The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-30
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appeared. Ihe macRlntOsn passed through
the various stages usually allowed to such
garments. At one time II was highly fashion;
able, then only its utility was considered. and
finally there was nothing more mod ish about
ibaeSr s Shoes tha Bu th s9 sooner %as aG SSd the ep Great al r nse.
%iulness, Of, the thing been recognized than 7
began 70 DECLINE steadily yd in pu6 bile, favor ave ~. Until 81
i as a i.shion@6ie garment, Just as there have
ESkfsnoes Of fashion. and the ,Thlriiuiis may
favor. Ii has been superseded generally by
cloth, conts Of . kind similar, to the covert coats
S wH1ehh r iam9 l. ' noSsI nSInt tRe s% soIi,o Iw'e Execution yttfhrs
10 the rule that fashions change. rs conte OF
This kind have never beer, out of the fashion
they have the additional prestige of. having
influenced another fashion for men thut had
The varying scale OF prices for flowers Of
the same kind and quality. which one quickly
notices In buying from dealers In different
parts Of The city. is regulated by rent and fash
ion. The big florists who monopolizo the busi-
ness of furnishing floral decorations for the
large weddings. receptions and dinners sell
their flowers at very nearly uniform prices.
but the hundreds of small florists all oyer the
city have prices which vary grently. Flowers
buy them generously in good times md as
%stinGily as they, may In hard ines. This has
SSe esTs, an on n531 , : Gopr5 ripsSE ss0Tas,6 season aa al fo Of t ths
large public dinners have been elaborate and
costly. At a dinner given a few nights, ago by
o little group OF men who serve the city and
Ssst alto ' cost nearly $2,p06. The fashionable
much for their flowers as do their modest
competitors, and they probably would cease to
When the demand exceeds the supply there Ia
n squeeze In the flower market and prices go
up more rnr,dly than stocks In q bull market.
dozen telegraphed to a friend several weeks
and send them TO a certain address, When
he returned to towP he discovered that his
friend had bought them at n time when the
market was short and as a result he had paid
Just S2l q dozen for them.
William Payne. who died in the old Lefrerts
farmhouse in Brooklyn last week. was II deco
rator in London before he came to this coun-
try and he was the artist called upon regularly
to decorate the Crystal Palace for gala occa-
sions. Thirty-fve years ago he bought a part
of the old Lefcrts estate IN what was then the
outskirts Of BROOKLYN and made his home in
self to the study Of history and to increasing
the collection Of curioS and ANTIQUES which he
Mr.. PAYNE declined to sell his collection. but
women whom he knew would appreciate them:
some years ago Mr.. Payne altered the old
insn e Sroen Gy 50 n" thnt It os should uHT face face on Snq H ITtsey
street. Since he settled there brooklyn has
grown away put BEYOND Haisey street in 500
neiEhborhood was famous have all disap-
peared.
II was swindled out OF 40 cents last week.
said a man whose office is in West Thirtieth
street. "by a fellow who earned his money. ana
his work interested me so much that | made
inquiries and discovered that three OF my no.
! Quaintauces had been worked by him in the
same manner. He came to my Office and said
thnth he wanted to leave with me the flower seeds
| ordered by my wife. ] told him that I knew
nothing about them. He proved very quickly
! that he kew all about them. He told n cir
cumstantial story about taking tho order from
my, vile at our home in the suburbs and he
t ond me th.t my f E@thsET vn ha s, Whoa Eod pane aIso
bought seeds from him: Moreover he told me
where lived in New York 2 year ngo before
me that the man was honest and Ms there was
only 80 cents to pay on the package ! accented
that she had never ordered them. It did not
seem probable to me-. however. that-anv man
time to io"; up nv various Gddresses and that
OF my fatner-in-law and | thought that there
must be a mistake to account for it; It wasa
worked all Of the offices in my neighborhood.
In each case he knew, various details about
the man, no APPROACHED. which made his story
seem plausible. The same amount OF en-
| ergy and skill would bring that fellow success
In almost any honest business"
The reported profits OF a firm OF restaurant
proprietors In the Tenderluin have tempted
| several outsiders.to enter the field. and among
them n Chicago restaurant proprietor who has
recently leased u building for the purpose,
The patrons Of all-night restaurants In the
Tenderloin are tickle, however. and several
| men who have ventured to cater to them have
come to grief. One OF these restaurants was
opened on Broadway seven or eight years ago
| and for a time 1t hourished. When tables Of
a rival restaurant across the street were va
cant this restaurant was SO crowded that IL
was necessary to engage tables before hand to
night the other restaurant was brilliantly il
Illuminated and empty, The proprietor was
gas. For 20 apparent reason, because the
two restaurants were modelled on, the same
Of The Oder one LETT It suddenly and vent over
to reward the man who burned gas and wait
I'd. The PROPRIETOR OF, the deserted restaurant
then he failed. The Tenderloin now has al.
most as many all-night restaurants as saloons.
One OF the members Of tho Aston Battery
brought back as a souvenir a.machete which
he obtained from a Filipino guard Of Aguin-
aldo's army. The Aston Battery man and n
companiop had occasion to'cross the FiIipinos'
lines and they expected to run the pickets.
Just as they were congratulating themselves
on their success they were held up by n picket.
who brought them to a halt with n flourish of
his machete and asked them to give an account
OF Themselves, They had no right to be with;
in the Filipino lines. and II they were arrested
they foresaw all manner of subsequent diff
cultias. The Aston Battery man had proflted
BY tales which he had heard. and pointing to
the machcte, he asked:
How much?"
The Filipino understood the question md
his expression changed He hesitated n mo-
ment and then set a price on his wGnpon equiv
alent TO 81 OF American, money. II was a very
ordinary. machete. and. his price was eXtrava-
giant. ",All right, - said the Aston Battery man
aud giving the picket 50 he took his machets
and walked on. thus not only acquiring an In
t~erestlng souvenir, but eXtricatinE himself
and his COMPANION from whit might have
been OH awkward predicament.
DIDN'T TELL THE COR FORTUNE.
Magnus, PalmiAt and Scientist" Dis
charged by Magistrate Mott.
James Caput Magnus Of III West Fifteenth
street, "A cripple, was arraiGned before MagiS-