The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-05
N E Wy OR ELS Nz s.
rom Our Orn Correspondent

rom oar 0pn Correspondent
New YORK, Feb 8, 1870.
Tho BOnrdinR-hOuse Fever.
The clearinghouse ioyer-which is a sorti of
eapsing fever in its way-is raging to such
n extent at present that | feel justified in
Ibying few words about it. The prices asked
~ that Gorgon without conscience, which is
Xduently presumed to be representative Of the
2ce of landladies, are coming down. She
HIketh off twenty per cent. from the prices she
he'd to ask. The young married couple who
|bve each other on q slender income, say $4,000
Rr $2500 per year, can obtain board and q beau
fful little room furnished with rosewood for $50
|er week. If the table really is on a par with
he ''teautiiul little room, they may be pardoned
ybr viewing everything in cOule1T de rosewood
" requires u great deal Of rose-color on the part
ff boarders to make the modern landlady ego
kSwn." Imagine the bliss of depending for all
|our creature comforts upon woman who gets
pc delirium tremens once week, and goes
Fbund " midnight knocking at the bedroom
cor of every boarder in the house! Imagine
Lrunken conversations between husband and
tfe mutually tight" who are overheard during
We, small hours of the morning maudinly up
Iyaidng each other for a vice of which each is
qually guilty. Picture to yourself Mrs.
xfude who is very much "how come you So"
ying down the law of sobriety 10 q hiccoughy
Caudlc, who is only little mot himself"
brm q magic-antern out OF some such reminis-
enccs as these, and you will have some idea of
lie experiences to which the average boarding
buee life in New York subjects one.
Barney williams
nd his wife commence sn engagement at
iblo's Garden on the 21st of the present month.
srney has been up in Albany and the adjacent
lxr,, aVr1 ratu 10 Naxu Nnrlr haa nfnnr In
buntenance and regardless" in costume. His
omplexion is as fresh a rose, and his glo7es
he az fresh as his complexion. The play he is
Ding to bring out purports to have been never
bfore produced in this country, but 1t was in
Jet played at Mrs. Drew's theatre some years
20, with Kate Reynolds and Mr..
alkner in the cast. Its title is limits
allen: or de Men in the Gap, and it is going
be placed on the stage of Niblo's with
reckless disregard to the quantity of spon-
ulics that are spectacularly spent upon it. The
celebrated Telbin is responsible for the panorama
Ehich cost about two thousand dollars in gold.
Whatever people who dislike the Irish drama
Jay say against the legitimacy of the success of
be Williamses, the fact remains that, in their
ne of parts, they are the only performers who
an fill Niblo's night after night For man
no is only forty-four years of age Barney has
hough vitality in him to last him several sea-
E ns;longor-say the next twenty years.
+ Boots aud Shoes.
II NJ. Ferdinand de Lesseps would onlyscOme
yer here and change the climate of the United
tates as he is saidlto have done that of Egypt
uring the progress of the Suez Canal, the ven
ors of india-rubber boots and shoes would feel
realty obliged to him. There is vast stock
eft upon their hands Gnstead Of upon other
ND off
aising spell of cold weather may do something
owards relieving them of it, the relief will not
robably be great enough to win or to deserve
my gratitude worth speaking Of In fact,
inter has gone back upon us. She is a double
aced jade, and likes to persuade the blossoms
.ut of the ground for the sake of 5nubbing them
hen they have once come.
st. Valentines Day.
St. Valentine is long-lived saint: there is no
etting.rid of him. He holds on to his 14th OF
February as tenaciously as if it were the 4th OF
uly or the 25th of December. Just rs certain as
hat spring will put forth green leaves, is il
bat for the fortnight preceding st. Valentine
BAY thewindows of stationers' shops will glow
18th those nondescript sheets of note-papel
Which his saintship is accustomed to impe
eople to buy, enclose in envelopes, direct, ant
6mmit to the care of the Post Office, addressed
70 parties WnOIn lney seNeIallI love vi uttle III
he case may be.
Rev. Horace Cooke.
or course there are great many sapers herr
or intelligence concerning that plous and ex
mplary Newly orksm, the Rev. Horace Cooke
e is said to be in retirement near Boston
larniug to act like father to the boy who i
bout the age of the girl he ran away meal
,ok passage in the train 10 Philadelphia with
lie is said to have been occupying part of hi
ime in returning borrowed money, and thi
konvinces one that popular suspicion in regar
% his hopeless insanity is correct His where
bouts is to be Kept secret, in order to avoi
urther notoriety As soon as he has repente
lard enough he viii probably go back to thuml
ng the cushion.
Who Wants an OrGauisis
The ensuing advertisement is from one of th
iaily morning papers,
"An experienced organist desires a position
ONE church where the salary Is above starvato
boint, and where the first OF May is not an eccles
.stiea moving day. Boy choir preferred Addre
Jaryl IlOriO,'
/ make no charge to Mr.. Caryl Florio, esp
lally as | have erased the concluding lin
Eaying where he is to be addressed.
Now that am on something akin to music
matters, might say that Mr.. Edward Mollel
bauer intends giving private rehearsal of
,ew symphony "The Passions" to-morro
hernoon, at two o'clock, at Stenway Ha
unday afternoon is chosen because lis assume
% combine two desrabilitles, piquancy and e
Elusiyism. ALI BABA'
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
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