The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-18
MUCH TALK IN NEW YORK
AND IT is NOT ALL ABOUT Stair
POLITICS EITHER.

MRS. Le6lle5 M arrlaEeJ byrneS' TRICK
on the Pool Mon, and Feeling Over
Parnelps Death - Teaching Them
American - The "Hello" Girls A
Moral Eand Cart.
NEW YORK. Oct. Alphabetically New
York is talking about uoshing but politics.
But. as matter of fact. the metropolis
takes its politics complaoently after ALL 1t
leaves the newspapers to do good deal of
| the political talk aHd manages to discuss a
great many other things.
Nothing is nine days wonder in New
York. A wonder of forty-eiGht hours dis
plays a superb vitality; so that in the time
elapsing between tho writing of these words
and the actual printing Of them at least one
fair-sized wonder is likely to sprout, flourish
and decay.
OF course every body talked about Mrs.
Leslie's marriage. | can still write Mrs. Les
lie, for il is understood between the TWO par
ties who have the right to reach that UNDER
standing that the bride is still TO be known
as Mrs. Frank Leslie, so far at least, az
commercial affairs are concerned and Mrs
Leslie is essentially a business woman.
1t was funny that every newspaper in New
York save one had Mrs. Leslie married at
the Church OF the Strangers The truth is,
OF course, that the rather iinpromptu affair
took place at Delmonico's. D. Deems, old
Commodore Vanderbilt's favorite preacher,
tied the Knot DR.. Deems, who is editor of
one of Mrs. Leslie's publications, has de-
livered some charming lectures on matTi-
mony. remember hearing one Of these as
long as fifteen years ago. the fact that
that droll little fellow, Marshall p Wilder,
the humorist. was one of the witnesses,
gives everybody an opportunity to have a
little joke about the groom being Wilde and
the witness Wilder Some said that the
widest was the Marquis de Leuvllle Will
der once turned to me at dinner and asked
me il heard the bad joke that the London
ers liked TO get Off when he was In England
four years ago. The conundrum was Why
is the yankee humorist like the Irish leader,
O'ConneTl Auswer--One is q wild NJ p,
the other M. P. Wilder.
Wicked people like to guess how much
older Mrs. Leslie 10 than willie" Wilde.
They remember that the lady was married
TO the late Frank Leslie in 1884, and that she
had been married a certain number of
years before she secured the divorce that
made this marriage possible. But If Mrs.
Leslie is as young as she looks-in photo
graph-it is really out OF place to recall
these dates.
Another thing that has just been exciting
gossip is Inspector Byrne's sensational raid
on the pool rooms. The law forbids pool
selling outside Of the race tracks. To over
como this little restriction the pool rooms
decided TO take the ostensibe position Of
agents for the track pool sellers, pretending
to transmit bets directly TO the race tracks
and TO be interested merely to the extent of
commission. To hightsn the illusion they
put in telegraph Instruments. aud it was
pretended that each bet was transmitted
directly TO the track pool Office. The "blufPn
actually passed the scrutiny Of the courts,
which decided that bets could be received
by agents in this manner. In fact. nothing
OF the kind was done. The betting was
done in New York aud the money passed
and repassed in New York, and the betting
man understood the situation perfectly.
Byrnes' cevicet for trapping the pool
sellers was ingenious Detailing corps of
his detectives he had the men set their
watches in harmony with the central Office
chronometer. Then ne sent detachment
Of the men to the race track to determine
the exact moment at which each race
started. The remainder of the men located
themselves at four or five differe nt pool
rooms and placed bets OH different events,
keeping record OF the time up to which
money was received on each race. AS was
to be expected, when the track men tee
graphed the times of starting it was dis
covered by comparison with other records
that money had been received in each case
after the time when selling was stopped on
the track, proving that the bets were not
actually being transmitted. Down pounce
the Byrnes men and the STATS Of batch of
pool rooms are locked up.
This, of course, Is only in illustration Of
those spasms OF official morality with which
New York is periodically seized. 1t does
not mean, am afraid, that the pool rooms
are likely TO go out of business.
The remarkable furore occasioned by the
advent Of ex-President Cleveland's baby
daughter gave way before the torrent Of
speculation concerning the probable in
huence OF ParnelPs death upon the Irish
home rule party. New York, it is to be
noted, has always been to q considerable ex-
tent an nti-Parnell csntor. Whereas
either Philadelphia or Chicago might have
from time TO time given evidence of more
or less sympathy with the deposed Irish
leader, the Empire State metropolis has
shown symptoms Of coldness toward Par
nell, turning with what to many may have
seemed like inexcusable fickleness from the
leader to those whom he had led. At any
rate, New York seems anxious to believe
that ParnelPs death will heal the differ
eaces between the two wings Of the party,
aud has been reader in its belief that the
bitterness would disappear than have many
observers N other parts Of this country.