The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
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broadway midway between Thirty third and
Ihirty-fo1rth streets on the west side across to
lnrtJ>thtrt street has seriously interfered
Win the stream Of afternoon and evening
travel on the upper promenade. Now the alb
rupt crossing at Thirty. third street interrupts
the easy path Of the prumenaders. and there
are many violent objections TO the new state
OF snairs. The old crossing was the regular
continuation Of the west side of Broadway,
and 1t was q convenient method Of saving
time as Jen as q more agreeable urutnehads
which make up The Aaf block Of sixth Avenue
~ That point ,Recentry the crossing had be-
in the number q stfrss cars but In spite Of
Inat it was the regular thoruuEhfhre for the
DrISfnre eEn.u which never thought, of
Crossing over to BroaowaS. The old CROSSING
npsopsnrSd IN the a,rsratfens made by the
ans when the work1uen were through with
sneir 700 the Broadway promenaders discov-
SsS l 5Hs the first time that. their old crossing
st9nss there -As nothing but the customary
nop 1 ne covered With sand. Sand may
~ = - to the feet Of the aged. but the loss Of
isr accustomed crossing Is q prtyacon
n %Siss sh p yn sssHly p 1ss4 SST sA Tse ep TnS 8 prUoles
seert % gross the street Just, as they did before
only 20 and out that they have come to grief
town have to take two sides Of the triangle
now instead Of the. hypothenuse. and while
. hurry. is Appreciates the difference between
the old Arrangement and the. present one,
which is likely to affect the whole course OF
the east side Of Broadway at Thirsy-tourth
street. The particular hardship Of the new way
comes from the fact that the west side of
broadway Is always more popular win Pc.
a 1ss,ssir' shS M the s,G osns Is: t afssrn =; 1n and dts sS, oe
ing parade its particular brlliancy.
NJ. Charley Of Paris. who came here with an
idea OF giving opera at the Metropolitan. after
he had enjoyed u successful season In New Or
leans, is not even TO return to that city next
winter. 1t has always been customary to raise
a certain guarantee from the subscribers before
the season was decided upon This year only
S25,Ooo out Of the $4,000 required has so far
been promised. and In view OF this deficit NJ
Charley has decided not to attempt q season In
the old French opera house. Two years ago
the opera was given up in New Orleans for the
same reason. and this might be regarded a. al
especially poor year for opera in the United
states, as noe only mas the Grau company. but
the French organization as well. given up It's
efforts for the time being. Walter Damrosch
50 tar as the foreign performances are con-
cerned. as there are no other performances 20
be given in any cities which are pretentious
enough to be looked upon as rivals Fhe Eng
dsh opera scheme at cheap prices appears 20
exhaust itself everywhere after = certain
cited over the Castle Square company, has
quite lost interest in its efforts now and the or
gantzation has dritted 20 other towns The
same thing generally happens in all the critics
which undertake such NOW
san Francisco is in the throes Of Q great excite
is ar one theatre that for more than ten years
past has been continuously devoted TO perform
ances OF opera In enc form or anoener: ms
Ia Gioconda. sRomeo and juliet" "Lohen-
grin and most Of the operas Of the regular
Metropolitan. is there. along with Wilhelm
Mertens, Rhys Thomas, Selma Krueuoldr and
YORK Guseave Henrtchs Is in charge Of the
company, which - Just now attracting the at
tention In san Francisco.
The bachelor lodging houses arc rapidly IN
creasing in Numbers and two new buildings
enpahle Of quartering several hundred men are
Co be ready for tenants next winter, and n
the meantime less ambitious Arrangements
for housing the unattached man are growing
more numerous daily. Whether there viii be
sufficient demand for the new supply remains
co be- seen. but it looks Just AZ present rs though
nearly every form Of similar enterprise had
| enlisted itself in . desire TO lodge the bachelor.
More dubious than any OF these enterprises Is
the fate Of a house uptown which shows q sign
ANNOUNCING that IT. rooms are 70 iee 20 oaca-
mences IN the dignity. OF lofty SOFIA! position
and ends in the sort of freedom that i consid
erately described as Bohemian when there nap
pens 20 be women about 20 hear. This pa.tic
Ular house. long ilustrtous for the design anc
quality uf the trescoes. las been occupied toi
aeariy A scnrr OF years by a person who wac al
WAYS known by a certain family name. Ihal
went with the lease New tenants moved K
severnl times during that period, but the mans
OF the tenant never changed, and whoever rams
the bell knew what tn" name was a. surely a:
the member OF the house. Vow 10 has falIer
into line. and it's rooms are 70 be let 20 bach
eiOrS. simultaneously the Customary nama
had disappeared
There Is said 10 be Just now \ crisis In tht
Held died by trained nurses. There are no
enough OF them to be had The supply Is cou
parati7ely so small that physicians are allow
ing the nurses TO go at the very first momen'
patients are able to dispense with them. Thi:
unusual state Of affairs Is not due to any particu
lar increase in the number OF sick people, bu
rather TO the number who are Ill out Of cowI
and have had nurses sent 20 them Added u
her is the one generally selected for their vacn
ton by the trained nurses. NOT IN a long Tim
has the supply been a. small as 1t Is at present
The condition ia believed TO be only temporary
and when patients and nurses return 70 the cit,
next month the regular course OF Affairs VII
exist again
with the cool wave that came on Saturda!
night New York seemed to pass from it's sum
mer 70 its regular autumn mood The street,
on Saturday night were crowded and there wa
the look OF the native about the people for tn
first time this fall The same old crowd
poured out of the theatres at night and dis
tributed themselves in restaurants, and therv
was the customary IL o'clock jam on the cabL
cars. On the following day there was the SAM
change in the aspect OF the streets uptown
The deadly stiffness Of = summer Sunday Il
town was gone. There was the usual diminu
ton in the numbers Of the people, but ther
was an activity unlike the quiet OF sunday
This transition hack TO the regular life OF tn
city was accomplished ~ suddenly as the re
verse operation had taken place last spring
It win be a month or more before Fifth ave
nue. grows lively again. as that Is one Of tn
last streets which returned citizens are hksi,
to frequent. IL does not become popular unit
the winter wardrobe Ia in season