The sun., 1899-12-28
IyyE TOPICS AB0Ur rOWy.

over the whims Of prima donna. Nine. Sem
brich Ia to be the soloist ana this arrangement
was not accomplished without considerable
difficulty. She ia Pole. SO Is 1gnace Pade-
rewskl They have been friends for a long
time. hut Nine. Sembrich has never boen able
to hear her distinguished countryman play.
She has usually arrived Just after he hal
given concert or lust before one was to take
Mace IL seemed as II she would finally be
able to hear Paderewski play this season In
New York. when tho opera company arrived
here box has been placed at her dispoeal
for either OF tho matinees. but 1t was
found that she was to sing at tho sIetropolitap
gave a recital ami would be In Boston TO give
concert Of her own on the date Of the second
9mcS sm SIsaposSrsd nSs Tsen
his Sunday evening concert and once more
placed q ssou
| with her hearing this concert, But that ex-
pectation was also destined to dIsnbpontment:
strongest programme possible 20 encounter tho
opposition q sunday night EMGdGreSskn Me con con;
should head the list of SINGERS The an.
| nouncement Of this decision brought an
s%pnH,s Tsp hcar rsi2 s and SOpR R
wns her last opPostunity Mr nd Trsn smied ,ol
another s e DAY poiore the ' @ % was
once more made TO the prlma donna that she
was 70 be the s99st on s9ndayS nni once more m
p1sa'c poiI,Sa opera @ House Mr. drau smiled again
| and announced hs programme ior sunday
with Nine SombrI name at the head OF the
,ist. The prima donna " stu the holder Q, z
that Nine. Sem brch will be on the Metropoli-
| tan stage that night Anxious as she may be
to bear her conptrymHn n pay ;S me r' ps,nH. u, IS
| fusal to sing.
One OF the new words that the bicycle mania
OF the past few years has added to the language
| seems likely to be permanent Rest" has be-
| come almost a synonym for restaurant In cer-
| tain parts OF the city and not an abbreviation
OF the longer word. IL was applied with fre-
| Quency to the uptown establishments which
nourished when bicycling was most popular.
Those that survived retain the name to this
day and some OF them are as pretentious In all
but name as the highest priced establishments
They have ceased TO be bicycle rests. not only
visit them. but also through their dedication to
more expensive, and elaborate use use The The
%isunderssSoS and taken fSr ,9msihlnS
| and evidently abiding variety TO the list that
has comprised hitherto very small number OF
life. and it is to be observed only in the pictur-
esaueness a 4 mpsrts to the smnS sneiShSorhood o,
crowds to be seen In these regions have grown
much smaller. but some hardy players are stu
to be seen. Beyond this slight spectacular con-
| trbutlon to the city scenes. golf has lett no
trace on urban life. 1t cannot easily be con-
fined TO the city limits. unlike the pleasure Of
| bicycle riding to-day.
The political reporters OF the time OF Web
ster. Clay and Jefferson Davis. before he be-
came President OF the Southern Confederacy,
would be startled II they could wake up and
see how the business" has moved up town in
New York city The Astor House in
those days was the great stamping ground.
Then the Metropolitan Hotel. the st. Nicholas.
and by easy stages the Morton House and later
on the Fifth Avenue Hotel became the great
meeting spots OF politicians. The Fifth Avenue
has held out the longest. 1t s in the heart OF the
| city. For many years II has been the gathering
spot oi kspustsahs@ @ whie sne no honman IMAM mHass Sss
Democrats most did congreEate. But for sey-
sral years many Republicans and Demosrats
the Grand Union, and some q them
they were in tho days of Webster. Clay and JEFF
adays for the political reporters to get to their
eflices on Park row it9m Delmonioos >. the " A., A.;
from ths Me:ropo,an % s ' and Sv the Il. Nicholas, %
when they were the important political spots.
Felix Schweghofcr. tho German comedian.
is one OF the famous actors OF his own country
although he does not come here as most OF his
illustrious countrymen have. laden down with
medals and orders bestowed on him by rulers
OF small principalites. Herr SchweiGhofer has
always travelled from one theatre to another
and has never been associated with court
theatre in Germany for any length OF time He
10 a rolling star. more in accordance with tho
90 profitable that he IL to-day about the
.lchest man, In his profession In Ger
,Ons. the ns se,or Ia. 'FaSpf SsPanse several
times since ho came here. because l am q
rs' Her. O scR%esSo.r s i@S ss
Dresden and makes his visits thence to tho
yarous German; Austrian and Russian cities.
il during the past few seasons. His, wife died
two years ago Since that time he has been 10
nephews in his Dresden home and unlike
many other men who have acquired fortune
rSpn,o nS bs .ns on hs %i e
Most Of the old-time chop houses In New
York and Brooklyn have disappeared. These
were memorable feasting spots. The ole and
the chops and the devied kidneys were OF the
choicest. The Welsh rabbits and game were
also OF tho best In the place OF the chop
houses have come the quick lunch" with
its farinaceous and fa'tening foods. it'
sandwiches and grdde cakes. and while the
food Is good Of it's kind IL lacks the old feature
OF solidity, and, moreover. the eomfortablelen.
| vlrOnment All TINS IL suggestive OF tNe Iac'
| that the citizens OF Greater New York are
| growing day By day to be- more active, "a
care less for the comforts Of the table in the
middle Of the day. and there may he some.
thing in the criticism OF Westerners that New
Workers. nre giving their time altogether 70
| money max Visitors to Chicago. st. Louis
Cincinnati and other Western cities cannot but
obscrv" that the hunt for the almighty dollar
IL going on among those cities quite as brisk ly
as In New York Moreover. there is more Of q
| spirit Of dangerous speculation in Western
cities than ever was observed hercabouts.
Ono customer OF n fashionable bootmakeI
who charges high prices for the superior
quality Of his work is wondering Jus
now what his course should be in deal
ing with the shoemaker when it comes t'
settling his account for pair Of boots recently
delivered 10 him. He had them on In the shoI
OF another maker who had dono some work fo
him and showed them to the pronrIetor. Or
I, being asked the price he had paid for them, HI
admitted that they had cost $l2 and told thu
namo, of the, maker, That name may be OF
: the shoes" no said, but will bet you new
pair that they were never manufactured ~
, | him | know that those shoes were mad,
Mt a Wholesale factory IN Now Jersey, II