The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-07
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In addition to the people OF tire stage who at
tended wild's funeral services at the Little
Church Around tho Corner yesterday there was
the usual crowd Of women who are recognized
a. regular attendants at all marriages or fune'
rails of theatrical persons which have been an
nounccd in the newspapers. Curiosity brings
them there, and they are always on hand early
to point out to each other tho celebrities as
they arrive. They belong to the matinee class,
one Of their strange delights. MIR. Wild's long
career with Harrigan in the days when Harri;
gssn,s Theatre was unique SSSanI maze 40 yn ns% nnS AZ If Wen tSs
a! Gso who might PBT rias hin' Ses S Salf o0 Of .b bn
themselves his friends. A man who has az
said yesterday that he saw on such occasions
faces that he never saw elsewhere, and from the
regularity yith which ,hs no these ,o PeG pBs, s name o 10
ercises must furnish them q species OF melah-
choly entertainment which had the advantage
OF being free.
Several months ago there,.was started in
this city at the expense Of a Western woman o
weekly publication which developed moro &C.
centricities and brought to light moro queer
literary men" than any OF Its long list OF spo-
radio prototypes, and because Of those charac-
~tertstIcs 1t has furnished some little amusement
to those who have had tho patience to watch
its struggles. 1t counted on its stan long and
short haired men with two names and men
with three, and at least one writer who gave
variety to It's pages by using French instead Of
what passed. for English among his CO workers.
fui spirit of Reciprocity, They discussed the
drama, and a profound thinker on the star with
an alliterative naino inmenteu 10 Inc extent or
q page tho fact thGt he WAS not appreciated,
though he frankly admitted that he was no
SLOUGH at short stories OF verse. Then they
Pttention to their ihnsi attempt to eieyste the stage
they grew bitter and fell, out among themselves;
1t was reported YESTERDAY that q CONSERVATIVES
editor who wrote in French, and that two rude
blows had been struck, According to the pop
haired critic owed the short.hnired man 81,
which had been lent to MIN ms man to mar, and
T ,bas th he w dsfiips q f Frd PsS f Ssd she "a out sii' IS
due him from the publication. The editor
punched the critic once IN ne mouth ana then
down in the Bodley Head book store. .Apper.
entity, however, tho short:heired man thought
was quoted yesterday as saying: at is true
that hit him on the mouth 1,c l am SrGti sorry for II,
sSTs ssr ! sa@if re him him that IA he 0 rUt a haircut iEleeat
and make the evidence OF admiration mutual.
A man who spent last year in Paris, in COM
nenting on the costumes Of the wheelwomen
who are seen riding in this city on the Boule-
ward. said yesterday that all of the French wo-
men. almost without exception, rode either in
bloomers or knickerbockers.
II had a curious experience" he said, lone
day coming back through the Bots with a party
on wheels. With us was a demure young
French woman, who has lived for several years
in America, and who believes that short skirts
arc more becoming for bicycle women than
Inickerbockers or boomers. A French woman
with artiicially colored hair ,spied her, and
stunning her nationality from her dress, called
out; y,,
1.-THE young woman who was 50. addressed
rDtnfallv npH tnHiDnnnflv in mr.
French, which SO surprised the blond woman
that SHE fell of her wheel. 1t is not an un-
riding in kniUkerbockers with
their legs bare from the knee nearly to the
AMI BY S SMamso IN h9 fSs 2 short i ' skirt. tn ars
better to look at on their wheels than are the
French women
A Wall street broker, after finishing the
writing of a letter one day last week, blotted it
three times with the blottor, sealed 1t, and then
patted down the gummed edges Of the envelope
with three little pats, and when he put the
stamp on 1t he said softly to himself, "One, two.
three, stamp"
"What on earth did you count three for
whom you stamped that envolopei' asked a
man who had watched the broker.
Did II Well. I didn't know it" was the re-
ply. You geo in me Il confirmed victim of the
habit, and whom II. Is once &C
quircd l know of no way of breaking it. The
under my control In a bank by an old victim.
1t was necessary that this safe should be prop
erly locked every night, and one night l neg
lected carelessly TO do 30. This man told me
that a good precaution was to count one, two.
habit of uoins so, and following his lead, l APP
piled tho one-two-three precaution to every
action that I did. When / signed a
check l read my signature over three times.
II had a decision to make, I counted three be.
fore making it. and always when l turned Off
the gas / would hold the cock closed and count
three to make sure of it. The habit has so
grown on me that ! do everything by it now:
not the only victim. l know a score of
onetwo-three men among my acquaintance,
and tho disease, II it is a disease, 10 spreading.
Try u yourself for 4 day or two. and you will
find yourself a confirmed one-two-three man.
1t has saved me from making several serious
but at times it is an awkward habit"