The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-26
WAT NE ARE AL TALKING ABOUE

for four now but there no trace OF them YET
He 10 unique and unrivAllsd exhibit and It 10 source
OF couRratuRton that he Is entirely product OF the
soil No one has ever him to be In the slightest
degree annoyed and he at the schemins pottnR
protesting and troublesome artists Of his company with
far OF look of tranquil and sereno Indifference
thought for long while that this air OF absolute
serenity due to strong enort OF the VIII uut tne
opinion il ow gaining ground that Il entirely natural
him In other wordS he 10 not In the sRhteat ueRree
disturbed by the warning factions OF the hft German
opera company of the world 0ocasionAy the director
appears In public with one OF his Renuses
and nothing IL amusing than to observe the con
trast between the dsmoAnor Of the American director
and the artist Of the big opera company. inc conrM
between the German musician, who IL usually All hAir
eyes arms, energy, and excitement thraahnE around
the table aud talking essy TO the calm and tac
director is of the things in the world worth
going a long way to see.
Tho interest expressed In the idea OF twostorV ele
waited raro al Yesterday was very general among bus
ness Tho fact was pointed out BY an ofoial IN
the Union Trust Company that after O'Clock over
nneonthS OF the trains scarcely discharge one pasHen
ger between Chambers street and Forysecond street
Yet they mako dozen or stops with all the de-
lays involved thereby Nearly every train leaves REQ
tor with the Rsa.s nled handful Of passengers
taken at Cortlandt street and Park place ana
then boards leaves the train until It is far mp
Men In the dry goods distrot do not leave their
ofices until 4:aU. hour and half later than he
Wall street contingent Express trains running from
Rector and Chambers streets to Fortysscon street
would be n boon to down town business men
Nothing ever daunt the vnultinF chesrfuness OF
the collegiate when he comes to town. To him New
York romp and he invados the metropolis In
fashion that nothing ever rivas Most of tho college
boys ceanlookinR freSh.facsd, and handsome and
have spirit OF fun full Of good nature
that they find tho world easy going Most OF them
chshod numerically, but they manage TO hold
their own even II comes TO night They wear their
college coors In all the conspicuous fashions imaRin
able after drinking three or four glasses OF Deer
and smoking as many cigarettes they reach the foil
conviction that they are accomplished men OF the
world. and that there 10 nothing worth noting which
they have never soen.
Cotton Just as 1t grows one cent each slz for nve
cents" reads tho scribbled siRuboard on fakirs
wagon hiled with bursting cotton bolls. "Where the
deuce did you get :" asked inquisitve stranger
OF the fAkir "Paris TexRA" was the reply IL was
down there and didn't know how TO make my trip TO
New York profitable whom hit on the idea OF bringing
on these cotton bos got them for little or nothing,
and didn't pay much freight Net ono New Yorker In
thousand ever saw cotton boil and these thingS sell
first rate. I've already paid my fare. Got back my
purchase money and made good pront and there are
n few more yct cent each six for nve oentS,
cotton lust as Its grows"
Mrs Helen Hiscoct Backus 10 the President Of the
Association o: tho AlumnH OF vassar College Apropos
OF the recent celebration of the twontynft anniVer'
sary OF that institution she has written an article for
the forthcoming number OF HdTpers Bdrdr whieh 10
full OF suggostveness to advocates OF the higher educa
ton OF women. Whether" she says "VaasAr be des-
tined to mako herself universlty in tho true sense OF
the name TO sond steady quotas of vigorous workers
to those universities already developing In tho centres
of population the spirit OF thoroughness OF hign
aspiration will DO the sure dover Of her daughorA"
"Itis question whether New workers. are in general
acquainted with the Improvements In street transpora-
ton which have already been adopted In other ctes
said srciRl traveller yesterday The talk which
Is heard about concerning tho cable system TO be
introduced on Third indicates that such an i'm
will challenge the admiration OF half the other
cities OF the country In point OF fact New York 10 very
far behind the smaller townB Of Uncle Sans dominion
In this respect Boston has had electric service
for long while. aud cable roads have been in success
full operation in Chicago and Phladelpha for great
many years Washington streets arc as smooth, hand
some clean tho tops OF billiard tables ana there
are several hundred miles Of them We ore tagging on
at tho tail civilization far as streets and street
traffic concerned and there little reason for the
| present outburst of self cong graduation"
The discussion which Mr. Alec Morten, the wellfn
bliardist and sportsman has started 10 attracting
good deal OF attention in racing circles. Mr.. Morten
declares the general low OF ODDS which Ame
can give Is due In vsrv great measure 10
present system of taxing for tho prr
lege OF tho race track at tho 500 apiece
Mr.. Morten made q computation at the WeHtchester
meeting by which he showed that the boofmakers arc
Obliged to pay out $1,000 day for the privilege OF
| making their books and for the hire or their
clerks ut the track. This enormous sum OF
course, comes of the pockets Of the bettors
and It hAs 4 direct and unfair effect upon the betting
odds Tho boohmAke1 nnd themselves individually
handicapped by the expenditure OF about 500 daily
and they make the odds with view OF getting this
back Independent investors are consequently atthe
mercy OF the ring The system which prevails In
England does away with this to certain extent
makers charged nothing for quarters At the
English track but fee 10 demanded for everybody
| who wishes to enter the betting ring This
serves the double purpose OF securing revenue from
tho ring and OF keeping the raft of ragtag and
bobta gamblers and sports from the bookmAkerS
On Suburban day nearly 1900 people fought like mani
acs tho betting enclosure and thrOeQuartsrs OF
them woro rouRhs toughA EoutA and hAngers'on, who
had no money invest but were drawn 70 the ring BY
tho Irresistible attraction which gambling always has
for race track habtues who are penniless Men with
money to invest absolutely afraid to venture Into
the unoanny looking group
| When the hot weather dSscsndS upon the town th0
difference the Of drinking Of men OF various
| nationaliti 10 made manifest German looks with
supreme contempt the American habit OF walking
mp to bar swallowing glass Of Whiskey and soltzeI
| and walking out again whom q German decides "a
drink It IL ceremony involved with good deal Of do
tail Ifitis very hot he walks into his favorite
garden middle Of the day takes OF his coat and
WaistcoAt sezes palm leaf fan stretches his egS and
orders Rhine wine or beer His friends him
and he goes the business Of drinking with the air Of
a man who knows exactly what he needs and proposSI
TO supply the wAntI OF nature As rule IL tAkes ~
hour or an hour and half for German to ,mbbo the
necessary quantity of nuid and then he IL primsd ant
content for tho rest OF the day.
T. Henry French iS lifted into unusual prominence II
the atrIcal way by the estabShmsnt OF the Madison
Square Garden His hRure 10 familiar in Delmon
icos where he lives and he is who probably get
as much OF life, in general way a. any one else IL
the me tropolis. Ho has number of horteS q steam
yacht a country place on tho ocean, and small OF
the sound and he moves in triangle bounded by thu
three theatres with which he 10 connected manage
the Grand Opera House, the Broadway Theatre. au'
the Madison Square Garden. Half way between tn
Madison Square and the GRAND Opera Hone Is a pub
fishing house for theatrical plays, over which Nj
French presidsS by day He 10 erect higcolored, an
pory and the CLEAN of his eyes is softensd BY RASsei
Now You're TaIkinGi
From The Memphis IvJldnch>
There Is entirely TOO much Miss NAncyiHm In tn
Democratic party OF Tennessee at present And no
until we have thorough reorganization and Aretur
to good old straight doctrine will We have tn
old Rourhon mA,orlties OF 80 900 to +u00 which