Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-26
NEW YORK NOTES.
GRANT NOT PLANNING FOR A
THIRD TERM

AAAO 1L1NM.
His Business Ventures-OnIy at Ease
Behind Fast Pair-A Great Man
Gone - Cultivated Crooks" Helen
Bancroft-The "Stagc- Struck" Legion
The Playwright Mania.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-There is some talk Of
General Grant having aspirations for the
Fresldency in 1884. but this may be put down
as pure nonsense. In all the talk about Gen.
Urant, VINO Is gossiped about so much, it is
quite natural that great many things should
be SAID that have no foundation whateyerin
Iact. To begin with, the General is shrewd
enough to know that after the hard struggle
at Chicago, and the bitter recriminations that
nave followed, that any movement that could
bring about his nomination and election
In the coming contest would be little
short of miraculous. His friends know it. TOO.
moreover, II Is very doubtful if he has any de-
sire 10 go 10 the White House again. He has
become thorough man of business. Very
little Is known, it is true, of the success that
ne mas met with in his various commercial
ventures, but this is known that he has in
great number OF them, and that he is aOn-
stantly going into new money mall King schemes.
1t Is not secret that he has a very staunch
friend in Jay Gould, and to be associated with
Jay could IS 10 make money in some way;
ana, furthermore, 10 must be said that Jaw
Gouio uoes not take an interest
in the General without that
IrlendshIp being of personal advantage to
nihlseu. Jay Gould never has any friends
that are not in some manner useful to him
AS soon as a man ceases to be useful he cuts
MN dead. According to Wall street logic,
why notE General Grant is largely interested
IN one OF the leading national banks in this
city. In all probability his interest was Sc
cured in order that his name might bring the
establishment into favorable notice. He goes
into the counting rooms once or twice a Week
business air. But he makes a miserable
failure OF it. He never can look like a man Of
analrs, no matter how hard he may try. He
looks happlest when he is ON the road behind
his flyers. for he has fast pair which will
make lively brush with almost any team
around New York. 1t seems rather odd. but
quite naturally to sporting way of life. You
see him on the turf on racing days, and on
Jerome avenue and ether drives ON almost
any afternoon. He frequents with other
sporting men the taVernS on the roadside, and
takes part in the tavern gossip, So, it seems
to me, that with all these conditions of pros
perlty and enjoyment he cannot have any de-
sire to leave his present way of life
The country has met severe loss in the
death of DR.. George NJ, Beard, the neurologst
who died on Monday morning, He has been
working for years along lines not Travelled by
any other scientist, and has achieved valuable
results. ] have never known a man of finer
nor one who accomplished more
work In day. He was always at work. 1t
" do eACcsSlNe appllcatlOn TO study and InVeS-
tigatiOn that brought about his death. This is
one of the strange things of life that men write
and prescribe for Others but do not act
on their knowledge themselves. DIR. Beard
was still at work on the case of Guiteau, whom
you remember he strenuOusly insisted to be in
sane. he was engaged in getting statistics to
prove that the execution Of Guiteau had in
clteo other insane people to acts of violence.
1t Is astonishing how many crooked men of
there are in New York Crooked
ness is science, and as practiced by the bet
ter class of professional rogues il NAV almost
be said to be fine art,
THE forger is the most difficult to catch of
an rogues, sald detective with whom was
discussing the subject yesterday. "He is
entire energy Is used in keeping the
world from knowing what he is
gong; of tSe 30 botr,odn am :. speaking now
forgery and takes all the necessary steps for
carrying it out. He finds crooked engrayer.
who Will do the work with proper precautions
against discovery, and he also finds a man to
supply the necessary capital"
DO forgers never have any capital them
selves?"
Never. When they make big strike they
i've IKE lords until 1t is all gone, When they |
get down to the last penny they begin some |
new undertaking"
''How do they find their moneyed MANI"
by ing on the lookout for men who have |
mind. They meet them at horse races chick |
en- fights, where they scrape up an acduaint-
ance, and when they have made sure of him
they let him into the secret. 1t is very seldom
that they make mistake. The capitalist fur
nishes the money, and may not know much of
the progress of the plot until it is ready for
being put into execution"
"HoW Is the forged paper marketed?"
''That is shrewdly managed They get hold
OF some curb-stone broker who handles it for
them. The broker may be innocent of the de-
ceptlon. They keep him in ignorance if they
can in order to protect themselves when the
is made"
SIS there much of this kind Of Work?"
"Wall street is full Of it. There are many !
men who do nothing else, 1t is going on all |
The latest case of stage mania is that of |
Miss Helen Bancroft. For some years this |
young woman has been aspiring for theatrical |
honors. She has long story to tell of the |
struggles she has gone through in order that
she might make her appearance ON the stage
About a year or more ago she made her debut |
at Days Theatre in q comedy written NV
Edgar FaWcett. She had a subordinate part. |
being IN fact nothing more than walking |
lady. She played the part Well-that is to say,
she made good appearance on the stage, for |
lost to view for q time, and after playing a |
small part in Boston theatre, she disap- 1
peared from the stage world altogether. But |
the success OF woman on account of her |
beauty inspired Miss Bancroft with her old |
desire to shine in the drama, and she burst /
forth again. This time she organized a COM |
pany of her own and Game forth as the leading |
day night as '"JuIia, # In the @HuncbbacHl y |
without doubt Miss Bancroft is a beautiful |
woman. Many compare her to Mrs. Langtry,
and many have asserted to me that they re- |
the EnglishwOman. She is very tall and |
has well-shaped figure, save that
her arms are rather long. So are |
would say that her legs are CORRESPONDENCE /
long, butof tlfis the public Knows nothing. as /
MI Miss bancroft has not yet played The part of |
',Rosallnd:" :" Her face Is . due oval. Her
beauty is of the dark or Spanish type Her |
hair is black, and her eyes are large and dark |
In her performance Of Julia" she acquitted |
ability, which is all the worse for other stage /
struck maidens. They will argue now, one /
and all of them, that they viii b. able to sue
"a theatrical manager was telling me ONLY /
that the New York theatres were l
besieged every week by an army Of Young men /
and women who desire ta 90 upon the stage.
They come trQGa all parts of the country, and |
all of them feel quite confident, If theV |
are only. given an opportunity, that
they will achieve fame and fortune, /
Nearly al OF them have taken pert in anna
teur theatricals. They have SHOWN some |
,leverness In lmpeGsQnating certain charac-
.ers, and their friends have patted them on I
.he back for 1t and encouraged them in their
ority of the applicants are young women 4
They come to this city from unheard-of /
places, with high expectations of being /
tDle TO get place IN company merely for /
he asking. The poor creatures go home on
being refused quite crestfaIIen. Now and then
me is able to impress q theatre manager IA
Iorably enough to have her powers tested. II
he gives an indication of latent power she "a
placed in the hands of an instructor and de-
7eloped. This rarely happens. However il
hould not be quoted for the enoOuraeement /
If any stage-struck maiden, The Young men
ire much more egotlstieaI than the young wo-
men. Some Of them have so high a regard for !
heir dramatic ability that the managers are
trongly inclined to kick them down stairs
The mania for becoming the author of a sue
,essful play is more extensive than that for |
,etting on the stage. Plays are written for
he New York stage in every city in,the coun-
ry and in many small towns. They come by
very mail, and at some theatres scores of them
re received every week. OF course the great
mass Of plays are rejected without being read
through, being the work of persons who LACK |
he qualifications necessary for writing play
With any merit whatever, somo Of them
'ossess literary merit but lack dramatic action
nd the elements necessary to make a good
citing play. Some of the nlavs
ubmftted, the manager said, Could
e made the basis of good novels; but. while
heV possessed some strong situafions xat g. |