The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-08-13
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

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to attract renewed attention 70 the customary
shabbiness OF New York cab drivers. which
never seemed 20 pronounced until the neat
dress of the automobile Rlen became common.
The few hanson drivers who own their own
vehicles and make It n point to wear appro-
pirate ~llveries are probablyable TO get higher
prices. a. much for the sake OF this improve
ment In their appearance as on account oil
their better horses and vehicles. Ordinary
New York livery stables make no effort under
usual conditions 10 see that their drivers are
In neat livery. A bluo coat that might fit any
Of tho drivers employed Is the usual extent of
the livery for the ordinary hired driver. The
men who own their own vehicles and are not
concerned about their appearance dress with
less care than any OF the others, and these va
ri9us types produce a curious mixture Of liv-
cries and ordinary dress In the groups OF driv-
ers that gather about the large hotels. New
York, is not the only one Of the great, cities
which has this mixture OF liveries. although
uniformed drivers are scarcer here than, any
are owned by, two or three large companies,
the men are all dressed In the liveries OF these
companies and form CHARACTERISTIC figures In
S t%' in aI livery er 'h ne t fh,sYii or eDaeG eIties ali EpR Rn %sy a p Pc.
cnliar style Of dress which has never been
adopted IN this country. one might see an
English driver not In livery, but it would be
seen. at Q glance that his occupation was from
the fashion Of his dress. The same thing Is In
a measure true Of Paris and Vienna, where
the peculiarities OF the drivers dress always
proclaim their occupation.
What has become OF the fruit that used
to taste9" asked the distracted mar who had
Just taken a bite from a peach that glowed
In delicate shades Of pink and gold Where
are the peaches that used to have real taste
and juice and flavor and were a delight to eatl
k..-- ...s ILL A.
looking peach that Is IA dry az sawdust and
with little more TO suggest that II Is fruit and
not cotton batting. Such beautiful oolors |
have never seen before. and so far as their
merely spectacular features are concerned
the peach Of the day il a great Improvement
on Its predecessors. But 1t Is OF no earthly
good for any other purpose. It Is dry and
f1avorless and does not repay the trouble OF
eating 1t: l can remember. however, quite
another kind of peach which was common
enough some years ago. although 1t seems
as difficult to find as the peaches and the quail.
lmty OF the ordinary run of them just as poor.
They are more beautiful than ever to look at,
but are tasteless.. Nobody seems able to tell
SO completely. But the fact is remarked by
everybody. All | can say IL that these two
particular kinds of fruit would never have
s%,nSd Their tsslsd present re- ,Rsv reputation Z" na% + they ,Ss , hHd
NJ ~ ~ D' Wv Wv M 'iV y VI
stands grow large and elaborate the quality
OF the food Itself seems TO become poorer and
poorer.
Juliette Nesville, whose death In Paris was
reported the other day. came TO this country
with the attractive group Of women that in
cluded Cissic Fitzgerald, Maud Hobson. Decima
Moore and Blanche Massey. She was about
the most attractive OF the group that appeared
In "A Gaiety Girl" She was French, although
she pronounced her name In the English fash
ion, dressed In the English style and did every
thing In her power to give the impression that
she was an English woman. But her speech
always betrayed her. as she never learned to
speak English with facility. The greater part
Of her stage career was passed in England and
only once after she had appeared first In ION
don did she return to her native country TO
appear professionally. She was not a beauty.
but her personality was extremely magnetic
md her assumption of indifference to all or
binary theatrical effort made her acting highly
piQuant and attractive, II not artistic 10 the
same degree. She was equal 10 the best Of her
countrywOmen In singing the characteristic
couplets OF the Paris music hall stage. None
Of the succeeding Galety companies ever
brought such an attractive group of women
as that OF A Gaiety Girl" Not all of them
were well known In London and some. such a.
Cissie FITZGERALD, had never been seen outside
Of the British provincial towns. But they
were as q whole sufficiently superior TO any
that came after them TO Leave a Gaiety Girl
the brightest memory Of all the English musical
farces.
The number Of all-night drug stores has
diminished noticeably during the last year.
Several Of those that formerly kept their doors
open all night are now closed at ~. while
those that customarily closed ut midnight are
now shut UP an hour before that time. The
drug clerks agitation for shorter hours was
not the cause OF this new tendency. The all
night business was very much less profitable
than II was supposed 70 be and in few cases
was II found worth while TO cater to the few
patrons that might DO about during the late
night hours. Only two Of the uptown all
night drug stores are said to have found the
business profitable and they still cling to II.
Like much other business success theirs IL due
Il likely to be in bed. even In the Tenderloin
BY | o'clock at night. Persons about later
than that hour are not numerous enough to
make any business largely profitable.
II YOU wish to be counted ns in the smart set
OF the Bowery hot-corn push this year you
must not patronize wash-boilcr corn stands,
where they put on the oleonargarine-called
butter for short-with the old-fashioned broad
bladed case knife. The really swell hot-corn
caterers now put the butter on with a paint
brush. That Is the very latest wrinkle. The
suneriority of tho paint brush over the broad
bladed case. knife Is recognized at a glance. In
the first place, II saves time; You, give the
brush A good iab into the pan Of linuelied butter,
wipe i gently on the edge Of the pan TO elimi-
nainter touches his brush against the edge Of
tho paint pot before he applies " to The WOOD
stern pointing downward and slowly rotating
you give It two or three swipe up and down
I'm a second and with one dip into the butter
Instead OF with three or four jabs Of the. knife.
And then the butter Ia more evenly distributed
over the ear with the paint brush than with the
knife. and, it anoints the w%hlskers Of tho con-
sumner with n uniform smear and with an alb
sence OF residuary hunks irregulariy dispersed,
which give the beard OF the Bow cry, corn-eater
that leaky appearance which makes his Identity
unmistakab and no longer Is considered
as good form. There are q few hot-corn stands
In the Bowery where tho butter Is still applied
with cutlery, but paint-brnsh application Is nov
the vogue and has come to stay.