The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-03
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
Are the Gould Young Ladies Going
Abroad?
Cruelty to Helpless Trees-How Re-
peal Made the Silver Men Richer.

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New York. Dec. Now it0isureported
that the Gould children-that is, the
girls. Anna and Helen, with one of their
brothers-propOse making tour to Eu-
rope together. The Goulds like Europe,
but they do not prefer it to their own
country The publicity attendant upon
the rumors Of marriage may have some
thing to do with the contemplated trip.
When the party will start is not defn-
itely ascertainable 1t appears that Miss
Anna would like to 60 south for time.
Everything connected with the late Jay
Gould's children seems 10 reveal their
democratic simplicity For instance,
they spend comparatively little upon
themselves, although they give large
sums to public and private charities
Moreover, their friends are largely
among the poor The Gould girls
are acquainted with numerous young
women who might be termed poverty
stricken But il seems to be thought that
the Goulds have no aristocratic friends.
There never was a greater mlSapprehen-
sion. These wealthy young people re
ceive visits and invitations from the most
exclusive families in New York, and from
persons who. if not as wealthy as the
Goulds, are at least rich enough and So
ciallV strong enough to be bOve the i'm
putation Of an interested motive. Should
the GoNlds make the foreign tour, their
sojourn viii certainly not add TO the reve-
nues of any fortune hunter. II seems to
have escaped general notice that all the
children OF the late wizard are patriotic
Americans.
THE DEPARTURE OF A MILLIONAIRE.
The fact that the present Anthony
Joseph Drexel took no trouble to deny a
report that he intended buying home in
New York is taken to mean that he will
do so, But the impression is wrong. Mr..
Drexel's permanent home is Philadcl-
phia, TO which city he is, like his father,
warmly attached. He is at present
among the most admired Of the many out
of-tOwners who now and then appear on
horseback in Central Park He IS deemed
one of the most expert horsemcn in the
east, although his stable represents no
great outlay considering his wealth.
1t is noteworthy i'm this con
nection that young millionaires
like Mr.. DreXel do not settle down
in New York as numerously as
they once did. Other cities now vie
with the national metropolis as good
places to spend a handsome income in.
Moreover. d good social position in New
York does not mean as much as good
social position in Boston, Philadelphia, or
Baltimore. The latter cities are conceded
to be more censOrious in matters relating
to a position in society than is New York
Money continues to be the principal
thing with the Gothamites. No wonder.
therefore, that A. J. DreXel does not mean
TO desert proud old Philadelphia for New
York.
SCHOOL GIRLS AND AMERICAN HISTORY
AS most Americans are aware the Vice
President of the United States has no
robe of Office. 1t does not appear that
even John Adams longed for insignia of
any kind when he became our first sec
ond man in Rome" Yet gown was pre-
pared in this city for Mr.. Stevenson by
number of young school misses who did
not learn how useless a work they were
engaged in until it was nearly finished
They had confused the Vice President
with the chief justice, no very surprising
thing in young women educated in New
York. Strange as it may seem the grad
yates of female seminaries here are very
ignorant on all subjects connected with the
institutions of their own country. William
NJ. Eyarts has done much to remedy this in
public academies, but private schools are
not so susceptible to this influence
Samuel J. Tilden's comment when the
honor girl of a graduation class in an
aristocratic private seminary told him
that the chief justice of the United States
was elected by the people for a term of
fourteen years has almost passed into
history Roscoe Conkling was an enemy,
during most of his public career, to the
farcical system of education" carried out
in New York boarding schools, where
French only is spoken and Lindley Muir
ray is never even heard of.
CRUELTY TO TREES
For months past there has been com
plant that New York's soil seems pecu-
harly deadly to such ornamental trees as
are planted in the few gardens on Man
haitian Island. An occasional millionaire
in Gotham INDUCES in the luxury of
garden, and trees for it are procured
either from the nurseries or the hot
houses. But they all wither and die in
season or two in spite Of the utmost gar
dening skill. The result has been the
growing of trees in huge tubs, wherein
prepared soil has been heaped The trees
can then be put out doors or kept in the
house, according to circumstances New
York is filled with such arboreal pets
and their existence has given rise to an
agitation. 1t is conceded by the best in
formed arboriculturists that vegetable
life is as sensitive to cruel treatment as
is animal life. 1t is not humane, accord
ing to late theorists, to cramp the roots
of developed trees in tubs, or to imprison
them after the present fashion among
wealthy New Workers. The Wander
bits, at any rate, agree with this view,
and they do not now put forest trees in a
dollhouse. However, there is no law
in New York state concerning cruelty to
trees, and the heartless millionaires can
not be summarily dealt with.
BISHOP cones SECOND LETTER.
The second letter of Bishop Coke to Sa-
TOLL, papal delegate has been eagerly
awaited ever since the appearance of the
first. 1t seems to be overlooked that the
aged prelate takes the position of one pro
Tossing the same religion as SatolH. and
hence his letter cannot be inconsistent
from that point of view.
Bishop Coke, speaking of himself re
Gently, declared that he was very old and
not long for the world. Yet he is a verv
hardy man, with clear, ringing voice
and no member of any hierarchy
is able to draw larger audience
in New York than he The prelate is the
best living authority on the growth of the
Episcopalian church in the United States
his favorite comparison for the flock being
in that biblical figure, "A city not for
saken.o One of the most curious things
about this bishop of Western New York
Is that although his warm friends are
numerous and pOVnrful bis on o,,,;oo -.