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~GOUNCD-WELDON, Comedy and Tragedy in the Composer's Life. A WOMAN'S AMBITION. Gounod’s Life, Love and Madness in England. A CURSE ON HIS SON. He Breaks Through the Meshes and Flies for Life and Liberty. THE SCORE OF “POLYEUCTE.” + Lonpon, Nov. 9, 1878 The recent production in Paris of M. Gounod’s “fPolycucte’’ has directed public attention to the com- Poser on the one hand and to the relations he had with Mrs. Georgina Weldon on the other. For it was when M,Gounod was residing in the house of the Weldons-in London, and when the prematurely old man, who was bordering on sixty, was first smitten by the smiles and flatteries of tho beautiful Welsh woman, that he wrote the greater part of “Polyeucte.” Gounod was at that time about fifty-six, Mrs. Weldon about thirty. She still had the bloom of youth upon ter cheeks, and society reported her beautiful. She was a blonde, with the high cheek bones almost pe- culiar to the natives of Wales. She was tall, her figure ‘was well nigh perfect in its symmetry and her com- Plexion was of that delicate rose color which rouge cannot imitate nor powder destroy. Always dressed in perfect taste 2nd in the height of the prevailing fashion her sppearance was at once striking and attractive. Added to this her attitude. even to strangers seemed of the frecst and frankest sort, and she was emphatically one of those clever women of the world who, gifted with a large amount of natural ability, might with a suitable partner have won a place on the roll of fe- male celebrities. The celebrated painter, Holman Hunt, once, according to Mrs. Weldon, offered her mar- viage, but was declined. The lady had, indeed, natural gifts in plenty, and all that remained for her was to Gnd the man to assist and to satisfy her restless am- bition, and through him to climb up the ladder which leads to fame. But misfortune has attended her ef- forts, and now, after seven years of striving, we find the poor lady battling with the world for a living, battling to prove that she is not insane. THE YOUTH OF GEORGINA, Mrs. Weldon was born @ Miss Georgina Treherne, the daughter of an old Welsh fatiily highly esteemed in the mountains of the Principality. Wayward from ber childhood she soon showed signs alike of ambition and restiveness. Mrs. Treherne took her daughter to Brighton, England. There, on that most enticing qud dangerous of promenades, the Grand Parade, Georgina Treberne first met Harry Weldon. who was at that time in the prime of manhood. Tall, and gifted ‘with an admirable figure anda handsome face, cxcellent conversation and a finc, manly fellow, Harry Weldon Seemed the man most likely t make Georgina happy. Bumor said he was a member of Queen Victoria's pri- tate household, that he was a special favorite of Her Majesty, that he held the brevet rank of captain in the English army, and that he was at Brighton for the benefit of his health. GKORGINA MARRIES IN HASTE. However this may be, he soon fell in love with Miss Treherne, and the couple were daily in each = other’s society. Mrs. Treherne grew Marmed, and, after expostulating with her daughter, absolutely forbade Georgina to speak again to the handsome young captain. It was all to no purpose, At @ bail given one ‘hight under the dome of the Brighton Pavilion, which’ was once dedicated to the orgies of George IV., Georgina Treherne and Harry Weldon again met. She urged him to elope with her. He, intoxicated. with passion, at length consented, merely urging a short delay. But to a lady impatient for matrimony delays seem dangerous, ang Georgina Treherne was a woman, to act. 2t once. They must flee and immediately, in the ball costume as they were, and settle all unpoetical details afterward. Captain Weldon consented. In due time the couple arrived in London, and they were wedded and settled before any of their friends could discover their where- abonts. But when the first flush of a new life wore off Mrs, Georgina Weldon found her life was no bed of roses, Ger restless ambition would not permit her to settle down as the simple wife of Capiain Weldon. Y MEMORIES OF A CELEBRATED HOUSE. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon resided at Tavistock House, in Tavistock square, once the residence of Charles Dickens. Relying upon the celebrity of the house, Mrs. Weldon attempted to gather round her all the celebrities of English literature. In vain. A few old men came to her “receptions,” men who were at- tracted by the beautiful rose color of her delicate skin, by the perfection of her figure and by the liking most men have to chat with a pretty woman. But this was all. Tavistock House had its Mrs. Leo Hunter, but it lacked its Mr. Leo. For this réf¢ Captain Wel- don was obviously unfitted. He was very good natared, very good looking anda very good fellow, but he was certainly no “lion.” But at last “chance threw into Mrs. Weldon’s way a famous man— M. Charles Gounod, the composer of “Faust. Such a “lion” was beyond her utmost dreams, and Georgina Weldon took immediate steps to secure him. On the day after their first mecting Mrs. Weldon called at M. Gounod’s house and found him not at home. Nothing daunted she called again in the course of the Gay and dragged poor Harry Weldon with her, deter- mined at all havArds to hook the fish. The attempt to fascinate Gounod snecceded almost from the first. Mme. Weldon hereclf says in one of her letters :— “Providence put M. Gounod in my path and gavo me the right to believe that I had found the com- panion, the associate and the support of whom I had fireamed, He seemed to me to be a good angel whom God had placed in my way.” A BATCH OF LETTERS. M. Gounod himself, however, impressionable Frenchman as he was, took afar more prosaic view of matters. Ihave before me the entire correspond- ence that passed between. the English charmer and the French composer from the beginning to the end, trom the first mecting, at Tavistock House, in May, 1871, to Mareh, 1875, when the friendship endeg. The entire correspondence was originally printed by Mrs. Weldon, but never published. In fact all but few copies were destroyed. The title of the work is, “Gounod en Angleterre; Tettres de M. Gounod et Autres Lettres et Documents Originaux. Imprimés et publiés ila demande do sea amis, par Mme. Georgina Weldon, pour #a justification personelle.’ The letters are in French. A few only of M. Gounod’s are given in the original English. Mre. Weldon kept at Tavistock House ® kind of orphanage for young girlx, whom she trained in o musical direction, her great idea being to found ® sort of musical academy. In the preface to the “Letters” she exenses the publication, as already indicated on the title, as necessary for her own defence—"C’est pour notro justification, c'est pour lhonnenr, c'est pour assnrer Vexistence d mon Orphelinat que je soumets ce livre au jugement du public.” Well, in these letters we can follow up the course of M., Gounod’s acquaintance with Mrs. Weldon, and jndge for ourselves. M. Gounod did not plunge into tho friendship all at once. In hie first letter he simply addressed Mra. Weldon as “Dear Madame,” thanked her for her visit and letter, and gallantly stating that “the au- thor of ‘Faust’ and ‘Romeo’ placed the miteic of ‘Marguerite and Juliette’ at ler disposal.” He mdded that he and Mme, Gounod would be happy to see Mra. Weldon the same eveniiig. ' Signod, “Very respectfully, youre, with salutations to Mr. Wel- don.” Later Mrs. Weldon is addressed as “My Dear Sort of Thackeray, of Forster, of Diaracli and al NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1878—TRIPLE SHEET. Pussy,” “My Good Angel,” and M, Gounod becomes the “companion, associate and prop’ that was to earry Georgina to fame. To fully appreciate what follows it is necessary to recall some facts of M. Gounod’s private history and the reasons which caused him to become a refugee in England. M. GOUNOD'S PRIVATE HISTORY. The war with Germany had only just enaed and the revolt under the Commune had barely been suppressed, Gounod was never a brave man, and he lacked the courage of Auber, who, twenty years his senior, served in a@ volunteer regiment against the enemies of France. Gounod had instead escaped to England, where society received him with open arms, Nor must the peculiar character of Gounod be for- gotten. He has been thrice confined in a maison de santé a8 a lunatic; once during the time that he was living in the house with Mra. Weldon. Of a most erratic and changeable temperament he was also greatly prone to be under the influence of women. It willbe recollected that in 1843, while he was studying at Rome, he actually took minor orders and donned the soutane and birretta previons to being raised to the subdeaconate. It wasawoman who persuaded him to quit the seminary and leave Rome for Paris, Again, late in 1846, when the La Gazette Musicale had an- neunced authoritatively that M.Gounod was aboutto take the irrevocable step toward the deaconate and” priesthood, M. Gounod but a month afterward happened to meet with the danghter of the ccle- brated pianist; Picrre Giuseppe Guillaume Zimmer- mann. Flushed with love he bade adieu to the Roman Catholic priesthood and married the lady. Such then was the ardent and impressionable French- man who was thus thrown in the path of this ambi- tious and beautiful woman. GOUNOD'S LOVE LIFE. The result may be imagined. ‘The “Dear Madamo” of the 2d of March, 1871, became “My Dear Madame” on the 17th of March, “‘Madame and Dear Friend” at the beginning of April, “Dear Friend” on April 22, afd “My Dear Friend” on April 24. On April 25 M. Gounod had so fur in less than two months advanced in his friendship for Mrs. Weldon that he was able to conclude his letter, “Adieu; je vous aime de tout mon coeur, and I shake your hands very affectionately, and also those of your husband.’ Matters now pro- gressed rapidly. On April 23 M. Gounod began his letter, ‘‘Chére vilaineamie.”” On May 25 the ‘‘Amitiés & votre mari” cease, but instead M. Gounod asks Mrs. Weldon to meet him somewhere between three and four. “We can take a little walk to, gether in the Regent's Park, and afterward go to study a little in your house, and I will bring the manuscript of “O That Wo Two Were Maying!”” The destruction of his property by the Commune, however, dulled the amiable faculties of the com- poser. On the same day, but afew honrs later, he writes that he felt too cut up to walk in Regent's Park. “Alas! my child, Paris is lost, and they have assassinated the heart and the head of the human race. Come in @ cab as quickly as possible and we will talk it all over. Imust say with Job, ‘God has given and God has taken sway; blessed be His Holy name.’ But there are things God does not take away—life and love.” Which, it must be confessed, was rather strong fora married -man, a husband and a father, after barely seven weeke’ acquaintance with s beautiful woman. AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE THE FASCINATION. A few moro letters addressed to Mrs. Weldon in the third person; then the correspondence becomes more infrequent, being unnecessary and superfluous, as the two met every day. Captain Weldon, during this time, acted in his own good, ‘casy way, allowing his wife to adopt her Own course, with fpll confidence in her success. Géunod mado’ only one effort to escape from the fascination, but taking good care to leave a loophole for his return. He announced his intention to’ revisit France for the benefit of his health. He received, of course, due permission from the lady, she merely imploring him to write. fre- quently. On July 31 he started from London, leaving Mr. Harry Weldon a power of attorney to deal with his English copyrights. During his sojourn in Calais, Paris, Trouville and other placés M. Gounod’s letters wero numerous, lengthy and warm. Directly he arrived at Calais he wrote to tell her the sea made him “not sick but. always dick-like.” He says, “I kids you and Harry” (i, ¢ Captain Weldon), and he begins his letter with the decidedly strong expression (in English), “My dear little darling.””. When he ar- rived at Trouville the sea air obviously had an effect upon him, for he curiously enough signs his letter of Angust 12, 1871, “Your old papa and robust friend, Charles Gounod.” ““poLYEUCTE.”” COPYRIGHTS, From Trouvillo M. Gounod writes about “Poly- eucte.” “I can ‘conclude nothing with Scalaberini before ‘Polyeucte’ has been played in French, as it would seem a sort of affront to the Opera to give it them at second hand. I should also like the first im- pression of my work on the public to be in the language in which it has been conceived and written. As to Choudens (the Paris publisher of M. Gounod’s works) the matter does not pross, If he persists, we can in dne time advertise ‘Polyeucte’ for sale, when we shall be sure to find some nice capitalist who will take it.” The composer also instructs Mrs. Weldon to look after his iuterests with Mr. Littleton (senior partner of the publishing house of Novello & Co.) In the course of this letter, too, occurs a curious item about the prices received for songs by M. Gounod. The composer accepted $200 for the authem “Sing Praises,” $200 for twelve original hymn tunes, both exclusive of royalty, and an average of $100 for each song for which no.royalties were reserved. The composer of “Faust” couid therefore command sums which were in few cases so high, and in no cases higher, than other writers of much less celebrity would accept. ‘MON CHER TAVISTOCK. M. Gounod’s letters at this time were full of refer- ences to “mon cher Tavistock” (obviously in allusion to Tavistock House, the residence of the Weldons), and he thus paved the way for the residence with the Weldons which was so soon to follow. On the 9th of September he writes to “My dear good little one’’ that “they tell me you are about to depart for Amer- ica, Odious!” He ends his letter, “I embrace you as llove you. Yourold papa.” On the 11th of Septem- ber M. Gounod addresses her, “Ma chérie.”” On the 12th of September he, writing from Morainville, near Blaugy, in Calvados, says that he is getting along famously with “Polyeucte.” He is also much troubled sbout Georgina’s health, and while she is unwell he writes to her twice, sometimes thrich a day. On the 14th of Sap- tember M. Gounod’s infant child died, and he writes:—“Alas! my dear little darling, all is fin- islied. The poor child is no more. She rosigned her last breath this morning, at five o'clock. I went to the honse, but had not the courage to see the corpse, as they told me it was disfigured. I leave immedi- ately for Morainville, where, if yon write on Saturday, I shall hope to have a letter on Monday.” The very next day he writes a long letter, occupying more than twenty pages of manuscript, speaking almost solely of his business of selling songs. * GEORGINA GORS TO Ants. Matters thus went on till ihe end of the month, when Mrs. Weldon evidently began to, fear that her “lion” was about to escape her; so she took a bold re- solution, Her health was bad, and naught but the of Paris would recuperate her. So M. Gounod wrote from Paris on the Ist of October:—“My much cherished one—I have myeelf seen your apartment, and I have signed my name for you. ‘The price, 400f. ($80) per month, is extraordinarily cheap. Your windows overlook the Madeleine. You have light, air, @ magnificent salon and four large bedrooms. 1 am 80 very, very, very happy! The landlady loves 1 ahead, after what Maitlond and L have told her," Mrs. Weldon arrived in Paris on the 14th of October, | and gojourned there ® month. M. Gounod was her constant cavalicr. This visit, too, sealed the fate for the next few years of tho composer of “Faust.” At the end of the visit M. Gounod agreed to give up his life in France, to leave for a while his family, his friends and his country, and to’ go to reside with Captain and Mra. Weldon at Tavistock House, THE HOME OF DICKENS, Tavietock House is alarge building, situate in the contre of Tavistock square, a blind alley leading no- where, The square haa gatos, which are closed at night; a garden with large trees in front and a single terrace of three or four houses behind. To the great public, however, Tavistock House i¢ known as having heen the favorite residence of Chartes Dickens, and in the splendid drawing rooin were represented the plays which Dickens mrewnted and acted for the amusement of his children, Belore it passe into the hands of the Weldons it was the favorite re many of the literery lights of the period. To revive its old glories was the ambition of Mrs. Weldon, and the attraction was to be M. Charles Gounod. It was about Christmas Day, 1STl, that Gounod first went to take up his definite abode there, and his sojourn lasted more than three years. Gounod's life at Tavistock Honse was at first avery simple one. ‘The week was spent in business and in privacy. The composer worked all day and at hight went to the theatre, enjoyed family life with the Weidons or entertained a very few of his most intimate friends, On Sunday M. Gounod and Mrs, Weldon “received.” Captain Weldon now seemed to be left altogether ont of the matter, and although he Was generally present when stately visitors came by appointment, he appeared content to allow Gounod to be the lion of the house, Georgina Weldon as managing directress. The restless ambition of the lady would not, however, per+ mit the hardly worked composer the rest his health 80 much necded, In his business she assisted him, itis true. She wrote and signed the name of Gounod to al! the composer's lettets, and she gradually took the whole of Gounod’s business affairs into her hands. MME, GOUNOD JEALOUS. This situation gave Mme. Gounod, the wife of the composer, that what is called in mundane parlance “reasonable cause for alarm.” Mme. Gounod did not at all appreciate the purely disinterested friendship of the Weldons, and she expressed her opinion her- self and through her friends. Some of Gounod’s best acquaintances remonstrated with him, and ‘to one of them, Dr. Blanche, Gounod replied under date of March 12, 1872. He suid:—"I demand that my wife should take .a formal and written engagement to renounce the wicked and hostile attitude she has assumed against my friends and myself, and the day that she gives me this security will find me happy in her house. I believe there is nothing either in my nature or my character which should trouble her. The public can say what it will, and to the malevolence and credulity of the. public neither my friends nor [shall pay the smallest at- tention. But to finditin my own house. No. This injustice, which shows feebleness in those who com- mit it, is'an injury to those whom it affects. To ac- cept a system of aversion and exclusion from all my lady friends is to accept for them scorn and to ren- der myscif scornful. My wife has too much dignity not to understand this. So much for moral imputa- tions.” Curious to relate, however, Mme. Gounod had not “too much Rape to accept the position in the house of Mrs. Weldon, in which M. Gounod wes placed, and she interested the famous librettist, M. Jules Barbier, in her favor. M. BARBIER TO THE RESCUE. ‘To an appeal from M, M. Gounod replied from Tavistock House March 15. He complained that his reputation was being stabbed in the dark. He ‘My friends in France do not ignore that m: shold is an unhappy one. They know the suf- ferings which have ted. my brain, my family life, the activity of my career. They cail me a hypo- crite because, while I'preserve a profound and sin- cere attachment to the mother of my children, I regard myself happy in tho society of ‘an artistic nature which regards itself as mine.” He says at Tavistock House ho has peace; that the climate of London agrees with him better than that of Paris had done; that he is working for his family, and that he fulfils his duties with conscience and with all ¢ remains of his strength, To M. Pigny, the brother-in-law of his wife, he writes in a similar strain, and asks that his son Jean may ‘come to em- brace me in the Whitsuntide holidays, when he will sleep in my own bedroom.” So that nothing could be faiter or more openly virtuous. Last of all on this subject comes a letter from Gounod to his wife, under date of March 18. He addresses his wife as “dear friend” and _says:—‘‘The state of my mental and physical health forbids me to retarn to Paris. I am placed between two duties—a wife whom 1 re- spect and honor end love, and who holds the first Place in my affections, and my admirablo friends, whom I res) and honor and love, and whom I will never abandon. The situation has become iutoler- able. Let the public think and say what it will, I will return to my home and my drawing room never more. Ihave had, like others have had, my hours of infidelity; they have cost me dearly, and I have exp! them. They have of me for some time past—since I have been here—the most infamous things which tongues could invent or ears list to. But sublime friendship is my reward. My son sleeps near me in ‘a room largo, enough fortwo. If you will consent to come here to find your husband and to fix your life near-his you will find a friend—sure, devoted und inseparable,” which offer Mme. Gounod at once de- NOD TNR: GoU} SE AGAIN. Gounod soon xfter this suffered an attack of mental and was confined in & private lunatic asy- lum ot on. Away from the Weldons he, how- recovered, ever, £000 and in August we find him at Spa. He ‘writes to Mrs. We!don from there on the 26th of September, ad g her as ‘‘My dear little one,” and for. the first time adopting the familiar second person singular, which in France is used but to a wife, a near relative or 9 most close and intimate friend. He says :-—“It seemed very sed to me yester- day that I must go to bed without saying to thee, ‘Good night,’ and rise in the day without wishing thee ‘Good morning!’ Ho closes his letter. with, “I embrace you with all my heart!’ On the 26th of October Gounod writes to Mrs. Weldon in Englis! ‘My bleased soul, I hope you are just now safely at your destination, as I registered all my vows and blessings at the head of your train, God bless you. Your oldman, Gounod,” In a foot note to her letter Mrs. Weldon says, apropos of the expression ‘My blessed soul!” that it is ‘‘untranslatable. Gounod only called me that to please me.” GOUNOD RETURNS TO LONDON. Gounod then returned to London, but his chére ame was at the seaside, So he writes her in Enghsh:— “T feel sad, like a nightcap; so is the season :— ‘Tho sea hath its pearls, Tho heaven hath its siurs, But Londou, London, Londen, hath its fog! “I hope you enjoy your baths. Think of me, your old man.” On the 20th of October Gounod writes to Mrs. Weldon io English:—‘‘Get your own health, which is part of my own health, as mine is of yours. Isend you a thousand of my best kisges,”’ and curiously enough Captain Weldon, the husband, writes at the foot and on the same sheet of paper, “The old man, since the morning after you went away, has hourly get better, so what you are fussing about I don’t now.” On the return of Mre. Weldon the family ménage progressed satisfactorily. Toward the end of 1872 and early in 1873 M. Gounod had very bad health. However, he recovered and became more attentive than ever. He invented fresh pet names for Mrs. Weldon, and on the xl of reh he calls her “Mon gros chut,” and says, “I write thee thia little word in Harry's letter, because I do not wish to let » day pass without saluting thee.” The air of the country must have done Mrs. Weldon good, for on the next day, Mi Gounod addresses her as ‘Mon vieux gros chat cheri. He concludes his letter with the words, ‘“Iembrace thee with all my sowland all my heart. Ton vieux gros minet, chaton, old man, Ch, Gounod.’ In wnother letter he concludes:—Forever the oldest of your Keatitts, and a very old man at a distence.” ‘irs. Weldon, in a foot note, say: ‘Keats derive dn mot ¢ test un des petite noms drdles que jo donne depuis des années d mon mari.” All this time while Mrs. Weldon was away Gounod wrote her twice and sometimes oftener a day, but on the 26th of March, after a lapse of three months, he found tinie to write to Mime. Gounod, his wife, again protestin, against the, scandals which were frequently raised and excusing his proceedings. ; ‘A NEW ACTOR ON THE SCENE. Jean Gonned, the cony t's gon, arrived in Lon- don in the middle of April, after @ brief visit to his mother, in Paris. ‘Ube brilliant example the father had set the son is evidenced by a letter written April 22 by the Professor of tho College of Jesuits, where young Jean had been educated, giving the youth a strong reprimand for the wickedness be had. com- mitted in threshing his. own motiter. Tho Jeanit pater states he has seen with his own eyes that wounded hand of his mother, and he predicts that the child who strikes his mother is condemned by God and man. To this Gounod himself replied, stating young Jean's version of the affair, to the effect that his mother had thrashed him and had caused her wounds herself, That the moral character of the young man was not all that could be desited was, however, soon shown. Young Gounod, it seems, also became fond of Georgina. But Mrs. Woldon writes him from Margate a sharp letter about his conduct:—- | You know that I formerly loved you, but testable that Twish plainly to tell you othing more .to do with you, Tt is possi ble that you will learn how to conduct yourself when you are twenty-three or twenty-four Until are the great trouble angelic peace which Ge f onl, aod which makes, him h t You'ean think me hard and dete Intoly anything you choose, hut you ought to bo Rute of one thing, that [ morlt your love and profound respect. Two months age your father was delirious; he lis been ina Fery enrions state, and he comtinnatly boxonght me, “Sidra, take me.” Ho made me swoar I hin, and—why = T did not that Twas the only person in the world in true and full confide not even in wi * who ican angel of goodness and pationes to htm, tak caro of bim like «sister. He apoke and raved without ev ing of everybody he hed over reon or known, and he sald so me at least a thousand times, Mimi will not leave me, No, ne Mimi will not lot them take me. She is all whic ‘angel. Sho will not let them throw me fy you know Thave anid, and [will maintain wha f you come to England Cwill take lodgings van, ef?! not vere you in the hows, amd yom hs ltaties are Mrs. Weldon's.) Ad then, Dotest me as mitch as you like, It is of no use your writing to me G. WELDON, GOUNOD CURSES HIS OFFSPRING. Gounod, the elder, wrote a poem onthe quarrel wulted, ‘The original toads an follows!—= on inepireon M. Goanod & Ia suite d'une queretle wan Gounod Miveons tout! maudissons la Nature ct int ot le ere! — 1a terry, co nejonr de haine, 'impostare, de larmes et do fel Mandienons In beutale et stupide matioro Ft Fesprit plus stupide encore, Qui n'a pas su defendroa son muvee ephemere De porter le fruit de 1a mort! with Mrs. - Maw sons Ia naissance, et mandissons Ia vie Vaanonr, avengle geant; } sons losperance, et we portons envi 4 guuftre sombre du ucant! = le somimeil de notre premier pere nous sortons— Javro oii so cachalt la mere. peuvres avortons! “a pas pu, fabricant inbabile, ever de meilleur rile Que cette be . De te sout CH. GOUNOD. Of which the following is a rough translation :— eaven— the abode of hatee of tours and ran ternity keeps the roses , rus but martyrdom! Curso the brutal and stupid matter, And the spirit more stupid still, Which knows not how to'forbid its ephemeral work. To bear the fruit of death! is And sows £ Curse birth, and curse life And love, the blind giant. Curse hope, and bear it louging ‘To tho durk abyss of space. Curse the sleep of oar first futher And ihe rib from which we came The body rag beneath which our mother So many miscarried wretches concealed. Eh! what! thou caust not, clumsy workmaa, For us dream of naught better Than this existence, barbarous and puerile, Of suffering and misery! cu, GOTNOD. This, it must be confessed, was somewhat strong tanguage for a gentleman who had at an earlier pe- riod of his lifo aspired to holy orders in the priest- hood. However, on thisGounod of course promptly threw over his precious son, who returned to France to the mother he hud been accused of thrashing. GOUNOD’S LIFE WITH THE WELDONS. His life was now a tolerably peaceful one. Tho week was acontinued round of hard work and rou- tine. Thero was the Gounod choir to teach, and “Polyeucte” and “Georges Dandin,” besides innn- morable songs, to.compose. Wherever he went the composer was accompanied. by Mrs. Weldon. They went to the Alexandra Palace, where a Gounod con- cert had been arrange, and just as the composer had taken up the baton Mrs. Weldon stepped forward, and, stroking him under the chin, said to the orches: tra, “Isn't he a dear old man?” an expression of opinion which was of course received with shouts of laughter. At home in the evening Gounod re- posed in all the comforts of a family life. He smoked his long pipe in peace, and anon indulged in that which Mra, Weldon was accustomed to call “one of his heavenly dreams.” The lady would then sit on his knee, take off the Turkish fez which hg wore by way of a skull- cap and stroke his very ld head, and she would take off his slippers and euddle in his arms like a oung child. At night Mrs. Weldon used to say she fad him undressed and invariably visited #his room to “tuck his bed up” and to read a chapter of the Bible, He rose carly and went to bed early. SUNDAYS AT TAVISTOCK HOUSE. On Sunday Gounod and the Weldons “‘received’’ visitors at Tavistock House from four to six in the afternoon and afterward one or two intimate friends were occasionally invited to dinner. These receptions afforded Mrs, Weldon the opportunity, to which she had long aspired, to play the ‘role of Mrs. Leo Hunter. ‘The company on those Sun- day afternoons was of a curiously mixed sort. ‘The late M. Schey, the comedian, was a frequent vis- itor, and so were M. de la Pole, the editor of the de- funct Illustrated Review; Cai ux, the famous sculptor (who gave Gounod the bust of himself which adorned the mantelpiece of Tavistock House; M. Polés (who was afterward charged with obtaining from the composer a large sum of money); Signor Pellegrini, the caricaturist; M1. Werrenrath, the vo- calist; M. Durand, who did Gounod’s caricature, and occasionally one or two among the hangers-on of aristocracy. Every visitor to the honse was required to sign his name in a visiting book, and to look after this ‘book seemed’ to be Captain Weldon’s peculiar province. The receptions were a sort of social re- union, and in the course of the afternoon Gounod was accustomed to go to the piano and play the works he had composed during the week. In this way yisitors at the house heard a great t of “Poly- encte,” besides of ‘Georges Dundin,” an opera which still unheat the oratorio, ‘The Sea of Galilee; ‘Jeanne d’Arc”’ and other works. M. GOUNOD SINGS. Okcasionally Gounod himself would sing and the absence of voice was fully compensated for by the consummate art which he evinced. Mrs. Weldon in- variably sang either one of the airs from ‘‘Polyeucte”’ or other works which Gounod was writing specially for her, or some trivial ballad. Afterward the hat was passed round for the then incipient orphanage and the pesple dispersed. Gounod himself was undoubt- odly a prisoner of war, bit he liked the life, as it gave him the peace his health so much needed. The week, ton, was a busy one for the household, which was présided over in every sense of the term by Mrs. Weldon. ‘The lady herself conducted the rehearsals of the Gounod choir and taught many of the members of the choir to sing in her own peculiar fashion. She managed the business of the Gounod concerts exclusively, writing allthe letters and direct- ing the whole concern, ¢ _cntered into an. ar e- ment with the editor of an obseure and since de- funct paper—the _ Cosmopolitan—then edited by an American, and by agreeing to take 900 copies per ‘week shé was allowed to‘write what she pleased in it. ‘Taking advantage -of the opportunity thus afforded her, sho lashed out boldly at the critics, giving spe- cial attention to Mr. Davison, of the Times; ir. Percy Betts, of the London Figaro, and Mr. Joneph Bon- nett, of the Daly ph. . The fight was, however, all on one side, for the critics not notice her effusions at all. She also wrote a serics of articles on ‘Musical Reform” to the Cosmopoli- tan, and induced Gounod contribute articles on “Routine in Matters of Art” and aa ‘‘Autobiogra- phy,” which, however, he never Qnished. She worried the British Post Oftice with imitations ofa British postage stamp with the heed of Gounod in the pluce of that of Queen Victoria, and, affecting to belicve'that the aristocraty would be unable to find the whereabouts of a place situated so far east in the metropolis as Tavistock House, she had a small map prepared of the various streets which led from the fashionable quarter to_the Gounod-Weldon mansion in Tavistock square. This map sho had printed st the head of her note paper, and it was at once original and curious, THE LOVE LETTER FEVER AGAIN. When Gounod and Mrs. Weldon were compelled for reasons of health to seek country air the love let- ters recommenced; and both parties vied with each other in the invention of bizarre and ridiculous pet Weldon was addressed on the 17th o1 good, much loved Hmee, Hmeo,” My dear Mimi,” “My dear little “My dear little chil ‘My own Hmes, ‘My cherished child,” “My tle dear” and titles of endearment whic! the sensible reader. In March, 1874, drew up for the use of Gounod a sort of “daily life,” which he was enjoined to follow. The document is a curious one, as will be seen:— LAWS OF DRACO TO RE OBSERVED BY GOUXOD, Hoar—8:30. Got out of bed. medicine. new milk, with ogg in it, man's” modicine. 228). “Od man'a” walk, (fie, medicine, M5. Mot air bath, Old man's” milk, de. To hed. ‘ Under ‘Gounod’s auspices, or rather unéer the shadow of his nume, Mrs. Weldon sang at the Gounod concerts. Success did not crown her endeavors, and neither the critics nor the public appreciated her forts. An attempt was made by Mrs. Wel- don to get wp the exploded cry of a con- spiracy among the critica, and a report that old established music publishing firms, like Novello & Co., Metzler & Co., and Boosey & Co., sent men into the coticert halls to hise her; but the cry the un- availing. In May Gounod was seized with premoni- tory signs of a fresh fit of insanity, and was removed to Blackheath. There he wrote all sorts of letters to the Weldons. He, however, grew worse, and vations doc: tors were called in. At Blackheath, too, Gounod, par- tially removed from the alfmring influence of the fair Fiabe OM th ‘was visited by various old and trfed | ‘lends, On the Sthof June, 1874, Gounod wrote Blackheath with Dan 27. Remained suffer- ‘ted for Morainvitie with to reo ine at atx o'clock in the morning. du reroir Mimi and my oid, dear Poorps (Mr. Weiden). TARLES GOUNOD. On the Sth of June Gonnod left England never, probably, to return. RELEASED FROM THE CHARM. Trom that date until the 13th of June letters were frequent, On that date, however, Gounod wrote on elaborate excuse that his son Jean, whose little pe- cwiarities have been alluded to earlier in this narra: tive, had cried to him, “Papa, hold me! save me! and that he intended to remain in France. Th Weldons at once saw the danger in which they were placed. Both Captain Weldon and his wife wrote the mort pathetic appeals to Gounod to return. ‘The appeals Were useless, for the composer, freed from the fascinations of the siren, was sane again, Letters now became pot only frequent, bnt lengthy. ‘Uh entreaties of the Weldons were of the most pa thetic descript Gounod preserved his old fa miliar style and pet names toward them, but ré- mained in France safely with his family. ‘The com- poser Was obviously playing a double game, but the poor, foolish old man in ‘antagonian with a clever woman did not stand a chance. Ho placed his afairs in the hands of English lawyers, who demanded an acconnt of: moneys received and o surrender of M. Gounod’s effects. “The French Ambaesador to London ntervened and the battle now became desperate, FROM LOVE TO LAW, The Weldon replied by the exhibition of a power of attorney assigning all Gounod's English prop- erty to them, and they declared that no one could touch them. A further demand for a statr- ment of accounts brought #® bill from the Weldons for a large sum per week as a charge for Gonnod’s board and lodging during three years. On the 7th of daly Gounod wrote from Paris to Mra, Weldon, addressing her as “My dear Mimi,” aud complain: ing bitterly of her conduct in regard to his English eftects. He coneludos:—T do not, understand it at all, Tembrace thee in spite of my annoyance and the deplorable state of my poor head. Lam always thin, ditt Mimi, Chartes Gonned.” This ix tho last letter Mrs. W received from Gontod. ron THE MOste, still more furiously anont rex Gonnod had left behind a in bis tight and the rest of his property in Eng- Immediate proceedings were threatened by wyers, and tho Weldons were said to have re- plied by @ throat to burn the owy existing scores of May the two operas-—“Polyencte” and “Georges Dandin” — which Gounod had left. ‘There wae actuaily a report that Mrs. Weldon had, from jealousy and spite, de- stroyed “Polyenete,” and in a pamphlet, entitled “La Destruction de Polyeucte,” Mrs, Weldon entered into an elaborate explanation ‘of ber real or fancied wrongs. It was then said that Mrs. Weldon refused to give up these man t¥ unless Gounod would come personally to om, thus placing himself once more within the influence of her blandishments. Gounod himself believed the manuscript lost, and in the course of ten months he completely rewrote from memory the full score of *Polyeucte.” CHE SCORES MYSTERIOUSLY RETURNED, » night, ho: ‘M. Oscar Comettant, the musi cal critic of Le Siecle, and a triend of M. Gounod, had hed his dinner and was enjoying his dessert, he received a large parcel. He opened the ou wrapper and found written in i on the inner easing, and in @ laly’s handwriting, ‘Do not open theso papers until after my death.” As howev was no indication of the name of the writ the fact whether or not she was living ov de: Oscar Comettant, like a sensible man, proceeded wi out further ado with the examination of the parcel, A note dropped out and the party read, “When Jam dead, return the scores to the maestro, and tell that I have always preserved for affection.” As quick as thought, M. Comettant tore open the paree! and there diecovered the original and long lost scores of **Po! ." of “Georges Dandin” ate bnt the prize was secured, and Oscar Comettant and his friend Emmanuel Gonzalés rushed off as hard as they could to the house of iounod, But the lost | “Polyeucte” had already been tound, tor M. Gounod, in despair of ever recovering the 1manuscript, had, as we have said, rewritten the greater part of the opera from memory. THE STORY OF THE FINDING. The story of the recovery of the manuscripts went the .round of the French papers, and the most sensa- tional accounts were current. Mra. Weldon, not to be defrauded of a legitimate advertisement, replied, complaining to the Ganiois on September 20 that she had dee led by “the Gounod clique and Gounod himself # prostitute, a robber and an adventuress of, the worst species.” On the 28d of September Mrs. Weldon also wrote to the Gauci, “My husband is in- dolent and does not understand French,” and on the Vth of September to La Liberté, “I pray you, sir, to do me the tavor to insert certain words and certain phrases suppressed in my letter to the Garlois, ‘The Galois ix not ashamed to write ‘that Gounod on the London pavements had made the acquaintance of an English woman, who had robbed him of his money and his health.’ The women—poor creatures—who do that are called ‘prostitutes.’ The poor little Gaulois is so modest that it recoils before the word."’ ‘THE LAST ACT OF THE DRAMA, The flight of Gonnod caused a general break up of the Weldon household, Mrs, Weldon started an academy for educating and maintaining poor young children gratuitously, and the noise of the youngsters proved more efficacious to arouse the ire of Captain Weldon than all the letters of Gounod, Captain Wel- don forthwith separated from his wife and went to live in Albert Mansions, in Victoria street, while his wife carried on the vocal academy at Tavistoc: She made more than one attempt to regain h ence over Gounod, but without avail, She e gained admission to the stage of the Paris Grand Opera during a rehearsal, but Gounod, warned in time, was hurried away through a side door by his friends. Gounot himself is now living happily in Paris, sur- rounded by his family and honored by French artists and French society. MRS, WELDON IN LONDON AGAIN, Mrs. Weldon continued her ‘vocal academy, but ering one of her periodical visits to Paris she was alleg to have been robbed by her house- keeper, a Frenchman named Menier. The man was brought before the magistrate and re- manded; but as Mrs. Weldon was leaving the court she was arrested, she alleges, at the instance of her husband, and was on the certificate of two doc- tors confined in a private asylum as alunatic. An investigation was held and she was discharged. Since then Mrs, Weldon has employed her energies in lecturing at St. James’ Hall against the Lunacy laws, and she has occasionally sung at M. Rivicre’s promenade concerts, ‘This is, however, but a poor living; times are hard and bread must be earned, So within the past few days those who have had the curiosity to walk up the little terrace which leads to ‘Tavistock House have been amazed to see a white paper placard on tho doorpost of the former resi- dence ot Charles Dickens. On that placard is printed in large letters :— AO OOLEEEOLED IODOSDODES BOLE EELOSEOODEIDIIN 9 TESSONS GIVEN TO THE DAUGHTERS OF GENTLEMEN. Cuccrennsvnnenee werner ee rnertn et Henne ne nese oe ne. Such is the halt in a life till now ono of daring but fruitless ambition. A GRAPHIC ENDOWMENT. MYSTERIOUS SCENES IN THE CELEBRATED EN- DOWMENT HOUSE’ AT SALT LAKE. Annie Thompson writes to the Sult Lake Tribune detailing the form of marriage ceremony performed atthe mysterious Endowment House. She says:— “If the woman who now styles herself Mrs. Owen Miles was an honest and’ deserving woman when she left London to emigrate to Utah with the Latter Day Saints, and so soon after her arrival here (only some five weeks ago) passed through the Endowment Honse, I think there might be some palliation for her yery peculiar and seemingly inconsistent conduct. When Caroline Owen went to the Endowment House she entered at the north door and gave her name to the recorder. She then passed inside to be washed, taking off her clothes until she was as naked asthe hour sho was born. She was then washed from head to foot; afterward she was covered with oil ‘and blessed by the holy priestess; head, eara, eyes, nose, mouth, neck, arms, heart, breast, back and ali parts of her body anointed. She then put on her new garments and received her new name in a whisper by the officiating prieatess, the woman who lied so beantifally in court. Passing along she came before the Great Jehovah and Elohim, they being in another room, and commenced reading the ritual of the Order, “Tet us go down ang man,” &e., which is all too tedious to mention. Miss Owen on from one e! another, having her robes and her apron on to before the master of ceremonies to receive the oaths. Stand: ing straight, as shown by the elder, bringing her right arm at an angle, then placing it across her throat as the terrible words were uttered by the officiating priest, then dra’ and extending her arm straight out and bringing it back to a right angle, striking it straight to the earth, interpreting the oaths as spoken, that her throat should be cut from ear to ear, that her heart should be cut ont and that she be disembowelled and her body be buried in the depths of the sea, &c., if she should divulge anything per- taining to the ceremonies performed in that house, This is not all the oath by @ great deal. Miss Owen then received all the grips, signs, tokens, &c. ‘There are several of these which only the faithful can understand. j Miss Owen then passed on to the other degrees, i prayer circles, &c. Passing onward and upward sho came to the veil or arch. This being previous to her marriage. John Miles was on the inside of the veil or arch, Caroline on the outside. ‘Then the. compass and xquaro were cut over her heart. There was only ashect to separate John from Caroline, and before she could get through to where John was she had to ut her foot to ms foot, her knee to his knee, her roast to hie by her lips to his lips. Then John whispered in her ear and toid her the new name she had named below. Nobody on earth knows what that name is but John and Caroline. He then ht Caroline through the veil or arch to bo married. Joseph F. Smith sat immediately opposite at the table, Jonn stood at the right and Caroline at the left. After the usual questions were put and an- swered the marriage was proceeded with and finished, John and Caroline walking to the sealing room, where Joseph F, Smith sat on the throne and later stood at the door, Miss Gwen walked aro! to the forth side of the altar and Miles on the south side, Joseph F. Smith proceeded with the ceremony: John and Caroline were kneeling when Joseph F. told them to clasp hands across the altar and kiss each | other, which they did. He then sealed them wp to everlasting life, to come forth in the morning of tho first resurrection, to receive power and to carry out the laws of procreation forever and ever. Amen. LEAPED FROM A FLYING TRAIN. (From the Elmira (N. Y.) Gazette, Nov, 22.] Among the paésengers on No. 12 last night was Gurdon Van Tuy], an old and well known Erie con- ductor, now, we believe, running the Monitor and re- etding at Owego. Whon the train arrived at Elmira Vau ‘Tuyl was missing, and this morning it was learned he had fallen from the train and was at Big Flats in a badly injured condition, Conductor Ry Stowart went there this morning and found him suf- fering from internal injuries and bis body bearing the niarks of serious bruises, It scams that Ven ‘Tuy had been asicep in his seat, from which he must have arisen before fairly awakening, and, in a som- mbnlistic state, walked out on the platform of the car and stepped of; The train at the timo was going atthe rete of possibly thirty-five miles an nour, being behind time. That th ductor was not ine stantiy killed ina wonder, He was not missed, the train going on: He was at first rendered insensible by the terrible fall and lay by the track for a long time, Finally regaining consciousness he managed to partially craw! and waik back to Big Flats, where he made known the accident and was taken care of, med- ical attendance being at once stummoned, At last re- ports his condition was more comfortable, ond, if his internal injuries are not serions, his recovery is prob: able. Ho has many friends and ncquaintances to re- gret the accident. DOMESTIC DISCORD. Bridget Kelly, residing at No. 163 Sixtoonth strect, Brooklyn, caused tho arrest of James Kelly, her hus band, on Saturday night on a charge of having felo- niowsly assaulted her. It appears that the prison | who is forty-coven yoars of age and a carpenter h | Grade, returned to hie home: under the infnener Hed with his wite, He seized a table. and inate a thrust of the weapon at her, wh AYOUNY Man twenty-one years of age, int fered in detence of his mother and received acutin | tou left hand. Kelly will be arraigned for oxamina- tion before Judge Ferry to-day, 3 DIRTY STREETS. Some Districts That Need a Visit from the Scavengers, TO COMPLAIN. * Disease Breeding Refuse Scattered Through Crowded Neighborhoods. NO USE A majority of the streets on the east side of town between Twenticth and Vifty-seventh streets demand more attention from the Street Cleaning Department than they ave getting. The department, by giving in- structions to the men who havo the collection of tha domestic refuse dep don the sidewaiks in boxes and barrels’every day to cel! with their garbage carte at a certain specified hour, would do much toward saving the streets trom the pollution to which they are constantly subjected, When a householder puts Out a barrel of garbage in the morning expecting that a cart will presently comfe along aud take it away he is frequently compelled to see it stand thore all the day and perhaps in the end to be knocked over by a gang of wayfaring and mischievous boys, making the sidewalk and roadway in front an unsightly spectacle to look at. In many streets these cartmen fail to call on their rounds until late at night, and when the empty pail or box is allowed to remain on the sidewalk till morning it fre- quently happens that it is stolen, and tho owner, if he be poor, contents himself with flinging his domes- tie rubbish the next day right out into the middle of the street. The prompt and efficient collection of household garbage would tend more than anything else to making streets clean, in appearance as well ag in reality. “hore is another thing attention should be paid to, and that is the immediate collection of the heaps of dirt swept together by the scavengers, When this is neglected the dirt gets scattered by passing cartwheels over the street, end makes mattera worse than before. ‘Twenty-first street is paved with cobblestone and was yesterday in an unclean condi- tion. Opposite Nos. 204, 206, 208, 210, 248 and 927 the centre of the roadway was diversitied with alternate pools of stagnant water and stretches of adhestv¢ mud. The wheyen pavement of Twenty-second etree! made receptacles for heaps of liquid refnse, and these were noticeable in front of Nos. 309, 328, 331 and 34:3, On First avenue piles of rubbish, consisting of straw and vegetable matter, were observed in front of Nos 373 and 389. On Twenty-fifth street, opposite Nos, 311, 317 and 359, heaps of mud that hed evidently lain there for days were stil! conspicuous. GARBAGE AND REFUSE SCATTERED OVER THE STREET. Tho space in front of No. 352 on Thirty-second street was very dirty, and also in front of Nos. 356 and 353. The centre of the street for half the block was covered with mud and refuse. Facing No. 32 was a whole barrel of garbage tumbled over the curb- stone, and dirt of different kinds strewed the street before Nos. 307, 315 and 317. Before No. 512 on Second avenue a carpet of filthy straw covered the roadwWhy, and ashes and garbage were lying in poole of water at Nos. 426, 454, 477, 492, 496 and 502. A citi-- zen smoking a pipe by the railed entrance to ateno- ment house hereabouts said :—‘There’s no use talking about keeping this street clean. If it was scrubbed overy day it would be just as bad in the morning, There are people living along here that don’t "preciate nothink you can do for ‘em, and if you put a Brussels carpet on that avenue they'd just godump their ashed and garbage a top of it just the same.” HOW STREETS ARE KEPT UNCLEAN. Thirty-third street looked much in need of clean- ing. A resident, named Mr. Theur, said:—“It is about a week, U think, since the sweepers were down this way; but my opinion is that they ain’t so much to blame as the men whose business it is to gather up the rabbish that collects in those ‘boxes you sec along there. Now, that dirt out there in the street comes from those barrels. Boys and girls get fooling with them and spill ‘em right-and left. ‘these Vockyes = Sa pay hee ~ eee come along by ringing a eir own oF One” teat 6 comet Be ready for them cite our ashes and garbage in place of hav« to leave them out there on the sidewalk all the day to take the chancea of being carted of. Last night I put outa of ashes and this morning I found the pail all broken to pieces. It I had known. Pins time — certian pout re — ble | the sweepings re: for them saved mm; |." On this wtreet fsontteréd mounds of dirt were Obeerved in front of Nos. 312, 318, 320, 324, 330 and 340, WHY SHOULD SUCH THINGS BF ? In front of a blacksmith’s shop and an adjacen' coal yard on Thirty-fifth street there was a lake o! rain water, into which were thrown coal dust, decaye® vegetables, boots and shoes, old hatg and other forma of ae — Fai 354, ber J ere 320 wera ails asl a pares rasaing | ves Ito the black mud the street, bee tween Nos. 310 and Jif was a@ vacant lot, with a pond of water in the middle, on which was floating an offensive scum of some kind. Thirty-sizth street was ina bad condition both as to paving and cleaning. Masses of mud and dirt were prominent before Nos, 03, 305 and 408, and the contents of many warbuge barrels were scattered recklessly about th street and sidewalk in front of Nos. 318, $20 and 322. At No. $28 a large, heavy wagon shel! a consider- able pile of nud and manure, and in fact the wagons, which were quite ntumgrous along the street, were for the mein part drawn up over the most of the dirt heaps. A great deal of refuse vegetables waw reatte in front of No. 340, Peter Dunn, a resident of the street, said on being asked when he observed: the sweepers around last, ‘Well, they may havo been around here in a month, but I didn’t see them and [ don’t look for them, because whether they're around or not the street looks about the same always, except that it is worse in the summer than it is now, because: it smelis so bad. What they want to do is to flood the street with a hosepipe once a week or so and make the cartmen come regular every morning fos people's ashes and etuff.”” : ‘TURN OUT THE SCAVENGERS, On the north side of Thirty-seventh street, in front of Nos, 271, 279, 343 and 345, streaks of black slim mixed with ashes, were noticed by the curbstone, on Thirty-cighth ‘street, opposite Nos. 308, 312, 316, 926 and 332, the street was covered with mud heaps and littered with straw and shavings. Carts and wagons were numerous enough to interfere in some measure with the proper cleaning of thix strect. Monat of the streets above mentioned are filed with @ swarming tenement house population, for who, thero is an urgent necessity to keep the streets on: which they live in a good sanitary condition. A citi zen on this street asked, with some ace! of ing, “Why don't these fellers in porary! Department keep the streets on the oi side aa clean ax they do on the west? Now, this hero. street is in apple pie order on the west sido because,. Tauppose, the people that live there are a Iittle more etable than they are on the east side; but LT it this was a free country, and one man was a9 good as another, and whoever taxes hed tha same right to be treated fair as everybody else, ‘Them’s my sentiments, and I don't care who knows it.” Forty-second strect, between First and Third avenues, ivin a state of confusion, one part of it being in course of excavation and the other covered to some extent with loowe heaps of paving stones, Forty-third atrect has no pavement whatever between Third avenne and the East River, and is almost kneq deep in mud, Forty-fourth street ix in the same state for one block east of Third avenne. In Fortr- seventh street there are dirty spots in front of Nos, 927, 333, 845 and 341. A PHILOSOPHER ON DIRT, AGerman tailor, named Heinrich, living on thie street, showed a philosophical indifference to the condition of his surroundings. “We nefer minds, dose tings any more,” said he. “Dirt is dirt, and eferybody hate to pnt up mit it. Dere’s no tam tao in comblainin’, an’ I shust says notins to nobody and minds my own'pizness, Beebles is nefer sati«fied, an? if dey don’t like de dirt let ‘om glean it avay dem- selfs and not be shpeakin’ so tam much.” On Forty- eighth street there were scattered garbage and mud heaps in front of Nos. $20, 315, 442, 344, #46 and O47, and in front of an old wooden shanty at No. iy 2 wase * mass of refise and manure thet no broom had evir dently stirred for a long time. WHY IS NOT THE DIRT CARTED AWAT ? On Torty-ninth street, facing Nos, 00, 302, 912, hee 940 and 3 were small heaps of rubbish distribu w@und in the mud, which looked as black as ink, A citizen on this street said:—"There ie no use in thetr coming here and sweeping up the dirt if they don't take it away at once, Why, there's 9 pile (pointing ta & lot of garbage and ashes ‘by the sidewalk) that § have seen swept up again and again for woeks, and it has never been taken away yet. There are decent, re- xnectabl living on thix street, and they don want have dirt in front of their doors, and it isn’t their fault that it is there, but tha yvanit of the men who come here and pretend to sweey the place clearrand jeave the ditt behind them to be kicked and scattered around as bad as ever.” Theta wes mitch mud and dirt to be found on Fifty-fourth street, facing Now, 4, 204, 218, 318, 324, 346 and 4k, All the streets enumerated Iie to the cast of Think ays Those to the west of that avenue were com- peratively above reproach, and clove to Fifth avenue were altegether unexceptionable, HOME AGAIN, Miss Astrum Adame, the youn: gitl who wae te ported to the police as inissing last weok, has returned to her home in Duryea street, Williamsburg, She was visit to some friends and relatos Brio ot edladeiphia, “AES A8 Prentony