The sun., 1900-12-13

selftiX q Iflll ~ NINNhfAN WIS w WV"
| sprnguc sa,a lnst saturday Mr khbv, ih"
I auctionrcr. glanced Rt II and remarked cas-
uallv that Il rtiahl hc purchased Tor th" 10
furm I lub of the fanmary Ntte CONN '.''
Ihs ~. tI'ufs did not 'Cr ite ppir' ~ W.
lugyestipr uufh thev eNpuiu"d the carving
n was aug. cative ~ tho advice heat n" evil
u.tulk no owl ard acc ro owl. The n 20
,Gsy 9a4 h. ,ns lcs" .rcoSS rg r%'IrI a,n [
hi mouth and the third oyer ht- "l". VI
k,'fy okc rercola,cd .loHly. hu, the nggh, !gl,,
, tor which finally arrested u wr- "vld"n"" 'h"t
his ludi"n," understood the p"ip'
Tho Iotos cubs dinner on sn'urdi, nigIt
I i,tr hc IN honor of the ,b,Gpse Ntrl-.'r va
q rur.f1us who has within o. yenr hcsD - 4" 'rc
| nf irc tur.' i..fular Ritot-d,ruer -I"lhcr. rI
! tris onir'r, rrc'nt Va hi' cion d".i H'ch
-r,- ih,t ~ mail Is nllad ever, dn, WITH
| invitations irum yari"ua societies 10 deliver
| 1ddr,-.e. Probably hlS hurnnr quito ~
wurn us hla discretion has "orN1ud'"l nm
. 20 Nturrc't! Audirn'"> WITTY r'turt ir't!
| 'hr,r,ur." Minister. aud ho hd- hceu or"dlt"d
| tho uuuul ~ estimate ~ tho thiue-c character
I that l. ht- vlth double force. Minister Nus
rpu.I and of nsi ~ - - hullrlt. and although
! 10 never at,cmIt.io be- orn'orical his delivery
10 good lie Is not rrodlgal oI hl, ,r""cn
making, nnd he sa,d la, N'"S % tha, @ n" d,l NOV n
! "dVaucc. lest they might publish them ~
! tulI and thus pre"ent his using tncIi gam on
other otChslple
A woman who hears an old and respected
NcW York name says that Tor the past 49,"
weeks she has devoted nearly half an hour
day to returning tickets for all sorts OF enter
t.inments III | bought all that we're sent
to the, she said. Il would have no pin money
lett This is an old nuisance. but II has IN
creased ia proportions wonderfully this
vi,ltar | can't get up the courage To throw
these tickets away, even when they are sent
with no stamps Tor return postage These
. I..ss. my lnn
tLry come from people whom | know and
! VINO ought 10 know better tnan 10 send them
For instance. this morning have two sous
tickets for card parties for the same purpose
. and dozen other similar Invitations To con.
tribute from 81 cents to s. all in the name "i
charity Nv personal mail il large, and
,hr>, patches Of tickets rest on my con-c'e,co
until / rctuiu them Now. what am g. do;
but ii enough women would resent il and
decline TO return tickets thus sent behtN'
that the practice would cease
T. Is a very unmportant part Of the civil
lied world whose existence l. not celebrated
nv n dinner in this city at loast once year
Australians living in New York are the latest
to fall into line. and they propose 10 dihe
together in few weeks Eyery civilized
nation is represented here by dining society.
EelrlV every State in the mon has us So
Ccty here and at least a dozen counties "l
this state are also rrpresonted by societies
4 list or these organic tons would give some
idea of how cosmopolitan New YORK city Is
An annual dinner seems To be necessary
!or each and 90 frequent are such dinners
during the winter that reports OF ohiy IcS
of them are published IN tho neNspiperS
4 man who Is making arrangements Tor
such dinner. which viii not be held nn,ii
hcfnrc he found one which could serve him
Managers of tho others said that they now
had 50 many dinners booked for that month
that they could not TAX" any more orders.
Robert Blass. who I. to take Anton Nan
Rooy's place AT the Metropolitan Opera House
during tho present season. ia the onlN Ne"
Yorker who was ever a member OF the foreign
opera company heard during the regular
season Mr. Blass was born about 50
KAT 5sd iseS s here m % until i was decided that he
snouid go TO Europe TO take UP music as ms
profession The number q amflTis2a alwsrn Been Been
sonnay come; rom rSljsdsiERhna sER4n,a but t,ass hsi
aA%saH' %N2 2rsnan s9nH ne' 20 her American
seors hsss s s svsI sm sang G.. mR%s'noi Rss no
! only been honored in hi. own country. bu,
! III, abilitie. have everywhere been recognized
aTr e bv has Mime anss %.snsr NE s 90
| Bayreuth. nnd he will take part In mex Yea year
fyal and NE H .harn rnS e.e r;"s With fhcodor
| Merriam. another member OF the metropolitan
company.
"Bv carefully accepting everv Invitation
| I receive, not excepting the afternoon tea-
| making acQuaintances on every mana ana
rlaving the social game for OF It's worth.
| said the fashionable portrait painter. l
| nm sble TO get on the average one order a
, month during the winter season. ~ l am
! very lucky I got six or seven during tho year
| Otherwise I get four or five. 80 you see the
| length Of the season is in measure deter
! mined for me BY the number of order. ! re-
/ "cive / mean by that definition that earn
7 nothing curing tho summer months when
The gs%n!s from no, anonS n New "Io lork my suaT %
F hayr 20 follow them 10 Europe for the Same
! commercial reason that lnipels me to accent
/ ni'cn ~ much A. possible. The reputation
! "f Loirc a capable artist docs not always
,crye to make the task Of t,ndlna clsnt. any
| ly fashion, Newcomers bringing letter!
! and the recommendation OF a vosne abroad
/ are always moro in demand than the familiar
! ,"r,r.it ralnter who has been on hand for
! several wears. so one must he Keen 70 keep
/ in The ace and not allow himself to bo crowd
/ I'D nut after a short career OF popularity.
. ,rd he must not lose sight Of the iecessty =
! u koeiing himself socially Conspicuous
Tho fat man In Brooklyn who wants 70
have theatre seats enlarged until they will
hold hin, and lis kind comfortably is not
the first to attempt this reform. although
IL Is doubtful IL ne will succeed so we'll as tho
,t,u.cr VII, found thentre scats too small
and invented "A remedy. lie agreed with
Tho tianagcr Of a CITY theatre 80 engage ~"
lat, fui tho saturday matinee regularly
rrnyidod that the two were thrown into one
iEi- proposition was accepted and, the money
hn, been regularly paid every season since.
. one large chair wns provided near the stage
in place Of two seats ol tn" regular siZe; vs.
III" lessee a he migh he called. is usually to
hc found in MS scat ht every mn ntlure ~"
has lrOyrd pTG'ltlltp fO tam
a, 10 the theatre manager.