Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-02-17
ice Of THE EVENING STAR.

Special Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR
NEW YORK, February 16
The condition OF the streets is simply awful
They have never been worse within my recollec-
ton. Indeed IL don't see how they could very well
be worse. The slush and mud is almost knee deep
on the great avenues and the side streets are al
most impossible. To add to this, the rain, which
has fallen spasmodically for two days, has frozen,
so that walking on the sidewalk Is fraught with
positive danger Walking in the streets means
wadng in ice-cold mud and slush. The uptown
streets are deserted No one ventures forth ex-
cept business men on their way to work or ser
wants running errands Clerks stand idly in the
shops ard the policemen seek shelter from the
storm in doorways and halls. The public schools
are only halt full, as parents will not allow their
little ones to go out in the storm. The street car
teams have been doubled. Four horses to q car
| and three to stage is now the rule. Everything
| is chilly, slippery. slushy and disagreeable. Is
the eth Ali the papers rGcaied him %n%er 1H
fully when the storm failed to put In its appear
ance on the day he set, but he had prophesed
months ahead, and 1t Is not to be wondered at If
he went wrong day or two. The wonder Is that
he guessed SO near the truth. I wish that he had
predicted good weather for the month and his
ance OF public confidence Is on the side of Wig
gins. He may be great man yet
TIE DUKE DE MoRNY.
Great things were expected of his grace, the
| the special pet of Partisan society. The
| last time he was in America he had
| a suite Of rooms in Lafayette Place, and
| raised the merry deuce there. All sorts of mid
night orgies, wild suppers, furious dances, and
! other reprehensibie practices were the custom,
and the young Duke made things howl for weeks
Then he suddenly left on account of curious love
episode He fell in love with two beautiful Amerl-
attentions OF the Duke were divided between them
with great precision and fairness. Neither one was
sure that she was favorite with the French
nob!eman, though each had hopes The mother
was remarkably handsome widow of thirty-seven
much older than the lover-and the daughter
was charming girl Of eighteen. His nibs was
| always at their house when not banging around
town. When he left the country they followed
him to Paris: He dropped them there. We have
living quietly in Rome. The former visit of this
young Frenchman was the signal for round Of
nst"ns es gaety was therefore with antie-
gilded youth OF our town rushed to greet the
young foreigner But he did not indulge in any
without exhibiting any wild and frenzled feelings
OF delight He visited the Casino one night, re-
fused all invitations, and took his dinner quietly
at the BrevOOrt house the next day without Seeing
anyone. Then he went on to Philadelphia, thence
to Baltimore, and is probably in Washington to-
tiful Russian aactress Mile. Freyghine, in his
rooms, In Paris, has had the effect OF SOLDERING the
Ma OF the young French life
sake OF morality. at least for that of health.
QUEER STATEMENT.
The almost unanimous testimony of the police
captains OF New York. regarding the foul Ian
guage which station house matrons would be
easily believed when the experience of DR.. Gray,
superintendent OF the state lunatic asylum at
Utica, Is considered. Dr. Gray says that he has
mao mao, IN MS charge pure and good women, who.
While they were insane, swOre more terribly than
our army In Flanders, and uttered Obscenities
that that would have put Magdalens to the blush.
hoA
Deen, they had ever heard a 1.-THE of what they
uCtered mas ever been mystery to Dr. Gray. II
lowance for the effects of insanity upon the moral
system, what wonder is 1t that the lost creatures
who fall into the hands OF the police, render the
station houses pandemonium Of profanity and
vileneSS7
NEXT SUMMER.
just about this time Of year people are looking
around for their summer quarters. 1t may seem
rather early to do 50, while the weather is so cold
and the snow still on the ground, but it is i'm
possible to secure rooms at good hotels in desir-
able resorts unless negotiations are begun in
February. This is not true OF the large resorts
like Newport, Saratoga and Long Branch. It Is
true of small places which are visited annually
Reconnaissance ce aeG people ana wncn can only
orally two or three old-fashioned hotels which
have entertained the same people for successive
regular guests often desire to bring friends and
an outsider has to take an early start to get ahead
pass the whole summer. The prices are not low,
but are still less than the prices OF the larger
places. There are many OF these summering re-
II a vulgar man makes his appearance at such q
place he is snubbed so thoroughly that he is glad
to get away. Unless introduced by an old-timer +,
new conner Is generally left to his own devices
and has very dull time.
PUBLIC STATIONS FOR WOMEN
often wonder at the extraordinary fascination
public life has for women. What can explain its
power? Take Anna Dickinson for example. q
woman who, for years, enjoyed extraordinary pop
ularty. and stood tn the foremost ranks OF the ma
tive thinkers OF the day. As q lecturer she was
bright, sympathetic and charming. More than
that, she was woman with good ideas and great
natural eloquence. AS long as she lectured the
spect for her that closely bordered on affection.
But she felt the need of constantly creating SEN
satl o1,,. she could not submit to being simply
to be man also: Take. for instance, her desire
to play Hamlet Nothing could have been more
received more scath1ng or cruel flashing from the
public press than Miss Dickinson when she at
tempted to delineate the passions Of the melan.
cnOly Dane. But she was not convinced. In fact.
nothing will ever convince her that she was not
better Hamlet than Booth or Irving could ever
gaavanting around the country exhibiting her
entire inability to play the part of Hamlet,
and breaking down q reputation which had
ridicule and derisiOn forced her to retire. and she
can now fully appreciate what she has lost When
pubic man or woman has been laughed at. their
prestige is forever gone. But the thirst for public
life never dies, and we will hear more from Miss
Dickinson yet. She is not the only one Take
Kate Field as another instance She tried to take
mans place. and had a mans duty and ignO-
mlni0usly failed. But it does not deter her from
starting out again. and she will continue to do so
spite OF the Oft repeated evidence that she must
inevitably fail Susan B. Anthony, another strong
because she said the spirit OF the age was against
the advancement OF women in America. It GER
talnly Is against their advancement towards Ham,
tet or heavy dry goods failures in business Posi-
bly, Miss Susan b. Anthony may become a greater
woman In Europe than she has been in America.
out she Will never become more notorious
DR. COLLYER ON OPERA.
DR.. COllyer has definitely decided that there ia
no intrinsic wrong In opera or the drama, and he
has taken most effective means OF 1mpressinp
his audience with his idea of the thing by en-
couraging the young men of his Sunday school to
repeat their performance of Gilbert 4 Sullivan's
opera Of "Patience." They wished to 90 to
Chtckering hall, but he threw open the chapel OF
the Church OF the Messiah, where the chancel
was rugged up as stage. When the opera was first
played In the chapel reused such storm of dis
approval that its repetition was never looked for
and there Is no doubt that Dr. Collyer caused It to
be sung over again simply to enforce upon his peo-
pie his conviction that an opera could be quite as
moral IN It's enects as sermon. He has often
SAID as much.