The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19
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worked with greater diligence for his own i'm.
provemeut or with more enthusiasm for the
sake Of the troop. So his present eminonce in IL
was won by hard work. and has been the source
OF considerable qualification to his friends and
his family. His devotion to tho troop was very
he left one member OF his family was only just
recovering from a serious illness. Not long
who bears the Same name was appointed by
the President to DO o Quartermastor In the army,
by the faithful worker in the militia. When
the two men return the cousin will be much
rank goes. and tho fact that no had never taken
tho slightest interest In military affairs, or be
l9sn sS6 to any OF the regiments addS an element
The fortunes Of the dramatist are variable.
Clyde Fitch was telling his friends only a year
ago that he had decided to stop writing plays
and turn his attention undoubtedly to the gentleP
and moro profitable task Of writing children'O
stories. The children would, at least, read the
books and there would DO some return from
his work, while the time taken in writing plays
which managers positively refused to read
seemed utterly unproductive. 1t was only Q
few months after that lament that one Of Mr..
Fi;ch's plays waS acted with success, and now
the children of the country will have to struggle
along for Il few moro years and await h time
when the managers are again obdurate before
Lhog l1hy SAPCCL dhy llbtlC uOOhs lTOm VII rlICn.
Writing childrcn's stories is a profitable Kind
Of work, and out Of ono little book an author in
that tho story was not ono that created any 90.
pecial sensation. or took any G1eat time to
by the author. who is beginning to believe that
tho yearly income from the volume is likely to
usual agreeable reminder, and the profits are
sufficient to make a comfortable livelihood for
any Any person = who wrote four or fSe similar book.
doubtless. more profitable, although the work
involved is vastly more laborious. One advan.
taRe on the side OF the book Is the greater pow.
ers of endurance. But writing success III plays
In doubtless moro to;the taste Of Mr.. Fitch.
There are indications that, in the matter Of
dress, golf may go the way of tennis. In the
first days of the latter game, knickerbockers
were looked upon as the only appropriate COS
tune in which to appear on the courts. They
were soon superseded by fianncls, which held
their supremacy until the overwhelming inter-
est in golf threw tennis into the background.
The change was based on very sound princi-
pies, and the greater freedom which the lcoser
garments gave made their ultimate adoption In
evitable. Already the pervading knicker-
bockers are threatened on the links. On many
of the courses this year tlannels have been seen.
and the reports made concerning them are of .
nature likely to increase their popularity during
the summer months at least. They are cooler.
and the same Is true Of duck and crash trou-
sers, which make it unnecessary to wear tho
warm and heavy stockings that are regarded
as the only appropriate finish to the golf knick-
the warm weather, the flannels were never put
to the test of the winter temperature. Ar golf
knickerbockers are fairly certain to hold their
own during the winter months IL they should
cooler epeE n9 annn NC MAKE Hn W I IN n6 6he sp1n,n s6. nor t9 lS
the appearance of many of the courses is that
the costumes generally are quieter, If less pic:
turesque than In former years. The red golf
coats which made the women such brilliant
contrasts to the rest of the scene have this year
hnan EunnrQaHnH hy n N - III NDhfnh nra
harmonious, although they rob the scene of one
Of its liveliest features.
The menus in two or three of the best city
restaurants have diminished in size during ro-
cent years, and at least one Of these establish
nlents offers to-day about half the number of
dishes which were to be found on the daily bill
of fare formerly. One Of the head walters was
explaining this last night to a guest, who was
surprised to find that the number Of available
dishes had diminished during his absence OF Q
year. He was suspicious that the place might
have declined in prosperity. But the head
waiter assured him that such a change could
have been undertaken only with perfect conf
dence in the loyalty of the Establishments
clientele. Most OF our regular patrons" he
SAID, know PERFECTLY well that they can get
especially good viii doubtless he called To- their
attention by the waiter. 1t Is only to make
Of the dishes that a bill o. fare is at ali Il ne ece
sary here. In the Paris restaurants the num-
Der Of dishes mentioned on the bill Of fare is very
small, and as the prices are never given in the
hrst-class establishments. the menu there
serves a really unimportant purpose. Every
guest knows that the facilities of the house are
not confined to the dishes named on the list.
The great llats Of ali kinds OF dishes that were
once considered Indispensable TO the dignity
OF every, first. class restaurant have already dis.
appeared from'many of.them. and are likely to
There is not likely to be any diminution, how
ever, in the list Of the wines. The large num-
Of a restaurant. Food is always to be- assumed
as q matter of course"
Those persons who have been compelled to
get through the early summer weeks without
the presence OF the flies and have grown more
or less excited over the failure of these pests to
put in an appearance ought to find some COM
pensation in the number of mosquitoes which
have made themselves felt during the past
three nights in the city. There have been
plenty of them. The old theory that they visit
ed the city in belts and devoted their chief
attention to certain streets separated by ten or
twenty blocks is not tenable during the pres
ent invasion. They have spread Themselves
t thfoe early ' date ei aTe T SealtSy apn 1die Seiibes.a tna even tea
II the yigor and persistence that come later are
not yet perceptible. Persons who find that
mosquitoes are not a satisfactory substitute for
the flies may direct their attention toward an
other domestic pest which has been unusually
thorities who have observed their number az
well as those who have had moro direct expert
ence have remarked that they are present this
year In unprecedentedly large and disconcert-
ing numbers. With these two substitutes it
ought TO be posSible.to wait for the flies to make
summer complete in every detail.
One of the best known hatters this year put
on the market a straw hat which was just the
Kind that had boon demanded for several years.
The popularity of this specimen of headgear
was that 1t Ia perfectly normal. 1t has no
- Al-A 800 b. -.---I 49,
around 1t. nor is the crown abnormally high or
low. There is nothing OF this bizarre charao.
ter about the thing. There has been a clamor
for tho style during the past two or three sea-
sons. But the public found II difficult to get
them. The hatLers were making shApes for
their own amusement and the public refTalncd
from buying them. But this year there has
been an unprecedented agreement between the
tastes of the makers and the public. The 70.
suit of this fortunate combination Of circun'
stances was shown one afternoon last week
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