The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-25
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bowl. Capt. Taylor says:
Your Excellency may be Interested 10 know
chat In a skifmish with the batteries on the day
following the action with Cervera's ieet-that
l. on the night OF July "a fragment Of a shell.
which exploded after penetrating the ship.
struck one OF the chests containing the silver
and bent In the side Of the punch bowl. the
Most. Of the .warships plnced thelr silver on
shore for safek9eping when the yaS began.
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hat Il should share oil NE hazards. which the
that the Indiana now has In lis punch bowl a
unique souvenir OF the war.
Two years ago. when It was announced that
Emily Soldene WIS to publish her memoirs.
there was some trepidation in New York as
well as in London. Emily soldene. who was
an English woman. was about two decades ago
at the head OF q b%urlesque company Of so
called British blondes. who devastated this
country for several successive seasons. She
was never q beauty. and the size OF her mouth
was the occasion even at the height Of her
popularity Of much joking by those who wrote
about her charms and her adventures. One Of
her most conspicuous achievements In this
country occurred In Boston. where she and her
cohorts had q most demoraliEing influence on
the course Of instruction at Harvard 90 long as
they remained in the vicinity. Her visit TO
New Haven was attended with results almost a.
damaging to the ,scholSstiO etm9sghsre q the
company. and Che. publication OF her memoirs
able , to spi forget ~9 But The : p% tSSGnfiney harm SiaP@
and the intimation that the author had met
with no loss through the omission OF passages
Miss soldene. The news comes from Mel
paper there and Is making a reputation for her
self as IN expert chroniolsr Of the uneEciting
recollections Of her tour in this country and
the experiences OF her company seems to have
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tour Of the variety theatres.
An oflcer Of Col. Roosevelt's rough riders In
vited q dozen OF the genuine cowboys In the
regiment to go to q Broadway theatre with
him last week. None Of the soldiers had any
other clothes to wear for the evening than his
soiled uniform and 1t is probable that few of
them had ever been In q New York theatre
fore. When the of1cer appeared at the box
ONCE and asked for seats for his men. the
ticket seller caught o glimpse Of the soiled uni
forms and said:
II can't sell you a seat because the house IL
full. but you are welcome to taxi your men In.
and Il they, can find any vacant seats. let them
The cayalrymen filed In and stood up IN the
back Of the theatre for a few minutes. Then
a man who had an orchestra chair got up, and.
walking back to the soldiers, took one OF them
by the arm and led him, to his seat. Other
men in the audience followed this example.
not only seated. but engaged In conversation
with the people around him; Those who had
questions. Down near the front Of the house
was a rough rider In his soiled uniform seated
between two women WHO had never seen him
portunity of making his acquaintance. Their
escort had given up his seat to the soldier. and
t taHs to HIM. It : only fair to the Cowboys to
say that the novelty Of their surroundings
die not tSo appear eno to emsear 7; IN them aI IN the least %s:
marked
The ~manpuvring Of the warships as they
sailed up through the excursion feet on Satur-
day was q detail Of the days success which
appealed strongly to the nautical sharps. and
in their opinion reflected great credit on the
executive officers on whom the responsibility
rested. The waterway through which their
course lay was 30 filed with boats Of all kinds.
many Of them acting In an irresponsible man.
ner. that 1t required great skill and good judy
ment to avoid collision. Before the line Of
Umbria gave an indication Of what might be
expected BY cutting across the New York,s
course, On the way up the North River the
excursion boats wero at times 30 near the
naval vessels that their passenRers might al
course might cause an'aceidentto mar an other
tive opficeTs Nothing 81. the sort occurred, At
one point in the parade the line was broken
by q small sailboat which cut across the course.
Grants Tomb the ease with which they swung
around in the crowded stream excited gem
ashore as II the ships swung in q short radius
by using their twin sore VS.. A very slight
have sent any excursion boat to the bottom.
Charley Noble. the mythical parsonage ON .
who 10 supposed to commit sui
eide every time any one fires q pistol shotinto
the galley stoyepipe to clean 1t from SCOT. had
an origin that is obscure. When q man on THE
SUI tug asked a jackie on the New York how
Charley Noble had Jared on the trip up he
sonage has for many years been q stumbling
block to .Paymasters' clerks when they are
and likewise a source OF expense.
r, i've T tG9k n q s green SleTs down Sgo r. ssd thS Vest YES
up the galley stoyepipe. I rushed into
Oulce III RTtuG G4ClttIntut buu my ClcEk
asked what was the matter.
" Charley Noble has committed suicide.
poor fellow said ]. and you must make up his
accounts at once / then went on deck and
took care to stand near several other officers.
In a few minutes up came my clerk very much
agitated, and In q voice that could be heard by
every one on deck he said:
" There has been a mistake In my accounts
saint l n hsye c iSGfsS N ~ SleE'eG Sam Sso a sasT fnG
What shall I do. sirf The laugh which greeted
this question showed very clearly what the
should do. and he did It."
Mrs. Billy Birch. widow of the minstrel. Is
said to be In such poverty to-day that she lives
In q tenement without the ordinary necessaries |
Of life. For several years before his death her
was In very nearly the same situation. |
his needs were only in a small degree re-
.ieved by the benefit performances given for
him. He and his wife lived then in q small
dat on Seventh avenue. n the principalpart OF
their incomewas derived from renting tho rooms
In the apartment which they did not occupy.
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