The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-17
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

| nzine, which can DO had here for 81
volums-a high price even for a
book that has such distinguished literary
and social backing. Only persons able to
crafty their taste for lu1uries could afford
such an expense and It is presumably to tho
| rich alone that.Lady Randolph Churchill in
| tends to appeal. There are other evidences
| OF this than the price OF the book. Every
body who received one OF her circulars had to
| pay 10 cents extra postage on 1t. as the sum
put on In London was short to that extent.
The honor OF being selected as the recipient Of
lnform ation about the magazine little
bit lessened by the necessity Of paying the ad-
| dtional postage. even II 1t indicated q conf
dence In his financial standing. New, York
had a magazine several years ago conducted
on the same plan as the Anglo; Saxon. and 1t
| who got out several numbers of the publica-
tion. which, was intended to strengthen the
Europe. The career Of the magazine. which
as pS brs B1t IN. Prnss
succeeded in furtherng the good work he had
set out to accom- plish. He promoted the az;
aer h S9 had d ns
wealthy San Francisco woman, the Prince
| end bv the simple process OF locking the door
Of his office. When his attention was called to
this informal method Of winding It's affairs
| up he candidly admitted that he had forgotten
all about the enterprise in his satisfaction OYER
the phase Of an American and European al
then turned from the delighted contempla-
| tion of that result to bring the ambitious mag
| azlne to moro digniaed end.
There is new species OF street car hog who
has 30 far escaped public attention to the Same
extent It came to tho end hog because bis ac-
tivities are confined to much more limited
| sphere. He Is to be found only in tho closed
| cars. run now at rare intervals. and from the
nature OF his offence there can be but one hog
| In p,,th Ito - to,r
himself disaG are much broader. The
end hog only ipterieres with the comfort OF
| the persons who have to sit in the seat with
| him. The most remote passenger suffers
| from the presence OF this species OF hog. who
is also an end hog. although in somewhat dii-
snd Of on s
| Is supposed to come to the relief OF the other
passengers. and eirecttualIy prevents them
method Of travel is that IT enables the hog to
keep, cool and comfortable even when the
creates q breeze. Of which this new species
Of Objectionable passenger gets the entire ben
naming there. Protest is generally useless.
| The conductor cannot compel a passenger to
The new hog Is safe in his lack Of consdera-
ton for the rights OF others. Just as all public
DC are o ABLE to os ss laws Whe
| breeding.
| In several newspapers last winter were pio-
lures OF a 'foreig society leader" whose name
| occasionally figured In the list OF guests at
restaurants or Of flrst-night theatregoers The
| appearance OF this picture in parts OF these
| newspapers devoted TO the doings OF society
| was amusing enough. but title has not yet
| lost It's power to confuse. The Princess Wrede
| was rather a handsome woman who figured
| in little cotere OF New Workers and foreign
ers that frequently. met last winter in Fifth
| prinna
Andre Wreds. has Just been before tho Court
| OF Cessation in Paris seeking 10 have his mar
riage annulled, and the court admitted his
plea. His vile was Ludmila Maldauer. an Aus
| TRAN. whom he married In 1882 In Paris. She
| had previously been the wife OF a Russian ply.
stefan named Dobrzanski. and that marriage
was annued blythe Russian Holy Synod. al
at the time o. ths marriage Although the
husband Joined the Greek Church later this
Munich, which granted Prince Wred. d.
vorce. He was seeking the same relief in Paris
| more amused over her appearance in the sociul
column than the Princess herself. who prob
account. She was at one time on the point OF
| giving concert here last winter and did
| count Of the unusually busy musical season.
| II she returns to make her public appearance
neFS seSs sr Ssrns 'ne nu h
society in some OF the newspapers will prove
| drawback to her.
| Tho fire which destroyed tho last traces OF
the white oyster house on upper Broadwa
| seems to have removed permanently from this
| region the last resort that connected New York
| with its days OF more modest places Of this
| character. The establishment burned out
| last spring had survived many vlclssitudes.
| 1t had been burned out once before when tho
| centre OF New Yorks night life was somewhat
| further downtown than II is now. 1t could
| recover then because luxury was not de-
mahded rs the inevitable accompaniment Of
| all establishments that hoped to succeed. Last
| week another oyster house that had for ten
| years enjoyed a mildly PROSPEROUS existence
retired trom business and its proprietor moved
| to less pretentious neighborhood. He said
| that it was useless to attempt to keep up with
the palm gardens and orchestras that had be-
| come necessity on upper Broadway. The
Of 6aa sde Ts
| tion OF n slight increase in prices apparently
makes no difference to patrons r. ms 90 These new
more expensive than their modest predec-s-
| sors All OF this goes for tho decorations. as
| ity OF the fare provided BY the old establish
ments. There are some who believe that the
had a bepelicial influence on the character Of
the viands, II tina. is not true tho change is
catsup bottles and thick glass wsre never at
| tractive., They have been supplan ed by sub
but contribute to:greater comfort So the
| complete disappearance OF the od-time oyster
house is not an.incident OF city life to cause
mixed regret.
| west side surface our. we'll filled with pas
sengsrs. was rolling uptown late Saturday
afternoon. when n man who sat near the front
| door shouted out:
Conductor put me Off at Tom Blanks
place. will your"
Sure" said the conductor. and then he re-
marked: That's new one on me-"
Why. you don't mean 10 say that gou don't
know where Tom Blanks place is?" said man
in the renr OF the car The conductor ad-
mitted this ignorance. and each OF the other
passengers assumed wise look. AS the car
reached one OF the crosstown streets numbered
In the sixties. the man In tho rear OF the car
called loudly to the conductor:
This is Tom Blanks place. conductor. Stop
your car"
Every passenger looked out and saw a new