Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-24
NEW YORK LETTER.
I'm eossrr, xxws, AND roLrrxs OF
GOTHAM TOWN.
4 Busipsss Mslangs -pstestives- Talk
About Aetrssses- Personal and
Club 0ossip- New SSdustry.

Il Busipess uelanRe -Detectives- Isik
About Aetrssses- Personal and
Club 0ossip- New iSdustry.
tucrespcndencs cftne Mchmoud Dispatch
NV Yogx, October 20, 1886.
Years ago II oftea happened that clerks
mr. runners Of banks were robbed IN Wal
street or somewhere In that region. u
never lappens now. The reason Is thai
The stris,cst watch Is kept over the fiuancia
region by the shrewdest OF detectives, VINO
have their headquarters IN room set spar
for them In thu Stock Exchange. PROBES
SIGNAL thieves are not allowed In Wal
street. when thief wishes 10 visit thu
golden ihoroughfare, even for an nnobiec
tionabie PURPOSE, be has 10 apply for per
mission TO Superintendent Murray, and
be,itse II is seldom granted. This Is rather
n imiti,e law: " sounds rather Russian
but IL serves the purpose.
A stoui, hesylly.bult man Of 6ity-iiye,
with rsihcr singular features AID peculiar
side-wh skers aud wellfed, seli.sahsGce
cir, mar occasionally be seen standing neal
the sul,-TreSsury building. lie Is well
dressed and looks like a broker, but ap
pears 10 have plenty 81 leisure, aud may bt
ono o. the moneyed men OF the city, who
little before going uptown - his club Tor
dinner. He seems 20 see nothing In par
ticuisr. lie has careless. apparently sb
sfracted, AR. lie Ia not a broker. lie 4
one Of ;te keenest detectives In wall street.
lpspector B,rncs has been In Wall street
for seven years, and during that time De-
lieye there have been no important robbie
rios. whatever rohberics have been con.
mjlted there have been done by men OF
wealth and position, and have been, as II
were, localized by custom. But, speaking
Of detectives, II - sometimes surprising TO
see how little like detectives they look. A
broker pointed 10 a goodnatured, clerkly-
loosing young fellow. and said 10 me, do
you know who that IS!
had forgotten him. " He used TO be
clerk in such and such firm. but he is now
+. affective" II proved TO be the case.
lie did not look at all like the traditional
sslypx-eycdv detective, and was probably
a good deal shrewder than the individual
of The lynx eyes. The SLOUGH hat and the
furtiye eye are no longer in vogue. The
detective cannot he distinguished hon
any one else. and in this fact lies his power.
Then young women In some cases make
splendid detectives. though from the M
ture OF the case they are perhaps not quite
social matters. Some OF them are beautl-
ful and fascinating, and have the tradition
nj keenness OF the serpent, II not the harm
lessness Of O dove. They deliver sum-
mopses IN cases where such citations are
eluded. and oftentimes show surprising
shrewdness in what Is frequently task OF
peculiar difficulty, They trace stolen pro-
perry, and they watch suspected husbands.
/ have heard OF the victim falling in love
with the beautiful detective who had
wrought his undoing.
TALKS ABOUT ACTRESSES.
saw Lord Lonsdale standing in front OF
the Casino the other morning. He was
dressed In cutaway coat, and il was blow
ing a still winter breeze. No one paid the
slightest attention to him and he looked
rather lonesome. The Niolet-Cameron
Opera season has been a business failure
apparently, and public interest in the
whole sffsIr has suddenly died out. IL Is
difficult now 70 get anybody 10 talk about
il ut all.
Mr.. Frohman, the manager OF the other
British celebrity, Miss Foriescue, who has
appeared al the Lyreum, took q hint and
adopted another course with his star. Two
DAYS before she made her debut here he
managed 10 get himself interviewed, and
said the reason why Miss FOrtescue bad not
accepted the pressing invitations OF the
LorilIards 10 spend few weeks at Tuxedo
Park was that she had sprained her ankle.
The only British celebrity who doesn't
offend society nor toddy to II is Mrs. Lang
try. She combines in herself the most gra-
cious independence with the most discreet
silence. Her little home in Twenty-third
street is most admirable mingling OF the
English family circle and the Bohemian
symposium. Her little breakfasts provide
a charmed group, in which tie polished
and courtly Ned Gilmore sometimes breaks
a scholarly lance with the erudite Lee
Lynch, and Wilson Barrett and Charles Cog
Ian discuss Hamlet" and eggs 10 Chester
fieldian periods. Langtry herself is not
what you can call a vivacious or bril-.
liant woman. But for all that she
has social charm peculiarly her
own. l never met man who had been
in her company bali an hour who
did not acknowledge her charm without
being unable 10 clearly account for IL. She
does not, like some professional women.
throw herself at you, so to speak. She
never gushcs, and she doesn't do the men
tai elinging trick 30 effective with the
"iow.lidded blondes Of Rriton.' think
her charm for men Is her unaffected manner
ard her air Of wholesome naturalness. Her
demeanor no less than her appeala nce Is I'M
painted. You never suspect her converse
fion or her face OF powder. She Does not
build I'D her sentences or her body. She
doesn't overdress her language or her per-
son. This Is so unlike an actress that 1t
strikes deep. / had the opportunity TO
study her enc morning at breakfast, and
summed her up a. very sensible, level
headed, healthy woman, than which can
not think OF anything more charming.
A vell.known lady OF society not long
ago was listening to her praises in group
OF gentlemen, and she interposed the re-
marx: "But Langtry has no art, You
know"
Up went every mans hand and voice,
aud a simultaneous chorus answered:
"Thats why we like her."
The syndicate OF sbowmen that is now II
possession Of Madison-Square Garden arr
preparing an exhibition there. TO open nex'
month, which will be OF unusual magni
tude anG startling novelty. 1t Is no less
scheme Than the utilization OF Buiiai'
Bits Wild West in a series OF dramati'
speciacles and dramas that Is 10 picture tn
history Of our civilization in its westward
fight with barharism. We are 10 hav
the original Indian tribes, the arriva
of the settlers, the ambuscades, sur
prises, massacrcs; the prairie tires
stampedcs Of wild ANNALS; the cyclone
destruction OF the camps by IN
clements, and, finally, the great flgl
OF Custer and the Indi aus on the Little Bi
Horn. Over 200 Indi,ns and COWBOYS ar
10 tie employed in this spectacle, and abou
100 soldiers, and as many horses. Nj
Steele Mackaye has been at work Tor
month preparing the scenes, and the wei
known artist, Mstt Morgan, Is here fro
Cincinnati painting the scenery. The priI
cjpals in this venture are the popular I'll
Gus man, Forepaugh, MIR. Nate Saulsbur
and William Cody. The entcrprie, a
told, will entail an outlay OF over $4,000
CLUB GOSSIP.
Colonel Thomas W. Knox the readers
his numerous books OF travel for juvenile
would naturally suppose 10 be a pdtert'
milids, but he H. one Of the most conhrme
or babitual club.men possible, and
bachelor besides, with no fancy, EVIDENT!
for little ones prattling about his knees (
pulling his grazing beard or hair. Colon
Knox has the stalwarl and rugged form
aDown.E East sailing captain, but he Is som
thing OF o petit.mottre, and persistent
seeks the buttered side OF the slice OF lii
lie lives ut the Lotos Club In couple
The dorInltory rooms, takes a meal day
the Union League, punetiiiously atten
the Authors Club. and spends his summe
at The Olympic Club, Baysh0re, Lot
. Island. circle always gathers about hi