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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04
Love Among the Sioux.

To me. one of the customs of counting is
very strangely in keeping with the wild,
yet romantic. life of the Sioux. A young
man desiring to make love TO the lady of
his choice, works patiently for several days
and constructs a reed flute. There are five
or six holes in the instrument, and eight
or ten notes can be produced upon it. The
sound is weird and plaintive. Some beau
tiful moonlight night, about O'Clock, the
young man leaves his home, and station
ing himself about 100 yards from the homo
OF his intended, plays for one or two hours
series OF strange melodies, all of them III
the minor key. The sound floats out on
the summers air. and perhaps prairie
dog on the plain near by, disturbed by the
music may raise his small voice in protest
ing barks; or great white owl, in scrub
OAK, may boot and WHO'D in dcrision.
The sound is as sweet to the nlaiden's
ears as the voice of the lover himself She
listens attentively, and when she concludes
that he has played sufficiently long to as
sure her OF his serious intentions. she tim
idly walks forth from her home. Throw
ing the now useless reed upon the ground.
the young man rushes forth Then ensues
a scene such as only those who have been
lovers can Approximately. & Moorehead
In Ladies' Home Journal
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04
Bill Nye and VI. Quad.

There are dozen men in New York who
might be mistaken for Bill Nye The genial
humorist, who has of late become part OF
New York's life, hasn't 4 hair on his face
or head. He wears spectacles, and he is
one man who can truthfully say that the
newspaper features of him are faithful like
nesses. Nye is as ''funny" in his everyday
life as he is in print. He can tell story
admirably, and better still, he is a good
listener. He has begun TO write plays and
hopes to succeed as well as in his uewspa-
per work. If he does he will soon become
a very rich man. His weekly letter pays
him $40. 900 year, and he makes quite Si0,-
600 by his lectures. In his case fun pays.
NJ. Quad, who came from the Detroit
Free Press, has not made great hit here.
To be sure, he is paid handsomely, but, like
many other men, he finds that New York is
big enough place to get lost III. He is do
ing great deal more work now than he
ever did before, but he has not made the
impression Bill Nye did, and it is doubtful
if he is appreciated-the dear public is so
tickle
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04
A Budget Of Inside Gossip
About New Workers.
PLENTY OF MONEY AND FUN.
Fassett as Handshaker-Mrs. Annie JeRness-
Miller Goes to the West to Live.
An Editor About Whom Little Is Known.
Three Sons of Famous Men-Clara
Louise Kellogg rs She Ia To-
Day-Bin Nye's Income
Special Correspondence of the Gazette.

New YORK, Oct. New York is in the
fullness of its rich autumn glory. The air
is crisp and sparkling. The stol es are
thronged with shoppers. Wall street is
happy with bull market. Broadway and
Fifth avenue are gay with brilliantly cos
TUNED women. The drives in the park are
crowded with splendid equipages. The
theaters have opened under propitious cir
cumstances. Weddings. luncheons, teas
and dinners absorb the time of the fashion
able world. In the near future New York
is ~ have splendid chrysanthemum show
Later will come the horse show and no end
of other gayeties. Every body seems TO have
plenty of money and 10 be on pleasure bent.
1t will be a great winter for pleasure-seek-
ers. He will be wise man who could tell
how many millions OF dollars will be spent
IN the next few months by New Workers
for pleasure 1t will be fabulous sum.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04
Who Can Write a Good Play

A tall, well-built, blonde woman, well
known in New York to have penchant for
the stage, was leaving the Office of Manager
Dan Frohman the other day as l entered.
She was cast down and looked far from
happy.
''She wants to so on the stage" said
F'rohman, land am anxious to put her on.
but we can't find play to suith Not
that plays are difficult to find. l have L
hundred in the desk, but not a good opss
among them, not one suited to the wonen,
and, what is more, do not know where Is
find one. She has tried on both sides of
the world to get play that would suit her,
but she has failed. So have l. Something
was lacking all the time. The truth is thers
are not many good plays. 1 wish l cSfii
find one. When do l win put the woman
on the stage, and pay her $500 week, for
she will be worth it. But she would fail
miserably in a poor play, and would not
take the risk, either. will pay well for a
good play"
1t would seem from this that there is a
chance for playwright who knows ho~ to
write.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04

the editor to read his latest masterpiece,
which he challenged the world to compare
with anything turned out by any OF the So
called poets OF the effete Old World.
GENIUS LIBERATED
Where We skeeter scoots, there scoot 1,
Ontu q sunnedower's breste I've;
There suckle whites babes doe crye,
On We West winde's back doe fye.
To We cities Of We East HE,
Singing tra-la-la merrilye.
Moche have write and still IL be trewe,
Re-hashe ye olde, it doth passe for ye newe!
The gentleman was referred to the Okla
homa Original
The city editor had written out his def
ton OF what news" is, with the intention
of FASTING it conspicuously in the reporters
room. Don't bother to furnish all the es-
sential details of an occurrence. A live
Brown told him Jones heard Robertson whis-
per to Tompkins about Bottleby's spat
with Nettleton over Peppers dicker with
Snooks-This is news"
Mr.. Mahogany ripped out something pep
perry about the mingled puerility and senility
of some folks notions of newSpaperiSm,
and Elsie happened to remark that she was
getting rater tired, the seance was closed,
and Mr.. Hogg ordered his carriage.
As they drove to Miss Bennison'S, both
were Drumming over with criticisms and
happy thoughts born of their novel ex-
perience in catering for the public taste.
Shall you make it what is called So
ciety paper!" Elsie asked.
"Well, yes and no. We will try and make
it worthy of the best by giving legitimate
social news and rejecting the views of cul-
tivated persons; but, my dear Lady Elsie,
that is quite different thing from GER
tain class of papers that adopt the Society
name because they have no society patron
age"
Yes, know; but don't you think it
would be awfully nice and advantageous if
you could persuade MIR. What'S-his-name 10
take charge of social itemss You know
how he dotes on his pet subject and pines
for popularity. And he is such a splendid
authority''
'If he could write as well as he thinks he
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04
rasse,t and Others a. Hand.shsker..

John w. Vrooman, candidate for lieuten-
ant-governor, was telling me the other day
that candidate Fassett is one of the most
magnetic hand-shakers he ever knew.
Its remarkable" said Vrooman. "Fus-
sett can go into an assemblage of 1000 men,
and make votes by shaking hands. He just
takes mans palm in his own and gives it
a good old-fashioned shake, and looks the
man in the face as he tells him how slad he
is to see him. His very soul seems to go
out to the man in the magnetic squeeze.
It's rare gift. Only few men possess
it,"
AS matter Of fact Flower is not one of
these. President Harrison is. So was
the late President Arthur. Hayes is not
magnetic. Mckinley is to a degree. Gen.
Grant possessed the rare gift in a measure.
So did Gen. Sherman. Hancock did not.
Secretary Foster and Postmaster Wanna
amaker have great magnetic qualities ard
are splendid hand-shakers. John Sherman
is cold. So is Minister Lincoln, but Minis
tiers Reid, Phelps and Grant are al mag
uetic. Beecher was n good hand-shakcr,
and Talmage has no equal at it. Among
women the gift is rare. In Sara Bern
hardt it is strongly developed. So it is
with Clara Morris. But it is among pub
lie men that it is most noticeable and really
useful. a good hand-shaker can make
votes.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04

Chester S. Lord is managing editor of
the Sun. He is next in command to Mr..
Dana and his son Paul. At first glance one
would take him for an athlete. He is quite
tall, but his figure is well knit. He has q
broad chest and heavy shoulders. He looks
like a man VINO could pull boat without
being winded or walk twenty miles with
out feeling tired. His face is rounded, his
cheeks glow with health, while his eyes
snap and betoken man of alertness. Ii he
is possessed Of nerves no one knows OF the
fact in his business he is quiet, modest
and unassunling. He seems to try to Sc
clude himself. He is seldom seen in pub
lie, for he is in love with his profession and
is on duty in the Sun Office from 4 o'clock
in the afternoon until 3 o'clock the next
morning. He is shy and retiring. He
does not know many public men, but
he knows of, and is known by, every
frst-class editor, reporter and cor
respondent in this country. He probably
ing journalist in America. His life is
given up to his work. And the Sunday Sun
is the apple of his eye. For the informal
ton of those who sometimes say that Jour-
naliSm does not Pc" the men engaged in it,
it may be stated That Mr.. Lord only re-
Gently declined a offer of $4,000 year to
transfer his services from the Sun to an
other newspaper. Talking about the pro-
gresS of newspapers recently he rather
Startled little knot of writers by sayins
that to his mind ''the most wonderful thing
about daily papers is the presses they are
printed on. 1t was thought that Hoe, the
press maker, had eliminated his achieve
ments when he built press that would
print, fold and paste twelve-page paper,
but the Sun is now building machine that
will print twenty two page paper"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04

partial in Judging questions at the start
Political differences will be settled at the
cashiers desk. We mean to do goo ito all
by bringing onto the breakfast tables of
the saints the crying wickednass of sup
per-reveling sinners. Hurry up the mill.
lenium.
Scum the sewers and rake the stewsl
FIJI our squrts with salacious news,
Spout gallows-tree lore for the suckers OF gin,
They Il pay with a leer for a loathsome grin.
Howl We q horrible hulaballooi
Whoop it up like wild Yahoo!
The smart young mans theory did not
commend itself to Mr.. Hogg.
Elr. NinslOw was prevailed upon to di.
rect the purely literary and monetary de-
partments. This was feather in the cap
Of The Patriot, as that gentleman was emf
ncnt as an author of standard works, and
Lis famous book on The Bourses of Eu-
rope had made his name a power in the
financial world.
Elsie was present when Mr. Hogg, with
the help of Mr.. Mahogany, received a num-
Der of applicants for employment Among
these We're some who proposed to be en-
gagged on the staff as writers Of the bril-
liant miscellanea, which are supposed to
give the newspaper magazine quality high
above that OF mere news.
Mr.. Palfrey Pryor languidly fiattered
himself that his name and inimitable style
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04
Young sothern on the ss5,

There is no king of the dudes n Gotham
tust now, and New York seems to get on
admirably Just the same. Berry Wall W.
the last man to occupy the throne, but afEr
he was married he became carelessah 9ess
and lost caste Several young daMdie6 tried
to succeed him, but they failed ss4fgnally,
and so it comes that the fan~fs here and
there is no one to lead in mems dress. AS
usual, New York men follow the London
styles, and in many instances they have re-
turned to fashions of other days. The pre-
vailing frock coat is the most notable ex-
ample OF the renaissance in dress. It is
quite like the garment that Beau Brum-
mel wore in his day Of glory-lons skirts
and tight-ftting waists.
Perhaps the best dressed man in New
York to-day is E. Fl. Sothern, the actor.
His garments are perfect fitting and of
quiet designs. As he stepped out of cab
on Broadway yesterday he wore frock
coat of rough dark material. His trousers
were black with small blue stripe. He
wore vanished boots, silk hat. not too
shiny; high standing collar and rich
neck scarf of mixed maroon and black. A
white chrysanthemum was in the left lapel
of his coat. His hands were gloved and he
carried dark wood cane. There was not
a fieck of dust on him, and everything he
wore harmonized. There were a thousand
other men on Broadway at the moment who
wore more expensive clothing than did Mr..
Southern, but they were overdressed.
Most of them wore too much iewelry, or
garments of loud pattern. They looked
like sports. not well-dressed gentlemen.
Young Sothern is TO be envied. When he'
first went on the stage he did not give mucA,
promise, until Manager Dan Frohman took
him in hand Frohman finally offered him
500 a week for the first year under his
management, SEQ week the second year,
$3.50 week the fourth year, and $500
week and 10 per cent of the gross receiptss
the fifth year. Sothern is now makipS
great deal Of money. and he is saving It,
too. Some day he will be rich man. He
is not very well known about town, and he
seldom parades on Broadway. Unlike some
other stars, ,, he finds pleasure in study in
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04
A Glimpse of Ex-Presideut Hayes
Daughter,

Ex-President Hayes and his unmarried
daughter, Fannie, are frequently in New
York Miss Hayes has many friends whom
she entertains at the Fifth avenue hotel.
and is entertained in turn by them. Be
tween twenty-five and thirty years of age,
she looks much younger. At first glance
one would say that she came from Boston
and believed in all that is occult and Emmer-
sonian. This impression is produced by a
pair Of gold-rimmed spectacles which she
constantly wears. But 4 second glance and
few minutes conversation would soon
convince any one that she is a well educated
girl from the West, without crochets and
without intellectual peculiarities. She
is little over five feet in height She
does not weigh over one hundred and
twenty-five pounds. She has affirm, SYM
metrical figure. She is what the French
call chataine, neither blonde nor a bru-
nette, but delightful medium between
the two. No one would suspect, however
that she is athletic and fond of outdoor
sports. At her home in Ohio scarcely u
day passes that she does not 20 riding on a
bicycle. when q girl friend visit her she
brings out her doubie-seated bicycle and
they ride around for miles. Some of the
best photographs of Miss Hayes represent
her riding double on a bicycle. In CONVEX
satlon she is lively and humorous. But at
all times her disposition is sweet and gen.
tie. Her father idolizes her and seldom
comes to New York without bringing her
with him.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04

To which Hogg eagerly Responded:
"Delightci. | say, Trrwhi'l, Genie is
lwfully fond Of you. | shall be Save TO
The press now, day and night. You ike
outdoor life. Won't you let Genie 20 with
you 10 the rdces ana such like. She be
lonely if you can, :, for newSpapcriug isn't
IN her way
And this was how it happened that Lady
OssulS one and Miss BSmliSOu thoroughly
agreed that American Urls don't get half
enough ou'I1Jr exercise, while English
girls are sadly deficient in the smartncss
which is The pride aad The glory of the
American papers.
1.-The Patriot" That was the name Hogg
chose for his new paper, and Elsie heartily
approved she begged him to allow her TO
sec as much Il possible OF the way papers
are started and manned, and, as ne added,
womInncd also, nowadays.
For instance" said he, there's the
Mail; ii might just is well be called the
Female"
There was an immense amount of labor
and anxiety in starting the paper. espe-
cially rs il WAS to be The Patriot One i'm
portaut gain was secured ut the outset !;
Hogg was his own capitalist, and needed
no partner 10 halve the profits and double
the worries. His other connections enabled
him 10 influence advertising enough TO
cover the cost. Ii was worth much 10 his
sensitive soul to be above the necessity of
passing OF columns of disguised paid
RuffS is news.
He proposed to control the whole paper
ghimsclf and 10 write The leading articles
with his own pen; but rs 4 working editor
was desirable, perhaps Indispensable, Mr..
Hogg took great trouble to lind the right
man. whom he appointed TO the post with
leasy confidence. he titular editor of the
Patriot WAS wiry. careworn, poef-headed
gentleman name Michael Mahogany He
was. despite his Spanish surname, an Irish
imam, native of Londonderry. an Orange
man. an American cijiLen of forty years
Eanding, and an impassioned writer of
Prise and prose.
a aogg allowed Mr. Mahogany to appoint
IS own assistants. One of these. the city
6it0r. was 4 bright young fellow who had
theory hat the classical must make way
pr the s'ap-dash style in the coming news
hper. Hogr asked him 10 iot down his
feas. and next morning he was proudly
anded an Opening Editorial, " from which
be following Is III extract:
TICHLE-'l.M TACTICS.
Good morning! You are glad to see US.
ame 10 you, 20 times year. We have
ben born 10 make YOU smile. The old Or
pms have played cut their doxologies and
fe come III with Cur opening an hem. he
oice, and again we say. Rejoice.
MoDEsTY Is MAsroDoN MISTAKE.
We mean biz: See! What is the mighty
We}"
The Editor is the creator of the forces
Ehlch impel the still waters to surge and
BOAR and food the shore: the author of the
folume OF waters that swell the tide on
EhG', waves weary watchers are waited
nto Office and power, and once there, ig-
bore their Maker
FOR ALL! WE CATCH FOR ALL
Our principles are beautifully simple and
s soon as our papcr-nakcr furnishes q
stouter paper we shall venture to print
them We will be neither partial nor i'm
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04

cessful past. With one or two exceptions
she Is the only great prima donna who has
retired with fortune sufficient to enable
her to round out her remaining years in
comfort. Some time ago she married Carl
Strakosch, much her Junior in years But
she will always be known as Kellogg, the
American prima donna. If anyone has the
good fortune to be invited to her elegant
home on East Seventeenth 6reet, he will
see many curios, articles Of vertu, silver
ware and diamonds, nearly all Of which
were presented to the prima donna by her
friends and admirers, both In this country
and Europe. When she was in Firenzi q
noted sculptor did her hand and arm 10
Parian marble and presented it to her.
One would think the sculptor had GER
tainly localized the singers hand,s because
it is so small and faultlessly beautiful A
glance at the real hands of the songstress
would instantly prove the realism of the
Florentine artist Next to her voice, KEEL
logg is proud OF her beautiful lily-white
hand Her voice has no longer the sweet
freshness Of mocking- bird. but her hands
are still youthful and beautiful Look at
the cabinet in the corner of her room con-
tanning rich collection OF presents received
in Europe. Prince So-and-so sent her the
heavy silver set, the car and czarina
gave her that solid gold plate, and her Eng
hsh friends filled two shelves of the cabinet
with silverware and jewelry. There are
some books which her aduiirer, Longfel-
low, the poet, sent with his compliments.
There are antique scinitcrs from Morocco,
swords from Toledo and Damascus, and Gu
riouS chairs, which go back to the period Of
Hamlet. prince of Denmark, CIR, at least. to
the period in which Shakespeare makes
him flourish in drama history One queer
dagger, long and Notwithstanding, the
prima donna will tell you, was given to her
by Southerner. The dagger was once
owned by noted overseer. who had charge
of nearly thousand slaves. He carried
the dagger always on his person and slept
with it under the head Of his bed To look
at it makes the highly-struug singer always
shudder. In one corner some music sheets
are carefully kept. Gen. W. T. Sherman,
who greatly admired her singing, bought
the songs and presented them to her on the
various occasions that he called socially on
the Kellogg family. Then, after viewing all
these things, the visitor should look at the
dark, thick hair of the prima donna. A gray
strand peeps out now and then. but they do
not have any cruel crows'-feet to match
them. kellogg is a splendid example of a
singer who has lived temporarily and is go
ing slowly.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04
Three Sons of Famous Men.

They touched elbows the other night in
the Fifth Avenue hotel, three young men,
sons OF famous fathers The tallest one
was dressed in perfect fitting clothing
His hair, his eyes, his mustache were like
sloes. He spoke quickly, nervously and
pulled vigorously at cigar. II was John
A. Logan, Jr., and he excused himself to
the gentlemen who surrounded him to take
his mother out for a call. As she stepped
out of the elevator of the hotel, he met her
and gave her smacking kiss on the cheek,
took her by the arm and said, Come, dear,
We'll be late!' He looked at her lovingly for
a moment and then hurried her off to a car
rage.
Quite in contrast to young Logan is this
broad-shouldered young man, in evening
dress. putting cigarette. Its young
Jim Blaine" someone says. And it is. He
has his fathers nose and mouth, and there
the resemblance begins and ends. He is
alone and i'll at ease. He doesn't seem to
know what to do with himself, and seems
far from happy.
No one would suspect this 1.-THE looking
young fellow, with boyish face covered by
a brown beard, OF being more than an ordi-
nary clerk. He seems to be aquiet. steady,
methodical man who has to make his way
in the world, and is anxious to get to the
forks of the road. But ne isn't anything of
the kind. His way has been made for him.
and golden way it is, too. It is Edward
Gould, son Of Jay Gould, Familiarity known
as Eddie" He disappears in the crowd,
and no one pays the slightest attention to
him. But at the moment he is big man,
and some day will be worth many millions.
1t is said that he is very shrewd operator
in stocks, and has made $500, goo in specula-
ton on his own account.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04

At the advertised time the balloon went
up, Mr.. White clinging to the trapeze bar.
Higher and higher foated the airship,
while thousands watched with bated
breath. Then it began to fall. slowly at
first, finally with great speed. 1t struck
the waters of the river, collapsed and
White disappeared from view The crowd
groaned with horror. the manager Of the
show said he would give 500 reward for
the recovery Of the body, and reporter
who CHANGED to be present wrote graphic
account of the tragedy for his paper TIE
next day it developed that "Mr. White"
was dummy!
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-04
Annie Jenness-Miller Has Left New York
for Good.

1t will be news, even to the intimate
friends of Mrs. Annie Jenness- Miller, that
she has given up New York as place o.
residence and settled down for good in Ev-
anston, Ill. A letter from Mrs. Miller so
informs me. When her magnificent VEN
ture failed last spring Mrs. Miller decided
to go West. She was unfortunate in the
people who surrounded her. Failure came
through them, for they were impracticable
and headstrong, and Mrs. Miller finally
tired of the load and the struggle and set
tied down in the West with the future be-
fore her as rosy as day in June. Evanston
Mrs. Miller describes as one Of the loveliest
towns in the United States. 1t is twelve
miles from Chicago, and a place where
there are only residences. Mrs. Miller en-
joys charming social acquaintance and
she is content. One OF her warmest friends
and neighbors is that ever youthful and
tireless worker for other people, Miss
Frances E. Willard. Mrs. Miller will con-
tinue her lectures late this winter, and she
is giving much time to the idea of founding
a national school of physical culture.