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Show f i, 1 Round About New York I Gossip of People and Things ' -H in the Great Metropolis fl I RYAN QUITS WALL STREET TO ENJOY HIS FORTUNE NEW YORY. Thomas F. Rynn has ended his days of activity In Wall Btreet. His depnrture for Europe tho other day signalized his breaking away from tho personal management of tho gigantic corporations with which he has boon nBsoelnted for tho last 25 years. Tho news of Mr. Ryan's retirement hits been confirmed In Wall street by men who know him Intlnintely and who havo closely watched his movement move-ment In tho stock market during tho last trmlijlon thnt Mr. Ryan's ambition, ambi-tion, after ho had become an Important Impor-tant factor In tho financial world, wiib to nccuniulnto $100,000,000. This ho has accomplished. His fortune Is estimated es-timated by those In n position to know nt considerably over thnt figure. Mr. Rynn, nccordlng to "Insider" Information, In-formation, will now enjoy n retired llfo on his magnificent estate In Nel- THAT tho nttttudo of tho swell set toward divorce Is chnngtng Is tho conviction expressed by a woll-known club man' at tho Knickerbocker. Ho declares that tho unfortunuto matrimonial matri-monial experiences of society folk nro now seldom discussed In tho open, brazen wny they wero not long ago. 3 list as somo pretty well Informed preachers said, tu their condemnation of high society, dlvorceology, not gcncology, was In first position as n social qualification. Tutors In tho ramifications rami-fications of divorco wore earning more money even than Instructors in bridge. The man or woman who knew tho latest lat-est developments In this or thut case was a much sctight-for dinner partner. Boldly, with no show of respect for tho sncrcd Institutions ot marriage, often gloatingly, Indeed, tho shocking dotnlls of family troubles, of family society associations wero bruited about In drawing-room, dining-room nnd opera op-era boxes, and tho most recent racy bit of Information was passed along with tho greatest gleo. it was no wonder won-der thnt thoso rospectablo persons who chanced to enter thai circle spoko so loudly In criticism. Hut according to tho club man mentioned, men-tioned, who, by the way, used to be much Interested In divorces ami Indeed In-deed onco planned to Ibsuo a "Directory "Direc-tory of tho JJlvorcdd," tho subject Is MRS. ARMOUR TO LIVE NEAR THE PRESIDENT MRS. PHILIP D. ARMOUR, widow of tho founder ot tho Armour Packing company, tins decided to join the colony of Now York millionaires who have country places near tho (homo of President Roosovelt on Oyster Oy-ster liny. Through her attorneys In this city Mrs. Armour has quietly purchased seven ncrcs of land about thrco miles from Sngamoro Hill. The land Is high and Is two miles from Wcstueck. It slopes down to Huntington Hunt-ington Bay and wns n part of tho old Sammls farm. The shore frontago Is a sandy bench nnd ut the point where tho property touches the water there Is a sufficient depth even nt low tldo for a falr-slzcd yacht to ride at anchor or tlo up In enso u lock Is built, such ns tho Roosc- IN THE last two months there hai been n surprisingly large Increase In tho number of convictions of Italians Ital-ians In New York. It used to bo snld that It was almost Impossible to get a verdict ngalnst them, and often tho courts, low und high, had turned loose men of whoso guilt there wns not tho slightest doubt, simply becauso witnesses wit-nesses would not daro to testify against the accused. Somo woro deterred by tho threats Df mon supposed to bo connocted with tho Mnfln, or tho Black Hand; othors :omforted themselves with tho thought thut tho friends of tho Injured or dead victims would nttond to tho criminals crim-inals utter they woro set nt liberty. Tho wedgo has been entered into tho world of Italian crime, nnd tho police have lenrned thut It Is easier In punish Italian criminals than hitherto. hith-erto. Tho Mafia Is walking nrouud ust to savo funeral expenses. It no longer has nny terrorn for the I.utln people. And as for the Black Hand, they Inugh nt mention of It. To the average Italian, Indeed, u Black Hand-tr Hand-tr simply means a loafer who bus son county. Vn. Thnt ho may direct. his engerles tnwnrd becoming i United States senator from Virginia Is considered a strong possibility. Hu has long held that ambition. Tho retirement ot Mr. Rynn from 'H Wall Btreet has boon expected tor some time, fl Mr. Rynn's rlso to power In tho H financial world wns remarkable. Ho Is now G5 years old. Ho started hla 'Lfl business career In n Baltimore dry SI goods houso In 1868. Ho soon tired ol '! that nnd In 1870 enmo to Now York, H whero ho got u position with a Wall street brokerage firm. H was not long before ho had mado n successful ven-turo ven-turo In the stock market. With the H money hu made hu started In business ; II for himself. In 1874 ho bought n sent on tho -stock exchange. Front -JH that time ho has been a power with ' which Wall street has had to reckon. iiH SOCIETY NOW SHUNNING 9 SUBJECT OF DIVORCE 9 shunned by the majority of society folk now. Other mnttors are dls- cussed nt vnrlous affairs, nnd, the wM wholesome change Is very noticeable To bo sine thero nro eome who Btlll talk scandal In every class there are persons who gloat over tho inlsfoh tunes of others, but wero they to "ven. ture to discuss a family row or n faith- I leas wife or husband -openly thoy most likely would, suffer n "sllenco" thai would cut deep. So these few are ''Hj careful to pull n congenial spirit Intc a secluded corner or out into the conservatory and there nlono munch "11 the malignant morsel of news. It Is not unlikely that tho torrent of abuse that has been heaped upon :;H Abo Hummel, representative extraor- 'H dlnary of the traffic In such things, ii has had a good deal to do with this .1 change ot sentiment that and tho 1 Thaw caso aud tho Gould enso. To some who peddled libelous stories ot marital rows tho revelations recently jH mado of tho dangers of that occupa-tton occupa-tton may havo been tho do torrent. But' 'H tho society man who was discussing tho subject tho other day declared em- fH phntlcally that the reason was more complimentary thut It was because jH Now York society peoplo havo come to look with more respect upon tho pri-vato pri-vato affairs of their own homes and velt place, whlclf extends 100 foot oi moro into tho bay, Tho property has been on tho man H ket for somo time, but has lacked a H purchaser becauso of tho prlco asked and tho fact that there is Uttlo shore H front compared to tho total area. H Tho beach property could havo been sold nt three times tho acreage JH prlco asked for tho full tract, but the 1H owners insisted that tho land bo sold 'Hl In one piece. It Is understood the 1H prlco pnld was nround $1,500 an acre. jiH Tho property adjoins tho Van Wyck 111 farm, said to havo been leased to Hooker T. Washington. Thero are H somo old buildings on tho placo, which probably will bo used to houso work' mon while the magnificent homo Is H being erected for Mrs. Armour. H CONVICTIONS OF ITALIANS BECOMING MORE COMMON I grown weary of digging dirt and 9 makes a living by writing throatonlnf, j$5 letters. jm Tho reasons are not obscure. A young crop of Jtnllans has growu uj fg In this city, and they caro no more &fo about the customs or ways of theli J paronts than do tho descendants of M'j tho other foreign-born peoplo caro 'i about what their people did. As 6 lw consequence, when a crime Is com xj-'i mltted In Italian quarters now, the 'W- pollco easily find young Itallan-Amer U-i leans willing to voluntocr as wit- nesses. They nro not afraid of Italian liji,; secret societies of a real or mythical '. jjfot type, or Italian eliminate, no more 'fyd than a young American Is afraid of an ' 'Mvi American crook or criminal. Catholic clergymen who speak Itnl- 1 Inn have had n wholesonio Influence on Italian peoplo hero. Tboy bay 'Sm counseled them to obey tho law and 4jt to oxposo criminals. Tho Italian BOt jK t lenient workers havo dono much good mM In the samo direction. Tho big n- creaso In tho number of Italian police Hj men has done much to unmask ltal- 'H Ian criminals. iH MH ''Hi |
