The sun., 1889-12-08
WHAr WE ARE ADL TALKING AsoUn


mentS and the ambitious spirit that charaoterizes
this Institution has stepped the front rank among Il
Intellectual forces OF Brooklyn The simple fact that
membership ia now increasing at the rate of 100 p'
month 10 sufficient to indicate It's popularity The me
who are managing the institution wish to make It II
centre OF the scholarship Of Brooklyn not TO be mat
taned Of the Ax collections Of the city but ont
tho pockets Of those who regard its benefits a. wort
what they cost
Manager De Frecs, within half hour after the fo
NAL closing OF the Central Turn verein Fair had take
cab and bsen driven in the very early morning to tn
American Institute building, there to begin prepRri
tonn for another great fair that In aid Of the Hobro'
Educational Society lie says that no has fairs enouR
already booked to keep him busy until next spring
1t 10 said that ssrasato has grown to be idol
the women Of New York compared 10 whom Bsew we
amsre ngment and Kelcey empty name The bo
ONCE which the surest test of that sort Of thing ha
shown such rush Of impresslonabs young women
matintes where sArAsRte has that the aten
ton OF the Managers drawn 70 It. He 10 about tn
only man since NontRRues time whose popularity Will
the women thoroughly endorsed by the men I'm
like the posing actors who have for time been dragged
into notorety by silly and sagesruck girls sarAsat
entirely obvious OF the effect be createS or at al
events thoroughly Indifferent to It. lie does pay thu
slightest attention TO his rosesoentod mail, aud thu
women who wah for glance from him after the oon
cert over favored by much casual look
photographer on Broadway recently sold l2o of hi
photographs in a single day.
James R. Keenes interest In sports including racinI
and breeding OF horses has gradually grown more Ant
lux swarm. until his Foxhall Keeno. now prac
ncAy has control Of his fatners interest There has
been steady sale going Of the Keene stock for some
mo and 1t Ia doubtful IL there win be any racing under
the elder Keenes during the coming season. Tlo
| younger mans duties at Harvard and partio uls,ly
those of athletic nature keep him fully employed
He still retains fair collection OF polo ponoR but the
! Keeno stable which famous In foxhas day will
probably mover be revived.
The past four weeks rather trying . those
people who been following the English faIhion Of
remaining the country until the winter 10 Woll ad
vanced They stick to steadfAsy. however and many
OF the big along the Hudson tho Sound and down
In the ncighborhood Of Long Branch will bs occupied
until after Christmas In spite OF the weather People
who live out OF town welcome the nrs fall Of snow be
cause rule II rids them OF tho greate discomfort
OF lifo country at this time OF tho yearthe mud
in the roads After little touch OF cold weather the
roads are frozen that driving easier agau
and from that time to tho seiRhng period life In the
country is admirable. Many Of the great mlionaires
whose used 10 conjuro with In financial cir
cles remain their country places until far into jan
II means tedious ride on the railroad in these
short day2 but tho rest and contonment Of country
life the entire immunity from business interruption.
and tho serenity of home Of sufficient value
pay for the discomfort OF travel to and from tho city
After reading tho editorial In THR Sun the other
day, where correspondent 10 set right to who
tho boStknown men In New York the Hon frank
Duffy said: "THE Sen Is right as It always ia Why.
along the streets Of this city days and days and no
body seems to aware OF the fact. drop in Mayor
Grant and tell him my funniest things and. would you
believe It visit barroom after barroom and one
asks whether am thirsty. and they know hRven't
AquArtor. where would get it' The worlds marched
way past such homely and humorous cocks as Fatty
Walsh. Tim Campbell Gould Warner. and myself and
to-day elegance, pomposity and selfconceit have the
call Unfortunate am, and little chilled but enjoy
my life OF simplicity hugely at Fort Hamilton"
No one thing among the minor features SO strongly
the prejudice Of strangers who visit Jersey City
the almost complete absence Of street signR New
York agent having real estate for sale said the other
day thai within two weeks he had lost two opporuni
ties to sell desirable estates solely of this de-
feet in the towns equipment In each tho possible
purchaser had In search Of the property and had
returned unsuccessful and disRustei because he had
found nothing to guide him through the labyrinth OF
sreets requires no calculation to demonstrAte how
false the economy which prevents the expenditure of
few hundred dollars to remedy this garinE defect
Brookyn almost bad this respect until within
a few months. Most sections of that city prop
erly equipped in that regard New Yorks thorough
nearly AL plainly deagnated for both day and
night guidance
All three cities might with profit invest small sum in
supplying another convenience which everybody would
welcome and appreciate Tho glass of every street light
HhoOlu snow tno nunOer OF tue OulIulnR III 'front.' OF
which stands 1t is the experience of nearly every
occupant Of dwelling in ordinary block that his
bell s runE two three times week by persons who
have mistaken tho house for that of another number
Tho annoyance occurs generally at night Ten thou
sand dollars properly expended ought equip the whole
city OF New York with such a simple convenience.
There Is no particular reason" said member of
the Chicago Board of Trade who has stopping
New York. for the funereAl soemnty OF New York
mon. They be in mortal fear OF a welispoken
word joke that rises above whisper Their sol
emnity has awful dignity of the London wells
and there is very little suggestion of arstocracy about
it 1t is mainly designed apparently, to kill good
ture and hilarty and 1t docs 1t eectualy. Some OF
tho better class OF New York clubs remind Western
business of prayer meetings We 70 to the club to
enjoy ourselves but New Workers seem TO theII
clubs show how thoroughly they appreciate tho mil
take OF lfe and the holoWness of nineteenth centuI
existence
Every few days days mention 10 made of an accidnt
a escape from death by flying bullet wfch
comes from nobody knows whore. Few people lAVo
idea how many OF these vaRrant missiles fly bout
in all directions every day. Take notice OF the nmber
of bullet holes in the windows of elevated rarod cars
and ferry boRtA and idea will be gained OF ne real
danger from this SOURCE You will nnd IL almost
any hve-car train the roads But ArrSt for un
lawful discharge OF firearms Is rare.
Tho interesting announcement is made that Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish will attend Mr. Ward McAnster'S New
Years subscription bal-the ball which NJ hcAliSter
Is getting up In order to show New Yorker how ball
should be managed and to contrast with yr Fshs more
than dubious success with the Washington Centennial
ball MrS Fish will attend as the invivd guest Of ono
of the subscribers whose names THRsUH printed on
Sunday last Mr. StuyveSant Fish is Iot subscriber
himself He not asked to subscribe and 1t iS very
doubtful whether he would have accepted II asked 1t
iS authsrtauvey announced that NJ. Fish will not at
tend tho ball either The family wipbe represented by
Mrs, FiAh emily.
In the talk about Barnard Coee in this city, the
educational AppeudaRe to COLUMBIA, the public seems
to have lost sight of the fact that rnceon coed
Establishment too This new Institution euphoniously
named Evelyn College Is Situged half q mile from
Princeton College in a;largo odremodelled homestead
1t boasts about thirty studoltA boArders and day
scholars included Tho professors in the big college
down there and lecture Tho nearest the girls have yet
got to invading Princeton is 70 visit the college library
In body, sometimes happens in the afternoon. A.
such times II astonishing 70 observe the feverSh zeal
In biographical research hst suddenly strike
all the young gentlemen the campus. Librarian
Vinton'S duties in providing books all sud
ala N.RIz