The sun., 1900-08-20
LIVE ToPIcs ABoUT row.

weight IOf tnlTtN=UNt years anu 'aN N'N'
struck on by it are now. for the most par.
In the hands OF collectors This die was used
for striking copper tokens which symbollzed
the contest between President Andrew jackson
and the old United States Bank Of Philadei-
phia IN 1882. The engraving on the die repre-
sents President jackson. sword IN hand and
apparently standing IN a money chest. Around
the central figure Il stamped Jacksons eh-
! prpssion, Il take the responsibility, whlch
| arose out of his controversies WIN lhe othk;
| When this die was made the predecessoIs oi
tho present company not only manufactured
copper wire but also made special leoiure
counties and Tor private business firms which
made n practice Of issuing their own, COPPER
coins 10 be redeemed by them allefMaId; Dur-
private corporations issued tokens which cir
culated as pennies and some Of them are now
worth great many times their original 'nue
70 collectors.
One OF the serious problems In many house
holds each summer Is how 10 take care OF the
cat while the family is away In the country
, and a son OF Janitor OF big apartment mouse
ON the West Side has solved II this year TO the
| satisfaction Of every cat owner on certain
block. Mature cats do not take kindly to
summer migrations, and 10 cases where me
family are going TO a hotel II Is impossible TO
take the cat along. Not few women VINO
are spending the summer within easy distance
Of New York come 10 town two or three times
n week 20 feed their cats. ms lanltors son
canvassed a block OF houses early IN the
sprlng aud offered to assume the care OF cats
during the summer for modest compensa-
ton which was much lees than the cat own
ers expenses would be to travel TO town ana
look after the animal herself. lie had refer,
ences 70 establish his honesty and he secured
the cat lob from every woman who was COM
PEELED 10 leave hcr cat behind. VICE gg uag
he makes the rounds. leaving water and food
Tor each cat.
II ships had ghosts one once down on Front
street would be haunted. Years ago Dig
ship ran ashore just where this office now stands.
The city did not extend rs far out into the
river IA II does now and Front street did not
exist The wreck remained where It was and
the sand drifted around It. When the city
moved out toward the river nc, effort was made
to S,sa smSye snS ar 5' on IT, When the Office
building was erect ed the wreck was so FAR below
the surface that Il did not interfere WIN the
foundations and there II Ia 20 this day. Ihe
man who owns this building says that II IA the
only one In this city which Is built over ne
wreck Of ship. and apharehn1gg hnrggs me OLD boat
Gras, 4, not a very common sight on Fifth
avenue even In the summer time, but 1t Is
growing now on one corner not far from the
top Of Murray Hill. This particular corner
was at one time tho centre Of New Yorks
fashionable life and every one Of the four resi-
derces situated on II was occupied by promi-
nent family Now business has taken pos
session Of the region aud only one corner
Sun retains residsnte bI INA, rn, ls io sa ,be homs
Of several clubs. Rut It's still unchanged In
appearance aud has never been occupied since
the death OF its last owner. Grass has grown
in the spaces between the hagstoues aud In
the thin lines Of earth next the iron fence
The peculiarities OF actors are usually er-
cused, as are the pecularities Of oil geniuses.
and however marked they may be. most per
sons are likely 10 be indulgent 10 them. Actors
show their eccentricties Of temperament In
various fashions. One of the best known
actors on tho American stage and one OF the
most prosperous for lie rarely makes less
than $50 600 a season" said n mar ager who was
discussing this question. elbows his peculiar
ity Of temperament In a most singular way.
At the same time this method is very profitable
70 him tie T nGgeT DT Py meTe iHSn & Il
may be- Sometimes he pays considerably
less, Of course. but bis limit s always 1900.
purely arbitrary limit, but he has. Persons
might suggest that lawyers and contracts
could bring him to terms but 50 fur he has Ds
acting play made from novel he paid the
author 5000 in royalties and then wrote TO
olded on consideration TO nay no more to him.
As the play had been 80 much altered and Inn
rroved az 10 10 practically his own. The as
ton he'd dramatlst who had never before heard
| ol thi- actors PECULIARLY. brought u suit against
p,d @ Wfc forpirn @ anthor Whose play was not rre-
| tected here $500 In roydltic~ after having
made puolic hi. great generosity under ne
| crcumstances. He stopped short however
| when the $500 limit wds reached. although the
| play made "a fortune for him.
The destruction OF a hotel In a Southern
| town, popular as a winter resort, left the place
with no appropriate quarters for the fashion,
able men and women who are accustomed
! to go there every winter. The hotel had never
been a very luxurious establishment In its
| best DAYS, but It was sadly missed. Rather
| than have II rebuilt and conducted as IL had
| been several Of the residents OF the town bought
| the property and are to control the new hotel
| when It is completed. They have made IL
! known that the hotel will be as comfortable
as it is possible to make i, and that II viii be
conducted In accordance with the best standards.
| But there will be absolutely no attempt at the
| magnihcence and splendor that have been
! aracterstic of so many recently built hotels
Merely good taste md eleg ance are to be sought
! for In The decorations Of The building. which
| is destined to house a public 10 whom these
| qualities are expected TO appeal
The theatrical season In New York begins
| this year earlier than usual presumably that
| weeks that preceie the exciting perlol Of elso-
ton interest. Last spring theatricas came
| 10 a sudden stop here much In atvanos of the
| usual time aud the summer was less fully sup
| pile with indoor amusements than any pre-
| CO ing term had ever been. The conclusion
| that New York Ia not a city for summer thea tres
| has impresse itself cecl 3ly on local managers
and futile efforts 10 make summer profits have
! finally been abant onei. But it took some
! time TO make this clear. II Is usually possible
/ for one TO sucCee The desire TO be that
| nartlc,Ilar one frequently lei 20 n number Of
! summer pro uctions v lioh usually resultsi
| I'm loss 20 their managers. Satisfied that the
| rewar l. not worth tho struggle managers
close their theatres which ~ least nstlres them
| belief among managers that the early fan
! ouinlon Ia 1tlll ontertaine by many managers
| an. the early openings this fail mean rather
| the eSlre ior. the patronage In the weeks he
fore election than any belief that the first nights
/ OF September are likely 10 yiel largo profits
These early pro uctions are patroni2s chiefly
/ by the roSi entS OF other towns passing through
/ New York on their way homewnr from the
/ Eastern watering places or those here on
| business, But the paying local theatre ding
/ public Is not seen in the city until the first OF
] October.
II Il possible TO say at last that the popularity
| ~ tha en- called "coOn song" as N pnaans o,