The sun., 1890-01-14


Two lawyers were discussing Judge Daniels the pre-.
siding Justice Of the Doodle trials At the lawyer ouh
enc day last week ale has the greatest capacity fer
work Of any ever knew said one Of them at the
Moouads trial last he wrote steadily hour after
hour during the procesdinES; might have thought
he was taking minutes Of the trial for his charge and
he part OF the time but he was getting In work
some opinions for General Term too. The hoouads
matter was perfectly familiar to him he needed to
give II strained attention and so In addition 10
most fair and equRbo ruling at every point In the trial
before him he rseinR on thoughtful work in other
causes lie rarely took the full noon rsosssi short
time sulced for his dinner. and back ho was hard ~
work before some Of the counsel had lighted their
cigars Later in tho summer he went down TO Nara
ganpstt Pier. one day his wife asked him TO go down
TO the beach to see the bathora He consented but
patroled the surf book In hand lawyer who know
him came up with I" Good morning, Judge. What are
you reading 30 intentyr
The Judge started and cHppsd his book in his pocksk
"oh" he said, "how youi Iwas-er-rm oooa-
sIouaIly fond OF q novel," he explained.
That's all right Judge" laughed the lawyer "butk
never saw novel foioed before"
Frank Richmond the Orator" OF Buffalo BIlln
show whose death at Barcelona was announced day
or two ago only astonished Paris with his wonder
full voice. but made good many thousand people think
that he frenohmau born and bred This In spite
ofthe fact that less than ago he knew not one
word the FrOnch language He arrived in Paris Lass
sprnR several weeks in advance Of tho date when the
show opened. He went TO work at with teacher
Instead OF pursuing the ordinary he wrote ont
his speech English tho teacher translated u int
French. and Richmond committed 1t to memory. rscit-
ing 1t daily several times to the teacher in order -
master the pronunc caton Whom he had the speech ~
command he began to study French in the usual way.
On the opening night nervousness or other Influences
sadly mixed his accent and the audience laughed at his
attempts without stint After few trials however he
spoke so well that many and many astener declared that
he American. butla clever French actor who haa
engaged deliver the lecture with English
cent when gements were concluded to take the
show Spain he up the Spanish language In the
same way. II he had lived until Buffalo Bills tour IN
Europe should have been ended. he would doubtless
have home linguist with French Spanish. Itai
iAn German and possibly Russian on his tongues end.
Mr. Coils r Huntington In dealing with the Custom
House authorities his return with Ars HuntingtoA
from the marriage of Miss Huntington to Prince Hats
feldL used the personal pronoun NV In way that has
caused him some annoyance In this declaration he
ayerred that II" have nothing but "personA wearing
apparel in the trunks The customs inspectors found
In the trunks gowns and ladies' garments and lingerie
He smiled thirteen ways whom the customs authorities
asked II this his personal apparel To-day he win
amend his declaration % as TO read: 81 and my Wto
have only wearing apparel" in the trunks.
Now that the MoAnistsr ball n all over ana Soo1sR
folks have time to st down and think people bsGn.
ming ask whether i really was the beginning Of
social era Mr. McAIlistor prophssied Thsy ere
rereadinG Mr. MoAsters interesting dissertation upoA
New York society and its future in TEE Bun Of Doo
and pondering over It. The society chief himself %
sphinxlike on the subject now. he says events VIII
show whether he right not He does not expooo
an immediate social revolution. Tho ball ofsoA
not q may be several years before Il can b0
determined definitely whether he right wrong 10
his prophecy. Meanwhile the PatriarchT balls vii
pursue their way. There are two more this Wantsr.
Il was quick work sandwiching In the ball a ne
Metropolitan Opera House between two RroAt oDsrato
performances Manager Stanton has got surpEiansiy
capable and welltrAined corps Of workmen. who are
used to all sorts Of emerEenoieG but he acknDwledged
that the conjunction Of two and great ball
succeeding nights test that put his best fas
oiiss the strain On Wednesday night "LohengTin'
sung thera Tho audience was clear Of the house
by 1915 and shortly after midnight scores Of woRkmon
began laying the door for the ball while Klundar In
vaded the place with nifty men and loads upon loads OF
and EreenA Tho not completed
until hours before the ball Thursday night The
ball not over till nearly O'Clock in the morning.
At once largo gang Of workmsn began preparing the
place for rehearsal sx hours later, while the noTBt0
men were pulling down the EresnA A. 10 A n. the
nnal rehearsal for the nrst performance Of brandnsW
opera begun ON the stage. The opera was CoRn0-
lius's The Barber OF Bagdad," and was followed BY
full ballet rehearsal Of $50 danoeTh The workmen
meantime were busy in the back Of the house. By
o'clock at night tho Opera House looked u haA
been disturbed and two hours later the oDsEa
was successfully performed
Here's tip for shopkeepers and other felix's who need
daily great quantity of sman change and who CON
stantly complain that change hard get and harder
keep Go to the ferry house any night lAe-sAy 10
O'Clock lAter-and ask for anything you like the
way Of change and you'll get 1t with q thAnk you
thrown in The writer recently asked for change for
$40 bill The request made timidly in recollection
Of dozen refuBals during the afternoon The Alaety
with which the ticket seller accepted the proposition
was enough TO take ones breath.
why certainly" he said How'll you have Il tenS
nVoR twoA dollarst can give It to y0u In cart
Wheels or II want it small can give It all to you In
halves, quArtsrA dimes or nckelS overrun with COP
pO1 tonight Do you want them"
No caterer ever attempted serve 0 dinner IN the
Metropolitan Opera House without using q little viE0r
ous Ian guaEe about the limited facilities which the de-
sRners allowed for carrying dishes from kitchens
mp HtArS to the assembly whero the suppers
spread for balls 1t is little singular that while the
Opera House has convGnences for other possible
or impossible contingency, this matter almost
wholly overlooked There IL n single dumb waiter Of
small size leading to the kitchens, and alongside of II
flight Of winding stAirS These stAirs between high
stone walls, and only wide enough for with
waiter his hands pass up Such facilities
would hardly Sufcs for moderstesiEed dinner party
In = private Ihouse, and when It comesltto s0Fv-
ing hundreds OF people at once caterers have
10 resort to various schsmeA when Pinard con
Twelve Hundred at the McAuster ball through these
knotholes he was oiled with dismAy. There were ten
dishes be kept hot nothing of coffee He turned
several small connecting the supper floor into
temporary Kitchens. and utilized some rooms the
door above, which approached by broad hightS 0e
'tair In theSsgrooms he rggsd stoves and sta
oned chefs He concealed tho cold dishes In various
WAyA for instance he put the ices behind screen %
Pine in the main supper room, within few fset %
he principal table. But would have supposed,
Judging by the service that the caterer put any
inconvenience whatever There were 200 weltranod
v ALTERS In attendance about twice PinArds regular
orpa That made waiter for every six guests forib
estimated that nearly 200 people sat down at oncS
Violets sell In this city now Adays for $3.50 bunch
There about nifty volss in bunch. NotwithStAnd
nR the price, there is great demand for them. and
iorsta that there would still be considerable sales
they were $40 bunch. In every florists estAbrAh-
mont there are men and girls employed whose chief
work It In TO fasten artificial stems hOWsntended
large bouquets and floral pieces Ordinarily flowers