Show GOTHAM GOSSIP the FAl failures lures in fit the clothing clousin trade helou leonard araldi norman L diniro profits of literature mathew arnolds E expected acted troubles of of actors augusta aug usta rocha roche kind her lius husband baud the new theatrical star sir 31 mantell antell and his art iny our correspondent EDITOR HERALD HERAM wo had another big failure in the clothing trade trad e this week and tho the question that everybody asks himself himsel is who will wil I 1 come next I 1 had a chat with mr marks the son and attorney of the head of TUB TUE DEFUNCT FIRM a about b ou the causes that lead to those troubles he ile said it all cornea from froin attempting att to do a big business I 1 with ones capital and tho the amount of limo allowed customers to pay you must remember that competition is now confirmed almost entirely to time allowance the prices rices of goods remain pretty mu much c the same among all wholesale dealers now a custo mer comes to town to buy a bill of goods how long will you allow me to pay asks the customer three months says A oh B will give I 1 me no six is the reply to retain your trade A must do the e same alean meanwhile A must lay in a new clock istock of goods he has no cash sh and therefore must borrow money this ho lie gets on accommodation notes which some one else in the trade endorses it thus comes to pass that EVERYBODY OWES MONET MONEY to everybody else now when the day for payment comes and some one party weakens and is unable to toe the mark the whole fabric goes to p pieces feces I 1 think that the troubles are pretty w well ell cleared off now and that there will be no more failures the wrecks however that th at strew tiie the sea ought to be a warning to others not pot to launch out too far this ex trava gant time is bound to bring extended ruin ifft if it is not promptly abandoned the trial of lielya leonard the young woman who shot at mrs smith because bemuse slie she believed that rhe fhe was alienating from her the affections of lawyer lawver callahan who had be brayed her lier and with whom eho she was wildly infatuated has occupied the attention of recorder smyth in the court of general sessions for some days and will probably 1 end in her acquittal as the poor gaii gai l by her conduct constantly furnishes proof that she can scarcely be held mentally and morally responsible for her actions callahan still KEEPS IN THE background and wisely for hini himself self he ile is one of tile army of irrepressible ancient beaux who somehow invariably succeed in dazzling inexperienced young women who are compelled to take up lifes battle without the sheltering aid of a mothers influence and then af ler ter their amusement lias has ceased leare the poor things to pine away and get along as best they may people a say ay there is no profit in lits cradure cra era ture Theother alie bolher day I 1 met N norman L munro the publisher of the family story caper the Seaside librae library lAb y and other productions productions lie is not yet thirty hirty alt although ough he lie is not the beau ideal of a man and liis his hair might be called red ho he is the possessor of a magnificent building down town town and country dwelling dwelli ng houses sables that cover coyer three city lot lots a steam yacht and a cottage ut tit shelter Sli elter laland island yet twelve years ao ago lie was nothing but A ILOW PLOW nov BOY a ili in nova scotia at the same time he lias has always laid paid good d pk prices ices for the literary wor work for fur too his As papers it was never neve rofa of a very high artil artistic tic standard but it paid the writers better frequently than to write for such publications as harpers JI arpert or the century like hia 1113 colleague mr bonner ofilio of tho ledger mr bunim munra is fond of trotting horses he lie has this week purchased pur purchased chasel the 4 year old colt cited roye rose from mr fitch A floyt of stamford ct for MR MATHEW ARNOLD the tile great english essayist is duo due here next week probably in honor of his arrival the I 1 macmillin Macmil N lac millan lun I 1 the publishers will bring out the first complete uniform edition of his works ever published in this I 1 country or in england mr arnold will be the guest of the lotos club during his so joern in town which will probably abt be long ag al ho he proposes to make an extended tour of the country with a view to studying its literary as well a as a its material and social progress some time during the winter he may give a few lectures how singular it is that actors cannot get along well together matrimonial HARNESS and that they are always bound to bring their squabbles before the pub lie lic the latest providers r iders of scandal are I 1 arr fr an and d mi miss augusta roche or rather mr and mrs cherill miss roche it will be remembered was as the stately gigantic gie antic fairy inlow in iolanthe which had such a run at lie the standard shelter Th theater elter she is 13 a woman of a sweet disposition and no no ever imputed any impropriety her der husband la is ft a reporter ou on the lie siar in an evil moment he lie became jealous took her little girl away began a suit for divorce began another suit for aa against a man for alienating liis his cifes affections and now the whole sad history is to be dragged before the public SELDOM HAS A MEMBER era of a theatrical company jumped to p prominence r as quickly as mr mantel mantell tl the 0 loris apanoff of fanny daven porta ports fedora ho ile made such an impression on the first night that managers began at once to scramble for him bim uan dan frohman of the madison square squar e theater succeeded in making a contract with him blin the terms thus far have been kept quiet but I 1 am told that they are to be a week the contract begins next week and is to con continue three years mr 31 mantell antell liaa IW therefore landed on on a very vert good thing Froh frohman nian will have a play written especially for him and will star him in appears appearance n ce manner and attl style e h he is the only leading man we have V e had since P poor thorne died we have had no end of routhers mou moti and supercilious up starts but no artist it would have been better however for mangells Man tells artistic future if he had joined the stock companies of or either Wal lacks ortho or the union square theater ON iieana v very e 7 littleox litt little leof of mansfield who made 8 such u e I 1 a bitin the parisian romance last year and for whom managers scrambled much iu in the same way as they did over mantel Nl antell he ile seems to have disappeared completely ho ile was evidently a man foi i on one part and thit that was too repulsive to live as jeffersons rip van winkle Wink leor or em metts fritz I 1 MET carel at tho the reception tendered him at the club house of the xavier union and asked him whether ho lie proposed to do anything relative to the aspersions of fulton ko no kar lio lie replied any n notice taken of that person i would ad only gleaso him his words cannot hurt me as they were made only to attract attention to himself NEW YORK oct 15 |