The sun., 1900-06-18
LIVE roPICs ABOUT TOWN.


the long contest over his will, II remained closed
Whenit was again opened the house had been
stripped of It's old furniture and rearraneed and
refurnished as a lodging house. Evidently
its career was not successful Even the dir
tinction OF being able TO dwell in the last private
residence on Union Square did not serve TO
Keep the rooms full Then II followed the
and went into trade, Its lower floors were oc-
cupied by dealer in musical instruments,
VINO ornamented the old facade with eilded
signs progress in the litigation has now
made II possible 10 sell the house, and IL Is To
pass from the possession Of the family that
has owned II for so many years. II Is supposed
the site Of a business building. The newt
able destruction Of the house will take away
the last trace Of the days in which L MON square
city city W The i"Sn old furniture 'e and ySiSabss " that
the house contained were distributed among
the relatives soon after Sir Richards death.
For the first time in the later history Of Man.
haitian Beach. the orchestral concerts are to be
free this year No price will be charged for
admission to the pavilion In which the Marine
Band Of Washington Is to play. This is be-
lated confession Of the fact that no band leader
can be found 10 take the place Of the late Pat
rick Sarstield Gilmore. lie was the most pop
ular conductor with the great public that
Manhattan Beach ever had His popularity
was indeed not to be confined TO such limits,
He was popular all over the country. John
Philip Sousa, who might be considered the
most probable successor to Glmore's favor. did
not begin to draw the public as his predecessor
had He has as many eccentricities or manner
as ever Gilmore had, and there could be no fault
found with him on that score. and Mr. Sousa
had the great vogue OF his own marches to
help him But he was not Gilmore, and the
public would not accept him as a substitute. Tor
ths former favorite Then Victor Herbert. with
his admirable Twenty second Regiment band
came to Manhattan Beach TO try his fortunes
as the successor Of Gilmore. He made even less
impression than So,lsa. Both Of these men are
better musicians than Gilmore was, but II was
the personality OF Gilmore that the people
liked and they would not pay to see an ANYBODY
agelnsnt Of the beach has decided not to attempt
TO compete with Mr. Gilmore's memory but
will allow the public to hear gratuitously the
concerts to I've provided by one OF the best
known bands in the country.
The Knlckerbocker is one of the newest
theatres in New York. and It's decorations
showed TO the average spectator no signs OF wear
and tear. Yet its interior is now mass Of
scafYolding and painters are busy. under the
direction Of Manager Harry Mann, restoring
the decorations as complstely as Il the building
were dingy from use The original color scheme
L
The light tints Of pale green white ana golo
are lo be retained Spectator viii observe
no change beyond freshness that practcallv
restores the interior to It's Original aspect u
only few seasons ago, Nhen under the control
Of Abbey and Grau, it was opened TO the pun
lie by Sir Henry Irving.
Echoes Of the Boxer troubles in China are
being heard In New York's Chinatown. or
the Chinese who come TO this country only a
very small proportion have any intention oi
making it their permanent abiding place To
them the American is still foreign devil" to
be despised and hated. though regarded with
a salutary !aar. Of course. any indication Of
III feeling toward the Americans would bring
down swft and condi2n punishment 50 the
residents Of Pell and Doyer street, content
themselves with making matters unpleasant
for their fellows who ara known To be IN SYM
pathy with American ideas. There Is An orgsnl-
| zatiOn in the quarter known as Mo hin Tong
or the NoIq9eue club whose Object Is TO a2,tsr
cut of their pitfalls and wear American clothing
Since the Boxer outbreak the Mo Bin longs
have been insulted and dsrided on the streets OF
Chinatown and two of them have been hurt by
missiles thrown from windows Every morn
ing early groups Of Chinamsn block up the mar
row streets q the quarter, while they listen 10
some EnSlsh-speaking Oriental reading tho
news of the day from China and expressing their
satisfaction at every hostile action on the part
of the Boxers.
The callousness In the matter OF human suffer-
ing and loss OF life that often characterizes
dwellers in the tenements was Illustrated in
the recent Jackson street fire tragedy by the
story told to Detective Connolly of the District
Attorneys staff who was seeking for evidences
of arson. by a woman tenant Of the rear tsns-
ment.
Il seen the fire and woke my husband up
she said He says: 'Wot's the matter With
your 1t amt soin' to burn over here, il it?'
No. says. but think of the poor people asleep
in there. All. 20 wan he says. A. long as
you're ,ate you mind yogr % own business and
them people amt awake. They'll BE- burnt
TO death, You - over and wake them up,
All, let EN- find it out themselves says he.
Then II YOU wont 20. |, will says, and started
~ get up. and the baby began 10 cry. You lie
down. he says. DJou think l'm goin' TO stay
here an mind the kids while you're medtlin'
says. an with that he give me crack on the
jor. an was afraid to get up again. And. oh
my God. heard en- crying out after that and
seen that man jump from the toy window and
kill himself. and they might have been saved
II he'd let me 60 and call EN-. for the fire was
only Just ,tartin' when seen Il; After it was
over an told him. he says. Well. them people
amt nothin' u YOU or me, are they| and he
started to hit me again III have ths law on
him, will If he lay his hand 70 me again"
The man was an American born and brought
nm in this city and had the reputation among
hi, fellow tenants Of being u decent enough
sort of man" Ten persons were burned in
their beds IN that fire.
Ask the average man what effect clothing
has upon health. said an uptown physi-
clan. and you'll find that his whole duty to
himself in that respect Is done II hs doesn't I
take OF his winter tlannels until we'll along
In the season But there are other matters
in regard to apparel that have "A considerable
bearing ON ones health, and a case IN point
IL the prevalence about this time every year
Of tho unpoeuc but highly dstres-fU! stoIl-
ach ache. BY the time warm weather fairly
sets in am ,urs to have lot Of my me n patents
come in with woful counlenances and sit
in chair and rub their centres ui being and
ask me II appendicitis Is necessarily fatal?
The first thing ask them is il they have been
leaving oh their waistcoats. Ia nine eases out
Of ten they assure me that they haven't taken
any cold, as they are always most careful. Then
/ explain TO them that they have missed the
point; that when man takes off his wsistcoat
he commonly leaves his sllspenders OF and
puts on a belt. That belt he pulls up any
where from one to three inches too tight, and
he doesn't let IL out after eating though every
abdominal muscle he has is protesting lis
efforts 10 expand. ILen lie has the nerve
10 come around and make moan because his
interior aches and he's lost his appetite and
years to find out what the trouble was with
this kind OF sufferer, and used 10 prescribe
anything from pspsin TO change OF climate.
Now I simply tell a man to loosen up his belt,
that complaint. They reef themselves, in
40 far all ,he year round that summer belt
doesn't make any difference"
seldom 10 a public meeting conducted upon
such a polyxlot basis a. was the gathering Of