The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-04
LIVE iOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

These are proud days for the gardeners
Of Tie wealthy The season Of flower shows
ia Al its height.
Tie most attractive exhibits come from
the growers who have gardens as a diver
zion and not as a means Of livelihood. II
ia the boast Of the private cultivators Of
special plants that thew always have newer
varet 90 than the professional growers.
Thus Theodore Fl. Havemeyer. who has
! become so absorbed in the cult ivation OF
dahlias that he IL endeavoring TO form
soc ely which shall make this flower it,
Ee'ial care, boasts that ne always keeps
two years ahead of the trade in the char
acter Of his blooms. H. Mex. Twombly.
who exhibits at rearly all the flower shows,
deyotes thousands Of dollars To the cult
walton of r. seS
OtEer wealthy exhibitors whose names
are always found in the catalogues Of the
shows are d. Willis James. G. F Dietrich,
= " Colgate and ). Untermyer II ia
the wealth Of these men that makes posi-
be the production Of the blossoms which
they send to the exhibits; but the skill Of
tleir gardeners determines the success
Of their exhibits. and the sneepsh- looking.
bright-cOmpleSiored men who stand near
the beautiful displays Of flowers feel the
keercst pride in the winning of blue
ribbon.
The bottom button on a vaietcoat lost
all its usefulness when the present King Of
England ceased 10 USE it for reasons closely
connected with his avoirdupois. To but
ton waistcoat tightly attracted attention
to his portliness of figure which might be
less noticeable otherwise.
Fancy waistcoats brought the same loss
OF occupation to the top button Of tho coat.
II was almost ignored in the attempt to
show a glimpse Of the waistcoat.
TIE tailors thereupon cut the coat 40
low that il might be buttoned and still
show the under garment The same process
was carried TO its ultimate result in the
froct coat.
London tailors are now sending 10 this
country links made like those worn in sleeve
hut,ors 70 wear with frock coats Two
button holes are made at the waist line
The links which are worn there keep the
frock coat from flying apart without hold
ing II 80 closely as buttons would.
tt" new device has only begun 10 be
seen IN this country and IL seems 70 have
arrived late for the fashion just now
the tendency among well-dressed men
is 10 button their coats az closely az pos
slhe ana avoid any exhibition Of desire
10 show their waistcoats.
Blanche Ring, who is just now the theat-
rical favorite OF a certain kind Of New
York audience, is a cousin of John Drew
and a member of that famous theatrical
family She bears a striking resemblance
to the Drews and Is most like Louise Drew,
the daughter OF John, who has this year
begun TO follow the family traditions
Ethel Barrymore, to whom Miss Ring
also bears strong resenb lance, sat in box
al Mrs. OsbOrns theatre at a matinee and
many persons unfamiliar with the fact
that any relationship existed between the
two were struck by the likeness between
them.
theatrical New York turned out at the
first Thursday matinee 10 see what a society
theatre might he like. Daniel Frohman
was there and so were Lillian Russell Clara
BloodgoOd, Ida Conquest j L. Finney,
Bruce Macrae. Beatrice Morgan. Minnie
Ashley and representatives of every COM
pany in New York. Indeed. the perform
ance was practically given before an au-
dience Of professionals.
Vaudeville has Just come to the aid Of
high art in effective fashion But for ts
help one of the mos, prominent virtuosos
who will be heard here this season might
not have crossed the Atlantic for the sake
of a liberal guarantee for a certain num-
Der of Appearances.
This artist was engaged by an impress
ario who found the contract rather a large
order When il became clear that he could
not undertake the tour on his own respon-
siLility, he looked about for a partner
He naturally began TO seek his associates
among musical managers and when none
OF them was Interested in the scheme he
turned his attention 20 various kinds of
assorted angels They were equally in
different. II looked for a while as II the
distinguished musician might not come
here after all.
When there remained only a.:few days in
which to make definite arrangements for
the tour the necessary partners were found
They are the proprictors Of several bur-
lesquc companies that never get nearer
Carnegie Hall than the Bowery Bur they
are 10 lie partners in the tour Of the famous