The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-26
I'VE ToPICs ABOUr ToWN.

one OF unmitigated prosperity 10 them. Amer
lean Beauty roses went up to the usual figure
OF $50 dozen and remained there. Pinks sold
in some places for 81 a dozen. But II was the
uzaleas that brought the highest prices For
several years the popularity OF these plants at
Christmas has steadily increased. Their su-
premacy at Easter has never been questioned
but their Christmas popularity Is n matter OF
recent growth. This winter the supply was
small and not especially good In quality.
but in spite OF the unfavorable cir
cumstance they were very expensive. One
florist had tho best to be obtained and
his supply brought higher prices than any
other. A basket containing several plants
was made up by him for millionaire. As the
wa su sspry Of fse ITse
but by the lack OF the flowers. lis basket cost
$l75. There was no apparent ahisrosltl,on on
the day progressed. for buyers continued to
arrive until late In the day. Il could have
sSSer snd al ths SaR prices we are getting
to-day. They are likely TO continue until a
sE Se O New tSSt viii Ss
settle down TO their normal basis Then they
will continue higher to some III slight - degree
demand had not sent them up to so unusual
figure"
Mistakes occur 30 frequently on programmes
OF musical entertainments that accuracy IL not
looked for so long as the title announced ats
the work, even approximately. Alta concert re-
Gently given by contrato. song called
"Repondlr" appeared on the programme. II
was attributed to Gounod. No such word ex-
ists in italian. French. Spanish or German.
and o man OF an Investigating dispositi IN who
saw the name set out to discover how II came
on the programme. He discovered Gounod's
"Repentir." and supposed that to be the work
tnt AaJ nat MOI rad N ,tch
form was unexplained. The programme was
several times printed and the word always
appeared in the same way. Ultimately ar op-
poriunity for personal inquiry revealed the
performance was a German. aud he, told his
f This f man %ns ia@aT With most %S
the works and the German titles u
hs Other ns s0pss In
happened to be. from another language
and the i ,n Rron9nfI,@9,On Of the
nSnciOiion Of french, His agent wrote Ire
Eondir" because The French Word sounded like
that the multitudinous mistakes on Iro-
Rrammes are caused In this way. Usually they
are the reeult OF more serious mistakes than
peculiarities OF pronunciation.
My experience has taught me that It is a
dangerous thing to cable cipher messages. and
hereafter when have occasion to cable any
clover woman whose son Ia the American Con-
sui in a city that Ia twenty seven days distant
from New York by mail. When my son came
homo to see me a few months ago we arranged
a little cable code for certain emergencies.
One OF these emergencies occurred late last
summer and In accordance with the pre-
arranged plan a cable despatch was
sent to him which read Boom and
which was signed Mother Six weeks later
when my sSS @s
had stirred up. The country 10 which he is
OynS has had MANY sE s.S
Suspicious that Il was detained a day before Il
was delivered. The ofnclpls who saw II argued
knew what Boom" meant. but It had mar:
from. one, to. another and the more they
h h. osss s %Sys,ery
The Encltshman could not throw any ligh, on
such a message, and as a last resort the des-
Rssa "a eaeas IT, IL ad but the s
were politely incredulous. though they said
alishmen who have heard OF Il consider Il a
huge Joke. Ny son wrote mo that II would be
to revise !, and leave out such words as BOOM ms
Until a few months ago Sconchin Maloney.
whose death In \ San Francisco hospital was
recently announced. made his headquarters in
New York's Tenderloin district, where the
reputation he made on the F4fihc coast in
earlier years was his stock In trade.
He WAS for many years one OF the beat known
men 10 California. though II might have puzzled
HE acquRintances TO give any other reason for
Il than that he was good fellow. His income
depended largely on the generosity Of the
wealthy men. who found him an amusing
companion and saw that he was on the payroll OF
some railroad or company most OF the time.
Maloneys finances might be pretty accurately
Judged by his attire. and In his days o; pros
pcrity his raimcnt was thing OF beauty. Ma
loney came to New York a few years ago, and
From s NH" The Pacific coast found him Very con-
yssnent member Of 70 rnrty when they The made
might look after, them. His arrival
ip New York sadly Disconnected t ths
besn one Of the regulars features OF The Tsn
derloin for hall dozen years; This yourg man
New York, He was an athletic young man and
Tor an actor as he walked down broadway
every afternoon. His inc2me came from pilot
inE men through the the Tendero h, and from
drank too much. some Of his most generous
| patrons were from California and when Malo-
g gsg Ss man fo Services Maonsy Was their old
| friend.
"Rumors affecting financial institutions
| spread through the Wall Street district with
almost the speed OF lightning" said broker.
and have sometimes thought that II a man
should whisper In Harlem such n rumor Wall
Street would know about It Ave minutes later.
During Exchange hours no rumor Is too
! absurd to be absolutely neglected. and there
are men downtown who have pronted by this
fact pretty regularly II tho company which
IL now Offering q reward for the ldentih-
cation OF some OF these rumor makers
should succeed In convictinE two or three
| OF them II would be a salutary warning
| for the others. but II Is almost impossible to
trace such stories to their source. One OF the
| regular rumors which turn up every few week 8
In the street Is the announcement that Russell
| Sage is dead. Wall Street has now become so
| accustomed to II that II has somewhat lost its
| force. On various occaslons when President
| Cleveland came to New York to spend few
days the rumor OF his death circulated In Wall
Street. Such stories gather circumstan,ial de-
| tails Ms they spread. and when they are COM
| pleted q man may not be overcredulous to be-
| Hove them. When you realize how much In u
financial way is ut stake In Wall Street It is
| mariana nnt aurnriauR that this Dlrt OF town