Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-08
ndence Of The EVENING STAR.


| New YORK. Dec T.
Henry Willard is beginning to branch out as
society man. Thus far, he has not been pro-
nou1ced success. but he is fired with the same
enthusiasm socially that has characterized
his financial operations. He has wife and
daughter. who dress modestly. and who attend
him whenever he appears in public. They go to
the Metropolitan Opera house regularly and are
| probably the plainest dressed women in the au-
dence. The daughter is fresh looking girl
about Is years of age. and OF a retiring DISPOSE.
ton.
New York millionaires do not amount to much
in social way. Perhaps the least pretentious
of them all is Jim Keene. He is quiet
/ little man. and his widest ideas of dissipation
are embodied in an evening spent at Delmonico's
drinking sadly with one or two Wall street men,
The report that Mr.. heene has gone up Is
repeated every day or two. At least four times
a week the Wall street reporters come up to the
daily newspaper offices with rumors to the effect
that the California Spectator has once more lost
his grip. Then various inquiries are set on foot
and interviews with the friends of Mr.. keene
appear the lext day in all the papers. Only
three days ago if was said that Keene was long
10000 shares Of Oregon and Transcontinental
stock. This was Immediately after sharp
decline Of the stock. and the conclusion was
| jumped to at once that Mr. keene had gone
to pieces. The reason that rumors about
on his wild and reckless style of
| specializing. There Is not a man in
Wall street that takes such risks as James R.
keene. He came here from California some
years ago on special car, with S5.00O.0O0
He said when he arrived that he had come to
break Jay Gould. Gould promised to send him
back in freight car at the expiration OF two
years. The threat has not been carried out but
keene has undoubtedly been on the point Of
failure half dozen times within that period
] OBLIGED n
his country house, and even now his family is in
Europe for econoniy's sake. Just before the re-
verses become too strong for him to resist some
! lucky turn 10 the market makes him heavy
winner and he is put on his feet again keene
] possesses the happy faculty of swimming with
the tide. No matter how quick the changes
may be. he invariably gets in the swim before it
is too late. He jumps from one side of the
market to the other with an agility that is a
continual surprise to the heavy manlpulatOrs on
the street, and takes outside flyers with the
same reckiessness that characterize his opera
tons In stocks. For instance when petroleum
began to loom up on speculative horizon last
summer, the first man to dip into it was Jim
keene. He went in SO heavily that he pract-
cally manipulated the market. and when the
fever had settled down oil men said positively
that keene was at least $500 900 ahead He
takes biz risks, and as a result makes big pro-
ITS but there is always a chance that he will be
wiped out of existence by sudden slump In
stocks.
! MILLIONAIRES AND PAINTINGS.
keene's love for paintings and the arts is not
pronounced and he has none of the affectatlons
that characterize Vanderbilt The Commodore's
son poses continually as a patron of the fine
arts and talks about nothing but his horses and
his pictures. /. is difficult to engage Wander
! hilt in any Conversation in which there ia any
suggestion of financial matters. The Wander
/ bits propose to open the season this year as
tiiey closed 1t last year. by ball at the Sod
street mansion. Probably both Mr. Twombey's
and William H. Vanderbilts houses will be used
for the occasion. 1t will not be a fancy dress
! ball. but in point of numbers and miscellaneous
character will more closely resemble a charity
thar anything else 1t Is at the Vanderbts
balls that the various cques of New York So
! cicty forget their differences and meet on COM
mon ground There s sort of tacit agree
ment that all social differences shall be LAID
aside when attending the blow outs of New
/ 1ork's richest family.
J Speaking of millionaires reminds me of Mr..
I Dun or Boston. who Is becoming an habitue Of
the ciDbs and cafes of New York He Is the
man whom Hutchinson was Charged with
swindling out of a million dollars. Hutchinson
afterwards returned 100000 of it. and Duff
! then began TO operate on the street for himself
am told that he has not been very successful
thus far. and his appearance certainly indicates
that he is not floating the top wave of sue
cess. He is tall man with round shoulders
! recedlng forehead and chin, and scrapgy
black beard. His manners are gentle and re-
firing. He is usually regarded as belonging to
the lamb species.
MISS COGHIAN AND MISS HILL.
| There Is a row In Waack's theater Miss
Coghlan, the leading woman, it Is said, is be-
coming snappishly jealous of Caroline Hill
| Caroline Hill is the wife Of Robert Kelsey, who
| is now considered the handsomest man on the
American stage. Miss Hill is pretty little
| blonde. vvacious and clever. Her acting in
"M"ths" the only play in which she has ap-
| peared in this country. has created q great deal
| OF talk. She easily took the honors OF the even
ing away from Miss Coghlan. though the latter
favorite had much better part. Nobody
dreamed that Miss Coghlan would become jea-
| Gus OF Miss Hill for the first week or two but
| as the play went on and the applause and
| flowers for Miss Hill increased every night
while those for Rose grew beautifully less
the leading lady began to make d.
verse personal remarks about the new
| aspirant. The fact is people like Miss Hill
because she Ia fresh and vigorous and pretty
Rose Coghan is rather handsome woman. but
she is becoming pdsse, and We have seen her act
| so much there is no novelty about It, Miss Hill
has gone to Chicago. where her husband IL now
playing and Miss Coghlan has been taken out
| Of the cast for rest. Hostilities are for the
time suspended. Meanwhile the Coghans and
| anti Coyhlans are fighting 1t out. The dudes,
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