Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-03

s.~sfNJ nH's AtAs Ntih shthi-
lister, Of New York and Newport, are pub
nc performers and players OF parts. Mr..
OConor Is professional actor, equally at
home in Richard Ill" or Lend Nc
Five Shillines." Mr. MoAllister processes
10 play the part Of n " leader " in society
IN which ho occupies the same position
IN which Mr.. Jcems Yellowplush filed in
tho set he served. Az actors Mr.. O'Conor
and Mr.. McAllist-r are on the same his
trionic plane. Mr. O'Conor. in well.
worn, snud-colored overcoat. and u
hat issned IN tho year OF orr Lord
lsi7 would have perfectly represented
Mr.. McAlliater--w would have come closer
to the character than he does in
" Richard Ill. ~; but then IL Is easier 10
do. Mr.. McAlllster resembles Mr.. O'Conor
IN his frantic attempts 10 play parts which
he can by no possibility perform--su As
his ambition % appear ~ an author or as
the Newport correspondent Of one Of the
Sunday smotherers. lie may excel IN CON-
posing salad. but when It comes TO the
composition of seaside letter be isn't
worth a cent, though be may got as much
as $40 apiece for ms letters. This ia not
intended a. dispnragng Wow of either Of
these noted actors. Both are very worthy
men and both arc frequently iayOrsbiy
mentioned III the newspapers.
TIKI EMINENT TRAGEDIAs's ERROR.
The dramatic mantle Of tie lato la
mented Count Johannes has f@llen upon
the broad shoulders Of the present James
Owen OCOnor, only the trouble IS that
he does not quite know how 10 wear it, or.
rather literally 20 bear II. Once "A year or
so the late Count cOusented-in Difference
10 the persistent popular demand to tom
porarly abandon his profession Of the
law and his literary pursuit as Welcome
aud well-paii contributor TO the Now
York sam, 20 appear m \ BIOS Theatre IN
his fsyorite part Of Richard III. lie know
that no would bo numerically guyed
through the whole performance. and
receive tokens 81 appreciation In the form
Of hard apples. and worse, from all parts
II tho house nut he took oil these things
because. with Thorn, IN few nights, he
took enough money 20 live on. as lie lived,
for "A wear. This shrewdness has not fallen
with the egg-eplashed mantle to his sue
cessor. When Mr.. O'COnnor discovered
% his di-may at the very first
rohearsal. that IN playing the part
Of McAllistef, IN the snuii-cOlOred
overcoat aad hat Of au earlier
wear In this century, his sole business
would be 10 stand IN the centre OF the
stage and be- smitten with stuffed clubs
and fired at with miscellaneous missiles he
Indignantly threw mp 'be engagement.
This. too with winter close at hand. and
n" possibly not Tar from wanting sOmcthug
90 eat. and certainly something TO drink.
" here1s. had be boon a. wise as his pre-
decessor the late Count he would have
stood the stuffed clubs and missiles for tho
sake of tine shekels which would have kept
him warm all winter and would have paid
hls board IN the best hospital IN town while
no recovered from bis bodily bruises. But
these great geuiuscs never seem 20 have
90 fIAn.rh ina Into GgIlEf
Johannes wac an exception 10 the general
rule that. by some strange fatality governs
most Of these eminent mon.
sELr-surrORTISG BUILDINGS.
The othcr night thirty Italian families
were ,nmmarilg hustled ont by the police
from "A tenement and were forced - stay
iu tho street til morning huddled around
honfircs which they built with such fuel as
thoy could collect AT short notice. The
reason for this sudden erection was that
~" timber-props which shorei up an al
Joining building threatened To give way
with auineyitaule smash which might mash
the thirty Italian families INTO ltaiian
macaroni pasto. This incident was con-
eldercl remarkable enough to be OK
plotted hy thc reporters. And yet n IS an
everyday danger evident almost anywhere
in tho CITY. II is conspicuous on broadway
especially, wherever an old store y torn
down preparatory 70 putting new store
up. Across the chGSln stretch parallel
timhcrs or beams arc put up from tho
ground az hutirosscs to hold UP the walls
of the adjoining stores on olther side. TINS
CONVEYS the idea which undoubtedly Is
correct. that the buildings on every block
m BrOadwav hold one another up. Their
unity is their strength. The venerable
editor. stone. recently wrote for the Jo'U--
u1i of COpYu0ct some strong remarks on
this subject He notes That while the
massive buildings recently croctod IN
Wall street and elsewhere are IN no danger
Of collapse the general character of tho
edifccs put MP IN tins town Is tlimsy and
dangerous. Tho modern big buildings
like the New York Times building tho
finest and completes t newspaper building
ma vet mt ND in tins city arc sclf-sup-
porting. able TO stand alone # everything
around them was torn down or burned
up. Editor Stone thinks that the now
buildings which adorn Wall street,
though built for Offices only, would stand
all the storage that could be piled on
their floors and that they would even
bear up prlnting-pres 5es or other working
machinery without 50 much a. ire
NOR ia the walls
ANOTHER LUCKY ESGLIsHMAN.
Tho French Place ar DANES IN tins
city seems to be giving way TO
chance for the young women in so
ciety. will not be 20 ungallant
"a To- say that all the Old women are
marrying on. thus giving room for at least
some of the Younger ones butte take Only
three conspicuous examples, the Widow
llamerslev, the Widow Leslie, and now the
Widow Roberts all of th0m pretty well
Along IN the world, and. Of course, pretty
well of, As otherwise the marriages might
not have occurred. The eager hus-
bands IN every instance are English
mon. The Duke of Marlborough was de-
sirable husband for any American woman,
NOT ON account of his title. but because
opart from his title he has excellent quail
ties. which would make hun an acceptable
husband To any woman of cultivation and
refinement. Mrs. Wildo's Engllsh-lrlsh
husband is everywhere commented
and the match Is applauded. Alrs.
Marshall O. Roberts. who has an
enormous fortune from her late hus-
band, 10 whom she was the third wlte,
Ia now to marry "A Colonel Vivian, described
as {" very handsome" and only fOrty-hyo
wears old, or lust leetle," say, younger
than his to-ho wife. Mrs. Roberts has
lons been conspicuous IN what ~ here
called " sOcicty.n Her wealth, diamonds,
drcsses and display have made her con
spicuous. Her entertainments ana hospi-
talltlcs here. at Newport, ana AZ LohiloA
have been models for even richer hut
somewhat later corners into the Same
set" With oil the rest--hcr many
admitted accomplishments this leader
IN tho social set 10 which she
belongs and adorns ia gifted with that
rare tact which has made her many friends
and kept her from making any enemies.
No woman IN " society" - more universally
respected The same society" Is dis
gruntlcd because she has kept away from
New York Two years. and the expected
opening of her house this winter for a
series Of delightful dinners and dances Is
likely to be disappointed. Meanwhile
nobody knows moro about Colonel VIVIAN
than that he is an Englishman. young.
and satisfactory to Mrs.
Marshall q. Roberts.
ANOTHER FRIDGE FOR EAST RIVER.
The people of Brooklyn are clamorous
for another bridge over the East river
ioining tho two big cities at pointturther
IN town, the point selected being at Grand
street. New York, the Brooklyn terminus
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