The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-09
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dance prepared, and before tho convention ends
there will certainly DO promulgated a novelty
which will be solcmnly declared tho latest and
most correct dance to DO INDUCED in. The
novelties so selected are usually intricate com.
binations OF steps which anybody less expert
than a professional ballet dancer would not be
able to master easily; but the dance. whatever
II may bo, is officially declared TO be tho proper
thing Tor the summer season. The novelty may
take Its place In tho curriculum of tho dancing
schools; but it is certainly not likely to
dancing masters puzzle their brains to devise
now measures, and the persons who dance keep
Interested in any of the newer inventions. Tho
most complicated dances to be seen anywhere
pienicS They Sy0 are vTs' really s1IH p so eo M as to
require a great deal OF preparation, and they are
executed u b., the dancers with 1 2 CON On
bors Of the dancing masters. In the attempt to
make the, great majority OF dancers learn tho
Most dancers 's STICK cor cont SntsS yI to their Old "a:
v~orites.
New York has Just passed through an expert
ence similar to that which London is about to
have when Col. Maploson commences his season
Of Italian opera at Drury Lane. The Colonel's
London campaign will be somewhat dissimilnr
to that which he conducted here last autumn, as
his singers are not to DO now artists, but are to
include about the best known prima donnas on
~ btako. IL mas Uecn u1uOunCcu Win bOHlo
show of authority that both Nine. Melba and
Mme. Nordica are to lead the list OF women sing
ers who viii take part in Col. Mapleson's per-
formances. The repertoire will DO made up
largely Of the Italian operas and tho per-
formances will all DO given in that
language, For the first time in several years
Mime; Melba is not singing at Covent Garden,
because the new syndicate which is managing
the theatre refused to pay her the sum she do
Mapleson is organizing will, according to, the
present announcements continue, for three
after thirty years services, been dismissed from
Covent Garden. 70 to act as conductor. The
s p%iEiIn'iS%f m ts7 Sor sGlSs viii he So su N s by sisnSS s M SSie
s sSe aR Rps WON in f hsp f fssss. Of successes SpSrss IN but wh ths
tsss Ss 's spisea s,0 T T, f Is said AZ i tsSt %m 'se M SSSsf Is
LA Traviata," and has for that reason accepted
tho engagement at Drury Lane, which is
veteran. Colonel certainly has a better oppor-
tunity than he had here, for he has at least one
primR donna In Nine. Melba, who Is said to be
the woman singer most popular In London.
Life in the upper limit of the Tenderloin is
about to DO made easier by the establishment
there of o pawnshop conducted by q family that
Is almost historic in the business. Hitherto the
activities OF this firm have been confined to the
oo"hto"h ASBioho, uhu tho appearance VA LILO
new establishment bearing tho old name, fol-
lowed by the words loan broker" suggested TO
many a dweller in that region that future trims
to- the, downtown, districts might be avoided
while the same satisfaction and certainty could
be obtained in the northern border OF the heart
of the town. There has never been any particu-
name has never before been seen in the region.
Apparently. this particular firm has Just
might appreciate the advantage Of having one
branch Of the business a little more accessible.
It looked on Saturday as though the straw
hat season had opened. A number OF them were
to be seen uptown, and not a few rested on heads
that gave the fashion authority. They were
seen in the neighborhood of tho Union Club, and
the Knickerbocker was not without them. A
salesman in one of the uptown hat shops said that
the sale on the final two days of last week was
larger than at any other time since the hats were
first offered. Tho attempt to mako 1t appear
that the men at the clubs who wore straw hats
were about to leave town until Monday failed
completely in view Of the number of hats that
were seen at the theatres on Saturday night and
festations, carefully weighed and CONSIDERED,
seemed to prove plainly to- a waiting world that
srday nj hight that fact seemed plainly ' estab-
ltshed. But 1t took the wind and clouds Of Sun
1 SeSt ao oa M mo- si{{u 20 shans Ss es@9s,Stel fS. saiS VAS as,
scarcely one to be seen. On Sunday there were
few more But in the, opinion Of authorities
this temporary eclipse has no real effect on tho
fact that the straw hat season has indeed been
opened. The appearance Of things ON Sunday
and Monday was indeed discouraging. nor have
ance in the streets; But the hats will appear
rary cloud. ana with this next manifestation the
straw hat will have beer. 80 we'll established
that neither clouds nor rain will be able to OBJ
scure 1t again until September.
Tho club formed to give weekly entertain
ments In the new Astoria Hotel next season
shows that the desire for informal entertain
ment which several years ago led to the organi-
cation of the Vaudeville Club has by no means
subsidized entirely. Tho Vaudeville Club came
to an end when 1t became customary for persons
to visit music halls Just as unreservedly as they
did the opera But the desire for some enter.
tainment that shall BIO exclusive as well as un.
conventional has not diod out, and the Soci.
ETY. OF Musical Arts will mako another
sttempt to supply the demand; II success will
as members persons who will be as much q fea.
ture Of the entertainments as the hired perform
ers. 1t Is said that society in New York has
grown much larger during the last few years
and that a certain liberality is necessary even in
most decidedly. This is doubtless true, but few
enterprises of a purely social nature. have ever
succeeded when they started out with this broad
at is ali very we'll to say that society lists are
much much Larger today ofa I than v they were ere d dye years
but any enterprise OF a social nature has TO be
started with the right sort OF people at the head
of It, Unless that Is done, there never can be
secured enough persons Of any kind to make suct
undertaking. successful. The practical value OF
this social influence is shown by the fluctuations
In the prices asked for opera boxes, The own
ers Of these boxes can. sell them for high price:
on those nights on which there Is certain to be q
large attendance of fashionable people. 1t is Il
see these people in their boxes that the outsid,
public win pay largo figures for tho boxes. BuI
the boxes are held TO sell at any price. TIL,
number Of persona In society may have increased
of late, but 1t requires the presence of a number
OF people Of established position to give any un
dertaking tho impetus necessary to success"
Diego de Vivo is now the oldest living i'm
presario who has been active mainly in thil
country. Max Maretzek was the dean of thu
operate managers until his death a few week.
ago, and Signor de Vivo went down to his funer
oil on Staten Island In spite of the warnings o