Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31


Wall street. The only time I ever
heard Of him being caught was when
Mr.. Gould got him and a number Of
other large operators short Of Missouri
Pacific and then put the screws on
them. He held out obstinatcly, how
ever, for a long time, as he hates
Jay Gould and did not wish TO own
himself beaten. lie paid an eighth |"
a day for the use Of it many months.
HE HATED TOBACCO.
Mr.. Sam. Sloan has stoutly denied
that the coal roads are cutting rates.
lie must dislike the bears as much as
he does tobacco. For tobacco he has
as strong an adherence as David Dad
lev Field. A young financial clerk,
ignorant Of Mr.. Sloan's views on to-
bacco, once went into his Office smoking
cigar. The fnancier's wrath was
aroused at once.
SECT right out Of here, young
man." he almost shouted.
The clerk was taken aback. He
wished to see the bluff coal magnate on
important business. He turned to the
| fnapcier TO see what was amiss.
- Get out OF here quick" roared the
now doubly-irritated millionaire, catch
ing the scent Of the hated tobacco.
" But Mr.. Sloan, l. -"
Are you going to leave?" shouted
the magnate. still offering no explana-
ton. "If you don't get out of here
/ I'll"
The young limb Of finance, not wait
ing 10 hear the rest, stepped hurriedly
out into the general Office. There he
learned of Mr.. Sloan's aversion for
tobacco, and dropping his cigar, he
again entered the Office Of the Lacka-
wanna magnate, quickly Modified by
the absence Of the detested cigar, and
soon finished his business. Mr.. Sloan
/ is as fond of flowers as David VI.
Stone, and has not a few fine traits OF
| character.
STRAINING IN SOCIETY.
The winter in New York is sufi-
GENTLY gay. The Patriarch's balls are
not considered erclusire, so the NGtri-
archs followed, and these not being
quite sufficiently strained, were replaced
/ by the COtillion, and that got a few
flies in it, so the " Junior Patriarchs "
was formed, and that now has one or
two members whom the aristocrats"
deem not good enough to come between
the wind and their nobility. Now a
further fine sieve is necessary, and the
next departure will probably be called
the Seventh Heaven Coterie, where
these high-born creatures may be al
lowed to sit alone.
They are principally engaged in a
contest, Just now,-these fashionabl lie
young women-in seeing who shall get
the lowest-necked dress, forgetting that
the best modistes in Europe never cut
dresses too low, nor do Princesses wear
them. A charming departure from all
the follies of fashion is young Mrs. Willie
Astor, always modest, always little
behind the fashion, letting her gentle
beauty do its delightful work, unassist-
ed by the vanities of art. She seldom
wears many jewels, being contented
with her own bright eyes and
her lovely mouth. She has none
Of the Lioanc on her. These
other ladies' who at the Metro
politan Opera House appear in their
boxes without gloves and with bare
shoulders, pulling their skirts about
and talking loudly, are making a very
bad copy Of vile original. The Ameri-
can opera, so far, has surpassed all
ones expectations. Lohengrin " was
never better sung. But the MetrOpol-
itan Opera House is the most fashion
able by far as to audience. Mrs.
Yzunga looked beautifully in black
velvet with a row of fine diamond stars
across the front. The best dinner.giye,
in New York is Mrs. Lawrence Turnure,
who really copies Vibert's pictures in the
arrangement of her dinner-table. Her
table-cloths are of lace and linen inter
mixed her service Of gold and silver
her glass studded with gems; her
flowers magnificent; her decanterS are
Of real Benvenuto Cellini workman
ship; her china and porcelain are price.
less. She is a very elegant hostess.
and is fond of wearing superb red vel
vets and satins. Her daughter, Miss
Turnure, is tall and graceful-one Of
the most stylish girls in New York.
NOTES.
The son, also, is very prominent II
all the hunting and the dancing set
Mrs. James Brown Potter, the gifted
amateur, has been suffering from loss
of voice, but that does not prevent hel
trying to play for charity and succeed
ing in benefiting DR.. Gallaudet's Church
of the Deaf Mutes. The young ladies
of New York are all taking lessons IL
elocution, and are improving their
modes OfSpeech and voices. The young
actor Hamilton Bell, who comes from
the rank Of the literary guild in Ang
land, being son Of Mrs. Clara Bell
who translates the novels Of George
Ebers, is a great favOrite IN society
and appears often at the after
noon teas, which, by the way
are going out Of fashion. People
now have Rotations, and music
and readings, and some little plays il
the afternoon rather than the inan'
dissipation Of teas. a young English
man Of fashion, Sackville West Cold
baugh, has just appeared in New Yort
drawing-rooms, and has the talent fol
defamation which is so common now
Englishmen are always the fashion ii
New York until they run away with al
heiress.
Arnold Forster Creates IA Sensation
LONDON, January 29.-The lates
number of the Nineteenth Century con
tains an article by Arnold Forster which
has created a sensation here. TIT
writer recalls that lrishmen were a
the bottom of the Molly-Maguire con
spiracy in Pennsylvania; that Irish