The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
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y US CusIOu1eTb KNOW LnHU III OLnO VI VI kbE-
mcnts cloths of American manufacture viii be
utilized in the future. The store happens to DO one
which makes clothes Of rather a better grade than
those usually sold ready made, and the price de-
manded for them Is considerably above the aver
age. The difference In cost has been looked
upon as the inevitable charge for English stuffs,
and It was not until the Dingley bill made the
use Of them Improbable that tho American
fabrics were utilized. Tho English cut and
the English fashion are not protected, so the
establishments which make a speciality of them
or, at least, claim to do so. will not be obliged
to change their styles by the new law. at is
n surprising thing" said q man who has been
for many years In the business, ITO sce the
promptncss with which new fashions arc now.
arc reproduced in a form that bears resem.
blanco enough to tho. original to make them
lors have felt this opposition considerably with.
In the past few years, and there IL scarcely one
toners who has been won away to tho economy
Of the ready made. One, reason for this may
fsiN'v b e ,n tho S.G rsSsn shh hnTS ii 9Ss Do AnUt h TS Ger,
establishments which leads them to copy from
tho best models ae soon as they are put on tho
in clothes alone, but in ali kinds Of haberdash.
cry as we'll"
A New Yorker has recently returned from
the West bringing with him o number Of the
advertising circulars which are so we'll illus
trative Of certain characteristics of that region.
Very rarely do any Of them refer to Eastern
subjects, or, indeed, indicate the least knowl.
edge Of conditions here. When they do It IL
with an easy indifference to the real facts,
which 10 shown by one advertisement for .
real estate concern that 10 distributed in Dem
vor. Real estate" it reads, made the Astors
and the Waldorts rich" The latter family
has never been well known among New York's
wealthy citizens, but tho Western advertiser
has no time to discriminate In SO small q matter,
even IL 1T made any difference. He appears
RE%s ssss''isyw SiiisItas; m Scs tish. to . tsll 'ai ia1 asg
TfsssS, .. E d ISs;s %sa' e f Il ssSs thy FISs, iSsy :sI Il
when tho market was good. or at flood tide
M @ish such a little az s soPfHslon d in the hams ., Of th shs
men who are, rich in New York might DO readi-
~ overlooked.
Miss Eloise Kutcherra that was will DO ro-
membered by o good many New Workers as Q
young woman OF heroic figure and great self-re-
lance, who figured on tho local operatio stage
several years ago. She was married tho other
day to . Belgian named Denis. who combines
in his profession such scientific and prosaio
duties as the direction of the electric restaurant
at the Brussels Exhibition. His wife. VIII has
recently been singing at the Theatre do II Mon
naie there. will. according to her present inten.
lions. retire from the stage, and she says that
her operate. career. which was lively for such q
varied one. has come to an end Nobody would
Kuteherra would ever have been satisded With
existence in the shadow Of an electric kitchen,
s satsE sha, m ahS s.ef It pSsSbl Is to tof ii GR' tie isss sSc % e se e
q kitchen and Fraulein Kutcherra. She n .
Bohemian. who came e this country three
make her New York debut at the Metropolitan
Opera House one Sunday, night In place OF Mime.
terward she sang with Walter Damrosch's
p poqtp q S S@r i srsat Fe SUCCESS to %. ES a $ss anS sS,
Singer at the Coionne concerts in Paris were 70:
for the Grand OPERA in Paris, but on ner 1rst
appearance there her friends made such An I'M
outbrsaS E-A and the engagement Was Promptly
called OF. she was rather q handsome woman
Whsn asssI T fnIih a IN an1 hs pny own ,s Sea the A Ress
leaving Paris she went to Brussels and sang
there until trov The p,0PT.s195 Of The electric &c, 5 Ss-
artistic ambition.
Old MrA John Drew. who died yesterday at
Larchmont, had been for moro than seventy
years on the stage, for she acted nrst as an In
FAINT phenomenon. She must have realized dur
Ing the past few days II ever, some Of tho pecu-
Liar hardships Of tho actors lot. One Of her
Sons was In San Francisco and the other In Lon
don, and Q granddaughter to whom she was
much devoted left this country fur Europe only
q few days ago. At q matinee performance
several years ago Mrs. Drew and Joseph Je'er.
son stood hand In hand on the stage, and Mr..
Jeffer~on said that he would like TO know II any
better evidence could be found OF the biighting
influence OF stage life on children. Both OF
they had remained in harness for an unusually
long period, and they were both IN good health
Mrs. Drew never made a fortune large enough
TO keep her in leisure. She earned in her time
largo sums, but she lost them In managerial ex.
pcrinents, and until her retirement only a abort
period ago. thsre was always a necessity for her
TO iop Keep th. on hi th m eifss' .i SSha P pettre and sSa s .%5S ' her
ease. but the old act ess loved the theatre, and she
took as much pleasure in her art as any young
time the satisfaction Of an ambition. Clara
Fisher Maeder; living in retirement in this
stage. and Mrs. Drew was tho nsxt in order.
Jean Margaret. Lander, who IL living now In
ON on a the 1T, also %Ddd1 wei p? &MF Mrs.. Barney aE4a,' W wi inTs
Of this city and old Mrs W. O.. Jones are now
stage. Only Mr.. Jones is In active ser
vice. One peculiar fact in connection with
these veterans Is that every one of them was
George McClusky. who has succeeded Sleuth
O'Brien as Chief Of the Detective Bureau after
serving term up among the goats as patrol.
man under O'Brien's orders. 10 ono OF the men
on the police force who can wear evening
clothes without exciting suspicion that he is
in disguise. He has had the reputation of be-
ing tho best dressed man In tho department,
and as Q Detective Sergeant under Byrnes he
was not called upon to wear q uniform. When
O'Brien dropped McClusky from the Head
quarters stan on tho day be took charge Of the
Detective Bureau. and McClusky was forced
to put on q patrolman's uniform and do duty in
an uptown precinct or resign from the force,
his friends predicted that he would do tho lat
ter. He had many friends, and some Of then
, the Police Department. McClusky made nc
complaint, but went to work at tho foot of the
ladder to climb up again. and the fact that be
has succeeded the man who attempted to put
him down tells Of bis success. In the dave
!. when Byrnes was In command NcClusky wa,
!. usually on duty In the theatre district. He at
. tended the biz balls, public and private. wher
, there was reason to suspect that crooks NIGH
. make them their opportunity. and he wa,
, usually assisncd to guard wellknow6 men yh e
! good, taste, and probably rev Of tho broadway
!. %sstr mIf or or IL theatre s.G gosSr ,, to w whom %n b MS .n face &C. !,
connected With the Police Department. The
, records in the Detective Bureau show, however
that McCluBky WAS more than n kid-RlOye man