Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-25

visit to Central Park of an afternoon will
cause one to almost doubt that there has
been any panic at all. Hundreds of expen
siye carriages and other vehicles, drawn
by valuable horses, and filed with richly
dressed women, are to be seen on every
pleasant day. What if many of the
women are vulgar in appearance and
look i'll at ease, as if they had never sat in
a carriage before, while others evidently
belong to what the French call the ''half
woTld|' the outward and visible signs oil
wealth are none the less manifest. With
ruin and disaster staring their husbands
in the tace down town last Tuesday and
Wednesday, women drove through the
park in equipages indicating the pos
session of immese incomes and looking as
if they did not have a care in the world
1t was the last drive in their own vehicles
for many, doubtless, but so crowded does
the park continue that their absence,
were they twice as many, would not be
missed.
While some women thus acted as il
there was no cloud on the financial sky,
those who were depositOrs in the Second
National Bank, which is in the Twenty
third street corner of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, participated in the panic quite as
much as men. They hocked to the bank
in crowds. and almost tore off each others
silk dresses in their eagerneSS to secure
their money when Withdrawing their de-
pOsits. One woman insisted on being paid
5000 in gold. and only when she found
the amount too heavy for her to carry did
she consent to take half the sum in bills.
AS it was she was well laden down when
she went of with s., 800 in gold.
NOW LET NE TELL YOU OF FINAN-
GAL TRANSACTION
Of my own at Niblo's Garden the other
night. | gave the ticket agent what |
supposed was 81 bill. and hur-
RED away without, Of course. stopping TO
get change. The sight Of Mrs. Langtry
as "Galatea" occupied my attention Tor
the rest Of the evening. and i was not
until the next morning that | missed a
SO bill and found that l still possessed
the 81 bill which I supposed / had given
the ticket agent. Getting a detective TO
accompany me TO vOuch for my respect
ability. went to the theatre in the faint
hope Of getting back the SO bill, which l
had evidently given by mistake FOR the
81. | said TO the ticket agent: Before
seeing the play here last night ] had SO.
q S. and 81 bill. l now have a $ and
ST. THAT'S right" he answered. in
terrupting me, i have your SO bill"
On our adjOurning TO the bsrrOOm Of
the Metropolitan Hotel to offer a libatiOn
to Bacchus the ticket agent told me that
he was continually called upon to Tectify
such mistakes as mine.
Men are all the time running away
without their change" he said. when
they find out their mistake they come
back for it, and nine times out of ten get
II, as l always, when / can, put il aside
for them. Sometimes. however. the man
who comes after the careless person grabs
the change due the latter, as in the hurry
and confusion l am not aware that | am
paying il TO the wrong party. In tbst
case, Of course, the person who has made
the mistake pays the penalty Of his care
lessness, as 1 am not responsible. when l
have handed out the money, if the wron z
man gets it."
Ny friend Reeves. that's the na1le Of
the ticket agent, went on 70 explain that
the particularly stupid farce which pre-
ceded '.Pygmali0n and Galatea." during
Mrs. Langtry's entire engagement. was
PLAYED merely TO allow time for people
who dine late and remain a long time at
table to get to the theatre.
That sort of people" he said. '.only
want TO see Mrs. Langtry, and at the same
time they don't want to spoil their din
ners by hurry. consequently we don /
begin 'Pygmali0n and Galatea' until
nearly quarter TO nine, and have the farce
just TO occupy the time" Why such an
unnecessarily stupid farce was played he
did not explain.
THERE Is GREAT DEAL OF UNCON-
CEALED SkEPTICIsM
as to religious matters, by the way, anon 2
the class Of people who dine so late and 50
long that the beginning Of Mrs. Langtrv's
play had thus to be delayed for their con-
venience. 1t would perhaps be inyidi0us
t. paTticulariZe and mention names. but
quite a number of persons well known in
tOri0usly known TO be what are called
agnostics. They seldom. and some never.
20 TO church, and those that 60 only do so
in compliance with social pTejudices.
Several Of the women who pride them
selves on being agnOstics are, in every
other respect, everything that Is womanly,
and are as attractive as they are accom-
plished. one in particular, who is as
charming as she is clever. not only never
goes TO church herself. but apparently has
persuaded her husband, who was c0nsid-
cred religious man. TO give up going.
At any rate he no longer goes.
To show that / ana not speaking At ran
dom. VIII name an agn0stie Hsho has
courIe6 publicity By announcing himself
as such in the newspapers. COurtlandt
Palmer, the President Of the Nineteenth
Century Club, has repeatedly Dragged Of
his skepticism in print. and the members
Of the club in gaueral-eXcept, Of course,
the clergyman who belOng-are supposed
10 share his opinions. l doubt, however.
whether the Rev. chat rev" is awfuny
out Of place AIr. SchermeThOr1. the sue
cessor of DR.. Bellows. should be con-
sidered an exception. L have heard aim
rate the Buddha after the Founder Of
Christianity, and in other respects write
himself down as an opponent Of revealed
religion.
We HAVE HAD BOURBON
among Us. or. at any rate. somebody
nearly as akin to royalty. Prince POina-
towski. the husband Of the granddaughter
Of smith Eli. Is descendant Of the Stan
islaus Poinat0wski, who was, for short
time. King Of Poland. something over a
century ago. and Of the Marshal Of
France, who fell when fighting in the ser
vice Of Napoleon. 1t is not always that
American girls, when they risk alliance
with continental princelIngs. pick up
such a real Simon-pure prince as ne. The
newly married pair are now visiting the
brides grandfather in Y ermout.
Speaking OF princes. the most welcomed
visitor Of their Royal Highuess, OF siam.
on their arrival al the Fifth avenue hotel
was Mrs. Leon Owens. an English woman
now living IN New YORK. VINO was once
gOverness Al the court Of Siam, at which
her brother Is now Master CE HORSE.
The princes were formerly her pupils and
they greeted her elfusiyely in Siamese.
which she found she had not forgotten.
Mrs. Owens has written q book about
Siam emb0dyinS her experiences during
her long residence IN that country. She
is also something Of an elocutlo1IsS. and
supports herself by giving readings.
There Is 70 be 4 union Of what invidi0us
people would term May and December in
August. Francis A. Stout, who i 70
marry the daughter Of Gen. Meredith
Read. formerly Minister 70 Greece, i 81
while the future bride Is but p. He Is
verv rich. Sen. Read. when in Greece,
was q confidential adviser Of King George.
which rendered his visits 70 England IN
usually pleasant. as the Princess Of " ales
always took every opportunity Re show
favor to the friend Of her brother.
One word as to the Arthur meeting: It
was a far more imposing and representa-
tive gathering than thePresidents enemies
make out. President Arthur should be
proud Of such an Endorsement by bis fellow
citizens. Whether il viii effect anything
is another matter. ID.
Three Monster Icebergs.
ST. JOHN. y. F., May 24.-Three mon
ster icebergs are reported on the New
foundIand coast. One over nine miles
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