The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-04
LIVE roSIos ABoUr TOWN

books and by the thousands OF letters stoppeo
By the Post ONCE. were the rural districts
where very vague notions OF the possibilities
/ OF stock speculation prevail. private deteo-
tive who has been investigating very similar
fraud at the request OF countryman. who had
thrown good money after bad 10 the hope OF
recovering his losses. said last week: Most
OF these companies which offer very large
; profits and guarantee against loss de-
pend for their patronage on the country dis
tricts The small tradesman and the farmer
who have saved little money by hard
work and strict economy arc the men most
/ easily lured by these schemes. A veal, or two
Tenderioin only a door or two from broadway
was reled by he police on the complain, 2t
as 9 % Ss By mali Made
sr RsS H. TsS he bank S
sbop s men py worRsd him until thy got all Of his
money. Int In doing I they aroused bis aus s.
co S OF fraud he asked aid OF the police
The raid discloaed the way In which they
manufactured their quotations 70 suit the Gus u;
office was connected with the inside ONCE BY
wire. That was as near the Stock Exchange
received some, correct quotations and these
he tcegrarhed TO the operator ~ tho main
Sns Gan re ss ssn usaae
did This ONCE was the HEADQUARTERS Of z. lot
OF countrymen when they came to New YORK
but came, again 70 make them good. some
shops up throw The STATE and their profits
ssssss Ss; s$. ssp e sSsss: 3
Sy %nny Rsas
tSey were not dSoosea as 70 the ohsrsoer S
Miller,s game, Being right on the SPOT. how
ro %S nas The
was good and then draw out before the crash
TIE Sps told what pso Of
peared. and this was plain enough warning for
any one. The men who have stated that they
In the Syndicate long enough TO lose their
money are worthy Of about ns much sympathy
as the mon who buy green goods.
Tho Windsor Hotel FIRE has had one result
which hotel keepers In tho city constantly ap-
probate. In new and presumably nreproof
hotels this surviving feeling shows less oon-
spiouously. although there are evidences OF II.
1T 10 very much harder than IL ever was be-
FORE" said clerk In o Fifth avenue hotel. ito
persuade persons TO go to rooms on the upper
greater since the. Windsor Hotel catastrophe
that we find ourselves now compelled to rent
tSSm S very e sSo2s h sSs
e. . ss2SiS, sS S.s ns sas
s Hor they wsr Ss no to thar % Hhf
70, The small demand Tor the, upstairs rooms
y less of hardship than IL might be. because
way As long as the rooms upstairs have had
for those on tho lower floors than was ever paid
overlook hs When they wH order 20
there Il always PROMPT revolt 4 they ind
intention to deceive that we had all the number
Ing Of the rooms changed, so that the higher
mum hers are on the lower floors. but with the
object OF avoiding discussion.
The chief chemist OF the Department OF
Agriculture has announced that he Ia going to
send to tho Paris Exposition collection OF
wines representing every part OF the United
States. not so much In the hope OF orening up
foreign markets as Of convincing Americans
that their domestic wines are good man
who has spent much time and money In pro-
n duo good AmisTIcan wings said n discuss.
hnS. ' With Americans to mas .nee SeoG a, do.
stitgtes, which coat more and ara not 50
common, table wines are much better than the
the, Harvard, Club In Washington provided
srs SvsTs Ss S na the
the wines, were informed that they were do:
Ss1' Hnd HmS s.svs tbs, that
fa?s'Ts as sr0HiF' an s%IF'ss%sSa
class ar. roph" nnc' y. r.ns ns
ordinary te BILE wines in England. but we have
our wnsf abroad before hey win
fact that large quantities ~ American Wines
are sent abroad every year 70 be bottled and
voyage does not iniure them Indeed Il i'm.
proves some Wines"
The demand for old furniture or for present.
able reproductions for stage purposes was a
source OF unexpected profit tn one dealer last
season. and the experience taught tho prop
erty man lesson which has been OF service 10
him this year. Tho Improvement IN stage
settings has at last taught the managers that
II is worth while TO get furniture Of tho period
TenresisntShd hy the SInS and retire the eveIast-
This de'ail had been ovsrlooksd by the prop.
SSy hat de%"n az pRc fna
ntshings OF a hundred years, ago. An antique
s w Tss c ess snh he .aSSs, out
Elsy ran through u. sntire seasons '; ana
that TaHsias paid sa ssss that
SELECTION Of i"Essars nearly three times
b sG%G aas; sFss sS
had bought tn. iurniturs he could id' X have we
sold II at the end OF the season Tor
more than cost him. because many |
people who had seen e on tho stage |
were anxious 70 buy IT,. This year the furnl. |
II will probably prove a good In vest
,nent; -Four or 1--WE plays now running In New |
this rart OF the stage setting OF ono OF them |
was the most difficult TO secure. None OF the |
furniture OF the period could he secured
In this country. and most OF the pieces used |
we're reproduced from old plates.