Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-21
ton agog when Frederick Grant brought


woman marries size should not give up
ell her life to her home and her offspring.
She is still student OF literature and
OF art. and speaks French and Ger
man like q native. Sho will make q
positive hit in the CAV capital OF Austria,
where pretty women are as plentiful as
wild strawberries in June. 1t is safe TO
say that Colonel Grant will cut pretty
wide swath in Vienna. Potter Palmer,
his brother-in-law, is wealthy, and like
his wife is DESTROYS Of social advance
ment. II is their plan to spend
very large portion OF each year in
Vienna, and when IL comes TO entertain
ing or giving dinners the Austrians
will find that they have met their match
in the Chicago hotel-keeper. Colonel
Frederick Grant looks better since his
appointment. After his inglorious de-
feat for Office in this city it was thought
that he would never again appear in pub
lie life. In the pdtois of the Bowery he
was in the soup" and he would have
remained there. too, but for his mother,
the widow of General Grant. who alone
is responsible for his appointment as
Minister TO Austris.
CARL scHUI2.
This man, who comes stroIling along
through the Hfth-hvenue Hotel corri-
dor, is none other than our old friend
Carl Schurz. His victories and his de-
feats are ell behind him. You would
recognize him in a moment, for the Carl
caturists bsve exactly caught his express
sion. A few years ago he was the idol
of the German of this city.
His influence was great. His name to a
petition for Office meant certain victory.
The announcement that no would speak
in public always drew an enormous crowd.
His ip8e art was the ipse diT0 Of
ell loyal COMMUNICATIONS. But tho
day came when he, TOO, in the patOis Of
the Bowery, fell Unto the soup" None
of the politicians seem to know him,
nor would care for his advice on any
subject. He is absolutely without in
fluence, and his name is not worth the
paper it is written on, except his
bankers. Personally Mr.. Schurz was
always the most companionablo of men.
He was master of the art OF con-
versstion. lie was a thorough mu-
stefan, and something Of an artist.
lie could sit for hours drumming
on his piano, and whenever the cares of
political life laid heavily upon him he
would dream them all away while his
long, bony fingers wandered rapidly over
the ivory keys. To-day he walks along
with tho crowd of gay promenaders but
nobody recognizes HIM. He leans heavi-
ly on his cane, for his broken ankle still
troubles him. If you ask, however, he
will tell you that he is improving rapid
ly, and in little while will be as well as
ever.
BARNUM.
Ouite a contrast to Mr.. Schurz is this
old fellow who comes along with bowed
shoulders, wrinkled face, laughing blue
eyes, and coat collar turned up about
his neck. He looks as though he had
Just stepped out of one OF the pages OF
Hans Christian Andersens stories.
Everybody knows him, everybody bows
to him. and he holds reception from
the moment he leaves his room until he
re-enters it. His name is Barnum-P.
T. Barnum.
81 am the happiest man in New
York" be SAYS, "for l am content and
that's all there is OF life. l have not
long TO live, aud | am enjoying myself
the best | can. ! like to see other peO-
pie happy, too, and if ! say it myself |
have done my share in this world TO
keep the cloud of sorrow from covering
old and young"
MIR. Bsrnum, in the patois of the
Bowery, has been sin the soup great
many times, bnt he has always managed
TO extricate himself from the tureen
before the lid was put on. He lives like
a prince of the purple in one OF the big
hotels, and his young and pretty vile
keeps him company. lie has scores
and scores of friends who ill mis- room
with flowers and singing birds, and
children who come to play with him,
and older ones to gosslpoi an afternoon,
or sing to him. His bank account is so
large that the old lady on Threadneedle
street might envy him. He Is in perfect
health, sleeps well, eats well, and enjoys
himself like lad Of twenty. But the
cord is not far of. This prince OF show
men has lived now to the time allotted
bv the Psalmist to man. He has solved
the problem of life. and carries with him
tho philosophers -contentment.
PUBLIC READERS.
What emoluments do public readers
and drawing room entertainers receive?
sought an answer to this question
from wel-known manager. He said
" They are generally well paid. There
is Mrs. Scott-Siddons. for instance. She
makes more money than any one else IN
the profession, and has Just returned to
Europe with 10000, her net receipts for
this seasons readings. She receives
from 500 to $500 night.
"Mr. Locke Richarson gets even
higher pay. lie is platform and SO
c;ety reader. For a course OF six read
ings he would receive about thousand
dollars. When he reads before one OF
the clubs lie gets from one to two hun
dred dollars. Sydney Woollet has the
same repertoire; he, too, is very busy
man.
1.-THE demand nowadays IS not so much
for professional readers as for authors
who read from their own works. Cable,
for instance, is a great success. He never
gives reading tor less than one hun
dred dollars He is in great demand Tor
Young ladies' schools and seminarles.
THOMAS NELSON PAGE
is also a great platform success he never
GOES Tor less than a hundred dollars.
a most charming reader Of his own
stories, which are always clever ores, IS
Richard Malcolm Johnston. Mrs. Mar
yaret Custer Calhoun. a sister OF the late
General Custer, is always in urgent re-
luest whenever an army or navy post
1lyes an entertainment Mrs Cowell-
e Movie. the interpreter of Brown
pe. and Mrs Harriet Webb, the we'll
1nown elocutionist and instructor, each
,eceiye from $25 to so Tor a reading.
BIZ I'VE and James ". Riley. tue