Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-15

| RIAoE-THE POET BoNER AND HIS woRK-rHE
COMING OF wAaNER's "CYcLus"-How HORROR
WAS AvERrED.
Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR
New YORK, February IA.
| ~NOTH Commodore Bateman and Mr..
| NtCOon are deeply mortified at the
| H Nscandalcus runaway and bigamous
| ALmarriage of their partner, Douglas
Green. But they believe, while not
disposed to condone his offense that the man is
crazy. He has acted strangely for some time.
and, as you doubtless have learned. was to have
| been confined in a lunatic asylum in a few days
had he not escaped. Possibly the knowledge
Of that fact fastened his exit. The firm must
suffer from the scandal, though Green's inter-
est was much less than people generally sup
posed. His name led the firm, but he was by
no means the leading partner
need not tell Washington readers that the
house has become one of the strongest in the
street. 1t can afford an episode of this sort.
perhaps and yet it must endure a good deal of
| rldlcule. And another graduate of Washington
has got into deep and rather muddy water dur
ing the week-Mr. Jordan, whose banking
operations have turned out SO unfortunately.
AN EsrHETIo ST. VALENTINES
We have been some Of us observing st. VAL
| entine's day in gallant and esthetic fashion
by attending the 'ladies' day" reception at the
Aldine club. This is the new social club which
has lately been started under the shadow of De
VINE prlncely printing establishment in La
Iayette place. 1t is the fourth club Of the
same general class that has sprung up within
short time. counting predecessors in the
same Held the Authors, the Grolier and the
Fellowcraft, showing that this Philistine town
Is rapidly developing pretty taste for the
eiegancles of a refined Bohemia. It is a sig
nlhcant fact, too that the University club is
perhaps the most popular. and prosperous club
in the city.
Az the Aldlne the special attraction Just now
Is collection of original drawings and manu-
scripts which the book and magazine publish
ing houses have been accommodating, the ex-
hlblt being helped out from private collec-
lions: Those OF your readers who have wan
dered through the Century suites of Office and
editorial rooms will understand what charm
Ing gallery of black and white work that maya
zine has furnished. One of the interesting
items from the same source in the field Of
manuscript Is the original of Boner's striking
poem on Poes cottage at FOrdham, which has
| attracted more attention than any piece Of
poetry which has appeared for years. 1 am
told that MIR. Boner, whose literary fortunes
nave taken him from a case In the government
printing office to desk in the dictionary de-
partment OF the Century company, Is soon to
nave another poem in the magazine.
FIFTH AVENUE PANIC.
We came within an ace of having first-class
"horror" on 9Th avenue on Wednesday. 1t was
only few months ago that hospital on the
same avenue was found to be on fire and the
inmateJ were saved from frightful death only
by good fortune. And this week it was an
orphan asylum. stuffed full of small children
Many OF your readers will remember the build
ing the old-fashioned. roomy ugly structure
adjacent nd
site the Vanderbilt houses. The building cost
the city splendid art gallery, as it was one of
the whims of w. II. Vanderbilt to buy the
ground and erect upon it museum
d IN wnica -, TO place his pictures and then
the asylum authorities wouldn't sell and the
| rich man got mad and wouldn't play 1t was a
| mercy that the children were ali marshaled
with such GOODNESS and led out Of the smoking
corridors INTO the safe street. And architecture
ally, in addition to other reasons, it is a mat
| ter for cOngratulation that the fire did not
spread to the stately st. Patrck's cathedral.
Ruined abbeys and cathedrals are we'll enough
among the effete monarchies. but in young
America we prefer upon the whole to have our
temples In good working shape. New York in
particular needs all the means Of grace there
are. Yet as have explained, we are not such q
dreadful set. The Charity Organization So
| clety, for example, held a most encouraging
meeting during the week and that very ener-
IA,
gamblers with particularly sharp stick.
THE HALKETr-sToKEs WEDDING,
The social event of this week has been the
marriage on Tuesday Of Miss Stokes to Baron
Hugh Colin Gustave George Halkett. The
baron, besides his names, has a comfortable
fortune. and the brides S13 600 600 in addition
will enable the young couple to set ND house,
keeping III a modest way. The wedding was an
unusually brilliant pageant, and LOCO guests
were invited to witness it. The Church Of the
Heavenly Rest was transformed into a bower
with tall palms, acacias, Easter lilies and dwarf
Towering peach. White-robed choir bovs
chanted the Lohengrin wedding song, two tinv
maidens in pink tulle opened the gates Of
flowers that led to the chancel, and the four
bridesmaids were rosy visions in pink gowns
with pink silk mule wells. The guests at the
breakfast had an opportunity of seeing the
new Stokes house, opened for the first time to
visitors, and OF admiring the varied and inter-
esting beauties of its French Moorish Flemish.
FlOrentine and Pompeiian room3.
Last week all other festivities were eclipsed
by the more than Solomonian glories of the
Bradley Martins dinner and ball at Delmon-
lcos. This entertainment gives some idea of
the extravagant pace set by the lavish leaders
OF society here and rivals the old Roman fetes
in its magnitcence. Dolmonico's, already ele-
gantly decorated for the season, was trans
formed The entire walls were tapestried in
pale blue satin, with the panels painted in
DAINTY moral designs, and gold and crystal
scOnces were put in. each one mass of yiolets
and lilies of the valley. At Q o'clock three
hundred guests sat down to a luxurious dinner
which was quickly and comfortably served.
The table decorations were entirely of American
Beauty roses, and before the ball the big chan
delier was swung down and the roses with
which 1t was loaded and those from the table
were quickly divided into great bouquets tied
with wide ribbons and each lady received one
from her hostess. Mrs. Martin herself was in
oriental maSnIticence, wearing as many as she
conveniently could of her famous diamonds. a
tiara, number of necklaces and bracelets and
a stOmacher which outlines the neck and covers
the entire front of her corsage. But it must
be owned that even diamonds rubies and SAP
phires, when worn as a garment rather than r.
decoration, are little suggestive of q stage
queen.
THE "CYcLUs" CLOSE UPON U.s.
In ten days the great Wagner "Cyclus" will
begin at the Metropolitan Opera house. We
have had a few trial flights already attended
with much success. and on the Goth instant the
series will commence with Rienzi and 20
through the whole Wagner list to the Goetter-
dammerung. The only exception is ParsifaI,
which cannot be given outside Of Bayreuth.
The company at the Metropolitan
is as competent as can be gathered
for love and money in the wide world but it
has suffered from the grip and the tenor.
VOgl has been extremely i'll and up to within q
few days quite unable to do Justice to his roles
or to his reputation. He is said to be about
well again, however, and is doing much better
work certainly The 10 vni,