Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-17

Ix Hel-RepOrted Engagemens-T~vO
Uncle TOms-Nr. Cazauran-An Old
WashingtOnian-The Racquet Club
Rose COghlan. ETC.. Etc.
| Special Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR
NEW YORK, June 16.
The stories concerning the affable MARQUIS de
| Lenvile are innumerable. 1 have written about
| him several times to you as the rumor came up,
but the last one OF all caps the climax. 1t had be-
come an accepted fact that the noble foreigner
the Son-in-law of the celebrated Madame TasSaud
| OF wax-works fame in London. This was so gen.
orally believed that the distinguished nobieman.
when not alluded to as louisville" was called
'Old Wax-works," and referred to as an
| authority automatic curiosiueS He
| must surely have heard some OF these
illusions or known Of them, but he never
intimated by so much as hint that he was aware
that his titles were questioned and preserved the
| same easy going exterior. He always paid his
bills. 1t was this that staggered people Nearly
every one believed him to be bogus, but-he paid
impressive presence. ! remember that the first
time met him was at the last "Charity Ball"
was standing at the edge of the floor when a gem
tleman stopped by my side and looked at me In
quIringly. turned and he bowed courteously and
said. with what believed to be French accent:
Excuse me, slI, but could you tell me who led
the opening quadrlle?"
told him it was Mayor Grace, Mr. Arthur
Leary, Mrs Stevens, and have forgotten by this
time who else, and he carefully jotted down the
names on his dancing card and asked me If they
s Were properly spelled glanced at the card and
wrote such a round hand, but pronounced the
words accurately spelled; whereupon he was pro-
fuSe In his thanks and said: 81 am correspondent
of the London World Permit me to present my
card"
On the card was coronet and the full title of
the marquis In heavy letters We chatted for
moment and parted. 1Saw Walter Tanning. whom
knew to be New York correspondent for the Lon
uOn HOrtd, rev moments later, and asked him
n i'm
the marquis then began to appear at society re-
ee but the best
but that engaged es not TO @"rrs Suo st
early winter and take abroad with him The al
legged engagement has been so much talked about
that 1t has been editorially commented upon by a
number OF the afternoon and society papers, ali OF
wnOm are careful as to the positive statements
made, but very liberal in advice. The widow is
publisher widely known in America through his
weekly illustrated paper, which bore his name
There were two rival Illustrated weeklles. The one
In question was not Ha1.per's." Then the widow
Is given more advice. The Marquis, however
seems to be marquis, and no evidence is forth
SO, as things stand, it seems to me that the widow
might do worse.
TWO UNCLE TOMS.
America must have things big. The phenome-
nal success attending Manager Smiths novel idea
OF presenting the threadbare, aged and WORKOUT
"Uncle Toms Cabin" with two Euus, two Tops:es
and two Uncle Toms has opened the theatrical
eye to considerable extent 1t is announced
that the termination OF the run OF the ''Mascot"
at the Germania Theater will be a ''gala tri-
mas three Pipes and three Fiansettas" In In
asmuch as the opera is now sung at the Ger
America, and as they have the best English tenor
on the stage, 1t Is little difficult to see the advan-
tage OF interfering five necessarily inferior artists
big. That Is the main thing 1t will surely be
successful, for a number of reasons, prominent
among which is its grotesqueness. The spectacle
Of three Pipes making love to and eventually
Kissing three Betttnas at precisely the same in
slant Will be as refreshing to the eye as will the
gOD6e duet sung as a seXtette be to the ear How
the three Bettinds are to manage the scene in the
second act where one Bettina nestles into her
all nestle into his arms with any degree OF com
fort as Miss Wiley the present Mascot Is about as
much OF an armful as any man can properly engi-
neer, and If any OF the three are left out in the
cold while the others snuggle up it will have
barren and unktnd effect throughout. Perhaps
they'll compromise by introducing two extra
MR.. CAZAURAN-AN Old wAsHINGroNIAN.
1t Is astonishing to notice the apathy of the daily
papers about the illness OF Mr.. Cazauran. of the
Union Square Theater. He is the best adapter OF
French plays In New York and cannot be spared
easily from the ranks just now. 1t was he who put
1.-THE Bankers Daughter" '.The Lights o. London"
and ''The Two Orphans" on the stage so that they
swept everything before them, and his very clever
adoption of "Daniel Rochat" made it almost as
great success as it was originally in Paris He is
manager Palmers right hand man, and indeed 1T
Is questionable whether he has not done more for
the Union Square Theater than even the manager
nlmSel1. However, he IL such a quiet little man
that even In his own city he is little known to the
public and his name would probably sound strange
Campbell and Leonard Grover are familiar. His
illness resulted from an accident fever set in and
his brain is SO seriously affected that he has been
removed to an asylum.
THR lcorpr crrp
now adds one more to the long list Of Scandals be-
ginning with the LotOs Club, followed by the New
York Club, and added to by the Manhattan Uni
versity, Turf and Union. The Union has become
famous through It's duelnsts, Messrs Bennett
and May and Loubat and Turnbull, all OF whom
ming the risk OF shooting: The Lotos is known for
us charactures on journalists. the Turf for its
backlegs, but it was reserved for the Racquet
The history Of the case is too familiar to need re-
ta1l1ng but 1t is worth noting that the police are
Ths Of or
n man Nh wh0 Wi stand up and slap pA NAB naeoo
wise, Is sure OF a large following. A few
years ago the spectacle OF squad Of policemen
able club, and arresting three Of its members
would have caused imposing uproar among
club men Now it is complained Of and suits are
ground within week after the members have
been Imprisoned in a common police station and
fined $40 each the next day In court. The exact
truth OF the matter is still in some doubt but the
police hold the winning hand to-day. II Officer
Rlngler was imprisoned In the club by its mem
bers while making legitimate arrest of one OF |
the negro Walters he was justified in calling for
help from the window. and the arrival of eighteen
policemen, at dOuble-quick pace, in few minutes
was proper relief. Breaking in the club doors to
get TO their brother In Imprisonment could not be
condemned In the rescuing squad either. But ii, |
as the CLUB men claim, Policeman Ringler was not
Iorclbiy restrained, he was wrong in yelling from
the WlndOw. and II the doors were all unlocked |
and easily opened from without the squad in |
breaking them down and arresting three WELL |
tO-do citizens committed palpable outrage The |
question as to which side to believe is drawing |
good many decisions in favor of the police This |
IS not through any partiality towards the much, |
and usually justly, abused FORCE but through the
widespread conviction that club composed OF |
gentlemen should know how to conduct itself |
without exchanging blows with the city's guards,
and having It's members hauled up and fined by