The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
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Josef HOFFMAN, returned to Europe on satur.
day last after q tour in this country which was
highly successful, so far Ms he was concerned.
His earnings during his brief spring season
must have amounted to moro th'n $4,000. 1t
IL fortunate that they did, as there Is very
little probability that no will return TO this
country under such satisfactory conditions for
some timo to COMO. lilo received from the
Chicago Orchestra a fixed sum for his appear
nncss, and In New York no succeeded in at
tracing large audiences, although there was no
repetition of the sensational success made by
P~adcrcwski. Several %rccitals which young
HOFFMAN, gave were also successful. but, meas
ured by the preceding concerts, they were In
no respect .phenomenal, i was outside OF
the plRnist's performances made tho enterprise
of the Chicago company n very poor one. Al
able to him, there was nothing ike a similar
satisfaction for his managers. So II 10 safe TO
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decd. been no mention Of n return to this coun-
try among his plans for tho future.
The French restaurants in town havo'hurrlod
to make 1t clear that thoy never meant TO omit
the American flag from the decorations OF their
buildings, even IL 1t over happened to be absent.
As u matter Of fact, tho flag always floats over
the Martin and LoGerot, which are the two
leading French restaurants OF the city. There
was n time when these two establishments
were in bitter business rivalry. But that has
become a matter Of history, rs each has dis
covered that there Is plenty Of room for both:
Their rivalry now has taken a now form. and
consists chiefly Of the attempt to display the
largest possible number of flags. So soon as
a new flag goes up on tho Logerot. the fact
travels mysteriously nine blocks downtown, and
t Two NSgs appear IN $50, sSme Icons. conspicuous e. SmSG place in on IN
of the dining rooms attic Martin. tho ncws floats
uptown, and the result is q fresh outbreak of
rod white and hlfn NJ TIM / nnArnf An lRNn-
ration Day this patriotic struggle. reached a
climax. There were flags scattered about the
were not only on the walls and on the roof. but
at the logerot q flag was rolled up n II every
at the Martin are to remain there until the end
or the war, the proprietor declares. and not
HnS to % tho he t dhlsepp of Fi L5Sm tho A0s0f0'' "0'0Fu'
1t was l o'clock on Tuesday morning before
the Lambs left Wallack's and started to march
up to their clubhouse. This ceremony was not
so impressive possibly as It was intended to be,
although the spectators who stood on the side.
walks were not especially critical. One Of
hem in front Of the theatre was moro interested
than the others and he involuntarily dropped
into line as the procession turned into Broad
way. He was not in a condition to distinguish
between the different kinds Of parades, but he
was able to hold his head up and keep moving
even II he occasionally swayed from side to side.
He was marching along as proudly as Nat GOOD
per, who was at the end Of ono row, when he was
suddenly discovered by, one OF the members;
his tramp, costume or not was tho question
momontarily in the dramatist's mind. He de-
cided that the man was not Jones ana then
turned his attention toward eiecting him from
the, line. But that was not as easy, TO do as It
joining parades whenever he saw them, and as
1t was after midnight he had no objection to
marching with the Lambs. 1t took q party of
the LRmbs'to get rid OF him, and by that time q
new trouble had begun to harass the marchers.
This was the absolute Indifference of the cable
Consequently the parade followed a circuitouS
route up Broadway and lodged the cars with
in exact relation to the consideration Of the
motorman who happened to be behind them.
The groups on the sidewalks consisted Of q few
belated thcatregoers and the regular figures
that are to he found on Broadway at / o'clock
in the morning. and nobody else. The solemnity
most. amusing feature Of it.. Nat Goodwin,
his fnc' firmly set, Grasped a cane and
on the way to battle. Every hair In Mr..
Hopper's head was rigid with dignity. At the
,eally disagreenble feature Of the parade. There
a slight man with a dark mustache called In
German to Victor Herbert, who was at the head
addressed to him must have mades its impress
sion. for Mr.. Herbert mover smiled again until
he had reached the clubhouse.
The clubs in New York thai complain of poor
service and the difficulty Of securing competent
walters might have less ground for them II they
adopted a system which has been found to work
admirably in London. There some of the oldest
and best known clubs have established a pen
sion fund for the benefit of the servants who
grow old in their service. 1t has been found
that this plan does more to assure good service
than any other ever adopted. for greater than
tho satisfaction Of tips has proved tho certainty
of retirement on a pension after a certain num-
Der of years passed in the employ of the club or
upon being inca FACILITATED for work. One objec-
ton to a trial of the plan hero would undoubt-
eddy be that old walters in New York clubs are
regarded as less desirable than enthusiastic
young ones.