The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-03-31

greatly to be pitied. Mrs. Mordsunt has |
always been nervous. high strung, ec.
centric and hysterical kind Of creature.
A lady who once boarded At the same
house with them, told me that she used
to lead her husband veritable dogs
life. On his leaving the house in the
morning she would call him back three
or four times, and order him TO bring
this or bring that, in manner in which
one would not address kitchen SOUL
lion. When he was out of town, she
would plague him to death with her de-
mands for money. AT one time he was
earning $3.50 week. She used 10 get
5000 out of him. Every day a message
would be sent TO him for ten, twenty or
fifty dollars. "And how foolishly she
used to spend it, said this lady. "Sbe
used to buy costly things for which she
had no earthly use, and used to ride
about town in cab for hours without
any object" Mrs. Mordaunt is not q
bad woman, but her temper is such rs
to make her own life and that OF all
about her miserable. When finally her
husband grew tired of these proceedings
she grew ,rse, and instead Of trying to
change her ways she only made matters
worse by increasing her violence.
The annual performance for the bene-
tit of the Actors Fund is coming round
again, and already not alone actors and
stage mechanics but policemen and fire.
men as we'll are hard at work peddling
tickets. 1t strikes me that il is about
time some one ought to put an end to
this sentimental way of indulgiug in
genteel begging. Actors of course are
always ready to play for charitable pur-
poses if the right parties ask them, and
if they receive due puffs in the papers
afterwards. But why the public should
be asked to put it hands into its pocket
to provide club house and what not for
the theatrical profession any more than
for any other trade or profession is what
cannot see. When the public goes to
the theatre it pays its way in. Why
should the actor afterwards say that the
public owes him debt Of gratitude to be
repaid whenever occasion demands for
amusing it. My shoemaker, my tailor
and my bootblsck might in full justice
make the same demand if they have
served me we'll. There is entirely too
much romance and sentiment wasted Oh
the denizens of the mimic world.
How is it that the Catholics in town
are building churches upon churches in
the city while the number of Protestant
churches is on the decrease? Last weei
the old Bleecker Street Universalis
Church was sold and is to be converted
into store building. Its congregation
grew too small and the trustees saw nc
reason for maintaining an apology for {
religious body any longer. Now, un
derstand al old Methodist burch in the
Ninth Ward is going the way of all flesh
1t is to be hoped that nothing worse thar
store will be made of it, for it is sad I,
see place originally intended as sa
c ed edifice converted into low variei,
theatre as Aberle's Theatre is at present
or a stable like the old Prince Stree
Church. Although population marcbe
up town the lower portion of tie city i
just as thickly populated as ever. Hov
is it then that Protestant congregation
in those wards grow weaker from year t
yearf
In the court proceedings in the sensa
tion case of young George w. Conkling
who shot Haverstied who led his sister
Mrs. Uhler astray, the Ubiquitous crimiu
al lawyer William F. Howe, is gettinl
his usual amount of advertising. How
is simply the barrister in the case Conk
lings real lawyer is his old persona
friend Cameron H. King. Mr.. King il
Californian, and Though young maj
would have been Attorney General o
California had he remained in that State
Some years ago he defended Edward
Muybridge the now celebrated photo
grapher Of animals in motion. Muy'
bridges wife was led astray by man il
whom he had oyer confidence. On
night she confessed her crime. Muy
bridge threw himself on his horse, rod
thirty miles to the residence of the be
trayer OF his wife, called him out, anG
raising his rifle, shouted; "Here's
message from my wife," shot him dead
Then he rode back, and gave himself VI
to the Sheriff. King defended him an,
he was triumphanily acquitted.
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