Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-12

liancy and saroir fare have made her
! prime social favorits. She has been
living lately in New York ct the Bruns-
wick during the past year, when she,
after her impulsive manner, decided TO
take 9 house on Washington square,
ard few days since inaugurated the
,olon by inviting q multitude OF guests,
Who, il is needless to say, rarely ma
occasion TO meet on common grouun.
II was thoroughly q Kaleidoscope ga
,herirg. There we're English lords and
naval officers and q South American
diplomat. There were some repre-
stn,atiyes Of old New York families
drawn there from motives OF curiosity.
There were coteries Of rosebuds and
Young debutantes ignorant IN belief.
There was notable guest, an ex-Mln-
ister of France, and his wife, world
anus for her eccentricities. There
was another eccentric widows whose bale
full intimacy with opium and tho now
irp bowl is notorious. Her brother,
xell.kpown naval officer and Newport
"
cottseer, very prominent in New York
society, was fortunately not present on
this occasion. Had he been, the spec
,acJe of his eldest sister, with her open
wig tilting back of her eyes over a few
sparse locks Of her own snow-white
hair. being carried in msudlin condi.
lion betw cen a stalwart policeman and
a. frownipg footman would not have
been altogether agreeable, but the
hostess rose superior to all accidents
her rare neck, her corsage resplendent
with small globes of diamonds, clus-
tiers as large as silver dollar spanglins
the sable folds Of her magnificent robe.
She cannot be young any longer, but
she did not look day over forty; her
hair was as black and glossy as q ra-
vents. her complexion clear, her eyes
brilliant as when she was a gay and
fascinating belle.
BY way of contrast old-time Knick-
erbocker responsibility bad it's innings
not more than ten blocks away on the
same day. There Mrs. Coventry Wad-
dell, whose receptions in old times Of o
quarter Of q century ago were the
creme de la creme Of metropolitan So
ciety, and who retired owing to the
financial disaster Of her husband end
irg in his death, emerged like Phoenix,
and, summCbiDg all the old clans, gath
cred in an ample house in Eighteenth
street. Such representation Of old
families has not as yet in quality bean
excelled stree the memorable ball Of
Willy X. Vanderbilt, when three years
ago be spent 10000 in one night to Sc
cure ri It druis the introduction Of his
ambitious wife to tho ultra blue blood
set-but he did it. Force and unlim-
tied money always conquer in New
York. II is only they who lack the
nerve who fail to make their money
bags profit them in social distinction.
Good heasens j." said William IL.
Vanderbilt, the father, to his son at he
time " | could not afford to give half
as expensive a ball as this" "Ah,"
replied the chipper and dauntless Will
ly X, "you have not got a rich
father.
PICTORIAL ART IN THE PRESS.
The death Of James A. Wales,
the cartoonist, calls TO mind how
sudden has been the development
Of the branch Of art he represented,
and bow great the prosperity Of those
concerned IN 1t in this country. lh1d
friend gho once PIT in every dollar
Of a considerable fortune IN factory
for making hairnets for women. \
month later the Empress Eugenie de-
cided to do mp her hair with plus, aui
my friend couldn't get riI Of his fac
tory as gift. Exactly the contrary
was The case Of Mr.. Y. GribayedoG,
VITO came TO this tom on accomplish
cd etchsr and With taste for drawing.
lie could not have drawn for the news
pepers then if he had wanted to do 1t
ior nothing. Wsr-maPs ,ird portraits
Of desperate criminals we're the only
forms Of pictorial ait then known n
the press.
Suddcnly-only the other day az
it seemg-pictorial press Associations
were formed for supplying thu pa
rers Of the country wIlh portraits
srd sketches Of notable persons and
things. The most enterprisiDg Of
he city dsilies elaborated the idea
10 embrace the widest range Of Nus
trstions. Gritayed0G found himself
so much in demand that be could
scarcely get time to sleep. ". 4.
NacD0ugall ard his apt az ociate, Mr..
Folsom. were drafted from the art
world, ard even such a man as c. J.
TAYLOR. Of Prck, vso has 7on h)nors
at the Academy, was pulled AZ times
INTO this newspaper work.
Almost as rapid has been the de-
mand for comic and cartoon work. The
American cartoon practically had rs
birth IT. Tweed's time. at the hands Of 0
nan who could hardly have been called
on artist, 50 rodely dill he d7aw. Bat
he bad tho fac0l,y Of se'zlrg public At
tertion with vigorous cartoons upon the
folles ard ahuses fox the hour, and
these we're mole ,e.li 2 than speech OF
writing. Then cem- Joseph KeppleT
VIII us humor, his a'tisI3 cLse and
ironing and bi, bold grasp Of timely
ubjects. After that life, and now th1
Iewyifed J04ge, 10 .sy Dothiugof SnQps
sid CA,cs and other hasty consump-
tiyes that always figure in tho field.
| The demand for artists for those week.
lies FAR exceed the supply, AID posi-
b'v half Of those Nh0 now illustrate
these papers are little better qualified
50 FAR as artistic Scbocliog IS concerned
than the progeniior Of their craft ii
Tbs country. Such an one was Wales
who knew what to draw rather thar
how to draw, and IN his time was As
prosperous as the rest, though he could
not stand good luck as we'll as they.
But good or bad, trained or crude
these men are all doing vastly we'll
The newspaper artists have mentioned
make from 5000, to $4,000 apiece, OF
more than tv ice the pay Of any reporters
whose stories they illustrate, excspI
enc. Thomas Mast gets $4,000 ;
year, Keppler is worth quarter Of &
million. and the comic artists are ethel