Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-27
THE FOR OF THE DAY,
The King 81 the Dudes and His Ecceu.
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BIG FOOL ABOUT DRESS, But NOT A BAD
FELLow-HUNrrNG FOR A Dog TO MATCH
HIS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JOKES WHICH
HELPED USE Up HIS FORTUNE.
A gentleman, who is well posted on the sub
Ject, was talking TO o STAR reporter the other
day about the many pecuiiarities which gained
for Mr.. e. Berry Wall, of New York, who is now
honoring Washington with a visit, the title OF
''the King of the Dudes" Mr.. Wall still wears
his crown, although the money that helped ma
terially In acquiring IL is all gone. and royalty
is now forced TO live on the memories OF the
past, with the help of an indulgent and wealthy
mother. He still gets about all that an ordin-
airy man can want, but 1t Is said that the
mother refuses TO pay any bills Of the son con-
tracted during the height Of his reign. "Wall
isn't a bad fellow" said the gentleman with
whom THE STAR man was conversing. There Is
nothing wicked about him. He has a heart as
big rs that table. But he is the biggest fool
about dress that ever heard Of He never had
found it necessary to do a stroke of work, and
ne succeeded in getting away with $3ooOo In
call it. han s hs as w she
De considered fast. He has been going IL hard
since he was fifteeu years old, and he is now
barely twenty-five. He has q brother who was
In Paris the last time heard OF him. He is about
as eccentric as Berry, but has never attracted
SO much attention. His weakness Is for pic
lures He has SO many that he hasn't room for
them, and is continually getting more. Good
taste? NO indeed He is just apt 10 pay 81 900
as s Ss hs Ss E e
both entire possession OF their inheritance when
they became Of age"
WALLS WARDROBE.
"As everybody knows" he continued, "Berry
Wall thinks more OF clothes than anything else
in the world, and he possesses enough to open
a 6rcf-c1asS \ ho he
another cent he will be well dressed for the re-
mainder of his life. He has or rather had, one
table On one side was Covered With piles 1 oi
trowsers of all styles neatly folded. In this
way they always showed the crease
cause its English, you know The
wearer OF hand-me-downs, however, always has
his trousers pressed before he viii wear them.
The dude king would enter the room in the
morning, and running the back OF his hand up
pile so as to get glimpse OF the colors, would
hand them to his valet and proceed to select
the rest OF his outfit for the morning. His over
coats occupied a portion of the room, his
cutaways another, his froeks n and sacks
on frames. Under the long table re.
snss Of 70 sSas. shelves se ns with m.ss
l remember that a representative of an English
tailor received a letter of introduction to Wall
from AL intimate friend. When he presented
1t to get an order the dude king sand: al am
awfully sorry that have given orders for my
spring clothes to Poole and others I'm New
cars glxe yoa g1oa
suits and send them over That's a fact. He
took a few miles sail on the Despatch at New
or four overceats. each shade heavier than
the other. He devoted as much attention TO
his underclotbes, which were always of the
nnest SILK, costing not less than $40 per pail"
LOVER OF HORSES AND DOGS.
"Next to Clothes" went on THE STARS in.
formant, "Wall loves horses and dogs best and
he has owned many fine ones In his day.
have known him to hunt through the New
York kennels in search of dog to match
a suit he particularly fancied. I saw him one
day walking down Broadway with a
log of cane under his arm and
at his heels the ugliest bulldog ever saw i'm
next day a number Of swells could be seen with
club canes and ugly bulldogs following them.
Wall was the recognized monarch of dudedom,
and he set the fashion for his admirers. He
often dabbled in stocks, but knowing nothing
about them seldom struck them right. On one
he s@ that 70
lost $4,000 in cotton at one stroke.
He met his reyerses with good grace
He spent his money as freely on Others as on
himself, and was always ready to lend q help
ing hand 10 a friend in trouble. He was gov
would carry out any freak that entered his
head. He would at a moments notice take
the steamer for Europe and catch the first re-
thing to prove to the boys that he had done as
he intended. He has been known to overturn
and literally smash a coupe ON Broadway con-
tanning friend just for a joke and pay Brew
ster $500 to fix it up. Walking along
the street sometimes he would wonder
how a brick would look flying through a big
plate glass window, and would at once take
steps to find out and promptly pay damages.
He would buy anything that struck his fancy,
no matter what it might cost. Berry came to
the end of his string some time ago, but will
probably never want as long as he behaves him.
self half decently. He has been in Washington
after young lady whose charms have lured
him from New York. I saw him at Secre-
tary Whitney's the other night, appearing
to be anxiously looking for somebody without
success. guess she was not there. He occa-
sionally came to Washington during his reign,
and Invariably brought a wardrobe sufficient
for halt dozen men. He has a mum Der of
friends here with whom he is quite popular. 1t
wouldn't surprise me to see him take a sharp
turn and show himself to be a mans