The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-14


worths at their home at No. 22S Lenox
avenue, and they no sooner die away than
the worshipers in their pews look up and
see a portly woman, exquisitely attired,
walk up the middle aisle and enter the
seventh pew from the altar. She is Mrs.
Hollingswortb. and she is closely folio we'd
by her husband. the short man l have
described.
lie quietly enters the pew and takes his
seat, after which he places his hat on the
floor in the aisle directly at the side of tue
oaken pew in front and throws glance OF
recognition TO those who sit about him.
His shoulders reach little, if any. above
the back of bis pew. There is no more ap-
parently devout worshiper from IL
o'clock until fraction of an hour after l
O'Clock in ST. Andrews church tnan that
little man.
There comes to him, perhaps, during that
long discourse of D.. Van De Water. the
sound Of the whIrring roulette wheel, or
perhaps the sobs of the man who. a few
hours before, lost his all But there is no
perceptihle vince in Hollingsworth s fea-
lures. There have, perhaps, been uttered
by the minister of the gospel some words
that would have sent a shiver through you,
but they apparently bring no effect to Hol-
lingsworth, for he is not that kind Of a
man, if all they say about him in sporting
circles be true.
IL IlOllluRSWOTtnO N6I QA1 Leol u tluBo VI
remOrse it did not deter him from his
regular Sunday morning devotion, for the
truth is, he seldom missed his attendance at
church.
AS he walked down the middle aisle of
the church at the conclusion Of the service,
lie nodded to this one and that one on
either side as ne made his way to the
Fifth avenue entrance and started for his
home.
HIS HOME
And such home as BILLY" Holdings
worth and his wife and their two little
children occupy at 22S LenoX avenue !
Truly there has been no sparing of money
in its lavish appointments, for the expen-
sive lace hangiugs have more than once
been the talk Of those who have seeu them
and heard OF the fabulous amount which
Hollingsworth paid for them.
The house is a high stoop brownstone
dwelling on the east side of Lenox avenue,
between One Hundred ard Twenty first and
One Hundred and Twenty-Second stree $,
for which Holingswortn paid about two
years ago some S35,OO0.
That was an infinitesimal amount, how
ever in comparison with the money that Is
represented in the interior furnishing. In
deed, I was told yesterday that the ap-
pointments alone represented $50, 0O0 Holl-
ingsworth moved to his present home from
an apartment in the Beverly, at One Hun
bred and Twenty-fifth street andLenox ave-
nue., shortly after making the purchase.
One thing certain is that Hollingswor
intended the new home to be complete
one, for electricity did away with gas, and
gilded furniture rested on the softest Of gar
pets. With all these exquisite surroundings
is there any reason to wonder that the b. nd
some saloon parlors are frequently crowded
at Mrs. Hollingsworth's afternoon teas or at
evening receptions?
Not a bit Of 1t, and if the truth be told
again invitations are eagerly sought after,
even by the members of the congregation of
st. Andrews Episcopal church.
Hollingsworth did not enter society to any
great extent, although it is known that he is
exceedingly fond of young ladies' society,
and his affable manners, too, are exceed
ingly taking. None came to the house who
could outdo the host with the recitals OF
little anecdotes, nor could any laugh more
heartily.
OF course Hollingsworth refrained from
telling any Of the church people little in
cldents, either ludicrous or pathetic, that
had occurred thousand times in that other
gilded four-story house in West Twenty
ninth street, in which he claimed proprietor
| ship.
Not much that would hardly do. The
mixing of business with pleasure brews al
unwholesome broth at times.
HIS WIFE MRS. CLEvELAND'S sCHooLMATE
Up in the country where billie" Holdings
worth hailed from | was told his brush
business was laughed at, and that there was
some opposition to his marriage with the
sweet country girl that Mrs. Hollingsworth
ives when she left her boarding school, at
which Mrs. Grover Cleveland was at the
same time a scholar aud classmate, to be-
come Holingsworth's wife.
Ha alyEauS a dauOtod httsho nd
that is, to the society butterflies and his
fellow church members. But at the same
time he was known TO have other attach
ments. For instance, he was and is some
thing of an equestrian and at one time he
was frequently seen in Seventh avenue with
an actress at one time well known to the
theater-goers, but who subsequently, retired
from the glare of the footlights
And thus it was that Hollingsworth fitted
bet ~een the gaming tables, the church and
his home
When called at Hollingsworth'e house
the intelligence of my visit was carried to
Hollingsworth. with my card. l was
ushered up stairs into the second story front
room, which the pressing of a button
quickly illuminated.
Hollingsworth closed the door and after
arranging couple of chairs babe me to be
seated.
''Mr. Hollingsworth," l said, ~ under
stand the safe in your Twenty street
house has been plundered."
NO TRUTH IN THE STORY, HE SAYS.
There's not word of truth in it," he re-
piled.
at is said some $780, 900 was taken"
IF that is the case it must have happened
since o'clock, at which time | left there. y
Then you were there today"
"Why, certainly, and everything was all
right then"
Then you know nothing of any money
having been taken out Of Daly's safeg''
"Why no, there's nothing in that story at
all"
arose TO go and Mr.. Hollingsworth ac-
companied me the room door.
at was somewhat startled he remarked,
as he pressed another button, turning off
the light.
when read New York Herald on
your card | couldn't imagine what the
trouble could be-"
Then down the stairway we descended
and at the front door Mr.. Hollingsworth
babe me a CHEEKY goodnight" and turned
toward the back parlor where guests were
seated.
There was one person who was charitably
inclined toward Hollingsworth last night,
and he is a sporting man.
whatever possessed Hollingsworth to
take the money" he said, is beyond the
comprehension of any of the FREQ uenters of
Days, He is well fixed financially, has a
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