Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-28

THR RRcoRD on FAILURES ~ BOOTHS ruEArER
BUILbrNe-rHR ASTi-BoBrAn-cAR cEusApk-xks-
BELvA LOCKWOOD BLOCKING OUT nkR cAxrAaS-
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Correspondents Of THE EVENING STAR
NEW YORK, July %.
III wager It viii be q long time before another
merchant viii take hold Of the big building corner
OF 9th avenue and 23d street, and try 10 make
money out OF IT. The building Is ..Jonah," II
there ever was one, and merchants have their
superstuons as well as gamblers. The building
Is the old Booths Theater, built at a time when
New York contained no theatrical houses worth
mentioning. There could have been no more hope
fu enterprise then than the opening OF this beau
tiful dramatic hall Booth himself was then at
the height OF his popularity and in the zenith OF
his genius Beside this, the great actor was a
Careful and an experienced manager, shrewd In
business ventures and he had, 70 carry him
sniousn, an amount or capital that alone should
Booths Theater tailed
FOR some unexplained reason people wouldn't 60
lnto The house 10 hear their fayorte The capital
az Booths command was used up. debts accumu-
ruptcy.
Then Geo. L Fox. who had made barrels of
money everywhere WITH his inimitable "Humpty
Dumpty,' took the theater.
And ne failed
r the failure 50 wore upon the pantonimists
MUD, it Is said, that ne became morose and
nighty In his mental balance, and ultimately
PASSED away mental and pm yscal wreck.
Olher dramatic stars and dramatic companies
TOOK the lheater at Various times Many oi them
were crew MeiI,paylng enterprises anywhere els.
IL is fact TOO, that many societies and lodges
Mn,Sn aiterWard took rooms 10 the building were
unaoie 10 prosper and We're disbanded either
biliIies.
Finally nobody would hire so much as a fruit
s.aha connected with the illstarred theater build
ing, and II became sucn white eepha ant on the
ndnds OF It's managers that notwit INST a Dd.ng the
rncta was one OF me most substantially con-
walls RACED 10 the groHn1 and = 49, hsNs, :
erected on its site Containing one OF the larvasi
anu ndndsomest stores In the city,
Chiyyis ar1s,ooss eu % 'ne httn on oonknng
established reIai, store The eoSper VS. loors1
upon as one OF the p.st i'm New Yors for the mr.
pose, right In the shopping center. on TWO streets
thai do more OF thar sort OF husin,s
Two IN town. Wei Conkliny a Chiyyis 81 rugyled
manfully against fate for years and alInolgh
Jney were not bankrupted In their hus,ness tHey
found IL so unremuueratlye thai Ihey were yiad RI
sell out
Levi NJ Rates WIN next ,oor rho v,,o.o ,r..
looaed upon As The shrewdes, o,x sne , piJe, A.
the country 10 re- haen ~, eoo.s J1oo . ia
Cooley ne was Known "a nm q, s Daea noe .
integrtty and most ma, hoa,a, " n' ss,oe
A Strong and active Marty man IN nn,i,,cs Ia nsa
a reputation second anlv 70 n Ias.s,i.S s ~ a
man VINO cnuia raiss ih ,sr.-as, a, 81. a.
Tor the renunlicsn mari in saa na' -, ,, ~
bought out ConKllng & Chiyyis and conancteS
the stora win Iha ss,,a ,soi,.,, ~. A, ,.. -
successful IN MS Whole bup nsss IRE nAu ioun0 ~
On Monday OF this week he Iailed
ms liabilities are not 50 large out that his actual
TINS man VINO Gould a,Wsv hsrs,o,'r ,ne s' ous
amount or money on the sharte'r nas,ca ,onn5 any
himself unable To get together a few p.ifrS tSons
aud, To tide MIN over an smhsrr. ps2 '.o snr
snould have peen only iemnoraW 'ha'
Gould there be ueIier corroborar,on for The SIM
erstitous OF people who noint onI mar corn.r y
one haunted nv the snirif or m,sror,nas. SHo' -
The New York ono con.,uc,o- mn ,,o
Is going 10 be success, Just similar movements
have been q success in Chicago. BROOKLYN and
otber c,t,es whers ,nov -. - ...,,1
-, "ne,e my ha'e oeen energe,icaiiy
pusned am giad 10 see that Washington Is en-
gagged In similar movement against the uncom-
some OF The ''bobtail" companies have ALREADY
made concession TO the movement In issuing in
structions 70 their drivers TO stop the car any
where In the street when a PASSENGER refuses 10
carry his fare to the box enter the and collect
and ,San Siars ,s Sne psssengr IN tne oox
OF doubIful value. however as n DELAYS am ths
passengers, blocks traffic ON the busy streets and
Is CONDUCIVE 10 violent profanity On the part OF
Shows .%a aSe rees are But IL
positive in their minds Ihat they nave = r,yb, ~
force passenger 20 carry up MS fare and thar "a
state or things which viii eyentuaiiy lead 70 the
employment or Conductors. as the publ,c ana the
companies' charters wont hermit ssnch aelsys ss
are now caused BY the driver sUoppiny his car In
p.ay CONDUCTOR. '''Pp'As NAS S~' W
Incidental TO this ant,-bobtan crusaoa 7 n.ve
discovered that there isn't anv nae IN avfn 20 roo
at ali on bobtail car have ssbeat nv ne ssss,e
three times this week on the only three hohs IN
TRIMS have made loined the N ~ n n Ieaune
and when entered one of these cars Mondsy I
simply stood on the hack nlstform and waiiaS ,or
tine driver TO tngle his nell and sIesr NJ me ,or
not putting my nickel in the box. He DIDN'T unoie
and ne dIIn't swear He maid no aitenIion 70 M.
whatever and GOT out al NV deslination feel,nS
rather nurt ahouf IT.. hnt has saxao 'na r,clnf
Twice since nave been a nassenger or a hoh1 ~
and nave gone throngh the sane exTa..a
eYcept thar rhe iasf Time the drayer ,saiaS ~,
haIl nd l,olrat orn., % n q, nc
ditto at me- / smiled back on him In as peasanI
manner as could command, and he looked a bit
smoepi, ,a a ~ .noass. ne naa Haoe mistake,
II NAV ne mort Sin 10 heat one,s nassa,,a nm ..
car with a conductor attached, but M surely ia
only venial sin 10 beat bobtail car.
ANY nom, =. gUing 70 1eaI my way with q clear
eou"0'eA0o "h"i M '"usu a'N@
One OF Washlngton's two candidates for the
Presidency has been I'm New York laying Mines
,h,s ,,oop :, 40 pa,va yoo,-,-ao. - 49,
sniS "A' .ei' De'" hA"ooo' anu sue oohl
pring along ner tricycle.. She had an enthusiastic
reception on Monday night at the residence OF
Mrs CYNTHIA Leonard on West Twentv-th,ra
$50. =. 80, m -. a.. -, -.
her sex ana her party in New YORK were present
Mrs. lockwood made a couple OF political stump
speeGues Ia Temper snas lot us calinness ana
otber nariias and noIiricai sddresses were s,So
made by Mrs Leon ,rd. Miss LINDA C,loert Judge
Day, Mr.. David B. Smith, Col Rodgers and other