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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-23
IN PURPLE AND FINE LINEN.
Abandoned Baby, Dressed E1-
pensively, Found in a Doorway.
Policeman Looncy Made a Signal
Failure as a Nurse.

Somebody left two months old child
In Lexington avenue doorway last
night, and this morning the little one
made a great disturbance In police cir
Giles for two hours before 1t was finally
given into the care of Matron Travers,
at Police Headquarters
John Bowling. OF 2ls East Ffty-ninth
street. was on his way to work at G
o'clock this morning. when In front OF
S5l Lexington avenue he heard a child
crying. and saw an animated bundle on
the stone steps of the house.
He picked up the bundle and found It
was a child wrapped in a silk shawl.
There was no policeman in sight. 80 he
carried the little one to the East Sixty
seventh street station. Then 1t was
found that II was a male infant about
two months old.
The child's clothing was particularly
noticeable. The underwear was fine and
clean, and the little purple dress was
trimmed with silk and was of the finest
quality. From this 1t Is believed that
whoever deserted the child was in more
than comfortable circumstances as the
clothing was not only fine in quality,
but designed with the utmost taste.
Policeman Looney said he could stop
, tnt CUlIu CRY lnp III u MINUTE bul dittl hc
had walked w and down the station
floor, for, half an hour and the child
cried louder than ever. it was considered
about children. and he was ordered to
take the little one to Police Headquar-
tiers.
Looney gave the child drink of ice
water before he started with the result
that 1t cried Justify during the entire
trip downtown. and directed a great
deal OF comment against the policeman.
When the Headquarters Building was
reached Sergt Clark walked the child
up and down the halls until its cries
aroused Matron Travers on the top floor.
Then she went down and got 1t.
That child Is very SICK said Police
man Looney.
" He. is not" returned the Matron,
| "he's hungry"
| Five minutes later the baby had drank
nearly a pint of mix and was sleeping
| quietly.
The police are making an investigation
| in the neghborhood in an effort to find
! the child's mother.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-23
THE MAN WITH NO VOICE.
But John Wickes Proved That He Had
the SOMl of q Hero.

was the gentleman who played the har-
monium. And he was said to be jeal-
GUS because Johns voice was SO power
full and the choir so large and loud that
he not only could not hear himself play.
but the congregation could not hear him
either That put him out more than the
singing, and he made SO many COM
plants about 1t that, at last, on the
minister's suggestion. John reduced the
choir.
Then there was not sufficient volume
of sound in the reduced choir to tone
down the singing of John Wicks. His
voice could be heard above all the other
cope with 1t on anything like equal
terms except the harmonium. And be-
tween Johns voice and that instrument
there began great struggle for pre-,
cminence. Every Sunday. morning and
evening, it was the same. The hymn
would be given out the harmonium
would have prelude all to itself, then
umphantly. But the harmonium was
after it at once, hand over hand, so to
speak caught II lost IT, ca ught Il again,
grappled with 1t, wrestled, writhed and
strove with it desperately, and some
times the one was temporarily success
full and sometimes the other, but no
permanent victory could be achieved by
either.
This state OF things could not always
continue, but it lasted for some six or
seven, years Then George 3. Graf
London, and was a smart, energetic
man, who boosted that he knew good
singing when he heard It, and that he
had led the choir at his chapel in Lon
don. And when he heard John sing he
had no hesitation in saying II was the
worst sample of vocal melody that had
ever come beneath his notice.
IT'S the first time I've heard him, Mr..
Miffin." he said to the gentleman who
played the harmonium, as they walked
away after service, but sir my nerves
or On hnf n no ha rrC tya1
and torn by the sound"
"Well, SIR" replied Mr.. Mlffin. glad to
have found partisan. II have been try
ing to stop It for some years past.
have spoken to Mr.. Wicks, but he seems
to think l am actuated by personal
spite against himself. ! have spoken to
Mr.. Mutt; our good pastor; but he-well.
to Join the chapel. he has taken a lot of
interest in 1t. and has done q lot OF
work for 1t, and is very popular. He
"But that's no reason why he should
lead It when he's got no voice to lead It
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-23
BABY ELEPHANT FOR CONEY.
Monkeys and Movable Sidewalks
Attractions for the Island.

President William Kent and General
Superintendent Judge, of the Ocean
Navigation and Pier Company, will
shortly introduce two movable walks
similar 10 the one exhibited at the
Worl IS I'2ir, on the IroE Pr at Coney
Island. one will extend from the Lon
don Zoo to the Amusement Hall, on the
upper deck. The other win be on the
lower deck where the bathing depart
ment Is located
Alolph KIrchners Imperial Concert
Hall Orchestra has been engaged to
furnish the music in the amusement
hall. and Il cage of seventy-five mon
keys has been added to the Zoo. \
baby elephant thirty-two inches high Is
expected TO arrive from London to-day
The Iron Steamboats, will run on the
usual half hourly schedule from the
pier and their landings In this city
The throwing open of the pier to the pub
lie has proved success.
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Graft emphatically; I believe. now you
mention 1t, Mr.. Miffin seemed to have
some such impression; but MI. Mimi .
no judge, sir, He does not p pnder s
mum. You mustn't mind what he says.
They wanted you to retire temporarily
and let me try, and I've tried and-and
It. There! so If you won't take II up
again the chapel will have to do with
out a choir, that's all"
In this way Johns former belief IN MS
own voice was aroused, and began to re-
assert itself within him. 1t was nice to
feel that they couldn't get on without
him and wanted him back. and he was
avenglng the slight that had been put
upon him by refusing to CO. And when
Mr.. Graft had been to the minister. ana
the minister came ana pressed Jonn'
TO resume his old duties. John yielded
gladly, only feeling somehow Just .
little sorry that Mr.. Gran had failed,
until he was assured that Mr., Gran
was in no wise sorry for himself.
He led the choir on the very next Sum
day. and the whole congregation heartily
and sang out OF time and out of tuni
with HIM, and enjoyed the singing OF the
whole service to the utmost. Everybody
seemed glad TO have him back again
planned about it as he was walking
towards home with Mr.. and Mrs. GraH
and was stll complaining about 1t when
the minister overlook them.
Il was saying, sir, how l enjoyed the
singing this morning" cried Mr.. Gran,
YES" assented Mr.. Mutt, with equal
warmth, 'it did me good, 1t was splen,
did. Hqw heartily every one Joined ini
That Is as II should be, -
Yes" cried Mr.. Graf, generously
there's no doubt Mr. Wicks Is the mar
for the place. You made mistake sir
in putting him out of it. His singing u
infections. 1t makes every one else
it warns you only TO hear it. He's fini
fellow, Powerful voice! Little unframed
but powerful
Mr.. Mihn didn't know what to. make
of it. He could not understand why
Mr.. Gran should desert him inthls man.
ner That his gratitude to John should
deafCn him to the horrors of Johns
voice was unreasonable, scarcely even
Christian. and to pretend that thS
change OF opinion was wrought by real
conviction and not gratitude was q
narefaced wickedness. Mr.. Mihin waa
His voice is the same as It always
was" he declared: there's no tune ID
Yes there is" interrupted Mr.. Graz, /,
He's a good fellow He's got good :
heart. even II he hasn't got q good
"Ahaw chuckled the minister. CLAN
cling at Mr.. Graf with a sidelong smile
and after ALL there are some good
things that are better than good
THAT'S 1t. There are" declared Mr.
Gran; and he's got them. He's got
EN- all, sir; and he sings with every I.
one OF them, and-thats what makes
his singing good. God bless hinr'-
cornhill MAsazine. ..ews.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-23
the LONDON STAGE.
Sarah Bernhardt's Rousing Re-
ception at the English Days.
MiIIard's 1.-THE Middleman" De-
clared Behind the Times.
An American Actress Put to Test in
the French Language.

Copyright. 1894. by the Associated Press)
LONDON, June 23.-The event of the
week In the theatrical world OF London
mas been the reception which Nine.
Sarah Bernhardt the great French
actress, has met with at Days Theatre
On Monday last the audience assembled
reached pitch of enthusiasm seldom
seen In England, and this was in face
OF the fact that the remarkable acting
f Nine. 'Eleanore Duse, the great Itanln
actress, had led people to imagine that
q star Of unusual magnitude had arisen
ara that 1t was destined to eclipse the
i Nposed-to-be waning light of the
M 1 and versatile tragedenne who
~ so long held the sceptre of power
~. the stage.
But Bernhardt proved herself sub
timely equal to the occasion. and
demonstrated beyond any doubt that
she was still the magnetic actress of
old, that she had lost none of her won
derful qualities of flexibility of voice and
dramatic fire. and that, so far as per-
sonal appearance Is concerned, she
seems to defy the ravage Of time. After
the third act of "Izeyl," Nine. Bern
hardt was recalled eight times, and it
seemed tnat tne Coulu Hol
shower too much applause upon her.
'Izeyl," as outlined in. these de-
spatches some time ago. Is a four-act
''sacred drama by NM. Armand, Syl-
vestre and Moran, which has had long
Brun at the Theatre de la Renaissance. in
Paris. The plot of the play is located in
India at the time Of the coming of Bud
dha. Izeyl is a beautiful courtesan, who
tries in vain to ensnare the new
prophet.
E. 8. Willard was accorded the most
cordial welcome at the Comedy Theatre
upon his temperance in London after
his American tour. But Mr.. Wizards
company was considered by the critics
to be inadequate, and his play. THE
Middleman," Is pronounced to be behind
. the times. AS result, the Comedy
Theatre audiences during the week have
been slim.
Another event of interest in the world
Of theatricals was the appearance Of
Julia Nelson and Fred Terry. both Of
whom have for a long time past been
members of the Haymarket Theatre
company, in the melodrama Shall We
1 Forgive Herr" at the Adelphi Theatre
IN Thursday last.
~ Tyrone Powerss 1.-The Texans Is pro-
4nounced by the London critics to be con-
3ventional and crude, but 1t met with a
sympathetic reception at the Princess's
Theatre on Thursday. AS already an
nounced, it is the intention Of the syndi-
cate behind ,Lr. Powers to produce his
other plays. 1.-The Sins of the Fathers
and 1.-The Potter's Daughter"
The Queen has taken a box for the
Drury Lane season of German opera,
which opened on Tuesday last with a
fine performance Of "Walkure."
In order to meet the competition Of the
triennial Handel Festival. which opened
at the Crystal Palace on Thursday. Sir
Augustus Harris has decided that Jean
de Reszke is to appear on the Festival
days next week In his favorite operas,
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HE SHOT THE ROBBER.
Day Led Holroyd to n Lonely Spot,
but MistoOk His Man.
LDy Assoclated Press.l

LOS ANGELES, June pa man
sixty years old, who gave the name Of
ii. Day, was found on the roadside near
Sycamore Grove, in East Los Angeles
yesterday, bleeding from the neck. He
said he had been shot and robbed of $50
by an unknown ass tilant.
Detectives were despatched in search
of the highwayman. but before their re-
turn a neatly dressed man appeared
and announced that he had shot man
and wished to surrender himself, pend
Ing an investigation. He said he was
Samuel Holroyd. a miner, from Lake
City, Col, and that he came here to
look at mining property.
He identified tho injured man. and said
he was chance acquaintance who had
offered to lead him TO some. coal Claims
near the city. When in lonesome To-
caiity Day struck him on the head
with an iron pipe, knowing he possessed
considerable money, and he shot his as
sailant in celf-defense. infiicting wound
which will In all probability prove NOR
tai. Holrcyd's story and identity were
confirmed
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-23

When the new. I. Ebenezer Chapel was
founded in a little front parlor in back
street Of Market Marlborough. John
Wicks was one of the first men to be-
come a member of 1t. He went into 1t
heart and soul. He was not satisfied to
be only one of the congrega ton: even
going round with plate and helping to
take collections did not satisfy him. He
founded Band of Hope. and devoted
lot of his savings towards giving 1t an
annual excursion. He inaugunted
building fund with the object OF erecting
@ real chapel, and the fund grew ana the
chapel grew, till in due course the niue
tparlor was abandoned In favor OF the
, new and statelier edifce. An organ was
'out OF the question; you can't have ev,
at once; but somebody presented
a harm0ninm. then John , orgsn1tzed put
himself at the head of 1t and led IT,,
But 1t did not follow him. 1t could not;
He sung so persistently out OF time ana n1,t
tune that 1t could do nothing but sing OUT
Independently of him and hope for the
S.sS. FOR though, In the ordinary mean,
ing of the word, John had the voices OF
three men combined in one, IN a musical
sense he had no voice at all. His only
idea on the subject appeared to be. as
leader, II was his duty to keep at least
one note ahead OF the choir. The , ehoir
md would get up speed and hurry on In
a determined effort to overtake him; he
would hear 1t coming, increase his own
sneeS accordingly, and the result was a
kind Of neSkandn1eG uss race tin tn tse rhe e
Si,n a word and a half behind at the end
Of The verse. Then ne would try to. make
up for it in the next verse; he would start
Arst. the others would come hurrying
after, and. finding they could not catch
him up would finish with rush and
(akIp. SO as to come harmoniously In on
khe last with him altogether. Then they
Would have to walt for the congregation
and the harmonium before they could go
Tit Was not .high-class style OF sing
ing, but as the congregation among
themselyes used also to sing very much
En- the ''go-as-you-please" principle.
none OF them made any serious COM
Elaint, The minister himself was not
II musical critic and though It did occur
IA him now and then that something
Wac the matter with the harmony. he
Rut II down to the fact that he had
Ifno ear" and said nothing about u:
{Tns only person who really grumbled
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-23
TO RACE ON JULY 5,
Vigilant and Valkyrie Then Meet
on the Clyde
All the Big Yachts Come Together
on July is and ~.
No Challenge from the American
for the Gold Cup.
tBy Associated Press.)

GLASGOW. June 23.-It has been
definitely settled that Vigilant and Val
kyrie will engage In their first contest
win be got ready in time to race at an
earlier date.
Vigilant, Valkyrie, Britannia and Sa-
tanita have been entered for the Royal
Ulster Yacht Club Regatta. watch will
be sailed on Belfast Tough on July l6
and H. The schooner-yacht Lasca,
owned by MIR. John +. Brooks, of New
York has been entered for the cruiser
race in this regatta.
Nigilant, Nalkyrie and Britannia will
probably enter the Royal Cork Yacht
Club regatta on July "a
The match race between Britannia
and Nigilant, which, as already cabled.
has been arranged to take place at
Cowes during the race week at Good
wood. in the early part of August will
be sailed over the Royal Yacht Squad
ron Course.
In regard to the complaints made by
American newspapers at the alleged re-
fusal of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club
to allow Nigilant to sail for the Gold
Cup, The Field to-day points out that
neither a challenge nor an intimation
from Messrs. George or Howard Gould
has been received by that Club, SO 1t
is not likely that Nigilant's entry has
been rejected.
The Field adds that it Is safe to infer
that the Committee OF the Victoria
Yacht Club will not stand in the way
of sport should Nigilant challenge for
the Gold Cup.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-23
BUILD A PROMEN ADE.
Plans of the North River Bridge
Do Not Provide for One.
1t Would Be a Pleasant Summer
Night Retreat.
Sinking Fund Commissioners May
Sinking Fund Commissioners May
Heed the Popular Demand.

Now that bridge across the North
River Is an assured fact for the near
future, the question of having a prom
enade across 1t Is one that interests
thousands OF residents in this city. AL
though the structure is essentially for
railroad purposes. by slight modfica-
ton of the plans. an inestimable boon
could be conferred on the public, who
on hot nights could fini cooling breezes
and beautiful panorama at their very
doors, so to speak.
At the office of the Company, ga
broadway, 1t was said by Mr.. George
l.. Young that In case 1t Is practical
such provision will undoubtedly be
made, II the public wants it.
We wait to please the people said
Is to be used for railroad purposes. a
foot passageway will undoubtedly be
arranged for, II 1t Is evident that II
would be popular, and 4 1t seems prac-
THE terminus OF the bridge Is to be at
Forty-second street, where the station
will be built. The bridge itself will end
Will be brought down by viaduct. OF
course, a promenade would extend but q
short distance on each side OF the river
That would make II necessary to have
IN elevator lbl lIt bIlhkt 10 W bt
feet high. you know, and To have sta.
ton and elevator We would have to get
the permission OF the Sinking Fund
/ Commission. which. according to the act
of Congress. must approve all the ar
rangements on the New York side. -.
THE Sinking Fund Commission viii
no doubt be influenced by the public
and so, will we; therefore. the question
of having a promenade over the bridge
is for the public to decide"
a promenade on the proposed bridge
would, 1t Is argued. be one OF the mos
delightfql places near New New York s,o tt
the Brooklyn Bridge is often crowded
| from to 10 o'clock during the heated
term. although both the New York anc
Brooklyn approaches are far from the
on the other hand. the North River
Bridge proper Will terminate near SIX
ty-ninth street. point which Is con
venient to thousands without requiring
ride on street cars or IL" trains
! and which could be quickly reached by
all on the west side and with little
There Is scarcely any doubt that tn,
promenade would at once become pop
ular 1t would offer a retreat from
brick walls and stone pavements, with
the country or seashore, and at tn,
same time the view Of the. city an'
Palisades from a point l5O feet abov'
North River and Of the craft In thu
! any the New World offers.
| Now that horsemen are to have
speedway. the claim has been made
| that people who walk have the RICH
| to demand promenade over the pro
posed bridge. The matter will be laiS
| before the Sinking Fund Commission
when other details are being arranged
and Mr. Young told an "Eveninl
| World" reporter that everything tina
is done will be made public. 1t may, o
course. require public demand to &c
the promenade, but every one will agre
that 1t is worth fighting for.
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Bonnie Thornton Still Singing for
the Little TOTS.
Everybody Should Help a Charity
Like the Sick Babies Fund.
The subscriptions.

These are fearful days and nights
for the babies. The well are weak
the frail are fading and the III are
dying.
Every mother who can afford It has
left town, or will leave as soon as she
can get her little folks ready. There
are so many customers in the lIlipu-
tian shops buying fcather-weight out
fits, glove-kid shoes and spssamer
stockings that II is difficult to beiserved
Family physicians who are called in to
see what ails the precious darlings of
their regular patrons to a man. pre-
scribe the ame'trea,ment, viz:
Get baby out of the city as quick
as you can
And that Is the order OF the day.
Even those in moderate circumstances
| who cannot change their residence i've
on the wing Boats that go down the
b ba y,o carry little family pariies-motheir.
spent on some hSalth-giving leach. The
return is made IN the coon OF the evening
! ana the sans pr1Stamme Is repeated
the following day, one, can do with a
abundant fresh. air, cool breezes and
clean water is the price of life.
AS early as o'clock, these feverish
mornings, care-worn and misery crushed
women with one. two, and sometimes
three, ha,f-naked. unwashed and rest
less children may be seen in the city
parks. In the city Hall square the
stone steps Of the public buildings are
impossible, Sleepless mothers ana fret
full babies come from their prison-like
homes In the rear tenement-houses.
where pestllence and want help to make
the Victories OF death easy andnumer-
| Gus.
Occasionally a gasping baby is dipped
! into the fountain or the aching head
nd I,tr Nfs,sf h,., de-,
It, This is against the law. but there
isn't am pTtiGer IN the department VINO
| would interrupt the l't'-savin" toilet.
A s'lrl wor'rr. belonging to the mid
ton In Washington Square, states that
that eathng spot IS the nursery for
hundreds Of babies. They come before
dawn and remain until the burning rays
of the sun drive them home.
The Hebrew Institute. at East Broad
way and Jefferson street, is designed
humanity were so urgent during the
| last month that unorganized and UNI
systematic charity is being done. The
roof garden. instead Of being reserved
gymnasium and special classes, is used
by the babies and children in the crowd.
ed neighborhood. Any man or woman
with child is carried up in the ele-
vator and given the freedom of the root
until 10 o'clock in the evening. This is
a sublime kind OF mission work. To
the magnanimous directors and officers
the Fund doctors owe the lives of sew
| eral patients.
Glorious work Is being done by little
Bonnie Thornton. of the Madison Square
| Roof Garden. on and off the stage she
has the babies' welfare ut heart. None
| OF her friends escapes. Everybody she
meets is importuned for what she calls
"a little mite" Al the performance last
| evening she sang her best songs against
| the fireworks and the marching music
| of 10000 Saengerfesters. 1t was try
ing ordeal but she was equal to 1t. and