Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-05

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Special Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR
NEW YORK, May 4. 1885,
PREYING on THE PEOPLE.
The mayor Of New York has warned the tax
payers that there will be intrigues at Albany
affecting the life of the aqueduct blu now before
that body In fact he urges the people to pro-
tect themselves against themselves. or at least
against their chosen representatives He init
mates that he is officially powerless. but hints
that there are huge jobs in the bill as presented.
The exact language Of one part of his warning
Is; 81 deem it my duty to say that have good
| reason for knowing that there are those who
desire to grasp the power and the sum of
| money, which the bill will give, for their own
selfish ends. l fear that the intrigues which
are being carried on at Albany will be success
| full and that the time when the city can receive
the inestimable and Indispensable benefit of an
| increased supply of water will be indefinitely
postponed" and he urged the citizens of New
York to at once make themselves heard by their
representatives in the capital Such Ia the
state OF political corruption in the Empire State
People need more water: they have plenty OF
money to pay for it. but they are assured that
their representatives will steal the money as fast
as 1t Is appropriated for the work. They know
this; the politicians know it, and the MAYOR of
the city feels it his duty to come forward and
warn the public that they will certainly be
robbed.
THE DOG CRAZE
There are already eleven hundred entries for
the dog show. The list is closed, and prepara-
lions are rapidly going forward for the exhibi-
ton. 1t will undoubtedly be the best show
that we have ever had. Nothing has grown
more rapidly than these yearly exhibitions OF
the Westminster Kennel Club. Pointers set
ters. watch dogs, pugs, mAstiffs and dogs OF all
sorts. Thoroughbred and plebian have come
rom all parts Of the United States ana Canada
Every class will be represented, and many of
the foremost dogs In the world are on hand to
compete for the prizes. For instance, among
the seventy st. Bernard dogs will be Nevison of
beiIast, who has already won thirty-two prizes
In England. The great hound FRIDAY Night
has also arrived from England. He is a famous
| dog; also, the deer hound Marrow" bred by
Queen Victoria, and valued at twenty thousand
dollars, Will compete. Fancy dogs, ladies' dogs
and pet dogs of all sorts. including cocker span
lels. foX terriers and greyhOunds, will be largely
represented.
1t is very amusing to 90 to the dog show 1t
lasts several days. The amusing part of ii Is
entirely feminine. There are hundreds Of
women who actually live in the kennel show all
day long. They 60 in the morning, go back to
lunch, return In the afternoon, and il they can
induce any ofthe male members of the family to 90
as escorts they return again i'm the evening
They cOddle and pet the dogs "a long "a the
animals will stand 1t, and will often hang for
hours at time over one cage of poodles. 1t is
subject Of conversation for months atterward
Whenever woman has a dog of her own In the
show she lives over his cage. He must be fed
three times day and well wrapped up at night.
His ribbons must be changed three or four
times In the course Of the day. and his kennel
redecOrated with flowers. The enthusiasm of
the women In this respect is simply marvellous
The men. with the exception of the few who
are thoroughly informed on dog matters, visit
the show in the evening for the pleasure of
hearing the dogs yelp and the chance of getting
glance at the pretty girls. They are usually
struck with the st. Bernards or settlers and
view the pugs somewhat indifferently or with
unconcealed disgust.
PUTTING UP THE SHUTTERS.
Booths Theater was closed Monday night by
the performance of Romeo and Juliet :"
Madame MOdjeska was the Juliet, and she PLAYED
with unaccustomed fervor. The house was
packed from pit to dome by an enthusiastic au-
d!ence. 1t was the last performance that will
ever be given in Booths Theater. The receipts
went to Andrew Boyd who has been janitor and
doorkeeper at Booths ever since it was thrown
open on the first nght-many years ago. The
first performance then was Romeo and Juliet"
ana Edwin Booth was the Romeo. The theater
was called the American Temple Of Art" and
was opened with great flourish of trumpets
1t 10 now to be turned into dry goods shops, and
nobody seems to care. Booth is winning new
laurels In Germany; Miss McVicker. who PLAYED
juliet to his Romeo, is dead; Charlotte Cushman,
who made her last appearance on earth at the
house. has Joined the vast majority and Ade-
laide Nelson, one Of the most beautiful women
who ever lived, made her first appearance i'm
America at this famous theater After the termi-
nation Of the play Monday night Madame
MOdjeska was called before the curtain
She spoke with great enthusiasm of Booths
efforts in behalf Ofthe Shakespearean drama and
of Booth himself and the honOrs he was receiy-
ing in Germany. She said that every Shake
spearean actor In America would repeat with
her the parting words of juliet:
-" Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That shall say good night till 1t be morrow
THE DIAMOND FIELD.
The base ball mania has struck New York
again Our city now has q regular league nine
for the first time and it is rafting nine at that
Ewing, the catcher, gets %, 500 for the season,
and Drake, the pitcher. receives the same
amount. These are the two stars. The others
range from three thousand down to twenty five
hundred for the season. There are three bat
teres. A battery consists Of a catcher and
pitcher. 1t is necessary now as the play is SO
frightfully hot, that no catcher can stand the
work for two successive DAYS. The first battery
takes the innings on Monday, the second on
Tuesday, the third on Wednesday. Then the
first battery comes up again. The catcher
on Monday needs all his time to
rest. and take care Of his hands. II he should
attempt to catch two days in succession his
hands would be knocked all to pieces. There
are three sets Of pitchers, and catchers
which, with the one extra man for the field,
makes team Of IA men. great eforthas been
put forth to make the New York team the best
In the country, and no money has been spared
to that end. As yet, the men do not work very
well together, but they have not had enough of
practice. The first game of the season was
played on Tuesday at the polo grounds The
managers evidently expected a rush, for they
have watched the strides that baseball has been |
making In public favor the last two years. Special
trains ran on the elevated roads, the seating |
capacity of the grand stand was increased by |
two thousand and the Seventh Regiment Band |
was retained to give concert for two hours be- |
fore the match began. When the game was |
called at o'clock the grounds were literally |
packed. There were 5000 to 10000 people |
present, and numberless drags, carts. and car
riages. The match was with the Boston team,
and resulted In a victory for New York.
was greatly amused at the reception the |
crowd gave to one of the new rules this wear