Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-12
NEW YORK LETTER.
HRcHAHTMAoNATEs AND JANaLlHa
BrLLs IN BR00KLYA.
The Ladies' Club Notable Society Events
Mr.. Bicks.Lord- Pictorial Artists
A New Kicker.

A number of church quarrels in
New York and Brooklyn have recently
attracted attention. Qnarrels IN
churches are perhaps the most disgust
ing of all ibe contentious that sgltate
public bodies. They bring about more
of the latent byprocisy Of human ma
tuIe. more Of the petty bitterness and
narrow mindedwss which even large
natures cannot wholly avoid, than any
Other form of pickering in which men
engage. 1t is indeed curious specta-
cle 10 observe belligerent deacon
prayirg for another who has defended
bin, approaching the intoleraolo
brightness OF the Scriptural great
white Throne in the bejewelled and
eternal city, and tbrussing his small
venom and insidious hypocrisy upon
the attention Of Omnipotence. Few
pastors dare to silence the hypocrites,
bores, and dried-up and tough old
sheep of the fold who persistently OBJ
trude themselves upon public notice on
every possible OCCASION. The quarrel
among the various members of the
Dodge and James families respecting
the management Of the churchin which
they are especially interested Is, i un-
derstand, still in progress. This is the
first time that any quarrel has ever
arisen between these two families, al
though they have been associated in
business for fully seventy years. They
were all originally members Of the me-
tsl.house Of Phelps, Dodge & Co., the
firm which came into dissgreeable
prominence some years ago through
charges brought by Jayne, the Urea
sury detective, that its members had
been guilty Of frauds on the revenue.
Jayne was pale, thin, and lame, and
apparently about to draw his last
breath; but be bad vitality enough to
sit all day on a high stool porting over
lie great firms accounts and then to
SPEND half the night playing poker at
the Aston House. OF this fra the
Jsmeses lived in Liverpool and the
nodces and Stokeses in New York.
The origin Of this house, by the way,
was very humble. Now it is worth
perbaps $30,OO0,000. Phelps, its
founder, vas once a small dry.goodS
dealer, and his son-in-law, the late
f.. Dodge, who had also sold
and prints, joined him. The
metal and hardware business increased
in their hands very materially. They
soon learned that there vas more pro-
fit in the importation Of Russia sheet
iron than in any other article in which
they traded. This iron is made IN
Russia, and is by FAR the best Of its
kind in the world. The p ocess Of
has always remained Sc
cIet. The Russian manufacturers
guard it with jealous care. Probably
it would cost Russian his life to re-
veal tie secret. II is a. unknown to
the outer world o. the darkest depths
Of the Siberian miuos. Oar best
chemists aud metallurgists have been
unable to success dny initiate the
smooth, lustroos iron from the l2ad Of
the Slav. 1t is used mainly for stove
piues, and is more extensively employ
ed in this country than il any otoer.
Nov here else are such long pipes used
in connection with stoves. IN England
aud France comparatively fey a,1ve5
are used, ard IN Germany thew arc noc
Of tie sme pattern, being in bat conl-
t,y mere like part of the house and
built in with brick work and porcelain.
william T.. Dodge and his business
associates discovered where to make
The best bargains in Rl5ai, iron. 0no
we're tho lDrge manufacturers, ana, III
fact, everything that could he learned
concerning the trade. Thsir profits
were enormous. One OF the firm w1s
dispatched 10 Liverpool, where he
made his permanent home. That mars
is The principal centre Of the tin trade,
which is manufactured Ia Cornwall
and Wales. The Americans soon lelrl-
ed how &c 1ndeIboy, and consequently
to undersell all other competitors. The
profits Of The house ran up to 5l,OOO,OOu
q year. william Z. Dodge vas q Con
uecUcut Yankee, with not little oi
the Puritan in his composition. ia
came 70 New York about 1925. IL
was a man Of strong religious conylc
ticns, arl gave literally b churche,
and Charitable institutions. lilo re
signed as q director of railroad com
2auy hccau.e train were ran On san
6ay. lie severed Li5 correction Nit.
the Union League tecause wines wor.
sold by The Club 20 its members. Fl
the cause Of Temperance hs gave IA
greater financial atd than any othel
peFson in this country. us mature
was sombIe, PGyilsn.hke. lie had
lansticsl confidence IL bis Own opinion
had something Of the steel or ice 9
John HoNaro's character viewed from
certain standpoint; aud yet he di'
not little good in his day, and no7
his statue stands in grand repoie a
rtirty-third street and Sixth avenue
His sous were not all so ausiere
Charles became Northumberland il
British regiment; Stuart took order
as o clergy man, and i5 now engaged OF
a biography of his father.
A WAR on BELLS,
But l began speaking Of churches
and this subject in connection wit
business men recalls the fact that Jack
son S. Schultz, the millionaire, recent
~ announced bis intention to reueE hi
warfare on the custom ofringing church
bells in New York. Froude finely say
that the sound Of church bell is III
echo Of vanished age. That is 4
say, OF an age when bell was rs
cessity in summoning worshippers t
service. Church-bells are associates
with some Of the most attractive of on
recolleotions in literature or of indi
yidual experience. But in a grea
crowded city ply sicians testify ths
they do real harm they have proba
bly, killed not few invalids by nois
nuisance none tho less sure because
was slow. The sound of a chuTch.be
: coming fom some white s.eeple,
church On distant hill amid paste
raj scene is very different from that 0
the insufIersble janglipg Of the bells il
! a fashionable New York church. pro