The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-10-27

that of Edwin Booth, but there is sone
thing more than that in the position of
Coquelin. Among Parisians there is a
deep affection and admiration for the man,
and it is safe TO say that he would be a
social lion and welcome guest in every
saloon in Paris. Rivalries exist in Paris as
elsewhere; professional jealousies and bit
ternesses which are fostered by friends and
fomented by enemies, and in certain lines
of plays this rivalry has existed between
the Comedie Francaise and the Gymnaise.
When Abbey made the engagements for
his American season, he saw there was
pile of ducats in bringing these rival houses
together Paris had never been able to do
it, but Yankee finesse did what Partisan
diplomacy could not and the result was
the appearance this week of Mr.. Coquein
and Jane Hading on the stage of the same
theatre. The first rumbling of thunder
came when Miss Hading's little three and a
half high heeled garter touched the side
walk in New York, and she caught sight of
an announce poster of the first appearance
of herself and Mr.. Coquelin. Blood of
Charles Martel there was Coquelin's
name, at least three inches longer than
hers, and above hers instead of under
neath Sacra-well l won't tell you what
she did say, but the air grew blue. Abbey
was sent for on the instant, and he wanted
to reply by telephone. but back roared the
electric wire-non, non, monsieur, silvous
plait, au personne je Gemande. Abbey
few to the enraged lady and tried to paeify
the outraged comedlenne. but he might
just as we'll haye tried to paddle up Niagara
Falls on a shingle, as to stop the flood of
Gascoigne that overwhelmed him and bore
him down. Messengers few hither and
thither, Coqueln was immovable. If il
was to oblige madmoiselle? je ne pas object
boot re honare of re Comedie Frarcaise yos
re stake, and cannot go back on re Come
die Franchise, Jane Hading was as firm as
Mr. Coquelin, and at lasta compromise was
effected by calling it The Coquein and
Hadlng Combination, and putting both
names on the same line, and in the same
type. They have drawn immensely. Every
body who is anybody, must go and hear
them. As | sat in the paraquet, saw
plenty of people in the boxes, who did not
know the French for potato, going into
extacies over Coquelin's jokes, and ladies
applying their handkerchiefs to their eyes
at Jane Hading's splendid acting in 'The
Maitre de Forges," who had no more idea
. of what she was talking about than if it
had been Choctaw or Chinese. But it's all
, right, we are now the most cosmopolitan
, city in the globe We haye the most mag
, ni6cent German Opera House in the world
| not excepting the noble building at Frank
, fort on the Maine. We have Chinese
theatre in full blast with almond eyed
tragedians from the Flowery Kingdom. We
give concerts in Hungarian, Polish, Russian
and Bohemian, and we have several
theatres devoted to them where they can
hear their plays in their own language, and
: 1t is not long ago since we gave concert
at Stenway Hall in the vernacular Irish in
style that would have delighted the heart
! of Brien Borohme or Fin McCoul himself
! We haye two German singing halls that
r can't be matched in Germany, and whole
| word of English can be heard. The re-
: suit of the heterogeneous population, who
; can tell?' Time alone can solve IT,
Another considerable sensation has beer
! the explosion of the Knights of Labor
: The dynamite bombshell was Thomas b
A Barry, who for years past has been high Ut
r in the Labor Sanheidrim. He had the
] straight tip from the inside, and he gave il
= to the crowd. He told the shameful story
TO the poor dupes how these so called
a champions of Labor had rioted away hun
q dreds of thousands of dollars on wine
y whiskey, high living and cigars. How {
o few of the elect audited their own bills ant
!, refused to account for four hundred thous
e and dollars of their money. Robbery, pee
d ulation and shameful waste characterized
d the management, and he declared that tn,
y Knights of Labor were perishing of dry rot
. If any man had attempted one year ago t,
o do in New York what Mr.. Barry did las
y week, he would hardly have escaped will
v his life. Mr.. Barry's expose was heartily
S applauded by thousands of Knights, and
= vote of thanks was awarded to him. As
: sequel to the Barry meeting came the ROY
a in District Assembly 40, which has been il
10 the midst of faction fight for a year past
/ Several weeks ago Master Workman Quinl
1t he of the big head got unceremoniousl
h kicked out of Pythagoras Hall, which wa
k the meeting place of the Knights of Labor
/. Then lawsuit commenced, OCCASIONAL
IS spiced by a broken head, and this wee
n Quinn got decree reinstating him in pos
y session of the hall; he went there with 81
d of his heeiers, overpowered the walchma
le in charge, broke open all the doors an
'e marched into his old Office only TO find tn
N safe busted, and all the official papers gone
4. He got the shell but lost the oyster. o
IS Sunday at midnight the rival faction
N pounced down on Quinn and his factor
II broke their heads and pitched them int
}? the street and now hold the fort
> The order can now be safely let alon'
N the waring factions viii evidently dsstro