The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-06
LITERtRY PERSONS MEET
Three who wish Th-y Hadn't and Three
who Don't Care so Much

who DONE Care so Much.
In hall not far from tho Grand Central
Palace. on Saturday night there was a literary
entertain ent OF a kind which is very much
affected by a certain set in New York. At these
meetings. which are held monthly. authors.
principally OF magazine stories. read unpub-
lished works There have been persons at
these meetings who professed to understand
why tho works Ind never leon published. Tho
particular meeting OF last Saturday night was
dull and closed early. Ten o'clock at night In
New York is rather u hopeless hour for one to
be turned out OF a place Of amusement. 1t 10
too early for supper. too late for almost any
other place OF amusement Quite a number OF
Philistincs who attended this literary enter
tainmont on Saturday evening found them-
selves In this predicament and the minds Of
q number OF them turned to the Cairo street
In the Worlds Fair building.
Now II happened that no one OF these par
ties, which consisted OF from three to We per-
sons. knew that the others had also turned
their thoughts to the Cairo street and the
danse du yentre. 80 surreptitiously each Of six
parties took its own particular way to the
place Most Of these people knew each other
by sight. The women who attend those liter
AIRY entertainments go without bonnets and
the men all wear evening dress, so that they
were rather conspicuous among the crowd on
ssi were so tho seo Eary 10
theatre to take the large elevators. and they
nSrsssd The he sfsPs but hSSsvs. hap
trance 70 the theatre within few minutes OF
sri The first hrst party to arrive consIstcd Of lam
guin-looking. youth with eyeglasses and an
SGpera hat. Tho escorted two women dressed
IL th. foTss With so s
:Sp ssSs l' tho f 2's @sa [sT!fs
Lab all In hA at nj aaA Ea.l1
who was stamping her heels and expostulat-
ins WITH her manager, looked M when the
through the hall Tho crowd about the door
took In the situation and waited.
TN, The younr man dlvsS for the boz offee and
the two women The crowd saw that the mo- 90
Isnt his he dsnse G da Ssntrsf" asked the
young man as the two women drew nearer to
dou foI Know What aPI hat was" responded
dance: as they call T. has been pulled. and
The crowd Laughed without hesitation. and
, he two women grew crimson 70 think of II.
place 10 be told BY a policeman before crowd.
that the entertninment had hoen pulled.
u ;Ss I .oaSa raPsy ana Il:
party ofthree who had sat near them an hour
mentto each OF he frst party Tor. Without
looking at the others, whom they knew per-
fectly well hy name and sight, the trio stepped
quickly TO the side OF the hall and waited to
see what the experience OF the second party
would be, But the later eomsrs had caught
on. and had enough tact 10 sAunter NJ ear To the
entrance OF the theatre, look at II Nj h languid
curioAlty, and then turn away as though the
Idea Of going into such a horrid plars wns the
last thing to have entered their heads. To add
10 their triumph they turned around In time 10
sea the discomiitsd trio OF first corners creep
hack Into the main hall TO lose themselves In
the crowd.