The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-28
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served in Cuba are suffering from recurrence
OF the fevers which they contracted there. The
, danger OF the recurrence OF these levers has
already been recognized in this city. where.
during the spring and the early days of sum-
mer, many OF the men who were attacked In
| Cuba and Porto Rico with malarlol levers had
serious occurrences.
IN addition TO this. number Of soldiers
and officers. who either by good luck or good
while in the West Indies last year. have had
attacks since returning and IN some cases
cure. One Of those who was thus attacked
was p!r. John Nee. Woodbury.. who was Sur.
II. Wilson in Porto Rico and had charge OF the
sanitation Of Ponce. He kept we'll while he was
there, but the fever appeard this year while he
vas at home. He also had as patients. sui
fcring from the same trouble. Erskire Hewitt
y son Of former Mayor Hewitt. who wos teI-
and several other officers who we're In the
same rarty
The course OF an eNtraVagant ana erring
match in a Broadway restaurant he other
night nearly led to disaster and as 1t whs
succeeded in spelling the supper hour for two
parties seated at adjoining tables. They were
not acquainted when they sat down. but sue
cce0tnG events tlrcw them into very close and
excited relations for few moments At one
table were man and a woman while at the
next sat two roriles The man with his COM
match against the box which the waiter hand
cd to him with as much IMPORTANCE as II 1T
were as valuable as, the handbag taken from
saturday. The match was scratched several
times without effect ana an emphatic rub TX;
pited it finally. The head flew Off as it lit and
landed comfortably i'll the lace crown Of an
elaborate hat worn by one of the two women
at the adjoining, table Neither she nor her
see an apparently sane man rise suddenly
from his seat and knock the ha: Violently from
of the floor while the four peope jumped to
their feet and one OF the two men IN the party
anrarently assaulted one Of his comranions SO
ineHnlicnbly: The woman saw the burning
hat Erst 1t was rot enttrely DESTROYED, al,
i to eXtingush the flame had about finished
IFS usefulnssg Tor the future. The man who
not ,ruits certaiu wha; had happened. as tho
pliseI her OUT OF the gena humor customary
N the restaurant at that hour The men with
her to1E hi apology with as little grace Iis
~ toMard.th2 unfortunate man. They eyed
him disapprovineIy and their conversation
best in his power to prevent what might have
been the, yery serious results Of an accident
for which he was not responsible but he hau
disturbed the enjoyment of the restaurant, in
a way the? did not approve. So he nut his
GiSnr into ms ROCKET RAID MS G nee star sft
With his companion. Even She seemed to
feel n certain sympathy with the sentiment OF
the restaurant.
New Yorkers who spend the mos money in
entertaining are never SO lavish as the Lon
don hosts who provide music at their houses.
II was an American who paid Pade-e wski
$1,000 for appearing at two musicaes, but he
lives in London. and was only endeavoring to
compete with others in the set he desires to
move in. Nine. Melba now gets $1,000 for
singing in London drawing rooms and is said
TO have had eleven engagements during the
season at that price. This demand Tor their
services at private houses makes the London
opera q matter Of secondary Importance to the
singers who are popular in drawing rooms. No
such prices are paid for their services here.
The highest sum ever raid here was given last
winter to Nine. Sembrich. That was $1,000
for musicale IN Il private house. The opera
satisfies the public demand for musical per.
formnnces during the winter to an extent
which makes the outlny OF such sums for pri-
waite entertain ments seem unnecessary to
subscriptions than the London boxholders are
requires to do Nine. Melha of course. re-
ceives less than half as much Tor her operate
private APPEARANCES. Last year she devoted
herself almost exclusively to them during tn"
I.ondc,n season. Some amusing compca-
tons have grown out Of private engagements
here. once voinist consented to play for
ballroom. He was irrltated to observe that
some walters handed a Jout ice cream while
ierruption he demarded his customary fee
for playing in private houses on the ground
that ices were never part OF regular concert
Another singer engaged to entertain some
guests after:dinner left after singing twice COR
their amusement. She had been engaged to
nay moro than two thirds Of the amount stip-
uateh The singers defence was that she had
been Ike pt waiting later than the hour stimulated
ana had other engagements to fill tina, evening
and therefore had to leave. She brought suit
for the whole amount. but the suit was settled
York ever had SD intorestn n conclusion as
one that took place several years ago in Lon
don. A butler handed prima donna check
on a silver waiter in the presence Of most OF
tho guests. She burst into tears and rushed
out Of the room. But she accepted it in more
formal fashion later.
The pedestrian who selects the pre- sent ex-
tension OF Elm street as a means OF walking
UPTOWN vii! find there the freedom from
crowds so sought by those who walk for ex-
ercs, with no greater inc onveniencs than a
few blocks of unpayed street. TO compensate
for this he will see more stages OF New Iork's
city lite than any other single street can show.
The work OF evtensoa has left OK nosed some
residences hidden for years in the towering
business blocks around them. and interesting
as it exists to-day. There is tenement house
life to he seen.iL the lower blocks Of the street.
and oqt OF me customary crowded windows
light and air given to them by the removal OF
the buildings opposite. Some large office
buildings. hitherto hidden in the middle OF a
block have acquired IA new facade and with /.
Increased value. Other. less fortunately 10;
Gated are 50 thin that future generations will
wonder at the vaEarles Of tasta which selected
their site. At prcsent the feature most en-
joyed is that which transfers to thess down
town regions the delights Of shantytown.
Stretches Of ,unpaveG street furnisl fields for
many Il baseball game during the day and the
trucks standing on them in the evenings sup
py meeting places enjoyed by all the neigh
IOrho0d. All day the children play in these
lots with an enthuS, asn. which seems born Of
the knowledge that they are MOTTO he accessi-
he long.
Blanche Walsh fingered for several wears
after she became a well-known actress in her
fathers old home In City Hall place When
she did move she took an apartment on the
! upper west side. After trying life there for a
while her father decided that It.was too late
for him 10 make SO decided Il change in To-
| calty and no returned to the region in which
ho formerly lived. Miss Walsh bought n house
several years ago in brooklyn and lived there
with mother when not her travels