The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02

NJ. Hunt. the famous architect, died two years
ago last summer he left his architectural libra
~, which Is said to DO OF exceptional value and
interest, TO his son, with the proviso that II
should alwnys be accessible TO the architects Of
New York. Anybody who has that claim to tho
use Of the library need only present himself, ex-
plain who he is, and avail himself of the unusual
advantages of tho books which Mr.. Hunt col
l 81 with great care ,n dS SIa sob MS o long career ,sI,S
librarian in charge OF II, and IT can be consulted
by anybody who desires to do SO and is entitled
to the privilege. But the conditions undor
which ii is open TO the use of members of MIR.
Hunt,s profession arc ,s SO little knSwn that 1.-THE the
taken advantage Of to any great extent.
Mrs. Emma Eames Story has settled down in
Paris for the winter and is now ut the homo
which she built there about two years ago and
which combines in her opinion all the American
comforts of life with the advantages possible In
O French house. According to tho latest &C.
count of her plans, Mrs. Story will remain all win
ter in Paris, and 1t is said that she will not ap-
pear professionally until the opening of the
opera season in London. 1t was her intention
last summer to make a tour Of the German
cities, but that idea has evidently been aban'
doned, and after some negotiations. during
which 1t was said that she would sing in st.
Petersburg with the De Reszkes, her name has
not been included in the final cast of the prima
donnas to appear there. 1t may be said that there
seemingly certain of success as Mrs. story: 1t
was with that company that abe was 70 have
appeared as Seutd and SicDtinde for the first
time. and her beauty ought to have made her
distinguished among such women as Malten and
Morap,Qlden. kGmor supplies one reason t0r
tour, and L 1t be correct the closing OF the Met.
ropolitan Opera House for one yea, was really
a more tragic occurrence than ANYBODY would
have supposed. Mrs. Story's agent. after she
had accepted Frau, Wagner's Invitation to sing
tried to arrange visits to the German cities on
the basis OF ~ 900 a night. Such a sum |, paid
to few singers in Germany -Sembrich and Patti
stors's reputation is said to have been so little
known that 800, was the most adyantaseous
reveal her beauty and her art to q public that
was willing to pay so little for the privilege.
So she will remain for the winter at her home
in Paris and continue her study OF the Wagner
heroineB.
Some of the older hotels make sturdy efforts
to keep pace with their newer rivals, and the
efficacy OF the palmroom In this direction has
already been noticed. The newly invented
artificial palms have helped out many an old
house; but other steps have also been necessary.
One of these was apparent at an uptown hotel
the other day when the entire staff of servants
suddenly appeared in blue uniforms with brass
buttons. This hotel, long famous throughout
the country, had persistently withstood all for
eign notions and positively refused to be any.
thing except out.and-out American. So the
new uniforms were a surprise when they re-
placed the shiny cutaway coats which constr
tute the livery Of the American hotel servants ,hS ny
employees Of the house, who had got beyond
the age for sudden and unusual decoration, the
new uniforms we're a little incongruous; IN
order that the Improvement Nigh. not be
merely spectacular, this hotel. like the others
included a valet service among its attractions
| Rut that valet service took no more r-Amefl
can form than the presence of two good tailors
in the building. Anything SO foreign as d rea
valet was kept at the proper distance.
Prof. Drisler was known probably to q larger
number of Columbia graduates than any Other
member of the faculty who has ever been there
as his term of office extended over a great man!
years. He was liked among the students, TO,
his manner to them was always affable an;
agreeable, and as a taskmastcr he was neve
unduly severe. He had come to be nearly a
familiar q figure about New York as he was oil
the college grounds, and many people who die
not know his name knew by sight the large
vigorous old man with the white beard and In
Of things at Columbia and of that time, whicl
Is to-day represented most conspicuously u.
Prof. Van Amr!nge. Prof. Drisler Away
limited his participation in university affair
to his lecture rooms, but Prof. yam An nra Z
the men in the faculty who was always sup
posed to be most interested in college athletics
The demand for Sunday baseball, IL. indeed
there be such a demand, is a further indicatio
of New Works desire to be amused on Sunday
There were three concerts last Sunday niSht,an
next Sunday there will be four. They appeale
to entirely different sections of the public, bn
they all attracted good audiences. and 1t wa
clear that there was Il demand for them. !
addition to these public performances thcr
were the usual number Of private concert
PLAYS in foreign languages. balls, and fairs. ths
/ are Il part OF every Sunday night in the cit!
} The most notable increase Is In the number {
| uptown entertainments. II is not without a
8 should continue to increase the opportun!t!t
F, for sunday amusemcnts, some of the WeStGr
ties of amusement. The frst-class theatre
OF the West are no longer opened on SUNDAY
. except for ,Tk the porff" "ro iRcir r oi S3f at Hns bv 'n ~
5 pearing. But the best OF the actors have late
begun to refuse TO act on SUNDAY nights IN az
: city, and most Of them have been powerfl
I enough to make the Sunday night amusement
rather second-class In character.
il After keeping out OF public view for two yea,
Count" Eugene Mitkicwicz again figures as Il
subject OF II complaint, a bench warrant #
his arrest havinx been issued by a Washingtc
I Judge. MitsiewicZ's career has been varit
t and interesting. During the year or moro TN
| he lived in u New York boarding house
was interesting the late Elliott +. Shepard
a scheme that was big and plausible. A mi
r who knew tho Count" at thar tilno said tn
the secret OF his success, in beGuiling wealth
e men into considering his schemes serious
was undoubtedly the fact that his imnGinRtiC
d was:such that no believed in them. himself viii
70 he was talking. He belongs 10 the long,hnge
r nail class of knights of fortune, and when
wants to be entertaining he has few cqua
He is an expert billiard and pool player. nj
he Is not averse to II quiet game Of poke
'. During his career of twelve or fifteen years
70 this country he has been on terms OF intiiIia
IN with some OF tho sire widest men Of tho lin
al His latest escapade involved Sl25. and this seer
n like pretty small business for a man who IA
,e aimed at millions and almost secured them.
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