The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-22

william Mckinley very seldom res the bsnent Of JF.
on his name. lie has a large acquaintance In New
York, and when he comes hero tho number Of enthusI
ass who call him about tho tarh Ia very great lie
said the other day that Of his visits here
he had purposely chosen rather obscure hotels, ana
that It saved him good deal OF annoyance. The in
ersst In the tarif business in New York 10
80 EroAt that merchants almost nonomaniAcS
| on the subject Nj McKniey's great prominence in
the tariff discussion has singled him for the atteu-
ton Of what disresbectuliy referred to a. tariff
crAnka His mail after his speech in the House
contained hundreds OF long letters from total stranF
erS commenting and setting forth arguments on points
In his speech All Of them written as though the
writer expected Mr. Mckinley to repIy in fun to the
views set forth Had he attempted to do So hA wou1
probably stll be at work trying catch up with his
correspondence. He Ia tail clean shaven and man Of
enormous natural physical strength.
T. Henry French out Of his usun, daily tour Of
the new Madison Square Garden building Yesterday
and mechanically placed himself In II hands Of boot
black who stood waiting Tor him with a clothes brush
at tho main entrance MIR Fronch's ordinarily dapper
and neat appearance mArred by coating OF duet
soo plaster and mortar all OF which had fallen on him
| from tho ceiling and walls Of tho building II am
thinking he said "ot putting in bill against this
company for hats and clothes have had TO nav n
quarter to this boy for three weeks to get IN shane
after como out from my morning trip here and the
wear and tear on my wardrobe Ia getting to be rather
! serious matter"
There Ia no donht that tho census takers will meet
with vary serious and determined sort Of opposition
when they begin their work. Everybody Is talk
nK about tho list of questions that the Government
has propo'eI tho general comment is an.
tATonistc toward the queries which generally re-
EArdsd A. impairment and uniustihable.
When Carmsnci,. drives in Central Park which ,se
do"s very frequently now she il recognized by GOOD
share NJ tho men, though the women along Fifh ave.
nus evidently do not know who she IL She u,uRlIy
drives In modest and evidently hired victoria and
sha ks necessarily during the trip with an elderly
Spanish lady who is her invariaole companion.
Ths secretaries OF the Jockey clubs are in mos, In
stances men who responsible for tho Ereat aucoopu
Of the big race meetings Here in New York though,
nobody but the hosemen consider tho claim OF tho ,oo
toariss 10 fame They are "a rule the hardest work.
ing men At the tracks and II they could together
At ono time and play in Now York the pubic would
have an opportunity OF seeing half a dozen OF the
threWdes most industrious and indetatEahe business
men in the country Racing partakes very much Of the
nature OF business nowadays
The passengers on Broadway car bound down town
one night last week wero amused at the sight Of .
youngSter Of 10 yoas dressed In the uniform OF
messenger boy trottinE alongside tho Tho little
fellow Joined tho at Twenty third street and kept
company with It every block OF tho way down TO City
Hall When tho would stop no would halt, aud
when tho driver would whip up his horses the boy
would keep np tho Ono of the passengers on
thu front platform, struck with the boys grit offered
to his fare II he would ride. The little fellow shook
his head and said he satisfied. As tho stepped
at Houston street to le: OF party. and he had min
ute's rost he explained that he had message to do
liver MP town. and wanted to the cents which
the ONCE him for and yet know that he
wasn't losing any time He said he had trotted all the
way up town tho same way.
People make strange mistakes sometimes whom
they try to identify others who suspected OF com
hitting crime" said Police Captain Reilly the other
day. Remember case when was Sergeant down
town whero there came being murder In conse-
Quence OF mistaken identfc alton. one day q good
looking young woman sitting at work in front window
on the 1rst floor of shirt mandatory Broadway
/; was in the days when shirts made bv hand
noticed woman the outside staring at her through
the window. This woman stared and won't away and
came again next day and stared harder than at FIRST
and before she went away she shook her INST at the
worker at the desk inside The shirt worker concluded
that the woman was crazy and thought about
the matter Another day passed and tho strange
woman entered tho shop with a and the couple
approached the frightened sewing girl.
"'ISaid Id kill you when found you said the
woman visitor. drawing pistol from under her cloak
and pointing It at the girl
Tho sewing girl screamed. That scream saved hor
life The man caught the pistol and cried:
"' For Gods sake don't shoot thought &. was sha
but 1t isn't
1T that the man and woman who entered the
place were husband and wife, an the husband had
eors and atterward returned to his wife. The little
sewing woman looked so much like tho woman with
whom he had eloped that he thought no her him
self until she had changed her expression.
The proprietors of a Chinese fancy goods store on
have hit novel scheme for advertising their
place by having woman got up in all the gorReouInes1
OF regulation Chinese costume sit all day in the window
1t work q bit OF needlework In consequence there
is a struggling mass OF humanity blocking tho sidewalk
most OF tho time anxious for chance TO stare at her
cheeks and flowing robes In the
front rank OF tho crowd the other day limo Of
ragged urchina with their noses nattened AGAINST the
glass They making all sorts of Grimaces at the
who stood 1t until her patience became ex-
nansted. Then in pantonimo sho explained that she
would around and tweak their IL they didn't
top The boys shook their heads and indicated by
igns that their attentions riveted on a parrot
' hich swung over her head She wasn't convinced
hOugh and would look up every and then to give
hem warning glance She got SO incensod at ono OF
he finally that she throw down her work and insist
ID tho proprietor ordering away the boys who
vas especially obnoxious A man rushed out of the
toro and hustled him out OF sight and then tho woman
ook up her work and the crowd went staring
wigmaksrs flourish most in the crowded square mile
territory southeast OF Fourteenth street and First
venue. There is q wigmakers shop in every otheP
lock OF this tenementhouse region because tho cen.
raj European Hebrews abound here and tho married
omen all wear wigs no matter whether they DO bald
eaded or not Indeed. the more beautiful the womana
air the moro necessary the wig for It upon the
leory that married woman should make herself un-
ttrsctive,to every man sAve hor husband The wign
70 ugly. brown, and cheap.
Sweet peas have appeared in the flower market
ost OF those now on sale are dark In color. Later
me the light pinks and blues which look in tho mas
10 girls in bright summer gowns They are among
70 most popular offowerS though they fade easily and
% never very cheap.
Russian priest in odd native scclesiastcal costume
racted considerable attention tho other day at the
tito Church Around the Corner. lis hat was an In
resting example Of ecclesiasticAl conservation The
rly day hats OF tho sort had wide. plant brims
at were hold in horizontal position by guys run
ing half way up 70 the high crown. Tho hat has nov
,Veloped into n rigid affair whose brm Is perfectly
IpAbo Of taking care of itself but the guys remain
the shape of rich black ribbons still running up 70
o crown as If TO servo their original purpose.
within the Same block in Atlantic avenue Brooklyn,
n ,rhn fhaf haap ttt,.. a IIi,-.