The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-22
LIVE 1opIcs ABOUr TowN.'

One oil the eXpdtTluteu A"OtiSuho hNihk hOW
in England has accepted the customs Of that
country and adopted shooting as a means Of
aristooratlo diversion. His preparation for
this means of passing leisure time was not OF
nature to enable him to take It up suddenly at
his age Nor Is his record thus far Of kind to
make Il seem possible that he will utimStely
find az much enjoyment as he expected in TINS
new Held Already he nas sn0' on nwo on game
nouncement OF his Intention to organize a
shooting party l. received Win t riy " ms
domestic ese6lish Ssh Americans Y in london
society custolnarily struggle. for his house has
been visited by certain aukust persohiaEe WHO no
e a%sst Stipulated there were a, shoot.
should not be member OF IL.
Ienace Paderewski Is prouder OF the wine
made on his Swiss estate than he Is OF his red
hair and has told many Of his friends this year
OF its admirable qualities lie mas suihcient
courage to take II himself. and mas Drought
with him here some specimens OF the vintage.
A fayorite wine among some OF the artists In
the Opera Company is made on the estate OF
Thomas salignac near Marseilles. Edouard
de Reszke has been fearless enough to
stock his cellars with IT, whi nI.o ot ps,.
gn1sSA th SnsssnG si M% aad cSsh Gese
LollI has Tor some years hal vineyard n Italy
aud subsidized several Italian table d,hots es-
This judlcious com bination Of art and com
merce has exlsted In other forms, One OF the
Sotei al another Sn p had small coal mine 10 bel.
GUM and q third owned a shoe factory IN tbs
south Of T sbS@ Al. ASkcqsart pfoS q
Will he worked IN the Fields about his home
az Bruges He is shown wearing wooden
shoes. a broad straw hat and a loose blouse
with rake in his hand He is scarcely rec2g-
nizable as. the romantic hero oil so many VIM
ter matlnGes
"One recent i'm provemont In street car travel
in New York" said q fur dealer yesterday. as
he looked disconsolately into Broadway. has
seriously damaged our business. Since the
heating Of tho cars reached its present condi-
ton the necessity for the fur overcoat Is very
much less than 1t ever was before Men who
formerly thought u fur lined coat was inds-
ponsnble now Ind only few days OF the year
In which II can be used. II was " most de-
mand always for street-car travel when in tho
old days Il was impossible to keep warm u tho
weather was cold, Nobody il uncomfortable
tenn perature may be. and II IL rather a bu rden
than otherwise TO be warmly dressed In them'
Tho extent to which amateur thcatrcals
have followed the elaborate productions made
to- day by professionals was shown last week
when the strollsrs gave their entertainment at
the Waldorf. Nothing so ambitious IN this di"
rcction had ever been undertaken before and
the play might have been Intended for a run OF
six months 50 far as tho outlay for Il vas con-
cerned. New scenery was painted. and this
was OF kind unavailable for any other pro-
ducton. New costumes. equally character
istic OF this play only, were prepared. and there
was long l-t Of professional employees TO be
paid for their work In preliminary arrange
ms1t; and rehearsal o, Il, was PrSsa ne
Waldorf Astoria were not less 5000 The
club. OF course. owns the scenery and costumes
amount on them. The whole undertaking
would seem unnecessarily eItrnvagant werr II
twice az much AS the expenditures. SO that the
clubs object OF making money l9r Itself and
various charities was accomllshsd reanlly.
that without this expenditure TO make the per.
tormancc ~ nearly as possible equal ZONE oil
actor such a reward would have been i'm pos
sible.
Della Rogers Is n young American singer
who studio in Paris. sang in various European
cities and met with success. so she Is naturally
an Nious to appear In her own country with the
brilliant organ cation which Is duartered at
the Metropolitan. Miss Rogers cnmo &C this
country two months ago. owing to the Illness
OF her father. went TO her old homo IN the West
and finally started on her way back TO Europe.
She urclu"u' o.NcNcT' 'hht " nIRht NJ Ichst
be worth whiIe TO attempt to break into the
Metropolitan. ~ spite Of tho large number
Of sopranos there who keep In such excel
lent health while tenors fall by the way
side. There was no. place vacant for
Miss Rogers. but the American conf
d-nce and pluck which had carried
her along before. even when far away from her
own country. came To- her assistancc."ven when
| she contemplated u list Of singers like that 81
| the METROPOLITAN sopranos. Instead Of returu-
ing to Furpp" without her ambition cratthed.
she moved to \ hotel near tn" Opera, and Is
there ready to hear the first message that calls
her across the street take her place on the
programme. Miss Rogers Ia not vet certain
| that this mesSac" IL going to come. but she
| has taken a." rrocautlon to be near enough TO
| hear IL If Il does.