Show r TOLD JNGOTIIAMH JGeasons Why Depew Will Not Run for Governor IT IS PRESIDENCY OR XOTHIKG Gompers on a Worlds Labor Exhibition llov the Children of the Four Hundred Learn to Dance 2STnw YORK March 12 1S91 Special correspondence of THE HERALD The talk Indulged in at present about Chauncey M Depew running for governor of tho state of New York is well only talk The men who are industriously engaged in booming Depew are doing it without his consent Of course Dopew is fond of honor and he is not insensible to the greatness of the governors gov-ernors position in this commonwealth but notwithstanaing such allurements he will not be a candidate Only one office could tempt him now and that is the Presidency but as that prize is in tho remote future he will remain where he is now at the head of the New York Central railroad And well may Tie do so In point of fact he would show bad judgment to leave it His salary while nominally only fifty thousand a year is really three times that much for he is liberally paid as one of the trustees trus-tees of the great Vanderbilt estate He is 1 n director in a dozen different companies and adviser to as many more which means rirrr THOUSAND DOLLARS A TEAR ADDITIONAL ADDI-TIONAL So that his income is quite two hundred thousand a year while the governor of the state is only ten thousand dollars These are some of the reasons why he will not be a candidate for governor Depew has had many offers to leave the Central but has always wisely declined them Only last week he was offered the editorship of a great daily in Xew York and a hundred j thousand a year for his work but the offer vas no temptation to him Only a nomin a ation for tue Presidency can divorce him Iroin the Central railroad rill 51 AX WHO TEACHES TilE CHILDREN OF TilE FOUR UUXDRED TO D CIA CI-A very Remarkable man is Carl Marwig the man who teaches the children of the four hundred to dance He is a Swede He VLDJ born with the taste for dancing and deportment de-portment within him This taste was afterwards after-wards schooled and enhanced by famous ballet masters and professors among them Mme Matzzene M Taglioni and M San Leon the latter being the greatest artist of his day Mr Murwig achieved an enviable reputation in Europe when comparatively n young man He has been engaged at the royal theatres in Hamburg Vienna Stockholm Stock-holm St Petersburg Copenhagen Berlin nnd Munich and in Italian opera in Paris ns balletmaster and his scrapbook is filled with flattering press notices of his achievements achieve-ments Twentyfive years ago he came over to America on a pleasure trip and was induced to stay here at a very liberal salary He has designed ballets for Carl Ho a and every manager of note in this country He is very prolific of ideas and can compose dances and figures offhand He can instruct and manage a ballet of five hundred as easily as a set of four In 1877 he inaugurated the childrens carnival which was a huge success In 1S9 he introduced the Kirmess form of entertainment en-tertainment One of his greatest successes was The Fashing Thursday Venice produced in 1SS9 under distinguished patronage I pa-tronage He has traveled through every country of Europe and in all the principal cities of America from Denver to New York and from Chicago to New Orleans He has designed no end bt little plays ballets bal-lets and dances He has several private classes composed of the daughters and sons of well known society people throughout tae country Redesignsthe ballets for the Columbia college boys and for tho college of the city of New York Berkeley Lyceum Ly-ceum Manhattan and other athletic clubs nnd organizations The entertainments deigned de-igned by him have netted for the cause of charity something like one million dollars 1 very entertainment ho has produced has bepn a success On the wall of his parlor Lungs a finely wrought wreath of gold made by Tiffany and presented to him by tne patrons of the childrens carnival It is simslar to that presented to Christine Nilsson by the patrons of the Kermiss Y Professor Marwig is always busy He is BOW engaged superintending rehearsals of two of his latest compositions entitled The Seasons and Dianas Dream The former is to be produced this mouth by the Manhattan Athletic club There will be dialogues singing and dancing for each seanoo and 100 ladies and gentlemen will take part Dianas Dream will be produced at the Metropolitanhouso under the patronage of the best society after Lent It is not yet decided to what charity the proceeds of the latter entertainment shall be devoted but one thing is certain taere will be none but young ladies in the dance ard Professor Marwig himself told me that they were all extremely beautiful and graceful THE TOREIGN JOCRNET OF TWO STAGE BEAUTIES Isabelle Urquhart and Sylvia Gerrish have gone to Europe novel trip I saw the beautiful and statuesque Urquhart in the parlors of Miss Gerrishs cozy quarters in Fortythird street one evening before her departure Miss Gerrish she says goes to study music harmony and composition composi-tion under the European masters She has a fonderful artistic sense She has already composed some good music and made arrangements ar-rangements of songs for various instruments instru-ments MissUrquhart I regret to say has left opera for good She is the breadwinner of tho family and she confessed to me that her voice though all that could be desired now will not be good for long and as she expects to remain on the stage for twenty years yet sbe must seek a field in which she will have broader opportunities This she has found in a dramatic venture Sylvia Gerrish the charming piquant and delightful will probably not be seen again on the stage A relative died some time ago and left her an income which assures her comfort and case for the rest of her life Her retirement will cause regret She is a very attractive woman on or off the stage Both of these young ladies travel independently inde-pendently They intend to take a long rest They are not encumbered with trunks or baggage and they intend to romp in UJA Highlands to their hearts content eat when they want to and sleep all the day if they so desire I I A WORLDS LAIOIt EXHIBITION There is at present on foot a scheme particulars i par-ticulars of which will shortly be made pub llic j for establishing a worlds labor exhi i I bition in London this year the main feature fea-ture of which will be cooperative workshops work-shops organized by the various trades I unions each workshop constituting a separate sepa-rate society working for the profit of its i members Concerning this movement j President Samuel Gompers of the American Amer-ican Federation of Labor said to me I dont know much about this scheme I have had some littlo information from correspondents but it is not much I do not caro to give the names of the promoters promo-ters of the scheme nor do I wish to say anything derogatory to the proposed exhibition exhi-bition The promoters are not Americans and they are not members or representatives representa-tives of any of our organized labor bodies j The tradesunions in England dont seem I to take kindly to this scheme They look I upon it as a speculative move and one which is not primarily intended to benefit I workingmen or the tradesunions generally gener-ally Nothing of course Las as yet been I done toward the materialization of the i plans The movement is being agitated in i i England Whether it will succeed or not I cannot say Perhaps if the personnel of the promoters be changed English trades I unions may enter into the scheme with spirit and enthusiasm and push it through successfully At present the thing has a hazy look and is not being taken to kindly oy I representatives of laboring men on the other side The promoters of this scheme for a Worlds labor exhibition in London propose pro-pose to advance money to the unionist workers to enable them to fit up their workshops to buy necessary material to pay wages and to sell the manufactured goods direct to the consumers The eight hours day will be experimentally applied during the period of construction and in tho exhibition itself contracts for work of every description will be given direct to trades unions and only unionists receiving tradeunion wages will be employed Half the net profits of this unique exhibition will be devoted to building a labor exchange in London in which will be the chief officers offi-cers of all the tradesunions and other labor societies The progress of this plan will be watched with interest by labor people fur if it materialize ma-terialize in the shape proposed it may have marked effect upon the condition of workingmen the world around and may exercise beneficial influence straightening straighten-ing out the present dissatisfaction existing between capital and labor DAVID DUDLEY FIELD BALE AND HEARTY AT FIGHTYSEEX David Dudley Field has just entered his eight seventh year The eminentlawyer is in good health He is an early riser and very rarely found in bed after half past six in the morning He takes his tub regularly Like an Englishman and breakfasts very lightly After breakfast he takes a stroll through Grammercy park and on Broadway Broad-way attended by his valet This valet by the way is an Englishman whom Mr Field brought over with him last fall on his return re-turn from Europe He was at that time in the employ of the Earl Selbournes brother Mr Field was so impressed with the mans merit that he arranged to have him come over to America The valet is an intelligent looking person with pleasant pleas-ant honest features and a courteous manner man-ner He attends to Mr Field with the best of care always accompanying him on his walks Mr Field has a habit of falling asleep at a moments notice Without any warning he will seat himself on the sofa and drop into a peaceful slumber He has entirely forsaken the law though he now and then picks up his pen and scribbles off a page or two of writing on his favorite subject He attends meetings at the Century Cen-tury and other clubs and holds receptions at his own spacious residence at Gram mercy park The other evening he invited a select circle of friends to hear a lecture by Dr Emily Kempin the famous woman lawyer Mr Field is partially blind in one eye owing to the growth of a cataract thereon JOHN STEVENSON AT EIGHTY I had just come out of the Madison Square Garden theatre and was walking down Twentyseventh street toward Fourth avenue when a man of medium size with gray hair and shoulders slightly bent passed by me with a brisk step It was John Stephenson the man who built the first horsecar Hois marvelous man Ho had many a hard knock in his time and has survived misfortunes that would have drowned many less able and persevering men Twice has he been compelled to start into business afresh tho first time bv reason of a fire that destroyed all his possessions the second time from being sold out by a mortgagee Only by the most remarkable perseverance and closo attention atten-tion to work has he oeen able to make his way One need only look at his face and feci of his horny palms to appreciate and understand the rough experience through which this man has passed And yet he is an example to all men in his devotion to his religion and his practice of his belief in daily life He told me in conversation once that in the darkest days he never doubted that the clouds would pass and all be bright again It is this that has sustained sus-tained him all through He is a lover of music and literature and derives the greatest great-est pleasure from the perusal of a good book His inventive mind is still busy grappling with mechanical problems As improvements are needed he works them out especially in connection with streetcars street-cars of whatever motive power Around his knee play his great grandchildren of whom he is very fond He is quite well off and has a nice home in the country He is over eight and when he dies he will leave his children a comfortable legacy FOSTER COATES TOO MANY CUVPERONBS The lively little woman wh sits behind the managerial desk of the Chaperon bureau bu-reau tells me that this is a particularly hard winter for teachers B5 this word she means to designate a vast army of women wo-men who depend upon their intellectUFJ attainments at-tainments for a living Tney are governesses gover-nesses or have had little private schools or have given occasional lessons in some department of knowledge between arithmetic arith-metic and high art Money is tight and there is a distinct tendency to economize in educational matters mat-ters Hence the well taught women who used to make a good thing financially with their brains ane now earning little and those who have been scraping along with small recipts have come to the verge of desperation I des-peration In this emergency they flock to the chaperon bureau If knowledge fails them will not respectability give them bread No it wont The chaperon business busi-ness like all the rest is overcrowded and there is hardly another occupation which requires no more than a guarantee of moral character and some discretion Tho bureau itself is doing business enough to keep it going but it cannot furnish fur-nish anything like steady employment to the treat number of eligible chaperones upon I j its lists It is a queer business which flourishes in Paris has failed in London and struggles along in New York Its principal prin-cipal customers are pupils in girls schools or colleges in tbe metropolis or near it They are coming to New York shopping cr to attend the theatre The bureau is notified noti-fied and a woman from its list of eligibles meets the girls at the depot or wherever else is convenient and nlots them about the city Three dollars a day is the usual charge for such service to which must be added a small compensation to the bureau Sometimes an anxious mother in a suburban subur-ban town wants to be sure that Her daughter daugh-ter doesnt meet that Mr Whateverhis natnemaybe who pursues her with his attentions at-tentions and persists in remaining poor and quite out of the list of possible husbands hus-bands The mother cannot come to the city herself So she appeals to the bureau which provides a lynxeyed incorruptible matron Sometimes the womens clubs have guests from out of town the bureau furnishes fur-nishes the proper persons to show the sights and guard against mishaps Queer requests re-quests are often made of the bureau involving in-volving much discretion in the choice of a womon competent to meet tbo requirements I require-ments A day or two ago a man who is separated from his wife called to obtain the services of a woman who would take his children to visit their mother once a week and would keep a sharp eye out to see that tries were not spirted away The task was promptly assigned to a clever woman who will be glad to add the small resultant revenue rev-enue to her slender income But there isnt much money in it for the chaperones and the existence of tho bureau the fact that it can find plenty of thoroughly thor-oughly reliable people ready to do its work is a first rate indication of the necessities to which cultivated women are reduced i aont Know wuuts to necome ot tao lady said the manager of the bureau tome to-me Following the law of the survival of I the fittest sholl soon be an extinct species except in a state of matrimony If you knew the innumerable applications which I receive from educated and refined women who are ready to do any sort of work for a living it would shock you There was a woman here this morningcultured accomplished ac-complished able to speak and write half a dozen languages and she wanted work of any kind Perhaps you wonder that I woulant rather die she said so I would put as I believe my life and death arc not in my own hands She is typical of a large class Besides offering to fjirnish chaperones tho bureau agrees to perform any legitimate legiti-mate service An incident which I know to have actually occurred illustrates how liberally such an offer can be construed in a city full of all sorts of people A woman about forty years old whose face had been beautiful and was still attractive at-tractive called to request a private conversation conver-sation with the manager Qf the bureau She had previously had business dealings with the firm and was well if not favorably known Can you get me a lawyer to draw up a will she asked Certainly replied the manager Whose will is it My brothers Isnt he able to get a lawyer to draw up his own will was the next question and for a moment it seemed to disconcert the visitor She finally replied that what she wanted was a will which should seem to be his She added that her brother possessed a large fortunQ which would furnish the means to richly reward thoso who contributed contrib-uted to its proper disposition Wellsaid the manager suppose I get you a lawyer what then III wish you also to get mo a servant togo to-go into my brothers house I shall not require re-quire a certificate of good moral character Do you understand The manager did understand but sho pretended that she didnt Suppose that I get you such a servant what then My brother might die and if he did you would receive enough to make you independent inde-pendent for life Do you mean that Iam to hire a man to murder your brother asked the manager aghast That is just what I mean was the cool response Here was a woman who classed the hiring hir-ing of murderers under the head of legitimate legiti-mate service It is perhaps needless to tosay that she did not obtain tho desired assassin That she escaped tbe police was due only to circumstances vhich mado their services unnecessary The incident servos to show that ho who attempts to cater to the manifold wants of the metropolitan public pub-lic will not lead a monotonous existence DAVID WEOHSLER |