The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
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ms VIII on Or Cnafles Augustus Murray, X.
Q. b, which was Hled for prubats In this CITY
several days ago. called attention to the old
custom Of wearing mourning rings for the dead.
which was common In this country at the be.
ginning OF the present century, and which an
pareutly holds TO some extent In England. sir
Charles's hrst wife was q daughter OF the late
James wadsvorth OF Geneseo, and when hit
will was nled IL was found that the executors
were directed 10 pay to Charles f.. James w.
William A.. and Herbert wadsworth OF Geneseo
500 each to buy mourning rings. The residue
OF his American estate. after these requests had
been, paid, IL 70 be turn ed over to the t~estator's
London bankers. Maiden lane jewellers saw
that they have little demand now for mourning
part OF a Jewellers outfit As wedd .ng rings. They
were black. and made In. various designs. "a the
by will.
A Wall street man who Is as we'll known for
his kennels and his interest in sports "a for his
financial operations called for a drink in a
Broad street cafe that bore the came OF his ken
nels.
Invented this drink" he said. /" and FOR sew
eral years IL was my exclusive property. Some
OF my friends found out how 1t was made. and
they began to call for It In down town cafes.
They told the barkeepers how It was made and
who made It. One day 1 dropped in at the Sa-
49, $3.50 49, 9AA ~ A1NNA ~ e % LAtAA NhAA ~
cocktail named after me. 1 found that it
was my cocktail straight enough. but
ememoered how the name Of Remsen had
been associated. with the 'cooier.' and | didn't
want that kind OF notoriety. The barkeeper
told me Of half a dozen places where. this cock.
made Il popular. told the bartender that nv
name must not be lacked on to the cocktail any
that he name 1t after my kennels. That wasdone.
and | took good care to have the same change
COCKTAIL is q good one buE I didn't want nv
name handed down 70 the next generation Of
cocktail drinkers in that fashion,
The recent development OF the concert halls
In this city. and the salaries commanded in them
By such entertainers as ChevalIer aud Yvette
Guilbert. have had an aupreciable effect on
actors and actresses, who would have scorned
an oTer half a dozen years ago to appear In any
thing but Legitimate drama. as they called it.
AT that time the concert halls in New York
were few. and the entertainment that they fur
nished was Of a cheap character. Several men
who have been playing in stock companies for
the last few years have announced their inten-
ton. of trying the concert hall stage for q change.
Each Of them has his specia!ties. which he Is
con ident will win for him success and a larger
salary than the drama can give him
Arthur Curtiss James. whose yacht. the Cor
onet, has Just reported at san Francisco after a
trip around the Horn to take on board the Am
herst astronomical expedition, bound for the
island Of Yezo, to observe the coming eclipse OF
the sun. is q son OF D. Willis James. one OF the
trustees OF Amherst College. Mr.. Arthur James
was graduated from Amherst in 1889. and the
expedition to which he has contributed 50
largely Is one OF the most important and best
equipped Of its kind ever sent out. Its object IS
TO observe and photograph the corona. and more
than $4,000 has been eIpendE4 on the ap-
Of Prot. David P. Todd OF the Amhers;
1~rftE Mr. amos ia not an MY tra' I
sharp, but he is ond Of yachting, and since hs
was graduated ne has on several occasions
stantial way. Ire old Cor0uet has been entirely
reftted for thisexpedttion. and II the day on
which the observations are to be made should
prove cloudy a IezO. thus defeating their OBJ
ject. the members Of the expedition viii at least
have had the satisfaction or q long trip on this
famous old yacht
THE SUS's story OF the Restaurant Of the
Failure'' a week ago gave me a clue as 20 the
meeting place CT a lot OF men who gathered at
Mrs. Blanks Tuesday evenings a few years
ago." sad an artist yesterday. - was young
then and new TO New York. butI had frequently
read OF Mrs. Blank and her literary Bohemian
evenings. Another artist introduced me to
them and 10 the hostess. and Tor six months I
believed that the genius Of New York was rep
resented IN her parlors on her evenings at
home. There were two or three men with titles
present on every occasion. and I have since
found that most OF them were frauds. I met
young men and young women who had written
poetry. but never had published it PAINTERS
lists. and occasionally a man or woman who
was known on the stage IL was a queer collec-
ton. and as Mrs. Blank herself has ceased Civ
ing these : Bohemian evenings. don; believe
that anything Just like !t exists in this city, to-
gay; v Mrsi ,i ga1iihr 70 those T shat Z mtvhs De tound
in the houses of clever French women, and they
s sse3 syy ,b 5as" sa, ats sf9P m BY occa.i6naI dIsa
putes; one man was introduced to mo at one
Of these evenings as Eafon' s2msoody
a theatre ID this town. There was a
slim theatrical flavor about these function.
met there came 10 me several nights atterward
in great distress to borrow my evening clothes.
He said that his we're at his tailor,s. and that
TO ask such a favor. He was a little small for
them 20 Tor one evening. was Young and l let
him have them Ididn't get them hack for two
5Sss hi. 1 soan ,se ssn TasR lad | Pa Ssd ih hts tabor IN ! .h f2Tea
the trousers two inches. am going down to
look over the SATURDAY might crowd a. the Res.
I shall and some OF my old acquaintance OF tie
days OF Mrs. Blank there"
Mrs. Thomas c. Plat received = few days ago.
as the complete returns from her orange grove
in Florida. half a dozen small oranges, and she
doesn't expect 10 get any more from tina; source
tor four or aye years, Mrs, P!att says thai her
climate and it's snakes. Until the frost Of a
year ago struck thar state her orange grove was
hourishing and profitable. Now its tree, are
dead and It's value is small.
A new style OF waistcoat has made its appear
ance. and on first sight 1t looks as II IL had no
buttons on the front. This effect Is gained by
using a ny similar TO that used On light over
coats. The buttons are thus concealed and the
eject Is novel.
TOO MANY CATS FOR RI.
MYSTERIOUS Noises Proceeded from u MusIe
Tsaeher's ADartments.
The residents about sixth and Bloomfield
streets, Hoboksn, have been complaining for
several months about strange noises that have