The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-15
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN,

toilet articles has been laid In various places.
| At Tuxedo and only few weeks aRo In
Connecticut town he 10 said to have hid them
away and then written TO his hostess the spot
In which they could be found In answer TO her
somewhat. timid inquiry as to whether or not
he had carried them Off by mistake. Poor
but honest" was the invariabls description he
added. skeptical persons have gone so far as
to deny the authenticity Of The The story and Dc;
d d '1 1@er l byt tie real I hero q
ne snisode was the Blsheo Of New York aud he
PfSng place. ssssA mean
did find the silver toilet SGT laid out for him.
s IL IN arHT ser sesexs s an napry 90 az
It's whereabouts from his hostess The incl
dent took place several wears ago OF LenoK;
thinks that the story was attributed TO- an
English Bishop from the general habit Of
csa Into sa View last week and this last Time
said to have taken place In locality never boz
fore mentioned In connection with IT,
Don Eugenio Faria Gonzales de Teixeira,
the wealthy Brazilian who Is said to have lost
much OF his large fortune through the maehi-
! pations OF real estate Spectators, introduced
one fashion that was unknown In New York.
| He decorated the house offered for sale on
Tuesday with the coats of arms OF his family In
| a fashion which made the residence a striking
End avenue. One house on upper Fifth ave-
nue. bore for while the arms OF tho well.
| known American family that occupies 1t. but
this decoration was modest In com parisop Win
| the elaborate display on the facade OF the eX-
patriated BraHllian's honse. This may haye
5esn due to pon Elsenios artistic S taste He
munion In America, which is said 70 have
won a plize at tho Fine Arts Exhibition in
M on as0 speech en TN s nd4d in
neclion with the Columb ian OSCILLATIONS, In
lS2 ara c2pssv Of 1t Res been freely a..
IN Madrid was his first effort and rspl ssented
| Columbus and his crew at communion, None
| Of his other pictures has ever been exhibited
here, and his work as an artist is known only
to New Workers who have seen the red. Gov;
his painting are inclosed. 1t !sa rare sxperl-
ence that man with the wealth he was sup
rare sG here as This south American Marquis.
! 1t was only by means OF his various difficulties
'h he ever pabc He
was not known In society, and his present
troubles prove that hs business assS9ciatlG,nsS
| so many millions rarely escape notice so COM
plstely In Now York.
| The performance to be given by the Strollers
tonight will be unique in the history Of New
| York's amateur thaatrici Is. us its character is
| quite different from any ever attempted here
before The Strolers is an organization that
| Includes many wel-known professionals. al.
though the actors tonight will be with one
| exception amateurs. At the strollers' gath-
erings in their Broadway clubhouse some
OF the most highly appreciated New York
actors are seen and heard. but their efforts
are confined to the amusement Of their fellow
members under such circumstances. 30 only
teurs Of such long standing that they are pro
fsssional in that rsspect-Hill be engaged 70.
in Tet O, an t and
theever Gooawin aud Richard j. Warren
thur thur stprness, who have, also had a share
less familiar 10 he, p!ghbiic Ths 6I5le.aqe:
which: Ia to be called The liEhf n it He'll" Is
up to s'1 Be as found e D ahesG a"
time. The scene Is laid in Guam, and one OF
the incidents Of the performance will be a
o oi the 'Y Gu HhV dancer 1heh Is
thought 70 DO new here, Only part OF The
club members afterward travel in a body to
their Quarters. half mile further north than
Weber & Fields's.
The afternoon parade In Central Park at this
time Of the year is sufficiently brilliant In as
pact to settle any doubt as to the presence OF
many persons IN New York who are popu-
lary supposed to have been absent for some
time IL is always 10 June that the num-
Der OF vehicles is greatest and the toilets OF
the women best ADAPTED to give the scene
brilliancy. Every late afternoon now finds
the Last Drive crowded with equipaRes. The
Of SON. d ih se Rn1"n H.
who are conspicuous earl are not to he seen
now. but the turnout Is In all other respects
to be seen at its best Just now The weather
/. favorable to a style Of dressing rarely seen in
New, York except during these few late weeks
of the season. The opening OF the roof gar.
dens has done, nearly az much to prove that i
is not Impossible to gather now a crowd which
in ts different way Ia quite as spectacular a.
| that tho winter season shows. The DAYS
are now numbered however. in which that is
possible 81 the end OF the month post OF
will be gone. and the particular kind OF bril-;
lancy they add 70 the summer gatherings will
not be witnessed for another year.
One OF the two most popular restaurants in
New York has lately followed at o distance
the example of a rival further uptown. and has
decided that tho limo Is TO be drawn. To one
roof garden dining room admission Is now to
I've had only by ticket. Tho later intimation
OF change has not been 80 direct. In fact
the word has merely gone to certain OF the
older patrons that some matters will he a lit.
tie bit differently arranged next winter, aud
a class Of patronage which Is not desired will
by that time have been reduced 10 unobJec.
. tionuble limits. No information as 10 the way
a. which this will be done has been offered
and it is said that il will he most effective In
repu a,ing the character, Of the attic ndance OIL
nlizes that II he loses the persons who give
the best quality To his restaurant others arr
likely to take less Interest in II.
The engagement OF Miss Yandell OF Ken
lucky recalls that her sister. Mrs Enid Yandell
Is one OF the best-known and most succ sssfu
women sculptors OF tho country. Miss Yam
dell decided some years ago although she II
! still a young woman-that she preferred tn,
, DEVELOPMENT Of hor talent for sculpture to tn,
life OF social pleasure that her faailv's mean
7 and position made possible To her, She cam,
, 10 New York TO devote herself to serious study
later felt the need Of further work abroad anC
', spent several years OF hard study IN Paris
| Since that time she has been engaged on sev
= eral important statues, and her decoratv,
, work has been mucn In demand, Only shOr
i | time ago some especially art site tankarIs
! which, were fine speci mems OF her work in
smaller field. we're exhibited in an uptown es
, Enlistment Miss landell Is u type of III,
2 Southern and Western girls. who, with NJ
: thought OF the sacrifice involved. devote them
. selves to any artistic career 10 which thel
feel themselves ADAPTED. The majority O
. | young women found IN Europe pursuing thes,
: | studies may not come from the houth ant