The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-21
LIrr roprcs AsoUr ROW..

Inc oonnrmatto by the senate severn ueJh
aRo OF the nomination Of William A. Talcott,
Jr.. to be n Second Lieutenant In the regular
army. although Mr. Talcott died three months
ago from an illness Q ,ntructed during the
Santiago campaign. was accepted by his
friends In this city as n graceful tribute TO the
memory Of n brave man. DurinE his course
In Amherst College. from which he was grad
uated 10 1893, he was very popular. He was
boxer and a general lender In all college ath-
letics. During. the four years OF HE course
he w SSsr the I Leader de 6 Fl The i pf fS% School slgs; H asd f4 Ss.
During his STAY At harvard he gsinodS some
When the Maine was blown up he promptly an
nounced that when war came, he was going to
Join any volunteer orr aniHation that stood q
good chance Of seeing active service, IL was
with the seventy fret Regiment that he went
good fortune to be in The battalion which
stormed San Juan HILL. He was made, q Cor;
at S1T Wn SeS' Hill fGfIHIq from tS wl .sre nls re 81 his hs; I'd q seTi
vice. Mr. Talcott's commission dates from
July =. 1893. so that although he 70 ranked as
really ut tho time OF his death a Second Lieu
tenant OF Infantry in the regular army.
As soon rs diplomatic relations with Spain
are restored the Hon..sol Berliner.: with ten
trunks full OF clothes. will set ~sail.for the Can
airy Islands to assume the duties Of the United
States Consulate at Tenerife. and In the
meantime he is eduipping himself for his new
work. Mr.. Berllner was appointed Consul Just
before war was deciSred and It grieved him that
no had to unpack all his trunks. He has not
wasted his time sin e then. however. His cigar
dealer has been teaching him Spanish and
Charles Stacker has been giving him points on
international law. The Consulate at Tenerife
carries with 1t no salary. and Mr.. Steckler has in
formed MIR. Berliner that one ofthe unwritten
laws Of this Consulate makes it imperative that
fhn ltnnCnl chm land ~ ntrA NAnA 80 aI
MIR. Berliner then asked Mr.. steckler where
was informed that he could reimburse him
sell by presenting claims on Washington he
i RisSe@Si IN S S6is e 9hin Ssst we'll. M sna b BeT fsi1 ,h. ef t
SSrasSed Up his Latin Il a little. lie began read.
discovered that the latter was using a horse he
pursued his studies alone. Thornton must
when he enjoyed the privilege Of an interview
with the Pope" said Mr., Berliner. How
stitch I IN tine DMn Saves saeG nine neFs and ,dg | want t' 10 P BE- an a
Since Mr.. Thornton's return from, Rome he
ship begins to roll he will wish that he was
back in The Tenderloin. but Mr.. Berliner is
poets.
No club in this city has given more notable
dinners than the ,Lotos. and during the past
ten years nearly every distinguished foreigner
who has visited New York has had an oppor-
tunitv 10 respond to a toast at one Of the clubs
dinners, and without exception every distin-
guished American after-dinner. speaker has
been heard there. Fortunately for those who
ENJOY atter-dinner speeches when cold, and
many of them read MS well as they sound, the
club mas had stenographers present at all its
records. '' fuil reports SI1 rnuS Of f''s aftteeredi nnn2nh res res
sponses. From this mass Of material the Lo-
toS is now compiling n book Tor such OF its
mem hers AS IN AZ nuTn 10 anESNrlhA for n Tha
best of these speeches are to be printed and
combined In one volume.
Jean de Reszke's return makes the opera
company at the Metropolitan complete. and it's
brilliant progress will not suffer even from
the slight difference which the knowledge that
The singers were not all here might create. NJ.
de Reszke comes from Paris. where. with his
wife. he was entertained by the Grand Duke
Alexis and other notabilities in the French
capital at the time. With Nine. de Reszke he
has been travelling through Italy. and he
went to Venice for the first time since his de-
but. as a baritone was made there, at the Fe-
nesia. At Rome he saw Iris" in which Signor
here several years ago. sings the leading role.
and he was SO delighted with the performance
that he be- sent enmt S ,IS1s de ,t Lucia a DIAMOND pin
written to this country that he admires Iris"
greatly. and thinks that it will become sue
the composers present intention. Nine. de
ResZke again remains abroad with her moth
home which she is building for her son-in law
in Paris will be ready when he returns from
this country.
New York's cluster OF all-night restaurants
in the neiGhborhood of Forty-second street and
Broadway is soon TO be increased ty one OF a
variety hitherto unknown here. Beer restau-
rants are common enough in the great Ger
man cities. but they have never before been
trial in Naw Nprk Tbav uora1ly m oil
junct to some brewery. and New York's new
restaurant will he OF this same kind. Beyond
the fact that beer will be its principal feature.
this place will not be unlike others In the neigh
borhood, But 1t will be made evident every
other change will bring life again to a region
which has looked very quiet during the past
e Closed Ye sHvera wen Rears 'a ago. itStOr The B21el ,Tas
soon after met with the same, fate. an un-
precedented gloom settled over the corners on
which these two hotels stood. On the west
side OF Fifth avenue the Victoria extended to
Broadway, and it, empty windows have for
neirhborhood. with, Deimonlcos. downtown
establishment closed after 10 O'Clock. the
past. But now one OF the old hotels Is to be
reopened. aud once more there will be the Old
time cheerfulness in The region that the light
ed-up hotel used to suggest.
Louis Wemyss had retired from his post al
Wallack's Theatre n year before his death.
but he was we'll known TO most New York the
%atregoers. He had been for thirty years door
keeper at the Wallack theatres. and the num-
Der Of performances to which he had admitted
the audiences wns n large one. But he had
never during all that time troubled himself
to see n play. He was perfectly content to re-
main at the door and let the audiences pass
by him. He had very decided ideas on the
decline OF the first. nights in New York. and
his comparison Of those functions as they ex-
day were, not favorable TO the present condi-
tons. Mr.. Wemyss was IL man OF large ply
sique. and his manner toward the individuals
who had no right to get seats was forbiddinG
in the extreme. He could terrify the most
intrepid deadhead. But he was Renlality IT.
sell to those properly provided with tickets.