The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-06
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWy

"Munching" is a practice popular hs,
now at Newport and other sumner resorts
II also has the recognition Of tho King OF
England Munching is one Of the n,Ime,.
GUS prcventives Of extreme weight tbs,
appeal to persons who want 70 los. flesh
but are unwilling to deprive themselves Of
LIES pleasures. II means merely very
slow eating. Its theory is that every parti.
Gle OF food must be chewed slowly and care
fully until no solid material remains to be
swallowed. Slow eating is merely carried
to an extreme by the new treatment.
All London society threatened with too
much flesh is said to be chewing very long
and very thoroughly and American cor
verts to the system are already nuinero.
Its effect is said to be noticeable at dinners,
which have come TO be known as MUNICH
ing parties, and are much less vivaciors
than they were when eating and drinking
went on rapidly. Persons who eat SLOWLY
also eat much less than those who on,
rapidly.
Frank Work has solved the problem n,
a town summer in what looks like a VERY
satisfactory fashion to those who have
seen him taking his ease on the north side
of Madison Square. Mr. Works hou.n
is one of the few private residences rn
manning on that block His door is covered
with fancy iron grilling, and behind this
the owner every evening takes his ease
He usually has the society Of friend, and
he smokes in comfort with the park m FROM
of him as a lawn.
Mr.. Work looks less contented with tho
world when he walks through the cafe
Of the French restaurant half block away
from his home. There was period when
he was accustomed to spend much Of HI,
time In that building. The place was then
the most conservative and representative
Of New Yorks restaurants Mr. Work
looks with no apparent favor on the suo-
cessors of his old friends who used TO gathrr
there and the expression of his face makes
it plain that he considers these DAYS drpon-
crate compared to those he remember,
in the old home Of the famous restaurant.
What in the world is that band?" asked
one man Of another. pointing to thres
colors of very uncommon combination
~ cannot think of any college iha, he,
those colors, or any cluh about here"
The man with the strange rihbpi turned
out TO be an acquaintance. and before
long the conversation was brought around
10 that subject.
"Oh that's the ribbon Of my prop school"
the wearer said. -and l have it on Ct tho
special request of our hcadmaster. Many
men have recently taken to wearing tho
school. like several others I have heard
Of, sent out requests TO its men to wenr
the school band occasionally That helps
TO explain lot of the freak hat bands
seen around the city this summer
Jean dc Reszke's desire to come back
to this country next season at the head
of small company shows that he has
failed TO reach any agreement with the
new management of the Metropolitan
Opera House and yet feels the necessity
Of returning to this golden land for ons
seasc n more at least. 1t was arranged
a year ago that he was to sing this season at
the Metropolitan under Mr.. Grau's man
agement, but as he demanded OF Mr.. Con-
ried twice as much as he had ever received
under the old regime, II is not difficult
to understand why no agreement was
reached.
Mr.. Grau told Mr.. Conried it was bad
policy to engage such high-priced tenor
under any circumstances before the first
Of August. Then, il tho subscription Was
not promising, such an engagement was
advisable This year the subscription
lis larger than it ever was. and NJ. de Reszke
is not needed as life saver.