Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-02
GhEANINGs IN GOTHAM.
The Parade OF the Coaching Club
HaverIY AbrOad-BroOk1yn's La
tesI SensatiOn-An open air Thea
tre-tsTbe Living Age''-LOubat-
TurnbuII and the Union Club.

Turnbun and the Union Club.
NEW YoRK. May SO.-That long -talked-of
event in social circles. the Coaching Club pa
rade, took place the other day. l strolled
around to Madison square to see the people, for
there is nothing so interesting as crowd L
have never seen a more kaleidoscope picture.
Thousands of women and children in holiday
| attire iostled one another in the square-noW
| in the fresh beauty OF spring-to see the parade
| and look at each other. All the afternoon
troops of gaily-dressed children raced up and
down the walks; white-capped nurses trundled
their charges and ogled the policemen in shin
| ing buttons; young girls Of sixteen stood
linked arm under the green trees, ard
admired the English looking young men in
| trousers so tight that tine wonder was how they
ever got into them, and sharp pointed shoes,
and comfortable old boys, who had closed up
| their counting rooms early, sat with crossed
| legs on. the benches. The mingled cOlors OF the
| children's dresses made you think Of flower
| garden. Mothers appear just now to be de
| voted to dressing their children up so that they
| NAV be the envy of all other mothers and chill
| dren. Some of them are perfect study. A
| large woman in black. with her little daughter
| at her side. attracted my attention as
| She was elbowing her way to where
the coaches were In line. The
| little girl was a study in blue, or as whistler
| would say, a symphony in blue She wore
| pale blue dress that reached to her knees,
| blue mass of a darker shade hung over her
| plump little shoulders, and blue stockings OF
| anofber shade of blue on her shapely legs, kept
| up the idea Of her costume. The shoes she wore
we e OF dainty kid also blue, with blue tassels,
and at the side CT the heels were attached little
| brass wheels that ratified when the little
| feet were IN motion On her head
she wore a large straw hat. from which
a large blue plume nodded, and from
under which her chestnut hair streamed down
| over her shoulders to her waist. Her eyes
were blue The ladies in the coaches were
| dressed as gaily as the children in the square
| and carried coaching parasols OF bright red as
equally brilliant colors Glistenlng in the sun
were the coaches, red, claret, yellow, canary,
blue. green and maroon in color. They were
drawn by four horses. which, instead OF being
all blood bays as last year, were roans, greys,
sorrels and blacks mixed. The men wore
green coats with gold buttons and light
trousers. cut in the ultra English fashion.
\ They looked decidedly English. Consequently
they were happy.
- hen the universal Col. Jack Haverly went
to Europe he carried his big ideas with him II
was said that he went abroad to keep his feet
out Of the grave. The doctors said he was
killing himself from over work. But if reports
are true he is putting in some very
lively work in England for a corpse. Not
content with having more theatres in
this country than any other man, he has
leased q theatre at Manchester. He is also
proving about London for a theatre that he
can lease perm anently. The Adelphi, where
Booth is to play his next engagement. suited
him, but he has not been able 70 secure A. l.
is the Intention OF the universal Colonel Jack
| to return home by way of Mexico SO far he
has refused to disclose what design he has on
| that country But it's something very big.
Brooklyn has ceased to be the quiet, unob-
| trusive place it once was. 1t has almost as
| many sensations as New York. AS place foF
| spirtualistic frauds religious humbuPs and all
| sorts Of trickery, it has no equal. The hum
| bug going there just now is the Rev. DR..
healing diseases by the laying on Of hands
| People flock TO the public meet
| iugs at which he breaches and
operates by the hundreds, and his private
rooms are crowded almost to suffocation. He
begins with prayer, and gives all the credit for
| his performances TO Divine power. The way
that people Of apparent intelligence are hood
winked by this blrSphemOuS impOstor exceeds
anything that have ever seen. His methods
remind me Of the sprituaistic humbugs and
| the psychological Jugglery of the mind reader
| He is very charitable, and does NOS refuse to
| lay hands on the blind, the deaf and the
| hopelessly manned, but he assures them that
| the Almighty does not always cure
see him the other night he was in the midst of
| fifty or more men, women and children. Their
| Affections were varioUs-desfness, blindness,
spinal diseases. Stiffness of the Jints, pains in
| the head, cancer, liver complaint and lame
ness One young woman, who wore a large
| stained hat wi a waving plume and an
| Rsthetic dress, had the stomach ache. The
reverend doctor, who is a rather stout and mus
cular man, went to work vigorously. This was
| the method OF procedure;
Have you faith, my sister. that the Lord
| will heal your" The sister mods assents,
| having been assured that, without faith, there
/ can be no cure and being in for il she must 90
| through. One of the most amusing features Of
| the spectacle was the mingled expression of
doubt and curiosity on most Of the faces
| the operator would say in a loud veice. The
| same classes of cases were treated in the same
way. The healer pulled and wrung the ears of
| a deaf person until they were red enough for
! beacons and then blew MS warm breath into
| them. Those who had pains or aches were
| pounded vigorously or rudely shaken and
| stroked. Without exception those who we're
suffering from aches and pains said that
| their suffering was gone or had
been relieved. But they didn't show any en-
| thusissm about it. When the Rev. DR.. Monck
| asked them if they were healed, they family
| said yes 1 was constantly hoping that some
one Of the sinners would be bold enough TO say
no. Even the Gripples said that they were bet
| ter, but they didn't throw away their crutches.
| Their delusion stopped short Of that l kept
my eye on the aesthetic young lady. When il
came her turn, and she had been pammeled
under her belt-weil, she gasped out that the
7 pain wasn't there any more The spectacle OF
4 little pale-faced child, held up above the heads
| Of the crowd, l shall never forget. The mother
| stood by sObblng. The Rev. Doctor said that
| he was afraid that nothing could be done for
| the child. as its organs were probably peraa-
| nently destroyed. Nevertheless he would try
| Had the little one (the little girl was not more
! two years old faith goog 1t said it had. When
/ the mountebank had laid on his hands he held
the child up to the light, and asked il it could
| see better 1t rolled its almost sghtless ewes
| and said that it could IL is fortunate for the
| Rev. Doctor that so little is known of psychOl-
| ogy among the masses. Otherwise, his tricks
| would soon be discovered The cloak of reIi-
/ glon that he wears for the money Ii will put
| into his pocket is so transparent that Que can
see the charlatan through il.
Congressman John A. Starin is.oiug into the
amusement line, According to the laws OF
evolution he U..i naturally develop into a cir
c! .S manager, and ride through the country at
| the head of caravan. His latest scheme is
| open air theatre at his summer resort at
Glen Island, in Long Island Sound An average
/ ef eight thousand pleasure seekers visit this
| resort daily in the summer months going and
returning in Mr.. Starins own steamboats,
This is a big thing, but the. theatre
| it quite obscures, in Mr.. Starin's mind
| his Congressional duties. There will be good
stage and artistic scenery. first-class opera
| troupe will be engaged for the season, and
those who go junketing can combine the
| pleasure of the city and country. Congress-
man Starin is somewhat like Barnum. He be-
| gan life as a 'canawler." Now he owns more
| boats tugs and barges swimming in our waters
| than any man in New York. There is some
| talk of putting him in the race for Governor.
| He is big man.
| a
| play of the most startling character is to be
| brought out at the Union Square Theatre.
| This theatre has almost surrendered itself to
| the melo-drama. A mob in the French market
is presented early in the piece. Further on
| an attempted murder in the mammoth cave.
| But greater horrors remain. The villain
! being equal to anything, blows up part Of the
| embankment OF a railway track and ap-
| preaching train is hurled headlong down
| yawning chasm. Here there is a mingng of
kissing steam. black smoke, lurid flames, ago
| nizing cries. and heart-rending groans, There
| is quite enough agony in this scene to satisfy
| our most btdse thcatre-goer. The last scene
| pictures the black and grimy interior of OPT
UNI den in this city. The playing is called The
| Living Age" have not been able to discover
| for what reason. The Union Square people say
| it will be bowling sensation,
After lapsing into ooscurity for a few days
| Monsieur Loubat has been projected into pub
| lie notice again. There is more in the word
''projectedn than is at first apparent Is itan un.
| willingness on the part of the subject implied?
| That is it, The staid and aristocratic Governors
| of the Union CLUB raised their boots in unison
| and KICKED Monsieur out Of the club. Some of
| of the Governing Committee, and there
| wasn't one OF them that refused to
kick Monsieur Loubat did not rel
ish so much force being applied to
| that part OF his person that is most prominent,
| and on recovering himself he cried out that he
| was going to Europe Before the kick ives
| given q committee of five was appointed to
| make thorough examination into the facts
! Of this dispute. So conscientious were they
| that they refused to read the newspapers and
shut their ears to all the gossiping old boys OF
| the club. This committee condemned Monsieur
| Loubat in the strongest terms, basing its de-
| cision on the letter that Monsieur hurried
| all the way from California to write
| 1t also decided that his further action
sending challenge and going On an expe-
4 dition IN search of a gUitable hattie field q