The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-28
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.


line in the second act OF a current
purlesque, which has almost made a record
IN New York, never fails to amuse the
manager Of the performance, although
the general public probably sees very little
IN It, Its humor. even for the manager,
does not lie in the words so much as in the
TACT that 1t is the only speech written by
the author that remains in the text One
by one the authors lines were eliminated.
Clever speeches by the comedians were
put in their place and other jokes suggested
by the company supplanted the original
text The result was libretto that lasted
long time, and as the author continued to
draw his royalties, he made no objection.
The manager still laughs at his line
although it takes away 10 per cent. Of the
gross receipts every week.
One OF the English actors who visited
the United States first two years ago be-
came so popular as a matinee hero, in spite
OF his obesity, that it seemed as if the day
OF the fat actor might have arrived at last.
But the star evidently lost confidence in
his ability to hold his audience II he grew
any stouter. He returned here last month
thinner by thirty pounds than he had been.
To retain these slighter proportions no
Jockey ever went through moro strenuous
training than he. He takes Turkish
bath daily, and when there are matinees
may be found in the hot room as early az
10 O'Clock in the morning. He fingers
there as long as health will permit and has
his reward in looking many pounds sighter
and some years younger when he steps
on the stage. But the treatment is heroic
and the actor expresses his own doubts
as to the length of time he will be able to
keep up such a sacrifice for the sake of his
looks.
"Neckwear made to order" is the sign
hanging In the window of a conservative
and high-priced haberdashery in Fifth
avenue. AS this establishment used to
impose its own fashions on customers
the new sign seemed a remarkable conces-
sion to the taste of purchasers as opposed
to the modes which the store provided.
I'VE have to do it to save ourselves
used to be content to buy the kind of ties
we showed them. But now nine men out
of ten have their own ideas as to how they
want scarfs made. One man wants mar
row scarf and the other broad one. Some
would be delighted to take scarf il the
material were only made in different
form. The upshot Of it is the sale Of spe-
cially made ties and the neglect OF the stock
already made up and we are able now to
satisfy any man, however cranky he may
be about what he puts around his neck.
Elizabeth Marbury, who has spent every
summer during recent years at Versailles.
has purchased villa, where she has made
her home, with the idea of living abroad
permanently az soon as her affairs here
are settled. Miss Marbury and Elsie de
Wolfe live in one of the most picturesque
houses in New York 1t is the little yellow
brick building at Irving place and Seven
teenth street, once owned and occupied
by Washington Irving. The little place
is a museum Of valuable objects collected
in Europe by the two occupants. Miss
Marbury's lease on the house expires at
the end of year and after that she will
only for a few months in every year for
the transaction of her business.
William Doyle, Jr., who has just got
into the London bankruptcy courts be-
cause the Hotel Cecil wanted him to pay
bill for suppers. is well remembered in
New York, where he lived until two years
ago. He came originally from Boston,
but made many friends here and appeared
frequently at the public performances
given by the Strollers. He was an I'M
commonly clever cancer, ana when no naQ
become so well known in gayer circles Of
New York life that he decided to go to
London for a change of air it was said that
he had determined to go on the music hall
stage. When his friends heard of him last
Mr.. Doyle was doing cakewalk at the
Empire with great success. His indebted
ness in London amounted to much more
than his earnings on the stage could settle.
He says his expenditures have exhausted
$40, 900 sent to him by his father from
Boston.
new church in the upper part of the
city is the most picturesque architectural
oddly to be found on Manhattan Island
1t is made Of sections Of two buildings
which represented Numerically opposite
styles. The result of the effort to combine
them may be imagined. The sides of the
church are made from the walls of the old
Academy of Design, which for years stood
so picturesquely at Fourth avenue and
Twenty-third street. Combined with this
Byzantine. or Italian, zebra-striped section
of the church are two Gothic pieces taken
from the rear Of st. Patrick's Cathedral
to make place for the new Lady Chapel
The new church stands on hill and is
wonderful sight. Unfortunately, there is
no e1pla nation Of the causes of this wonder
full combination, SO strangers stare at it In
a hopeless effort to discover what school
of architecture it represents. So many
buildings are now destroyed every year
in New York that this edifice suggests
dreary possibilities Of what may happen
if many Of them are pieced together.
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