Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-20
A LOOK AROUND.

| ing Republican iron manufacturer yester-
day. HE cannot be led to a radical course
after two such speeches as he has made
and retain any degree OF public conf
| dence, and 1 do not know q man in our
| line of business who does not feel relieved.
We look for changes in the tariff of course,
and changes which will benefit the import
ers, but there will be no slashing right and
left. 1t means much to a firm doing bust
| ness OF several millions year, as ours does,
and we shall take the President on his own
declarations. Our money all stays in the
country, the importer merely keeps his
profit as middleman, and this will
be considered fairly, We hope.
So far as tin plate is concerned
the present tariff cannot be changed by q
new administration for three years, as the
present tariff is a contract between the
manufacturers and the Government. five
make the required percentage in this coun-
try at the end of the contract We can then
retain the tariff, If we do not 1t is our fault
and we cannot hope for a continuation of
the existing arrangement, although some
sorS of protection will no doubt be given. 1
am willing to say frankly that Mr. CIeve-
land seems to have not only recognized the
feeling of uncertainty which has existed,
but has fairly done as much to reassure
those interested as any prudent man could
under the circumstances"
THE sidewalks along Fifth avenue have
been relald to an extent which makes walk
ing into town from the East End something
pleasant. You no longer require either an
alpenstock nor hobnaied SHOES to get safely
over the pavement 1t seems as though
this particular exercise is becoming decid-
edly popular among both sexes and all ages.
With middle-aged and elderly men an in
vest or disinclination to look with interest
on pleasing bill of fare is the motive u.s.
ually. The ladies in some degree are simi-
larly ruled. but the younger ones find it
splendid aid toward sustaining the fatigue
of a german or other exacting long drawn
out dance. Between ana 10 o'clock you can
see many quiet father of a family briskly
speeding downward afoot. From TO II on
pleasant day you can see the softer sex
doing likewise. There is little or no walk
ing out, people are too tired after the work
of the day and there are too many stiff hills
to climb.
THEATRICAL men, or rather those who
are interested in local theaters. tell me that
the present season is a good one so far and
bids well to carry out as iavorably as it has
begun. Always q reliable town for circuses
1t has grown to be equally reliable in the
support of the rapidly multiplying houses
of amusement. With the best paying thea
ters in the United States among us there
may be some reason to believe that the one
proposed in the East End will keep its head
above water. Even Allegheny may be
feard from in this line some day, but 1t is
not at all probable.
A DAY and an evening in New York or
PittsDurg after you have been in European
cities for any length of time brings before
you very sharply several things. First
that our women folk are tile handsomest
and best dressed with regard to individual
fitness, but in the matter of figures and size
they seem below par: next that our men
wear clothes that fit better, but are not
of as good material as their English
brethren, and that they are not as tidy and
we'll groomed. Then at night you are
amazed at the lighting of the streets Amer
ican cities are as noon to midnight with
transatlantic communities. and it is just as
well they are, for the pavements are worse
in an equal proportion.
MRS. SCHENLEY's London home in Prince
Georges Mansions in London is not at all q
pretentious house externally but is said to
be beautifully furnished throughout. 1t is
on the left hand side of Piccadilly going
entrance to that park. On the corner just
above her lives Sir Frederick Leighton, the
painter, and President of the Royal Society,
while a square around the corner in Victoria
Mansions is the home of the Wilson's, of
Tranby Croft AMI baccarat fame. Mrs.
Schenley has lovely villa near Cannes, in
which the Royal Duke of Albany died, 1t
being rented at the time. This lady who is
of SO much importance to Pittsburg is
much liked in London and SO are her fair
daughters and son. The whole family are
enthusiastic on the subject of yachting and
they take part in cruises about the Isle of
Wight and along the channel a large part of
the year.
THIS reference to Mrs. Schenley reminds
me Of the remarks made by very old Pitts
burg merchant to me recently. at is not
known" says he, "that Captain |
Schenley was not only an English officer, but
took part with his countrymen under Gen.
eral Packenham at the battle OF New Or |
leans. My father often told me of CONVEX |
which he had with Colonel O'Hara, |
who gathered together the great estate |
owned by the Dennys and Sohenleys. He had |
been Quartermaster of Anthony Wayne's |
army, and while busiest in handling stores |
and other things for the troops, he |
ran completely out of stationery. He had |
actually no paper on which to keep ac- /
counts and could procure none, so he jotted |
down the data on white bark with sharpened |
sticks blackened by fire. When he came to |
settle up with the Governments he handed in /
all tile regularly kept accounts first and |
settled them and then turned over the char
coal affairs. You can imagine the howl
raised by the department. officials and tho |
protests made by them. 1t turned out all |
right, however, in the end and there was /
settlement SO satisfactory that Colonel |
O'Hara had profit of $4,000 In
cash. This he invested in Pittsburg
real estate, buying up soldiers grants and
all sorts of available pieces. just before he
died he had the talk with my father to
which have referred. am poor man in
ready money said he, but some day my de-
scendants will be all the better for my in
vestments. The good God never put all .
that coal in the hills around Pietsburg with
out intending that the time would come for
to be a mighty manufacturing
city. II those who own the property there
ire wise enough to hold it intact they will
have a royal fortune I have heard esti-
mates ranging from $50 000, 900 to $50 600 900 as
,he present value of the Schenley estate, SO |
;he wise old man knew whereof he spoke.
1 SEE it is announced that Captain Wat
sins of the Inman Steamer City of Paris,
md his brother skipper, of the City of New /
York, have not been able to become Ameri-
IAN citizens in time to retain their COM
hands when these vessels are placed on the
American register. This will be regetted
~ many Pittsburgers who know both men.
When the new registry goes into effect the
inc will run to Southampton to compete
With the North German Lloyd line, and
many hours will be gained by this to travel