The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-07
N u w-xoR X I s M 8.
From Our OVn Correspondent
New YORK, Aug. z, 1869.


There is going to be
An Eclipse TO-dayi
that is the talk Of the hour. Early yesterday
morning. that small boy who is ubiquitous, and
who transacts as much business in his way as
the flea and the coral insect do in theirs might
be seen labOring along, Juggling at big basket
in which were for sale pieces of smoked glass at
five cents apiece. They we're of every size and
form, and of all degrees of smokness, so as TO
be accommodated to every eye. The forethought
and consideration with which the gdnin of
Gotham provides for the necessities of the metro
politan public, were most touchingy illustra-
ted He posted himself principally along
Wall street, and by two o'clock
in the afternoon the reports from the smoked
glass market wed with the gossip of the gold
room. Last night when / crossed the ferry
every other passenger particularly the other)
was brandishing vitreous burden of some kind
or another. The Brooklyn bouquetere, whom
mentioned on former occasion, had her hands
full in the endeavor to get them empty, for she
also had smoked glass to sell, and every male
pretending to possess the least pride OF sex was
anxious of the distinction of purchasing from
her. At the same time all kinds of jokes were
perpetrated about the phenomenon which is to
put in an appearance this afternoon. "Did you
ever see such beautiful lips?' asked one. LIPS?
What lps?" ''Why, Eclipse of course would
De INC TClOlOuGT. III laCl, every but WIS 8OluU
to" the eclipse; every was Jolly, and in spite
of the smoked glass, no one took darkencd view
of life.
Parepa-ROsn's English Opera
Ms going to open here on the 11th of next m Onth,
and to open very promisngly, too. The opera
she presents is Balfe's Puritdn's Daughter, in
which the ponderous primd donna will herself
make her appearance. The debut of Madle
Rose Hersee, an English soprano, will take place
.J,,V.
Madame Rosa has made tremendous eXertions
and cut extensively into Mrs. 8ernard's old com
pany. She pays big salaries, and is virtually her
own treasurer. If she can only keep her jealousy
in the background, the members of her troupe
will live harmOniously with another until
the end of the season. But she will have to
struggle very religiously, for if her jeal-
Ousy could be weighed by the pound
/ don't know how many tons i would
amount to. At the recent Boston Jubilee she
passed some of the pleasantest hours of her life
probably, for she got all the applause: and the
unquestionable beauty of her voice caused the
public to forget that any other songstress had a
claim upon them. Occasionally-in private
more than in public-this great and lovely
singer has met with painful check TO her un-
amiability, which is all the more remarkable as
she is gifted with other attributes which seem to
be compatible with her beinga ''jOlly title sing, y
instead of the great, grudging, gifted cantatrice
whom the public delights to honor.
Here is
Tiny Piece of Gossip
about the agent of a certain actress who holds
no mean position at Mr.. Booths theatre, and
who on a recent occasion was called upon at q
matinee to take the place of another actress
- who was suddenly indisposcd. Miss O. Gas we
will call herr acquitted herself quite creditaby,
learned the part at few hours notice, knew it
when the hour came to go upon the stage, and
proved to the public that she thoroughly ''un-
derstood her biz" Late on the Saturday night,
man bearing evidences of haste and pcrspra-
tion dashed into the office OF a newspaper that,
Mt that last moment, was completing its prepa-
ratons for the next days issue. In the duslly
apartment he found a young man all alone read
ing proof. The following cOoquy ensucd:-
SIS this the Office of the -;"
Eyes, sir"
''Is it too late to have a paragraph inserted p
mo, not if it's very important
''Hand me a sheet of paper, sir, for Gods
sake!"
Good heavens calm yourself, sir Here is
some foolscap."
With a superhuman effort the pcrspiring
stranger steadied his nerves, and dipping pen in
ink, and in the extremity of his agitation making
hideous faces over the foolscap, dashed off few
] IranJC lines.
''Here sir! for the love of heaven send that
up and have it inserted without tall
81 beg pardon" exclaimed the reader of proofs
'Am / to understand that this is gratis contr
button, or is"
But before he could complete this sentence
the young man was startled by the change il
his visitors attitude and face. The shirt-cOlla
was thrown back, the hat was pulled forward
one leg was planted firmly in an advancin!
direction the other struck out behind, lending
support to the figure and the arms were sc
akimbO.
'Tm not a penny-a-liner !" burst from the lip
of the excited notice writer.
Without more words the stranger left tn
Office, and the reader OF proofs, who meanwhil
had broken out into a cold sweat, picked up tn
slip of paper and read thereon, Miss q. AZ
peared yesterday afternoon as - and enacte
the part with great success
hi fact her only misfortune consists in nC
[ being happy in the selection of her agents.
The critic IN the BUeRing Post calls the Wo
relI sisters artists and talks about their espiegl
!. I didn't know they had one, did you'
An immense crowd surged yesterday aiternoo
around the Post Office, in the expectation th'
Grant would be there. He wasn't. though. Il
dropped his letters in at station d, instead, pc
!, haps because il is much cleaner than the be
! in Nassau street. ALI BABA
AmuSemeutS.
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