The sun., 1902-03-10
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

II ca me as a surprise TO the managers
Of the recently opened Women's University
Club which permits its members TO enter
tain male guests that a lone man who hap
pened to be there for dinner should feel
at all embarrassed. Some man who had
this experience must have said something
about II. One man who dlned twice at
the club during the first two weeks OF It's
existence and who was the only man In
the room on each occasion was again guest
of the club one night last week There
we're six or seven other men dining with
members and he remarked on II to his
hostess. Its by design, she answered,
you see we thought that lone man might
be embarrassed here and We devised
scheme TO prevent IL. Five or six mem
bers select certain evening on which
each will bring a man to the club. This
makes IL easier for the men and also for
the hostess because she is not 80 conspicu-
ous."
From London comes the news In this
unseasonable weather that Panama hats
are going to cost more this summer than
ever before This will be pleasing infor-
nation for the thrifty young men who
economically invested from 500 TO 800
each last summer In a Panama hat. The
English hats are made mostly In Belgium
and the makers have declared 50 per
cent. advance in prices largely based on
the excess Of demand over supply. In
London and New York last summer the
Panama hat was so popular that the supply
was quickly exhausted. Some OF the prices
paid for the finest Panamas were high
enough to make fashionable milliner
hide her face and admit that she did not
know how TO charge. Even the imitation
Panama hats brought big prices. II they
are again TO be the style II will relieve the
minds of many a young man who squan-
dered more on his last summers Panama
than he could afford and whose only hope
of getting square with his finances is to
wear his Panama another summer.
THE SUNS publication OF three new
letters describing the last hours of Alex
ander Hamilton called attention 10 the
fact that Col. Church who owns the let
ters also owns the pistols that were used
In the Burr Hamilton duel and this should
set at rest the assertion of half q dozen
people, each confident that he has the
pistols They have been IN possession
of the Church family for more than CEN
tury and they are authentic. Not long
ago there was published an obituary of a
man named Burr who died near New York.
II asserted that he was a lineal descendant
Of Aaron Burr. though il did not explain
lust how this could be and IL asserted that
he owned the pistols used in the Burr
Hamilton duel. Possibly he may have had
a pair of old duelling pistols, but they were
in no way connected with that tragic
event. After the recently formed Burr
Legion has cleared Aaron Burr's reputa-
ton to It's own satisfaction and that Of
such others as may be open to conviction
il might do a public service by exposing
some of the spurious Burr duelling pistols
that are fooling sentimental people in
various parts Of the country.
If Capt Schmittberger should ever find
himself out Of a Job he might secure EN-
ployment at once by going back TO Ger
many through the influence of the good
friends that he has made on the Hohen-
zollern Capt. Schmittberger, possibly
because he speaks German, was assigned
TO command the police that have guarded
the Hohenzollern's pier ever since the
Prince arrived His headquarters are In
a room on the pier and at times the crowds
have been 80 large AZ to severely test the
resources of his command. The captain
introduced himself 10 the Prince as soon
a. his Royal Highness arrived and APP
Darently II was an occasion OF mutual
iov, Tor tho Prince gave to Capt, Schmitt-
berger picture OF himself. The Cap
tain OF the Hohenzollern also gave him
his picture addressed ITO the gallant and
dashing Capt Schmittberger, and not
10 be outdone In courtesy the leader Of
the band gave him his picture. There
are few officers on the force who wear
their uniforms better than Capt. Schmt'
berger and few whose uniforms necessitate
the using OF as many yards of cloth. More
over he has handled the crowds In n good
humored way that did not arouse their
resentment. The only thing that has
al all tested the captains admiration for
everything German IL the Hohenzollern
cocktail, which Judging from the admitted
ingredients put INTO il should be the surest
provoker Of Katzenjsmmer that has vet
been devised.
Tom Costgan was for a long time
a devoted attendant OF the theatre and
went with regularity once a week until
his increase in size made it impossible
for him to sit in the average seat,
which IN the ma jority of cases Is too
small even for the comfort of normal
human being. So Mr.. Costigan had 10
give up the theatre for a while.
But a friend afterward made an arrange
ment by which it was possible for him 10
on ioy the matin ~ at least once a week
In one of the West Side theatres was built
a large chair from two seats and this was
placed in position every Saturday after
noon. In this way Mr. Costigan was enabled
To 20 once a week 10 the play even though
he had outgrown the average theatre seat.