The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
L1VE roPros AsoUr ROW..

Gus establishment The restaurant during the
past year, II appears. suffered . loss Of el2,e51.
but this was in q measure oounterbalanoed BY
the profit made from the bar and cigar 90
counts. The bar showed . profit OF fAsbA, and
the cigar account helped out the result with .
profit Of something moro than $1,000. The
Losses in the restaurant arc not 20 great in view
Of the fact that the maintenance Of 105 Ger
wants comes out Of that account. But the
charges Of the club seem high enough when one
considers thatfor o dinner, to be served on WASH
ingtoh's Birthday, tho price per plate 10 %.
The club has lost during the last year upward
OF $4,000, and it Is a credit to the generosity
Of tho Governors that twenty-five Of them have
subscribed $1,000 apiece in order to assure tho
at the same time an extension OF the privileges
Of tho Members. Tho minor cons of members,
arc now admitted to the ladies' restaurant, and
once, Q month members may now Introduce
z resident OsitE S,o Of the %ss city L r. long as the member en-, er
clubs. which, unlike the University, the Knick-
erbocker, and the Racquet, have opened their
troduce ladies' to tho dining rooms OF the club
t iEGns su noe %.% 1Esnlns 81 "t tSs c 4 S,o SSy S Sef in Seo.
Ins;.s dining anIs, r9 %sa IAN and u the %. FTessauEant .u Of the .
g%ristely enough Sy men whO had some claims
been little room in IL for less fortunate persons.
There Ia stu complaint that the situation Of the
% 1Halsans arc Is s .ass0i e 81 su sn SoS shS f aiisd apart e ri
times.
No word In New York has come to have as
little significance as the term informal" 90
far as It Is used in social Life. It has como to
indicate nothing whatever Of tho sense that IL
formerly conveyed, and the word In social In
tercourse can be used to describe anything
from o progressive euchre party Of eight per
sons to Q dinner ct which twenty-four sit down..
Invitations sent out three weeks In advance
nowadays frequently ask the persons who re-
ceive them to accept informally" as II suoh .
ytate Of affairs was compatible with an occasion
v~itations 70 dinners to which twenty persons
are ,a asRe 3D. frequently SalSs contain the explanatory
sl iiRd1p@at eject w on the n p DS sor Ss Who Il o ma1 1a Seos .ns
means nothing whatever. The use of the word
has become an affectation. which, as It probably
tons qualified by It and must entertain the per-
sons who use It, cannot be objected t. on any
persons less informed as to tho meaning Of
tthhS term, II Is only IN tho last few years that
e enepS word and hI T,, so% aHot to si Ss %sSS E sdr tS SSG m. iro.
ing. A one time 1t did have o significance.
But that has gone, and the persons who enter
crate ball as deserving to be qualified by the in.
f eyiasSis .1n aS ma that h e rapidly becoming as
LEoultlonhl ~ H. .. v. Z.
Several Of the members Of the Society Of the
War of 1872 attended o recent dinner of that
organization ut Delmonico's in uniform, and
the effect was SO dazzling that all of the other
members propose to get uniforms SO that they
may wear swords and gold braid at Old Guard
balls. The uniform adopted is that of an officer
Of the war Of 1912, and 1t lends itself easily
to decorative purposes. When the members
1A klt- IL --A Lii
perhaps the other genealogical societies may
follow their example, and II they do, they will
form q spectacular division in future public
parades. The Revolutionary societies may
easily procure suitable uniforms. but when the
societies of the colonial wars, the Noble Order
of the Barons of Runnymede. and the Order
of the Grown seek to clothe their members ap-
propriately, the task is not SO easy. The Order
royalty are eligible. has a wide Held for seleo.
ton. From the early Saxon kings down to the
styles have varied greatly. a member Of the
Order OF the Crown should be able to wear oil;
accuracy II the suggestion Of o corrospoDdent
Of THE Sun. that a society of the Sons and
Daughters of Adam and Eye be formed. the
bers is one that should be discussed only in
executive session and not for publication. 1t
appearance the 1912 men make in their new
uniforms and whether their swords interfere
Win tnelr dancing.
It is now the rule rather than the exception
for women to take of their hats in the best
theatres In this city, and this has been accom-
plished by public sentiment, but the average
theatregoer is ready to assert that q greater
drawback to his or her enjoyment of the play
than even a towering hat in front are the per-
sons who sit behind and chatter from the time
the curtain goes up until it falls. Every one
who has gone to the theatre has experienced
this annoyance. and on several occasions this
winter persons who have summoned an usher
and made a complaint have attracted unwel-
come attention to themselves and wished that
they had not protested. Sometimes the talker
10 a person who has seen the play before or
read the story Of 1t, and he forecasts each turn
for the benefit Of q companion. Again. it is a
matte situations asserts that the hero or hero
ire on saturday afternoon. They commented
freely ON the play, and the actors In the usual
~ nat TIN manner nn%,O of w thslF kind sa8 !, and toa. At ~ intervals d;aS one
"PshHw, this play amt 80 bad aslthe papers all
This Pemark was monotonous, and the people
in front of the critics frequently turned around
and stared at them, but to no purpose. If they
been Ses jastised. but probably b they would have
regretted IL. Amy one who can devise a salts
factory plan for keeping such nnisanees quiet
would earn the gratitude OF the theatrical
managers and q host of theatregoera.
The members Of tho luckless Banda Rosa
are to be seen every day on upper Broadway,
and 1t 10 likely that they will give several con-
certs here as soon as . favorable opportunity
offers. They are said to be quito without any
other resources than their conductor, Sorren-
tino. is able to provide for them, and as the en-
gagements which thoy have made in tho West
do not IN for several months yet their
welfare Is a very uncertain matter. One of the
italians was plaintively telling Q friend the
other day ofthe difficulty which they had to 1.-Two
on the money paid to them. even after that had
been raised. The band made many stops of
only q night in various towns and the fact that
tho child ~violinist, Carlotta Staubenrauch,
played at forty-nine concerts in one month will
give some idea of the energy which the per-
Formers had to exert. 1t was during these en-
gagements that the difficulties Of the men were
their food In railroad stations, and the prices
they had TO pay not only astopished them. but
they received. Before the band arrived here it