Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
orn NEW YOKI\ LETTER.

NEW YORK, March lG, 1885.

IA Chapter of Gossip from our Regular Cor
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NEW YORK, March lG, 1885.
The event which theatrical managers in
this city dread more than any other event
of the year is now impending arnum is
about to open his show and circus at the
Madison Square Garden. The preliminary
street parade was not as great IL success as
usual because the cold snap on Saturday
made it iiady isabr to take many of the
tropical animals out of their warm quar-
tiers. Indeed it prevented the appearance
of the greatest curiosity in the show
namely y. T. Banum, who was to have
reviewed the parade and doubtless would
have, had the weather been inlldcr. Inc
absence of the Nubians. rOdars, Burmese,
wild men of BorneU and other members
of the chronological congress on account OF
the cold, caused slight disappointment rs
compared with that felt by the host of
small boys when they heard that they
were not to see y. +. T.. But rs the most
interesting feature of the show was not on
exhibition in the pmade the Madison
Square Garden Will ON That account prob
badly be all the more crowded, as no New
YORK small boy thinks it possible to get
through the year without at least one
look al l.. I. Barnum.
One of the causes of Baruum'S success
lies in the fact that he understood and
still understands the value of newspaper
advertising. His expenses for show bills
must be small compared to what he pays
out for advertisements Herein he shows
his business shrewdness For venture to
say that for every patron attracted to his
show by posters several thousand are at
tracted by his newspaper advertisements
FmcntiOn this feature of the great show
mans business methods because there
seems to be at present II foolish DISPOSE
ton Oh the part of people who have some
thing to bring before the public be it Il
new article OF commerce, Il leCtllre or a
concert, to send around circulars. often
find my letter box full of such circulars
which promptly tear up without read
ing, and all with whom have spoken on
this subject tell me they do the same.
What Il waste of money that would have
brought in substantial returns if spent in
newspaper advertising One of the morals
TO be drawn from Barnums extraordinary
success Is If you want to reach the pub
lie advertise in the newspapers.
In an old curiosity shop stumbled the
other day upon Il clock of considerable
historical interest. The case was made
about the last decade of the nth century,
by a Swcde named Mol, of timber cut
from Il tract of woodland which he after
wards conveyed to William Penn Mol
sent the case to some relatives IN Holland
who had the clock work put in and show
ed their appreciation of the gift by deco
rating il with the arms and names of the
six Indian chiefs from whom Mol had &C
quired the woodland The man who
keeps the curiosity shop found the clock
in second hand store in Amsterdam dur
ing one of the annual tours which he
makes to Holland and Germany. And so
the old clock after ticking in Holland for
about two centuries is ticking perhaps
barely hundred miles from the spot
where was cut the timber of which its
case was made some time between 1890
and 100. If MOll has any descendants
in this country here is Il chance for them
TO acquire an article fashioned with his
own hands. Aside from the value it has
as a curiosity it is Il handsome clock and
a good time keeper.
Lillian Russell, who, before she ran
away to England with Ed. Solomon, alias
Mr.. Lillian Russell Cand known better by
his alias than by his real nance enjoyed the
distinction of being known Us the Queen
Of the Dudes Her engagement always
had certain fixed value for her manager
because he knew he. could count on hay
ing the most expensive seats IN his house
bought up by the dudes who would sit in
them all the evening sucking the heads of
their canes and gazing upon Lillian. But
now that Lillian has returned from Eng
land the dudes seem to think that there
Is too much of her 10 gaze upOn-that to
take her all in requires too great an effort.
For Mrs SOlOulCn-l beg pardon, for
though solomon is known as Mr. Lillian
Russell the lady has not yet assumed his
name and is still as far as the public and
| think the ecclesiastical records are con
Cerncd Miss RusSel-haS grown stoutcr
during her sojourn abroad. Being, how
ever. ambitious to become again the
Queen of dudc-dOmc she is now going
through II banting cure, hoping to fast
herself into shape before Polly in which
she Is to play the title role, is brought ont
at the Casino.
\ new use has been found for the cleo
trio light, \ florist having discovered
that the flowers in his conservatory -four
ished better during full moon. provided
the nights were clear, than at other
periods Of the month, hit upon the idea
OF lighting his establishment by cleCtrc-
ty. The result vas highly satisfactory,
and the florist, who had proceeded on the
theory that light, provided it do not pro-
duce too much heat, is very beneficial to
plants feels fully repaid for his pains in
making the experiment.
Among our judges is one whO because
his decisions are reversed more frequent
ly than those ofany other of his colleagues
is known among the younger members Of
the bar rs the weak sister" A legal
friend of mine, Victor MOrawetZ, the au
thor of much quoted work on the Law
OF Corporations, met me the other day
while on his way to Court to argue mo-
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