The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-09
LIVE 1oPIcs AMOUR TOWN.

are known under TINS title OF The Lady
Flashes" and by many Of tho other small as
sociations on the east and wost sides OF the
town. are beginning to attract the attention OF
tho old crowd OF men about town who at one
time patronized the French balls. the Lieder-
kranz the Arion. and similar entertainments.
on recent years the annual balls Of these large
organizations have been toned down through
the efforts Of the police and the influence OF
the respectable membe OF tho organizations
until the ideal masquerade ball has become a
thing OF the memory only But the small So
called tough" associations near the East
River front and up and down Third avenue
still retain much OF the spirit OF fun
and frolic which characterized the enter
tainments of dozen years ago. There
Is moro dancing Of a sensational and attractive
character in the east side halls than can be
seen nowadays at the Madison Square Gar
den or the Metropolitan Opera House The
tickets for the small dances on the east sid 9
percolate through the town by the hands OF
walters. conductors. rorters. md factory ON
rloyees OF all kinds. They often reach people
curiousy ont OF harmony with the dancing or
ganizations and there Ia n hetero geneous and
com rlex crowd of spectators at every one OF
these so-called affairs" The police regard
the antics Of the boys and girls with entire In
difference. They seem to realize that there 10
a wide divergence between n lot of young me n
and women, who work for their living out on a
out on pSrai" The working girls are per.
mitted to indulge IN nonsense which the at
tendants at the Ilederkranz would be re-
strained from exhibiting.
Mr. George Gould snid. few days ago when
II was pointed out that the cable cars on Third
avenue would run in competition with the
Third avenue elevated road. that the Manhat-
tan Company would not try to meet the COM
opposition to a third track on the elevated.
and said that they would not have even that
increased facility for travel until an impera-
tive demand was made for it. In this Mr..
George Gould is carrying out the plan OF his
father. who. shortly before his last illness,
sent n communication to the Board OF Direc-
tors OF the anhattan Company, in which he
said that he had noted the extreme and yio-
lent opposition to a third track on the ele-
waited road manifested 10y the public, and
that, in his lpdEment. tho public was. the
only loser by the failure 10 lay an additional
track. and since the roads were carrying pas
senECrs to their full capacity, ho would advise
the pu made u demand for third track.
THIS advice. ne said. should hold good for ten
was a veritnble crusade agai st a third track BY
some of The New York newspapers. and 1t was
supposed that there would have. to be a long
and tedious wait before additional elevated
railway facilities were afforded. This is evil
IDENTIFY still the policy of the company. from
"
Jay Gould Is not yet dead in the Manhattan
Railway Company by any means.
The statues Of Nathan Hale Roscoe Conk-
ling. Peter Cooper and James G. Blaine arc
discussed with considerable violence In GER
tain quarters. The delay in raising the statue
to Hale was extended over one hundred years.
and with this in view. 1t would seem that the
bitter criticisms OF the lack OF patriotism OF
Americans in not contributing to the James G..
Blaine statue which come from Augusta Me-,
might he somewhat modified. Roscoe Conk-
linG's statue was long time in coming. ac-
cording to some " the critics. and there was
almost as much turmoil over the collection OF
the funds in that case MS there is in the non
OF them by the blaine committee.
Despite the enormous amount Of talk and agi-
tation. the treasurer Of the Blaine fund has
less than % at the present time with which
to buy So 900 statue.
The delay in completing the Peter Cooper
stntueis due to Mr.. -. Gaudens lack Of in
Ito is a pupil Of the Cooper Union.
and the commission to make the statue went
to him as much nom sentiment as on account
OF his undouDted abilities. Yet the years roll
white whiskered countendnce OF Peter Cooper
in the background. while he turns out innu-
mcrable Dianas and other graceful feminine
ilEures.
The banner instance Of statue-raising here
public hardly knew of the existence and death
Of this great and eminent man before his
Iiroadway ana Tnlrty-fIfth street The money
for that statue was raised with remarkable
and what night almost be called
secrecy. and everybody has been deriding the
statue ever since.
Frederick Gebhard is by no means the radi-
ant and widely discussed man that he was a
lew years ago. His name was often In the
newspapers then. though not always In the way
that most len would care to be pictured. In the
matter OF clothes. Mr. Gerhard almost rivalled
Mrs LanGtry. ills attire was gorgeous and
varied. and he was often on view in public
M sST M GcSsrd . lost sbnat
thirty pounds in weight and wore u NOUS
acle which was white on one side and black
great deal OF comment for II time. and then
irumors Got, about concerning the
d baltimore. Mr.. Gebhard in these days is a |
sehate and rather melancholy ngure. whose |
attire Is not rnrtieulariy SNOWY. and whose
kcn ley graduate. he drinks great quantities of |
LIthia water, and seldom smiles.
The case OF the young woman in Paris who |
seeks to escape from punishment for a crime |
because she claims to have been under |
hypnotic influence when the act was COM |
nitted, draws attention to the wonderfully |
hypnotic craze. both In Paris and |
London. few days since in London a man |
was arrested on a Holborn stage because a |
Toung woman said that he had put her under |
hypnotic influence SO that she was powerless |
% move hand or foot. An unconscious British |
lumorist said that sho was not even able to |
oay her fare in the bus. In Paris astounding
stories are told OF tho influence OF Dr. Char
,ot's pupils who are accustomed to prowl |
,round the streets, fascinating shop girls with
heir glitterinG eyes and making abrupt and |
iisconc erted passes with their hands before
,tTnnErrs to Just how far their
hypnotic influence extends. Cases arise in
mo form ~ another when embarrass the
,les over this now phase OF Paris life and the
rae has Lepu used as an excuse for every
Conceivable variety Of crime, including the
~ "A YnmmE woman who murderrd an i'm