The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-05-20
Letter from NeaU York..
New YoRK, May 18th, 1876
THE STEWART ESTATE

New YoRK, May 18th, 1876
. THE STEWART ESTATE
There is, as might have been expected, a great |
deal of dissatisfaction over the disposition Of |
Stewards money. The employees, it will be re-
membered, who had been with him ten years |
were to receive $500 each, and those who had |
been twenty years were to get ST. 900. Now |
trouble sets in. Statesmen who have served faith |
fully nine years and half get nothing, and these
who have been grinding out money for the dead |
merchant for nineteen years and half get only |
$500. Naturally they grewl, particularly as he |
always worked bis men harder, and paid them
less, than any merchant in New York. When
ever good man wanted to leave the house, that |
he might better his condition, he was alwags d. |
duced to remain by the statementthat wine t5e 7
pay was small, and the service onarous, all the |
faithful men who should stand by the HoJlse |
would be remembered in such way as to leave |
them better oil than as though they went for
higher pay at the time.
THE THEATRES AND HOW THEY LIVE
Do you know what it costs New York to anluse
itself? There are in the city sixty places OF
amusement that are counted legitimate There
are, OF course, great many more than that, but
the sixty am speaking of are, most of them, de-
cent places to which respectable women may go
with their husbands and lovers. Tbs five prtn-
cipal ones are Booths, Walack's, the Union
Square, the Fifth Avenue, and the Park. OF
these Booths is the largest, and little showing
of the cost of running that may be taken ass
sample Of the whole. To begin with, the build
ing cost originally two millions of dollars and
the ground upon which it stands million more,
that is, the building finished for performances.
The regular company consists of about thirty
people. There is the leading man, whose salary
will not be less than $3.50 per week the leading
lady, who is worth almost as much. Tton
comes the walking gentleman at about $500; the
soubrette, or chambermaid, the funny woman,
gets $le0, and so on down through the category,
till you come to the utility, that is, people who
are depended upon 70 do everything, who aver
age about $40 per week. These people comprise
the regular company. Then comes the supers,
as they are called, the people who do net speak
lines except as they shout, in mobs VINO are
paid from fifty cents to a dollar night. the
stars receive enormous pay. For instance, 10 the
recent production of Julius Cesar, at Booths
Theatre, Mr. Barrett, the Csssus, received ST.
900 per week Bangs, as Mark Antony, $500;
Davenport, the Brutus, $500; and Levick, the
Cesar, $3.50. Besides these, there are more than
a dozen frst-class people in the piece, and none
of whom draw less than $40 per week. But this
was very light part Of the expense ofproducng
the tragedy. Over six hundred men, none OF
to represent Roman soldiers, at expense OF rs
cents per night. The scenery and necessary ma
chinery TO make the pageant cost the manage
ment not less than $50, 900, and all of this ex-
penditure before single dollar could be real
lied. Still with all this expense the piece made
money in New York, and is making great deal
OF money in the country The theatre seats
about three thousand people, and as the cheapest
seats are ST. 3d. and from that TO $780, it is not
difficult to see where the money comes from, ii
the house is filled each night.
BEBcHER AND BOWEN.
The Beecher trouble has broken out afresh, and
this time more virulent than ever. Bowen has
knowledge, so he claims, which will settle the
whole matter. But he will net divulge, unless
he is permitted to do it in the way that he wants
to. He says that the knowledge be has involves
great many ether people, and that he viii go
before a committee Of disinterested men and tell
it all, they pledging themselves to secrecy, SIM
ply making public their verdict az to the guilt of
Beecher This Mr. Beecher declines. At the
last meeting OF Plymouth Church there was
spicy time. Bowen and Beecher got by the cars,
the lie was passed as sweetly as at a town meet
ing, members were ordered to "ges out" and
the proceedings would have dsne no dscredit to
a nominating convention in IL Democratic ward
in New York. la the meantime Moulten is press
ing his suit, Bowen is getting ready to find some
way to get at Beecher without involving others,
and there is a prospect for Kilkenny fight of
the hugest dimensions. How it will all result,
no one knows But the whole world wishes
that it was over in way or another. Tilton
is lecturing 10 the West, and his wife and her
mother are keeping board.rs.
THE CENTENNIAL
is already beginning to be elt in New York
IL, fh.fr -. 1ta
delphia come by way ct New York. and the no.
tells and boarding houses are beginning to look
up. The Centennial is great success, and ad-
wise every one of your readers TO come and see it.
Come to Philadelphia and see the great show,
come over to New York aud seq the great me
tropois, and go home wiser and better men and
wopaen 1t won't happen again for sA~SxSd zssS
years, and we shall aoue of us have another
chance. Make the trip cheap one. Don't at
tempt any style whatever. and above all dom be
ashamed to ask questions, and look about you
al! you can. See all that is 10 be seen at the
lowest possible price and my word for it, you
will never regret the axpenditare Every farmer
and every mechanic in the United States, with
their wives and daughters, ought to come East
this season, if they never do it again.
continues dull. though the merchants have hope
enliven things somewhat. Real estate is still on
the decline, and rents are going down as rapidly
as possible. There are nothing hut long faces
on the street, aud the mourners are plenty =
Failures are as common as ackberres, indeed
they have become so common that they excite no
attention whatever. To fail is fashionable
thing, and has become rather creditable than
otherwise. There are thousands of empty stores,
and tens of thousands OF empty houses, and
can't see where the bushes. or people 70 fill them
ars coming frem But let us hope for the best
HOW MOODY LIVES.
There has been great deal OF nonsense talked
about Moody and Sankey making big thing out
of their religious work They do nothing Of the
sort. These men never took cent, directly or
indirectly, for their labors, except in one way.
Almost every day some parent brother, sister or
wife of some one converted under their minis
trations send them gifts, as 4 sort OF thank offer
ing. During their two months stay in New
York, they received in this way about So, 600,
the most OF it coming to them anonymously. OF
this they use what is necessary for their expenses
and the remainder they give TO weak churches,
missionary enterprises and other religious objects.
Moody has u house worth perhaps So 500 in
Chicago Sankey has nothing They are cared
for while they are at work by people who prize
their lahors, and these gifts ell out the balance
of their support. Whatever may be said of the
effect Of their labors no one say that they
making any money out of it, or that their work
is not entirely DISTINGUISHED They are as honest
and as jealous men as the world ever saw.
PIETRo.
THE OLD DEoLARATIoN-Ho THE FAMOUS PARCH-
MEST LooKs-THE LEGIBLIrr OF THE SIGNATURES.
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