The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-20
LIVE TOPICS amour TOWN.

restaurants, and seem conscious OF the
difference In their dress and that Of the
New York women around them. Once a
year. at this season. women bring this
custom with them from the towns In which
they live. and their attitude toward the
women they see here Is rather patronizing,
as II to imply that things are very much
better done at home than In the metropolis.
After week or two the hatless lady will
disappear, not to be seen again until next
autumn.
Franz Egenieff, who has come to this
country to sing in 'Parsifal,' was once
Lieutenant in the German Army. He Is
entitled to be called baron, although he
abandoned the Use Of that prefix when he
decided to 60 on the stage. Before that
tins he had met in Berlin an American
girl who was des oended from German
family. and she found the young officer
as attractive as titled young German officers
so often are to American girls. They were
married. Within few years the titled
Lieutenant became the opera singer. This
was not due to necessity, however, as the
American wife Is the heiress OF one OF the
brewers who made st. Louis famous.
The proprietor OF the hotel looked dis
consolately into the empty dining room.
A few persons only were scattered through
the long apartment. He remarked, with
a sigh, that every room in the house was
taken.
"He means by that" one OF the guests OBJ
served as the proprietor moved away, "that
oil the guests go out to the restaurants in
the neighborhood for dinner. merely be-
ca use the food is better and the prices no
higher. Half the hotel proprietors in
this city complain that guests 60 out for
their meals, without seeming to realize
that they all would dine at home IL the food
were rs good. II costs as much and ought
to be- but it rarely Is,
That's why many hotel proprietors
are compelled to RELY for their profit on the
rent OF their rooms"
The olive oil preventive Of jag was
revealed to some guests at a dinner given
for actorc last spring. A popular young
matinee IDOL was seen slipping olive oil
out OF literally filed saucer.
Always do it when l expect to drink a
good deal he explained. Keeps me from
feeling any bad effects.
Now it fappened tfat wine was not sup
piled at this dinner 1t lad to be ordered
by the invited guests, who had the clubs
cellar put at their disposal at their own
expense. Tho young actor evidently did
did rot know Of this arran cement. At mid
night he had poured only glass of Ice
water on his hygienic foundation of>oil.
Billboard and fence advertising has
assumed such large proportions" said
man prominent in advertising affairs, that
u old wooden boards and fences are fast
disappearing. You will notioc in their
places fences made Of steel and galvanized
iron, having treble the life Of the old wooden
ones. A fow years ago the cost Of such
a structure would have beeni considered
more than was iustifable by the returns:
brt with the formation Of big companies
to haEdle this class of advertising exclu-
sively came the need for something more
lasting than wood. And 90 in advertising,
IA in most everything else, wood has given
way to steel.
New York has probably been infested
with more mosquitoes this year than ever
before All sorts of explanations for their
presence have been offered. from tie
phenomenally wet season to the many
ttgnant pools scattered over the city as a
result Of the subway construction. And
rev preventives and remedies for mos
quito bites have been as numerous as the
explanations
ing his car the other evening carrying big
bunch Of green stuff.
"It's fresh pennyroyal,' he explained.
there and it's our last hope. We have tried
every other remedy on the market this
year,
A realistic suggestion Of the coal mining
regions is to be seen every evening in lower
Broadway between Q and 7 o'clock. Then
the mules that haul the dirt cars under
ground along the route Of the subway ex-
tension are hoisted to the surface In swing
ing boxes. their drivers mount them bare
back and lively procession OF men and
mules yrots up Broadway. The mules are
shapey, we'll fed, docile and active: They
show no sign Of nervousness when they are
suspended in the air in the process Of bring
ing them up from below the street. But
then they are used to II.
The new City Prison, which has replaced
the old Tombe, is az unlike its predecessor
in other ways as it is radically different in
architecture. A stranger passing the new
structure at night might mistake II for any
thing but prison. so cheerful does 1t ap-
pear. Bright lights shine from the many
windows, giving to the building an appear
ance OF warmth and Hospitality i looks
gloomy and forbidding aspect Of the old
replica OF an Egyptian tomb which pre-
ceded it. the new prison Is attractive and
while not enthusiastically beautiful It has
the appearance Of being well ventilated,
lighted and generally wholesome.
81 had shock this morning said the
drummer, when went into a cobbler's
to get my shoes heeled. live in the old
Ninth ward and there are several little old
fashioned cobbler shops about there. l
went into the first came to. The cobbler
was an Irishman and when he charged me
IS cents for heeling my shoes, kicked.
81 know it's high, said he. But there's
so many Of thin domned dagoes in the
heelin.' have TO charge IS cents to make
up for the loss III n business n7ss.t,or worth tho
money, 80 paid the bill
The jewellers around Washington Square
who lead sufficiently strenuous life to be
up and doing at 7:so in the morning can see
an interesting exhibition. ;,
At the first stroke OF the half hour small
man appears in the belfry Of the Judson
Memorial Church Immediately :, beneath
the cross and swings two big Indian clubs
for five minutes or 30. The altitude does
not seem to have the slightest effect on his
energy.
The most dangerous crossing in town is