The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-15
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The viscount Bouthinisr choviny Of France, who has
been At the Brunswick for some days iss pleasant
hooking man. In whose features there IN said to be q
strong resemblance to the influential and widespread
Boutiliier family OF this country. New York. Cincin.
natl PHILADELPHIA, and Chicago all have representatives.
of the family, prominent In business and admirable In
private life. The Bouhiliers of this country came from
the Isle of Guernsey. and their old home adjoined an os-
tate of Victor HugoNa.
Tho owner OF ono Of the best known collections OF rars
prints and line ennravings In this city, lent. not long
ago, to steele Mackaye, an artists proof OF tho Prin.
cesse dc Lsmbelle. Engrayings Of this beautiful young
woman, who was murdered in the French revolution OF
the last century. are familiar to collectorL and are uni.
versally admired. At tho Standard Theatre, a night or
two aimee, the owner OF the engraving was greatly
startled In the dream scene, where Pau Kdupdr's he.
trothed 10 ruinotined. to see the mimic headsman hold
up from the scafold an exact facsimile Of the head Of
the Princesse dc Lambaile The illusion Wal perfect
the head used on the stage being n work Of art In deli.
cately painted wax. executed by President Helmau's
permission by the abless artists of the Eden Musee.
"Mustang seth" is an interesting figure about tho up.
town hotels. lie In a cultivated cowboy, and Is often
seen in the writing rooms dashing over sheet after sheet
of letter paper In a big, easy hand. which looks as if he'd
been brought up to the pen. Mustang Seth, like many
another good plainsman. used to be with Buffalo Bill.
He has never forsaken his buckskin breechcs and som.
brero, and Is still strong in the hirsute beauty Of Shout.
de-,lapping locka.
Thirty one years ago. on the queer old Island Of He'll.
goland. in the North Sea, a boy was born TO the great
Russian singer, Erminie Rudersdorh, the wife Of a plain
American citizen named Mansfield The boy has become
tho reserved and audaciousl looking parsonage who has
shocked New Workers. into nightmares with his Hyde,
and delighted them with his CherrtaI. Mr.. Richard
Mansfield goes away this morning with his armor, his
trunks his BOOKS, his paintings and his bank book. Tho
public havs not failed to notice that tho demoniac Epde
Is after all, only an elaboration and degradation, physi.
cal and spiri tual, Of tho worn out voluptuary, Baron
CheurtaL
Tn road to tho Presidency of "the greatest CORPORA.
ton In the country" tho Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, has for some terms run through the office Of tho
Presidents assistants, President Roberts hold the title
OF assistant to tho President under Tom Scott Presi.
dent Roberts's assistant is u understanding young man.
whose refined features and scholastic pallor might mark
him out az . college professor or u studious clergyman
were II not for tho executive fash In his big brown eye.
He In William s. Patton, and he fits to and from tho
metropolis SO absorbed In business that he says be
doesn't know half the time whether he lives In New York
or Philadelphia. Mr.. Patton barely rises 81. lie began
his railroad life some eight or ten years ago a. local
station agent at and he has risen from tho
ranks to tho next to the most important place In his
company's service. His friends look to SEQ him Presi.
dent Patton ZONE day.
A smooth.faced man. with a jaw indicative Of bulldog
energy and n high. thoughtful forehead, is often seen in
the inner circles Of literary life here, lie is william s
Walsh, the editor Of Ltppfncotts Magazine. one Of the old
est literary monthlies in the country. Mr. Walsh doesn't
look over 80 but he knows the publishing business from
the font Of ty pc to the blue pencil and he has practised
It 30 successfully that his pet monthly now ranks among
the nrst He originated the idea of publishing y com.
plete novel with each issue Of Ltppincotts instead of run.
ming several stories, a. the other magazines do. Ho
leaves shortly for an extended stay in Europe. where no
received his education and acquired his cultivated criti-
cal taste.
A catalogue Of the prominent people in this tswn who
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Mrs La Bau, the late william II. vanderbilts sister,
doesn't hesitate to avow her belief. and there Is no rea.
son why she should. E. II. Coz. the President Of tho
biggest manufactory OF electrical apparatus In the
country, and owner Of the Graphic Is said by his friends
to be a believer. There seems to be some affinity be.
tween electricity and spiritualism. Edison is known to
be deeply interested In both subjects. Ex.Gov. Hoadly
il a student of both Tho spiritualsm Of these educated
and intelligent disciples of the new creed is not tho vul-
gar art of table-rapping or notwithstanding. They are
seekers after truth, and believe the veil between the
material and the spiritual may be lifted.
Brothers bearing different names are not uncommon
In England and France, where the acceptance Of the
testator's namo is 30 often the condition oflegacy. but in
the United States they are rarely ound. Two of them
are TO DO seen. however, on Broadway almost any day
Herman Perlet the operate conductor, and Frank
Perley. the minstrel manager. In early life. with tho
consent Of their parents. ono assumed . singing and the
other an acting appellation. The first rhymes with such
operate d istichs as SAY. love. say. come, come swayI"
The second jingles only with such low.comedy words as
hurry burly." There Is more than one thinks in the last
syllable of a name.
Day after day some OF the most skilful metal workers
in New York are to DO seen hammering away, In q big
Broadway establishment. at q gigantic silver vase. Its
to be four feet high, and around its polished sides, in
bold relief. a series of groups and tsblsaux stand out
They illustrate the progress Of American civilization
from Indian times until now. The vase Is the work of
the Gorham Manufacturing Company. and it is designed
to have 1t presented to the President by the thirteen
original States at the celebration in April OF Washing.
tons Inauguration.
Collectors of American poetry have made inquiries q
number of timer lately At the Windsor about Gen. Philip
st George Cooke, U. s. A., the handsome old soldier who
has been there for . day or two. They wanted to know
II he was kin to tho Philip St George Cooke OF Virginia
whose estate was one of the handsomest on the lower
James River, and who has come down to fame as tho
author Of a rem ark ably beautiful poem called :. Florence
Vane." Like all old soldiers Gen. Cooke Is q very mod.
est man. But several OF his visitors arc convinced that
he is the bard himself, and wonder why he doesn't write
some more.
Thomas H. Dudley Of Camden. n. j., IL perhaps tho
most picturesque citizen of that ancient town. At the
Fifth Avenue he Is pointed out as the most prominent
man who has registered from Camden for years. He
lives in - The Grange" when at home, and every nail in
the Grange was imported from Liverpool, where Mr..
Dudley used to be Grants Consul All the furniture for
the Grange csms from England, and yet Editor Dudley
he writes for tho Camden Post, of which he 10 part
owner-is an ardent Republican. and believes in tho
highest kind of y tariff. He Is q well-bsarded man, of
quiet aspect Of medium size and height. and so odd
years of age.
Tho artists Of tho Salmagundi Club had \ serious time
In bringing about the removal Of their headquarters 70
more commodious rooms In Fifth avenue But for such
live spirits as Richie. Graham. Ksmble, and Others, 1t
could not have been done. Yet already tho result fol.
lows the history Of all such enterprise by clubs in this
club-crazed town The applications FOR membership In
tho month that has passed since the club moved to
swslldom number Just one-quarter tho present member
ship OF the club.
All that the art lists seem to need 70 produce beautiful
effects is the wall space on which to work. Given that,
all the men bring pictures either on canvas stretched on
bare pine frames or on drawing paper not mounted at
all, and thon, by looping up coiorsd cloths behind the
sketches and an odd old gun, or an oar, or u hshuet, or a
sword, or anything they can pick up in their studios or
2arrets. they transform n bare room into = delightful
haunt. +. A. +, Barnard'e pictures in oil of Tho Cap
taiu'u Toast" and Of ''sieyfrisd and the Dragon " at