The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-30
LIVE roPIcs ABoUr TOWN.


OF these remarkable assemblies. Tho slightly
bucoic character this audience possessed will
| probably not be duplicated often during the
year. for the transients now In the city are to
be seen only at the first performances. But
the salient quality OF the first night gathering
promises to remain the same. III one box on
Monday night sat woman who was formerly
conspicuous in the chorus before she moved
to a Western metropolis and attracted more
attention than she ever had here. Scattered
among the spectators were great many I'M
in club and social life. and few sun burned
Iobodies back from the summer resorts and
tending one OF the. 1rst performances, OF the
year. They seemed to be oppressed by, the
that they Ts s dosg q
mortals and ohattered self consciously. There
was the customary number OF handsomely
%o %iS t6. Gf escor Only
| eeppe stranger present attracted any attention.:
The woman was eyldenty not New Yorker;
Sss ' sGo Dressed athoSsh mot con
splcuous In that respect. II was the display Of
Would have .ea spG @ to Res an n
whore. She wore q number OF handsome dia-
mond pins. her fn.ers were covered with
some comb studded With diamonds. 1t was
the chain around her neck, though. that
together. It was probably three yards long
and every link contained good sized diamS S,
highters open their eyes.
| Clarence Andrews, who has been heard OF in
New York recently more through his matri
monial troubles than in any other way. lives
now in England aud has taken up his resi-
dence there permanently. Mr.. Andrews was
at one time an impresario OF social and must
| cal performances In this city after the fortune
| left to him by his father had been swept away
| through the dishonesty OF his trustees. 1t
may interest Mr.. Andrews's friends in New
| York to know that he has continued this line
OF employment In London. He is the man
aRer. moreover. of an American singer. Chew
alier Scovel. who has Just returned to tho
comic opera stage in England. He sang there
several years ago In La Cigale" and then. de-
Gliding that the dignity OF grand opera was
more to his liking. returned to Italy and sang
Is. tho husband Of the rich American woman
q Sss has i S1sd
many years. returning occasionally to this city
dependent on the, earnings, Of his profession
and Is able to indulge his taste for any style
.sg
more or less certain Of that fact HIMSELF His
| sister. who was at one time Miss May Field
musical farces given at the theatre during
also living abroad. CSeValisr seove NV was
singing in chnrch choir In New York at the
Andrews will not conflne his business to the
management OF his compatriot. but will be-
| come an impresario on much larger scale.
Tho literary ability Of New Workers in So
ciety has increased or they find it easier to get
their writings published" said a bookseller
yesterday. I'VE have recently received four
works from one publisher. written by men and
women more or less well-known In society.
| Two OF these were works Of fiction written by
| mon. and the others were works OF travel
| written by man and woman. Usually these
| authors are not dependent on the sale OF their
work for a livelihood. and there are some
grounds for believing that the merit OF their
| books Is not the only element In II that de-
| termines whether or not 1t shall be published.
| But there are other writer's. we'll known In so
| ciety. able to hold their own in any struggle
with tho professional novelist. Ono woman.
| who has never found that her social duties in
terfered very seriously with her work. has
| recently built house. to which she proudly
| points as the result OF her literary work during
the past four years. Her works are always in
demand. and she never finds any trouble in
| dlsposng OF them at advantageous figures.
| The fact that she has independent means does
not interfere with her ability to take rank
among the best known OF American writer's Of
fiction; The most popular book OF short stories
S %omsn Of FS social POSITION here and in
rom n he %S.n t .Ss
would otherwise have taken part. The stories
trst attTaetsd attention BY the rssmsrkrblss
an sXneriensed writsr The General public
which bought these stories knew pothing
| as they were concerned, abe might have been
SpmPletsiy unkn0T1 The general public
reason. Books may be written BY authors OF
great position and wealth. but unless they are
PHy them 6ns ses e 81 sss p fn
happened some years age. whom about tho
best knSwp young man in this county Erots
indulge himsef in this luxury. His book was
rot Of a kind to appeal to popuiar taste; In
Rers W we're .ns not Copies OF the book so
In the case OF amateur authors not 80 well
II comes chiefly from their friends. their enc
mics and those people who buy books under
sr Is
less the work has really deserving qualities"
American phianthopists this year have been
Ewing assistance to struggling artists OF talent.
and ono Of the greatest musicians Of tho day
owes his training to the generosity OF New
| York millionaire. whose llberality enabled him
to retire for a period OF years and devote him
| self to study. Another young artist IL coming
to this country to appear in a music hall after
| having created a great sensation in European
| cities. She Is young Australian. Ada Colley.
who has soprano voice OF phcnomenaly high
range. or at least did have such voice year
ago. She not only possessed then remark
| ably high notes. but unlike most singers who
have bsen exploited for this gift, her tones are
full and round. not the squeak Of mouse in a
wall. Her voice was OF such quality that she
was entitled to be counted in the group which
includes such notable Australians as Nine,
Melba. who ia to-day the most famous OF tho
singers produced by that country and Ada
| Crossey. another young Australian recent
ly heard much OF IN London. She was
helped by an Australian millionaire now
living in London. and her musical educa-
ton was supplied through tho lberslity OF this
wealthy antiquarian. Miss Coley began to sing
| FIRST in the music halls. and her appearances
have so FAR been confined to them, Her voice
Is said to he quite uncuItvated. which makes
| OF her achievements even more remarkable,
Their artist ic value at present may be Rat hered