The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-28

Prom Our Dun Correspondent

liarly because l take for granted Philadelphians
who read the newspapers have become ac-
Quainted with 1t from seeing it therein. What
her real name is matters little to any of the
public. She chooses to be known as "Miss
Meta" and under that fictitious name does q
great deal Of good as one of the leaders in the
workiug-women's early-closing movement. In
that sphere she has found a large field for labor,
and performs her work with an earnestness that
fights against fatigue. From the interest that
editors take in her it is fair to argue that she
has pleaded her cause in most of the newspaper
Offices of the city. She is q neat and lively little
woman of about thirty years of age, talks
auently, and has the art of interesting in her
hobby those she speaks with.
Having had much experience as a saleswoman,
she is acquainted to perfection with the mutual
tricks and vices of employers and employed,
and has at her tongues end stories of women's
grievances which were borne by their victims
uncomplainingly for years. You cannot talk
for half an hour with "Miss Meta" without be-
coming convinced that the welfare of the OPP
pressed class she has worked among occupies a
sacred nook in her heart. She takes prominent
part in O meeting that is to be held tomorrow
night at Plympton Hall, and of which, should il
prove sufficiently interesting, 1 propose to give
you some account. 1 have little doubt but that
after a while she will sign an emancipation
proclamation, declaring the white slaves of New
York free.
Mosquito-inei
Those who are a prey to that distribution of
the devil whose mortal name is mosquito, will
wave their arms and cry "Ha-ha ha-ha !" ton
being told that an ointment has been prepared
which deals death to that evil insect. When the
inventor shall announce his intention to adver-
tise literally, and shall yield TO the rule of "pay-
ment invariably in ADVANCE" I shall be ready to
give his name and address to the public. Until
then he must be content with this obscure and
partial reference, and console himself with the
thought that the best inventions are often the
longest in securing public attention. 1t is suf1i-
Gent to say that the ingredients are imported
from Greenlands icy mountains or from
India's golden sands Il don't remember
which-thot the parts which are to be
preserved from bites are simply
auointed with it, and that its smell has the
same effect upon the mosquito that the breath
of the upas tree has on man. Not many days
ago a gentleman went down among the swamps
of Long Island, where mosquitoes abound.
Whether he did so in the interests of entomol-
ogy, or whether he wanted to become acquainted
with the virtues of the ointment in order, as an
agent, to bear witness to its virtues, l do not
pretend to decide. All that I know is that,
taking Off the clothes which covered the upper
part Of his body, he sponged that part with the
liquid MusQuito-ine q respectfully suggest this
name as q taking title), and seating himself
dared the gnats to do their worst.
At the end of an hour he had reason to sus-
pect that the clad portion of his body, or all
below his waist, was p~loughed up into ridges
with mosquito venom, and subsequent inspec-
ton proved that this suspicion was correct.
Those parts which he had sponged and left bare,
on the contrary, were untouched and in their
-z4-.. condition Hanoi ha fonofac fhot tho
time will come when Mosquito-ine will be so
popular that mo household will be complete
without it," and that bedtime will discover
men, women, and children in various stages of
undressing, with q bottle of Mosquito-ine in one
hand and q sponge wet with it in the other.
managers In Midsummer.
In midsummer the stage is quite as delinquent
as the pulpit. If clergymen get sore Threats,
managers shirk their duties by excuses less
genuine. For example, what good reason is
there for all the theatres being closed? Do not
the people need 10 be amused In warm weather.?
If the sentence that in the sweat of our face we
are to eat our bread is n hard one, is it not
harder that in spite of an unprecedented amount
of perspiration we are to have no cakes and ale?
How can managers who close their theatres for
the summer be said with truth to have an eye to
business New York has three or four f~rst-class
theatres, besides half a dozen of tolerably good
standing, and but one of them, Wallack's, is
open, and that presents a disgusting specimen
of the Dutch drama, by Mr.. Gayler, entitled
Fritz. We beg for the real grain of the
drama and are given such miserable chaff
as The Bdrber-ASsaSSin; or, The Pie Woman
of Bell Yard, at the Bowery, or miscellaneous
and negro-minstrel business at the Theatre
Comique, or a stupid burlesque upon East
Lynne at Woods Museum. / ought indeed to
except the Grand Opera House, where Madame
Lanner is dancing with intellectual and poetic
feet. No one of culture can study her earnest
and extremely pale features without feeling
that she intensely loves her art and develops
from it all the beauty of which, in her hands, il
is capable. With this exception no theatre
which an intelligent man or woman would wan
to visit is now open in New York. As l said
before, the pulpit and the stage are equally de-
serted. The f~ootlights are permanently out,
and the dust settles on the gas-iet of the clerical
reading-desk. Extremes do meet.
Barney williams Avenged.
One of Mr.. Barney Williams strong weak.
nesses is his aptitude for getting into trouble or
other peoples account. He is an impulsive
man, and his impulses generally lead him to acl
in accordance with right principles, though the
precise manner in which these principles mani
fest themselves may be imprudent. In private
life he is known to be a kind, tender-hearted
charitable man. He invariably spends the sum
mer at Kathleen Villa, at Bath. From thC
parlor windows the waters of Gravesend Bay
are plainly visible. Yesterday Mr.. Wllliaml
was seated at one of the windows, in COMPANY
with his wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Florence, wheI