The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-02
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.


French BARRIERS. which are quite variance
with those common in tho best New York
shops The most eminent beard trim NOR In
the city since Poujol passed away Is German.
who excited the admiration OF Pouiol to such
an extent that the older man wanted him to
take a place In his shop. He wrote him the
offer. adding that there was nobody elsa IN
Now York whom he would SO much care
to have in his establishment. This gavo
the German the opportunity to avenge the
insult to his race. II would meyer accept any
employment offered Iy a Frenchman." was his
answer. On him has fallen the reputation OF
Poujol, although he does not consider that as
flatterng as some ether persons might. Tho
the world he says. and poujo never followed
he accomplished everything that he did with
boards by means OF the irons. He could give q
but we ny oF say t sa shsp.
than few hours because it had merely been
crmped into form. The barber who treats a
in the desired form and It lasts But
burning with the irons is process that Ameri-
styles OF .haircutting are arranged BY the
French BARRIERS in this same way Hot irons
asts for only only a short time. The American bar.
ber, does the same thing with tho scissors and
makes it permanent. One thing that will al
barber in New York s the objection Of Ameri-
cans to hot irons and hairdressings. the princi,;
Poulol is said to have left a sum which is
small fortune for one in his station OF life. He
Indicated that he mghtIbe prosperous. and his
friends say that he was prudent.
The hatless woman came to the New York
theatre first from tho cities outside New York.
It was the annual crop OF fall visitors that set
the example OF removing hats in the play
houses when that subject was first discussed.
Now the autumn visitors have brought with
them to New York another fashion OF the same
kinds Every night women can be seen with.
out hats walking through the streets as COM
posedly as II that were the usual fashion. On
upper Broadway. on the cable cars In the the
aires and restaurants one sees these we'll
dressed. reiined-looking women. bare-headed
and complacent. They are not New
weather sets in. Not only IL the fashion popu-
lar in Boston. but Chicago and cities even fur.
probably never succumb. Another incident in
dress noticeable during the last week WIS the
ne tS Ss
The holiday feeling made them want to do
that 0 Of the and that
knlekertockers. On tie day Of the
there seemed 10 be a common agreement
that the costume most appropriate for the
u
have been some strange eccentrlcities OF dress
seen on the streets and they were generally
from m" distant points, The
ponderence OF the-sutsiders was shown on
every hand. Not a cable car passed through
sengers who had to be be told not to smoke on
the rear platform or in the front seats. New
York was turned over to the stranger last
week
For some years Sunday has been the most
,lor 40 for rtaip ind ~ tel inta
course in Now York. That was practically the
only day on which men were able to pay calls.
Most women received on that day. and Sunday
was the favored time for most OF the visiting
that men did. The same situation existed at
one time in London. and indeed preceded by
several yearslNew York 8 adoption OF Sunday as
a day for society Now Sunday has been de-
clared distinctly questionable there. For Wis
iting or any other kind of social engagementsi it
has been declared unsuitable. and the dictum Of
those who do only the correct thing is dis
tinctly against the day as a time for social
amusement. This change in feeling IL not
% any .pe or e.. 9ea doe
others. Sunday has become unfashiona-
Bile because nobody 10 expected TO be
Londoner is supposed to have accepted in
whether he has or not. and consequently any
social amrsements are out OF the question.
the effect Of The new style. 1t viii 6s interest
ing to see IL New York follows London in this
FespeGt Aressy the Su nd sGsa incidents
Workers into the country even in winter.
The third number OF the Prison Forum,
which has Just been issued. is dedicated to
Dewey of course. and 1t has a special interest
because all editorial. art and mechanical work
on it was done by inmates OF the New York
city penal institutions. No provision is made
for circulating the Prison Forum In the out
side world but all OF the inmates OF the thr-
teen institutions comprising the Department
OF Correction receive copies OF It, The maya
zine ia we'll printed and profusely illustrated.
An unprejudiced reader Of the Forum
would readily admit that 1t has treated
Dewey much more fairly in its pictures than
all of his readers are serving timo in panal
institutions the editor begins his article on
the Dewey celebration with this conservative
Many OF our readers. who were not able to
upon his arrival in this city on Sept. 2Sth. will
no doubt be interested In the details oil that
One OF the interesting, departments in tho
Forum is that devoted to letters from convicts
tel ing what they expect to do when they are
communications. A: W. 3. SAYS that he will
return to bareback riding In circus: G. A. L.
a clerkship; &. A. S. very naturally prefers to
be night watchman: A. s.. A. is going to join
the Salvation Army. and so it goes each writer
giving his reasons for his choice. Despite the
enthusiasm for the navy which the FORUMS
writers display. only one OF them has Ell expressed
his intention OF becoming Il sailor when he 10
released.
DR.. Herman Wadsworth Hayley Of the Wss-
leyan University faculty who committed
suicide in Boston week ago because OF his
fear OF becoming insane. was man OF remark
able mental attainments. but with a per-
Sonality that made him a marked man. and
accounted in part for his morbid melancholy.
DR.. Hayley was graduated from Amherst Col
lege with the class OF 'S7. and no such peculiar
looking man had entered an eastern college for
years. He came Of a family OF scholars.
and he was apparently entirely unconscious
OF the sensation which his appearance
created. He was very near-sighted. slight and
unHainy and bis clothes were re IarkaDle. He
Wore pair OF boots cut short ike low shoes and
the other articles Of his attire were in ping
with them. Two days after he entered, he was
the most conspicuous man in college. but not
by choice. for no was naturally very modest
and retiring. He soon proved himself tino
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