The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-10
LIE roPros AnoUr ToRN.

TIL plans for the sale OF the Berkeley Ly-
ceum to the Woman's Exchange have not yet
advanced TO q point satisfactory to the pro-
motors OF the scheme. and even on tho liberal
terms which the owner made to the exchange
It has been found difficult to raise the neces-
sary funds. SO the property may after all be
put TO some other use. There has been q sug-
Restion to make II the HON OF the Art Club.
which was recently organized. This is a ma
tlonal society made up Of men interested In
matters OF art in various cities, and Its head
quarters are to be In New York. II was at
first proposed to build ON the site Of the old
Hotel Royal. and that Is still one Of the projects
of the society. But that plan will be neoes-
it's organization intact through the earlier
stages of Its existence the club Will, probably
ceum, The failure Of the Woman's Exchange
TO raise the money necessary to SECURE the
work on the part Of the women in control OF
the society; but their effort, we're pnsyaiiihg,
prise which shows its head with, u%nfeiling
regularity is again being discussed: This Is
been said and written without result during
the past ten years. One, scheme which, seemed
the will OF the woman who left money to found
the institution. Many others have been start
end suddenly when the expense Of the under
With zeal enough II this eppterpriss to see ,S g
is fortunate enough to be associated with the
success that has been hitherto denied to. all
similar enterprises, The difficulties Of the
Ing iSE'i Is e %Ss aI' e * l eSEo oae experience en- has
shown that the troubles afterward can then
be great enough to wreck the enterprise.
With Jean de Reszke and Marcella Sem
brich singing together in La Traviata."
'Rigoletto" and Lucia the old repertoire
will have such an opportunity as 1t has not en-
joyed for years. NJ. de Reszke has under
taken these parts in order to rest his voice for
Bayreuth and the few Wagnerian perform
ances he will give here when Maurice Grau
produces the trilogy. Hitherto the italian
tenors have had the roles which Jean de
Resske has decided.to sing this year. and none
OF them has ever proved popular enough, to
draw large audiences on his own account. 1t
has been the prima donna who was depended
upon to I'LL the theatre. In the past "Rigo-
letto." with Maurel and Melba, drew large
audiences only. at q Saturday night halt-prioe
cent years never drawn more than one audi:
ence. q season. and not always that, Lucia"
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them. II is rather interesting to Rote that
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the opera has this year been unprecedentedly
large, and there seems already promise Oh
certain success for the company.
The effects Of the flve-cent fare TO Coney ISL
md are to be noticed not only when the crowds
at the bridge entrance storm the cars in order
to get places. There. possibly. Is the most strik-
ing display Of the popularity Of the cheap trip;
but there are other evidences which tell the
same story just as effectively. "We'ro on the
verge Of bankruptcy this year" said o man h
runs q concert garden up on the Boulevard
srlS 60 TCs oney fSs put Stiq as the ae9 'n An ne sSpsrie
ence of these places during the past summer
RH telO en aoas a's Thers hos Is be- Been nlt nothiRe sf ike
the patronage OF former years. one OF the PRO
per cent. The crowds that used to Journey TO-
ward the northern end OF the island were quite
plainly reduced at the opening e Ct ct the Z, season He no and
did not take long to settle on the cheap trip to
the seashore as the explanation OF. the, de-
cline, and all the proprietors OF resorts uptown
are this year explaining their lack OF good for
tune in this way.
1t is only in New York that the bicycle ap-
pears to have survived as a luxury. Here 1t Is
ridden for its own sake. and in most cases its
utility is not much thought OF. In the sum-
mer resorts the bicycle has come to have an
entirely different purpose. Returning New
Workers report that it is only with the object Of
getting from one place to another that the BIZ
cycle holds its place in favor. Nothing could
better Illustrate its subservience to golf than
the fact that it Is used chiefly for the purpose
OF conveying persons to the place where the
game Is to be played and riding without the
supplementary accomplishment OF being able
to carry q golf bag on ones back Is not nearly
SO useful as it used to be-. 1t Is an ungrateful
condition. but none the less an actual one,
that keeps the bicycle in use to-day in those
places which three years ago we're given over
wholly 10 bicycle parades, teas and every other
kind OF social diversion for which the bicycle
could be made the excuse. None OF that de-
votion to the wheel exists to-day. The fortu-
nate results OF 1t are noticeable enough. how
ever. insevery town. The bicycle path which
exists IN neary every village frequented, by city
forests. and every improvement that the casual
bicyclist blesseS to-day are the result OF that
enthusiasm which marked the early days of
wheeling, and without Just such u measure OF
It. they would doubtless not have come into
existence. So even the most virulent stage
Of the craze has left Its good results behind.
STOLE MRS. DE FLOTOW'S JEWELRY.