Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-06

Death Of n Fashion eae HUNDRED
Hesrs Oid-Day t.o,sIa>s COur.c-sDsc,r
Wilde 30 MOrc-fIiSs Mary Anderson
ana s:ae E>skefs-J. IA. En:E,ets-Tfac
Union Club Sc1ndal-NeN Ci.,.
EoEmcd-Ncvs Ca>ino-Ehc New Opera.
House-2ar Cooperative Failure
What Caused Ii, Etc
erocis1 Correspondence TO The EVENING STAR
NEW YORK. Jan. 5--Calling on New Years
day has gone out OF fashion. For the past five
years the custom has decreased steadily and if
death VIII bc pretty widely acknowledged alter
this year. or Course there were many rcceptions
ana dinners on New Years night and no one
t'aid az nome when many invitations were
nyln@ about. but the old observance of the day
hal entirely disappeared. The great feat ii We
or s'X years ago was to see how many calls
could be made during reasonable hours. and
the man Who made the most was the hero
Hence visions OF flushed and excited men driy-
Ing alOn" the streets i'm frantic haste all Gay
long Iht'y world stop ct a hOase with clattcr
and tanr. rush up the steps dive into the
pariOr. shake ever, body Violently by the hand
yell 'siappy New Year t.ulp down some wine
ana th'';i rush cut and drive away again. OF
course SUCH srnSGleSs custom could n,t ST nd
An innovation was made this year by introduce
IN" the English custom of making UP Christmas
AMI Nesv FEARS parties tor the courrv.
Hundreds OF Little excursions were made out of
town. Cc;intrH houses were re-opened for a
week, and fires built and evcryihn. made
Cosy. Then came the mistress CT the house
ana all her guests. and the holidays were
passed CCmfoItai " ard scnsby
JAY GOULD's COURSE
Sometimes it seems as If Jay Could invited
hostility and hate. He always acts without the
slightest consideration for people. and sncers
when the public protests. Recently he found
that running. trains on the 9th avenue eley..t I'll
railroad after midnight did not quite pay. OF
course the rCai pays immensely at other times
In the day. but from i3 midnight to am. the
trains Cannot clear themselves. So Mr. Gould
said. step al. trains and close The road at mid
night The general nlala~er. the vice p-as!-
dent and r'any OF tine stockholders protested
a@a!!i7' this move as being very unfair to
thousands "f people along the ronte Fully
nifty thCUS&nd people had been led by tie eS-
ta5.i>,i.ii,nt OF the elevated rGal to move up in
1GO AID l5th streets and in that neinhborlIoOd
They i"iic.rd ti:at the elevated road would run
Oil H,"ht. IS they had agreed to do when their
valuable franchises We're granted them Now
the trains arr. stopped at II and these people
are declared from attending the the;.ter or
evening entertainments because there are no
late trains But the rule has struck the
newspaper men the hardest. OF the thousands
vi tiipit!tu III one capacity
another on the night staff OF the great pancrS
fully cne-Ealf live uptown. These men nave
only ore thug to do now-move down town
1t Is Eot practicable for them to dra.s four or
1--WE mites in the street cars on cold winter
nights. The row raised by the new rule is al
re;dy beginning tn take shape in proposed
petition tn tie Legislature. Why do capitalists
make themselves obnoxious to the public by
short-s;;siitei Meas ures? Van,lerbiits Public
be Damned. ard Fields monument to Andre
the SPY. are now matched by Goud'S early
cloSin.: Movement. The last named millionaire
by the by. is becoming quite an ho,ttie OF the
theater. He ana his son. George went to see
ModJcskas CGGlHta. few nights aro and both
OF Them We're very attentive. People stared at
them good deal. 1t made the elder man
somewhat nervous. but his fat and sympathetic
son seemed! to find it very amuSinr IOun"
George is very discreet when with his papa He
wears plain business or morning suit to the
theater when under the patcrnal eye and never
IeeiS ttirstt cree. but when he goes alone the
case Is Altogether different Then he appears
with great effect. i'm evening dress and strik!n"
Jewelry- He looks like a Cuban. SO dark Is his
face.
OSCAR WILDE HAS GONE
oack to his nlalnrGa in England. but it is not too
hfe to tell OF the romantic friendship that
existed between him and Mary Anderson. As
mr. as know the world is as vet i'm Ignorance
OF this ronance-at least of the details of it,
The poet and the young tramedienne net each
other at fashionable reception in this city.
where the esthcte posed and simpered in his
small clothes Mss anderson gazed upon his
velvet jacket and his angular legs and admired
Her admitting chances Were returned bv the
poet and an early opportunity was taken to
improve her acquaintance. The mother of the
young fra@edichne looked upon this attachment
with some alarm. fer it should be known that
the long-haired young man early came to be
regarded as dangerous. He PLAYED the part of
The lover withost being serious in his intentions,
Deing gay deceiver. you might say So she
denied him access to her daughters society
But Miss 4. has % late become seIf-wiled and
one day last summer arranged a Quiet
meeting with her friend at Long Branch
IL was romantic spot in grape
eool just such place as Juliet
would have delighted to meet her Romeo. The
tra@edienne, no doubt. enjoyed the transition of
love making on the stage to love making i'm real
NE Inc poet came at the appointed time and
happy hour was spent in this leafy trusting
pace our boy Oscar talked mostly of him
Self. and when he was not flashing forth his boz
rCwed Ideas on decorative art, he discoursed of
poetry. chiefly that of Shelley, which Miss An
derson made 4 note of. Before this meeting the
actress had not SO much az heard Of SheI!ey's
traHscrndental metaphysical rawlings: but She
had not taken cues on the STAGE for wears with
ont being able to take one In real life. So the
next day She hunted over Long Branch for a
Volume of the poets verses until she ran one
down In parsons cottage. This she not only
peruse,i but studied with the aSsiduty that a
youn- GIRL. that | once knew. who was belntr
c"urtc'l hy student OF divinity. Gid dry works
On Theology When Oscar Made his mex. visit
she was standing at the garden gate in a tragic
attitude. with her HANDS cIasped behind her and
her head aloft. She was Il pretty figure. one
must admit In her hand, she held the volume
which she had borrowed fron the parson When
the visitor had uncovered his Struggling locks
ana made obeisanee her face lighted I'D with a
smile
''Oh. Mr.. Wilde" said she. II have inst been
readiha Shrllrys Ode To the Sky lark Here it
Is IN this book. Ii is beautiful"
Her voice was sweet and sympathetic almost
as gushing H. fact is that o: IL Young BOARDING.
school ~. who is sentimental enough to sigh at
the moon.
law, it IS bOotifu." replied the esthete. in
Ginning his great head 20 one side and opening
MS wide mouth until his big white teeth re-
hec'ed ire suBi;tit. poor Percy. lie was too
etheri FOR the dull clods of earth"
After more Hi,ldle Tvs adtic about the trans
cendeniat poet. she made bol, To take her friend
into her cottage IL show him some souvenirs
which had been presented to her since she
began her career as an actress and some curiOs
which she had picked up on her travels Her
mother restrained her indignation until the
al haan fpl no t..l,.,n