New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-04-11
GOTHAM GOSSIP.

GOTHAM GOSSIP.
New YORK April 6, 1883.
THE MISSING YOUNG DEMOCRACY.
The SpRAGUE Boom FADING
AwAY.-THE VANDERBILT BALL.
THE LATE PRINCE GoRTscHA.
KoFF AND JOSIE MANsFIELD.-
SPARRows AND THEIR ANTICS.
What has become Of the Young
Democracy! It was very loud last
Fall in this State. It held meet
ings and <sresoluted" in grand style,
but it was the old Democratic story
over again. The youngsters never
got any further than the resolving
part, despite the fact that they had
so-called candidates. After the &C.
ton they could not be found even
among the slain. The chances are
that they stayed behind with the
quarter-master's department.. The
Young Democracy is now making
itself very conspicuous in Ohio,
where it shrieks that it is going tc
give the ''moss backs like Peldle
ton and Thurman setback. They
take to snarling as naturally a,
their elders.
The Sprague boom in Rhode
Island is petering out, even more
rapidly than it started and his her.
ole plan of posing as all Ajax defy.
ing the lightning will end in a
farce. Rhode Island is Republic.
an State, and the majority Of her
voters consists Of men who think
and are not carried off by any hur-
rah fever. The Sprague boom will
fare worse worse the farther it goes,
and all Of Governor Buffers char
latanisnl will not hel p it.
The Vanderbilt ball is an event
of the past, but what subject for
gossip it has been for both those
who were there and those who wer-
absent That it was success cane
not be said. In fact, how could
such barefaced worship Of the gold
en- calf be an occasion for entertain
ing people. Now to begin at the
beginning: The floral decorations,
and the other concentrations were
not nearly so elaborate as represent
ed in the papers, and the fabulous
figures which were mentioned as
having been expended may be safe
ly discounted sixty per cent and
still leave margin. OF the twelve
hundred invited guests about FIVE
hundred did not come. Our real
society declined to be present to
help swell the Vanderbilt pride. OF
those that did come, a great many
ladies dressed very plainly. It
seems that number of them had
got artists to design costumes for
them. These designs however
were indiscreetly communicated by
the mod.stes to other ladies, and
thus in several instances they were
copied The originators thereupon
declined to appear in their selected
costumes and put on some simple
makeshift. But the worst disap-
pointment Of all was thac about one
O'Clock the champagne gave out.
Most of the gentlemen were unable
to get anything to eat and therefore
tried to drown their sorrow with
the cup that cheereth. When the
calamity occurred the hat was qui.
city passed around and some one
then went to a drug store not far
off, and purchased his entire stock
OF Appolinaris water. So much
for this much talked about social
event.
A friend in Germany sends me a
copy Of the Berlin Bgj:sen Courier
in which sensational story is told
apropos of the death Of Gortscha-
koff, the great Russian statesman
The writer says that in 1881 he was
in Baden Baden. Amen! the
guests was an American LADY, Of
magnificent figure, rarely beauti.
ful face and eyes which simply ep-
thralled all that came within their
reach. One evening he was walk
ing IN the park when he noticed her
promenading alone. A short dist
ance behind her walked an old gen
tleman, The writer followed the
pair, suddenly the lady turned into
a recess formed by trees and vines
and sat down on a rustic bench
The gentleman did the same, and
taking seat beside her at once be-
gan speaking in a very animated
tone. OF course the conversation
was Of love. The lady listened in
an aplthetic manner, but the gen
tleman grew more animated. FL
nally she roe and swept away. The
gentleman was 10 other than
Prince Gortschkoff, who despite his
years never lost confidence in hi.
fascinating power over the gentle
sex, and the lady was Josie Mans
field, the woman for whom Stokes
killed jim Fisk, the Erie King, and
came within al ace Of swinging
from the gallows. :
don't knowifthe sparrows have
emigrated en- masse from M,ssa.
chusetts since they were outlawed
there, but all events i'll no previous
Spring do | remember seeing 50
many Of them as this year. The