Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-20
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.

LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Mesmertsm acknowledgements (seh-
hardt-A Wayside Inn-The Quail EaterLThe
FIyers-Red Lcary-lIiss Bancroft An
ArfstOcraeys Etc.
Special Correspondence of THE EvESrSe srAn
NEW YORK. january 10.
The medical men of the day take hold of new
ideas with as much celebrity as hungry trout
| snaps at fly. They apparently miss nothing
that can be turned to account. 1t is not the
old gray-headed doctors, even if they have
achieved distinction. that show this wonder
fully progressive spirit, but the young special
lists. One of the newest ideas is an attempt to
make use Of the trance condition in surgical
operations. l saw some experiments in this
| direction the other day. boy, who was put
into the trance condition by mesmerist, was
| subjected to painful operation. Itwas the first
time that he had been subjected to mesmeric
influence. He became 80 unconscious in this
condition, and so insensible to pain. that during
the first part OF the operation he gave no sign of
sensibility at all. As the operation proceeded,
| he reganed consciousness in part, and acted as
patients sometimes do under the influence of an
an8sthetic He plainly showed that he suffered
some degree OF pain, but he expressed himself
| In confused, incOherent manner. 1t is thought
that ifthe subject had been trained-that u.s. if he
had been subjected to the influence of mesmerism
a number of times betOre-that better result
would nave been obtained. Brooklyn dentist
| has also been making some experiments in the
| same direction. He has been very successful in
| extracting teeth without pain from patients in q
trance-anRsthetc condition. In some in
stances he has kept subjects in trance state for
| a nall hour, during the operation of eXcavating
| and filling teeth. Now that the young doctors
aretrying towork out this idea they may develop
+, it into something wonderful.
MRS. LANGTRY's BEAU.
Freddie Gebhardt is really the ignorant boy
that he has been made out. As long as he
| merely talks he gets along very WELLS quite
| fly In fact in the estimation Of people who ad-
mire the cOckney English accent. But when he
Is betrayed into writing a billet-doux, or a
letter. he becomes most remarkable blunderer
1t Is true that his open letter regarding himself
ana Mrs Langtry was neat bit of work But
then. Abbey's man Schwab wrote every word of
1t. Poor Freddie's lack of knowledge of letters
has more than once strewn his path of life with
th0rns Once upon time, not so very long ago.
ne was the accepted lover OF young lady be-
longing to one of the best families in New
YORK AS the young lady-Miss Leontine
Jerome-was very beautiful and accom-
plished, there were many suitors for her
hand. When the news of the engagement was
spread abroad at the clubs and in social circles.
was u very HuCn enVleO young man.
as he now Is from being privileged to bask in
the sunshine OF the smiles of Mrs Langtry. But
this dream of love came to an abrupt termina-
ton. Freddie's bad spelling did it. Miss
Jerome endured it for some time but lost pa
thence at last.
wAYSIDE INN.
looked in at the hostelry of Gabe Case yes
terday just in time to see the man who is eating
Quails for wager sit down at table, This little
inn is the best known around New York. It is
about quarter Of a mile above the Harlem
river on jerome avenue, which leads to Jerome
park. The hundreds of millionaires men-about-
town and sporting men who dash out over this
road in all kinds of weather. for drive invari-
ably stop here tor refreshments going and CON-
ing. This house of public entertainment is I'M
pretentleus-less SO than many q hotel in q
country vllage-but the bar-roOm is spacious,
and has bar extending clear across one side
oehlnd which three men are kept busy mixing
drinks: Gabe Case. who is known to everybody
who drives on the road, is jolly, good
natured man. almost as large as
john Willet. of the Maypole, but less
phlegmatic. He is fond of sports and games of
all kinds, and will witness a horse race or a
COCK fight with equal complacency, being. in
fine. an old sport. The bar room was crowded
with visitors and blue with tobacco smoke
Mlllionaires and jockeys jostled each other and
even clinked glasses with each other in front of
brandy -and-sOda with a well known millionaire
down town attracted my attention. He had a
very slight figure, with face that was peculi-
arly fiat and thin. His nose seemed to be stuck
on On fiat surface. This was Murphy, the jockey.
The man who struck glasses with him was Frank
work, the owner OF the pair of horses reported
to be the fastest in the world. He was RECENTLY
| offered 100000 for the pair. As the story goes
the offer was made by Gen. Grant in behalf of
William Fl. Vanderbilt, who had been unhappv
sod
cord of his own. Mr.. Work is tall man. with
bronze complexion. and grayish hair and mus
tache. He Is out on the road behind his flyers
almost every day. and may be found nearly
every afternoon at the little way side inn at
about the hour that the quail eater sits down to
ms repast. 1t Is surprising what interest mil
ilonaire sporting men have taken in this
wager.
There goes Vanderbilt. )" said the iovial land
lord, pointing out the window with the stem of
| his pipe.
1t was he sure enough. He was behind his
flyers, with his side whiskers streaming back at
| the side OF his neck. He was in a small black
sleigh with a three-quarter seat snugly tucked
In with sealskn robes. Vanderbilt always drives
out alone. He wore a sealskin coat and a can
| OF the same material-a surprising amount Of
luxury Tor him to indulge in. for without doubt
the great millionaire is stingy. Unlike other
men who frequent this drive, he never stops at
TINS inn but visits another place down the road
u.
busness-sOrt-Of-way. pulls his cigar case from
MS pocket with his pungy fingers, lights a cigar
mechanically and walks out. The old Commo-
dore 1t is said used to stop at the same hotel
when out driving and took his drink in the same
fashion. The boys say (and Mr.. Case warmly
backs them up in it, that Mr.. Vanderbilt stops
at the other hotel because he can save money
by it.
After the money king had passed the door of
the inn opened and Lawrence Jerome came in
MORE FLYERS.
There Is no sporting man around New York
that does not know Larry Jerome He is a
veritabe old boy and so fond ofsport that he never
| seems to get quite enough Of it. Then III came
crowd Of wholesale butchers there is no class
of tradesmen that make money as fast as butch
ers) and successful stablemen. They were well
dressed. and attempted to carry themselves like
| gentlemen. but 1t must be said that thew were
rough, and lacked polish. notwithstanding their
great efforts. Some of them are very rich. and
| drive some of the fastest horses that are seen
on the road. There was another class of men
| In the bar-rOom who were more SLOWLY dressed
| and more easy in their department. They be-
long to the class of men around town who have
| no visible means Of support but who ALWAYS