Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-16
NEW YORK LETTER.
MEN, MANNERS. AND GOSSIP oFoRsAT
GOTHAM.
Nary Anderson VIII Not Leave the Stage
Cyrus TlcId-Howelrs RAGE Tor
Oriental wares--A Day with
,VouInpger.
,cc-rs,rondcnce Of the Richmond pispatcnI
~. Wang March Is. 1890.

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All The talk about y Lawsuit ps'nE ypm
templated by Manag VI Henry r. hoocy
s,a;nst Miss Mary Anderson is IN the ar
1--WE don't know anyth ing about a sult pc
~ond what we have read IN the newspa-
oers " said MIR. hbbey's business .sI tue'
Yesterday. "Itsutter nonsense. "gnaN"
never had any trouble with h'ss - ",'
and don't anticipate any. AS w - a. ~
preaching maTriage--wen, W Mind Won
know that she is 80 be marr.eu. Milu 49, 90.
II NAV he true. but she has not even men,
t;oned II in her pouccnce. Married
or NOV Mr. Abbey expects her 10 play I'M
Jar Ms ynanacemcnt nett fall, ana ~ any
thing was about 20 happsn Ihhl nigt III ~
terfere with his expectatlVn We "V"A" i'"''
likely have heard OF II. oor
,oboration whatever of the news OF her
enrnooment with Mr.. navarro III
None az all. As / have sad. We fuily
sxnect her 70 come back 20 this country IN
Tho fan and resume her place on tsle stage.
Mr.. Abbey's ignorance Is IA s.saHa5E o'o of
trast with the general understanding OF
81 tonic that has been pubic tax Tor
weeks pas;. Still there has been i .
authentic confederation of the repOrte
engagement II would surprise most REQ.
ple II the actress returned single ana
hesrt-whole. no doubt; but wnat "hoP-
ping advertisement II would DE.
CYRUS W. lALLll MAhjN hNtihffts ~ '''-'
II was inst ~ o'clock. The Western
Union time. bali had dropped from the big
tower. There was crush OF people on
Broadyay-men and women. boys ana
GIRLS burrying and scurrying IN all dlree-
hons. From the crowd there d0rted INTO
fhe Western Union building tall. we'll
built, well-presorved old man, apparently
about sxty-hye years OF age Hls step was
as springy as that Of boy OF ten. ms
ewes were az sharp as ferrets.
81 carried his head well back on
e. shoulders. HIS silk hat was pc
hshed smoothly, and his fur-hned
oyercoat swung open IN Grace1ul iolus.
Hsran uu the steps nimbly. pushed hlS
wsv into an elevator, and was soon IN the
innch-roon Of the Western Union Tele-
graph COmpany's department. 1t was W
rus w. Field, the man 20 whom America
owes much in the laying OF the Atlantic
cable. a distinguished financler, q patron
ofthe arts, and at one time an editor OF
daily newspaper. He greeted ms tellow-
members Of the Board of Directors with
GREAT cordlality, then lelsurely partook OF
fhe bountiful lunch spread on the taDle.
II "a Mr.. Fields custom 10 do this
daily. Russell Sage Is also usually pres
emit and frequently Jay Gould. when IN
town. The other members of the board
are not so well known. Mr.. tleid Is sun
unioue fipure in metropolitan lie. Nhen
he Was compelled 10y misfortune To give nPI
his railroad stocks aud other securities ana
practically nut himself in the controi OF
Joy G0ulA. il was predicted that he would
moi live n wear. He friends knew that ne
was almost pennlcss then, and they hardly
thought that lie would 60 10 WORK TO make
new fortune. ne was l3oAtu uiIn -, ~
broken-down old man who would never
rise again. Such, however, was not the
case. He has managed to rise IN the most
approved STYLE. and bg his keenness ana
foresight accumulated several million dol
lars.
NOVELIST HOwEILs.
This man walking down the street who
looks as If he were at peace Win al lile
world is William Dean l1Owells. the novel
ist. He comes over from Boston occa-
sionally on business and IS always seen III
The haunts of men on Broadway. He IS
growing somewhat stOuter as ms popular
itv and bank account increase. ms mar
seems trihe thinner and there are
more streaks of gray IN MS nous
tache. his eyes are blue and sort, ana,
altionoh he Is not at all drcssy, he
would be q noticeable figure IN a crowd.
His Derby hat is pulled down over ms eyes
and his heavy Ovcrcoat suugly buttoned
around him. Those who meet hun occa-
sionally IN the Authors Club speak OF INN
as a delightful companion. charming CON
versat;onalist. and an inlmitable st9ry-lel-
not long ago with him the writer discover
ed that he has very positive ideas about
the novel of the future. lie beneVes
that the coming great story Will pe
founded more upon the great ploOlelhS
that interest the human family than upon
the hazy dreamines OF the past. Inc SUE
cessful writer must beln touch WIN cur
rent events and great problems OF the Gay
will form the basis OF the coming story.
m will interest those who have nothing
else to do but say unkind things OF M
Uowellss work that the general puOhc does
NOT ayreo with them. The sales OF ms
books are enormous. and his income Is not
far short Of so, 600 year.
RAGE FOB ORIENTAL WARES.
The auction-season Of art objects ana
books in New York Is now ri It's height.
Tbe art market of New York Is "a study.
Karltics which have been well advertised
sell higher than N London, as was notably
demonstrated by the prices obtained Tor
some of the books Of the late ). l.. NJ. Bar
low. but often really mcrltorious articles,
10 which the attention Of the milllOnalres
has not been called, 90 at oe~GaTiy rates
This is especially true OF good Amerl-
can pictures and OF the Old mas
ters. The Duke de Durcals collec-
ton of old pictures was practically
withdrawn from sale last year because OF
the low prices offered, and the pictures OF
this class in the Barlow collection sold very
low. One example, Van DycKs Children
M Charles /, =" was an apparent exception,
for IT brought the highest price OF the
vear thus far, being SOLD for over $1,000 &c
c. Z. Huntington, but tins painting was
good and clear enough 10 Re modern, sc
the price docs not dlsprove the statement
made above METROPOLITAN m'lhonaTeS
huv both modern and anciout pictures. The
former they keep in Slght: the latter they
give 10 the Metropolitan Museum.
MODERN FRENCH Iz.A,dPLEs,
and those of the last quarter of "a century
bring the fancy prices. 81 a Millet.
Carrot. q Neissonier, n BOnbeur. be placed
on sale in New York and cleverly adver-
tised, aud the offerings Will reach eXtrava-
CANT figures. Yet night after night Amer,
can pictures sell at prices averaging about
$50 each, though the names on the corner
ore often nearly as well known III Paris as
In New York and belong To undoubteo
masters of the French technique, which all
New York artists are supposed TO study
nowadays The academy exhiDiGons con
tinue TO effect Discouraged small per
centage OF sales, and artists get along very
well who have private incomes or VINO DC
illustrating work Tor "pOt-bOuers."
For the past few years the market has
been good forporcelgins and miscellaneous
kick-shows aud jim-crackeries OF one sort
or another.
Sl0,OOO TOR 4 NAsE-
The famous ry-Jane-Morgan sale four
years ago. when the peach-blow. or more
properly. sang de boeg, vase sold for Sl5,OOo
marked high tide in this line. Yet this
spring a number Of piecesO Of the same ware
have sold at prices ranging IN the neigh;
borhood Of 81 900 each 1t is perpetual
surprise to see how much money there is
in New York ready and waiting to be put
into these fragile wares. A pair OF Russian
vases for $500, SET of twenty Sevres plates
for 500, q pair of Seyres vases for 500, an
other vase at $3.50. another at $500, an
other at SI.A0, a plate at Sl.15-such fig
ures ratified off one after another give one
a higher respect for the purchasing power
OF the Cr9suses of New York, than fol
their judgment perhaps; vet number OF
heavy sales in succession do not seem 70
glut their appetite. A sale of GIL lots y
or over q thousand pieces was concluded
few days ago by the American Art Asso;