The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-23

From Our o,On oO,rowondens.

night found himself within half q block OF
Deimonico's might we'll have wondered at the
stream OF carriages which filed Fifth avenue
and Fourteenth street at their junction. 1t
could not be ball; there was no probability
OF its being receptions 1t might possibly
be dinner party. The last conjecture would
nave been right; it tOds dinner party, at
which the feast was shared in and
the flow provided by the members of the
Soross and their gentlemen friends connected
with newspapers. From the number Of car
riages you might have supposed the attendance
at the French Theatre was fuller than usual,
and that that temple of amusement had just
disgorged its audience into the dazzling halls of
Delmonico's. AS early as G O'Clock IN the
evening the Sorosisters and their brethren
began TO assemble, and by o'clock at least
one hundred and fifty must have been convened
IN the parlOrs up stairs. cannot say that
The assemblage was brilliant, although
nearly every one present was more or less
smart" But the smartness savored too much
of Bohemia and the entertainment was too
strongly suggestive OF the dinner which Mr.
Thackerss, in Pendennis," )" describes as having
been given by Bungay, the publisher, TO some
of the London liierd T. No dramatists OF the
first water were present, bat the paste was almost
good enough to look, at some distance, some
tnluB Ilk6 buG yeUutub. Luz MISSES OdIc1, W
whose receptions admission is not to be had for
the asking, were not present, but sent poems
with their regrets. Olive Logan was there,
however, and in reply to the toast of "The Gen
tlemen," remarked that of all subjects
that could have been selected that was
the one OF which she knew least. Jennie
Jane replied to the toast, woman and Ne VS.
papers," subject on which she is supposed TO
know something, being woman herself, and
having circulated to some extent among the
newspapers. Mrs. Elizabeth 0akes Smith, who
has been distinguishing herself so greatly of late
by contributing sickly style of articles to GER
tain healthy publications, Mrs. Wilbour, who
recites poems and reads Caudle Lectures at the
public meetings Of the Spiritualsts at the
Everett Rooms, and Mrs. Love Davis, wife OF
, Andrew Jackson Davis, the notorious Seer and
Clairvoyant, spoke On the respective subjects
OF 'Why Should Not Women Propose ?" "The
Women of the Future" and "0ur Foreign
Relations, the Ladies of New jersey" The
Inale Bohemians were al.e out in full force,
oliver johnson, the eloquent slnd facetious inter
prefer OF the ''Whang Doodle,n and with the
ar9ma of the Independent still about him, main
1aiifed good deal of Christian fun until a very
late hour, and Olivet Dyer was present, haunted
by the spectre of the Wickedest Man in New
great, part of the evening in whispering i'm
promptu epgrams into the earsof that youthful
syren Miss Anthony, and the cadaverous
editor CT Packdrd's Monhhg was doed and
dazed with French quotations from the fanciful
lips of Mary Kyle Dallas. 1t will be seen, there
fore, that the supper was far from being
failure. The mouth pieces of Bohemia
transacted their duties manfuly and woman.
fully, and the speeches. recitations ETC., were
prolonged until within few minutes of Sunday
morning.
There has been a big row at police head
quarters and until Captain Young, the de-
tective chief, is dis smissed. there is no chance
that the row will come to an end. Of course
various opinions are entertained as to the Cap.
tain's oulpablity. Some affect tothink that old
Sup. Kennedy, as he is somewhat irreverently
called, is merely working out a spite
full grudge which he has long en-
tertained against the Captain. Others are
of the opinion that Captain Young is
the wickedest detective on the force and accuse
him of having, through the reception of secret
rewards, laid up q snug fortune for himself
little more or a little less than million Of
dollars. How this may be do not pretend to
say being neither In Captain Youngs nor Old
Sup.'s confidence, but there be those who aver
disclose horrors undreamt Of in the way of hush
money and such ilk.
Among other things that will be explained in
good time are the difficulties which are about
to cuminate in Mr.. Brougham's withdra wal
from the little theatre in Twenty fourth street.
will not say that 1t is the general belief that
Mr. Brougham has failed as manager, for to
do so would not be to state the question cor
rectly. But there is general belief that he has
not done as we'll as he might have done, and
that he has not shone, as manager, with that
brilliant lustre which distinguishes him as q
''star.r The eecret history of his connection
with Flsk's little opera house in Twenty.
fourth street has yet to be written, but it is one
which reflects no discredit Oh the author of
Pocohoaios, although it is crowded with Incl
dents which prove him to have been one of tue
most worried and cruellystried of modern man.
ayers.
The comedy of Schoo, is most eXquistely
placed upon the stage a. Wallack's, and scarcely
one word of dispraise can be said OF any Of Che
actors. Perhaps the dra vi OF Mr. Owen Mar
lowe is a little too mono,onous though l an
afraid his admirers might think even thi
remark hypercrilical AT the first rising OF the
curtain, SO artful is Mrs. Jennings disguise al
.Belap that she is unIecognizable for the frs
Few moments, and every body is wondering who
the actress of apparently only seventeen
can be. The Characterization Is very sWee