The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-13
LIE ropIcs AnoUr TOWN.

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distinction by his persistency and activity in
this direction. Sometimes the klckers serve
n good purpose. and one club realized tho
value Of such a member when. not long ago, an
other member brought n typewriter into the
library and refused to take 1t elsewhere. on the
ground that he had to do his writing there.
could use no other instrument for that pur-
pose, and recognized nobody's right TO OBJ
Ject TO the presence OF anything 30 we'll estab-
lished as a typewriter. He was ultimately dis
lodged through the efforts Of one who had
never before been appreciated at his correct
value as n factor for order in tho club. An
ether organization is wondering when It's
kicker will prove his value in an equally
unselnsh way. SO far he has confined himself
TO the correction Of improprieties 80. purely
personal that the club at large has not benefit.
his last action has led the members who have
heard of II to hope that he may, some day ac-
GGSSmplish g great deal for The ,bd benefit G}eR S e his
room he was seen TO be laboring under more
than the usual, excitement. His state Of mind
stepped to his table. Soon his. neiGhbors
learned that one Of his soft-boiled eggs was
S5SSEEeS aito nhS9E 10 at a th mIcro ss s3ld cr e&iEEiqiS Is o 5he
eng 3 q come ~ SS fEr;omp "nfFiiH Find i out the farm at
which they are bought and make IL q point to
see that more lime is fed to the hens. Then
the shells will be stronger, and the eggs will be
p pr n1iE SSeP to do what he could toward I'M
proving the hens diet, and as the members
glanced at one another they thought that smch
a genius for kicking ought TO accomoIlsh
wonders II his talents we're ever turned in the
right direction.
A New Yorker who recently returned from
France paid a visit to Sarah Bernhardt at
the abandoned army barracks at Belleisle.
which she has made into a retreat for the
brief period OF each year in which she rests
from work. He dwelt on her freedom from all
the afrectations Of her earlier days. In which
she was accustomed to sleep In a coffin and dis
concert her friends by making pets OF wild
animals. All OF these eccentricltles have dis
appeared. and In the mellowness Of her some
what advanced middle age Nine. Sarah. as her
friends call her. has grown very much more
like the rest OF her sex. One eccentricity
to which she has taken for her vacation days
savors OF the strenuous days OF her, career.
tbe E wa5i 'o Of her qP Chateau. The time selected
for this ceremony is the late forenoon. al
though it II subject ;Sct e To- app iCa P9stP % gaeFSs
wishes. At the appointed hour, whatever it
happens to be, the bath is prepared on the ROOT;
glare of the sunshine she performs this func-
ton of the toilet, which Is usually accom-.
Plished with greater privacy T II the av eGse OF
Of the situation are TO be found IN the sun and
air. which Nine. Bernhqrdt declares are ad-
Juncts OF a bath that she is unwilling to, do
without so long as the state Of the weather
and the isolation Of her establishment enable
Stances sSr sV Which limit mitigate the pnconSentioRality
the proceedings. Her home is the highest spot
IL the region. and there are no peiHhborinS
The watchman in the lighthouse a few hun;
dred yards away is an old man who who IF finds Is al
eccentricity OF Nine. Bernhardt is not SO
striking as it mig might nat be ,b ut 2 bdTao, p Ia ssn than hSa
mir mud hnr roof Ia DG nFivnfn nQ her .nOll0Olr.
After the affectations which have marked
other stages Of her career. the latest seems
Bellelsle, apart from the luxury Of, bathing
on the roof. is found in hunting. All day she
ttrr am ,n. oyer the country afwd in f tSa n1m6 SPes 81
shots she fires and the game she brings down
has never been known to interfere with her
enthusiasm at the chase.
The Ocean House at Newport was a land
mark which survived many social changes at
Newport. When fashion abandoned the ho-
tells it was given over to tourists who came to
See the place and persons who stopped there
for a few days endowment OF the towns at
fractions. Its guests were never OF Newport's
life, and later, when permanent summer
guests again became a feature OF the hotel.
they were in no way identified with what Is
known as the summer life Of the town. So far
as they shared in that. the hotel might have
been situated in another town. They saw
what there was of it that was visible on the
streets. and that was all. The hotel later came
weeks there and went to Newport quite as
thcY might have gone to other summer re-
sorts. The presence OF q foreign nOtability
occasionally added lustre to the register. but It
was exclusively the foreigners VINO gave the
years the hotel had begun to get nearer the
real atmosphere Of Newport life. Several fam
lilies who were conspicuous in the social life
OF Newport went there. and this proved enough
to make the place regarded with more tolera-
ton than it had received in many years. The
names OF well-known people began to, appear
with greater frequency among its lists OF guests
and something like social regeneration might
have come II the place had not been destroyed
by fire. The smaller and more expensive ho-
tells do not supply completely the demand for
accommodations which exists now. and II
the benefit Of the vogue that was Just return
ing TO the hotel which it had deserted SO posi-
lively years before. when the entire life OF
Newport went to the cottages and the mag
nifcent homes built there in recent years.
The cable cars are not alone responsible for
a new ailment which has lately made its APP
pearance. A medical journal which has pub
iished an account OF the new ailment attrib-
utes 1t chiefly to the trolley. although in both
cases the active participation of the patient is
necessary. According 10 the Investigations Of
n physician. this new trouble consists OF u
fracture OF one OF the bones of the spine caused
by striking the back Of the seat In a street car.
He finds that most pers MS rise in their seats
before they have reached their destination or
before the car has come to q full stop. In
many cases they are thrown back on their
seats when this happens or against the back
OF the seat, and this violent contact is likely TO
break, one OF the small bones In the spine.
Luckily the result is not nearly so serious as it
sounds and Is much more likely to ne iucon-
venient than dangerous. AS the inyestiga-
tons which proved the existence. OF the new
transportation was chiefly, by means of the
trolleys. the same effects might not have been
the trouble was likely to be caused by any
quickly moving vehicle quite independently
OF what the motor power was. So persons suf-
fering from unexplained back aches may dis
cover that they have stood up too soon while
those who have so far escaped may take warn
ing and keep their seats. in the words Of the
conductor. until the car stops.
Belle Archer Wants n Divorce.
Belle Archer. the well-known versatile ac-
tress. is seeking a divorce from her husband.
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