The sun., 1894-09-17
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mliar with his appearance who do not suspect
his identity. lie belongs 10 a type Of merchant
or drummer Of recent creation, and who flourish
successfully only In New York city There are
Ave or six wine agents In New York who spend
all their time in advertising their goods and Mr..
Kcssler docs not differ from tho rest Of them.
lie represents a certain brand Of champagne,
aud he believes thoroughly that anything
that advertises him adyertlses his wine.
Not long ago q rival wine agent APP
pcared on Fifth avenue with a hanson
drawn by two horses. There was q tremendous
amount Of enthusiasm on the part Of one or two
men in n window of the Calumet Club, and con-
siderable talk among the frcquenters Of the
Park over tho innovation. For nearly week
the rival wine agent drove all over town with
his pair OF horses hitched TO the hanson, and
everybody mentioned him and incidentally
mentioned his wine bnt hi1 TIoErE E lasted ,i,o opy
Kessler came out with u two-horse hanson, and
managed to drive further and longer than his
Harlem to the Battery. There is, apparently, u
great deal OF money. IN the wine business-tho
pagnc. 1t having no other meaning among the
agents Of champagne houses-for nearly all the
sSsnd OF tine b Cd
men whose names constantly figure in tho
pHpsrs& & as amstenr sportsme cgGmeR m ,ner sGTiey .
and apparently they do not lose social caste
terday that when Kessler's rivals noticed the
immense publicity attained by the latters light
them went up 10 Harlem and called upon him,
In the hope OF arranging some similar valuable
adventure.
Mr.. Hammerstein Is an odd little man, with
pudgy figure, and n manner that convinces
every body whom he meets that he Is blow
hard" and that he never will accomplish any
thing he promises to do. He is continually
wrangling with his business associates, and very
few newspaper men succeed in reporting any
thing he says for the newspapers without being
accused by Hammerstein of having distorted
his remarks. At one time he had a passion
@ Witch iRoS Ro denied ed' pretty G much eeSefythips
that was said about him. People who
read Of rd hs on wrn Sns. n hs
Hammerstein Is thoroughly serious in all Of his
any body else in tho world would think Of kissing
q singer In u theatre OF which he was one OF the
fortunes have had many ups and downs. nc has
built and owned three large and imposing thea
trcal structures In New YORK, and 1t Is currently
believed that every one OF them has been
profitable investment.
Lord Hawke does not look In tho least like
lord as he wanders around the Waldorf Hotel,
and It must be said that his group Of cricketers
do not impress the average beholder as a collec-
tlon of gentlemen athletes. They do not train
men as fine in England as they do here for
athletic contests OF any sort, and the average
bicyclsts, runners, oarsmen, Jumpers, and
swimmers are anywhere from ten to fifteen
pounds hesyier to a man than they are In this
staying power to the men,. Cricket. does not
make very extended demands upon the agility
the general views OF Englishmen upon the sub
ject Of training. Is the reason that Lord Hawkes.
9r srs SfsiS ana nbe snd
good d-nstured, and enter readily into conversa-
tion with anybody who happens to be near them
at the hotel, Lord Hawke being as democratic
as the others.
There Is touch OF humor in the fierce objec-
tions which the managers OF the theatres have
been making recently to the rules Of tho Fire
Department, ordering them to disperse the
crowds of persons who supposed to stand In
the rear OF the seats and at this entrances to the
theatres. The past twelve months has been ono
of the most disastrous of seasons In the theatri-
cal world Of New York. and It is perfectly well
known that, with the exception Of two or three
houses, the attendance just now Is not OF alarm
ing proportions. Yet the managers have been
rushing into print and complaining Of the ,enor
nous losses they have sustained through the
enforcement OF the rules Of the Fire Depart
ment. There is hardly theatre In New
York where at least six or eight rows OF
seats aro not vacant at every perform
lost more than So. 900 by the enforcement Of the
Fire Departments rules in q single week. This
probably a misprint, as the admission for
"standees," as they are called, at the theatre
Is so cents, and he must have turned away 1000
sGple to hgnre out the loss he e. cGmpSi1s s about out
pie at each performance, who, the manager says,
were kept out OF the house; The space between
feet in width. and probably fifty people could
stand there at pinch. Exactly where the
manager could have put the other $50 people
will have TO be classed as one of the mysteries
OF the remarkable discussion which has recently
been going on between the Fire Department and
b. the complete back down OF the city author
ities.
Mrs. Kendall, who now calls her regular trip
10 America coming home" wears an Amer
ican flag in the form of an enamelled pin at her
throat, and is In the most amiabls and
friendly condition OF mind imaginable. She
has not expressed herself antagonis-
tic to American tastes or the Amer
lean standard or morals at all. thus far, but
she will play "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,"
Just the same, wherever the public will stand 1t.
After Mrs. Kendall had abused the newspapers
and the critics for their opposition TO this play
last season, a remarkable change in the business
OF her com pany followed; She was astonished at
this, and after her celebrated interviews IN
THE Sun had been copied throughout the coun-
try. her manager noticed with alarm that the at
sendaHee al ,nnsSt ayainst IL in rather pfueEy
way. and said that she did not think that the
opinions OF American men, American women, or
American critics should affect her standing AS
an artist But she fought losing battle, as he
public continued 10 stay away. Then bhe
adopted the tactics OF absolutely denying things
which she had said in THE SIN about the
squeamishness of American women and the
purity of wOmanhOOd on this side of
The water, but tine denials were not ac-
cepted with enthusiasm, and THE Sun reafnrm-
ed the truth OF the statements originally pub
lished in its columns. 30 the season ended u lit
tile bit dismaly. Now Mrs. Kendall has returned
"a her old form. Chicago and ali the Western
papers are hlled with columns of interviews
with the wsll-known English actress and in
them no note Of discOrd appears, This Is her
home; II is "a country OF magnificent newspapers
and excellent critics; the women are beautiful,
and the standard OF purity higher than any
where else in the world.
II is said that the first case 10 he taken mp by
the new Actors Association, which has been
incorporated as branch OF the Knights Of
Labor. will be the case Of Madeleine Pollard.
At least this was the programme given out by
one of the walking delegates of the new organ
iZation a few days ago Since that time Miss
Pollard has announced that she will not attempt
90 go upon tine stage this year, so the actors pro-
tectiye order will have 10 select some other case
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