The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-01
LIVE roPrcs ABOUT TOWN.

W. aoukhSu-
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.
One Of the all-night restaurants uptown IL
Just now In the unique position Of trying to pre-
vent the intrusion Of too much business. The
place Is rarely closed until the carly morning
hours, but after l o'clock tho blinds arc drawn
down over tho doors, which arc closed. Then
q functionary takes his place at the door and
admittanco is very difficult wel-known
patrons may succeed in getting in, and even
those who are strangsrs 10 the establishment
are admitted II they have the patience to wait
until the doors arc opened to let somebody out.
Admittanco then is easy enough. The door
keeper will protest with moro or less violence,
but the faint.hoArtcd visitor, who is frightened
of by him cannot be very hungry or thirsty:
the new arrival will have every facility Of the
place. The protest Ii intended to keep THO
hR S1re! TO 70 close inSsI the place SeT up entirely no r y' Sonid 30
patronage is Valuable, at other times, and BY
making this compromise ana closing the doors
on ali those who have not the assurance TO
come in when they get the opportunity, the
Ing trade. This explanation is looked upon as a
much more probable one than that which the
waters wait t rs. give n,d to g guests m;,sh who ,rou HAPPEN }n g to inquire n'
The attendants have been taught to say that
by l o'clock the, proprietor has made 50 much
that hour in order to prevent any serious fnan.
cial panic from throwing the country into
trouble.
"T don't suppose that q man breaks tho law"
said q New Yorker who walks on Broadway
every morning, when no comes up to me
ON Broadway and asks IL l have any old
clothes TO soil, and replies to my negative by
calling n,tenti q to the excellent prices he pays
for a pair of trouscrs. l suppose that to do
this is no felony. But IL the same man asks me
regularly every day. 1t is q nuisance, and when
on an average Eve or six men between Twenty
third and Thirty-fourth streets ask me the
question daily, the nuisance Is very much az
Eravatcd. The business has a sort of cumula-
tive power to many a man that makes him feel
in the mood for assassinatinH somebody by the
time the last question Is put to him. The are
dozens of men on Broadway who submit every
day TO the same nuisance because they cannot
help themselves. If they should knock tho
No.lcss violent form OF protest mako the least
difference. Just now. when summer clothes are
e eytHs and the crowd from Attorney street
and the other old clothes headquarterS Is un-
usually large The nuisance was never so bad
Tho frst-night audience that welcomed a
young actress the other night and kicked up
such o row that everybody supposed the hand.
~clappers wero paid for their services had Its
prototype several years ago. Then = we'll.
known young man wrote an opera aud deter
mined that his friends and family should not
mako Q disturbance In their enthusiasm He
wanted TO see what the general public thought
OF his work. So he scattered his family In diff
ferent parts Of the house and begged his friends
to keep quiet They , aid d, Blu But tina; sS Ddtotsnn
enthusiastic that ever gathered in New York.
II happened that the prima donna had for sew
congregation turned our to applaud her, and
they did it with the fury OF unaccustomed
theatregoers. Another member OF the cast had
Just been graduated from college and his class
came to the show &c. root for him; The result
s%pii,ti as 0q EsslysoG &; ?HH gRSSd The that sn, Sss ss5;
things were said about his frantic claSHs lie
had done his best 10 prevent Just what hap
pened. In the latest case, the young. woman
merely happened to have a number OF friends
a~pplauded her just as hard as they possiblyy
could because they wanted 10 see a successful
beginning Of her new attempt
There are to be enough Of the familiar figures
at tho Metropolitan this winter to keep New
Workers. from being inconsolable on account OF
tho absence OF some Of the singers who have
heretofore returned regularly. Salignao Is to
return with Walter Damrosch, and such famil
lar figures as Plancon. Bispham, and Cam
panari will divide the attention OF the winter
with tho celebrities OF Melba's standing and the
less repute Of Nordica, who Is to come hero &c
sing. Walter Damrosch will introduce some
new artists to this country. however. and among
them 10 Gisela Staudigl, who has long been q
popular c~ontrnlto in Germany-not long enough,
however. 70 have become inoapacitated for use
fulness In this eXactlng country, where fAyorite:
who have8rown old In the service OF other coun
tries are not charitably Judged for that reason
We have no old favorites OF our own making
as We gently intimate TO them after a few years
that there are Others who are younger. BuI
Staudigl, who has for some time been con
nected with the opera house at Berlin, ought &
be successful If she remains as hno a SINCE
and as dramatic an actress as she was on thu
nrnaRinn nf her last AnnpHFunHA at HayTauth
several years ago: There she was the Fran
0dene a number of times to the Isolde of Rosa
Sucher, and she became famous in that role
She Is rather o handsome woman in tho over
yhelminG; heroic fashion OF the German primo
donna. Marcella Seinbrich Is about the mos
important OF this winters importations, ant
with two such famous vocalists as she and Melbt
Complain Of in the way Of any falling Oh Of It,
annual superior musical oferings.
One of the features Of tho opening of the new
Columbla.Uniyersity grounds viii DO the Her
bert Mapes memorial gate, which Ia now almos
completed. 1t serves as ono of tho conspicuoul
entrances to the college grounds, and Is in mem
DRY OF Herbert Mapes. who was drowned sew
eral years ago while bathing at Fire Island
The gate was built by the subscriptions OF Mr.
Mapes's family and friends. He WAS one Of thu
bost known of college athletes at the time Of hi
death. and fow men had ever been moro popula
at Columbia. During the three years he spent IL
college he received, about every indication o
their friendship and admiration which 1t wa
possible for his classmates TO show. The new
gate is a beautiful structure Of wrought irol
and stone. and was selected from a number o
, designs submitted TO some OF, the professors II
} tho school OF architecture. Mr.. Mapo. was thu
r third member OF a family Of four brothers WHIT
have become famous In Columbia annals a
athletes and popular college men. Three o
! them have held intercollegiate records In thei
: time. and all of them have boon among the mos
popular men of their day In college. The nov
i gate Is To be swung.open on the day on which thu
new buildings are ready for tho beginning of tn
term.