The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
EYE TOPICS AsoUr row.

u VI ANtW oAH hShoNo III mrs
the Sunday evening dinner was served In the
dimness Of candle light was considerably larger
than the general public supposed. In one block
between Fifth and Madison avenues there was
not a light visible at Z O'Clock which suggested
stronger illumination than that which a lamp
or q candle might provide. For once the parlor
lamp served something more than a merely
decorative purpose. In those houses fortunate
enough to have some supply Of gas the gas was
limited in quantity and weak In quality. The
Inconvenience OF the cold weather were not
limited TO private houses. In one Of the largest
ply came TOT sudden end, and for two days az
that stStos was and aynilneIs Was hSniSSd ths t as.
ttaS2biishmaennft in n'S pniis. It WaS" a lucky fea:
ture of that plight that the number Of
patrons were also diminished. The traffic Of
the messengera In the uptown offices came TO
a practical standstill for the greater part OF, the
morning yesterday. In one OF the offices which
were accepted with the understanding that no
attempt would be made to deliver them. one
enced in private houses was noticed IN u Broad
way hotel. On Sunday afternoon three men,
unacguainted, with one, another, moved into
the hotel with enough luggage TO last them
several days and the announcement that they
would rather trust, to the steam heat, OF a hotel
and its other certain comforts than the less as
sured resources OF a bachelor apartment.
The latest photograph Of Giuseppe Verdi re-
ceived In this country came the othor day to
Nine. Sembrich. II was taken in Milan a few
months ago, and shows the composer quito as
healthy and vigorous in appearance as the ac-
counts OF his doings prove him TO be. The
photograph came in n curious envelope. adj
dressed ALA Celebre Cantatrice Marcella
Sembrich.' with no more definite details than
the words Opera. New York" to indicate the
exact destination. But this incomplete form
OF address did not prevent its delivery.
The opera singers frequently receive let
toned to decipherirg the addresses, on
them. Nine. Sembrich has received, regularly
S eyieTTy Verdi GSiIntfaT er for aoi fessFa, y Cf the a p RRSSt5SFapRRs
Of modern composers is, remarkably fine;
Brahms, Rubinst9in., Ambrose Thomas and
have sent her photographs inscribed with mes
sageS OF admiration apd affection. More as
tograph sent to her by E~leonora Duse. who for
ONCE varied her customary, rule and sent TINS
t tr1n to a fGI u VA artist andion There ere E SasS SS1s nisbt
as to the identity of Nine; Sem rich'S accom-
PIANIST, He was her husband. Prof. Wilhelm
n fine pianist and proved at the concert how
well deserved it was.
man who has visited the public balls in
New York ph~ilosophically and found pleasure
in observing them. even il not in more active
participation in these dances, laments that
their most painful feature comes always in the
early morning after the festivities and I is not to
be witnessed in the ballroom. From Z O'Clock
until g in the morning. Mt a time when many
men are starting for business. the restaurants
on Broadway always contain q laggard lot who
bear in the daylight poignant testimony to the
effect Of an evenings Gayety on the. personal
beauty Of those who may participate in it to an
unwarrantedly prolonged extent. After one OF
these balls last week. three restaurants near
an elevated railroad station we're crowded with
SIph partipS and rho nrOcpsSiOn of messengers
frequently stopped on the way to the station 70
witness the wrecks that were strewn at the
tables and visible in the daylight with all
the unkemnt and bcdraggled look that was to
be expected. The sight, was certainly. not q
generally known that these entertainments are
given with little or no participation in the. ac-
tHal miaH19ag9Tmm S hsf IN l. the hsb n3Tt s OF the fSr 9 y Sart2;n
sum and controlled by the club only through
the person who undertakes 1t, One society.
took to give its own ball. and the result, was 50
decided II diminution in profits that the next
ball was handed over TO the restaurateur
Reinhold Herman told a Boston reporter that
the women who interrupted the Maurel re-
cltal here talked SO loud that he could hear all
they said. and in proof Of this he repeated the
conversation. which was principally concerned
with the arrival of the cousin ofone OF them from
Florida. Her probable return. the length Of
time she expected to stay. and other features
OF her visit were discussed so audibly and in
such detail that the pianist learned all about
the young woman's. Florida visit before he
interrupt them any further. He retired
rot only for that occasion, but also
iGn al! 1 4]eciiall ir" His P sstiSd VIII pr IN b u;
make it easier for his successor to get the
attention Of the audience for his solo mum
Der. Henry Waller. who is to
NJ. Maurel at his next recital. has had the cour-
age to ANNOUNCE that. he will attempt two solos.
Ome out in the competition with the audience.
NJ. Herman is to be, heard again when m
Lehman sings. as her concert is not, under
turbed by so much talk Even IL the CONVERSE
ton buzzes. Carnegie Hall is. large enough to
annoyed they are not compelled to listen to
family details which do not interest them.
Ono conductor on the Broadway line. who
did not lose his spirits on account Of the
weather yesterday. amused himself by writing
on the windows facetious inscriptions. when
the robins nest again was an ancient com-
ment on one. while Beautiful Spring" 'Smel
the Violets Blooming" and half a dozen SINH
lar quotations. all containing some implied
aspersion on the weather, filled the window
panes. He explained that the time for this i'm
promptu decoration had come during a. trip
downtown from the northern terminu of the
line. where there was evidently not the least
anxiety on the part Of the public to get down
to the Lower part OF ne city That disGositii t
The cars travelling uptown were crowded to
stantly on the front platforms to share
the fortune OF the gripman who had there to
take the worst OF the storm. Nothing in the
way Of street locomotion yesterday was com
parable to the impressiveness of the snow
plouGhs used on the Lexington avenue line.
They proved TO be the most emphatic reminder
OF the presence of the snow. They kept the
tracks as clean as possible under the circum;
stances. More than that. they nearly snowed
under every pedestrian that happened to be on
the sidewalk when they passed. Every one Of
them created n little blizzard of its own and
the astonishment OF the average citizen when
one of these machines swept by him would
have been wholly amusing II the victim had
not looked always as though he had Just es-
capped a tragedy.
Felipe AGoncillo was tho victim OF a joke on
the train during his flight to Canada. One of
the passengers Rravely assured the steward
that ARoncillo was an enemy of the United
Statos and that any ono who gave him sus-
tenance was guilty OF high treason and might
be punished for It.. ARoncillo and his col
league. Marti. ordered something to eat when
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