The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
LrrE rorrcs Anour tory

hospital from tho effects Of a fall. has been pop
uiar Tor q long limo rs a comedian. but prob
epiy rev persons have ever seen him OF tho
stage and become acquainted with his remark.
ably serious and even depressed personal ap.
pearanoo. He IL 80 melancholy looking that
ono would ncvor believe II possible that his busi.
meas was TO amuse others, and the pathetic
gloom OF his countenance Is rarely varied. Even
When he smiles there is a pathos in the sight
Innt makes his gloom 70 IN even deeper. He Is
s~itacenontw which is characteristic OF him rarely
heath Is far from the self. sacrificing creature
Inat ne appears 70 be. Ho Is particularly vlgor.
Siishtest infringement, S of h Msa pro re SHns,dG Fisb .ne
to time associated with him have had their little
Iccitnis OF woe. II IL astonishing that his aero
batics should not already have got him into
trouble, as they were always OF. o particularly
only serious feature OF the present situation lie
toq nn1 IN ne iact that Mr.. DAYS general health
- h0u gooa and for that reason 1t Is feared that
serious consequences may follow.
New York seems just now TO be passing
through the preliminary stages Of n movement
which will ultimately secure for 1t an increased
number OF public balls, or. at least. tho oppor.
tunity to dance considerably moro than It does
Just as present. Various spasmodic move
mcnts toward this end have taken place during
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dances on the roof might have prospered IL they
had cont nued long enough, and their success
was sufficient TO show that New York intends
to dance sooner or later just as much as II
wants. Practically there have boon only two
large public balls Of the kind that appealed to tho
lively public for several years past. Whether
or not they were enough will be shown by tho
ultimate fate OF n series Of masked balls to he
nelu In the Madison Square Garden during the
winter. Ii the first one shows that New York
really languishcs for the lack of public balls,
they will be OF regular monthly occurrence. II
not they will como to an end after the arst at.
Tempt One OF the Coyen Garden principles
h hSs n SSsn 1id ID Nsr AND Ydr this S,; element Tss quite os
jswelry will be offered for the best costumes as
well as for the best looking woman, and the full
only By one condition. That requires that only
the six women who seem to the judges most
lowed to appear as candidates for the honors Of
beauty. But there. Is encouragement for all
sspirants to the prizes. To those who may SO
awarded In place Of the diamonds. As n ques-
tion Of a business enterprise i might pay adj
that one condition which gives the judges per-
mission to select the elk best looking women
e eRsr then tSe s stoss the of entries iha ss to all nn SthssS; What hat
be, 1t will, at all events, prove interesting AS
another evidence that New. York is just now
some place at which 1t can dance whenever and
however 1t wants to.
Adrian Ross. who is known in New York as
part author OF q number Of smart musical
farces from London, has lately been in this coun-
try for n short time, and his appearance was q
surprise to persons who had formed any idea
Of what he might look like. He is middle-aged,
mild.mannered. has o fringe Of whiskers SINH
lar to the kind worn by actors who are made
up to represent countrymen. and his entire ap-
p%earance suggests in no possible way that Mr..
ness Of writing dittics about frivolous young
chorus sM girls; ehappies. and men about town:
Tanner, who has been associated with Mr..
Ross in the composition of a number of these
pieces. looks much az one would expect q man
stories that are concerned with the adventures
Of French maids, ballet girls. and other equally
f fentlE sen Pf SsPe from "A E E19ddp q in ' d sso %sn Ts,
showed them to be exceptionally solemn looking
and substantial persons. As a matter Of fact,
the musical farces that ever came TO this coun-
try, They looked, however. as if their life
work might have been along much more serious
and important lines.
This is the season of the year in which the
unwary find themselves seated over the stoam
pipe in cable cars and curse the lack of caro-
which put Aem into the position that their
neighbors have been wise enough to avoid.
The sufferer from the submerged steam pipe
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the one who enters the car and beholds the
seats crowded on one side. while on the other
there may be two or three persons, or moro
probably nobody at all; Then to see him take
O seat hurriedly and slowly learn from expert
ence the cause Of the empty seats is O daily
experience now, and q new clement has re-
Gently aided another terror, to 1t; Since the
cable cars have begun to be heated there have
been signs pasted in the window bearing these
words, This car is heated" In nine cases ont
legend faces inward. and is iegibie only to tho
persons seated In the car. To those passen.
gers who happen to rest over the steam pipe the
truth OF the announcement Is painfully clear.
lie it, and only the interest Of wondering why
in the world 1t was thought necessary to put
up that sign mitigates the condition of those
passengers who are over the pipe.
One Of the popular restaurants has recently
increased its facilities by the addition OF a
number OF small rooms intended for private
parties. The rule in all restaurants which have
private rooms is to allow only parties of four to
use them for dinner, and that became q tradi-
tion In this city many years ago, when Che
FIRST of the restaurants began to have private
rooms. One expensive establishment made a
fortune for its proprietor merely by not insist
ing on the rule. Blu; there win be parties Of
four only, IL the proprietor who recently added
this annex to his establishment is able TO have
his way. At the same time there has been con-
siderable pressure to make him less strict in
the matter. To one customer he finally ad-
received. Well. what good would that do
% asnsa came sns e ous right aw sasF9S'" o 5a.' Win snS o thst
/ should have nothing to do" the proprietor
answered. II am only concerned with the
number that go in. l do not worry myself
about who may come out"