The sun., 1896-10-31
LIVE TOPICS AMOUR TOWN.

| seen whether or not the teno matinSe popu-
larity will be diminished by the fact that he is
| a married man. Ever since he first came TO this
| country Jean do Reszke has lived the retired,
quiet life of middle-aged gentleman, and there
was never anything in his conduct Off the stage
to win for him the enthusiastic admiration of
the women who crowd the Metropolitan Opera
House at Saturday matneea. The demonstra-
tions Of enthusiasm were nevertheless always Of
very intense and lively character when he was
tho tenor. and ut these afternoon performances
the proportion OF women to men in the theatre
was about ten to one. This particular form OF
Reszke, who probably thought that IL was nlI
rather absurd when directed toward man
who was not far from so years old. His life in
New York was always very simple, ns he made
few acquaintances in society, from his own
choice. and passed much OF his ;imo when hero
in receiving fe friends Mt the Gilsey House and
in playing the piano. His marriage can mako
no difference IN lis private life, and none OF the
aamsatoa @ tnat ne mas snten, on .e stage has
him. Tho new wife is divorced woman, and
the delay In securing n dspensntion from tho
Pope Is said to have caused the frequent post.
ponements of tho marriage. She is an amateur
singer. q lingust, and n woman of artistic
tastes although she has never appeared pro-
fessionally in public. and is said to have no in
tention of doing anything of the kind. There
will certainly be great curiosity here on the
new wife looks like. and when she appears for
the first time Mt the Metropolitan She will proha-
singer himself.
The proposal to reopen an uptown dance hall
which ha. been closed for the last five years.
may not be serious; but IL the establishment
should be again thrown open to the public IL
would appeal to very different clientele from
that " hich supported it in the old days. 1t was
always n crude, cheap resort, which at the pres
ent time would not be tolerated west Of the
Bowery. New York has advanced greatly dur
ing the last few years. and the demands in such
respects have grown more and more exacting.
II conducted on its former plan the place would
draw n crowd that the police would keep close
eye on. None OF the other elements of up-
town lifc would patronize now place
that offered so few attractions. New York
has passed the stage in which it could
enjoy such resorts, and 1t can be opened
now doubtless with very little harm to
manners as its existence would certainly be
brief. The saloons that were formerly numer-
ious in the neghborhood Of sixth avenue and
Thirtieth street would probably gain little pat
ronage IL they were reopcned. Tho only
place Of that kind up town now makes con-
sidc-ahly more prctence than any OF It's pred
ecessors did and nobody thinks very highly
of its quality. No place can profit now up
town. or perhaps anywhere In the CITY. merely
because OF its opportunities for vice That
belongs TO a time that has long passed here.
young girl who happened to know a great
deal &hput a certain country in Europe decided
last " viute' that she would try at an entertain
mert given for charitable purpose to tell her
friends what she knew, and see how they en-
joyed IT, The experiment was success-such
a success that after while she was asked to
repeat 1t oftener than she had time TO. So she
decided to ask S25 for the evening. and she got
1t without any difficulty. Her profits during
the season were enough to enable her to 20 to
Europe and have a number OF photographs of
Ia
This winter, as soon as tne season commenced.
there was another demand for her lectures. and
II was great enough to justify her in asking 500
for the entertainment. Az that rate she got as
many engagements as she could fill. She Is a
pretty Girl. with an engaging manner, and her
lecture consists in reality of nothing more than
a series of anecdotes ngreeahly told. Her en-
clubs or societies of some kind, and / he occupa.
tion Is free from all the unpleasant features of
some phases OF professional life. she began the
work a. an experiment, and her success shows
how unexpectedly a woman NAV lind employ
ment OF an agreeable and profitable kind.
Signor Bimboni. who has attracted favorable
attentio as the leader at the Academy OF Music,
was the director Of season given at tho same
house by the Angelo Opera Company. which in
1856 revived such works as Ncrdis "Luisa Null
Ter " and Petrel!a's Zone" during a somewhat
curtailed engagement. Signor Pinto, now with
the Mapleson company. was also member OF
that organization. and Giulia Valdn. an Amer
lean singer, was the prima donna. Some
body was unkind enough osay at the time that
the operas revived were selected uecause a
libretto dealer who had u lot of the old book.
on hand had an interest in the business and in
sisted on selecting the repertoire. Signor Bin-
bOni Is smooth-fuced man with eyeglasses,
which he wears "a far down on his nose that he
IL never by any chance ablc to look through them
trail leader.
Chaunoey Depew has attained n new distinc-
ton IN these last day. OF his active pa-,icira.
in ha m IGN m
II has been discovered that in certain OF his
platform attitudes he bears n striking facial
resemblance TO the Grand Old Man of England
The rescm blance was noted particularly by the
audience that listened to his convincing sound
money speech ut the Lenox Lyceum on Tuesday
night. Mr.. Dcpew stood at n little desk on the
stage high above the seated audience. He
turned his face to that part OF his audience on
his right when he reached that part OF his ad-
dress when, with all the earnestness at his COM
mand, he declared that Bryan's statement that
he expected q panic before his free-silver theory
got IL fair trial. proved the repudiator to be an
enemy OF his country and 81 Its prosperity, prosperity, ,.
the whispered comment made by scores who sat
near the edge of the platform and were look ing
up at him as they canGht three-quarter view
of the earnest face OF tho orator.
The resemblance was so remarkane, in fact,
Depew Wore high standing collar. and tho
onlookers could trace the Englishman's coun-
terfeit presentment in the contour OF the .lore-
hend the similarity in the shape OF the nose.
and particularly in the firm shape OF the mouth
and chin. The resemblance was further start
lingly emphasized by the style in which the
orators gray side whiskers were trimmed He
looked exactly like the portraits OF Gladstone
that are best known In AHicrca, representing
him at the time he leading the battle for
concession OF home rule To Ireland some years
ago All the reporters at this particular meet
ing were impressed By the incident.
The oldest New York truckman still living Is
Felix Oliver. and he may be seen every day
driving his own horse to his own wagon lie
does business with the produce dealers of the
Washington Market neiGhborhood. and they
call him the BOY Truckman. He Is 80 years
old, but as spry as ever. and neither barrel nor
box gets the better OF him when IL comes to q
struggle whether he shall throw one OF them on
his truck or not Between spells he is apt TO
talk OF the times when. half century ago: hts
two-w heeled cart used to be- carried over Wall
Street Ferry on boat that went by horse power
and when he did trucking Tor merchants along
the canal where Canal street Id now.
At the Authors Club the other evening How
ard Paul related this auecdote OF the late
Charles Reade, the noyelIstwho was something