentally kills an officer of the law. After serving a term of eight years' imprisonment, Rapley flees to Texas, where he leads the life of an outcast under the assumed name of Del Paso. In the mean time his brother and sister remove to a ranch in Texas in complete ignorance of the fate of Robert. Morgan Mortimer becomes a cattle king in the Lone Star State. He woos and wins Dora Rapley, whom he loves for her beauty, while, at the same time, he is engaged to Kate Shelby, a rich heiress. Subsequently he plans the abduction of Dora, who is carried off by her brother, Del Paso, an absence of twelve years, together with intoxication, accounting for the fact that the brother did not recognize his sister as his employer's victim. Harold Rapley runs down the abductor of his sister, and the brothers meet in Mortimer's mansion. Harold is unaware that Robert was made the tool of Mortimer, and after a mutual recognition the brothers are reunited. The brothers fly to the place where Dora is captive, and in his eager haste Robert seizes and mounts a superb horse which he finds on the roadside. Before he reaches his goal he is intercepted and apprehended as a horse