The sun., 1899-12-16
LIVE ToPICs ABOUT TOWM.

Notwithstanding his age. he seems. 80 Tar as
voice and spirits are concerned. to be In his
very prime. He came out to the dinner OF the
st. Andrews Society the other evening and
spoke with such good humor. vigor, and In
such full voice. that IL was almost In the
Z nature Of a surprise. even to those who know
him. when he reminded the company that he
had lived to within sixteen years OF a century.
But Mr.. Goodwin 10 not looking backward.
Only incidentally he paused to remark. by way
OF emphasis. that as q boy he had ridden on the
second railroad in the country. that from Cam
den to Amboy. and h had ID lived to see the
100000. 900 tons OF freight annually and run
pot pot seven Yen but seventy s9d eignty miles an an
/ he was talking In part to the chairman OF the
J dinner. MIR. Andrew Carnegiel that the grit OF
| this Yankee nation was going to carry through
| His words and manner were so inspiring that
| the applause which followed his speech was
sponss to sioouent perods. hut tribute to the
rugged octogenarlan himself.
Although tho work Of tearing down the old
Murray Hill Reservoir has progressed per-
haps as rapidly as people expected. there are
many persons in New York who would like to
see the work performed magically and the new
! library already standing on that site. They
| are chiefly persons who have to use the Public
Library for reference. They are getting good
exercise now running back and forth from one
to another OF the library's branches. Even
those who have pride In their personal philoso.
ply occasionally murmur The Rev. DR.. z.
Walpole Warren took occasion to vent his re-
sentiment at the unavoidable conditions that
s SS CdS anne at ha
tan, His obligation tn speak upon the South
African difre,,,.nees which gave rlse to the
British Boer War made II necessary for him
to consult several authorities. and no sought
Them a. s ts' New Nsx YSIk Public Ti6TsTy; Asioi
sought at the I.enox was sure to be at the AS
tor, he said. and when went down to the
ep sSou The et in asns way to do
credit to . second-class automobile"
Britain has been predominant on the seas
for so long that It 10 a common notion that
British sailors are about as good sailors as
there are. That Is not the opinion OF sailor
men held BY all captains In the Brtith mer-
chant marine by any means And the captains
are not afraid to say 30 even when q look over
their crews does not disclose that a percent
age. sometimes high. the crew ia OF foreign
nationality. A captain Of ono OF the Atlantic
liners In this port the other day was bewaling
the fnct that his crew were Britlshers He
wasn't bit particular about the kind OF Brit
lshers he called them. no more so than the
typical old skipper Of the sea story books In
the tlmes OF the wind-lamners. He'd
.''sfs "'S' fGSs saIes. %f%s sh.esi Aaa
q esheas H1 tss sens I. o sns SSarss,H, s
and so glad are the captains TO- get a crew not
crews no two members oi Witch T under lei the the
boatswain are OF the same nationality This
Is not because the captaip has had to take such
men as he could get, but because he took these
9y preference. One British ship that visits
this port LEFT here recently with a crew COM
4 Madagascar negro, a Greek and a Hanssrisn..
The Captain said that he would always take
could get them. although he Ia an Engilshman.
The CAPTAINS do not always specify the reasons
ey c es
they are not much less independent.
A young and bright Brooklyn matron has re-
Gently devoted hours In developing the possI-
bilitles of church fair. The fair lasted several
nights and the energetic young matron sold
great number OF articles to her personal
friends. most OF them from New York. These
articles we're TO be delivered by the energetic
one. Yesterday morning she decided that It
was time TO hand over to her patrons tho
beautiful gewgaws which were to be delivered.
They were very bulky. They were to be de-
liNered in Now York. The enhancing young
Brooklyn matron thought that they could be
delivered by messenger boy. but when the
bulk Of the articles was considered Il was plain
that that was out Of the question. 30 the
paid ~ TO deliver the goods on which a pront o
OF $3.50 had been made, but all this was In the
ng, and The Sun supposss that It's I all right
John Fl. Breslln OF the Glsey House said last
week that he was going to move uptown In
May to overtake some OF his old patrons who
had left him because his hotel was not far
enough from the Battery 1t was not many
years ago that the Gilsey House was too far up
town for busy mon who came to New York
Mr.. Breslln is undoubtedly justified In his be-
lief that ho IL now we'll south OF the fashionable
hotel district. Il should say." said n hotel
man. that Fifty-ninth street comss pretty near
being the eentrs, Of the fashionable hotel dis
trct but wouldn't venture to guess how long
1t will stay there. People In this town take our
and thus don't realize that they th' represente %
much greater create; dey.lopnent than our theatres
finest In the city ten years ago are now very
much outclassed SO far as the appointments
since % TIL soe hS have
the greater the number Of new hotels the
the sSs 4.e fer
w hssf all a:ns Ss Sos: s:; that
this first one each Bigger than its o aa,eweq
or at any rate more eNpensively appointed. and
nssn Ct hs y sra%s sxs q ssse b r. SssS
large country places around New York. Tho
Increased interest In country life holds the
owners OF these places away from the city until |
winter has begun in earnest. Their stay in
New York probably Il mt longer than three or
four months and the big new hotels furnish
them lust as luxurious and exclusive accom-
modations as they could find in u city house
Many OF them have consequently become
citizens of the country places where they live. |
and when they come to the city they 20 to |
hotels II would probably surprise you to ace
the long list Of wealthy New Yorkars who now
SPEND their winters 10 hotels. and who, a few |
years ago; mi aintained city houses. We have
tho finest hotels In the world In thia city and |
visitors from abroad comment on that fact
The experience at the last Sunday concert |
showed that tho encore nuisance can readily
be suppressed through the exc else Of little |
hrmness. Mr.. Damrosch. who was conducting.
very wisely refused to allow any OF the art sta |
during the earlier part Of the evening To sInu |
more than the mum bers set down for them |
There was the customary amount OF noisy
applause and seem lngly Il WAS not going 10 |
end until the artist had appeared and sung op |
played once again. The racket did contInns
but when Il became evident that there were 10 |
be no, repetltions under any circumstance, IL |
subsid-d and the concert proceeded in a way
that delighted nine out OF every ten people In
the audience. :"