The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
1trE zortos Anorr roKM

-
DR.. Thomas W. Evans, who has returned
temporarily TO his native land. seems from his
own statement to have been ns successful in
real estate speculation in Europe as no has beon
lately In Philadelphia. Tho beginning Of his
fortune Ia said to have been an opportunity to
buy land In the neighborhood of the Bois do
Boulogne for q very small price which cannot
be bought to-day for many times the sum he
paid for It During the days Of tho Second En-.
pire he was a friend OF NAPOLEON III. before
the fashionable park was laid out. and no was
let into the scheme on tho most favorable
terms. Ono phase OF the dentists career In
Paris which 10 not understood here does with
the incident Of his life OF which he speaks with
the greatest %pride-his friendship with the
Empress Eugene. This began long before she
E S.Sn married y ., to pi SAP pfIsS,' and Mh her mother had
schoolgirl In Paris pr. Evans got an invitation
for her to ono Ct The balls given by Napoleon
had come under DIR. Evans's professional min.
istrations when he was only a claimant to the
ever had was tho King OF Belgium, father Of
the present Leopold. 1t, WINS when the Crown
Prince Frederick was taken TO Ean Reno that
Or. Evans, who was never known to have had
any part in the operation performed by DR.. Nor
rell Mackenzie, was called into service. There
enough to make the silver tube which had been
put Into the Crown Princes throat after tho
operation was performed. Nobody had thought
to provide one, and DIR. Evans, who had been
called in as a friend by the present Dowager
Empress Of Germany, went TO a silversmIth's
gan to work with a 'blowpipe and a hammer
on a fve-franc piece. He was Kept ut work all
night nigh but there was nns a 6einnti HUI made silver
DR.. Evans's services. to the imperial family OF
Russia are said, 10 have been effected in Inn
His care has prevented their teeth from fol
lowing their natural tendency. to grow. In an
1Ssw eaHl,e dif rerson: Of f9 EsSoT psf hSvs b se5gafS' tho he
American dentist something more, than for
tune, and his decorations displayed in a cabi-
net and not on his person. number now moro
than 200. Many American dentists have gone
to Europe since DR.. Evans went there more than
treated usn SO een many royal Ssg,l mouths 10 hS" or made tR'% such HI" q
fortune at II.
The ingenuity OF the book agent has not
been exhausted, IL an incident that occurred
the other day in a lawyers office downtown is
to be taken as characteristics. The principal
partner is one Of the best known lawyers of the
New York bar. One day last week a woman
came into tho outer Office and, asking for the
head OF the firm, said that she was anxious to
see him on important business. The clerks
gave hor the stereotyped answer. Mr.. so-and,
so was busy. one Of them said. but no offered
to take In her name. Then she produced a card
to which she added some words in pencil: The
clerk glanced at 1t and saw that beneath her
name She had written "a woman with a his.
tory He gave it to his employer, who vas
shown into his once, She gave no evidence
II wrote on my, card" she said. that I nave
O. h ths Tinted Thf states Il sFs ever II pu s s $ o. and md Z i
the cheapest" Continuing the description
so rapidly that there was no time for the law
yer to interfere, she told him all that she want.
ed to before ne had called in a clerk TO show
her out. She did not succeed in selling a copy
than any book agent had ever done before.
The way in which the reconciliation be-
tween Nine. Nordica and Jean dc Teszke was
finally brought about has just been described
in New York by an American who was present
when the thrilling incident took place. 1t was
In reality accomplished by Col. Mapleson, the
veteran operate ~diplomatist, who took charge
Of Mime. Nordica's business affairs when she got
to London. Col. Mapleson, who had the task
OF Strengthening out her complicated affairs In
London, saw from the outset The advantages
OF a reconciliation between the two, and he Sc,
to work. Nearly every day he went to the
tenor's rooms, always as the bearer of an olive
request that she might be allowed to call or
him at his hotel. This routine continued fol
Col. Mapieson hurried 10 Nine. Nordica, she
hurried TO Jean de Reszke. and the thing wa.
done. Then Nine NOriica returned 10 bel
rooms in the Savoy Hotel, sent her husband
down to the office to bag the first reporter IN
sight, and thus a cableSram Vas sent TO thi,
country. tue next day. Mime. Noroica save tht
conclusion OF this expensive quarrel the sam.
publicity that It's beginning had received.
Probably the merchants who have employed
detectives to watch the baggage inspectors OF
the piers have done more to Inconvenience re
turning tourists than any tariff bill ever did. !
is particularly true of those measures that theil
special hardship Is due as much to the way IL
which their provisions are carried out as t. Tn,
original demands OF the law. Tho tact that eS
perlenced travellers never feared any OF tn,
laws very much may have been due to tn,
manner in which the laws were administered
But the detectives at the piers may change al
that. What interests persons who bring hom'
dutiable articles more than anything else In tn,
new plan Is whether or not the revenue inspec
tors are to be under surveillance on the day ate
the steamer arrives.
A PRINTER IRIG HTFCLLT BURNED