The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-15
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

ooch VI upper broduHay IN region al
ready seemingly supplied with enough
establishments of that kind to meet the
demand. There is evidently a greater in
terest IN these imitation gems than there
ever was on the part Of buyers, or the shops
could not increase in numbers as they have
in the last few years. 1t seemed like the
irony OF fate that one Of the new Broad
way places should occupy the store vacated
by jeweller. IIe had sold out his stock
OF watches. chains and rings at auction,
frankly confessing that after trial of
five years he could not make living and
pay. the rent asked on Broadway In spite
or increase in rent and the opposition OF
several similar shops in the nefghborhood
the artificial jewelry seller moved in with
out hesitation.
| This city was slow to take to the false
| jewelry. The first Of the stores were
branches Of foreign establishments, and
! many are still cont rolled by firms in Europe.
The increased elaborateness of women 3
| dress and the fashion of wearing iewelry at
all times have made them finally successful.
Various qualifications are required by
the successful hotel proprietor, and they
are not always united in one perosn. So
the partnership Of two men Of widely differ
| ing traits will sometimes be more Success
| full than the efforts of one individual 1t
was this view that led to this roseate proph-
| ecy about two hotel managers who re
Gently came to New York.
"They're bound to succeed" said one
OF their business rivals, because they
| combine between them every quality needed
| for success. One of them can drink more
liquor than anybody ever knew and not
show 1t. Hel can stand at the bar all day
and be back there again from dinner to
closing time. The other proprietor never
toucps drop, has a keen business head
and is solid with all the women guests
Of the house. tell you, it's impossible to
beat pair like that"
For several years theatre builders have
looked upon the abolition of pillars as the
thing most to be desired in the construction
Of such buildings. There can be no pillars
without seats back of them. The diplo-
macy OF the treasurer was usually able to
put a deadhead in the undesirable place.
seats could be sold. Whatever the attrac-
tiveness of play might be- however. these
seats were always the last to be sold, and
patrons never failed to complain
The use OF the cnntilever system has
made IT possible to build galleries without
objection to the abolition of the pillars
that the acoustic properties of theatre
are damaged when they are taken away.
In several theatres recently built on the
cantilever system the acoustics have been
so poor that it has been found necessary
to put in sounding wires. One manager
who has built seven theatres. tried in several
the abolition of the pillars. but has decided
to restore them In his next theatre rather
than run the risk Of having the acoustics
poor
The profits Of the man who wrote the
song of the summer have already amounted
to $4,000, with an increasing popularity
to carry the march along for at least three
more months.
Needless to say this amount was not
earned out Of first song. However great
the popularity of song may he, its COM
poser is likely to earn little of it by his
first effort. First songs are usually sold
on terms that the publisher is willing to
make. The stories of great profits from
first songs may be true enough, SO far as
they refer to the publisher, But they are
apochryphal in the case Of the writer's.
One song which has always held the record
for receipts was sold by the composer
for $50. He saw firm Of music publishers
grow rich. but he never received anything
beyond the original selling price except
an occasional present. He was able to
make his own terms for the second song,
however, and was in the end we'll enough
rewarded. But no song that he subse-
quently wrote ever eoualled the first.
New York Is whistling to-day was able to
make arrangements which would give him
large share OF the receipts because he
had another very popular work to his credit.
A downtown lawyer ran across a petty
swindling game that was new to him the
other day. A seedy-looking man fioated
into the Office Of the lawyer, who is young
and anxious for business The stranger an
hot E., 4
down on his luck who had only kept from
starving because prosperous classmate
had befriended him.
This prosperous classmate, he said was
in some difficulty over a mechanics lien
for $22 900 on three uptown houses. He
wanted to bond the lien and fight the suit.
and the seedy stranger was looking for a
lawyer for his prosperous friend.
Would the young lawyer take the job'
The lawyer, who was wondering how the
man happened in, but who hadn't smelled
a rat yet, nearly fell out of his chair in say
ing that he would. The seedy stranger
and check for $3.50 as retainer and for
preliminary expenses the next day. Then
he asked, what do get out OF t?"
The young lawyer offered to pay him
for bringing in the business and asked
some more questions, which the stranger
answered in detail, describing the property
and giving the name Of the contracto
who'd iened and two Of the material men,
who, he said, would swear that the work
was not properly done.
Then he promised to call on the lawyer
the next day with all the papers in the case
and check. just before he left he turned
to the lawyer and said:
I'm doing you a good turn here and
expect my share of ii of course; but, as /
told you, I'm down on my luck. l wish
you'd let me have enough in advance for
my carfare uptown and down in the MORN
ing" -, -, -
his mind that the man was cheap, swindler
and shooed him out of the Office. The
name of the client o-be isn't in the direc-
tory. but the names of all the others the
swindler mentioned are. and he gave their
occupations and addresses correctly.
The lawyer ID wondering il the man
works the game steadily and if he makes
living out OF IT,
A sympathetic woman who was walking
along lower Sixth avenue the other morning
was greatly touched by seeing ragged
man eagerly snatch a crust out of the gutter
and devour it voraciously. She drew out
her purse Immediately, bestowed coin on
the man and hurried away to avoid further
narrowing of her feelings, Her dest nation
led her to mount to the platform OF the ele-
waited station at Eighth street. While she