The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-20

LIVE TOPICS ABOUT 1V~Ns
A lawyer who has made q specially Of Patent
Office cases said last week that 90 far a. no had
observed the simpler the invention tho moro
profitable II was, and he cited as an Illustration
tho wooden bouncing bail attached to q rubber
cord, from which thousands Of dollars have
been made.
Another good illustration Of the money !
making power OF practical common sense. he
said, has just come to my attention. have rep-
resented as counsel n big patent medicine com.
pany for many years, and not long ago We go
cured q bright young newspaper writer to pre-.
pare our advertisements and superintend the
publication Of our almanac. The company
sends out hundreds Of thousands OF these al
manacs every year and tho expense OF making
them Is heavy. Each almanac had a small
pink string attached to one corner OF 1t SO that
1t might BIO hung on the wall. Good old Farm
crs, you know, always hang their almanacs
on the wall. Besides the cost Of the string n
force OF young women was employed to attach
these loops to the almanac. The expense for
this one feature was heavy, but 1t was supposed
to be necessary. If the almanacs could not DO
hung up they we're very likely to DO throw
away. AS soon as this young man who had
been engaged to do tho advertising saw these
young Women !, men, at work n 8 9 the , a u, mans e oS he se6 SAID d:
hole IN the corner q Il, That viii serve tho
viously good. Machines were obtained to
to pass through, in the corner OF each almanac.
and 1t is estimated that in this manner the. com.
as the egg.balsncing act Of Columbus. aud yet
no one of the hundreds who have worked on
these almanacs had thought Of It."
II Justice SHAFT of the Mount Vernon Police
Court had been informed on tho old Dutch roo-
ords Of this city, he could have cited q precedent
for the sentence that he imposed on two 9-year-
old boys on Saturday morning. Superintond-
ent Fife of the Harlem division Of the New
York Central road detected these two boys in
tho act of throwing stones at passenger trains
TO the serious damage of the windows. The
mothers Of the boys appeared in tho police
court and pleaded for them. Judge Shat1
told the mothers that he would release the boys
on the condition that they be well spanked.
H risSt 81 in 'e eop nO So sbaf e tse JUDGE 80 sp %ipSt n aes t PSt
she gave good measure. Two hundred years
ago such things were not The old
case of Lysbet Anthony. 10 years old, who was
brought before the B~urgomasters and schepens
She confessed to stealing some black wampum
from her mistress, the wife of Dominic Dris.
to chastise her, land undertaking it, with tho
assistance Of Long Anna, severely punished and
ence Of the Worshipfml Masistra.es.S p The
records don't tell what became OF Lysbet. Per.
s es4ts, she 0S Sidn,s steal tS.t g e. Mount IT is vs sessonSs dly
escaped with, less pain than would haye boon
their lot had they been punished with rods
two centuries ago.
A scenic artist who 10 working every day of
the week. Sundays included. on tho scenery for
an elaborate new production said yesterday
that his best work was to be done on q scene
which was to be exposed TO the audience for
only six minutes. The scene represents an
orchard in the fall. and its realism is to be in
creased by two paplcr mache apple trees loaded
expense of $500 or 5000, and the rest OF the
scene, showing a background of trees. has
ss a w wSois re Sas ssts s q ios Ct Work. The sn scs the
artist lamented the fact that in the short time it
was to be displayed the audience could, not
though well paid for their work. think that they
have a grievance against the public. Their
and the average theatregoer doesn't bother his
head about IT. BE enjoys "a well.set stage, but
he Is not apt to be kecnly appreciative OF the
skill of the artist who is responsible for it.
Ono of the popular mistakes about the lives
Of the opera singers is that they exist continu-
ally in m atmosphere Of steam heat, varied with
the odor of violets. and that they never step
out of doors except to enter a carriage after
having carefully robed themselves in fur
cloaks and mufilcrs. But there are some nota.
BILE exceptions to this rule, and ono Of them is
Nine. Sembrich, who takes q daily walk which
would prove appalling to the average American
woman. Every clear day Nine. Sembrich
leaves the Savoy Hotel at about IL and sets out
on her journey around the Park. This com.
nences with a walk to the west side of the Park
and winds up about two hours later at the Fifth
avenue and Fifty.ninth street gate. That, Sc
far. has been the extent of Mime. Sembrich's in.
ycstigations of New York, as since she arrived
Twenty-third street, and the wonders Of the
lower section of the city. the crowds and the
maid, who has made all these explorations or
her own account, and brings bnck to her mis-
tress Psnpsrka6le accounts of the maryels that
Sembrich Is to make u journey TO that unknown
region Oh her own account. One OF the Christ
mas souvenirs which she received the other day
from Russia came from a charity for which she
had appeared four years ago. Then she played
ward, deciding that it required too much prac.
ttce to continue as expert on the instrument as
in public. AT this particular charitable CON
cert Mime. Sembrich, with the assistance Of an
T There We're 'a aweivs nu ims en and tb Pres re ahss.
were given by the orchestra. Nine. Sembrict
anng three solos, played twice on the piano, with
!, alone. and played three times on tho violin. Hel
accompanimcnts to her own songs at the Metro
:cptionally. accomplished musician. But sh,
has long since ceased enE attempt to keep VI
, her practice ON either violin or piano.
New York is soon to have a series of masked
balls under entirely different auspices from
any that have hitherto marked the public ball
of Now York. There may not be a series o
them, although that must In q measure be de
pendent on the success Of the first attempt. Tn,
Covent Garden masquerade balls organized b,
Sir Augustus Harris shortly before his dealt
3 proved. contrary to all expectations, q highl,
j: popular feature of the winters amusements
i They have since been continued. and the pres
emit control Of Covent Garden will give the Gus
tomary number during tho winter. But In Lon
don they are very deliberately and expensivel,
arranged, and the costumes. In which there is
competition for very valuable prizes. arc sail