The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-07
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT ToWN.

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Hotel. In the days Of It's prosperity. and also
curing that time In which 1t was supposed that
/ the hotel was enjoying great popularity, when
! In reality It was struggling along with little
Ga nro1s Oo Mrs Barnard was Sd9cSted p
Zine I Rno% Sa0 Z, %aa WEBB %o'e on: 81 s Rs
Mr.. o star rs aG Of on h It,,
this country end in England, Jack y Barnarj.
served with the RonSh Riders during the war
and had long before that proved himself an
any he WAS cale,i on to perform in his I m itary
service From his earliest youth he was fear
that ling as very Young man were enough to
assonish the average amateur.
Emma Nevada. who 10 to come this winter to
! Now York, was almost the pioneer in that
, species OF patriotic nomenclature which sub
/ seIuen,ly become popular among American
| singers. She called herself after her native
| state. and had better excuse than most Of the
, women who followed her example, for the
| reason that her own namo was one which
would never have done for q prima
donna. Nine. Nevada was on the point OF
sailing for this country last April. whom the
interest in her adventures at Barce-
roma was fresh. She was Kissed there.
and after this perfectly natural re-
suit OF Visiting conquered country within
a sci, snort time after ite misfortunss, vas
Regent received her cordially afterwsrd. Gme
nevada eHpected to return to her native coun-
Try IN tine to take advantage OF this interest
the mum Der OF engagements available at that
TINE not numerous enough 70 make the jour
Time suggesSd as 80 substitute 6a ' for ~ M 1ne
Ssmb cnn, n. Nhen that singer iSSk cold apd
out filing al of her concert engagements in
NY sinva hes'. lime. Nevada some years ago mar
and she ia the mot her of girl only seven years
"la, out said already to show the inheritapce of
Nevada's voice. whc h was never much more
fS se 5S S, r 8sSfa1fh ss you and
hnxibIlity 10 execution for which =, she
| year returned IN London after long absence.
sotass drawing room engaGements during the
since 1884. When she sang at the Academy Of
Music with the Mapleson Opera Company.
| Theatrical engagements OF marriage may
| not last very long and their interest may not
! be very serious, but they serve their purpose
| SO long as they attract attention to the con-
| tracing parties. 1t is only one OF the par
| ties usually that Is looking for this. and pos
| sibly it ia enough to say that long as the
| young woman's name 10 publicly mentioned
| the purpose OF tho announcement has been full
| filed. Recent incidents OF this character seem
to show that it Ia best to select betrothed who
! lives In another city. Denials in that case may
be longer postponed and whatever excitement
| Is created Is kept alive few hours longer. Tho
denials OF the betrothed are also less likely to
be EN- barrass ing when he finds himself tud-
he may have met several times and then not
under circumstances likely to make his object
men Snts have BEEN postyey annomnsed dnring
the last fortnight and in three cases they were
denied by the men eo1Gsrqsd ,t With as tte
could show. A more usual and safer
~s,hod sh Sr .aefnE I'm to G9P.
an announoemcnt OF her engaeem ent is likely
TO bring, is 70 come 70 an rnderatanding with
on a oredulous public. 1t is fairer to him. and
he is able to con duct him self with greater com
10 the question as to whether or not he really
lie engaged The most useful feature Of these
occasio ~ Al willing ess to stand for the story.
or at the least positively refuse TO say one
bu in So which. like the modest brides. Isl sup
posed to benefit by ublicity. the advantages
OF the scheme are mutual
With tho opening OF the theatrical season the
society deoutante who steps from the drawing
room TO the boards is once moro In evidence.
She appeared for the FIRST time on Sunday. and
has had only brief career between her
social trinmphs and anticipated professional
! career. The rest Of the annual crop Of desert
era from society to the drama may be expected
TO follow. 1t is only surprising that tho draw
serted in view Of the stampede OF young
women from society 10 ge. into the profession.
year H' by Year that the Circles in which H they
aSGa are T ns South RnS w. ,4
women from society, who take. to the
stage Is the rms rr army y Of chorus
reaches the public unless her husband is
! millionaire. Devotion to their art usually
keeens Them On tn. stage in spite OF their
sonsa. afa% The @ 9s' Tset
social aspirants and the millionaire husbands
| Of the chorus girl: society and wealth have
this year made thrir, appearance in theatrical
| life earlier than usual.
Before the line OF march Of the Dewey Day
! land parade had been sett cd. spectators VINO
! assumed that certain streets would be trav-
! ersed began to hustle for window privileges,
! and IL tho crowd which turns out for the spec
tacle ia as large as the railroads believe 1t will
be spectators will have to pay heavy price
/ to get glimpse OF the marchers. The window
speculators canvassed Fifth avenue from
! Fifty seventh street to Madison Square SO
| thoroughly that every owner OF a window on
that street received an offer for the
! use Of 1t. The big stancs which are to
! he erected at every available point along
tho line o. march will accommodate only
very small proportion Of the sight
! seers "A window SPECTATOR came to mo
! few days ago" said man whose
house faces Fifth avenue. and ass cd me to
! name price tor which would rent the win
dows above the ground floor and give him the
| refusal OF them for two weeks. told him that
/ they were not for rent. He asked me to name
a nrice. no matter how large, and had great
| difficulty In CONVINCING him that | really wanted
| the windows for my own use, This fellow told
| me that he had secured forty windows in
| houses along the avenue. and that he could
| rent ten times as many at good prices" Tho
! most fortunate house holders in New York Just
now are those on Riverside Drive. for the naval
parade ms well as the land show will PISS their
, doors Ii Ia believed that he visiting National
! Guardsmen will And the streets in much better
! condition fer marching than they we're when
Many, OF the, ont .of-town ,Euarlsmen % that
I occasion made the march In patent leather or
| thin ahons ~ hich they had nut on in the eX-