The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-27
ErIlls RoANoKl INES. SUNDAY. D 8 N II 81
OUR NEW YORK .ETTER.
,aothamites or to Visit the oueen-Fit-
Flees to tho Seaside a Bit Of
Spice and a Fair Incosnita.
Especial corresrondenca.1

PIE pressing for passage to foreign
lands. Big vans block the streets md
the storage warehouses are enriched
with the household goods of the tbon.
sands who flee the heat Of New York
possibly to swelter in the heat of some.
where else.
A large part of nobdom have gone to
pay their respects to her Britannia mai
esty on the great jubilee occasion now
near Mt hand. These were led by New
York's own and only Chauncey Depew.
"the peach" as he is admiringly called
by the boys
The Goulds also have steamed off in
their yacht, and dozens Of other swell
Murray Hill residents have followed tho
example.
But not all betake themselves to
boats and far water journeys. The
mountains, woods, valleys and seaside
resorts attract the greater multitude.
Summer in the city seems to- possess
terrors for the brave as we'll as the frag-
lie. AS an illustration it may be noted
that Mr.. Bob Fitzsimmons-''to whom,
I hope, ladies and gentlemen, no fur.
ther introduction will be Necessarily
has made haste to evict himself from
his comfortable quarters at the Hotel
Bartholdi and is now resident of Rye.
which village of seductive title nestles
near old ocean and is at the same time
i'll touch with meadow and dell
Where Fitz Takes His Ease.
Here Bob has surrounded himself
&UI oil
mer luxury, and after the close of the
theatrical season, which now molests
him of nights. he will bid New York
full and fond farewell until the mid
die of September.
Rumor has it that Fitz will surround
himself with few more dogs, several
cats and pet lion or so and spend
most of his vacation in pursuing his
study of animals.
The war Oh the Raines law clubs in.
stituted many moons ago by the police
authorities is proceeding with great Wig
or, and there is great deal of litigation
piling up as u consequence of constab-
ulary assiduity. The whole country
knows how the reform element of this
big town has been fighting the liquor
traffic and endeavoring to enforce the
laws prohibiting tho sale of LIQUORS OH
Sundays and between the hours of 1
and D each morning. The success of the
movement has been of a fiuctuating
sort. AS soon as tho statute began to
tighten upon the rumsellers various
methods of evading the law were put
into use, and tho practice continues.
Now that tho privileges Of SO called
clubs are being curtailed it is likely
that the liquor vendors will invent
some new way to outwit their adverse
ries.
Spice on the Boulevard.
There is considerable spice in the air
of New York, even if the swell set is
out of town. A little incident which
happened or recent day on tho bou-
levard will furnish an illustration of
this. 1t was at q time when that pop
ular thoroughfare was we'll filled with
bicycle riders and was witnessed by
several score of these.
young man, dressed in well fit
ting frock coat and wearing a silk hat,
started to cross tho boulevard from the
west side. His mustache was neat, and
so well dressed that more than one pair
of eyes watched him. From the east
side of the boulevard came u young
woman, and she was worth looking at.
She wore tailor made gown and new
spring hat, and, so far as clothes went,
she was easily in the same class with
the nice Young man. AS he saw the
young woman approaching he lifted his
hat and said something to her. The
young woman swung back her arm in
scientific manner and landed her gloved
hand fair i'll the young mans face, jolt
ing his head suddenly and knocking off
his hat.
"Now, see if you will talk about
me again, she exclaimed, and without
waiting to argue the point she hurried
across to tho sidewalk and walked rap
idly down the boulevard The young
man seemed to be dazed at first. Then
he picked up his hat, busted it careful
ly and walked slowly up the boulevard.
The incident was over, so far as the BIZ
cycle riders could see, and each one
wondered why it had ever happened.
1t is mystery which will probably
ever remain Opaque, and it is but one
of many.
Shopkeepers and Photographs.
One Of tho first of the Broadway
shopkeepcrs to hang photographs in his
windows has lately confined them to
novel and inconspicuous place, and he
announces that for the future they will
be compelled to remain there.
Tho business has been overdone,
he said tho other day. at takes not
only Il larger number of photographs
than is easy to handle. but also much
trouble i'll changing them frequently,
and the game is not worth the candle.