The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
The new SUNDAY IN new YORK
IT rs 4 Social HOIIDiY WITH
PLENTY FOR PEOPLE TO no.
Afternoon Teas and Nuslcales Common
Dinner In Restaurants a Feature OF
the Da> Man. Evening tmusCmcnts
Change From Former Times.

Me- York nowadays has no other social
holiday equal TO sunday. I ere are some
sorts cf diversion that are still furbidd. n
on Sunday. by sociai conN nuticns. Nobody
ever heard for Instance. If Cntillon
on Sunday or a tea o intro luce & dehutante
But there are &c Mons Of informal tea poured
IN drawing rooms every Sunday afternoon
and there are dinners on urlay night
Th.'re is music on sunday afternoon Al
home aud sometimes in public; and there
Is always plenty of music in putlic, and
other kinds of embellishments, for tina,
matter. IN the va! ious theatres on SUNDAY
evening
This social revelrv, which usually begins
at luncheon. is likely to have it's climax
at dinner time, The dinner is not likely to
he at home either
On Sunday the disposition is to abandon
domestici,y after 10 O'Clock. So popu-
lar place for a sunday night dinner is one
Of the restaurants fortunate enough TO be
included in the list # those that New Workers
like,
There are always some Sunday evening
dinners for society al the homes Of the
hostesses who give them. But 1t is no in
justice TO those entertainers TO ray that
most Of their guests would usually prefer
the atmosphere Of a restaurant,
This disposition has made Sunday night
the most difficult time of any to find tables
at popular restaurant. The scene at the
most frequented Of these places every
Sunday night is typical Of them all. Here
a certain number Of tables are always
kept for guests who agree to come there
to dinner u;ery Sunday during the winter
or let the waiter know during the afternoon
that they will not.
Then on Monday" the manager said the
other night. the orders for tables for the
next Sunday begin to come in. II there
happens TO be a large party-six or eight
we sometimes get word two or three week.
IN advance. That is necessary.
Then throughout the week the orders
come in until by Saturday the two dining
rooms are fllei and we could seat twice
Ar many persons. The orders continue
to come in all day on Sunday and We So,
tables in the hall
THAT leaves no place for the casual guests
who are certain TO come without taking the
trouble to telephone In advance They
make up almost half the attendance ard
theIe must bc room for them.
80 we bring down tables and chair,
rom tho ballroom upstairs and spree
tables In the mems cafe Then with onl,
room enough to pass between the tables
every inch Of available space is taken,
This continues from the middle Of DC.
tobcr until MAY. And during the POST five
years that ! have been ia this restaurant
have noticed the sunday night crowd
getting bigger every winter"
view of the restaurant on Sunday
shr wa how general IL the desire To dine out
Of ones home on Sundn" The tables
stand empty until 7;3o O'Clock. Then ar
rivals begin. A few CHESTS seat them.
selves at the tables, serving, AZ the few
rain drops that patter down before a storm
Ia show what crowds NJ" TO follow
Tho swinging doors usher into the room
one brilliantly dressed woman after an
other, Men lounge in the small spac.
left free from tables to serve az a hall