Evening star., 1900-05-19
A Town Whose Jewel of Consistency
is Made of Paste.
SUNDAY EVENING SACRED CONCERTS
A Movement on Foot to Send Jim
Corbett to Congress.
MIR. WHITNEY'S RACE HORSES

+ Special Correspondence oil 1 ne Evening star
NEW YORK. May IS. 1900.
| New York's jewel of consistency seems to
be of paste Its moral crusade has leaks.
! but the muddy little runnels thereby formed
attract no attention, or if they do, they are
| lightly stepped over.
| Yes, the pool rooms are closed-to all save
| those who have the password and the
| corlntersign. The faro banks are not her
metically sealed. but they are muted. at
| airy rate for the time being. McGurk' s
Suicide Hair is of the past, a thing of the
| halcyon days. Many imperious things have
| it is true, been performed by the police in
! the way of putting up the shutters en- the
| evil establishments~-to an extent. at all
| events. that the blithe New Yorker who
weares of the straight and narrow path
| must now become a member of clubs ana
| Inner circles and things when he elects
| to have fun with himself
| Outwardly, then, in quite a few respects.
| New York is in position to lay its mana
| upon its bosom. cast its eyes to the zenith
| and say: Regard me: am ! not OF tne
| double-N brand of goodness? ana the
| police of New York are saying: snort Oh
| the curfew bell We are now the most HUI ai
| city of ancient or modern times.
| New York Sacred Concerts.
| This complaisance on the part OF an
| hands is delightful. But there are flaws. OF
| course The Sunday night show Is one Oh
| them. This is not a memorandum on COM
parative morality, but it has to do with the
New York brand of consistency. The New
York Sunday night show is a pretty torrid
affair. ~
i. is not given in the purlieus. either. 1t
happens right on Broadway, at the blsSest
| theaters 1t is not attended by the riff-raff
| on Sunday night last one of the flnest ana
! largest of the Broadway theaters was
| packed by crowd that looked IKE a liTst- &
night grand opera assemblage: Mr jim
| Corbett looking drummed and haggard,
| occupied a box. Mr.. Jim Jeffries looking
| bored and stolid, occupied the box lmme-
| pie of nights before. Both OF them, OF
| COURSE had their trains OF bediamoned
| adorers most of whom wore demi-trains
| and prismatic hair The people IN tns
! the whole downstairs portion of the house
| looked like-and no doubt were-reDresen-
| tative New York folks 1t was very hot.
| The men smoked ndustriously all over IN:
| house Yet all hands seemed to ENJOY
| themselves vastly.
/ Like II Carney Flavor.
| The show? Well. Fougere led off. Fou-
| gere has been in Washington in other years.
| and even the Saturday might boys and men
| of Washington hissed her-virtually Missed
| her off the stage-at one of Washington's
stag houses. She is shriveled. old little
| French woman. who sings. gyrates and con-
torts-ali in French. Foasere Is is d veay
| diSpieasiHg person. She affects the gorge
| OF the healthful-minded. Yet, at this Sun
| day-nigilt performance at Broadway
| theater, the representative gang of New
| Workers called and recalled her. They
cheered and Handicapped her. They leered
| at each other when she pantomimed in the
| language of her native land.
| "Fougere," they might have said almost
in WORDS, judging from their enthusiasm,
| I'VE take you by the hand: We applaud
| you: you please us. Fougere; may you live
| to perform Gallo gyrations for US for many
| rains oh. Foueere.'
! He Hath Merry Wit.
| Then there is an Irish low (oh, SO lowD
| comedian, who recently graduated for the
| fifth consecutive time from one of the gold
cure establishments. He referred to this.
| by the way, with screaming f1ippancy, so
enectually that the illusions almost brought
the representative New Workers. to their
| feet. When he was not referring humor-
| ously to his aforetime unassuageable thirst
| for high-proof liquor, he was ogiing the
| members of the two pugilistS retinueS in
| the boxes and regaling them with tender
| little bits (quite unknown to the remainder
| of the audience, but appreciated, neverthe-
| lessp. showing his intimate knowledge of
| their personal affairs.
| For the rest. it WIS a raw variety show.
| such a Washington man will sit through
| to the accompaniment of many cigars
| cigars are such good disinfectants.- and
| only because he is permitted to smoke the
| cigars But the Washington man wouldnt t
| take his wife, his sister or the one girl,
| to such a show as that given at one of the
| SWEETEST of the Broadway theaters on Sun
| day night last. He wouldn't for big money.
| A Choice of Two Evils.
| When Sunday ball was agitated over here
| some time ago there was such a moan
among the crusaders 1t was like the rush
| In Of ha Sar-
| pent was consequently scotched almost be-
! fore its head appeared over the lid of the
| basket Which We're better-the Sunday
| night convolutions and twistings of a Fou-
| gere, or the Sunday afternoon contest of
| strength and skin between trained ath-
| letes?
] BY the way, the writer has omitted to
mention that this Sunday night affair at
| the high-grade theater was advertised as
! sacred concert
COrbett for Congress.
! Reverting to the two pugiiists whose
| names were SO big in the nations mouth
| last week, one of them has been singled
| out for honors. of a verify. They are
| talking of sending him to the 'nashunal
| halls o legislashun.' as Jedge Waxem of
| Wayback used to say. Corbett is the one.
| Corbett is already lin the hands of his
| friends" His friends are going to push
| him along for Congress, as the representa-
| tive of the New York '"renderloinf in the
| heart of which Corbett's gold mine of a
| saloon is situated. Corbett is really very
| modest about it all. He says that he
| thinks he might be able to enjoy himself
| as a congressman.
| Jim" his friends are saying to him,
| you've had everything else in life: you
haven't overlooked bet; you were the
| champ once, and came near being the
champ all over again: life doesn't owe you
a single thing, except seat in Congress.
Stand still and let's groom you for that
| lob