The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-08
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Ou rum hNOnub mas AWAY uctn lOOk0u upon
ashaving somewhatiproater Importance than the
shopeooper on.so,ue other street, and his prices
have been higher. That tho advance in prices
was an incident Of the location has boon gen.
orally acknowledged. That II comes from other
causes equally important was lately revealed.
\ bootmNkcr setting up on q small but high.
class scale settled on Fifth avenue. and after a
years experience retired to a less pretontious
neighborhood. The rent Of the two shops was
about the same, and the explanation he gave
his patrons was that a filth avenue place Of
business carried with II features that were
not 0d%vantHgeous to a man at tho SeEinni5E
paid" ho said. "Eyerybooy argues that .
man with a. shop on Fifth avenue doesn'E, need
not been In tho business long enough 10 be
able to.Nfford to walt, and l moved to n neigh
believe that / can AFFORD to do business without
money" Tho florist who long boasted that he
had the patronage Of society failed seyerNlJeArs
pay their bills. One firm that is we'll known
all over the country and is conspicuously To-
who stop at the hotels in the noighborhood. It's
New York customers pay slowly. Only neTsons
these places. A small fortune is said to be
owing to n city decorator for the work done
in a miillonaire,s house; and a s9pspIIcnonS
formerly distributed 10 his friends In society
has abandoned his old resorts because tho local
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their former cordially. only the best known
shopkoepers arc. honored by such patronage,
which, after all, has Its drawbacks.
Persons engaged In the customary search for
summer quarters have not found the reduc-
ton In prices that was propheSicd as a result
OF the war. This is true of hotol rates and OF
the rent Of cottages. The average price In both
cases is just what 1t was a year ago. The sea-
shore cottages on tho Jersey coast, MS we'll as
on Long Island, still rent at their usual figures,
and one.of tho expensive Long Island hotels.
which would be conspicuously exposed to hostile
naval operations, has already rented every room
for July and August, although there are still
three weeks befors tho opening OF tho house.
resort life is likely at least TO maintain its popu-
larity OF the past few seasons. This has not
been great, and last summer. with its con.
number Of proprietors. With more favorable
conditions md despite tho war, there is expected
Combined with this cheerful condition Of affairs
there is tho indication from other quarters that
leT real p sst%te agent stS ps ssid the o SI tSa day 'p that d,i e.
had never known In his experience OF a sum
mer In which fewer furnished apartments were
offered TO be let. and that the number of offer
ings of this kind has always been looked upon
as q good barometer of the number Of persons
in the number of Americans going 20 Europe has
boon clearly established. But In spite Of these
facts, neither tho landlords nor the owners OF
summer cottages are In the least discouraged
by the present outlook for the summer.
The automobiles have made little Roadway In
New York II the number of them on the streets
Gun be taken az any evidence of the extent to
which they have proved popular. Thor mum.
bcr has apparently grown little, If at all, since
they were first seen on the city streets. The
absence of any interest In them on the part OF
society either as o mere means OF travel or as q
sport Is doubtless responsible to some extent
for their failure to become as popular rs their
promoters expected. In Wow OF their compare
tive rarity here 1t 10 amusing to see the London
newspapers advocating the horseless carriages
as a means Of diminishing the drawbacks o.
crowded city thoroughfares. Street blockadet
prevail in London to an oxtent quite unknown
here. and the progress of trafic at certain hours
OF the day Is said to be impossible, so great il
tho overcrowding., This difficulty has beer
solved in New York, according to some trans
s%tlantic authorities. BY, the adoption Of the
worked wonders here toward solving in salts.
factory fashion the problem, Of crowded streets
Worry few New Workers. could easily be made to
believe that tho broad and capaclous horseless
vehicles that wander like great bugs through
t toS GGp9i es psPf Of the the s Sf6y doo ot . STeF .S DO %Tfs
fares. for they appear to require as much space
az %sI tSo a hSnsOR mi, i II may be only SIibt their h he q,
traGo and rdss6ipe through it they are scarcely
COHlpuThDle 10 tho bOnuOn Ftnlcle. Inc IN
crease of the cheap railroad cabs has scarcely
Kept pace with the demand for them and THU
can .. readily e. 1ndersto %b,n 6y anybodE w ShI
place at two adjoining railroad stations. On,
Of these supports the popular cheap service ane
road who endeavor to get the cheap cabs which
the other road provides are many. but they arr
rarely successful. The cabs are not let to am
but tho passengers OF tho one railroad. and III,
futile mRnPuvres 10 which the passengers o
the other oad.uSually they are womenLresor
nnVeF nRrRiVR tho rahmnn WIN hAVR LEARNED
that 1t Is an important feature of their bushes
to see that none Of the company's cabs goes Il
passengers from the other railroad.
The fate Of the actress who on Saturday com
mitted suicide by asphyxiRtion is OF a kin,
with many other tragedies in which the lives o
stage people have come to an end. She had &C
Quired some degree Of prominence in her profes
sion, and only a few days before her death he
readings were described and freely illustrate,
in a daily newspaper. Nobody would hav
supposed then that she waB practically with
out a cent. Her recent appearances in a must
hall were described. and:her name. while It wa
not known to the public at large. was familia
enough to persons who sec programmes wit
greater frequency than the general public. Blu
It was the final inability to raise enough none
Esnss t enough G sas to end II her SFq lie. 70 f f. G situ al fa
OF many women on the stage to-day 10 almos
as palmetto HB tuaL Ol lHlb bulCIuo, anu Ill man
cases they have had careers that were reall
important. The loss OF youth brings with
necessarily restricted opportunities, and froI
that time tho players income is likely to groy
precSrious. and this condition Is rarely amell
GRATED by any sayings from more fortunat
reach the authorities OF the actors charitic
ere scarcely credible. especially in view Of th
the bearers OF well-known names. Nor ar
these usually persons who are unfortunate froI
any fault of their own. Those who have lost thei
positions in the profession through dlssipatio
soon drop out Of view. It Is the most indus
trious and most worthy among the women VIII
frequently find themselves facing middle az
with no greater assurance OF a competency tina
they had at tho beginning. These stories Ar
well enough known at every theatrical oxchang
and actors relief society In New York.
The seriousness with which London 10 takin
its first elaborate series Of Wagner performance
is rather amusing to New Workers. who hav
been for some years accustomed to just whs
the Covent Garden audiences will hear tn