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Show BBBBBBI TALK OF NEW YORK 1 v f. Gossip of Pcoplo nnd Events Told $ $ 1,1 Intcrcstliiri Mutincr. $ tjl1 . I $ More Domestic Infelicity in Steel 1 TROUBLE ' MBW YORK.-Thero appears i0 i,e J something In the atmosphoro of tho steel trust Hint hr provocnUvo of domos c Infelicity. Tbo long ffcht of w, Kills Coroy, president ot tbo big corporation, for dlvorco from bis wjfo In order that bo might marry Stabelle ailmnn. tho actress, nnd his success In both ambitions are Benorally known. Hardly lew known wn tho dlvorco or Judj.0 121bort II. aary. chairman of tho trust, and bla marriage of a young woman who bad beon a clerk lu a New York atoro. Now conies tho roport that James iioyloy. who tho otlior day presonted bis realRnntlon ns vl'co-prcsldent of thia United States Steel corporation, Is about to ruo his wlfo for a divorce. Mr. Onyloy bns closed his house, at S Sixty-ninth street, and taken npnrt-montB npnrt-montB nt tbo Hotel Savoy, At the Colony club, of which Mrs, Gayloy Is n Men Fight to Buy Mrs. Carter's Lingerie CROWDS went to tho Fifth nvenuo nuction rooms tho other day to watch tho salo of lingerie and other personal effects of Mrs. Leslie Carter Puyno. In tho collection were nightcaps night-caps of pink and blue silk and laco, with bows and rosettes of baby ribbon to match, cftrsct covers qt lavender, blue, pink, orange and whlto silk and of all lnco, 22 pairs of silk stockings In green, blue, whlto and blnck, besides other bits of lingerie, lawn, linen and lace. All wero sold to satisfy demands ot creditors. Besides thoso articles there wero suits of silken underwear so sheer and flno that they could be crumpled Into a handful, tbo size of a golf ball. Thero wero also petticoats of silk and of lace, nightgowns, morning gowns, lounging robes, matinees In fact, every article of wearing apparel necessary neces-sary to tho comfort of a womau of extreme ex-treme luxury, Thero wero a score of dresses, Including the polka dot foulard fou-lard Mrs, Carter was wearing ono July afternoon in 1D06 when the whjm seized her to marry William II. Payno nt Portsmouth, N. II. THE Madison Square garden property prop-erty tho whole block Including tho garden Itself, tho biggest auditorium audi-torium In tho city; tho Garden theater and tho concert ball is advortlscd for salo. Tho property cost $3,000,000 at the time of the construction of tbo garden In 1889. The site covers 32 city lots, bounded by .Madison avenue, Twonty sixth street, Twenty-seventh street and Fourth avenue, and has appreciated ap-preciated greatly In valuo stnea tho oiganlzntlon of the company Tho company has never paid a dividend, and It had been bpliovcd that tbo directors di-rectors nnd stockholders havo gone into their pockets time and again to meet current expenses, Tho architects, McKIm, Mead & White, furnished tho plans for the now liulldlug, nnd tho lato Stanford White Is credited with tho greater part of tho THR educational novelty of tho yonr in New York Is tho sight, or rather the sound, ot some 300 of Now York's prominent financial, real estate and legal lights, assembling gravely In nn auditorium and reciting In all seriousness, serious-ness, the following: l'eter Ilpor picked a peck of plckltd peppers. ... How much wood would a woodenuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood. Blx ilim, slick, slender saplings. Well-known bankers and lawyers, wbosO fees are corporation size, realty auctioneers, who can charm dollars out of oxcited pockets, all gravely recite these well-known tongue trippers popular pop-ular with the children. They may follow fol-low by remarking to each other: Hn-ps. bo-pe. Ul-pl, bo-po, bii-pu, boo-poo. boo-poo. bol-pol. And when 300 gruff or ehrlll voiced Now Yorltars, who havo bean talking nil their lives against tho roar of Hio elevated road, tho cacophony of the subway, tho noise of flat-wheeled trolleys trol-leys or the pandemonium of 'change, begin their "ba-pa-lng," tho ordinary college yell Is a lullaby. This seemingly frivolous occupation, howover. Is one of the lessons in the newly established school to cure stage fright now being operatod by the" West Side Y. St. C- A. The official namo of tho Institution is tbo Public Speakers' club, but its purpose Is to plva nervo to New Yorkers, vho can talk a dual through like a maBter when they are seated In their office chairs, but who stutter and stammer and say "Br" "Br" between every word when they member. It was snld that for tho pres etit the club Is her city address Mr. Oayley declined to dlscu tht rlmime In his household arrangements raids sent to Sirs. Oayley at the Col on tlub were relumed with the lnfor mailon that sho was out and that II was not known when abo would re turn. She recently roturncd front the west, where her father had died One ot her friends' said sho Intended to s to Rome to visit her two daughters Ono of those daughters, who was Mlas Mary Oayley, was married last November to Count Olilllo Scnnl ot Homo. The house in Sixty-ninth street which bns been closed Is one of the best In tho neighborhood. It was there that Mrs. Gnyloy gave n cotillon for ber daughter, SHbs Agnes Gnyley. in February, 1907, on tho occasion of that oung woman's entrance to society Ilofore becoming first vice-president I of tho United Status Steel corporation. In' 1901, Mr. Oayley wns mannger of tbo Cnrncglo Steel Company. He Is tho Invontdr of a bronze cooling t'lnte for blast furnaco walls, of an auxiliary casting stand f6r Hcssomer steel plants nnd ot other appliances. I Sirs. Carter, her son, and Payno wero on rtn auto trip through New Kngland nt tbo time, and Mrs. .Carter did not bother to change her gown when the nuptial idea took possession of hor. Tho collection contained a pair ot shoes and slippers for cvory pair of stockings. Ono pnlr of black patent leathers with white uppers Is 18 Inches lilgh, fastening with black buttons' but-tons' ns big nB dimes. Gold heels, red beds, and undressed uppers in assorted as-sorted colors of leather wore among the shoes to bo auctioned. It was explained that it was not fear oi catching cold that led Mrs. Carter to own nightcaps. It was to preserve her coiffure Into a second or third day, but no sordid motives of economy nctuatcd the actress sho simply wanted to avoid trouble. Veils, bells, shirtwaists, mink furs, remnants of silk, satin and lace, gilt braid, gulmpcs, lace yokes, feather fans, a lot of chiffon, ermine skin nnd several pounds of jowglry wero in tho 100 odd lots' that the auctioneer held up to a roomful of bidders. This was the second salo of personal per-sonal belongings ct the auburn-haired actress who grew into fame under David Uclasco, but whose career bus been dimmed since her raarrlago to a man two-thirds hor ago led Uclasco to sever relations with her. Tho first sale, of household furnlturo nnd automobiles auto-mobiles took placo not long ago. Madison Square Garden to Be Sold work and tbo Diana on tho tower. On tho night of Juno 1C, 1890, the new gardou opened with Edounrd Strauss' Vienna orchestra and a ballet under the direction of Leon Bspinosn. The National Horse Show association associa-tion gavo Its show In tbo now build lng in the November following. In September tho Garden theater opened, under tho management of Henri' T. French. In tho first years of tho garden's gar-den's existence It was discovered that tbo placo was not a monoymakor. llcglnnlug with tho summer of 1897 various schemes for reorganization of tho company wero successively tried, and thero wero many rumors of a sale. Subsequently affairs were stralghtoncd out. Slnco It opened the garden has seen nbout every variety of amusement amuse-ment desired, Tho round of dog, horse and poultry shows, wild west performances, perform-ances, circuses and. mass meetings has occasionally been punctuated by, prizefights prize-fights and baby shows. A slnlstor Interest was attached to the roof garden for many months after tho night of Juno 25, 190S, when Harry K. Thaw Bhot and killed Stanford While thero. School Makes After Dinner Speakers try to speak on their feet nfter dinner din-ner or from a rostrum. The drill on tho tonguo traps is given by Grenvllle Klelser, formerly professor of public speaking at Yale, Jaalr.p..llna.. nndclnttan prnullic in clear enunciation. The final stages will give Individuals Individu-als an opportunity to occupy and recite re-cite the stirring words ot others nnd later make mock speeches to n real nnd critical audience which Is not nt all above laughing at something funny fun-ny In tbo speaker's attltudotor delivery. |
