The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-17

tnere lB some excuse Tor MRS. Fawcett
Tho following letter Is published In the Daih
Nesos this morning:
SIR: VIII you allow me to correct a state
mont In your issue OF to-day to the effect that
Miss Mary Anderson. while temporararily
managing the Lyceum Theatre. issued pub
lie explanation expressing her deep regret that
the theatre could not be closed. &C.. on the
niRht Of the day Of the funeral OF the lamented
Duke Of Albany Messrs. Abbey and Mum
were managing the theatre as we'll as my
affairs at that time. wrote no such expana-
ton to the public. and. II you remember. the
Lyceum Theatre was closed on that night
Yours. very truly.
MARY ANDERsoN De NAVARRO.
1T FERNDALn PARK. TuNBMDaE WELLS,
Jan. 15."
Some grossly ignorant or malicious indi-
vidual wrote this paragraph in the DAILY Ne,os
yesterday: "On the day Of the Duke Of Al
bany's funeral all the West End theatres
save one wero closed. The exception
was tho Lyceum. then under the tenn
porary direction OF Miss Mary Anderson.
who issued public explanation ex-
pressing her deep regret that the theatre
could not be closed. all the stalls having been
booked. and 1t being impossible to transfer
them to another night, owing to the fact that
this was the last night Of her engagement in
London. Her patrons. one would think. could
hardly have felt quite at ease IN witnessing
her performance in Mr.. Gllberts comedy and
tragedy. 'Pygmalion and Galatea,' that night.
with the consciousness that far and wide
around them dramatic entertainments were
everywhere suspended"
The writer doubtless was not aware that our
Mary had taken up her residence in this coun-
try: but he is q wiser man now.
The dispute between the Cunard. 1nman.
and other steamship companies. whose head
quarters are at Liverpool and the local au-
thorlties there. in regard to the iniQttous
porterage system at that port. is being forced
to head. The companies demand that the
barge porters'' on the landing stages. who
now number only thirty. shall be increased to
q hundred. and that the scale OF fees shall
be rearranged. Those who have suffered at
the hands OF casual porters will be glad to
learn that the companies are certain to win.
The Pelican Club. that has just succumbed.
probably possessed the most heterogeneous
membership OF any club in the world. There
were members whose incomes were In the
hundreds Of thousands and members who
slept on the club sofas at night in default OF
any other resting place. and sponged on the
club for viotuals and drink. There were Dukes
and Earls and Lords galore. and blackmailing
journalists. music hall singers. and a. Strand
restaurant keeper. There were members
whose checks for 81 were invariably dis
honored and members who could write checks
in six or seven figures that would be accepted
without question In any bank in England.
There were members who went to cturt and
were on intimate terms at Marlborough House
and members who would be kicked out OF the
kitchen Of any respectable cabman. Any
young spendthrift In the bankruptcy court
L. 49, 49, TO- IL.
Pelican. as were half the correspondents in the
divorce oourts: and the membership also In
cluded all the best gentlemen sports in Eng
land. Perhaps the Pelican was ~ only West
End club in London where an exhilarated
member who smashed the furniture and the
windows was not brought bssere- the commit
tee. or where no attention va attracted II
gentlemen whohAd fnished their supper and
wished to play game OF dominoes to see who
should pay for It cleared their table Of its
dishes and cloth by the simple expedient Of
tipping It on end.
This heterogeneous membership was natu-
rally enough the result Of the origin OF tho
club. It began with the, getting together
weekly Of few devotees Of boxing for little
quiet sport. and only became social club
when the present fine new house was built II
was impossible when the club grew and there
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KICK OUT tho oo)ectionaoie ones VINO wore al
ready members and hence the conditions that
existed. However. although the Pelican re-
NAMED primarily boxing cluo until ITS de-
mise. no prize hghters wero ever admitted to
membership.
me demise oithe Pelican makes the National
Sporting Club. where slavin and Jackson are
expected TO night this year. the leading organ
izauon OF the Rlnd IN EnGiand. lts member
snip Is growing rapidly. and includes great
many Americans. There are knock out lights
every Monday night at the new club. which are
largely attended by the nobility and gentry OF
England.
Henry Rosenfeld. the young American whose
heavy play and large winnings have been the
sensation OF the week at Monte Carlo. Is an ex-
trnordinary character: HIS home Is In Chicago.
where his brother Is well-known business
man. and ne Is one OF the heirs OF Michael
Reece. the famous ten fold millionaire OF San
Francisco Rosenfeld attained his majority
and his fortune about four years ago. Since
that time Chicago has seen him three times his
longest visit being OF ten days duration. and
on each occasion he arrived from the West and
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