The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-23
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From Our oSa Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec %, 1869.
The New York stock Exchange.
All reverence is not dead yet in New York.
Sometimes think Ii is. Occasionally come to
the conclusion that the love of Iucre has blotted
out all respect for everything which the sim
ple-minded and ingenious bold sacred. Trade
is so rushing and conscienceess that 1t elbows
reliquaries out of the way and don't leave re-
Ggion even standing room. Churches have their
domes and steeples decaptated, and are trans
formed into theatres; ancient meeting-houses
are razed and supplanted by "palatal" stores
and gold quotations are posted where the Word
of God was once dispensed. But there
are some exceptions to this rule. 1t
was feared that the New York Stock Exchange
was burning to occupy the ground at present
held by old st. Paul's but the New York Stock
Exchange has come right side up with care in
the matter, and ST. Paul's will not yet turn up
its toes" Mr.. Burke, real estate broker, took
it upon himself, day or two ago, to inquire
ostensibly on account of the Stock Exchange
upon what terms the corporation of Trinity
Church would lease or sell the ground now occu-
pied by st. Pauls. This was piece of gratui-
tous impertinence, inasmuch as the Stock EX-
change had never given him authority TO make
such inquiries The site is an enviable one, but
as Mr.. William II. Nelson, President of the
Stock Exchange, remarks, that association has
no intention of bargaining for the possession of
a locality endeared by so many hallowed histori-
cal associations. Perhaps it is well to have so
close such silent yet perpetual monitor as a
graveyard in the very focus of the city's babble,
sending forth a spiritual breathing over the busy
hustle of Vanity Fair.
MIR. Fechter.
Mr.. Fechter, who some months ago was so Ella
borately pre-puffed by his friend, Mr.. Dickens,
in the columns of a New England magazine
will give his first performance in this country
on the evening of Monday. January 10, 1870, at
Niblo's Garden. have never seen Mr.. Fechter
as yet, but have seen his American prototype
Dan symons, of the Olympic Theatre People
who have heard both Mr.. Fechter and Mr.. Sy-
mons imitation of him swear that one is as good
as the other, and that, at any rate, the original
is just as fine as the copy! Mr.. Symons gives
very strong Teutonic accent, and this is said to
be perfect reproduction of the German actors
principal deficiency Mr. Fechter is going to
be fashionable success. His Hamlet" at
Niblos, will anticipate by a few days, perhaps,
that of Mr.. Booth, great preparations for which
have been making for some months past.
Christmas Novelties.
Among the Christmas gifts exposed for sale
dlC uO uOhClIlCb Will VIC CACCpJlOu VI SdLlCS.
Even the toy kingdom is dull, invention having
made scarcely single stride in advance of
those of last season. Among games, however,
several new varieties have been introduced.
Some of these are made subservent to useful
purposes, on Victor Hugo's principle, presume,
that the beautiful is as useful as the useful.
Geology, natural history, and chronology are
summarized therein, and the young idea is
taught how to bring down something every
time it shoots in sport. Among the newest,
and those which, without being new, are in
vested with a new application, are brisque silver
cherries, guile a PdnneGu, and the Ingleside
games Brisque is played with dice upon a
board, upon which are described three dozen
circles; men are places, and places are thrown
for, and spirited contest Is supposed to ensue.
Silver chimes has tinge of romance in it, and can
be played either indoors or out. 1t is played on
an octagon-shaped board, with the enclosed
spaces checked off by targets furnished with
silver bells The implements with which
it is conducted are counters, mallets and balls,
and the alternate position of the players deter
mines the winners. guile q pGllnedu is the
French title of game which promises to come
into vogue, and which consists of n square
board, covered with felt, and stuck with nine
fixed pins. Over these the contestants standing
ut n distance, endeavor to throw metallic rings
covered with inda-rubber. The games known
as the Ingleside games likewise promise to be
very popular. One of them is called the Crown
game, and the contestants using a morocco
board, on which forty-nine squares are appor-
toned off, endeavor to enthrone their respective
rivals to the title of majesty. Lotie, another of
the games, is played upon the same board, but
the central idea is different, and the winning
stroke consists either in capturing your adver-
sary or in hemming him inescapably in. Pix
the newest of all the Inglesides, and the one
requiring the greatest intellectual strain, is
played with dice, and will be intensely affected
by the few rather than popular with the many.
Perhaps these few hints will be OF some use
to your readers who intend making Christmas
gifts.
The Last Ofthe Fat Men.
Very little of the fat men has been seen since
Msnday night. The dancing and the subsequent
refreshments that were rendered necessary had
a very wearing effect upon them. Their next
public entertainment will be clam-bake SINH
lar to that held last August in Connecticut.
From this all reporters will be vigorously eX-
cluded, as it is the object of these squabby Syba-
rites to enjoy themselves in a quiet way, and
not to be thrust upon the public. Individually,
the members of the club are fat; but collectively,
the subscription list is as yet thin, not number
ing more than between one and two hundred.
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