The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-01
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me recent reported death Of Mr. stnson Huchips e
wsshinaton was an odd feature Of oontsmporensous
journalism Nobody knows how the rumor started OF
why was published without confirmation but Il vns
flashed from end OF tho country TO the other In lee
than hour after the report reached Washington ara
on the morning after the started the papers Ill
the country were publishing anecdotes eoneerninn
the wallknowu washiuEtoniah hsanwhns NJ.
HutohinH who stands nearly sS feet hish has massive
shoulders and deep chest the pyAiuuo OF A,hists
and supply OF heath which nothing ever impAlra was
busting around New York entirely unconscious Of hiu
alleged demise lie has had only three days Of Hines
| In the oourss Of his life.
The Of hppAudng has apparently been the subjeos
OF deep study BY large number OF regular theatre ana
opera This year the fashion by women In the
Metropolitan Opera House radically different from
| the accepted method OF recent years In New Yorh
| Formerly women oontsnted themselves with tapping
! their Rloved hands gently rAppnE with almost IN.
audible gsnenope tho back Of tho chair IN front e
them with their fans Now they applaud with Ioaa
armed enthusiastic ana athletic motion that suggests
club swinging and tennia Every part OF the arm fro
the shoulder TO the fingers In and the noise cen
be heard afar 1t ia great gain in the direction Of
naturalness and hsArtness
Lewis Rutherford. whose engagement has Just been
announced to Mrs. Il g. Sands Jr, IL one Of the bsSo
known Of the younger society men In New York lie
! Ia uraEnElsh in luokA makeup and manner and was
for long while said to divide tho honors OF male
beauty with Frod May lie Ia about six feet high
sUaYcn with Roman nose aud clean-cut pronlo and
| his manner is unaffected and natural His English
accent comes by of long residence In England
The majority OF New Workers know Mr.. Rutherford
and his brother mainly account OF their Efforts -
introduce fox terrlcrs In this country The Ru,hor-
iords and August BELMONT Jr fRhsred tho breed here
Until hsse gentlemen took hold of them terriers Of
pure breed were practically unknown in this country
Now these clean cut aud handsome little animals are
| indigenous to the soft
berry Wall contributes slight tnge of fashion and
trcss to the race tracks Elizabeth by attending the
course every day In tho most approved racing cothea
He makes modest bets and watches tho races keeniy
after the fashion OF lover of good horses At nearly
every meeting lie is the star of the grand stand a. we'll
dressed mon who have reputation In tho matter Of
clothes are not numerous on The Jersey tracks.
The yellow carts, buckboards, and similar wagons Of
light wood increase In number every day in Central
Park Not u few Of them now although q great
majority has been left from last summer
People OF fashion do drive yellow wagons an rule
though aspiring society lights do. Light wood wagons
are much cheaper than those OF heavy finished dark
wood, aud very much lighter in construction. They
add good deal Of life and beauty the dniy pageant
tho Park particularly the Of the horses 10 now
usually made OF russell leather aud the collars Of white
canvaS Occasionally the rage for decoration II car.
ried so far thaS buckboardB decorated with silver
nameutS and all OF snowy tAsselS and oookades
upon the harness There has been an ambitious
effort to introduce lIghtcolored dog cartS OF
them are repantsd after the owners have driven them
for time They big and yellow. but there IL about
them the suggestion of a circus parade.
Business mon complain of the general inoomp etencs
of s,enographers in New York What is wanted here
apparently is a standard school, where the actual
speed and ability OF stenoRraphers DO teated and
certified to by some acknow!od authority. A tits
now. the greater number OF senogrRphers make claims
In tho way of speed which they able to fuul
even in the most remote degree. Two thirds OF the
stenographerS in answering advertisements state that
they take die tRtion the $50
Rminue and most OF them place their ontho tyre
writer In airy ut rs words minute. In point
OF fact there very few expert shor tand writers
who reach this standard. Tho difficulty Is not In
taking the dctation but In making and intel
lgble transcript Of the noteA The system in vogue In
England works we'll Pupils have to make . test of
speed before recognized authority In shorthand and
then certificate isSued by Isaac PitmAn explaining
the exact ability Of the writer to whom It Ia issued
Tho tests exhaustive and carefully conducted
that the ability of the StenoErApher has axed CONNER
cial value
woman who describes herself AZ q complexion e.
per" drives about In SNOWY victoria and In
frequent visitor In the Park. At O'Clock In the after
abe often goes shopping in the great uptown
chops She Is handsome diRnifed aud dresses In Per
feet TASTE Her invariablo companion Is negress
half OF whose face has bleaohed almost white She
10 one OF the experts Subjsor
Only few New York houses import altar of roses,
and the smaller druggists keep little OF In stock Its
fothilou IN very bm1il quantities AtoW
druggists sell at ten cents drop and Just drop
the quantity often asked for in the quarter OF the
west side.
The Southern Society is of the few clubs whose
house ladies daily admitted Like other club
houses in New York, It is we'll nigh deserted during
business hourA and accordingly members may take In
ladies between the hours of IL A. NJ. and p n. all
days but Saturday and Sunday Tho privilege how.
is not frequently AvAled Of though the cooking
and service considerably better than at the
New York restaurant
People who ride the Broadway cars only below
Fourteenth street accustomed to think thSs the
route is one OF the hardest in the city for street cara
and that the delays from bockdeB and distractions Of
other must be damaging to the company ana
annoying TO the A. q matter OF fact however,
the Broadway route probably the ehAsSt AAd quskSss
north and south ono In the city. Above ROuFteonth
street Il IL very rarely that has wait few
anything to out Of its and for much
OF the distance they 20 bowling along At speed
unknown elsewhere in the city. This same thing
OF the section below wall street That Il regular
race course the broadway driVerA and thoV oaou
late make up It OF the time that they have
lost by being stopped By trucks from YOurtsontb street
down 10 wall ride on Of the lines west VI Bread
way any time during the middle Of the day from the
downtown terminus twenty third street will con
vince any that driving Broadway ear must bo Q
perfect picnic compared With handling the Fsns over
the dAbOArdS OF other OF the Ions iRsS In The city.
who are those coming up the centre aisle ."
guest AZ one OF the large hOtsA referring
men who seemed 70 be taking . careless StFOIl about
hs room EiAheinE fAnilIAry at the tables they
passed, yet who we're sVidsRuy from their dFesA 49,
TAIt4 Of soMs SaTL
Them :" SAID The Walter Of Uhsm the question Uas
Isksd oh. tbsms s.IIs aud yinFEHTA"
lie DID not expose hs Ignorance By asking G0H
nors qusStOnS a. that ps but he Lo0b early Oeaa
elsewhere 10 lie store u kh0sisdEA Aaa
iNoOEeTsd that 10 the dining rooms IN SsL0FdOFea
ousss inEb are 81 pio5sd especially 70 thai The