The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-29
LIVE IvPICs ABvUT TOWN


eoteu al u lu.ge way III aLu,rs anu disposed TO
resaid the young woman step 10 serious
Jeparturv III u new career. a lac On inc
stuse" lie SAID 10 her. Us ne might have dis
cussed u much more important matter, may
have very IA -travhing results. IL Hives
woman. III one way. greater opportunities IMAM
any oLner profession opou to her. enc may ex-
eIta spieuuIu Innuence On thc people II her
UppUr.unitlos are used ia me r'ghL Waj. APART
nom tue advantages mat II UrIhks 70 hof per-
sOnany. And Tue PERCUSSION thioMs hcI lnto
CUulacJ Wl,n tnc most InlcIestiu- peopie IN the
MOIidIl sno ever gains u great Name or heI-
sell, Iake lhv case uI IJuse, lUr Instance;
thIuk wnat a iiiU vi trump h nei5 III usI nave Uoeh
iOr some years past thinN VI What ah eAtstehee
Mary Anderson had upon tue stage, boiONvu
10y tne Ieo,Ie Vi Two couuIiI los. VI course. tneso
days o. SUCCESS do NOT come Without weary
struggles ,nat III ust sometimes sesui nopeiess,
year, vi woik aud the app .cu,ion OF one very
gIcatcst pUNers TO "A tack Ol winning nfst
pInce. Ina must be great draw back TO the
profession, al hOugn every other one worm
winning al Ii Uouud to have tue same draw
backs. 1 SUPPOSE you thousht of all these
thuAs when you decided ~ take lhe step, leave
the lie To wh,cn you ma, been accustomed.
and become au actress. aud you were winiug
even then, suppose, to lace AL these dlnlcui.
ties in the hope vi max ing name some Jay.
Inc young Woman aid not pause. She mad al
ready made up ner mind ON the hurdships OF
her prOlcssiOh. Yes. she answsred. " had
Thought ut all those things aud know what
nara work II necessary ON the stage. i leel
sure that 1t Is IA great liio Tor a woman oi
guniu-. But II d.'s take up ones evenings 10
ureHdiu,ly.'
The fact that the chrysanthcmum craze
reached ils height five or six years ago
AMI has been steadily waning ever Stree 10
probably responsible for the poor showing
which these flowers are making in tho shop
windows this year. Public fancy seems to have
again returned to the violet and the rose. and
the prices for choice chrysanthemums are
about halt what they were a few years ago.
This is u source OF regret to the florists.
because they are easy to raise. and
when they were in favor the profits on
them were large. IL looks as II the
vat. on u choice chrysunthemums. and either
because they ara not grown or because there Is
few yeats ago are not To Toe found III the nor.sts'
windows Probably no fad for any special
II rwer has found more favor in recent years
than that for tn" chry-anthemuni and the eNh-
hitlnns Of choices varieties which we're annually
attention. I hcse exhibitions were rlled with
color. Tho chr santhemum IA TOO beautiful "a
Hover ever to dtop out OF The market, nni IL IL
q sourc" OF f"gie' to It's admirers that it, poru.
larity has not been strong enough In the past
two or three years to warrant the growers giv-
INK IL more attention.
Signor BevlGnani who Is now on his way to
this country TO Join the Maurice Grau Com
rany. must he delighted at the unexpected
chance that restores him to the company with
which he has been identified for several sea-
sous here. Mr.. Grau thought that the French
aud Italian operas were not sung frequently
enough to Justify the engagement OF a high
priced conductor. 50 the place was illled 10y an
A.. "ican whose interests were in this country
aud could afford 10 take 1t at a less exalted
figure sgnor BeSgnaui was To remain In
Europe and had already agreed to conduct a
season Of Italian opera to lie given In London
during tn. holidays. at u very small compensa-
ton. however, IN view OF the loss OF hiS
contains many OF his oil friends and ASCOT.
ats. The old muslcla! Left tehind when the
immigration To New TX begins 10 the fall
very hard for them 10 overcome what"v =
tn" extent OF their European trnmphS may be;
conductors. beloved OF the rrima donnas. care-
ful that they shall make their best effects and
im,usd with at the 'r2hd''tons 2i the French
famous singers by his suggestions and knowl-
edge Of tho way in which their best fleets
ought to he made and many ~ them owe
much to HIM. liis career began under the
great Tietirus. whose niece h. married. A. hs
Inherited a cons d-lahls part OF this old.tlme
primi donuas fortune. b" ~ not dependent on
his engagements. Mo-t % his time since hs
early youth has been spent in England. where
his family lives.
New York Is usually the haven Of most art
Ists who come 10 this country from Europe.
80, Nine Nevada has sehted the metropolis
and 3 reversing the usual state of affairs.
She ia sctt'el In Philadelphia. and when she
comes 10 New York. II IL only 10 sing She has
many friends in Philadelphia, made during
her professional visit there several years ago.
ana at her home In Paris. She has long been q
popular member Of the American colony in
Paris. and her house Il a meeting place
hHs setS Thia isIphim Tor her American
h"ulquarters, b"cau-" she likes TO be In tho
society OF fr ends IN her own country Ano' her
ANA EfR.n Nh n hal Int nagtaE In
permanent Paris life. il Loie Fuller. who eS-
Presses 10 immediate intention u coming
u parsonage ~ sufficiently international ce-
lehrity 10 attract the visitors that are expected
10 o"curya theatre Of her own. or accept an
engagement to do some of her dances at the
Grand Opera House IL Paris. II the reports
preliminary tralnns considered intIspeE.abl
National Opera Hous- Mss Fuller is said TO
he ambitious 10 enjoy THIS honor. hut the
Wond e SO much srestr tat sEe wi rrnha
by decide in favor Of that. Mas Fuller was
meyer lancer in any very strict sense
tho res ult OF industry and cleo rio lights hut
shs vii be more than fair return Tor tho ser
Gently married and Is for that reason. among
others. not likely to be seen here again.
liza recent practice said to have succseded
famously in Paris IL adopted by New York
thcarca managers. almost the sole remain
ing test Of a first night success here will
be lost. An enterprsing principal Is said
to have trained troupe OF laughers who
may be relied upon TO indicate every
grade Of msrriment in the most convince
ing manner. They can smile discrcetly
at mild ,wittcisms and guffew with I'M
cnntr0llahle delight when ths doors begin 10
bang and III" characters chas" one another
about the stage IN the seconh act OF n hOule-
yard farce New York theatrical managers
hav" believed that genuine laughter cannot b"
produced n will by e'en the most willing
,pectator who goes IN tho theatre wi h M de-
sire to make IA success OF tho performance,
Applause rom the ohscIuious deadheads and
the corps Of uIhers ran he relied upon to raise
n curtain frequently enough 10 impress he
un 'amiliar Observer " III conviction that
he s assi-tinR a. triumph Hoa &" cnl's
Tor the author can he "voNed from under
the serlusi N Of the la cony with iervor
enough 10 hiring him out and other
customary Incidents 81 Succe - may raadiiy la
provided But 10 make pnoplo laugh has been
cors dPred hitherto AN achievement essentially
connected on with g"nulIr success II tho
trained lnughrrs h"com" n "atur" ~ nrst night
performances hero, cOufus ion ~ to the nHtuT1 Of
n PLAYS first recon ton will h" d"cner than aver