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Hvll II i A HhII ill llllll 6 THE SUN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1888.- Ifti I 0DD TALK 0F A MANAGERt Hal'lR '1 II Slllfl ACTOTIS CAJi'T OF.T X.VTO aOCtKXT JK- I 111 V.tVSli JltttV 271 V TO "31ASU." HI rllll They ire ttnoit rellnwn, lit no Mnn Wants) If I'lHn'i Them ill III llomn-The Mtuajo ofTo-iliiy Hi; I D9j llemiiBd n.Ntw.tflMM I'll o Hucceed. It IJflf'j A llM-ntrlr.nl mnnntrcr of unquostloncd HI HI , J metropolitan promlnonco leanod backed In his Ji iiji otucoK'stordur. with n cigar botwoon his tooth HB I'! l uudhlslogaonnnolgliborliigdosk.nudchntted Hi III fi about netors and nctrowos. HE K "Ni limn," ho said, "realizes mora thor- Hh II oughly t linn I do tho groat interest which poo- Hh lillll plo Uol In tho personality of tho pooplo on tho HB 1 1 st.igo. Tlio imIjIIi'. by tho wry. Is just nB much HB f IntoroUod In tlio personal diameters of nows- Hi l.jllt paper writers, novelists, ur politicians, but tho HB lillf nouM-l'.irs uo not aoliovo It. Thoy ronllzo nil BH jf tl oy iniubol course Hint the principal nows HB III fi Milua or rn nolor ooncorns him ludlvldunlly BH I'll nml nfl-r ho Inn got rlil ot tho pnlnt and mako- HB SI ft jf of tho stage. I luuo boon In this business HB I llll for twoiitj joars, nnd I know something about BH I l Hid prsinuol of tho actors of Now York. It BH I lllji ctrlU'H mo tint tlio most romnrkablo thing BH il obmilnn nctor Is his enormous estimate of his BH I I j pi" itlon In tlio world. A short tlmo ngo. whou BHh I s ' II l "lrr' Ncllowullemptod to forco hlmsolf Into HI I 1 1 iJi tho company of gontlemen at Tuxodo Park, ho HSflJUJjj le.irnad suddenly that actors nro not toloratod HJMlil I" kooiI eooloty. Mr. Bellow Is prob- BHBjJI ji nbly as fiishtonnblo an actor. In ono BHf I'll''!' poiiso of tho term, as any of tho BHM ill'il! recent ones In Now York, nnd yet ho has novcr BlH in'li succeeded in getting hi noso lnsldo tho houso H 111;! of n distinctively society family In Now York HIS ill! II c"y' 'rll0r" Is a good deal ot talk In tho papors, BHB' JIIU l nnd particularly thoto out of town, about Mr. Buffi 111 II 1! How's troublo nt Tuxodo Park, but, In point BJflH lj offitci, thoro hu not bouu for miiiiy joars nn Bhb llllll nctor In Now York who hns succeeded In got- BHi 'Hill tlug v on ono foot within tho portals of nnnrls- BHW II it I toeui'la fmnlly. In this 1 spoak by tho card, BBni Jj for 1 know tho in on thorough!), and am no- BBH ii, qualntod with all thlrllttlo iimbltlons nnd ox- BH.lj !! porleii"es. Tnku Ldwnrd Snthern. for Instance. Hjilj illjll Dure I) a man who Is qulot. unassumlng.ro- BBlU lllljl tirod, nnd iiollto. Ills father was well known BhI llllll and popuuirln tho club and cnfi!s. There has BhS ill llll never boon nnrthliiKof an unpleasant oharao- BBHi jIIIII!' tprHssiiointod with ynunt; Sothorn. and yotdo BHflkl'llliH "" R'iPI'J-so for nu Instant that bocioty takos BhBw'IMIi lilinup Cort.iliily not. Ho is to-dny. nnd :il- IBiHAll 1 1 8 N'ayn lilts bouii. nn outsider. In the same cnndl- Hi 13 Jl llll tkiii as iJimuud Tuurlu, Kirlo Hollow, and tho HI Sllllllr tout of thorn. iH iBilllllu "Tho fnut Is society frowns upon nn nctor. BBI ISlili.lS nml ulwavH wllliu Ainoiion. Thoro li u (mint Bl I ill II u fld(rl and lmwdedo about tho uruat nlTecilon Bh nil III 9 in which Now Yoik society hold Losti rWallack BBI Jill itll I When his iloath oivuriod. unil yet do you uiii- iHI 31 II IJI ( posu Now Vol I: soclaty oir ti ok Mr. Wullnck BB If j ,w NotaliilofiU Uosplto tho fact that ho Bb It 1 1 lit had marrlod a distinguished iJnlish woman, BB Mil Hill tlio nifoof an DiLil-H tinronet. anaccompllsheil BB ill lil I bl clet w iinan, !io neror hucooUiI In bocom- I BB 'IllllilB 'ni-' """ w'1'' '',0 society In Now Vork. Tnko ' BB 81 II UK iiiuilher eaic, W. J. I'lurenco. Horo is n como- IM BUI Hill illnn whoso iil.'l!(! life lh uiirliflit. honest, and ' BB nil i'llf nmluhlo; wliocoos flshliiK wltli dukes. shootiuK BB ll'll I II with earls, and plays billiards with muriiuisjb BB '5 '11 III! W Vhen tliey conio lo this countiy. Kut wnen BB 11 1 llll V,H '10 0V(,1 hifted to dlnn with HieAstors, BB Iclf I II 1 Windows. Vnnilurblllb. Miitnoys, Kemocbnns, BB HH I II AVHsoiih, Cuttinns, or .my other of tho lendlui: iH Isll I II i fninlllos of Now Vork? BB It I llll I " Tll l0iitlou that Now York society has BB lil I'll!. always held about actors was illustrated by BB lyillll l'Oiillard and tho rest of tho society puoplu at BB l'll IIIIk 'Tuxedo, w lion tho, forbado tho rocntrnnco ol 1" 3'jlllllE Uoliow Into tho elub iiouto. It is this, that nn Ijl III nctor will dorts a public ontertuinar; ho may 1 t bo mot in tho club billiard room, or nt u dinner. i-JI I III I but bo is novoruiidor any circumstances to bo Sill I III I liitroducoil at a lamily dinner, or to assume a li'll llll I position of enuallty iiiminii L'ontlpnion. 'Hilly' 111 llll 5 r'loruneo was bliu'k-balled at tho Union Club, ill llll? Vhyf Situplj bocauso ho was an actor. Of (llll course the members or tho club claim that no JI I II u niich distinction urn mndo. but tho infereneo lull fi Is iiiiavoidablo because the club numbers uuo- J il g tlonoers, wholesale butchois, scores of dry II I (roods men. and retail druceists. and trados- ll llll S ln0" ot a similar strli o nmouc its members, llll a Compared to them .Mr. rioicnco is Immonsur- l III I) nblysuporlor by evory rule that coverns tho i I'll M Btntus of iroutlemen." I Ijl E "To what do you attribute tho projudlco ll llll S OKK lust nctoisV" 1 III! B " The fact Is," said the manager, knocking tl III! S tho nhos off his cUar, brluuliiL' bis chair to 91 III! n tau ""r' nlK' crossinc hi) lsus. " the nnmo of ill III w nctor and masher nro almost synonymous Ot !ll II ii course, you will not quote my nnmo In this m 1 1 fi talk, fori am talking vory froely, and actors M llll H novor forctve peoplq who tell tho tiutti about III! B them. I liaroo family and a place In thocoun- 1 II I tr'- " anybody Bhould introduce n handsome, I II S woll-dresseil youn;.' broker, lawjor, or doctor II B ' m0 u"d I found him couKenial and llll i pleasant, 1 should not hositato to ask him llll fi cIna down to my place In the country IE llll 1 ana suend a wook or two In tho hoii3c. llll B 1 should fool socuro, because I know that 9', llll II 'H conduct would bo cmerned by tho rule i llll ffi which i-'oonis all honest men with pconlo ml I III m wlu ontcrtnln them. On the other hand. I 1' llll In Would not for nn instant pormlt nu actor to H w lil! 1" orosstho tluosholdut my door. The ronson H W llll K for this Is that out of twenty younc and well H 11 II uressiid actors nlnetoen of thorn would attempt H m llll W to make love to my cooks or chambermaids, H l C find bo uuilty of any Indiscretion tor the pur H ' ' 1 W vote of practlsluu their lrreslstlblo mashlns H m llll 8 procllvltlos. Thore nro always a lot ol clrls at H II III! l t"0 houso vlsltim; my pootilo. and I wohld HI III! 9 toor feel at liberty to Introduce an nctor H III ainonc them. It Is not that actois aro more H a III! 9 danKoious than other mon. vxcept that they H III fi aro moro pushlnB and conscienceless." H llll 1 "Thuii nctoisaro not rocolvod In society in H III 1 New York nt all r H I III 1 ...TDU mnuuoir smilod and shook his hond. HI III I or, for that mattor. nro uctrespes either. Oo- J in I oaslonnlly Mnry Amlorson will be received by H llll I Borosls, but Horosia hits no social position. 1 III! I Aotors aro not tho same otf the staao ns on. U A man may play a conllomnn to porloction on H U I the bonrdf. nnd have vory misty and romoto I 9 1 idoas of contlemnnly conduct In tho drawlnc gl room. 1 inner pooplo feel a keon disatipolnt- H I mont when t buy meet actors off the stage. In I unyovent, T hero nro very few who look bettor I on than on tho stare. Occasionally I meet ono, I 1 rank Wilson, for instance. As he depends a H I pieut don Ion his make-up for nehlovinit cro H 1 tosiue offeots, his personality is moro or less W I dwarfed In obscurity. Wilson on the stage np I I pours to lm o bow legs, nn enormous nose, and B ' nothing ylso. Off tho stago be has tho mnn H i 1 Peru ot n man of tho world, n shock of straight I I Pair pushod tin from his forehend, nnd H I q remarknbla knack ot talking intelligently ' J nnd clearly, lie has no society pretensions. H 1 JIo has hostages to fortune In tho shape of a R lovely wife uudthreo charming ehlldrcn in an B tip-town Hat. which Is decorated In the most I B artistic fashion. All or his tlmo whieb Is not passed ou the stago Is spent with his family. nllson looks bettor off tho Ktagelthan on, but I B i caunotsaytliatthlsisthocasowiththemajorlty H It of actors, and particularly those who play tho D loading role, ilnurlco JJarrymore, who looks j 8 llko n hero In military costumo on tho stago, I R ,1s rather ruroleBS In his attiro and decidedly H It negligent In appearanoo when on tho street. Xn y fact it Is aluiost dltUeult to recognize him on B "II ilroadwny. Mautoll Is sltnllarly unforlunato. !l ?u.e. ,ront . ,,utt of ''Is head is aulto paid, and his toeth aro prominent. On II l"0. "tnco ,ho wears a banc ovor the I puld spot, and tho pushing nnturo of tho toeth H lsuotlmpioslo. His recent escanado In Oln- clnniiti with a woman has hurt Mantell vory ill much, for until that tlmo he was looked upon n-sau entirely snfo kind of nn Idol for young J girls to worship. His wlfo took excellent euro H of him. and until tho Cincinnati matter occurred II pe was considered uulto boyond roproach. N ?.n.oro s ro,om 'or a young leading man, for I ilollowr beglim to Hhow traces of age In his 8 Clean-cut face. Tonrlo has grown stout, nnd R Kolcoy, though not looking In unywny old, has n cortatn umturlty of ilguro that bogms to toll, V Irt'd Dry ton H ono ol tho stoutest llgurds 1 y on the stugo. iJocnuso ho is pinuly, straight, r fi othlotlc, and direct bo is probably moro I I thoroughly admlrod than any of th other I actors umong mon, for thoro Is nothing nnmby f ramby about his innnnors or nctlng. Kben I; B Plymnton has grown stout and Bbnpelesi, and it h m nu wieuiiuiiigiy commoniiinco looking por- eon on tho street. Itobort Hilllnrd has cllsap- I1 puarod irom tho drnmatlu boriion. ills fame was novor based on strlotlydrnmntlo grounds, i 8 and ho Is tho victim of tho notoriety which nt Urst throateiieil to muko him ient. 1 shall I nevorfoicot tho Hist tlmo that I snwN'ntGood- i I win on tho stiect. I had seen him fiom the I front of tho thontro, and soerl times! had H I made tip mymiiid that ho was tlio handsomest V I man I hed over semi nu tlio stago. Ho makes I up his oyes admirably and 1,1s nrt Is consiim- I Binto. I had coiicehednu admiration for him I which was largely based on his personality on HB I tue stage. One day somebody introduced him BBB I J n.', !" ?, c'"0 ""'! l wad Perfectly amesed H III to llnd him a short, red haired, nnd I solemn man, with white eyelashes, and a fort ot mottled fuee. Since that time Ooodwlu has rather Improvccl.so this doM-rlptlon may I bo somowliat libellous; but he Is by no means the m.in on the singe that ho Is oif. J)ley ! never hud nny pnrtii-ular beauty of face, but this form win good. Uruduully it Is becoming stout, honavur. If his nerfi?es on tho hoard ara Miillcioiit Im will work hlmsDlf bnok into condition ngnlu beloro the end of tlio sensou. I think perhaps tho most remarknblo dlffer enoii betweou pn and otf tho stage Is to bo found In trodorick do Ilellovlllo. llo seems to be mtTolv n corpulent nnd rather pompous pun oil the ctage, but once behind the foot- ., . lights ho prosonts n remiirkablo manly 1 1 and Interesting appearance. 1 rather fancy 1 1 that his stago clothes nro tighter and C 1 1 (It moro closely limn tho looso attiro BH II 1" wlikh ho appears on tho streot. I'cini-inl 1 1 tho tonor, is about the same nn und nil the ; BH II 1 Stuc. it may bo that ho will nuor succeed hi II I Ct'ttlngou thestiiga ngnlu, tor ho has had a I most unfortunate allllctlou. Ho bugnn to grow II deaf abnut four years ago, and his hearing has I sradualiy grown duller und duller, until now I KB. " 1 b oaa no longer aupotr with success. Ue ho BH II I found It impouiiblo to keep to the key when U 'lr I H pTl v BHKA jLBUBHaHMBiiMnjHjnwM HHEZWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHBl singing. I think tho most grotosque and silly make-up that 1 havo rocontly seon among nc 1 tors Is that ot Vnuderfelt ot tho Uru.idwnr Thontro. Huie Is a good actor, nnd, according to nii accounts, an nmlnblo and Intelligent gentleman, whustnlksabout the streets of -Now York In tho attlio ol a Jndon cub 1 by. Only ono Inlerouco Is posslblo In tho euso, and thut Is, ho . desires to ndvortlso tho luct that ho Is nn actor, for no i otherprofosslotinl man desconds to sutli stngey and uiinltuictUo tricks to nttrnet uttuiitioii. 1 Vandorfolt walks Urondway ooiitlniiiilly In a 1 pnir of tennis shoos, wenrs n loose-lltttng lilouso, with bis watch chain dnnullngfiom Ills vest pocket, and wears upon bis bond an old loathor stalking cap that Is bogilmcd with tho soot and dirt of tnvol. Ho wenrB llowlnp tlos, nnd his general mako-uti Is such ns dlstln giiishod strolling players of Inst contury.'' " How about the net losses of tlmstngo?" "Ahl" slid tho maniirfor, cautiously, now wo aro on dollcato ground. I think it may bo stated, In n gonorul, wny, that not mor ono woman In fifty looks half as well off tho stugo as nbodoes on. Tho fact Is, that those on tho Btneo In New York nt tho Proont day nro not particularly Improssly. The lupso of tlmo has told on them, l'eoplo nk us why wo do not pot young, pretly.utidultrnctlvo girls tonpnenr boforoour nudliimes. If tbu public only knew how oacorlr nnd earnestly wo sought for them i their criticism would bo turned tosympnthy. I o want young girls nnd, pretty glils bytho dozen, but tho trouble Is that whou they are young and piettylhey enn never act. Tho dls nppointmoiits mo so many that It Is better to take women who nro n little passi'o. who e.m bednpondod upon, lather than mnko experi ments witli niotty girls, wlio nro inuuiably awkward on tho stago." " Are theio no chuor ones ntnong them r" "if tboy nrocloor they no away from us llko n shot out of a gun. Ifl engago u soiibrettn for my company nt $!S5 n week und slwoWtioos nnvHnrtof ilinmiitlc ability, evory manager of a farclal comedy company and queer road or ganization In the country liumedlatoU trios to got her away from mo nt pilns ranging from 7.1 to V2! n week. Thoy oilor to star her In the bills nud send In r lithographs around town. This Invariably cntchos per, and tho m suit is she leaves tho rciilm of pure drnmntlo art and becomes tho dollnentor of tank melo drnnin or hure Play comedy. some women piny soubrettes for year" nnd then grow into what Is known asniuonllo lend, thntlsthoy play tho leading girl parts in nieludrnmu. Such nn nctross is lsnbelln Hiesou of tho ".Mr. Jbirnos of Now York" tr.m pnny. Tills girl appeared foven or eight enrs ago Willi JJnly. and brcnusa bo did not star her she lelt and went to the l!os ton Miisoum. She has played in many places slnee.incluiilngthe Windham company in Lon don, und has eterywheio met with silicons, or rather. I should say. with l.iek of lalliire Sho has no dramatic force, bho has a nalrof pn tty oyes. which sho turns upwind unuosislugly, and sho plays morypnrt nsslgnod to her with a plaintive stago girllshticss that passes for talent, and yet there Is hardly anj civilized innn whoenn sit and onioy .Miss Kveson's nct lng with any sincerity. 1 supposo she is US or 30, nnd she will probably go on acting m brottes until sho glows stout. There mo lots of l!)-oar-olil glils who aro prottler than Miss lNoson, nnd who might ohihlt moro i.ilent. but they also might run oil with farce comedy or disappear into the realm of bmlosiiuc. nnd consequently innnngcts prefer to take their chances with women of Miss I.veson's t)pe. The He'd Is Tallow for soitiig and protty women andolotor. ltoso Coghluu Is no longer youmz. Off the stage lier face has lost nil Its .ittroctixo lines, nnd on the stngopbo exhibits uwry sl'u of Increasing hen iuoss. Maggie Mitcholl, I.ott v. and Mrs. . J. l'lorenco mo all well along toward tho littles, or boyond them, nnd New YorL- cltv will not b.ivo these actrossea imwa- da oxceiit In the e'ltromo east nnd west sldo. ' The same Is truo of Modjeska. l!y tho way. sho did not play hero la.'t ear. nor will shot hi-, und neither 1-ottn nor Mrs. Floronro wllluiipeni in New York this season. Mlssllohnn Isslill tho queen nt Uuly's, nnd her exquisite nrt carries everything beforo It, but she is much moro nttrnctlvo on than oil tbostnge. So. Indeed. Is Kato Forsyth nnd nil that particular string o! stage women, t'oncornlng Mr-. I.angtty. it Is becoming moro and moio apparent t,mt sho will have to depend on her piovlmes for her i Income. The i'reddi Oobhnrd Ineldtnt Is not 1 worth u ponny here, for wo havo all grown sick of the whole discussion. Tlnqo Is ono thing, howoTPr, Hint may bt moutlonod. and thut Is Hint Mrs. l.angtry's chase lo i.uropo after bo deserted her Inst summer was pur"Iror luisl ness grounds. Kl.o Informed a friend of mine that sho was perfectly aware ot tlio teinpor of tho New York people In regard to nor intimaov with the young Union Club masher. As 1 mg ns sho sticks to Oebliard thero Is a certain romantic thaso to the connection, but occo sho do-erts him, or h'j goes away from her, and sho takos up a successor to Mr. Oob hard, she falls at onco to n love! which cannot bo indicated by any word In uso in is.lito so ciety. Tlio fact Is that Mrs. Lnngtry is a blultor. but n mighty clover nml cnpahlo ono. Mis. Potter's position has not materially changed or Into, but Now Yoikers nave grown ?ulto as weary ot her as they havo of I.negtry. reneat the field Is fallow for a beginner who shows combined conlus or talent, with beauty of faco and Hguro. Tho old crowd Is becoming protty woll playod out. MtOVBtt KNtlLlSll Ct.OTUES. JL KiOndon Acent Trll Vm Iloiv We Oni-ht to Oress till Winter. "It Is rather nn odd thing," unltl the ngont ol a London clothing house, who spends six months of ovory year lu Now York, " to ooservo how tho fashions change In different countries. In London, for instance, it-Is now proDor to wear a tall hat with a short sackcont. A man who does that sort of thing here is looked upon ns u cad out and out. On tho other hand, men in Paris and liorllu wear low hats with frock coats, and nover think a second tlmo about tho matter; but If a man appears in a frock either in Now York or London and woars the Iierby hat ho Is looked npon with wlthorlng contempt. "Now York does not often originate fashions, but It did so last yoar, and too fuet is some what notable. It Is my business to obsorvo the chnnrres in tho attiro of men, and I was very much Interostod when I saw a movement of an original nature among American (alters. This was to cut tho waistcoat of an ordinary suit of clothes very low. and In tho form of the letter U. It never struck mo as boiug a particularly protty combination, but for some reason or other It was supposod to bo English, nnd n groat mnny of my customers requested mo to havo thoir waistcoats cut In that fnshlon. I nskod them to wait until I had made my an nual London trip, nnd when I got over thsro I found thnt such a notion was utterly unknown, nud thnt It was sneored at when 1 explained it. London tailors frownod upon it so severely that I had all tho waistcoats of my American customorscut ultortho English fushlon, though It was contrary, In some Instances, to Instruc tions. Tho result Is that I soo that all fashion able men In Now York aro wearing the old style of high-cut waistcoat, while tho now shanod ones nro rolegalcd to olUco boys, and mon of no sooiui pretensions." "Do many Now Yorkors havo their clothes madoin England?" "I havo ovor 1)00 names on my '1st. and thore are manyotheriiBcnls besides me. Tlco point about l'.ngllsh clothes Is not that they lit bet ter than American garments, but that thein Is a certain stylo about them which Americ.ui tailors havo not succeeded in grasping. In i otbor words thero are a great many men who i prefer tobo proporly elad. evonlf thoir clothes i nro not becoming, rnihor than wenr clothes of fnultlossllt whkh nro tinged with n sugges tion of tho nnttquu In style. Amorltnns aro developing great taste for clothes, by Ungues, and I llnd that thoy stick closer to LnclUh models. Thouttonllon which tho pntors hnvo recently given to tho b.ising of trousers nt the kueo Is humorous to a lingo extent, for as long as iiman'B leg retains Its presout conformation, trousors must bng at.tho joint, and that is tho whole thlnr. There Is n vory simple partial remedy for it. It cunno; bo done away with entirely. You know. In the llrst plnjo, nmnii should avoid bending his legs too much, nnd in tho booond, hu should havo his tiounoru regularly pressed by a tailor, und never env thu same pair on two succeeding dny. ily carefully folding them up after thoy nave Loon In uso for a day tho cloth which has b.-on strotchod by the knee pauwlllgrnduallyslu-luk back Into nosltlon nunln wblln lliu .,bor tronsois nro worn." "' Whatntd tho fashions for tho coming yenr?" Thero aro no pionounced changes. Frock coats will bo cut high, and so will nil coats und wulstconts for that matter, und sacks, orjnck ots. us wo cull them, will tit tlio figure a llttlo moro snugly than heretofore. Thero is n slight change In tin) detail In having collars und la pels mndo wido. Loud checks nud gaudy stripes urn pretty much n thing of tho past now on this side of tho water. Kveu tho toggurr of ruclng men bus gradually become moro and more subdued, until now nearly all our correct tiirfmon dress In sober black orvorydarL gray. Tho old chockod suits, white high huts, light gutters, and Hold-glass otitllt has been rele gated to the eimrts ol tho variety stage. Nowa days men go to races In clothes thai would bo oquolly appropriate for a wadding. Trousers nro still cut lu u roomy nnd connortable fash. i Ion. lint thorarn not balloon-Ilk" by unr means, und tho sumo old dog-skin gloves will bo in voguo. Tho scarfs, as u rule, will bo light, and benvor hats will hnvo n pronoiincod curl to tlio brim, nnd rather a bcll-shuped crown, sotuo thing alter the fashion of six years ago." One or Florldu' Vanished Cltlea, Voin (An Aminnaik .VruJ. Somowhcro In tho thirties St. Joseph was it thriving city ol several thousand peoplo. Thero was also a railroad running from lola, outho Apalachteola lllvor, to HI, Joseph. To dny thero Is not n vestige or the city remaining, norol the railroad, mlllain bamuels, nn old loored man, who lives near IMInhrldue. (i.t., sala the ntherday that many ream oho ho lived lu Ht. Joseph, nnd travelled theuco by thu rail- road from lola; also Ptatlngtli.it It was th'j llrst ' Innd tho last time In his lire ho over rode on the cms. lie was astonished when told that; both city and railroad hud bo via In tho grave lor over forty years, J h THE BOXERS AS THEY BOX. vn-ricnnxT ktixks or TUB fistic i.i:aivms, mux svliavas nons. The tlemlly Left, n Vned by Kllrntn, Memp Hey, unil MeAiillB-MtCnrey nnd Silt chell llxeinpluro ir Science In the King. Tho popidnrlty ot tho Marquis of Queens berry rules In Amorlen dates back only to tho advent of flulllvnn ns n Ilstle chntnplon. Aftor ho had knocked out Stovo Tnylor. Joo doss, and sovornl lesser lights with soft gloves, nnd oaslly disposed of Paddy llyan nt Mississippi City with bnre knucklos. his reputation ns ft hard hitter was so woll established thnt nono of the aspirants for tho championship could bo Induced to moot him for n fight to tho finish. Then it wns that his mnnngora concolvod the Idonof travelling through tho country offerlna a. sum of monoy to nny man able to stand bo tore tlio mighty John L. lor four rounds, ne rordlnc to tho Quoonsbcrry rules. Tho schomo was so novel that It excited tlio greatest Intor ostntouco. Thnt stylo of boxing bocarao Im mensely popular, nnd tho manly art was given a groat boom uvorywhero. Homo very clover men hnvo been produced since tho four-round contost caino Into veguo among patrons of this branch of nih ilities, but the mnstoi of them nil and tho greatest glove lighter of this or nnyothor tlmo isthofoiindoror tlioschnol Hulllvnn. Hownsn wonderful combination for just such a stylo.iind was able lo tnko every ndvantage of tho rulps. A born boxor, stionif. quiek.wlth unerring judg ment, bravo as a lion, possessing tho most wondeiiul conlldi ncn in his own ability, bo was i.lwayBsiicvossfiil. lie could ever bo rolled on to knock his man out, for thoro was no deceit jonx u BtLLirN r.AUoiNO nis mas. about tho big fellow, and liothlmt could lnduco hlui to treat a innn gently who entered the ring ushisfiM- No matter who he was. all friend ship censed thou, mid hu wont nt his mnn with tho ferocity of a mad bull. In a contost Hulll- Mill enred llttlo for display. Mentally weighing his antagonist, ho gen oralli pa-sod the III st or second lound In nn I undent m to draw his antagonist out or bv giving him n warning. Ills rushing tncticB fol lowed. No u an fiver withstood the onslaught. 1 He paid no intention to his opponont's guard, but beat down his arms and dealt sledge ham mer blows right und loft. When his man wont down .Sullivan stepped back n fow feet, rendy to givo another blow If un opportunity was given. Then It was thnt ho exhibited tho llerceness of his nature, for ns ho Btoodovor his foe, hisoyos nllio. n snvnge expression on Ills fnco. bis liieath coming thick nnd Inst from tho exertion, bend slightly lowered. nrm9 drawn half back, loft foot forward, legs bent , ready lor Immediate action, the very appear ance of tlio initddoncd puKilNt was enough to mnko the strongest heart qunil. i it cannot bo said thnt ho relied on a par ticular stlo of boxing to win. His opponents nevi i attomptod to defeat him. their only ob ject being to stand for four rounds without being knocked out. Naturally they longht on tho defensive, nnd John L. was forced to rush thorn. The blow on the jugulur. which usuully laid out his man, was accomplished with a half swing of tho round arm. In attempting to got in that blow on Card I IT at Minneapolis he land ed on the hitter's beau, doing no damugo to the Western man nud breaking hlsown wrist. Tho result was (bat the dangorof the round arm blow became apparent, and It has nowfaUen almost entirely into ilsu-c. As an originator or n sts le. and the man vv ho made boxing pop ular in America, tho famous Ilostonlan Is entl tied to tho praises of all lovers of the manly art. JAKE KILIIAIN. KUrnln Is nn ontlrolv different boxor from Sullivuu. There Is nothing aggressive In his nnturo, whether he Is scon on tho street or In the ring. For ns a boxor .iuko nuver ranked near Sullivan ns n heavy hitter or n knocker out. In a llulsh fight with Joo Launon bo de feated him utter a red-hot contest, ltut Lnnnon was never rntod more than a big. stout leliow who made a good chopping blocK for Sullivan on one ol his tours. Whllo hilruln alvvnys stood high uK u scieiitltlo m.in witli n clear head or a style peculiarly his own, he novor could bopoto attain the success lu four-iouud matches that tho big lioston boy did when ho travcllod tlnoiigli tho country kiioekluc out every man who would fnco him. lie now believes that his fortn Is uip'er London ring rulos nnd refusoB to meot nnv one on any other I ban the regulation prI.o rules, if u inan will lorco matters with hlui, the chnnens nro that Jnke will Use hlni severely undor nny rules. He has u woiideriul reach, stands with his lelt well extended, prosontlug only tho left sldo to Hie oiiemy. No moro shirty man on his root ever entered a ring, nnd ho is liable to pus!.lo nnv ono who ventures to op pose him. Kllrulii does not push matters In a light, but rather waits for nn opening, and Is quick to tnko advantage of It. Ho knows how to uso advantageously bis left, which In most pugilists is of llttlo cnnsoqiiouco. As a two hnudud lighter, Kllralu stands ahead ol imy .w? " '"-:rt" CIIAr.I.KS lIITCIir.M- heavyweight lu the world. Ho Is a game nnd ininishing lighter, but lucks thu feioclty ol hill livui . without which pn mini can over nttaln tlio top ot tho pugilistic bidder. Impartial jiulgiu admit thut Julinln Is the best man In his class, for with his splendid physical develop- i meat, his knowledge of ring rules, he Is a wrestler of no mean abilities. No cloverer man ever stepped In a ring than KUrotu'0 tiotitfnenaanachma.OnMloyllitcli I ell. When ho llrst onmo to this eonntry thore I was practically very llttlo of what Is called body i lighting done by American boxors. His first opponont was Mlko Clonry. then n rising star, who had quite a reputation nsahonvy bitter. Cleary held his hands high, which was just what Mitchell wanted, Hn went nt him, pound od him about tho abdomen, and won with onso. Sullivnn, who was deary's socond, saw that tho Englishman's tactics wero rory effective, nnd whon thoy mot In the Madison, Baunro Oarden soon nflorward ho gunrded his stomaclMery carefully. It was In this encounter thnt Mitchell, catching John L. off his guard, landed on his jaw, knocking him down n feat never before or slnco accomplish ed. In condition Mitcholl novor weighs more than 155 or ICO pounds. Ho Is a good genornl, cool headed, cunning, and agcrosslvo when It Is nccossnry. JACK HKMPSET. Tempsoy is undoubtedly tho greatest gon eral of nil Amorlcnu boxers. ISoforo nn nutngonlst he Isthoporsonlllcntlon of coolness, nnd remains so undor nny nnd nil circum stances. This was ospoelally notlcenblo whon he first nupn.ircd ns a boxer, when a single i false step would hnvo retired him forever. Ho was not only cool and collootod lu tho midst of a contest, but, taking advnntngn of oTory opportunity, always won, oven though the odds wore against him. His roach Is Ion?, and lu nttltudo he stands with the loft woll out. tho right foot bolng so far back thnt ho presents almost n sldo vlow. tho best of nil dolenslvo positions, lielng a lolt hnnded llBhtor. ho hns n decided ndvnntngo over men who depend on their right, for whon they attempt to lnnd on him Hint terrible left blocks the way and before tho opposing boxer can get away or recovor ho swings hts right. Dcmpsoy nover rushos. Ho llkos to hnvo tho other mnn do that. lor with his wonderful icr.eh he can pib tho lett, meeting Ills opponont halt I way. nnd. whllo preventing tho formor from do ing nny damnge. administers punishment that costs him llttlo oflort It Is n slngulnr fact Hint Dompsey has won nil his late lights with very little exertion, simply owing to the fact that ho hns n lelt hand, tho woudorful doxteilty of which nono of his wary opponents hnve evor beon nblo to overcome. Llko n successful gen- i oral. Dompsoy mnpsout his plan of battlo.nttor a careful study of his man, nnd then carries It through successfully, for the Nonpareil has never suffered defeat. When ho fought La Ulnneho. tho Marino, tho general conviction was that tho latter would win. Hut Jack won very enslly, simply becauso his loft prevented La Itlnncho from landing blows any of which would have knocked Dempsey out. Whon . skilfully dono by n good lelt-hnudod mnn. It Is n wonderfully effective blow. Dompsoy's stylo is original, his mode olTectlvo, his gonoral shlp supreme, for without doubt ho Is tho greatest mlddlo weight tho prlzo ring has soon, DOM M'OAFFKET. Domlnlek McCaffrey has nlways beon an un certain quantity In pugilism. After his glovo contest with Sullivan nt Cincinnati, which cre ated a great deal of Interest among the sport ing fraternity, lie was looked upon b many as the equal of the " bjg fellow." Hut he Is not lucllnod to work, nor has he advisers who aro what thoy should bo. Asa scientlllc boxor he has fow peers In tho world, nnd ho has shown thnt his light hand is a regular knocker out. In bis celebrated battle with Mitchell he dis played tho norvo nnd coolnoss necessary for a lighter; nud though he got nn adverse decision when bo nnd Hemnsoy met, It was slmplv on points, Hn is deliberate In action, und novor rushes until It Is necessary to finish a mnn. If his opponent will push matters, McCaffrey will make a display which fow mon can equal, and as ho is adofenBlvo boxer ho genorally waits ror that opportunity, Tho coming match with Pat Kllleen will show this quality prominently in McCaffrey. The West ern mnn Is blggerand heavier, and howlllwant to rush things, hut the wily Philadelphia! has but to omploy the tactics he usod successfully on Sparrow Golden In ordor to win. Thoro Is so much lu thestvlo and cenoral characteristics of Jack MoAulllTe that rosom bles hlB friend nnd prototype. Jack Dempsey, that ho might bo called n miniature of the Non pareil. Tho light-weight champion Is wonder fully clover nnd has a heart that will bravo anything. Without question ho made ono of tho greatest contests ovor known in his long battlo with Jem Carney, which ho fought to a draw, although so sick thnt ho should havo boon In bod. None of the American light weights hnvo so far shown thomsoves able to copo with him In tcionce, hitting power, or H'AOMrrt gerornlshlp. Hlnndlngwlth the left much In JH'inpsev'H style, his ability to lend and get uwuv without leturn, to stop a rush with a straight and punishing left, and to cross coun ter with tho right, makes him a foe ngnlust whom u man with only a good right can have llttlo hope of victory. Huch wns the position ut Hilly Dacey In their late "mill," and It looks as though Meyers would faro the same way it tbey over meot. The most unique of all the boxers Is little Ike Weir, tho "Ilelfast Spider," Nothing con trols him but his own mood. He Is genorally nst and furious, but he may be the soul of de Iborntion, As a boxer he has few peers, whllo bo is undoubtedly plucky to tho last degree. I'slng both bunds with equal freedom, with an I oxtri mely lo'ig reneli, ami with ns much iigllltr nsHduui'ing master. It Is no wonder tho llttlo follow stands at thu head ol the feather weights. All boxers of note have styles pecu- Ilar to themselves, but the lef t-handtd men nro laving the call, for, from Klbraln to Dempeer and McAulltlo, the champions depend on Ul member to do uoit ot th exteuUoa i i , WiwHWBBBBWIHBBHBBBBBBBPBBHHWWipBWBHPiiWiWiWWWWWr ' ' BB ,j'i j ".i'.p " 'J1"! ' """y ' " -gs'yi -.- -.,v-,. v,. SIXTEEN PAGESl I GOSSIP OF THE BALL FIELD, trnr hot no avtat irirn fazz, jjx miltllON oahics ? A. New League Formlintfbr Next S'rnKon A Mtnnco nt the Ilrooklyn Club-The New Iloxtons Not Fenrrd by .New York, "On to '39!" la now tho cry In bnso ball dr clos. Thoro Is not n playor In tfio country but Is going to play tho camo ot his Ufa noxt sonson, nor Is thoion manngorwholsnot Kolngtolend his olub to victory In tho shape ot winning tho championship. This Is tho snmo cry thnt Is hoard ovory yenr, nnd, although all havo a right to spenk, tho dealrad ond Is not always accomplished. Ono of tho many things thnt should rccelvo tho attention of tho baso ball mauagors this winter Is tho doing away with fall oxhlhltlon games. At a llrst glanco ono will sny thnt Biich gninosnro good enough, but when thoy nro lookod Into It will be seen that tho longer they nto continued tho groator will bo tho Injury to baso ball. Aftor a long season of bard work the mon do not caro to play, und ns n conse quents they grow cnreloss. No manager wants tofoico a plnvcr to take part In nu oxhtbltlon gnmo when there Is nothing nt stnko but nfow dollars. As a consoquenco inniiyinf our fall exhibition games aro badly playod nnd tho ppeotutors who go to seo them nrodlsgUBted whon thor llnd that mnny of tho best men do not play, that tho outlleld men nro playing on tho bases, that tho Pitchers nro only expoil ments, and, In fact, that they have paid their money to sec a game that could be oqualod on nny opon lot by amateur teams. As soon as tho championship season is ended the clubs should disband. If ilio players earo to mnko up teams niter that, no one could hnvo any objection, for tlioso who then wanted to see the games would kuow just what they would get for tholrmonoy. Tho llrst ofTort which has boon mndo townrd the formntlon of a new base ball longue for next benson is now going on hereabouts. Tho leagtio Is to Include clulw fiom Now York. New Jorsoy, Pennsylvania. Delaware, nud Connecti cut, und promises to bo ono ot the most suc cessful of the minor leaguos thnt will tnko the Held. These nro tho clubs thut havo already promised to join: tubt Where from. OiiIcIliifpi WllmliiinVn. Ptik riit-nieri L'lifkter. l'a ('ut)An iltaiiti lloliokpii. N J. TvorrittownB Norrlilimn. l'a. tnitikfnrtls KranKfiiril. l'a. Norwulks nrwAlk. Conn Paut)uri Punbury, Conu. There will bo ton clubs, and tho throe that aro neodod to complete tho list will bo selected from tho following cities; (lermantown, Hor dontovvu, llnvorstraw, Stamford, nnd Hallway. Ameotlngor the cluba' representatives will bo held In this city in Docnmber. when tho lormii tlon of tho loaguowlll bo completed. Airungo ments will be so made that thoro will bo live clubs In the Knst nnd the In the WoBt. Only one game will be playod in ench city on a trip. Tho pluvors' salaries will bo limited. Tho Brooklyn tonm for noxt senBon hns now boon completed. Tho addition ot Lovottund Visitor ns a battery will mnko tho team across tho river ns strong aB any tonm In the Ameri can Association, and from tho playingstiength that o.iu bo put on tho Hold, it should mnko a much hotter showing than It did lastsoason. Catcher Peoples wns not resoived. and will probably not play with Ilrooklyn noxt season. In lact. tho ongaglng or Visitor hns virtually sottlod that point. Peoples is n lino catcher, but the only trouble Is. bo knows it. und hs soon ns a ball tiluyor roaches that stugo tho club that has him on Its tonm can lot him go without tear of wonkoulng the team. This same trouble directs tho good work of UaldwiQ. the Cincinnati catcher. Thoongnglngof sovornl of tho best plnyors of the Detroit team by lioston does not soem to frighten our world's champions a llttlo bit. Manugor Mutrlu Is conlldont that his team. with Lwing nt Its head, will hold Its own against tho Uostons with all its now players. The Now York plavors, ou tho other hand, say that tho lioston Club can go ahead and buy up all tho men It wants, nnd still they will not bo any too strong to give them Uhe Now Yorks) a good rato. During tho coming winter tho American As sociation will bo compollod to do sonio lively work lucoraplotlng Its circuit for noxt souson. Tho dropping out ol tho Cleveland Club leaves a vacancy to bo lllled, whllo there Is also a four that thr Italtimoro or Loulsvlllo clubs may break up beloro the noxt sonson begins, in which caso tho Association would indood be in a bad way. At present only one club Is neoded to completo the circuit, nnd lliilTulo Is tbotown most likely to get the placo. The mniiagers ot tho latter club havo made the regular applica tion, nnd It is more than llknly that the Asso ciation will investigate its backing before thoy meot In December. Buffalo with a good olub will bo ono ol tho best cities in tho Association. Tho Wnrd troublo Is not sottlod by nny menns. Two of tho Uoston Club's directors wero In tho city during tho oast wook for tho purpose of looking Into tho caso. hut tho (15.MJ0 which the Now York manngors demand for his release seoms to bo n llttlo too high for them. Still they may pay lor It. Theio Uoston mon do not hesitnto to secure a man at any price, so long ns ho would make them a good advertising card. Thoir experience in high priced nioti has paid thorn well. Two games of ball will bo rlnyoJ to-day. A picked nine, which will Include three of tho Now York players who havo not left tho city, will play tho Cuban (Hants nt tho Long island grounds, whllo nicked nines or resident plnveis lrt -u his city und Ilrooklyn will play a llnal game at Hldgowood. This will probably b tho last base ball until Bprlng, although Socrotury Jibblts of tho ilrooklyn Club snys that he w.ll arrange a gume tor Christmas Day at Wash ington Park. Many times hns tho question boon asked. "Why are Koefo nnd Wnrd on bad terms':" Tho question cannot bo unswered, f urthor than they havo not snoken to each other slnco last spring. Keefo savs that Wnrd docs not sup port him, whllo Ward hns nothing to sny. It is rnther surprising that two meu at the bond of tho Baso Ball Brotherhood should bocomo such badfrlonds. It has been rumored that Keefo was tho cause ofWaid's do ire to got away from tho team, nnd that luc.isoWard did not got his release, Keefo would demand his own. CtrvELANP, Nov. 10. Mnnnger Tom Loltus wired tho dlrootors on Wodnosdny: " Oet Into tho Leugue; I'll get tho team." He Is now looking over the West for two outllelders and n pitcher, and has got two ot the threo In his oye. N'olther will be purchased, however, until alter the League meeting, nt which Cleveland will be represented by President llobison, Secie tnry Ilawloy, Treasurer Howe, nnd Mnuager Loltus. Tho only posslblo bar to Clovoland's election lu Detroit's place will bo un attempt to placo sonio restriction on tho franchise, Clovo land will accept nothing but a clean title, and In the ovont of It not being forthcoming, will retire from baso ball. Thero Is nothing for tho club in tho Amorlcan Association. There hns been so much false report about Cleve land h formor connection with the League, that the facts may as well be recited. Clevolaud was elected in lS7'J.nnd contlnuod Us member ship until lbU5, in thu January ot which year it resigned Its membership. Tills was after n disastrous sensou, ufternndMcCormlck, Olnss cock, and Briod had desenod to the Union Association. Before the resignation wns sent in Honry D. Lucas olTored tho club J.l.OOt). tftOD cash and s2,fJiH when St. Louis secured a Longue franchise, to resign and make a vacancy for ht. Louis. Tho 5U0 was paid and St. Louts elected. Hut Lucas did not get the play ers lionxpectod to got and refused to pay tho other $2.nO0. A judgment for that amount was secured in tho Now York courts, but has novor been satisfied. During tho past week the professionals win tcrlug hero have played two exhibition games to fair crowds. The men boiouto Huvvos. Mil waukee; Sommer, lioston; Dolehnuty, Phila delphia; Pattoii. St. Paul: Lave Cross nud Seward, Athletics: Htrlot of Toledo: McMIllnn. Lima: Kuauss, Detmit; Spragun, Chicago; llakoly, Mctiiilru. Zliuiuor, and McKenu, Clove land, Already u large number of souson tick ets for lUS'.i havo been ordorod, I'nch will cost $50 und will udmlt the bearer and ladles to all uamos. An especial eiloitwlll bo mndo tu at tract tho ladles to the games. Clovcliind In the old Loaguo days was famous for the largo number of ludlos nt Itn gniuos, but Sunday gatnob and noisy Association ball drove them away. A llttlo light can bo thrown on tho Association's intontlnn whon money prizes were set aside for the lending clubs iu Its in co. Tho Cleveland Club, at u Directors' mooting, adopted a resolution inomlslnu any money won to its players. When Cleveland's action was announced, President Byrne of Ilrooklyn rushed into print with tho stutoment that tho resolution was unnecessary, boenuso it only reiterated tho Association's stated dis position of tho money. And yot Von dor Alio refuses to divide tho monoy among his plajorn. Thoro Is still excellent reason for believing that Ilrooklyn nnd Cincinnati will supplant Washington nnd Indianapolis In the League. During the past week Prosldont Stern of Cm cinuntl admitted that he was watching Ilrook lyn. and would follow it Into the Longue, should It go. Such a break would virtually rulu the Association, nnd is very probable. Twice No- lu the Hume I'lace, ttotH the St. louU Globc-iiemocrmL MAltsHAlili, 111., Nov, 4 News was re ceived to-day of a strango freak played by tho lightning during the terrible storm of Friday at Livingston, Wabash township. Tho Demo crats erectod a handsome polo there a few weeks ago. ond drew up to Its summit large squnro streamers bearing the pictures of Cleveland nnd '1 hiirmnn. On Fridny evening a brhtnlng bolt struck the pole sr.d split ll In hu sctttcrliig splinters in every dlroitton. Tlio polo was utterly dostroyod. Tho strangest part of it was, however, that Thurman's plo ture was rent in twain and the blackened pleoes hurled in different directions, while Cleveland's was thrown dozens of yards away and greatly dijrtgured, Tho HUPCrbUUsua ro-.caidltuals&ittcant. A SUCCESSFUL XODRL TBKE31RXT. Charlea Pratt's Apartment Honae In Green point Snld (o be a Great Institution. Amonff tho tmlldlntfs erected for tho pur rioeo of supplying comfortable docent, and economical dwellings nt a very modorato cost, that put'up in Groonpolnt byCharlos Tratt Is worth noting. It Is to noooramodnto 110 fami lies, ana is a six-story structure of suoh mas sho proportions ns to attract attontion from tho rlvor. which it fneos. It extends 200 fcot on Franklin stroot, IDS foot on India street, and 75 foot on Java street. Tho chief mntorlal used Is brown stono, brick, nnd terra cottft. Thoro nro bay windows, nrtUtlo cornicos. nnd cnbles, so that Its ofToct Is not monotonous. There aro really six sopnrnte buildings, which would havo In thorn when aulto full about 100 porsoni each. At present thoro are loss than 400 In all tho buildings. Ou tho Franklin stroot sldo thoro aro twonty-ono fnmtllos, who uso ono entrance, nlnetoen families uso n sec ond entrance, and seventoen fnmlllos n third ontmnco. On tho India strcot sldo twonty-slz families uso ono entrance and twonty-ono fam ilies another. Ou the Java street sldeolovcn families uso ono entrance. Lach houso is separato from all tho othors. All tho halls aro llreproof. The stops tiro honvy bluo-stono slabs, Insortod In brick walls. Tho staircases nre nicely proportioned low rlsors. with broad steps. Tho turns nro made on square plat forms, with ample light at oach platform. Those stnlrcnsos nro kept heatod, lighted with gas, and cleaned without expeuso to the ten ants. Tho rents rnngo from fs.50 to t20 per month, lor $20 thoro are sultos of sov on rooms, ovory room with n window iu it opening ou a nido air space, giving two pallors, a sitting room, two bedrooms, a dliilng-reoni, a kitchen, and a scullery, Tho scullery goes with oach Bet of npartmonts, nnd Its completeness Is a great fenture of this building. It contains un earth enware washtub, with hot and cold water, a largo sink, nnd an ash chuto In which all refuse limy b omptlod, loadlni; to tho cellar. Lneh family hasn Boparnto water clwsot with a win dow In it opening Into tho scullery. I.aoli scul lery is ventilated by nn opening Into a Hue built for the purpose, loading to tho roof. Ench kltehon hns a rnngo and hot-water bollor. Lncli tenant hns a set nrato coal and wood bin lu tho cellur. u separate portion of tho yard to be used for doing clothes, and hns access to nn elevator which enn lilt 200 pounds at a time. Thoro Is n folding table In ouch living room, nnd a closet to nearly every loom. Wainscot ing prevents dnmngo tow nils. Thero aro cat-' vnnbed iron boxos on the window sills for flowers. Picture mouldings nro soourod to nil tho walls, and the tenants are supplied with hooks, so thnt thero Is no temptation to mar tho walls with nulls. Tho rooms nvorngo 140 square fcot. Each closot has shelvos nnd hooks enough to meet the wauls of tho most closot worshipplug matron. The plumbing work of tho building Is a vast network of pipes. Tho heavlost material In lend and Iron plpo was used. Eleven tanks, holding 25,000 gallons of water on tho roof, supply tho three upper floors, and can bo used also for tho three lower lloors In caso tho pressure is not sulllclont Irom tho city pine. Tho bedrooms and parlors ate trimmed with white wood, lllled, vnrnislied, and rubbed. Great pains havo been tnkon to secure n per fectly dry collar and basement. Tho founda tion waifs rest on a dry travel bottom. They or" covered with asphalt and hnvo n bitumen damn coin so. In tho biisemont there are com modious bathrooms for tho uso of the tenants. They aro heatod with steam, und havo inarblo floors and wainscoting. The wood work la polished nsb. Thero Is a reading room or lecture room on Jnvn street for the freo uso of tho tenants, it is lighted, heated, and supplied with the lead lug newsuapors nnd periodicals. The suites of foui rooms rent for $18 per month. Thev comprise parlor, bedroom, dlnlnir room, kitchen, nnd scullery. Some ot those four-room flats nre rented ns low ns $13.50 ier month. The threo-room sultos rent for from $0 to $in.50 per month. Children nro not pormittod to piny on tho staircases or In tho hallways, but thoy hnvo a grand romping placo lu the big yard, which covers about 8,000 square feet of opon space. Although tho buildings aro substantially llre- S roof, there nre lire escapes connecting eaoh oor with the ground. The buildings wero erectod for him. and nro now uinnuged by a building company. Beforo tho plans were completed thoro was n thorough study of the model apartment houses of London, built by (loorgo Penbody, the Baroness llurdott-Coutta, Kir Sidney Wuterlow. nnd others, as woll as later structures In New York and Brooklyn. The aim was to secure the maximum of com fort and sabjty nt tho minimum of cost. It bus nttraeted n class of permanent careful tenants. I Thu building has nover been full, but it Is lin ing up rapidly. It is proposed to give a tew courses ot lectures In the rending loom this winter. When tho npartmonts nre all filled tho investment, which Is about $450,000, will pay, alter meotlng tho expenses, about ft per cent. The income of this building is nn en dowment by Mr. Pratt of the Pratt Institute. The original plan comprised tho establishment of cooperative stores similar to the plan of tho liochdnle stores in England, but this has not jet beon dovelopod. Ono Indirect benefit of the first year's opera tions has beon to materially roduco the price of rents for similar apartments lu (ireenpolnt. ma xoxnr hade ur xuas. There In T.nck In n. Nortliwmt Wind la 4 "Winter Lnni; Oceun Town. "What Is tho most money ovor mado by a tug In ono trip ?" wns askod of nn old tug man in South street. " Tho very largest money over obtnlnod wns when two tugs plckod up a derelict off Sandy Hook. Sho was in good condition, but bad been nbandoned by her crew, who wero panto stricken. Sho was drifting ashore, and the courts allowed a salvage of $28,000 for tho two or $14,000 for a day's work each. But that wasn't a towing job. Tho biggest price over paid by a ship for towlug at this port, so far an 1 know, was when u ship Captain had boat bis way up to tho lightship alter n long winter voyage from Manila. Beaching this point, with the harbor beforo him, tho northwest wind became a gale ho could not faro, nnd he saw tho shores of Staton Island fade, and began to think ho hnd Bermuda hard aboard. He couldn't stand that prosnact, and was uompellod to pay $1,500 by a heartless tug Captain of about myslzo und disposition. Thnt Is n sober fact. You will hear tug men tell stories of larger sums, but thon those men wore Jntended by nature for fishermen." " What Is the best job you can hope to got in tho regular course of bnslnoss?" "Along toward spring, when the wonthor Is comfoi'ubly bad nnd the Ico in tlio low or bay looks as If no ship could got through it aud tho wind Is from tho northwest, tho shlpuias tors can be induced to pay 'M) or $400 at most for a lino up to town. It takes two tugs to get thorn up, howevor. and so tho best day's work is but $200 for a tug. " Howevor. if you want to know what sort of a job Is countod a good one, ou must innke note of a charter to bring n ship say from Key West. It Is a job that lasts awhile that the tug man looks for. Tho big ones llko the Oceun King got $3,000 for biingingashlp from Key West, and It takes two weoks only, with ordi nary dolnys, to go and coiuo. That Is more than $200 perdny, butltdoos not give the profit on n single day thnt a $200 job from Sandy Hook would, because the Sandy Hook job does not tnko moro than n ijuartor of a day, "There's one moro job of towing that a few tug men hnvo that pnyB very well nt present, but It la not straight towing. A couple of tho companies havo gone into the coal barge busi ness. I know ono tug thnt took three barges with 4,500 tons of coal from Newport (o Boston nnd got $1,40 a ton, or tO.iiOO for tho job. The tugs and barges puy for thomselvos ovory year in that trade.1' To Allay Irritation of the larynx, which causes that troublesome aud daugerous complaint known as a "dry cough," use A jer'n Cherry Feo toral the best anodyne medicine. "I have uren a life-lulls suttrrrr trora wralc tunc, and, till I uml Ajer' Cherry Pectoml, was icurrely eve r free trunt u ruuKli, Tbli med ietas alwkji relieves me and ttrenittifoa my lung-fi, as no other medicine rver did, I have In duced, many of my aruuaiuuiices to utt tho Pectoral, and Italwaya proved beneficial, partic ularly io la the caie of my un lu-law, Mr, Z. A. now, of tbla place, who wai cured of a torero cough by lta uie." Jin. L. Cloud, Uenton, Ark. " 1 wa recently troubled Tilth A Dry Cough which eeenir I to he ranted by nn Irritation In the throat. When otlier ri'inealn failed, I con cluded to try Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral. After taklntf It only mis dt, 1 could lee a change (or tk better, and, by tlio tliua I bad uied It a ealc, I cured." W, II. Denny, Franklin aq., Worcester, Man. "I have uied Ayera Cherry Pectoral for bren hltla and lung dlieatee, tor which I beUsro It to be the greatest medicine In the world." Jamta WUler, Caraway, N, C. Anita A. Lewla, Rlcard, N. T aayii "Fire years ago I had a consUnt couch, night sweats, was Krratly reduced In flesh, and bad been rtren uji by my physicians, I heitau to Uks Ayer's Cher tj Pectoral, and after lullig two bottlea of tlds medicine, was cured." ftsjiridfIH.J.O.AiiifcCoUwalLUau. i ' .- THE MAYOR ELECT AS HE IS. 'I a aoon nor into in.wr ixto politics H i.sriiAu of on(i uauly. AOentlrmnnorQulel Milliner, flood TnMr, Hs nnd Ample tVrllh Nomtnnlly KnaitKed Bt In Kent IXntr He IlrlirK for llorrctae BL He In Vnrertitln nn tn ,Illt tVlmt In 111 H IVntne. but KnouM It Inn't Hcnill. K No. 803 Wost Fifty-fourth streoh, Just off Hc Klgth avonuo, Is an ordlnnri-looklng building VA like a score of others In tho snmo neighborhood, H flvo storlos high, of brick with stono trimmings, K, nnd evidently nn npnrtuiont houso for pooplo ot modorato moans. Nobody would pay any at- H tontlon to It except for tho fact that ovor tho K) show windows of tho storo room on tho cnBt of Hn tho entrance to tho flats nbovo tho room which B in such buildings Is usually rented out forth ; sidoon or tho grocery storo ot tho neighbor- Br hood is nn ordinary black and gilt board sign: fmt 11UOU J. ORA.NT, B, rtKAI, KKTATR. B Thero is no other sign nbout tho plttor, and SKL the windows aro dovold ot tho placards and H, postors that usunlly docornto the windows of Hf real ostato offices. Instead, In ono of them IB hangs a pretty canary bird In n bright cage. B2 Tho bird has boon sltlglng n straight streak IM ever slnoe Wodnasday morning, and nil the) HH neighbors stop to ohlrp nt It ns they pass, HH Inside, also, the office has few earmarks ot H tho ordinary web Into wbloh tho rent eslnta pR spider lures his prey. Thero is awlro ralllncc Hj running across tho room ten foot back from tho Hj-1 door, and behind that a desk with a young man H' sitting nt it, and thnt is about all. Two or H throo chnlrs outsido the railing accommodate about all of tho Bhorlff's customers that oall at B this one of his offices. IluslnoBS novor seemi Br to be very rushing, and efforts to boom it nro Hlfi not apparent. Tho fact is. that about all tho H c business dono thoro is the BherlfT'n personal V j real ostato transactions, with whntovor else) Knj drifts in lncldontally and Is collared bytht) Ku young man in charge. The BhorlfTs own busl- "K noss Is no small affair, for he now has about RD' hundred tenants, most of thorn in the section Ku of the city where this olueo is locatod. but soma BUt down on Thirty-sixth street Ills building H( nre nearly nil of the snmo typo as that in whlob K-y his olllce is situated. Hh He got hts llnanelul start from his uncle, who Kd. left him, it Is said, from $160,000 to $200,000. " when ho died some years ngo. Ily judicious K Investments In real ostato Ubcriff Grant hn Ht probably moro than doubled his Inhorltnnce, Bfas Thu HhorlfTs own homo is in one of thp Hjo apai tmouts over his olllce. where he Uvos with Hue acouBln. Ho has no nonr relatives, his pnronta 9B . being dead. Ills tatbur. who 1b well remom- IRa bcredby those who knew tho Bherifl In boy- Mb hood, was a man in vory poorclroumstances.il Win is snld. The tiherlff has novor married. Why Se this la so is not apparent, for he Is as hand- Hpt Homo nnd manly n young mnn of 33 or so as Hfce any maiden could deslro. aud. besides this. HT' oven before ho attained his present dlstlno- jiHtH tlon. ho was a deslrablo catch on account not THbrl only of his comfortable wealth, but of hts ox- ,) cedent habits and kindly disposition that K would wuko him an admirable husband, HU H intimates say that tbete in u romance con- HH Sected with the unusual prolongation of his JHft aobelorhood. Thero ought to be. it thoro isn't 'HK From all accounts, tho Uherlff is one of tho HHi Bood boys who fnlled to dio early. He first at- HBf traded attention for the r onslble fashion in HK ' which, while still u young man, ho handled the) HRs fortuno that came into his hnnds so easily. He HHo kept hlB head levol, sowed no wild oats, and Hfl c oonducteo. himself quite as a model youna Hbi mnn Bhould. Tho habits that marked him H? then ho still retains. Ho Is qulot In his man- Hn I ners, moderate In his nppetltes, never dhtsl- Jet pates, takes as good cars ot his health as no Hn' does of his money, and is in almost ovory re- Hfrt speet the opposite of the genoral ideal of a suo- H"k 1 cossful politician. His chief recreation is drir- H"' Ing, nnd ho keeps his horses for health as well Hua as pleasure. He keeps himself well and hearty Hnli and his digestion In running order by dally HM drives to Fleetwood I'ark or elsewhere In tho H"01 upper part of the city, bohlnd horses that can sc rhe tho dust to nine-tenths of tho others out Hsti on tho road. Ho drives usually to a light buggy, bvv' with sometimes one nnd sometimes two Hno horses. Ho starts nut from the stnbles op- Hon posito his office, on Fifty-fourth street, goes up Irth to Flootwood, sltB thoro whllo Johnny Murphy gOtoi speeds the horse about the track n bit, nnd Ifut then drives bnok to town lu tlmo for dinner. At present be is keeping threo horses, of which . Kenllworth. with a record in tho neighborhood of 2:18, Is the only one very well known. Huff Gordon nnd Hweopstnkes are speedy enough Bne for ordinary driving, and he keeps them lor H thnt purpose. H Hherlff Grant (s a Catholic, of conrsn, nnd a, HCn good one, being a regular attendant or tho Htv I Paullst Church on Ninth avenue, near Fifty- K.- ninth street. Ban Besides the ordinary education or n younff Hml man in his circumstances, Hherlff Grant has HI fi passed through Columbia College Law Hchool Hjl,i and also spent somo time In n lawyer's onto HB In this city, but be has nover practiced, tho Hlr management of his own property taking up all Hku his available time. His dress Is ns quiet ns his Hft manners, but he likes good clothes and has n. HE. fondness for natty fits. Ho likes his Loard ana mrnlt hnlr well dressed, too, nnd n(Teets pretty tlos HBsV and slmllnr llttlo trimmings to the attire, HE? Sheriff Grant's most lntlmnte friends aro JHK Iticlmrd Crokor. Bourke L'oelcrnn, nndn few pHE, others of the loading men In Tnmmnny. He is HE a leading light In tho Knrrsgunpett Club. His HE popularity beyond these limits arlsos from hi HK cental bearing and unfailing courtesy, and not HHf from anything nnpmnchlng familiarity. Only HK his Intimates know him for what he Is, or, at HHf any rate, for what tbey say ho is. n man of iron HH1 will and Indomnltable obstinacy benonth his HHf quint and unassuming bearing. Ot this spirit HH he has manifested something in the Sheriff's HH1 olllce. whero ho rooted out abuses with muoa HK cOurage nnd Bgnlnst a pressure to which a HH more brilliant and less nostlnnto man might HH have yieldod. He appointed only nbout halt a HH many deputies as the politicians demanded. B and those that were anpolntevl he held to an H accountability never beforo known in the of B lice. All monoy collected had to be turned by HH the deputies Into tho olllce within forty-olgnt HB hours of Its receipt, and by the office must bo HB fmssed on as promptly to thoso to whom It be- BH ongsd. although the law allows sixty days la HB which to make tho transfers. Any deputy HB, whose money was not handed In within tho HB prescribed time was discharged, and no prose- BE ure, it is said, could secure his reinstatement, HHK a curious tning aDout the next Mayor Is that HK ho Isn't quite certain of his own name. It lo HB cither Hugh James or Hugh John, and Just HH whlqh, is a quostlon that within a week or two HB has begun to agitate the Grant family a good HB deal and Tammany a little. During tho cam- HB Ealgn two handsome girls called at the Grant HB eadquurters and talked some time with tho '" HB ; candidate. Everyliody smiled, nnd was In- BBi cllnod to smile more when BherlrT Grant re- HH forred to them as bis oouains. The fact was, H I however, that they wars cousins, nnd that they H had come to try to settle the question ns to tho Hal hbeiirrs name. Thoy didn't do It, bowovor. Bat . Hesides being cousins to the Hherlff they wero HB1 I cousins to each othor, and each was sure that rmWL tbe handsome young cnndlduto was named HH after her futher, and not altar the other's father, , B Bellsbiral but TJpeetttne;. H' Minister's Wife-Will you be able to so on HH with me for a few momsnti this erenlar, Wllllamf I dwJH' wast to make a abort call on tbe Wlf times. Bb Mlnlstsr No. mv dear, l'rof. X. will be In tc-ntttat, V and we want to discuss the qnestlnn of the relations of pHHV t'burcti and State durlnifthe'Mlddle Ansa and ttielro iHHP feot upoa msuklnd duriu; tbat unenllxbisnsd period o IH1 ttie world's lililnry. pbHM Wire leuipliaileillyl Now, William, you mult be care- HHU Sal Von know how interested and excited you beeomo kHHsj In discussing sueu matters, and are always tbe weras HHL?. for It next moraine HHjtl A Cough. I In most caici, Is Nature's effort to eject mucus from tbe lungs. When expectoration H U difficult, Ayer's Cherry I'cctoral Is tho B best remedy. A dose ot this preparation looseus the phlegm and anordj Immediate H relief. It is the only cough cure used In HH thousands qf families. H "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral leads all other neU. H clues as a euro, safe, and speedy cure of t tiros! H' and lung troubles."-W.U. Graff a Co., Drug jilts, HH Carson, lo s. Mrs. L. l. Cutler, 77 North VTashlnirtoD q- H new Tcrk city, says: "When I was a girl of IT I JM bad a cougb, with sleepless nUbta aud iiotcie H night aweats, aud Ayer's Cherry 1'ecloral cured H me. I havo recommended this preparation In H scores of similar cases and always with excellent B results." H " 1 hare taken Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral occe- H sloually for sumo years, Bnrlim the ust winter M I took cold aud began couching worse than H erer before j but now, after using two bottles ot H Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I am well again. I am H atlsfled that this medicine Is the best remedy IHssI for such coughs as I am subject to, and shall HH confidently resort to It It ever again troubled la tH that way,"- Erru Whitman, Publisher and Edit- HB or Maryland farmer, Baltimore, Sid. VJH Prof. F, Bweetser, Maine Medical fichool, AH BruniwIck.JIe., certifies: "I am convinced that HaH medical science bas prrHluced no anodyne ex- H pecturaut equal to Ayer's Cher, HHi ry Pectoral. It la an Invaluable specino for diseases ot tho HHsl throat and longs. H Bsldby aUDnifgUU. rrll;aUUUse,l. B BBH HBHH