New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
broke. Party of sx--all good fellows. You'll make
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| sort to make He lavishes hosptaliy upV;M =, The The
| form of nominal loans to men for whom poc"} a"a}
assistance positive injury But n,a; rroIe
turned out a most unfortunate affair. A musical
| gentleman, who occupied adjoining apartlnentss,
chanced to hold on the same eveii"S; 81 German
compositions that onr host verH sonG of Italian
| music; he Thought IrovatOre tne nioo1 oh0''""'
| As the fumes OF his own excellent champagne
nrert wem. To nis aienced Yes he wGd We counseed
him eloquentiy to the contrary, Dut wthouv ' 'ai i
damned shame It. spG%SSp %S baye n,s e1 o mt mp
! with it, Mr. ", the proprietor OF the hotei, wouId
stand by him they'd beon friends for ten years,
| and x knew he paid his way and WASH gong 10
he bnlldozed Nothing would do but we mus have
| Mr. y up Our host left his seat ana s'rheicI
about with absurd pomposity while we We a., az
| lincuing MYSELF thought the blending oi VIOLIN
trombone and piano in the next room, rare r'at.
| iustifably firm. lie refused to have the concert
| mterfcrcd with i'll the slightest manner. nieslle
sormed and fumed, and spoke aoot MS rs 'aS ow s
guest in the hotel. The proprietor employed d low
too low for us to hear much OF MS deichce ,
and no do;bt answered by protesting agaih9. LII, inc
| rights of his other guests being intcrieIen WIN. M
| Gillespie finally sat down in white heat; ana cur
| dinner was a complete failure Shortly afterward
| learned that ne had changed his quarters.
Ho is very fond of using the word wrinkle as
expressive of prelcrment in hundred matters 1 9i
purchase and general patronage lie Rs safls ~ s1 or
| restaurants the employees there save nun =
private bottle-that they reserve ior MN spucI'u pI
dlsh never on the carte dn Jo%I..mat % 4 pnt p s"aIv
brand of claret or species OF t'3ueM IS KEPT SoeE
for the tickling of his own and his friends pa,ars
lie takes keen pleasure IN receiving more ,to' fa s
tailor that certain goods nave INST arrye1 from @
| the other side" which shall see TIL no has
| personally examined them; or from ms haoer
dasher stating that the last Invention III collars OF
| neckt,es mt present awaits his critical survey. ~
| course he is very often cheated by these poiiilc
tradespeoplo, and dare say he knows 1t. b"t the
| the same IL lie had been New-lork politician he
would have bern terribly corrupt one; he is So
There are some men whom, in the usual meaning
of that word. it IS impossible to educate. anu
GsTps a, cosbn %s oi is has ali aen Completely flat
| upon him. IL is mystery now lie ever uastIsei us
the full collegiate curriculum Tie has und, undnnDteH
mental capacity, but 1t is entirely OF tlie pracicai
| commercial arthmetical sort lie has no sense OF
the charms of literature anu apparently DO rcspect
ior them He said to me one evening, IN moment
| of cnniidence: al don't what the deuce people
| find in poetry to ADM never can understand
word of it, unless itS something dexSn t s'I,ipe. %
| in 'Pnafore. Of course except Shakespeare; hcs
| poetry but then he lays over all tine resi-.
| Ut rs extraordinary how often we near persons
| wb" bave inst Giiiespins feeling toward poetry
make precisely this same point win ftgaru 10
| Shakespeare. The truth is that they are iinpiy
| ashamed of rclndiug in their category "t diSEeSa
| ooet whom all the civilized world now agrees III
| worsnippng. There are hundreds. thousands, ~
people loud today in Shakcspcare's praise whenever
| his name Is mentioned, who never glance INTO ms
work. who have not read half ms pavs and who
| rather avoid than otherwise seeing them actci
| Inc Ton dnringly braved. We are not permitted 10
| pass adverse judgments with linpunlty, howahays
ON the subject OF Shakespeare. The fashion ~ pro
| iound and universal homage and may it las for
| many centuries! But l sometimes asS invsclI
what these prudent %0 had iye yea n MheD to
| old gcsspy Pepys wrote SO sneeringy OF ii'n or
even when oliver Goldsmith. in |" The Vicar OF
| Wakefield" referred to hun almost WITH contemPu
| hut Gillespie is extremely fond OF the drama. lie
| witnesses nearly all the PLAYS that appear, good,
bad or Indifferent; l do not believe ne mas Leai a
book through for three years. but DOUBT ii ne mas
| missed during tn 1t time single play of ordinary
| importance. lie is au excellent critic, from pop
that That a piay viii or will not "draw." aud he is
| usually right But occasionally he forgcts Oh Ieay
ing the tire, to mildly express the disgust whlch
the perform lnce has inspired Perhaps it would be
putting the mattar with more truth To stare that he
lorgets the theatre Is not his theatre ana the pay
prodLced by him aud enacted by nus own prriorit
| ers On one snch occasion. when he AMI were
leaving n certain very well known theatre together
| he spoke with hgl-voced displeasure.
The ,pOrst rot I've crr seen! FIRST act HalaVer
second act bosh. and third milk ana, water o,,oo,
"Johnsty' whispered to him please re- iEco,i"cI o,,,
'arm a friend of the manager myself he retorted
| "a if my almon ton the most unnerIted
| thing in the world. Eve known him for an age
| - Well, thcu. there may be friends of the per
| formers Who
rm as good friend of nearly every man or
| woman you saw tonight as any they've got AMI
guess some OF 'em amt got much reason to forget
IT,, This was one OF the few illusions ever heard
| him make to his own llberatyl -,
| aOh. very we'll" rejoned. "you know perfectly
why this sort of thing isn't right form III leaving
| theatre" ,. ..
| in his own case. For some time aiterMald ms
| demcanor toward me what lie himself would
| have called hufy" | think that IRON any one
bat friend he would have resented my very gentle
| rcbuke as an inpertnence. His own condnct, IL
| observed in another, would have seemed unwar-
| rantable Invested with tie iiigrsc Of his own
egotsm lie could perceive nothlng wrong apomt ~;
literally that ho could not. lie was an exceptional
theatre goer. just as he was an exceptional dner;
| an exceptional lOdger at his hotel an exceptional
| being generally Tho ordinary rules and penalties
did not apply to him. Once more to borrow ns @ own
form of phrase; he had the Inside tfack , o'tTy ,n
| possible change wic III might result III HIM from the
loss of his fortune. As il is ne pays for every ono
| His path through life is paved win ices emoill-
| mcnts, perquistcs Even some OF his best friends
tGgara tga"ah I the delicate mist rising from perfect
| oOns0mine, or the smoke of an incomnrabie kclna
| Victoria. And after ALL the talk about New.iork
millionnaires possessing such great powers OF
| entertainment, very often hits wide OF tho Truth
! With our enormous expenses of LIVING q man must
be twice millionaire, If married and dwelling IN
| sumptuous surroundings to regae ms friends en-
| qncon AZ Johnston Gillespie docs. Well now and
| Hen muse strip Johnston Gillespie of his power
| tn do This. Bring him face to face with the world
as it really exists, its bare hard iacts, demands
| necesst es ungilded and unembeillshei. Bend ms
|
| wheel of actual economy. Let him bargain with
his tailor instead of patronizing that trddesman.
Let him furtvely weigh the chances OF receiving
| DeImonico inner instead of nonchalantly extend
Ing invitations TO one. Let him calculate the
ar1oumt on deposit al his bank instead OF dashing
/ of n check without the least thought OF making an
oyer-draft What lesson it w0nld teach him, this
dauntless antocrat. this typical Ncw-forkcr, the
product of great city in great country, whose
most CRYING fault is its worship of the money he
would then have lost
| | should like to make him poor for two OF three
days and then reinstate hun in his old opnlence.
am too fond OF him to wish him any longer or
severcr punishment than this. Aud there would he