Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-26

wsssr bury gave hls fsnsas circus. thai
be ksS reached the iiuis Of ssselry. Per
hAps - We SHALL ace knsw till later en-
wsas. ~ Psslss pas.srN
An insevAtioa In shs natter Of public
Aisnsrs hss taken place In New Yerk this
Winter. AZ most of the grsas hsnqssss
sAs wives and netAsrs aad Daughters
and s~estbsArts. - the extent Of ell
that could be acccmnedated, have
hen present - listen 20 tAs spsseAss
made when he seass asd cgsrs
we're passed sreaad aesiosA IT . dia-
nsr in Deimeaieo's last week, that the
little gallery that surrounds the white
and gold ballroom was crowded BY .
score Of pretty women. Who paid marked
attention to the speakers AZ the Re-
form Club banquet al the bsxss we're 60
cupisd by ladies'. and they seemed - take
very kindly 10 the new departure. There
is no reason why women should not ~
least be invited to lisisa to the speeches
~ public dinner.
A Society wsaa. ~ as Authsrssa
still the most surprised woman in New
York. Her novels have made hit BE-
yond the widest Of her expectations, and
her work IL 80 much in demand BY pub
fishers that just now she Is undergoing
the pleasing experience Of declining Of
fers for stories, sketches and poems, at
prices that would make many . seasoned
author frantic Mrs. Cruger WAS lifted
by nature for q social leader. She IN beau
tifui and brainy 1t the same time. She
was fortunate enough to marry husband
who had money, . good social position,
and . man who loved his wife. So she
was pushed ahead, and today she
IL ono Of the most attractive OF New
York society leaders, - well as An author
ess whose work 10 In such demand that
she cannot do half that IL wanted of her.
She divides her time between New York,
whore she has . splendid homo, and .
little country town on Long Island,
whore she occupies an old-fashiened farm
house. fitted up In all that art can do to
make homo beautiful Here she gives
delightful breakfasts to society people,
more particularly the hunting set, Of
which she In member, and In the after
noon she works steadi ly 1t her writing. In
the evening, her house Is always spep to
visitors, and an invitation to one of her
receptions is gladly accepted. I do not
know of any one VIII o il as much to b
envied ~ she.
IL Nail Tfue In wall StresA
The bottom seems to have dropped out
Of speculation In Wall street and just
what the Thousands Of brokers and their
clerks are going to do to get enough to
eat during the next twelve months, Is .
problem that they, ut least, would be very
glad il some ono would solve There 10
absolutely no business being done In
stock speculation, and those firms who
have heretofore occupied splendid offices
arc now giving them up and going to
cheaper quarters. The clerks have little
or nothing to do, and receive but little
or no pay for doing it. The head of one
big brokerage house whose expenses av-
erage nearly $500 . day, told
me yesterday that he had not made
$50 in q week on commissions. What is
true in bis case, is true to 40 extent with
others. Time was when the jolly little
broker was described a. man arraycd in
purple and fine linen with good capon
lined, wearing a profusion Of jewels, and
swimming in Oh ampagne. The real fact
is, the average broker il decidedly shoddy
in appearance to-day, il content with .
ham san dwich for his lunch, and thanks
God when he gets glass of beer. for even
that is preferable to nothing. In the cafes,
where in the days gone by there were rev.
els in the afternoon and an iacessant pop
ping of champagne cerks, now onS only
hears lamentations, and occasionally .
call for q glass Of beer, and In the mean
time the dear public looks on and Is
content not to b in 1t. So far - business
Is concerned, Wall street Is about as
cheerful as . cemetery IL to healthy
man.
The Rsnslisss Ma. In New York State.
Visitors to the Fifth Avenue Hotel oc-
casionally see lounging through the cor
ridors q man whose face is 20 homely a.
to cause them to stop and comment upon
1t. Without exaggeration, State Sena-
tor Irwin can boast Of being homelisr
than any other man in his State, IL not
in the country. His face is round and
clean shaven. His nose 10 big and
out Of all proportion to his face. His
mouth bulges out, and his lips
are ~ thick ~ . negro's. There
are little mountains and hills Of flesh on
his cheeks that give him q very unsightly
appearance, and his eyes are big and stare
at ysu in a most wonderful way. Asa
lady said about him when he was making
. great speech in shs Senate one night
''he is msrtally hsnsly." But he has
other claims to distinction - well. There
il No better parliamentarian and he il .
splendid public speak CT. As for pslitics,
he il ~ cunning a. was Siias Wright. Bat
he 10 mortally hemely.
Kr-Psstnsstss 0sassal yansA
One hardly ever hears Of er- Pestm asser
Gen. James these days. and probably half
the eountry has forgotten him He seems
to have completely dropped eat Of ths
publie nind, and Jet he IL in New Ysrk
all day, piliss up the ninhls
dollars At . rate that viii make
him . niIlissairs within . very shsrs
time $40 hin In the ksesln Bank
yesterday, fresh 81 fare. straight 81
feru, asd - ebeery and eostesssA -
one esuld BE- Ne seldom gees sut in
public nsv. takes Nc interest in politics,
has nothing ~ do With politicians,
but sstsads solely e thA businees