Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-19

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initiate the strong Cleveland feeling in the
state and solidify the state delegation behind
himself a. New York's favorite son; vet he has
achieved the impossible in this matter, and
who knows therefore, but what be will be able
to enlarge his combinations 90 as to
include the "Universal Yankee Nation?' At
any rate, he has thrown of all disguise. and ia
engaged In personal hunt for delegates on
| national scale. Meanwhile, We are not hearing
much OF the counter movement that was set on
| foot In this state, and one cannot help feeling
increduious as to its real strength. 1t GER
tainly will be obliged to prove its genuineness
and power when the time comes for action
A SETBACK FoR WAGNER.
| Magnetism has received q painful black eve
today in the shape Of . formal compact be-
tween Abbey and Grau and the Metropolitan
| Opera House magnates, whereby French and
! italian opera is to reign supreme for the next
| three years. This is a great surprise to most
people. as it was commonly understood that
the seasons experiment was not prosperous
| enough to warrant its repetition, but at the
last moment the tide seemed to turn in
favor of the present management. and they
have decided to keep under the very
! liberal inducements offered by the million
sire proprietors Abbey and Grau are
| to get the opera house rent free, and
guarantee an addition Of 81, 900 cash for each
performance. This ought to enable them to
give good opera in spite of the high prices Of
petted tenors and other kittle-kattle Of both
sexes Some Difference may be paid to the
shade OF Wagner by occasional performances
such as those which have been given under the
| direction Of Herr Seidl. but the prevailing
operas will be the familiar repertory OF the
Italian and French schools. The sensation of
| the year has been the performances of Faust,
which have drawn immense audiences
and held them spellbound. This great
opera never seems to lose it's fas-
clnaton and has never had finer
| representation than has been given by the
Wagnerian forces are thrown into some con-
fusion by todsy's decision, but it is not all I'M
nkely that they may organize a German season
In some other theater next year
THE UPHILL work OF RRFoRM.
The charges made by DR.. Parkhurst have
taken exactly the course which all previous
| charges have taken, and for the moment, GER
tainly. they have accomplished no more in tho
way OF bringing the offending parties to Justice.
Every one In New York is familiar with the rou-
| time. The saloon keepers are promptly bailed
out, generally by those who make it their bust
ness to attend to this step in the defense. and
their cases are put on the docket, which
is already so crowded that it would
| take years to reach the bottom in reg
| decline to advance the cases. on the ground
| that other matters of more importance stand
ahead Of them. The claim is then made that
| the criminal courts Of the city are unable to
cope with the volume Of important business on
the dockets, and that is the last of the whole
| business.
l believe that not q single one Of these cases
| has been tried in New York for some years.
Repeated attempts have been made, often
backed up by a very decided public sentiment.
to force a trial but utterly without success.
Meanwhile the moral sentiment is refreshed by
| such sermons as DIR. Parkhurst hurled from his
pulpit last Sunday, and il is in this direction
probably that the most good can be done. In
matter like this, affecting the moral attitude
of the community, laws are of no consequence
unless the sentiment Of the inhabitants is en-
phaticaly In favor of q rigid morality. 1t must
be said that the wickedness which Dr. Park
hurst criticises SO iercely is by no means more
outrageous than formerly; in fact. SO far as
| outward observation goes tho morality o. the
city is exceptionally good
PREPARING FOR OZONE IN THE DOG DAYS.
One would hardly expect to find the excur-
sion season active at this time, when We are
reading about billiards, but as a matter of
TACT the dates for next summer are almost all
| taken up. The Iron Steamship COMPANY has
gone into the suburban excursion business verv
| extensively. Four OF their feet are generally
occupied carrying parties on all-day picnics
and SO great is the demand for this sort of
| pleasuring that it 10 difficult already to get
| good day. Some of their regular customers.
| as, for example. the large Sunday schools and
| the like engage the boat for next year on the
| day Of the excursion. This closes some Of the
| best dates. The books, however, are formally
opened for engagements on the LIST Of January,
and there is Immediately . rush for the best
| days
These excursions have been reduced to a
| system, and the fatigue and danger are
almost done away with. The charge is about
$500 a day, for which sum the excursionists
| have the exclusive. use of the boat, with its
officers and crew. In case of a storm the rule
Is that the parties engaging the boat only pay
| Tor the expense OF coaiing up and bringing the
| boat to the pier. This is always DONE no mat
| ter how fierce the weather, but once at the pier
the excursionists can decline to embark IN case
the weather is obviously unpropitious. The
popularity OF these water picnies has increased
very much OF late, until now on
every fair day in summer you will
| find the waters of the bay and
vicinity dotted with pleasure craft, all loaded
to the gunwales with passengers. And, thanks
| to the rigorous regulations, the mishaps are ex-
| ceedlngly rare. feature of these aquatic
trips is the catering. and need not say that
the value Of the bar privileges varies according
| as the passengers are a crowd of fishermen or O
Presbyterian Sunday school
THE SACRED PARK YIELDS TO INVASION.
After years Of patient waiting and scheming
project for race course in Central Park
finally passed the legislature today and, being
| promptly signed by the governor, is now law.
Strong efforts were made for years to defeat
this scheme, and until now with success, but
finally the bill has slipped through, and
serious innovation is made upon the park as a
safe and picturesque resort for ordinary peo-
pie. The idea 10 to make a straight track ada
cent to the west wall for the entire length of
the park, where horsemen can exercise and
| compare their fast horses. Pains will
be taken to arrange this track SO that it
will not endanger the lives Of visitors or
mar the general plan of the park, but
residents, unless they are very fond of horses,
| are indignant over the scheme, more particu-
larly as it has broken through that we'll pre-
served tradition that Central Park was the one
| place where these various lntrusions and inno-
| vations could not come. You remember the
| terrible battle that was waged to keep the fair
out of the park The same feeling has pro-
tected it against all other attacks, but now it
has yielded.
| WE TAKE OUR MEDICINE.
Well, New York braced up today and voted
s300, 600 for the Chicago fair. This is not half
. million, nor yet a million, as some Of the
more sanguine hoped and wanted, but If it Is
economically used it should give the state
| very fair representation ut Chicago. We have.
| upon the whole, taken our medicine with
pretty fair grace and trust that victorious
Chicago will not DO too naughty aud super
cilious. HENRY R. EILror.