The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-26

From Our o1en Correspondent
NEW YORK, Jan. 20

We are going to have this evening big hall,
which Is intended to throw into the background
everything else of the kind that has taken place
this season II is the fifth grand ball, 'parc and
trayesti," of the Cercle Francais de rHarmonie.
1--WE shall not be so free as they were at the
opera 6ou6e affair" said the fascinating agent
Mr.. Koppel, to me, 'aud we shall
not be so steef' with an unimagn-
able shrug of the shoulders) "as they
we're at the Baxter Hop" How free is the
Ccrcle Francais de l'Harmonie going to be,
wonder? II it is possible for woman TO be at
once vory decorous and very decolietee? have
no doubt the Cerce de rHarmonie's claim to
pety will be considerable. One Of the new things
that will be introduced is the quadrille of "Ko-
kori-ko," in which the poultry-lover will trace
some identity with the moral song that "Duke
Sifroy" sings in the early part of Genecieue de
Bro5dnt. This will be danced by the pupils of
Professor Markowski, and a new Partisan ex-
travaganza, entitled CresopdnpopiUds, will be
introduced. Whatever else will be bad or COM
monplace the music will be good, for it will be
furnished by Theodore Thomas orchestra.
Syruped Scraphs.
Mrs. Wlnslow-like DR.. Landis-after having
had @ long run with impunity, Is at length
arraigned at the bar of public opinion and con-
victed of species of assault and battery upon
babies by which they die "soothed" into their
graves. One of those "communicationists" who
are always finding out something to somebody
elses disadvantage, has just discovered that an
indefinite number Of babies are every year "donc
to death by the use of this anodyne. He finds
that 1t contains morphine in large quantities,
and that no high-minded nurse or right-minded
mother would use 1t upon any account. Can
this be true? Is there no balm in Giead for
infant collie Is this panacea in which we
have for so many years placed our trust
but another sham, contributing to swell
ones cynicism and disbelief in anything genu-
Inc 2 Hitherto it has been supposed that the
man who would lay his hand upon Mrs. Wins
low, or utter one word against his grandmother,
would beat his grandmother or speak disre.
spectfully of his mother-in-law. Yet If all that
Is said against her be true, she has syruped
more sweet seraphs off to heaven than all the
other causes of infant mortality combined. And
if she does deal little in narcotics, l don't
believe that she has had much to do with pro-
noting softness of brain among the rising gene
ration. If little Oliver had known what he was
about, instead of asking for more he would
have asked for more-phine AS it was, he only
missed it by syllable. Mrs Winslow's double
s was the companion of my cradle infancy, and,
as Mrs. Camp says, I will not sit by without
standing up when l hear an old friend ''abuged.'
Mrs. Howard Paul.
You will be interested in learning how Mrs.
Howard Paul conducted herself on Monday and
Tuesday evenings as ia Grande Duchesse." 1
could hardly have believed that even all the art
of stage makeup could have effected such
difference in her appearance. Naturally hers is
rather coarse beauty, inevitably so from the
exceeding mobility of her features, which unables
her TO descend, whenever she wishes to- below
the level of commonplace ladyhood, and to grasp
the vulgar requirements of vulgar individual
ization. SO far as the personal appearance of
the ''Grande Duchesse" was concerned she
ceeded in TRANSMITTING herself into a very pretty
looking blonde Her appearance, with eye-glass
up and head thrown back, was very warmly
greeted and the lapse of few moments was
sufficient to prove that she depended for none of
her "points" upon those of any other deleneator
of the character Nay, it seemed as
though she had even gone out Of the way, per-
haps, SO as to give the public no excuse for
attributlng to her any of the well-known Tos-
teeian tricks. The "Ah! ii est charmant ?" for
instance, was wholly abandoned, and the insinu-
ating movements which Tostee so freely
INDUCED in were entirely dispensed with.
The impersonation was fuller of fun, and not so
full of freedom, and the singing brought to OBJ
servation all the beauties and eccentricities of
Mrs. Pauls remarkable register. Her wig was
blonde, falling in long curls behind, and if she
was less airy than Tostee she was stronger and
more healthy. The original General Boum" was
very warmly received. The "Fritz" was remark
able for pair of pants. They were the only
portion of his role which can be said to have sat
too well upon him.
Supernatural Botany
At the corner of Broadway and Thirty-second
street, Neil Bryant, brother of Dan, the same
who has been In the Bryants' Den for several
6seasons, keeps some billiard saloons, and above
them are the headquarters of some of the New
York spiritualists. One of the recent lights of
the establishment imported thither from Law
renee, Mass, is Mrs. Blair, who has only one
arm, but makes up for this circumscribed sense
of touch by being especially gifted with super
natural eyesight She can see infinitely more
with her eyes bandaged, padded, and packed
than other people can with their optics open
and is besides a talented ''sketchist' of flowers
that bloom in angel land, for they were
certainly never seen here. The soil where
the originals bloom doubtless resembles the bank
whereon the wild thyme grows, for these, like
the medium who sketches them, have decidedly
s'wild" appearance. However, in attempting
the feat the other evening the lady failed to come
up to thyme" The paper flowers wouldn't
come and one of the audience present scandal
lied the proceedings by declaring that he saw
the medium ''cheat" by pushing up with her
fingers the bandage that was supposed to conceal
her eyes. The people left in disgust. Is not the
day of seonces over !? Or will there always be
large residue of fools, people who are anxious
kI.of~ and anfh hinpr In