The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-02

return-stick Hence admire the sentiment
winch Lord Ainsley, at his recent dinner, an
nouneed as his motto through life:-"Why
should care for Mrs. Grundy?" Noble senti-
mentl 60 on, young man. in that bright course.
Wear as many pearl-colored pants as the tailor
will trust thee with; give as many dinners, with
gold-frilled bills of fare, as seemeth good in thy
sight; shine the cynosure Of orchestra-stall and
box at the theatre. Cheek does for thee what
bounce" did for Major de Boots;" and may
every titleless foreigner, wandering through
Flith avenue drawing-rooms, go and do likewise.
Romance of SOap-fnt Man.
Few OF us have correct ideas as to the number
OF men and women, in the humber walks of
life, who go around with tender romances hidden
In their breasts, an interesting skeleton in their
secret closet One of these characters was
Richard Hayes, who has Just died at No. 421
Greenwlch street. For some time he had been
alllng, but he bore his sorrows in silence, eX-
cept during those moments when his well-known
cry, Got any soap-fat?" woke the slumbering
echoes of the area. At these times Molly the
housemaid detected a smothered plaintiveness
in his voice, as though he dimly per-
ceived, not very far off, the end of
sad and saponaceous existence 1t came
at last. Yesterday he was found alone in
his own room, a miserable den on Greenwich
street, dead. Money and property to the amount
OF ten thousand dollars were also found, the
net produce of soap. His death was fastened
by an undue application to his profession. He
died soap-suddenly. Some time before his death
$50 the story goes) he excited great indignation
at the Fat Mems Club by presenting his name
for membership. When reminded that his
weight was not up to the necessary standard,
he was dumbfounded having apparently pro-
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was as eligible as any other.
Our Beethoven Concert.
The Central Park Commissioners have con-
sented to erect building for the monster con-
cert that is to be given on the occasion of the
centennial birthday Of Louis Won Beethoven, the
celebrated German composer. The cost Of
buildings and incdentals has been estimated at
four hundred thousand dollars, but will probably
amount TO much more. By the middle of this
month about ten thousand choral singers will
have been engaged and by the first of next,
eleven hundred orchestral performers will be
ready for rehearsal. Mr.. G. F. Bristow has
composed a national overture and n number of
national airs for orchestra and chorus. Mendels-
sohns military overture has also been selected
An organ is shortly to be procured, and
Madame Parepa and Ole Bull have volunteered
their services OF course the German singing
societies generally have been "rung" in. The
hall contemplated will be erected on Fifth
avenue, near Seventy-ffth street, where the
deer park is at present.
Fifth Avenue.
Along Fifth avenue jobbery has won its most
conspicuous triumphs. 1t smells of tar and looks
like black mush cut into countless ruts. A walk
or ride along it is simply disgusting. The ex-
quiste equpages which travel through it are
splashed with sprawling spots of mud And the
evil is being increased rather than remedied.
Every day fresh layers of pitch and dirt are
fouRd and shovelled over it. 1t is one vast
pitch-plaster, seasoned with slush and water,
and utterly impossible to one who would pre-
serve the rectitude of his boots AS specimen
Of the contractors handiwork, it is chef dauure
never before eqnaled. ALI BABA.