The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-01
N Il VIZ o Rxxs M s.
om Our 0Isn Correspondent
NEW YoRK, Dee. I, 1859.

Kiss All Around. -
This Is the expedicnt which Mrs. MHTgaret c. An
derson in the habit of resortng to- for the pur
pose of quietng the unholv men who were wont to
visit her room in drunken and
disorderly condition Her case eX-
emplines the truth Of the proverbial hardship OF
letting lodgings, and filling ones house with people
who came from no one knows where, and do no one
knows what until their precedents and actions are
read about some unexpected moment In police
newspapers. Take my word for it, If | could scrape
enough money together. to rent a small house and
live I'm very humble STYLE but in such way as that
my house shall be my castle, no airy visions OF brown
stone splendor should ever seduce me into the mis-
take OF letting lodgings. brown-stone front, in
deedl How much content and peace OF mind and
humble enjoyment are sacrificed to that fictitious
gratifcationl A contented mind is a continual
FEAST Better is dinner Of herbs where love is, than
q stalled OK and hatred Herewith. True; and
tiny little cottage in OF the New York suburbs
where you and your family can be "all alone by
yourselves" is infinitely preferable to the floors and
dppaYtements where even small kitten Is unswlng-
able, and the cost of enjoying the modern conve-
niences runs away with nearly all Of ones salary
and leaves but small dribblings OF pin money.
don't know whether not 1t was infatuation with
brownstone buncombe that induced Dr. Knight OF
West Twenty-second street, to rent part OF his
house to Mrs. Anderson, or not; but be this as 1t
may, che very began to exercise privileges as
lodger which pointed her out as woman OF eXces-
hitherto presented, she and her friends accus
toned to coming home at all hours of the night and
morning chasing each other around the halls ana
passage-ways induging in strong language and
mixed drinks, and, finally, when quarrel seemed
imminent, avoiding such termination by timely
kiss all around. During the course OF these satur
nalias DR.. and Mrs. knight had their lives threat
ened with knives and were partially sufIocated with
chloroform. The result has been to create a preju-
dice against dodgers in the Doctors mind. Some Of
the witnesses said to have been witnessed at the
second story front window are too bad TO be more
than alluded to, and such as no amount OF prompt
pay upon the dodgers part would render toerable.
The Y. vi. @. A.
Next Monday evening the new building OF the
Young Mems Christian Association is to be formally
opened. A "private view has already been given of
it. and proves it to be an institution very well worth
any young mans while to be connected with.
Apropos of this fact might say that the young man
from the country in New York is popularity supposed
by the serious and suburban world to be in par
lous way" He is bullied by his employer at business
and badgered by his landlady at home. Under the
curb OF o pitiless task-master he has to swallow
good deal of righteous indignation at his Office or
counting room, and under the almost despotic rule
OF mine hostess he is obliged to ngurgtate unlimited
quantities Of hash, otherwise "boarding-house
poulticen at the public table. He is the sharper's
victim, and the strange woman marks him for her
own The restaurant the drinking saloon, the bowl
ing alley the billiard table, all spread their lures
along the downward path that invites him;
and, like the velocipede he finds it
impossible to go up hill, and must
go down. The ngurantes of the footights cause him
to despise the platitudes Of the pulpit and he
ders on from wickedness to wickedness until life
becomes for him hell on earth, and If not gam
bling hell so much the better This is the common
picture of the young man from the country, regard
ing whom the bloom swept from the grape and the
down from the peach SMILES just little trite
He comes hther done up in bashfuness and bushes
like plated silver done up in pink cotton: but byand-
by the plate wears Off and betrays the latent brass
beneath. If your much-taked-of country innocence
becomes corrupted it is because he is ready to
be corrupted, and rather likes the process.
do rot wish to be construed, however, into
intimatipg anything against the saving and restrain
ing character of the Y. NJ. q. A. The new building
evidences that the association has the good OF young
men at heart The dues and fees amount to only
five dollars per year, or ten cents per week. There
are rooms for the body aud rooms for the soul !;
rooms to bathe in and rooms for religious exercises
rooms for music and rooms for reading. The library
is capacious enough to contain twenty thousand
volumes, and there is large concert-roOm capable
of seating fifteen hundred people, The value of the
land has greatly increased since it was first pur
chased at cost Of over $4,000, and the cost of the
building was ss45 600 more. The expenses are de
fTayed to within S5OOOO
The SIaviansl4y Troupe
has made its appearance at Steinway Hall, led by
Mr. Dmintri Agreneff Slayiansky. The members
were richly atred in Russian costume, and this con-
tributed not little to the favor with which they
were listened to. Solos and duets were sung. The
first solo was by Miss Nadejida Lewitzkaja, who has
rich contrato voice, and proved her familiarity
with all the intricaces of Russian composition. Mr.
Slayiansky, another solo-singer, brings with him a
voice sweet enough to have been born and nurtured
in warmer cline than that Of Russia As a con-
cert proper-depending alone on the merit of the
notes.-the entertainment would not perhaps have
been either pecuniary or artistic success, but
medley in which rich clothes and picturesque action
held prominent place. it promises to become fea-
ture in our winter amusements.
Suburban Travel.
A nice way passengers and car conductors have
of settling their difficulties now in Hudson City. 1t is
only lately that thaG place has risen to the dignity
and Importance Of metropolis, and Of course 1t
aspres to have all the modern improvements,
crimes, and casualties among the rest. A day or
two ago Hudson River car was proceeding TO Jer-
ssy City, when q man named Lee accompanied by
his wife and several children, entered and offered
one employees pass for the party. The man had
formerly been In the employ OF the company, and
handed the pass to the conductor with that free and
easy nod which means sail right" The conductor,
however, who was mild, sickly, meek man, thought
it was all wrong, and claimed the usual fare where
upon Lee got out OF the car, and hurled at him a
stone, which struck him on the temple, and almost
stunned him, while Mrs. Lee and the little Lees
rushed upon the poor man, scratched his face tore
his clothes, and left him half dead. pretty pic
ture OF suburban travel-ain't it? ALI BABA.