The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-11
LIVE roPIcs ABOUT ToWM.


forth new dances each year which met official
approval. but which were not taken up by
their patrons. J. was only in the public dance
halls at tho bea---s and in similar resorts In
this CITY that the so-cslled fancy dances" -four
ished and the young men and women who
praoticed them had not been graduated from
dancing school. Tho waltz held its own year
after year, but that did not seem to discourage
the dancing masters. They held convention in
New York last week and discussed the deca-
dence OF the waltzNwhich has been forced to
share the honors with the two step. and they
was m erely a fad which would soon pass away
leaving the waltz again supreme. THE BUN
on a much as The
fossor" allie ing that good dancers prefer the
waltz and that the two steps popularity Is due
who cannot learn to dance the waltz The
music dealers, however. saw that the demand ii
tRe ,Wo step ' cane In, but this Is due. &C.
cordinE to one Of them. to the fact that
composers Of popular music have turned their
%sf@h.s and n sse steps. 1 Tc my mind. he
added. some OF the best popular music which
time. The waltz has been, an International
dance sincs i was introduced on the vie9nsse
' sSosI than %S, 1 vii 1s ait sss
proved its worth and though the two stop may
DO more popular for season: lut;t A. RoIlsas
ARMY believe that watning viii outl,ye them
all" From the dancing teechers standpoint Mt
deplored. because it is the most difiicult Of all
dances to learn and the m oet profitab Bile to them.
Miss Ada Rehan, on her return to New York
Saturday. showed the result OF her long train
ing in Mr.. Days company by declining to be
interviewed. but Mr.. Dorney. who spoke for
her. said that she had been recuperatlnR on
tho coast OF Cum bsrland. England in bunRa-
low" Miss Rehan's services to the stage de-
served to be rewarded BY . vacation In some
thing moro adapted to the Cum perland coast
than q bungalow and 1t is quite possible that
Mr.. Dornoy's bungalow" may have been
OF tho Westeheste- county or the literary thea
trical type. Several women whose names
are we'll enough known TO make their
at no me by a monthly publication not long
that each Of them lived in = bungalow. though
all the way from the Colonial to the English
cottage, There was no doubt however. nut
The Bunsalow'' was printed On each woman'e
note paper. The Westchester county seheol
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raises its sh peak at east three stories. 1t
suggests that tho bungalow type had como
even eiained the Queen Anne as It's own and
only careful canvass OF the dealers In note
81 N.s lien
who havN seen the bungalow on its native
heath have not recognized It in this country
and perhaps Mr.. Dornev's speom which
shielded Miss Rehan on the Cum berland coast.
was modern ono with an extra story or two
added for comfort.
Since the advent OF the com binntion life in
surance policy" said an agent. which pro-
vldes In addition to all the henents OF the old
style policy. double the amount named in the
contract for death or disability II the accident
is received while travelling on a public con-
yeyance accident tickets have not been in SO
much demand as thcy were few years ago.
The patrons OF short term or ticket insurance
to-day are largely oecasionsl travellers or sx-
always hal serious draw backs and one OF hem
is the way n which these tickets must be
pane, to hsve Is station and the
railway station agents have heen authorized
to sell these tickets. For this privilege the
creasing portion Of the commit sions. and this
has left very small margin Of profit to the in
which were once such a feature Of railway
Travelling have apparently about outlived
their usefulness.
The men who handle baggage at the Grand
Central station have hal an unusually hard
time Of 1t for the past few days. and II one may
Judge from the number OF trunks dumped off
the incoming trains New Workers. are return
ing from the country in unusual numbers for
this time Of the year Thus far New York has
escaped = prolonged hot spell and the people
two wee In september have proved them
selves bad Epesssrs When it is lust
this nonth thus far has turned out weather
that h sSs s,s Il: 4, hH
bringing people back to town earlier than usual
The com bin alton OF the Dewey CELEBRATION and
to resist h Trunk ff we're FILED SO hsh on the
platforms around tho incoming trains at the
they ioofsd Ike ' 6arp R S fhe hotes are are
already filled and 1t looks as II out Of town visi-
tors who had neglected to engage rooms might
have to try the park benches at night
The news from Chicago that several hotels
in that city had tried men as cham bermaids"
because they could not get girls and had found
them so satisfactory that they intend to keep
them 10 borne out by such advertisements as
the following. which arc increasing in Chicago
newspapers: "wanted-.A position as second
girl by an honest and capable young man"
"Wanted-An able man to cook and wash for
q private family" "Warted a position for
general homework by a capable man"
The women who formerly did such work as
thoy have gone into tho trade and in retail
stores. whore their wages are nuoh less than
those for Homework; The testimony Of the
make better ehambermaiid ids and "second
girls" than women. and New, York has
many house keep.rs Who would hs much
this work Male stenoRraphsrs and type
writer's have com rlained because women have
cheapened wages in their field and rerhaps
the Chicago ',seeond girls" and chamber
maids" may retalate by q countsr-complaint
agein men doing their work At any rate a
little brisk competition OF that sort in New
York would be greatly appreciated by women
who have to hire domestic servants.
An enterprising haberdasher OF lower Broad
way has already made an effort to catch tho
MIN BILE dollar through the enthusiasm over the
coming yacht races. In his show window yes
terday he displayed a number Of shirts that
were gorgeous beyond description. Some OF
them had the American and the English flags
printed on the bo;omS, Others had pictures OF
tho Columbia and the Shamrock. The yachts
were about an inch high, and were about that
distance apart. A third pattern showed small
picture OF tn" shamrock on the bosoms. appro-
Jkiately green. The price Of these rnonGtros-
Id as was declared to be 81. and, strange to say.
they found ready sale.
The decorated postal card is an institution
which has never fiourished in this country to