Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-23
NEW YORK LETTER.
rue LATEST GOSSIP IN AND AROUND
GOTHAM.
Mrs. Grants LOye-Letters-Tbe "Fad"
for Writing Books-TaImage's
New Church.
lcorrcsponienco Of tho Richmond Dispatch

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/ that the widow of General Grant was TO
/ publish n volume Of the dead warriors
/ iove-letters % her. There IL not scintilla
| of truth IN II. Mrs. Grant is possessed Of
/ all the letters written her hv her husband.
but she u not the woman 70 make such
delicate mlssiyCs public. She pOssesses
abundant material for book that would be
highly entertaining 10 the American public
and would be remuneratiyc bosldes-Odds
and ends OF papers, stories about famous
men and women who were intimate with
her husband. and bits of unwritten history
about the great rebellion. These she may
publish at later day when her health IS
fully restored.
10 seems to be The fashion lust at present
10 write books or have some one else do il
for you. Pauline Hail, the pert Casino &C
tress. has been approached by n publish
ing-house Tor . volume on Comic Opera.
but as the folr Pauline has no literary
talent, she will Doe obliged. if she accepts
the offer. 70 have The work done for her by
some skilled b0erq'iw Ward McAllister,
the great so"in gonerallssimo. is also
debating whether he shall write a
book on social ga 4tious or not. He has
been offered a large sum for such a
work Ii rs ihe gossip 0t literary circles
that Cyrus v. lioid. now I'm the sunset
of glorious lif, cortemplates volume
Of memoirs. Ben. Butler - already en-
gagged on volume chat is 10 bee published
IN the fall. ald the widow Of jefferson
Davis will have her life Of the great Con-
federato leader ready for the publisher in
q few weeks. EX-AiInister William Wal
d0rf Aston who hGs met with some con-
siderable success IN literature. has a new
volume under way. and Nellie B!y's story
Of her race around the world will soon be
spread before q l0ng-suienng public. Mrs.
President Harrison has been offered a
large sum of money for half dozen
magazine articles. ard the widow OF
Henry Ward BeecLer has about de-
cided 10 edit q volume of papers about her
late husband. Mr. George W. Vanderbilt,
the bachelor member of the house Of Crw-
sus who can draw his check for $50 900 600,
is ~ anxious now rs ever 10 dabble m lite
nature. 4 few years AGO boo contemplated
doing work on some If the dhily newspa-
pcrs, bu; he was persuaded TO give up the
idea Since that time he has been writing
good deal az fiction. both long and short
stories. and II is not unlikely that he may
decide to publish % volume IN the fall.
Altogether. 1t VIII be seen that the craze
for writing books IS now under full head
way.
GGr'T DfSQUrT HALL TOn NEW YORK.
Now ;lat the Stewart-will contest has
been settled to tho -atI faction of thehcirs,
If moi 20 the public, the question that agl-
tatcs most people in.GOtham town is what
Will become If thS great white marble
palace on Fifth ay,nue that Stewart built
for residence when be Was indeed the
merchant prince Various Clubs have
made proportions to -urchaae H., and
no end Of people, who regarded It as q
white elephant. and thought 10 could Ice
had for one half ,t5 value. have az
preached the executors with an idea 0t
purchasing 70: bat for some reason or other
all thes. plans haze fallen through md
now 10 seems likely ,lar syndicate with
sufficient capital behind it viii convert it
into great -astauuut, where private din
ners, banque,>, and dances may hc gwen.
New YORK has outeroWn Dcimou.c'.s. ana,
i'm fact has no rlace t) accommodate rs
many people n II Is often desirable 20
entertain mt one time. II as proposed Co
convert one floor of the stewart mansion
into % Giuing-rO1m tn which loo
pc~s0ns can Lo served With dinner az
once. or where q dancing party of .hrno
times tlot number may be- accommodated
rnmfortqLlv vcor or fuo 400 the lea
of serviu, dinner for that many persons
would have been laughed at hvauv caterer
in the town but th. c.ucrimeut I'll tine
Centennial And the EpW-Ynr ball al tine
Nrtrouolitan Opcra-H use convinced them
of The pracrcl5ili.y of sucAa schcmc. and
once "a building sufficiently large for the
purpo-e can D. obtained. be remainder of
The work Is very easy. 10 is great I'M
dortqE:ro however. to nroptrlv serve o
dirrer ~ euch "a number. Ono Of the
,,r.ot features ~ I,ari. last summer was a
Tanouot nm which fifteen thousand per-
sons dinel M one time. The work was adj
mirablv mapped out. ard there was not %
hitch anywhere. II such plan can DE
carried ont successfully IN Paris there is 10
reason why one fifteenth of that number
should not be properly taken care of in
New York.
OF course the plan Of getting the build
inc may Iall through. Iue negotiations
are going on with great secrecy. and if
met with "a decent offer ther. j. uO DOUBT
that the Stewart executors VIII be- glad %
disnogeof the hi, building.
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