The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
LIVE T0PYCs ABOUr r0wN.

stone. the animal IN question. is a WONDER
iuiiy nne specimen of the most useless Of all
uoss' Judges say his wrinkles and breadth OF
chest are ideal. and that the length Of his muz-
Gle Is represented By the minus sign. As bull
baiung has gone out OF fashion. and a. bull
dogs are no longer able to compete in the fght-
ing pit with their more alert and longer iawed
cousins. the bull-teSriers. they are now only
usetul because of the beautiful picture they
present TO the eye of the expert who knows
now To appreciate their fine points. New
Workers have long been famous for paying
Dig prices Tor dogs, and larger prices tlan
Una, Just received by the fortunate English
Mr croker have been paid for champions OF
olher breeds, D.. Pierpont Morgan has time
and again given three figures for the splendid
coilrS ne mas imported for his famous ken
nels, but, collies. besides being a most com
pnnionable addition To the live stock of a we'll
APPOINTED country residence. are of great
practical use, being the best Of all cattle and
sheep dogs. Frank Gould, too, has not been
deferred by the price when he saw a st. Bernard
that caught his fancy, and his kennel for the
breed Is one of the finest anywhere. When
MIR. Croker bought Rodney Stone he also paid
$500 Tor another bull. Bromley Crib. New
Workers will probably have a chance TO see
IN" Talnmany chiefs new acquisitions at the
Westminster Kennel Clubs next show in Nadi-
son Square Garden.
This IL the season Wien the street car cold Is
most epidemic. The chances are that nine per-
sons out Of ten who are now suffering from
colds In New York got them through riding on .
atre I car. When one ia overheated the draught
created by an open car In Its progress, how
ever slow that may be. Is likely to create q cold
even when 4 person Is not especially sensitive in
that way. A new danger has been added 10
street car travel nowadays by the Park avenue
tunnel. 1t il as cold "a a cellar now, however
warm the air may be, and the persons who ride
through the tunnel. without a premonltory
sneeze are lucky, The danger of taking cold
In the open cars does nothing. however, TO in
crease the popularity of the closed cars, They
are usually empty and the lack Of enthusiasm
shown by the company IN running them can
long intervals and prudent persons wait
ing patiently on the sidewalks are likely to Won
der what rule the companies could have made
To bring along the closed cars with such irreg-
ularity One Of these passengers protested
actively the other day after a particularly
long soiourn on the corner.
i thought YOU were compelled TO send along
these closed cars at regular intervals, " he laid.
I've seen twenty open cars pass by and not one
closed one, What is the rule?"
conductor dreamily as he pulled the >trap, but
I've heard there was one. Nobody follows II.
though. They inst lei ont a closed chr when
tlev happen TO come across one in the carhouse
lltN NV III ' W wv hT NENiAiA'
many eccentricities in the running of the closed
cars.
One of the most expensive restaurants in
New York Is conducted, 81 far asits observing
patrons can tell. on "A unique system of tips.
The head waiter Of the room devoted TO the
use of the men guests makes il a point Ia be-
come acquainted with them, find ont their
names and becomes genial in the half-respect-
iul. half presumlng way that SO frequently
passes for good nature among employees of
the kind in this country. Naturally he receives
liberal fees from his clientele, which Is made
up of rich men able to pay high prices for the
extra service they receive Mhsh mere =
advances his cordially ciminishes he walters
under him do. with unusual Willingness, The
head waiter, bidding. They are evidently
indifferent, "a to their " success in the mat
ter Of fees. IL is only the good will of the head
waiter that appears to be the goal OF all Their
efforts. Such unseltishness astonlShes regl-
lar patrons of the restaurant, and one IN par
ticnlar undertook to discover the reason OF
this attitude Of the walters toward their cher;
lie learned after a whit that the tips the head
waiter received were large enough 10 enable
him to give the walters a part Of his earnings
for attending with particular care to his patrons.
who, rs a rule. %confne their contributions 10
advantage of the head walters oveL,ture., to
friendliness are not likely TO fare well in that
restaurant. where the walters. certain OF a
fee from the man over, them. are lndlIerent
to the guests not included among the list OF
his patrons.
The italian actors quartered now In a small
hall in Spring street are going TO have their
own theatre next year and will be able TO
amuse their compatriots in more elaborate
surroundings. The new home will be pro-
vided by the subscriptions Of Italians living in
Ii. Ia. AnI Dra,kltn xrhn iptarngtnd
enough in the modest endeavors Of the COM
pany to want to see It more advantageously
placed The new theatre will be in the build
ing in Broome street more recently known as
the Dewey Hall, although it was known FORM
erly as Brooks's Assembly Rooms and
has figured conspicuously in the history Of the
region. Only the walls will stand, As the in
terror Is to be entirely remodelled and the
theatre to be arranged there will be entirely
new. There are to be two galleries IN the
theatre, private boxes and accommodations
for about 1000 persons. A syndicate OF ltal-
ian bushes in S, men men ,S %,. .o conp actor. u re.n nnnant:
for the success of the less pretentious scheme
further downtown. The Italian theatre In New
York began in the old National Theatre on me
the building was destroyed by fire, The actors
are professional and amateur, Among them
is a man said to be the father OF krmete Iacconi.
Dnt Oh LIN raw w AhAhfahh " ~ ~. ''F
Tho repertoire embraces a remarkable va
from Hamlet" to The Seller Of Human
which was performed the other night.
Il saw several apartments. said the man who
rooms furnished and cheap for the
summer. that would have suited me perfectly
had IL not been for the bric-h-brac. | had
no idea of the yirulency Of the bric-a-brao
habit rs IL exists In New York to-day. II il. to
no SIRE the survival Of an earlier and less cIl-
tiyated period Of American taste, but ! had no
den that this period survived with so much
force II was astonishing to see the amount
bric-a -brac scattered through some OF these
anartments, II Uttered the mantelpieceS, covered
he tables and seemed TO date from the bisque
.a,lre period down TO modern Japanese. IL
was too much for me tn undertake. especially
as the owners referred to II with much pride.
So | declined TO take several, apartments That
otherwise suited me very we'll
well-known wool broker in this city has
hasn saving unkind things about the cable
seryice between this country and China since
sau,rday. but when he read Yesterday morning
hot the Boxers were within four miles Of TEN
rsip no was inclined to think that he had been
bostv in assigning the blame for unanswered
cahle dispatches. Tien-Tsin ia one of the most
wool markets in China and by way
~ Jonp Kong il ships large Quantities Of wool
~ his country. This broker cahled 10 his cor
rosnondent in Tipn-Tsin several days AGO re-
an important pnrchaSa 2. WOO D. NO
q second despatch and then another urgent
enc When he read the news from China yes
",SWy cables were probably properly de-
,i,.rad but II the Boxers are near the city and
49, II. II yarNs likely nv CDrlpSnnndapf las