New Ulm weekly review., 1883-05-09
GOTHAM GOSSIP.

GOTHAM GOSSIP.
New York, May 4, 1888.
How THE VIRGINIA BoURBoNs ARE
TRYING TO GET AID FROM THE
NoRTH.--T1LDEN AT IT AGAIN
RULE OR RU1N.-THE SPEAKER.
SHIP FIGHT WORK FOR WOMEN.
The DRUG STORE AS A New
OUTLET FOR HER ABILITIES. -
MRS. LANGTRY AS GALATEA.-
SALMI MORSE S New PLAY.
The Virginia Democracy is max
ing frantic efforts to secure outside
aid in it's behalf for the coming
campaign. The Bourbons have
been beaten so often that they feel
they must do something in order
to exist, and they are passing
aroun d the hat up north on the
plea that Virginia will be pivotal
at the next Presidential election ey-
en- more so than Ohio.
Said leading Democrat to me
the other day: t'Make no mistake,
Tilden is just as much q candidate
for the Presidency now as ever he
was. He is working his little
boom quietly but none the less vi
gorously. Emissaries are travel
ling all over the country feeling the
way and preparing the ground.
Charles A. Dana's tour has got
something to do with it. When
the time comes, money will be rea-
dy." How heartily glad the DEM
ocrats would be to get rid Of this
man. He is their Jonah. IF he
fails to get the nomination he will
wreck the party. It is safe to say
that if Tilden lives until 1884, the
next President will be Republi
can.
The snarl among the Democrats
relative to the Speakership contin-
ues and day by day the plot seems
to thicken. Randall is working
his boom with all the vlgor which
characterizes his work when he
himself is interested. Carlisle S
friends are working hard, but some-
how his boom does not seem to
move on. Little Sunset Cox is try.
ing to make harlequin leap into
the Speakers chair. He is travel
ling through the South lecturing on
African Wit and Humor, and tel
ling nigger stories with bad dia-
lect. He hopes to gain the favor
Of the South. Verify the Democratic
party is a perfect circus, which
gains new attractions from day to
day.
Miss Emily Faithfulrs efforts to
make women self reliant are pro.
ducing good fruit. There are hun
dreds of ways by which woman
can earn respectable livelihood
outside Of the hackneyed ways Of
sewing or waiting on customers in
store. 1t has often surprised me
why women have not taken to keep
ing drug stores or serving as drug
clerks. It is a nice, neat and clean.
ly business, which generally pays
vel, and it would enable a female to
satisfy her natural bent Of loving to
help the afflicted. Now, however,
[ understand that some philanthro-
phic people are going to furnish
means to enable young women to
study pharmacy. The movement
is as yet in embryo but it is Ger.
tain to develop. 1t is not going to
be charity, for every young wo.
man who is not provided with
means will be allowed to study on
ly on her giving her note
that she will pay her fees in
easy lnstalments as soon after her
graduation as possible. This is
sensible assistance and no charity,
of which there is already toe
much.
Mrs. Langtry has been making a
sad failure Of it in Pygmalion and
Galatea. [ never knew how bad
she could be as an actress until [
saw her attempting to embody the
beautiful NEUROLOGICAL divinity.
On the first night portion Of the
audience actually guyed her. She
does not seem to have any concep.
tion Of what the character is, and
what little she has, is unable to car.
ry out. When she comes to life
she spoils the illusion of the statue
by taking off her wig. Fancy too
Greek statues flowing robes orna.
mented with modern little Auttings
and shirrings! Her figure too is
totally unsuited to the part. A
buxomE English woman has no busi-
ness to pose as statue. The effect
is bad. Her head and neck when
seen in half profile are beautifully
Grecian, in their contours, but
when Mrs. Langtry turns full face
towards you there is nothing Gre
clan about her. She cannot hold
a candle to Mary Anderson as Gala
tea.
oalml Morse is at 1t again. Find.
ing that it was impossible to pro.
duce Passion Play, he is going
to produce SIX act comedy at his
Temple 1t rejoices in the re-
markable title ofs'Bustle and Pet
ticoat," and is Of domestic ma
ture as he says. The plot is as yet
kept a secret. It was written in
San Francisco some years ago, and
the author feels convinced that it
will prove a success. It strikes me
however that this play is nothing
but 2 subterfuse to get a license for
his theatre, and that after he has
got it be will produce his much
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