The sun., 1899-11-28
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crude. careless and ill-prepared connection as
| 1t is served In New York bars. compared with
| what one gets In the Western cities. IL 10 not
necessary to go to Chicago or any Of the larger
places to see the great improveme ent In quality
Buffalo. Rochester and the small towns OF this
state can boast OF the same superiority over
New York. In the average harroom here. how
ever expensive II may be. the barkeepsr care
lessly dashes together n few ingredients with
scientific manner as they should be In order TO
produce the delightful effect that a wei made
rather nory combination in which bitters or
whiskey or vermouth may be prominent. |
am AFRAID that somGthng more than mere care;
deterl3ration In the American cocktail, Quality
rooms Is likely to be Mt fault In comparison
with what the same place will serve to the man
v, who &C orders @ a drink plain; know as matter
and barrooms order distinctly Inferior
quality Of whiskey for use In the mixed drinks
a4Sk IN Ss Tpd mad sh0T
seem to take In their business. this deterlora-
know that tbe habit o. cocktail drinklnsI I has
declined at all in New York, From what can
Certainly distinctly interior means oi refresh.
went COMPARED to what one can find outside Of
New York"
The stage OF the theatre In which Sir Henry
Irving acts is always different in many i'm por-
tant particulars from most places OF the same
kind. and possibly the most striking feature
during the English actors performance is the
white bearded. auiet-mannered man In even
Ing dress who superintends. without apparent
effort or excitement. all the elaborate ma
nnuvres OF the small army under his control.
American stage managers are more likely to
be seen in their shirt-sleoves than in evening
dress. but nobody connected with the COM
pany remem bers the time when Henry J.
yna n2 a%i sai SssS sS sG't Fness
years. ever opreassd on the stage dressed
Henry fns hsSs M spen. sna ,hsr sir
entire careers together. The actor was
Young and uSSknoYn when they became
yH Sa Hfs s i.'9iSssTn isSs
in life as an artist. lie painted water colors
until until sir Henry Irving became manager. de-
we'll as Mr. Love1ay. % and urge urged hi him S0 to put ut
aside the violin and the water colors. II is Mr.
Lovednys sense OF color that is responsible ior
40 many OF the Lyceum Theatres artistic
years ago from ,hc,s,ags Sir Henry Irving is
also a stage manager in England; The per-
sistence and enthusiasm with which Mr.. Love-
just before he left New York that he hal time
hsrS hon only to see the stage 81 the theatre IN
hotel
The first Greek lstter fraternity house to be
erected at the New York University has Just
been dedicated by the Delta Chapter Of the Psi
Cpsilon Society and Il will undoubtedly be
followed by similar houses for some OF the
other fraternIties. When the New York Cnl-
versity was down In Washington Square the
Greek letter fraternities were forced TO con-
tent themselves with meeting rooms only. Tho
hale Lao ~ al fl.l.
in New York University in 1897 aud is older
in point OF continuous existence than any
"f cit" s new house i Suiit Of Hnruard H" brcE
and II follows closely the colonial style OF archi-
lecture, 1t is three stories, high IN front and
OF ihe campus at the corner Of Hampden street
and Lorne rlace II was erected at n cost Of
and New York Universities has meant an iu-
cr"as" oi colleg. and fraternity sp'rt in both
hay. been erected or planned promise to be
notable additions to the groups oicollege build
ings.
II hail the stories told about the Franklin
Syndcate's methods OF Bookkeeping are true.
the receiver will and little to guide him in un-
tanRlinR its accounts A Brooklyn real estate
! agent tells this about an acquaintance: This
man invested S4OO In Millers concern three
mouths ago, He told me that he knew II was
| "a fake. but he was willing TO taEe his chances
Of its lasting long enough for him to get two
withdraw his Investment. FOR three weeks
h. drew $40 each week and then he wsin1tto
6 hm to eoms baee hs NEXT her
day Millsr all give him hts 300 after ysIniy
| trying 10 persuade him not 20 draw IL out.
When he returned home he found a check for
$500 waiting t2F t him e Eaymsp, o. hi: original
mistake and he didn't discover Il. There have
been a lot Of such cases and | sho"d Judge
the syndicate was maxi money so easily that
~ didn't think II worth wlilA "a hDtheF ah0nt
It's bookkeeping"
No ono outside NJ the Hon. Frederick s.
Gibbs's large circle OF intimate friends knew
that he had been collecting valuable pictures
for the past quarter OF a century until his re-
cent catalogue OF his paintings was issued. but
every one in his district had a suspicion that
h. knew thing or two about oil paintings
when he was accused several years ago OF trans
forming campaign banner into n portrait Of
the sgsG
was attributed to.Nr. Gibbs. but hs was SO busy
living down the entirely unwarrnnted title OF
tinnuished citizens OF his district had the
reputation Of being the greatest constitutional
avenue and Mr, Gibbs and his friends decided
to give him nice large oil painting Of himself.
bamner nnn a" %hcS Sh
outiivcd lis usefulness and rather than
S %S & wSsHeI hS a4 AMI s sy ,oassns hs ad9@ 4;
look somnwhat like the great, constitutional
lawyer. IL was presented 10 tho latter on an
occasion marked by much alcoholic exhilura-
tOn and subsequent pathos Either the fresh
paint peeled of or some one who was not Mr.
Gibbs's friend told what n makcshit this por-
trait really was. and the constitutional lawyer
walked on the other side ~ the street there
after when he saw Mr. Gibbs approaching.
The business OF selling flowers at retail has
become almost as popular with young men Of
social position In New York as the real estate
business used to be. Now J. y. Gallntn and
r. W. Satterthwaite are to open a shop on
upper Fifth avenue under more auspiclous
circumstances than any previous venture ot
the kind has ever known. Rawlins Cottonet,
the first OF society florists, went into tho busI-
ness because he owned large conssrvatories
at.his country place. and he opened the Rosary.
as his shop Is called, primarily TO dispose OF the
flowers raised there. But Mr.. GallatIn and Mr..
Satterthwaite arc to become florists merely
because that calling appeals to them more than
any other Their shop Is on Fifth avenue. near
Forty-secOnd street. ana is q large and expen-
siye one. II Is to be allied The GRlntin.h
The proprietors will not make up bou-
auets themselves. but have engaged two eX-
,psia IN aft