The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21

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on Sunday morning and looked just as dovout
as one of the yellow journals pictured her, but
there were other young women who went to
church that day. Ono of them was English and
belongs to the Gniety company. A friend camo
to her after the performance on Saturday night
aud suggested q trip TO Manhattan Beach on
sunday morning.
But have an engagement every Sunday
morning and l cannot GO, was her reply.
When he asked what tho engagement was,
INC blond soprano told him that Sunday morn
Ing to her always meant church.
But perhaps l can go to church with your
That privilege was granted to him, and he
looked happy. He went. moreover. with tho
young woman to an Episcopal ;chuTchuptown.
end has already asked that ho be allowed 10 go
again next Sunday.
Tho melancholy fato of the dancing teachers
who meet every year and decide what the
fashionable dances Of the year arc to be, only
TO have the result of their serious labors totally
ignored by the public, which keeps on dancing
It's old dances In the old way, has already been
commented upon. Something of the same kind
happens every fall when the haberdashers pro-
claim with proper solcmnity the fashions that
are TO prevail during the coming season. The
especial futility OF their performance always
shows itself particularly in the. directions
that are given out about tho styles in dress
shirts for men. According to ono authority,
bosons. while another, with. deliberation, settles
the thoeoo9S question Mi9I be- by t saying wing that that the, the piG nsr shirt hit
dare to wear in polite society. Then u third
rises to remark that figured white madras will
alone be viewed without horror by persons who
voice to protest against tho enormity OF ap-
bearing in evening dress i'll anything but a
After this first autumnal outbreak the uproar
subsidies, and, in suite of tho exciting overture,
Changes IN the prevailing ling styles. Well dressed
men continue &c wear their plain linen shirt
bosons, satisfied that so long as they are well
cut and well Numbered there can be no better
style. Sometimes the fashions which the haber-
dashcrs have discovered hang IN the shop
windows for n. while. Frequently they never
succeed in getting even SO near the public. Al
ways they are ignored by tho men who know
from experience what is to be worn by we'll.
dressed men.
1t is now certain that IL Ctcile Chaminade
comes to New York this 1t will not be
before February, as she is unable to make ar
engagements to leave Paris before that time.
Mile. Chaminade is one of the foreign celebri-
ties who have never shown any especial anxiety
to come to this country. Her appearance has
already been announced here several times.
but at the last moment she has changed her
mind. She Is not a pretty woman, and 1t Is
not probable that her success In this country
would ever be due TO any extent TO her appear
ance. Indeed. her photographs are a little dis.
| concerning. But she has long been recognized
as one Of the excellent pianists Of the day. and
as u composer her fame is high. Women
the popular enthusiasm which men have excited,
and this has been attributed to the fact that the
concert audiences before which they appear arc
chiefly made up of women. The best Of our
local players lind no. great rewards in their
work, Fanny bloomfield. Zeisler, Adele Aus
constant employment, but thore is no reward
for them commensurate with their eminence
much as they would probaly be able to make far
moro out of their talents II they were nut be-
f feSo tns P Pot nsa in ' sS s 1isAs TaYi in E lSis eo SaP:
try last winter as 1t was supposed she would
be. Mile. Chaminade will direct some of her
own orchestral compositions II she comes to
New York and will be heard also as a pianist.
She is now about 80 years old. As a child she
attrac. ed the attention OF Bizet. Her musical
education was acquired in Paris, and she APP
Feared there In concert before her debut as a
composer was made. She has written a ballet,
and her songs are probably better known to-day
than those OF any contemporary composer. IL
her songs that Mile. ChaminadC's audiences
would probably come.
In one of the uptown streets near Sixth ave-
nue. there has been for a great MANY years a
small shop occupied by an old locksmilh and
his wife. They moved into the neighborhood
when it was a region OF quiet residences and
very simple life. Later it became the centre
OF u phase OF New York life very different
from that which the street had known in the
past. Two theatres were built near by and o
hotel. The apartment houses in the neighbor-
hood lost their former character and the dwell-
ines made way for business. But the little
wooden house In which the couple lived never
| changed. and they remained in it. 1t was u
small place, barely able to hold the old man.
his tools, and the customers who came for his
services. There were many Of these. for he
was a good workman and his reputation had
spread through the whole neighborhood. so
oil ~ ma. lnRE d. "a m ERliZ ant tf nIliaF "a ma ma, E.
tically under his exclusive care, and he pros
pered well enough. The old people. who were
| life, and the little shop with the smaller room
IN the rear Of 1t always satisfied them. Last
while it was necessary to move him to a hos.
pitHl, as, for a man more than 80 years old with
9 complication OF diseases there were very
house. Thea for u whiis tho shop was closed.
excepting when the old woman sat at the door
called that the old man would be well and back
at the store within a short time. In all tho
body had ever known the old people to have
either friends or relatives with them. They
h nSns s5TaT ice sf Srixs sn,1Tsd1y: when fh.en'' .S Snd ,d Id S SS
callers that her husband was tired Of the hos.
pital and would come home the next day. He
weaker than before. The next day. the shop
was not opened nor tho day after. Yesterday
IL was closed, but after a while the old woman
appeared. Recognizing the person at the door
she said nothing, Dut stepped ASIDE 70 allow
the caller to enter the shop. Stretched on a
bed IN the rear OF the room lay the old mans
body. About the wall hung black cloths, con.
Cea!ing from view everything in the rooms.
For the first time in many years the old woman
was left completely alone. She was there in
| the midst Of the tools yesterday after her return
! from tho simple funeral at which she had been
almost the only mourner. Some OF the neigh
bors came in TO ask II she wanted help or what
she was about to do. But they knew almost
as much about the matter ~ the old woman her.
self. She only stared at them with u look OF
-IHlnl nGTnnILhInHnI in ia WT1nkln ala nd
they left her alone in the little shop.
1t looks as though NJ. Willy Schultz OF
Warsaw and the Gi!sey House. the amiable
manager of the De Reszke brothers, might have
on his hands the responsibility Of announcing
another marriage in which Jean de Iteszke will
take a leading part. NJ. de Reszke IL not To
commit biSany or get a divorce, or anything
OF that kind. He Is said to be too happy Just
at present to contemplate any such step. but he
NAV. nevertheless, be married again. Nobody
who does not know NJ. Schultz could form any
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