Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-28
THE TOPICAL TALKRR.
Senator Quay TO-dny-Bnd Novels Plenty
"A Short Love story-GOsSip of All


Senator Quay To-dny-Bnd Novels Plenty
"A Short Love Story-Gossip of All
Sorts.
IT happened that Ihad good chance to study
Senator NJ. s. Quay yesterday, as he travelled
into town from his howery retreat at Beaver.
By the way Beavers orchards, which are in
Vulnerable, have made the town gorgeous the
last week or SO. Well, Mr.. Quay does not yet
show the good effects of Beavers comparative
ly calm and office seekerless atmosphere. He
looks, and is beyond all question, not in robust
health.
Perhaps it is quite natural that it should be
so, but no one can help noticing that it makes
wonderful difference in Senator O. Quays appear
ance whether he is hustling in campaign or
enjoying the fruits of one. remember sitting
next to Senator Quay at the Union depot res
taurant one Sunday morning in the middle Of
September last at breakfast. Probably the
Senator was eating railroad fare for the same
reason that was-because there was no chance
of getting a breakfast elsewhere. The Senator
does not like being interviewed as well as
he ought to, seeing what abundant opportunity
he has now for indulging in the luxury and he
thought that morning that only spoke to him
to obtain an opening wedge for an extended
cross-examination. HI looked desperately worn
and troubled. and his appearance was awfully
untidy. No doubt the stains of long night
journey on the cars combined with the effects
of a tiresome ocean voyage were equally
visible on me. Anyhow, had not the least
desire to attempt to extract any news from Mr..
Quay.
Yesterday, in contrast to my last memory of
him, Mr.. @ uay was very neatly dressed in an
iron gray suit, and so extremely natty and per-
feet in his dress, from the soft, wideawake hat
to his polished shoes, that one could not help
remarking that peace and quietwere beginning
to be reflected in the Senator's outer garb.
So
THE demand for novels of the most filthy de-
scription seems to be growing, and the supply
is certainly ample. The latest work of this
class is merely a rehash of disgusting scan
dal IN which a notorious actress and a man
who has since been duly rewarded for his sin,
| distinguished themselves about decade ago.
The story was much better told in the newspa-
pers at the time, and of course without the
suggestive grossness of the "fair" author of the
novel.
It is not surprising that the author has with.
held her name.
A ROMANCE CONDENSED.
The room was dark, the maiden rose
To fetch match, she said
But he persuaded her to stay
| And make match instead.
-
| AS A sporting editor was taking the score at
one of the Chicago-Pittsburg ball games this
week, foul tip glanced back into the report
ers' box and hit him on the head. It dmted his
hat and raised bump on his skull, besides
raising laugh at his expense When he got
home his wife saw the dint in his hat and in
| quired the cause He told her and exhibited
the lump on the side of his head. Very indig-
he MI
came up and apologized for doing such
dreadful thing, didn't he ?''
What sporting editor has not yet stopped
laughing at the idea of a baseball player apollo
| gizing to anyone for any act of his.
&.#
IT WAS noticeable thing that very few
young attorneys represented liquor men in the
| recent struggle for licenses. 1 asked a young
member of the bar yesterday why this was so.
Said he: II did not take single license ap-
plication, because knew very few licenses
would be granted, and that there was a good
chance of my client being among the refused.
If a client of mine had been refused he would
have surely blamed the bad result upon my
| youth and supposed incompetency. He would
have gone about among his friends saying that
he would have gotten license if he had en-
| ployed an older attorney. I saw a case of this
sort week or two ago. A clever young at
torney took damage case which had a very
poor foundation, and the verdict was adverse.
The client has been saying all over town since
then that it was his youthful lawyers fault
| that he had lost his case. He has given it to
| an older attorney to obtain for it a new trial.
Luckily the costs will teach that gentleman
some sense before he gets second defeat in
court"
STEPPING up Fifth avenue yesterday at a
pretty rapid gait Horace Phillips struck me as
having full right to his title of the Hustler"
But he was very disgusted man yesterday.
''It's such vile weather as this that makes me
mad,'' said Mr.. Phillips. "It's all very well to
win two games out of three. but here to-day we
were expecting to get our money back when
the rain turns the ball grounds into mudhole
and games out of the question. We shall not
make the 5000 or $1,000 we expected to on the
series. and it's hard luck"
But the "Hustler" is tolerably happy in his
firm belief that his team this year is as strong
as any in the field.
Festival have sold am under the impression
that the great event is going to be tremen-
dous financial as well as artistic success.
There is no doubt about the fact that those
who want to get good seats or any seats at all,
had better apply for them as soon as possible
after the sale begins at Hamilton's on Monday
next. 1t will be good policy to buy the season
tickets, too, for hear that spectators are pre-
pairing to buy seats for the latter days of the
festival, and the prices are pretty sure to reach
high figures HEPBURN JOHNS.
Conscience Contribution of 80. 600.