The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-31
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

e"so" ia litigation with her son Alfred
o'er inc title 20 various properties she
transferred to him, will not be able at pres
n' 10 take the same kind of revenge on
me-. 's,auves that she attempted last sum-
a a. southampton. There she opened
ployment by placing a conspicuous sign.
n,ole her name. on the exterior Of her
iouest iOuse, and solicited work from
Wna 10 house through the summer colony.
er excuse for such a course was her ex-
IRENE poverty. to which she saws She has
neen brought by her sons refusal 10 return
t 80 ner the property she was persuaded TO
The immediate family of Cornelius YAM
oerbilt has been very much touched by one
evidence OF sympathy with the Young man
,na' came from outside New York city.
Up 10 Yesterday more than 600 letters Of
s.yhpathy had been received from persons
VI various parts Of the country, none of
s mon was known even by name to the
tsahiiy. All OF them expressed sympathy
.3r the sick man and expressed the hope
,; 'ao ne would soon recover. In addi-
tIon 10 inquiries from friends OF tho family
y. tns city. there have come cards from
o,ners with whom the family had no ac-
iuaintance whatever. though they were
prrS sons important enough In various ways
u 70, ine 70 make sympathy appreciated.
~, nothing offered greater evidence Of the
nuespread Interest in the case than the
letters which are still arriving daily from
aii parts OF the United States.
Operatic guests are not ALWAYS appre-
clated at the New York hotels One prima
Gonna, now sojourning in place little
suited to her rank and supposed means.
frankly confessed she was there because
she had quarrelled with the management
OF every other hotel in town. Yesterday
three other members Of the company at
the Metropolitan transferred their house.
hold goods from one Broadway hotel to
another.
one OF this economical trio has reputa-
ton as cook. 1t was against the rules OF
the hotel for him to make coffee in his
rooms and pass il around to his colleagues
In other parts Of the house, but positive
evidence OF that practice was lacking, 40
expulsion did not come a. soon as it might
have.
Not even when the culinary pride of one
OF the three led him to cook curious stew
OF salt fish and garlic over an alcohol lamp
was he full extent of their econom'e known
10 the proprietor. But in an ulluckv
moment the cook put his stew out of the
window to cool. The high wind overturned
the saucepan and the contents were emptied
on the wife of the proprietor, who happened
to be coming out Of the ladies' entrance of
the hotel. Her gown was ruined; but so
were the amateur cooks opportunities to
feed his friends on native dishes at slight
expense.
The trio departed and the bellboys are
no loncer sent through the halls In the morn
ing shifting to discover the source whence
the smell Of coffee cores. No hotel Incl
dent has so much stirred up the operate
nnl atn - h,,al tr,..
to smuggle goulash up the backstairs at
the Ma estic.
One Of the causes for the failure Of Mrs.
Osborh's theatre in the opinion Of some
Of its patrons was a circumstance on which
she had counted to help it to success. 1t
was too near the restaurants.
1T was impossible to come out of that
theatre with party" said one of the few
men who had been there several times.
without asking your guests to supper
whether you wanted to or not. There
were restaurants to the right and left of one
and they were not to be ignored. Any
man with a party thought it his duty TO
ask his friends over to one Of them and
usually they went, as parties are likely to
to do This was. Of course, a costly propO-
away from a theatre which was in such
a tempting locality when they did not feel
like adding the cost Of supper to their other
expenses"
One Of the titled foreigners who was
sojourning more or less permanently in
this city has returned To his native land
after some disclosures OF his matrimonial
plans that were too commercial to be ac-
ceptable here. jus. how far he was really in
volved in the plans made public nobody
g. ~,
toned In the same affair, although less
conspicuously, has remained here and
mas shown no sensiti, less under the re-
ports. His compatriot returned to his
own count temp, a~i,y and his social
career there in the al i-tocratic circles
in which he moves has again been re-
sumed. Reports Of these doings are
brought so regularly to this country that
they might be intended for export rather
than for his personal entertainment The
last news of his movements made him a
guest in a house party arranged In honor
Of the sovereign Of his country.
IL such relations ~ this are made public
enough here, they may even counteract
the damaging effects OF having been
named as client by an international, mat
rimonial agent.
Mrs. Florence Abbey, who has been i'll
in London for some weeks, has been heard
of rarely by her American friends in re-
cent years. She irhcrited nothing from
her H., hand, fror, 'pm she was sep
arated at the tirac = death. although
there had never bee 4..y divorce. Henry
F.. Abbey had not only lost every cent Of
his own hut the power OF raising money
from others some years before he died
Mrs. Abbey had planned TO return To the
stage before his death and during the first
wear of her widowhood she made her re-
appearance in London. She was not sue
cessful and since that time has lived in
retirement For many years she was a
conspicuous figure in the life of this city
and had a large circle Of friends here. But
although an American. her stage career
She was a popular London actress when
John S;etson In 1888 brought her to this
country TO I've the leading lady Of the COM
pany he established at the old Fifth Avenue