Telegram-herald., 1890-03-04
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
Ths Latest Gossip AbCat peopls
We Al Know.
Mr. CRAFTS Iess LsttsEs-1hs ssewaTs
n4asios LISsly 10 be s0Ad-Ssn-
sr.I AlxsF's foar-fslnAAsss
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warriors love letters % her. There 1s
Eot sclntill2 Of truth n u MT
GRAFT possessed Of al The lettes
written her by her husband. but she J.
rot the woman 70 make such oe4lc2%
misslves pu Bile. She possesses &o1n4
ant material for book that would
higaly entertaining 20 tie America
public and would be remuuerauye be
sldss-o9ds and ends OF papers, storiea
aboal famous men and women who
were intimate with her husband, And
bits 4 unxritten history about the
gres- rebellion. These see may pub
iisb at later day when her health j.
fully restored.
IL seems % be the fashion just al
present 20 write books or have some
one else do II FOR you. Pauline Hal,
the cert Casino actress, has been ap-
preached by publishing house Tor
volume on Comic Opera, but as the tair
Pauline has no literary talent she Wall
be obliged, II she accepts the oter, to
have the work done for her by some
skilled litterateur. Ward McAllister,
the great social generalissimo. Is also
debating whether be shall write booA
on social questions or nos. lie has
been offered large sum for such
work. II is she gossip OF literary circles
that Cyrus W. Field, now in the sunset
OF glorious life, contemplates
volume Of memoirs. Ben Butler !
already engaged on volume that is t.
be published III the Fall. and the widow
= hn~ n
tho great Confederate leader ready for
the publisher in a few weeks. EA-
Minister Wm. Waldorf Astor. who has
met With somo considerable success IN
literature, has a new volume under
way, and Nellie Bly's story Of her race
around the world will soon be spread
before long-sufiering public. Mrs
! President Harrison has been offered a
/ large sum OF money for balf-do@en
magazine articles, and the widow OF
Henry Ward Reecher has about de-
cided 10 edit volume Of papers about
her late husband. Mr.. Geo. w. Wander
/ bilt the bachelor mem Der OF the house
/ OF rusus, who can draw his cheque for
thirty millions of dollars, Is as anxious
nov IS ever TO dabble In literature. A
/ few years ago be contem plated doing
work on some of the daily newspapers,
/ but he was persuaded to give up the
/ idea. Since that time. he has been
writing good deal of fiction, both
long and short stories. and it is not un-
likely that he may decide to publish q
volume in the fall.
Altogether, it will be SEEN that the
( craze for writing books is now under
/ full headway.
/ A GREAT BANQUET HALL FoR NEW YORK.
Now that the Stewart will con-
+ test has been settled to the satisfac-
| ton OF the heirs, if not TO the public,
! the question that agitates most people
! in Gotham town is what will become of
! the great white marble palace on Fifth
avenue. that Stewart built for resi-
dence when be was indeed the ''mer-
chant prince" Various clubs have
made propositions TO purchase 1t, and
no END OF people. who regarded it as a
white elephant and thought it could be
had for one-half its value, have ap-
| preached the executors with an idea OF
purchasing it; but for some reason or
other all.these plans have fallen through
ana now i. seems likely that syndi-
cate with sufficient capital behind it will
whsre private dinners, banquets and
dances may be given. New York has
outgrown Delmonico's. and, in fact, has
I no place TO accommodate as many peo-
/ pie as il is often desirable to entertain
at one time. 1t is proposed to convert
one floor OF the Stewart mansion into q
+ dining-room, in which one thousand
persons can be served with dinner al
once, or where dancing party OF three
/ times that mum berumay be accommo'
dated comfortably. A year or two ago
( the idea OF serving dinner for that many
/ persons would have been laughed a. by
any caterer in the town. but the expert
meut at the Centennial snd the New
F Year Ball at the Metropolitan Opera
House convinced them of the practica
bility of such a scheme. and once q
building sufficiently large for the pur-
pose can be obtained, the remainder oi
the work is very easy. II is great un-
GENERAL ALGER AND TIE O. A. F.
The noble women who remained al
home and endured suspense. and In
many cases deprivations, were among
the heroes Of the late civil war. While
husbands, brothers and lovers were al
the front and knew when they were In
danger. the women. bless them, fell
that every day their beloved ones wer,
standing in the face OF death. Heroic
women bring forth a race o; heroic mon,
and we should be proud of our AmeTi
ca women
General Russell A. Alger. OF Michi
gan. comm ander OF the Grand Army o.
the Rspu bile. uttered the above senti
ments recently. lie was making hi,
great tour OF Inspection Of the Granf
Army posts His programme is 20 visi
TIE headquarters OF every Grand Army
Departments ia he United States. Il {,
great undertaking, and viii requirs
noaths Of almost constant travel. som.
$4,000 or 50. COO miles viii have TO q
traversed. and many impror1 pt,
speeches made To vista Grand ArmI
department and not make speech
would be Ike going 70 tesst and hsv
ing 10 uius CT vster. The General II
not fluent speaker. Int be iss Eocy
con versation alist and thai brings hiu
nearer 20 ths oh veteran shan al th'
flowers - rhe.orio gathered from th'
classics Al.aoagh rspa.s3 % bs wortl
twelve o. fftesn millions % dollars IA