The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-23
LIVE ToPICs ABOUT TOWy.

country that NAT tOOuWlu ndu ueclu0u 10 re-
main In England. and enjoy his life 40 q
country gentleman there, even II his annual
profits as an actor had to be abandoned. Fol-
lowing the voluntary patriation OF Mr.. Aston,
| this report caused some uneasiness. and Its
subsequent denial brought considerable re-
lief Mr.. Goodwin Is not to remain perma-
nently In England and will not spend his re-
naming years enjoying the pleasures OF an
English genteman's lot. More alarming
than his threat to reside permanently
abroad was the telegram received the
other day by Mr.. Goodwin's agent re-
| auesting him to deny the report that his
| sister-in-law was engaged to marry the
Duke OF Manchester. The young woman
| In question is the talented and attractive sis
| tor OF Mrs. Goodwin. and any titled EnRlish-
| man would be fortunate to secure 30 many
personal charms in wife. Miss Elliot is the
latest addition to the list Of young women to
whom the Duke OF Manchester was reported to
| Merode we're others in this list. Mr.. Goodwin
cables that be is panied by the rum0r that ono
quests that the story be denied promptly. Mr.
Goodwin must know that the various reports
London are not regarded very seriously By the
| American public; Last summer. the brides
Nay 'nf to oG af'e' rs santI Yeama D FSsy
all fHngag9iSS ,o to than marry 1tSd
s HUSBANDS s this eounsr9 & not
deter enthusiastic eossfps who insisted on
them to me Yosr o.
the troublelto deny the stories. and Mr.. Good.
win is the first to cable TO this ,couetry about
manently. but it is plain, that the popular
American actor has learned to respect Duke
| and believes that he should not be trifled with
Various efforts to extract pleasure out Of
| summer hotel existence are reported from time
| to time, but none OF these ever equalled the
! benevolent cooperation which Is helping out
| the guests OF a house on the Jersey coast.
| Presumably the social promoter Of that estab-
| hshment was lacking IN imagination for the
| boarders were thrown entirely on their own
resources in the matter OF devisng entertain
| ment. Their plan was ingenious. sum
sufficient to buy prizes including the GUS
| tomary silver-bac hair brushes and less sx-
| pensve objects was subscribed. Then species
| OF living picture tournament TO last through
| six weeks OF the season was begun. Every
| Saturday night certain number Of the guests
| draped themselves in cheese cloth and tissue
paper and posed in tableaux for the
benefit Of the rest Of the house. Every
| body OF appropriate age and suff1c-
| iently decorative in appearance taking
part in any of these performances had
chance at winning the prizes. After the
tableaux had been witnessed. every one who
| hal subscribed was privileged TO cast ballot
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had pleased him the most in the tah!eaux.
Grace OF pose personal beauty r or effect Ga in
were Afterwards collected and deposited in the
| Office safe. where they now lie. fhe final SEES.
iS he are mot to be
| until every subscriber to the fund has been
| seen on the platform built In the dini room.
| A only ono more performance remains to be
| given. the excitement OF the guests is run;
sfs h.. Tee BATE. Of aS hate
! boarders ever thought out more ingenious
way Of amusing themselves and at tho sane nm
! throughout the whole neig borhood, and resi-
amiable exposition Of this hotels boarders
once week Ths rr2prretor is only troubled
rests on his shoulders Of presenting the prize
| to the candidate who gets the greatest mum Der
YOUNG ana the na DECISION
| between them. which will be left to com IT.
G Ave- nas y Il to TshpS
| Gibson tabeanH and other similar summer
parison to this latest method OF getting through
the summer.
| No hotel proprietor here has ever tried to en-
force the rule made by tho newest London
| hostelry that les guests shall dine in evening
| dress. The nearest approach to this in New
| York was made last winter by a restaurant
which gave series OF so-called diners de
| luxe every Sunday night and required. not
| only OF the men. but of the women who came
| that they should be In evening dress. Just now
| the greatest latitude in this respect prevails at
| the most fashionable places. The number OF
| men at these places in evening dress Is small.
| One night last week in the palm garden OF a
| large hotel there was not a vacant table. yet
only one man was dressed in a way that would
| come up to the requirements OF the exclusive
London establishment. The fashionable New
| York restaurants during tho summer months
| cultivate an intormalty which has it's effect
| an their patrons. and there are never any
| signs OF disqualification with tho way they
| respond. Tho extent OF mems evening dress
| in New York during the summer months is
| likely to be a dinner coat and one Of these tail
| less garments which scarcely count full
| dress in London. even during the summer.
| New Yorker who recently in Berlin had an
experenee which proved to him IN what little
c coaGsfi e He attended semi. ocial sem
public function 10 which only persons were ad-
snS SaS %sRs asss
for the Gceas but TIE custodian would MT
lula. but they had tails and salts
the in that s ab.v
had been during the rest Of the day at bust
dinner coat, built in accordance with the hest
LONDON traditions, wnskept out. rothe minds
| when he neglected anything 80 important as
| the tails OF his coat. In New York the man
| who Is seen in a long tail dress coat may easily
| be put Gown as visitor from some other city.
| There are a great many OF those in New York
| Just now and they supply the most conspicuous
| clements in the ressing TO be seen anywhere.
| The other night at the Casino young woman in
| an orchestra seat was dressed in white silk made
| with a trail seven feet long and brocaded all
| over with colored flowers. She wore many
| diamonds as she could conven iently get on her
fingers and dress Between the acts she pa
rnded through the Hobbies the centre Of inter;
she could be. No stage celebrity was ever
more striking in appearance She was. in
wife Of hus M man: and q g., member Of a
| put on her best clothes and her jewels to go to
| the theatre In New York: but her idea OF
| dressing was bizarre enough 10 astonish New
| York.
The Earl Of Yarmouth who is going to enter
| tain Newport with some amateur theatricals
| under his direction. Is not beginner in this
| faahion Of returning he atten ions Of his hosta