Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-03
IN THE EMPIRE CITY.
SENATOR HILL, MlNsrRElsy. AND Ar
TER-DlNNER oRAroRy.
The Funny sids Of shc Drsvtos-Borrows~
Assor AfYAsr--s. c. 7. Dodd ana His
Salad Poetsoai Dsya

NV Yoax. April AL observe that son-
asor David B. HUI, during his recent trip
through tho South, delivered an after
dinner speech in Savannah. in which ne
paid rather left-bsnded compiimon' 70
the professional after-dinner speakers Oh
the country. The Senator Is not man
noted for his sparkling humor. think
be ENJOYS n good thing when he hears IL,
hut do not believe that he ever toto
jimmy story to anybody in his life. or that
he has any appreciation of the bright siue
Of existence. To bin all things are seri-
qua i was, therefore. surprised TO oo-
serve that In bis Savannah speech ne
attempted to be somewhat Iocose. ne sug-
cestcd that our negro miiistreisy mao un-
dercone a great change. and had practi-
callv lost its vitality, giving place. rs u
we're To the humorous after-dinner speak
er This "a neither funny nor true. Negro
m;psfrelsv has died out simply because we
NO lonoer have artists who can depict the
oenu,ne African, who 10. at best. carica-
ture on the Caucasian race. Dut the pest
of our afternoon speakers are certainly
several grades above the best hins,reisy
that our times have known. L am Tree 10
saw that have heard here IN New YORK
speecbes delivered at public dinners such
as believe could not be heard IN any
other place in the world. While men like
Depew. Porter, Ingersoll, and Fellows
MANAGE 10 inject reasonable amount OF
hilarity into their speeches, as IS becoming
when men are TO be entertained VINO nave
dined agreeably,. they. also are aple 70
transmit great deal of excellent Thought
After ali is said. must admit that DIT. De-
new is the best all-around after-dinn
speaker / have ever heard. There Is appa-
rentlv no occasion to which he Is not equal.
He generally manages to introduce con-
siderable flippancy into the nrst nan ol LIS
speech, but he never fails TO vino up WIN
the expression OF some ideas whcn are
worth Carrying away. Mr.. Depew Is very
much more than superficial taikor. lie
IL man of knowledge, and he knows now
n appIv IL. IL be sometimes seems 70 lack
GRAVITY II il because he knows that there
Is nothing so depressing as duli speech OF
the English type after his feilow-creatures
have dineds
THE Brsr OF ALL.
think I observe tendency on his part
To temper the edges of his wltticlsms some
what and I think that the whole country
will eventually agree that 1t has no better
sneaker than Chauncey Nj. Depew. L am
Glad 10 hear that there is prospect that
be will be heard at the opening OF tDe
Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Colonei
Bob Ingersoll is in great demand rs y uin-
ner-speaker now. and while he IS always
eloquent. poetic, and magnetio Ia ms .ais,
himself by injecting his asnosstlc
beliefs into everything that be has
to saw. / heard him at Delmonlces
the other night, on the occasion OF the
banquet of the representatives OF tne
united musical societies or the county,
deliver an address on the subject OF Mu-
SIC" which for beauty OF imagery gran
Al. nd
never heard equalled. 1t was simply o
naqnificent poem, and one deserving OF
publication in every corner of the world. 1t
was theme upon which the Colonel could
expand without the slightest restraint. lie
is an enthusiastic lover or music, especially
Wagner's music. He used to be found
every night at the German opera, and
there is probably no man in this city who
will 90 further now TO hear Seldl or q
Damrosch concert. The Colonel cares
very little for the dramatic side OF Wagner
or for German singing, which he thinks, as
a rule. mars Wagnerian operas. but to Or
chestretion his whole being goes out. 10
see him sitting in front at the ope-
IA, his eyes closed, his nead thrown
back. one might think that he really pos
sessed one of those institutions known as
a soul. and that it was being taken out OF
him bv the wonderful harmonieS evoked
bv the orchestra. While the Colonel is
touched by simple melodies like the rest
of us, he is so big and broad and extensive
that il requires Wagner's stormy strains TO
fiji his brain and start him into ecstasy.
have no doubt that he could be lifted into
high realms of thought and moved to great
endeayor by heavy cannonade.
HuMoRs OF THE TRAGEDY.
II was an embarrassment OF riches in the
way of amusements to have Messrs. Dray-
ton and Borrowe arrive in town the same
week that the circus came TO US. Either
one of these aggregations OF comicality
would have been sufficient to keep the
town on a grin. But with both of them
with us at the same time carking care had
no Judgment in our midst. so TO speak.
There has been nothing furnished 10 the
public in long time that has pos
sessed the humorous features OF this
Drayton- Borrowe-Astor affair. First, we
have MIR. Drayton's suspicious aroused to
an extent which justified him In hiring de-
tectiyes. Then. fearing that the detectives
might not discover anything, he clears out
of the country in order, apparently. that
his presence might not be embarrassing to
any of the parties in the case. This seems
10 have been o wise proceeding, and
matters were greatly facilitated by
IL. At least, that is the superstition. |
The detectives made q favorable report and |
nut Mr.. Drayton in the way OF confirming
il. Then Mr.. Borrowe begged, almost With
tears in his eyes, to be fatally shot and |
killed in every respect. lie Is said TO have |
even opened his vest as an inducement, |
and at the same time to save that gar
ment, but all to no purpose. MIR. Drayton
spared his victim with view. no doubt, |
TO infiiotine upon HIM o still more terrible |
misunderstanding him, perhaps, at |
The next McAllister ball. or telling him to |
his face that he was veal mean, 30 therel
-, hot Urn lAA
off, with Father Astor as the victim, 10 not |
exactly serious. MIR. Aston WAS taken into |
the confidence of Mr.. and Mrs. Drayton
and MIR. Borrowe as to the terrible state of
affairs and touched" for large amount |
of money. A large annuity Is alleged to
have been fixed upon Mr.. Drayton and
evon larger sum upon Mrs: Drayton. for
which she was TO cast Mr.. Borrowe over
board. About the time the new checks
were finding their proper destination We
hear of Mir. Borrowe and Mrs. Drayton
being abroad.
NO DoLTNG.
Not long afterward tho fiery and furious
husband overlook them in cafe IN Paris
and accosted them thus: "Ah, there
caught YOU againl When are you two
going 70 bolt? As they had just ordered
liver and bacon he would be hard
hearted husband who would expect them
TO bolt tQat. MT. OIoytOu Wuo uOt tho
cruel monster to do it. and if the
breakfast was disturbed by any other
incident it Is not so recorded. Then
we have the long correspondence prior to
the bloody duel the gentlemen were going
to fight in France-France being selected
because larger liberty Is allowed there IN
such matters. The language OF the corre-
spondence indicated that this was going
10 be one of the most earnest and deadly
duels that had ever ensanguined the soil
of France. Old Rochcfort and the other
bouleyardiers of Paris, who have fought
fifty or sixty duels apiece. were not 70 be
sin it.n The outlook was bloody and ter
rible until the red nosed Due de Morny was
called in and decided that there could be no
duel for the reason that the villain in the
case was the only gentleman in the party.
This would have done for the climax, but
the baked, embroiled. and embittered
men insisted upon sailing back home on
the same vessel. The reporters went down
the bay to fnd out whether there had
been fight on sbipboard. and so intent
were they on this point that they neglect
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