St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-30


versation drifted to John T. RaymOnd'S
memory.
Poor Raymond" said Marvin, "he
was one of the most princely men l ever
met, in OF out of the profession. HIS
money was scattered like chaff before
the wind, his one object seeming to be
to get all there was out of life. regard
less of cost. Grave and quiet in man
ner, he might have been taken for
a parson but for the odd twinkle
that was never absent from his eye.
Practical jokes were his hobby, next to
matching coins. and the poor chamber
maids and bell boys knew little peace
while he was in the house. They were
always we'll paid for their queer ex-
periences, however, and his jokes were
always of a harmless nature; little
harm was done.
Very different was the elder S0th-
ern. He was joker, too, but his jokes
were characterized by so mnch wild
recklessness that they were on par
with all the rest of his high
rolling proclivities. His career
came near being cut short during
mis- last visit here as the result OF
peculiarly severe joke OF which he
made big green Irish porter the butt:
Mike was perfect giant in stature, and
as fearless aud careless of consequences
ever brandished shillalah.
"'Who did that to me?'
"Without suspecting that his anger
still burned l answered him, and up
stairs for the actors room he started,
three steps at time, eyes flashing with
murderOus fire. ! called another pOr
ter and started after him as fast as we
could go. and we were not second too
soon. Mike had thrown up the window
and picked SOthern up in his braWny
arms, and when we entered was actually
advancing TO throw him out of the win
dow. SOthern'S desperate struggles
were ayailing him nothing against the
strength of the maddened porter, and
it took our combined eXertiOnS-and
blarney-to effect his release. Sothern
was very careful in dealing with the big
porter after that, but to his credit be it
said, he made application to save Mike
from discharge.
"SOthern was the most extravagant
man in his tastes that ever stopped at
the Baldwin III my time, and, though
genial and kind to those he was conf
PEELED to associate with, he was very
exclusive in his habits and in making
new acquaintance.
edwin Booth was a guest at the
Baldwin on more than one occasion,
but he was invariably so exclusively eX-
elusive that no one ever knew much OF
his disposition except that it was over
Swallowed with perpetual and impene-
trable gloom. BE Stalked through the
corridors like ghost, needless and ST.
lent, as if lost in the wonderful solilo-
81 fox 70 uan,laf Ia ljun1
well, though, and paid particular at
tentlon to the quality of his wine.
1.-The real heavy swell of the actors
brigade, however, was Dion Boucicault
in the days of his prosperity. His suite
never consisted of less than four rooms,
including a dining room. He always
selected his rooms after personal in
spection, and speck of dust was suffi-
cient to provoke his rage. He must
have been very clean man or very
English, for he took his tub several
times daily. His bill averaged $50
day. and he paid it with an air of grand
Indifference, as if money counted for
naught in his reckoning of affairs.
but speaking of celebrities" said
Marvin. rising to go, ''remindS me that
the proudest moment of my life was
when | climbed on the box with Dick
Guybeson the day he pulled the lines
over six gray horses, and drove Gen. u.
S. Grant from the Palace hotel over to
Oakland to see st. Julien get his worlds
record-it was the record then of
2:121I. When we got off the ferry,
coming back, Dick cracked his whip
and sent the six grays I'D Market
street on dead run. Grant never
moved a muscle, but | was frightened
half to death. For Gods sake, Dick
| cried. be reasonable in your driving,
or you'll turn this coach over and kill
half of us!'
"Dick was wild with excitement and
had paid no heed to half dozen former
appeals to pull in his horses. This time
he looked up and his face fairly beamed
as he answered: By, Jim. how
would like to tip this coach over If
could do it without hurting the general!
1t would make my reputation. and L
would be known as long as lived as
the man who upset Grant!
II thought the man had gone crazy
for minute, but his hands were steady
and every horse was under control, not
withstaading the mad pace at which
they were tearing along. He kept 1t up,
too, and dashed into the hotel court at
the same rate, finally pulling the sm0k-
ing six down ON their launches
as easily as most men would handle one,
1t was wild ride, and the passengers
where all glad when it was over, Some
of them started in to abuse Dick, but
Gen. Grant never said word. He was
satisfied that Dick knew his business"