The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-13
LIVE TOPICS ABOuT TOWN.

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Those present were Guilaume Stengel.
Sembrch. Hans Tsuscha- Gadski. Julian
story Eames. Paul Schunann- Iieink and
Sidney Louise Homer. The business in
hand was the admission of Herr ron Bar
dilcben-Sched, who was anxious to he en-
rolled. II WIS decided not Ia await the
return OF Herr Zoltan-Doehn. y Jrdi, a.
Mile. Scheh sings none Of the roles in hi.
wifes repertoire aud lac could no, possibly
care therefore whether or hot uer HUSBAND
WIS admitted. The husbands of the two
contraltos proved that they were entitled
10 bs represented in the meeting, IN the
ground that the first and second c.utralro
mad certain claims that mus, he RESPECTED
hy fourth soprano.
NJ SteL4el-So mbrch said he Lad no ob-
lection to the CANDIDATE. although he un-
derst God that Mile. SciIaI lad LA He
du Regiment ia her repertoire. biorc
Ire deposited all adiniesion ticket in Herr
Won Bsrd.lebon's hat 10 show thHt ne had
voted for him. he remarked that he hoped
the lrsternal motives OF the society would
not be overlooked in case |, were ioui.d
necessary to provide a substitute .or Nine
Sembrich in La File du Regiment.
Herr IaGscher -Gadski was about TO de-
post his ballot when lie stopped suddenly
and asked the candidate ii u were true
| Ihat his wife wanted 10 sing Era in De
Mciste rsinger.' Herr vonBardiaben started
| and said that II vac true. WITH the OIL
| servation that Nile Schef had bct'er leave
Wagner alon. and stick to such operas IA La
! lille du Regiment, i.err IaIsChcr q ,u5ki
| voted for Ia. new member. Julian Story
ZANE, apolog.zed for TIE question. bu,
, explained that lac was passing the winter
| ia Philadelphia and therefore wanted 10
know If there was any Truth in the rllmor
| to the effect that Mile. Sohefy wanted to
sng Juh.ne Herr Won Bardileben said
| she did If she could get tn. chance. Then
MIR. Story-tAmes voted and shook h.s head
as If 10 depiorc such rashnees. The can
| dida'c having thus been elected without
! opposition from the husbands of tie CON
'ra'tns, the meet ng was adjourned. The
| members of tie order flew in opposite
! directions, while the newly elected mem
her began b,isiness by complaining 10 Fred
| erick Latham that his wife would never
tav'l 10 Philadelphia again without
drawing room to herself. whether there
was one on the car or not.
The sudden increase in the name "Ver-
mont" on store signs does not Indicate tina,
, residents of that State are coming to make
! their homes here or. indeed, that tho persons
who bear this name are natives Of that
| New England Sta'e. The now rame Yer
mont If The translation Of name that was
| previously rendered in the vernacuiar
somewhat differently. Both have the com
| mon origin -Grunberg Time Was when
| that word was translated hv persons who
| prcf-rrad to have it in English ms Green
| hill" But the present STYLE IL Vermont
| A similar chang. il 20 b. noted IN name
that was recently chsnped on the font Of a
| broadway store. Il I.Sad to 70 -i'immel
reich. which meant Kingdom If u 'aven /"
| But that name aCundod too pref en-, ious ana
il came into English IA -Ileavenrich. I"
| which the words also mean But still un-
translated Is the name aSChuldenfrei. 3"
| which means free 'r m debt :" and ought
TO be very useful 10 business man.
| The pioneer who recently ventrred into
! Fifth avenue with a restaurant Of kind
! that had never been known there before
| has retired from the field somew hat sooner
| than the leest optimistic observer had
! expected. He had tried to answer salts
factorily the question 80 often heard Why
! has New York no first class German res,au-
! rant uptown" And that inQlIirv mean,
| first class In the SENSE that the city has
French RESTAURANTS of the same kind.
The effort to provide such an establish
! ment has cost the proprietor somev ha,
| more than So ,OOu, and ne Degan operations
! only in November. From the first hi house
| was deserted. Long lines Of Writers stood
! at empty tables expecting guests 'Let never
/ came. II Is surprising that curiosity did
| not drive more persons IN TO observe the
! ilterior Of the now establishment But
| nobody came, and the other day the cred
! itors put in control Of the place some
| body who was Wiling TO pa the amount
o. their indebtedness for the pleasure Of
isinR the proprietor of restaurant in
Fifth avenue.
SO there remains but one place in tina,
neighborhood where II is possible to enjoy
di-tinotly German dinner. That is a hotel
with German chef whose patrons are
argely of the same nationality.
This is the era of the shor, dinner How
ever expensive or good the host makes a
dinner. ne is careful to see that it r. -hor,
and the hostess in her own home is Just a.
part ocular to seq that The meal is not a long
one. lts excellence. nowadays. il intensive.
not extensive, and an hour ana a half OF
what IA very good II accounted ~upC ior TO
an hour morc hat adds merely quantity
and not quality, But in any cas-" the dirnor
tha, last. moro than TWO hours il too long
Cor the nl,do al the dry
Time was when the hors dTLrros. tim
bales and rcliahes were increased and
multiplied with the object Of DIRE gging out
the duration If the meal The longer the
dinner could hc made the better II was
thought to be. Now n short dinDAr, no,
too quickly served, N, perfect in every
particular, is the best achievement of the
host And with this now and sancr order
has come the disappearance of the many
kinds OF wines that prepared kind oi
pc uss" cafe before the pla'e of cverv CUES,
Usually two wines Of ono color or only
red or a white wine form the allowance
now, and the orcC inodiSh sherry, Rhine
wine, clare' and champagne are seldom
seen AZ a dinner nowadays. And thav are
more seldom drunk If they happen to be-
there.
During all his troubles in this country
Pietro Masc, gni and his managers have
kept very quiet a. 10 the exact nature Of
the Differences bet ween them. The only
statement that Msscagn has made was
written to Italy. In this renarkab lc letter
he said that ali his troubles here had been
ca We, q by the Germans. who were so much
opposed to Italian opera that they set out
to make his tour a failure.
II may be that Sgnor MascaRni believes
thin. II L. much more probable that he
does not. H. any case, the charge l. laugh
able To those who know 10 what small
extent Americans allow patriotic cons ID
GRAFTON to enter into their amjiscmetS
The Representatives Of no country could
have mad. failure of Signor Nascagni's
tour here il the other conditions he'd been
iavora BILE and for the rest his operas have
been more successful in Germany than in
any other country. The only baeful in
nucnce that this country could have exer-
cised Is limited to the fact that his mana
gers were named Nlittenthal. But they
were not Germans, having been born in
his country.