The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-31

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tewelry that hes disappeared at = dinner party
while It wns being sent around the table 30 be
admired by the guests. Only q few years ago
one o. the women most conspicuous In New
port society to-day lost q valuable pearl ring
In Just the same way. Tho guests al o dinner
admired the jewel. and II was passed around for
closer inspection. II never came back 10 its
owner. She had at that time lived for only q
brief time In this city. and her knowledge Of
fashionable society here whs not so great then ne
II Is to-day. 30 she Kept quiet about the mat
ter. II subsequently became known that the
ring had been lost at this gathering. and every
possible effort was made By the host to re-
cover II. The twelve persons at The dinner
had been served by the men regularly en-
ployed IN the hopee. and there was ample
proof that they had no hand In the rinG's dis
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zen With tSe ring Inc eyidsHcs q sevoEai
Was q foreigner Of title. ultimately Earned
that some. explanation was eIpected OF him,
HfnSe@s Sq Th e r fiISHV %Ss re ne wse fr o@FS re p ss sne
broker to whom he had taken Il the, titled
motive u RHS tS Ss'fI SClSe%RS isoS %as ciO sTSHOlY NS e 8 g
S STSTs g % Mey- Know rnown Ss ssT I 2 sI%iIiS nsS oS SSl5DinSS
aince., A moro recent instance attracted som
attention, but rs the persons concerned In It
II NOI uOk bO N0l knOhn IL CHtuICu Re16IUl UuD-
lcity. Yet women will still allow themselves
q pc ~peIeuaded to pass their jewelry around
dining tables.
Nine. Marcella Sembrich-safls for this coun-
try on Oct, 20. and will reach Chicago for the
opening OF the opera season there two weeks
later. During the summer she has been occu-
pied in learning two OF the Wagner roles In
German which have hitherto been quite un-
known to her In that language. One OF these
Ia EJon In II nkannrfpp AnA AlxA A.. ". a.,
Die MetstersinEer." Two other roles hith-
erto sung in italian she has learned In French
for the opera season next winter. These are
Jtietie In Romeo ct Juliette'' and Marie in
lie File du Regiment"-an opera which
Mime, Melba has lately taken into her roper
toire, The. latter part o.. Nine. Sembrich's va
cation has been spent at her home IN Dresden,
VT Mmse, Sem Semb rel f has taken az me only HyST resent 70
Her only Appearances IN Europe beiore her re-
turn 70, this country will be At Leipsic. when
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season TO mark the opening Of. La Scaln after
its year Of, disuse e~ndeayored TO persuade
there, and the manager Of the Italian opera In
st. Petersburg as vainly e~ndeavored to per-
ances. Alter the close Of her opeFStic en-
gaEements here. she will appear q, the most
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spring.
News comes from London OF a delicacy pop
ulAr there in clubs and restaurants which may
never be expected to obtain similar favor here.
Kangaroos' tails form the chief ingredient in
this compound. which Is favored strongly with
sherry and treated much as oItail when cooked
as an entree. To eat this is considered neces-
sary for young men OF fashion In order to main
tain a reputation for smartness. The career OF
Kangaroo tails as a fashionable dish is ex-
pected to be brief. however. as the meat Is
cheap and plain dressings are best suited to
show it's merits. This will not be an objection
to thu dish here. as the New York public was
never known 70 take to an article merely on
account, Of its hig price, whether It happened
to be old lace or something to eat; One ex-
Of an uptown restaurant which offers green
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particular breed. These dishes are in little
demand. and are kept on the bill Of fare chiefly
for the sake Of a small number OF patrons,,a
the general public that patronizes the place
the. price is prohibitive. One expensive fruit
New YORK, probably because It Is the newest
here. This Is the alligator pear. which for
only the past two years has been eaten much
to the fact that alligator. pears lave recently
acquired a vogue here which amount almos
TO an enthusiasm.
jean do Reszke has had his customary good
fortune on the Polish turf this year. and there
are still important races to be run in which his
horses are entered. The maintenance Of q
racing stable Is not a mere luxury for the tenor.
who has in his best years cleared as much as
100000 from his entries-a profit which the
amateur in racing cannot always boast. None
OF II. de ReSZke's horses has ever been seen in
this country, even through the medium of q
photograph. His head stableman Is SUPER
stitiously opposed to having a horse photo
Rraphed, as he believes that the chances Of
good luck are over after that operation. II a
horse had. never won. he believes that IT never
see any possibility Of further usefulness after
the photograph has been taken. Consequent
and they are taken only against the protests OF
the stableman. AS he is a powerful Parsonage.
The tenor wifi have the pleasure this winter OF
being able to see the severest share OF the sea-
sons work fall on some6odY else. Hitherto.
with three or four prlma donnas. Mex. season
he will sing fewer than usual Of the heavier
NM: Van Dyck and Dippel doing some Of the
TISEe when TRe reasons "a Sas { ess thI a. a nef rs asG desire 60 eeS to
keep his voice fresh for the strain OF the Bay;
Teuth season when bis first appearances will
at Covent Garden viii be fewer than
ever before and they will be confined 70 the
uKnIeE DdItB. nc Will Bluk HNuUQINEB III AlQd |
among others. the part that introduced him to
London as o tenor.
A Third avenue cable car filled with passen-
gers h were warm and cross was jolting
along uptown late in the afternoon Of the hot
test day OF last week. Each mar aboard looked
as II he hated his neighbor. Just before the
car reached Twenty-sixth street the strains Of
martial music were heard. A brass band was
out Rally round the nag" with an
enthusiasm not dimmed by the heat. Every
one In tho car Strengthened up a bit In antici-
patton OF q military parade. AS the car moved
uptown 1t was apparent that the band was
marching down Twenty-eighth street to
avenue. A crowd OF small boys on tho
corner cheered themselves hoarse.
Il wish 1t might be the rough riders" said
one passenger.
mo, it can't be-" said the man beside him.
1T is probably the Seventy first Regiment"
When the car reached TWenty-eighth street
had aEaa inaA nIninnlnn Into 1hird nna- i