Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-15
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
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Special Correspondence Of TEE EVENING STAR

/ Special Correspondence Of TIE EVENING STAR
NEW YosG. Dec. II
/ The Vanderbilt ball tins year wss 4 aach
more sensible and ENJOYABLE aT,ir than tho ,,e
given year ago. That Is. II Was moro ,.-,i,,.-
able TO the Vanderhlts The great rnas.,,,..,., =
given at the end of last season was a brilliant,
aud impressive spectacle but the Vaadarh.its
themselves did not enjoy it, rverythia- Went
wrong The supper was spoiled graf many
sfragElerS got IN "ho had not beea invited. and
the servants got drunk The oSli. wh-ch he-an
In blaze Of glory. fzz'ed out dismaIy. Itwa-
a too biz affair. That hall was gwen az Wrn X
/ Vanderbilt WhO is the most pru;uiS NJ S1a a.
VIM. II. William h. Is the dude of th. n niiv
He is an enthusiastic worShIper of ever, thin. !.
that IS English. ana il 50 al r-p3 and lSauri,i n
his speech through attemptinr To m .'iic MIA,
he considers the proper Brit 81 Standard Tat q
! is almost Impossible 70 undees-and hIn. All h.
Clothes carria res. and most Ut the Apo NJ II mt
% his stable are made in England. aad he na~
( nothing but Engl sh servants IN tbs holSP III,
wife j. the most b,,aut fu woman IN any WAY
corrected with the Eandrr5 i tlHiv and II j.
throu rh her that NiE. X. has worked hiuiSelf u9
into soc al recognition in New York II WAS
Wm. who lost S5.00o.o00 IN Wall street in
the slump last summer
x WA. X. : masquerade ball did notbfu,r else
last year. II cprta MY OyrraWei the Old man.
VIM. II. vanderbilt was there in typuins dress
and the spec ac.e OF malr thousand people
Hooking To his sons house CONVINCED! hiiu that
the Fanderb.lts were desirable people in New
York soclrtV. The rt>Glt of this convection WAS
the bah given by Mrs WIN. Il Vanderbilt on
Tuesday might. As Is usually the case the
EaPers made grea. spGr.-e over the affair.
The don-S of the Iaudrrh!its here are as
eagerly chronicled "a those OF the Prince OF
Ha.eS IN England. Every paper Of New York
devoted more space than the bah called
Tor Many entertainments OF tie sort
are given %: the A>tors the Brl,n,str.
SpencsTS or The LorillariS without attractiur
tae oareSt notice IN the newspapers. aud -, the
AStOrS and Belmont families at least are almost
a. wealthy the Yaudrrbitts Some of the
papers in New York devoted ha!f ia - =,
descriptions Of Mrs NandcrOdts liti. ~ ~ out
me s"bet facts about the haii are that t was an
every day. decurouS. hut somewhat miXrdCrDwd
Of people. IN one of the most beautiful Ibait-
sions in the world Everybody who ever goes
40 the Chtrity or Patriarch ball evidently went
10 Mrs. Nanderb.lts for Tho assembly looked
Ike biz gathering in the Acaiemy OF Muse
The Invitations werp very loosely scattered auC
almost anybody Could Obtain one who mad any
acquaintance al all ia New York. Qu t. 1 num-
her vi well-known Wall street men and uroni-
nent soc.rty women received plumbers OF iayi-
tations from Mrs Vanderbilt for distribution
among their friends
One OF the most remarkable features Of the
ball was Cornelius Vanderbilt He seemed
stricken with an inetfable melancholy lie mas
long thin face without any alorancnUs what
ever and his hair is thin on top. liz IS tail and
very siII.l. and he wandered round amCng the
guests and smiled sadly wner tie found anyone
whom he knew. He seemed to feel MS posi-
ton keenly. Cornelius j.. bv all odds. the mos,
popular son of the Nanderblts; he is all en-
thusiastc christian and hard worker in Trinity
parish but he is. unfortunately rather Stumd
III was noticeable that the sons of Mr. Van ter
bilt were quiet and reserved on the NIGHT
OF the bal was the great millionaire himself
and his plain-aced but good-natured wife II
was the son-in-law who made the Sp,urge
sheppard. who married the Oldest daughter Of
Wand ''rbt. poses as the brain-poSer man ~
the family. Messrs- sloan. Twombly and " cob
the other sOns-in-law. were ali more OF less az
greSsiye and ubiquitous
1t istO be- hoped now that the millionaire has
given good and transformations ball when was
thoroughly well managed In every point that
the papers will give up wuying him aud making
sensations of his socia! efforts
DUTY; or. DEI.NERS DAUGHTERS
The new play al the Madison Square theater
was In no way surprising. Nobod, expected
grea, play. hence nobody was disappointed.
The policy of the theater il so rigid and inriex-
lille that only Certain class Of llavs is eyer tr,.-
duced there. The Result is that there is a dead
monotony about all Their dramas Hazel
kirke." "EsmeraIda," Young Mr. Winthrop
and the new play. ''Delmer's DauLaters" are an
In the same category. The managers Of this
the most successful theaters in America began
theT theatrical career with the firm conviction
that the majority of American people Mere
only partially Intelligent. They believed thar ii
a theater presented a play of domestic cha
acter Ia which We're weeping women a few
broken hearts. pretty scenery acruel father and
lots OF pretty dresses. that the aud eI,cps would
invariably be pleased Alitheir PLAYS nave been
constructed on the one general principle that
people wanted domestic drama more than
F:oIent OF human drama. Sucn a gTta- play as
Fedora" tor instance. would never for
moment be considered by the Madison
Square theater There is too much life and
force and naturaDess about it,
'Delmer's Daughters was written by man
named DeMiilA, who has occupied the role of
play reader at the Madison square theater for a
year or two. He was salaTied by the managers
To read the plays submitted and il was on his
Judgment that they were accepted or rejected
One is forced TO the conclusion that if Mr. De-
Miles abilities in judging plays are no greater
than IN writing them. playwrigtts whose efforts
have been rejected have good grounds Tor COM
plants. ''Delmers Daughters" is long. dull
trde and prosy. After il has been cut and
Carved there IS some chance of making a sensa-
tlon-of course IL viii Toe success. Failure is
impossible with the Madison Square tlIeater
The stage setting was beautiful Ii is
nonsense to talk about the scenic effects
of such spectaces as Excelsior" the Black
Crook" or "Enchantmeut." or Of such mel0-
dramas as storm Beaten" 'The World" or
The Lights O. London" wneu such exquisite
stage work can be found at the Mad son square
theater. | have visited theaters all my life but
certainly never saw anything to exceed tie
beauty Ot the second scene in "Delmers Daurn-
tiers. The audience called out the gas man. the
property men and the stage machinist. All these
worthy workers appeared before the footlights in
shirt sleeves and oyer-alls exactly a. they went
to work. This was refreshing that the audi
ence gave them several recalls Usually IN
New YORK when the scene painters are called
before the curtain they appear in elaborate even
ing dress. Ii may be all right. but il seems in
congruous- 1t was very pleasant to see the
red-iacei but hearty looking mechanics
come on the stage and bow before the audi
ence. They bushed like school girls
and seemed as happy as lords They deserved
all the praise they received. | couldn't help
mora!izlng on the dIsappointmeuts that attend
playwrThts life. Though the gas man ma
chnlst and property man all ed calls not
a solitary hand of applause was given To tie
author, aud he stood waiting through the wnole
play for some acknowied rmeRt OF his play
Still he wrote bad play. and deserves the in
different treatment that he received. De Mile
Is mild inofensive and quiet man who takes
has failure very much TO heart must correct
myseH again. "Delner's Daughter is not a
failure 1t would be anywhere else but such d
thiag is impossible at this theater. They carry
everything before them with force OF arms and
snatch success from the very jaws of failure
George Clarke PLAYED the leading role and
worked very hard TO make il success he didn't
succeed because the character was ridiculous
He. of xxtla iS Lass