The Sunday herald., 1886-11-14

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Kamatsa struck me as being superior to the average
American, and, looking at them, though, the breed
OF foreign mobiles was much run down, or that Of
the natlve-born Americans had been much i'm.
proved. Edward s. Stokes looks at his picture
"Nymphs and satyr," mean-every time he enters
his big bar.room. At any rate, have never seen
him In the room that he did not look at the work
fancy that he looks TO that the $50 ooo for which
he paid 10000, IA not injured Stokes Ia n Young
man prcma,urcly gray and sad-n quiet, reserved
moody man n,whose only dissipation is-bacsgammou
Artist James II. Beard aud Joseph Howard saun.
tered in--ihc former with his pariarchal hair and
slow, wearied step, his shoulders bent with age; the
other without much hair OF any sort, but tall erect
and with jauny air greatly IN contrast to that OF
hts companion Both Beard and Howard are com
panonable men. each with no end of Interesting
"reminiscences and good stories to illustrate his many
original Ideas. Col. Thomas w. Knox Ia not fire..
quent visitor TO the Holman, partly because he IL
fonder OF the Lotos Club, tofwhlch he and whtelaw
Reid are the master spirits who kept from the
nation and dry rot which has overtaken 90 many Of
our cubs,) andpartly because he is very busy man
making no end OF books Knox composes his works
over typewriter, but he has to make his correction.
and alterations with pen aud ink and when he get,
through with sheet OF typewriter copy It is worse
looking than page of Horace Greeley's manuscript
George Edgar, once tragedlan, now the "fashion
able" teacher OF elocutlon, to whom 90 all the youns
women who are stage struck, or who are emuou.
OF fame as "soclety readers" akin to that Of Mrs
Brown Potter saunters In with his slow stage stride
At the same moment Assistant District Attorney
John X. Fellows approaches by another way, ant
both seat themselves at the table where rest Two
men more unlike In appearance, or more like In tai
ents and dispositions, never introduced to one an
other than when I made Fellows and Edgar ac
qualntcd. As we sat there, moment later, "Billy'
Edwards and Arthur Chambers, two ex-champIor
lightweight prize fighters, passed and spoke to oil
three OF us, and then Joined Harry Hlll the keeper
OF theatre and rum.shop 80 "ofY color" that the
Excise Board will not license the place.
spoke to Edgar and Fellows Of the gentlemen
have named rs having preceded the prlze.nehtinp
element then In the room, aud told them how, on
the day OF the Inauguration Of Liberty's statue, !
had seen standing In group OF ladies In a Fifth.
avenue window man well-known to the police as
that meanest Of all dirty gamblers-a pool.seer II
was an Illustration OF one Of the commonest null
sances OF city life the forming Of ndscrimnate &C.
quaintances. The ladies probably did not know the
fellows character or business and he presumed tina,
none In the crowd would recognize him. Mr. Edgar
was reminded by the incident Of an experience of
his own. daughter visiting In Brooklyn met a
prepossesslng young man at party who asked
leave to visit her. Calling one evening, he noticed
q large photograph OF Edgar as King Lear on the
wall, and asked the lady II she knew the tragedan
"oh, yes;" she replied. "Ile is my father. lie ia
In the next room." The man seized his hat and
left the room without making any explanations or
excuses. my daughter pointed him out, few
days later, on the street," added Mr.. Edgar .'and
recognized notorious plckpocket and bunco-
| whom had elected from the theatre only a few
| nights before" "Only few evenings since,n con.
tinued Mr.. Edgar, ~ was walking up Broadway
| with friend who is stranger here, when an Old
| acquaintance stopped me and spoke few words
When he had gone on and we resumed our walk
my friend inquired who the handsome fellow was
told hlmit was Joe Coburn-ex-prize-nghter and
| convict" "Whom l prosecuted" chimed In Eel
| lows. 1--WE had not proceeded q block further ur
broadway" Mr.. Edgar resumed, "when we met q
broad-shouldered, well-dressed, active man, who
oheery greeted me with How are you, George
who Is that p my friend asked. sJere Dunn,' re-
piled. 1t was the Dunn who killed man out In
Chicago. had known him for years, and hat
found him very square fellow"
VI speak great deal, !" said Col. Fellows "duripf
every political campaign, but seldom attend the
meetings OF my party organization. / did attend
such meeting week before election and met ant
conversed with many members whom ! knew onl,
by sight. had quite protracted talk with two Of
them on various topics. When they finally left me
friend approached and said: John, what does thi,
| mean? WHAT? asked. your long talk with
those men; don't You know who they are?' NO.
said. why, they are two of the Doodle Aldermen
you have Indicted had often seen them before
| but did not know them by name" was re
minded Of curious experience of Col. Fellows's
chief, District Attorney MARITIME, which that gentle
| man related to me year or 80 ago. lie had occa
sion to put detectives on the track of notorious
character whoNs known here as .'the king of tn,
lury-hxers," who was suspected Of endeayoring Il
| INK" Jury IN criminal action OF some Importance
and Mr.. MARITIME was anxious to get evidence q,
which to arraign him. The detectives detailed tt
watch the fellow reported TO Mr. MARITIME In WRITING
every morning. One day the District Attorney rea,
10 MS amazement that he {Mr. Martine) had beer
seen on the race-course at Jerome Park for con
siderable time In the company OF the skiing of tn,
jury-nxers.n 81 had known the man for years
said the District Attorney, sand had not the re
motest idea snat he was the notorious jury.Hxer.n
The moral OF all OF which Ia that It Ia best in a biz
city not to make indscrimlnate acqualntances- |
be possible.
nave rot been much surprised to learn, since
writing you last week about the comparative beauty
OF Miss Fortescue and her sister and Miss Foyd thai
both the sister and the young American have been
dropped from the cast of "Frou. Frou,n In which
Miss Fortescue ia now pretending to play. Both tn,
ladies' had rehearsed the piece for fortnight, and
no objection had been urged. One night dress re-
hearsal was called, and Miss Floyd appeared in 9
costume she had expressly prepared for Louise. the
sister OF Frou-Frou. She looked extremely hand.
some-to handsome, 1t appears-for next day the
cast was changed. and both Miss Helen Fortescut
ana Miss Floyd were dropped suppose Miss For.
tescue recognized the individuality OF lnstitutinr
comparisons with both her dramatic ability and per
soma! atiractivepess. cannot believe that there Ii
any basis for the permanent success of such an ar.
tlste as this incident reveals Miss Fortescue to be-
Edward Lamb, the comedian, who by the way
has made great success with new play by MARI
Price, called "On the Rio Granae," gave me the
other day the origin Of tho slang word "chestuptu u
In such common use at present to designate and pra
hibit an old joke or story. In a once popular but
now forgotten played called "The Broken Sword'
one Of the characters. insists on telling an incIden,
which happened to him while seated under an oak
tree. All the other characters In the play insist that
II was chestnut tree, and whenever the garrulous
old fellow begins the story the chorus chimes In,
| "Chestnut" The "chestnut-bell" 10y, by the way,
has made handsome fortune for Its inventor and
| manufacturer, MIR. Charles Davis, OF PHILADELPHIA.
He has made and sold more than half q million of
them and the sale OF the little nuisance goes ON still
The experiment Of sending thousand men from
ts ciy 10 chicago 10 MI the places OF the butchers
In the stock yards is looked upon here with much
concern and anxiety. II is regarded by conserva-
tive men as dangerous and defiant expedent.
The employment Of unanthorlze4 policemen, IKE
those OF Pinkerton, Ia also regarded az extremely
nnwlse policy on the part of the stock-yard men. /
heard sagacioua business man and good politician
remark that the success of Henry George an candI.
date for the mayoraliy would have been less to be
regretted than his failure after polling such large
vote. "Elected," he said, "GeorRe would have been
conservative; defeated, he and his party become
bold and beiligerent agitators."
| WILLIAM y. q. SHANHs.
Tho Job Was FOO Big for Him.