The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-11
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

M newport TO establish residence th0r0
with divorce suit In view, she advanced
one degree In her aspirations toward the
stage by moving into an uptown apartment
house which shelters several attractive
actresses. Her nearest neighbor was Miss
Ethel Barrymore.
Mrs. Kemp's family was 40 bitterly op-
posed 10 her plan Of becoming an actress,
that the apartment was occupied for only
few months. Mrs. Frederick Nelson, her
mother. heard Of her theatrical ambitions
f1rst from the newspapers and pressure
was quickly brought to bear on the young
woman which induced her to relinquisR
her plans, at least temporarily.
rev society amateurs arc so we'll quail
ned Tor stage success as Mrs Kemp. She
y uncommonly handsome. has a beautiful
the young women Of her set who have gone
10 the stage. 1t Ia curious fact that most
OF these aspirants to dramatic fame are
below the standard OF pulchritude de-
manded Of the theatre.
The problem Of the evening waistcoat
in summer has been solved for all thoss
willing to accept tho dictum OF q Fifth
avenue haberdasher and pay SIS for what
he provides. With the dinner coat to be
worn in summer cloth waistcoat Is too
warm and one Of the Indispensable features
OF dinner coat is a black tie. This puts
white duck waistcoat out Of the question.
The new waistcoat for summer wear with
q dinner coat is pale gray linen, single
breasted az becoming the informally Of
dinner jacket and made with darker
garment may feel that he Is we'll dressed
and at the same time cool in dinner coat.
And he has committed no such sartorial
soleSism as wearing white wastcoat and
The waistcoat question became so per-
picking last summer that one tailor
made dinner jacket which closed
In front with silk cord that made II i'm
possible to see whether there was a waist
coat underneath or not.
The value of interesting theatrical MEN,
orabilia is shown by the large prices brought
at the sale Of the late Thomas McKee's
collection of books programmes and the
trical prints. The present owner consid-
cred an offer Of 100000, but decided to
dispose Of the articles at separate sales.
The receipts at these sales already amount
to more than $4,000, and the auctioneer
expects the total to be quarter of mil
lion dollars.
This sum il. OF course, enormously in
excess of the capital originally invested,
but there Is great demand now for all
theatrical souvenirs that possess real in
will be time in the near future when money
laid out in such collections will not prove q
good investment.
The finest private collection Of this kind
now in New York belongs to Evert Jansen
Wendell, who has recently added to 1t by
numerous purchases at the Brown and other
sales
The head of a certain family always smiled
superciliously whenever the question OF
servants was discussed, and there was a
patronizing tone in his voice when he told
OF the domestic serenity that had prevailed
in his kitchen for twelve years. During
all that period there had not been change.
So the blow was overwhelming when it
nounced it so definitely that all appeal
was plainly out Of the question No reason
was given. II was not matrimony, nor
dissatisfaction, nor illness. The house.
wife, dstraught by such an unexpected
urging that she had the right after such
long term, to find out what the matter was.
We'll, I'm going, away. was the final
looking into that face Of yours every morn
And the mistress wished after all that she
had not insisted SO much.
seeker after lodgings Of the kind
specifically described as bachelor was
attracted on Sunday by sign announcing
that floors were to be had in house In
Thirtieth street near Fifth avenue. He
rang the bell. and. when nobody came after
ten minutes, he opened the door and en-
tered. Ringing the elevator bell brought
no more response, so he started up the
steps. His progress was not interrupted.
He mounted to the roof. examining on the
knocked, but without response. The
house was as open and hospitable as a
public street and as still as grave. After
half an hours investigation the visitor
closed the door behind him. While In
the house he had not met soul nor heard
a sound beyond that Of his own footsteps.