The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-13


bust vigorous CAMILLE with its elephan-
tine slowness and total failure in the
points which go to make up the identity
of Dumas heroine. Much to the sur
prise of everybody, however. Fanny
came, saw and conquered. Whether she
tried Bantingism or not, am unable to
say. Certain it is however, that her
obesity has all but disappeared and that
her figure is presentable. She has evil
IDENTIFY studied the part with the most
painstaking care and now presents to us
an emotional character of the French |
school with the finesse Of bernhard
and the at times pathos of Clara Nor
ris Arrangements are as q rule inclined
to txaggerate but in the present instance
1 believe that their statement that last
weeks receipts we're $40, 900 is true.
The theatre going public is getting in
to the manner in which they are handed
over to the ticket spectators, by the
suit now pending between the Kiralfy's,
The producers of the spectacular play
EXCELSIOR and Poole and Gilmore, the
lessees of Niblo's Garden Theatre. Gill
more it seems sold the privilege of hawk
ing tickets at the entrance during the
run of EXCELSIOR to Brown the specula-
tor, for 50, 500. The Kiralfy's want half
of this sum, claiming that they are en-
titled to it under the contract. Gilmore
says no, and the matter Is row in the
hands of the court. Gilmore takes the
matter very good naturedly. Said he
the other evening, "You can always tell
when any play of tbs Kiralfy's is sue
cess, because then they are sure to quar-
rel with managers snd bring law suits.
When things go badly they are as soft Gs
butter in the sunshine"
Three administers are now disporting
themselves about town, aud the spectacle
it cannot be said is an edifying one.
The first is DR.. Stephen H. Tying jr.,
who resigned the cloth to become an in-
surance broker in Paris and was fail
ure at that, The ugly rumors about
him personally which at times found
their way among people are no doubt
untrue, because they never assumed
tangible shape. Sill it would have
shown better taste if he had not resumed
the cloth Immediately after leaving bus.
mess. 1t gives one bad idea Of the
holy Office of Minister of the Gospel. 1t
brings the sacred profession on the same
level as that of drumming for a dry
goods house, or managing theatrical
company. 1t takes away the air of sim
eerity with which the words of the min.
lister should be invested and makes him
appear as if he preached such and such
a doctrine solely because it paid better
than to preach another. Rev. Adiron.
dack Murray. who has long since lost
the respect of Christian people by his
vagaries, capped the climax last Sunday
by advocating in public lecture, that
divorce should be made easier TO obtain
so that even the humblest aud poorest o.
married couples might free themselve,
from bond the moment it becomes irk
some. And this in the face of the effort,
of the bench, the bar aud the Legislature
which are now being made to throw diff
ficulties in the way of the Wholesale dis
regard for marriage VOWS. under thin
legal veil which is now going on. No
far from where sat, was we'll known
lawyer who had taken his wife and TIVE
daughters to hear Mcrray. As the lee
turer expounded his peculiar, worse thai
heathenish ideas, he arose with his fami
ly and left the hall. "Such doctrines a
these. said he, "are an outrage"
Pere Hyacinthe, the renegade Catholi
, priest, one of the leaders in the oil
Catholic movement, and then went fur
ther and took unto himself wife, ha
come back TO this country, arriving her
on the Alaska which made port on Sur
dnv. He has been taken up by Rev. Di
= Henry M. Field and in fact the entir
Field family, from David Dudley dow
- to the great and good Cyrus w. Tn
y Fields have not had lion to themselyt
for some time, and although Mr.. Lo,
y son is but very small lion, somethin
'e on the plan of e French poodle artist
- cally made up by q barber to resemb
'e the King Of the Deserts; the Fields ai
70 satisfied. Pere Hyacinthe is TO give
D series Of lectures by which be hopes I
/ replenish his purse, which has grow
III very slender abroad.
met Mr.. Tulboys. the companion an
friend of Freddie Gebhard, and thereto
the friend of the peerless Jersey LII
that be intended to run over to Englan
to see the Cesarwitch and the Car
10 bri5geshire run before coming Lom
- Mrs. Langtry will probably arrive he
70 by next Monday, having left Liverpo
~ last Saturday, on the new steamer Or
y gon. She evidently means to be trii
s' more discreet in her actions this year, f
y her mother, Mrs. lie Breton, will accoI
W pany her and act as her duenna. n
y Talboys is one of the most genial al
. amiable Of "old boys He is one
aS that set which spends its time IN Va
nc Street during the day, and its eyenin
= 1t or near Delmonico's, He is goc
Vi story teller, possesses line taste both
d. the domains of art and gastronomy, al
'S is noted for his imperturbable go
III humor. In fact he is Sam Ward on
I'D smaller scale.
Vi Christine Nilsson, since her arri,
10 here last week, has been about 60
: deal visiting country houses. She is
u' first class lawn tennis player and
O. beaten some of our acknowledged erac
al at the game.
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