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Iact that this particular young woman had no
special capacity for her work makes her case q
little exceptional. But she finally secured an
opportunity to make an appearance before the
public, which in the majority Of cases means no
end OF hard work and struggling. Tho way in
which she accomplished It is very differently
described. Having made her appearance, sho
met with a pathetic fasco, . result that might
have been predicted with certainty. II 10 said
that she has been seriously III ever since, and
one story has It that her health may be perma-
nently injured. The most pathetic feature OF
the whole miserable business was the fact that
she mistook the applause Of the audience for
genuine admiration snd really believed as sho
Siderable q sbI S'% 9ne 'n Tsnor her sa snce sSs, had had r been con a
email fortune lately and spent II ali in tho Of
fort ntot to become a singer. Just how she came 70
that she was closely connected by marriage
!ege for her. There are many. cases that arise
n everyday life nearly as sad as this one, but
climax which a very large audience recently
witnessed. Under the circumstance the do
enonss. of B shf e Hn %s : SDl %ss ,E",ssii sssy,s sSf is%s9S
@ person not in the least responsible for the
shock shoe to the auditors feelings. The nnfoEtu;
che had no qualifications, for what she was try.
Ing to do; but everybody who had heard her
once would have been certain Of the result
Zone OF the most difficult things to under
stand" said a man who frequently is 10 be seen
In restaurants. els the attempts OF somo res
taurant keepers TO economize in expenses by
limiting the number Of walters. Tho wages
paid to the men are very small and n large part
Of what they get comes from the tips; so in the
end their expense really comes outsof the pockets
OF their patrons. But In spite of that the poor
service which one encounters in restaurants
comes In nine cases out Of ten from the fact
that the number of walters 10 three or four
short. I have known restaurants TO gain the
reputation of having very bad service merely
S Ses1 mse 1 ths S PR Ir1Ine 10 Limited aKs ivb me T nunSe SaE OF
been paid to three or four men succeeded in
getting a bad name for his place. That hap:
the. better class as we'll, and / have known men
to have five tables to serve when II that num-
S SsF haf ha Sssn do ai"1 Rerg &e ~ f s%s Or this fT Kind shs 81
economy, is one very, often met with In high.
priced places; and 1t Is the most expensive way
In the world Of trying to save money"
All the large banquet halls In this city are
now equipped with galleries for spectators. and
1t is a forlorn crowd Of mon that can't draw a
dozen or more women to the gallery to look
down at the well.appointed tables while the
dinner Is being served and listen to some Of the
speeches later. The view from the gallery in
any OF the new banquet halls on the occasion
Of a big dinner Is well worth the seeing, though
the sensations of q mere onlooker are not al.
ways enviable. 1t gives to women an opportu-
nifty to hear the after-dinner takers whose
speeches they have so frequently read in the
newspapers, and as a rule they find no cause to
regret their coming. Occasionally. however.
q man lacking discretion finds himself in the
chair Of the presiding off Ger, and as a bid for
applause or laughter he may indulge in pro-
family or stories that are broad. When such II
thing does occur, it Is a simple matter for the
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scenes near the close OF every big banquet,
upon. Half a dozen years ago . well known
college fraternity held its annual banquet in the
many women were in the gallery to hear the
speeches. Everything was decorous until near
n mst" into H Maer "a yfeh So toTh wH5 because eau pee OF
his association with Dr. Parkhurss appeared
In The Se snils flIed to v TeseG de sas rsH%; Of The sisg n %id'
night wanderings. and az soon as he was rec;
ognized'a dozen Columbia graduates shouted
oh. Sunbeam. where is Parkhurst1'
This was awkward for the young man. and as
lions were shouted AT him, with thc're;m WI that
many Of the women left. the gallery; There is
much legitimate entertainment in the gallery.
however. for the woman who goes to see her
husband or brother or some other girls brother
dine with several hundred other men. and the
new banquet halls have provided excellent IA
cilities for it.
Cecil Barnard, who was somewhat mysteri.
ously killed last week in London by falling
from a window in the Savage Club. is remcn-
bered here by many persons who had heard his
entertaining monoloKues two years ago. He
was an exceptionally amusing man In u line of
work which has never been particularly popu.
lar here, and II looked as II he would enjoy con.
siderable prosperity in this country. His
personal habits, however. interfered with this
result. His intemperance was of a character
that 1t was impossible to hold in check. The
fact that he had engagements was never enough
to restrain him. and after two or three con.
spicuons instances OF such conduct his man.
ayers came to the conclusion that it would not
be possible to accomplish anything in view OF
this peculiarly, and after an unusually prom.
He IS said to have fallen from a widow in the
club when seated near 1t, and as he was alone al
the time. no exact Information as to the man.
ncr OF his death has been received here.
On the last night OF November, signor Luigi
Mancinelli's opera, Hero and Leander," was
sung at Madrid in the Royal Opera House. and
a cable despatch sent 10 Signor Bevignani by
the composer read "a triumph. Three encores
and thirty recalls" This looks as though Sig
nor Mnncinelli. after a great many disappoins
ments, had finally succeeded in having hi.
opera produced under favorable circum
stances. The work was very highly praised q
year ago in England when II was sung at one
OF the festivals in oratorio form. Maurice
Grau promised to give the work last spring al
Covcnt Garden. and would have done 30 If the
few novelties produced there had not proved sc
improbable that nobody in the syndicate wa:
willing to attempt any more new works. Sc
Hero and Leander" had TO be postponed. An
other obstacle TO its performance was rhe diff
Guilty OF securing "a prima donna for the lead
ing role. Nine. Melba was first mentioned fol-
the Hero, but her Illness prevented her from at
tempting n. and shortly after Nine. Eamcs had
taken II ia hand her serious illness rendered II
Impossible for her to sing. Nine. Nordica al
that time expected 10 be with the Covent Gar
den company. and she was the last selection Il
sing the role. But her disagreements with III,
mana cement kept her out OF Covcnt Garder
and made the production of the work an i'm
j. possibility. II Is on the programme for mex
spring In London. ard II IA said that 1t will! posi-
lively bo given then. For the Anticipated per
fornance last spring all the singers for thrim
rortant roles. excepting the soprano. had beer
engaged in Italy. The company which CAV,
the opera In Madrid was n good one.
One OF the interesting phases OF New Yorl