The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-22
LIVE TOPICS AMOUR rows.

Few people who have observed the aolemnity
and never falling attention to his own pnse and
bearing OF Plabcon, the bass singer. cab have
imagined that he had wit yet a recent Incident
in Boston proved it. A member OF the fresh.
mao cass at Harvard stands about u feet 9
inches high. Following the custom Of the
freshman year. whom the opera comes 70 Dos.
ton, this Young giant. with a Dor OF class.
mates. entered himself az %"supe." the opsrs
being Faust" His stature mark ID hin tor .
commandant Of the guard. and. with tail high.
hecIcd Loots on his feet and q towering helmss
on his head. he rose far above Z feet 10
height. When Plan:on. first mingling with
the crowd behind the scenes saw this Colossus.
for n moment he xazei in wonder Then
gravely, but respectfully. %stcpplng before him..
b" II ted his eyes and said "Je suis 10 petit
Straw hats have already made n tentative
appearance in the shop windows. and the indi.
cations are that the small hat, which has for
several years been regarded as the s~hlartest
Kind Of straw headgear, will not be 10 favor
this season. Last summer il looked as IL thH
effort had been 10 make the hat as snall as il
poss bly, could he and yet cover the head.
These were supposed to follow closely the
London STYLES, but as a matter Of tact they
WIZ ~ mum Nith bHf bUNN tIu
in London Tor several years, and while New
York men. ~exac,ing in matters OF dress.
were getting the style OF their hats smaller
every summer Just the reverse was the
rule IN London. where thev have been for
several years past Of a size that would hava
been regarded a. hopelesslv out Of the mode
neie' re retntioh nus apIitrh,N s"t TO- now.
particuiar They viii nvnin h" nrnis ~ rough
straw, higher in the crown and broader in In
hrim. II is moi, Ik.Iy tI,nt nm. extreme ~
fashion will every carry thS makers 10 a point
! OF r~eviving the broad hrims Tia, were pr.-
yalent several wears ago and did such deadly
ycyanres' II seems iust Ds lkrly. on the other
hand that tho dnvs n, tLn Jiminiii iye nrim nnt
low crown are gone, for the present AZ least.
The destruction Of Chickcring Hall, which 10
soon 10 begin, will remove the last OF the
downtown music halls, as stein way Hall has
not been used FOR some years a. an audience
room Tor musical Entertainments Chickcrlng
Hall was opened a quarter Ola century ago
and was FOR many years the scene ~ some o.
the most brilliant concerts ever givch in the
city. During recent years is / %rillinut per-
lolnahcps nav raen ieM anu !, mas ntnn gwen
| charar,.T
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"a'l'e ,.an'Or,N, ""o"uH 'r'o'.eu
I Tn,,sS SAL .eya M"'' v.a ".'T "so , "a ieo. .,, %s
I ~ 'N'''N az w W Z
! the production OF, one o, his plays here and
made a favorable impression on MI ,pose who
nla'e " "''tao'e IMPRESSION onn' uose "ho
came IN contact with MN. MT Champcre ls 40
wears old. but looks Younger. as he III slight and
vop,hfnl in ncu,e re was horn IN A,,t,aIi..
Sou'h'u. W hs"t'' III was o'ln' III hos'a"'
whore his father was in the civil service. Mr..
| Cham bers WAS educat, q AT sydney and began
| rto os a s,ocs rider in tho pnsb Ia,et he he.
came n lournalis', and after he seoled per
m%anently IN 1850 q London began q write
s sns ! 1iS ' Tyrsan, ny @fT Fear, '"e acted 6ya 5 5cSn
Drew last autumn, although he has had Rene,-
ally u rtlher Irosl"rous career as a dratnatist,
The fact that Mr. Chambers has been married
for some time seems 10 dispose ~ the rumor OF
his engagement TO the Australian prIpla donna
whom he has known Tor years.
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ueh' Win erea' soieihh''s una emph"siS 'has
he intended to leave the concert stage and be-.
come an actor. This story was started in the
a. -. . a. ti.,h,-
"'s' p''ce o"'''act HV'h'''h W MI ''S'"a"'
and was never taken seriously by persons
WHO. lHOuEHt ~ u u sp''uu iUUe' .nf.
Bispham woald probably make very little
success H. an actor. II he. DID decide
10 devote himself TO that field. Very few
operate performers would ever be acceptable
on the dramatic, stage. Victor MaurcI, since he
lost his voice. has frequently been urged to
ground That his southern accent shows ltselt
srnnnH IT." n,nr l ~" y 'onnr,tic ,tc,inn az
different. and that he has devoted him self too
exclusively 70 on Held to cNrec' TO succeed IN
,n.;hon nanelyarv ~ WorI,v' a. n" vs.
about 10 rrcite "Enorh Arden" he did that
well. hut N the way that a hundred other elo-
cn,lonisfs Wou.n nave rr'lttd u Ibe reclta-
ton II the least dlirlruIt iprm ~ draulatlc ek-
preston nnd has ey"n lost IT, h9ih ~ church
easements ana summer hotels. ABILITY IN That
direction woud be poor equipment iof a career
as an actor,
You can't always tell about the usefulness
n, laws " said , ma, who overheard ,be con.
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nomination u III" SAVINGS DAM INV NaShs
the circus last, night and ] saw a wonan'a life
ssved hy lazy Ynu know those nets that ara
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always sprtaa OUT ulheIheh'h tho tfapeAs