The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-16
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Under the band,of every straw hat that goes
out OF their establishment 10 the date Of the
sale. 1T became tiresome." said one Of the
statesmen when he explained the new device,
TO have men coming In here with bent and
broken hats ana demanding new ones op tho
ground that they had worn them only a few
dS1S tsusiy they had tbo Worn them ,n lem
sometimes took us while to find this out ex-
actly. SO whom q man wants new hat be-
to prove to him Just how long he has had 1t.
Sometimes. these mistakes are genuine. Men
wear hat ow we are ABLE to let Them Know
exactly and can even give them the name o;
me salesman AS matter OF detail. as that IN
formation Is also placed inside the band OF the
hat"
1T seems to me-" said man with strict
ideas of business. that the pastors should not
be so much.surprissd at the di position OF some
churchgoers not to pay pew rent in the sum
mer time and to insist that their obligation be
limited only to the period In which the faclli-
ties OF the church are offered In the same
measure they are in the winter. Nothing is
more complete than the summer closing OF
the average New York church. Those which
do not shut up entirely during July and Au-
gust limit the number OF services to extent
that gives the parlshioners n very small part
Of what they get during other partS Of the
year. There is little or no music. and the
manner Of running the church must make
the expense much less than It is at any other
time. The growing belief OF the pewholdeI
that he should not he called on to pay as
much for these diminished returns seems tc
have good business foundation l am al
WAYS reminded Of q church l occasionally at
tended whenever l hear any discussion OF
church closing in summer, The congreGa-
that three ont of every ten members were
accustomed 10 20 away very early or stay
very % he5 Gss tbon %a on
three weeks. Yet the clergyman would begin
IN May TO talk about their leaving town and
that time. lie talked 1t until a long summer
holiday began to seem almost part OF their
t be as f tSe Of month one was p
pectsd to BE- out Of town until tie 1st Of oc;
that time that the services were resumed in
the regular way. | think the experience OF
that. and f the ret9rt BY holding back the p.W
rent during that period seems natural enough;
The congregations in the church mentioned
change in the character OF the service. But
that was to large extent the result OF the
change and the clergyman s evident assump-
ton that his flock had fled
Traffic southwark under ordinarily agree
able circumstances was nearly as difficult yes
terday morning as it would have been In II bliz-
zard. The cars were moving with their GUS
tomury regularity and speed. but they were
packed to an Acknowledgements any chance Of
a seat opt Of the question TO the unfortunate
who got aboard further downtown than Forty
second street. This was true yesterday morn
ing Of svcry.surface line Patient riders with
a little time on their hands are usually able
= find seat 10y waiting for it or trying another
adjacent line when one Is crowded. But there
was no relief to be found yesterday In such
tactics. space to stan! in was scarce
enough to make res EuatiOn to that method
OF travel mora difficult than usual. There
seemed only one exception to this rule of dis
comfort. Both the sixth and Madison avenue
cars that carried their passengers no further
downtown than WASHINGTON square offered
plenty OF room. while the through cars. com.
ing in the proportion Of about one 20 four OF
ho others were crowded that even the mere
task .of getting aboard seemed .impusslble,
The hopetu. expressions OF waiting passengers
who saw these half.empty cars approaching be-
fore they learned their destination was anus
ing In spite OF the temperature. The night
crowd during the recent warm weather has
been larger than at any other time owing
&c new diversion which the improved condi-
tons, OF travel have made popular in New ork.
BROOKLYN and Staten Island are no longer the
only places In which the delights of an even
ing ride arc appreciated. The METROPOLIS
night am! Is RAPIDLY becoming accustomed to
It, New York often learns its pleasures after
Ihe bicycle became popular here year or Two
after ii had become common In Il great many
other places. Probably the delights Of riding
in the open cars vii! take rs firm a hold.
The renaissance OF the roof ga rden is one OF
the significant features OF this summer.
Never before were 50 many Offering their
pleasures. Last year the supply was more
limited than il had ever been. and this years
Increase comes to put to confusion tho prCph-
cts ot its extinction. Next year it may be
possible to Judge II the slpply has been in cx-
cess Of the demand and the public taste for
such aerial resorts really overestimated. The
roof garden since it first departed from its
original plan of Offering merely a concert has
never been able to get back to that success
fully. Only one OF those to come into the field
this year offers any particular novelty Of pro-
grnmme Dancing is the mystic word in
that this means dancing not on the stage. but
by. the audience. New, York has witnessed
several such attempts during the past few
a pioneer started public balls on the roof OF
the cd blymp n and decided after short time
that New Workers were not as fond Of dancing
rs he had thought they mi"ht be. Although
his scheme was on "a ROOT. IT came during the
OF the garden was missing, Another effort
was made in Il reclaimed stable not far away,
but that was soon, cited as a proof Of New
Workers refusal to dance in hubble, Now the
eXreriluent 10 TO be tried again with the addi.
tional attraction that the customary root gar
den oilers Whether this attempt TO establish
here an imported form Of gayety with its added
local attractiyeness will be II success remains
to he seen. The temperature would seem to
he against it. When the scheme mas failed in
december there is less attra"tivencss in it in
July.
Experts have recently decided that the
European breakfast Of only coffee and rolls is
not suited to the conditions of life in New York.
where business begius 80 promptly and con.
tinues So actively that waiting until noon for
the first solid meal Oi.the day is regarded as
damaging to health In view OF this il is in
terestinE to hear the opinion OF an old New
Yorker. The American breakfast as it used
to exist he thinks, has passed away almost
entirely. or is at all events RAPIDLY going out
Of style | can remember only few years ago
when Sew York families gathered around the
breakfast table with the same regularity and
in the numbers that they do Mt dinner That
wns the regular family meeting place But
nowadays breakfast has become q meal gem
orally regulated IN large families by the per-
sUual convenience OF every separate member
They 60 at the time that suits them best and
the family interest III the gathering Is eNtsn-
slys rather than intensive. That is change
enough from the old state OF affairs to show
what u difference there has come to he in tho
family attitude toward the meal whether or