Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-15

for. Minton bought beck biz esss Tie
psxt day, end his children srs now
$4,000 better Of. His salary - 6nsa-
cial editor Of the Herald wss $4,000 (
year, and upon receiving Tie news Of
lie death, James Gordon Bennett O.
bled to the Office instructions 70 pay 70
tbs widow her husbands salary up to
the Let Of January next.
THE STAGE.
The quiet manner in which Mr.. Henry
Irving and Miss Terry came to America
the other day, limiting themselves to
one interview on each paper, and dis
ayowipg all professional intentions, has,
10 quote one of the reporters. "deep-
ensd the sacred bonds that united them
| 10 art in this country" The sacred
bonds alluded to are United States, but
the feat Of /" deepening !" them suggests
depreciation, and l don't believe Mr..
Irving bad any such idea. He thinks
too much Of the United States and her
bonds.
! was present for . few moments
when America, in the person OF its 70.
porters, welcomed him to our shores.
| Before the first phalanx could open its
mouth, Miss Terry tossed her head
and said, as she held her admonitory
hand up, II know what you are going
| to ask me. How Is Dixey doing?
What does Fostescue look like? Can
Wilson Barrett act, and how do like
American"
Then there was general laugh.
1t was extremely interesting to notice
how this extraordinary woman can play
Q second fiddle. With that instrument
che is the greatest artist on earth. Her
reverence for Mr.. Irving and his art
when there Is . crowd around il the
most touching and winsoms thing !
ever saw. If you even intimate when
be is present that she is an actress
down goes her eyslids. The stem Of
her neck threatens to let the lily of her
head down on her breast. She looks
up at Mr.. Irving % . camellia might
look up at the statue of Jupiter Tonans,
and every eloquent feature says, "Cau
you, o can you, speak Of my acting in
his presence?"
And, as rule, you can't.
But in bis presence you can always
admire her acting.
somewhat rashly, last week, be-
trsyed the fact that Steele Macksye had
written great play called Ans-chy."
Yesterday Steel Mackaye came to me
pale and lapguid. "What have you
done ?" be exclaimed. i felt guilty at
once, but was willing to apologize. 1t
seems that be has been deluged with
letters from oil over the country giving
him good advice; and the general tenor
of this advice is "Don't let somebody
else &c. your play away from you this
| time"
don't know how many men are
walking about New York to-day who
have made fortunes out of Mackaye's
work, but it is certain he is walking
about without having made fortune
himself. believe Msckaye is poor, but
l heard Mr.. Nate Salisbury say that
there was . good million dollars in
Anarchy" A good and popular play
makes a great deal of money. But the
problem always is, Who is to make it,
the author, the manager, or the star?
shall go up some day and interview
the Mallorys on this question.
l believe that Lawrence Barrett has
sent for Macksye to read " Anarchy"
to him. l believe that Mr.. Tom
McDonough wants it. / heard yester-
day that Nat. Bowers wanted it. So l
Join the innumerable correspondents
and say to Mackaye, "Hold on to it."
There is a preliminary ripple to be
made on the surface next week by tho
return Of Lillian Russell in new
American comic opera. Fancy going to
a comic opera in August, when nobody
but the ballet girls can dress appropri.
ately to the weather.
GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS.
In London ss soon as club.man be-
comes involved in any unpleasant no.
toriety he always sends in his resigna.
ton to his club, as he knows if he does
not he We will ultimately, if found
guilty, be expelled. Edmund Yates
resigned from his clubs before his
conviction and sentence Stead, the
sensational Tor shall l say reform p ed
itor of the Pal. Nall Gazette, is under
stood to have done the same. A letter
BY the Etruria on Sunday intimstes
that Sir Charles Dixie, not having done
SO. will publicly be expelled should
the case 60 against him. as 1t has.
In this country there is no such un-
written law in our clubs, and the
consequence is that the offending
parties generally remain in the
clubs, notwithstanding the fact that the
Union Club set an example some years
sgo BY intimating to ex-Mayor Oakley
Hall when he became involved in the
ring troubles that his resignation would
be acceptable. The banker James d..
Fish belonged to several clubs, but as
soon as his troubles came on he resigned
from all of them, alleging, however,
impending poverty as the reason. The
question is pertinent now because both
Squire and Flynn belong to several
clubs, and the wonder is what two
such cheeky men will do under the cir
cumstsnces pending their appeal and
stay Of proceedings should they be con-
yicted.
House. cleaning in club is much more
Of an affair than in the private resi-
dence. As q rule, however, the discip-
line in the club is so thorough that the
house. cleaning is . rare ordeal. This
summer the Union Club is renovating
the large Ieading-room on the first floor,
and consequently the loupgers there
have found accommodation in the 70.
tunds. The Lotos has renovated its
billiard. and dining-room. The New
York Club touched up its dining-room
early in The season. The Blossom Is
undergoing complete house-cleanins.
There il an annual busting of the models
in the Yacht Club about this time Of