The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-05-12
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence OF ADVOCATE.
New York, May sth, 1883.

noon. Inc mornings anu evenings hTe
decidedly cool, and overooats in oonse- |
quence remain anything bat drugs in
the clothing market. This cool weather
is having its effect on the business Of
these Boniiaces who seek to provide
comfort in the shape Of out-of-door
drinking resorts. A great many of these
places are ready for the reception Of
guests, but while stove still radiates
warmth there is no satisfaction in shiv-
ering in the open air, The list of out-of.
door resorts will be materially improved
by the addition Of a novel summer gar.
den at the Casino Theatre. 1t is to be
established on the roof of the famous
Mooresque Building, and it is to be got
ten up and furnished in the Mo irish
stS lie throughout. The floor is to be laid
in cork SO as to deaden footsteps. Six
hundred miniature Moorish Tampa will
light up the place; fountains will sparkle
and tropical plants will exhale their
fragrance. The roof has been so ar
ranged that its centre may be almost en-
tirely removed. Around this open space
a railing will be built, and then one may
look down in the auditorium below and
admire the beautiful Moorish designs.
the fantastic lamps set of by the silk
haugipgs and drink in the strains which
choice orchestra will send forth. This
place will be decided and charming
novelty, and il the management is strict
enough to keep out tie DEAu-MoNDK pat
ronage it will become quito resort for
nico people who will have to stay in
town during the summer, as we'll as for
out-of-town visitors. 1t is TO be opened
about June lst
1t may not be generally known that
there is quite boom again for frogs
legs. The cook at club tells me that,
he has mn enormous demand for them
and leading fish dealer says that the
supply does not nearly come up to the
demand. Frog catchers by the hundred
are now at work in the New England
States and along the marshes of Long
Island. They are all experts, and yet
they cannot keep up with the orders
which flow in. A couple of speculative
Long Islanders are now going into the
experiment Of breedingfrogs for market,
in tue same way as they breed frogs anG
snail in France; aud us tLe expenses at
tached to such an enterprise are small
and the profits large, they will no doub
make money.
Speaking of frogs legs reminds mt
that TIE annual dinner of the Ichtbyo
phagous Club will shortly be held
This club is composed Of worthy gas
Economical pioneers who mean to SHOW
the rest of mankind that almost every
thing in the fnny world is edible
shark fins. dog fish, in fact everything
which the iguorant world looks dow
upon with contempt, aversion Ur disgust
They have q perfect CHEF. howev,r, an,
what he does not know about making al
apparently worthless morsel appear no
. alone as toothsome, but as positiv
d.licacy. is not worth knowing. 1 ur
afraid, however, that he is very niue
| like the Frenchman who 'professed to b
able to make a yery fine soup with
, cobbls stone. - He washed his stone an
, let it boil and then he put Id pieces c
: meat, quantities Of vegetables ETC.,
! such an extent that every body wa
, amazed at the strength aud favor of th
! dish. Finally, however, some one Sske
e him how the soup would have tasted ha
I he not put in any vegetables and mel
D iuto the kettle aud then the 'ingeniou
cook had TO subside. am afraid how
ever, that previous discussions of lei
O thyophagous dinners will have the efit,
i OF somewhat diminishing the success {
l. the present one. ] know the last OIL
s. came very near breaking up sever
II households aud being the direct cause
[ three wives determining to seek separ
$ tions from their husbands. As eyer
l. body knows when one eats fish, he b.
Ia TO drink. 1t is a law of nature that Fl.
he like to swim. Now when you eat larl
X quantities of fish you must drink muc
ID Imagine, therefore, a gentleman conil
Is home in the small hours of the mornin
as and endeavoring to utter the wo
gs Ichthyophagous. The effect is enouI
re to stamp even blue ribbon apostle tc
be ever as "a nasty drunkard."
lg The present exhibition of paintings
ed the Metropolitan Museum of Art. is u
en- doubtedly the best and fpest displays
ld works of art this citv has ever know
Ell Over half million of dollars have be
Oh presented to the institution since Gy
nd di Cesnola, the discoverer of the Cypri
ch antiquities has been placed at its hes
re an its steady growth is now an assur
to fact. The two west galleries have be
is; reserved for the loan collections, aud
nk crowded are the walls with famous a
nd in some cases almost priceless pictu
p. as to fully show what a foothold
lg- Museum has gained among the patrC
ne of art in New York,
"a W. II. Vanderbilt sailed for Euro
:" last Saturday. He says that he does
~ u' intend to buy any new pictures but
n'S has already ordered-as malicious p
'eu pie say, couple of acres of canvas
~. William, as an old Wall Street m
~" nate famous for his wit said. sis ne
-' smlll. He never sends around the c
'' ner for a pound OF coffee when he wa
TO drink cnp of the fragrant ,gvera
o but he buys up a plantation. 1t is
w :, same way With = picture. Other Z
- purchase something that they like.
iva give an order to a painter for such
such subject William does not
' ~ this. He goes to Meissenier. or Max
or Munkaczey OF some other famous