The sun., 1897-09-22
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT Town.

drugs arc physicians. and this fact was strik.
lngly Illustrated few years ago by tho sue
cess OF young doctor who has since become
one OF tho best known men in his profession.
When he had been out OF college for only q few
years lecturer in one OF tho city colleges do
cided to decrease the number OF his lectures
preparatory to retiring altogether from
work. At that time there were throo young
physicians equally qualified to succeed him,
and it was decided that tho choice should bo
settled by allowing tho mon to lecture for GER
tain period and selecting from them tho one
who was most successful with tho students.
Inc thrco men entered the competition with
equal opportunities, but only one of them
survived. The other two fell away through
inc habit which has wrecked the pros
peGts OF SO many promising young men
In New York who seemed certain 10 win emf
nence in their profession. The ono who did
place and the distinction that followed.
pearSnrc nrSey fro Year passes without the disap,
prominent physician" said doctor the other
day after recalling the mysterious death of
weltknown physician several years ago, land
II is usually tho use of some drug that causes
this retirement, which is sometimes tempo
rary but more often lasting. Cocaine has been
one OF the things very much used by them, but
m0rbhine' ,,ib opium and other narcotics, are as
the case OF physicians scClnS to come from the
fact that, knowing the amounts in which tho
drugs can be safely used, there is never any
themselves moderately and with no fear OF
excess: Another reason is said to be that
use OF these drugs better than persons who
have never had experience with them. What
that class of professional men produces so
many victims OF these drugs. And the more
they arc the men who would in the ordinary
course OF affairs be least expected to yield to
such temptations"
The decision Of the Prince of Wales to visit
Maricnbad again next summer is likely to have
its effect in New York, remote as tho place
and distant as the date may be- New Workers
who go to the foreign spas for the remedies
that are to be found at Carlsbad or Marienbad
have usually selected the former place be-
cause Marienbad, whatever else il may be, has
never been regarded as fashionable. The
waters there are regarded as much more effec.
tive than those OF Carlsbad for certain cures
notably obesity, but the modish people of this
country, as well ms those Of Europe. have al.
ton Of their preference. % With tho h sH Prince SN Of
Wales in his incognito of Lord Renfrcw pro-
nounclng in favor of Marienbad, there is certain
to be change in the social character Of the
place. and it is not probable that this will be
OF these spas. Even il the Prince Of Wales was
never able to make it fashionable to be tat he
win win undo. 9E btedly be capable of making a
1T is just such weather as this" said a man
in the lobby Of a Broadway theatre last night,
that makes theatregoing is unqualified pleasure
here, SO far as the atmospheric conditions are
| concerned. Now the temperature of the thea
tres is comfortable and the ventilation good.
Within week or two the managers will turn
on the steam and the same old parboilei, half
cooked feeling that takes possession OF the au-
dehceS during the winter months will set in.
There is never any escape from that until the
lst of:June. when again the steam Is turned of.
that time. To the men in charge of the heat
Ing OF the theatres there is no middle COURSE
there is no easier e way a Of setnS II than s By
opening the doors and allowing the cold wind
70 blow on the back OF their heads, II is
| the absence of the steam that makes this sea-
| son the most agreeable In the year for the
| theatregoers, SO far as their personal comfort
Is concerned
One young woman who figures as a conspicu-
GUS member of an imported beauty show is not
1t all popular with her associates just at pres
| ent Professional jealousy has nothing to do
| with the present disfavor in which she is held
| None Of them has felt the slightest twinRe Of
| envy because she took luncheon with q ballet
| dancer and had tho function described and
illustrated. Several years ago some Of the
same women were playing in a Western town,
| and they were invited to q semi public enter.
| tainment At club which had considerable
social pretenson., Two OF them went with the
| men to whom they were engaged, and they
| were very cordially received by the women who
were in charge Of the affair. But it happened
| shown BY another young woman In the COM
| psny to a young resident Of the Western city
| who had been very attentive TO her. So there
| was a great uproar in one newspaper over the
fact that the actresses had attended the affair
barrassing position had not the women in
charge said that they would always be glad to
dGcled ] themselves them wit With such propSety. @ u The The
men Of the company took very different view
OF the matter. and;there were threats q violent
| the unpopular beauty has distressed her asso-
ciates by receiving with every appearance Of
| great satisfaction the attention Of tho young
| man who caused all the trouble. He Is in New
| York, but her comrades in the company fail to
| find any excuse for what they call her dis
| loyalty.
The young woman who utilized q hatpin to
scatter the crowd about bargain counter
| may have got elbow room enough -to mako
| her temporarily comfortable. but she gave
mighty impetus to the growing distrust Of that
| article OF feminine wear. 1t Is more harmless
! in many respects than the woman's parasol,
| which Loyalty sticks the ends Of the pointed
| ribs into the eyes Of men only. and compared 10
| the broad rim straw hat, which was popular
several years ago, the hatpin Is almost innocu-
! Gus. New York has seen its tragic possibil-
| ties only in those cases in which 1t was re-
vealed in the police courts As an instrument Of
| feminine vengeance generally directed toward
| one of the same sex. Anything 20 unromantic
| as the use in clearing away the throng from a
the meantime the styles OF womens headgear
| daily continue to make the hatpn more nece1-
| sary The sailor nearly always needs IL, and
| the big hats, which are indicating III the shop
| windows continuance or their favor through
| another winter, need 1t more than any other
kind. Possibly the only hat which does not
require IL IS just the sort OF hat which no wo-
| man nowadays will consent TO wear so long as
| she is in the style. The valuable jcwclIcd hat
| pins, popular several years ago, arc not indeed
| so much in demand, but the amount of money
| already inves' cu in them is likely 10 help tho
| jeweIled hat:pin long popular in spite Of tho
occasional outbreaks and the resulting protests
| against tho fashion.
| Now that the courts have decided that Mrs.
Elizabeth Waters is neither Blanc nor a
Baroness and that she must pay $50 for the dis.
tinction OF having used the name, tho only
music hall aspirant that boasted title Is lost
to New York. AS Mrs. Waters receives 80 q
week from her last husband or some such sum