The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-29
LIVE TOPICS AMOUR TOVN.

the uetropo l. and he had n vague idea thai
The Belle Of New York" was not the sort Of
play MIR. Gillette usually acted n. But the
haudhillS distributed In tho streets also an
nounccd Gillette Stock Company. introduce
inC the great emotional actor. William Gillette,
In m" greatest of all melodramaS, The Belle of
New York D." Then followed n list Of he charac-
terS IN the play. which showed IT 10 he
nothing newer than the old me'odram1.
The Streets Of New York." written by
Dion BouciCanlt wears ago. The Identity OF
the william Gillette mentioned in the sdyer-
ti-emen'- wu~ not established The p'r-on
calling hims'lt bv that name had assumed II
merely to deco. We the rural public into the hs-
liai that II was seeing a well known actor.
The s]'roliipg bands Of actors that wander
through the small towns of the country are
equal 10 any such deception ~ that p~ractsed
by thi- company, ana are a, times guilty Of
tn names OF an actor anda play We're appro-
uriated in his instance. More Frequently the
vital parts Of a successful play are stolen and
presented under som" misleading tue. Mana
ger object To- those pirates. "a they are called.
chie.ly because they disgust the public of ,he
small town with the plays before they are
reached bv III" companies which perform the
genuine niece. The title OF a successful bur
bn-gue was used in this case for the value II
might add 10 a play Of a totally different char
Hcter.
The complete lack OF howogrnelty existing
among tho various parts OF the strawberry
short cake Of may he readily under
stood 10y anybody who once sees that DIN in
process Of manufacture In the cheaper restau-
rants. The establishments which provide t."
rcady-made pics del yer the leathery crust along
with the pie supply in he early morning. The
strawberries are Supplied by the restaurant.
carefully arranged In their places with arithrnet-
icrD precision and whitened with a thin shower
OF sugar. The restaurant supplies tho whipped
cream when that not lu\artab" luxury '' pro-
, vided Thu, the short Cak" u IN" ia repro
stntS in complete form 'hr division Of 'I"ur.
! Since IRE Sun published a letter calling atteu-
ton TO the fact that straw berry short cah' ia
IL best estate could b" had ~ N" woman
/ Exchange a the corner Of Madison avenue and
Forty-thIrd street, that particular department
has become IN" most active IN ~" e~tHhl-hinrhi
and the demand for %g"nuio" strawberry short
cake &, large enough to- dnn.on,tr4'r 4 >erlols
rebsllIon,againS the spurious artcI" "hlCt had
Come 10 be accepted bv 80 many person, as 'hn
be>' thing possible to be obtained n that Mind
Of food.
Tho umbe Of adverti-ements requesting =
lean Of $50 or 500 70" a week on good security
and PROMISING a bonus Of s2j or So tori 'oad-
10 the suspicion that some Of these advertisers
are working the SAME game which ~wind,"d a
school 'oachor on 90 So q fcy month, ago.
She answered such ADVERTISEMENT Yong
man responded 80 her l"'t"r ard tod tho usual
~If'H tt|''l| 'hI.E H |'I''A 81. NH ''l
Southern family His security Wa pawn
t''k"'S which apparently represented sNnn
Worth 2, a%%eIfy, arr'"d'lT to ,1G
iaaChnr had heard that pa wnhrokpr~ never gave
more than ~ per cent ~ the value e nm aruc'r.
and believing mat th" I 'ckei- wrr" good Scout
itv. she loaned the man as OF coU'-e he never
returned and after redeoning two piec"s of
jewelry which proved I" be worth about half a.
much a. ,h"y lad hern u,Sned for 81" do
-,rov" IL" rest OF The 'icr"t~ In her case the
pavnbroker wa. worry evidently in league with
tho borrower md N" Was swindled nv both.
There ar" many places in thi- city "I"re n pew
son who has security ~ Offer oan get n ioan at
n nuderat" interest Tho suggestion 0t n bonus
Of s25 for . loan Of go on good -e"lritv for one
week Is a tempting - were the Franklin SYM
diClte offers and perhaps about rs reliable
Phil WisSiC, who represented an Fast Side
district in the Assembly a tow wears ago, has
APPLIED to be declared a bankrupt. and his
friend alice that he has been forced 90 do th's
because of the speech which made him rotor-
iou~ In a debate on woWau's suffrage WI,-lg
made a speech which wa ,rr,CSon from ~" ~
srmhlv record II ruined Ni~-ig POLITICALLY.
THwmanv Hall posed him A. 'rIder Of hi~d'--
,ric'. and a%lrhourh b" was lnt"r nominated
unph Clamor that hr wa forced 1 to withdraF.
Wl-~ig has maintained that h- Albany speech
was not obscene, ard that his remark, we're
made for him ended hi- political career. N,--iE
saws that he has JOS, all hi money.
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The disappointment or the steamship COM
panieS because transatlantic rr.v'l has Not
Increased rs much a. they anticipated it would
on account Of the Paris Exposition and the
suggestion that some Of them may reduce thcir
rates IN midsummer are due in iart 90 tho raC'
that The Paris show T. not COM lried. Had 'he
Exposition buildings and exhibits hcan roodv
the travel would hav" been mrrh heavier
Another explanation, however, j. %" tact
that two months ago u vi announced tuat al
passenger ships had been booked to t.o lU''
early in the season. II was almost iWpo--.u|"
the big ships which sailed sly wopk- ago unless
they had boon engaged a month "r ''or"
adyanc" LL6 Inc ,E "yy'r nr2o w,.rh ng.a,%d
EXPERIENCES which any one might have 'alor IN
the season If h." had not already secured 20
cabin Thu urduuh'"dlv d.r.uracrd many
persons who were ho-ita'lU- about gong
CLYDE ritch, who dramaH2nl "Saplo" for
Ms Nathrr-o,e. has ".rhor by accident ~ 4 Be-
sign escaped the disagree bl" eNper nnCcs which
the mon. bers o'thocom PAM had w.cH tNsr wore
dragged to a police court When he proceed
.ngs were begun against "Sirho" II was r.
uortnd that MIR Fitch WIS 49, A. any rg'' he
ia, pi I'm H. house AID no one vas allowed 'O
500 him Then whom tue 'SaIuD' cAWUnlgn
became most urU'" Mr. I',h - .'f 'r ing
land. not 10 avoid IN" service" ~ % ~,uuru'HI, i|-
friends said. but meroir n lo0urdgn." with iu-
INflu AN'fA' 10 . ~ .A'- H ..
near ! ondon. II w.l prrban.r -o"'h j. feel
ings. II they w"rr ~ all rlii' a by ~" 'NIp!",
prosecution, to know that Tbs piRT. j." ~" 2Id
IT rood couvHu.se, pr"UI>' , T." S.ryaG all over
the Tinted States during ~" 'c'i 'rN month.
50 thai no or'-nicht stand n"e! D" without y %
Il warts 'SHrhu.
The residents o. q lock on fa,' i1uah."
street uptown qrn .i.' tuE i0 Il safe ~
mind about pro-r','.y We ur.ehhor which G''s
not promise n co,dai wolcuw" 10 b. when
no move, into h> new hoGe. = decided
that the number ~ his house would be n"re
TO his taste # II irI.cu'cd 4 situation rrr".
Fifth avenue lie tu!ud II Io~,.u" 70 uI."
The numbering o. he houses altered. l"i
sufficient influence TO lave III" n'"rS-Hr'
ordinance ra-."d and then had all ~" 60.
dnut- Of lLc street notified that ~ W !
be necessary 10 have 'hr.r hU'iscS r",G'ut"T'G.
Most ~ the house, are owned 10y their oC'.I-
raut- Sons ol them have been I'm ihe nu--"--
sion Of their owners FOR 't.riN year. j. vas
tl.rntpra y -lpcL 20 tho r." n"I So i"'"i'"
rovC, lint N Y would "" Cnup"Ird - 'nH 49,
tIa NUMBER q, their bugrc- u'rdu~'. 2 now
conner in tho ne -haorhoof, who had hnlIi n
hon-a III r. and had nos vet moved ~, chose ~
have the numbers In the street changed 20 suit
n : convenience II i not Ilkelv mat many of
them Ntll make the change, wlf'eytr IN new
ordinance may REQUIRE. and they do uNt cEp"Ct
that any steps wli be taken 10 c0inpei them 10
do 81.