The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
LIVE TOPICS ABoUr Town.

ignored by the theatres as by the music halls,
and permission be given to the theatres TO have
bars In their buildings, ho will DO regarded
very gratefully by q large portion OF the theatre
going public. In all the London theatres
there are: mall buffets In connection with the
smoking rooms, and no man is compelled TO 20
out Of tho building In order to get rcfreshment.
But there has never been q theatre with n bar
in this city, When Henry L. Abbey opened his
theatre, now the Knickerbocker, he was COM
PEELED to close one door, which opened on the
lobby directly. At tho Metropolitan Opera
House, where there Is ample room for a com
Portable bar and smoking room, the men who
go out between the acts have 10 turn up the
lapels of their dress coats and, dodging the
cable cars. cross Broadway and walk to the
corner, where the nearest saloon is situated.
The Metropolitan is about the most %unfortu.
tubS eetTog piNT The Casino sGSaP' tho i Herald sq Sas
are provided with cafes under the same roof,
but few OF the other theatres are SO conven-
icntly situated. Wallack's. the Fifth Avenue,
the Lyceun, the Garrick, and, Indeed. nearly
all Of the uptown places, have to send their
audiences through the street between the acts.
Whether or not such cafes In the theatres
they arc to be small, unobtrusiye buffets-as
Mr.. Frohman wanted to establish would sue
coed or not remains to be seen. As a rule, New
Workers who. go to the theatre are not in tho
inside OF the theatre. Mir. Mansfield found that
out while his ice cream melted ,ginsold at the
purchasers. But the cafes would Mi a need
that Is more universally recognized than any
That leo cream or coffee would satisfy. me
and tho theatres Is what robs the regular thea
tire audiences of the opportunity Of finding q
bar inside of the theatre.
II 1t be true that Worth Of Paris, Poole OF
London, and other famous tailors and dress
makers propose to establish branches in this
country on account of the DANCE done.to them
by the :Dingley Iaw. somebody ought to direct
their attention to the case OF a conspicuous
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eral years ago. She had long had many.cus-
toners in New York, and every year sent many
garments to this city. After q while the mum.
Der Of her patrons there increased to such an
extent that she decided to open a branch hero.
She took q big house on Fifth avenue, broguht
over some OF her best workmen, and made up
just the same sort OF garments that had made
her famous in London. But tho move was the
mistake OF her life. Gradually her old New
York customers dropped away. There were
not, enough new ones TO take their places, and
was closed up and the Whole undertaking had
was found in tho fact that the move had made
other In New York. Anybody could 60 to her
establishment as easily as to any other. The
and the New York customers left her for old
dressrnakers who stayed in tho country In
the CASE they 81 Poo Poole ~s anS t @arth rG ths eapefien ie
would probably be just the same. The ela;
mo, thor fs of Z foreign Mi,5 name ms would s,Sb,i be ssn gens; t and
the avenue is Of the kind tina. tends to dinin.
establishments, There are already on Fifth
avenue q number Of places which purport to
be branches OF London and Paris establish
ments. Some OF them are. but most OF them
are not None OF them Is a branch OF a Euro,
yet they AL prosper well enough.
1t was not q great many years ago that q
magic lantern exhibition on upper Broadway
could attract q large crowd Of spectators, and
the old business at Twenty.second street and
Broadway counted the evening a failure on
which there were not several hundred persons
sanding on the sidewalk all evening to watch
the exhibit. But New York is rapidly becom-
ing fastidious. Now the most ingenious OF the
new methods Of moving photography entirely
fail to attract any great attention from the
evening crowd on broadway. Several OF these
machines are at work uptown, and the views
thrown on the screen are about as good as any
refuse to become excited over them. stop indif.
ferently in small numbers. and indicate every
magic lantern was a modest effort compared
with the devices now In use. but the people took
more interest in it than they are willing TO
thing very striking to startle the crowd that
stro!ls between Twenty.third and Forty. second
Indifference. Something very much out OF the
ordinary even in men and women, l. needed,
anu any harmless novelty IN science Is likely
to mako but a slight impression.
Nothing about Mile. Cleo dc Merode is moro
interesting than her saffron.colored gown. She
wears 1t TO rehearsal and she wears it TO the
theatre. She wears 1t driving and she takes
dinner in it. 1t Is already as characteristic OF
her 70 New Workers as her peculiar way Of
wearing her hair. There is already a suspi.
cion combined with ONE surprise that posi-
Oily Mile. dc Merode has no other gown, for by
this tine her trunks must have been unPacked.
There was a sympathetic explanation from u
man who saw her in a box at the theatre on
Saturday night. 1t was, Persons who won
der at Cleo's economy in dress seem to overlook
the fact that the talents OF an artist are not so
well rewarded in France as they are in this
country, The salaries paid to the ballet daE-
GERS at the Opera in Paris are small. and she il
said to have received only $40 a month for
woman be expected to have many dresses on
such a salary as that. even If she were a good
MasD 1hat Mile. t de- Ms s4otSs" had spe sHp sa mnSh
time before the cameras since she arrived here
that the yellow dress had been necessarily
Retained.
Emma Eames Is said to have decided to &C.
company Jean and Edouard do Reszke TO Rus.
STA next winter to take part in the series of
Wagner performances ut st, Petersburg in
which they will be the principal performers.
After tho season in st. Petersburg the company
will appear in Moscow and Warsaw. 1t is
said that Jean dc Reszko is in reality the man.
ager of the company. and he has engaged DIR.
Hans Richter of Vienna to so along as con.
ductor. Emma EameS, il is, now said, will
add another Wagncrlan role 10 her repertoire for
these engagements and will be heard as SCuta
In The, Flying Dulchnan," u part for which
she ought TO be admirably suited in every re-
spect. At first she was not inclined to learn
the part, as she believed that in extending her
repertoire II would be- more to her advantage
to know the heavier roles. But she still has
time for them, as she has declared that not until
she is 40 will she undertake Isolate. That gives
her Hflll n long period rs Mime. Eunas IL "a hnut
the youngest OF the famous women singers.
The report of the chemist OF the Health Board
In regard to tho so-called whiskey sold at
"n'orgues" In the Bowery and Park row Is cal
culated to bring joy 10 the keepers OF those
much.patronized resorts. II three-cent whiskey
is no more harmful than ten or fifteen cent
w~hiskoy. while it is usually more intoxicating,
economy counsels that 1t should DO drunk In
preference to moro expensive brands. Accord.
ingly, the morguGs may have not only moro
customers. but also a better class of customers,
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