The sun., 1901-12-30
LIYE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

During his term a. secretary he received
no extra fee for preparing theee speeches.
A friend meeting him yesterday COM
msnted on his looking detected.
why shouldn't i look dejectedf' said
the secretary. i have Just been done
out Of some money that expected to earn
next year. My boss came TO me early
last week and told me 70 put IN The rest e;s,S o.
day speech, an address that he might use
II his admiring friends should give him
dinner, and two after-dinner speeches OF
such a general nature that he could use
them on any occasion. That supply VIII
probably run him along until the Fourth
OF July and l will get no extra pay Tor IT,
Now what do you think OF that Tor
economyi'
Mark Twain 10 very much more wary
about giving out interviews than he was
several years ago. and to a reporter who
asked him about q certain incident in his
own life last week he replied that he wanted
TO use that material himself. He is at work
now at his house in Riverdale on his auto
biography and he said that he did not pro-
pose TO give away his material. Before
Mr.. Clemens went abroad the last time ne
was very ready to be interviewed on many
subjects. In recent years, however, ne
has concluded that this Is a sheer waste
Of good material and he has almost stopped
talking for publication.
A recently married couple who received
on Christmas Day a great many pieces
Of silver, each In the regulation satin-ined
box. profited by their gifts In way that
the donors may not have suspected. Ihey
collected all their boxes on the following
day and returned them to the silversmiths
from whom they had been purchased.
% ~ fhasa almost mulch QR
the silver that they contained. he dealers
were willing TO take them back at their
own prices and give silverware IN return
for them. II is the custom Of most OF the
big jewellers and silversmiths to change
the style Of their boxes each year.
In the occasional references TO good
duck shooting within the city limits the fact
that q real fox hunt occasionally occurs In
New York city seems to have been over
looked. The Richmond County Hunt Club
on Staten Island, which was given up sew
eral years ago, has been revived with new
interest and a pack Of forty good hounds.
The hunting country Is so Wild In some
places that IL would not require great
stretch OF the imag gination to compare u
with the Adirondack wilderness and yet
It Is within the city limits. The runs are
usually laid with an anise seed bag, OF
course. but occasionally fox II liberated
to set the pace, and on onermemorable oc,
casion the dogs picked up the tran oi a WIG
fox and the hunters had the exhilaration OF
a real fox hunt. Although II was IN the
city Of New York, there were no policemen
around to warn them to keep OIL the grass
nor was their speed limited by any city
ordinance.
II there is any similarity between the
tricks OF National Guardsmen and those
Of policemen to avoid irksome discipline,
Lieut. Col. Thurston. who is TO succeed
Devery. will begin his official term with
supply of useful knowledge. Because OF
his duties at the State camp and at Creed
moor, Col Thurston has been for the past
half-dozen years one Of the best-known
officers In the Guard He is an authority
on guard duty and long practice in detecting
delinuuents has made him familiar with
all the lodges of the offenders. In his
no urs OF leisure he has been one OF the most
conspicuous members OF the well-kno"n
crowd Of .fre chasers There are dozen
or more men In no way connected with
the Fire Department who are known TO
every fireman as -chasers' They go TO all
the big blazes. They have badges, and for
a big FIRE they will leave dinner or the
theatre any time, Col Thurstons strong
est rival as regular attendaht az org mr. ny
In a well-known young Broadway SILK
merchant
The efror, that il to be- made on Washing
tons Birthday formally to switch the Man
haitian Club back TO a political basis will
be particularly interesting 10 those mem
bers OF the club who are avowedly Repub-
lioans. So far as II has had any political
character since Mr. Croker made his head
quarters at the Democratic Club 1t has
represented the anti-Tammany wing OF the
party in a rather passive fashion. Because
OF it's convenient location not few men
have Joined the Manhattan for the privilege
Of lunching there, for it's cuisine II still
excellent The Judges Of the Appellate
Division Of the Supreme Court lunch there
very regularly as do many business men
Of the neghborhood. The preseni club
house has brought back 90 the club many
men who seldom went near n when II occu-
pied tie cheerlesss old Stewart house. Al
tha-.. Influences have tended 10 thrust the
Manhattan Club into the background as a
/ % Ilitical factor The Washington's Birth
dAy talk may possibly ree-' ablsh u as
the home of true Democracy. but AZ no
definite plan for this result has be-n out
lined the Republican members are not
afraid that their politics may be miscun-
stnIed because they are Manhattan Club
men fOT some yeAis To com"
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