The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-20

Church of the Messiah, for the first time since 1t
was closed for the summer. The church is
situated on East Thirty-fourth street. at the cor
ner of Park Avenue, will comfortably seat
about eight hundred and fifty people, and is
rich looking and impressive. Its organ Is one
of the handsomest, and its choir contains some
of the best educated voices in New York. Mr..
Hepworth too, is one of the most popular and
fashionable preachers. 1t Is impossible to rent
pew there, it is difficult to obtain sittings.
Exquisite sinners and fashionable saints form
a la ge proportion of his congregation, which,
n, doubt, contains some good, conscientious,
hqrd-working Christians. Mr.. Hepworth--who
boards at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and no doubt
enjoys life, by which do not necessarily mean
that he abuses it-has a utful, rich, deep
vol e. AS preacher he is just the man to
enchant the commonplace mind. He says
nothing that is strikingly original, nothing
that is remarkably profound. Nay, good deal
that he says is platitudinaran and trite; but
occasionally he illustrates his meaning with
story or smile that derives its significance not
so much from its intense beauty as from it's APP
propriateness and the pieturesqueness of the
infections with which his voice interprets it.
Madame Seebach
and her German troupe arrived at this port yes
terday afternoon at o'clock, and the principal
members of the company proceeded imm sdiately
to the Belvedere House, new and stylish hote
at the intersection of Fifteenth street and Irving
place, in the immediate proximity of the Aca-
deny of Music, Irving Hall, Steinway Hall, the
Circu:, Tammany and Bryant's old hall, and
devoted principally to the entertainment of
actors, singers, and musicians. She makes her
first appearance here next Thursday night as
"Gretchen" in Faust, and attended rehearsal
for the first time this morning. at the Fourteenth
do har ANA ari-
can debut
perceive that at the Philadelphia Academy
Of Music number of actors are announced to
appear and that the advertisements are so
worded as to create the impression that the
actors are the same as those who recently ap-
peared conjointly at Niblo's Garden. Such,
however, is not the case. Our combination was
very fine, consisting of Mr.. E. L. Davenport,
Mr. Lawrence Barrett, Mr.. Walter Montgomery
Ga very cultured English tragedian), Mr.. Mark
Smith, Madame Ponisi and Miss Louisa Moore.
Only three of these you have with you-Daven-
port, Smith, and Ponisi. / have no doubt the
other actors do tolerably well--only they are
not the Niblo's Garden combination.
The Lincoln Statue.
For number of years a rude heap of stones
has marked the spot where it was intended to
erect q statue to the memory of Abraham Lin
is the object of contemplation by every one of
the thousands who during every twenty-four
hours pass near the intersection of Fourteenth
street and Broadway. Between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets and University Place and
Fourth avenue stands Union Square, q large cir
cular enclosure that constitutes one of the
prettiest of the several small parks in the city
of New York. Outside this enclosure, and in q
southeastern direction from it, stands a bronze
equestrian statue, representative of Wash
ington on horseback. Washington is sta
toned with his back to the south and
with his calm front facing the north and west,
in the direction of which the cty's future is
stretching. What this bronze statue sorely
needed was companion statue to decorate the
southwestern corner of thesquare spaceinwh
the park is located. twas hoped that the bronze
statue of Lincoln would afford the necessary re-
lief, and great hopes were placed upon the COM
pletion of the structure. Now that it is COM
pleted, it turns out to be painful and ridicu-
lous failure. The features of Old Abe are deco
rated with bronze beard, which is extremely
unlike any hirsute apparatus that the friends Of
that Chief Magistrate remember to have ever
seen him wear; and the expression upon the
features is that of idiotic amazement at the turr
things have taken, and the change that has
come upon that portion of Broadway.
A"White Slaves In Court.
The plucky, enterprising, and industrious
young woman who figures in the newspapers az
t'Netta" has her hands full. Besides presiding
at the weekly meetings at Pympton Hall, at
tending committee meetings, answering cor
respondents, preparing cards for the daily news
papers, doing stroke of business at picnics
making speeches, waiting on sick sister, an(
drumming up the inactive and down-spirited
she also suffers, or, at least, has suffered unit
recently, at the hands of young woman VIII
is alleged to have endeavored to win the affec
tions of "Netta's" husband. Since "Netta"
not stage-name, and since the attractiyenes
of the cause of the Saleswomens E. g.
does not depend upon that prenomen'
being seen through, it is no violation
of confidence for me thus. to imply that Mis-
Meta is not necessarily unmarried because sh
has chosen to figure before the public as
tMiss.n Since she chooses to keep her marie
name to herself, however, so be it; l shall nc
reveal it. 1t is enough to say that, proceedin
to court the other afternoon, she got the bette
of the misguided young woman who had bee
trying to make Miss Netta's home miserable
and that the misguided young woman was r,
quired to give bonds for a considerable sum I
keep the peace. ''Netta" seems to be good
thorough-going, whole-hearted woman, who
working in the cause of the saleswomen wit
all her body as well as with all her SOUL
ALI BABA.
COMMUNICATED
william M. Bum.