The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-24
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ia now varied everT night in the week. The directors
have come the conclusion that Mr.. stanton knevu
more about the muueA taste OF New York than any.
body else The nrst work which the director Of the
Metropolitan opera House did whom he became ON.
cAlly connected with the Madison Square Garden vas
TO revise the ballet introduce new movements In the
grouping and rearrAngs the entire musical score Mr.
siRntonS appearance In the management o. the great
building Madison square wAadus to the btookhodsrG
Most Of the men who are responsible for the existence
OF the Madison Square Garden are old Ia
the Metropolitan opera House and they insisted upon
putting Mr. stanton ia as an active oicAi In the new
Garden.
The raft Of women who wander up and down Broad.
way" said one OF tho most prominent and sxorbitant
hRberdashcrs up town yesterday will cost about
s2,UOO this year"
How -
by exploiting shirts collars and ties OF masculine
fashion. There certain number Of women Broad
who have II in their power to ruin any fashion
which they have taken In hand. once In = while q
fashion in which ia distinctly in the line of nv
business am a shirtmaker and among my customers
II good portion of mon who rromn mt socially and
financially In New York. These nay ESQ dozen
for their shirts particularly anxious bea. me
down on the prices of other Goodh and hence
] have been able to make reputation in
my business. As soon tho fashion started
In France for women TO wear bhrts faAhioned
like those OF the wives daughters and sisters OF
my customers began TO como in here and during tho
closing months of $780, built up a business among
women customers which showed very handsome
pr AT. As said at tho outset, It wouli have been
clean s2OCO In my pocket this year IL the women Of
Broadway had not seized upon the masculine shirt and
run the fashion into tho ground Ny fell Oh At
a rate that was almost astounding for month aud
then ceased abruptly Tho masculine shirt for ladies'
wear in New York is thing of The past"
One Of the entertaining bits Of gossip which occasion
ally drift here from London Is to DO found 10 tue
sudden Jump into popularity as professional beauty of
Miss Grif who iS stepsister OF Mary Anderson and
the daughter Of that distinguished iRht OF the dramatic
armament Dr. Ham Grimm OF Louisville Miss Grimm
she 10 remembered here was tall girl with large
gray eyes rather stopped shoulderL and manner
Which decidedly reminiscent Of Mary Andersen In
her first yeArs the stage In tho EAAt People who
have seen her recently announce that q remarkable
change has NiSS Griffin. Her rather slight
form has been developed by long system OF riding and
training England and she has in for athletics
90 thoroughly that she we'll known among the tsnnis
and boat amateurs there.
whom the thermometer Ia boiling up in the high. eaaS
ninetIes and humidity turks heavily in the air the
citizens of New York show their dazzling
teeth and emile with innate comfort and Joy. The
weather which causes the Yankee to mop his brow ana
make personal remarks, IL welcomed warmly by the
Italian and citizens Of this city Perhaps West
street ia the best ace to those two PARTICULAR
tionaiities at their best Gay two since when all
uptown New York wailing over the intense heat q
writer for The Bun boarded West street car
At the Battery ana logged all the way up
that ntpAved thorouRhfare. From . coRn Of
taRe the front of the car he was able to
all that there TO be seen the street In d.
rection the shade occupied by heavy, redfaeed
and painting Irish German laoorers and stevedoreA
who famed themselves with their hats and GroWlod At
another with surli1ess born Of the heat Hero and
there the sunniest street and all along the
piers with the blazing down them Italians
and negroes chipping like sparrows in the morning and
rendinR the heavily laden air with their laughter The
intense heat seemed to warm them up and put life
into them 1t would have to be extraordinary weather
which did OF the citizens OF opotan
New York.
The m anaRers of Russian baths have q long while
claimed that they could never understand why their
patronage fell OF In such pronounced fashion in tho
summer 1t 10 said by men who regularly take artificial
baths effects the Turkish Russian gyGtems
in far more healthful and agreeable than
in winter. Yet the proportion OF summer bathers 70
those Of the cold months Ii ton The proprio
OF Of the big baths In Now York have come 70
the conclusion that the falling OF of custom in summer
10 due in to the necessity Of putting
clothes that damr from the effects Of the intense
heat through which have struggled al day
Hence the newest thing In Russian baths 10 drying
room where the clothes OF tho bahers taken by
sistana and thoroughly dried out during the bath.
1t 10 rather sad thing 70 announce publicly. bat 10
10 nevertheless true. that only small proportion oe
the dudiShlooknR yachtsmen who are seen about the
uptown cafes ~ night And VINO lounge ABOUT the
olubS really have any substantial posssssonS In the
way Of yachts Not only the larger but even the
smaller yachts owned BY three or four men, who
using the boat else sa together. This
IL almost universally true of the small forty-footsrA
neAry all Of these boats Boosting double triple
ershp The reason q good and subAtantal one
man who buys big yacht hundred feet long there
AboutA her for long cruising trips rule He
his and his family aboard of her. keeps
her commission month or two, and whom he has
finished with his seasons yachting the boat 10 laid
up until the following year 1t Is useful - well
ornamental There hotsl or house billA while
his family living aboard the yacht and he gets dis
tnct return for his money. The small boALA however,
toys pure and simple and very expensive toys ~
that Not than three four people can cruise in
them comfortably, and yet they require an equipment
all the time that they are In commission
The paid liberal SaarieS It costs good deal 10
feed them aud the necessary expenses for the wear
and tear OF the boat always reach considerable
amount As . rule the small yachts arc owned oy
young business professional men whose time 10 not
entirely their and they chip In together and get
their seasons yachting for something like reasonable
price 10 sort OF Atock company of i've men In
the dry goods district who run one yacht Among
women every OF tho ave speaks Of II a. my boat"
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