The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-19
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TobN.

expectations among the neiEhbors OF that Wig
orous organization. The majority OF t.o
members of the Lambs Club are actors. and as
their time for relaxation doesn't begin until
the theatres have closed some people In the
neiRhborhood OF tho clubhouse have COM
planned that the Lambs made noises when
they should DC asleep. They objected to the
singing. notwithstandinR the assertion OF the OF
hcers OF the club that some Of the best singers
in the profession were the performers. The OBJ
lection was not that the singing was dlscord-
ant, but that tie hours selected for the strong.
est efforts were after midnight and before
breakfast. Several times during the winter
the club gives unique entertainments that are
known as gambols. They begin some time dur
Ing a Sunday evening, and end on Monday
complaint from tto neighbors. WI en-, these
same neighbours heard of.the clubs application
ing that il didn't matter what the people II wy
oming suffered, because many OF them were
p9pniists, ~, These pelEh91 'Ss c dsiu Ssn,. th ebls
land so that It might give Its gambols right In
the centre OF Il; and not greatly disturb a
appearance of Glen MRcronough in the club
window ON Saturday afternoon with his "a
bors a clue to the real purpose OF the club IN
applying for 90. 900 acres. and they relapsed
into their former dependency.
Country voters sometimes lament the eXtrava-
Eance of their Congressman and Senators in en-
nloying private secretaries. and IL may surprise
some of them to know that Senator Platt now
keeps two private secretaries busy in Washing
ton, and even then cannot keep pace with his
correspondence. Last week he sent 600 letters
TO his private secretary in this city to be an
Bwered. They were letters dealing with local
questions. n. ere are few public men in the
United = ties whose mall Ia any larger now
than senator Platts. and The mere mechanical
through his mail carefully each day. and as
%. - 4. ttr,A t.ll faNnNtt In EanIa mrs m
replies. He has made a point for many years
OF never sending word to n caller that he Is
out. II he ID not engaged and inclined 70 SEQ
the caller he receives him. but IL he is busy he
Nends back worl to that efcc'. To see Sena-
H,tel ono would never suspect that he is the
busy man that his Intimate friends know him
to lie.
"One Of tho objections raised against tho
proposed admission of a colored cadet to tho
Naval Academy has amused me-" said a New
Yorker who passes every sumner abroad. 1T
las been said that n colored officer In the navy
would subject his fellow officers - hu n.iliation
In foreign ports. AS n matter OF fact, tho
color line is not drawn in England and in
France as IL 10 here. At the English inn where
I stayed for o month last summer a colored
man. really a black fellow. was seated beside
me ut the table. When the cut Of beef was
served 1t was offered TO this colored man first,
and then It was served to me. Now, | am u
Southerner by birth. and / went to the prorri-
etoI OF the hotel and objected. He told me
ehat u uiun = y = IT, ~ h,nn nc.
seat and remained, FOR the hotel was really u
100 Oo I'm; on and Jaw in n b,x ,vn wrii.d r.ss.d
white women accompanied by three negroes. 1t
was u respec: able party. and during the even
any sessrd ~ ~, ~ snaps bande viii The coIorsS
men. such a spectacle in New YORK would in
terrupt the opera. AS a matter OF TACT. these
c = ,,ardtn, IN Paris am moi savinv tbat
| colored men should be admit ed TO the Naval
Academy. hut l do say that II They become on
GERS they VIII meet WITH more cohslueratioh IN
England anu FRANCO 'hah .neS will In Luis eoun-
try
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An interesting ue'aI' u L'eu'- iea'f . p'an
to reach the North Pole Is that his party will
tnclude n number of Eukimo women. wives of
$3.50. -. w. nronoao. 90 .na.r. ~.
Eskimos whom nc pFoposes u engage IL
work necessary 10 make the expedition n sue
wa -. -
taken only Eskimo men. and when they have
been married men their anxiety to return TO
their families has inlertrred with the zeal Of
iieye." said Lieut.. Peary on saturday, that
men. and their presence vii! make thei. hus-
bsnGs contented. The women are hardy. and
my .nJ III NJ w ", :. . ~ ,ne o - dn,Hss round
the camp" This would Indicate that there is
no snch thing as the new woman. among tho
Ia so.ai nr,yiIere. win thc men ~ Ion" ibnt
there is no demand for woman's rights in that
country.
Very little "a left now Of the old Goelet
bopse which for MANY years was A In ,dmark
at the nor corner of Broad wsy and Nine.
teeptb street. The demolition began on THURS.
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Gay mas oeen "Atcheu win curious interest
by passers-by on Broadway. The interior
NJ IN. old house was dismantled on Wednes.
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1aV afternoon. anu d CURIOUS assortment OF ola
things was brought out on the lawn to await
,ho no>,,e vons O,d fashioned cba,rs o,5
washstands Of a pattern popular in the coun-
trv IisIricIs tSenty.hye years MO stooJ IN
tront Of m. Rouse some solid mahernnT doors "a
were piled up on the lawn. and beside them
~ere stnccn work and old marbles II aas
nm interestinp COLLECTION. and many stonp.d and
o.errS over In. old iron fence to ST eculate on
wLat he ,yort men yopII min ont 49,
When the avn about the house was a bright
,raan .nJ nencocks and vuinea hers s.rnttaS
sronua and Internationally n row fed on IL he
! cid Goelet place Was like a bit of the countrV
Jron ,ed down accidentally In the heart ~ n
busv CITY. II was a relief from the IiT build
ms mai surrounded Il. II has gone it's wav
iiI~o th"t ~. $500 S"S -