The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1895, Page 26

26 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1895. A DIRECTORY UNEARTHED. It Was the First Ever Published in the City of San Fran- cisco. WAS ISSUED IN THE FIFTIES. Many Forty-Nine Incidents Brought to Mind in Turning the Pages. The first directory of San Francisco \blished in 1852, and a copy was re- hed in one of those—to the | rv man—horrifying occurrences com- called housecleaning. Still, there is ht side to everything, as, turning | pages, names and incidents are 1t to the mind of the * '49er,” giving 1e cases an unwonted glow to that almost ossified member, the heart. Following nature’s plan the majority of those whose names are recorded are no more on the rollcall of to-day, but after all struggles and suc ve failures or have passed into that state hich, though undesired, is none the less e. In those days men turned their s to whatever chancesor work was b opened to them, and the humble stepping- sto of fortune then mounted are often y forgotten. was then Governor, with eutenant-Governor and General. Judge ngs Law Col- estate he left has red much litig: . hen R. Harris occupied the Mayor’s Nathaniel Holland was President he Assistant Aldermen, one of whom | Meiggs, who built Meiggs investments of h left for South America and wharf others there built the railroad over the Andes. District Court, and | dignified old beau to | “Solomon Heyden- | the Supreme Court s Lake was a Judge of Court. one of the | tendent of | 1 Ters Postmaster, with ten one messencer to | watch over. e great mails” fnr! Panama, the Atlantic States und Europe left at 7 A. M. on the 1st and 16th of each month. t George Aiken—combin- ish Consul with that forth at 114 Front street. later Mayor, had his of- and by his there were 702 | schools, of h there we: situated in their us districts, 1t in life, being the ¥ 1 of that one while Alfred | religious denominations were well represented at this early date, and the then Trinity Church wasan iron b { y lding on Pine street nan Catholic church on Valiejo , between Dupont and_Stockton, ser- held in the morning in English, and Spanish. Filbert street, near Stockton, was Ic ed the State Hospital, sheltering 200 with Drs. Bowie and McMillan g surgeons. Dr. Nuttall then | re and office at 107 Mont- | | when fires were fought | unteers, George H. Hosse- Engineer of the Fire De- Chiy Charles F. Barnes, James Don- (who later built the Occidental), | Scannell (afterward Chief for many and Charley Dugne (then keeping Kearny street known as members of the - v, Dayid C. Broder- y Judge honorary being an ivan, Warren Dutton e Durrant jury) and M. de la Montanya (one of the brothers who establ d a store and hardware business in this City) were among the members of the Lady Washington No. Franklin ‘Whitney (afterward Chief gineer and founder of the Dashaw Society) was foreman Company No. 3. T. y Temperance of Howard Engine J. L. Smiley (“Tom” for short) and J. Seligman (later a bank: were two of the trustees; while Alec tin_ (then in dry goods), George Laidly and Harvey Garcelon were among the members. Amonug the honoraries of this company were W. D. M. Howard, Alf and Sam Brannan. The latter, arriv- ng here with a Mormon colony, subse- quently acquired wealth through invest- ments in real estate. On the list of California Engine Com- pany are the names of M. D. Boruck, the | lately deceased journalist; Peter Donahue, | then in the Union Foundry and later | owner of the San Francisco and North | Pacific Railroad; John Nightingale, land- lord of the Union House; H. J. Van Winkle, Moses Heller, and John 8. Ellis, | n a merchant in New York. combined “Monumentals” among their members Henry Hugg Durkee; J. P. Van Ness, later May after whom the avenue is named: Sam Harding, constable; M. Hellman; Frank M. Pixley. who so recently died, and Dick Sinton, who was then a broker. Among the honorary members is the name of James King of William, then a banker, and later proprietor and editor of the Bul- letin. cruel assassination, due to his fearless d nciation of wrongdoers, is among the historic tragedies of early days. Vigilant Engine Company No. 9, with M. R. Roberts as foreman, held among members A. Kohler, who then had Santa Claus’ Headquarters, and William H. Boyee, proprietor of spice and coffee milis, and later of the auctioneer firm of Bovee, Toy & Co. George W. Gibbs, who recently joined the great majori was secretary of Bt. Francis Hook and > 11 and among the Sa ites appear the names of L. H. Bonestell, then as mow in the stationery business, C. E. Gibbs, Henry H. Haight, William M. Lent, A, H. Lissak Jr., Robert C. Page, Martin Shultz, and G. W. Snook, whose stove and tinware business, then started, is still in evidence. Itisdifficult toimagine that any of these ‘‘grave and reverend seigneurs,” and in some cases very stout ones, ever ran ‘““wid de machine’” and shouted ‘“Work her down, boys, work her down!” The military companies were: First California Guards, F.J. Lippitt captain; Marion Rifles, organized May 14, 1852, F. B. Schaeffer captain, with Henry Bar- roilhet, Sam W. Holladay, R. J. Tobin and T.D. Bluxome among the privates; Eureka Light Horse Guards, commanded by Cap- tain Alonzo Coy, and the National Lancers, Captain Joseph R. West, with James R. 3 sand John C. Bell among the officers. The U, 8. Army offices were in the iron building, corner California and Leidesdorff streets, Brigadier-General E. A. Hitchcock commanding. Harry I. Thornton was one of the commissioners for settling private had and H Sacramento boats were then New World, Wilson G. Hunt, Confidence, Antelope and J. Bragdon. The New World had rather a romantic start in life, being attached at New York just as she was starting on her trial trip. The deputy sheriff being put on board, the trial trip proceeded, and con- tinued “round the Horn’.all the way to San Francisco. % Over the ruins of the historic hulk “Niantic” was a_hotel conducted by “Colonel” T. G. Johnson. Some frag- ments of the ship’s timbers were un- earthed during the excavations made for the present building occupying the site at the corner of Clay and Sansome streets. The present firm of Redington & Co., wholesale druggists, was formerly Story & Redington, and was located in the stone building at Sansome and Merchant streets. John C. Winans, commission merchant, still with us, was then located at the foot of Jjackson street. W. K. Van Allen, still brisk and well-to- do, started in those early days as a whole- sale grocer and commission merchant. Of the firm of K. W.and W. L. Torrey, build- ers, ship and steamboat joiners, the former is now hale and hearty. Mr. Dewitt, later of Dewitt, Kittle & Co., was then a ship- ping and commission merchant. J. W. Brittan, subsequently of Brittan & Hol- brook, continued in the extensive hard- ware business he established till his death, leaving a large fortune. 3 J. C. Duncan, who became notorious years later as a bank-wrecker, had Chi- nese salesrooms on Sacramento street. J. P. Treadwell, though later a lawyer, started a successful hardware business with his brother L. L. The handsome fortune left by the former has been the subject of various legal complications, and with its accompanying by-play forms so- called interesting reading. H. A. Cobb, for so long a familiar figure on our streets, was then an auctioneer, associated with G. W. Tichenor, and advertised his business in English, French and Spanish. Garrett & C now on Fremont street, were lo- cated on Halleck, near the American The- ater, which was the first brick building erected on the artificial foundation, and on its opening might settled badly, two or three inches, but afterward remained steady. The firm of William T. Coieman & Co. then located corner Front and Cali- where was employed the ign which was with them to le Brothers were then in siness at 43 Commercial street. The at Cheer House, still in existence, was completed July 5, 1852, and was advertised its then landlord, R. B. Woodward, as ing board at $38 per week. ¢ Hillman, ‘‘the razor-strop man,” i r figure in tnose aays and lifornia Temperance House. “The Noisy Carriers’ Publishing Hall’’ on Long wharf, now Commercial street, was conducted by Charles P. Kimball, after- ward a bookbinder. In Winn's advertisement of the “Foun- tain Head,”” otherwise known as a restau- rant and confectionery-store, he advises “‘all gents to fill their pockets with Winn’s delicious sweets toinsure a fond welcome.” This same personage, 1f I mist. founded the flourishing order of Sons of the Golden West. sealing enveloves were then a nov- nd a progressive dressmaker adver- ris and New York ived by the latest cli rshipsand What a weary wait between wa fornia streets, same modest s t The leading daguerreotypists were Wil- liam Shew-Clark, “over the Blue Wing,” and H. W. Bradley, subsequently of Brad- ley & Rulofson. Middleton & Smiley had an *‘auction mart”; Timothy Guy Phelps was with Dows & Co., 83 California; Theodore Payne, auctioneer, lived at the swell hotel, the Oriental; Macondray & Co. were then commission merchants on Sansome; J. D. Oliver, many years later knighted by the Pope, was in_the paint and oil busi- ness; Squire P. Dewey was;then a notary 1 Joseph G. Iron Foundry; J. S. Hittell, author of the ‘“Resourt of California” and other works, wasa phrenologist. Todd’s Daily s, operated “to and from Stockton , Columbia, Mokel- umne Hill, Quartzbure!), Agua Frio, Mari- posa and all parts of the southern mines. Gold dust and specie forwarded to all points. The Oakland ferry-boat Red Jacket made three trips dai ach way, and among the m 1d line pilots are those of ins Babbage, Jollifte and Shelly. perintendent of Schools, A. J. s formerly assistant editor of the San Francisco Herald. Washington Bartlett, at one time Mayor, published the Evening Journal. F. Marriott, founder of the News Letter, was then a notary public and general conveyancer. E. Conner and E. C. Kemble were editors and proprietors of the Aita Californi George K. Fitch and Loring Pickering were both editors on the Placer Times and Transcript, while Frank M. Pixl was editor of the San Francisco Daily Whig. So might the list be continued, but the days are shorter than they were and space forbids. Makry WoopwARD EDWARDS. A HUSBAND'S ARTFUL RUSE Why Mrs. Ryan’s Mother Was Said to Be Dying in Vancouver. Ryan Found This City Too Hot for Him, and His Wife Refuses to Join Him. The police have ascertained that the dis- patch received by Chief Crowley on Thurs- day irom Vancouver, B. C., asking him to find Mrs. Kyan and get herand her child to leave for Vancouver at once, as her mother was dying, was simply a ruse on the part of the husband to influence his wife to leave the City. . The husband is John F. Ryan, who bad his family affairs aired in Judge Camp- bell’s Court, by having Thomas L. Candy, a carpenter, arrested for alienating his wife's affections. The charge against Candy was dismissed and Candy retaliated by having Ryan arrested for perjury. Ryan wrote a letter to the secretary of the Car- venters’ Union, charging Candy with at- tempting to assault his wife and steal- ing &ll his money. When the case was heard in court Ryan. with tears in hiseyes, apologized to Candy for wrongfully ac- cusing him, and at Candy’s request the case was dismissed. All this time the police had not sus- ected Ryan's identity, but apparently earing that they would soon gnd out about him he left the City and went to British Columbia. His wife refused to go with him and is still in this City with her child. Ryan got himself in trouble here in July last. In the beginning of that month he made himself known to Maria Garnier and her sister, dressmakers at 81814 Geary street. The young ladies were in the Grand Opera-house and Ryan sat next Maria. He made himself agreeable to them and they permitted him to see them home. He called almost nightly upon them and aroused their interest by telling them he was a Government diver and had just pur- chased a ship for several lhnusnnd dollars. He proposed marriage to Maria, but she did not nccegt him, as he was so much older and she had known him for so short a time, The young lady’s suspicions were aronsed when Ryan asked ber for the loan of $200 and finished up by begging for 10 cents to vay hiscar fare. n the night of July 10, Ryan was ob- served leaving the house during the ab- sence of the young ladies. When they got home they found a trunk broken open and $35 taken from it. Ryan was arrested by land claims in the State of California. The Pacific Mail then had fourteen steamers, not all in commission, however, while Vanderbilt operated an independent line, via Nicaragua, of five vessels. The Detective Anthony on the charge of burglary. His wife borrowed the money from her neignbors and paid it back to the Misses Garnler. At ther requesi the case against Ryan was dismissed, but not be- fore he had promised to leave the City. fashions as be- | Eastland was in the | NEW YORK OPERA CRANKS, Fashionable Women Do Not Intend to Lay Aside Their Hats. MANAGERS ABANDONED HOPE. The New Olympia Theater Reigned Supreme During Last Week. NEW YORK, N. Y. Nov. 27.—The opening of the opera season has settled one thing. Not even for a grand opera occasion do the women of New York: in- tend to lay aside their hats. It is a pity that women claiming to be metropolitans should persist in this provincialism, for the effect of so much top-story millinery, while spectacular, utteriy ruins the gen- eral effect which the house should present on an opera night. Managers long ago abandoned all hope of persuading New York women into removing their hats at the theater, but never until this year was there such a general influx of hats into the orchestra chairs of the Metropoli- tan. At the opening performance those hats were the one jarring note in what was otherwise a spectacular sympbony. There were those long tiers of boxes filled with women more or Iless beautiful, bediamonded and magnificently dressed, and then below them in the or- chestra chairs sat droves and droves of women with their heads togged out in the same headgear that they would wear to | church or the sewing society. Outside of the boxes the only part of the house where the women had their heads uncovered was the dress circle. Here you could count the bonneted women cn your fingers, If a woman's escort were to accompany her to the opera in a sackcoat Per!mps he wouldn’t hear of it—oh, no! But the New York woman fails to see that her bonnet at the opera is hopelessly out of the picture. When one remem- bers that we have even such right authority as the Scriptures for the state- ment that a woman’s crowning glory is her hair, it beats me how here in New York the women try to obscure their hirsute adornments at every opportunity. There was one man in the opera-house at the opening periormance who took those onnets very much to heart. He was old Signor de Vivo, the operatic conductor, who on Broadway is better known as the seer of the opera-house. What old De Vivo does not know about the operatic events of the last 100 years is not worth knowing. Not_ only was he the musical conductor at Patti’s first performance, but according to the rumors which circu- late in the corridors of the opera-house, he ran a string orchestra in the Babylonian roof gardens and led the orchestra for the grand march when Noah’s Stock Company emerged from the ark and played their celebrated engagement on Mount Ararat. “It is too bad, too bad!” exclaimed Signor de Vivo, as he leaned on the railing of his dress circle and looked down upon | the bobbing sea of furbelows; ‘‘you woutd | think they would have learned better sense by this ime. I believe the average New York woman would rather lose her dia- | monds than her hat.” Of the artists who took part in the first week’s performance it is onlv necessary to say that Calve is still the bright particular star. Her recep- tion in “Carmen’” was an ovation with a large O. Jean de Reszke is fatter than he was last season. He must have egained at least twenty pounds in weight. Jean should | consult Miss Amelia Summerville at once. I dare say that Amelia would gladly give him her infallibie Tecipe for acquiring thinness. Itis a pleasure to record the great success which another San Francisco girl has scored. I speak of Frances Saville, the new prima donna. She resembles Emma Eames absurdly, and, although as vet she does not sing as well as the Maine songbird, she can give both Eames and Melha many points as an actress. Mme. Saville has plain sailing at the Opera- house just now company, and Melba does not join the organization until after Christmas. She is a singer of which any country might be proud, and with a year or two more of | operatic experience she will develop into one of the world’s greatest stars. But enough of this opera! This week Olympia reigns. It can be said without exaggeration that never were so many per- sons gathered under tbe roof of an Ameri- can playhouse as were present at the open- ing of Hammerstein's theatrical mart. Mart is the only word which describes this building properly. New Yorkers really forgot their dignity for once and indulged in enthusiastic onhs! and ahs! they ob- tained their first glimpse of this immense playhouse, It wasas much as oune’s life was worth to try to squeeze oneself in- side the doors after 8 o’ciock. Every sort of world was represented there, from the fashionable, the commercial and the theatrical, down to the half. “Excelsior Jr.,” Rice’s new burlesque, which was produced in_the theater, will certainly ‘‘catch on,” It needs a little ished up to advantage here and there, but of its success as a whole there can be no question. Fay Templeton jumped into immediate favor again, and a wonderfully droll little chap named Arthur Dunn drove the old Rice favorite, Walter Jones, into temporary eclipse. There’s a moral attached to this little sermon. It was announced last week that Julian Magnus, the man who made Marie Wainwrigiit a star, had resigned his posi- tion as her manager. One of the excuses given for his vesignation is that business on the road haa not been good. But why badn’t it been good? Was Marie Wain- wright to play? Personally, no; from a managerial standpoint, yes. Miss Wain- wright is a handsome woman, of excep- tional intelligence and exceeding grace. She has magnetism and beauty. fn many legitimate roles she is altogether charm- ing. When some four years ago, supported by Henry Miller and Blanche Walsh, she presented *“‘Amy Robsart” in first-class fashion, she at once obtained the standing of a_first-cluss star. But since then what L:ias Miss Wainright dore? She engaged a man named Hasting, one of the weakest leading men that ever made a protestation of love to a stage heroine, and she was barnstormed through the continent with a company that for rank _incompetency l‘fl““m have put Gustave Frohman to the ush. And yet if you talk with Miss Wain- wright you will discover that she laysall the blame for her failure at the public’'s door. In not going to see her with the companies that have supported her during the last three years the public has merely shown its good sense. Miss Wainwright is a delightful actress, and I wish her, personally, good Iuck, but 1, like the majority of theater-goers, have been unable to stomach those wretched supporting companies. I heard a good story about David Be- lasco yesterday. Years Bfi' when Mrs. James Brown Potter was being initiated into the mysteries of amateur theatricals, Belasco was her coach. Edward Fales Coward, the amateur actor, who is now the dramatic editor of the New York World, was her leading man. They appeared in several light comedies togetber for the benefit of charities, and then Mrs. Potter's ambition, which was given to vaulting, even in those days, inspired her with a de- sire to play Juliet. Belasco told ber that he thougnt she could flag it, and then he added, turning to the leading actor: “But [ draw the line at you, Coward. You couldn’t play Romeo tc save your life. You're not built that way. Coward waxed indignant, Mrs. Potter sympathetic, but B:lasco stood to his guns. Finally. the idea was abandoned, Eames is not in the | cutting, and its dialogué might be burn- | even before it came to a dress rehearsal. That was some eleven years ago. month, when Belasco's play, “The Heart of Maryland,” was prodaced at the Herald Square, Mr. Coward was in front to write the World’s criticism. ~No newspaper in town was more emphatic in its praise of Belasco’s work, The next day Belasco happened to meet Coward on Broadway. He gripped him by the hand, and, with tears 1n his eyes, he exclaime “That was the finest notice I ever had in my life.” Then he added, with a sly little twinkle in his eye, “I say, Coward, I ought never to have said that you couldn’t play Romeo,” Mind you, this is only & rumor, and Manager Charles Frohman denies it. But for all that its dollars to doughnuts that next season Maud Adams will start out as a full-fledged star. The wiseacres say that this starring project is a wily bitter bonne bouche, which her manager is hold- ing out to her to keep her from marrying Richard Harding Davis and leaving the stage. These two young people, always accompanied by Miss Adams’ mother, or some other suitable chapeon, are seen abroad together very frequently; and through his intimacy with John Drew gou_ng Davis is also able to gain access ehind the scenes, His attentions to Miss Adams are most marked, but neither of them will as yet admit that they are en- gaged. In fact, when a friend cornered Davis about this matter, the other day, the short story writer remarked with his most Van Biberish air. *‘You know, old man, that I would never marry a woman who was on the stage.”” This is merely conceded a3 clever hedging on Davis’ part. Mark you, he didn’t say he wouldn’t marry an actress. That’s quite another thing. Actresses bave retired from the stage to be married before this. Anyhow from acold- blooded point of view, it is sincerely to be hoped that Mr. Frohman will prevail, and that the stage will not be robbed in the immediate future of one of 1ts sweetest and most modest figures. “Rodimon, the Student,” the play which Richard Manstield will present at the Gar- rick next week, is a dramatization of the Russian novel, “Crime and Punishment.” ‘I'ne book has been dramatized by Charles Henry Meltzer. By ‘the way, speaking of Meltzer re- minds me of a note I saw yesterday from Clement Scott, in which the Londoa eritic threatens to sue Augustin Daly to recover royalties on his adaptation of *‘Le Collier de la Reine,” a work on which both Melt- zer and Scott were employed. Next week we shall have Ada Rehan and Olga Nethersole on Broadway wrest- ling for metropolitan honors. This week Miss Rehan is reviving “The School for Scandal,” but as soon as Nethersole opens Mr. Daly intends to spring some novelty on the public. For Mr. Daly’s sake, itisa pity that Miss Rehan ever prevailea upon bim to relinquish the management of Miss Nethersole, for she has proved this year, under Mr. Frohman’s management, that she is undoubtedly one of the strongest at- tractions now before the public. It is a long time since the Rialto has been so shocked as by the news from Aus- tralia jast week of the suicides of Arthur Dacre and Amy Roselle. Sir Henry Irving was particularly shocked by the news, for Mrs. ‘Dacra (Amy Roselle) was an old friend of his, and had appeared in his company only as lately as last year in the original production of “King Arthur.” L1E WHITACRE. DR, DRUCKER A FAVORITE, Board of Education Will Probably Name Him as Stone’s Successor. & Superintendent Babcock Thinks Him a Man Well Qualified to Fill the Position. The question as to who will be ap- rointed to the vacancy created in the Board of Education by the withd rawal of Charles B. Stone has narrowed down to the one possibility of the board’s confirm- ation of the nomination to that chair of Dr. George Drucker by Superintendent Babcock. ‘“‘Before the meeting of the miadle of November,” said Mr. Babcock, “two mem- bers of the board, President Dodge and Mr. Scott, came to me and told me that they would like to have me submit my nomination at that meeting as, although it had been previously arranged to post- pone the matter until the next meeting, still the members expected such proceed- ings that night and whomever I nomi- nated they would vote for. *I thought 1t was a matter of interest to the board, so I brought the subject up in a committee of the whole. “It was not a matter that I was in any hurry about, nor that I had any decided personal feeling in. I had only one desire, to have a man elected who would work with the board harmoniously and intelli- gently. “So I nominated Dr. Drucker as one of the best qualified men I knew for the place. At the same time I said I did not wish to nominate any person whom the board would hesitate about confirming, as I desire only harmony and amicability. *‘As I said before Mr. Scott, just before the meeting, whispered to me close to one ear, ‘“You had better nominate some one to- night and I will vote for any one you do.’ I had only fairly sat down when he left the room, and he was absent from the room when I made the nomination. Afterward he returned, and when the routine busi- ness was finished made a motion to ad- journ. Such a motion, of course, pre- vailed, and therefore cut off the vote of confirmation for that night. The nextday Mr. Scott left for the East,and wrote me that he had made the motion he did throu;h ‘misunderstandinf.' Precisely what he meant by the word I do not know. The matter might have come up at the meeting of November 28, out did not, for some unknown reason to me, aithough I bad fully expected it would be discussed. “I have not pursued any one of the board for his individual intention of vot- ing, and no member has told me definitely of his intention other than Mr. Scott and Mr. Dodge. 1 have not spoken much to Mr. Bar- rett, but as he and Dr. Drucker are both Native Sons, T most naturally conclude that one would be very favorably inclined to the other. There isa tie of experience and sympathy in such an organization that makes them interested in each other. ‘“‘Although Mr. Henderson has said nothing to me directly I am inclined to believe him prejudiced in Dr. Drucker’s favor, and I am' quite_ positive that Mr. Ambrose is likewise inclined; also Dr. Clinton. ‘I think Dr. Drucker is particularly in. terested in educational work. WhileI do not wish to appear to argue the matter witi the board, still I think the doctor a man in every way admirably fitted for the place, and I am convinced if the elec- tion had occurred at the last meeting he would have been the one ch osen.” ——————————— Nathaniel Gray Kindergarten. The Nathaniel Gray Kindergarten is under the management of Mrs. Robert Mackenzie, Mrs. M. R. Higgins, Mrs. Frank Whitney, Mrs. George Easton, Mrs. Cyrus Wright, Mrs. R. B, Hooper, Mrs. H. M. J. McMichael, Mrs. C. E. Cooper, Mrs. Lucy M. Tuttle, Mrs. W. C. Kirke- terp, Mrs. C. W. Slack, Mrs. Dr. Howard, Mrs. B. F. DeWitt, Mrs. Klink, Mrs. H. E. Huntington. Mrs. Winterburn, Mrs. L. A, Kel- ley, Mrs. Fleisher, Mrs. John_Flournoy, Mrs. H. Ames, Mrs. Carl Gross, Mrs. John Haynes, Mrs. J.C. amg‘bell, Mrs. A. 8. Ballard, Mrs. W. M. Pierson, Mrs.'A. C. Spencer and Mrs. Wil- linmson. These ladies have perfected ar- rangements for a tea to aid in the support of the school. They will receive their, friends at the Hotel Mirabeau on Tuesday next from 3 to 5, and will entertain them with music and re- freshments, e ———— v Italy has the greatest proportion of criminals. They number 5140 to the mil- lion of population. I RICH LINGERIE FOR MEN, Lavish New Yorkers Who Spend Thousands on Their Underwear, SOME WEAR DIAMOND GARTERS Many Brides Select Undergarments for Their Future Hus- bands. : New York World. There are men in New York City who devote as much attention to the selection of their underwear as the most fastidious and luxurious damsel. Patient research has disclosed the fact that a large number of men, several of whom are members of the four hundred, spend thousands of dol- larsa yearon their nether wardrobes. There are some who even go so far as to wear diamond-studded garters and to carry umbrellas with dizmonds in the ferrules. There are men in this city who pay $50 a dozen for fine cambric handkerchief s. The texture of these bandkerchiefs is much like that of lace. They cannot be made any finer, and that is the reason why these fastidious gentlemen cannot pay more for them. There are men who not only insist on sleeping in pajamas, but who will never sleep two consecutive nights in the same suit. A ruil set of pajamas consists of fit- teen suits, so as to provide for the emer- gency of the wash, and as the price of a single suit ranees from $10 to §60 the reader may form his own notion as to the expense Ofl:hls particular department of the ward- robe. There are men who, preferring to incase their limbs at night in the more luxurious folds of a nightshirt, are careful to see that tiese garments shall be made, not only of the most delicate material, but that they shall also be embroidered in silk. 1n some cases the nigntshirts are made with an open-work front. This idea was supposed at one time to be exclusively feminine, but in these days of changes and invention and the new woman it is difficult to always tell just what 1s a man’sand what is a woman’s. Many mer wear silk undergarments and make a change every day in the week. The suits come in different tints. One suit will be a light blue, another a delicate sal- mon tint, another red, another brown, an- other purple, etc. Each day, of course, the tint changes, and if the wearer bea careless man about dates he may easily keep track of the calendar by having Mon- day blue, Tuesdayv green, and soon. Men of such esthetic inclinations are also likely to wear socks and garters to match their un- dersuits and to change these first two im- portant articles of apparel as regular as they change the last. This is necessary in order to preserve a harmony of colors. It seems an expensive habit, vet men who have plenty of money and whose ar- tistic sense is highly developed would feel forlorn if they should by some mishap be obliged to wear a green undersuit contem- poraneously with ochre socks and maroon garters. Money might be spent in worse ways than in preserving the unities. But it is the men, usunally the young men who intend to get married, who are lavish spenders on their lingerie. At one of the most fashionable haberdasher’s = bride- groom-to-be recently bought underwear to the cost of $3000 in one day, and then sighed because he could not invest further. He had, however, utterly exhausted the resources of haberdashery. A reporter of the Sunday World was permitted to examine several of the arti- cles which had been selected. This pros- vective Benedict prefers nightshirts to pajamas, and he had chosen two dozen of them, all of silk and no two of pre- cisely the same tint. The entire two dozen, hung up in a row, would present a most delightful chromatic effect. It will be in- teresting to young women who may read this to know that the silk in these gar- ments was of the very finest and softest kind, and that the embroidery had been done by expert workers in_ siik. Some of the shirts Lad roses embroidered down the front, the naturai colors of the leaves and petals being copied as closely as possible. Others had violets or pansies or vines, all executed in the most beautiful fashion. The price of these garments was §30 each. It was said at the store that not one of them had been made to order. It is cer- tainly remarkable that such quantities of these elaborate goods should be kept in stock. This appears to be convincing evi- dence that they are in demand. The investigation revealed the interest- ing fact that it is no uncommon thing for young women of fashion to personally select the underwear of their futare hus- bands. The latter probably think it wise to submit to feminine dictation in this matter. Inonecase a woman of fashion, who married a member of one of the oldest families in New York (an old Dutch fam- ily), purchased for her future spouse a set of daintv nightshirts of the most costly linen, with face openwork in front and ruffles on the sleeves. The underwear selected by the bride for her intended was entirely of silk, each suit of a different shade. The socks were also of silk, of shades to match the undergar- ments. Unfortunately this young woman neglected to add men’s garters to the trousseau, but boughta pair of the ordinary circular pattern. The mistake was, of course, easily corrected. The haberdasher’s shop above mentioned is situated on Broadway. It deals almost exclusively with members of the so-called “Four Hundred” and with men of fastid- ious taste. One of the patrons of the es- tadlishment is a man known as “Diamond Jim.”” He deserves the epithet. He wears diamonds on almost every part of his clothing and of his paraphernalia to which they may easily be attached. He has a brilliant solitaire at the point of each garter where the rubber bands come together. The buttons of his undergarmecnts are each studded with a diamond. He has a bunch of diamonds in the handle of his um- brella, and another in the ferrule. 1t is hardly necessary to say that his exterior person is literally loaded with brilliant gems. There are 100 many for good taste. The man is opposed to storing these stones in a safe deposit vault, and he has such an abundance that he is bound to wear some of them on parts of his wardrobe where they are never exposed to the vulgar Taza. “Diamond Jim” is enormously wealthy, eminently respectable and somewhat of a philanthropist. It is said that, baving re- cently learned how to ride a bicycle. he has contemplated inserting a brilliant pair of gems in the ends of the handles. “Diamond Jim'’ wears pn’linmus of an ex- tremely curious pattern. They are unlike any others ever heard of. They are fash- ioned much after the manner of the haggy trousers worn by the inmates of a Turkish harem. They are extremely full and of the most delicate silk. The Iegs are deco- raled with paintings, evidently the work of a skillful artist. No two suits are of the same pattern. In fact, all tidious men seem to have a horror of sleeping twice in the same environment. One of the favorite methods ot spending money at this fashionable shop isin the urchase of bath robes and lounging suits. 'here appears to be more reason in this than in expending vast sums on garents which are seen by none save a chosen few. The average price is about $30, but of course you may spend more if you insist upon it. The’ prevailing colors just now are blue and white stripes for the outside and pale blue satin lining. The lounging suits are to be worn only in the house, and are more expensive than the bathrobes. They come in suits—coat, waistcoat and trousers—and are admirably adapted to smoke in. One suit of a sort of urple check which the reporter saw had Just been packed ready for shipment to an elderiy gentleman of means. It cost $40, which, 80 the reporter was informed, wasa reasonable price. 1t was the custom at one time for men to wear embroidered shirts, especially with full dress. Some of the bosom patterns of these shirts were most extraordinary. The fashion has now gone out, and onla plain bosoms are worn by the swells and those who dress properly. However, there are some who still cling to the old style, and for their especial benefit shirts with em- broidered bosows are manufactured ana kept in stock. But they are disposed of at enormous figures, possibly with a view of discouraging what is very evi- dently bad taste. It has been mno- ticed that a man who wears a shirt with an embroidered bosom 1s apt to also wear diamond studs therein. On the authority of a salesman in the establishment above referred to, it may be said that the tendency of wealthy men to spend considerable sums in providing elaborate underwear is growing. 3 “Our voung men,” he said, ‘‘are begin- ning to appreciate the luxuries that may be provided at a first-class haberdasher’s emporium. Our Nation is just emerging from a state of crudeness, and the first in- fluences of a more refined existence are naturally felt here in New York, which is the capital of our civilization and is in direct touch with Europe. “There is no more instructive fact in history than that refinement and luxury follow civilization in its westward progress. The time is near at hand now when the globe, in the northern latitudes will be encircled by a zone of Sybarites. New York bas taken the lead, and it only re- mains to educate Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, San Francisco and other Western cities. The task may appear difficult, but it is not, as the entire country follows New York’s example minutely. ““A man who is properly underclothed, if I may use the exgression, is much hap- E_ler n many ways than one who 1s not. Lere are some men who torture them- selves by wearing underclothing that pricks and stings like an_ox-goad. Others are badly fitted, and this leads to quick temper and nervousness. Others wear their stockings out in places and then per- mit them to be mended. Nothing tends to break up a happy family so much as wearing mended stockings. “As for bathrobes, once worn they are necessities. No man can take a bath com- fortably without employing a bathrobe both before aund after the dip. In fact, the luxury of a bathrobe is such that some men have injured themselves by bathing too_frequently in order to experience the delightful sensation of soft satin on the skin made soft by the hot water. “The frilis and finery and lace open fronts in nightshirts are of course unneces- sary, and may possibly be regarded as effeminate, but you will find that in most cases these garments are selected by women for their future husbands. This 1s a curious idea, you may think, but in some respects it is an admirable one. Women, for instance, usuaily have much better taste than men in the selection of colors and texture. In some cases there are difficulties in the matter of measure- ments, but these may be obviated by having the voung man call at the estab- lishment either before or aiter the selection has been made.” Will Play Professionals. The crack team from the Olympic Club will have anpother game with the professionals | to-day at Central Park. From the way they have strengthened their team it looks as though they are out to win. The Olympics will not find the other side behind, however, for with the team they will put on the field the professionals ought to play & great game. The teams wiil appear according to the following: Positions. Olympics. Catches Pitches First base. — e The railways of this country give em- ployment to 900,000 people. MINERS MUST STOP WORK —_— An Injunction Issued Against the Kennedy Mine of Jackson. ARGONAUT COMPANY COMPLAINS Says the Kennedy People Have Taken $75,000 Worth of Ore From Their Property. Work on the drift from their 1650 level will have to be stopped atthe Kennedy quartz mine, near Jackson, Amador C_oun- ty. This is because of a temporary injunc- tion issued yesterday by Judge McKenna of the United States Circuit Court at the request of the Argonaut Mining Compnpy. The fight between the Argonaut M\m.ng Company and tke Kennedy Mill and Min- ing Company is of long d'.lratiqn. The owners of the Argonaut mine claim @hsh the Kennedy Company is drifting into their property. They brought suit in the Superior Court of Amador County to have the matter adjusted, and the case was transferred to the United States Circuit Court, and has not yet been beard on its merits. The property in dispute amounts to millions of dollars in value. In the meantime a verbal agreement was entered into between the principals of the suit that no work was to be done on the disputed territory. Quite recently the Ar- gonaut Company had the mines newly surveyed. Tgey claim that the Kennedy Company has drifted into their ledge 187 feet at the 1650 level and taken out over $75,000 worth of ore since May. Their at- torneys, Lindley and Eickhoff, asked yes- terday for an injunction ordering them to quit. It was granted by Judge McKenna, and holds till the case is heard on Decem- ber 9. The following telegram sent by the at- torney of the Kennedy Mining Company to the superintendent of the mine shows that the injunction is to be obeyed: J. F. Parks, Jackson: Temporary injunc- tion made and served. Kennedy board di- rectors order you to instantly stop all work south of the line fixed by Argonaut Company’s surveyor. Answer. JOHN M. WRIGHT. A peculiar point of law is raised in the suit at question. The Kennedy Mining Company declares that the northern boun- dary of the Argonaut property is incor- rectly placed since it is not paralle] with the southern boundary as the law now re- quires. If the northern line were ad- fusted to_be parallel with the southern ine, the Kennedy Company would not be trespassing. The Argonaut Company holds that its boundaries will stand, since they were established before the law which the Kennedy Company refers to went into effect. The ledge under dispute repre- sents a valuation of about $400,000. Park Music To-Day. 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