The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-10-06

,artizans is perfectly bewildering. The
,ther night the Cooper Institute was crowds
ID with Democrats to protest against the
of Governor Hill. Large num-
bers of men, heretofore influential Demo-
Gratis, were on the platform, and their de-
nunciation Of the present Governor was far
more bitter and scathing than anything l
heard from the Republicans. Politics make
strange bedfellows; at that meeting Henry
George sat alongside of men in the most
friendly intercourse who, four years ago,
abused him like pickpocket; and at an
other meeting l heard Henry George and
his Democratic associates roundly de-
nounced by John Mackin and Father
McGlynn-men who two years ago were
ready to die for him at the stake.
From the amount of effort being made,
and the forces in the field, it is evident that
this is going to be no ordinary campaign.
The uniforms and paraphernalia are some
thing wonderful, and on one side or the
other it seems as If every young man in the
city was engaged, and the enthusiasm is
marvellous, music, cannons, red fire and
eloquence My bet is on the winner. WAC
is hep Echo answers, WhoP
We are now fairly launched in the theat-
rical season, and from the looks of things
Presidential year don't seem to make much
impression on the theatres. Denman
Thompson leads off at the Academy. l
have not seen the revival Of THE Old
Homestead" but if it is as good as the
edition that he has favored the public with
for the past three seasons, it is good enough
but good OF bad, it is all the same to the
box-office; if you 60 to get seat and don't
go early, the sign standing room only
stares you in the face When the crowd
gets thinned down, If it ever does, 1 intend
to devote a night to The Old Homestead,
and then l shall be able to give an opinion.
One thing that strikes the public is, that II
is American all through. It has the fresh
breezy favor of the New Hampshire hills.
and have been told that the barn is a
representation of Denman Thompson't
own barn only short distance from Keenet
but of that anon.
A illegal Wreck" is running at the Fifth
Avenue, and promises to run till next
summer.
When Southern, the great Lord Dun
dreary, died few years ago, it was sup
posed by all who knew him that the clas:
of characters which he created persisted
| with him: not so, however; his mantle ap
pears to have fallen gracefully upon the
shoulders of his son, who has just captured
the town with the comedy of "Lord Chum
| ley." Mr.. E. II. Southern has only beer
on the stage few seasons, and at the STAR
gave no promise of his present splendid
success, and it is now question if he con
| tinues to pursue the same course that h,
has for the past two years, if his fame doe
not surpass even that of his fathers. Gil
ded sin surrounds him with temptation il
way that it requires heart of stone ant
nerves of stee. to resist. Happy is he wht
passes the fire unscathed. Young Southern
position is most perilous one. If hi
/
loves life and all the good things in it. Hi
father was a fast liver; he made mint o
meony and spent it, leaving but little be
hind of the hundreds Of thousands he ha
earned. BARLEY Campbell and John Nc
Cullough are fatal warnings of the sam
fast life. If young Z. II. Southern, profit
ing by these warnings, shall make the mos
of his present opportunity, wealth and fam
await him; but if he pursues the sam
course which has wrecked SO many shinin
lights in his profession, in few years
shall be prepared to see him sink out c
sight, perhaps to become the inmate of
lunatic asylum.
Opera Bouffe is now regular institution
in New York as it is in Paris s,-"Bocca
ccio," at Walack's and ''Nadjy,', at tn
Casino, promising to run the spring a
least.
The whole town is in broad grin at th
manner in which all the Dominies in tow
were trapped by Klralfy's agent. A yea
ago an invitation was forwarded to th
Kiralfy troupe by the Rev. Mr. Reed of tn
Hanson Place Methodist Church to visit h
church on the following Sunday, Mr.. Rec
never supposlng for moment that any {
the troupe would come. To the grei
surprise of the minister and his deacon
| about eighty members of the Kiralfy trouI
accepted the Invitation, The affair passe
/ off with quiet laugh on both sides, an
when Mr.. Kiralfy produced Nero I
Staten Island, not to be outdone in hosp
tality, he sent invitations to every clerg.
. man in New York and Brooklyn to con
and see Nero and bring their famllie
Not only the clergy of New York an
Brooklyn were invited, but also of t,
surrounding towns and villages, a thousar
: in all, and this demonstrated singulf
feature in regard to clergymen's families:-
e while few of them had less than te
q children, six had thirty, eighteen ha
n twenty-five, and one little country parse
. sent for forty tickets; the invitation WI
for his family and he took his whole col
gregation. The skirts of the Roma
damsels in the ballet were rather abbrey
> ated, but many of the brethren who we
It posted in Roman history declared that thu
l. looked exactly like the females of Nero
e time, and being historically correct, th
n on the whole they rather liked it, al
/. wanted TO know if they couldn't get ticke
T. to come agalnl The minister's wives we
If by no means so cordial in their commend
= tion; they thought the fireworks we're mic
,, and the ice-cream, served after wi
d lemonade and cakes, not bad; but braz,
h huzzies who went hopping about on o.
" leg ought to haYe had their clothes lengt
y ened out at both ends. An enterprisil
At reporter got list of the erequests for ticket
If ana when the parsons saw the whole thi
a in cold type they nearly went into hysteri'
st No more Kiralfy. No more Nero
Of 1t is just two years ago since sat o
evening in the Casino, and Immediately
ID front of me was party of gilded you