The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-01
dMUSE1fENTS.
And the Elephant Now Goo. Round

When it is no longer fashionableto walk Broad
way. we can 20 to tho pavilion and promenade
while the band plays.
We thus hang on To our professional rights
when the sun and the season would convert us
| to inertia.
| You must have noticed what n weakness tho
! New Yorker has for professions. However
strong his individuality, or however great his
exclusiveness. there always times when tho
| impulse to fall in" and keep step overcomcs
| him. If he cannot do any better he will go and
Join benevolent protective society. and thus
insure the opportunity to walk ore0dtim two or
three times year.
don't think any ono hns over given good
| reason why policemen or Sunday school chill
| drcn should parade in u body. The good
reason. whenever 1t is given will be. they are
| New Workers..
Aside from the formal and stated professions.
we have for nino months of the year the inior-
nal but regular procession ON Broadway and
the Fifth avenue.
! When that is interdlcted we go to Gilmorc's.
If you have been told that it IL to hear the
| music. don't believe it too implicitly.
Let Mr. Gilmore fastcn the people In their
seats and sec. No ono dare deny that New
Workers. are as passonately fond Of music as
the Ncapolitans If he did. it would be SUM-
cient to point to the superb gondoas that this
year sweep under the Highlands and round the
| Bay. leaving wake Of melody
But with us music means rhythm. and Ri ythm
is regulated rcstlcssncss.
When We come to that we understand the pro-
ccssion.
Tho great error that Theodore Thomas madc
was not one OF selection. We were willing to
trust the music to him. But there wasn't room
| TO walk between the tables.
We had to sit still. MS il ut n service. What we
wanted to do was to go round. as II at n circus.
And that is what we do at Gilmores.
| However. on this particular occasion we had
better sit still for few moments and let the pro-
cession unwind itself under our eyes. If we
sit down in this box we can speak to our friends
over the barrier rs they file past.
II is an extra night. Tho Thermometer gov
crns that. Perhaps Brgnol had something to
do with 1t. There he is under the edge Of the
music pavilion. He looks as IL he might be
retired insurance OH FER. with that light
spring oyercoat and heavy cane. That's his
wife in the far box. straight across. or course
YOU remember her when she was Miss Me-
Cuuough and SAM the pages song in " Tn
Bilio'
great place Is Gilmorcs for professional
| people Many Of them are free from engage
ments during the summer. and on certain
nights you will find them here in swarms.
They lend an animated and picturesque mir
~ Wv ~
ty.
Very different are tho determined set Of poo
! pie who have come to got their moneys worth
OF music and sit bolt upright in the parquct
seats, never stirring until 1t is all over
With them music is always u duty You
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s,,rcs round n, tho bpilding md tho e,es His
r,s ara ,a,,.,d win ~, ,he l.o., ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
ma no s,ors r,,hnr hich. Tor no, bovingtir,o
10 ioor Low, n, his fe., bc mates nllo,rn'r,s in
his ,,ai, fr ~,,s,a,,.s nj, rn,,,,lar X,,, yorlar
who is NOT n professional il always distinguish
ailo oi,how,,h ~, ia of r,an, hrar1s md Ia.
r.os ms, ,o,ics,hl, ~ hin, j. no mar.
ri,,, b,sircs. man Isov r,arrio1 ho,,uso n IL
vifets s,r.,o,,o or N.,yrort or tho Cut.lila
anl thorcisn SLIGHT cfYnsjy, nessan1 n suddenly
assumed in1nnond.nc. that together botrav TIA.
ln..r,v ~ no no,n.n, Unr,ts tir.1 ~ ,l,yin,
the .>,,nmolv loval husband everv ey.ninp
ulono IN his hork ,iszzn or win his friend IN
tb.hnlinrd room Ifhnis n ,,,,,,,o married man
,o,, will ,h..rva re,nors,f,I rushns in his f,ce
"A, times for ne remembers that he nron,fs "A
her faithfully to 20 only to the Aounrium-anl
here he has been To Tony Pastors md tho Tiy.
Mi. nua now he has promised 10 co int, thnt