Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-20


Candidate for GiOvernOr-Neyv Ac.
tresses-Onc SucceSs-An Attractive
PiCture-Ab5ey's Departure-SOciety
ReceptiOns-An American Operative
Lightkeeper's Daughter-lien. Grants
House, Etc.
Special correspondence of HE EVENING STAR
NEW YORK. May 49,
There have been many remarkable things in
New York OF late, but it seems to be the universal
verdict that the duel, with its attendant circum-
Stances thought to have been impending between
Me5srs Loubat and Turnbull or the Union Club,
tikes precedence OF everything else. Mr.. Turn
Dali, aged so, and the father of family, calls Mr..
L)ubat, aged 81, and also the father Of family,
q rty, low blackguard, in the presence of several
members OF the aforesaid aristocratic and swell
Union Club Mr.. Loubat, who is apparently gen.
teman OF methodical thought. Eliminates upon
the meaning Of ''dirty, low BLACKBOARD" from No
vember till May, when he arrives at the
conclusion that the words are insulting. He is
further assisted to this decision by Mr.. Turnbul,
10 desires to hush the matter up, and to that end
circuiates Loo circulars, In which he shows with
Upon this Mr.. Lonbat calls Mr. Turnbull a "mali-
c!ous liar' and challenges him. Mr.. Turnbull de-
locking himself up in his house and staying there.
Mr. LOubat thirStS for gore, and in order to secure
1t immediately travels several hundred miles out
o. town. There the gentlemen stay and shout de-
II nee. Meanwhile the members OF the aristo-
cratic and swell Union club talk over the matter
and make huge sensation. 1t Is now asserted
that the two gentlemen were both in state OF adj
vtnced cheerfulneSS on the night OF the insult and
that neither OF them could tell very we'll what he
was saying. Society was cOnvulSed The papers
teemed with the news! What is the result? Both
gentlemen are in New York to-day pursuing their
at the sensation they made, while the aristocratc
and swell old Union Club wags its head and
chuckleS.
MR.. TILDEN AGAIN.
no nonro Gov 7 ltl
the world and be farmer the more he is talked Of
His name was never more frequently printed in
the newspapers than it is now. and the shadowy
little man with the dropping eye-lid and palsed
arm bobs up Tather is made to bob up) at all sorts
O. times and places. There is an organization
n ere OF young JcffersOnians, which goes by the
n ime OF the Young Mems Democratic Club. At
recent meeting they made Mr.. Tilden bob up
father vigorously as a candidate for governor. 1t
US In all probability against Mr.. Tilden'S will.
But how can he help himself when he is farmer
at Greystone. He has cows, geese, chickens and
pigs to look after Thisis enough for any to do
The club discussed the subject gravely. Some OF
t1e members were afraid If they had Mr.. Tilden
ty would not IT. have harmony They had the
m n, reaching no decision, laid the sage of Grey
one out on the table and went home. Various
theories are advanced regarding the use OF Mr..
Thden's name as candidate for governor 1t Is
serted In some quarters that 1t is merely for the
purpose of keeping the question open and pre-
y'nting concentration on any particular man.
The deSirabity OF doing this it is said, arises
fro the fact the republicans are In such tangle.
candidate, and that he has said so within month
doubt this statement. as Mr. Tilden rarely says
anything, and II he does it is to that does
not report him. Still. it may be true, that he will
not, and would not. Other names are mentioned
In quiet way. That of Andrew H. Green looms
late controller OF this city, is pet OF the Patr-
arch. He is consulted by Mr.. Ttlden when book
Is wanted. or work of art, and he has furnished
m my OF the IDEAS In the construction OF Mr.. TIL
ms new house, now building in Gramercy
Park. 1t has been suggested that there is little
scheme back of all the talk about Mr. Tflden. It's
this, that Mr.. Tlden will be talked of until late
stage of the canvass. and that on withdrawing his
n ime he will be able to name the candidate, and
Green. Nobody knows who the republican cand-
date will be- Guessing is folly Nobody knows
anything about either side. It's queer tangle all
around.
NEW ACTRESSES.
This Is the season OF experiment. Last week
Lillian OlcOtt, the daughter of Brooklyn ply
sc1an, came out as Juliet, radiant with anticipa-
ton. She was unceremoniously snuffed out. She
will probably never be heard Of again. But Mon
day night an experiment was made at the Park
theater with far different results The new star
|, Minnie Maddern. She took the part Of Chip in
Fogg's Ferry, new piece, and Notwithstanding
English in their enthusiastic praise OF her
RoTHers and that the Play
yug being st IN her teens she Her Is gars
IS slender and supple, her face is grlish and her
voice is sweet and sympathetic. She has reddish
the stage five minutes until the audience Saw that
she was another Lolita. only fresher more piquant,
al1 prettier In that time she had the audience in
b r favor, rolnping and bubbling over with mis-
'ievOus humOr, and utterly regardless of her
s ,ckings- One OF her chief charms is her entire
wnat the highest art seeks to achieve Her hoy
denish FRANKS so captivated the audience that
1t forgot at times how bad the play she
the course of the play she showed that
she could depict pathos as well rollicking hui
NOR. The second act was serious, the third melo-
dramatic and the fourth emotional. She carried
herself well throughout $50 well, ~ fact that even
the most captous critics have praised her highly.
Miss Maddern is descended from family of actors,
a2d made her first appearance, when she was ten
years, Old as Prince Arthur. She has also taken
other parts but this was her first serious effort.
Being child OF the theater accounts In part for
her instantaneous success, which should be food
for reflection for the ambitious Miss Ocott and
other young women who wish Iand confidently
thlnk they can) achieve greatness In single night.
MILLETs CAsslUs.
1 went to-day to see F. D. Millet'S portrait OF
Lawrence Barrett as CasSus at the exhibition OF
the Society OF American Artists. This picture has
a monopoly OF attention here as Hovendon's
'Elaine" had at the academy. 1t is unauestiona-
bly, fine work. The portrait is good one-One
that would be recognized easily by any one that
has seen Barrett on the stage. But it is not the
tragedan that interests you. but the crafty and
plotting Roman. The figure Is life size, and is
draped in the graceful folds Of a white toga. The
right arm IS bare, and the hand which clasps
a dagger is resting against the breast Just
below the chin. doubt If the actor has so sym
metrical an ARM which II he has he ought to be
proud Of and which If not, it may be laid to Cas-
siuS 1t is exquiSitely d awn and so well painted,
that you could pinch the flesh on it. The LETT
hand Is visible too and is In the act OF raising or
holding loop OF the tOga over the back part of
the head. The face is turned to one side and a
look OF defiance darts from the eyes. Below the
hem OF the enveloplng garment the feet are grace
ful y posed. They are clad in sort OF buSkin OF
the same tone as the toga. 1t was a fine conceit
OF the artist that placed the figure on the
m lrble steps OF marble palace of which
only small space is visible, thus bringing it out
in strong Keller. have said you could pinch the
arm. You could crack off piece from the marble.
There are several other pictures worth looking at
Brdgman has an Eastern interior full OF color
containing more color than any three OF the other
pi lures cOmbined-and painted in his character
tstic STYLE Groups OF bearded MOSlemS are doing
somethtng-gOing through religious ceremony,
guess. Some OF his horses, to my mind, would be
more interesting. Another picture that rises above
mediocrity (as our friend Oscar would say, the
word is everlastingly hts) is Venetian scene by
Walter Palmer. 1t is the Old dream OF blue and
Sh1mmering water Over-arched with still bluer sky
and dOmed and turreted houses, between sky and
water dim and ethereal A startling effect is pro-
duced by group OF Shiny piles in the center OF
the foreground A. H. Thayer shows q good sea-
Side view. and Bruce Crane a croditahlo winter