OUR NEW YORK LETTER. BROADBRIM'S NEW YORK LETTER.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11848, 24 July 1893, Page 1

OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

profession. advai;ci»i>nt: with miense interest; nnaided and friendless, by the force of her own fioaiua she ht>B worlipd her way (o (ho v.iy front rank of ber profession, till she bccanio one of the uicafc popular sfais on tho Ammicon Bta K o. Fiom thafirst hour that sre pub her font uponAiie ttagf-, n child of mno or ten yt-ars of n.«o, on to her bst engagement in mature womanhood, her rautlirr bos bam her sold and only companion. Ho; life hug Lewi open ns the sunHjjU for lift last fivo and tivtnty years, nnd"it lias hwn us bliimeleFs and ns honournblo as that of any woinnn of nny dfuree in the .•"'crrsis, or in or out of t.ho i mericin Union. The rejection refl.-cts unriipcrsdit on Lottn Crftbfcreo- ib is not tho voice of the r croiiis, l>ut of haven stupid, narrowmiudfcd women who dishorn"- and disgwco the Soro=is Club. While on tho culijrcfc of actors and actro^is, I am reminded of a delightful re-union, which took place in tho city I last week, of tho Edwin Forrest Lodye of tbe Actors' Order of Friendship, which gave a' complimentary dinner to the past president of that organization, Louis Aldrich. Mr AJdrich will be remembered by the play-going public, as the player who made popular, a few years ago, tlie California drama of "Mr Partner." He was mainly instrumental in ostaWishini? Edwia Forrest Lodge,' which has now becoino a strong and flourishing body, and the members t esolvr d to j;i vehini a dinner in recognition of his excllontservico The gatherinE-wasanotableono.and brought together all the principal actors and managers in und about New York ; and a handsomer, brighter, more enjoyable company was never congregated about a dinnor table Tho dinner was presided over by tho popular manager, Edwin Knowles ; on his i, right sat Louis Aldrich, the past-president j and guest of the evening, on his left A. M. Palmer handsome Dean of the Manager's Guild. Around tho guests' :md speakers' table were gathered F. F. MacKay, lioland Reed, Btuart Eobson, Milton Nobles. J. B. Roberts, Gen., J. H. Warwick and others, "When the time came to respond to the toasts, the president was very brief in his introduction, and then commenced the most remarkable ssries of brilliant speeches it has ever been my good fortune to listen ' to. To Mr F. F. Hackay wsb i-ccorded the task I to speak for Edwin Foirest Lodge. He seemed to have little to do but to give tho t dry detail of the business; but is ho < waimed up to his subject and ispoko of r> Edwiu Forrest, after whom the lodge was a named, he roso to the highest plane of t elcijoiroce, and carried the houto by s atoim. Boland Reed, who preceded him, I convulsed his fellow-actors in hip respoiiFO 'n 'he toast, " What I Know Abont One m_M ."rands ;"' delivered apparently „ without, the slightest effort to bo funry, t *! d with » count"nance »s eolpuiu as an I iiwl, it was one of the most excruciatingly I fuuny speeches erer heard on or off tho f stage. Milton Sobles made an a-lmirnbla II speech in reply to the toast of the Actor Manager. He was full of sound philosophy, common ei-nse and bitter sarcasm »f tbfl realism o? tho present stylo of 4i»»e ploy. Pro'oatly the mo3t admirable Fpcech of tho evening, whore all I irero brilliant and delightful, was tho opening speech of Manager A. M. Palmer, sniespeuse to the toast, "The American Manager." Mr Palmer has that most admirable quality, entire self-possession, and a thorough knowledge of his subject; hn has a beautiful delivery and a 'lign fled easy manner that commands Attention from the start and holds it to ' tho end ; his Bp«ech was one of tbe finest or tha evening. The occasion w-ia a ui'inorableone, and willlongbep'ieasantly remembered by the actois and managers . of Now Yoik. } Brooklyn was jubilant latt Funday. Brother Taliii.v» will not resign ; thti floating debt, of $30,1>00 hnshpeii oxtinu'uiiihed— by the payment of 25 conts on tho dollar. Dr. 't'nliwgo declaring that if the debt w.s not settled by tbe 21st of '■Jay, he wnuld step down and out. Tho rliront was auiH :icnt, the creditors found it was H5 cei.ts or nothing, and liko rocket, 's coon, thfiy camo gracufnlly dowu. liroihor Taluiago is not only a j.reat prfiachor, ljut ho is a first class financier. Broadbrim. - »-.:. —

Special to ChbonicliE. Last week I mentioned the fact of the visit of the Pope's Ablegate, the Right Eev. Archbishop Satolli, to the monastery of the Passionisfc Fathers, at Hohokon, and of his reception at the Stevens mansion. Both events wore deserving of more than a passing notice, as indeed was the dinner given to His Grace by the Bey. Patrick Corrighan, of Hobo];ea. Father Corrigan is a Tory peculiar man ; an ardent churchman, a tiroless worker, a Catholic sans feur et sans reproochc. Bu(j

his independence has more than once brought him in sore conflict with both Bißhop Wigger of Newark and Archbishop Corrigan and New York, and the result has been a feeline on the north side of friendly. Bißhop Wigger was invited to meet the Pope's Ablegate at a dinner given by Father Corrigan, but he did not find it convenient to come. In times past, dinners of this kind, for the rsception or honour of a high church official, was Btrictly confined to the priesthood, and they of the most orthodox stripe. It was only occasionally that a layman was admitted, and then it waß jL supposed to be as a reward for some special service he had performed for the church ; but at Father Corrigan's dinner they were Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Congregationalists, Unitarians and Quakers, and they all seem»d ta think that Archbishop Satolli was a marvellous proper man; the after-dinner oratory bristled with compliments to the Pope and his representative, and no one seemed to be a bit afraid that His Holiness would fly off with the American Kagle. All the Protestant clergy seemed glad that the Pope had sent his representative over, and the Ablegate himself was very happy that he came. I don't believe that juat such a dinner was ever given in the ■world by a Catholic churchman before. In the reception at the Stevens mansion there were more Protestants than Catholics, and all came away with the impreseionthat the Pope's representative was a very delightful man. There were two Btrange funerals here this week that set me thinking j one was the funeral of Pallister, the murderer, who made the wonderful escape from the electrical death-house at Sing Sing, and the other was Tony Martin, the green goods man, who was shot by the Hoerner V brothers, who came on here from x-*enn-sylvania to beat the green goods game. Martin was a decoy dnck, or stool pigeon j Us business was to lure the victim to the toils, and he left it to others to secure the money. The plot was almost consummated. Two of the bunco men had got Edward ' Hoerner into a carriage, and while there, I he claims they robbed him of six hundred and fifty dollars, which they had brought on from Steelton, Pa., to buy green goods, and then he says he was thrown horn the carriage. He immediately hurried back to the saloon where he had left his brother and the man who had steered him to the place, and finding them there seated at a table, shot the bunca steerer mortally. Tony Martin, ths green goods man, had been a thief from his boyhood, He had sounded all tho depths and shoals of villainy, and had Bpent much of his time in prison ; he was the son of a thief and a murderor who >vas hung, and his only companions had been crooks. Tony died here this week, and there I was a notable gatherirg of thieves and I harlots at the funeral. All thieves like to I have a good funeral, and trey want it L done regular, with minister and quartette. L_ There was not a man or woman that followed Tony to his grave but had served I several terms in States prison, but they .y, stood around Tony's grave with headß uncovered while the minister read the bervica of the dead and commended him to the mercy of God, of whom he never thought, till they told him he was dying. Another was the funeral of Pallister, ■who escaped from the electrocution house at Sing Sing, and was found in the Hudson river with a bullet hole in his head. A brutal murderer was this man, but , his mother and brothers claimed his body and were anxious that he should be . interred in consecrated ground. The ■; body was taken to Calvarj cemetary and there buried. As Eoon as the Bishop ', heard of it he gave immediate orders i that the body bB taken up. What good consecrated ground could do for such an unhung villain as Pallister, is a mystery ; bnt his mother will be very unhappy if Bhe has to bury him elsewhere. Graad was the reception of the Bpanish Infanta Eulalie ; that is not all of her j" name, she haR nine or ten others, but we /VjskU her this for short. The day was beautiful, and New York did herself proud in receiving her; we did not have much of a chance, for she was only with us a few hours before the train for Washington whisked her away from us ; but later on we expect to show Her Royal Highness what Now York can do in the way of a Royal reception. We are getting quite used to Court etiquette. We have a magnificent suite of Tooms engaged for Her Highnesß at the Hotel Savoy, and we will give her a ball at the Madison Square Garden. It is a nice thing to be a Duke or an Earl or an Infanta— lots to get and nothing to pay. It is estimated that the Duke de Veragua is costing us a thousand dollars a day. I don't know what the Infanta will cost ; she has a suite of twenty-five or thirty to look out for her, and they all go in the same bill. However, it is the first time in four hnndred years that we have had an opportunity of doing the decent thing by any of the relations of Ferdinand and Isabella and Christopher Columbus ; and as very few, if any, of us will be here to enjoy • the five hundredth anniversary, we bid them on behalf of the people of the United l States a hearty welcome. l-_ Quite a sensition was created in the dramatic profession, by the report that Lotta Crabtree had been blackballed in the Sorosis Club. It has been my plea, sure and privilege in times gone by, to say many kind and complimentary things about this excellent organization. It contains many of the best elements of womanhood' to be found, not only in the country but in the world. In the Sorosis "•fc- may be found the moßt exalted wsmanly character; the brightest genius in literature and art ; the broadest humanity, the most generous charity, and character as pure as mountain snow. They are not exceptional in that Association ; they are the rule, and not one cf them cast a ballot against Lotta Crabtree. It is not at all surprising in the twenty -five years of their existence, that in bo large a body, seven very stupid women with narrow minds and bitter prejudices should have unfortunately secured membership) the only wonder is that there are not more of them. Miss Crabtree is eaid to have been rejected because she was an actress. I can hardly believe it, as Georgie Cay van and a number of the moßt esteemed Sorisis are distinguished members of the theatiical profession. I have known Lotta Crabtree . from her childhood ; I have watched her