The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
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a Law requiring their customers TO pay bills
within three months after they are rendered
are not likely to obtain relief from their
troubles In hat way. That delay would not
usually be considered q serious one and the
average tailor who lie not compelled TO wait
longer for his money would probably be re-
Rarded by his rivals as q very lucky man. But
the law will probably not come TO the assist
ance Of the tailors in Just the form that they
want II. 1t has usually been thought that re-
tail tradesmen had very effective means Of pro-
tended credit to persons whom they consid-
cred unlikely to pay them. The average New
network Of. commercial agencies. mercantile
bureaus and other, means OF security socthe
RBI.9biat f q the tS ~ tSs ss Ss1ls,r little sus St l tSe
Character. One. Of the delegates told ot,the Ell
cease to DO work successfully at half the, price
taIiiSlSso Wers so o Seli SATISFIED wit With the fsSF RESULT qf
their lower prlcee that they refused to go back
to the old figures, But we punished them"
ducing our prices to the same figures" Such
q move as that will always find sympathy from
the public.
MarcellR sembrich has recently realized
that America Is moderately distant from Rus
sia and 30 has decided to give up her effort to
combine In one tour geographical points so far
distant as Chicago and st. Petersburg. The
prlma donna's contracts require her to be In
Chicago by the beginning OF November. where.
In addition to singing with the Grau COM
pany, she ia TO be the soloist at the first
Thomas concert. This was set for the first
week In November. and the opportunities Of
the manager OF the italian opera at st. Peters,
burg we're so great that Nine. Sembrioh con-
sented to sing there six times during Octo-
Der. She has appeared there 80 frequently
that no contract Is customarily signed. and she
comes here. as a matter OF course and without
anv more explicit understanding than a con-
EEsrs55 ssobe S9 ie fee no s sps.eiaii time meis foe et tRs Ioarney
from st; Petersburg to this country Nine.
impresario and then turned her attention to
the combined. pleasure OF q vacation and the
here. AS she is not TO sing in Berlin this win
ter and Is one OF the most popular artists that
ever 90 there. exceeding Al others In her
to open the series Of Phiiharmonio concerts In
Berlin. Nine. Sembrieh ,complacently agreed
mate friends. That was not ali She undertook
for October. The direction of the Coward
to sing there with no thought Of Chicago and
the distance Of It's Auditorium from Lelpsic.
ments was gone over that. the difficulties of
the situation were realized. Berlin. Leipsic.
peared an appalling prospect. So the six Rus
sian engagements were abandoned and Nine.
SemhriGh Will Join the Grau company without
the preliminary ordeal OF the engagements she
had made.
THE tendency to GENERALIZATION in kinds OF
business that are similar said a man who re-
membered enough from his college course to
know what political economy is. has long been
noted by investigators. Manufacturers. shops.
stores engaged in the same lines OF business.
are all likely to take TO the same region. That
has been noticed hitherto only in reference to
the parts OF a own or. in a broader sense. to
tho parts of q State. But 1t has never before
been observed In the narrow sense that one
office buildings downtown have already begun
to show exactly the same influence. You will
find, floors that are given up, entirely to one
kind OF business or to its allied branches. |
was in a skyscraper the other day and found
one. floor entirely devoted TO a certain line OF
presence Of the Steamship companies Of diff
ferent kinds, there were Insurance.. wrecking
and nearly every other Kin ktnd OF business " Tss e9 Ia
Ing was large enough to accommodate as many
offices, as a whole block in a small town.
there to transact business to realize that all
this convenience is in accordance with an eS-
tablished principle in political economy. But It
cover the value OF something he learned that
might otherwise be thought useless"
The bogus Hayden Coffin. who figured as
the guest OF De Wolf Hopper at the Lambs
Club the other night. showed good judgment
in selecting the person he represented here.
Mr.. Coffin was born in this country. but re-
moved when a very young man to London.
where his father was a successful American
dentist. He came back to New Y ork very I'M
expectedly six years ago.. He had been en-
gagged to appear here In the autumn, and. to
Ine eTsptti turned up in New York during the
preceding spring. No announcement Of his
intention to come here was made, = and do his
It was quite possible that Mr.. Coffin might
have decided to return here again with as
ment in this was one incident connected with
his previous visit and unlikely TO be repeated.
The baritone bar tor. ra has lSn tGa Re sfao e0 p fayo IN w bGa7
a beloved hero Of o~peretta. He is a handsome
the heni%f awTd n4ti M Of St the f Rs Il mAe eiement IN his
audiences. He had studied to prepare him
self to succeed bis rI father ia as S, a d tn 6d6n %4 fea
stage.
One Of the large hotels to be opened next
winter will be entirely In charge OF a woman.
who, through a previous successful experience.
has qualified herself to assume a place OF such
responsibility. Women proprietors Of hotels
are not unknown here. but they have not hith-
erto operated in a field so large as that OF the
woman who will manage this new building.
One OF these had charge Of a private hotel
which was unique. at least in one particular.
During one winter the proprietor had sixty
cooks. and the youag woman "a who struggled
seem TO think that she had been through an
that keeping a hotel furnished splendid disci-
pline for the character. Women hotel keepers
have been successful In many parts Of the
country. and no occupation seems more suit
ed to their abilities, One of the largest hotels
in one OF the best known, summer resorts is
kept by a woman. who has maintained for
years the high reputation and exclusiveness
of the house.
Accounts received here Of Queen Wilhel-
mina's coronation did not mention the pres
ence OF another titled parsonage who is better
known to New Workers possibly than any
other. A paper published In Paris announced
her presence at The Hague during the cere-
Queen Lavinia's intentions to see how the