The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-14
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Il am on my way to Now Rochelle to get
look at .the Columbia" said CONNER.
cial traveller. not becau,e have any partcu.
lar interest in yachting but because It will
help me to sell Goods:back from the coast My
experience.leads me 10 believe that the further
one gets away from salt water In this country
the moro: interest he finds In the interna-
tional yacht races. was In st, Louis week
ago and before | could talk business with any
They. wanted the latest gossip about the Co.
lumbia and Il could have said that had seen
Now am going up to look her over and pho.
tograph her. With my own pictures OF the
C &C, In bia viii DO a6le 70 approach the sour
pie In this city unde restimate the public In
terest In these races becauRe.they are right at
A young man who is now wsl upthe list OF
high salarled officers of big manufacturing
company. said several days ago that he owed
his first opportunity to show his ability to the
fact that he was not afraid to soil his clothes.
He was one OF half n dozen young men just
graduated from scientific schools who en-
tered the shops OF this company as students.
They were expected to show that they were
ierred theory to practice. The manager Of tho
company was self taught man and he didn't
man who has succeeded took bis measure acs
work In the shops. Whether by accident or
design he was noticed by the manager one
day.. stretched out on his back under heavy
casting with hammer and soia chisel IN his
billion week later the manager summoned
him 10 the office
Didn't / see you under that casting several
days ago." he asked.
Well. find that we have vacancy on our
sta q now and you may fill II il you choose"
has been rapid. He does not have to soil his
clothes now to prove his ability.
The expeuse'of living In New York clubs
seems to vary inversey as the cost Of the intiA-
ton and the cost OF the clubhouse. The last
big club to he opened IN this city is probably
the best appointed building for such use in
the world. 1t has all the comforts Of the most
eXtravagant OF the new hotels with the excld-
siveness OF club OF carefully selected MEM
bershp. Its initiation fee is large as com
and yet the expense OF living there is com.
na,rat!yely snail 4 man man who Is ENJOYING its
that he may have comfortable bedroom with
n:bath and the.services of u: valet for about u
bird the amount that similar accommodhtons
rant charges nre about - ner cent. cheape.
and an evidence Of the moderate bar
charges he says that two whiskeys are sold for
- cents.
When l brok, my leg about three months
ago." said lawyer whose Office is on lower
hotel and being a bachelor l preferred to re-
main here rather than be carried to my rooms
uptown. 1t is so near my office that when
was able 10 get OUT | could hobhle down the
stree. without fre9. diieu nn have had
mem who live at, these old downtown hotels
seem to he as old as the buildings themselves
and in the evening they sit around and tell
stories OF the hotels pas: night after night
The city has pushed ahead and left them be-
hind Dut they not disseminated You
couldn't convince one Of these old timers that
his hotel was not as well equipped as the M
town hotels. The loyalty Of man to the
hotel where he has lived many years Is strong.
have.learned a Ideal about old New York
though have spent my whole life in New York
this experience has had all the novelty OF lir-
| ing in "A foreign city
The dispute between the cottagers and the
hotel guests Of a>summsr resort. recorded tho
other day In THE Sun. has always proved the
| preliminary to the ultimate triumph OF the
cottage element. az many New Workers have
realized in their own experience. In one
case the mower of the cottage soIcurners has
entirely changed the character OF nearby re-
| sort. It'enloyed until this GUNNER the reputa-
ton Of rather unrcstrained and constant gay
sons looking for something besides rest and
health whom they set out for a country vacation.
yiiaae On the Sound d could be found anyWhere
near New York and it was was unique for some me
| years In this respect. l'ride In its reputation
or more sxacting ideals OF summer pleasure
led to an increase In the gayety which reached
a, climax two years ago; The regulation OF
visitors. Once or twice the law stenped In to
| interfere with the harmless enjoyment OF the
S W9Td in light eStremsv dstasteiu to the the
| owners OF cottages there who Jaw the possl-
bi;y OF, very material loss from the reput9-
| ton the.place az a whole WRs acquiring. al
| though only the hotel element was RESPONSE
Die Tor the disturbing stories that got abroad
measures we're necessary and made It known
to the offending hotels that they would have
search rel Of pleasure or meet an onposition they
h9p to t5e aes
| OF the law In bringing about the changes :hey
demanded unless the hotel proprstors changed
their methods. But II was never n Necessary to
umbed. and the good name OF the town 10
no more endangered by its hotel yisltors Tho
change proved shock 70 those who had ht not
treated to New York. ThSre we're no signs
that the good old days were ever coming back;
conquered SO decisively, and free from the
chances OF diminished value OF their property
wondering why they didn't step in before and
| show their power
Some social dolugs In New York have had
their amusing features. but the story Of a largo
ball given recently In London has had no
parallel here. The host was one Of the new
South African milionaires, and was anxious to
| III his new Park Lane residence with the arlS-
tocracy of England and was willing to pay for
the pleasure. he was fortunate enough to re-
ceive the assistance Of titled woma an OF FASH
lon. who introduced. as they arrived, the many
Aristocratlo people to whom she had sent invi;
tatioas and TO whom tho faces of the host and
hostess we're entirely unfamiliar. 1t had been
adrotly rumored that the most magnificent
favors would he given away In the cotillon.
Preliminary gossip placed the value ot every
guests possible acquisitions during the even
ing at $500, SO the flower Of London society
felt that It should turn out to'honor host who
showed s1ch disposition to do the right
thing. After an entertainment as wish as II
could be maze by the expenditure OF money.
the favors proved to be less valuable than they
were expected to be, although far more mag
nihrent than such tribes are customarily. II
is said that the shocK OF this discovery so no.
set the guests that they made 10 effort to con-
ceal their yeGation at not getting what they
expected. Even London entertainers OF great
wealth must have To struggle under Difficult
ties that are unknown here..i this and the ex-
perience OF anc Their host are typical. He gave
a large ball and refused TO ask nybody with
whom he Was not personally acquainted. The