The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-03
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NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 1870.
Returning to Town.
The rapidity with which people who, for the
last three months have been out of town, are
now suddenly returning, is almost the only local
novelty worth mentioning. Just at present the
city is enjoying lull preparatory to the Begin
ming of the fall and winter campaign. 1t is not
yet full enough of people to justify the statement
that the regular season has commemorative sea-
con of churches and theatres, of balls
and parties, and of that social inter
change of visit and gossip that
announce that the harvest is past and the sum-
mer is ended. AS habitual rider up and down
in the Broadway stages, however 1 can aver
that one of the signs of returning citizens is
evident in the increased number of portly and
well-dressed gentlemen who appear almost
every morning in almost the self-same seats, at
almost the same moment, and who invariably
display the well-known and well-worn season
ticket. That may be considered very good
criterion.
y The ssFree PressY
ls.the name of the new evening newspaper that
has appeared in this city. 1t is a large two-cent
newspaper, and its principal features are that it
pitches into the Herald, gives out mysterious
hints as to Mrs. Vreeand and certain relations
which ii intimates the younger Bennett held
with her, and makes war against Tammany,
the "ring," and everything else by opposing
which notoriety is to be gained. Its 'ptchings"
into the Herald are a beautiful in
stance of editorial rhetoric when the
spigot of the passions is turned on and all the
mean little animosities are allowed full how
The revenge which the Herald takesIis character
istic and amusing. 1t maintains dead silence
No sting can provoke it into shaking its name
and showing fight. However true the shafts
may come home it will not advertise its adver-
sary by condescending to take notice of it.
Theodore ParIkerfsm.
1t may seem strange that in so large city
as New York there should be so few churches
that preach the principles advocated by that
rare religious genius and great man, Theodore
Parker. Whatever the sectarian adversaries
of that wonderful man may say, maintain that
he was the greatest religious genius of the age,
and that his teachings are purer, loftler, sub
Inner, and more fitted to lead the world Alright
than those of any other teacher of the present
century. His is not the religion of creeds,
books, churches or forms. 1t is Christianity
derived directly from Jesus Christ, with all the
theological impurities that have collected
there during the lapse of ages squeezed
d eliberately out. The religion which he
sought to establish, and which has its holy
followers in Boston and otner cities of New
lowers elsewhere, was the religion of nature and
the religion of love. Still, you will find few
Theodore Parkerites in New York at the pre-
sent day. There are one or two Unitarian
churches and one or two Universalist churches,
but Theodore Parker was neither Unitarian
merely nor Universalist merely, so that
none of those churches actually represents his
thought. Indeed, do not believe that in all
New York there is a single church the preacher
of which can with truth be said to be a disciple
of that great religious genius.
Miss Netta,s Work.
Miss Meta work in securing the cooperation
of the saleswomen in New York in obtaining
an early-closing movement among the stores in
this city where women are employed does not
meet with as much success as its Importance
demands. The Thursday night meetings at
Plympton Hall very slimly attended, the
secret of the slimness being that many sales
women are afraid to attend lest they should lose
their places in consequence. Many of the
stonier-hearted of the employers have threat
ened with immediate dismissal all who continue
to lend their countenance to the early-closing
movement. Consequently the society
holds strict watch over all
such male applicants as manifest
a desire to attend the meeting. No males
are admitted, unless they give very good proof
that they belong either to the press or to the
MaleClerks NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Employers
have been detected in the miserable business
of sending spies to watch and report proceed
ings and to give the names of such saleswomen
as attend. AS smany of these saleswomen
have poor relations dependent upon them,
they cannot afford to lose even the wretchedly
paying situations that they at present hold.
Hence the meetings continue to be very ill
attended, and the aspect of affairs is not as
encouraging as it might be. The Workingmen's
Association, however, are soon going to give a
picnic. Miss Meta has been asked to attend
and to deliver a lecture on the wants and woes
of the class of women whom she represents.
She has consented and it is expected that she
will make some extremely thrilling and useful
revelations. ALI BABA.