The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-30
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT ToWy.


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A lawyer who was for several years a well
known newspaper writer in New York moro than
fifteen years ago still preserves a souvenir of an
assignment that he covered. 1t is probably the
largest beer glass in this city. 1t holds Just q
gallon and the initials Of its owner are etched in
the glass. He was assigned on one occasion TO
write an article for a certain newspaper about
thrce-cent beer. In search Of Information he
went to Blanks brewery and interviewed Mi.
Blank. 1t was a warm day and Mr.. Blank sug-
Rested that they should have a glass of beer.
When tho article was printed the fact was stated
that Mr.. Blank had invited the writer to have
"a glass Of beer" One glass of beer in q brewery
Is too insignificant TO notice, and Mr.. Blanks
friends made merry with him because his hospi.
tality was limited apparently to one glass of
beer, Nearly. a week later the writer of tho
article received an invitationto cali on MIR. Blank
When he arrived he found half a dozen other
brewers present, and. Mr.. Blank at once asked
employee placed before him tho giant glass
filled With a gallon Of beer, and the other men
to- tSU notice s' tSs eject NEE tops p tb shs sSe stFd Mas sps s5@sissss
suggested Ibis health" and then with both
prised to drink. Mr.. Blank was disappointed.
As the guest regretfully put his empty glass on
well was that a good glass Of beer T.
ne nrSL real kOOu one tnat L nave n0Q since
I left Heidelberg" said the guest, and. dc. you
know, they make good beer over there. Why, I
The grind was on the brewers. and they 40
knowledged 1t by having the glass properly
etched and presenting 1t to the Heidelberg man.
Late on Wednesday afternoon. when the Boule-
ward was filled with bicycle riders, q team of
big gray horses hitched to a heavy platform
truck which had been standing at the corner Of
Tooth street with no driver in sight decided.
for no apparent reason, to run away. They
started slowly down the Boulevard, and when
they discovered that no one was holding the
reins they quickened their pace until they were
running at full speed. When they started some
one shouted a warning to the bicycle riders.
Several women who were right in front OF the
horses succeeded in turning up a side street be-
fore they were overtaken, and the riders who
were several blocks ahead bent over their handle
went tearing down the Boulevard in an irregu-
lar course, the heavy truck behind them
Tho shouts OF warning to the bicycle riders from
people on the sidewalk excited the horses to run
tTed ,hs seTsral fast riders STs kept along be.
was reached. when suddenly a man who wore a
gray sweater forced his wheel ahead of the fol.
horses. and, waiting his opportunity. grabbed
the horse nearest him by the reins. and in less
standstill. In the crowd that surrounded the
captured team the man who had stopped. them
was lost. When some one inquired for him it
! was found that he had ridden away. as II such
feats were not important enough to interrupt
his ride.
AsR. F. Mclean, the present husband of Odette
Tyler astonished persons interested In the bust
ness of theatricals by his infatuation for the
stage and his evident willingness to continue his
efforts to DO an actor with no apparent regard
for the amount OF money he was compelled to
spend in his attempts, and 1t has always been
royur ri nd 10 N prnnf that ha ,nnat ba VA nnoanaanl
a considerable fortune to have had anything left
after the several years he spent on the stage.
His was one of the more or less familiar cases OF
q disease which, whether or not 1t be prevalent
now, is ut all events less noticeable In public.
and the words were true in the highest degree
Of Mr.; Sheperd. He was always anxious to
act, although he could not do II especially
well. and he continued his efforts with assured
pecuniary loss. But even several seasons of the
legitimate drama were not enough to exhaust
his resources. He is A remarkably handsome
man. OF strikingly fine physique. One of his
roles was 0theii3, which he played to the ago OF
his first wife, Marie Prescott. She was one of
United States. and it will be seen from the men.
willing to pay for the pleasure OF acting what he
wanted rather than to try TO gain public sup
port. His first wife was. like odette Tyler, a
Southerner.
The Italian singers of the Metropolitan Com
pany left New York in rather a perturbed frame
VI iiillt dhu pADohoiy Az tAN S"o AOLiOh IA
producing this uncomfortable state of affairs
was the Consciousness that they are not likely to
return. Signor Ancona, after n season in which
he cut considerably less of a figure than usual.
announced shortly before he sailed that this
country cared only for "decayed artists" and
that n comparatively youthful singer had no
chance. This, of course. meant that Signor An
coma sang less frequently and at a ese,nsiderehly
smaller salary than. NJ. .LaSsalle. SiRnor Gre
monini also left In chagrin. as the unfavorable
comments on his had led him to
believe that he was the victim of conspiracy,
when. as a matter OF fact, he indicated last
season n decided retrogression instead of
an advance. and was not r~e-engaged be-
sfass M NJ Eli had d disappointed En just
about the same fashion, and her place for next
Nine. Brazil, an American who has not yet ap-
peared in her own country. 1t was not positive.
there was to be no season next year, so they
were not in IA pleasant frame Of mind when they
or that they. at least, would not DO required
here again. The number OF Italian singers In
the New York companies grows smaller every
seasons work every winter. They are usually
unable to sing in any Language but their own.
and the French of these artists. when they essay
1t. ia generally very amusing. There was one
particular instance Of this-tho ,smugglers'
was always a linguistic feat that was rather
more astonishing than agreeable.
"a Il " 10 q iO1Nht AtNiuAb ihoih OoNipNy
to thcatricals. He has not. however, concerned
himself with their artistic features. He has
gone into the business side OF these matters. and
his brief career as an advance agent has been
highly successful. He has so far devoted himself
chiefly TO entertainments OF a semi-private ma
ture. and began as the manager OF a series Of
entertainments that were given last summer in
the various hotels at tho watering places near
the city. He was fortunate enough at that
branch of the business 10 justify his continuing
In In and ba ia now frGpnpptl, pullph lnnn tn
take charge Of such enterprises. Mr., Potter has
a wide circle OF friends. acquired when he was
not In business OF any kind. and he has especial
advantages for The class OF work he has under
taken. Entertainments given under the direc-
ton OF well-known people are common enough,
but an advance agent or business manager OF
exalted social position is somewhat OF "A novelty.
A man started to cross Broadway in front of
the Aston House yesterday afternoon shortly
after 2 o'clock, and he stopped TO let an open
cable car pass. II was going downtown. and the
man abstractedly halted, and. apparently alb
sorhed in thought. kept his eyes on the ground.