The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-30
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

seats enough In the New York theatres
10 hold every night the population OF a
city? About -. OO0 persons can be seated in
the theatres, and In the holiday wee which
is the most prosperous one in the year
To theatre managers, there will doubtless
he evenings on which every one of these
seats will I've filed But even this number
is not thought large enough TO supply the
demand and when the playholises now
under way are completed there will be
seats enough to accommodate 5s,OO per-
sons. OF course, there are Few evenings
F, in the year when all Of the seats now avail
able are occupied The theat rical facilities
| Of the city are nevertheless to Ire Increased
| by IS per cent. within the next year. Not
! New Yoikers alone are counted on TO sup
! ply audiences for all these theatres. The
city has floating population OF nearly
100000. according to the usually accepted
estimate. and these transient dwellers
, do more than their share OF the theatre
| going he hotel population az the APP
| proach Of night inclines theatreward TO a
| man. At least that is the theory on which
| New Workers. are compelled TO pay adj
vanced prices az the hotels for theatre
| tickets
Fruit was more in Use for Christmas
| presents this year than il had ever been
before. And 1t sold at prices that made
such gifts a luxury. for every box that was
sent from the various fruiterers had "a
| its most important feature a more or less
| liberal supply OF dollhouse grapes. And
Strawberries of mammoth size were part
| Of these gifts which in measure sup
planted candy "a popular Christmas
| remembrance. The demand for candy
has perceptiby diminished in "A number
| Of the large establishments. Not small
| part of the number who have ceased TO eat
| sweets are acting under the Influence OF
Ia. ,.rayailinn IaGirp n thin Keen
thin IL they have oncc succeeded IN reach
ing that envied state.
Operate poker Is usually high game
and the stories of the winnings made by
some members of the opera company on
the road deal in figures as high AZ operate
salaries. 1t is usually on their travels that
II artists b,guile the tedium Of sleeping
car life by "A game that they interrupt only
to eat and sleep Here in New York they
rarely play. as they meet 40 seldom; and
opera singers although they are members
Of the same company do not seek for oppor-
| tuni,ies to he together when their engage
ments do not throw them into one an
Others society But two or three gathered
together in the cause Of poker the other
after DON Two bar ytones, one distin-
guished in the field Of italian music and the
other az n Wagnerian singer. did most to
make the game notable. When they arose
| from the table after three hours play the
| Italian had lost 5000. But his German
colleague had won 81 ESQ., so the afternoon
| was not altogether disastrous for music.
A New Yorker, who has lust returned
| from London, brought no new clothes with
| him lie had formerly com, back with
| more than the revenue laws allow to come
! free and had received others throughout
the year. But he brought back last week
only those he had carried over with him
1T was the everlasting tipping OF the tailors,
| he SAID that finally got on my nerves.
| have ALWAYS been willing TO Civ" n guinea
! to my coat cutter. to the one at cuts my
| trousers aIid to the salesman VINO showed
/ me the goods But after a while, | had
| quite "A new man 70 cut me a fur coat and
| was expected ia give him guinea as well
! Then | rcbelled aud shall have my clothes
! made in New York in the future. Here
! send my cutter a box Of cigars once a year
and that ends il. In London ! paid my
! regular tips To the cutters il | went to give
an order once a week. So ] have now de-
cided to stick by New York
At dinner recently served for a New
Yorker able to pay for what be wanted
| the round table at which twenty-five guests
sat was made of thick sheet OF plate glass
Under the table were the electric lights
tina, supplied the solitary illumination in
| the room Every other light in the room
| had bcen eNtinguished. thick damask
| cloth was used on the table. and this So
tempered the light that all glare was pre-
| vented. Yet the glow Of the lights was
| sufficient to keep the room from being
| dark without making the light too strong
| for comfort, The flowers and decorations
| on the table were in half shadow on the
glowing white surface. None of the guests
| who were impressed first on entering tie
p ~. -.
| idea how the result had been acc, m plished
IL was remarkably beautiful, and the
! !dea was first invented for a dinner given
| several years ago in honor OF the King of
! England while he was still Prince Of Wales.
Country house stationery has come to be
rather complicated in design in order to be
! at once serviceable and decorative. What
with the name OF the country place, the
railroad station and the telephone, much
space is needed. When the railroad and
the telegraph station are not the same
! here is some need for at least another
name on the paper. Modish Paris sta
| TONERS some years ago introduced the
| fashion Of indicating the various points to
| be empha sized on country house paper by
means OF a tiny steam engine, telegraph
| pole and other symbols. But there is no
| srch md rect fashion of indicating a tele-
phone call That is the problem Of the
desi gners to-day To ind something that
will Indicate the telephone end yet be free
from its conventionality and common
! placeness il Their present occupation In
! the opinion Of most of them the mere pres
ence of a telephone address on country
stationery is enough 10 rob II of all beauty.
Clara Morris. who has now been sued
in foreclosure OF a 81, 900 second mort gage
on her place at Riverdale. was at one time
the possessor Of comfortable means She
certainly earned large sums every year FOL
| a long period She was one Of the frs,
actresses OF reputation to act in the vaude.
| vile theatres, hut she has nevert heless had
frequent opportunities in recent years to
| play here again. II was az ono time pro.
posed to have her act Frochdrd in a revival
! OF "Thc Two Orphans, but before her con-
sent was obtained, the project WINS aban.
doned by the manager Negotiations wen,
| further in the matter of another revival
| A certain manager was to surround a
young actress with the customary all star
| cast in performance of Camille" He
wrote To Miss Morris asking her to take the
part of Nine. Prudence. The actress
| literary work has shown that she has an
innate talent for writing and controls re.
| markedly vivid and picturesque style But
none of her published compositions was
| hoIg ,l~ har 10, h.