The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-06
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Very fow guests OF New York hotels realize the
extent to which their actions, 90 soon as they pass
outside the limits imposed by the correct eti-
quotte Of hotel life, are made known to the pro-
prietors Of other hotels. Scarcely n day passes
In which tho hotel proprietors of tho city do not
receive descriptive slips concerning persons who
have showed plainly that thoy are deficient In
some very important qualities to DO desired In q
hotel guest, This Information, which is sent
usually to tho ilnsucinl transactions OF iio hosci
patrons, and, indeed, makes no revelations ns
to thor conduct I'm other respects. As might be
expected, the reports refer In nine casos out OF
ten to transactions In which checks figure. Tho
slips contain an account OF the particular trans.
personal description, and whatever other data
may DO useful in protecting the hotel keepers
she may happen to try tho game again. This
Information, which reaches tho city hotels regu.
amount Ste when m somo event SsentnSSs has % Mttract sTSsa a sre an
many strangers to the city, and decreases pro-
Portionately with the decline in business. But
there ia always some material to be distributed
the diligence with which ali these attempts at
LEFTY which accompanies them make the focal
hotel keepers practically safe from any but the
most expert swindliI g.
So long as passengers continue to climb into
the open cable cars when every seat Is occupied
there seems TO be no reason to expect relief from
tho Board Of Health or any other body. The
chaSrin Of q group left standing on the side
walk whom a crowded car does not halt long
enough for the would.be passengers to squeeze
their way between tho seats shows plainly that
the average passenger would rather stand UP
than be left to wait, Tho conviction that mat.
tors are not likely TO be much improved by wait
ing may be responsible for this seeming impa-
tienoe. II Ii unlucky that the only present
means Of keeping passengers of the cars gould
peoialiy to those cars already crowded, although
keep It from success as u final scheme OF relief.
The habit Of starting the cars before Passengers
have time to get aboard. il ono that evidently
originated with the. conductors, and they aro
after a purely personal fashion. 1t is general
among them, but controlled 30 far as anybody
can see by no defined system. On upper Lexins.
ton avenue and on Columbus avenue it Is the
rule ralhe than the exception. and the car
two streets must be in the control OF a queDr
conductor or an unusually amiable ~gripiian.
But as a preventive OF ovorcrowding the plan 10
ladies and children out OF the cars. but the
average man has usually the strength and cour.
Elm 81 T the step e0 and Dig give ts" Pi nSt q mo9e % Or 'n iess
unsteady grasp OF the brass rail. Tho rest Of
hat ths p pDi6s. 4 IS Is only GlSp assFs1iSSIS ,s si.Ps so sd 55G% a
plan Tor keeping people or the cars as this one
devised by the conductors should BIO Intellectual
when 1t comes TO overcrowdiny them with rows
OF standing passengers.
The popularity of negro songs during the past
two winters has practically ruined the demand
for popular efforts Of any other kind, and the
sentimental ballad, whether 1t involves the
overworked mother interest or Is concerned
VITA some less hlial motive, Is just at present o
drug ON the market. 1t Is evidently the negro
song that the public desires now. and there is
seemingly no indication that this demand has
been satisfied. The popularity Of these negro
ballads was established anew two years ago
by.a couple Of very successful efforts of the kind.
and the supply that followed has been kept up
to a remarkable degree OF excolloncc. One wo.
man who makes q specially OF these songs said
last summer, after having exhausted the pOpu-
larity OF several, that she was afraid others so
forthcoming at the opening of the season, and
proved as successful as their predecessors.
All the song writer's with any talent in This
direction have been turning their attention 10
negro songs, and one reason why, their grade of
sompsara1tiye Q h high 1Sln5 sI { !s6Is II h1 y. been Pre-,
many old-time negro melodies have been
worked over to meet the present taste. Very
Of publication are the work OF negro composers,
although negro performers claim the author.
less. one OF the most popular songs OF the year
was written 6y a negro psFi or nG6 who has a.,
from tho work. It rarely happens that a first
song. however popular 1t may become, yields
S Tepy m Is iikei 10 TO sh ssa 9o mp reTard io one his dns sseSDd
effort. even II the quality DO of q kind less like
ly TO gain success. One curious feature OF the
situation at present Is the glut of marches In the
market. These have been popular as two
steps for several seasons. and the result is now
that the supply OF those pieces Is so far ahead of
the demand that it is next TO impossible to get
ono published
Tho situation of q clubs lone avowcdly
plays an important part In the success of its
career; but one organization which its promo.
ters thought had every advantage of locality,
has recently come to grief through an entirely
unforeseen accident This society. which was
rather small and not given to any undue use OF
the bar facilities, got the reputation Of being q
club in which recklessly excessive drinking was
the rule. As q matter of fact its members were
as sober as those Of the ordinary social club,
and 1t was some time before they found out In
what way this reputation had attached itself to
the organization. 1t resulted, they discovered,
from what had been regarded as one Of the sd.
vantaRes Of the club. The members had rented
their house from q restaurant keeper. who had
his establishment IN the street below iinInedi,
ately In tho rear OF the club. He had reserved
for himself only the basement, and that waa
was largo and the daily consumption OF liquors
considerable. For several hours every morning
there .d Ts S,tb Ds snSses 81 Various e, die ia y aaS wsson IN
front Of the club. and passers did not know that
all this liquor was Intended. not for the use Of
the club members. but for the consumption OF
the guests OF the restaurant The daily supply
that the procession delivered at the ciubnoust
seemed so entirely out OF proportion to the size
OF the club that persons could only conclude
that every man got away with a large amount
in this way tho club acquired It's reputation n.
an organization OF exceptionally heavy drinkers
II came to an end after a brief existence and til,
wholly accidental circumstance that the res
taurunt drinks were delivered at the club dool
Is belle we'd to have had u fatal etfe6 on tn,
clubs prospects.
A London despatch says that Ambassador
Hay has formally petitioned the Crown for tn,
pardon OF Mrs. Florence Maybrick, whose sen
tence of hanging in 1889 for poisoning her hus
band In Liverpool was committed TO life i'm
p%rlsonment. 1t Is said that the guilt or limo
cence of tho woman Is not considered In tn
present petition. Mira Maybrlck's case was Q
International interest from the fact that she 1
An American woman. Tho crime for which sh
Is being punished was exploited at great lengt
during her trial. aud one of her defenders eve
: wrote a novel in which the heroine was az
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