Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-21

The weather. The People. The Actors.
The Authors, and Persons. Matters
and Things Generally.

NEW YORK, lbtn July, lci'.
Editor Of the Er7iino Star:
Leaving Washington for a jaunt TO the
Northlands, where the atmosphere is popu-
larry presumed TO be cooler than in the cap
ital of the United States. L concluded, en-
route, to stop a few days hereabout. III to-
day is good sample, however, OF the north,
I'll have to push polar ward TO be able TO
keep COOL The people here look wlckedly
hot, as If they had been taken la and inn
posed upon. Yesterday being Sunday every
one fl d to the outskirts. The papers today
are full of accounts of thousands who strayed
ard stayed in Central Park; other thousands
who went to Coney Island-which, by tue
by, has become quite reputable and respect
able now,-and crowds at Roc ksway, too,
and up the river. and down TO lovely staten
Island. Anywhere, anywhere out oil The
heat. Heat, heat every where. And every
body goes away but the press people Things
here are dull; theatrical things and almost
all others. Instead of twenty two or twenty,
three places of amusement at the index head
OF the Herald and other leading papers, as
issued I'm the spring and fall, l counted out
SIX in The World yesterday. GilLlores Gar
den and the Aquarium are really the only
places fit to go 10. At Niblos Three Guards
men," stupid and dull-tbree too many. AT
Fifth Avenue Theater "Evangeline,' tame
as split milk and q very poor parody on
The Tale of Acadia, Home of the Happy
Your LOngfellOw- ship readers will remem-
Der that when Evangeline passed
ut see ned like the ceasing of exquisite music"
geline is a silent fisherman, who plays his
part and speaks never a word. What a
blessed RELIEF il would be il some actors the
many headed public know would do the
same. The silent fisherman. sitting lonely
on the beach and occasionally jumping up
in high excitement at a bite (whale or sea-
New + e pes. .hpg now 70 Sf
The best actors will not play anything but
some Egyptian play like Faro, or Euchre, or
Poker during the sultry heat of summer.
q frRar too ri H.
now dictate To us, and just when we the pub
lie 90 of for holiday and want somebody
10 snuse us, presto! all the actors ana
actresses must, fOrsoOth. do the same thing.
1hey must act Just as society people and
iashlonahle preachers do, and pack off 10
Europe, the sea side and the cool fdT-0G
mountains. Wen have To get Congress to
put stop 10 this fraud. Almost all the
cnurches, also are closet here now. went
around yesterday TO several, and finally hal
TO return and sit down with my soul un-
preached 10. Does Old Harry shut up shop
and 90 to Europe 10 see Parasitic eclesias-
tical portion, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the weather
gets not? hear that he does not. He keeps
regular agent there, though. The sinners
tell me that he attends strictly TO business
all the year round. People may say what
they please about "Auld ClOotie," bat they
cannot charge him with being an idler.
The squares here-W ashingtou, Madison
ana Union are looking fresh, cool aud
charmlng-not sonice as Lafayette though
ana are full Of tramps, night and day. -
snow Tor life. The author of "Helen's
Baoies" has brought out several new books
iateiy with such rapidity that il looks as
though he had had them all packed away in
his trunk waiting for market. They exhibit
marks of haste and bad grammar in many
places, and the FOrtnightiy Rerielc is very Sc
we're on the slipshod style and ssilly jokes of
The Babies a book entitled "Aliunde: or
Love Ventures" has just made its appear
ance here, In paper, at fifty cents, and seems
10 be a Gerry rosy love story, scenes laid in
isIa nf lNin a
spheres OF sea-" (Ahem! Tennyson), where
people don't wear anything but flowing
white sashes, and three handsome young
fellows ex- government clerks from Wash
iDgton, by-the-by called Tom, psck ara
Harry. make love - he lovely native dem
sells; JUS 10 The Middle OF the book, Ike the
~ Z III INC SCeoauut, Or tie PHI ~ NE hear
oi ne sGe.T coating Is Introduced a most
lUutCrIUs bf rlrss we .I the grand high cleo
tUTai comm S>lnG, The ISLANDERS have 10
elect head aHiei ana cant agree. 81 they
hear Ihat Coz, O. tie Sunset, and Hen " M.
Waiter En--1s, 1Otn wits, are accused of ii;
and that the democrats are going to push IT,
as it keeps the subject of The Fraud before
the public in an amusing way. II is full of
surf bathing, reckoning palm trees, moonlit
dances, fan OF gIimpes OF cool tropical
greenery, youthful love and juciHeSs eener-
ally. 1t sounds more like Dom Plat or
some Cdpiu people The August maya
zines are luit buddingforth, and are, as the
young ladies say, yer, nice. Broadway is
still crowded. and gaytvith tbe-fuUuvy- grub
bling commercial classes, and the society
b. opie nave either put up their front shut
Iers or gone to the.watering places. A
lew Lonesome tellots hang about the
clubs .'wailing foT lettahs, you know"
inst inst as fssh dos at school, you see"
Saturday for EGrope 60, happy OnesD are
now half seas over, aud am. warmly and
oiahuiy yours, A LoUNGER.
Excursions Picnies. dc.
Inc excursion OF te w. l.. L. corps, Com
pany A, will take plce al $50 O'Clock this
evening on the LadyM the Lake, to Piney
Point and Point Loo Gut. See adyt.
Mount ltTnon SlTigs-The Mary Wash
lngton Will make heI usual trips to Mount
Vernon Springs TO borrow, starting at 10 a.
M and 2:3O p. NJ, ad returning at p. m.
and p. m.
Great FATS -An eIsursion will be given to
the Great Falls to nJfrow. See advt
Ihe j. ". IhOmpsC! makes a regular Sun
day trip down the rirer, starting at D. m.
MOCntighk Ercurs0.-- The Young Peonle,s
association OF WauaM. f. church will give
moonlight excurs = Monday. The Jane
Moseley will start a Up. M, returning about
See advt.
Analostan Iidnd-Ae Ivy club will give a
family picnic here q Monday.
Cockode Cfty.-The4 Twill be no Sunday ex-
cursion OF the Cocka eCity, but on wednes-
day, 25th, at Up m. he first of q series OF
wednesday excursid1 will be given.
PROMISES kept inspir eenfdence; and DR.. Bull.
BDy syrup never prom % r-ilef IN the diseases Of
childhood withoui at Gee eflecting it, Hence the
popular reliance upon j. Price IS cts bottle. 1t
hUECANSON BRos A uctionears