The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-11-03
Our New York Letter.
correspondence of ADVOCATE.


New YORK, Oct. so. 1883
Last week was busy week with the
Police justices, of course with the cleo
ton at hand, it is desirable for all parties
10 get as many voters on hand as possible.
Now, it must be understood that the
criminal, the loafer. and the bum, if he
is not already degenerate d into tramp,
politics. They are not molested MOI e
than absolutely necessary by the police,
ard they are carefully handled by the
ward politicians. They are SO much
necesear5 material just as clay is neces-
sary TO tie potter. As it happens, how
ever, these worthless are for the greater
portion of the y, az the guests of the city,
in some one or the ether penal institu-
tions. AS the last o,Ny Of registration
appros ches, there is a leTtect rush OF
district leaders to Police Cons to pro-
cure the discharge of these JAZZ 'iros
from the justices. or course those win
grave charges against them cannot ba
freed, but all such that are up "for from
ten days to three months for disordeiiy
conduct, wife beating, assault and bat
terry, petty thefts, etc." generally man
age to get out in time to register, and
thus help "their friends along" With
their votes. 1t is difficult at times to
find homes for them long enough to be
legal voters in a given district, but there
is always some obliging liquor dealer, or
persons engaged in some illegal traffic
who allows the leaders of his district to
direct his charges TO register from such
and such q house,
The operate war, as have indicated
in previous letters, is turning out disas-
trously to both Mapleson and Abbey.
So far Abbey has had the worst of it. On
Wednesday last there re many alarm
ing gaps in the auditorium of the Ne
tropolitan Opera House, and on Friday
there were rows upon rows of empty
seats. Now, with the expenses Sl2, $40 a
night, manager cannot afford TO have
empty seats. Mapleson hypocritically
declares that he is deeply grieved over
Abbey's misfortune, but he is not much
better off. He has a smaller house, but
bis expenses are 50, 600 night, and thus
far he has run nearly every performance
at n loss. The fact,is these two mauag-
erS will turn out very much like the
Kilkenny cats of history. They will de-
stroy each other.
"What has become of Prevost2' /
asked of one of Colonel Mapleson's lieu
tenants at the Academy. You will re-
member that Provost was the tenor who
two years ago drove everybody wild with
delight at the Academy, by the manner
in which be gave forth the high c, in the
opera of William Tell. Provost was an
entirely new man, scarcely educated, and
SO far as singing was concerned, Tell
was the only opera that he could sing.
At the end of the season he disappeared,
and was only beard of as the husband of
woman who at cue time afforded ma
teriAl for plenty of gossip TO the small
talk dealers. "Prevost," said the gen.
tleman addressed. lis still with Colon |
Mapleson. and is receiving a regular
sOlary from him. He is studying hard
both languages and music, Rnd as soon
as the Colonel sees ft he will bring him
out and astonish the world. Colonel
Mapleson is too old hand at the oper-
attic business not to have plenty of re-
serve forces to bring out if neee. sary.