Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-03
NEW YORK LETTER.
WHAT TEE PEOPLE IN GOTHAM TALE
ABOUT
Gossip from the clubs-vioiet Cameron
and Ionsdale- wsll.street
Affairs.



The California millionaire, Mr.. John
wv. Mackey, is the latest lion in the
sfold at The Carlton Club. Unpreten-
tious, modest, and retiring, looking like
q con,ent,d, thoughtful man, with close
cropped light hair, carefdlly.trimmed
mustsehe, reddish plain face, and an
air that he would feel moro comfortable
in bis shirt sleeves than dressed up"
in the regulation cutaway. Mr.. Msckey
would not attract tho attention he does
il be were not a millionaire, whose
striking at rich" when on the point
Of starvation, and whose wife manages
by her receptions and expenditures,
to keep herself the talk in Lon.
don and Paris, because beyond
these facts there is nothing
about him to enlist interest any more
than there is any commonplace, ordl-
nary everyday man. But being a
millionaire, he attracts attention in
certain class. In the Carleton be is
always attended by Tom 0chlltree aud
Larry Jerome, who amuse him by their
stories and in turn laugh at his " chest
nuts" 1.-The we're poor Mackey would
be considered a good fellow, because
he enjoy cigar aud will take drink,
but berg q millionaire, no is pro-
claimed prince. lie is not consid
cred brilliant in business, but rather
lucky, and the fate Of Keene is pre-
dicted for him unless he shows more
strength than he hiss or surrounds him
self " it'll ADLER counsellors. lie is not
much Of a olub-man, hoseyer, and only
looks in TO please the "boys" and
John Cbsmberlin, who is the animating
genius Of the club. Msckey orders a
table set for half dozen or more in one
of the windows OF the cafe at the Iof-
man House, giving cdrte-blaHche land
dCUceur) 10 the head waiter, and he in
yites that number 10 dine with him from
among the first congenial ones he meets.
In the club, unless he prearranged his
dinners, no would likely be compelled to
have the same setevery meal. Heroyally
dispenses his hospitality, listening to
the Jokes and repartee with a quiet
smile. 1t is rumored be is the financial
hacker Of Edward Stokes, but it is sig.
ni6cant that they're seldom seen to-
gether.
DINEY.
Dixey, who is not in the least changed
by his London experience, is always
surrounded when he appears in the To-
los or the Lambs, because be always has
good story to tell. His fsvOrite time
OF coming in is midnight, after the play.
ard he will remain as long as any one
.Gse will as be stays all the morning
ard all day in rainy weather.
Mr. T. Henry French, the handsome,
you,hfOl, and wealthy manager of the
Grand Opera-lIouse, owner of all the
more successful plays, is en- active men,
her Of The Lotos, the Lambs, the Jockey
Club. and the Actors Fund. lie means
10 be, but always isn't, s0ciable, be-
cause, as some one says, he don't
know, YOU know" With his wealth,
v bich ipsures success, he is destined to
become power in theatrical ailsi's ;
indeed, he is that already. His father
is the Well-known lay.publisher he is
the junior member of the drm. IIois bet
ter known as publisher his yellow-c0v.
cred play.bocks are known the world
over, to amateurs as we'll as profes-
SIGNALS. lis Eyeglasses and smooth
rosy features give him moro a literary
aspect than that Of bustllng business
man who never misses a point and IS
always seeking one. lie has recently
purchased the steam-yacht LOrndo, AMI
il is his within land ADVERTISEMENT now
10 90 and meet all the theatrical cele.
bIiues in the bay. lie will receive
Wilson Barrett when he arrives on be.
half Of the Lotos Club.
VIOLET CAMERON.
An utterly unjustitiable importance
has been given by the daily press 10 the
marital scandal Of the recently arrived
English actress. Miss Violet Cameron,
simply because she is followed by Lord
LoDsdale, who claims to DO her dra-
matte manager. Long before this
reaches you the telegraph will have in
formed you that Mr.. Stokes, Of the
Hoffman House, has virtually put her
and her manager out OF that house.
Considering Mr.. Stokes's historic as
socia,ion with Mr.. Fisk and his hotel
episode this action has created gene
raj ripple Of comment and surprise.
The public attitude Of Lord Lonsdale
and Mr.. De Bensaude, the actresses
husband, is ridiculous, TO say the least.
Iorsdale's relationship to Miss Cane
ron, so far as the public is concerned,
is based upon the court records Of Lon
don, in which city he appeared as the
protector Of the lady against her own
husband, and on one occasion put the
husband out OF the house. As bust
less mansger bis action excited interest,
and business managers everywhere be-
gan TO inquire if they had not~Oyer-
Looked some Of their natural rights. An
FIglish justice, however, decided that
husband had . right Of access to his
wife that no peer Of the realm could
bar. Instead Of settling his private
affairs with Lonsdale, this husband has
ever since hung upon the skirts Of the
wife with one hand and Lord Lonsdale's
cost.tails with the other.
When the Aursnia arrived with the
manager and star, 10! and behold,
there was the husband on another yes
eel. Notwithstanding the fact that
Lonsdale's intention to accompany Vio-
let Cameron to America had been pub
lisbed in every London paper and the
date fixed for sailing, the moment this
husband got upon the dock he ex.
pressed the utmost surprise to hear
that the Lord had come over with his
vile. lie wouldn't believe it Dear,
no. lie must look into it. Then he
clustered G little about Lonsdale and
threatened q good deal Of swift punish
ment. And the reporters, with q ca.
tastrophe in their minds eyes, began
TO bIietle up and dog all hands. lm-
sgine their surprise when they caught
Lopsdale and dc Bsnssude drinking to-
eeiher at DelmOnico's in the most con-
fideniial manner.