The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18
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From Our Own Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. IS, 1862
That's WHAT'S the Matter.
II is perfectly natural that the numerous unpollti-
ca aud unprogresslye ladies aud gentlemen who
take an interest in questions relating TO woman,
should inquire from time to time what has become
OF Sorosls. Has 1t broken up1 Have the sisters
quarrelled9 Is It under a temporary cloud? Are
FUNDS shortF Is IL sharing in the universal collapse
Of business? What Is the matter? / will tell you
what the report is and leave you to judge for your
self. win ask the well-read and memory
blessed reader TO recOllect that last June Mr..
Roosevelt applied for admission into the Sorosls,
and this started in the Epeniag Telegram the
idea OF getting up cartoon burlesquing the entire
CORE spondence. To do this II would be necessary
to have the portraits Of all the ladies prominently
6guring in the association, and Mrs. Croy was APP
piled to being most likely to possess them. She
had, In fact, in her possession Photographic album
containing the portraits in question, and which had
been presented TO her by the various members. Mrs
Croly may have permitted this album to come into
the reporters hands; she may have regarded with
compacency the prospect OF herself and her sisters
winning nOtoriety through the medium of cartoon,
and going down TO pOsterity through the medium OF
the Telegram, nutterng in feathers and spangles
and looking like beached blondes than suffrage
seekers. At any rate, this Is the crime that Is
now laid to her charge, and it s stated
that the cartoon only prevented
being published through the courtesy OF James Cor
don Bennett, Jr., whose esteem for many OF the
ladies induced him TO refuse permission BY de-
grees suspicion OF the part Mrs. Croly had taken
came to be entertained 10y some OF the other men,
bers, some OF whom shrank from exposing their
President, and some OF whom gloated over the noto-
rlety which would have been theirs had the card
been printed. My own convictions are that Mrs.
Cr0ly has too much TACT not to say good feeling, as
woman to lend her cOuntensnce to such proceed
ing still less the countenances Of her sisters as she
she would have been doing had she delivered up
the photograph albumi At the same time there has
been too much smoke around S0ross lately not to
Justify the suspicion that there must be some little
fire. and even Jennie Junes promise to give ball
at her residence on the 25th of December has been
vhed into an attempt on her part to put her indig
nant sisters In good humor hope the Sorosis will
survive many years yet however, TO lunch ana
''liquor up" at Delmonico's.
The Giant.
After having been to see both the giants now in
this city-the one at Woods Museum and the one
that is to be on exhibition next Monday at Apollo
HALL have come to the conclusion that both .are
genuine, and that one Is just original as the other
For some time was In doubt which was the most
SO, but have now calmly and contentedly settled
down In impartial favor OF both Perhaps the one al
Woods Museum retains a slight prejudice in its
favor from the fact that it first Its position
too was emnentIy touching and dignided, the hands
emuating the modesty of Powers statue of Eve,
which the cOnnoisseurs in statuary will recollect
and one eye blinking as though ashamed OF the per-
Detua Stark-nakedneSS 10 Wlucn Monsieur CardH
found himself condemned. The rival OF this
hefdosuvre arrived in the city late on Thursday
ming, and was on private view yesterday, 1t will
be to-day.
Russian Opera.
Russian opera is not an eminent success at the
French Theatre, although the audiences have not
been notably small. The tenor Is a handsome man,
and liked as much for his looks as his voice. His
musical education Is Italian. He is n Russian by
BIRTH but not Russian artist. He held commits
sion In the army during the Crimean war, and
enough OF the flavor OF romance has attended his
debut at the French Theatre to create In his behalf
an interest among a certain class OF ladies'
Apropos OF opera in the abstract, l must relate
little incident, which has never before been made
public, in regard to NJ. Maretzeks season. One OF
she important stockholders-Mr. Queenswater, |
beiieve-was being talked to the other day about the
success OF the season.
elias Mr.. Maretzek fulfilled his promises In regard
to the new pieces he has brought ut?" was one Of
the questions.
"Pretty well,r answered Mr.. Queenswster ale
brought out William, TEL and PipeLe. But he didn't
bring cut ManzillO !"
Elaborate investigation induces me to believe that
Masan;esls was the opera intended by the gentle
man, whose devotion TO business as stockholder in
the Academy has left him time to become familiar
with the titles of Italian operas. ALI BABA.