The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-09
LIVE TOPICS ABoUT TOWN.

D LIVE TOPICS 1BOUT TOWN.
/. Capt. McClusky may expect q visit early tn
4 week from a Wall street broker who will reaue:
} the privilege OF inspecting the Rogues' Caller
in the hope OF finding the crook whom he sus
meets he must resemble He was the victir
on Friday OF an awkward mistake which Nigh
have proved serious in its consequences. an,
he wants to be prepared properly for such mis-
takes il they should occur again. He wa
returning from luncheon when a strange
storpsd him on lower Broadway by laying
Hello said the broker. "who are you, am
Old Mar would like to talk with you at Head
broker said as much. That's ali right" SAID
the stranger, Il am a detective on the Head
fSHs' Eosu ss'" Gallery 1Ha Sf too long oISsu Tor g you p to foo %
have no spoa business ines in this part Of town, You
The broker thought h that the he mistake wa.
tive began to hustle lin along. he got angry
He told, the detective who he was. showed him
arss ssFf a tn h f1mG as sny sToRssd IN the he's d ReSksff az;
Th,e two men had been walking up Broadway
known insurance office the broker said:
Come in here a minute. and III convince
hS"' Dy-llil 'Ililt wv uCNtCtl was III
er called out to the cashier:
9 course S& ef / do 90 BLY, BRR A" Sidn %s' I dine with
you last night? What is it. anyway. a new
NJ, but inst identity me; won't you, for the
But the detective was not there. He had gone.
and the broker doesn't even know his name.
tive. However. II the broker looks like q mic
tnre IN the Rogues' Gallery he wants to know
something about the original Of 1t. and he is
going up to.talk 1t over with McClusky.
The return OF Major James b. Burbank. L..
s. A.. from his tour of duty with the National
Guard OF this State to his own regiment. the
Third Artillery. leaves q vacancy in the select
little coterie of men in Albany who know to a
fraction OF a degree how much heat should be
applied to terrapin and how much cold to wine
tailed to the Guard. Majoy Buroank found
that his lines had been cast in pleasant places
iTriean'dsshhi1p' With Idit.,G Ser.'MS cai hI2a DURING hn9 the the
l%atter's term OF Office was as pleasant a touch Of
sentiment between two stalwart warriors as
Burbank, was an old friend of Mark Twain.
and tine latter has handed him down to future
he was military instructor at Cornell and he
has warm. friends in every city in the STATE.
who will follow him with interest in his new
duties.
William Peak. who died in BROOKLYN last
NVch' Nao bie OiIkllidbOl VI u 10TH VI enter
tainment in this country which was popular
before Uncle Toms Cabin" paved the way for
the drama in country towns which had been
educated to look upon the stage as immoral.
He was a member Of The, original family Of bell
ringers. which travelled all over the United
States in ante bellum days. giving entertain
ments which were immensely popular in couD-
his early stage training With the Peak family,
with whom he travelled, giving humorous
like minstrelsy. had It's day, and in recent
wears ii hobs up only occasionally in vaude-
ed the amiIy tour. and on the stage he sIWays
years old at the time Of his death.
81 have 10 reason to complain said the
shoe dealer who had not yet been absorbed
by the department store. for ! make my
share of the profits whatever tho sales may be.
RSnlJ Il he ! y sold d HG \ gun qor shoes ms the result
Of tie few signs Of PROSPERITY that t" does - G nos
benefit, tho manufacturer. When times are
good the sale Of rubber shoes diminishes al
want them. There is almost an exact pro.
between the sale OF overshoes and
money to buy ore they don't want the other
30 my customers buy leather shoes when
when they are economizing the sale Of the
rubber shoes Increases immediately. They
cover up thin s9les and cracks. and they
bring. So 1t comes about that the big sales
" overshoes are always n sign that the times
are not prosperous"
Once or twice a year 1t happens that Daniel
Frohmsn OF the Lyceum Theatre is announced
~ about to sail for Europe or as having re-
urned from Europe at a time when he ia most
occupied with his affairs here and under Or
ilnary circumstances would have very little
inrpose 81 going abroad, It. happens that
he theatrical manager OF the same name II
> an unfortunate incident OF the similarity in
'SSmes that me other man very frequently goes
ne, presumably ,arratic movement OF Mr..
,rohman at the hyceum. Somewhat similar
'ersonage than The novelist Jules Verne Sew
cared on the passenger list Of the ERE Frsn Sh6i
Is has become u regular part of
h,f Fs tRat he IS a aot Fl. q n l"@g sIns here here to Er sf:
ne books. There are other instances OF per |
o 'cn MOI at al emIpent whose names are iden- j
" none of these crops up with the same reg =
'EnbTan which nd. m M Ks the appearance q Mr.. j
'ho did not write the romances, !
The rapid growth Of the wealth of college {
reek letter fraternities was emphasized "A =.
w days ago by the statement that the Kappa !,
lpha lodge at Cornell. which was recently =
'tal value of the fraternity propsrty AT thai Il
.SIitntionn amounts TO nearly ,half a million +
worth nearly. $iOG,O0O. Williams College ,
'mes next TO Cornell IN the value OF its fra. c
.~esleyan and Harvard, In the order men. h
Oned. according TO a recently published est 2
ate; SINCE Columbia moved into her new
Aiding the more prosperous fraternities IL
I'VE each made plans for expensive chapter -.
fuses, These houses are not owned by the cl
.aternity at large. but by each inllyiduaI
!apter. and some OF them are excellent illus in
atoms OF the work OF our best:known archi.
200 or 1000 college fraternity mon In New pl
lrk. ana TWO OF. them are now canvassing for Al
.bscriptions for a city directory of fratarnity re
en which shall give their chapter. fraternity &C
d present address and occupation, or
However small or Great til