Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-02

! against their will, that any Independence Of
| spirit is positively refreshing.
Faro playing is against the law in New
York. Most stringent measures have been
ADOPTED to abolish this game, and the police
claim there is not now a single faro bank in
| the city. Philanthropists and church people
nave during the last few years congratulated
themselves that this particularly pernicious
1 game had been completely stamped out OF
existence in New York. There was one
te1lp'atlon teIl ~ less for the young men about
eeWn. ~ must have surprised them somewhat
on picking up their papers on Sunday to OBJ
serve the pleased manner in which
NJ M[. =, 1lnKy sly Davis tells of his adventures
In the faro banks of New York He has just
became famous by winning Ss5 900 In
four or five days at the different faro banks.
ms Is a surprisingly large sum to make in SO
snort time, and il shows Mr.. ssDinl1v'' Davis
TO be remarkably lucky man. But il also
shows something else. 1t shows when a man
can win S65,OOO at faro table in New York
and not materially hurt the business of the
faro banks that pretty brisk and prosperous
state OF affairs prevails at the faro business
"Dinky,' in his interviews in the papers
speaks gally of visiting the several houses in
Ann street. three or four of the principal
places In Barclay street, Twenty-sfxth and
twenty eighth street houses, and in
the big Madison avenue ''Hell." He
pulled from $4,000 to 1000 out of two of the
places. sanksa few thousand in one or two
places, and yanked the remainder of his for
tune out of the rest OF the houses. Every
body Is asking, how comes it that the police
do not know of this sort of thing? Is ii nos
sible that there are nearly dozen OF High
playing faro houses in New York in full blast
De ABOUT time that somebody agitated the law
TO close up these houses. for they are certain
ly the most fruitful sources of crime in the
city. Nearly every day there are defalca-
tons and embeZZlements by scores by cashiers
down town and they are always put
&c down H' TO gambling, and Inobody seems
TO know where the houses are, "Dinkyr Da-
Wis says that all these houses are doing a
big business, and they are able to support
losses OF thousands and thousands of dollars
IN single night without feeling it. 1t begins
to look as though some active steps would be
necessary to crush the evil "DInky" is
mild man, with soft blue ewes, blonde hair.
ana ana the general air of innocent good nature.
lie says he doesn't know anything of the tricks
OF faro, but when luck is with him bets the
limit every time. He says he then loses all his
pun IN Few minutes, or else gets on the big
winner. lie cannot stand any playing on sys-
TEN.
Rose Coghlan is in some respects the best
actress we have in America. Any woman
VINO could hold the position of leading lady at
Wallaek's Theatre as long she has must
possess uncommon genius for the stage
Ihere has never been any actress who could
approach Miss Coghlan in versatility of talent
and real abilities as an actress except Mrs
John Hoey, who married Mr.. John Hoey, OF
Adams Express Company, and now lives on
comfortable income of half a million a wear
1t is rather odd that Miss Coghlan, who Is now
the most aristocratic and reserved Of actresses
since she made her first appearance in America
pink tights and tinsel troupe of Lydia Thomp-
son. Such is the fact, however. She came
over here from London as one of naughty
Lydia's famous English blondes, and her
beauty was for some time the rage. Then she
strolled about the stage in silken tights.
cooked up her feet merrily and sang some
what suggestive songs But she had in her
the making OF an actress of great power, and
she knew II. She only waited her opportunity.
Inc opportunity came in time and she began
to do light comedy parts. Wallack saw
her, and ignoring her position as a bur-
lesque actress, took her boldly into
tunity she ardently desired. She was a
success from the start. Aside from positive
dramatic talent she has rare perseverance
ana tenaclty, and worked very hard. In
year she had developed genius for comedy
acting, and assumed the leading lady in the
first theatre in America. She was especially
brilliant in comedies of the old school, like
"Ihe Rivals, " ''She StOops to Conquer" 1'The
school for Scandal" etc. Every year she
goes back to London and visits her English
friends, but she is so thoroughly Americanized
that she has refused several valuable offers
from London managers and still sticks to Wal
lacks. She has recently shown very strong
tendency, and is making great
sensation as the heroine of a hoWling melo-
drama entitled the ''Silver King" which is
now being played at Wallack's. There are
very few actresses who work as hard as Miss
COgnlan, and she deserves all the success she
has achieved. Sire is anxious to star through
the country, but Wallack has made her such
liberal offers to remain with him, and her life
IN the city Is so pleasant to her, that she will
probably not go away for some wears at least
At present she is actually the only leading
woman of note in the whole city of New
ork. All the rest have gone starring on
their own account, and we have to depend
upon the efforts of Young and inexperienced
actresses or else wait for the combinations
and their stars to visit us.
HALL-HAyNEs.