Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-06
NEWYORKBEAUTIES
Posing in Photograph Galleries After the
Regular Professional Style, and
They Like II, Too.
The Fair Ones at Fairs and How They
Make EOney-Ecclesine and Jolly
Party-The Story Of a Ticker.


Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
NEW YORK, May ST. would take great
deal of research to hnd cut how many times
the story of Mary Rogers has beer written.
Poe made it a study, aud unoouuted writers
have followed him u dealing with the mys-
terry without clearing it up. To put il in g
sentence, Mary Rogers was Falezglri 10
John Anderson's cigar store, half a century
before that tobacconist died 4 millionaire and
philan,hropist; at which time he did a
small retail trade. and the beauty OF his
cIerK while helping ths business Tor 4 while,
led to her murder by some Undcjecied lover |
After that tragedy girls ceased to be en-
ployed behind the counters OF respectable
tobacco s,ores, aud il "a only within the pres
ent week that the long disused device has been
revived. Thus far there is but one ia
stance, but il is notable. Confectloners
have been putting white aproned male
caEdy-makers IL their shoW-wlndoHs, TO
draw attention, griddls cakes are made
with neatness and dispatch in view
Of the passing thropg1, athletes are employed
10 work exercising apparatus, folding beds
are opened and shut and now large tobac-
CO concern in upper Broadway keeps hand.
some girl rolling cigarettes Just behind
the plate-glass window. Such work Il
usually dose by machinery, and under
ordinary conditions no profit could be
made from employing hsnds, but there 10 no |
doubt that this girl is profitable business
venture, no matter what wages she demapds |
for the public exhibition Of her beauty. She |
ia bscomingly dressed, her N annrr ID medest, |
she m anipulaies the wood sni paper with |
graceful rapidly, and sue Manages TO sp- |
pear demurely Unconscious Of the crowd that |
consis nily gszes at her. Hundreds OF
| susceptible young fellows buy their cigarettes
here on her accouut, and are additionally
delighted by the smoke which they think has
been formulated by her finger. o. curse
she doesn't roll Que IN thousand OF ne
| Gig sreiies which her employer seiis, bu, the
mildly sentimental buyers are not arithms-
| ticisns.
The question Of the propristy OF increasing
| trade by such means is one that raised wish
| the proprietor.
"Whers is the harm" said he. II pay
| this girl double the ordinary wsges, snd
| clo.he her besides. / took her out of teue.
| ment house, where she and six other mem
| bers OF her family were rolling cigars In a
email, sitting, unpleasant room. Here she
has clean and pleasant surroundings, easy
work, good pay, and in the constant epj ~
meut of having her pretty face admired.
| What is there derogatory TO her in that?
| Don't actresses make beauty, when they've
got it, their stock in trade? Don't our swell
est bellies, when they happen TO be handsome,
exhibit themselves in amateur theatricsls
and charity fairs?"
| BEAUTIES PHOTOGRAPHER.
He was right about the eagerness of our
society beauties for public admiration. Sew
4 1Eai nave allowed themselves % DC placed ia
| attitudes almost corresponding 10 those OF
the professional beauties in London srIs,o-
cratic circles. However, charity is made to
| cover whatever sin there may be in this un-
yelling OF wealth and fashions beet counle-
nances. Mrs. james Brown Potter, typ cal
blonde and the pride of one of New York's
most respected rich families, has become a
star in amateur thestricsls. She has ist
completed a week of matinee perform aucss
at the Madison Square Tbeater. Tick ts
were sold in the regular way, he
entertainments Tero given with all the
pretentiousnsss and care of professional eff
forts, the 10 Ks and acting Of Mrs. Potter
were criticised at length in the newspapers,
aud, IN al, bus The devotion Of the proceeds
TO a Charitable object, she stepped as far ut
of frivate life IS though she had made her
debut as matter If business. But the great
est snoE 0 saci-iy cir 3 of late was expect ed
at The KTme.-. Dr DUch Fair, given in Del
monco's tstsbn-hueat. The expectation
we onls In part = ICED, not because the
advertised suT 'g',un failed 10 be there, but
Jtrou IA lbs mai 10y Of the house TO hold
IIihe Of 'ue p-I,i1 who tried to pay Fl
apiece AMI get ~.
AKfs -oCSATTs BEAUTIES AT FAIRS
Tn iam liar schemes Tor getting mspev At
! fairs, such as tue grab bag, the gyDsy for
tune-teler, the lemonade we'll ard the flower
stand we're operated, and in addition tn re
was a refreshment counter, stocked with
Dutch viands. But it was the ballet feature
of the entertainment which excited mos, ir-
terest. There was Dutch fsherman's reel
and Tyrolean quadrille, each costumsd and
} danced in correct character by eight couples
, warranted Kuickerbocker. 1t was reckoued
! up that these thirty-two performers were
heirs and heiresses TO an equal number Of
millions. 1t is true that several we're kno ~n
: TO be all but penriless. But a single Aston
was sufficient 10 bring up the average. 1t
could not be conscienliously said that in
good looks they were at all superior 10 a
company that might have been taken by
chance from the masses. Several of the girls
were pretty, several were ugly, and ma
jority were Commonplace, though all had
an air Of good enough breeding. The two
dances were essentially Virginia reel aud
! lanciers, enbelished By fsnciful variations
of the old Egnres, aud set TO new music. La.
q | dies may like 10 resd something in particu.
lar about the costumes, and l will tske for
two illustrations the Misses Van Auken
g than whom no girls are more Conspicuous
d 10 that part Of our population which re-
CARDS itself as an aristocracy. Miss Jennie
-, as one oil the Ksher maIdens, wore a meTiOC
u skirt OF dark blue, trimmed with thin bands
b OF black velvet, a white chsmisetie and
e red bodice trimmed with silver spapges
a The sleeves, of flmy muslin, were tightly
banded at the elbows and wristsI the corssg-
? was set of with Dutch tulips, and she NJ adt
v coquettish use Of a white muslin apron By
e lifting Its corners thea tripping and
/. posing in the dance. This enabled
her 10 be graceful with her hands
'' for Knickerbocker birth doesa't eHdow one
by nature with knowledge of what tC
: do with those members when q crowd il
/. looking on. As for her FEET, they were MIA,
bic and intricate in sandal slipper, Will,
her ankles were sharply outlined by blacs
e stockings. Her cap was genuine Dutch-ar
r heirloom in the Van Auken family. Hel
sister Cornelia, as a Tyrolean peasant, wore
red wooden skirt, with deep band of old
gold plush, and fancy painted bodice o
! red velvet Like the other, the quality O.
Is her fabrics was not consonant with the char
q scter assumed, though the cut and color
were right, and the high Tyrolese straw ha
c gave an appearance of realism.
e queer sig ht wss that of a dsugh
e ter of the Astors in the guiss o
ia a street vender, squeezing here aud there
through the crowd, and persisteutly solicit
u ing quarters Tor grabs of candy out of III
= bag which she carried. Vanderbil's wer,
e very numerous, about all Of the soma ant
daughters OF William H with their wives
husbands and children, being present. The,
y have gone into society with much vim, anI
: seem to have conquered the prejudice whicl
n was held against them on account of ihei
newness TO wealth and fashion. That othe
sudden Cf9sus, Jay Gould, shows no smbi
IL ton in this direction. That he could hu,
o | nj 81 81 har
o is undoub,ed, for what Vanderbilps none
: has done his can do. Basidez the G uld
are educated, and possess all the re6nemeu
re requisite for the purpose.
ID ECCLEsIEE AND JOLLY PARTY.
g Jay Gould is credited, by the way, witt
r having said-when somebody iutsTvle vel
him ss TO the disseminating Of the nigh
trains, some months ago, on one of the Yves
Side divisions Of the Elevated railroad-iha
II would be better for the morality OF tn
metropolis with the after midnight train
taken off West-siders who live up tow
is generally disagreed with him, and now th a
to the trains have been put on again, the D. rio,
during which they were discontinued doe
y not shine out with any noticeable lusler 8
es season OF exceptional morality. have &C
casion frequently to go up town after work
u ing part Of the night, and have seldom
a seen passengers IN a condition which indi
:. Gated that they had plunged deeper thai
n usual into dissipation because of tn
N knowledge that they could get Rom
In short order under cover of tn
< darkness by utilizing the fscilitie
Q of rapid transit. Occasionally, how
ever, the merriment of late Teturners |! ON
dinner party, breaking out in stories sug
4 gested By the talk between the sauterne ant
y cognsc, enliveDs the half hours run iron
the postothce TO the park. One night ex
e Senator Ecclesine and jolly party entered
l. the train at Fourteenth street. Ecclesine i
q rather striking-looking man, with his fresl
rosy face, black curving mustsche and snow
:, white hair. The cut of his clothing PRO
II claims him a New York politician. Tn
s talk Of the party was on political matters
and the laughter wss loud. incidentally
!, some one mentioned Ecclesint's white hair
"Ye'," said Ecclesiue; "aheu l was will
e Tsmmany Hall they called me the silver
i haired orator. but now that Pve left then
they call me that gray-headed old sou of
g gum"