The sun., 1890-01-24
valr v lar ~ f1Erre 1ao1r

aFor my part raId q budding author the other day
in TnH sUE reporters hearing. Ihave particular
ambtonto TO write contemporary novel The irtent
gent people these days that whole books
moro than they have time to read II boet has
shown force enough 10 make talk they want II tollsd
down get the Rlst Of at gulp; 90 they read
the best review Of IL they cAnnnd-THE sUS's ryiew
ft has Ny notion IL not 20 be Mt the oSpetso OF
writing and printing the book AZ ALL but 70 get rifht TO
the point and write the review setting forth vAti
valuable in the work, and giving copous exracsfrom
the II 10 time enough to do the rest wheni Is
called for II the review takes, md there begins 10 be
camor for the book It Ia simple thing to hivs 1t
forthcoming and the review eNetes no interesl the
publishers moneyfis saved. There IL no earthly neel
that much energy should be expended bookit that
do not take after they brought o Test them trt"
"IhAve Of acute dsoom tort /" said fiow
newspaper to TnE suSs reporto, that tronbea
me almost every dav. 1work now for four papon and
magazine. Every morning work Tor four hotrs on
salRry which makes the copy produce pay say
one-third Of a word My other three papoR are
weekles and pay say from cent to cent and half
Rword. The magazine pays best say two cents word.
Well the thing that troubles is tlbsi 20 to work
about o'clock making paragraphs and doing odl bits
for my daily paper and II 1t Is fortunate morning
and get well warmed up 1t won't bo hour bebre
begin sringlnR out one cent and one cent and half
words, and by II O'Clock Just as like not viii be
giving that newspaper magazine language worth exact
y six times what am going to get for 1t whononcs
you are started there Is no help for IL whose
pen is in and whose ideas are flowing is boutd to
write tho very nst he can. OF curse
though he may lay aside idea hero and thereit 10
saving to him TO ufe cheaper language. In the
best he knOwS Hut Itel 1t 10 sckenlng sensation
realize when half your article is already in the bonn
positors' hands that tits magazine at least wekfy
paper stun that 10 running out Of and that on the
owErade rsmunoraton on 10 running in. You may laugh
but It is q dreadful feeling. Just consider howyou
would feel II you hadoontracted TO feed gang OF rail-
road Aborers porl and beans, and found you we're
out of that Of nourishmont and had NOTHING but
terrapin left In tho house Perhaps you wouldn't feel
wastofu. and II not Fou can't sytnpathize with me-
1t Is hard for cousins in tho country recon,n.
things they or,bear about contemporary ite
in New York with their notions " what elegant liynr
implioS worthy gentleman diea here tho other d,y
who native OF interior county in the State aad
whom of fortune involving u increased incoma
had brought live in Gotham. At e time Of his dea
| he occupying handsome nal of tie
uptown establishments of OF Thu citys most pary
nu grocery irmA heard an old Acquaintance from
| the country inquirinK about him Nwhat did James
die orr he asked. and told tneumonia. He
shifted at that and declared tat the New
York man who died Of anything Use these dayu
died very much out OF fashion. "Wlers did Jamea
live ~ she quered further and being ttd that he lived
in 1Rt ou tho corner OF Fifth Avene and Sxtioth
street. Park TihordA his disAst became OK.
treme. .AS kind and nice a man." sgd he. as ever
ved might have done all right and Ieen here to tell
about himself for forty to iho'd only stuck
to his home and old osego But no, tht wouldn't do;
and he leaves noo house a. an in the country
and pleasant respectable neiEhborS RSs toINow York
stays four yearS catches tho pneumonh and dies and
when his funeral comes It turns outhes been living
and dying grocery! Talk abo,t the luxury OF
New York Poor Jiml"
"The cutting down of the electric wtesr said A cab
man the corner of Twenty-nfth sket and Union
square few night ago was Bovereblow to tho cab
OF this city. and many OF have hG an extremely
hnrd 80 aHro hath da
the electric lights turned the pople began to
stay indoors and only won't out at nigh when It was
absolutely necessary. For the last six reeks have
averaged but $40 q week. and this arpunt does not
cover my expenses for my rig alone. ont own nv
turnout but rent from stable at S25O auight and
have had to scrape around pretty lively get enough
to eat Ordinarily We make from SIS TO $50 week
and that allows us $l2 or SIS week char; but tho
darkness of tho last few weeks has almot made mo
ready quit the business tell you, shll bo mighty
glad when the city authorities stop hsi, tomfoolery
and give plenty of light the streds After dark
think they would put three four cd lamps on every
block. with shade top to throw he light on the
ground whore 1t bolonga it would cine pretty near
solving the question"
Persons who visited tho club house Y the Southern
Society the night following the rumpts between Mr.
Randolph and Major Clark were much surprised to read
in the newspapers few days laier that tie club In.
tended to discipline Mr. Randolph The club Aouso WAS
almost fllod with members he day after ahe shoot
ing and from the 1entimeu expressed IL
certain that the society coSidered itself outraged by
Major Carks actiouG and loted upon Mr. Randolph Al
moro lesa Of hero and tetty martyr. From
the decision afterward to c4 Mr Randolph to account
1t can be inferred that tB persons who hled up tho
club the day after tho Shooting did not represent the
society a whole. The Dark. Randolph muss has re-
opened tho conflict that leo tho resignation of several
members Of the society few days before. well.
known member commentd upon the affair the other
day In this way:
thu
the sort that the Southern oeiey designed TO be-
trying to become fulneRed social club Most of the
members who Joined tho rbyemen In the thought
that 1t was to be an Rssocon Of gentlemen from the
South. based on broad Rbunds of n common brother.
hood, and with broad objects Of o general nature in
view Tho idea of start social club never entered
the heads Of any except &ew. and am safe in saying
that at least half Of the tronEest members of the So
ciety would never have que in had they thought that
social club with no otht restrictions than those pro-
posed for the society," wold be the outcome II s OF
course. ridiculous to thtC of running u social club
such as the Union for nlance-on yearly dues $40
and with no other co1itions Of membership than
Southern birth alliaDns II Is natural that since
such result has Krownut of the association club
house should be patronid almost wholly by the gayor
element and avoided bytho solid men of the society.
great many member4f the Southern Society think
that Just such musS athi shooting scrape is very
natural outgrowth Of u present state OF affairs"
sarasates career in Nv York has been important
outside of his stage ptformRnces. At ono time he
threatened to be mther OF pronounc Cd i'm portance
1t is certainly fact th his rsms OH tho stage
suggested the poSings Montague. Beew, and Tearlo
at their best but Mr.. AraSate did in any sense
follow up In the Btr@s tho reputation he had made
behind the footliRhts certain amount Of Broadway
paradinR seems to beeceBsary the full
masher In this town. a1 It was here that SarasaeG
indifference was dispde His photographs were sold
largely and tho matinee whore he played brought out
great crowds OF woItn but the indifference of the
spanish volinist to f&inino Gdulaton is profound.
When not playing in pblic he is ounging about in his
rooms, plAJ ing the vidn occasionally piquot good
deal and reading val numbers OF yeloW.coyered
French novelA Tho 80 has not affected his violin
playing. but 1t has cled forth some very sultry
marks incidentally AS p season has progressed
great many OF the kArs now touring tho country
are backed by solid buRess men who are led into the
.Innln l..A-