The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-18
PAULINE MARKHAM TO-DAY.

How lightly the years rest on some peo-
PIE! There goes Pauline Markham, tJe
actress, whose name was on everybody's
ups quarter of century ago. She was
one or Lydia Thompson's blondes-a perfect
venus, whose voice was hkeued to vocal
VelVet by the best critics of the town. She
must have bee 20 years old then, and her
beauty took New York by storm. To-day
sne doesn't seem to be over SO years of age
although she is about So Her form is
straight and her waist has not lost all of its
graceful curves. But her face is no longer
Iresh. Her voice is cracked, and the friends
OF other days have gone forever-the days
OF champagne. flowers, jswels and fast
horses. Her name is hardly a memory
now, and she is toiling in the third-olass
theaters for her daily bread, and glad OF q
chance even to DO that.
sTEINITz, THE CHAMPION CHESS PLAYER.
Now and then see short thick-set man
about 30 years old, with reddish beard and
hair, and decided German look, walking
s.urdlly up Broadway. The most remark
able thing about his appearance is his large
head, wherein wonderful combinations are
worked out. Those who know anything
about chess caunos fail to recognizes the
present champion chess player of tho world,
for 1t is none other than w. Steiuitz.
genius by winning the championship of
the world against the greatest living
players. Since then be has been willing to
play against any professional in the world.
his friends are now raising q large testi-
monial fund TO be presented to him on the
occasion Of the twenty-ffCh anniversary Of
his winning the worlds championship. He
is not versatile and knows how to do Just
the one thing-play chess-and as chess
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has not made financial success in life. He
Is among the sloweSt players in the world,
making about ten moves per hour. Paul
Morphy, the greatest of all chess players,
made thirty moves per hour. But
when Stelnitz makes move 1t
means great deal-a combi-
nation that will, ia the end,
defeat his antagonist. He is very irascible,
and the many petty rows ne has engaged in
are notorious. Many anecdotes are related
OF his extreme temper, resulting in personal
misunderstanding But he never remains
at odds with any one long, and is just as
happy when differences are smicably set
tied as school boy is when he receives q
handsome present. He is an Austrian by
birth, but has lived so long in America he
speaks English like a native. OF late years
he has published chess paper He is mar
RED and has family of children.
Whenever see the comedian William ].
Florence, Familiarity known as BILLY" Flor
ence, entertaining friends with new story
in the corridor OF the Fifth avenue hotel,
the echo of question fcats to my ear
when will he begin and when will he COM
plete his memoirse From time to time il is
announced that the genial actor has arrived
at that period in his work where he says
II remember, | remember the house where
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some progress in his work, and has carried
it to his 2lst birthday. About one-sixth or
one-eighth Of his memoirs are there
fore finished, or just enough TO
make two installments for a maya
zine. 1t is in the Comedians hap
piest vein and is not stilted or prosaic in
any lire. His trip to New York from New
ark, N. j., on cold, bitter day, on foot,
when he lay down by the weyside and won
dered if he would ever reach the big city
alive is pathetically told. His early strug-
giles and his appearance on the stage at the
age Of II are interestingly related. A man
who enjoys a joke and racy anecdotes as
much as Florence naturally would be ex-
pected to have a humorous side to his
memoirs, and in that the public will not be
deceived. The comedian is fond of playing
poker, and has many social duties that con-
sumo his time, but he finds leisure to do
literary work occasionally. Since last sum-
mer be has written book on draw
poker, which ia exhaustive, and, as he
claims is as near the true theory of the
game as anything ever done by Hoyle. In
the summer he was in England and met a
great many titled Englishmen. With some
OF them he played poker, and on one occa-
sion be was beaten. One of the Englishmen
said the comedian did not know little bit
about draw poker. A bet was made on the
spot that Florence could not write book on
the game that would edify either
read it. He took the bet, and in
less than a month he sent to Eng
land book on draw poker, which if pub
lished, will be the best work extant on the
national card game. He deyotes just one
hour day to writing his memoirs debating
to stenograDher. Sometimes he rewrites,
but very seldom. A peculiar fact about his
memoirs is that he has already written the
last page. His peroration is highly poeticaL
A picture of the house where the comedian
was born will adorn the pages of the work.
DIR. TALMAGE'S PROMISING SON.
A compactly built young man of "a is
Frank Talmage. son of the famous Brook
lyn preacher. He has not the physique Of
his father, although in many other ways he
resembles him. He has a strong face, rudy
complexion, a firm mouth and eyes that
seem to penetrate the very being of the per-
son he is talking TO. His stocky form be-
tokens abundant outdoor exercise. He is a
good hand at an oar. He can run, play ball,
fence, swim, ride aud box. Like his father,
he practices the gospel of outdoor exercise,
and Ike shows it, too. Unlike the SONS of many
great men he is no leggard. he will soon
graduate from Union Theological Seminary.
" hen he studies he goes att vigorously. And
again. unlike many other sons of famous men,
he does not try to make his way on his
fathers name. He has elected TO become a
minister of the gospel, and during the past
summer has had charge of a church on the
Hudson. He is noted in his class for stu-
diousness and the ability TO present amp sub
ject he takes up in an entertaining as Wen
as instructive way. He delivers public
lectures, and has been paid as high as 500
for one nights services. he speaks, like
his father, in a quick aud nervous way, aud
seems to possess real oratorical powers.
After he graduates he will be married to
Miss Gertrude Barlow of Sing Sing, n. Y,
a cultured and beautiful young woman
of 20.
YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS SUCCESS.
A jaunty young woman, wearing dash
ing suit Of brown, a stiff white shirt, four
in-hand tie. a neat hat 10 match, and
white rose nesting lovingly In the button
hole OF her coat, takes q constitutional Oh
Broadway every afternoon. She Is an act
ress and began with so week. NOW she
gets 900 She wears fine dresses on the
street and creates more lang hter ln Jane