The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-08
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT ToWN.

Renewed agitation on the subject OF theatre
cal ticket speculation 10 not likely to bring
much relief TO the public, which In reality 10
put to little Inconvenience as q rule by the
tieket-sellers who stand outside the theatres.
1t Is OF course only against them that the latest
movemets are directed. No New Workers will
allow themselves to become interested In any
scheme for getting rid Of the street spectators.
so long as they know perfectly well the
managers are going to send their
most desirable seats to the hotels and have
them disposed OF there at an advance OF
twenty Ave per cent on the box ONCE price.
That is the regular method by which most
New York theatres dispose OF their most de,
to be deceived into a hope, Of relief from the
speculators by having q few OF them driven
have m onopoy, in securing the best seats at
every crowded theatre 1t Is not q matter OF
m mo-, the S the RsS rSHsF 9
ness there. So long as the tickets are
%s.tsP Of sio dispfsses r. the pubic
whether their HEADQUARTERS are In ahotel or on
1nS N hs ss hst q the
outof town guests has been made, but the force
81 that sIeuse 10 lost whom one romembers
are compelled to buy from the news stands and
not from the box offices. u thisis looked upon
It ought to be possible to sell them at an adj
vance OF less than twenty -fvo per cent That
was done last spring during the run OF ono
play by the nagers special arrangements A
similar understanding could be had In regard
to all Of them.
Miss Suzanne Sheldon. who has lately be-
come the leading lady OF the Adelphi Theatre
In London. and begun her career there. is we'll
known In this city. Bhe appeared several times
with the Amateur Comedy Club. Her brothers
were form erly well known Yale athletics. Miss
Sheldon followed the example OF some other
young women. when she decided to make her
professional debut In London. Sir Henry
Irving took her into his company and her be-
ginning was auspiclous. 1t was an accident
Lyceum Company. Just as 1t was an accident
which enabled her to secure the place In which
shs has finally made certain her her position on
was discovered is the act Of initiating some OF
Miss Ellen Terry's pecularities greatly to the
laugh nor did Miss sheldon make very rapid
t IL the edms
leave the Lyceum. Herbert Sheath. young
Englshnano OF wealth; was about TO open his
mont is diversion in WHICH he INDUCED at
times. just az he occasionally plunges on the
and was so much chi i'm pressod ~ her intelligent
talk about the horses when they won't to in
ssSe ns he oEh girl who
intelligent In every particular As a result OF
the meeting she was engaged at the Adephi
for the new melodrama and was successful
enough In It to make a reputation at once.
1t was thought when the large publishing
houses moved IN town, several years ago. that
the neighborhood would remain for some
years to come as high uptown as this form OF
business thought necessary. But already one
OF the prominent firms is building new quar-
tar NJ Ia az N In fprt har = ha En
far. none OF tho other establishments has indi-
Gated any intention Of following the example
of these pioneers. and the majority Of them
will still be found in the lower blocks Of Fifth
avenue. now for some years devoted to the u
use. similar instance Of the inevitable ad-
vance northward. that prevails in every de-
partment Of business in New York. has re-
Gently been shown on another street. Fol
years, Fourth avenue has been the particular
home Of the antiquity dealers. 1t was below
Fourteenth street that lost OF them formerly
dwelt, Nowadays they are much further UT
| the street, and the neghborhood which form
erly contained them are possessors OF only one
| or two