The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-08
LryB roPics ABOUT TOWN.

stage dandy clipgs TO them nowadays 40 the
! emblem OF modishnsss. This year some OF
the florists have made an attempt to attract
fresh attention TO the flowers By supplying
them with lace paper collars that appear to In
crease their circumference By an inch or
more. but have the disadvsntageous eject
, OF destroying their beauty Of outline and
richness OF color at the same time.
Probably the device will be abandoned
soon. just as an attempt made 10 In
crease the beauty Of violsts by external means
failed several years ago One florist began
TO tie them up with purple ribbons. and within
short time no violets we're considered nt for
wear unless they had this adjunct Even
from punches OF artificial flowers the ribbons
danRled. This feature was priced nrst because
1t was taken to indicate their purchess In q
disappeared after a while. and the yioets made
nature ,o and ratRss,os had given them Every
year brings some aim liar attem pt 70 make more
seasons. ana that these attempts DO not suocssd
~ accom- plishing that result does not prove
attract . Tsss IRE ,S II rs s.ss,. e. s
accused q tryips e paint th: ly Q. do some;
they ar. least iDtsrasted. Tho BIosd~sI
G':i n SsSs. md va! %a; s'si s
customer, Illustrates the point Of view By, his
said. we'll. lust look then. at that crowd out
side the Windows"
One OF the most successful novels published
In recent years was q translation from the
works OF a foreign author who has written
many romances that are moro highly valued In
his own country. although they are not much
known here. None OF the other specimens OF
his work offered for sale here has ever APP
preached the sensational popularity OF the nrst
novel by which he became widely known here,
and the principal salesman In o large book
! shop was asked the other day the reason for
this discrimination. In view OF the fact that his
other works are regarded - more typical OF his
style. THE reason for that was hard for the
dealers to understand at frst," was the reply.
because he thought that after one great sue
| cess. his novels would oil be In demand. But
| their sale was small and Il was not until q
woman customer aeold,nsaliy mentioned Thy
was i'm possible or her to Der the names
| second lime until she was nearly through the
book. They. were In an unfamiliar language.
and AMT The eontu.ion Of any resder Of action wa;
easy enough TO understand. That same s1plane-
surs to snoy Ssfs popu
! larty he enjoys in Europe. He writes about
the people OF another country. which has =
for an American reader to pronounce or re-
member He 10 nearly the most popular author
! popularity here has never bs.n great Some
enterpri.ing publisher mar some DAY try the
with the names rendered In easy lntelligibis
form. and II " be interesting then to observe
what effect this has on their popularity"
| Friends OF Anton seidl will be glad TO learn
that his widows affair. have been arranged in
way which makes 1t possible for her TO live
In comfort. The sum raised by the benent
performance last year was s12 900. and Mrs.
seldi presented It to Columbia University. and
! 10 enjoying the income OF II during her lie
time. Her husbands music. which represented
: o large Investment. was also presented to the
college. Mr.. Seidl was one OF the few
conductors who spent his own money to
buy music. Most conductors are employed
: by orchesiras which buy their own music
! and it happened that for some years he was
sired. FREQUENTLY these were played only .
few times and could not be used again, as pub
| Catskiil homo and ives there dur.ng much OF
the the Ssnen, isnd. t the seid BOOK and the prop.
erty he lett, now amounts 70 sufAelent to SUP
Rs modest Che h asr
given M the idea o. teaching. which she con-
templated for while.
Elsa Rueggsr. the Swiss 'cellist OF Belgian
training who WAS heard here for the nr.t time
on sunday night at Carnegie Hall. will owe
! much OF her success In this country to the
charm OF her personality. although she 10 not
a beauty In reality and her photographs have
somewhat exaggerated that phase OF her at
effectiveness. But her modssty OF bearing.
! combined with certain old-fashIopsd grace.
will always prejudice audiences In her favor.
! or her we'll sstab lished title to artistic merit
| there oan be- no further question. That
! 10 we'll established. She wore pink and
| yellow roses IN her hair and at
! her waist, and was dressed In q
! flowing white satin gown that made no pre-
! tencs at any curren, mods. Her eostume. II
Of attrsctivsnsss and the ,psrt which sh. was
10 take in the concert Itis open to question
.d DER bscomins to women. Thers are almost
@S..d T sa2: sS S:sS Is az. &. Nm .sa ]
her cello and was Photographed. than
nh s.n va. she ao: RI se"S sss fi s toR
f fsar:. and the pnblic Is not unmnd,ul o. such
feature. q r. I;.Io99ltaa eSnS g in a.iis
OF olii sni loyeins.. Tie MsiropoI.
.sh Far fI a" the soosts Vent. Mm. Jseobs and
| Maconda are American. aud Henry Waller,
although born In England. has passed most OF
| his life here.
The messenger boy who was arrested for the
| theft OF $500 from Wall street law firm which
had employed him was the exception which
proves the rule The boy was ssnt to cash =
draft. and he never came back with the money
! The messenger boys employed by the large
| Wall street banking and brokerage Offices are
trusted every day with large sums OF money.
| and very rarely does one OF them prove untrue
to his trust. The rush OF business In that part
oftown Is 30 great during tho hours devoted to
| It that 1t 10 necessary to employ messengers
frequently to trhnsisr valuable securi-
ties and money, Tho young men who
serve as messsngera hre Just begin
ming a course OF Wall street training
| and sons of them are sons OF wealthy parents
who will ultimately start them in business for
| themselves. A oo'ored man brought into a
large hank downtown one day last week q
handbag which he carelsssly pushed oyer the
receiving tellsr's glass partition. The hepo.i-
tors who were standing in line behind the
| cnlored man saw the teller open the bag and
| take out eight large packages OF green backs
| They varied IN denomination from So TO 500
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