The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-11
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

New Workers returning from Lakewood
find no subject Of conversation 10 interestii
at the man In the Panama hat. He Is
a guest Of one Of the largest hotels there
and belongs to a family that has been
known In this city for generations. And
he never appears In the hotel without his
Panama hat. He has 1t on in the morning
when he comes down TO brea kfast and
when he disappears for the last time in
ne evenings the Panama hat is stu on
the CORRIDOR Of the hotel are content to
dispense with their hats. But the New
Yorker clings to his Panama and parts
from IL reluctantly only when he enters
the dining room. Its inappropriatenes
to snow and rain outside has never affected
the fidelity OF the wearer who has worn
the Panama without change since the LIST
day OF last October One Of the clerks
In the hotel has petitioned the proprietor
TO relieve the strain on him by posting In
the ONCE the name Of the gentleman in
the Panama hat and the fact that nobody
knows why he always wears the straw hat
beyond the rumor that he Is said 10 fear
badness from the electric light.
The vogue OF the London tailor has de-
clined during the past few years and there
has been nothing like the increase Of Gus
toners that might have been expected.
There Is still business enough here 10 make
It extremely profitable for a certain number
Of London tailors TO send their representa-
tives here twice a year. But the increase
OF business during the past five years has
not been nearly so great as the increase
during the same period preceding. Various
causes have led to this decline. One of
these In the fact that II IL no longer con-
"a AZ n m nf good drpk9-
ing for New Yorker to get his clothes from
Poole, Davies or any OF the other noted
London tailors rs II used to be. The Eng
lish-made garments do not wear so well,
especially in the matter Of Innings. II Il
no longer so easy to get them through
without duty as it was n few years ago.
la making and sewing, the English clothes
are inferior TO the work OF the American
tailos. The recent increase in duties
makes them as high as the garments made
here without the corresponding quality
Of workmanship.
The professional entertainer engaged
to keep up the whoop-la has long been a
recognized feature OF the summer hotels.
But he or she, az the case may be. is a new.
conner in metropolitan hotel life. The
new family establishments uptown have
recently begun TO make use Of these aids
TO eociability. however. and they are at
work in three or four Of these new places.
There they organize the weekly hop. look
after the charades and otherwise con-
tribute TO the gayety Of life a. effectively
as they do In summer
A Wall Street broker came down with
scarlet fever in the late fall and was quaran-
tined in a private ward Of one Of the city
hospitals. He had a telephone placed at
his bedside, and over IL transacted all the
details Of his business during his con-
valescence, when the danger Of contagion
IL greatest. In less than four weeks, while
still a prisoner in his room, he executed
deals that netted him more than $4,000.
Telephones are frequently placed at the
disposal OF quarantined patients, and over
them they not only direct the details OF
their business, but talk at will with their
friends in the outside world
He had opened his newspaper TO read
Gen. Grecne's letter 10 Inspector Brooks.
when friend entered the car and greeted
him with
Il say, Dusenbury. what do you propose
to do with your son Harry when he leaves
college?'
Get him job on the police force
-On the police force?"
Yes. then he won't know anything about
gambling