The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-11
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Aao kNa-AaNN VI tHp SthSihoubD EtBnH ENhlAy
TO be q fact. There are two or three chou
houses way downtown that still retain their
old reputation, but most Of the uptown houses
have TO connect them with their past only tho
old pictures and programmes which the now pro-
p~rlotors, alien in race and language to the found
ers, acquired when they took possession. Tho
old walters. who spoke with a broguo or a cock.
ncy accent, are replaced by men who can't pro-
nounce IN, and do pronounce their sibilnntC too
strongly; tho very customers arc changed.
Beer takes tho place Of Bass, "wicner schnitz.
els of n brace Of chops. In one especially sad
instance, the old chophonse on a side street is
stubo. Yet tho present place does a big busi-
ness; only It isn't a chophouse any longer.
A foreign d~iplomatist who was recently IN
New York and frankly confessed that he pro
posed to write q book about It when he got
home, was struck with nothing moro forcibly
than what seemed to him the waste Of money
and labor expended in rebuilding houses. He
was in tho city only n few weeks ago. and 1t
happened that in tho neighborhood Of his hotel
q number OF rcsidencos-thrcc or four, in fact,
on one block-had been torn down to make
room for business buildings. This spectacle
was repeated at ono or two points along the
II have been in every country in the world,
he said one day in speaking OF this feature Of
that they could build a house with tho idea of
tearing It down as soon as i was no longer SO
building would have been allowed to stand
where It was, and the money spent In building
Il, as well as the labor, would have been too
in the world would be able to afford such q
method Of building. 1t Is "A proof OF the great
richness OF the United states, AS we'll as OF the
fair. So long as this great wealth ctdures
there will never be need OF u change. ana only
,wh.n to la. harnrNn npNasEurN IN t, ann-
nomical will Americans build houses with the
idea OF allowing them to stand permanently.
comes anE srs to New York yoas is " thS dsmSyi intSlS u bu MHC
ings which to any, but IA New lOrker accus-
toned TO the sight looks wastefrl to an incom.
prohensible extent
Tho meaning of a sign that hung conspicu-
ously In u tent at a Long Island seashore re-
sort on Sunday last was pulling to tho resi-
dents OF the village who strolled down to the
beach in the morning and were confronted bv
the unusual contradiction between what they
saw and what they read. Seated under an
open tent there were II man and a woman.
There was no protection of any kind about the
sides OF the tent, and only its canvas root
shield ed its occupants from the sun. Every
thing Under the tent was visible. Tho man
and the woman were undoubtedly very well
acquainted. They were sitting so close to-
gethcr that the traditional sheet OF paper could
only with difficulty have been squeezed be-
tween them. Over their heads and nailed to
the pole Of the tent was II plaCard with the
word Private" painted on II in large letters.
There was very obviously nothing in any way
private about the behavior OF the Two Young
people. They were in the plain view Of several
hundred people, although there was no APP
served in their absorbed manner. They were
easily visible from every side. and it was easy to
The situation would under any circumstances
have Interested the sunday morning strollers.
With the word Private, staring them in the
particular adroitness with which the scene was
incorrectly described.
The Princess de Chimny must long have
cherished the plan OF adopting Il career Oh the
stage. and the causes which led to the removal
Of her photographs from the shop windows in
Paris seem to show that conclusivcly. The
coat OF arms. or at all events Il crown with
the initial &C." was stamped on the beautiful
Americans shoulder in n place which her lib
cral evening gowns generously displayed. This
il seems led the French police TO stop the sale
OF her pictures. But the tattoo mark will prove
In the end a valuable possession, even IL
its possessor has for the tlmc being lost the
sum of about six cents on every photograph
sold. With the Baroness" Blanc struggling
hard 10 hold on TO her title because it enables
her 10 make $40 more a week, the superior con-
Lition of the American Princess can readily be
seen. No event can ever erase the tattoo
mark, even II the title should go, and there is
the crown and the &c, are readily to be seen.
Nothing more is heard of the appearance in
foreign mnsis balls q this pair. and doubt.
Propositions terms Tor y visit 10 the United
States were laughed at, by The managers to
whom they We're proposed. The anxiety Of the
foreign music half singers 10 get to New York
/. as great as ever. ono visit seems 10 confirm
their lundness for the salaries here. and IT is a
mutton pg deem r1.i.r-rI tD Thorn whom tho pIupr-
tunitics for u return t0ur are not forthcoming.
ban Lcno. who fnilc! 30 badly that he was
Anna Held hiss been lucky enough TO have Il
| second trial, and Luic Fuller, who belongs tG
their set in spite OF hor nationality, would like
very much 10 be assured of profits n grea, AS
those OF beg last visit here. But the golden
days OF high. priced engagements here have
passed. Yvcttc Guilbcrt is anxious to return.
but IL will he as an actress as a proclaimed
RIVAL, moreover. OF IDusc and Bcruhardt. The
and Mime. Iembrr,h. who will he heard here
this season, has been p,nipE to get back Syer
twelve years ago. This time she Is coming
over on her own responsibility, and, unusual
enough for Il foreign singer, Will be her own
hacker.
One Of the first wcll.inown New Workers to
go 10 the KlonLikc will be Frederic Il. Cheese
brough. who has decided to leave for the Yukon
region next spring. Mr.. Chcscbrough will he
ACCOMPANIED by four friends from the Racquet
Club. II has not yet been decided what the
party will do. although 1t Is NOT impossible that
a banking Lus!ncss will be organized by them,
as all the member OF the party have, had some
| a graduate OF Columbia College, and has spent
| much OF his time in hunting In this country and
Europe. He is an ardent SPort.lman and horse,
man, and the. poascssoE OF a remarkably fine
library devoted to large game.
The young married couple who amused a
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