The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-10
LIFE roptcs Anour own.

Joseph II. Ioubat, now the Duo de Ioubht,
whose gift Of 81, 1oo, 900 to Columbia Univer.
sity was announced on Monday, Is still q mem
Der Of the Union Club, though many Of his
friends believed that he would resign after the
courts roinstated him. Mr.. Joubat's expul-
sion from the Union Club was sensational.
Henry Turnbull, according TO the statement
made in 1882, was talking with Mr.. Loubat in
the Union Club In 1881 when the latter made a
sighting reference to o woman known to Mr..
Turnbull. Mr.. Turnbull retorted that q man
who would uso such language was unfit to be-
long to a gentlemen's club. lie also spoke
publicly of the afrront that he had offered to
Mr.. Loubat, and nearly six months later Mr..
Loubat denied that any such words had been
addressed to him. A brisk correspondence fol-
lowed this assertion and Mr.. Turnbull OBJ.
tanned letters from two members OF the club
corroborating his statement that he had made
the remarks in question TO Mr.. ,Loubat. The
row became town talk and the governors OF the
Union Club decided on June 20, 1882, to expel
Mr.. Loubat by n vote of IL to !. Mr.. Loubat
ground that the governors had exceeded their
powers and that the expulsion was Illegal. Jus.
ticc Van Worst heard the appeal in the Special
Term Of the Supreme Court and he handed
down q decision sustaining tho governors of the
club in 1884. Mr.. Loubat carried the case to
decision was. reversed and the court ordered
that Mr.. Loubat should be rctnstated. This in
ing up his residence In this city.
The Raines law hotel keeper on the Bovery,
who has engaged n Chinese cook to prepare
Chinese dishes for his free lunch, believes that
he has struck the Mott street restaurants a
hard blow and made q bid for many of their
patrons which cannot be resisted. The Mott
street restaurant men depend on the white
devils for their profits, and the fact that these
restaurants are well patronized shows that
Chinese cooking has made Roadway on the Bow
cry; 1t is a cultivated taste, but once acquired
school of Bowery boys are confrmed victims of
Chinese cooking and they are willing to assert
that American cooking cannot be compared
with 1t. Tho rice wine which Is served In very
small cups at very high prices in these res
taurants is BY no, means. so popular. IL is too
expensive q drink for, a man who wants to
drown sorrow completely and it is looked upon
rs something OF an imposition. The hotel
Keeper who has engaged a Chinese cook believes
that he can profit by this objection to tho
Chinese restaurants, because with his chop sucy
and yakey. mien a man may order native red
liquor, which Is sold as whiskey, and at about
one-fourth OF the cost OF the rico wine.
Dramatic breakfasts, teas, suppers, lunch.
cons, and dinners have been frequent enough
this winter. The actors called upon to appear
at them have finally rebelled, and their pro-
jectors have sought assiduously for some ele-
ment OF novelty to add to such entertainments.
At the Orthopedic benefits next Friday and the
week following, society that goes to see the act
ors will have a chance to meet them. for Mod
jeska, Annie Russell. Julie Opp, and several
others will not only appear, but will further
moro give a,cup Of tea to everybody that asks
for one. This should be enough under ordinary
circumstances, but there is another feature to
these performances still more remarkable. At
one of them Miss Julie Opp is to appear in
tights. Persons who have not seen the statu.
esque Miss Opp may not regard this circum.
stance as Important, but those who have beheld
her at the Lyccum this winter will certainly
give the announcement the attention it de
serves. Miss Opp will appear as the youth in
hardt's there will be no possible question of the
fact that she is appearing as a youth. or
costume in a public theatre, and 1t is equally
true that Daniel Frohman would never
temple of d omesticity. Miss Opp feels that an
audience composed of several hundred persons
wats6 so Res. f Is Just sof the pu %1f B BeEos 70 % a hsSd h tG
debut in, tights should be made. So the Or
thopedic benefits will have the honor Of witness
E. Heron Allen, who Is just now attracting
attention in England through his translations
OF. Omar-Ehayyam, is we'll remembered in New
York. He came to this country from Eng
land twelve or thirteen years ago. and lectured
on palmistry. attempting for the arst time to
make the diversion popular in New York. He
was a mild hammered young man then, with
very blond hair and a full face. For a while
ure Or some little importance; but society
ma maf then ehis very muG ~ iess sb bn'erest IN paints ais
cultivated. had expected, and after some months
he gave up MS enterprise. Ultimately he be,
came an interpreter at Castle Garden,, as ne mad
proved hlnsel the possessor OF important
kn0wiedge OF various Eastern languages which
were mnaers.o1a ny hoD2dy else. he was 9
other curious LANGUAGES that made him highly
useful 10 Tie lNlthoritiee, ana ne proved to be
Iatnllier WIN more iorelgn lahguaRes imam any
othcr appticant ior inc ounce; DurIng lhe last
months OF her me- when selma Dolaro Was
living mere, sne ana Mi anen were lnSeparanle
nights OF that time; After spending several
years as an Interpreter ne returned TO England
ana mas }nst Deen heard OF again us a translator
OF oMar-hnayyam
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mans Club in London failed, and the com
ments which the proposed plan drew out were
n. intorostinp for Now yortera n 20 for norsons
40 interesting ), 'o" iofAefs d o U per9ohs
further away. The club was to have been de-