The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-17
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years any particular devotion to her profession,
and when she resumes It there are generally
good reasons to believe that she does 20 because
she has to, or at all events because the addi-
ton of a few hundred dollars q week to her In
come would not DO unappreciated. Miss Tenn
pleton has been an actress ever since she was
very young. That fact has allowed her to
have q considerable period Of activity on :the
stage, although she Is, Of course, quito as young
now as It is necessary for anybody to DO. Her
career as q child actress robbed her Of any illu-
sions as to the gayety Of stage life, and she was
perfectly willing 30 soon az the opportunity
presented itself to abandon the delights of bur
lesuue for tho pleasures Of life In Paris. When
she returned to THIS n h Sonmsry m hnfss yesrs ago Y
with the settlement. of an estate In which she
was interested and the ultimate turn which that
foT her n present sanSn return to New YORK and the
music halls. Her periodic returns to tho stage
Il III not et"o Of prayer rlgcp'i necessary even IL trying to
a, person who enjoys NE az much as Miss Tenn,
ploton does. II was stipulated In the contract
less she reduced herself to the weight Of. $50
pounds by a certain time the contract should be
fded to her friends that the ordeal would never
be repeated. The success Of May Irwin has
OF avoirdupois. They think that the public no
longer objects to flesh, quite forgetting that
Miss Twins personality Is UNIQUE while 1t Is
IA Nv Po"0i vi ehs ooOS
Tho crush of vehicles on Broadway between
Thirty. eighth street and Fortleth street as the
opera house and the theatres in the %neighbor-
hood dismiss their audiences is great enough to
cause many accidents, and the wonder has 30
far been that serious results were not moro fire.
quent. The number Of carriages at the Metro
politan Is. Of course, many times larger than
that at the other two theatres, and under ordi-
nary circumstances the audiences at tho opera
house arc dismissed at o later hour. But some
times the crowds leave simultaneously and the
crush OF carriages in every direction 10 confus-
Ing to even persons accustomed to tho scene.
Of the metropolitan make Thirty-ninth and
Fortieth streets almost fmpassa bic and car
riages are four sH or Ave s deep . at the the R1 ros tSay en- en-,
usually found at the Empire, the Knickerbocker
and the broadway. Another element, Of CON
stopped when the signal is given from the opera
house a few moments before the curtain falls.
fh orSyed TS Mbie cGr d passedasffG or SC sov lenS bloc bloSts a abov 70
the theatre. adding q fresh peril to the task OF
crossing Broad way; It Is too late row to At
present opera season has only ono week to last.
But next year some explicit plan of procedure
mon might readily be prevented by some we'll
arranged scheme which the police could en-
mon in sight AZ the time to enforce even the
rules of sense in dealing with such crowds.
The meeting held on Tuesday to discuss
plans for establishing a permanent orchestra In
New York city brought out the fact that q
number of very enthusiastic women were con-
cerned in tho enterprise and the rather dis
couraging conviction that 81, 900, 900 would be
needed to mako the project possible. That the
organization, II established, would soon be self.
supporting nobody doubts. The project. from
the experience OF Boston and Chicago, has been
shown to be entirely practical; but the money
must be first subscribed before the success of
the undertaking can be assured, and 1t is that
feature Of the enterprise which makes it diff
right result could be accomplished: The last
previous effort in New York toward the estab-
lishment of something like a permanent or
of wealthy men put up enough money to keep
an orchestra, for five years: 1t was found at
gone and that the city was rs far as ever from
possessing. an orchestra independent OF popular
ttapPS9Fti; in T Is,Tty YORK ysaf 70 'e estab sqI sh ssr nasI att
others; but none of them ever started with
prise, and IL the attention OF the necessary
millionaires can only be attracted the scheme
the possible practical success of the proposed
organization there is Maurice Grau's offer 10
bic the orchestra for tho opera house and Pay
sum of SOS, 900 from Brooklyn for a series of
concerts there. The whole scheme looks plausi-
about the last meeting was the absolute alb
sence Of millionaires. But they may como to
the next.
When the name of q notorious French woman
was mentioned several years ago in connection
with a widely discussed divorce there was end
less surmise as to her identity. The yellow
journal which suddenly announced that 1t had
discovered that she was an American who
I'll E-ol L. O.- rannta -nftn tho ~. NV -
its rivals. which fell into line and printed stories
of the same kind. The fact that she was moth.
ing of the kind had no perceptible effect in
diminishing the popularity of the story. The
presence of this woman in New York now 10
being discussed with interest by the same Jour
nails which discovered q woman at Q public ball
who was no more the Paris celebrity than the
San Francisco woman h.. SO the old story of
her American origin Is being reprinted. Its
sole foundation is the resemblance of the name
of the French woman ana that of an American
the stage. Tho latter came from San Fran
cisco and was divorced from her husband.
That was enough for the yelloW journals, which
latter was in New York all the time that these
this day they are revived whenever there is an
opportunity to mention the French woman's
name.
The approach of o public ball In New York. or
of some other entertainment that artists are anx-
ious to attend, always has ono efect which Is
profitable to some Of the shopkeepers, even II 1t
does result in a loss to the artists themselves.
we can always tell" said q man In charge of
the art department in a store which includes
this branch Of business along with It's other
activities when a big ball or some other occasion
which Is likely to appeal to artists La about to
take place. 1t 10 then that We get the oppor-
tunity to buy pictures at prices cheaper than at
any other time. They are not only the work of
unsuccessful young painters. but they como as
well from men who have well-known names in
their profession. 1t is the lack of ready cash
which LEAFS them to part with works which
they know are not likely TO DO sold before the
time they want to use money. Usually they
them which Is not high In itself. and generally
take considerably less. The price is usually
Artists come to us at all times to sell pictures.
aud they offer them. at greatly reduced pric es.
But II Is easy to tell when some f~estivity Is APP
proaching, for then they come in larger mum
beers, and they arc very much less insistent In
the matter OF price. 80 long as It rea shes n cor
tain amount. One instance OF that was an
n.,t. ,.In ~ tna 10 ma hafnra "a f..,ant bic n,,hli,