Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-23
NEW YORK LETTER.
FRESH GOSSIP OF MEN, MANNERS,
AND MEASURES.
t.stabiishu,~nt OF Chair Of GaeIic--waM-
street Brokers DcIected-The Inter
viewer" rs n Photographers As
sistant-Pcrsonai Portraits.
Correspondence OF tho Richmond DIspatch.I
Nrw yonx March % 1900

NEw YonK, March %. 1890.
The Gaelic Society Of New York has n
scheme on foot for the establishment Of
chairs Of tho Gaelic language in tho vari-
ous colleges of this country. Bishop
hoane. the rector OF the now Catholic Uni
Vcrsitv, was applied 10 several weeks ago
Cor has opinion upon tho establishment OF
ruch q chair there. and also asking for in
formation a. 60 tho cost Of endowing pro-
Fcssorships in the other colleges Of the
tuitcd States. lie replied that The Uni
vcrslty would be only too glad 20 csfab-
10 such a chair should the endowment
le forthcourng.N Other colleges commune
Gated with. the University Of Pennsylvania
Dad Yale IN particular, were heartily in
tavor OF the scheme
The cost of such an endowment would
T. from $4,000 20 500. 600 per college,
bat many Of the institutions written 10
waived the question Il immediate endow-
ucrt and offered % establish the chair
we're 5000 a year guaranteed for its MAIN
tcnance.
PLANS TOR RAINING FUNDS.
So the matter stands. committee Of
Tie Society is now considering "a plan for
faisiu. The funds. They propose 20 issue
b. appeal 20 the millions Of Irishmen in
America for dollar subscriptions. The
appeal wil be- directed b. their national
patriotism. and such representative Irish
men ns John Bowie O'Rcillv, the Boston
poet Bishop O'farrel. OF Trenton. \. j.,
e0d Eugene Kelly, OF Now York, Will be
asked 10 lend their names 20 tho move
mont Tho various Gaelic and philO-Celtlc
tocieties scattered over the country wall
work tocothcr in the matter.
/, is "a littlc peculiar that there IS no
chair for the CGtic language and history
in America at present. Few persons IN this
country are vcrscd In these topics. in Eu-
Pop. % Is different Tho seat Of Celtic
learning. curiouslv enough. is IN Germany,
more especially Heidelberg. In Paris there
pre- three established profossorships. In
ireland there are two. and ii the universi-
e. of Glasgow and Edinburgh there Is one
tlcI.
WALL sTETFr Dull.
The INT and Jolly Wall-street broker is
}aylnc the hardest time of his life Just now
q make both ends meet Never IN the
Cuurac ~ hrs somewhat eXcitable career
J 4s hc found 10 $40 bard 20 make dollar
y DAYS OF lang -Tue the broker was beng
q bc enVcI. lie was usually pictured as
iptuud individual. dressed Ia tho most
costly rainort living ike q Sybarite
The costly raimcut that once sot all the
i1vp talking about the extravaganza of
Wall street men has given place 10 very
Uui,t-i1okIuG business suits, good many
II them too much worn, and most Of them
costing third lees than the garments Of
g. tho stock Exchange Int ou the Pro
Cure tho Cotton, the Coffee. and every
other exchange. How long tins may last
l. "A problem. Things viii probably not be
vDrr much bettor until the public again
i4kos "a hand iu speculation.
Ono of tho Incidents that VIII show the
effect of tho hard times ma Wall street is
tle depreciation i'm value Of seats in the
various eycnances few wears ago a
membership IN tho Stock Exchange was
valued NJ nhout $4,000. II can be bad
gov tnr less than r2N,J0l. A seat IN the
Consolidated Exchange was worth about
Il f1i One cHu uOW lo had iOrabOUt $500.
And rents. too. are not nearly SO high as
tucc were az the period mentioned above.
hpi,uild offices can now bo obtained at
F,rv reasonable figures SIMPLY because
very f~v men can afford such quarters
Yl" average broker carries has Office IN his
)st. and he is having the hardest timo IN
's life 30 keep the Aforesaid hat above
ishwatcr.
TWO COMING LKCTUErRs.
Mrs. Frank Leslie has determined TO
tlko the lecture platform. This will be
sr~s 90 great many people, particularly
flrs. Lesbos irionde. She VII appear IN
aud around New York few times during
the coming spring. aud then will make her
,uuual pilgrimage 90 London, where she
vii also lo heard. She has several Ice
thc agent DO is managing hCr predicts
T. big success for her now undertaking.
Here i- % youu1 fellow vino is also try
IN io mako hl' as q lecturer. lie ID man
j. looking. about twenty-five. with clear
(urcvt. broad shoulders. and ~ intellect
nal face u is Frank De Wit T4lmaEe. only
living eDu If the famous Brooklyn divine,
and Doe gives fhc Tie 10 the ott-quoted SEN
Ionce that great mons sons are usually
worthless Iulc-slll sigus fail heisColng To
make % big hit. and be is doing il solely on
is own mcrit and not ON Dis fathers name.
y axe an If Or. laimagc's children he has
tc.n carefully tutored.
HorE FOR YOUNG WOMEN.
Il ia whispered in tie precincts Of the
y .ur Hundred that Mrs. Al0hle Wright
N2n.ca. the lclla of three seasons, who
turprised all New York by getting. mar
Iifl and depart ing for Europe with her
millionaire husband the day after, is 70 be
1rssDntcd o. the Queen at the next draw
iue-r0om IN Nav Naturally enough. this
las caused q commotiOn among the young
girls with whom the bride 50 long asso-
C.ctci.
Perhaps tho most curious part Of Mrs.
A2raeu's matrimonial venture, and that
which causes most ustOnlshmont among all
Glasses is the fact that she was tho only
Ylemhcr Of her family who was in society.
Her name figured i'm al the social reports
a. the day. VT when it was stated IN print
tLat She was married IN a boarding house,
Cl4 that her mother had been confirmed
invalid for MANY years and her father had
tc.er been IN society the amaZement was
very Great TO bc sure the boarding house
was a fashionable one, but boarding.
louse j. % boarding house, and other young
women who imagined Miss Wright leading
u life of Svbaritic ease IN a splendid man
Ron were aet0nishcd 10 find that her cir
.f.r.a Nr..f "a
G.usaul Is of other women IN New York.
Tha las. at any rate, set AZ rest the
Yumor that only Miss Moneybags can
enter the society If the -Four Hundred.
j. the case of Miss Wright she
lalnothiue but good looks aud sweet
disposition 10 recommend her, and now
that she IS a wife Il may be said 10 her
credit that she was not chaperoned by any
matchmaker. and yet unaidcd she man
t-,l % catch husband with a million,
lnI in the future VIII wicld n distinct
power in both New York and London So
rietv. At the same time II must be re-
in,mlered that she Lad pretty face and q
beautiful form. That was her fortune.
sHE INTERVIEWER" As THE PHOTOGRAPHEB's
ASSISTANT.
4. nov not be generally known, but il IA
fact Just the same, that all the photo
traphers IF New York employ person
whom they designate as tho inter
viewer" Sometimes il is woman and
sometimes II is "a man. The business Of
tii. individual is 20 secure trade. When |
ever prominent man or woman comes
& New York and the photographer |
wishes 10 get sitting he sends
this interviewer" to the hotel where
D. prey is stopping. and by an |
trrar cement with the clerk, who |
usually receives free the pictures of his /
Viie and family no is enabled to reach /
any distinguished guest and barter for a
sitting. Very often this Is not accom- |
uhshcd without such opportunities as to /
mako the interviewer very disagreeable |
person. But ike the average drummer, he |
hold. on 10 his victim. until IN sheer des- |
yeration he bags his game and Tugs it of TO /
The Photographic studio. Great men and |
women. others who suddenly become IA /
suous. and actors and actresses are usually I
tho persons singled out by these people. /