The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-28
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

the telephone found that he had drawn q
place In the corridor temporarily converted
| into dining-room to accommodate the
| crowd that always goes on Sunday 10 dine
In The smartest restaurant. He wanted to
eat in the main room. and the head waiter
thought there might he chance later. So
he took seat by the door.
In the procession that entered the room
there came:
! 4 Ncll-known book maker and his wife.
y"llow-haircl comic Opera beauty OF
! former days and now the feminine star IN n
| music hull she was accompanied By her In
| rnri ihle companion and they arrived H. an
! automobile
4 Woman who was never on the stage.
but v nearly rs well known rs II she hRd
b"r. several men IN evening dress and a
mcn'hcr Of her household came with her.
cine Of six managers OF u thehtr" and a
| former member of another s"Atct that has
! le"n there
Some minutes had passed. There wero
no signs of n table. The head waiter was
appealed 10 again.
Nothing vet" he said, with an air Of
customers coming in now, and their tables
are always Reserved for them"
Then the man went out To eat in the hall
and-was satisfied
George Antilles, VINO has refused AT the
last minute to break his contract with the
Dresden Opera House and come here next
week with Mr.. Grau, got a. far on his jour
ney a. Hamburg He was born there and
went back there To say farewell to his rela-
tives before sailing on Saturday for this
country.
Blu, the attacks on him grew too hot to
Withstand. He was accused Of ingratitude
in leaving the opera house that had done SO
much to make him known. and his lack Of
atrioti,m in dc-erting hi fatherland for
the country Of dollars was referred to feel
ingly...
So Herr Antilles denied that he had the
least intention Of running apav TO New
York, protested that he was merCl" in Ham
burg on vacation and sent a telegram to
Mr. Crau II Paris that he thought under the
circumstances that l. would te best for him
not TO come here. a. he had been unable 10
r.' the necessary leave of absence from
Dresden
And tho knowledge that he would not he
permitted again to sing In any OF the Ger
! man opera houses doubtless had its inf'u-
! cncr in deciding Herr Anthcs TO reconsider
| his determination 10 run away. German
| opera houses are not nearly so profitable as
| the Met ropoitan. But they are very snug
| harbors in later life, and singers may find
shelter in them for long time.
And after the ff, Gy rs wears or so of
| active StNltf, IiltT" II lnc t'ilflDi
A good-lookng Young fellow with dark
eyes sat in box at Broadway theatre
lat night surrounded by a group of men
Of the same age. who We're enjoying them
selves a. much as he. The dark-eyed
young man showed no signs Of care a. he
laughed and applauded with the others
Probably not one of the others in the
-. 1. Is.T,
xix months ago. and that less than two
years ago he was the central figure in an
incident that caused a sensation. He had
served his term in the meantime and re-
turned to this city, whore friends had found
employment for him.
He still kept his name. which was made
VOL enough known during the trouble in
which he figured. He had made an entirely
rev set Of acquaintances on his release
and avoided all persons who might have
known him before
II his entirely new surroundings. as he
j. not likely to tell anything about himself
| there seems TO be every probability that his
past will not be discovered. New York
l. large place and forgets quickly. But
this IL about the most rapid example OF
rehabilitation on record.
Hired carriages become more in demand
every year. An amazingly small number
Of the private vehicles seen on the Avenue
in the afternoons or in the Park belong 10
the persons who are in them.
Most of them are rented, while every year
sees an Increase in the number of private
vehicles in the city, there is no such growth
in the number Of those owned by the persons
| who use them.
The convenience of hired vehicles il
enough 10 compensate many persons for
| the loss of the pleasur" OF owning their own
| horsefesh. They are TO be had at all hours
| and persons who hesitate to take out their
| own horses at certain times have no hest
tation in making rlse Of hired horses.
Then there IL the question OF ailing horses
! which never need trouble n person who
| hires his carriages IL one horse is sick
! anothe is always at hand
| The difficulty Of keeping satisfactory
! coachmen il also transferred to the shout
dcTs Of the stablekeeper. The stables that
make n speciality Of letting vehicles by the
season are always willing to provide an
| entirely new vehicle, which is, of course
kept exclusively for the use Of the person
who has engaged il, and with these advan-
ages there Is said To he 10 more expense.