The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-14
GOTHAM GOSSIP.

Gould-Lent-rhe Herald on
the Southern Gentleman-Personala and |
Things.
NEW YORK, Feb. I'm the name OF sweet
charity, amen! 1 do hereby forswesr fur
ther i'll speech respecting the native of
Manhattan Isle.
A clear conscience, backed up by hearty
dinner, so pacifes man that his better ma
ture asserts itself, and, though the world will
neither let me love nor hate them. find
myself in that condition tonight.
have lately seen manifestations of SYM
pathy from sources which 1 formerly denied
the possession Of that quality of nature; and
that may be q stimulus to my present con-
cession. AT the charity ball saw a hap
piness OF such earnest purpose that 1 be-
lieved against myself and felt, with
those i saw there, that the
greater of cordial virtues. sweet
charity, was not estranged from the heart of
wealth and luxury. Every face seemed to
say as plainly as though the words were
spoken, 81 am happy in befriending the
homeless, friendless, little ones"
Generals Grant and Hancock were there,
paying. by their presence, humble tribute to
the holy cause. But my old heart fairly
leaped with JOY when l recognized in the
person of the most elegant, refined and ap-
preciative lady present, the wife of Alger-
non s. Sullivan. of Indiana.
Again, upon the occasion of the
at Wallack's, / noticed, sitting in
an upper box. Jay Gould and his son George,
manager of the Grand Opera House. Well,
the play is full of affecting situations, and,
at times, every face in the house was hidden
by kerchief. AS for myself, when the cur
| tain dropped, 1 resembled the chief mourn
er at charity funeral.
But am too fast. Looking up at the box
mentioned, saw something I will not soon
forget. There sat the little railroad king
with the tears coursing down his cheeks and
an expression of sympathy and pity upon a
countenance which L had thought sharp
contact with the world long ago rendered
immovable. That's all. Cuss him and
abuee him to your hearts content, one thing
is certain, he has a heart and it can be
touched. By the way, don't believe | ever
heard Gould denounced for meanress Van
derbilt seems to monopolize that character
istic.
THAT SAME NIGHT
Osmond Tearle, the actor who created the
rumpus / told you about, made his reap
pearance before an American audience He
had done all IN his power to rectify his
wrong, and yet IT was feared that he would
be Kissed upon his entrance. Not so. His
first lines were. "Oh, I'm all right-Pm all
right" The house-and it was filled to the
doors-fairly shook from the plaudits of the
audience. So a good actor is restored to
quality by the kind favor of an intelligent
public My opinion Is that half the audi
ence applauded him in confirmation OF
what he had said against American actors.
He wasn't far wrong.
Just here will correct an error of the
festive composition and recklessly inclined
proof-reader, who mangled the copy of my
last letter. l told you that Charley Thorne
broke down in the "Corsican Brothers al
Booths, and that Frank Bangs was now
playing the dual character of the brothers
but somehow the doub e-decked fiend of q
, proof reader wrung in Charley Bangs and
, Frank Thorne as playing the brothers in q
play which the aforesaid fend also made
, me say had broken down. Again, the 1.-THE
and Undetermined compositor made me
call the auti-Tammany Democracy the ANTI
Freemasonry Democracy" 1t was good
joke, however, and I'll forgive him thi!
time, but il was rough.
) To-day, Ash Wednesday, we sinners are
! supposed to besprinkle ourselves with ashe:
, and don the sackcloth of penitence. Every.
, thing in the way of amusement has pulled
up short, and quiet visit to the Theatel
occasionally is the only hilarity you will see
The Terpsichorean season is at an end, aftel
prosperous run, and the giddy gusher o.
the drawing room has displaced the claw
| hammered knight of the waltz.
, Now look out tor substantial hypocrisy.
, This is the time of year that you will SEE
, more temperance, in all senses, than is con
, sistent with veracity. Men will have colds
neuralgia, rheumatism and dyspepsia, anC
they will all use the same prescription
They'll range themselves along a bar, anC
as each calls for his medicine, he will max,
known his complaint. When l see fiv,
men standing at a counter and all drinking
the conciIiatory cocktail and each one Civ
ing his particular necessity for the beverage
Immediately conclude that 100 per cent
of that crowd are blasted liars. They al
want it and haven't the nerve to say so, bu
60 fishing around for q loose screw in tn,
physical machinery to bolster them up IL
manufacturing Lenten Liza forty day Ii,
or the prevaricator's salvation. Ladies viii
give
QUIET. LITTLE, INFORMAL RECEPTIONS,
which will gradually, as the evenings wear
transform themselves into regular drawing
room picnics. Gentlemen will Just droI
into the club to look at paper, and try Il
unlock the front door, at 2 in the morning
with poker chip. Johnny will go to call
upon Miss Brown, and returning home
quietly. endeavor to open the basement dool
with piece of billiard chalk. Mr.. Smooth
ways will 60 to hold a consultation with hi:
colleagues, respecting the legislation of the
Church debt, and you'll see his bald pate al
10 p, m. in the third row
variety show. Mary, the cook, will com
plain of headache from fasting, and in the
morning you're lucky if there's enough in
the house to make the merest shadow of 6
breakfast
All will go to Church on Sundays, and
each will vie with his neighbor in the
solemnity of his visage. Grape on an under.
takers door-knob is moonlight rambles be-
side the melancholy depicted upon the face
of a would-be pious (otherwisely inclined
citizen in Church during the lenten
| season.
But let the wide world wag as il will, I'm
the same old two and sixpence still.
Only two religious denominations here
recognize Lent-Catholics and Episcopa-
ians. They have most of the money, and
all the fine Churches. so they lead the style.
Hedce, the forty days fashion, beginning to-
day, is the observation of Lenten regula-
ton, including fasting and abstinence.
During Lent, but two days in the week will
be recognized as the lum tum caper as to
receptions-Mondays and Saturdays
The Herald, some time ago. said that "the
Southern gentleman was very like ruff
fan" / never heard of a double-distilled,
dyed-in-the-wool BLACKBOARD who had as
| much cause for personal shame as Jim Ben
nett And yet this lecherous scorpion is
/ permitted by the noble CD press of the
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