The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
A GREAT CITY'S N0TABLES.
PROMINENT PEOPLE PRoMENA AIDING
IN FEW YORK.
Some Noted Men and Onhc Seen OIL
Crowded Fourteenth street,, anu
How They Looked.

Some Noted Me- and Women seen on
Crowded Fourteenth street, ana
How They Looked.
Joseph Howard, Jr., in one of his
breezy letters to the Philadelphia PreSs,
SAYS: Like Broadway and Twcnty-third
street, Fourteenth street is a paradise for
bcggars, the tricks and mannc of some
of them cqualing anything done by their
professional examples in sunny Italy.
There is still a great deal of human ma,
ture in people, SO that what interests an
individual is quite certain to interest a
crowd. Among the pushing, hauling
throng that gathered about the attractive
displays of the shop windows this morn
ing, moving rather slowly along, was
graceful woman about the medium height.
She was accompanied by a friend with
whom she chattcd with much animation.
She wore a kind of zebra costume, with
hat to match, and met the many stares
that greeted her as though she was quite
accustomed to that manner OF compll-
mcnt.
1t was interesting to sec how the rip
pies of curiosity behaved. For some lit
tic distance Mrs. Langtry and her com
panion wouli walk without attracting a
particle of attention. Now and then some
passcr would be attracted by her attire,
or her face, or her walk, but once in q
while she met people who recognized hcl
features. In an instant, and as though
by magic, the crowd knew it too.
"That's Langtry."
"Whcrc!"
"Thcrc-that tall woman in the striped
cloak"
"You don't say so. Well, she is prct.
ty, isn't She"
81 don't think she is any better looking
than l am
"Nonscnsc! She's a beauty" And sc
on, until the throng became somcwat en-
barassing. Just as quickly, and without
any apparent reason, the crowd OF rccog'
mixers melted away and fresh faces 'wht
knew not" Lily took their turn. On this
occasion Mrs. Langtry appeared to be il
particularly happy spirits, and laughed
and talked as though she were a school
girl on a holiday.
Not half Il rod behind Mrs. Langtry
walked Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, whose
features in other years, when her field Of
action was the academy and Field Mar
shall Stcbbins was at the head OF opera
cndeavors here, were more familiar tt
the general public than they arc now,
Miss Kcllogg's characteristic drive ano
energy are well known to all who have
dealt with her. She literally plucked
the flower of fortune from n sterile field
and graspcd her lyric sceptcr with {
hand from which nothing but relentless
time could have wrested it. She walks
as she does everything, with a will, and.
apparently ignorant Of the proximity o.
Mrs. Langtry, she passed along anc
ahead of her, and was soon lost to view
and, by an odd coincidence, almost i'm
mediatcly after Miss Kellogg had gone
there doomed up the sturdy portlincss o.
Max Marctzck, under whose baton Mis-
Kellogg won many honors and gained
many shckels. Max is older than whcI
he and his old rival, J. Grau, made fur
of each others work and kept the public
in q fever of expectation, but he docSn'
show his age. lie is as full of life ane
dash as ever, Astounding in Renaissance!
and as ready to talk and laugh and JOKE
as of old. His walk is quick, nervOu:
and pushing, and his restless eyes tak'
in all there is to be seen.
Actors are like children in many re
spccts-ncrvous, Jealous and easily dis
turbcd-hut they are generally friendl,
with each other, and full of genial com
%panionship in, as well as out of th'
profession" John Mccullough
"Billyn Florence and Charles Wyndhan
are tolcrably we'll known men. and tt
sec the trio in a Fourteenth street prom
cnadc is a treat which thousands Of thci
admirers have enjoyed within the week
Mccullough is tall, straight, stoutishl,
inclined, and extremely digniticd in pub
lie. Florence is shorter, %stouter, ant
has a never quiet twinkle in his eye
which dcfics a supcrabundance of dignlt.
at any time. Wyndham is taller, slighter
and more willowy than his friends, anc
has acquired a degree of Anglican man
nerism, to which they, of course, ART
strangers. With heads totally different
playing in lines of business that have
nothing in common, these actors, as men
arc peculiarly fond of each othcr'ssocicty
That two clcrgymcn should be seer
near to each other, but not together, i
not strange. No two actors of any prom
incnce could be within 4 block of each
other without Il "IIcllo" at least
Thcolo gy is different. Henry Ward
Bcecher has been preaching about
forty-fvc years, of which more
than thirty have been spent II
Brooklyn, which, so far as he is concerned
is part and parcel of New York. Iii:
ruddy face, whitcncd hair and ruggcc
figure are well known to tens OF thou
sands, and as he looked in the shop VIII
dows at pictures, brass CRATES, fancy tile
ing and magnificent rugs there displayed,
he was literally the observed of half thu
observers, to say the least. From q WORD
he dropped to a friend it was evident
he was on his way to the depot and thence
to his home in Pcckskill (for he LONG
since gave uD housekeeping in the city,
where he boards with his son in the win
teri, IL beautiful spot for work or rest. II
was interesting to see how generally he
was recognized, and amusing to note how
often he touched his high felt hat and
ch~ccrfully saluted his accosting friends.
A very different built man is the Rev.
Doctor o. B. rockingham, who is tai
and comparatively slender, pale and gen
tic in manner. Mr.. Frothingham's
friends arc legion, and his writings arc
known throughout the English-spcakine
world; but he passed along the street al
most unnoticed, occasionally exchanging
smile and bow with an acquaintance,
feeling at peace with himself, greater