Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-17
Delmonico's of uptown Africa for awhile and

Delmonicos Of uptown Africa for awhile and
drank lemon soda. This little basement eat
ing-house keeps open all night and is the swell
resort for all the upper crust of colored sports.
While we were there the dusky swels came
and went. talked Of 1.-The girls, the races, and
railroading (full one-half of them were sleep
ing-car porters, Joe said, and related their
latest experiences with policy gigs, '.pokah"
freeze-outs, and society in many cities Each
guest was painfully polite to the others. The
lifting OF a hat at parting was Formally never
overlooked If teeth were picked at table Gas
they frequently were) a snowy napkin was I'M
folded with great display and held in front of
the glistening worries while the operation was
to touch guests elbow always said, beg yo'
pahdon," and the guest who brushed against a
walters jacket said, "Pahdon my awkward
ness" Everybody was sleek, perfumed, and
pomaded, and everybody paid great Difference
to everybody else, and was most deferential Of
all to King Joe. They politely endured me,
presumably because was under royal patron
age for the time
From the colored Delmonico's I prowled
around to the Standard theater. The British
at this house on Thursday night and were to
wear most engaging costumes that fitted them
skln-tight, so there was considerable crowd
OF ultra-English chappies congregated about
the stage entrance to see the ladies when they
should come out from rehearsal. And here
saw the first pair of embroidered trousers New
York has contained on the legs of Mr.. Canter-
bury Cutting. He was the cynosure of all
eyes and the envy of all the other chappies,
and he enjoyed it. Down the side of either
trowser leg was stripe Of black embroidery
over an inch wide, worked apparently with
what the ladies call ''crewels" on a band of
black silk. This is the style that is said by the
fashion sharps to be the coming feature Of
bifurcated apparel for evening dress, and as it
is all black there is nothing to complain of in
the way of gaudy display. In case it is gen.
orally adopted, however, it is sure to develop
into wider and wider stripes Of assorted colors,
so that eventually ones legs after sunset will
be as Respondent as the bow of promise.
So
Before the lusty ladies of the burlesoue had
appeared at the stage door left the gilded
young gentleman and resumed my prowl. On
9th avenue some young men and young women
were pouring into hallway where a sign hung
over the entrance with the one word Concert"
painted on it. followed close behind boy
and girl of not more than sixteen years. ira
versed long and badly-lighted hallway, and
suddenly burst into large room or hall where
half hundred tables were decorated with beer
glasses and surrounded by young people of
both sexes, deeply interested in the singing of
a scantily-clothed woman, with coppery hair,
who looked like Jane Hading. An asthmatic
piano gave rasping accompaniment to the
song, and the audience assisted by stamping
and clapping in time with the singer,
such force as to drown the sound of
the piano and the voice of the Hading-
like singer, too. There were some curious
characters in the place. At one table was
girl of barely fifteen, who held in her left arm
red-faced baby, perhaps four months old,
while with her right hand she was conveying
beer and potato salad to her mouth in alternate
doses. An old man with pimpled face was with
her, and was specializing to the relation
ship OF the three when l caught sight of an
Nyt,Sn
mer aspect in a remote corner. The waiter
served one of them with glass of lager and
the other with a glass of liquor. As soon as
the walters back was turned he of the liquor
poured the stuff quickly into his companions
glass OF beer. Then this mixed drink was
equally divided between the two by using the
liquor glass as measure, and the bummers
smacked their lips with gusto at the connection,
and sighed regretfully when the last drop was
drained.
BY this time it was nearly 8 o'clock in the
morning, and was sleepy and, perhaps, little
Disguised, so prowled across town to take the
elevated for home. As passed the stage en-
trance to Palmer's theater lady in a gray
gown came out, took the arm of well-dressed
gentleman who was waiting, and walked down
18th street toward 5th avenue. They were
right in the glare of the light when they passed
me, and saw the classic profile of Miss Mary
Anderson, just having finished directing dress
rehearsal of "A Winters Tale" three hours be-
fore daybreak, on her way afoot to her rooms
IN east 2Sth street under the escort of her
brother. In hve minutes more other members
OF her company came out, but in marked con-
trast with Miss Anderson's democracy, they
were all whisked away in cabs except one.
That one was handso Jack Barnes, her Eng
lish leading man, who has made many friends
here In previous professional visit. and who
bent his steps in the direction of famous all
night resort, where many men-about-town
gather before winding up a hilarious night.
whistlins isn't altogether dignifed and i'm
portant form Of art, but it is becoming one of
the graces of society in swell 9Th avenue cir
cles. In the papers an advertisement has re-
Gently appeared which states that "a we'll
known professor of singing trains ladies and
gentlemen in artistic whistling, now so fashion
able at concerts and musicales," and in no time,
presume. We shall have many feminine anna
teur rivals OF Mrs. Alice Shaw. That lady's
first New York whistling concert was given here
Wedn sday night. and was great go. Her
whist.ing is of a very clever kind. The skill
and brilliancy with which she executes difficult
tio',.tu'e passages. her purity of tone and gem
eral accuracy of information. are marvellous. An
old cOlored man has been tor years q requenter
OF the late ferry boats at night and his whist
ling has won him many dollars, but his reper-
River" ''MocAinS Bird" 'Boulanger March"
and Zip Coon The theatrical man
who made the name of Madame
Rentz" notorious tried to star this darkey once
as stage attraction. but the scheme was an
unfortunate one. Lately a younger colored
man has whiatied on the night ferry boats with
an artistic felicity that puts Mrs. Shaw's pucker
quite in the shade by comparison. This ebony
youth not only whistles the most difficult
pieces, with arpeggios, runs and trills. but he
can whistle two parts at once, the air and Sec
ond or alto part, with such consummate per-
lection that the listener is almost ready to
swear that two persons are whistling. When
the whistng craze struck this town somco ody
got this fellow a number of pupils III the art
but the pickering pcdagogue was too lazy to
teach, and used to hide away from his pupils
and his bene factor. He is now back again on
II. H. SoULE
Saturday Smiles.
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