Show GOTHAM GOSSIP monopolized playwrights HOIUM for linn deeds taffy trade cre mauling ni corpses mammoth markot prom from 1114 th HERALD antton 11 ERA td maj J 11 II haver IT ir the well known theatrical manager is going to have fifty theaters under bia his control next year and id is now actively at work perfecting his ar arrangements I an cements lie ile liaa secured very y sub substantial tn bial backing and feels coffi denhof dent of jakiw making dirand a grand success of il ills i is enterprise mr r john ohn stevenson will have three theaters mr wall ack two and mr abbey two or three besides hise his stars tars it is thus that theatrical is becoming a monopoly the bame me as almost every other kind of commercial I ventures the small men will go or remain as employees of the big biz ones while the latter will grow crow rich in proportion perhaps this concentration of effort will be a benefit benefi after tafter all for while being able to pay better prices for dramatic talent bath both of authors and actors managers will be able to produce their noyel novelties ties on a larger scale and much superior style at a cheaper rate for the people and y yet e b bound oil to get their money back with i th a pro profit fit no matter how flow unsuccessful ce fa the play I had a little talk with one of the principal editors of a leading magazine who was at one time a theatrical manager it seems to me he said that poets are not as plentiful ful as they them used to be at least our waste baskets get got lees less of the moon fewer sonnets elegies and odea odes ihan than they used to there are still a lot of women who affect the style of thought and expression and a lew raw men who have not yet cot got ovar over the triolet fever which oscar wilda spread broadcast but outside of them we get but little trouble I believe ALL ALLinE E roETa have taken to writing playa plays aldno wonder for forthe the gains from a good play I y are much larger than from any ak book no matter haw how well it sells it seems strange to me sometimes how aas easy it 11 is for an author to dispose of a play tty to t an actor or actress who is anxious anxious to star I have had playa plays read to me which I thought to so wretchedly poor that it would hav have been an insult to a decent fire to spoil it with them and yet the authors have bave disposed posea of them at handsome prices fortunately for art these playa plays do not live very lone long sometimes only two weeks but this Is oft often envery vry bard hard on the actor or actress who lias lists invested ills or her little all in it when an author no matter how bow green he is can command all the way from to 1000 cash for bis his play plus a roy yally or percentage yu you may see how liard hard hit bit theatrical people often are when they have a piece of dramatic rot on hand which is fit only to be guyed by an audience aured sat through a perform performance anc a of a new american play the other evening it is called her iller atonement and the author is one one anson pond a wall street broker with plenty of money and AK AN ITCH OE loe l the play is very bad aid and the actors ore are hopelessly at sea with it had it not been for r emily mily rials sweet face the tile piece i ece would have boeh laughed off ti the stage even she Is a a total failure in her part martha weal 11 an unfortunate Senator Windem it Itis is said sald will after his retirement take op ap his residence in new york joining that already largo large colony of of distinguished men who have gained fame and fortune in the provinces and come lome to the tile metropolis to enjoy them and if possible to add to them ex governor titans stan ford of california has made himself quite u i I loa at home tome here now and to further at ll 11 r emp haiz his determination to make tile most of NEW uret he be is going to buy a string of race horses and seek the same rame distinction on the turf which he has already gained ned on the trotting track new v york rk is getting to be more and moro more the tile paris of america all good frenchmen hope to get to paris on the seine before they die di and fond parents seek to top provide lovide the their ir children with education and means sufficient to make inake the capital their home the tile bame feeling with regard to gotham seems to be growing in this country bachelors Bache lots in town have certainly no reason to find fault with the accommodations provided for them in the matter of comfortable homes there are three first class apartment houses in existence now where where the unmarried sybarite may enjoy the comforts com forta of a new home with will the many conveniences nf f a hotel the establishments are fitted up in hard bard wood throughout provided with every luxury and are perfect BO so far as sanitary requirements arc are concerned of course to live in them requires money but ona one cetel his is mon eya eyo worth now b however however a wealthy capitalist is lit about building ii another mother BACHELORS HOUSE for men of lets means it is to tn be eight stories li high igar A fireproof reproof fire proof and furnished with every modern modern imp improvement rove including elevators and the electric including light it will be fitted up in a less lea luxurious manner there will be no scarce foreign woods for floors ceiling and wainscoting lio bo turkish rugs etc hut but the idea is to t provide every comfort and a certain amount of luxury which can be devised far fer men unable or unwilling to pay more than from six to to ten dollars a week for a single room or from eighteen to thirty lor for a suite suit consisting of sitting room d dressing room and study andy the plans for this structure have not yet eli been een completed but tit the architects are actively Y at work said a beading leading candy manufacturer to tome me the other day 20 do you y ou know t hat england baa has becom a pret pretty Y t good customer for the confect confectioner ione a trade it is but a it short time ago since a few purchases were made now dealers in candy on the british isles islas import thousands of pounds almost every week they particularly like OCR OUR CARAMEL cream drops and marsh mallows there Is soma some ditri difficulty culty in packing thedroes the drops properly however na along sea vo voyage age has a bad effect on them am america e ca is fast becoming the storehouse tore ortho of the world already the old world la Is a regular customer for our grain our oats our hops our beef our pork and our fruit low now they are ar beg to buy our luxuries nd una this too with the cheapness of labor on the other ther side last saturday five b hundred undred bead of working and ani carriage carri ag horses were shipped to england En moat most of them were already sold and were cent sent at the buyers riak risk the bulle blead dealers say that the demand for american horses abroad is increasing from month to month mouth the cremation society is steadily though withal quietly progressing regressing the membership is alrea already y large and by means of pamphlets lectures and newspaper new paper articles they are striving to wean people from the idea of bury ing their dead in favoron favor of baring baying them CONSUMED BT the necessity of or removing the remains interred cemeteries CO 60 or 70 years age is certainly certainly nl y an argument fr F which they turn into favor for r there is something inexpressibly shocking to tho the mind to have the ashes of ones dear ones disturbed if not desecrated after resting in peace forbears for years A new crematory is now in process of erection on long island for some reason or other the people are very mysterious about it noone no one is allowed to enter the peculiar mound like structure which has arisen from the midst of a long laland island plain and the principal men in the society refuse absolutely to tay say anything about the building or its arrangements range ments for the present the new now fulton market is to be opened in a few days though without ceremonies the formal celebration will be held on oil april the open ing of the trout season when the fish dealers will provide an immense fish dinner for their guests it was anally intended to have a housewarming on the occasion of taking possession but the occupants of tha the stalls were unable to agree on the kind of entertainment to be provided A portion of the dealers were in favor of a FREE LUNCH and desired to have beer on tap and crackers and cheese in abundance for all comers during the entire day the other party objected saying that an inducement like that would gather all the tramps in creation who would keep out legitimate buyers they proposed to give a fine dinner to city officials and distinguished citizens the free lunch people thereupon retorted that the dinner advocates were too aristocratic to be market man men they would never mover consent to such an arrangement As a result it was agreed to do nothing and thus the and professional fre free luncher are the sufferers But ferera NEMO exit YORK feb |