New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-12
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

4 young woman in society recently wrote pay
principally amuse herself Her father fedu y
and said: "Niy dear. II you cut out three-qu1' ''
OF IT, it world be thrce-quarters better But her
friend. did not agree with this opinion a thea'rcdl
manorer told her that she should certainly nave II
r.,d beror. her friends, II should be read by pro-
ressional actors The play was read. ana all VINO
took part in or heard It were delighted. Ihey "e
clared that It was a remarkable play. Thus enconr-
a 6e p Re pTT5 Sdns R.nn she spoke 70
lit is a remarkably clever play; he SAID ~ o- -
reason to feel proud of your success Yoq are to
be congratulated my dear y3nns d1gsren p ''
Is not an acting play. III lha"e' N'i''
4 newspaper article the other day called at'en-
ton TO the fact that the hard times were lnduc'hS
many men to resign from clubs because they u'u
not feel that 1t right to spend money III cruz
dues when It hard TO get This Is the com
ment OF n ciubman: "One club in hard times Is
good thing for a bachelor: several clubs arc
heavy burden. l a single man, ana ma one
club an economy. l have seriously thought OF re-
signing from ali my clubs save one. with one cino
7 calculate that should really save money; Every
IN reraurant Where used to dine at hotels or
& NM ~ a club Taking into account tho saving
on food wines and tips figure that ons cino ior
= bachelor would save more than enough 10 pay
his dues several times over.
The married man who belongs to clubs bat dimes
at home IS really contributing TO the support oil inc
bachelors who patronize the clubs frequently. His
dues help to pay for their rent the service, the care
of the house the lights. the library. the good bill
lard tables and a dozen other things. The bacheor
enjoys these benefits, and besides gets his dinners
good Infringement for the single man.
4 physician and a newspaper man started 10
cross Park Row In front OF the Postoffce Building
on their way to the Aston House. 1t was raining
81 10
physician that they through the Posohice TO save
walking around 1t in the wet. NO answered the
physician las fer health is concerned II wou'd
be safer to walk blocks in a pouring rain than 10
GO through the Postofice The air In there N
always foul There is n sckening odor in the build
ing and TO me the lower foor with its noxious
atmosphere and foul smells seems very breeding
bed Of disease You keep out OF the fos'oHIce anu
stay In the rain, and 1t VIII he he'ter l0r YOUR
health" A fine compliment 10 the Federal ohcials'
Hotel and restaurant proprletors who maintain
that It pays them TO charge fancy prices even IN
hard times have difficulty in explaining these days
how II Is that their dining rooms remain deserted
day after day and evening after evening on the
other hand there are two hotels in Ncw-fork
which are in the hotel sense OF the word strictly
FIRST class" but which instead Of charging - cents
for cocktail for instance, ask only 10 cents The
cafes Of both these places are crowacI ,,ery crrw
to get seats at a table. TO freQu.nt-r' OF cafes
this seems pretty GOOD argument
There is one class OF people in New-York who can
cav that II Is an I'll wind" etc. Lawyers have
not felt so badly injured by the hard times as
other people. In fact when debts are haru 10 COL
Icct when men fan TO fulfil their contracts. when
failures occur. when It is hard 10 get money
whether II is due or not due. there IS greater de-
mand for the services Of lawyers than in ordinary
times Of prosperity Some may ask how law
yers manage to collect what is due them when
others have 50 much trouble in making collections
pr nat gen % becyed that in this respect in
others perhaps. lawyers have a way OF taxing
care Of themselves.
The proprietor OF shop where photographs OF
well-known people are for sale Is authority Tor
the statement that the demand for the pictures OK
actors and actresses has greatly fallen of In recent
years. There a time. he says when everybody
wanted photographs OF people on the stage win
which to adorn their rooms. Now an acre%a mas 70
be unusually handsome or unusually successful 10
excite run on The ph9t9graPhrrs socT ions
young still make iad OF getuns coMec. .,
Of actresses photographs though II the COLLECTIONS
were to meet the originals in the street they might
not know one in a hundred
The old lad" OF gathering likenesses OF act
resses seems to have given way to new form OF
the same general dea-collecting the photographs or
women Of title The dealer who says that women
OF the stage need not sit before the camera TO
please the public declares that the photographs OF
| any woman who wears a title will readily sell If II
| Is only displayed where II can be seen; Girls ne
s s4y b afe s af s"e to dcae that young link
great deal Of titles PERHAPS win an ege 10
selves since they have none themselves. and know
no faces Of those whom they deem
| more fortunate
Conspicllous from many parts Of lower Ncw-fork
s the rather odd-looing top story OF tall build
ing downtown It looks Ike broad plaza OF
Southern planters mansion. or sweeping veranda
Ipdis
why such an arrangement Is placed on top OF a
Ncw-York of,ce bpldin. Up ihcre hsh ,,I In the
its home and the veranda looking affair Is ~. roof
eenb Vim have reason to congratulate themselves
that they are up where the breezes blow. and the
rest Of us will envy them
When suburban resident got off his train in
| Westminster County the other day man left the
car with him. He looked around In dazed way
and then addressed Mr.. Suburban:
"Can YOU tell me-" he said. With slight thick
| ness in his speech, what street We are at?'
"why, we aren't any street. This is Pelham
VIZ! And we aren't on the elevated road?"
And I've been carried past the Grand Central
@You must have been carried right through You
70 60 ha nsTt anG TO s 66k on R Pnn 'e9
1T must have happened that way way: u,,ur ,sor .,
| meet a train on which was my mother-in-law."
| The big American ship Dirigo. which sailed for
Japan from Philadelphia the other day carrying
over 100000 gallons Of oil. marks new era In the
shipbuildng business of Bath. Me. long famous for
her Yankee clippers" The Dirigo is steel ship.
the first OF the kind launched in Bath and she
was built BY Arthur sewa who also constructs
When a Faith ship gets a beating In a race around
the globe II is because something is wrong with the
wind and the weather and 1t Is expected by the
owners and the master OF the Drigo that this nylnB
ship Of metal will show long wake to everything
that carries canvas.
MR. RICHARDSON AND HIS ADVERSARIES
Leander Richardson. the dramatic newspaper
man. is reported to have challenged Louis Massen
to fight to finish. Mr.. Richardson was at his
office No. I07 West Twenty-e ghth-st., yesterday.
and admitted that he wanted to get satisfaction out