The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-17

From Our O,0n Correspondent,

free feed is to invite yourself to Of the real
estate sales that constantly taking place in one
OF the suburbs When you read that such or such
an elegant villa and eligible lot of ground are to be
disposed OF at auction in West Rensselaer,, Rye, or
Hoboken, or any Of the twenty other suburos that
surround New York, all you need to do is to put on
an extra supply of check, and go in Scores of peo-
pie who haven't a penny to lay out in real estate
and who never will have do so week after week. and
there Is always liberal supply Of young mothers
who seize the occasion to supply their babies with
fresh air and gratis ''good things" The free feeds
are the great attractions of the suburban auction
sales. AT some they even go to the extreme OF sup
plying champagne and sherry at most they content
themselves with wineless and quorless cold cola-
ton, consisting Of sandwiches, salads, creams and
pastry, lemonade (and not very strong lemOnade)
being the only beverage with which the guests are
expected to 'iluuorsup."
Two suicides yesterday. Pistol and p)lson are the
chosen quietus-makers this warm weather. One OF
the suicides was a despairlng woman wno "couldnt
make her rent" and whose drunken husband had
furtively drawn from the bank all the money she had
deposited there. Another was a despairng coach
painter, who was moved to the deed by similar i'm
pecuniosiS. The frequency Of similar acts speaks
very little for the progress OF personal pety among
the lower classes. So that the desperate creatures
"shake" this life, they to worry themselves
very little about the one to come suppose, long
before they reach the crisis, they come to the con-
ClusiOn that things cannot be much worse elsewhere
than they are here. They become pessmists long
before they develop into self-desroyers and gradu-
ally get worked up to the necessary point, until at
length they look upon the miseres that surround
them and shudder, and look upon the poison-and
resolved
Are you aware that there are about sixteen hun
dred theatrical bill boards in this city? Two firms
monopolize the posting for all the places of
ment, each establishment paying an average of
fifteen dollars per week.
whi
two ruffans yesterday morning out Of their
difficulties. After interchanging for some time the
choicest re1nements in anathemas in Third avenue
they adjourned to vacant lot on Fourth avenue,
and there casting aside all supernuous garments,
prepared to punish one another in true prize-ring
STYLE 1t was about O'Clock in the morning. The
stars were twinkling in the sky and some metro
politan stars were twinkng round the corner These
latter luminaries did about half as much good as
they might have done, and arrested of the prn-
cipas and one of the seconds.
1t is said that Carlotta Patti is coming to this
try in the fall. She has been wandering in Europe,
north as far as Stockholm and south far as Con
stantnope and now wishes to repeat, in the United
States successes which have only been second to
those OF her phenomenal sister Adana- 1t was this
Carlotta who when she last in Philadelphia, was
disgusted with the smaness and icness of the au-
dence. She vowed she would either never go there
again. or that 1t should be until they had learned
how to appreciate her better. Have Philadelphians
learned better, wonder? They are cod very cold
and even when something extraordinary comes
along they are not always proportonaby warmed.
have never described at any length one of the
new institutions at the Central Park This is
Moorish temple, the ground color of whose exterior
is brown. The roof is domed, and is sprnkled with
stars over pale-bue ''sky." Almost every kind of
mineral drink that can be named can here be pur-
chased. You can swallow health by the bottle and
"drnk the waters" without attending any watering
MIA affo tha
expense OF journeys and hotels. Vichy, Ems, Carls-
bad, Kissengen, Marienbad, Congress, and every
other kind of water all to be had. The celebrated
watering places of the world have their nucleus in
this handsome Moorish temple The proprietors
would not allowed to set it up without handing over
considerable sum Of money to the treasurer of the
park. The temple was put up at their own expense
and portion OF the profits goes into the Central
Park treasury "For that are we doctors" No less
than twenty different mineral drinks flow from the
congeries of fountains there. Their "ateratve"
properties are enough to make an Ethiopian trans
mute his epidermis or the leopard lose his spots To
use an old smile, the Central Park when this insti-
tuition is held in view, is like looking at health and
country living through the small end of the opera
glass They look long way oil, although you see
them so plainly.
A romantic incident which is not generally known,
has occurred within the last few days in this city.
The romantc-minded perpatetic along Broadway
and Fifth avenue-but particularly along Broadway
will remember an Italian family OF wandering
musicians, consisting OF a man, his wife, and
child. The man played the violin the woman bran
dished tamborine, the child sang and accom-
panied himself on the harp. There were some points
remarkable about the child. One was the total alb
sence of resemblance to his parents. They were
dark and swarthy; their features were flushed with
the genuine Italian blood. He was q blonde-of the
Nblo's Garden style-with yellow hair and broad,
light blue eyes, cheeks like finest satin, and lips
aINdu fron tod into AaEh in
some Pygmslion-like prayer. He was appa-
rently about fifteen His clothes torn his hair
was tangled and his ensemble tattered; but
Through his rags and his wretchedness there shone
forth the royalty of beauty. His voice, too, was
almost phenomenal. / have often seen him sur
rounded by crowd OF men, women, and chill
dreD, who greeted his performances with such
shout as some unapplauded priDG donna might be
glad to awaken. Not only pennies but greenbacks
fell into the hat which his father carried around.
Contrary to the popular deusOn in regard to street.
singers he was treated extremely well by his father
and mother. No blows, no threats; but kisses from
his mother, encouragement from his father, kind
ness from both. Well one afternoon, not very many
days ago, a wealthy but eccentric lady, whom the
sequel proved to have laid her plans well, beckoned
70 him from her carriage window as he was passing
nm Fifth avenue. AT that moment he was alone. 1t
was one OF those times when his parents hay-
ing gone home he left TO wander In the streets
I without their protection. He saw the lady's signal,
at her solicitation he entered the carriage, with his
harp and before he knew what was to be done with
him the carriage drove on. Night came on, and his
4 distracted parents were driven almost Wild SO
many strange cases Of Kidnapping have lately
occurred within metropolitan precincts, that IL Is no
wonder they felt alarmed. They have since been
Eeassured and recompensed however, for what they
were made to suffer. on getting the
boy home with her. the lady had him shown to
naNh and f1a1 With tO Lot