The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-09
NEw.Y RKIs MS.

II had on wednesday been stopping at the United
States Hotel near Fulton and Water streets, very
likely should have had some. A FESTIVE servant
Rirl there, from the jubilatiC city OF Boston,
conceived dislike against the other servants and
certain OF the boarders and hit upon very neat eX-
pedient Of giving them a dose Of laudanum-Only
the poisOn" in this was hot, and not cold, az
Is pOpularly supposed TO be the case with polsons.
Apple dumplings were the dish to which this lethal
snuce was to be appleu and so successful were her
operatons that the simultaneous cry at the table was
"IIow queer this sauce tastesm Here the success
ended, and Wnfred chat Is the name OF the
beautiful audanumist) did not even have the salts
faction OF causing single death. dozen stomach
pumps were at once put in requisition; Winifrcd
was taken to jefferson Market Police Court; and
apple dumplngs have disappeared from the United
States bill OF fare.
Judge Cardozo has just had to do with luuacy
case which bears very strongly upon ritualism.
Though not very much Of a rituallst myself, have
o sympathy with people who like to worship by
,genuheXions, Just | have sympathy with all
other conscientious modes Of worship. 1t appears
that Mrs. Caroline G. Allen had writ de IWna'fco
sued out against her couple OF months ago In
Seneca county, where she was then residing; that
II was served at the instance OF her son, the Rev.
Charles d. Allen; and that the alleged reason was
her habit Of attending early prayers at rituastic
church. and bowing at the sacred name in the creed
and in the Gloria. This was the substance Of all
that could be said against her The son belongs to
the Low Church, and it is probable that he feared
that his mother, If allowed to continue her genu-
nexions dd lbitun, might end her days in a convent
and enrich Catholicism with her property. COnse-
Quently he shut her up Fortunately for Mrs. Allen,
she has plenty of friends in this city perfectly COM
petent to testify to her sanity. Among them are DR..
Vinton Admiral Farragut, and Mrs. Jerome-good
takers all of them The Judge has not yet rendered
decision, but there can be no doubt it will be in
favor OF Mrs. Allen.
That moor Mr. Fisk how he can bask night after
night as he does the radiance of the footghts at
his opera house, his head reclining against the luXu
rious paper of the private box and his feet project
ing over the rim OF the box, is more than can tell.
Perhaps he is serenely looking forward to happy
and decrepit old age, when scandal and libel suits
shall have their course and been forgotten,
and vista of enthralled and captured prime doRne
shall rain down remembered brightness upon him.
have doubt the fat rogue does good deal of
work, but he is a faithful attendant at the opera
house, fOi all that. ] suspect, though, he is only
looking after trade. Madame Parspa was there last
night in a box opposite, accompanied by her devoted
Carl, who seemed just the right kind Of little
chubby" for such big, melOdiOus woman. And
PaTepa appauded Lucille with her own chubby,
jeweled hands, and Lucille kissed back an acknow-
ledgment, and the whole interchange of courtesies
between the two great artists was one of the most
soothing amenities ever witnessed in a theatre. l
think, if were prinG donna, next to being on the
stage, should enjoy making a figure of myself in
a private box, and enjoy the lorgnettes levelled
at me.
That missing Englishman, Stebbings by name,
has not yet turned up and his companions have been
compelled TO go home without him. A romantic
story about his having written note to the proprle
tors Of the Brevoort House, announcing that he
would put in an appearance on a certain day, has
been and is still circulated and believed. The day
has come and gone however, and nothing is heard
from the Englishmen and probably nothing will be
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Englishmen in the case, and that the entire
ton Is nothing but hoax got up by reporter who
was at his wits end for something to write about.
Circumstances, however, strongly point to the fact
that we have wel-organized band of kidnappers
amongst us, eXtortionate and relentless those
that infest the mountain passes Of modern Italy and
Rome or course their proceedings are New York
lied and refined to such extent that they to
be regarded as banditt They go to work in a cool,
business-like way, and have nothing romantic in
their dispositions. One for believing that this
is the case is the very recent and mysterious disap
pearance Of young lady who started from Montreal
on visit to this CITY, When last she the
Hudson River railroad, on the evening Of June Is.
Since that date she has not been heard of. She
seventeen years OF age and her name was Alzein
Putoin and her mother is naturally almost insane at
the intelligence that her daughter is missing.
MademOiselle Alzein was French girl, and could
not speak English. She was coming to this city on
visit to some relatives. She was interesting young,
extremely beautiful, and extremely nGive-just the
lambkin that some blaSe wolf OF a voluptuary would
compass any end to capture. She left Montreal but
was placed under the care OF the conductor. On the
way the conductor missed her; at any rate he could
not tell whether she left the car at the Thirtieth
street depot at one OF the stations between this
city and Albany. Such are the facts; what is the
moral? Have we accomplished hordes OF kid
nappers amongst us and, If So who is safe These
urid and romantic facts to crop out in the mids
of q huQin put than
not commonplace people, that is one satisfaction.
Our crimes original our institutions
presume 1t is all right-an expression, blythe
way, which is usually made use OF when it is pretty
certain that is all wrong In the present case how
ever, suppose 1t is all right that there should be
eternal war between actors and critics, and that
each should seek favorable opportunity OF knock
ing the other down. We have just recovered from
the emotions due to the Henderson-Butler assault
when we called upon to admire the mutual pluck
OF Messrs. Tayeure and Murray. 1t is not right that
the public should be kept in state OF perpetual
trepidation All it asks for is a little rest. The
string needs relaxing occasionally 1t is neither wise
nor kind to keep the pot boiling all the time. Mr.
Henderson was very inconsderate in this respect,
and Mr. Butler was not thoughtful Mr.. Tayeure
has been careless, and General Dominick Murray
should have given the matter the sober second
thought. TO what does all this tend? What has
happened? Nothing! Nothing OF any Importance,
that is; Cnly dramatst and manager has been
,thdgelatng the husband OF an actress. The drama
hist and manager is Mr. Clifton w. Tayeure,
tNpd the injured husband is General DOmnck
Murray ''blarsted" Britisher, fond of his beef,
4" fond of his beer but fonder of abusing America
a and Americans His wife is the Miss Josephine
81 Fddes who, some weeks ago, published a fearful
card in which the American public was appealed to,
and some heart-broken remarks about the home
sickness of foreigners were dropped. Miss Fddes
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