Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-15

uassers ef Meusews and saser~ss IA tie
Metropolis.

Matters Of Moment a0o uoserese IN tie
Metropolis
IrsrER WALLACE DIED a rooR nAS-SEw yoRse
AID TO JACKSONVILLE srTFEREks-skr woksEIr-
ING xaxNox-BpsNEss woxES VINO swEAk Asp
Do orHEk nASSIsH rHrSes
corrsspondenoe Of Tnr EvKSrxe sraa.
NEW loRK. sept IL
Poor Lester wanack. who was buried on MOO
day IN another mans cemetery plot IN Wool
lawn. has been q rich man and poor man ~
turns all his life. Ne died . poor man. and tse
only thing he had 10 leave besides his oleSsing
was a LIE Insurance policy for $4,000. Has
favorite child. daughter. is married 20 Arthar
sewell, whose means ample Tor her cou'-
fort His son Arthur has made but ntue
advance In the world ana now keeps Q
theater ticket once ana a news staDd
y, ia hotel lie Will get along. however, and
ia tne insurance money. New Workers loved L.
yer W ailack. lie was the ideal gentleman 20 every
taeatef-goer, 20 f1fth avenue swels ana 10 Bow
cry knockaOoutS Aud he was tue same genlle-
man on the stage tHat he depicted before rae
loothgh,S No actor had higher opinion of his
hard a. he 10 preserve the dignity OF the stage.
therefore the modern deytc,s OF sensational aa-
Nettslhg oy faked-up stories "a stars circus- bus
Ines ana the like. had a bitter enemy IA Lesser
MailacA- Whatever success he had was won ~
, nv nvst issiunate manner, he even having az
feated IN has cary days "John Lester 80 that
ne nlgh stand on hts own mer Is rather than tse
aided oy The popularity OF tue WALLACE name 10
theatrical Affairs
III senough 10 knock the pessimism out OF tie
most hardened misanthroplc crank 20 siuay tise
Gag rness which has been exhibited ln every nor
uen OF The country TO respond TO calls Tor AID fr
the stricken city OF Jacksonville. New Yoik has
oeeh especially prompt and liberal In this respe,r
On tne very day that the can for aid reached tLls
city over sl5.0oO Vas coll.ctad and forxaraa !,
the uiseIeSscI clty. This has been followed Ia
Increased contributions every day, ano ueariy
one han the business houses IN town arr worKlr.r
Tor the relief OF cksonNliie One OF he taost her,
phys OF The De-piagued CIV A DIR Kes-
hn la ios long time teen favori.e
Forest and NTean under the name OF ..Al Fre-oo :
MANY OF that journals readers who have read ~
Dr. henwothy bravery In lighting yellow feser
have wished 10 express their appreciatlon on Ia
gallantry, and have forw al ded contrbuIlons Is.,
"a, "A frssco 70 t6rea aud N,edns In such nuIll-
Der that the payer has entered into the spirit n
he seniiinenL and his organized an IA Fr,s..o
1und, which has become one OF the most yalual,,e
financial aids 10 unfortunate Jack sonvllle
Alter all, slr Pessimist, there are some reaee,,
ins features In this lseI aDle selfish world of our
..
rcant blame the man who Is a rank pessimist
about literature and art IL seems TO me thar oar
line arts ana our fine natures going 10 the dos
OF Mammon- We make poetry for a market noss-
adays; we paint pictures as we paint HOUSES lust
according 70 the taste OF the man who pays US fer
slapping on the brush; our mu &c must follow t..e
changes OF fashion as much our trowsers asd
oillycock mats. anu as Tor our drama, we haye1f
any. In literature there Is Just now a craze IA
ported from the country where .'MauemolSeile
DE Maupin' and "MadeinOlselle Ina Femme" are
read lor the riotously erotlc move. Aud It's Old
that the professional novelists saxho res,ond he
readlest 10 the demands Tor the morbid and lac
meretricious are young women writers scarce OuI n
tneir teens They write for the marked ana fhsT
put such titles 10 their productions as will exclf
the curiosity aud in'ite the pruriency the pul-
nc Ihe drama Is getting Into The same plane And
IL a play nowadays hasn't auy nastIness about IA
IL makes 20 because as scenic ocean Il .real ws-
ter, It's burning building .'real nre" or the win
dows the mob smasues are ..real glass . Nusi,' ~
wholly subordinatedt 20 money. This season three
wonderful foreign planists are coming 10 Ameroa
refined natures 10y the harmony OF sweet
sounds? No: not a charm To advertise lac
steinway piano. Joseph Hoffman, Qast year nc
advertised The Weber piano; otto HegDer another
Infant phenomenon" In the plano line ana MorDtz
Rosenthal. are all brought here by the stelnways
are Doomed, 'Barnumed" up 10 such a point that
they become the fashion, and Nessrs sIeinwsV
sea- lot VI pianos because these 'artists" play
upon Them There are plenty OF conseryat les
OF music In New DIRK city where vocal and lnstrt-
mental music are taught But with the pcs
slOe exception OF Mrs. Jeanette Thurbefss
Tree iree National Conservatory OF music, there
Isn't one OF them that Is not run malbiy
10 advertise some make OF plano or organ
As ior painting aud sculpture, the monte baBks
are the teliows who are checking themselves Into
fashion and money. while the ideallst the true
deyotee OF his art, must either turn monte bahk
TOO or star,e. The age Is the age OF fashion, ahd
put orazen enTontery and what Is called "shrewd
business calculation"
There are a greater number OF women In New
YORK al present In business and professions th-D
ever before. Woman. when she adopts mannl-h
business, adopts xlso cerJain mannish PECULIAR
ties For one thing. she swearsA That is shock-
ing, but IL Is true. out OF dozen women JourI--
lists OF my acquaintance ten are addicted 10 ocoa-
slonal swearing. Tney are exemplary women An
M 90
them, and all beiong 10 the legion OF the .tsni-
nently respectable. But they have adopted frum
men associates IN business certain free-alsl-
easy style OF talking, ana that style INCLUDES
oaths Of more or less mildness. About q
physicians IN New YORK damn Win emphalie
GA las and cordial gusto a crowd OF men and b0Fs
who We're pushing around an unfortunate whO
vas attacked Win epilepsy on Broadway. Aad
the forewoInen Cf Large millinery and dressmak-
Ing establishments am told, swear at their en-
plOyes habltualy. One has Tut 10 visit the roe
tracks hear New York 20 hear women who are
pointed out as members OF the most respected
families cursing their luck IN betUng. talklng
Jockey slang and chewing straws "lust like a maEs
Most actresses smoke. privately, at least; solae
newspaper women VINO wish 10 be BohemienI,.s
above Canal street has a side entrance iesdins 40
a sort OF boN-stau affair. where women may aad
DO stand up 10 little bar and cali Tor a SCHOONER
OF peer or cocktail, and get them, too And yet
a local daily newspaper In this town Is puzLliag
for the space OF column every day over the pgvD-
lem, "why don't tne men marry7"
Just now everybody here .in society Is a.
pected 70 say something about verestchagin. the
famous Russian painter who recently landed on
our shores. il Verestchagin isn't already topsc
for society In Washington he soon Will be, so it
may not be amiss II post Westinghouse on tAe
pronunciation OF his name. Don't pronounce n as
IL Is spelled SIMPLY say Every shockin,,r shd
you've got IL H. L. s.
yellow Fever Microbes.
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