The sun., 1896-10-08
LITE TOPICS ABoUr roWM.
Now that the bIeycll,t, havo h.on do,o

Now that the bicycllsts have been defeated
In their effort 10 obtain the exclusive use of
the Boulevard, chiefly by the opposition of the
retail tradesmen along the street, eve~y wheel.
man would like to believe that tho erocers,
butchers. and other small shopkeepers would
do whatever they could to make their presence
less Objectionable than 1t has been in the
past. There would never have been any agi-
tation Ia favor Of excluding their wagons from
The street had 1t not been that the light aeons
driven by small aud inex xpeiienccd youths were
a constant menace to every rider who ventured
IN the street. The heavy trucks and the brew.
cry waRone are bad enough. and when two Of
them are stretched lengthwiso across tho
street, while their d; Ners rest on the side.
Walk, which Il By no means an unu sual occur
renee; 1t would seem that nothing more obiec-
heavy trusks, with their sleepy drivers, are
AZ least IN the control of grown men. and not
old, entirely unskil d in driving, insufficient
~ strong :" control the horses and instructive.
~ lnimical TO bicyclists. These arc tho young.
sters % who. rattling in and out of the boulevard
with their light wagons, 10 more injury than
any other drivers with whom the riders have
main In control of the Boulevard after the new
ARRANGEMENT goes into effect. and the retail
dealers who succeeded In keeping them there
ought TO lie made to see TO IL that they are ct
ter controlled. II there were some law forbid
DING the employm, mt of persons "nder GER
-endily overcome. But long before the bicy-
clists ever had occasion to complain OF their
recklessness IL was matter OF common in.
formation that in the majority of turnover
accidents the drivers were very young and
unframed men.
When Tomasso Salvini decided to retro
from tho stage, he was determined thLt so long
az he was not acting himself, the family name
should not be represented on the Italian stage.
So he told his two sons who had become ac-
tors that so long as they stayed out of Italy
they would receive the allowance he was will
Ing to mako them regularly. Ho is rich man.
said to be worth nearly 81 900, 900. most Of
which was made in this country and Russia.
As they came Of age he gave to each OF his sons
certain sum of money. and continued their al
lowances on the one condition that they should
act outside of Italy. Young Alexander, who
is dying in Italy, has always played in this
country. and ha, never tried to act in his ma.
tive land, aid so has continued to remain In
older brother. could not forego the ambition
ian stage. He lost his first patrmony in an
effort to manage a theatre. and then, unable to
act and enjoy his fathers money at home. he
went to South America and stayed there for
o~n country and played in Naples, True to
lowance he had made to him. and without
having gained any especial success AS an actor,
Alexander had always been content to stay in
this country, and his wife, who is with him
now in Italy. is an American. While the old
were told Of his amazingly economical habits
and the accumu ulatton of his large fortune was
never retarded by any extravagant expendi.
lures.
The positive announcement from tho Metro
politan's managers that Nine. Nordica will
positively not be member OF their company
next season puts an endt emporarily to the
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