Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
GREAT SLUMP IN
YOUNG HYDE'S MEANS
FORMER EQUITABLE HEAD SELLS
HOME AND HORSES
Reduced $4,000 at One Slash.
Women With Tainted Pasts Not
Wanted on stage-Mrs. Fish Has
to Ride In Common Railroad Coach

| Hyde, former master of the great Equi-
table Life Assurance society, continues
to sell his properties in and about New
York, thus giving color to the story
that he intends to quit the country and
make his home in France. Already he
has sold his country home, his private
car, his stable and his autos, and now
1t Is announced that he has placed his
city residence in the hands of brokers.
The house adjoining, occupied by Mr..
Hyde's mother, is also placed on the
market. When these sales are accom-
plished Mr.. Hyde will be left without
a home and no place to entertain, ex-
cept in the clubs or at Sherrys. His
rate of living has been estimated at
100000 year and his income has been
reduced by at least this sum since the
Equitable exposures. He lost $130,000
in salaries alone and his properties suf-
fered somewhat on account of the mess,
thus further reducing the golden cur
rent flowing his way. With all this
Hyde is still the richest young bachelor
in New York and the girl who marries
him will not be obliged to open deli
catessen store or take in family wash
ing to maintain his household.
If 1t came to a showdown Mr.. Hyde
could get job driving Fifth avenue
stage coach-he is rattling good
horseman. He would probably prefer
this to teaching French in respectable
families, although his proficiency in
the language would enable him to
make little more money. In the
meantime, man who is worth only
$20,000,0O0 or so must watch the pennies
If he lives in New York or he will
suddenly find himself broke.
There were three men sitting TO-
gether on a seat of the open car, and
after they had talked politics for ten
minutes one of them Observed
Excuse me, but here is my card"
The other two scanned 1t and saw
that he was DR.. So-and-so, and then
the second man produced his card. 1t
showed that he was Undertaken So
and-so. Then the two looked at the
third man, who made no move to pro-
duce card, but who presently said:
well, I s'pose sorter belong to the
profession myself"
"Druggist?"
"No. I see to the grave-digg:ng
part"
An unusual feature of the present
campaign in New York city is the
lack of newspaper oposition to the re-
election of Mayor Mcclellan, Tam
many's righthand man. Only two
newspapers are making fight against
him. The fact is the opposition is un-
able to unite on a candidate.
The salary of the comptroller of New
York is $4,000 year, which is 8 per
cent interest on $500,0O0. Mr.. Grout
finds it too little for his family ex-
penses. He can, save nothing for a
rainy day Therefore he is determined to
retire and devote his energies to more
lucrative pursuits.
1t is fair to warn ladies who have
been mixed up In court trials of SEN
sational nature that their day is over,
SO far as subsequent appearances on
the stage go. Florence Burns, who was
tried and acquitted on the charge Of
killing a young man named Brooks,
went on the stage and lasted nearly a
week Nan Patterson, who had been
chorus girl before Caesar Young met
sudden death while in cab with her,
tried to go back to her profession as
star and made a pitiful failure of 1t.
Blanche Chesbrough, the former wife
OF Roland B. Molineaux, who was tried
and convicted, and subsequently ac-
Quilted on a charge of murder, made
the essay last night, with the same
result. Dispassionate critics, many of
them women, went over to Brooklyn
today to see and hear her and all re-
ported no"
Mrs. StuyVesant Fish, who usually
travels in private car, has experienced
the novel sensation of riding from New
Haven to New York in a common day
| coach. In her own car she arrived at
New Haven by the express train Mrs
Fish alighted with her two Pomeranian
dogs which she had exhibited at the
Newport dog show. Mrs. Fish sud-
denly saw the express train, with her
private car, moving out of the station
At the same moment a Joung man,
hatless and dressed in the height of
fashion, jumped from Mrs. Fish's car
and tried to help Mrs Fish and her
pets aboard the moving train. Mrs.
Fish stood terror-stricken and let her
car go. The young man, who was her
brother, ran and tried to board the
car. He grasped the railing of the
rear platform. but had to let go. Then
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