The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-22
LIrE rOpICs ABoUr TONY.

The recent testimony OF an English cavalry
officer to the ceverness OF our postal authori-
ties In delivering insufi1ciently or incorrectly
addressed letters Is borne out by most peo
rle who have suffered from the want OF this
cieverness abroad. As a whole. the postal SER
vice OF New York does not come up to the
level Of London. either in the speed or the fire.
uucncy OF It's deliveries. A letter mailed in
Kensington up 70 l A. NJ. Is received any
where In the city by 1880. whereas. no matter
dropped into a New York:le,tsr box after IL
p. VI. is delivered before 10 or 1880 on the
following morning. Both In the business and
residential districts London probably aver
ages three or four moro deliveries q day than
New York But in the matter OF ferretlng out
the addressed OF wrongly directed letters New
York shows considerably more int lliCence
land an incorrectly addressed letter miGh lust
as well have not been written. The Post Ohice
but hands the letter over to the Dead Letter
Office, whore 1t takes two or three weeks OF
fsIn so% e New YorE gave GOOD
Instance Of this casual way Of Sinking dim.
eulties; 4 letter was addressed to HI n at
utes' walk from the strand, Unuckily the
wrIter put strand on the enyelope. and Great
not ' the Strand district. the letter was sent to
the Dead Letter Office and did not reach him
for nearly month That probably Is an ex,
is not much room for doubt that the New York
system Is the better OF the two. 1T was put to
pe WSo sss ur f to varous
men contented himself with sketchlng their
faccs on the envelope by, way OF address. All
the performances OF our Post Once 10 this d.
rectlon are founded in general on.the com
neteness Of the American CITY DIRECTORIES. the
It was not New Yorker who was led to won.
der what the language OF Central Park was on
a Sunday afternoon, but foreigner. He went
there last Sunday. Il was astonished." he
said. TO discover that the people seated on the
cred In groups in the menagerie were m9s: OF
them speaking foreign language Occo-
sionally | heard some English. but It was rar "a
dssipate the idea which came to me once or
twice that what was hearing might be the
form. Then / discovered that people were
speaking German. and II had rot been GER
tain. that | was in New York. Central Park
might have seemed part OF some continental
city,"
James J. Uorbett. in following the career OF
a prosperous saloon keeper. is said to pine for
one feature OF the pugiistlc champions life
which is denied to him at present. just after
he defeated Sullivan he was taken up by men
who are not in the habit OF associating with
pugilists. Some OF these we're brokers. one or
two we're bankers fairly well known and all OF
them were OF such u standing that their &C
Wh hs prnts o to
sole him. he is said to regret more than any
other OF his former honors the lost COMPANION
ship OF these men. The eH-chnmpion Is quite
as scrupulous now in the matter OF dress as ne
used TO be. When he Is seen on upper Broad
way in the evenings it ia usually in a dinner
attire. His day time dress Is likely TO be the
best seen about his bar. and IN every out ward
f.yhf ia n
comrade as ever.for.his former friends. Only
he is no longer champion.
One OF the actors engaged in advancing the
now church and stage movement hos appeared
before more meetings than audiences dur
Ing the past few seasons. and he labors indie
fatgably In the formation OF any society
which may be supposed to look to the better
ment Of his profession even II only very smal
number OF his colleagues appear to agree with
him. Two or three Of the actresses mentioned
as conspicuous in the new organization have
also appeared much more frequently on the
platform during recent seasons than on the
stages OF well-known theatres. 1t is a coin
cidence that the mora frequently an actor or
actress appears on the stage the less likely he
or she is to belnterested in these various meet
inRs and societies. When they are busy act
ing they rarely have time to think 80 earnestly
OF the needs CT their protest. onal associates,
The people at the Berkeley Lyceum meeting
Included fewer actors tnhn one cOull count Ou
the fingers. 1t was evidently the Church that
was chiefly represented. although the nita-
tive in. this movement came from the stage;
The gathering that heard the speechcs looked
as il it had al.the spiritual looking after that II
needed. The faces OF The we'll known actors
| were missing. although they might have been
expected when Bishop Potter. who rarely fig
ures in such affairs. was willing to spend q
| very hot evening on tho stage and ma Ike sew
eral very witty addresses. Nothing that was
| said amused the Bishop so much As the re-
mark OF one speaker. that ,prizefghter was
| announced last Sunday to deliver lecture on
| his specially, when. as matter Of fact. he
| gave the cast onary exhibition OF prizetiRhtinR
! methods. THE Bishop lauR he'd at that heartily
| His own confession that he had never been in
| II New York theatre was qualified very plain.
| Nv in way to make it evident that he did not
| disapprove of the theatre for anybody, al.
though: he thought it.mght not DO eXpedient
| in his case 10 go there. He differed in this
| from some Of the other clerical speakers. One
| said he went whenever anybody sent him .
ticket. and another enthus iasticalv remarked
| that he thought the invitation matinee FOL
| cergymen was one OF the greatest institution.
! OF the dramatic profession. and only regretted
that they were not given more frequently.