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The evening world., 1894-06-23
IN PURPLE AAD FINE LINEN.
Abandoned Baby, Dressed E1-
pensively, Found in a Doorway.
Policeman Looncy Made . Signal
Failure ss q Nurse.

Somebody left a two months old child
In Lexington avenue doorway last
night. and this morning the little one
made a great disturbance In police cir
cles for two hours before II was finally
given into the care Of Matron Travers.
at Police Headquarters.
John bowling. of 2iS East Fifty-ninth
street. was on his way to work at G
o'clock this morning. when In front of
SOL Lexington avenue he heard 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 silk shawl
There was no policeman In sight. so he
carried the little one to the East Sixty
seventh street station. Then It was
found that It was "a male infant about
two months old.
The childs 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 It 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 utm taste.
Policeman Looney said he could stop
the child crying In minute. but after ne
had walked NJ and down the station
floor for half an hour and the child
cried louder than ever. It was considered
that the policeman didn't know much
about children. and he was ordered 10
take the little one to Police Headquar-
ters.
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 n grca,
deal OF comment against the policeman
When the Headquarters Building was
reached Sergt. Clark walked the child
UP and down the halls until It's cries
aroused Matron Travers on the top floor
| Then she went down and sot II.
THAT child is very sick" said Police
man Looney.
g He Is not" returned the Matron
| "hes hungry
Five minutes later the baby had dranl
nearly a pint OF milk and was sleeping
quietly.
The police are making an investigation
| in the neighborhood in an effort to flnt
| the child's mother.
The evening world., 1894-06-23
BUILD A PROMENADE.
Plans of the North River Bridge
Do Not Provide for One.
II Would Be a Pleasant Summer
Night Retreat. "
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 It is one that interests
thousands of residents In this city. AL
though the structure Is essentially for
railroad purposes, by slight modiica-
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, 2l4
Broadway. It was said by MIR. George
l.. Young that In case 1t Is practical
such a provision will undoubtedly be
made, IL the public wants II.
we wait to please the people, said
Mr.. Young. and although the structure
foot passageway will undoubtedly be
arranged for, II It Ii evident that 1t
would be popular. and II 1t seems prac-
ea In srmns stnfT waS' c the he brSse to be
Forty-second street, where the station
will be built. The bridge itself will end
at about SlXty-ninth street. but cars
| will be brought down by a viaduct. OF
course, a promenade would extend but a
| short distance on each side of the river.
That would make II necessary to nave
an elevator. for the bridge Is to be 10
! 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 al the ar
Tho 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
| IL for the public to decide
A promenade on the proposed bridge
would, II Is argued. be one OF the mos'
delightful places near New York &c
the Brooklyn Bridge Is often crowded
from to 10 o'clock during the heated
! term, although both the New York ant
Brooklyn approaches are far from IN,
on the other hand. the North Rivel
Bridge proper VIII terminate near Six
ty-ninth street, point which Is con
venient to thousands without requiring
and which could be quickly reached by
all on the west side and with llttl'
trouble by those OF the city,s Orient:
There Is scarcely any doubt that th'
promenade would at once become pop
ular. 1t would offer retreat from
brick walls and stone pavements. with
out the accompanying cost of going Z
the country or seashore, and at tn
same time the view OF the city ant
Palisades from a point lb0 feet abov
North River and OF the craft in tn
river DelOW WOul1 De AS charming u
any the New World offers.
Now that horsemen are to have
speedway. the claim has been mad
that. people who walk have the righ
to demand promenade over the pro
posed bridge. The matter will be lai'
before the Sinking Fund Commissiol
when other details are being arranged
and Mr.. Young told an "Evenin
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 It Is worth fighting for.
The evening world., 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 tho American
for the Gold Cup.
By Associated Press.)

GLASGOW, June 2S-It has been
definitely settled that Vigilant and Val
kyrie will engage in their first contest
on the Clyde on July 8. as neither yacht
will 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. which will
be sailed on Belfast Lough on July l6
and II. The schooner-yacht Lasca,
owned by Mr. John f. Brooks. OF New
York, has been entered for the cruiser
race in this regatta.
Vigllant. Valkyrie and Britannia will
probably enter the Royal Cork Yacht
Club regatta on July -
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 Vigilant to sail for the Gold
Cup, The Field to-day points out that
neither a challenge nor an intimation
from Messrs. GoSge or Howard Gould
has been received by that Club. so 1t
Is not likely that Vigilant'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 Vigilant challenge for
the Gold Cup.
The evening world., 1894-06-23

was the gentleman who played the har-
monium. And he was said to be jeal-
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 It that, at last, on the
minister's suggestion. John reduced the
choir.
OF sound in the reduced choir to tone
down the singing of John Wicks. His
voice could be heard above all the other
voices. and there was nothing left TO
term terms " except the harmonism. And be-
tween Jehns voice and that instrument
there began great struggle for pre-.
n,nS sminsnee' Every g.. s.ndsy m9EEinF Kan and
would have prelude all to Itself, then
Johns voice would rise and roar out tri-
after it al once, hand over hand, so TO
speak, caught It, lost IT, caught II again,
grappled with IT,. wrestled, writhed and
stroVe with 1t desperately, and some
full and sometimes the other, but no
permanent victory could be achieved by
either.
This state of things could not always
continue, but II lasted for some six or
seven years. Then George B. Gran
the congregation. He had come from
London, and was smart. energetic
man, who boasted that he knew good
singing when he heard 1t. 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.
TITS the first time I've heard him. Mr..
MIMI" he said to the gentleman who
away after service, but, sir. my nerves
are so sensitive that they are narrowed
well, SIR" replied Mr.. MINI. glad to
have found partisan. u have been try;
have spoken to Mr. Wicks, but he seems
TO think | am actuated by personal
spite against himself / have spoken to
Mr.. Mutt, our good pastor, but he-well.
you see. Mr.. Wicks was almost the hrst
to join the chapel. he has taken a lot OF
interest In It. and has done a lot OF
work for II. and 10 very popular. He
started the choir
"But that's no reason why he should
lead 1t when he's got no voice to lead II
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Graf, hatically: believe, now you
some such impression: but Mr.. Mifin i9
no Judge, sir; ne forIe d9es not ,Se Soe harmo-
mum. You mustn't mind what he says.
They wanted you TO retire Temporarily
and let me try. and I've tried and-ane
II. There! So II YOU won't take 1t up
again the chapel will have to do with
out a choir. that's all.
In this way Johns former belief In his
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
the last man in the world to dream OF
avenging the slight that had been put
upon him by refusing TO go. AND wnep
Mr.. Graf had been to the minister, ana
the. minister came and pressed John.
with genuine and delighted earnestness.
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. 80
He led the choir on the very next sun
day, and the whole congregation nearby
and sang ont OF time and out or tune
with HIM, and enjoyed the singing OF the
whole service to the utmost. Everybody
stemSS syerySody E'i but t9 Shye Mr an a % Who conn
pla!ned about It as he was walking
towards home with Mr.. and Mrs; Gran.
and was still complaining about 1t when
the minister overlook them.
II was saying, sir, how l enjoyed the
singing this morning" cried Mr.. Gran.
Yes" assented Mr.. Mutt. with equal
warmth, 'lt did me good. 1t was spien.
did. How heartily every one Joined mi
That Is as 1t should be-"
Yes" cried Mr.. Graff, generously.
there's no doubt Mr.. Wicks Is the man
for the place. You made a mistake. sir.
in putting him out OF It. His singing 10
infections. 1t makes every one else
sing There's such n hearty sound In II;
IL warns you only to hear II. He's q nne
fellow. Powerful voice! LAttle UNFRAMED.
but powerful
Mr. Mifin didn'S know what to make
OF II. He could not understand why
ner. That his gratitude to John should
deafen him TO the horrors of Johns
voice was unreasonable, scarcely even
Christian, and to pretend that the
change OF opinion was wrought by real
baretaced wickedness. Mr.. Miffin was
put out. as
was" he declared: there's no tuns In
Yes there is." interrupted Mr.. Graii:
itu's a good fellow. He's got q good
heart, even II he hasn't got good
Aha chuckled the minister. CLAN
cling at Mr.. Graf with n sldelong smile,
"anl after all. there are some good
things that are better than u good
''Thats IT. There are." declared Mr..
EN- all, sir; and Re sings with evssry
one OF them. and-thacs what. malkea
his singing good. God bless hlw ~
Cornhili NAgazinA sLitsas-1"
The evening world., 1894-06-23
HE SHOT THE ROBBER.
Day Led Holroyd to Lonely Spot,
bnt Mistook His Man.

Los ANGELES, June ga 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 SEQ
by an unknown ass sstilant.
Detectives were despatched in search
OF the hshwayman, but before their re-
turn neatly dressed man appeared
and announced that he had shot a man
and wished to surrender himself. pend
ing an Investigation. He said he was
Samuel Holroyd, miner. from Lake
City, Col, and that he came here to
look at mining property.
He Identified tho injured man, and said
he was a chance acquaintance, who had
offered to lead him to some coal claims
near the city When in a lonesome To-
cality Day struck him on the hend
with an iron pipe. knowing he possessed
considerable money, and he shot his as
sailant in Ges-defense, infiictipx wound
which will in all probability prove NOR
tai. Holroyd's story and identity were
confirmed.
The evening world., 1894-06-23
Bonnie Thornton still Singing for
the Little Tots.
Everybody Should Help q Charity
Like tho Sick Babies Fund.
The subscriptions

These are fearful days and nights
for the babies. The we'll are weak,
the frail are fading and the Ill are
dying.
Every mother who can afford II 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 feather-weight out
fits. glove-kid shoes and gossamer
stockings that II is difficult to be served.
Family physicians who are called In to
see what ails the precious dariings OF
their regular patrons, to a man. pre-
scribe the same treatment. 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
on the wing. Boats that 20 down the
babies and nurse. The whole day IL
spent on some health-giving beach. The
aud the sans programme is repeated
the following day. One can do with a
minimum Of food and clothing. but
clean water IL the price OF life.
AS early as 4 o'clock, these feverish
mornings, care-worn and misery crushed
women with one. two. and sometimes
three, ha.f-naked. unwashed and rest
parks. In the City Hall square the
stone steps Of the public buildings are
impassable Sleepless mothers and fret
full babies come from their prison like
homes in the rear tenement houses,
where pestilence and want help to make
the victories OF death easy andnumer-
oul.
Occasionally a gasping baby is dipped
into the fountain the aching head
and burning hands are laved to revive
II. This Is against the law. but there
isn't an officer in the department who
A, SUM wor!, r, belonging to the mid
tion in Washington Square. states that
na ~ Ss Eet i the 52s
dawn and remain until the burning rays
OF the sun drive them home.
The Hebrew Institute. at East Broad.
for educational work. but the claims OF
An as' month "t that 80 aniued 's ans sn s%s
systematic charity Is being done. The
for the. young ,peop.e belonging to the
gymnasium and special clauses, IL used
by the babies and children In the crowd
vator and given the freedom of the roo
until 10 o'clock In the evening. This 1,
| a sublime kind of mission work. TC
| 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 at heart None
| of her friends escapes. Everybody she
meets is importuned for what she calls
| "a little mite" At the performance last
evening she sang her best songs agains,
the fireworks and the marching music
| OF 10000 Saengerfesters. II was try.
| ing ordeal, but she was equal to It, and
The evening world., 1894-06-23
THE LONDON STAGE.
Sarah Bernhardt's Rousing Re-
oeption at the English Daly's.
Willard's "The MiddIeman" De.
clared Behind the Times.
An American Actress Put to Test m
the French Language.

NVpyTieht' 1917. Dy the Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 23.-The event of the
week In the theatrical world of London
has been the reception which Mime.
Sarah Bernhardt, the great French
actress. has met with at Daly's Theatre.
On Monday last the audience assembled
reached n pitch of enthusiasm seldom
seen in England, and this was in face
of the fact that the remarkable acting
OF Nine. Eleanore Dusc, the great Itaiin
actress, had led people to imagine that
a star Of unusual magnitude had arisen
,ar1 hat II was destined 10 eclipse the
supposed-to-be waning light of the
gifted and versatile tragedienne who
had so long held the sceptre of power
over 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 fieXibility 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." Mime. Bern
hardt was recalled eight times, and It
seemed that the audience could not
shower too much applause upon her.
'Izeyl," as outlined in these de-
spatches some time ago. is n four-act
"sacred drama by NM. Armand, Syl-
vestre and Moran, which has had long
run at the Theatre de Ia 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. g. Willard was accorded the most
cordial welcome at the Comedy Theatre
upon his temperance In London after
his American tour. But Mr.. Willard's
I 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 long time past been
members of the Haymarket Theatre
company, in the melodrama Shall We
Forgive Herr" at the Adelphi Theatre
on Thursday last.
Tyrone Powers's 1.-THE Texans" Is pro-
nounced by the London critics to be con-
ventional and crude, but 1t met with a
sympathetic reception at the Princess g
Theatre on Thursday. As already an
nounced, 1t Is the intention Of the syndi-
cate behind Mr.. Powers to produce his
other plays, 1.-The Sins of the Fathers
and 1.-THE Potters Daughter"
The Queen has taken box for the
Drury Lane season OF German opera,
which opened on Tuesday last with q
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 Harms has decided that Jean
de Reszke Is to appear on the Festival
daYs next week in his faYorite operas
The evening world., 1894-06-23
THE MAN WITH NO VOICE.
But John W1cEes Proved That He Had
the S0ul of a Hero.

When the new T: 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 q member of 1t. He went into 1t
heart and soul. He was not satisfied to
be only one OF the congregation; even
going round with a plate and helping to
take collections did not satisfy him. He
founded Band Of Hope, and devoted a
lot Of his savings towards giving 1t an
annual excursion. He inaugurated
building fund with the object OF erecting
. real chapel. and the fund grew and me
chapel grew. till In due coufse the little
parlor was a6andoned In favor n. OF inc tne
out OF the question: you can't have ev,
erything at once; but somebody presented
q harmonium. then John organized
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
tune that 1t could do nothing but sing out
independently OF him and hope FOR the
best. For though In the ordinary mean.
Ing OF the word. John had the voices OF
three men combined in one, IN a IPusical
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 choir
never seemed to understand thls point,
q determined effort TO overtake him; he
would hear It coming, increase his own
kind OF neck -and-neck race Till the choir
caught him up and passed him. and left
him a word and half behind at the end
OF the verse. Then he would try to make
up for 4 in the next verse; he would Sl,n start
after. and. nndinE they could not catch
him up, would finish with rush and
skip, SO as to come harmoniously In, on
fhe last with him altogether. Then they
Mould have to wait for the congregation
lind the harmonium before they could go
lit was not high-class style OF sing
ihg but as the congregation among
themselves used also 10 sing very much
u the "go-asS you please" principle,
pne of them made any !, ~ serious com, 1n,
III musical critic, and though II did occur
ID him now and then that something
Ias the matter with the harmony, he
LIZ Il down TO the fact that he had
q ear" and paid nothing about ld i;
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after the f,rst verse Of The Babies

after the frst verse. OF "The Babies
Fund" she was kept busy for q quarter
OF an hour dodging dimes and quarters.
Throw me all the money you got.
want all you can spare. Throw II up
here, but please don't hit me. A man
hit me in the head with a silver dollar
last night, and l had to wear Ice all
day"
just then a silver dollar struck her.
She WINGED a little, patted the spot
picked 1t up, kissed II and put 1t In her
hat.
II you want to hear three capital
songs, go to the roof garden and get up
near the front. The place is immense;
Only a voice like locomotive could
reach all around. And don't forget a
subscription to throw on the stage
Bonnie Thornton dresses like a prize
baby. Her clothes cost IAN awful sum,
but they make her look like irresistible
seven.
Those lucky little folks who are ready
to run out of town ere warned not to go
until they have sent n contribution to
the Fund. under penalty OF being re-
sponslble for the murder OF their baby
friends. Address all money letters to
the cashier OF THE World"
The evening world., 1894-06-23
BABY ELEPHANT FOR C0NEY.
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 to the one exhibited at the
Worlfs Fair. on the Iron Per at Coney
Island. One will extend from the Lon
don Zoo to the Amusement Hall, on the
upper deck. The other will be on the
lower deck, where the bathing depart
ment is located
Adolph Kirchners Imperial Concert
Hall Orchestra has been engaged to
furnish the music in the amusement
hall. and a cage OF seventy-five mon
keys has been added to the Zoo A
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 a success.
The evening world., 1894-06-23
West Views Little Heroes.

To the Editor:
lncosed md the SUN OF 81 which wish
5000. the proceeds Of q fair held In the little
settlement OF West View. bergen County, N J.
1t contains only nteen houses so We had not
much to depend upon The fair waA gotten up by
Agnes Anderson. aged nttecn yesr,, and Fannie
norrows. aged twelve years assisted by Jennie
ErickIcen. aged sixteen years; Maggie Heacock
aged twelve and Harry and Percy Borrows, aged
nine and eleven years Tho proceeds are tor tho
benefit Of the sick Babies Fund, and We hope II
will do good oven II only q small sum
We shall try and do something more before the
LITTLp WEST VIEW.
The evening world., 1894-06-23
Five Little Jersey Girls.

To The EdItoT
fnclosed please nnd s,.IS for the Sick Babies
Fund the proceeds Of an entertainment given
on Saturday afternoon by fve little gIris-Lottie
Taylor Mabel Hurster Annie Landen Fannie
Goetz and Alice GoetI, Assistcd by Waiter Clark
and Clara HnEnr. which wss held In Mr. HuS-
sters carpenter shop at Woodsde, N. J. Hop
ing It will help at least one sick baby. we re-
main THE LITTLE suFFERERS FRIENDS.
The evening world., 1894-06-23
A Euchre Clubs Assets.
To the Editor:

TO the F1ItOr.
1nclored md ~. balance left In treasury Of the
wedsecliH Euchrc Club. TO be addod to the sub
script,ons OF the Sick Babies Fund
JESSIE ". MACON.
1856 West Eighty fourth hrset