Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-18

psrisl mantle. curious sort Of cap tied
under The chin, diamond star in the
hair, one hand pressed to the breast,
the other holding her mantle. She
locked The part of that lovely Queen
whom the Prussians worship. who said
to Napoleon when be offered her rose.
YES. your Majesty. bat this Is not
Msgdeburr."
Twelfth. Portrait, Court Of Philip
X, Yalssquez. This was piece Of
beroism on the part Of Miss Georgia
Rensen, who made herself ugly to be
correct TO the picture.
Thirteenth. yintage Festival. Alma
Tsdsma. The new sensation OF the
winter has been Miss Mabel Wrigh:,
who stepped from east Nineteenth street
into fame as blonde beauty one ball
night. A vineyard and q pretty woman
always 20 well together. q large oak
wreath on her head, long robe fell
from her shoulders to the ground.
Miss Duer, the excellent young ana
teur actress, the descendant Of Judge
Dutr. and Mrs. Frank White each sup.
ported this maid with stringed instru-
ments In their hands. This was the
last and not the least good Of the Ia
blealx.
The March Of the Priests" from
- Athalie." was then played and the
very fashionable group Of spectators
went home. Mrs. Richard Irwin en-
isrtained the performers a. supper after
wards.
All the fashion was present: Mrs.
McKeever, Mrs. Henry Parish. Dr.,
Mrs. Clews, Mrs. De Lancey Kane,
Mrs. Eliot Johnston, at whose house
occurred the " War OF the Roses"
Mrs. Grisvold Gray. Mrs. Coleman
Drsyton. Mrs. Eliot Roosevelt, Mrs.
Hoffman Miller, the Misses Webb,
Creighton Webb. the lady-killer;
Elisha Dyer, William Star Miller,
Henry Egles,on. the Misses Van Auken,
Mrs. 0rme Wilson. Mrs. Woolsey,
Mrs. Jatfrey, Mr.. Buckholst Cutting,
Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Law
renee Hopkins, Gould Redmond, Mrs.
Victor Newcomb. and others Of the
I new and old sets now commingling IN
New York like the ingredients Of
well-coDstructed punch bowl.
These good artists, Carroll Beckwith
and William NJ. Chase. assisted Mr..
Harry Cannon in the production Of these
artistic pictures, which were veritable
success, unlike the half-educsted Ia
bleaus which have been seen before, and
which. gotten up IN the parlors. have
merely made people laugh at snschro- |
! nisms. !
Mr.. Cannon is true to the canoons OF
good taste always.
wALLsTREET GOSSIP.
There is a project on foot 10 secure
| for the Consolidated Stock and Petro-
leum Exchange q new building, to cost,
with the site, $500, 900, the idea being
10 make il the largest and finest ex-
change in the world. 1t now has ., 200
members and only 2,400 will be sd-
mitted. The present room is too small,
the ventilation is defective, and 10 the
summer il is almost intolerable. There
is a Broadway entrance, and the two
buildings utilized extend through to
New street. so that there is another en-
trance opposite the Stock Exchange.
And great is the rivalry between the
stif.necked. insolent, and yet old
fogyish institution famous as the Stock
Exchange and its aggressive, energetic,
and enterprising competitor. the Con-
solidsted Exchange. The " seats y at
the latter board are worth $3.50 now;
they have been dearer and are likely
10 greatly increase in value. Its mem
bers ieer at the members Of the older
institution, and they we're filed with
.elight when the Stock Exchange re-
emily felt obliged to openly take arms
,gainst rival which it had before az
ected TO ignore and despise, yet which
vas By its more reasonable commissions
taking away a good deal Of the stock
business Of the older body. The
action referred Z was designed TO
prevent members Of the Stock Ex-
change from doing business at the
other Exchange, but it has simply made
transactions Of this kind more secret
than formerly. In the petroleum trade
there has been great change since the
DAVIS Of the old Pine-Street Exchange,
where brokers in all branches OF bust
ness assembled-even the drug-brokers
met up-stairs-and where William
Rockefeller, now one Of the rulers Of
the Standard Oil Company. one Of
the greatest business powers in exist
ence, might be daily seen. quiet and
courteous. but military-looking and re-
solute, working his way towards the
financial prestige that came soon after.
Then, by the way, he had quiet little
Offices in sleepy and sunless Cedar
street, among the drug firms near Pearl
street. Now be sits in business palace
at 26 Broad way, and the man who was
once q small grocer IN al inland town
is now one Of the financial potentates
Of the metropolis, speculates heavily IN
Wall street, drives fast horses, and has
a valuable gallery Of paintings.
In the gloomy old Pine-Sueei EK-
change the petroleum brokers would
stand for hours making Transactions II
actual oil or in oil - for future delig-
cry" II was IN the days before the
pipe lines had reyolutionized the trade
and oil flowed as water over a wide
stretch Of territory, enrichiug men and
corporations as marvellously as By a
|, touch Of handwriting gennin Persian
tale. With the pipe lines soon came
( the pipeline certificates, and then the
gambling IN oil began on 3 new and
gigantic scale. Sometimes as much IS
90, 900, 000barre are sold here in sin
gle day-the daily average is To- o0.-
600 barrels ; the production and accu-
mulated supply are sold and resOld
many times. From Pine street the Pc
troleum brokers removed 10 Beaver
street, still later to,Williams street, then
10 the splendid Welies building, one OF
the finest structures in lower Broad
way, and close BY that ancient oasis,
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