The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-21

FASHIONABLE CHARIrY-THK ITALIAN OPERA
APPEAL TO THE VULaAR.-The charitable appeal
made to the public by the Astor Place Opera
Committee, is now before this great city-before
the United States, including Mexico-and before
all the world, and before the beginning and end
of time.
This appeal for a sort of charity donation, by
taking seats at three times their value, in order
to fill up the chinks made by the extravaganza OF
the committee, without reference to the poor
artists has been presented to the eite and as yet
numbers only about forty or fifty subscribers, in
GLIDING oursef. This is rather poor show to
be made by the sublime aristocracy of New York,
including ourself; but the arstocracy of New
ork, including ourself, are not SO very gene
rous, unless we can make shave by our charity,
or pocket little balance in the way of diff
ference.
In this emergency, we shall have to appeal to
the vulgar and democratic of the Bowery, Hud-
son street, and every where about town, out OF
the fashionable squares.
Will not the honest and wealthy tailors, shoe
makers, and BARRIERS, including Jem Grant, and
the butchers, and all other people who are
making money slowly, and whose grand daugh-
tiers may be the elite of fashion in the next half
century-will they not come forward and sub
scribe, and take some of those seats at
three times their value, for the purpose of filling
up the "gala nights" on Saturday at the Aston
Place Opera1 They can put up the price of beef,
mutton, shoes, and shaving, to meet it. The
elite, the beau monde, the aristocracy, including
ourself, want very much to make show, and to
be extremely generous, if it do not cost US much;
but many of us have great many expenditures
to meet, some differences to pay, the expenses
of large parties and soirtes to defray, to say
nothing of horses and carriages on tick; and we
can't very well afford to pay three times the price
of ticket, merely to meet the deficiencies OF
the committee, while not cent of it goes to pay
off the old debts, not forgetting the debt of five
hundred dollars which the management yet owe
to Madame Pico, and perhaps debts due to some
others.
1t will be sad thing, indeed, if we can't find
among the questionable people-the plain skies
and sevens of New York-sufficient verdancy
and weakness Of intellect to be induced to help
the subscriptions, and to make those gala nights
particularly full and fashionable, at three times
their value. Only think Three dollars for a
ticket will admit the lowest people round about
town, from the Bowery and Hudson street, into
the same theatre, to breathe the same atmos-
phere, to listen to the same music, and to look
on the same lights, which are looked upon by the
beau monde of the fashionable squares up town, in
the same theatre, which they have erected for
themselves exclusively; but who, being unable to
support it, have to make an appeal to all those who
have money-no matter how they have got it,
what their mode of life, or what the sty'e they
live in. 8.
A subscription paper, edged with black Grape,
will be prepared and hung out at our Office, for
the purpose Of taking subscriptions, at three
dollars each, for those gala nights.