The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
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One phase Of the private detective business
which sometimes has very serious consequences
Is undertaken with a very uncertain chance OF
profit. II is q species OF frce-lance industry
which has about 1t the same element Of luck
that belongs to horscraclne or poker. There
are In New York n certain class Of private de-
~tectives who make It their business to watch
men without being hired to do 90. The particu.
lar objects Of their attention are the employees OF
banks, brokers offices. or large trust companies.
and they are. as n matter OF course, chiefly tho
young men in such establishments. After hAv-
ing learned the identity OF ono or two men oc-
watch the objects OF their espionage long
enough to decide whether or not there Is likely
10 be any profit in the game. IL they fad that
the young men do not frequent gambling houses
or appear too often In the downtown saloons or
AFFORD, the spying is abandoned Ks a pursuit not
likely TO be profitable. But there are profitable
cSs.. enough 1,n 9 |, Df to keep w q nSm nj tSt o. . dS5seS SoyEs
o. them. undertake 1t on their own response.
hility, while others are the agents OF Companies.
terests really important revelations as 70 the
habits OF employees. they receive reward enough
liable occupation. Nor do thoy dlsiain the
compensation that comes from reporting some
interesting details In the habits OF the younger
employees. There are regular detectives en-.
ploye'! by some OF the companies. Just ,s there
greater part Of such work is done by the unat.
tached Hawkshaws.
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The popularity o. the gin rickey has devel
oped that drink into a method OF retreshment
which its earliest promoters doubtless little ex.
pected 1t would ultimately become. Now an
enterprising 6arkeeper downtown Is serving
more patrons than the stretch OF his bar can
comfortably accommodate with r.ckeys, which
arc offered in q entirely new fashion. They
are handed to the thirsty customer in a
than the ordinary beer stein. In other re-
spects the drink is the anne that on,
s ssiss in a. all S sHlSSOi =, i M. 9us spsr .SiSh i s !
necessary. constitutes the principal novelty that
this enterprisins barkeeper has added 70 the
and seems to mark the passing OF the rickey
over from the class OF the gin;hEE and the high
past included only such mildly alcoholic liquors
as Pilsner and Bass.
The Improvements in the plaza at Eighth ave
nue. and Fifty.ninth street have now progressed
far enough TO make IL clear that b~icyclists will
have every reason 10 be satisfied with the
changes there. and that spot, which was in the
past q terror to inexperienced riders and a nui-
sance to all kinds. will otter no more inconven-
fences in the future. One particular advantage
Of the improvements there Is to be found in
the dwelling OF the street car tracks. which
will no longer project above the asphalt as
they did over the cobble stones in the past. The
removal OF this nuisance calls attention again
to the places in which il IS allowed TO continue
dam avenue and Seventy. second street are in .
shameful condition. and there Is no obstacle TO
the pleasure OF riding on the Boulev ard now
been done to remove tho Objectionable features
knew the i!sadvantsscs that had to Be encoun.
tered there years ago can testify TO the remark
where. Quly these tracks projecting high above
the widely separated bouIde-s remain the nuts
Ance they always have Been. Two blocks further
l Aaar-at EtGhth avenue And seventy second
street.-The condition OF affairs Is just as bail.
and as the entrance to the Park az that gate IS
q popular one. many people suffer from that
nuisance. Good roads are all about save these
survivals OF the earliest days Of wheeling, but
ysntages wheelmen had to struggle against
several years ago.
So much that is totally false has been written
about young women who have gone 10 Europe
to study singing on Jean de Res,ke's advice that
few persons put faith in the stories nowadays.
But there is one young woman in Paris now
who Is studying music there because the tenor
after hearing her voice told her that he believed
she could become famous II she wanted 10
daughter of a wealthy New Yorker who sew
srsI years ago became interested in the
e snS ahsn e the a staete Of ; II be ks ss ~ w aas s.fed
she ought to become notably good singer. So
she went TO Paris last spring, and is there now.
i Z Is 10 y ODgeu INA LAr ItfOE - NOT SO SENSITIVE
on this subject as some other foreign musicians
who have come 10 this country. One OF these
fear that somebody may be advertised as one Of
his pupils. He takes the troubie to deny specid.
ca.iy eyer statement OF this s!Id' While calling
as = pupil. But he will never admit that any.
body else is entitled TO that distinction.
It was said several years ago OF a famous
Broadway hotel that no man could conduct IT
successfully because OF the number OF parasites
that had come to look upon its privileges az
theirs oy squAtters' right. They can never Be
forced TO leave the hotel" said a man who had
tried to turn them out, and the only possible
way to get rid OF them is to tear the building
down. or. at any rate. close 1t tight for q few
weeks and stArve them out" Without being
too specific, It may be stated as a fact that
the old hAnger+on of this hotel have been
forced to find board and lodgings else.
where. They grumbled loudly when the
change was made. and some OF them as
serted that their presence in any hotel was
proprietor. The new manager did not take that
view. and when he told these professional en-
Ss, am. ,st that ases s5sS must ISs s, eitA sit pay board dor or
tse9uen,ers Of this place who compromised with
their sense o. independence and insisted on
soaia fss sFs Ses ssF d ssetss sffe 'ssdY e IF9 sns one r ssa
p%sfsntIy their era credit was not s very good. f io9r
tho word went up and down Broadway
last week that the new manager had
instructed his head waiter TO serve mono OF
these old timers. and even the carriage man
was cautioned against them. II Is alleged that
one waiter. who served an order given by q
former ~tavorite OF the hotel: whose name is now
on the black list, was discharged on the spot.
The old crowd" has scattered. and there Is
apparently no sign OF the failure. that they as
serted would surely follow their departure from
this hotel. In various hotels where they have
found comfortable chairs they lament bitterly
tho passing Of their old friend Blank - FROM
the active management OF the place that for
many years sheltered them.
According 70 an Atlanta despatch the theatre.
going women OF that city are divided in their
opinions As TO the wisdom OF q resolution passed
by the City Council forbiddlng the wearing OF
high hats In the theatre. Strangely enough. the
married women generally approve It and the
young unmarried women are opposed to what
they are pleased to call such interference
and they declare that they will brave the la.
and arNaar a. tho thaafra ,wi,h l. -.