The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-17
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT ToWX.

Tho proprietors of tho uptown music hall who
lately engaged = well known stage beauty and singer
to make a music hall debut on their stage have
learned already the cspriciousness OF the prima
donna. Not long ago they had painted on the wooden
boardings In front OF their theatre the portraits OF
the principal members Of their company. As most
OF the nen were comedians. 1t made little difference
In what fashion they presented to the public.
and though the grosteslue daubs made the passers-
by stop and wonder. that did no harm. The por-
trait OF the new prima donna, however, stopped
the crowd suddenly when its remarkable char
acteristica wero observed. She is really a besoty
and observers looked in wonder from the name
painted beneath her picture 10 the Rrotssque, dis
torted features which were said to be her portrait.
The music hall is in the heart OF tho theatre district
on upper Broadway and small crowd stood all day
in front Of the building wondering what the funny
fellows could have meant by painting that picture
and putting Lillian Russeirs name under 1t II she
had changed 80 much during the past few weeks,
they said she deserved to be congratulated hav.
ing secured an engagement by which she was TO re-
onive . large salary every week. If she had not
changed that picture seemed the funniest joke that
the comedians had ever made. But IL was hard to
understand. After she had heard from many quar-
tiers of this remarkable portrait, the prma donna
decided to 1t for herself. One look enough
She has been photographed more than any other
woman on the American stage and for fifteen years
every season has brought out . fresh crop OF her
photographs So she Ia used to seeing herself repro
duced In various styles and poses. But this picture
too much. She saw her managers and they saw
the painter, The portrait of LILA Russell disap-
peared In few hours from the front of the theatre
in which she is to sing next winter. The space It
cupied is empty now and it 10 not to bs hlled until
the artist engaged guaranteeN picture more Like
the original than the first painting.
That woman in an uptown street could make
fortuna ny selling belts marked with the me Of
weliknown Paris dressmnkers seems doubtful chief
ly account Of the problematc custom which would
come 20 such limo of business But such an iestab
lishm mt is said to have \ real existence and its
proprietor says she has found the undertak ng most
profitable. Belts stamped with the names Of the
best Paris makers be got readily as the for
eign hotel and railroad stamps sold in q downtown
ONCE. so woman can appear to possess dress. so
far az her belt tells the facts, that has come from
the most famous workers in the world. The salts
faction OF that is dificult to understand long
the welrer herself knows that her gown was home
made. But II is that feeling which supplies most
OF the customers. as regular dressmakers any
wherc would hesitate to put the brand OF = we'll
known foreign maker into garment offered Tor
sale The of this supply is the garments act
ually made by foreign dressmakers. and ultimately
placed on the second hand market. Tho belts
genuine, although their purpose is fraudulent and
they may be somewhat damaged by use. Many Of
the regular printers such things supply labels for
bonnets and hats. intended TO give the impression
that they made In Paris; but they never
90 into the details OF names and addresseS. The
valao of labels seems uncertain when one
knows that an English product famous the
world over ia distinguished chiefly to the sight by
the labels which have been for years used on the
bottles. Yet these identical labels be bought in
New York from an American branch Of the bust.
ness. There 10 apparently objection whatever to
their use. although the trade mark for SO many
years distinctive OF this particular article Is pro-
tectsd thoroughly by law. The value of labels
seems slight view Of the facility with which they
are to be had.
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number OF persons. The number OF large hotels
was limited and they were then inferior. Tho
smaller houses were able to supply better FOOD and
accommodations but to q very small number The
result was thAta great many persons who came to
London during the summer months were compelled
to put up with poor accommodations and were never
able at any time to find large. gay and brilliant
restaurant Of the kind 80 familiar here and In other
great cities. Londoners always apologzed for their
poor restaurants by saying that the natives patron
lied them rarely and they were unable, according
to the old impression. to compete with the clubs
30 common in London. That was>the London OF
ten years ago. however. Since that time. the in
crease Of large and beautiful restaurants has been
rapid There are enough OF them now to NIL any de-
mand and there are certain to be many more The
annual American invastsD was no doubt responsible
for this change toaEreat extent for Americans chief
have begun 10 take to them with an enthusiasm that
shows how much they would have been enjoyed al.
ways II they had been OF satisfactory quality When