The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-30
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Our o'On Correspondent


NEW YORK, Nov. 80, 1909.
obituary.
&c local obtuarists have mad two deaths TO chronl-
Gle those OF Isaac c. Pray and of James s. Browne.
Nc Browne has been in retirement for many years,
wa eighty years OF age, and Will be remembered as
W ~ pleasing comedian. His last engagement was
attic Olympic Theatre IN 1858, with Laura Keene
anS her company, and his last appearance in the
chas acter Of 'Sr Harcourt Courtley." lie belonged
70 u at genaration Of actors of whom the late Mrs.
Yer, on was one of the last lingering celebrities.
Mr.. fray was equally well known in theatrical and
In wspaper circles, and had been by turns author,
act0 editor, elocutlonst translator, playwright,
and Tagazinist without being very eminent in either
OF I, ese capacities he had the substratum of fine
edg ation which ought to have given more perma-
nent and solid results to his endeavors During Rls-
tori season here he translated the Italian kbrett,
anS the translatons were very amusing specimens
OF ndiomatic English and idiomatic Italian. or late
yeas Mr.. Pray had been spiritualst, and was
firm believer that of his recent plays was in
spUvd by Shakespeare.
''Pity the SOrrOws'
ae poor interviewer" who is ordered by the
cit1 editor to interview such person, and who has
nothing to do but obey. Interviewing has grown
int so distinct department OF the New York news
par ers that the question, 'Is he agood interviewer"
Is ole OF the first that an enterprlsing managing
edii IT asks before efIecting engagement with
nev hand. The question is tantamount to asking
HaS he got cheek i? Can he buttonhole bashful
ma into confession, and keyhole closeted party
int sef-betraya Can he refuse to be snubbed and
slia ted and is he impervous to the cold shoulder
Is impossible to "shake' him, and is he stranger
t0tN process of being blutfed of? Can he smile
and Smile beneath the sarcasm OF the SOrosis and
mw der regulations while he smiles? Can he wait
lks menia in the halls and ante-chambers of rich
news houses and endure to be browbeaten like a
spaniel, for making his report one ''stick" shorter
tn. that of rival paper? If he can do and suffer
ali his for the brilliant salary Of fifteen dollars per
week, he will take rank as an accomplished inter-
viewer and rise rapidly amongst newspapers whose
meat and drink is sensation. All ask is that you
will pity his sorrows
Cheap Lodgings for Girls.
plan has been proposed by which poor girls may
beh enefted, and it remains to be seen whether the
ladies who express so much sympathy for the down-
tro6den and oppressed" OF their sex will make an
es to put any Of them at their ease. 1t is proposed
for everal ladies to club together and hire house
ana Ht 1t up to afford lodging for q moderate
nber, and then to gather from the various work
shot suffcjent number to make it worth while to
initiate them at into cooperative housekeeping
A vsriety,of good practical suggestions have been
offesed and this is one of the best.
Business.
TS 8 is not an attractive sub-head, / know; but
theK business is not an attractive thing 1t was
originally coupled with a curse and il is to be-
leye all that business say nowadays the curse
has zot been lifted from it yet. Business is very
han cot yet piDched 1t into lghtness But what are
the rowds doing who every afternoon throng Broad
wayf Are they out for the mere pleasure of CAD.
ding? What are all these ladies and children about
in the shops? Is there no purchasing going on?
Very little. i am not an interviewer, but Il dwell
am' ng them, and some OF their ink is on my pen.
Few preparations have yet been made for Christmas
The shop windows show no evidences Of the win
dow-dressers TASTE 1t looks as though we were
goi g to have commercially dull Christmas.
Reliable Help.
TAe Working Women's Protective Association an
nosnces that it has something new, and that some-
thag is that reliable help of various kinds is to be
Obtained at No. 42O Montgomery street, by paying a
fee of one dollar. / think could single out half
dozen heads of families who would gladly pay one
hxndred times that amount for help that should
really land truly prove reliable The Biddy of the
Period is the domestic incubus of the nineteenth
CENTURY If l were doorkeeper of Paradise l should
hang up conspicuously the placard, "No Irish need
apply," for am sure no purgatorial purglngs would
er make them worthy Of recommendation.
ALI BABA.