New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-17
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

The Chinese boy who regns supreme In the lobby
OF Days Theatre and gives away programmes to Tho
patrons Of the house IL the pet Of fhe puonc, the
management and the employees. Mr.. DAILY has eA-
elusive control of his earthly destiny for nve years
The youngser is welded TO his occupation ana his Only
trouble IN life Is hauntus fear that some one IS
going to take him away. He IS not permitted TO As
soc,ate with Others of his race and whenever one
OF the lord high executoners of the Chinese Embassy
drums in TO see the play the little fellows cue De
comes nightly sgitaed. He shrinls away ana ules
70 hide his head \ private mfo: 10 educa''hs n'n
in the English language and he bids fair TO become
useful American citizen He is eleven years OF age
and arrived In the Unitel States with MI Day Only
two DAYS bsfrro tho Chinese Exclusion act became
operatlve One of those circular thermometers "''n
a face Ike clock hangs beside him and the Stiffness
of the hand gives him much concern. dozen 'iihes
q night he runs TO Mr. Dorney to inform him that
clockee stop"
Four or five windows scarcely larger than loop holes
form one of the decorate Of the facade of
the Lyceum Theatre. They are situated In row
Immediately under the cornice. TWO OF them anoiu
light 70 the private Office OF Man
ager Daniel Frohman. THIS cosey little room
Is known among the theatrical profession as " Fiol-
MANS srv parlorp II its genial occupant were a
few inches taller he would lift the roof off In stand
ing erect The dimensions of the apartment cannot
he more than eight by twelve feet. Entrance to II
is gained by an exceedingly narrow hallway ana
narrower door that opens a. one corner. business
push and enterprise are seen everywhere particularly
in the slender with ceal-cut, Dolu iea'uro9'
shrevd eve and pointed beard. who sits at uttered
desk. furiousy driving his pen. Mr. Frohman drops
his pen when Interrupted al dashes into CONVEX
satiou with a nervous energy, directness ana
clearness that dispose Of the subject IN manu-
lie promises to bring the Kendalls to New-YorA next
year.
D. D. withers, J. C. K Lawrence Leonard W.
Jerome, John Hunter. william Duer, j. 6. Is pucT
August Belmont, Colonel J. H. Bradford ana Johu
F. Purdy form a select coterie of turfmen who may
be found almost any evening at the Union CiuO'
chatting over the incidents of past racing seasons
and the prospects of seasons TO come. Mr. Wiihers
is more of stay at-home than any Of the others
He lives at the Brevoort House IN
the winter and at Brookdale, his breed
Ing farm, I'm the summer He likes inc
theatre and might be classed among the nrsi-nighefs
for no frequently occupies an orchestra CHAIR near
the footlighs on Monday evenings Mr. winners
bachelor Secretary Lawrence usually leaves the
club before O'Clock and spends the evening with
his family When Colonel Bradford can't find any
bodv TO talk horse with The club he strols up 10
the Hoffman House to hear the latest gossip nom
Chief Clerk Peacock the most inveterat9 sportsman
on the island Thence he drifts into the d. james
Hotel. where he meets Phil7 Dwyer, John Kelly
Captain William NJ. Conner Waller Gratz, Henry
stuu and others all eager for a bit Of horse talk
A conspicuous figure often seen IN the corridor
Of the St James Hotel is Colonel Felix A Mathews
Cor -icbteen wears the American Consul-Gen al
Tangler Morocco The Colonel Is Hercules ID
breadth and stature, being several Inches above
six feet in height, and his long residence ID the
African climate has given him the swarthy complex
ion of a Moor Colonel Mathews went out from MS
post at Tangier because OF his Republican nehVls.
ON returning to America I'm 1857 he went 10 i've
in Contra Costa County California, but several Weehs
sor Harrison He confined his efforts 10 the Hebrew
among whom he is well known for his WORN IN
behalf of the Jews OF Morocco, and 10 the laiais'
Sroriarss ana Cubans He delivered addresses I'm
Spsnisb and Italian al many meetings in this CITY,
and his speeches were circulated III pahiphl'' iorin
4 among voters of these races.