The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

| the principal guest In the party. She came
on condition that she be allowed to bring
her own friends with her. As the hostes.
was eager to count these guests among
her own friends. the party was enthusi-
astically welcomed
Everybody had a good time. There
was no doubt Of that. The guests in par
ticular enjoyed themselves, although the
hostess did not feel that her friendship
with them had made any ked advance.
! In fact. they saw 10 much OF one another
] that none Of them seemed certain just
| who was the hostess
! II WAS on the eve Of the day before their
! departure that the men guests. fatigued
/ bv day Of athletic exercise. decided that
they would much rather dine in the in
| formality Of the bachelor quarters than
come to dinner in the main house. II was
al this stage Of the proceedings that the
| hostess felt the need Of impressing who
| was at home on the party.
So word went out that dinner would he
| served as usual in the large dining room.
and nowhere else, at half-past 8 O'Clock.
! With this came the information that any
! body who desired could take the train for
New York. which left at 7. But nobody
desired tC; all the men appeared at dinner
! and for the first time since they had been
| in the house they treated the mistress as if
| she really were their hostess
Steam heat is or Of the trials Of American
| life TO most foreigners who come here and
| operate losses attributed to this cause
amount to thousands of dollars every season
comb ming the losses of all the singers.
| But few visiting celebrities are as exigent
] In the matter of temporal ure as Eleonora
Duse, a. Oscar Hammerstein learned when
| the Italian actress was PLAYING at his thea =
| tire. A special set Of ventilator had to be
INSTALLED dressing and those
| We're ingeniously attached TO the windows by
an expert who was called in for the purpose
| The elaborate precautions were necessary
because Nine. Duse exacted that THE tenn
perature should never be- more than 70 nor
| less than 20 degrees in her dressing room,
| although II was of course impossible to
regulate so exactly the temperature of the
| stage.
The Italian actress is different in other
! respects from many members of her pro-
fession. In addition 10 receiving a fixed
| sum for her services she gets a percentage
of the profits. But she had been acting here
for three weeks before she sent her secre-
tary to find out what the receipts had been
and TO how much she was TITLED.
Paul Helleu. who l. the Du Maurier IL
France, will come to the United States next
month. He is noted for his pictures
of women and copies Of them are sold all
over the world. The artist is best known
in New York through the dry point portraits
Of the Duchess Of Marlborough he made
several years ago Many of his other pic
lures are familiar to persons who have no
idea who the artist is.
Many Of NJ Helleu's pictures are mod
elled from women who are delighted "a
sit for him merely for the honor of being
drawn by such distinguished artist Bur
in most cases he presents to the model a
copy of her picture in addition TO his than ks
I III.
models Originals of many OF his most
attractive pictures were Americans.
NJ Helleu is rich from his work. He
owns a yacht on which he cruises in tn.
Mediterranean and liz the intimate frienc
Of sargent, the American portrait painter
He il 9. married and says that his da lighter
Helen, now Is, II his best model He i.
coming to this country with Mr.. Sargent.
The new device for calling carriag gees after
the theatre has arrived at a time in vhicl
il will he especially welcome. since it viii
speed the departure Of the megaphone
which has added during the past two year
noises. The old-fashioned shouting an6
how ling OF the barkers was bad enough
when the theatres closed. But tho mega
phone, as every dweller in Broadway hote
can testify, emphasizes many fold tn
| horrors Of the barkers voice.
The new method has been successful
wherever it was tried So brief as tn
| period of torture after the theatre Ii, III
future will IN all probability dispense wit
il atoCeth 2 and early sleepers on uppe
Broadway Y Ill not have TO wait until tn
theatres are out before they are able L
go to bed.
How does II feel to be put out Of one hot,
after another for nearly thirty years, t
be known To the police all that time as
of harmless SuipHlar and IN !
familiar by sight to persons rarely ao
quainted with the powers that prey? Tn
has been the life OF a man who has just r.
; turned TO his old haunts from an involur
tary retreat of several years
One police Magistrate before whor
he appeared said that he remembered tl
man as far back as 1850, although his co
lsions with the police began ten year
later. Since that time he has scarcel
escaped arrest on one charge or anothe
during year.
Usually the charges were unimportar
and he either served a short term or wa
} discharged And during all this time h
has been SO poor as barely to avoid staI
, walton
OF course this kind Of life would hav
discouraged the average man. But III
; person who has passed through two scor
: of such years is still following the sam
and apparently the best Of health.
He j. still loungng about hotel Office
nd writing rooms until he Is recognize
and thrown into the street, extolling I
. those who will hear the wonders of hi
famous news burta u Afew soiled clipping
are his only stock in trade outside Of hi
! nerve and apparent vlgor, which show II
diminution after such long struggle {
: live without working.
One Of the cherished peculiarities {
Japanese servants is their indifference {
the happenings in the families that en-
ploy them. This is a trait not Away
possessed by domestic retainers. and
; is especially appreciated by those VIII
have employed, for instance. English dc
mestics, who are keenly interested in n
{ the details of the establishments in whic
| they are employed.
. But a Japanese" said one who has er
ployed them for years, "never concern
himself about the habits of the person
by whom he is employed nor about the
> social station, so long as the work and tn
| wages are satisfaCtory. He wants a