The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
nrYr TOPICS ARoUr TOW.

A new question IL confronting the roof garden
managers this summer and they have been I'M
able 30 far to deal with II satisfactorily. The
crowds that come TO these resorts have been
large enough, but they have exhibited a lack of
thirst which is as Improbable 40 1t 10 decided.
The patrons OF these places positively refuse to
drink and the walters And their services in no
demand. At one Of the roof gardens on Tues
day evening, within n radius OF thirty feet, there
was but one table at which there were any in.
dications OF drinking. and the solitary evidence
in this case was a bottle Of beer. The rest Of
the tables were devoid Of beverages.
and the walters stood about with folded
OF this new disposition to the managers may DO
we'll understood. as the profits on the bar re-
business Of the house. II can't understaHd It."
said the head waiter at one Of these places as
II can't undorStand It." He could prob.
ably have received a perfectly satisfactory
the tables. and they doubtless would have
told him with great unnnlmity that the high
g %5ss E SnS The iS.5 bad IrS S%aMl sty,S of t the i saSS@iw wsre
OF ordering liquors from the walters. Tho
present drought on the roof garden en-. Is en-.
patrons have undergone in past seasons. 1t will
take some striking change in policy to restore
like its former condition, and one means OF doing
that might be tho introduction in all these estab.
more TO create n thirst In tine average roof gar
tsmaios, which are generally supposed to be
very successful thirst producers.
new clubhouse opened uptown was designed
by one OF the Members of tho organization, and
his liberality In undertaking the work was the
result of q momentary embarrassment which he
had never believed would 30 soon be taken ad.
vantage Of. When no was made q member Of
the club he was called upon for q speech in &c
cordance with the rules. and in his embarass.
ment he replied that he could not make a speech.
but would build a clubhouse for the organiza-
ton whenever 1t was needed. The apprehension
chiefly from the fact that the members Of that
any especial delicacy the feelings OF the man
who is talking IL they decide to poke fun at him.
than the promise. There was at that time no
idea In anybody's mind that the club would have
tanate comoinStion Of circumstances enabled
the organization to buy Q house very soon after
s sas " sslies Sp6 6nd 10 % make hi Il ePG 5oa%i'ffii s 80 @s ss w4s
Of the club have always had perfect confidence
was all right. and since II embarrassed one
member into designing a clubhouse for them
they are moro certain of Its efficacy than ever.
Tamagno supplied in Paris tho one discordant
note that contrasted with the enthusiasm Of
Eleonora Buses visit. He did not ~criticise her
for coming there TO receive tho final "consecra-
ton of Paris, and having done the same thing
himself only a short time before. there was in
deed no reason why he should have taken any
exception to her effort. But he intimated that
the Parisians were taking an interest in her
chiefly because she happened to be tho
rage at the time. This was enough to
get the singer into trouble. for Paris
10 SO enthusiastic over tho Italian actress
that nothing but praise of her will DO
tolerated. II Is probably safe to say that when
Duse comes TO this country again she will not be
troubled by requests for interviews. Her reti-
cence, out OF which her managers formerly made
so much capital, was thrown to the winds when
she. got to Paris. There she chartered volubly
with the reporters, received one in her dressing
room after the performance, and conhded TO
OF the play very poorly at her first Paris
performance. Her appearances were preceded
has witnessed. and there was IN every announces
nent OF her visit to Paris nothing characteristic
scented in this country as spending her time
chiefly in trying TO avoid reporters. Probably
f tse a aeaasion to Uii the s'f inei that az sar rns B sa9GSG rd e.
was in a measure in charge OF buses Paris visit.
New York is TO retain at least one popular
feature OF its musical season; the sunday night
concerts at the Metropolitan are to be continued
with the available artists who will come over
next winter. Anton Seidl's orchestra will play
and Seidl will be again in charge Of the per.
formances. There will he evidently no dearth o,
artists. Pol Plancon, always the most popular
of the Sunday night singers; Marcella Semerich
and Ssaye, the violinist, ought TO be potent
features of these programmes. Maurice Grau Is
interested in tho scheme. and the concerts are 10
be given under his control. The report that Ysaye
had been engaged for dfty concerts at 81 900 an
appearance has been denied by persons who are
in u position TO know about II. These persons
said that q figure higher than any before paid to
a violinist here would make the margin of profit
very slight. The Belgian will receive $500, as
a matter OF fact. for every concert at which he
one hundred his season here ought to be profta.
bic. Mime. No~iica also will be one OF the solo
bring suit FOR If, 900 damages against the Covent
Garden syndicnte because she was not allowed
6 5S sing 70 t :. Sn lsss SUMNER Miner. Will SorA% EcS0n nISgb ,pT r.
will decide that her reputation will sumo,
l less by allowing matters TO remain in their pres
Mt Covent Garden would have to be ~divulged,
!, SIShI as L the S AL ,Ss, there here are So, SfTy III n,a IL !,
!, not to haze the exact sum REVEALED Il in court, A
W WSTh a; ;Ssn had to . reveal 4! 4S,t salaries Sanss f q
a violation Of professional dignity which
| they are rarely willing to commit. Last
ing a season Of opera in English. il he could &c,
the singers at moderate salaries, sent for, q
had just been singing for two weeks in a com
! pany that came to grief without paying salaric:
. TO anybody. But she had been engaged at al
most twice as much as the sum offered her by
the manager in question. Il could never dc
that" she said. 81 don't know whether I've
!. got, money enough 10 get my dinner, but
couldn't sing for you for 800 a week. I'll sins
for nothing because you've been good to me Ii
the past, but not for 500"
Ayoung married couple. whose affairs hav,
gained some publicity OF late, have settled oil
an ingenious way OF bringing their MARTA
. troubles to an end by effecting an immediate