Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-17
DOTNGs IN
Beecher va. Talms
teen Club - Jumb,
Elephant In the Y
Fashions In Hats a
Female stock Broker

Talmadge will surely catch up next Sunday.
however, for it is appoint in thier allegiance to
their congre cations with these gentlemen to
furnish an equal number OF sensations during
the year. Then, as by tacit agreement, they
take their three months vacations at the same
time, all works smoothly. Mr. Talmadge be-
gan by delivering a scathing, cynical and
satirical rebuke to his parishioners for their
meanness and niggacdliness in not paying him
more money. AS the church runs behind in It's
| expenses $1,000 year. and has done so for six
years. the congregation conceived this 20 be
| joke and applauded vociferousy. Mr..
| Talmadge then, to use an expression
in one of the morning papers, ''unhinged
himself and went for the audience In
a way that made them howl" After this he
| went on with his sermon on 'sThe teachings OF
| Christ" MIR. Beecher was giving his congre-
CATION at this time a description OF the cGn-cdR
/ dancing in that licentious sink OF vulgarity-
| Jdrdin MGbile in Paris. Talmadge then came
| out on fast people In New York. which was
/ followed by Beecher announcing that he would
| never again marry man and woman either
| of whom were divorced. Also. il sinner was
| repentant and came for communion. the sacra-
/ ment would be refused by Beecher. To be
sure, Jesus Christ through his life commanded
that any sinner who was repentant should re-
| ceive the sacrament, but Beecher thinks diff
| ferently Every one looked for Talmadge
after this. but before his ingenious brain had
devised the next sensation, Beecher suddenly
| looms up as an investigator of spiritualism.
| He attended two seances given by Mr.. Robert
| /. Hull the medium, at 1899 Adelphi street.
Brooklyn, and when he went the ihird time de-
tected the physical presence of a very material
woman as an alleged angel He knew her, he
| says. by her breath. viii add that these SUBJ
jects were all eloQuently Given forth Mt the re-
gular Sunday services at the churches of
| Messrs Beecher and Talmsdge, where the peo-
/ pie went presumably to worship God.
| Martin Luther once SHE'D ink hottie at
the head of His Majesty. the devil. Some
| men here possessed of a like spirit of bOIdness
a short time ago formed a social organization
called the Thirteen Cub" Their avowed
intention is to snap their fingers IN the face of
the devil and prove to the wo.ld that there Is
nothing in the popular superstition that thir-
teen is an unlucky number. Brief as has been
the existence of the club one of the memoers
has had the hand of death laid on him. His name
| contains thirteen letters. The remaining twelve
were not dismayed. IL is convivial club and
wine runs like water. AT dinner on the even
| ing after the funeral one of the members rose
from his chair and in a lusty voice proposed
cup to the dead and cheer for the next one to
die Sucn bravado certainly can be compared to
shieing ink bottles. But some of the original
promoters of this crusade against superstition
became shaky and deserted. One reason as
signed for their nervousness is that on the very
night of the first dinner Of the club, January
| 18th, the Hudson River Railroad disaster oc-
Cured, thirteen cars being wrecked and thir-
| teen passengers killed or injured. On the self
same evening woman died after celebrating
the thirteenth anniversary of her marriage ct
a dinner at which thirteen were seated This
is not all. On returning from their first dinner
two or the party both OF whom had thirteen
letters In his name, were taken Ill. One of the
two has since died. This too much for
some or the members, and they sent in their
designations with nervous haste. Mayor Grace
has been invited to fill one of the vacancies
He claimed that his official duties did not allow
him sufficient leisure IL is alleged that the
real reason was that he was afraid to be one of
the dare-devLs At dinner Of the club this
week. the unlucky number was employed iH a
way that denoted defiance to the last degree.
Three tables were set, with thirteen persons at
each. No waiter was allowed to serve the
guests who was not equal to the task of serving
thirteen dishes on his arms at one time. Thir-
teen candles furnished the light for each table,
and thirteen courses were served. The fear of
death was banished by song and story and the
flowing bowl.
There is a great array of beasts at the Madi
son Square Garden and an unlimited number OF
tumblers and other performers. Barnum 1its
in and out, smiling and happy. There is that
in his manner that says plainly, "[ have here.
gentlemen, the biggest show on earth past
present or to come" Occasionally one can
discern a shadow pass over his face The cause
or this passing shadow is momentary appre-
Jumbo.
When Barnum heard of Jumbo" said an
assistant to me yesterday, 'he slapped his
knee, and said he must have i'm if money
could buy i'm. Jumbo. you know, is the
largest elephant in the world There isn't
Gardens
rs he really big beast?'
We'll; he's Just like the side OF a bie house
whats his disposition?"
1T has sct abroad that he has an ugly tenn
per. Quite the contrary, he is good-natured
You couldn't expecO . beast to trot right off
from his old home onto ship for new coun-
try. He might have done it if ~~d not been
FOR his mate, who becsms suspicious OF what
was going on. When she whined through her
laid
bulge an inch: You ought to have seen the
way he trotted back TO the gardens He WA
happy enough to skip like lambkin."
fondness for his homeP"
They're at it now. The plan is to put him
into huge cage and drag him off, like the Tro-
jams did the wooden horse -
But may he not decline to 90 into the cageY,
suasion." ' ~
Then i,s he is ignorant of any design against
Apparently so.'
When will he reach this country p,
In about three weeks "
Hasn't Barnum any fears toa4 T,,,,,bo ,,,a,,
fail him at last - '"es
"Ruskin and those csner men NAV protest
sgalhs1 l Jum6o's tIrning his back on Lcndon
ana that he is going to have i'm p
HoW's Bridgeport S''
1ry me ne little chap is as spry as a cricket.
Won't they make a pair though the littlest
elephant in the world standing bv the side Of
the gigantic, towering Jumbo 9'N'' -
with the return of gentle spring the fancy of
young women (old ones too turns to hats and
oonnets 1t is grayely asserted that there are
70 pc FEWER or the dents that characterized the
styles last summer. In short, they are not CO.
ing TO be smashed so much. Large round hats
VIII remain in vogue, with the brfn turned up
either at the side, front or back Theatre
goers, 70 whom the outlandsh Gainsborough has
peer, Deen tne cause OF unlimited profanity, Almost
quau under the announcement. As to bon
neIs they are to be smaller. Some that have
already made their appearance sit quite on ton
oI eI tne mead. This is in perfect keeping with
the heartlessness of fashion, exposing as n
does the head and neck 10 Biarch gales
Inc craving for lace trimming has become
mania, and some styles are completely
SmoCnered unoer laceS in close imitation of
Spanish lace. 1t is useless to argue against IT.
oscar Wildes mission is being fulfilled I saw
bonnet IN the street TO day which was adorned
oy the gorgeous and adored sunhower The
wearer had sweet face, and she carried her
SELF as IL she felt she was doing the proper
tning. Huge bouquets are.still worn on the
oooice; some CT lhem so large ethat they
almost obscure little fgure-and this gor-
Reousness is to be adopted also for bonnets
and hats Feathers are to be given the go-by.
A wreath around and within the brim of a poke
oonnet Will be becoming frame for a pretty
fresh face. But of this the spinster with her
faded charms had better beware.
Little Miss Anna Dickinson has lust escaued
from her creditor in st. Joseph Mo-. and e
JourneYing towards New York with mixed feet
ings in which nervousness predominates She
Hamlet, and every seat in the Fifth Avenue
Theatre has been sold for all 81 her per-
formances. She is a persistent little woman
The critics cut her up so frigatfuIIy when she
made her first dramatic venture that IL was
supposed that her retirement would he final
but she comes right into the nest of woman
naters dram 7tcally speaking) here and calmly
announces TWO weeks engagement She
Will play mems parts in five plays She has
announced beforehand that no newspaper men
Will be allowed 20 see her under any condition
ana that her acting is prompted solely by
desire to show that genius dwells ia women as
well as men. That was a wise. diplomatic and
oily way OF preparing perfect thunderstorm
or 1nvective from the critics of the city. It
looks just now as If Anna would be rather
severely handled
Stock speculations among women are increas-
ing to an alarming extent Never ia the his
tory OF New York have there been so many fe-
male operators or so much money invested in
sanely. They are almost always failures The
list is headed by Mrs. 2arnell, the mother OF
Charles Stuart Parnell, the famous Irish Land
League agitator. She has an Office In Wall
street, where she goes at a. m. and stays TIL 8
p- M. She has rooms at the New York Hotel
and is Old shriveled up and snappish She in.
vests hghty, ana manages to keep her head
above water, but does not make any money
The bulk Of the female stock brokering busf-
ness, however. is done up town There are
nearly a dozen offices in and al ound Union and
Madison squares They are always on the sec
ond floors, and seldom have any signs The
doors usually open on a small room where q
girl sits writing at a desk. The furniture and
hangings are elegant and costly. n
the visitor is known she is shown into an
inner apartment, ,wherethe 'smanager y ALWAYS
g. man OF pleasing address takes her in CHARGE