The sun., 1897-01-05
LIVE TOPICS ABour 1oRM.

fame In the columns OF THE Sun whenever
tho occasion warranted, has n sturdy rival In
New York which operates under the name Of
q Guild. At least half dozen members OF
tho New York club have dashed of pieces that
have found their way into print in book form,
and the entertainment that tho other members
get from them in thrilling. Tae meetings OF
| the club are social affairs. AT the last one
| four piano solos were played by as many men,
bers. and then by way of change another mem
ber read two Of her own poems in quick sue,
ccssion. These were recelycd with MARKED
doesn't cay, whether or not these poems had
| been put in cold type" The next selcc-
present could see, tho books from which they
were written. After the poems woman
with name read chSpte M Sonna from
OF the book is a small girl whose character is a
COMPROMISE between Tom SAWYER and M,
told was invented by the author. A budllng
away and read Just one aptor from his
| stirring history. He was followed by another
% %ishSd and and f thon tho % eHciIod @ session Of shs
| Guild was over.
Pictures OF tho woman who danced at the
| Sherry dinner have been view for two years
| In several OF tho uptown photograph shops,
| representing hor In a costume which exhibited
| her freely enough 20 satisfy any ordinary de-
mnnds for tho realism OF the danse du contre,
| and her counterfeit preseD tments were not In
that environment considered to Objectionable
for such unrostraincd exhibition. One Of the
| other singers who appeared there was on roof
| garden all last snmmer. and sho was one of
tie few really Objectionable features OF the
what they were in the habit of doing were
well known before they ever were seen at
onf night as Soe wsSs Spa nTsr ~
| by somo OF the best known people In the city,
sang fyctte Guilbert's song, Ca ldt tou(ours
well adapted to mixed audience, in a public
music hall, and the effect in a drawing room
| was probably not diminished particularly. as
| the woman gavo tho song In exact imitation
of Yyette Guilbert. and u is ono Of that sing
singer attempted ono OF her masterpieces In
| Pittsburgh club, the members showed their
WaS al .Es her haa sa0s s ~, sura M
| that was in the West, and New Workers. do
things better. or at all events they are more
sight OF tne artistic side Of the exhibition in
| view OF the sentiment OF the song ana tho
manner OF It's performance.
| Tho performance OF "Siegfried" will prob
| ably prove the most popular OF the season at
tho Metropolitan. and even q change In tho
| cast and tho retirement Of such q popular
singer as Nine. Mclba mako no apparent effect
on tho size of the audience. The singers who
appeared are enthusiastic over the care with
| which Anton Seidl attended to the rchearsals.
and David Rispham told u Sun reporter the
ooeratic performance which had been so thor
| oughly rehearsed as that OF "Slcgtried." An
fs ss IsS 4 vF Se WPs RsS e aS S Ps
given without adequate preparation. and II
was wa With IlsT ~, % what would be necessary necessary
IN the rehearsais. until the production OF
%sicsfricdim The mot popular periornanSes m on
| grin" IN German. Untl last "Wednesday
night the largest house of the season had been
That OF the opening performance, but that at
| "siegtricd" was even larger.
| Victor Maurol has been having ono OF his
| qunrrels in Paris. and this time II was the
| result Of criticism on his performance IN
Don Giovanni ut the Opera Comique. AL
| fred Bruneau. tho composer and critic of the
/ Figaro. wrote most unfavorably, and tho criti-
| cism was 50 distressing 10 the singer that he
| has collected all the other reviews OF his
| work and had them printed in book form.
with the quotation from NJ. Bruneaus article
| as an Introduction. In letter added 10 the
| volume there IL AN explanation given by Maui
| rel OF the critics unfrlendiy attitude toward
him. He blan NJ. Bruneau for unfni!ness.
fuSa! to revive an opera written by ,BruneAu
several years ago, and produced at the Opera
rcferSncc /. "V most SfA prob%Sy % to Le Rtye
| which was sung at the Opera C0mique In Paris
since since rs rs frst performance. % @ @ The only othcr
ocp1cra by Brunesq that has ever been sung Is
| II Atta9uc du Moulin. although lie 10 Just
founded on another OF ZolN's novels. NJ, Maui
r"l usually manages, to have a, quarrel with
TO tho Critic thai he never before
public sentiment toward such communica-
t'ons IA. he doubtless would not have written
| the season OF letter writing among the sing
| ers. Several letters have been written here
| that did not Tend 10 increase the sympathy OF
| the Dlig with the persons who wrote them.
"Tho amount Of silver plato that is safely
slowed away In safe de Josit vaults" said an
official OF such an institution. ''is much larger
| than any one suspects. We have in our vaults
now silver services that are not used more
| than half n dozen times year. They OF
great value. not so much because OF their In
trinsIc worth. IA because OF their historical
associations. They have been handed down
from one gene e'atGn 20 another. and u they
were stolen or melted by lire /, would be i'm
possible TO replace them. The families who
own such silver have, In somc cases. had
clever imitation wadc Of y in pls:ed ware;
tell tell the real article from tho coun tsTfeit. Sew:
eral OF the large slversmiths have vaults nlled
sse ~t.n /, ON once aye year. they know that il is safe
with us, and they are afraid to keep y In their
th"t tH''' she had bad her entire silver service
duplicated in plated ware. and thG. nov sle
m%cn 9or %Gnd %, re Sm or ot srsr
smiths on Broadway. in speaking OF the way
in which handsome silver was slowed away
in vaults, said several weeks ago; what
Is the use OF designing handsome silver? I'm
less n service is intended for one OF tho war
thips, or for a very wealthy family that
has big vault. tho designers work goes
for almost nothing. IL Ia commented on
when the silver Is bought aud TIE. II is hidden
away in n safe. We have many thousands of
dollars worth OF silverwarc In our vaults owned
| by our customers, but seldom leaves us."
II has happened occasionally at National
Guard parades in this city that amateur cav
nlrymcn and members Of the signal corps have
found themselves mounted on horses whi,h
had been trained by long experience to stop
short ut one bell and go ahead full speed at two
bells, to the annoyance OF their riders. Such
members OF the guard as have ridden car horses
here and attended the Inauguration ceremonies
In Albany on New Years Day had sympathy
with n member OF the Third Signal Corps when
others lecred him because his mount was oh
stunte. The siVnalman'b horse didn't SEQ any
reason why Il should take part in such a parade
and when IL came within sight Of Its stable IL
boltod for home. The rider tugged ana sawed