The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-12-11

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NEW YoRK, Dec. 2, 1873.
il seems rather astouishine that ~ should
have new opera before Pafis and Losdoa,
Aida, Vsrdi's nsW OPEN, ~ produced
lase week in the Academy Of Muaic. Ths
artistic success vas very great, and pscuniaTy
very ANAL. That - not very extraordinary,
for our musical public ssem 10 care bot lisije
Tor novelties. Give them The old familiar
tunes of Martha and Aucsna's aeouiea ~
they are quite atis6ed. i W. amazed tosse
the empty benches Ut the performancs of
"Alida, and unconsciouly recalled splen-
did audiences which are sure to ereee The
1--WE hundred and fifty -secood debut Of Martha
and the hve hundred and fifty-third appear.
ance of Trovasore. "Alida' u . ~
variable opera, too. The music u noe %
catching - in the earlier works of Verdi.
but more profound, and reminds YOU very
much of Wasner's philosophical strains.
The scenery is very gorgeous and, what =
more, new, the dresses are new, and The
sage effects are new. There j. an Egyptian
temple; there Il view of the city Of Thebes,
With palaces and towers and shrines; there
are terrific underground dungeons which
make ones flesh creep. and there 10 moon
light such a. even loven in the Central
Park do not frequently enjoy. The opera,
too,
BRIsrLN WITH sHINMERrNG wEAPoNs.
and II gay with standards and iaes. and
people who revel in PROCEEDINGS and stage
~
enjoy the music. "Alida," however. doe,
not suit the New York taste, and the New
York taste stays away, and the consequences
irmany empty benches.
Mr.. Stockosch, who made good deal of
money during the last two seasons with
Christine Nilsson. has Lost considerable this
winter, and 30 has Maretzek. Lucca and
Murska refused to lower their terms, and the
Aaret1ek season came 10 . sudden end.
Stockosch has been more successful. When
the agent Of the impresario first called upon
the Swedish sonsster, and asked her to con-
sent to reduction, che laughed Ut him and
showed her teeth, which are remarkably
good. She has had sense enough to zee,
however, that the times are really hard, and
that Stackoech could not possibly continue
to pay her 81 900 night. She consented to
the proposed reduction, and receives
now only the pittance of $500
night, which will scarcely enable her to lay
BY penny or two for . rainy day. $500
an evening 10 very poor pay. 1t would take
two shop girls to earn $500 year, for they
do not receive, generally, more than S. .
week. But, Of course, shop girls are shop
girls, and Nilsson 10 Nilsson.
Talking Of shop girls, there are about
30, 900 poor girls and working women out of
employment. The suffering among the
poorer CLASSES il terrible. / have heard
SORES of distress-and l heard some Of
them
ON THE VERY THANKSGIVING DAY
when the reader at probably before q mag
nihcent turkey, rendered all the more pals
table By blazing, cracking Ars-thxt made
my heart ache. A lady connected with one
of our many charitable institutions told me
she visited dungeon-it was called base
ment-in the lower part of Mott street, and
found den, black, cold. without q ray of
Of light, and the very air faint With noIious
vapOrs. All there was in this hole was .
lop-sided table, heap of straw, that looked
like muck, and . ramshackle kettle. A poor
woman lay ON the straw, quite unprotected
from the cold and racked with pain, while
her husband lay on the table, wasting away
under terrible fever that slowly but surely
consumed him. 1t WA night, and there uas
not even q candle in the room. Could pages
Of description add anything to the sorrows Of
this scene?
Another story which have heard seems
scarcely less credible. but know it to be true.
A few days ago poor but respectable-look-
ing woman came to one of our missions of
charity. and begged for money. The
matron had no money, and told her
30. "Oh, for heavens sake, do give me
some money" the poor woman cried. She
begged 40 earnestly, and her eyes were swim
ming with tear, the mstron finally said,
my dear woman, would gladly give You
all the money have. but, to tell you the
truth, have only two cents" "Oi il you
would only give me the two cents" the
woman sobbed; "my poor child is dying,
and if have no candle at home shan't
even see
WHEN IT BREATHE IT'S LAST"
The matron gave her the two cents, and
the woman poured out torrent Of thanks.
The next morning she came back, and her
eyes yelling with tears, she said: 40, how
kind it was of you to give me the two cents.
bought candle, and at ii O'Clock at night
my child died. saw it expire. and it went
out of the world 30 softly that should not
have known when it died if / had not had
he candle"
This story il true, and the city in which it
il where many = man says he must
pinch himself at $4,000 year, and where
he maccaroni spend enough in one night at
or Morrissey's gambling So
loon to keep poor family in Baxter street
Tor year.