Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-12

,ecentiv' rne persons who wantcd Dr;
Parkhurst to sample "Elysium,s a4sReu
paughtiness wero not aetunted, 40 hap
pen to know, by any high moral impuis.s'
Int were. rather, in search OF tnat pecu-
liar thing known rs "newspspei s ';sf.iI
tion.n The good Doctor escaped tue p''. ~,
OF the ungodIy and did not 60 20 .no
nbases Of metropolitan life Is exhibited oy
this Same Elysium." and the wonq h,n,
reputation it has got about town o. peins
almost sill it oughtn't TO be. lIeros
really nothing as rlsque IN either uiniysuu
OF costumes az has from time to time peea
seen on the opera-bouffe stage mere ant
elsewhere. The picce has from inc nsss
been denounced rs improper. anu - nv
generally reckoned improper, not p9oau,JJ
II Is, but just because people sa'o ~
still say II is. The plot is from tne
French, and it declares that 2 certain
Uncle Barbassou on his death ieases
10 Partisan nephew the entire MARTIN
of his Oriental uncle. The nephe"
falls in love with virtuous cdaiispue.
and the scene shifts from Paris ana It's sS
life to the harem and its women III uou o
sers. The costumes are not dinerens aio,a
those often seen here. and the INES aio AZ,
nocent enough, and tho illusions ohiY rs
bad as the bad choose to make them; ny
whole spectacle on the boards OF faimer
or Daly's Theatre would not be regarueu
os xyorse than siily. People who remember
the artistic accomplishments OF the troupo
of genuine Nautch girls whom hr. pay
imported seven or eight years ago anu uis-
PLAYED on his own stage. say thae .neto
is nothing in "Elysium" quite equ"l W
the Daly Nautch dance Omene, iue
woman whose danse d. rente was con-
sidered too suggestive even TOR h9ster
Bars. has been solemnly warned away
from the boards at Herrmann's, aithoush
abe has contract calling for her appear
ance in "Elyslum.n Tine people ID the cast
have nothing specially dubious aDout tneIh,
unless Pearl Eytinge's appearance Iu tne
Clemenceau Case" is treasured up
against her. The whole thing seems 20 90
a bad case of crying wolf when tnere
isn't even Niger IN the wood-pile. Du.
no CITY as big a. New York can endure no.
to be considered "wicked,N even IL II ISL
wicked bit.
HELPFUL SONS.
Few of the millionnalres who figure IN tho
public eve have such helpful sons - hr.
Gould. Mr.. John A. Morrs's two boys are
CONSPICUOUS and useful figures out d.
Morris Park. William l.. Scott ana Davlu
Dudley Withers were prominent noIse
owners and mlllIonnaires VINO nave olyu
not long since. leaving no sons at all
FoxhaU Keene " deseryedly the apple or
his fathers eye. but he seems 10 take pet
ter TO steepiechasing than. to hnance;
The voung Seges and kOcketeilerS ana
Claws and Vanderbilts and Astors VINO
and what are they! Recent events have
served to draw public attention specisily
to the oncoming generation OF tue au-
derbiits and AstOrs. Ine OLDEST son VI TIC
richest Vanderbilt has dieu anu Yen
hurled amid sincere and general sorrow.
lie seems 10 have been popular college,
boy and on embryo social swell hlghiy
Thought of in his set, and good son ana
brother and friend In spite OF MS mliilohs.
Young John Jacob AstOr, now the maze
head of the elder branch OF the Astor
family, shortly after the death OF MS IA
ther, William Aston. SEM chech loI
- 600 each to the Press Club and TO the
Police Pension Fund. Somebody has sug-
eested that young Aston made these
handsome presents out OF his aound-
ance with view of meeting the
moral obligation rich sons ought 10
feel 10 pay some sort OF an.lnherltance-
tax. But | prefer TO give him credit for
the obvious wish to do good IN deserving
channels. That he mas done so cannot be
doubted. A $1,000 check drawn oy youth
worth $50 900, 600 and more, and VINO may
be truthfully spoken of as one OF the rich
est voung meu the world aC ITS period or
greatest riches. cannot help being some
thing of a curiosity. The handwriting Is
the least bit cramped, AZ II the writer
found writing so many checks SOME
thing of bore, and the hye
thousand dollars" Is followed by a
mark like this instead OF period. Inc
signature is quite an interesting one, anu
NAV fairly be described as indicating
character. There Is no punctuation be-
tween the two "J's" or between the latter
'.Jn and the surname. The whole Is run
together in an easy, flowing manner, evil
IDENTITY showing habit. No very rich man
need TO write anything more than ms
name nowadays. Young Mr.. 5stor hlied
in the body Of this check "a Well "A
man doesn't have to be able to write
copper plate TO have millions: ms Astor
check shows that John Jacob would
scarcely get a prize in wrltingschooi.
But he has shown that his heart can't be
| far wrong when ii prompts checks TO the
right places.
AN oFFICE-BoY BECOMES BOSS.
Yet what maryellously useful heritage
energy and ambition are, even II they are
not accompanied by money. In the stores
| that have been written about influential
New Workers who began life as Grand
| bows do not think that Sammy korke' $
| name has been mentioned. He was Office
| how at 81 q week IN the offices of the Coney-
Island Jockey Club not so very many years
ago. He is now secretary OF that CLUB
and of the Essex Watch-Case Company,
| a big Newark corporation, popular
man about town. a hacker OF operate enter
prises, with plenty of money and friends
and an assured position III the New YORK
world of men and things. His right name
| is Samuel Edwark Rorke. He is lust past
| 30. is a slender blonde of medium size, neat
| appearance and pleasant manners, as near
| an approach To O Maecenas Is the lyric bard
| of to-day is likely to find. Lyric poetry
| to-day, by the way. needn't be married
| to immortal tunes" but 1t must be set to
| music 10 have any commercial value. ms
| is the age of combination of music and
| rhyme sells. Rorke owns the lar and
| Tartar" and frankly admits that comic
opera has certain sort of fascination for
him. Mr.. James Rowe. the new starter at
| the races hereabouis, is friend and part
| ner of Rorke III some OF his enterprises,
| Rorke and Askin had O difference, about
money-all copartners in comic do-not
| long ago. But they also patched them up
as most of them do. Rorke Is q man
worth keeping ones eye on. He'll cut a