The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-25
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.
Now that the roof garden on q fashionable
hotel 10 to be closed to oil who do not bring
cards Of admission or happen to live In the
house. the first attempt has been made to
limit the privileges hitherto dealt out TO the
masses. There have been from time to time
vague protests against the accessibility to all
persons OF the principal hotels and restau-
rants. Once several years ago cards we're sent
to certain mon who we're. patrons OF the hotel
asking their assistance in keeping the hotel as
free as possible from all Objectionable persons.
Another effort In this direction was the I'M
pleasant experience OF q popular actress and
her escort. who waited for somebody to serve
them until Il became evident that the lack OF
attention shoyE to them was not an aecidont,
luxurious estate seemed to be strongest In
those. persons who were not wanted there.
the goal OF a class for when it was not In:
tended. The same experience was repeated
passed through one prosperous season, The
informality customarily associated with, this
Kind Of resort made this new part OF .he hotel
had been In the past. The result was a crowd,
and the sort Of 9 crowd that even in the liberal
seemed somewhat at variance with the sur
roundings, That popularity did not ESCAPE
the roof garden viii be possible only to those
persons who have Tickets or are well known in
the hotel = ,h. There VIII be No ar Restaurant 81 SIIc ~ there RE-
new plan viii doubtless have the efect Of linn.
Ting tho ATTENDANCE to the persons who are
estinG. as It marks the first effort to deal with
2 question that has been much discussed DUR
wondered to. what extent a proprietor could
control the character OF his guests and how he
could do i: The question has now been put te
When the automobile grows moro numer-
GUS than 1t 10 now and becomes moro accepted
as q means OF travel one advantage will as
surediy not result from Its use. Travel in the
streets is not to be any q~uieter because the
horses hoofs are supplanted by pneumatic
tires. The blood.curdling jangle OF the auto
mobiles bell is heard on upper Broadway
with a noisy regularity that was ormerly The
exclusive privilege OF the cable car. In any
crowded section OF the city this warning bell
Is bound 10 be o feature OF all the vehicles. So
whatever advantage OF speed or comfort 1t may
6PSIss. ths e not nSFs tss b. fpr aloas Which Tlil mot Makes es
its progress audible. The noise OF the We:
hicles as they roll swiftly through a side street
| cIiaifiy when the streets are asphalted and the
! vehicle, Ia, able to travel rapidly. The sound
ger In comparison with, the noisy reverbera-
ton Of the wheels as the carriage. untram-
. %sl,sa az ~ n tsafn'' f sEse nois s" e mahe sse sh eT0i Is
OF a kind to terribly anybody unfemlliar with It's
cause, and this Is experienced with double
out seeing the vehicle.
"Ths fashion OF numbering the streets in
New York" eaid q traveller who had lust re-
turned from the South. is not beautiful. and
the numbered ones do not serve the same his
toric or aesthetic purpose az those further
downtown, but they are probably useful in en-
abllne a person to estimate distances. For
t~unately the numbered streets have for the
present generation no historic significance. as
all that there was OF local historic interest 10
connected with the downtown thorouRhfares
that retain their old names. In two or three
generations there may be regret that places In
occurred are diepifed only by numbers. The
sxeuse that business ps ness 9 Tn1L requires s}Y ssar saH ph% nIa
as the streets downtown devoted first 70 bust
ness were never designated In that way. 1t is
outside OF New York. however. hat .hs effects
worst form, Washington has long. been the
most notable example Of this lack oi imaeina.
e essus In n an ,hs stFss1s ~ " Son s9Sle nesef YET ct
there are cities In this country which show the
effects OF this system much more painfully
for toefi nstanss. was directed 70 a house; at the
corner OF n and on streets. There we're many
found in the town. and It seemed, to me that
the first t2wn to adopt such a PA was re-.
sDOnslDle LOT a great uedt tndt teHueu W Hbke
the eye mechanical"
The marriage Of Robert Cutting 70 Minnie
Ssligman. which has Just entered its last stage
In the divorce courts. was different In ono
most important particular from that Of most
actresses to men not In professional life. Mr..
Cutting was at one time an snth usiastic ANA
teur actor. and It was during his greatest In
terest in this diversion that he met and mar
ried Miss Selieman. After their marriage he
made n few professional appearances. but
soon gave up acting altogether. In the period
Of Mrs. Cuttings retirement from the stage,
during which she had never wholly given up
the idea OF acting at some future time. her
husband was most interested In her plans and
anxious to make her professional career. when
she again assn med II. as advantageous as DOS
sibie. This attitude toward her return to the
ataRe continued until the BEGINNING Of her st.
Louis engagements. Mr.. Cutting. after his
return TO New York. was seen occasionally at
the opera last winter. but was In other re-
spects az inconspicuous as possible. and all
that was heard OF the DISAGREEMENT between
him and his wife was teleRraphed here from
st. Louis. Apart from his presence here
while his wife was In. ST. Louis. there was
nothing to lsad the world TO believe that there
had been any disagreement between them.
Mrs. Cuttings Intention OF returning to the
stage was announced publicly as long ago as
the time when Richard Mansfield assumed
the MANAGEMENT OF the Garrick Theatre. She
for the season, which. owing to his ill-fortune
- Rhn nuNaAk hA ~Aa n hlA IN 0iVA