The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-19
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| uIVersion or 10 enliRnten inc puplc thtro 10 ho
means OF discovering but the fact remains that
/ there Is a growing disposition among PEOPLE TO
put into book form their experiences OF travel.
their ideas on life and the results OF their I'm
| agination in the line OF fiction Usually these
books have como into tho world with the
recommendation OF wel-known name which
was expected to make its impression on the
public. Some OF these have attracted passing
notice outside. The circle o, The immedi:
+, ate friends OF the authors. IL may be
Of bny Whether os not the
are read. The most successful books written
~ the last two years by snatsur authors came
! a well-known name to attract notice to them.
Two were published under assumed names
fourth only p part OF the name Of the author was
used. The vogue Of these works extended lar
selves were acquainted: and they received high
praise. and the greater reward OF popular
otSer smiIo r" observation-disclosures TO current iera.
ture. II seems to show that 10 quality Ia quite
40 IMPORTANT. even In books written by authors
| with widely known names. as real merit
| Albert Alvarez. the new French tenor. who
hns come tn sing at the Metropolitan. brought
| with him n domestic establishment such as no
| other famous tenor was ever known to import.
One hears from time to time stories oftho very
important role played BY Jean dc Reszte's
tan Opera House. but II was only her influence
and not her presence that made Itself felt here.
NJ Alvarez has brought with him his mother.
| his wife and his daughter: so he 10 not likely
TO be lonesome during the period OF frat long
| stay In a strange town. Ernest Van Dyck. who
Ia man Of family. always comes hero alone.
DO Interrupted by bringing them. here
Albert Sa.za brings his wife,, and 80 dc An
| dreaa Dippel aud Thomas Saltgnac. Taken
| "a hal tha far r this n
domestic lot, although none OF the others Ia 30
consricuous In that particular as NJ Alvarez,
sSaSs drs.seT tRo latest S"f PaFs fashion,
The women Of the opera company have always
the men and this year every one Of them that
owns q husband has brought him over with
TO Ss
travel for the sake OF the society OF their conju-
the sp1 Is re thas ,se 4tb hss
neither seen nor heard than ever before.
A statist'cian In trvialties has discovered
| that 250. 900 Christmas trees are stacked along
! the western shore OF the city. awaiting distri-
button among the New York homes which arc
to celebrate the holiday with this accustomed
detail Most OF them como from Maine. YER
mont. New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
| whore the residents have been occupied since
the irst OF last month In cutting the crop for
| tnls mhrket- bhlShmH ana mrs are the trees
represented Oh ely In the stock. which belongs
to not more than thirty dealers altogether It
lie only In the last score OF years that the bust
ness has come to be OF importance. although
for nearly three timee as long 1t has been
customary TO get the New York supply from
sssh Hs aoW sa ssy
| ago the everRreens about the city were en-
n rSt aM Sna TS essfsn pons
| for forty years and the business roally assumed
| the i'm portance Of n considerable In iustry only
settled N WSshinston Market. and when that
| proved Inadequate TO contain the supply. the
| two largest dealers this year said TO have
| 10000 trees arece. They report that prices
| the weather may b. the doslre for a Christmas
| tree survives, Like many another article OF
Sy the prise o, ne Gh,;tmas tire" 4
/ and they are probably cheaper to-day than
they will be on Christmas Eve.
The steam-pipe which has figured so fire.
auently In theatricals OF late did its work with
great effectiveness on Saturday night; but as
only the public had to suffer. there was no out
| break equal to that which marked Richard
| Mansheld's nervous crisis three weeks ago.
The theatres on Saturday night were unen-
| durably hot owing TO a change In the weather
| for theatre once heated Is not to DO cooled at
| a moments notice. Tho audiences were at
| disadvantage: IL they could have got their
money back at tho box Office and retired with
| the announcement that the steam pipes wor-
| rled them they could have hal their revenge;
but such privileges are not for mere spectators.
evidently had "a perfect right 10 bring a
| play TO an end in one OF Its most Interesting
scenes 6cGauss the steam !rrtattd his nerves.
| der all circumstances was rev. aled Ivy this In
| cctdent. Not opy were there no demands Tor
| the return ~ the money paid In, but tho man
| ag"m"nt OF the theatre says that the most
| emphatic objection 10 the episode came In the
tors to be allowed TO return aud witness the
last act OF his play at some future date. Most
hs'e cs srSsS ds Of
intrrventi9n OF stoam-pipe. and 'elt that they
had no cSns' Tor complaint But patient hun
Temperatures which was nncomiortabiy warm
and was varied only by the sudden RuIs. OF
nets allowed to sweep over the back OF their
| heads.
| new batch OF ethics tagged shopping"
| was displayed n few days ago for the In specton
OF the League for Political Education by the
discoverer OF them. who was hailed as travel
ling authority on shop girls. This woman
complained of what she called immoral shop
ping" because. sho urged by a curious process
| o! reasoning. II did not affect tho shopper but
It did degrade the producer. The developer OF
the ethics Of shopping" demonstrated her
!
| from store to store seeking out the cheapest
things that they can find they create a demand
for shoddy wares thus making II necessary for
| work ing people to be demo rallied and degraded
! by working on the unbeautful and tawdry
They are inInrlng and retarding the educa;
Tho production OF what this. woman calls the
| sho tidy, the unhrautitul and the tawdry fur
| nshes employment for many men and women
! IN everv line ~ manufacturing and II IL doubt
| M II these workers would consider properly
| educated artistic sense rs u fair return Tor
| being deprived OF their work. A large part OF
what this ethical teacher Describes. Ms thu
| rum ng from store to store seeking tho
| cheapest articles Is not due TO n desire for
sholty. things but It may more fairly he
| attributed To the fact that different stores in
tho dry goods district charge, very different
every experienced shopper but unfortunately
she may only inh where y IL sold the cheapest
Petition between the big department stores Is
! row 80 strong that each one, employs women
to keep track 2. thc price charged by its RI
| pretty sure to be met by the others on the fol.
lowing day. Possibly the League Tor Political
| Education clearly understood this new coje
OF ethics Of shopping" but to persons who
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