The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-14
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

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LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.
IF 10 were not for the women who have bank
accounts" said o paying teller last week, 'the
routine Of banking business would be deadly
dull. Whenever clerks from different banks
como together one unfailing source of amuse.
ment 10 the recital of what women have been
doing in the banking business. For instance,
several days ago q woman went into the office
Of the Hamilton Trust Company in Brooklyn
Is Mr.. Hamilton herei'
"No. madam said the clerk. who ,remem-
bored her as q woman who had started an &C.
'0 %.w 1nS T Is SeI FFs sSEea the woman.
Hamilton le dead, You know,
a.or' ! ID! add N ,a Know r. Nsor said sot the Sr woman Son'S an Oh b
gel, my money! and before the clerk could ex.
plain she rushed out.
Yesterday morning furnished tho first op.
portunity for New Workers to see what eff.
feet tho new asphalt and the bicycles would
havo on Fifth avenue. Tho result was dis.
couraging. 1t looked from Twenty. third street
to Fifty.ninth street as IL o small section OF the
Boulevard mad been transferred to Fifth ave-
nue.. Tho sidewalks were fairly well crowded
and there was more than usual brilliancy in the
dressing Of many of the women. But the b.
cycles seemed to threaten q final destruction of
the Sunday parade, SO far as Fifth avenue is
in. character, Madison avenue will finally be
s sS'sf sSnd :Sd n sos G%nss e4OWd Fl w III t 6 MiI ,thas
supplied With .gongs that changed with the same
track. and there were as many and:as varied
specimens Of riders. In the space Of a few
one tandem a block furtherup town was total.
IL disabled BY a.collision with another machine.
These episodes are a little too enlivening for
the Sunday morning crowd. which, whether It
be coming from church or not, realizes that 1t
Is a church parade and must respect the propri.
cities moro than the bicyclists make possible
now.
Horace Waldo. who died at Tuxedo1ast week,
had tho well-earred reputation Of being one of
the best amateur shots In this country, and he
was not only a good shot, but a thorough sports.
man. Heinherited q competency and devoted
much Of his time until within the last few years
to hunting and fishing. 1t was said several
years ago that Mr.. Waldo had shot over every
we'll preserve in this country. Mr..
Waldo was not only a good story, teller him.
told against him. Mr. Waldo did not deny It.
He He Vas Vas q men member usr Of q reception committee 1t Of
cray when he FIRST came to this country. Mr..
Waldo entered the club late on the evening OF
The reception. and he found q strongly built, bald
dared" by o friend, Mr.. Waldo walked over to
Il do love a man With a bald head Il man
joke was explained TO him, and he accepted
MIR. Waldo's apology In good part.
Mr.. Victoria Clahin Woodruff Martin, whose
career has been interesting England and the
United States for many years, 10 on her way to
New York. according to her agent in this city,
to work for humanity. whatever that may
mean. Since the death of her husband a year
ago. Mrs. Martin has enjoyed q large income,
and her projectS'for humanity will not be ham
pered now by a lack Of money. unless they are
executed on an unusually expensive scale. The
familiar projects for humanity" in this city up
to data have demanded nothing more expen.
Is abundantly able to nire any hall in New
somewhere in this country a Temple Of Sci
f sfT q future Stsf e SeiSa sae S.n R Rrss' Ma reh ' has f Saen
credited with some very frank opinions on sub
SAINT. and her agent announces that in the pro
posed Temple Of Science she will teach such
methods of humanitarian government as shall
Mt future generations to combat successfully
and overcome the financial, mental, moral, and
physical obstacles that now retard their prog.
Indefinitely With future generations. '''' f"'A'f
When Maurice Grau brings his now tenors
to this city next winter they will doubtless be
measured by the standard that jean dc Reszke
has set up here. and that Is a diff oult one for
anybody to approach. No doubt they will pro-
test IN turn against the public admiration for
the popular tenor as all others who have sung
here within recent years have done. salignao
used to say that 1t was unfair to demand that
he be any bettor than one-seventh as good as
Jean dc Reszko. In view Of the fact that he re-
ceived only one-seventh of tho salary paid to
his moro illuBtrlous associate. Herr Kraus of
tho Damrosoh company believes that New York
will nevor accept any other tenor, so long as De
r. hes IKE y i.S able e. to , sing a nc snn ana ba he attributes
like the popularity or critical, praise that comes
to hin In Germany. M; lbSs, who has been
roles here. 10 also convinced that the De Reszke
cult is so firmly established as to make The
Soa%ses seG Ss r s%SSSd difi9 sSr indeed h@E amer M. ' fDOs, Who
some othsr eoantrisSs: 4 not the kind 81 singer
more disappointed than Herr Kraus.
an THIS talk Of Do Reszke" said NJ, Ibos,
Coysnt Garden. Did Jean DO Resfte ever get
f fiNiag % sTsr I reosiyye th tsSt for Dia aa any Ss oths5 ss%sF
No; am the solitary person that did. SO why
tSlk o5hsean do Re ,na great salaries in Amer,
$1,000 ut Coyent Garden"
What M. hos says about his salary at Coycnt
Garden has been 6ubstantiated on very good ul.
Harris. He had been engaged for a number Of
appearances at that sum. But after the first
night he was allowed to take the entire sum II
he would not sing again. So lac got 81, 800 for
one appearance.
United States Senator Thurston OF Nebraska
came a croppcr at the Lincoln dinner given by
the Union League Club Of Brooklyn ON Satur-
day night when he tried to stir up his listeners
on the matter Of pensions. Senator Thurston
was scheduled to speak on Lincoln and Grant,
and he awaited himself Of the. opportunity to
say a word on the subject OF pensions. His
eulogy of the veterans who fought for the pres
eryalion OF the Union was warmly applauded,
but when he declared that he WAS not IN accord
with the, effort 10 cuTtail the pension list. and
that no believed IT. should be let alone, there
was scarcely u handicap, and al. over he room
men looked 81 one another and wagged their
hoads from side To side, showing that they held
different ideas on the subject. The handful
who ppiauded-stoppe suddenly and Senator
Thurston switched on to another subject In
short order. Senator ,Thursion didn't say
whether he meant that the pension roll should
DO left entirely alone or that II should be let
alone 30 far as genuine veterans are concerneds1
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