The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-06
LIFE TOPICS ABoUT TORN.

scramble which followed was more entertain
ing than any race that had been run oil on
the track that afternoon and the crowd in the
train hung out OF the windows to watch the
sport until the last coin had been gathered in.
The story OF this scramble at East New York
was told at the truck the next day and that az
ternoon several nsttuls Of pennies and nicksls
were thrown out At East New York TO crowd
which had increased in sizc and evidently eX-
pectei something Of the sort Since then
hardly oil afternoon has passed without some
passengers giving tho Inst New York boys
an excuse for n scramble. The scrnmblers
ways the oldest and largest boy that gets the
most coins rhey have formed close cor
p snI t? keen outside s Go}s away from the
who did not try to conceal the fnct that she
had won money on the rare1 and a. she
watched the usual scramble she caught sight
Of one boy. not more than q wears old. who had
NOT been able, TO reach q single coin. lie was
his f eNnres.ion was HAT Of t rneetrnck loser sen
The woman held 4 iltty cent piece ont of the
window ard summoned one Of the big bows;
IVY! you give this To- that little fellow:
sure. he rerlted.
How do know that YOU won't keep IT."
Here" he exclaimed. hold me hat. an
don't give it back unless | give the Kid the
nitv."
The hat wasn't worth the coin. but the wo-
man took it and tho big boy did give the lit
the woman tried u thank him he said:
That's all right. miss. lust give us throw
to,morrow II YOU win and the woman said
When the police disc overed that mere than
one rersou hal been cut by the man who
carried bundle with a sharp knife sticking
out OF 1t they were inclined to class their pris-
oner with n lot OF other men who have been
arrested for perpetrating freakish uutraGes.
which may lie explained only by the theory
that they are degenerates. In this last slash
ing case there is the possibility that the cut
ting may have been purely accidental. Three
men have been arrested in the last five years
because they INDUCED in mania for slnshlng
women's dresses. It vas found that each of
them was mental ly IN balanced. When tho
first complaints Of this sort Of outrage were
made to the Tenderloln police by women who
had their iresses ruined in the shopping dis
trict it was bel ~ be the work OF some
crazy dressmaker. The perretrator. how
ever. was found to he a man. and the phvsi-
clans were inclined to believe that he was in
nn into the me Rsn S the po"G
clipping of girls hair which Is reported from
time to time, is due. according to the police
frequently than to the impulse of'an unhal-
anced mind. The records ut Police Head
these frsakish outrages which are. reoorted
every few weeks. and are now classified us the
WORK of degeneratcs.
One little incident Of a resent trip which
made to China did more than anything else
to convince me that It was next to impossible
to wean tho Chinaman from the habits Of his
country" said q graduate OF Yale. Don't
imagine for n moment that the Chinaman
who comes to this country and learns this
ways OF our civilization clinEs to the good
things which he has discovered here when
he goes home. He returns to the habits of
his people. Ny party was invited to q dinner
given at club composed exclusively Of China
men who have been in school in the United
states. Two of them had been in Yale with
me. had been In the Interior OF China and
was not fond OF the Chinese way of serving din
lighted All OF these Cinnamon were well
educated and they spoil e English as We as
we did. They had each OF them lived six or
eight years in this country and they we're men
Of importance in their own country. I'm
aRine our surprise then when we visited their
club to find Il run as If none OF them had ever
been out Of his own country. The dishes aud
the wines were exactly what one would get
single innovation to show taat they had car
rIed hack any Of our habits, The floor of the
club was not very clean and its mamaGcment
Thousand years ago II seemed to me that de-
spite their advnntaGes IN IBIS country these
ment TO our training. our hosts were bright
fellows hut thGy we[s 'h1IoHghy Chinese
cnhro wa" VI would have heen DntternsI nfter
cIubrooms in this country. They illustrated
we'll the stolidity q heir race. AMI after see
ing the misery IL the interior OF China it was
not a pleasant trait to think about You can
lie sure that the Ch'naman who risks his plo
in this country and goes home to live throws
of every trace Of contact with us and returns
to the conditions in which his ancestors for
G gene have lived VIII, the hehet that
Two young EnGishmcn Who appeared at
dinner on a large Atlantic liner several years
ago wearing dinner coats created such excite
ment that the real purpose OF tho meal was
overlooked by the astonished passengers. who
had never witnessed such sight at sea before
This summer those two young men have not
attracted any such attention A dinner coat
is no longer such an unfamiliar object. Their
use has greatly increased. and scarcely a large
steamer has its passengers assembled at din
ner without brinElng out several men in even
ing dress. Nothing illustrates more strikingly
the change from tho time in which II was GUS
tonary to select OLD clothes Tor ocean travel
nents discarded beforehand as unfit for any
other dse. The wearing of good iagnels by the
mon paosehgers was one OF the first indlca-
ticns OF n tendency 10 change tho old or.
der Evsui NJ dress is its latest development.
Tho end has heen nromnt,,, reached. and
now only through an increase In the number
TINT ADOPT the fashion. Women have followed
OF dressing used to he looked upon as bad
style until /, few Years ago, In the opinion Of
some IL may refna II tnat sun. nut tnc contrary
view is held by women WHO are supposed 70
follow the best standards III taste. 4 New
York woman who is known in two continents
arrived here recently from London. and
were every dav on the steamer JeweIs OF the
most elaborate character One Of her least
con picuOus ornaments was brooch con.
tanning twelve large diam onhs She, ssts
fashions In many particulars. II not in dress.
Improved accummO latiOns on shiphOard are
believed to have their share in producing this
new STYLE. StaterOOmS are large enough for
al the trunks needed, and there are sitting
rooms as well So there 10 no excuse OF
rrnmred quarters for rerSons who mako an
ocenn VOYAGE luxury, Steamships in the
sprim= are as gay. lluking f:"m the dressing
OF tho women as fashionable weddings. This
may lie dismissed after one dav OUT But
none Of it survives wear after wear.
The wise actress or actor who ls out # an
engagement during the summer and docs not
wait to I've forgotten goes to n suburban town
and has series Of wonderful adventures which.
In a way known TO people Of the theatre. come
TO public notice in the local parers and FREE
uuently in the city papers. one wcll-known
actress. who is resting near New York. began
her season hN inventinE II sunshale for use on
the beach. She saw the utility Of the kissing
bug, and rr"Oysred.frOm Us attack through
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