Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-24
PERSONAL GOSSIP
About Men and Things in the Great
Metropolitan City.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-It is said that
various couples, especially among the
jeunesse doree and the theatrical profess
sion, who were married by registering
themselves as man and wife, will find
relief in recent decision of Judge
ChurchilPs regarding this proceeding In
the. famous Charles A. Davls-Alvin jose
lyn-case. Some time ago one OF the
Judges on the same bench held that
mans publicly acknowledging a woman
as his wife established claims on him
for that recognition, and many men who
nave been entrapDed while on
spree Will now seek liberty under
Judge ChurchiPs decision. The first that
VIII create sensation Will be another
actors not less famous than Alvin jose
lyn, whose display of diamonds has made
hlm remembered in everey place
ne has ever visited. While on spree
with noted beauty be, in his mOmentary
intatuation, acknow lodged her as bis
vile, and believing there was no escape
from the bond that he had thus woven
about himself, he continued 10 parade her
as MS lawful spouse. Judge Churchlll
holds that for the welfare of society some
more stable condition must be imposed
on the woman, or else man will be at the
mercy OF designing women, while the in
nocent VIII be imposed upon.
Chatting with some lawyers the other
day, Edward Lauterbach, who has been
prominent in so many corporation
cases. observed: 81 think the two most
interesting clients | have ever had are
Edward Stokes and Franklin B. Gowen.
stokes Is one of the most self-reliant,
courageous, lndom table men | have ever
known. In the telegraph cases he mas
tered the points as completely as any Of
us lawyers; be is an unrelenting toe and
seems 10 be in great luck. He is the only
man who IS worthy of Gould's steel, and
the telegraph fight will yet narrow to
one between these two. Mr.. Gowen is
one OF the most magnetic men l have
ever met. lie is an able lawyer. an el0-
quent advocate, and has sacrificed all
personal interests in his service of Read
ing. Ii it is a fault, he is visionary and
ahead of his times. With all his COM
handing abilities, he is as modest and
unobtrusive as country boy"
such nuisance has the fashionable
high bonnet become In the theaJres-it is
impossible for any one sitting In the rear
to see over them and not always possible
to keep out Of their range-that, at the
suggestion OF Manager Augustln DAILY,
several society leaders, like Mrs. John
Blgelow, will introduce theatric bonnet
"a nat head covering that will permit an
uno6structed view of the stage by those
behind. You may think this joke, but
1t is not. If the fashionable high hat.
which according to all accounts IS to be
higher than ever this season, continues
to be worn In the theatres, the managers
Will have to pYramidically raise their
seats or cOntine the ladies' to the back row.
In divorce case before, a referee the
correspondent, a prominent picture
dealer, was the discarded sutton OF the
wife, who, yielding to parental influence,
transferred her affections TO another.
Having obtained satisfaction, it is said
that the discarded lover takes no more in
terest In the case, while the husband
wishes he or his wife would die, and so
end the unpleasant disclosures.
Lord Lonsdale refuses to be interviewed
now on the Bensaude case, testify saying:
ION, THAT'S played 0ut;" and his valet.
who IS as much a character "a his lord
ship himself, and, it may be added, as en-
thusiastic defender and admirer of Miss
Cameron, declares: "He's no gOod-even
for an advertisementl' 1t NAV turn out
yet that the scandal was devised and re-
sorted to as an advertisements as while
they abuse eacn other in print, Lord Ions
dale and Bensaude hobnob together in
private, and Miss Cameron keeps serene
ly in the even tenor OF her lordly way.
Every time there is political struggle
certain political strikers always start
Flower boom" or "Starin BOOM" and
one being Democratic and the latter Re-
publican, each side once in a while has a
picnic. The Republican boys are not re-
ceived any more by Mr.. Starin, and to a
delegation that proposed to him to go for
the united democratic nomination for
Mayor Mr.. Flower replied: "If it is ten
dered to me all right, pll accept; but Pn
not spend n cent to get itW
A recent order OF Gen. Eckert's to the
effect that the Young lady operators must
not permit the attentions OF gentlemen
while on duty was the result of numer-
Gus complaints that in certain uptown
hotel offices there was generally dude
flirting with the fair operator, TO the an.
nOyance and Inconvenience of the custo-
mers, several of whom united In a COM
munication to the main office.
JOHN D'ARME.