The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-27
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Spain Is quite MS noticeable on dinner tables
to-day az in the reports Of exports and imports.
1t was not long ago that the nuts and raislns
formed q course In every hotel dinner. and it
, T9s a" an Ssee''BH, ny i Sn : sis, n Tsst%rs Of p6 the
The paper-shell almonds with the drisd-up
kernels should also be included in the list q
departed dainties, Il buy a few ruisins now
said the proprietor of one of the best-known
restaurants in town, and you can tell how
few they are when | say that they are excluI
Ike them. Apparently my customers take no
I IRem spy IN m them T rSF there Wsrs d # mo d9m from t tSe
bin OF fare here because nobody ate them and
they, grew drier and harder every day. Finally
we dropped them altogether. and they are not
scarcely a demand for them since that line,
rnisins suddenly cam to an end. / thought
possibly that / might tie on account of the lib;
at the chief table 'd'h6te dinners. They be-
came such a characteristic of them that per-
sons hated to appear fond Of raisins, 1t ar
gued a long experience at these cheap dinners.
so the raisins dropned out of sight and there
is not much possibility. that they will ever be
The dealers tell me that the same thing has
happened in the, cnse OF private families; The
The lady with the eniRmatic name of Nine.
Thhbes, who has lust got into trouble with
the Paris police on account of her prophecy
that a distinguished Government official will
be nssassinated during the year. is an inter
esting figure to New Workers. even II she has
trolls the d%estlnies of Mile. CalvG. and last au-
tumn advised her not under any circumstances
persuaded her that It would be fatal for her to
go to London. Mile. Calyc ALWAYS follows her
knows when Mile. Caly6 has told him OF her
plans that they are of Nine, Th"bes's making.
Mile. Calvc is now In the south OF France and
has not sung this winter. Her visit TO Lon
don in the spring depends entirely on the
state Of her health which is, not good at pres
six appearances there. Nine. EnmesS retire
ment Will lie q serious. loss to Maurice Grau
fH%SefFs Frau @i'4 GaasRi soR SSe 81 is ne at FGts $ Mt the %e s mast
likely substitute. although she is said to enter
tn4,,s so@9 9bb lde e &c on d,{ Ne Subject % stoS OF \ her VIM IN
the customary position Of n beginner. Frau
Gadski is quite unknown IN London. Her
country. which she left at the beginning OF
her career.
Il know him" answered the conductor OF a
cable ear. Il know him well. He has ridden
downtown with me almost every day for years
before the cables were put ill.," This obser-
walton was called forth BY the complaint of
two women who were leaving the car. They
said that the man had annoyed them by his
rudeness, He was q man long past middle
age and he was reading n newspaper. 1t de-
It. Every conductor who has been on the
ms u III ltDElI Vi u hlIoNS IlllJ Ilu
and expects to have some such complaint
every time he gets on a ear; He Is always
| openly infringed the rules, lie would be made
to suffer. There 42Ire q number. besides him
hat are equally well known to a!,.ot us, though
take.long to find out that sort of n person. We
always know, too, the men who are likely to
Offers first a coin that IS foreign or in some
way Of the kind that we are not allowed to
accept. He has ridden with me for wears and
| have never known him to fail 10 make that
attemnt. | don't know where he gets all the
monGy OF that kind aith9Tgh have snnn%nssd
hadn't much time to examine tho money that
came to him, II he was never any NOR" sue
with me, his efforts never did him much good;
We soon get accustomed to people of this kind
and we remember them"
The Dog Show last week attracted many Wis
itors whose knowledge OF the animals on eX-
hibition was so elementary that without the
aid Of the catalogue and the newspaper re-
ports they would have been hopelessly at sea
as to how and when they might give discrim-
mating, admiration. and the keerers Of one
very valuable dog took advantage of this fact
one evening; Their dog. on his merits an4
| the show and he paid the penalty Of greatness
BY receiving rather more than his share. of at
Ibe herr catal6 aEe.y wanted M1%dH1 to ~I net I% Rim. and a'e Every 2y
man was anxious to have him exhibit his best
points. As a result the dog was soon com
dog in the exhibition. resembled him in a gen
ernl way. but because his price was not quite as
not quite as fine. he received very little atten-
ton. When the crowd thinned out for n mo:
the star dog exchanged his number for that Of
the dog which resembled him. The crowd
was at ONCE diverted to the other dog and the
tertGined by the wise remarks OF the SPECTATORS.
The star dog had a rest and the public did not
know the difference.
The stool: Of rare wines Which Justice
Charles ii. TruaX and George 7. Davidson
have selected for the discriminating members
of the Democratic Club includes nineteen
kinds Of champagne and a dozen bottles Of
Rhine wine which may be purchased by upos-
would be marked up to 500 In n restaurant.
The limited number of bottles OF this Rhine
wine will make II impossible for the members
which it is offered. but it is by saving in little
an'dIfiiii lie Of hard worked "oTficeholdeTrs the ciuS
now, offers white Bordeaux Of 1883 or q very
Truax is considered one Of the:best Judges OF
wine in this city. and his Jude ment was of
great assistance to the Manhattan Club n few
hest club wine cellar in New York. The Man
haitian Club was for several years a large buyer
OF rare wines at all SALES in the city, but in the
past year or two IL has done very little In this
direction. The furnishing Of q high.grade
several years ago requires:not only money. but
great DISCRIMINATION on the part OF the buyers.
1t is not possible to.buy these wines off hand.
as one might select gorgeous lot of plush
thing. The, wines thar are really valuable
must be picked UP in small lots. as a rule. aud
occasionally they must be taken on confidence.
One club in this city bought a lot OF bordeaux
three or four years ago which was properly
corked and Ehieh, according to the history
that went with 1t, was part OF q recently dis
covered lot In an old downtown cellar. II was
starred on, the clubs wine list and highly ap-
preciated blythe clubs members until a news
paper discovered that the seller Of i was In the
business OF counterfeiting old wines of rare
~yintages and exposed him. Ills skill. In Civ
ing an appearance OF age to n bottle was'his
stock In trade. TIL Democratic Club men,
however, may he sure. Of getting their moneys
worth now because OF the proved dlscrimina-
ton Of the men who selected their wines.
1t is possible that the Chinese have little
appreciation OF orr humor," said n woman
whose visiting card bears four names to iden-
tify her. but / have my doubts, A few days
ago | hired a Chinese cook. lie was a dapper
little fellow. and before ! instructed him in his
duties ] said:
What Is your name?'
" Wun Lung, Lee Sing he answered, or
something like IL.