, 1876-03-26
An Eccentric Female Opens Homo for
Frieudless Cats.
More Magniacence on the Stase''.HoN
Dcbuts Are Managed.
Fast Nawspaper-Train to Boston-The
Champion Bankrupt.

| character has come to light, and this time hap
| pens to be q woman. Her name il Mrs. Mary
| Steiner, aud her residence No. 30G West Thirty
| sixth street. This woman has established what
| may be properly called = Home for Fr1eudleaB
| Cats. Her especial mission is to rescue kittens
and cats from nerciless boys. and provide them
with homes, where they may live in peace and
enjoy their midnight wooing undisturbcd by TIL,
inhuman wrctches who object to the noise.
Tho woman ia most seriously in earnoSt, mud.
| although her establishment il regarded as q
feline joke by her neighbors, ehe persoveEes in
| her mission and has had undoubted success in
| alternating animal suffering. She has On hand
| from ton to twenty friendess cats nearly
| all the lime, aud feeds them carefully
three times a day. She relates her
experience with sick kittens with pathos quito
touching, and her stories Of abandoned cats End
crue! mistresses are appalling. She simply tries
to take care of the cats until sho can find homo
| for them. Her remarks to an interviewer on
uico homes for them, " she said. There's
dear, good butcher en- Sixth ayenuo who has taken
| caro- Of six or seven for me-" Possibly hho
mover dreamed that this candid confession con-
! cerniug tho dear, good butcher would spoil his
trade in sausago-mcat. but it has. completely.
This kiud-heaEted old lady means well, aud in an
humble way is doing good work.
| EXTRAORDINARY Sp1ESDoR ON TIE STAGE
| Night before last won't to see the new
French drama by Victor Sardou, entitled - Fer
| 1eol," at the Union Square Thoatre. will not
| speak OF the piece excepting to say it is OF the
| Frencl,-Frenchy, with woman in the case most
| decidedly, although no heroine. But Of the
eplendors Of tho mise scene, md tho magnifi-
| ccnce Of tho dresses worn by tho ladies, some
| thing must be said To describe one or the
| other would ill column 1t Was the most
gorgeous display OF spring styles seen in public
tins season, a:d it would seem 81 If the arts OF
| the 7nodlste had been exhausted to make this
display effective. The scenery, which was ne~,
| IL undoubtedly tho finest ever shown in this
country, and is equal to anything IN Parti-
There is in fact such an excess OF lavish ado:n-
| ment that ono critic remarks that tho like ol it
| is to be Seen nowhere saye in the ALEXANDRIA
| Court Of the Sydenham Palace. This method Of
| Producing plays at an enormous outiay OF
| money sor dresses and fresh sconorv, ii tho
! prevailing fashion of managers in New Yo6s. 1t
proceeds upon the assumption that the piece
will have q great "yun," and the manaeerB aro
| usually correc: in their anticipations. T4ey run
| great pecuni.ry risks, and deserve SUCCESS for
| 1lelr efforts.
HOW DEDUrs ARE MANAGED.
"Ferseol WAS marked on its first zspresenta-
ton by the debut of Miss Ida Jef1reys. mention
cd in last weeks letter. It Was success as q
first appearance. though tho part a.sumed is IA
sls uAn.s w. 49,, ',,',:. .,ast;,.a - W.
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manner in which such things are done in New
| York. She las been known for a1me time as q
pupil OF Miss Fanny Mofan1. aD4 uaS ooen IL
troduced to authors. artists, actors. and Critics
| IN social way LOT over TWO 1uou1us. oeii5
! somewhat attractive in her personal appearance,
| she llas been favorite With the crltlce, and
| from time to time notices OF Ier intended debut
have been printed in the socisty papers. frlendS
have been thus created Who ha'o sIoou pet"fen
the debutante and the puoln 60 pe.'ec.ls 4 tnas
she mas been certain OF sursess lr9o tne stas!'
On the eventfni night th:se friends we're judi
clously distributed LII tho anolonce' ana upon
her entrance vigorous clipping OF nanas a l s .as
| resorted To. Iheu, at aao coso VI nel uIs'
speech few bouGuate. we're thrown q. ner leet: .
aud, later at'li auothcr 10 OF oouquets 30 toas
this put-Ip JOB to make meu1oc1e aettesa =
success III the MINDS o1 the auu.enee was iatAet
oYardone However, ehe nag tno tact anu cous-
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Animals, has h3sts o1 enemies' ana toe7 must
have fairly danced for Joy when they saw his
mama annonnoed as tho writer Of q play called
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an1 latterod Ills vanity by allowing lin to write
out the Dialogues and SOCK credit as dramatic
author:
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