The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Pays $4,000
for a Little Musical Entertainment.
Cruel Remark About Justice Powers Bronze
Fine-Art Foundry-An Unpleasant Incl
dent in Metropolitan Street-Car.
,nec;aI % ,ba Indianapolis Journal.

| Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| New YORK, Jan. 2l-What a white elephant
| the famous Stewart mansion seems likely to
| become! Within the past twelve months rumor
| has placed half dozen tenants in it, yet none
| has taken possession, and il is uninhabited. 1t
| is too formidable-positively appalling in the
| light of a liability. There is little reason to
| SUPPOSE that the latest rumored tenant, the
| Manhattan Club will ever get there There Is
money in this organization, but the day for
Tweed investments in the club line has gone by.
Clubs 60 it rich nowadays, but they 90 it cosy,
also; and imposing is too much like ''imposi-
ton" to be unalloyed attraction. Be-
sides, there ghosts about Thirty
fourth street and Fifth avenue The spooks
of both Alexander r. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart
are to be materialized in court. If appearances
go for anything, ex-Judge Henry Hilton is losing
confidence in his own ability to maintain intact,
upon its merits alone. the will of the late Mrs.
A. T. Stewart A tremendous battle over the
vast property is to begin in March The broad
shoulders and towering head of Roscoe Conkling
will appear in the front rank of the eminent
counsel engaged in defense of the document.
He is a new acquisition, and Lord Roscoe's fees
fly high in these later days. Society is wild
with stories and rumors about the Stewarts and
their forty millions, and there will be astound-
ing revelations, it is expected.
~
This week the excitement upon Murray Hill,
however, is about Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
1t was said that in the absence of her sister-in
law, the much gayer, Mrs William K. Wander
bt. she meant to entertain and dazzle society.
But there was doubt about it, for she had never
seemed to care about social effulgence, and had
busted he rsef instead with liberal charities and
domestic pursuits. The frst-mentioned expec
tat on is what has been realized, and SO magni-
fcenty that previous occasion Of the kind
will bear comparison with it, not even in the
always brilliant light of recollection. Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilts entertainment was a must
Gale. Many hostesses had previously followed
the English fashion of employing professional
performers to in and sing. recite or do
something else in their particular lines. Now the
unreasonable adulation Of Joseph Holman. the
the ten-year-old prodigy pianist. had made him
the desirable thing for this purpose. Nothing
like the furore over Hofmann has been music
ally known here since Jenny Lind Manager
him is much more than balancing the loss en-
tailed by the management Of sWallack's Theater
this season. 1t happened that the afternoon OF
Mrs. Vanderbit's affair was one on which Hof-
mann matinee was to hav been given at the
Metropolitan Opera-hous So. when Mrs Van
derbil sent to Abbey for Hofmann, the reply
able profit of 81, 500 woulS make it necessary to
demand at least So, 600 hat particular half
day of Holman. Why should that price
make any difference tc The wife of eighty
or ninety milfions4 1t didn Mrs Vanderbilt
is by no means splurger. But when she wants
q certain thing that money will buy, there is no
reason on earth why she shouldn't have 1T.
Therefore she paid So. 600 for Hoffman,. Not
only that. but she hired Lii Lehman. the prin-
cipal prima donna of the opera. at $500, to sing
two songs, besides several minor vocallstS and
musicians. / calculate that her little variety
matinee cost her not less than S4, 600 merely for
the talent employed. As the Cornelius Wander
bilt mansion was on this occasion for the first
time wholly opened to guests. and it WIS
turned into garden of exotic flowers from garrett
lishments as new Gobelin tapestry, purchased
at $50, 600, and two expensive orchestras it is
hardly possible to count up the outlay.
mate ms Asl1Uaa' VaIuas by doiars. n''' and I don't
suppose that less than $100, 600 were spent by
Mrs. Vanderbilt to show to society what she
lied all this expenditure. you can be safely left
your Imagination for the details of splendor
How did the ladies dressl Well, beautifully.
The novelty was that many wore gloves two
sizes too big. That is a new freak of fashion.
Such gloves are long, buttonless and of a size to
be easily drawn over the hand. As to the gem
eral toilets, they may be described by bit of
actual dialogue.
.'What do you want the girls to wear at your
reception" asked prospective guest of viva
cious leader in society.
II want nothing but the most exquisite dress
ing," was the reply. ''and mighty little of that"
Police Justice Maurice J. Power, the present
boss of the County Democracy, is naturally
wellseasoned political bird, and stand any
amount of personal hot shot But he is also
connoisseur in art-or prides himself that he is,
which goes about as far nowadays-and this is
his vulnerable point Since prosperity marked
him for her own, the Judge has purchased SOW
eral good pictures, each labeled with distin-
guished artists name, but his hobby is the
bronze fne-art foundry which he owns, he hav-
ing been the first to introduce that industry
into New York. A few evenings ago Boss Power
was surrounded by friends in the reception-room
of his home when the front door bell rang The
servant announced a woman who insisted on
heart is large his rotund person, issued
forth to the hail. where waited an ancient Celtic
dame with shawl over her head.
.'Jedge yer Honor said she, ''me boy Jimmy
got thirty days this snarning fer sthrikin' me
whin he had a drop too much, an now I'm sorry
an want terget him out right away. an don't
know which jedge it were, sor. Kin yer tell me
was it you-it was at Essex Market, yer Honor"
Now. the Jedge remembered the woman per-
fectly as one who had appeared before him as
complainant against her SON; but his punch was
getting cold. and he didnt want any more busi-
ness for that day.
Cant you remember the judges name, my
NO. yer honor but might know it if I heard
it. Sure asked policeman aud he told me to
come here"
.'was it Duffy7'
"Ob. sure. know Judge Duffy we'll"
.Maybe it was Murray, or Smith, or Cor
manr
II can't list tell your honor. But he is little
fat man" tthe Boss prides himself on his figure,
but sis on his shoulder blades in courti IAN
he's got round eyes an wears glasses, an he
makes Thin tin images up in Twenty-ff.h
street"
"Oh--ah-yes-just so. All right my good
iv< <I.xa
III see if / can tx il for you
The Boss went back to his fne-art friends
but the 'tn images" was too good to keep with
in small coterie.
Did you ever encounter q demonstratively
drunken woman in a street conveyance, whore