Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-26

all right TO be received into any decent house In
New York. it is time for people to look into his
case. This last row of Gerhard does not prove
that he is insane 1t simply adds more to the fact
that he is thoroughly enthusiastic, whole heart
eddy and illimitably in love with Mrs. Langtry.
And his love must be of the right sort. too for
certainly If she stood toward him in any common
relation he would not willingly lose his reputa-
ton and become the laughing stock Ofthe city for
her sake. The facts of his row with young Sanford
have been very much muddled by the daily
press, but the story Is simple enough. Sand
ford. who is man of considerable wealth and a
resident OF Syracuse, had slight acquaintance
with Mr.. Gerhard. When he rose from the
table in DelmOnicOs, with some friends late
Sunday night, and started ont, 1t is quite nat
urai that Mr.. Gerhard should ask him where he
was going He said he was going to call upon
some ladies' and Gebhard's somewhat dispar-
aging remark about the character of the ladies
he proposed calling upon was quite natural.
Four young men flushed with wine do not
usually start out from popular restaurant
after midnight on Sunday to call upon respect
able ladies' Gebhard's remark, therefore, was
certainly not ill-timed or outrageous. Sanford
turned at once and made an insulting retOrt
about Mrs Langtry. ThereupOn Gerhard
promptly called him liar and received couple
OF blows on the side of the head In return
Ever since that time the newspapers have been
but they have not had any success. Sanford
says he is ready to fight, but Gerhard saws If
there is any fighting to be done they know
where he is to be found. Gerhard Is much the
lighter, smaller and Is younger by ten years than
Mr. Sandford. Gerhard, in promptly jumping
to Mrs Langtrys defense when Sanford uttered
the insulting remark about her, cannot be
blamed by any man. No matter what the char
acter OF Mrs. Langtry is. Sanford certainly had
no right to lug her name into discussion In a
public place. The reason why Gerhard did not
hit SandfOrd when he was struck was because
Gerhard is too cowardly. But he seems to
have enough of manness to stand up for his
lady love even If he does get the worst OF it.
He has made the Lilly some very beautiful pres
ents, and is having u brOugham built for her
now In London. Mr.. Herbert C. Pell, who re-
Gently ran off and married Miss KernOchan
against her fathers wishes has been interview ed
about the Gebhard-Sandford affair. He said:
-" was in DelmOnicO s when the thing occurred
The tact of the matter Is, both of the men were
too fresh The waiter should have sprinkled
salt on them the moment they entered the place.
They are pair of dudes. and their quarrels are Of
no interest to the public" That is just where Mr.
Pell makes mistake. Mr.. Gebhard's life is of
interest to the public. He illustrates certain
phase OF life which is rapidly pushing itself into
notice In America. 1t is common enough in the
old country, but it is in a certain sense new here
He Is squandering his money on q beautiful ac-
tress. running himself into the ground, and
making himself the butt of ridicule. Mr.. Bev-
erley Tilden, another of the same ilk set has re-
Gently been so much impressed by Mr.. Gebhard's
example that he, too, has almost reached pau
perism. High play high living, and fast life
have reduced his fortune from something near
million dollars to a beggarly three or four
thousand, aud all in the course of a few years.
There are several other young men of the same
class who are going to the dogs as rapidly as
have Gerhard and Beverley Tilden. l could
name half a dozen on my fingers ends but it
would only make them more notorious and do
no good. But no one will deny for moment
that the freaks of these wild young millonares
are bad for society at large.
BUsTLE AMONG THE PETTICOATs.
Salmi Morse produced weird, wild and won
derful play. called "a Bustle Among the Petit
coats at his Temple on Monday night. am
the last man in the world who would willingly
say anything against Mr.. Morse or his play. He
is a struggling genius and deserves encourage
ment; but any man who could speak truthfuly
OF "A Bustle Among the PetticOats" and not
call it the most stupendOus failure on record,
should be crowned at Moscow. l was panied at
the prevalence OF bald heads, but the pain
experienced at seeing them was as nothing to
the pain felt by the pOssessOrs of said bald
heads when they discovered there was little or
nothing of the BLACK Crook" order about
Salmfs new play. ga Bustle Among the Petit
coats is certainly title calculated to draw the
patronage of men, out there is nothing in the
play to support that title. The majority of the
audience had a suspicion that Salmi was really
going to produce 1.-The Passion Play"
over the name of IA Bustle Among the Petit
coats" aud they watched the stage closely dur
ing the entire performance. They were not al
together satisfied that something of the ''Pas-
sion would not be sprung upon them until the
final drop of the curtain. Nobody had the most
remote idea of what the play was about as it pro-
crossed on the stage, and hence the applause
misses, laughter and ridicule were desultory and
unsatisfactory. Mr.. Morse says he has written
five plays. A dramatist, who has himself writ
ten number of pieces, hazarded the opinion
last night that "A Bustle Among the PetticOats"
was made up by Salmi selecting the worst act
from each of his five most dsreputable plays
and combining them in one whole. The acting
was cruel The audience suffered more than
the play did, however, and it was no uncommon
sight, as the play progressed, to see wiid-eyed
and anxious men rise In their seats and rush
excitedly to the door. Salmi is not dramatist.
MR.. M'GLORY's GLORY.
Whatever Billy McGlory does he does with his
whole heart. For long time he worked like a
Trojan getting young girls and susceptible
young men into his dance house in Hester street
and did more to lower the standard of morality
In that part of the city than any other man. His
place ia yeritable den Of iniquity. But Jerry
McCauley, who is a reformed reprObate, called
upon Billy and told him the proDer thing for him
TODD was to give up his dance house to heL0rd
on Sunday. Billy said. LET me think If / do
IL, Will 40 IL up Drown. He decided to do it
and the next Sunday Jerry McCaulsy went there
to hold Bible services. He found thirteen wait
ers with white chokers, black coats and white
gloves standing in a line. each holding a pack of
hymn books ana bibles; he also found chairs
ranged pew like on the dancing floor, and new
church organ, specially introduced by Biny
McGlOry for the use Of the choir The meeting
was glOriously successful. McGlory, Pete Nc
Allister, OGinnis and Pan Handle Jake all de-
livered fervent speeches. and Red Kate, of
Kalamazoo, who has been converted, led the
hymns. The following night all traces of the re-
vival meeting had disappeared, and the resort in
all Its flaring and flaming iniquity was In full
blast. The walters were without their chOkers
and ran busting thrO' and fro in shirt sleeves
With foaming beer mugs in their hands, and in
place OF the church organ was a brass band. and
the girls who had been praying and singing the
night before were going through the widest
and most abandoned dances. Next SUNDAY.
however. Billy proposes to do it up ''fine' again
as before.
BROKER HUTCHINSON.
Mr.. Hutchinson Is going to get back into the
Stock exchange II it costs him his life It will
certainly cost him severe thrashing If he
pushes his case much further. Here Is a man
who has been denounced by q body of his fellow
brokers (many of them personal friends of HIS
His dealings were characterized by investigat-