The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-27


zone OF the largest real estate deals that has
been discussed for many years." said real
estate agent. rs now being considered
By an English syndicate. and II IL goes
through, II will mean the regeneration
OF q part OF New York that has
long been thought to be hopeless. The scheme
ia to buy five blocks OF old buildings IN the
Tenderloin precinct west Of sixth avenue and
rage them 10 the ground. The buildings In
question are q cheap class Of tenement houses
95 worse the soc prTate the pssp alter the
English fashion and the blocks surrounding IL
are 70 be used for hieh-class apaTtment
warrant. Such a change. would transform the
entire neighborhood. and az II is conveniently
that IT would prove a profitable investment.
IL II did you can easily see what an excellent
old blocks In the lover part OF the city which
would yield cheaply to such an improvement,
undsrs,and on very good suthori,y that "a ne
no S DOUBT R Of It's good s faith ID the mater
Andrew Carneeies workroom In his New
York house IL his library on the second noor
and besides the books 10 DO seen there. EVIL
dences abound OF his many varied interests.
The walls Of the library are covered halfway
MP with the books. mostly OF business
character. although among them are TO DO
found occasional specimens OF less special
literature. Over the book cases hang q few
d GSanrs s SiSS enough DS and far enough
op't tho ws ato H%s s scG and Win
them. AZ the principles these aSotSt ions DON.
tain are the most constant companion- OF a
the principles they teach. The present mo.
KIpsdoS p Heaven !. %Iihlp y ea,s Wy llhrar;y,
S he true. and II must follow. as the night The
day, thou can'st not then be ,else 70 any man"
selected TO meet his eye whenever he looks up
from his work In his library.
When Gen. Cronje. second in command In
the Boer army. came TO New York eight months
ago on his way 20 Chicago to inspect mining
machinery his forecasts OF the inevitable war
with England were gloomy and the men who
met him were impressed with the hopeless
ness Of the Beers struggle. The news that his
son was killed week ago In an attack on MAIZE
king will recall some OF hs fathers predictions
70 the acqunintonces that he made here.
trip through e. His visit was for business and
people PEG with whom he talked as a shrewi far
seeing man. whose judgment was not warped
by his boysy 70 n. e. e0 S,a n, Hs did not aI
England would mean tho ultimate wiplng out
OF the Transvaal because his countrymen
With no seaport IN their possession they were
dependent on their own resources and those
losses that the Boer. were bound to suffer but
he could see no way In which the war could be
prevented.
Along vita the Information that black silk
quilted shields are no longer worn by men OF
good taste with evening clothes and that II Is
bad form, very. to decorate a coachman en-
ployed by a family in mourning with black
band around his right arm. comes the state
ment that canes are again returning to popu-
larity. This may not be highly important even
II truo. hut IL Is interesting az showing the
cycles OF fashion. Every second man one met
on the uptown streets dozen years ago.
whether on business or pleasure bent carried
a cane. No crowd ~ undergraduates from COL
lego was recognized "a the real thing unless
each youth carried cane. The fashions IA
canes were well marked and they ran their
course from the straight stick with the small
silver top to the natural crook ~ light bamboo.
canes eliminating as they were developed. in
the absurd fashion OF holding the stick wrong
end up with the han lie trailing down behind.
Then canes lost pupularyty. and until very
recently few well-dreSsed men wer. seen car
ryinH them. Even the college man. except on
occasions when he wanted 10 use II a. q small
flagstaff. did not con slider the cane essential on
every public appearance.
which deserves to be published as n warn
ing" said broker. yesterday. "A plausible.
well-dressed young man who said he was
a theatrical agent came to me to borrow
$50 that no might pay for some posters He
said he was going 10 take q company down
through New Jersey and that unless he could
get his posters all Of hs money would be lost.
He told me all about himself and offered me-,
Sorr"wsa 500 oo hal; ow dozen mat n ne hsd
brokers advance much less than full value. and
are are S worth more than 500 They viii sScnrs
your loan That sounded all right, and as l
ba BROKER. advanced the money to " him a." Of
course he never returned to repay me. and last
week vent TO redeem thofe ar aI,ieo. and sell
pert. who may not have hepn a stranger 10 the
pawnhroker, 70 tell me hat the articles were
had been pawned for $50. Before could look at
Il had to par the paTnbroEer months in
adj. article and on the experts Statement
that T. was worth much more than 500
a %".t h"t could e. % wa. so s Th.a
took II TO- observation-disclosures jewellers Each
particular, value. When I told the Jewellers
S cen %n" s ns'
New York wOnI' Overest'mnte its value In that
fashion To satisfy my curiosity I took ont NJ
pawn two other art lcles which had been left at
another pawnshop The amounts on the
tickets were just twice what tho articles were
worth. / asked the people at the Detective
Bureau what remedy hal. and was inform ed
that the business NJ fake pawntickets was q
swinde well known to them ny II the pawn
all pswnbrokers do this. Of course. hut my OK
perience taught me that three OF them did"
Ono Of the visiting British aristocrats rxhib-
tied his amiable intentions almost as soon as
he landed from the steamer by accom- odat-
ing some OF his theatrical friends with gratu-
itous advertisement He spoke OF his appear
ance In this play as an imms late probability.
although there are reasons for believing that his
plans for other employment here were already
too definitely settled to admit OF any change
But he helped his friends and proved that the at
mosphere OF a certain hotel In London. has Ut
been without Its infiuAnce on the cordial re-
latlons supposed to exist between this country
and England Another EnRlishman OF title
has made an arrangement by which the print
ing Of his photograph always costs So.
Whether all Of this, goes 70 the photographers
/ or the expatriated policemen Rets his share
| has never been explained, but the arrange
| ment seems business ike enough In all it's
| features 70 include all parties In Its brne-