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Show I I TALK OF NEW YORK 1 1 hE Gossip o People and Events Told ' 5 S n Iutcrcstihrf Manner. X v 1 I I Election Night a Wild One on Broadway NEW' YOHK. Mover In history did Broadway, conlor of New York's celebrating crowds, hold such a mass of people ns slowly moved up and down Its sidewalks from early ovcnlng on election night until dawn tho noxt day Between tho fintlrons, Jrom Mnd-Uon Mnd-Uon square to Longncro square, tho walks and tho street Itself 'woro Illled with a densely pneked election throng. The police, wno 1,nt'u' 1,10 curbs, worked tho crowd Into sonio sort of order Those bound uptown were herded on tho east sldo of tho, street, hllo tho west sldo was reserved for those going In tho oppostt6 direction. Xolse was tho moot prominent characteristic char-acteristic of the crowd, but this was almost equaled by tho pcoplo's good nature. Tho carnival spirit waa hlfth. Men and women laughed when enormous enor-mous tin horns wero blown In their ears, when they wero showered with confetti, when "ticklers," wero thrust Into their faces, and oven whon hats were broken and plumes wero torn off. Tho greatest crowds gathered In front or the uptown newspaper offices, whore bulletins of tho election were Unshed on gigantic screens. If there wns any nolsc-making dovlce that was not present on tho street It was be-cnuso be-cnuso enterprising fakers failed to know of It. Tin horns, old-fashioned pollco rat-tlos, rat-tlos, shrill whistles, enormous cowbells, cow-bells, nutomobllo horns, and 1,000 other ear-cracking Inventions were on every hand, while tho skies rained confetti. ' Thousands of people visited the theaters, In practically all of which election returns, most of them Invented Invent-ed for tho occasion, were, read between be-tween and during acts. When tho performances per-formances wero over tho thsatcr attendants at-tendants Joined tho crowds on the sldowalks. I No New Ruler of Gotham Society Likely IN social circles the.ro Is much discussion dis-cussion these days of tho question of Mrs, ABtor's successor as society's leader Among the names mentioned are Mrs. Stuyvesnnt Fish, Mrs, Cornelius Cor-nelius Vnndcrbllt, Mrs. Clarence Mackay and Mrs. Ogden Goelct. All of theso matrons aro leaders of their eipeclal coteries, and have taken prominent prom-inent paits In social affairs hero and abroad. There Is n prevailing belief, however, that the "400"' of old has ceased to exist ad 'a unit, and that It will henceforth bo In many divisions, with leaders for each. Frederick Townscnd Martin, successor suc-cessor to tho lata Ward McAllister as leader of New York society, said there will be no succossor to Mrs, Astor ns New York's society quoen. "I do not think there will be a successor suc-cessor to Mrs. Astor as tho ruler of Now York society," he said. "Her III-ness III-ness was so protracted that for some, years society has gono ahead without her. It Is truo her Influence was very marked at all times, but sho did not participate Actively In affairs, and marked changes havo occurred stneo her reign ceased to bo absolute. "Society Is no longer a uult When It was dominated by Mrs. Astor thero wbh perfect unantmlty nnd harmony. Now It Is divided Into many cliques, nnd I do not believe any one person will ever succeed in bringing these together to-gether again." Mrs. Astor came by birth of old Knickerbocker stock. Before her marriage mar-riage to tho late William Astor, second sec-ond son of William It. Astor, and grandson of the original John Jacob Astor, she was Caroline Scherroerhorn. Her family name was among those honored In the old Now York and tho original Shermcrhorn homestead was In tho borough of Brooklyn. It was In 1853 that Carollno Webster Scherraor-horn Scherraor-horn and William Astor were married. Tho bridegroom was 23. He died In 1893. Mrs. Astor's townhoUBe at 824 Fifth avenue, has long been one of the more notnblo of tho avenue's objects of Interest In-terest to tho sightseer visiting New York, and seeking out tho abodes of the social mighty as feasts for the eves. Her establishment, Beechwood, at Newport, has ever been the place of magnlllcent entertainments. I Heavy Exodus Makes Flat Rents Fall RENTS of flats are falling. People did not rush back from their summer sum-mer vacations to crowd Into dingy homes as usual. Vacant flats uro seen everywhere In thp od centers. Prices nr down ten per cent. In many sections. Owners held their rentals firm this fall, Although (heir vacancies during the summer had been larger thnn In any other year, they thought that the rush back to town would fill their houses. Hut the October moving day startled them, There was less moving than In ny of tho last flvo yeaiv. And persons per-sons who moved wont away from tho old districts, as n rule, to make their homes In new buildings such as those on Washington Heights. Registration figures show Hint more than 100,000 persons 'havo moved out of Manhattan during' tho past two years. Aside from this big bhlft, 50,000 more havo moved Into tho Washington Heights districts, Nor docs tho movement nway from ' old crowded city homo districts show the entire two-year loss In flat-houso tenantry. Over 200,000 Immigrants a yenr, or 400,000 for tho past two years, would have sought homes In New York If conditions had been like those of the four preceding years. Most of them would havo crowded Into Immigrant sections, thus causing an overflow that would have driven older residents from other neighborhoods. Hut, instead of gaining 200,000 immigrants immi-grants a year. Now York has lost nearly 100,000 Immigrants sinco the panic. They flocked homo, carrying over $50,000,000 in savings. From tho immigrant movement nlone Now York has 300,000 less people peo-ple than would havo been hero If conditions con-ditions had been normal. Nearly all would havo been crowded Into the older tenement districts, for Immigrants Immi-grants are clannish, and keep together to-gether In spite of tho higher roots which they are forced to pay becauB they do not spread out. And. the movement of older families away from congested centers, ns Is shown by tho registrations of schools and voters, has taken another 100,000. This loss of 400,000 persons Is the direct cause of tho mass of Vacant fiats, because owners wero calculating on n contlnuaneo of the crowded conditions con-ditions and rapid growth which had prevailed during the precldlng decade- I Portrait Painter Sues Rich Woman PEOHfJK IIUnilOUQHS TOIUIEY, the American portrait painter, whoso portrait of President Roosevelt has become famous, hns brought Bult against Mrs. John II. ilanan, the beautiful soclbty woman, of Now York and Nnrragnnsett Pier, for $4,000, alleging al-leging breach of contract. In speaking of tho case. Mr. Torroy (aid, "More than a year ago Mrs. Ilanan at for me a, number of times, then eemed to lose Interest In tho matter. Several months ago the" portrait was Practically finished, but I could not persuade Mrs. Ilanan to Bit again. "Sho was traveling a great ileal, "oil, while she seemed Immensely Pleased with tho painting, and nil of tar friends who saw II wero enthusiastic, enthusi-astic, it waa Impossible 'for rao to get her to como to my studio or to tako the painting as il was. The very fact that she had posed so often, however, constituted a contract. "Finally, I had to .placo the matter a the hands of my lawyor. I have tainted sonjo of tho best-known and neatest people in tho world, Including 'no queen of England, tho king of "recce, Atidrow Carnpglo, Purdon m "ke nnd many others, and I con- 'der the portrait of Mrs. Ilanan one the best I havo ever done." Mrs. Hauan was Edith Evelyn nrigga of Narragansett before she mar- d the wealthy Charlo Talbot Bmlth of Newport Mx.Smlth dM In K 1894, Just as his wife was about to be divorced rrom him. A few years later, Just after she had married Joseph II. Thompson. Jr.. she wns followed to Newport by tho millionaire mil-lionaire shoo manufacturer, Ilanan of Brooklyn, who had lavished presents upon her and who demanded them back. Mrs. Thompson went to Europe with her husband. There was a divorce di-vorce later however, und, after Mr. Hannn's wlfo had also obtained a divorce, di-vorce, ho married Mrs. Thompson. |
