The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-15
LIVE TOPICS lBoUr TO VIZ.

For several months past q paper for subscrip-
tlcns Tor the erection Of n private circus up
town has been circulating among business
men down town, and the scheme has already
advanced 80 far that the details Of tho plans
have been arranged. The building will DO
erected with a view TO serving other purposes
as we'll rs a v winter circus, and It will be sup.
piled with shops and nrcades. The ate ee-
iectcd up town Is accessible and conspicuous.
Paris and BcTlin have permanent. %elrouscs.
smone the most profitable Of all the entertain.
mcHt enterprises of Paris. The Circus ROnz
On p~'S a scale when would seem very small Ito to
and that a small one, and not one.tenth tho
number Of gerf9rme.s engaged in an American
s ssHtia, i GrS Usually IN th saG'' eP PssRshsns or,
conclude with a pantomime. or some other
i@s.tarS, w soams o IN a. Ssef r1nds ;O With our rex eS,
most popular clowns In these performances are
american negroes. who. after a very brief resi-.
tive humor, but continue TO amuse foreigners
By their p%ertness of manner and their physical
traits.
The return OF the opera company TO New York
restores to the Tcnderloin NJ. Willie schults tn o
brother. in.law Of Edouard De Reszke, aid the
buffer who stands between the two do Reszkes
and the outside world. He is an ample buffer
OF liberal proportions, weighs over 200 pounds.
and Is an expert ~polyglot, talking French. Rus
sian. and German with :greater facility than
English. When VI. Schultz walks down Broad
way he obscures the view OF the street for sew
eral blocks: but rs he is averse to any moro ex-
hausttng physical exercise than riding on n
cable car, this eclipse happens rarely. and then
only in the neiHhborhood Of the Gilsey House.
NJ. Schultz represents his two brothers-in. law
To the outside.world. and he has one profound
conviction as to the successful adyancement OF
their interests in the newspapers. This ts:to an.
during the season that Jean is on the point OF
retiring from the Stage to marry the Countess
Miram@iilS' and WI SyhOn never He return again aG IT., to
tclf Of this important duty, NJ. Schultz rests
during the remainder OF the month, but never
On admiration for Chicago as the greatest city
on the fact that the opera house there adioins
the hotel, and 1t is only necessary TO walk
it. is easy to: make the trip in short stages.
and M. Schultz's English. Whenever he re.
never acquired in the cafe of the Gilsey House.
it is VI. schultz who:ooks after the De Reszke
business, sees their managers, and attends to
all the details which fall to the lot of the
agent who always accompanies foreign sing
behalf. and was meyer known to devlate from
his nnse!nsh devotion to their interests, ex-
brown pood!cs. For a brief period last. year
he used to give them their morning walk or
broadway, ana the sight was one which those
who were fortunate enough To witness it have.
never forgotten. But unfortunately the cold
weather came, and the dogs had to he sent out
were deprived of the sight of NJ. Schultz in
tow of the two brown poodles.
Casual visitors to the German theatre here
are surprised after q while to observe that the
same people appear always to occupy the same
seats on certain evenings. Anybody attending
the theatre regularly on the same evenings of
the week will find the same familiar faces
about him. This comes from the fact that the
seats there are sold by subscription for the sea-
son. just as they are at the opera, and the same
people take their seats for q certain night
thrEIEhout NE h, 1, season; This o pl" ,ho OF Co sup.
can theatregoers have always refused to ac-
posed. At DAYS Theatre during one season
the seats on certain nights were sold by sub
scription, but the experiment was never re-
peated. Richard Mansfield announced that
the same plan would he followed at his Gar
rick Theatre during the past winter, and there
were four applications for seats.
Field Marshal Yamagata's acceptance Of the
Governors gold lace STAFF as martial heroes
and brothers. in-arms was to be expected, aid
the Generals and Colonies who wore the uni
forms designated by Adjt.-Gen. Edwin Angus
tus McAlpln In hi, series of sartorial orders,
now on record at Albany, were naturally
pleased with him and with themselves. The
members OF the Marshal's suite admired the fit
and brilliancy of the uniforms worn by the
staff officers until one of the men on the special
train explained that the wearers were not
q recent visit tnat they made to creedmoor to
ulation National Guard rifle. One or two of
the staff had fired these guns before, and one
The Instructor showed the staff officers how to
handle the guns and then he selected e General
gun to his shoulder, and fred, 1t was a clean
Ti.s, As the pupil brought the gun up again
'..:Now. GenerSi, take time, and hold i IT on the
bull when you fire."
But I don't sc any bull" said the General.
bringing his gun down and looking anxiously
' "Pull's-eye of the target, 7 mean." suggested
the instructor, who was a Captain. and there
;.why-er-yes, of course. how stupid of me-
raid tho General, and then he scored another
miss.
The time will come.'' said a man at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, when New Workers will
question the right OF the Worth monument to
stand in the most conspicuous place in this
city. and II will be removed. 1t is the most
desirable, place in New York for a monument.
fon in ten thousand can say what Gen. Worth
eyer did to entitle him to such a monument.
much of him because he was a New Yorker.
and n popular hero for n time"
%,,ndf.""d ADDED Hioia Dwxir hT' L S%S mSa knows that
Gen: Wo n + IS body lies s. nmder ms mon MN eaw.
renee, was aware of this fact.
During the past week club gossip has had it
that George w. Smalley has been suspended
from tho Metropolitan Club for an infraction
OF the rules, and his name. which had been
proposed at the Century Club for membership,
had been withdrawn because there was oDposi-
ton to his election. In speaking Of Mr.. Small
ley's experience. a man who for many years has