The sun., 1891-01-30
WHAT WE ARE ALL TALKING ABopn

las, night at the Hoffman House. He was Fer.
dinand c. Latrobe, we'll known in social and
political lie In Baltimore, ard man who has
held the office Of Mayor Of his city during ak
terms and has soS,l prospect for s, sno,nss
family who seem to have ros.esse a sort Of
pnlti.al lien upon ths! important ros'. both
the dutis.. Of Mayor oi baltimore with much
success. NJ. La;Tobe ia sIsoa lawyer with .
dashlns Young eiiow, With no In Tna,Ion ior
poll ic- a. yet hut with decided taste for
s doss and r sro ss IN rns liz olives S' ,aSas
For sorle reason or other the smoking con-
ccrts which are so popular In England have
never been established in New York. Tho on.
tertainmen,s there arc patroat cd BY tho
rrnee of Wales and rrcrle OF his set, and
d%srce in the .V "on",rs VIA. arc known as
land from 'iH iHe S iashionaSS I Clubs 81 ali % the way way
I. wn 20 tho entertainments IN the tap rooms
U SSss "S
Il InInnd' but they 'ever succeed In grn,ti1g
1ns% nos" nSu the nras
ay sncyss nrs In %hSre the Az an
male and ;hev are the men VI no ordinarily rer-
form In the music halls,
Oscar Wilde. to whom our attention has hcsn
called again by n production Of ono OF his plays
In New York. has deserted the aesthetic moyo-
mcnts 80 completely that he now looks moro
like the ideal Of Farmers Alliance" candi-
date than anything else. He wears his hair in
dc,aiis, Il his attire, and has grown fat to =
polbnii rsyMM wbn th1 Sr1,eS1&ne & An Amerran
weeks ago SAYS that he hNa become onven-
tionnlly more aErnenlle as a Z, mpanion and
the acc umMn,ion Of Weight is giving VIM him =, eat
plensure: AMI he h COTTON over h's osing
H1 wha S"ro one n, ssSs Ss M
Of the actor journalists In London. has not rot
healed hIs breach with Oscar Both mon aro
the, othSr rises a and Departs Willie Wide is a
brought the. Wildes Into prominence l. borne
shor, was' ed gowns, and tetl avs her ion,.noss
for stained glass oddities.
One OF the best paid branches OF f male In
dustry ia thnt OF trimming ladies' hat4 To tho
inexperienced person 1t might Sc m TO be an
easy thing to takc ha. lrame and put on a
little velvet or silk or ribbon or iiowors or
ienihers or birds. Blu, tho f,ct is that, Irar-
have Inc reuaisi'o taste and Xiii 10 10 this
with success. IL is necessary. while preserving
work n certain dash of oricinality because no
tw' ladies hats arc precisely nike. The trim
the Of "s 81 s5.
ionaplo es;nblishmont+ this work approaches
high art. and command. $50 week.
The inconsIdernbe discomfort and annoy.
ance 10 which the public have been subjected
by the total collapse Of the overhead wiro sys-
.em." said an official OF the Wes ern Union
Company, yesterday. will result in prttingthe
q free swing " tho question for q ong while
now; Now Workers. ter their customary
o.
nounce1 effort to straiEhen them out The;e
%te & 6 been ,snmoar"ry at mSs:
Ieoue s, IN IN New York are % depen,iinr nor" crIoss
nEon the smooth running OF the telegraph ays-
tenn. They know Just as we'll ns the ,oNIerts do
that London. Paris. and l'erln gil do a larger
thing as overhead wires are not known there.
1t is difficult TO convince them thnt what is
Yok oiss The efsd is in %i
viii result In substantial change in our sys-
There camo to a we'll known artist yester-
day printed proof OF one OF his paintings as
1t is to arponr in one Of the magazines. The
painting was a large one. several feet Ia
largo as u eilvsr dollar. yet the artist laid that
pot detail or a tone OF the original was lack.
methods. OF Reproduction. which ar. 81 nearly
Is Il M shs y o n'%dd
can. where nm entire gallery Of famous ain'-
inssMthfe feo famous ,n s.ney c"e"tons ,im; h"r;
and offered to The public for gene al enjoyment
Apparently there Is danger In tho undue do
volopmont OF the nickel In the. slot machine.
An ambitious and brilliant inventor. after q
years timo. has recently turned out a con-
trvance by VIII ich u man may test his strength
by GMunehinEg M nrge 1 and 9 ieersIiE rad,i"d knob
stered re" on dial The knob is so:t I' and ID tie tic
knuckles are not Injured: stock compnny OF
m"ohino. and one q HEN was vas ISnSi nisheI and mi
a n Fl. pso ,nAs An M b 1sr ster
turn at the machine after having put his nickel
In the slot and vigorously thumped the large
and padded knob; But the springs behind tho
knob were quicker TINA the you!g man.
ana st!u.k the boxer, He remained "sans!
covered $3.50 damages. Tho stock in tho ms-
chine Is not selling very high nt Present.
I'VE a,e constantly hearing said the Doc
tor. that this man or that who has lived to
very old age Inherited strong constitution.
But have known many very old people who
were born with o very fcoble constitution.
which perhaps helped to extend their wears,
for they learned In early lifo to take care OF
kind k:4own to me is that OF the lat" George y:
Calvert; who died at Newport when over s4
long life no had an extremely fragile constitn-
tiop. He was always very slender, and doubt
II no over weighed 100 pounds. Such muscle
as he had Was soft and 'infAn,i!e. He WAS so
weak that you would never think of snying no
was weak ns child, for most children
arc far stronger than he was; Yet
he spent his life in reasonably good health;
and had mind that wa, always uctiy. and
often aeGressive. that was fuil Of poetry and
gave, heed 70 business The secret q II was
ore apt 10 neglect. He guarded his health all
s ng s va. cts he 81 as d 3:
he enjoyed the sunshine; he refrain Cd from
evil ways. and he kept his temper always
placid. By these means. notwithstanding his
chronic fraGll,ty OF, Of c%onstitution' % w. be lived
You OF other cases of the same kind Tho man
with fragile body who takes care OF 1t will
often outlive the man OF powerful frame who
negects It,"
Among tho improvements In the building
line that have been maae this season. none 10
more conspicuous thun that completed on the
corner OF Broslway and Fourth street and