Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-12
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
How The Feminine Nv yo7ker lsn b,
DistihgBisht fron Stranger
20 the Grea, CIR.
a Strange Hal'uoinsrior-rh, Pro-
dusuon OF StAbss ks:er.
Special Correspondence of the Gazette

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bat those Of every other part CT the CONE
try as well. Theory has 1t that one
familiar wi the signs can always distia-
! glish The feminine New Yorker among
ker companions, but If this depends en-
dress II Is apt to fell. Ladies from Ten
aessee, Maine and Kansas sre not behind
their eastern sisters in the matter Of
| dress, and 1t EsT be taken as general
truth that American women of to-day,
wherever they hail from, wear very rich
ana very simple clothes. Ladies from
SsR FRANCISCO and New 0Ileans, apy
more thsn New York ladies', now never
admit any tccentricities Of drass, sad are
SO mach like one another that one won
ders If Lhe whole world employs the same
dressnaker.
T,kIs tae theory in 5 broader sense, II
Is extrtm elY staple to pick oat the
strangers. New York WoRen never GO
any further down Broadway than SIX
teenth street; tAsir promenade extends
| from Forty second to Sixteenth, 3nd there
| it s!cps Absolutely and e. 0LCe, and ou2
never sees single fair GotEamite below
that part Of town. Strangers Of cCErse
| 90 not hno this, nor the fact that there
10 not much for them outside the pre-
scribed limits. The best way of ell to
detect the stranger is by listening to their
comments on passers by; it seems d. 81 .
cult for them to believe that the hand
: sone men whom they see in hotel corri-
doris and on street corners are not
infuentlal citizens, prominent in New
| York commerce and politics.
| | had an example of this standing on
| Broadway in front of the ST. james hotel
which Prof. J. NJ. Claim was helping to
cold up. Every girl who passed admired
mis- striking figure, but while the born
New Workers instincdyely knew he WAS
rot OF the ton, the Vieitors were perfectly
certain of 1t sad said so in whispers.
"Who can he be2 Somebody too nice,
an suIel''
"Husb, have seen mis- picture; ne is
he rich Mr.. -."
"Ol, 70, he's too English; 1t must be
the Duke OF Newcastle"
| All this time the professor OF she noble
srt OF self-defsnse beamed on the young
ladies, nor suspected that they took him
for one Of the City's bes: known sWelIs,
and for travelling Duke. Indeed, Pro
lessor Claim would rather be himself than
either. He never tires Of telling how ne
stood up for four rounds against john
Sullivan few years sgo, and adds Il ST
he hopes to face the big fellow again. 81
the girls passed on, perfectly contented
with him,snd lett him perfectly contenteG
| with himself.
| TAe other evening spent in q pleasant
parlor on Irving Place, listening to the
conversation c. some literary people
whose names are famous IN both CONT
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to se remembered. It turned, thinS. on
the fact that mary of the greatest suc-
cesses OF American Action writer's have
been due partly to accident and partly to
unexpected circumstances. An instance
given was that of Miss Louisa n klcott.
| whose great hit was q chance one and
surprise to her. She had been writing
many years for the weekly story papers,
and though she received money for her
werk the fame was not great. Azd when
Roberts Bros. of Boston suggested that
she give them, and right away, 6 story
Tor young people, che dashed { sine
thing, hit or miss, st the speed OF re-
porter who writes while the forms are
waiting. With dictionary On her knee
for desk she scratched away from morn
iss aAtil night, sometimes writing so
steadily that her nsgers we're 50 stiR that
she could not bend them, and botherins
herself little about revision or polishing.
That Is the way one Uf the most success
fal Of juvenile stories ever written was
prepared for the publishers. A hit was
the last thing Miss Alcott dreampt Of
when she wrote "Little Women" But Il
WAS hit that made her fame and her
future.
c misg to later topic the Iitersteurs
discussed Miss Amilie Rives' story, 1.-THE |
Qaiok or the Dead" in Lippencott's
One author said that in ! personal letter |
to himself the editor OF that magazine !
stated he had paid the young authoress
$1,000 for the story, but took the liberty |
10 cut out much strange mstter before |
publishing it Miss Rives was furious at |
Whist she considered TO be an unWsr
rantiole action, but no doubt she will |
think better OF It soTe daJ. Her Wsrmest |
'dmirers do not deny that she needs e
careful editor.
The recent notoriety Of M.dsme Dis
Debsr, snd the discussion consequent OF
her trisl Of all things supernatural. hiss
brought to light some queer tales. Your
CORES pendent learned yesterday of mar
who IS one OF the oldest and most promi-
''SAt AACAhCCl5 VI Tue new
York Cotton E1chaDgc-su!hor Ct
q work on the cultivation and
OF cotton which is az ss-
thority, and an expert In all matters con-
nected with the tariff-who is possessed
with most singular belief. His con.
slant companion on Change and on thu
street is white Spitz deg, which he
cares for as he might care fer s child.
This dog, the broker believes, is inhsb-
tied by the spirit of his daughter, who
lied several years ago, on the day the
log was born. When cur cotton king !.
md bis wife go to Europe, which they do
every summer, this dog accompanies them
md shares their state room, being Lare- ,
ully washed and combed every day. {,
Food Is served to It in plstes and courses 4.
IS II 1t were truly human being. II
ion't know whether the broker takes ad-
ice Of the spirits on material things,
,1t II he does the ministrsnts who sd
'ise his deals sre certainly not lying ones,
or he Is one of the most successful ope. I
ators on the Cotton Exchange. 4