, 1889-03-21
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Young Mems Christian Association than
in anything else.
The mi lionaire George Law, who is so
often written of, has another kindtof
! hobby. IN Ia to associate with sports and
prize fighters, to wine them and dine
them and make them costly presents, ask.
ing nothing IN return but that they shall
concur in his opinion that he ls u greater
pugilist than Sullivan himself
| Horny Cle~s IL one OF tie most success.
ful fnanciers iD New York and the head
! Of a great house. But IL is Mr.. Clews' am-
hilton to be rated llteratteur.
William Waldorf As.or. ex. United
States minister TO Italy, is another man
whose greatest ambition Is TO be nov
elst.
Pretty much every one knows the fad Of
Hon James w. Hustled, who was so many
times speaker OF the assembly. 10 Is the
collection OF scarf pins and s.arfs It Is
said he has a different scarf pin for every
day oi the legislature, and each of an or
iginal design. too.
Colonel Fred Grant has a match box
which engages about ~ much OF his at.
tention as anything else 10 Is n hand
some affair, being Of Roman gold studded
with diamonds. One diamond In the col.
lection Is as large as a pea, and IL Is by
pressing upon this that the box IL opened
Tn5 box was given to ex.President Grant
10y the shah of Persia. The colonel Ia
never tired of showing it and of talking
about it,
Ex.Mayor Hewitt's hobby is the study
ot our coinage system, and his ambition Is
to write "A work that will help settle the
question of the coinage OF gold and silver,
which are now puzzling Europe and Amer
lea. He has an immense array of doou-
mt nts hearing upon the matter.
Lew Dockstader, the we'll known min.
Strel, has u queer passion for pepper and
salt business suits, and has number OF
them.
Pierre Lorillard is not so much taken
up with his big business as with open air
sports and love of antiquities OF all
Kinds and from anywhere. He has paid
out q good deal for the latter.
Norvin X. Green, who is at the head
of the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany, has his qGeer ways, too. One is
TO walk up to the Astor House bar at
4;30 o'clock every day. He says not
word, but the waiter mixes him drink
Of which the principal ingredient Ia rye
whiskey. de pays for it, aud disappears,
still without u word.
"BiIly" Florence Is a slave to his
hobby, which is salmon fishing He is
said to have the best collection OF hooks
and other appliances for the pursuit of
this fine sport I'M the country. BILLY"
has also a weakness for practical joking.
Med" HarriRan, the author and actor.
when not engaged upon his plays, finds
his chief enjoyment 10 hunting through
the second hand clothes store, or driving
bargains with Irish or Italian laborers on
the streets tor the fearful and wonderful
garments that are worn Ia his stage rep.
rcsentations. ~. ~ '..,s,, ,...,s
"Sam" Carpenter, shs weli.kuown rail-
road man. does not care for theaters or so
cial affairs, but he has a weakness for
studying up and affecting upon his friends
the queerest and most unexpected jokes.
Judge Patrick Gavan Duffy is the best
known and mort original of New York's
police magistrates. 1t is his fad to wan
der about the corridors OF the uptown
hotels with his silk hat ON the back of his
head and enjoy the salutstipn Of the
thronps of politicians and men about
town who know him.
Mrs. James Brown Potter has hobby.
She bathes in violet water OF s. per quart.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt loves flowers
above almost everything. Her drawing
rooms are always well filled with them,
most exquisitely arranged.
Mrs. Frank Leslie is particularly fond
of rare and costly jewels and has u fine
collection of them. Mrs. Pierre Lorillsrd
has somewhat similar tastes, and seems TO
affect green as color, having some rare
emeralds.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is said to have a
weakness for cats. as Mrs. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett has for children, and for driy-
ing in hsnsom cabs.