The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-24
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN THE
AMERICAN METROPOLIS.
Expense of a First-CIass Trip Across the
Auantic-An historical and PaIatiaI
Plays and Players.
NEW YORK BUREAU.
RICHMOND DAILY TINES,

great ocean steamers for the first place a
~ rcOOrd-brcaker calls attention to the enoI
nous expense Of a single trip across IN
Atlantic. The coal bill is Of course tn
heaviest, amounting in some cases to 81, 10
= a day. The City Of New York burned il
her last trip $50 tons day. After the Goa
" comes the provisions. The "fced bill" a
5. the pursers call il, on slow steamers is Offer
= greater than the coal bill. The dal
}. before sailing the passenger list il
Z shown 10 the steward. and then he zoe,
: marketing. An order for eight Thousand
pounds of fresh beef and four thousand
o. Of mutton is sent day and half befor,
the vessel sails Ia the slaughter houses
along the Hudson. Besides this. five hun.
drcd POUNDS Of corn beef, six hundred
fowls. two hundred and fifty chickens
eighty turkeys, fifty brace grouse, one
q one thousand five hundred pounds of fish,
% two thousand six hundred pounds Of ham
, and five hundred Of bacon are stored in the
refrgeratOrs. other varieties Of meat are
also orde red, so that the bill Of fare will not
= differ IN any respect from that
of a first-class hotel. Truck loads of
vegetables are ordered, the largest order
being for potatoes. of which ten tons are
consumed in trip. Tbc morning the ship
NstllN hNN QUARTS OF lnlik are utIlNtItI, 40
dozen Of eggs, and 900 pounds Of butter.
These are stored in the refrigerator Just be-
fore sailing. About 800 pounds of coffee
are used, and One-half that quantity OF tea.
| The sugar order calls for 200 pounds.
These are only the staple articles. Fruits,
nuts, and daintcs form quite a large
item. Ale and porter are the favor
tie beverages, about 1000 bottles
being disposed Of. The mineral waters
| aa , Iof coll oI
for, and Of other drinks 300 bottles are con-
sumed. When society takes possession Of
| the cabin about 100 cases Of champagne are
sold. Considerable profit is made on the
liquids, and that helps to reduce the
stewards bill. The large steamers employ
three hundred men at an average salary Of
$50 a month. which means $4,000. These
! three items alone amount 10 over S3J, 900. and
another $4,000 can be added for keeping the
| docks in order, for the rents and salaries Of
| the Offices and agents throughout the
| country, and for repairs 10 the vessel.
| full cabin list on a crack steamer pays all
| these expenses; and that means between
I four and five hundred passengers who
spend, on an average, 800 apiece. The
saloon cabin alone pays about $4,000; the
storage about $1,000 more. The freight,
| though rarely, or ever, amounts 10 more
! than $4,000, because the room is all taken
$1,000 is paid. The sum total amounts
10 about 500, 800. These figures represent only
| the income of the three summer months
The other nine months Of the year reduce
the profits considerably, for no matter how
small the passenger list is, every one has to
De as well taken care Of as if the cabins
were crowded. Still they make money. FOR
the Hamburg American Company paid II
per cent. dividend last year, and the W mite
ltsf
The accidCHt to the City of Paris, which
brought the lnman steamer with her into
dry docks lost the lnman people fully half
a million.
TIE INV DELMONICO'S.
DelmOnicO's new Beayer-street place,
which has been a downtown landmark for
over hall century, will be a magnificent
brown-st0ne, brick. and terra Gotta struc-
ture. The original building was bought by
the DelmonicOs in 1886, and has been IN pos
session Of the family ever since. 1t was
hotel as well as a restaurant in the early
days, and society held its assembly balls
there; but for the past quarter Of a
century it has only supplied the
wants Of the busy brokers, bankers, |
and other downtown business men. |
The Old Beayer-street building was prOba-
bly, the only one in America partially erect |
cd from material found in the ruins of an
cient Pompeii. All the marble in the old |
porch was imported from POmpcii i'm 1884. |
The Metropolitan Museum made efforts to
obtain the pillars and slabs, but Mr.. |
Charles DelmOnicO would not sell the mar
bic. He has used it for interior decoration in |
the new building. The kitchen is 10 be |
on the roof, and Of the other eight stories, |
the first and part of the second Will be used |
for the restaurant, and The others will be |
let out in offices. The Cotton Exchange is |
directly opposite. On May /, 1891, the new |
building will be open for business, and |
100000 Will be spent for its construction.
AMONG THE THEsPMNs.
There j. notable lack Of feminine dra-
matte aspirants this year. one or two
women who have made names Of more or
less prominence for themselves. are going |
back 10 the stage, but rs yet there are no |
signs of a crop of coming .eniuses. 1t is |
Unprecedented, as the summer nearly al |
ways brings out "A raft Of emotional ana de- |
termined young women, fired by the exam
ole of Mary Anderson and Adelaide Neil |
son. The most successful actresses last |
year were women well along in years, with |
Mrs. Kendall and Mrs. John Drew at
the head of the list. one is 40
and the other 90. Neither Of them |
could make any pretensiOns TO beauty, but |
their art was 80 finished and effective that |
the Younger women of the stage were for |
gotten. This is encouraging. The failure |
Of Mrs. Potter and the practical withdrawal |
from the American field Of Mrs. Langtry, |
was another good symptom. 1t is a source |
Of satisfaction, too. that the absurd and I'M
easy farce comedies which for five years |
have held nearly all the lighter theatres,
were almost universally unfortunate last
season. and il is already announced rs a
fact that this form of entertainment will be |
widely cur.aied during the coming year.
There are not many noyetloD in view and |
only two threats. one is Mrs. Leslie |
Carter and the other John l.. Sulli-
van. II is an awful blow 10 the
stage 10 have such IA bewildcring pair of
creatures Of nOtoriety rs these TO start in
with but life is nothing without its novel |
ties. and there is little doubt that the Car
ter and Sullivan combinations will peter out
before the season has advanced very far.
The trouble with theatricals i'm New Ork
perhaps is as well described by the
word stagnant as by any other.
We have fallen into the habit
of depending upon Europe for our novelties.
Tcrris, Milward, the kcndalls, Nynham,
" ilsOn Barrett, the llanlOn-Lees. Hermann
NaudeNillcs. the Gayety Company, and "A
good many others were here last year. Next
year between ten and twelve companies
will come over, and they will undoubtedly |
play at the best theatres, and get the most
profitable KIND Of theatrical patronage. II
is time that somebody went securing the
backwOOds. American-bOrn genius i a
scarcity, and its value just now is CORE
spOndngly high.
Lady Dunlo, the variety singer. who has
lust been through the divorce courts, has
had several oilers from American managers
10 make a professional tour in this country.
Locke ~ Davis will produce "Nero" AT
NiblO's in October. II is a dramatization
of novel by Count Eckstein, and II is said
that 100000 will be laid out before the cur
tain goes up.
Cedric IlodgsOn Burnett the original of
Little Lord FauntlerOy. is dying at Carmes,
France.
THE TURF AND FIELD.