Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27

father, the head OF the great LOCOMOTIVES
works. Besides being good pigeon shot.
he is an expert whip and frequently drives
four In hand.
Two confirmed old bachelors who know
how TO enjoy life are David Croker, bet.
ter known as Daisy Crocker. and
Wright sanford The first Is tall. with
gray hair and q black mustache, and re,
sembles Ned Stoke somewhat. SANFORD
has always been a great beau. Like
Crocker, he is Union club man
or those modern structures in New
York built, as before mentioned, for the
exclusive use of bachelors, the most
prominent are the Bcnedick, on south
Washington Square; .he Alpine at Broad.
way and Thirty third street: the Bevsr.
wick, in West Twenty seventh street, ana
the new Oakdale, in West ThIrty-nfth
street. Besides these there are numerous
houses where rich bachelors share the
accommodations with families. such as
the Cumberland, at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-third street: the Wilbraham, az
Fifth avenue and Thirtieth street; the
Chelsea, In Twenty-third street; the
upper rooms OF the Metropolitan opera
house and the Dakota flats on Eighth
avenue, overlooking the park. In the
Benedick, the handsomest apartments are
owned by +. w. Sheldon, who enjoys an
income OF about $1,000 year. They con-
sist OF three rooms-a reception room,
library aud bed room-all finished IN
cherry, the furniture being OF the same
material About once a week Mr.. shell
don utilities his library as aprivate dining
room and entertains his familiars in the
most acceptable bachelor manner. A.
Mitchell Hall. who knows all about eiec-
| trio motors, has apartments in the Bene-
\ dick finished in lemon color with old
! fashioned cornices in plaster, on back.
! ground OF old English red velvet paper.
I llan Ean u fPna nf
Niagara Construction company; Eustis
| Conway, J. A. Hvland and L. f. Sexton,
! the last three well known lawyers, also
/ live there. Others in the building are j.
Griffin, and the artists II. B Birch, q. w.
Maynard, Robert Blum and II w. Cham
bsrs
! At the Alpine, which is the largest and
most central OF all the apartment houses,
! live some of the best known young men in
| New York. Among these are w. ID.
! Holmes. the scion of one Of the wealthiest
and best known Pennsylvania families,
dilletante composer of charming songs;
pcrcival Farqnahr the assemblyman
from his district: Marshall +. Wilder, the
humorist. c. ID. Gibson, the illustrator;
j. Edward Barclay, the painter OF the
Paderewski portrait: Steele MacSaye. the
playwright; Henry Stull, the animal
painter, and w II Allen the pastellist
Mr.. Holmes is nothing IL not original, and
artistic and beautiful. Extended resi-
~ nee abroad has enabled him 10 collect a
varied and curious assortment of faiencc
and porcelains. The rarest of these is
vase OF Italian mojelica, a vase of royal
Sevres and some exceedingly curious beer
mugs OF Dutch manufacture two centur-
les old In the matter of bric-a- -brac, pie
lures, old books and articles Of vertu, he
has an endless variety. Mr.. Gibson's
| studio is ornamented with many original
drawings which are the gifts of his artist
| friends, Edwin A. Abbey, Frederick Rem
| ington and others.
| The apartments of Richard Mansfield,
the actor. in Twcnty-eighth street, are re-
membered as being Of the most artistic in
/ the metropolis. Clyde Fitch, the play
wright, occupies handsomely furnished
chambers in the Sherwood studios on
Sixth avenue, near the park. At Mamar-
oneck. Howell Osborne has "A complete
adjustment sumptuously furnished.
! ARTHUR {. Girls OK.