Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-09
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.

The Belle OF New'tYork-Miss Marion
Boy,s Riot-Actors, Cos.
tumes-GebhArd and his HOrses-NIc.
GlOry's ssl0Fy-RIincess' Lillian and
Ida WaikflEg M.tches-Lester Wal.
lack, Etc. th y
Special Correspondence of TIE EVENING STAR
Ntw YORK, February s.
For the first time in many years a girl has
become famous here asthe belle of New York
New York has always been noted for well-dressed
and fashionable. women. but never for great
beauties There are great many more beauti-
ful girls In Brooklyn than here, and Balti-
more and Louisville Women have had their
beauty extolled In every city Of the country.
There have beenv manss charming girls in New
York society of fscent Years and number who
nave been considered beauties in their particu-
lar sets, but until recently no one has been the
acknowledged queen Of unmarried women
through the length and breadth of New York
society. Miss Marion Langdon is now known as
the most beautiful girl In New York. She is
tall, her figure is exqulstely moulded and her
eyes are superb She is quite dark and ex-
tremely graceful. Whenever Miss Langdon
consents to dance with the leader of german
the struggle for Invitations is GREATNESS and
prolonged Miss LanQdOn has been engaged
several times, but in every instance the engage
ment mas been broken off quietly and nothing
more heard Oft. Last summer her engagement
to Perry Belmont was officially announced and
the marriage was to have taken place this spring
at Newport, but for some reason which
mas never come out the affair was
broken of. Everybody says that Mr.. Belmont
didnt 90 1t, and that the rupture was entirely
Que TO Miss LangdOn's caprice. She certainly
dismissed most desirable sutton. for MIR. Bel
mont is one of the most eligible bachelors in
America 1t Is said that young Englishman,
VINO Will have title when his father dies, and
VINO spent last summer In Newport, did much
toward encouraging Miss Langdon to change
her mind about her marriage with Mr.. Belmont.
BOYS RIOT.
Last Sunday had occasion to go down town
about o'clock in the afternoon. AS l ap-
preached Chambers street and Broadway l saw
crowd OF several hundred men on the corner.
rev minutes later squad of six policemen,
TWO abreast, came running down Broadway
from the Leonard street station. I looked
down Chambers street and saw the cause of the
excitement: The fourth ward boys were driv-
ing the hrst ward boys toward the river There
were over hundred ragged and disreputable
little urchins engaged in furious fight. The
opposing sides were matched in numbers. but
the fourth ward contingent was a little larger
and Older and much more brutal in its tactics.
Inc boys fought like cats. Some of them were
with stones. Some had bruised and blackened
eyes. The first ward boys were thoroughly
routed and were retreating rapidly when the
police arrived. AS the police came from Broad
way they naturally caught the fourth ward boys
first and they charged in among them and began
playing about vigorously with their rattan
canes. This was signal for rally from the
opposing forces, and, without moments hesta-
ton, the first ward boys made rush for their
opponents and sent shower of stones into the
| Tod low
area than the boys. They stopped most of
the stones Then they rushed furiously
to the first warders1 who were scamper-
Ing down the streets. the cavalcade
being pursued by the enemy from the fourth
ward. After an immense amount of activity. a
great deal of hard work and no end of profanity
the police succeeded in driving the boys away
Meanwhile there were broken windows broken
lamps and ash barrels wherever the fight had
Waged If a more disreputable abandoned and
fearless crowd OF youngsters can be gathered
than those which distinguished the first and
fourth wards of this city | should like to know
where they can be found. The boys apparently
have no fear of anything on earth. They openly
gibe the police and consider it an honor when
they are arrested. The boy who serves his term
in prison goes back to his den in the fourth ward
hero. The urchins sell papers in the after
moons, attend the variety dives in the evening
ana sleep in grocery CARTS or area ways at night.
All efforts at reformation were long since given
up. Some time ago number of philanthropists
built newsbOys lodging houses and homes in
various parts of the city. The boys took advan-
tage of everything. They picked the pockets of
their benefactOrs stole the knifes and forks and
spoons, fought each other savagely and broke
the windows of the houses which gave them
shelter: The Society tor the Reformation of
Juvenile Dellnquents worked hard but without
success The Arabs are now allowed to run at
Will. They have been growing steadily worse,
until their Sunday fights require the services of
special corps of police Ofic RS.
ACTORS COSTUMES.
The carelessness of American actors, in the
matter of dress, is attracting good deal Of at
tention. Such man as George Clarke, of the
Madison Square theater, for instance should
devote the utmost care to his appearance on
the stage. In "Alpine Roses" which has lust
been produced. Mr.. Clarke wears an Alpine
costume which looks more like the shooting
suit of an Irish gamekeeper than that Of an
Alpine huntsman. In society plays Mr. Clarke
liz equally at fault. He has fOndness for sack
coats, and. as he has a stocky and squarely built
figure, he looks very much like young clerk in
cheap dry goods shop. When Clarke is at
tempting to play romantic and poetical roles, his
appearance is singularly against him. He is
never careful about the nice details OF dress.
Fred. Bryton another leading man at the Madi-
son Square theater. had the same fondness for a
sack coat as Clarke He played leading role
in "Jn the Ranks, at the Standard awhile ago,
anu His AZURE lHTOusnOuC was lilaC OF q common
place business man. He stood in the middle of
the stage and appealed on high with great elo-
quence with Derby hat cast over his right eve
and his stumpy figure clad in pepper and salt
business suit. Mckee Rankin, who has an i'm
mense physique, and who is almost half as
broad as he is wide, displayslhe same fanatical
admiration for sack. While overdressing. as
practiced by John Drew, of Days, and Osmond
Tearle at Walack's. is serious fault, 1t is by no
means so glazing as careiessness displayed by
our native actors in the matter of attire Moth
ing is more convenient and comfortable than a
sack, but it certainly adds small dignity to q
man, and takes away half the force of an actor
who strives to be romantic on the stage.
GERHARD AND HIS HORSES.
Freddie Gerhard (now a thing Of the past)
will next year 60 extensively into horse racing.
Eolist, brother of Mr.. Gebhard's great racer
Eole, has been added to his stable, The Young
ster cost Mr.. Gebhard S12 OOO but it is said that
he has already refused. s16, 600 for purchase
He has settled down, is living quietly, and goes
much with hOrsemen. 1t Is said that next year
Mr.. Gebhard will establish a stable on Long
Island, near Hampstead. One Of his cronies
who is generally known as "Young Jack
Cheever," has racing stud there now, and the
two young millionaires will In all probability
combine their establishments It will be quite
the most arfstocratic fad of the coming season
Mr.. Gerhard has settled down to a more even
pace. He lives with his sister, Mrs. Frederic
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