Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-11

sight Of in these announcements--not
that It can affect him In any way, but
that unmarried girls will permit their
names to be constantly associated with
that Of married man, even though he
bs . prince, Besides, who knows but
what she may be reinstated ~ when
she returnsf
GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS.
The social butterflies who enjoy life
on an inherited income and who fit
about Europe, or Newport, or Long
Branch during the summer months, are
succeeded in their clubs by the nu.
merous stay-at-home contingent Of mar
ried men, who seldom come into these
resorts when their families are at home,
but who now, under the circumstances,
become kabitues in their leisure hours.
There is consequently as good an
average attendance in the clubs at this
season as all the year round. 'Some
well-known writer has said something
about the capacity Of married men
to enjoy themselves when away from
their families and the conse-
quence of these nocturnal gatherings Of
Temporarily liberated Benedicts in the
privacy of their clubs is that there is
moro dissipation and high-jinks in the
clubs during the supposedly dull sum
mer season than at any other time Of
the year. 1t takes an old married man
to fully exemplify the adsge that boys
will be boys when convivial set OF
them get together about a round table
in some quiet retreat in the cldb. mas
much as they are never about excepting
in the summer, it is customary for the
Governing Committee to overlook the
spreeing Of these "old boys" especial
ly as disciplining or expelling them
would naturally excite comment
and curiosity. 1t is true that
these jolly summer patrons gene
rally pass Sundays with their families,
unless they miss their trains or some
thing of that sort, which they somehow
continue to do whenever there is any
thing going on-like a midsummer
nights festival, say. THERE'S a jolly din
ner party every day on the piazza at the
Manhattan Club a cozy card party in
the Union Of dignifed elders who hold
their hands up in pious horror when
ever any Of the numerous card scandals
of the jtunesse doree become known a
festive crowd in the brilliant rooms of
the Lotos opposite, often INDUCING in
song and walk-around wine party
in the dignifed New York, the high
windows affording some shelter for the
bottles but not obstructing the breeze
stealing through the trees Of Madison
Square, while laughter will always float
out on the evening air from the win
dows of the Knickerbocker, the st.
Nicholas, or the Union League.
TBAY SHORE.
There was grand time down at the
Olympic Club at Bay Shore, the occa-
sion being the birthday celebration of
Mr.. b. d. Conover, who is one OF the
officers, and who has had his summer
residence put outside of the club
grounds. There were numerous Union,
Yacht, Lotos, and Waywaywanda men
present.
The dudes of the Calumet-Dot bad
set of the jeunesSe dOree, by any means
are the laughing stock Of the clubs
because they are homeless, pending the
completion Of their new house on the
corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street. But for the fact that they
are generally recognized as utter dudes,
1t is likely that some Of the other clubs
would have extended the hospitalities
to them until they can get into their
own house.
Commodore Smith has infused so
much rev life in the venerable New
York Club that subscription Of $780,
COO has been started for building
fund, and already $4,000 has been
obtained. The lease Of the present
house expires in 1883.
THE WAIL-sTREET MARKET.
With the exception Of the unexpected
advance in the price Of Western Union
and wheat, there was nothing OF inter-
est 10 record from Wall street. The
week is still half holiday one, and
most Of the wealthest operators remain
out Of town. Saratoga aud Newport
are too far for mature aud comfortably
fixed gentlemen 10 run to New York
sfter two days vacation. Besides,
thew have there brokers' branch offices,
with private wires, and can speculate
as easily as they do in New York.
With Long Branch the case is
different. Although there, too, are
branch Offices and private wires in
plenty, the resort is quite near to the city,
and It's patrons are principally members
/ of the German and Hebrew Wall-street
firms who do great deal of arhitrsge
business and whose European transac-
tons compel them to be at their city
Offices, every delay in the delivery OF
cables or letters bSng liable to cost
some money. But men who really love
country life and not watering'plsce.
shows 60 about the Fourth Of July for
a two or three weeks holiday in the
mountains or to some seaside fishing
club, Of which there is large number
on the Long Island and the Massachu-
/ sets coasts. These men don't wan. to
hear OF Wall street or, for that matter,
even Of New York, while they are away.
Even the consciousness that most OF the
/ sharp Wall-street tricks are performed
about this time does not scare them, for
they usually close all their speculative
interests before they leave tom. Last
/ year it was the Nanderbilt-DreXel- Nor
gan syndicate who got up the Fourth-of-
| July racket. This year 1t IS the specu-
lators in Western Union aud wheat who
come TO the front. The short interest
in both was very large, aud therefore a
squeeze was very easily engineered. IL
( took for a moment the aspect Of regu-
1 lar "boom " on Saturday last, but
| TUESDAYS and Wednesdays heavy fall
| in Western Union showed the artificial
nature Of the advance Of that security.
at all events. The position OF wheat Is
as vet not clear, but the weather OF the
next few days will clear it up.
TUE urSTrPN Union RISE