The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-19
N n wy o ELS M g.
from Oar 0ien Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 1869.
To, the Rich Cubnn!


Is that all Cubans are rich You as naturally
expect Cuban to be wealthy, by report at least,
as you expect to hear of a celebrated primG
donna that she is the daughter of poor people,
and once earned her living by singing in the
streets. Heavy gold chains, small Koh-i-noors,
rich clothing, and gold-headed canes are pre-
sumed to be as indispensable to the tout-enSemble
of the unaduterated Cuban, as a bronze com
plexion and eyes of vivid black. Your ideal
Cuban is brilliant, tawny, fascinating, savage
creature, whose walking stick is q sw0rd-cane
and whose eyes are like socket-pistols continually
Hashing-in-the-pan. The real Cuban as he appears
in the streets of New York is as unlike the
ideal, as the Indian princess of everyday life is
unlike the imaginary savage of tradition and
the stage. He is very often very poor. A refugee
from the warm latitude of Havana, or Trinidad,
or Cienfuegos, or Matanzas as the case may
be, he has already begun to shiyer In our chill
October breathings, without the wherewithal to
provide himself winter clothing, even of that
comparatively cheap description which is
labelled ''Ready-made.' He would perhaps
have gladly enlisted under the standard OF
Cespedes or Quesada, but he is an exile from
those very shores, whence it was all but impossi-
BILE to escape into the territories occupied by
those leaders. Of the nine or ten thousand
refugees that have made their homes among
u.s. many of them were wealthy in Cuba but
their wealth consisted principally of real estate,
which has been appropriated by the Govern
ment. Comparatively few possess much un-
encountered property in the United States, and
against those who do it cannot Justly be urged
that they have not done much to aid their dis
tressed countrymen. That the Cuban refugee
is invariably wealthy, however, is, l repeat a
pleasant fiction, which those who meet him
often very soon cease to believe in.
The correspondents and reporters Of this city
are Furnishing up their French, intent upon
interviewing
Pere Hyacinthe,
who, if he can be induced not to dine at Del
monico's or the Astor House. not to drive out
with Mr.. Bonner and Dexter, not to make the
tour of Mr.. Stewards retail establishment, not to
take rooms at the Glenham House or the Grand
Hetel, and not to accept the hospitality of the
city as represented in the Mayor and Common
Council may hope to take away with him some
pleasant recollectiops of his visit to the United
States. A foreigners visit to this city is gene
rally considered to he incomplete unless he has
done each and all of these things, and
if he can contrive, by hook or by
crook, to be introduced to Mr.. Fisk and to have
a chat with Corbin about religion in the Gold
Room, the eolat of the thing will be complete.
About the visit of Pere Hyacinthe there is a
uniqueness which would fail to be discovered in
the visit of prince or grandee, tragedienne,
opera-bouffer or gorilla-lecturer. 1t is the old
story Of the temptation in the wilderness. The
World loves to tempt the Church. Fashion de-
lights to tantalize Faith. The Pere Hyacinthe
will not be let alone because he is holy man.
Saints are animals as well as sinners. They have
appetltes to be satisfied, and neat taste in
wines that delights to assert itself. They hun
ger and thirst after other things besides right
eousness and at this moment tables are pre-
pairing at which our godly guest will be desired
to seat himself, with as much animal enjoyment
as though the lot of priests, as well as of COM
mon men, was merely to eat and drink day
and die tomorrow.
Those SuperHuous Youngsters.
Upon the first of November new institution
Cfor New York; is to be opened. 1t is called the
Founding House. and, as its name indicates,
is intended for the accommodation of those
superfuous youngsters whose fathers and
mothers prefer depriving them of the opportu-
nifty of displaying that wisdom which is said to
be evident in a childs capability of 'knowing
its father" 1t is situated on Twelfth street, is
large enough to accommodate seventy infants,
has already received contributions varying from
one to one hundred dollars from many of our
most prominent citizens, and is under tie imme-
ulate care Oh Lnc OaugntSTe Ol Ot. VINCENT ue
Paul, who have already established orphan asy-
lums on Fifth avenue, Madison avenue, and in
Prince street, a Home for Destitute Children in
st. Stephens parish, and a really magnificent
hospital in Eleventh street known as the Hospital
of st. Vincent de Paul. AS soon as practicable q
house will be built for the especial accommoda
tion of these baby-waifs. The present under
taking was begun on account of the number o
foundlings left on the thresholds of the resi-
dences OF the Sisters of Charity throughout the
city. Under the old order of things il was found
impossible to accommodate these doorstep chill
dren, which, like other step-children often bore
At the house in Twelfth street infants will bC
received at any hour of the night or day, and nj
questions will be asked, Ii, however, the baby
depositor should desire to make any statement
or to leave any suitable indication by which tht
child can be identified in after years, no obiec
ton will be made. In establishing this hous
the Daughters of st. Vincent have done wha
the Sorosis only talked about; but then wha
right have we 10 blame an association of fash
ionably-dressed women who only pretended I,
be and not to do?
''NIary Warner.''
"Mary Warner! Who's Mary Warner"
heard theatrical critic ask the other day.
MARY Warner" whoever she is. made her frs
appearance in this country last night at Booth
Theatre, and was very well received by a larg
audience. With the drift of the play that por
ton of the public which attends much to the
atrical matters is already sufficiently familiar
To describe the drama as a sort of femal
TJoEef-O f. Je0ge effort Is entirely too loose mn,