The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-29
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the morning until late at night, never gave any
ind cation OF possessing tastes that 1t needed a
fortune to crafty. Io has always dressed
plainly, and was apparently never interested in
anything tcyond tho questions connected with
his business. He was frequently seen In the
caf6 OF one OF the principal hotels uptown, and
the probabilities were always in favor OF his
being there unaccompanicd. lie would often sit
in this cafc for two or three hours at a time
without speaking to anybody save for
tho rather formal greeting which he
gave TO acquaintances. He would look
over illustrated papers and smoke cigars
without exhibiting tho lcast desire for any ami
mated society. In view Of the enormous theatre
cal interests that Mr.. Frohman controlled. the
hiSttSnstish .. i # o Is sppi ndiSf that The Bills from his
hotel werc sent 10 the cashier in tho Empire
Theatre building. who paid them with checks.
sonal expenditures, and ho was said TO be salts
fed to carry with him habitnnlly. an amount of
great interests he has for years controlled. Ono
Of his favoritc places for passing part, ofthe even:
, ,ns was Emn in th9 Tb inc,osed .G cSrn nis,t of th tbe lobby Sa9 OF
been frequently surprised to sec n short, stout
man sitting on. one, of the eathcr,coyercd
with an intcntness that seemed TO indicate
that II was the most Amazing object he had ever
Frohman was not easily accessible. Ho spent
the greater part Of every day in his office. and
the visitor who would try to rench him there
who admitted him finally only when he had
established with the most absolute certainty his
right to get into a room comparatively near The
managers office. And there was sometimes dis
appointment oven as near as that.
The summer season Is we'll advanced. but 1t
has not progressed too far for the introduction
OF a new fashion in mems dress which made its
appearance only last week. This took the form
of a new tic. which Is quito unlike anything that
has hitherto added picturcsquencss to mans
summer attire. This new fashion comes from
England. and it is not too much to say that it Is
likely TO find less enthusiastic acceptance in this
country than it received across tho ocean. The
new ties arc made of the same kind of ribbons
ficient guarantee Of their brilliancy and va.
riiety Of color. The, are to .,h be tied IKE
around the collar, while the ends are left as they
were originally, The ties at the ends are about
require to be, look like a very exaggerated case
of the butterfly how. which still retains to a sur
Peisins as extent fb tss P Pias ara the Il. as9lgifde sci des
novelty that the season has so far produced.
and, while they are appropriate enough Tor town own
may gain will be greatest where golf and the
bicycle are dominant.
The Sunday crowds on the Coney Island cycle
path are usually striking enough in their COM
position to give the rider whose time is not all
occupied in lodging the scorchers plenty to
wonder at. But 1t did seem as though the sim
ultancous presence OF four one-legged men on
wheels made the crowd Of Sunday morning n
little exceptional. They followed one another
with the interval Of only a few minutes. One
had all the assistance that a wooden leg could
give. while the other three depended entirely on
the one leg left to them. They managed what
seemed a difficult task with the greatest ease.
and it seemed more remarkable in view of some
of the difficulties that accompany riding on
the cycle path. 1t is no place. on Sun
days at all events. for any but expert
enced riders. and women. however skilful
they may be. certainly meet danger on their
that heralds the swift approach Of the scorcher
is a term which is not COMPREHENSIVE to persons
unfamiliar with the terminology Of the cycle
path. but the scorchcrs make no allowance for
this ignorance and keep on their way. There
was one person on the path on sunday who met
it had little effect. He was a young. German.
With a voice Of penetrating agSt and awful quality.
proach whom he was nearly on the Wheel.
men in front Of him by letting out a
blood sd diSnrdltng wo yell So o ssSD0s man 9b, wh1 be e een5s
result was a collision, followed by the downfall
quickly from behind. The iron.lunged
scorcher was rolled about with some of the
DINER men anu HldClllIcs On Top u nlLn. bul
two hours later he was on his, way home. speed.
ing as swiftly as ever and giving warning OF his
approach by tho same stridcnt bowls. His
species is. unluckily. hardy.
Emma Calve has signed her contract to sing
for the greater part Of next winter at the Opera
Comiquc in Paris. and the most significant thing
about that for New Workers is its bearing on one
OF the rumors about opera here next winter that
have been circulated recently with great per-
;-,o,. 'rhnan utnr;aS hnra - chat NIa,n;.~
Grau will positively come back to the Metro
politan next winter and bring Jean de Rcszk6 and
n good company along with him. The fact that
the contracts for the appearance of the Dam.
rosch company have not yet been signed gave
an appearance OF probability TO this view OF tho
situation which had no foundation II the positive
assertions OF the parties most Interested may be
believed. Maurice Grau said he had no idea
would not come back under any circumstances.
But there was still talk of such n season. and
to settle that. She is said to have pledged her
self to remain for six months in Paris. Melba
the only New York favoritcs available nrc
Eamcs and Nordica. With one years expert.
cnce of conducting a company without enough
Grau will make another effort when two of the
strongest attractions of his company nre occu-
pied elsewhere. There seems less ground now
than ever for any talk about n Grau season
here next winter.
The expectation on the part of the police that
a crowd Of disorderly college men would de-
scend on New York after tho boat race on Fri
day evening las; was disappointed. and the
loungers of the Tcnderloin who had expected to
riot as college men didn't get a reasonable
chance to swing college ribbons. AS a matter
OF fact they would have been all at sea when 1t
camo 10 cheering for Cornell. anyway. because
New York knows very little about Cornell
crowds. The difficulties in getting from POUCH
kecpsie to New York after the race were enough
to dampen tho spirits OF any crowd no matter how
much 1t might be flushed with victory, and the
facilities OF Poughkeepsie for II riotons display
were few. The conditions in New London have
always been very different from those in Pough-
keepsiG. The tradeSmen in that town rcjoiced
when Harvard won. because they knew that the
followers OF the crimson would celebrate The
night of race day in New London. When
Yale won the Yale men hurried right
back to New Haven TO celebrate, their
an American, Henley. where every rowing
college in this country, might show It's
speed. some changes must be made to make 1t
popular. For instance. on Friday tho ferry
company ran no extra boats, and its two little
tubs crossed the river on their regular schedule.
something like n boat every hour. Thousands
Of peODle pushed and scrambled to hoard these