The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-17
NEW YORK.
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

NOIES AMI OOSolI'
THE woNAN's MovEMENT-rHE WORK AND
THE wAY-REMINIsCENCEs- Es-rHEArRICA
GossIP-GENERAL DRlFTINGS.
From Regular Correspondent of the sentneil
New York. March I2.-While the western
people are supposed to be devoting their un-
divided attention to DIR. Dio Lewis, and
what has been so felicitously styled his
Braving Band, we are enjoying ourselves
with Charity dramatically considered, ana
the drama cbaritably considered. In isct,
the great question for suburban debating So
cities now is, whether benevolence does
most for the theatre or the theatre for bene-
violence. There is suffering which must be
relieved. and what can be easier than TO re-
Iieve il by means of public or private tneatl-
calss Almost all women believe themselves
to be undeveloped tragedy queens, and tney
are always ready to seize upon any prete6St
for rushing upon the stage. vi
such pretexts there are many,
"but the greatest of these is charity"
"Act. act. in the living present, seems 10 De
the motto of the Gothamitish society now,
and lt is not too much to say that it has be-
come the fashion for young ladies to go up
on the stage. L do not certainly know
whether Miss Fanny Morant's school Tor,
dramatic aspirants is cause or an effect OF
this rage for "the boards" but that sucn
school exists and is constantly turning out
pupils no one viii deny. Some years ago
several well-kpown ladies, being about to
take part in an amateur performance at the
Union League Theatre, applied TO Miss
Morant for instruction. ana uuSlng tne SIX
weeks of study which followed, they pvsaln
so fascinated with the profession that thcv
resolved TO adopt it formally. One only,
believe, made a successful debut, and she
afterwards became "leading lady" in a lead
iror thpatrQ Il moi nalp thinking that this
circumstance was the starting point OF Miss
Morant school, which is now recognized
institution of our city. whether IL is one
likely to elicit unmixed praise or not, 1t Is
not my province TO decide; but IN view or
the probable number of gushing girls
who will take advantage of it to attract
the attention they might otherwise new
er win. l may be permitted to express
doubt. When a young thing takes u into
her pretty, but, possibly, somewhat ni6hty
head, that she would like to be an actress,
TIE plan she pursues is briefly his: she JOINS
some 'club for the productiCl OF private
theatricals." and then rushes OH 10 Tue
above mentioned teacher to be prepared for
her part The stage appetite Is one that
grows with what it feeds on, and the more
she gesticulates and rolls up her pretty eyes
the more convinced is she that she can never
be happy of the boards. Then come, as one
of the regular steps, first appearance
at the Union League, for the benefit OF the
society for the prevention of something or
other or the asylum of the what dye call
'ems, she doesn't remember which /; and then
in few weeks more Miss Jones makes the
final leap, and goes before the real public, as
sJane s." perhaps. And If, possibly and
perctsnce, the i'll natured critics should say,
as they have been accused OF saying, tnat
there is mannerism about the aforesaid
school, and that its founders name describes
literally the style of Scting invariably Sf-
fected bv the finished pupils, why, let us
call them earning. and have done with them
forever In the end, perhaps we shall be
gamers after all; for out OF the more or less
nebul0ls mass il were strange indeed, If we
could not discover one or two shining stars.
LED AsrRAY.
Speaking of theaters, the great event to
which have before alluded, the centennial
cefebrat on of "Led Astrsy," at the Union
Square theater, will take place this week on
Friday night. There will be presentation
ofbouquets to the ladies, together with five
illustrated bills, representing the different
acts of the play. These bills are now being
prepared by the Graphic Company, ana are
intended as souvenirs of the long run. AZ
Daly's Theatre, "Charity" is the nightly at
traction, and is highly successful. The series
of sterling comedies at Wallack's is, as
matter Of course, drawing full houses. We
are generally treated to such season every
wear, at least when Lester Wallack himsel
is manager, and nothing in the amusement
world can be more thoroughly enjoyable
At present, there is spromise of unique anC
delightful entertainment, to be the joint
offering of Mr.. DAILY and Mr.. Wallsck to the
poor of New York. The "Seh9ol for Scandal
is the play selected, and the creme d'
Ia creme OF both companies will take part
A striking feature of this-ewent will be the
Co. fIof ,sr.Af NfN Nrc
Madeline Renriques jennings, formerly
leading lady at Wallack's, and now the wifi
of the chief editor OF the Times. She con
sents to come before the puBlic once agaiI
in order to 6ein the noble, universal effort Z
ameliorate the condition of our poor, which
condition, it would seem from present ap
pearsnces, is being so thoroughly ameliorat
ed that there will soon be nothing left to do
So much real benevolence ought to draw
rich and poor nearer together, and believ
it will have tkst effect, for L heard one poo
fellow say that he was glad he fell and brok
his ribsonce, because he had been dissatis
fed before that with his employers and witt
his work, and he only found out how fortu
nate he was, and how kind people could b
at the time when he seemed most unfortu
nate =
BY "RAPID TRANSIT"
which you will o xcuse, knowing, as yo1
must. how near to the heart of every Ney
Yorker even tke empty phrase must be,
come to the subject of the elevated rsilwa
in Greenwich street. This railway is inter
estingfor many reasons, but chiefly becaus
il is the first assured step toward the solu
ton of the problem of " to and EFo." For
number of years the iron pillars which sup
port il stood in a melancholy row, equal
unsightly and useless, and finelly, whe
everybody thought they would be takel
away as so much rubbish, plaza was pre-
posed for running the cars, which prove
successful The original idea was that train
should be run by stationary engines bu
that proved utterly impracticab,e. Now
dummy engines are used, and the trains .
run on time, and with great rapiditys th
trip from Dey street to Thirtieth street bein
made in thirfeen minutes, including stops
al,