The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
LIpE ropIcs AMOUR TOWN.

| phony Orchestra take part In the m usical ieo-
lures OF Admiral Dewey's welcome would be
| all admirable plan II 1t served no other purpose
| than to attract attention cmphaticaly to this
! orchestra which has never received from New
| Workers the consideration It's motives and its
/ accomplishments deserved IL was formed
with the idea OF creating in this city at least
one orchestra which should consist entirely Of
| players born in this country. Not all OF them
had American nance. The majority had In
i oSSG "Istinctiy ioregn sound Bqt they ne
orchSsira proved 10 be be- a good one. gave
! several concerts. and found that the patriotic
element In musical performances did not APP
/ make i seek out an organization about which
the American symphony Orchestra has Ian
| guishcd somewhat since the character Of its
membership first attracted attention; 1t has
! continued its concerts, however and it's ex-
istcnce might well he impressed on tho public
by some PARTICIPATION in the Dewey festivities
lion are to- sing l1sI wa%T ,a s M"na
| Tc Deunl," which will give the musical pro
| ceodnGS Il distinctly national flavor, SO tho
| American SYMPHONY Orchestra would seem to
deserve a hearing. The time Is we'll chosen
features of the celehrat ion. as most Of the tor
eign musicians who chiefly occupy the ptten-
! ton OF tho public will at this time still be in
! their native hnunts.
| This Is tho season OF the carctaker. Children
accustomed to much more modest Fairgrounds
rcrrl Oh the brownstone Stops to which
! temporary pos-rssion entities them Flowers
that we're rGr'urch on the fire escape OF a tene-
! ment horse Low blossom in basement win
dows. More babies than the fashionable
nciGhborhoods Of New York ever display
to be seen in them now, and unaccustomed
| groups OF children play in the streets. This
| temporary luxury OF life continues only during
the summer months and October sees the
Of Tcsiienee, Most OF them are recalled to the
- fnth h
their somewhat negative service has proved
satisfactory. for the ,ecapnble caretaker, is
nomadic than those OF some, other New
Workers with whom moving Is almost q
Tor sale is completed somebody must be in
stall ed in one Of them, and the same is true ofthe
small families who make a business OF occupy.
ing these places without further compensation
han as s to hsy sMsys
| that their term OF occupancy in any place they
get vii! be necessarily brief and temporary
ordinarily determine the tenure OF occupancy
The demand for such places is always active,
and the opportunity to, receive free rent, even
ut the cost Of such frequent upheavals. is
eagerly sought. One advantage OF the occu-
u good reputation.
The system OF reducing one's self by giving
up bread among other things may be very
good one, said man who had tried it. " but it
is expensive. 1t Is almost prohibitive OF the
cheap-lunch plan built on a basis OF sand
witches and pie. 1t strikes at even higher grades
of the gastronomic scheme When man in n
restaurant eats no bread he is compelled to
take something not given away by the proprie-
tor as an equivalent for IT, That is direct
acts unfavorably. on his guests purse. When
the hrst pangs OF hunger are stiiled by bread
han il one enss eD De TO meas
In addition to that he is refusing the landlord .
nplIpn nrnNISiOn
10 lunch on a system Of diet. He may take his
pies. but the sandwich is al that is offered in
the way OF meat. and that is. VIGOROUSLY
Toast in restaurants always sends up check
an indefinite amount; It is never possible to
once who used to say that toast was one OF the
greatest luxuries to be ordered in New York
than it ought to, and seemed to cause 40 much
trouble to get. Everything conspires TO make
thinnor--not to mention the casual temptations
Of the free lunch But they are sghter when
the regulation about cocktails is strictly kept.
Despite tho variations and improvements
that have added such lustre to the roof gar
dcns this year. they have not removed certain
peculiarities that were associated with the re-
sorts from the first The quality OF the liquor
and cigars has come to be looked upon as a
settled factor in all OF them. There Is no moro
! room for discussion on that point than on the
well established understanding that a roo!
now @S on hS IT,
and devotion to the box OF matches iatrusted
70 his care. The only possible way OF getting
Il light. unless man carries his own matches
or bQrrows from his ighbor is by applying
20 the waiter who produces box s slow,y
, have ordered literally he may regard their ap.
pIicatiop with less than the usual air of having
ordered his temeanor is chilling, He is made
, to feel plainly that he has asked a favor that
,, trusting them to his exclusive care is. OF
course part OF the 3, scheme 70 impress tht
ence. The attendant aids II valiantly.
A London observer recently commissioned
to study New York and its life on behalf OF ar
English newspaper made one curious mistake
, whom he compared the condition OF the streets
here and In London. New Workers. h.
thought. were fortunate to DO able to use the
streets in comfort. while London was constant,
in drteP % the obss anS WITH
,, some emphasis furnished an emphatic con.
tradiction Of the visitors views; For nineteen
IN i the Fitles less than two blocks east Of Flil
avenue The neighborhood was not entirely
the block was covered with as many houses a,
, It would contain. Not once since then has
walk walk directiy to Filth avsnue on ether side O
the street Nineteen n years is long time bu
the street was not being repaired on one sid
something was usually being done to the olhel
side and II It was In good Condition there wat
! something to be done. to house on one sid,
, or the other. SO there has been continually
work OF some kind going on In that street
During the last ten years many Of the houses
, have been altered or rebuilt entirely. and tina
has made the distractions OF moro elaborate
, character"
Another shooting and fishing club on the
! coast OF South Carolln a. has been added to tn,
already long list OF places which secure exclu
, siveness md quiet to their lem bers In the en-
, joyment OF their somewhat expensive privi
leges II is no, always the expenditure o
+ money which makes these associations sue
cossfIl as one recent experience near the city
a plainly proved. number Of wealthy New