The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-30
LIYE TOPICS ABoUr TOWN.

NeASN ~ sNSV
York clubs to know that an Engllshman who
recently came to Now York with letters of In
PRODUCTION from a number OF eminent London
writer's Is just at present an inmate Of q hospi-
tai In a suburban town whero q malady which
has been unfailingly diagnosed as alcoholism 10
the entry along with his name He made an
impression In the olubs ct which he was intro
duced that Ia likely TO DO remembered for some
time by the men who put him up, and II Is very
doubtful II they considered that the pleasure
OF his society was quite worth the unexpected
expense 1t involved. The letters which he
brought TO New York wore from such people
that thero was no other explanation for them
than an ardent desire on the part Of the writer's
20 got t ths SHSrS 9 t out Of Of their county sy at amy
up about the mans remarkable doings here,
and very amusing II is to everybody but those
something more than tho merely amusing side.
some OF the best known, literary men In Lon
the mon who wrote them nor tho men who re-
ceiyed them could affect. the plans which the
visitor had evidently made for his conquest OF
end and retired to the furthest limits Of Greater
New YORK, only when there were no other
no available clubs. and the natives were canny.
Landlords wero deficient in patience when tho
relation, between extreme fastidlousncss and
little lit "i nieetg. One So pay 81 x tRe MaS u n1sSfTSd wt calls SO
an am6ulance aud watched without regret tho
reservoir of q large share OF his Scotch whiskey
carried or to the hospital.
II Chauncey Olcott had really been engaged
to marry a widow the news would have cast the
usual gloom over every employment Office in
New York. Mr.. olcott is a matinee favorito,
and he occupies toward the parlor maids. SEQ
ond.story girls, mattresses and other ancillary
adjuncts of New York households about the
saD,e placa that Edward Sotbnrn opd John
Drew do toward tho heads Of the houses in
which these young women are employed. Mr..
0lcott plays for many weeks in New York every
season and his presence is likely to complicate
the arrangements OF many a night out In fami.
lies which have never known such disturbances
man who, confined to the conventional cos.
tunes of Irish comedy on the stage, allows his
dancy full sway when 1t come. to the selection
IDENTITY clad as he walks UP the avenue and adj
%6irins eyes peep through area windows. Mr..
hind sSeD scenes me u 'fhS oid ho %mTsestHe SHf at the he
Subsequent divulsence in Comic opera made it
clear that he was able to stand scrutiny. and
q later selection as the successor of Scanlon.
larity. The time was ripe for his appearance.
There was no good reason why schoolgirls and
the deefes stage S"H fsvori te'S who Sa could eaaisp Sb be S q ~
adored from an orchestra chair. Della felt the
need Of such a hero and SO did Maggie. Mr..
Olcott came on tho scene with his shapely legs
and his tenor voice. Thus was the demand
supplied. and many a hard.earned quarter has
gone for tho purchase Of one Of this favorite's
photographs.
Marie Brema has had the rather unusual
experience OF making her professional debut at
Bayreuth and then finding her way success
fully into a field Of work so totally different as
the Opera Comique In Paris. She has been en-.
gagged to sing there in Bruncau's "L,Attaque
du Moulin" which, In spite Of Victor Maurel's
refusal to sing In 1t and the row that followed,
Is again to be revived. When Miss Brema-
who Is a married woman with q daughter nearly
~grown-sang first under Frau wagner's wing
at Bayreuth 1t was expected that she would
eonfne herself wholly.to-the Wagner roper.
toire, and it was indeed not until she came to
New York under Maurice Grau's management
that she extended hcr repertoire so as to in.
the field OF her achievements has widened
greatly, and one Of the latest roles she has un-
fn'Ae oper w"S co ohnt eeea M5en 9y . MRs; DSlnA at at
Moulin" was trst sung. She was heard in this
role at Covent Garden last spring and shared
In the general failure of tho work. But the
iected her for tho Paris revival. Since her 81 sea-
Or twice announced her Intention to return to
s she o bar a.a stase =, ana shs y fi9s son IN concert I, Put
she figured as 2 participant in the, unlucky
German series, she has not been heard here.
Ono Of tho usual methods of distributing FREQ
tickets to theatres when there Is some reason
for creating an appearance OF prosperity was
noticed in a large department store the other
day when one Of the employees was seen giving
passes to a number of those under him. One
hundred had been sent to the place that day,
and 1t was not the first time that similar at
~tentions had been shown to the place. Nor was
1t The only one that had come in for that kind
Of favor during the week. The plan Is very
frequently used whenever anybody thinks IL
worth while to make the effort to give an ap-
R B ona Of IL the p easiest Iget 70 Z P Sf nISeInn e cit 1t
tain number of tickets where they are most GER
tain to BIO used, and to the knowing eye there
orous cry OF CASH. they would jump to their
feet in a second. This Is, Of course, not ono OF
the most finished methods Of 'papering" a
house, and it Is indeed looked upon as a very
crude way of doing the trick. But the delega-
tons from. the big stores make q substantial
background for that part Of tho public which
may inadvertently pay its way to see q bad
show.
Helen Hastrciter. who Is coming back to
this country next winter to sing in concert, is
tho best remembered from her performances
here with tho American opera company In o
feo." She was q woman Of remarkably hne
figure in those days. and a good artist as well
but her shapeliness is quito as we'll remem-
bered as her voice. She Is an American by birth
here Res f and married SH h an Italian halaf SEE SIR fis Is iiSins
treiter was in New York, and al that time OK.
appearances returned to Italy. Sho was still
youthful In appearance, and her looks suggest
ed that she might, stu renew the triumph Of
her O,Jco days IL she returned to that role.
GOT MISS BULKLEY'S BURGLAR.