The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-11
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
The New York End Of a James ROOSe-
welt Roosevelt Episode.
A Tammany Four Hundred-why the
Artists of the Metropolis Have So
Little Influence.
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Little Influence.
Copyright, 1ss4)
New York, Feb. 10.-James Roosevelt
Roosevelt, the gentleman who became our
first secretary of embassy at London I'M
der such dramatic circumstances recently,
is the one who figures in the last morsel
of gossip that is retailed in the drawing
rooms of New York exclusives. 1t would
appear that the inevitable William
Waldorf Astor and Ambassador Thomas
F. Bayard are involved, and the occasion
of it is a difficulty of a somewhat novel
nature in diplomatic circles.
For some weeks past the American am
bassador has been embarrassed by the
authoritative attitude assumed by MIR
Astor through his purchased organs, on
matters connected with the United STATES
For instance, Mr.. Astor promulgated the
assertion that our revolutionary war was
case OF the English defeating them
selves-"that singular campaign N which
we English had TO beat ourselves and 10
get France to help US to 10 it. Then
there were illusions to Lincoln dla-
metrically opposed 10 what Mr. Bayard
had said in a speech. But the Astor put
clared: The lot, then, that is commonly
called the lot of the poor, is not, as such,
fit subject of any commiseration. II
is declared that when this was repeated
| to John Burns and other labor members
of parliament they refused to believe it
| to have emanated from the yankees"
sheet until they saw the utterance in
| print. However, MIR. Astoris not accept
ed in England as a political factor and
hn NM TON Cd
critics questioned the utterances of Mr..
| Bayard concerning the merits of Ameri-
| can institutions by repeating some OF Mr..
| AStor's language in refutation. Thus Mr..
| Bayard came to be embarrassed, as noted
| by the things put forth by his millionaire
countryman.
But even this state of affairs could be
| overlooked, since Mr.. Astor is not in Eng
| land in an official capacity, as is Mr.. Bay
ard. But when several condemnations of
! America were said TO have come from the
| embassy, though the natural confusion
resulting from the fact that Mr.. Astor's
relative is next to the highest authority
| in it, there was a slight difficulty.
! According to the New York end of the
story Mr. Bayard represented TO Mr.
| Roosevelt that 1t might be well II Mr.
Aston confined his denunciations of things
| American within narrower limits. Not
that there was anything like an estrange-
ment, for Mr.. Bayard is too Courtly, too
| diplomatic and too old a politician
to give offense to any one. He
simply called attention to the fact
that, as Mr.. Aston was getting deplora-
bly, unpopular with the American colony
it might be well if he refrained from con
Meeting himself with the embassy as in
timately as he had been doing and thus
spare the official there from the necessity
OF disavowing him, as it were. 1t was a
! delicate position for our am Dassador to be
| in, particularly as he had to deal with a
relative of the man who had brought
| upon himself all the condemnation. For
it may be remarked parenthetically that
the New York land owner Is positively
astonishing England by what he causes to
be published about his own country.
Now, according TO the New YORK. end OF
the story, it would seem that the Astors
do not agree among themselves about
| everything and that MIR. Roosevelt sides
with that half of the family which does
not coincide with William Waldorf 1t
seems that he went to the length of say
ing that as long as MIR. Aston confined his
remarks and articles denunciatory of
America to his, papers and spoke as a
| Briton or as a private individual 1t might
be as we'll to let him alone, but he thought
that it would be justifable to take him
down. if he assumed to speak ex cathedra
as an American.
! But, still according to the New York
end of the story, Mr.. Aston got an inkling
of the state of things and took occasion to
have it intimated to Mr.. Bayard that he
was not inimical to his own country, and
that he did not assume to speak about 1t
! officially. 1t would seem that the land
owning Croesus is the victim of quiet,
anonymous enemy, who tries to undo all
his work-whatever his work may be.
AS for the remarks which had offended
the labor leaders, they were only the
opinions of one person.
According to the New York end of the
story, Mr.. Bayard still continued to be
aggrieved by ultra-Tory opinions bearing
the stamp of Astor, and which are still as
ISOLATED with the embassy, and which are
gradually making the American Ambas-
! Sador unpopular with an influential sec
ton of the British voters. Where Mr.
| Bayard was asked 10 speak dozen times
upon his arrival in England he is not
asked once now. There seems to exist an
impression that Mr.. Bayard and MIR
Astor are in some scheme to bring dis
| credit upon British party by improperly
taking sides in matters that should not
| interfere with, and when his impression
| is combated Mr.. Astor's relative is
pointed to as evidence of the deal.
And, so, according to the New York end
OF the story, there is tho very deuce to
pay in the American colony in London.
RICHLY DRESSED LITTLE BOYS.
The competition among the mammas Of
boys who are destined to inherit large
fortunes to make their darlings look dis.
| tinguished is taking some mutual forms
For instance, the latest style is to get the
youngsters up in the rig of page in the
time of Queen Elizabeth, a fad which
while beautiful is costly, since there must
be jeweled buckles and satin sashes in
abundance. AS a consequence, Fifth
| avenue, when some well known little boys
appear upon it in the afternoons, is quite
sight. For the boy population that is
born with golden spoon in its mouth is
quite large in the metropolis,
Now, to see a boy gotten up in silks and
Jewels is an unusual spectacle to many
persons. Especially is,this the case with
the children of the poor A carriage, in
which were seated two gorgeously dressed
| youngsters, drew up near the park on
Fifth avenue recently, and a group OF
street urchins proceeded to make fun OF
the wealthy boys. Their mother was
standing on the steps of a mansion palace
and at the sight of tho frantic actions OF
her little boys-they both seemed terror.
lied at the gestures of the street urchins
she set up a scream that brought po-
liceman, and the street boys fed.
Nevertheless the page dress, with its
costly accessories, is still the rage with