Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-26
NOTES OF NOTABLEs.
A TRIO OF WILDLY MARKED iNpIvIo-
UAllSTS
William w. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould. Samuel
j. Randall Laugh and
sIniie - Gould's Restiessness
-J:andall's Sociability.
Joe Howard IN Pbiladelphia prexs.I

Joe Howard in Philadelphia PresSl
lou coul'. MT sugges. iniividualities more
marked, wi.h habits, mental, moral and
physical more vivid than those of William
t. Vanderbilt, Jay Could, and Samuel J.
Randall.
an very fond of Mr.. Randall Outside
o. politics | think him one Of the most charm
ing mea l ever met Full of oli-fashionsi
hospitality, rum and gum excepted. packed
with Interesting and entertaining narration.
always really TO do a service, and never in
ordinary intercourse developing selh'hness
or suggestion OF meanness, yti what an
odd, PECULIAR, unique creature he is
W, u.dn't do Mr.. Randall the in
justice to believe that, ike the late
Horace Greeley. h. affects ecce:-
tricity Of dress and Oddly Of manner, but lie
has them all the same. Do you suppose any
body IN Washington. anybody in Harris
burg. anybody in Philadelphia, doesn't know
tie battered stovepipe hat that Sam Rainfall
wears uIoa tie back o. his head, displaying
hl' balgin5 forehead, his large eyes, his
clean shaven face, his strong, peculiar pro
tl,i Isn't that black broa!c.otl, IN som.
places thr q ibare, suit Of his well known
as his Ideas Oh the tariff or as universally
recosniz-i as his c add facility in .iyur
ing. Nho ever sat i've minutes III conversl-
ton with Mr.. Randall without seeing him take
up lea pencil, OF pen, and turn it from end
TO end, As the discussion proceed d: Who Of
all the rea iers of The Press who knew Mr..
Randall woali hesitate one monen: when
a'kai - mimic his walk or counterfeit his
gait: SO far Is he is concerned trousers will
lie worn this year precisely rs they wers
last. They will be the sam, Tair.
William H. Vanderbilt iS;i't tall man,
he j. a large man. lis hair is very thin on
the top, bat what he ha, j, thoroughly well
OIL! ani curiel abou. lis ears. Strange A.
it may seem, Van .erb.lt cnnsid srs hin elf
the beau ideal Of bsAuty. Nobpiy knows the
accidental way il which h. be
cane hs fathers heir: nobody I'M
derstanii his true position better than
he, tut he hears himself perfectly, and
confront laughing world with such marked
LatitS. such peculiar physical developments,
a suggest him TO my mind at once rs per-
son OF great individuality. IL you sec him
once you can never forget him He hasn't
an unpleasant face, although his mouth
slantS down one side, 50 that when he laughs
his thick lips part precisely a an English
muffin does when you open II. Don't You
know, when you take an English muffin an
pull the upper from the lower, not crust ex-
actly, but whatever, how its particles appear
TO separator take fat and luscious peach.
don't you know when you break it
opon carefully, 50 that the juice won't
ia! upon yolr trousers o. this years
fashion, or last, as tie case may be, how the
meat gradually separates in PARTICLES. Well,
hats just the wa he smiles. His mouth
ways looks TO me like crooked peach. He
priieS himself upon his freshness. He has
mic nj Il.cI sd
which are brushed with great care before he
leaves his dressing room, and are pulled with
continuous thoushtfulnes, when he sits in the
auditorium of any nature whatever. In the
winter he wears thick broadclo;h over
coat, iace1 conSpicuously with rich velvet
So far as his mentality permits, he is dandy
III attire, but unfortunately nature got til.
tart OF him, and he simply looks always a.
al. over-dressed footnian
In the Hotel Dam restaurant there i.
waiter who is the fac simile OF Vanderbilt
and the boys all call him Bill, or Vanderbilt.
according to the within and caprice OF the
moment, and many an extra quarter ha-
ie.n deposited in his fat hand by gentlemen
who, desiring to call the attention of tAeii
companions to tine Vanderbiltan countenanc,
ask him some question. attracting his atten
ton, and reward him with the coin Of tie
Aforesaid Eander5iltfs walk is heavy, AMI
his back is square, his hands fat AMI his fee,
loggy. His rear view is just as pronounced /.
AM as Individual as his front figure. You /
never could mistake the man were you l.
meet him or overtake him after having oacs
been informed who he is
Jay Gould. on the contrary, is a little hit
of a nan, with a little round head at the top
hi, face covered with fairly heavy black /
bearL His eyes are quick re, tess, /
never quiet for moment, looking here. /
osing there looking everywhere like n rat /
He is small all over, physically, with a hol /
low chest no stomach 10 speak of, little arms, ,
little HAMS, little LEGS. little feet His II by /
ia is a marvellous opposition to his gIga ! |
&c train. He walks with great rapility. or 4
rather glides in and GU: like an eel in a crowd, /
al ye- he dee mt talk rapidly He wears 1
sun .sI,Ees a stovepipe hat, AMI often Derby, /
dreS with great I.ea;n.ss, displaying +;
40 Iewelr; whatever Nov You wouIi /
very naturally say: We'll, If Gould is "a lat
:ls man, an ordinary cast os countenancc.
,..e i the average man dresses why
SutIt You be apt to motto. him or single HIM
ut a. ono p: the four marked individual
tits.' Because there y certain symethins
Il the iaan', book that stamps MIN a. bcina
,i.ferent from the or iinary. | can't explain
i, but there lie is. Walk up the street II,
i~n', KNOWN a p rule To his fellow-citlz.ns,
bat IL man who ha, ever had him p,int.I
out IN him once can forge. his face, its ex
preston, particularly il his Aat is oil, and
he is seated III an audience / dou't know
that would rocsniL- lis back. hut Lis liz
ure. So FAR as front face is concerned, Is
unique