The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-12-03
Then he was a model of beauty and

Then he was a model of beauty and
grace. The circus rang with thunders of
applause at his wonderful feats. Bnt the
glory of the circus was over now, anu q
poor decrepit old man was crawling on
toward the grave.
One day while wandering about Lon
don, met James Anderson, the trage-
dian. In the zenith of his fame he was
the best actor 1 had ever seen; but his
day was past; the world had drifted
away from him and he was forgotten.
The other day ] saw man who, forty
years ago, was famous rope dancer with
the Rayels. At that time, as he stood
poised upon his rope, he was model Q!
physical beauty and now he was DRIFT
ine toward Shakespeare's seventh age,
sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans
everything.
New York is full of impecunious
actors. The season, which appears to
have been so prosperous for the metro
politans, has, with few exception, been
disastrous to the transformers. AS |
prognosticated months ago, Barley
Campbell, who made a fortune, he
hardly knew how, by the success of
few of his pieces, tempted fortune once
too often, and lost. If the poor author,
who could not have given security for his
lodging aud dinner ten years ago, could
have rested content with 100000 he
might have sailed down to old age with
n plcthorc sack but having achieved
100000, he saw no reason why so smart
a fellow as himself could not make g
million. He tried it and went under.
The man whose check was good for
100000 last Thanksgiving, this Thanks
giving may have 10 spar for his turkey.
We are in the midst of the art season,
and as usual the National Academy of
Design leads off. In point of age it an
tedates every other existing art associa-
ton in the United States, while in artis-
tic standing it represents the entire aris-
tocracy of American art. You go
through the galleries and you notice that
the pictures of the old Academicians
have the most prominent positions. and
many innocent people ask "why is thisT
The answer is very simple: Because they
paint the best pictures. The exhibition
of this year is fully up to the standard OF
past years. I must defer till another
letter a critical review of the pictures
themselves, but the fact that that con-
scientious artist, Secretary G. Addison
Richards, is at his old post, is guar
antee that nothing not worthy e. place
in his beloved Academy has escaped his
lynx-eyed scrutiny.
Thanksgiving was heralded by one of
the severest storms of the year. The
tides have been the highest that we have
had for fifty years-the amount of dam
age and inconvenience being almost in
calculable-many streets in th5 lower
part Of the city were flooded, andi in some
neighborhoods business was entirely sus.
pended.
Alderman Sterling, of Brooklyn, is
finding the way to official preferment q
hard road to travel. He was appointed
weigher by the Collector, but was i'm
mediately after suspended by the Presi'
dent, and was knocked out in the first
round by civil service reform. This
week he was appointed Port-Wa BY
the Governor, and his honor was vindl-
Gated and Modified, as the Office was
worth double the one he was ousted from,
but when he went to demand his place
the incuL. uent refused to get out, aud
Mr.. Sterling is confronted by an expen-
siye lawsuit, and hostile senate. What
shall be done with Sterling. !, The Mug
wumps wont have him at any price.
The Republicans say his character is
shady. The Democrats have knocked
him out with civil service reform. What
shall be done with Sterling? He is
bigger White Elephant than Barnum
wonders, or our late Minister to Italy or
Austria, Mr.. Kelly. MIR. Kelly relieved
the administration from its embarrassing
position by resiguing; and Sterling has
done almost as much, for lie swears by
St. Patrick that he would not accept an
office from Cleveland at any price.
Brooklyn can vindicate him, it has done
so before, by accepting my suggestion
last week, and make him an alderman
that would fix Sterling and relieve the
administration. Governor Hill's act in
appointing Sterling Port-Warden,
whether he gets his place or not, will
be gratefully remembered by Brooklyn
Democrats if Governor Hill ever comes
up for President.
Our Good Samaritans gave the poor
their usual Thanksgiving dinner, not a
bootblack or newsboy was forgotten.
Mrs. Astor, "God bless her." gave her
annual liberal donation-and thousands
were made happy by her gift.
Yours truly,
BRoADBEIsl.