The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-13

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man who had been friendly with the
actress. This Wall street man attended all
the young womAns root-garden parties until
the evening OF July 30, when Mr.. Tuck and
Miss Bernard after = gay dinner went away
and were married. As the story was told in
this club. the elderly Wall street man called at
Miss Bernart's apartment on the following day
to give her a tip on the stock market and, IN
answer to his inquiries. the maid said:
She's gone, and she told me to give you this
The broker opened the note and read some
thing like this:
,g Ds1 70 9 2ss 4 M1si you s coz 60 to HoS0t'n- I have
That isn't exactly what the note said. bu. 1t Is
near enough 70 convey the meaning. One OF the
men who heard the story remarked:
| Blank. but IL was much less expensive than the
ssssf aeo. She Hasp left aes 1867 5000 9 or @ns 5000 o.9S AI snd i {
was generally believed that Blank had been
forced to give her a large part OF tit
Mira Lsdyard Stevens, who opened 4 bureau
OF social requirements several weeks ago. has
found enough demand for such an agency to
keep her very busy. and she has announced her
intention OF taking her sister-in-law, Mrs. Alex.
ander II. Stevens, into partnership on Sept. /.
Mrs. Stevens says that she has secured
work for domestic servants. photographers,
library cataloguers and professional packers. She
has even sent women to buy east-otf clothing
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mourning. The boot-hlacktng corner has proved
a remunerattve feature Of the venture. as il Is
the only place in the neighborhood where
women can have their shoes polished without
being conspicuous. Several years ago another
woman started a venture OF somewhat similar
pay % a rear for the privilege OF securing ser
wants from her. In addition to the servants
each subscriber was entitled To q monthly
paper. This woman assured her patrons that
sne satisfied herself about references before she
seat servants TO seek places; one WOMAN who
tempted TO sue her for obtaining money unter
false pretences- She received from her three
seryAntA in succession, each of whom was In
competent, and none Of them had satisfactory
references. The last 10 appear was a ~toothlsss
old colOred woman, who saic that sne knew
nothing about the agency woman. A friend had
taken her 10 the agency, and the woman who
ran II had promptly sent her on TO MI the
vacancy.
Joseph Ladue. the selfstyled founder OF Daw.
son City on the Klondike, happened to be tho
frst OF the successful gold seekers to come East.
and q yellow Journal which discovered that IL
had been advertising as its "own correspond
ent an aged verse writer who was already
under contract to its hated rival turned its at.
teation exclusively to LAdue, after that uufor.
tunats man had already told his story in Seattle.
A"eommissioner' from this yellow Journal went
clear to Plattshurg, which is L few miles nearer
Klondike than is New York. and to this credu,
valuable information. Mr.. Ladue then secured
d lawyer to protest him froul the Wall street
sharps, and descended on New York in the ex-
pectItion thac those who were shreSd would
come TO see him early and so avoid the rush. A
reporter who interviews him came 10 the ,onClu-
sion. that Dawson, CITY was the centre OF the
earth. as an unpreiudieei observer misAt dem
oastrate. II he stood on the top OF the Dawson
House and looked around him he would md
that the ak, comes down At equal distances on
less Interesting in New York than in Seattle,
and that the " sharp" didn't attempt TO brush
aside his lawyers and get at him. All Of which
hAs been very disappointing.