Evening star., 1886-11-13
.CUMMINGS-HALL LETTER.
GLIMPsES OF NEW YORK.
Pen Pictures and Per~0sal Gossip frou
the Island OF Manhattan.


Pen Pictures and Personal Gs.sip rre~
the Island Of Manhattan.
THE VARIOUS DIALECTS OF THE Mrrnoro, re-
KYRLE Bellows LONG HAIR AND REAL
NAME-rHE STORY OF CHARLES sUGpKS AND
LADY pEsART-How Mr.. pEPEw WROTE THE
BARrHoLDr oRArIoN.
Correspondents Of THE EVENING srAa
NEW YORK. Nov. 1o.
New Workers eclipse the world in the vaga-
ries of accent and idiom. At the borse show I
stood Tor a moment beside the stall of demure
poney. looking nj the crowd. millionaire in
puffed aud futed knee breeches, covert coat
and jockey cap pranced up with q 6lase crony
In yellow overyaiters.
''Gsd, ole Chappie," gasped the man in the
oreeches In voice that suggested that he had
just swallowed a sponge sufiused with an Eng
iish accent "What a devastatingly small hoss,
upon me sowlr'
'oi Shetlund paonie, OF fawncy," drawled the
crony. "Maost amoiLing little beggah, b.
suan."
They were elbowed out of the way by youth
eye and carried unIighled cigar firmiy in
the corner Oh his mouth. On bis arm a
young woman whosuggested avenue A at every
ooots.
Cit onto his jiblets, Mary Ann" said the
cavalier, with an airy nod toward the Shetland.
'im."
"oh. my!" minced the girl; ~aint it pufiectly
eiigini:'
"Betcher!ife.-
An eminent leader of the german approached
IN Tue wake OF two society women. They were
aii ln strained aud palpitating condition OF
.'oh. looke' giggled the elder of the two
women, Joyousiy, '.what a love-tee, hee!''
i9ii, nun, gursled the man, r;,diantly.
T. t0OlSX Opf nSt'
third member of the group, ecstatically.
bis pawaing, interrupted the dancing man,
animal"
"Tee, hee."
'ruh, huh"
ice hee."
Tue pony raised his shaggy head as they
moved away and then turned mis- eyes on nae,
as much as 70 say: And yet people wonder
'hst look downcast and hang my mead"
AS - walked away heard the strident tones
Oh "a Harlem girl:
~ e.i. naow Amt that Jist too cute rr any.
tina Oh airth."
II struck me that the Intelligent foreigner at.
tempting 10 iearn English ia New York may bs
forgiven II H. is at times confused LII ia ant Ia
rattle a native.
EUPHEMIZED HIGGINS
stopped to say word TO q clever western
woman who was taking luncheon al Delmoni-
co q tne other day, when there WAS a movement
IN the room, and every eye turned toward the
eoaspicuous attire, with X I-nceied boots and
lois lron-srey rlngiets falling To his shoulders
s,oou s's on the mat. HIS face wore panied aud
paihtive LOOK, and he rolled his eyes lu a.
woinaulsh Way, from iace To face rneu he
sia.heu forward and threw himself with meiau-
cHOiy abandon inJo a char by "A window and
arranged ms niir with Il lew defL loucues by the
aiu Oh All opposite mirror
Dear ne, SAID Tue woman from the west;
IAN actor, oi course:"
kyr.e Beiiew."
~. ~ nat pretty name. Is IL his own"
nIh reao Eainund Yates memoirs re-
Gehly discovered tnat his fathers Name W as
Higgins"
CHARLES sUGDEN,s ROMANCE.
"A man OF Tue world, with shining pate and
a Single glass in his tranquil Old eye sat be-
tween wv" gorgeous young creatures in a box
whiie Miss Fortescus played Gretchen last nis ht
al tiie l.. ceulu ,beater.
There's SoIne.uIng vastly fetching ahon.
.hei".sto, coivnei, said tue youngest girl,
tIio"shIu ~ transferring a Doabou 10 her iil,s
wiz one htiid wnlte she Ieyeied ner iorype lie AT
the actpr with the other VINO is nee'
Chdries Susoen." said the colonel quietly as
his s,asss urupIed from MS eye and le Ieii 10
twlf.ing MS mustacile reuniulscently
Not that ne handsome, you Kuow,- added
tne sla eri.tt'cAiiy, "he's what might be csi.ed
OF the world ia reply" anu ue was worsniued
villa a ueefee OF Violence thai Mout.ir ue never
inspifeu here. He was pia. ing at Inc Prince OF
Wales tneater IN Louuon in 10, whl.e WAS
mo e or less attached to our Representation At
the court oi ST. James, when his CONQUEST of the
SI.e oi obe GA ttie inos. notaoie peers an Great
bf:talh Startled the town. Lacy DcaarL at tnat
Eine Was u woman oi great beauty vii and
Ialne, and a leader in the most brii.lant of the
Win Charles S1gden, forgot her family, her
positiou, ner husband and ail, aud elopea."
for w na,, ,,, interrupted tne girl. ''.e.t lord
''Sue uid and the sensation was enormous
SuSu Retired from the stage married I.a.lv
De>art alter her husband had procured "A di.
torce fium her, and they lived ui.p;,tly ever
ancin,-or, at least Tor ABOUT tive Years af,er.
ward. Tnen Su, aen re e.urued " the stare-to
nnd that his lame had become a Ieeble echo.
aud his sway over Feminine hears a thing OF
the past. IL must have been an aw. .ul awaseu-
Ing, ell: Now ne Is travelling as Que OF a sup
porting company 10 Miss Fortescue; u quiet,
serene auu well balanced man received la Lu,.
best London socieiy,a member VI a dozen clubs,
apparently conteuL"
Nv mere is Lady Desarte"
81 saw ner in Loudon last year. Much of her
beauty had disappeared, out The Charm OF her
lnaHiier renamed. Sac is iond as ever OF
her HUSBAND, ana told"
"ho~ touching" said the girl, searching earn
ssly or bart par.icaiariy .,s 1,is piece oi candy.
Very, said tue otuer girl, whose beautiful
eyes nad been absorbed tnrous hout the tale in
a compiacent survey Oh her gloves. MAY 1
have sweetbreads for supp"r. COioneI?"
You may, said the CJGonei, sedately as he
screwed his glass in ms weather beaten oid eve.
Then he hcaNed a gentle sigh us ne anu, Uered
romance is dead"
LIBERTY IN THE DARK.
The goddess OI liberty stands on Bedlow's
Island glorious in the sunshine. out invisible al
night. AS no provision has been made for light
lug her torch, she is not yet illuminating the
world" She seemed to cast a rsproachful loo,
at tne F'rencnmen who sailed for Havre on Sat-
uruay. No rays oI light stil Irom ner upiiued
rlguL hanu upon the wale Of their vessel Her
to.cnlisnt nas not yeL Oecn see.i by navigauors
u nuaured miles At sea- 1t looks as Though il
would he some time Oeiore even the uoui-cod
catcners on Gowanus bay bask Ia her eIful-
seucc. Iue same ui-luck that pre- ideu AT her
birth still ciings 70 ner skirts. Bartilolui con-
fesses tnat he WAS at a loss what 10 do with uer
before she Was born. He at FIRST Iuteu Il,
plant her at the entrance Of the Suez Canal.
Luckily Unforeseen obstacles intervened for If
have been beaming under Eng .isn projection.
biftuoiul next deh Ised the scheme OF prssent-
ing ner u tue American government Over
lo,OoO,OuO Frencusnen eacn caipped in q sou,
and she was sent over here. A committee oi
Ameficans Was appointed to raiSe funds 10 be
used in building a pedestal over s275. 600
were required. lhe committee issued Circulars
and Went ~ work with wordy vim but tue busi-
ness dragged worse than the effort To raise
money Lor the Grant memorial. The Hon
Jusepn Pulitzer then put nIs should r W Lhe
wheel. In Two mouths he picked up more than
twice the amount of money gathered by the
cOinnlLtee Ia two years. With all this nelp the
coinmlttee remained pOwerless. Congress was
forced 10 come " the rescue with SIUu.OOu
Tue PEDESTAL completed, the coinmitlee pre-
lion. 1he President and cabinet were in vited
and the newspapers were urged ~ STIR up the
people aud give the thing eciat Just "A IOrt-
ulgnL before The day set for the ceremonies tue
commit.ee discovered that the selection ot An
orator had been overlooked. No time was lost
tliS discovery. ApDeais wara ,oa..a ~,