Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-03

sliced upon with ayidisy ANA their services COM
mand extraordinary prices: There are a number
good reaSss IN ,sas now ana they WIN coin
who was once professor OF eiocution at
Harvard. is. perhaps, the most popular Of
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tragedy OF "Edtpus Tyrannus" One touch OF the
footlights was too much tor him; he could never
himself thoroughly FOR the stage He is man Of
a fine presence and superb voice He uses his
sm aafns so While vi Wan money enough TO
at ii O'Clock at the Turf Club T6eatef The last
and midsummer Nights Dream" on both occa-
siOns The theater was filled to overlooking by
laGies Of the best social standing. The fact Is,
women find this an easy way to gain culture. They
go to fashionable reading, and while criticising
each others toilets and sitting at ease in the we'll
beauties of Shakespeare and the older poets, This
is getting an education In literature under the
mostfavorable circumstances Another well-known
mornings at the Turf Club Theater, and has Of
late made a speciality Of Longfellow's poems FRI
Woolcott reads Fridays in New YORK and Tues.
days in Philadelphia, and in each place he has
hundreds of women who depend upon him for q
Professor Locke Richardson. who is perhaps the
most fashionable among elocutionists here. has
taken chi Cnlckeang Hall where he recites whole
man OF fine Evolutionary powers, and very much
In demand for evening entertainments, has easy
equal In point Of FACT he is more than the equal
Oh ene majority OF society men and butter and pork
arts a;G OF New York Professor Charles Rob-
elocut1Onists OF tie city. He Is Immensely sue
cessful: When q man starts out with the recon-
and Tamage and having taaeh IT that eloeuset
orator, Roscoe Conkling, how to speak, he has a
future before him that cannot be sneered at
ton, and his time is nearly all filled. He makes a
speciality OF vOcalzation. 1t Is his boast that he
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feel from an hours vigorous talking. This is the
harvest season for the eocuti0niSts, and they are
taxing every advantage OF 1t.
PEST BREEDING PONDS.
great outcry is raised against the pest breed
Ing ponds OF Central Park. 1t Is now an assured
fact that the artificial lakes in this most charming
OF public parks are fruitful and pernicious causes
OF disease. The lower lake, which lies near seth
street and Fifth avenue, is especially dangerous
People In the vicinity make constant complaints,
not filled up but through the stupidity or avarce
OF the park department they obliged to run the
risk or malaria daily: 1t is impossible, appar-
ton in the matter. The commissioners shrug
their shoulders and say they are sorry
and promise to do something in the future. But
been promising for years The houses lmmediateiy
surrounding, or at least within few hundred feet
vi tnlS lake, are among the most beautiful In the
country. It is at the upper end OF Fifth avenue
where all the equipages turn into the park, and
property Is as valuable there as at any other spot
on the island. The great Vanderbllts and Stevens
mansions are within a short distance OF the lake,
and hundreds OF children belonging to the most
aristocratic and wealthy families are daily laid
open to the effect OF the malaria which arises from
the green scum on the top OF the water. The word
lake Is purely complimentary, as the sheet OF
stagnant water Is nothing more than q large pool
or pond. 1t is probable that the matter viii be
carried 10 the legislature this season, and the
authorities forced to drain and I'LL in the pond.