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NOTES FROM LONDON.
MK. T. P. O'CONNOR'S ? RTAR ?'-"TH-" KVEX
IV. l'OSrv~MU. W. ?? RICH MOND.
trroM mr r.-ot lau *_m-BBaros-_*i ea sam tiii-u*.-*-..
London. Jan. W.
a ic v * iain?i pu;er has .amened gaited " laa
Ftnr " A ..-n,-por.-.cut whine totara is given iu
tlio tirst nun-bet mama n te abs Btes af Bethle?
hem, its n. mage, <>f seaasai is one of pr-aee on
rarth and i od will te bbb* Tbs eziaemioB of it
tuns nins: nv.- iT.ve beea beaaghl into e_istei.ee
J>y tie*- disjri.st. couicmpt and hate whi-i Ute
malig'i-1 and tnaeberuaa dcaart'oa sf the Liberal
eaam by i ailed liberal Bagara hus mealed
among nil true Qi il I re ll' IbOte wis already,
perhaps, ivs ir. rn li disgust, contempt uml hal- ni
tlie world BB tbs wt,rid luis anv mal oe: ??sion for.
Not la ti** r? bm} tedi al oaten !>? give expression
to these amiable emotions. Um il Mr. T. P.
O'Connor, who edits the new paper, thiaki ? ?
wilie no emt will IBSBttea his lij-ht tu -.iv.- el., , I
to his reat lettoaa
IVe ;r'I know Mr. O'Connor ns ardent poli?
tician aid xery energetic j* uinalisT. II" is reck?
oned il:*- baal political manager und CBgaalsm of
the I'un iiii.- party: a maa wbe aaa nnd d
H.. B-T.ehiBe at full *_i>c?\L ll** may make a geed
?Vditor ile ehaantB tbe irmiitions nf the p-seee
non by j-m Iiktv- a I ail Hr-; number. Thnt nil
lirst anmbam ure had is more Hiii'i a ira ditto?*, it
is r.n axiom There un*, hoxvever. degrees of bad
BBm an-l Mr. O'Connor has pili.irs overshot Ibe
innrk. Or is it B proof o Irish pu* io* Vin ta write
I i. 1 Lrvli-l)'' "We ihall do away," suv | he,
"witt tlie hae_aayed style of d_adtote JenrnaHeiB."
How is le |e do BUBO BBMh n thin_ u!r adv Bl BOtate
is n,t cl ar. Many other thin::*, are imt rifer.
"Tbe *|(*ctr*> of baud n,.m? i'-*l.v li-s adi st:;
Short ;*1 tbe In use of tue launer."
? "ireland waals Home Bala not mach worse
than the pan] le af I/md on."
"Our limits forbid us riving eve? thing."
"Tli- alevattoa, the aram eaaataal employment.
Ibo better w:.--o, the Inerat?e ol i*-nl In tho itor*
ach*, dignity in the is*,uls. joy. humanity, tender
aam i-i the hearte of Hm people?these, and them
Ihinrs linne, reprewnt to us progress, l'1'T.v, na?
tional greatness "
"Cheap rn tils for Hm Bltisaa i-f Lomtea is Cen
anodiet plank in oat platform."
'lhere nie man.v more mmples, bal Mies,* mn]
suffice, Tbey all occur In Mr. O'Conaoi^i "Cm
t, ? ? n of Faith"; an article of catha mow than
two miami*-**, Et dicalism ccrvereth a multitude of
Sins and Mr. O'Connor has s< t ont on a mission
of -tediealism aol always dtetiagaishable from s**
Biattam: not always renie*,- from Anarchy. To
aviu a battle or a general election "shall" appe .r tu
him infamous if it da nothing toward making the
lives ct tba people brighten and happier. Ths
next ai?truce embadtea Mr. o'connor's i,l"n of
farlgfatiH?! and happineaa "Ihe policy will .--p
jpear to ns warthy of evettaaUns thanks and of
IbbCbmable gtery thal dom bo mon tl bb enable
|he dbarareaaaa to put Beru pieces of ingar in her
?*up of t a b-Btcad af one; nnd that nd ls ono far
Ihing a da**" to the wage of Um seamstreai cr Hie
nborer. __npira, dominion, Influeaoe ta the conn?
eys of I.:;ro?<??.',ll th* se nnd sn**!, like things te
419 ore m.-re pest!teat emptiness."
[ it is jisinful to hare to ail thal Mr. O'Connor
??J., oppose. I to pmtecti'in. "I-tolection," le mya,
['-'is tho remedy of the foolish or tin-* mlflsh. and
must i-o vehemently and, if needs be, violently
Apposed.'' I xviii not stop t" ns; whether Mr.
Blaine and Tub Tbibtxb and tho Bepabliean
Varty *>1 \i eries are to be r<' to ae 1 Barana the
.ouli-li or nmnng tbe sellisli. On., or the Other they
hil munt he aeeording to Mr. O'Connor. I um
more Interested te know lum* protection is to hg
*.?*? violent i.i??? oppcaed. Is tbs blaa_then stick- to
he aaal sgalaal ir? Am IVotectfonista to be buy
V-fted? Aro tbs tails of their cattle te bo cut
?OTP Or weald Mr. O'Connor tb__ Mr. Godkia a
po*"d instrument el violence; Mr. Godkin wins,.
_-!? a of ir*,,mi saaaioB mema to include the cease
"lc*s swing nf Um ihillelagb ?
One scalp a day seems to he Mr. O'Connor*!
Hiolto. He adofBed Iiis first ininibi-r with a foolish
story aboul tha Queen. Ile luis " good reason
for ste'lni*-" tbal the Queen'-, decision to devote
?lier ?70,000 el Jubilee gifts tu nurses for the
poor w.is tekeB unwillui-ly. H and only after
almost fierce peaaaam from wteei heads." Whal
Uer Majesty really w'shed, if yan believe Mr.T. 1'.
O'Connor, wns lo sjieiid the S.Cii.uiu on a neck
iace for 1'nncess BtBteloa Where did this
precious st, ry am from* Did our new sdJtor
Ret it fmm tho Queen, or from ltd?mm lb?Ulmt
WBE lt seam grout oflieer of the household who
imparted it to lum? Where is a necklace at tin's
juice to bo ha?l? This ridiculous tale is, in
truth, a swollen and distorted version of n simple
fact. Th,- Qneea did wish that some mull] part
of the grant sum given her should he used to bay
Something whieh she could Et* p inul wear Bl a
ptxsonnl memaale of tlie personal kindlim m which
vhs Um source of the Womn's Jubilee offering.
A Baektem WM talked of. The sum mentioned
for Hie pinchas.' was ?2,.00. rinally, liie
Queen bera if, under uo other pssssam jhun that
Of bet owu good sense, decided that lt was In Uer
tho whole amount of the ofter should go vyithout
deduction to the charity resolved on. Hut there
aita buyers of halfpenny pa-ars who will madtly
lind greedily mmllem the bigger -tory, Willi lip
luise thotijjh lt be.
The second number of TiTr. O'Connor's " Star''
overflows xvith the good xviii and gentle couit -.-y
?which marked the first. Lord Hartington becomes
lu- fupie. Mr. O'Connor objects to his bitting on
tlie front Opposition bench in tho House ol C_m
ir.ciis. '* It is not necessary to say that Lord
HartingTon or Mr. Chamberlain is consciously
lind intentionally a mean and sneaking m*rm>
dropiH-r: but they play the same role.*" Lord
lliu-l.iigiDii is to bo driven over to thc Tories Hi
lins never beea anything but a Tot-*. " Hs has
the peals or the impudence, the dull, dow mind,
th" hatred to chan*-*.', the contempt for the people.
Hie faith in brutal methods of government win eh
ftie Ihs masai?- marks of the Tory mind.'' Be
tidets, ii- is ?? ratha more stupid than the majority
af the -nenib. rs of the stupid party." "He ls a
tnani'iis. the sou of a duke, very wealthy, nnd
peeple are so surprised that he isn't a black.kg or
nn lmliecile that they have discovered be is a
genius." This is very cheap wnUng-I will not
use the adjective which Kingsley associated xvii li
cheap. Anybody can abuse and scold and call
BBflBM. Mr. O'Connor's talent is capable of some?
thing belier nnd moro effective. His ptaacBt
g|yk is not literary, not "llective, not B_magtef
to those whom he wishes to damage. Lord Cado?
gan is assailed in similar fashion on the following
dar, but I will spare you the catalogue of Lord
Chdogan's iniquities.
Another new paper is " The Evening Iee!" Bte
rf New-York. It hus nothing to tte with " The
Morning JV-1," bal lt the evening edition of " The
Finaim.11 Bewa." Sir Algernon Borthwick, who
own ami edits tho older paper, o'ljects, naturally
pnouirh. to the uso of a title which might, and
eerUiuly weald, aire rite to confusion in thc
minds of the public. 'J'he courts ar- to decide,
hut meantime the new ?beet holds on to its bor?
rowed n.im--. Its reason for coming into the weald
is first cf .'ill BBB?Niall and Hs most striking
feature a two-coltnun list of ** tape prices." News
albee Unm ammry Baan abounds, and athel topics
than thom of tlie .Stock Exchange an- handled
villi dinctuesa. vigor, good BBflBB and that reserve
ot style in which Mr. T. P. O'Connor's sheet is so
Killy mmmtef, MUtea are not awarded tbs _r_t
place, pTsoiialities ar- k-pt within tin* limits of
deeency, und the ebB-ma__a_*wrb_ her two lumps
of ingar i- not appealed to as the arbiter of inter?
national relations between emjures.
Mr. W. B. liichmoud's election aa Associate of
the Royal Academy ls a triumph of the madeCBB
over the ancients. I uv oid tin. phrase old maatem.
Tlie aneients of t'no Academy are not of kin to
Tintoretto or Rembrandt. Mr. Richni.aid has
riev:r hm n BOOBSJBtei on.- of Um lltbtiHTII accord?
ing to the Academy standard, if it, bat g standard.
Ile was a student IbstB, and Hu-.y gave hun two
Silver _mia!*?. but yoath in an exease for BBBRB)
1hiin;s His Mal art edii'-atton wns obtained
abroad. OMBBteBl nrt, mt wir tune stetetad him
for her owu, he painui!, amt pah-Bed boldly such
fumitiar sub-oe? as Klcetra at tl,,- Toaab jpf
'Alameinnon, and, more funiihai* ?uli. Axiaduu
Abandoned by Thi-scius. and EBRBR In that kind.
The British public g.i/.td upmi lb -,* cumpu-itinns
willi respect tempered by a sen**** of auld lang
sync. Mr. l.iel.mond, however, dally has imi *i
ii il i,,n. and a kind of fury energy which cnrras
hun far. (if late he has exhibited im-sHy at tho
('rosvennr (Inlier)*, and mostly. I thiak, |MSUallS,
ll*- is aftea named ns n painter arba ern' pain'
wamaa; mrest of ail among British iuti-ts of tho
day. Them am eaaraam af ni-* wbteb fasUfy
i rim but lu- i- nol always < ?i'i>l tn himself
at his best. What luis uiade him most fanm .
of all is his mesa! juurii.y io Berlin on a snnnnniis
from Prince Bismarck. Ile has painted the [toa
Ch.Miei.jur. lind Hie I'i in,*, ss. ami Lad] Krmyn
iriuic Heist, xv,fe of the British Ambassador, and
others. I sho lld be curious to see what sort of a
portrait he luis produced of tbe grim ('.orman who
ha- mad-- (Vrmaiiy. 'lhere lives not Cue mun win,
could point him lightly._ G. w. s.
.1/ IKINQ VACCINE VIM'S.
THE CI Ti's FARM IS SECOND AVK.
HOW 1MB ANTMXI.s AUK THI" ATF.D?RFSLT.TS OF
last Trill's vvor.ic.
Few por-nn-s xvi,,) psst th" obi two-Tory hrlrk
balMtag, Ba BIB Becaad are., whieh ins a dsaayad
widden awning In (mut of ll and bo**!**. Hi" Ilga,
?Steam Carpel CleaalBg," an* awam tbat it iheltors
ti,- Beard "f Seakht raeelm vims ??farm."' Tin
fits- fi,?,r ,f ti,e imiiding recently was eonvertod imo
a stable for cattle nm. ari hen; .1, re t., BBdergO
vaccination, a steane**, waru.,"* arel better ventilated
?taMe probably eannol be found in th* city. "Baleen
lat cuvvs ami TeZBB iteOM itOOd ni II,* itaMcS tli1*
other day shea a Ibjbcbs reporter entered the
piara Dr. Pantoo, the vim- expert, was ai work In
bis laboratory in tin ram al tm stable, wi,ii,- two
MBlStB?_l vi "ie toobtag ad' t I'"' cn!'!**. Dr. ranice's
Bea u lavishly decorated with coJowd prints, snd i
ocenptee in bis ai-s'-n*** by a while cat. (bi the
si,ei'<,*s ara glass Jars containing goose quins and
" p,il?ls" Ol virus. A bli: lab!,-, mi Which calves fur
t: ?-.:> ueie strawed while undergoing treatment,
aecuptea a perl nf th-- room, .rmi there i.- a unall
griadstom used for ion theeing the _vB3b wi,iel, ara
tu neates tb'* virus.
'l'n- awaalmtam <>f lorim vlrut fur tl.- protection
ol human being! Bgalasl imallpos bm Imob going on
uiiiier Vc* eye of Dr. Pardoe im* a dona yean h moto.
io,Tn-:',v in- operated on calves, bm lately in- be
ramo oonvtnced tbal batter virus eonld bs obtslned
from targa c.it.ie. an.l tic* ftoalth Board decided te
Sive hon a n-vv "farm." Hy a clever arrangem ni nf
movable bars In the Itslb i diW * i* t steer .
vented from kteklug wi,ile n ls being vaeelaated In ?
down rn* iv..-!,c.- dafferenl places, ii,'* operation moil
annoying ta the anim.ii cum... later, wi.<-n the vims
,- betag transl ired from it to ths gnni point*". Il b
? v for ile* Health Beard to hey the cattle owl
right, toed tb-m weil while nndergoing UeatoMnl and
tor lome lime afterward, and Anally sell them to
- ut a lom
The outlay lor mi I fe >i. - ri irl I eoe! ol mal
aril lo- es ir. rattle trading amounts to aboul 010,000
a year. Hart of th* ninney comm back through the
sale of virus. Last year the Department received
*r.._:;-j fu.' vi us -nil to drugglit! and physicians.
Probably meney could be made oul of thc "term" if
the Health Bawd ehargM) i f*-..- price tor all the vtrns
lt could dla peal al bel Ihe saa tatry officials an- main
ly lateraatod In stopping smallpos ?Ml yen- ncarl]
90,000 person* In the elly were rai i laated tree nf
? ti-u _ ? by tic* S'in'.t.iry Inspectors, sod enough vim. t.,
vaccinate 30.000 more porsons wai given awaj * ?
public Institutions. A.- druggists ara charged S5 cents
l,,r a single "point," tl,-* graf ul toni vaccinations bj
Health Board on thal basis last year might be said
io be worth nearly B-0,0 IQ.
"Ti,- rocem change from calves to largo cattle in
the virus ? tarn ' I,,,- I ? .i attended v> i' Ii su, j i -in.iv
pi,o,i results," laid iv.*-. ;. ,,t niue*.. ,,t ibe Health
ti, ai',1 -? iii,- inspector recently vacclnaled slx.y
flve children In a public Institution with tin* new virus
ami vaccination 'took' In every case. Formerly
thora wera frecjucnt failures, and many children h. i
in i,.> vaccinated a second time. Tbs new vim- u
believed in be ? pure as any ever obtained. Wc bave
had nu complaint- aboul i' lo ter a- I bare beard li
I- alleged that disease- may tr- communicated t>, chil?
dren by humanised virus, bul thora ls uo danger In
? bovine virus, xv hen the v.ms ii taken bom
sonni! cattle.*1
At pr.-s ii' the virus "term* tunis- ont about _,000
'? points'1 a weeli.
THE rsv A I. WOM. l.V.
A WIFE'S INTKIUKKINi B.
At 1 o'clock last Thursday morlan- a -river, "who
ft i inls vvitli bis cab near forty-second st. ami Hrn.nlway,
struck a woiiun in tlie tam WltB bte clcucbel list, aad
the. woniin fell to the pavement. After a moment -he
stac^-ered to her feet und stood motionless, weeplag
pltoBBlly. before the brute that had Htruck'her. A
peace-loving ynung man who chanced to ho passim,' at
the time considered lt his duty to Interfere in bahai! of
the as. ul,-,1 vi,,iu in. i-u lie confronted Hie mau ami ia
in unit*.1 an explanation of his cruelty. The Information
ho ulit.undi was,-.Interspersed Stitt a variety of oath.
which it would not be feasible tu reproduce, but cl?ui,-e<l
ul ll.c.-e ii ran :n ti,is way:
" That's my perseus] property, that woman ls, nnd r
do whas i lii.e with her. she e_n asm toto af boodle,
twice what I cm, mid hs I'm her husband sho's got to
turn lt over to me. At 9 o'clock I saw her in a way to
Hake a bl.- pile of marney, It wm a sure thing ami I re?
fused a lon:** job eataata?Bg on what she'd brim.' me.
Now, milter, what do you think she does ! Sho comos
snivelling up to mo five minutes a ito and says she ain't
trot a cent. Hbo lied, and I smashed her. And I'll
blacken her other eye for horlf she duesn't give mo what
she's hilling.**
The iK'Ucc-lovlm,' "young man had been growing angry
all the time he was listening to the nian'ri talk, nnd when
the last threat was uttered he m*a**ped the ninian hy his
coat collar and raised Ills list to strike tim. Instantly
he was gTa*pe*l from behind and pulled violently away
from bli victim. To his amnzemen* bo fun nd himself
confronted by tbe woman, who vyai glaring at him
threateningly, her hands tightly lleaabsd. tr*he biased
out these words:
"Let bim alone, do'you heart I'm his wife and no
strang.!' licet'! interfere lu our trouble.. It ain't tin- tlr.-t
time lie's struck me, and if I don't complain no one else
need make auy fuss about it. You ko your way uo iv,
and n.ind your own buiiu.ss. This ls my f mic cul, not
yours.-"
" Tho pence loving young man realized the situation
with un eliott and moved away, trying hard to think
vvh.it occult element thore bs iu a woman's lianne that
can make her tolerate and etina to I man who can 111 use
bar ns a bulldog would he ashamed to treat a ipanleL
Had bc met n iinlieeman during the next five tn I mites
he would have a-kcl his views on th. labjeet, but he did
not meet ti,*, policeman. He ce.mci worrying, hawavar,
about thc mismatch of the loving woman's eyes, and i_
solretl to keep out ot BuflBWtte collisions lu thc luture.
lYUERE WOMEN SHOULD NOT WALE,
There is some doubt in the metropolitan mind canasta
tag tts propriety of ladies walking too often in seriate
parts or Bssadwag si vastoas bears te Btedsy. atsay
women BSSBSm B safeguard of their own which defends
them completely ag.iiu.l tho olleiiccs of a don'.,tl ul
locality, lt consists of a certain innocence an I NgOSS
of manner, BB unconscious superiority to suiToundiiig
" loaf erinn." wliicU in li.ite- a refinement that coin
iinin.it aud receive, respect. Tl.ls ela** of women would
never lie aware of au annoyance unless lt was rx brutal
MB Vet thero aro other women, loss fortunate. In the
possession ot ;thia guardian ipinilty, though psaslUf
wishing to bo ns modest and gently behaved, who aro
hhuwiri' some linliscretlon by Oiing seen at regular In
tervala lu tkat i>art of llromlwny which ls most infested
by *" mashers." There are B .Tesl mauy vnuug wn.ueii
in New-York who lind nothing better to entertain 'lum
than walking down-town oa ? uieaaan! afternoon, gm
lng a.-i-it nt the Interesting figures of Ibe streets and
walking home agata, if they an nm strictly forbidden
to do so by some one who holds the right to tjolnuiniid,
they Mice! Broadway ai their route ot travel, and tbe
coiisen, nonce is the mme faces ale seen each nay at the
same houri, sud men who hu mi tbo street fur evil pur
im-i s watch for part!**ular figures willi a proprietary
interest that ought to frighten an bonsai arl. At pres
ciit tin-re is a large Bamber ef giddy and headstrong
young women prameasdlBg regularly on tho wes! -1 le of
IB oas way between Twenty-third aad Thirty-third ita.,
nn I their friends Know* nothlnir ahonr lt. They niesn n*>
harm, hui thev think they enn take care of tiioniM'Ire.s
aud they like the exoitr-ai.iit of it. They are please- at
the attention they receive aa they Inp happily alana,
and they sre nail! mmnabta *>f BBMmtena.nc imw they
itt**- eheapanlag tharaaelvee and becoming contaminated
i,v then* careleasneee. it is un unfortunate truth thai too
many ellis are gt all Bad at almost nnv kim! or masculine
ai icu! ion. and their powers ef discrimination ure
limited. Therefore tho prolonged stare of a vt ell dresswil
gambler li often accepted without displeasure, snd the
advances of a etieip actor nre nut mpolaed wit- any
sincerity. When two of tko es elia! ne kind IMBIUCI the
<ain atmosphere of Fifth-eveo. an atteroooa for the
feverish hnrly burly of upper Broadway, they require
ssam .entle advice. Their fat he ra, hiwliah.ii and
brother! ought tn give lt to them.
A Nm*, te lim HiuIi
-urn.-?.._?_ fails nf Hs murderous inti-ut. Tho ll, std:-mi aad
dastardly attacks mada upon tho reputation of Hn-t -tier's
Stomach Hitters I,*/ persons wtn> seek tu palm ort* rheip snd
in-iy tonics as identical willi lt, or "Ilia MUM thing uuikr
?!.?t!n-r BSan'' or "o joally ss good," In most mil.ii,ce. read
disastrous!- upon His unprincipled traders upon nepuiar
? rt-itulil- Kl,i, ailsinpt thrin, eonyertlng tl.slr spec....i.ni ?
? nt', . n I,,un BUtana The linters is a pure, vrholesoini and
thuisugb me ?! Iel ne, sdanted to thu total curs and prevent ,n
of f-T?r .*.i aKae, trllioni remittent, ilrsj-aspeia, co?sii|,.niun,
MtaanaamOm?Ba, a?eoe?Miaaad kidney troubles, its
every lu.r-,ll?ui, nnllku inoae lu U,e loiiiallona et lt. I* of sn
_scf_ita>o_d sl_uil_r,l ot "I Till IS 11, sud while ihey, by ruasun
of Hair Sery pro|,?rtie?. ri-uct inu.riousljr upon th* br.tlu and
iiarvooa ?ysti.rn, ot li?ll, those organs ll Ia a seila'ire an-l in
viuoiaiii. M.Tuts all tl,otc harmful nu.tal,oas.
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
POW "AXAM'HY" WASW.UTT.P_.
"Tiie ".tory of how ' A?archy ' can,, lo ls* wrltfn
ami produced mav. jwi-Iiai s. I..- ,,f .mine Interest," '?
ti;<* niiihur uf c.i- piece, Bi '?**? adm wa*
tatting to a reporter in hi- comfort sato oates J"-t
off the Mag., nf lie' Milliard "*?M?B. " DaitBg ttl
braiding nf ti,- xi.?i,,,,? s,|!iar- -ini Lyceum thai
ami toter whoa tts m.i,i**>i Beasts Oardaa wm tom
porarily coy. ried into a theatre, I an astarallj
ttowwa toto neatest witt ? graat Mattes of wark)
tagaUMS 1 wa.. o\tr<"iie!y ?unn l-ed to lln*1 bf*S wtiVdy
-ii-;-..i Anarahte?b ami BsetaHst- temi vam mmag
them. Kaw i kai i lhal ll?i stem bm ????'. as a ruio.
mui h a,-UBI ' his! ry, ?ert-luly not wllh
, ,, ,. ,. and I ttOSgkl lt woubl be well if
th- s.-'_" cuiii I,- mate t" show hew tn th- om meal
eousplenoui Iratanea, wbm Ansrehy wa- m,,st ram
pant, tin- liberty Vl-s sn vilely ni.iie- -1. Th-- pl.,-.
Wm fir,'-lied .-orrie tl_M b-'f-e ? 1*1 I'i "du- rion. I think
about tws year-, sad i pal it away witt a load away
athel plavs I live ix r.I lon. and which will probably
nu. NS lin* Ugh! fm* lorn,- time. If they ever tin. Int
. ?? I y I WM icxI-Tig UM MS. for th'* laot time
pimtoailj t" hat-tag M typs-ailltaa, when th" bbbm
of a well fcaoWB i ravelling Manager, wi,n:n 1 had miked
in come and me m on i bualuem amttor, was sn
nuiinc-d. "VA III.nut IhlnhfUg what I xvas dnlng. I car?
ried ih- first a.'. of Ibo play la my hand wlc'i'i I went
Into Ihe room whore be WSI waiting ter me. HS .saw
It, and a look of dread and horror came over hi- tam
'Good Heavens 1' he cried, 'You have;,*, go! mo up
her ? tn i" ad mc a play, ham you I ' lt?1, tin* humor
of .he -.lluntlun tickled rm*, r.iul 1 told bl- tint 1 had
and thal lhere was no escape Ha threw hl-raoM Into
an arin chair, turned lils back on mo. ami With an
almost pitiful expression <>f Inpeadlng su?Bring dta
pustd bimmil ta bom is Mitta rn posslhte I hadn't
n I very fm* wheu ii.* began tn ihlfl raaad a linio,
ami lung before I reai ted the eel ?>' the sri, he wm
m1 ev.n leaning forward in au attltudn
i r attention .\: i 1 ii - bed Hi'* act, sad
I il : ,iou n ti,- HO
'* ' (,n ntl,' l,e SB] 1.
" ? Nut much, i didn't Tain; yuu up i" hear a play,
inn you looked in miserable nn -ucl, small provoca?
tion, that I though! i would punish yon.'
'??Well,' he answered, 'you've had your Joha,
now I'm geing to have mino. I am an Invited guest
in yam boaaa rm anal nun ms mit, ami I won*!
_<> till you've l*'*al all !h'* pine.'
*-i objected, lolling lom Uri* I didn't give a il: tor
hi. ilpili:,,.! ai;"!.! a play, anyway, and dhta'l think ho
i,, e'.v .'. " ..?! felu a l,a'. uni-, bul I COUldn'l lhSBS bim
Oft. 1 in-iily 1 lead t,, him all 11. I play. 'I 1. h I went
im ii tl.* moa! abaurd ocstacln el,m. the piece. 'f '
had been ano!I sr Dumas and i >' i n ry railed Into one,
. lld in,i have beeu mon lavish in his praises.
'i! ", i wu called sway for a lew nrimrtm, nnd wheu
I returned be greeted ri- a th them words:
'??>,- beroi Mackays, I think that's an Infernally
bad play : *
'?Thf du'. . liing, but didn't traubls BM
much, a* I did not, .,? i before said, earn ai-,ut in
opinion Mill I had curiosity enough to ask him
who !?? mean-.
*' ? I ? ? ii ls no. (be ptoy, but (!. ? way yon
read lt. IfOU'Ve psychologized III'-.'
"This manager h a groal believer i*i iplrllnallsm,
mesmerism rmi other Unffrad 'hun,' ami really be
Iloved ilia! my will hid lubjugated his InteUectual
paree ptlons.
'??Yuu daren't Iel me bave thi. play tn read ..'
hom ? ' h ? -.. d.
'?'That's a challenge,' I observed.
** ? \c-, i*' a challenge, and one you damn'! rn
* e; '.'
-* I lin,-.:-!,, for a minute nr two, and then told him
when the j,ia-, was type written I would tend him a
copy. Accordingly, I <l -l io, and Shani five days
afterward I mel him. lb* assailed me witt a reqnesl
io take i,acu my j,l?y. which, le* deetend, hui been
haunting him Bay and night i found le* ind been
generally ta*te**g abatd it, ami. as a eomegaeace,
nun?rous demands to hear lt road A
Well-known liar and a ja:*v nf 1 friends heard It,
ami he I'lm,-di it-ly offered tu buy the play outright
im* B16.000. 'ii'1*- rat un an extraordinary sum to siter
fur an untried piece, bul it is tho exact truth, i ra?
in ed, becinse if ii bsd tailed l *-huuld not have /eli
Justified in keeping io mach money, and If lt suc?
ceeded, I wanted to have _ g.i ikara ->f dr* profits.
l xv is tired of ?-''?..I' other people make fortune! out
of my plays while I gui very little Mom tali. SOOUl
n,o piece began to get around, then tm news-papers
gul bold nf lt, ai.-l probably M American piece was
ever mure written about prior tu Its production.
Mr. WaltaSk made ni,, an olf-r lha. was excellent
pecuniarily, bul. we could uni SgMS ..bunt tho cast.
Bams time aft'-r 1 rcce'vetl un Invitation .signed by
over 1*200 ol lbs lea,ling eill/.,:n.s af lTuffalo, my na?
tive city, to aroduee tbe play thero. i did sn a. a
eos! nf #1 i.i?">. and with sn extraordinary emt, the
U'sl In general e'fect lt ever bm had and probably
ever will have. The sue... vc-, n Bpi >?> "denied, and
ii.i*ii i wm fairly deluged with offers lo buy au In?
terest Klnall* I s.,id b portion to "onie tm. ? ,.- .
men vi hu could help to run lt for ifg.',.nm). lt was
Intended to open Prench .v. Banger*! new Bro
Theatre win, this ia.-t tell, bul the theatre wasni
ready aud ll was Impossible n, keep ih>' cumpaiy m
gather. Wben tba opportunity <-f securing Hrs .he?
at,-e was offered we tool it. bot wa have had f.i
temi with many difficulties. 'lhere WM BO regular
theatrical clientele, und w,, cannot advertise as wo
should lihe, for tho theatre bal bo .tend, or bul?
bi,ards. Wo havo abundance of Showy printing, and
cannot find any placet to pm it no Bo our luccesi
has iiepec,1,-d on the reports ol people who have bees
hero and OB Ihe newspaper advertIvmcnts. The j,lay
xvas fh-st called 'I'anl Kumar: ni*. Anarchy.' Tln-n
I thought 'Anarchy1 would he the beal title, ami
iHuler thal I produced lt I.i IiufT.il". After ihat pro?
duction the ( hleago Anarchist! were banged, arel to
avoid a -po-,it.le charge nf trading un that event, I
went bask to my Brat tltia"
"it. ts one of tho delights of maaageuMat,** said Mr.
Prabmaa, alluding to'tho success of " Tba Wits,"" to
have a play run prolltahly a hundred nights, an.l foo a
good prospect of at least fifty inure. Thero is, how ever,
ono drawback, and that to the haunting satiety about
souvenir.. The pBblte hm learned to look for these au.l
must not "or course tie disappointed. Ont ta Bndseam
tkiui. BOTS! ami appropriate is a very dlfltault ta-U. WV
might, of course, give harrell of Hour, as I have heard ls
dono In tho West, or vases, bat the souvenir shuni,1 be
ca-Ily portable and not luaihallie During my mau
agerlal career I havo nilled In distributing pla,)nes and
tiles on throe occasions, but I think something illus
tratlvo of thc scenes In tho play the success of which ls
to be eeaUBSmotated ls the mast generally appied-ted.
There ar,- several tlr.ni that mako a specialty of getting
up designs fur these pu poses, and after a contllerahlo
amount of thought i Betel-rifled aa tts bbs that willI
he glstrlhated OU Mun lay night My s-enlr- artl-t. Mr.
Day, U at work on the one lei the IMA pei form nice.
Do you see that Utile satin banner there over my desk I
It ls one of Itel Bm SSBTSBIlS sf * flaill Ulta" That
pla, had been going along v,ry ,jun-liv when wo sud?
denly reuieinliered thal vu, __| almost leiehed tho
llfticth performance. Them wm nu timi* tu do anything
elaborate and that little atti..' was. got up In a great
hurry. The chaoses In tha Beating arraagearauta of oar
balcony effected br teartag nut sosa-* hoxai ar.-cuni
pieter". -Miiee I have neon at the Lyceum I have In?
creased tho nesting capacity hy oror ninety icats. That
means a tl,nunan,t dollars a week or oa a successful
massa possib.y 0KMMMhM
it is gsaaraUy pn tty wall kaowa that the spplieattom
t-) m nu avers nu le bj pera,ms who darin to mt are
nuineroas and often amusing, but the fact that there aro
almost os many aspirants for tho honors of minstrelsy is
nut as generally mmgBlmd. "i-arccly a day pa--,-.
however, thal Dssksmdsi dei - not receive twa or three
ragman fora hearing from utter no rion Last week
I Massae -ont, him a lang letter in arhte. she wrote: ?? I
have boen to your tBOBtn quite nfl. ii and IbOBght how I
weald uko to iola tke sriastmls If sask a thlag wara
PSSSibla I imo.t yuu have oidy men niuoti.'jun troupe,
and ns I am a lily you may naturally Hung it queer M
Bah such a thing. BUI I don't think lt wn.ild he a had idea
If you coull gin BMSSmaktedaf show among you.
I would lie very grateful as long as I liv,-. I am rather
measly anl kin ! of lUaay, bm I would Mah real com?
ic.,; ,,, a Bag-ass, aad also I aaa lina a little wkea my
shyness wean oil; als,, !n Braning coat nines I teak re?
lined, al least s.i i'm trod an I I hxik ulioul twenty nv,- or
BB, hut yuu knew ttl! ll a rather delicle -ii-.?.,-t ?? \
in lie oarmpoadoal writes: ** I mb eagaaed In tbs Uanoi
bi?leesa, bul aartag lateun boura I oceaiteaally find
tiiii, to daveta a apall te ceMpaateg conga, Ona ia en
titled: 'Tue w.,',*r la Ky Dad's Uttte Spring.'three
,, : ?.- .uni ii di,, im* I..,,. Olva lt a trial, aad if lt's a
g., i wilt derale ssy lum to Bel Ung alas ls tho Mt,ire."
"The play, *L'AriesisBBa,'- mid a. m. palmer,
"whicii watsaesmstallj pradmad la f sarinatail week
an l the n.'hts of which I have as pured r.ir tots saantry,
is Itt tho origin, il French hy ni nuMtis a n ?:: rp) ,y.
D.uidet wmti, the nov, i ia 1071 aad abs Blay wm pia
dasad al th*- Odom ta i**7-_. te was eaeamsfntty ta?
rin i mer" i.i-t year, attaining ? long mn. t.h- BagUih
? , w*ts tua ie hy li,,!).-rt Kuall, saes fl well known
juan, dist IB tb? eily. Then tl it irre it do tl of incl
dental music In ths play, souatsttng ol eboruei, dane *
? ?' ' r.ils was Written \>1 Hi!"., tha compos.*.' al
' ('arm, u," and te said ta ba extra--u 1, liaantlfal To ,1,,
n pranariy bon wo shall assd a tarsi sharai sad sa
orenestra ol twenty-firs pteoss, ' L'Ariaaeana,1 tts
nunan on wliiiui rho story turns, ls never soon. Tin:
BCttoa weirs BB a him nen Ike town nf Aries, oct'iipital
io a tat har and matter and two bobs?tke eater a fo*>ng
man, the hero, nie youngra ahalf-Os-Matod lsd. It ti
rsvsslsd a' tho brg.nn.n-of tho pUy that tho hem his
fallen In love with ? l/Arle-i, nn>-.' a ratter inya-ei rm,
lUBaMtaal of tho city. Tho family hive g.,ns tu make
laqawtos aimm her. hu,l if ttaae proveaattefaetery to
furn, illy dem,iud tn-r hand. They rellim triumphant
un I an-, aajoytag some tasttvlttas in beaor of tka aveal
SrkeU a at ranger, a bans teaser, comes un aad BU
uouueei that ' 1.' At.?-.,*:,n,> ' nus for years boca his
mt.trots, aad tbat ho will not sutler any one fo take her
fr tim him. lt. th- nmad ant tte kara ls asm a any to
grlel uml despair, bill it Iho soli.-i'iitlou of lils mon,, r hs
proml-MS to marry a giri Barned ' Vlvette,' who is deeply
attached t<> him. He, however, finds it imnosilble to
Ii -ht against his unbapp] love, ami In the olid k Hs li m
seif by lamping from a tower whick Bra occupied a
prominent plana tbroiurbaet tko asea* Thara an soine
i I,, ii iii,ly arawa ??',! meters, eapwdallt th?s,- al au old
shepherd. th?- mother, tho younger brother ami
- vivette.' Tho dialogue ls t?.tlf'il III Its simplicity
and aaraaataaaa, and tba ratting te axtnmelr ptetar
i-i<ie. I li.nu not yet decided tr I cm-lu tim play lins
si saan."
FIFfH AVENUE PROPERTY^
IS IT DETERIORATING <>I. IMPBOVRfO"
un: isfi.i x nt* BVBUUMa DBPtOBBB hy guMr,
W ;??.!.( (>M1-:I? HY OTIIKItS.
In He present state nf ups and downs in real citato
matters, owners ?r land iu tuts city, a- I. * ll M real -si itu
dealers, ire itoaal) interested lu Hie problems atlecting
Hie t?r< r-.-iit and talara te properly te BUtli ave. Nu
bakW lu I'"' mutt* i h.is exercised a more putcut Inilii
ence of late than the resent salo of Fifth-ave. *pr,,|ie:*ty at
Lnrhtr?ixth. IT .li f ravanth, Btgkty fourth and Eighty
Ii. .li and Niue!)- fifi li s!.. for prism r.inglm: fro.u QT, B M
to if.'P.TO'). These prices have bern rr.raided by real
maa si ex* radta -ly low sad mii**h Indlgn kites has
I,, en axpiasssd rn er tte ** toreod mlm " sf tts propsrty,
as tho term goos.
Dealers 111 n- ,1 C.-ti*ti- deeli.rc tbrtt they ure " sen, tat
i/ed " uvi-i th,- iou priers, snd tkeyviat! mndsmnAttoB
upon tkaas who, they tay- forced tts mis of tts propsrty
at a tbue when salt tow prices could bl obtained. In
iho main Ikey Steelers that tte priam ara aarsssenablT
low. and are tar from indicating i depreetettoa ta Fiftk
ava. pnpsrty, but an eely bb Ultsstnttea of low ? par
Heater evil caa Inion propsrty. Thc peculiar Bril eora
jibuncd of ls tke stables ot tte kona car company rna
i i ii tr in Fourth and Madison aves, ami ganersll] spoken
of as the Madison Aveline Railroad Company, in reality
the Ne a* York sad Harlen Batirasd Con piny.
TH'-. AVf.Nl K IN" A TR V .V*ITIO\ STAT-.
v. K. gtsvaaam A Ce., real estate ttealsrs, dsny that
th. re is any general l diing "ll la tts value af Fifth ace.
propsrty; on tts ooatrary. Ikey say that prices are
certainly Inciea-iii .'. The. ree,-nt salo af upln.vn plop
arty, they say, waa a toned nae sad, m xs-11lt inch sales
generally, tte property neal at a sa.-rlliee. "' Fifth ave.
propel ty," said a member nf the Bra," ls ia s transition
i-i .it,, from rcdlen'i.,l to bustoms purpi-s. Ths tower
part nf it, nnd in fact a* far up a* Party seventh st., has
lie,,,*,!.* or is hemming nndmlrakta tor dwelling hourn
But thal dam not injin* the value nr tte property, s blah
jr aaytbiag is north mure toi hus!nara purposes,
?? The itagm do not meet tte deaaad cor travel in that
thoroughfare ami only a borra railroad cm supply the
Bl " I. I'he 'AV .1 Bide A--uc.ul] ,u ol IT opd't v-i I'.vncH has
p.it forth inch groat eflerte thal attention baa beea
attracted thither, aa l they hart noe have ti,,-1 I'
over tba?Ml Bide. LrpnM Plfth-ava. le bound to tetlow
luwer Fifi ll av. . BS I 'ucl tot b l.liu-s-. lull (ills Will bl
,1* ,.,v I 1 Bl loll-' Bl Mel Uie:. as 'he * .oele.s, Hils-cil Bags
.uni the \.,mien,i;t- held no. but iin-y will -eil out heCgrs
Iliauy yens lui.,* i. ,-s ? 1. 1 hey are all *,-<? lill,-' lots oil
tts Hiver-i ie Drive lo whteh they eaa atora whee they
are Obliged M lOBVI Fifth -.ive., as they Bill bein lb,,e. A t
present than is h ir Hy i biaeb below Fifty-ninth it su
whteh you will aol koo tte Mgn: * te tot tor kualnam
pnrposea' Below Forty-eeveatl -t. almost every oeeu.
pant i- wi?lng to 1st his house ter bmtness pnrporai tt
tho proper person sBall present himself. Tbe G-potets
have hon.'ht property at Thirty seventh-it. for* .*,*-'00,01 '*?
a.s an Invest:.it, showing thc!:* faith iu the lucre.liing
value of property in the avenue Beor s Kemp hm in
rested at Fifty-eighth st ta property of thc Weekes
.. i be ka ?wi whal he 11 about
"Fifth-ave. property above Forty-seventh-st has
load Its dignity. Bul how tong will this Last I
Not Iuiil'. I assure yon. Om itep tn tha direction of
biisim-.s has alie i ly beOO t ikea hy tlie I'm mi ll.in'-i.
whii-h is inc.iiui just above and opposlto to tts hourn ot
Cornelius Vanderbilt whieh is al Fifty mrsntb *t.
BCSIBKM iivi.Y i-fis rr rm: VALUKS.
"Below I'oi'iy se .-,-utii at pr:,-,-! remain firmbeoaum
the pnperty-ownen an wen aware that their property
xviii bring big pric-i for business pirpo.ses. At Niuo
tomttit tim Merlin ii -* Ho,,k Concern has (nat paid
0310,000 for a sire, shewing thataltbangk tko towsr
pan of UM avenue is gOtBg mon in 1 nmre to business, lt
ls Increasing In value. The sties ter tte purposes Ol
rsstdeamla Flftkava. below Purty.se! san st. an sam
pamttvaly (OW. Aside from strictly bn-in-ss uses them
bousei ai*-! being used for apartment houses, bachelors"
apartments, boarding houses, eta. IFhenever a lot ls
ssii for a d weill ag boura lt li tom baaauso tha owner
well knows teat he eau ' s puru hlurttH ' hy transform
ln^ it into a Ic.isini-.x plBCS.
'* l'heu ag ila as ace > mting for the present still prices
of Firth-.ive. property, tlio owner-, ure linn who can
ador 1 to wait. Ikey havo aband int means and they are
nut obliged to md. They knew that an they have to de
li to lu,l-l on snd ultimately they will reap a harvest
Th a* eulie ls gradually going mer lo hilliness lisna.
Between Fourteenth and Pwenty-thtrd sts. this n .,,
true that ns lot thero brinn;! a dsSSBt price for B
dwelllflg house."
** II.is ihu bottom gone out ,o( Fifth ave. property I "
as.el Ueorgs lt- Bead, when his attention was called to
the Mb|eet " Nut a bit of it," was his answer fi his own
? j .. -st lou; an l then huweut bu lo prove bte statement
fer. Bead thought that lui! noe tbe ft'oil .side property
,inners had agitated a iinnm ni, their alda oi the town
which lett tte Las! teds a little in the sha le. Intro wa s
a special <* nus tot the low pries brought ny property at
the r.ront sale, ami tbat he said waa tho M I'lisnn ave.
borea earstableaai Elghty-ihcdi st. laoee atabto! wen
j built carly in l'*ii, an I they exton 1 230 feel west from
>l.i,li-u:iav,;. "Property lu that neighborhood," Sud
Mr. lu-id. "hm been Intered by those stables, and they
h 11 more to -!>) with tho tow price braugbt St thc reesm
Mule than anything else. Business la real estate abeve
I.-Minx- Hill has been dull fur homo time. Tbs car
st.ii,los have afteeted tho vain", of property above
i-i'V,-ui-..s,-conil-?r. iiininestioiiahly. The salo the other
dav, however, wis anomtaably lew. Tho prices ai>?vo
Fifty iiin'li--!. uro slim Just _ow booauio of tho Weat
Hide boom."
thk oTiinrt sim* of mr. f*t*_*tTio.v.
Mr. n,;.id ,1-;e!ared tn it property batow Forty .sereuth .
st. was not as de-slmblo for residences BOW as beforo the
BVaans was glv-eu over to business. Bs thought that tue
cltcet nf these billiue_s inro.i ls would ne a f diing oil of
:i:t l :i p.-r cent in raina, Obs asama tor this wm that
there was no horso railroad in the avenue for the con?
venience of shopii :i*s; betides, it wauld bo Impossible to
mako Fiftli-avo. a retail street, since that tads wat
already rattled bi Wxth-ava., inurteoatt aad Twenty
tliir.l sts. Mr. Head's summary waa that property la
Filth.ive. be iow Forty st vt nth st. was nut worth as
much ui it had b ceu and thal it weald b*. still less valu?
able. " A lot of people," said he, " have gone Into Fifth
ave. for business pUTBOSSS, have, tatted and gone sway."
At L. IL Ludlow .V (u*s. the effect of the Mallison ave.
bone car stablea, as regarded ny Mr. Head, was upheld.
Mr. I'*)*;, of tliat firm, said: " Wnero property gios aa
tow as nt the lucent sib- yan must look tor a special
cause. That ls the .stahl,! al Eighty tilth-It ('ur
st.idles, you know, lucre ,se in stn instead of diminish?
ing, and they generally i? rente a tem n...ut linns,, district
around t'ueiu. Tin:.-:: st.tl,les extoinl te within hitit a
block of Fifth av,., so thal tho vain- of property in that
?treal is afieot-d unfavorably. The general market fee
ITith av,,, property, however. Mr. Poe said, was good.
Tho transformation of Fifth ave., be bald as opposed
lo fer. Read -had no street on the value o! property; lt
might have had a little at tlrst, sat two or three years
BgS when business pines he- ni to creep in, bul now
. had reacted. The chango of the street into a
ouslnrai ons, he thought, would nm esta nd above Forty
eeveath-et "As brag as Jay Oould, tbs Goeleta, tba
Viimlei lulls. Mr. Whitney, Mr. (terry, Mr. Rockefeller
ami Mr. Flagler live there," said Mr. Poa, " tba! part of
Fifth ava. will nut be transformed tuto'a hUStUSOS field.
Th- inion i i.i ii ic. between Fifty-seventh and Fifty
el gb tl sta., ls really not au exception, n betanga to tee
junes cst ne, win,ti owui tho whole front between the
two itreets, BBd it will probably become a hotel or rame
thing of that kind in time. Tliat is tim onlj Block whore
there u a eunice fur business Between Forty Mventh
and Fifty-ninth sta. The whole avenue below Forty
seven; ii st. ts going to binnies* aad the pricra of prop?
srty a-e gatling to '"* better every day. Property
1 low eater muru then two years ago. Tho feel
in.' is better. As so Instance of the value of property
higher np tho avenue, whare there is no speer,i itraw
h.t.-k like sar stables, taara ls tba cate ai the Progress
Hun, which recently bought four lots at -sixty third st.
snd Fifth-aro. tor 1133,000. rbis li a good indicatten
t.i-n t ier? li no falling ml in prleeSj One raasoa for any
boiler tbal property in upper Fifth-are. li falling oil In
value ls due to lbs toot that it has never bad its real
rains eorreetly quote! lt bat beeu nominally higher
than if reilly ivis, tote thara bow bring fully* as high
pr.,,- ns BV. r. even If not higher, oil the -jv, ra-,-."
THK AVlivri:, UKI; I"*:\m:i:i...iv, is UMITR1X
(,, torgS Kino, who own- jUc Bm kingham Hold and
oth.r property to Fltlk ava., baUevas ta tte pr.mend
tatars af teal lasraagkfsra " i bara na property to
teU," sdd he. Ikea be added. 'Da you know of any
ono iu Fifth-ave. who is Biak lin.tm lally I II you do yan
know moro than I do. No, sir. Fifth ave. property I*
v. nilli m "?'? t" il iy thin over miara Im von t li Ink tl at
Mr. BThltney wauld sall for less than he gmo for Ins
property I ?r thal Corueliui or w*. K. Vanderbilt
ti,, di Or Mr. Bonner 1 Or tba Uaelete 1 Kel at all.
The rael is, i-Tfth .111, ha. BO I pi.tl lu the world. Ills
always valuable, no matter what happens te tt. Hi!
limited, like the tenderloin of beor. Tha fact that buat
bsbs bm bara ereeplBg tata lt baton Ferti rarauth-at
do.-1 not iuiun* tho ranee! the property, The great
rous,! mon that I timi In the tranaforautloo of the
even us from a resident stael ta a busiaaaa oue to tba
f it thal las property- i* bk>ts vsluabta foi bualnces
purposes th tu for residences. Aad lins ls shown by tho
pries iii the business p.tri of the street. I believe l,mt
Ftfth-ave. 1-* destined te become tte arteloeratio ntaU
street of the city, ih,- high-toned teabiona-la ihonuing
street, the Ruo dc Rivoli of New-York.
- I may uot live to -i ? tttt day. but ll ls raining. And
propcrty-o** mrs will nnd their consolation In i he trana
foi?atten in tim Inenaaed x.iiuo al then* property.
Bona of tuarn li unions to sea. Il they ean get their
fi-.co, they will sell. Bul it will be at no ncr! floe.
T Murty In upper Fifth ave. ls mirth more to ibu .han
sven it is owned by people with abundant means,
who will bold lt until it b worth much mora than at
present. And :,! fur tho business part, lt ls more \ alu
aldo than ever. Ikara is Howards, fur ins: m.-e. (,,>
aud ask Mr. Howard abott Fifth-ave property. B'oald
h" iel! out and go elsewhere I No. Thc neeple who
?u.itnmue hi.n go thero ta buy, ami r.ot halt nf them
merely ts gate about His clerk hire is therefore not
half what tt weald ba en a srowdsd thnraiuthrnrn. Anl
so. gen sr ally As a hariaaaa ttraal Firth av,*, t. palran
l/ed ny psopte af means, xml so it i< bound te become tim
aristocratic shopping street. The v.due of property,
therefore, will bo groater and grouter there."
A PAMS RECEPTION.
LORD AND LADY I.YTTOM ACHIEVE A
BOCIAL sive ess,
tenn.*! tiik BM1 ?n ci"?iiRi:si(,*iiir.*tjT or tmr tat-B"?*)
1'un'. Jin.'..'H.
I think Hm new Bri tish ambo *.s:i dor will bo all
round a incense. He ii a charming man to tatt to,
easy nf manner, with altong undercurrents of iui
paaasBBaablUty aad emotion, ila may be a Tory,
but lie is not a -t i.-ui BBB, .md BB Boure to the
po ter of theday-denmcraev. whether he likes lhat
power or not. Au iust.nnMI Thaugli tagia?l's
greatness! tai based upon her commercial eiitafpri"n,
im a::ib.T-s:*,!or of Her ilril annie .Majesty ever con?
descended |g attend tbs aaaaal banquet oi the iir.t
i h Chamber af Coannmae ?r t<? Baal.?>
emly tho Bmmban el that body anUl hist
.?uinnier on th" occasion of tho (,'
JnbUeO r."rd Lyons Mked tlinn to bte grand garden
party. I tiaro say that even he?so .shrewd and
mgaiilmis wimbi aol bara larifed them ta a boan
Daily. Loni Lytton hadtbem ult nt hi" first ie
ception, aud he lin.-, nc.-opted in the nu,st charming
lenna aa Invitation io their baa-an-ei, which la to
ooma 0? in ti." Cootiaenta] Hotel. I have nof
board whether Lady Lytton ead lier daagbtem am
lo bs at tho (lintier or tba ball \vhic.':i is to lol!*,w
for tho dateetattoa of Ute young people of tbs
British settlement here.
Laid Lytton meei tm dMErrantly from mil in
?om* resneets bettor than hu two predeOBatOtt
whom I remember. Lord Cowley, who waa here
during thc greater part of the Empire, was adit
sin!; -pompous,so!emn and wholly nnaympatbetie.
Wi'limit his wife, a quick, bright, managing
and active woman be would hats been nowhere,
.she always did nap?aaant dnttes which sho had
to get tbroogfa with a cont g-T-ieo. Loni Cowley
took no apparent kntereel in anybody or anythhtg
iii bbl house ,m festive occasions. And with this
angraeioesnem of a negative ebaraeterbe was nor
even OttmawotaL Tho wife was always bustling
about near lum in I sham J way. If sim saw I Mat
Im gare offence by his distant m.inner ead nw! sh
stare, whieh took BO eognit nice of .small folks, sba
endeavored to eut ia and by a pleasant word or a
wattB -.hal.*? of tho hand renair tho miseliief. She
managed to hate very pleases! aioainga Her
Sat.inlays wan the most successful things of tho
kind un h-r the Emyra Tho clever WOaaBB
sham Bali?day beeaam in her time bab*
bfltarianism was rampant iii English cir les
and she .iud L rd Cowley had B good excuse the
moment lim cluck 8i*rn*.*k twelve to semi v.tlefs
around tbe saloons to extinguish tba lights, it
wm impossible for a reprmentatiTe of tte Queen
to snffer in har bouse anv festivity to be prolonged
nil*) Bundar morn in g. Tins made all toe differs iee
in cns! between burning long sixes and ihort liam
in the chandeliers, of winch there were a vast num?
ber to h.-lig',it-(! up. OB the iiiiii'i-* alt the edible
p ir, af tin-10 frosh 11 ion le was purely deootatftsb if
any naked eating, some whipper-snapper of tho
Consulate would report on it to his Lordship.
Wen tbe trespasser a personage of m.ir'c bo notice
wo,i!d h- taken. frere be a person ol bo conse?
quence a cross would be set before his name ri
the vi- Tor's int nmi he would in* overlooked al tba
box! issue of cards of invitation. I oom ventured
on taking a red*el?eked apple out of aa epergaa
aii-i found thal it wns of painted wax.
Loni L\ ons waa at his ix-st when be entertained
a fowfi-ieadaM dinner, ile oa such an oeeaatea
bo! nd of bis shyness and wm the laearaation of
old-fashioned, tu*my boapitaiity, Bal big (Limers
worried bim, and big baila in s still greater 'le?
gree. He toakod bored and peevish i-i the night on
whieh la oompliuM nt t<> tbs Prinee and Pnncem al
Watoe and tn their aaams be gate a grand ball a
little less than eight years argo. Ho baled cl.eese
p.ttmd and dre.i,led waste, abhorred quarrels and
hiw.-ui.s, and ended when a tradesman wanto I to
impose npon bim by surtenng tho wrong. The
sense of his weakness in this respect wai a cause
of worry t<> him. What made him
miserable was tho adoption of tate year i by a num?
ber of his conipntrnts nf the Trench mode of ask?
ing fur lrtvitattons to his big dinnem This placed
him often nader the disagreeable Mraesity of re?
fusing. When teoei**l?g his guests he al.1 ns
Loni and Lady Cowley aaad to do and had his
leu'lv to a chimney-corner, or rather to the end of
the hearth reg, Between bim ami lha first door
stood ranged tbe grated personages who saontaae
oiisly fell lalo line and staved to watch his tepon!
of guests. Each person advanced through the first
or red saloon to a dour of the second or bin- one at
which wm mi tuber. When the usher bawled tho
name the parson answering thereto advanced to
tho opuosilo door, beyond wbinii was a long
perspective ol rooina. Lord Lytton
?book hands with all lin* ladies, und Lady Lyttuu
did so too. Hut gentlemen hail thu honor of a
hand-shaking with his Lordship only. There was
Bgood deni of tin- Indian Viceroy in tliic cere?
monial arrangement. The noble host and hostess
wore tho Star of India on their breasts. Lady
Lytton bad bestowed some thought upon her dress.
She did not wish le be promiuuut for plainness
hecatuse sho represented the Queen and ls herself
an ex-Vtae*?agent, and at tho same time sho
wanted to comply with tba social rule in virtue ot
whieh tho bootees should not bo tho best dreassd
woman at the feto sho gives. Bow reconcile
sufficient magnificence with this unwritten law 1
Ih*' Star of india in Itself is prominently decora?
tive. White, it was decided, should ho the color of
tim robe, n b,*ingtii,-1 -ast raff oasonlni Trimmed
with the pearl embroidery now s,i fashiona?
ble it woola bete a rich, soft rimen, free from gan
illness. Souip pearls rind diamond ornament! for
the neck ami hair would be kopt in subjection bv
tm- strongs! Maia of the Star of India. Lady Lyt?
ton ls tall an.l singularly ladylike. Tho figure is
slight. Il te not precisely little. Nor does the ser?
pentine line pi* vail in its contour, lt is a gothic
figure, like that of a Middle Ages saint, nndtuoucb.
if has a gr:io? of Hs own, beCBBBe in harmony with
the general eh tiaeterof the countenance, it is not
in a high degree physically graceful. 1 should
rather deaeriba it as u nice-looking figure. Hut the
physiognomy is so sweet, so mil.liv- intelligent, so
relined, distinguished and so apt to brighten when
she smiles, that OOO hardly notices how alie drasaae
Them wm a great crowd? 1,500?and everybody
waa theta. Tho Due do Broglie rubbed shoulders
with M. Clemenceau, and ho and M. (Heard, who
was to he received next day at the Academy, Were
bothered by ladies for tickets of admission to the
sitting. Taste wera, of course, representatives of
tho Empire-, 'ibo PriaeSBS de Sagan and the Mar?
quise de Oailifet are now to be ranked among tho
veterans who have survived that gay epoch. Tho
Marquis also caine, hut he and his wife wero on an
independent footing, He was full of Geeooa tall
tr.Ik tempered Wttb gentlemanly tact and wit*.
Tho Marquis always knows when to leave oil.
Prince de Sagan did not accompany his trite either,
i Mi, nol Quinlan Blanca was covered with Ihe stars
nf Olden whieh he granted himself when he was
President of Venezuela, and nobody knew of the
writs out against him ni the United Stares. Lord
Lytton could not ??ell help asking him. I don't
know whether he nod Lady Lytton tented Madame
Ronner, who shone bv her absence. Hut M. Baa
tier was certainly asked, lorin- came. Ile and M.
Cletneaeeea wereeagnged for psBBaps Iweaty min?
nies in a lonely conservatory in un animated collo?
quy. All Ih** animation WM on M. Clemenceau's
side. M. Kmivier is tull, bigb-abouldered. thick
lipped, wears glasses and pokes out his neal as
many near*eighted nersoM dei He has a short
body, very heavy. Wneii be it andi he k**e;,s his
let-t wide apart Tba complexion ia dark aad tba
bait and baaed aro bi,uk a.ni early.
Who were Ihe helles t Thero wen not many.
Mrs. Blanche BooaeTelt, the aether of "The top?
per Queen,'' xvas a good deal noticed. sui
is blondo and bli?---eyed, has a Draak
nose whick awi ra- lo he r iron*)', anl
is I.ko enough t*. be Ih.il.a o, tbs railing ..f t?J
Opera House salon lo |a.s 'were ibo ob'e- Voe
hartog Wea the original, Madams Ploene wi?
tt..* best looking and baal .:..?, m lc, v ur! 22?
She wore a pale pink robe of the thirkr'st si k val.,
itnple, falling behind ,,, vary drari-n?foid-.73
wimliv Innocent ol trimming. lie- black hate
flamy as S ravenis wing, w_? dressed in the helm.,
bam now so m>.(!:-h.
POSTMASTER I I.I M BRM.
ROBER things that si?truism thk Govi:i:NMf*r|
rx "rn ron.
From Vie Cnilrit ttwtt* Moil.
A (ravening postuiBce ins, .-,??.?? went up into isorrt
(V.ir.iv ni, - t-\u dayi ago f..,- the -eu,. ? ot In
V'-h.Hiing certain rcjort-d crooked neil "n,
noon _.. laasbS. _, ??,.?* < aij,), ?,tual.d near a lonely
roaa. H., stepped, Intaodii ?; tu gal a drink o' water
and as I,,, ,|,..,,. ,..!, ,,,,. ,,?,,,. wm _,,,,,?,,, ,, ,
ing a sign tmard bearing Ibe tellorwlni
1 "' o's.** .ir. .,1,1 Ml,,-.- villi .? gily/l,' V-?nl sad
-'? H-playd, u- lu- f-luil Wu unbuttoned
_ ""?' ou! and, rMte*: nodding to Her Inspector, .a.
?down ,,n a stump. -
"How an* you ?*' tala tho kmnsstm
"Tol-nto."
il-.v* ^0,1 jori, fre-T, WUtol bindy?"*
"I'l'TIr nv ti ,!.,?,, ,(??,'. |? tao I.ranch. Ono of
tier liovs -hot ruy basket all ler pieces, an'
th.*n I dafter go t,, ti,., branch Wen I wanter ii ,,< ?
Just 'lien a man mount.?l sn a mule, rode up j.?|
a*'(tl : Mr. I'lumm'T. gut anv totten {., ,
** v. s, ti,_r"i , bs her.- itu Patterson, btu you ,
get lt. <?, ?n sway fnun here, or lil moke rofl
vvnh yuu bsdnl c.ni"."
'* Wash vcr WOate Bite lt. ter mo."
" Vii-, a d lin*,- nigger ?nish d tbal fer coon wou'd
come ,io>.n on' r iher tree, bal bed?la 1 a
? .-_?-. Mr. Plmasmr?"
"Saul yes BMWth aa' anthia,' au' msr'a that,
* ? Her mom* i , ? from hem "
Tito tuan natl ott and UM lu.-p ,i>,r, addMMtag i o
j o-r "Mater, a-k,**l :
"Why didn't yon -rite thal man bb totter*"
'?Has h- worked agin mo ekes I run for fastics nv
' ni*'."
"yea, but Iho Government doma'l car) Mythteg
for tiiai."
** 1.*" lum net, lon i ,!,,.*?
?'?lau yiri wen ippolntod to servo tim pooyte."
'? Va-, an' I sa. v ,< 'ern, too -.live sitno uv them Ulm
old Mdt."
"My trlo-ad, I am a travelling ?po-tofnV-** li-.-pector
an?"
? Al right, fhn. travel.
'?If I MfOTt rofl to tli-* postofflee ?lc'r,arlmnnt, wi,lek
I shall ii* v -ry apt t? do. you'll travel."
'? Keelton i.ot. This otat.li-lini'Tii blongl fr mo,
and nobody's got a righi let toll nie to fcrr -""'t out."
- h-ivv lung have yon saan postmaster^
" Iiout a year, I rodoni."
At this jiniiin.e an ,.ld fellnv*.', , aii'luil ly licking
Us way slating ti,e bashes, approached tbe pontn
who upon >. .-II.-- bim -i rang to ids f-*' * and cxi ti m d :
"winit In thunder do voa w.*nt, here,, Als* -niiih?**
'??"'lino alter my pager."
"Didn't I toll yer t'nat yer kaln't git n ?"
'? V**-. I ur I 'in w.il thai yer raoul change yr mind "
"Wal!, f Mint WhM yer refused f>> M MS | "T
??li'ie gn' bara t'other wael l i >i i > i thai pm eeakm-_
I bia1 elm auten ' ld" ofltofl ?
'? i'm er gol tr ter -"'i Ibm paper."
'? Mot lessen yr a better ma- .han I be.1*
"AB1 that'l eibnut what I think.''
" W ll, h"||, at-i. *f."
wi?h agility sw pi Islet for .ucl, ol I ni'*,, they gran,
i b-d >a'"h other and i,- -m a doaporat* t_niggle Aha
Bmlth -uer.-isp-d iii tkrofl ng the po-truaifr.
'? N'o-.v." said -niirh. as ho began lo choke old Iltim
mer. "gula' to BB me have that jiaKr?''
A gnrgl'd " yea" cann* fruin tbe posti suter'! throat.
Bmlth tel _*><*d his bold and luffered PIubmmc .?? got
up.
"Wall." naid th'** poatmas! ,*. as b" eeod brushem
fragneiit, of b-axes and bari, fr-,rn lil- heard. "I
reekon I ens rai tot mtetakm in yer. i -Mat knn-v
that yer waa such a nb o man. Cuni.. In. A'-*, an*
rn vi* paper, fur yr baas BsnSd lt BM a WWIS
ina!:."
"Ain't thar a totter for rn'*, too*"
'? Va*."
" wall, I irani it."
"Kaln't ge. If. A'o. T-'r flt fur ther TH*"-**r MA*
Bot fur Ibm letter."
"Cot to bave lt. PtiBBm-i "
"StA lesson -fon whip ii,'* ergain.-*
" llTevv I ken do ll.''
"All rigid. Ab-.-'
They went at lt again, and nranocl stoned, -' I 1
si .a ii other. Finally Plummer ifrueh Ah I beary
Mow and *Olled him: thBB. seating hl-MCtf Ol tli*
prn itrmte man. b? ral 11
'? tx,?'t wint th" loiter, do yer. Abo?"
? Msskaa not. plummer."
" Ml rl*_hi. come erhsad an' git your rta nor.''
WI,-n Al,e iia,i .,,,?., th0 *, oHma-ter tum "1 io t!i?
Insn -.toe and laid :
?Want lavthlng oaten u.e?**
'? No, I believe not."
'? If yet bail a totter hero an' I didn't anal vcr ti
bara li vcr wnuldal argy Ibm glnt, would yer*"
"' I don't think that I ihould."
'? Pun'f want no track willi ni**?"
'* Non"."
" ell. thea, goodky. Ool ter go In nc?? an' mair
up th i- mail.
JUFKV1LIA.
fr ,, fri', yh.,?>?!.
DtSOOSSION sroi'PED.
fcho declined fm* two or three n'g'-.ts to lay her
lia.e,3. One night li rr papa IBS St sd his fa>
his "hands, and -aid: '* ll makes papa f>*-l sick to think
Margate! won't, tay hm praysra" "Papa feel eckf"
"Vc, dear." " I'apa le Her take ca.-cr .ca-t,,r. oO,"
The subject of prayer wa-s no longer MlCBSSOd thsl
night.
?
BOB AND ALHE.
W<- ?o often forget tba' wo batt x-ery critical cri'les
around n_ when wo answer the many unasttoi - Rofl
asked rmi sonio "puzzler" When I was worrying about
the baking of orv cake, and larher lmpaiim i*y. I ?, n
f"--, I answei'-il, '* No I no: nol" Alice. f,,ur yar*
old, laatraeted btes, and 1 beard her sayl'.g- "Itobnte,
when mamma -ivs ? go, aa. bo,' sha dcasn'l mean
? Ko,' sho only means 'Dont bother mo ll<.w?;?
l'apa hui hio.ight homo a pat?Sgt <>f "bnhm
candy,-* and AIico ho/l been tossiiig fi i rams In ber
?ji-lf and Hob, two and a half years obi " Von may
have Some,"' I -aid, "but only lain' OM api'-ee.** IT s
emly I hean! Hub's v< leo .saving ? ? 0 i del nc of ' it, ?
"No, Kobble, I have Bot," Alice's voice ISfltod* "till/
ls ouo and tbat U only apiece."
A PRACTICAL INFANT.
Alter I had toll hill" MLS 'nlra*lo cf tho loatm Sad
ti.1,,-s the other dav be imiuin-d: "Whai dui met >t.-?
wit all de skwaps (scraps) ' Otra i)?m to de Uttfcs f
Tho same small buy has ?oatattaMS bara twRS,
when eriiielslng a gannent, **H wilt da fcc BBB : !*??.
halls bullio Hine you can have aastksr." li) \**ry
milch amuaed his Bctghbora, wheu travelling on tho
car. lately, by ICrUtlnixing his ban-Is v.-ry tn: .'tully,
and then solilo>iui'lng audibly : " Well, me linger, aro
pvvctly Winkled, bul I gUBM il'-.'ll *li for BOW."
isoine one a.-k-*I bini a day Bl two agu whai the I a
meal of the day wa*. Hs promptly replied: " 0_t
BiesL*'
TITO LITTLE ERO THERE.
Thero aro two little brothers In OUBBBlNCUl Bjsd
live and lit yens, one dag Mamma II. give fivo
v-ar-oid Ju-, a banana and told him to give half to
Ned. Joe lui,ked doubtful a Ullniiti";, and IbSU said:
?-(.iv.- [t to Nod1* " \\ nv ??' aaksd Mamma *S*>
eui-"." wm th'' answer. -If I break H I'll have u
give Ned the bigger li-lf. aid I want that myself."
LOGIC.
Sarah D., ago four years, was very f,md of c.iciin
len. Her n orf'er endeavored to dissuade h?.* fi-nra
earing them by f.e'.'hig her that th*y would make her
sick, and ihe might die and be like a little I.- ,y who
was burled In tho cemetery with a lamb over him. Tho
lamb (carved on flo tombstone! was UM Bite nod to
make th** fate <****m real: Sarah had often soon lt.
Shortly afterward her father was ealing fi-eelv of the
forbidden d.un'v, ats! ber mother said to him: "I
am afraid yon a,,- BBtlBg too many of those."' " Yes."
"all -arah. " and you'll hotter look ont or you'll rile
ami ls* burled; aud you'll have an old sheep ea loy
ol yoaj
A PVN.
I have read lately In " Habyhood" of .sov-sral ro'itlM
fill plumers. My brother, xi li. n .li-.l Wilbla b-iliy
llml.s, mado a pun that we tboughl very good We
\\-r-ri. living In Philadelphia, and on*" day af taMS lath
.urned on fl,^ n-w wing lhal was libing ?<1il.,<l tn tho
reiiiisylvanla Hospital, which th,.so who bave s.tsn lt
Will renumber ha-s a large stat un nt William penn la
from ol lt. An older brother raid: "If they build
anolbsr wing to tin* hosiHtal lt win fly awav. bataam
lr villi hats twa." "lie," said Hm little ono, "S
Won't?don't jua k.uiw lt's penned doWBT*
GA TES TUA V WERE NOT AJAR.
Fr. ii* Tke umaSa lt .rf.f.
fit. lvter?r-top:
ansrihliite ant-nt?Bte, I won't. u .salva'lonV
free " gnd fm going lu.
?-?r. 1-, ?*??- ike gai- is locked, -ir, aad B win .tay
tocked. Th.s isn't Castle (;.iid>-u.
BEYOND COMPETITION;,
ALLCOCK'S are tim only genuine POROUS PLASTERS. They act quickly
an.l With cr.ainty. and can bl worn for weeks wifho.it causing rsm or neoti
vcnionc,. Tbey are invaluable in team tm Bp-B-I Weakness .Kidney und 1 ul
Biouury Phflaaltim Malaria. igBB (te-k Liver CoiuptaiiH. Dy?y?l?*> **__***
ith,-u,,...tis,u. Lumbago. Sciatica, Heart. S.de.n and Stomach 1 rouble-, and all
local pains. , , , -._
(-thr plaster.! blister and inllanm the .skin so that tho pores aro closed, and oftea
cans* Barmen injury. You rik health and wasts"* tune aad uiouoy by buying
mfeiior plaatam made to .ell ou Ihe reputation of ALLCOCK S