The sun., 1896-02-14
LrrK ropros .AHour TOWN

the TioGa chieftain is celebrated. The explana-
tion Of Il camo yesterday. Mr.. Platt admits that
songsters went in those says Ho led a. glec club
he frequently has ioined in Presbyterian singing
ON Sundays when he attended church.
Miss Eleanor Frick. tho librarian Of the
Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, recently found
packed away In an old Rarret n set of blue and
whito ware that was made by William Ridg-
way Of stafrordshire, England, in 1911, and she
sold II to n collector for q good price,. These
pieces have been In Miss Frick's family since
d on dm IN are dSp,sd some OF tas
Of old blue and white ware have found Long
Island rich field. In many cnses the LonE
ljand families who own rare china md have
been using II for many years have no apprecia.
ton OF Its beauty or its value.
Henry Wallis. whose one. act opera has Just
been accepted for performance at the Royal
Opera House In Berlin, is known to u limited cir
Gle of music lovers In this town an exception
ally clover pianist. When boy he won fame in
EmEland ASA skfql pianist but in Later years ho
is an American in his ideas, and his libret,o
was written bv an American. Mr.. II. l.. VIII.
son. tho author Of n book OF short Stories The
Royal Berlin Opera House Is conservative, and
Its acceptance or an American work Is un-
usual.
1t Is supposed generally that the men who
run down town lunch rooms without walters
leave tho question Of payment entirely with
the consciences Of their patrons. One OF these
pas. AT the desk restaurants has Biblical texts
on the walls. and not withstanding the fact that
the proprietor advises his patrons to place
their trust In accordance with the Biblical in
junction, he has several sharp eyed young wo-
men who stimulate from time to time the CON
sciences of the ,ren who eat there. Yesterday
dressed elderly ha llar
- cents for his luncheon. Your check should
be % cents" said a keeneyed woman who
~ beg your pardon" said the elderly man,
ut should be only II cents" He was ernbar-
"Yon did this same thing last Thursday" she
said. and the Thursday before that. TO day
Watched Won. and know that your check
Then she TOLD him what he had taken. and
the elderly man paid the cashier % cents and
walked out, mumbling that II was all II mis-.
take.
People who have asked what ex Superintend.
cnt Thomas Byrncs ha, been doing since he
sevcicd his connection with tho Police Depart.
ment of this town. are answered with the an
nonnccmcnt that lie is at work on book. 1t is
to be n second edition of his professional
Criminals of America brought up to date and
elaborated Mr.. Byrnes says that there is
nothing the average crook hates so much as
publicity. and lie believes that criminal di-
rectory, issued every two years. would prove
of value in the control of crime. There is no
man mani IN THIS country better qualified to write
Byrnes, and he hasn't lost his interest in this
subject since he laid aside his uniform. AS an
rartment of New. York. Mr.. Byrnrs watched
the criminals Of this city closely. He was not
under him. Information of great value was
given TO him by the crooks themselves. His
book on professional criminals was published
| 81 nf fpt inn lint ,.,1-
lection OF facts, gathered by systematic inves-
tigation during nearly a quarter of century
than 200 photographs of dangerous criminals.
Mr.. Byrncs's forthcoming book will contain
pert criminals and he believes that it viii be Of
grcat value to American Consuls abroad. These
agents OF the Government are victimized not
infreQuently hr American crooks. While Mr..
Byrncs was abroad he saw the need OF such a
book, and of his reasons for going to the lIot
Springs is that there he may finish his book
without interruption.
While the singers at tho Opera House were
not disturbed by the possibility Of being called
on to sing with Yvctte Guilbert. there were
good many features Of her visit to New York
which worried them considerably. She stopped
In an W town hotel. which quarters at least
two OF the prima donnaS in the company. and
ivette's apartments were TIE finest in the
house; In fact. the suite is seldom occupied,
owing to the price charged for il. Mclba WAS
In cheaper rooms up stairs, and WAS Nor
dca. The situation is snid to have rested heav-
ily on Melba's mind. although Nordica, who ia
woman of a philosophical tendency, was not
here In such rooms as those" Melba used to
say. while | could not possibly afford to pay
such prics, MS she does. IT'S preposterous that
as that woman does, and be able to live in such
way. while nm here in the same house and
conihn,t begin t" afford the apartments she oc
cupies." III" really CALLING feature of Yvette's
visit to this country was the salary which she
got. None Of the opera singers could suppress
u feeling of resentment over that 81. 900 n week.
For 30 many seasons they have preEmpted the
privilege OF demanding al,surdly ex"rbitant pay
for their work that it was n dread offence for
an outsider like Ivctte to come in and beat
them on their own grounds.
IL is said that there is mt present a slight mis-
understanding between Jean de Reszkc and the
MANAGEMENT of I he Ouera not because his sal
ay is not Large but because don one singer in tho
condition Of affairs that he is not willing to
tolerate. The, salary may. be large enough, but
largest paid TO anybody in the company Tn
doubtedly Mclba and Cnlve feel exactly the
unansweraJle @ % reasons WHY he should iH receive receive
the largest SALARY of all. Plancon doubtless
,cherishes the ",,, same continents regarding his
the dihicullics which Maurice Grau has to
more than Mclha. and. for that matter. more
than Jean de Reszke. For next year shc has
an Oner or S:.+oD Il nlSlit Tor flrty perform
anccs of Carmen" throughout the country.
The manager who makes her the proposition
expects to tour the country giving only Car
mem and expects to make the tourn6e
profitable. She is getting this season 81 800
from Abbey ~ Grau. and that is the largest
salary paid to any one of their singers.
In speaking Of the coming National Demo-
cratic Convention loyal New York Democrats
express much curiosity regarding what style
of "principlcs' the State Democracy will
adopt for that occasion. The State DemOc-
raCy would not accept fair representation at
tho Democratic state Convention In Syracuse
last fall, and climbed into bed with tho Republi-
cans here in New York county, in an effort TO
defeat Tnmmany. but were lost in the shuttle.
AT the anti-snap Convention held in May, 1892,
al Syracuse. the Statc Democrats were, on diff
fcrcnt ground. On that occasion all. even
Freddy liinrchs of Brooklyn. jumped upon
the platform and declared they were in tho
movement for ''principlc" only. In fact. tho
newspaper correspondents listened to speeches
referring to ''principles" in thirteen different
Mugwnmp dialects, Then Freddy came home
publican. and most Of the other carpet knights,
who Were fighting for principle" only. have
got Mica iObs under MAyOr 81 rnnu anothey Rn-