The sun., 1898-02-16
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oeel the dtsappointment tney tolt at MS per
sonal appearance. Mr.. Hope declined TO DO in.
terviewed in this:country. and on his departure
would say nothing 10 the reporters who went
10 soe him. There was supposed to bo good
reason for his refusal to be interviewed. Had
no expressed his real opinions he might not have
said that his visit TO this country was entirely
here against authors who como to read from
their works before morning audiences OF women
M %epts 4he feeling arises, Of course from The he
belief that loss Of dignity is involved when an
author offers the m opportunity to satisfy public
thor who draws o large income from his books
should come to this country merely to exhibit
swer with credit to the man that docs IT. Mr..
Hope must receive satisfactory returns from
his works And while MS not tgr In vssoS fss county
great deal more than he would have earned at
his desk In London. The excuse that he gets to
good enough. as a hurried trip can afford no
great opportunities for observation. He trav-
sosn. sd very Tss Ss9 s spd NJ hss ss Mr. II vo Hop
has ever Expressed any objection to the criti::
cism Of his appearance or not u may DO argued
had the right to say what they thought of him.
When Mr.. Richard Le Gallienne appears before
bloomers or not-will he complain that they are
guilty of rudeness In saying what they think
OF the spectacloi They will certainly have paid
to SEQ It
The dinner had reached the stare at which
speeches were in order. and tho clergyman
looked about at tho members Of his vestry as
well as tho others Of his congregation who had
come to tho annual dinner. 1t is customary
for tho members of the parish to meet once Q
year and discuss after dinner tho affairs Of the
congregation. Only men were present and the
dinner had been OF the kind usually served UNI
der circumstances which had not such q relig-
ious character. So far as its quality went, the
men about the table might have gathered there
for college or any secular dinner. The cler-
the rest sat smoking about the table. After
he had spoken for while, ho reached the Inn
po!Hnas Pass Of ns sad one of the
gont questions of the church" He stopped
for second TO emphasize the point, and as soon
den explosion of q champagne bottle. The
cork popped out with a loud report. Il was a
keep from shifting. The result % was 'tS that the the
other diners roared with laughter, and when 1t
had subsided the clergyman was again on the
The other side OF the table Interrupted him again.
Don't you think that question was popped
skipped that urgent question and went on to an.
other matter.
Ono of tho women's clubs in this town which
was organized for the study Of political history,
past and present, has demonstrated very sue
cessfully that 1t Is needed. At recent meet
ing, after general discussion of the Renealogy
Of its members, the dues to be established. and
several other questions intimately connected
with political history, the debaters had few
had been slated as the subject for discussion.
The gem OF the discussion was introduced BY a
woman whose name is always mentioned in
connection with woman suffrage. Despite tho
fact that ne lived TO ripe old age, this woman
described, Burr as rushing around with "blaI-
ASoSsr S sn "ser teFeted % nean and
placed In his proper niche BY this same society
IN 1n1
mentioned him" Tho other statements tha.
several critics, who have written to tho news;
papers to say that the speakers were not well
on Is GSes e ths osS ssfsch @
probable that the members of 1t will find fault
with the critics.
The peculiarities Of the Arion Ball on Fri
day night were very Enthusiastically shown,
possibly for the reason that no ball ever given
by the society was moro successful In every de-
tail. Tho crowd was the largest that any ball
has attracted to tho Madison Square Garden
this winter and. barring the excessively vivid
eolors. the decorations were brilliant and at
traotive. The beauty average was for one rea-
son or another not high. But the women were
well dressed. with a liberality of taste that was
haired women in dark dresses and quiet bon
nets who sat stolidly in their seats for four
hours at q stretch watching the dancers. There
were also women in very low neck gowns, who
had evidently come with no moro idea of tax.
ing part in the dancing than the older women.
Between these extremes there was an endless
gowns and without hats were those that sup
Piled most Of h the & &EaEety on the asI dancing 9or
last Was 81 hsss ts
not tedious because there were no efforts to
create an appearance Of hilarity In the desper-
Every body there was satisfed with the moder- |
ate hilarity that prevailed, and there was moth |
fered I from that Of many other % balls | Which % are
not IN any way identified with the enlivening |
influence Of masquerade. Down in the wine |
have been tolerated II they had taken place up |
stairs. But they were kept cut of view, and |
The atmosphere of the Arlon ball may not be |
tho swiftest whirl Of unrestrained gayety that |
metropolis can stand; Anybody who goes |
pointed, But there is about the entertain
nents the redeeming grace that they do not |
lively What they promise they accomplish,
and that Is true Of few masked balls here.
Tho scheme to establish hero an Opera Com
que" modelled after. the same institution in |
Paris. had been heard of here before the rumor |
of last weok that the impresario of q series of |
recently concluded had un. |
iertaken to carry the plan into execution. No |
body believed it, because there is no possible |
field In this CITY for such an operatic theatre. |
Several years ago Henry t. Abbey came nearer
20 carrying the project into execution than any
body else. The year before his death he had |
planned, to open at tho Knickerbocker Theatre
season of light opera to be sung In French and |
English number of.singers had already been
Engaged for the company, but his business mis-
'ortunes put an end to the pan which would
probably have had the effect Of making his |
oven more serious than It was. Be.
'ore this attempt, young Henry Mapleson had
secured a number OF subscribers to a company
hat was to conduct theatre in which his
wife, Laura Schirmer, was to be the primR
ionna., But that scheme came to nothing, and
he only serious attempt to establish hero q
,heatre devoted to the performance of light
opera was that undertaken by Mr.. Abbey. For
he present story there Is no foundation what
,ver. II New York were a musical city, there
would be no doubt of the extent to which such
an institution is needed. Only the great. spec
,tber work ineffective Massenet's "saphoh
ina ho