The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-25
new YORK'S FALL GUESTS.
.GRE4T ARMY OF VISITORS NOW
IN TOWN.
They Crowd Broadway, FIJI the Theatres
and Eat Table d'Hote Dinners-Most
Of Them Inclined to he Thrifty
-Tbe Miili0naires VIII Come Later.


these early autumn nights finds ns much
life there as in December. But the people
one sees are not New Workers.. The local
theatre public is not in the city yet-that
"a to say, the public that buys expensive
seats at the theatres.
The army that is just now filing the
theatres every night Is made up Of in
yaders They have come from all parts OF
the country to New York and are brought
here by very different motives.
Some are on their annual trip for bust
ness; some have come for pleasure, and
others are bound homeward from journeys
to the watering places Of the East.
To all who come, the stay in New York
is meant TO be holiday. At the theatres
and the restaurants these crowds are
spending the money brought from other
cities.
New Yorker OF moderately large ac-
ouaintance stood watching this street
throng the other night and saw not IA
miar face in the crowd that moved down
Broadway, overhowing into the restau-
rants and hotels at different points. Large
as New York is, it would be impossible
for him to repeat the experience In winter.
There would certainly be somebody In
the lines Of faces that he had seen before
The absence OF familiar faces is not the
only proof that this is not crowd Of New
Workers.. The fact is also manifest from
the speech of the men and women in II
and from their appearance.
Many women are hatless and look about
them as patronizingly as il they thought
it really too bad that New York should be
10 provincial that her citizens did not walk
bareheaded about the streets There are
unmistakabe Southern voices and others
that proclaim the Middle West as the
place of their origin.
There are not many dress suits on the
men, although the white and black of.even-
ing dress are met with occasionally. The
women rarely possess that indescribable
and vague cachet which, indefinite as it 10,
proclaims New York
Out of the varied accents one hears &C.
casional sentences as the tide flows down
the street.
Just to think Of what you've got to pay
for seat in a theatre, thought" said awo-
mans voice. ours tonight cost us $3.50
apiece at the hotel. Why, in Texas we never
pay over a dollar, and that's for some
thing extra fine, like the Bostonians used
to be or Frederick Warde. Usually the
prices are only rs cents for the best seats
In the opera house.
Prices trouble these visitors considerably.
The tariffs at the restaurants. as we'll as at
the theatres, seem extravagant to persons
accustomed to the schedules Of other
towns. It is for that reason that they like
the table d'hote.
Why, it was wonderful" one will hear.
1T only cost a dollar and you get two kinds
OF meat. Then there's chicken, and ice cream,
and several kinds OF cake. The other night
we paid 81 for not half as much at restau-
rant, just because we didn't think TO say
We wanted the table dhote.'
So it happens that they favor this form
Of dining In trolley cars they may be
heard recommending this restaurant or
that which supplies a good dinner at q fi1ed
price. Various advantages Of this house or
that one are dwelt on with enthusiasm.
why for IS cents. you can get a fine
breakfast that would cost you dollar at
the hotel. There's cantaloupe, and chicken,
and eggs. Just 60 to the store and ask the
elevator man to take you to the restaurant.
furniture department. Good as anything
This friendly advice usually brings a
return kindness in the form OF an address
atwhich thefood Is as good and as cheap.
The great mass Of New York's visitors
do not seek the most costly places in the
city. They would never 60 to the new
hotel that pretends to be at least is per
cent. higher than any other in the city.
Such expensive places are kept up largely
BY out OF town customers. but they are
usually OF quite another kind than the
rank and file Of the strangers now in town.
They are the millionaires. delighted TO
find the opportunity to spend their money
b an atmosphere Of luxury.
Wouldn't one Of those dinners be enough
for two?' was the question heard the other
night, after an enthusiastic description OF a
table d'hote; 'one person can't eat all that
But the rigorous rule that forbids this
division was explained.
Many OF the men who come here to make
purchases bring along members OF their
family, and the women are left alone, to
wander in the shops during the daytime.
Every car that travels down Broadway
brings its group OF women who have to
be told by the conductor when they have
reached certain shop. Most OF them
learn the destination Of the cars by asking
whether or not they pass a certain store.
Sometimes the size Of these parties
swamps a car Yesterday morning q car
no more than comfortably filed was moving
down Broadway, when, at Twenty sixth
street, a small army Of women started to
get aboard. Before the procession had
ended and the conductor could ring the
bell, the car was crowded to sufocation.
The entire party was headed for down.
town department store, and the car looked
desolate when they got out
That crowd ought to hire a rubberneck
wagon Of It's own observed the conductor,
as he looked back and saw long line OF
carr behind him.
All OF these visitors must have some
'hng new In styles to take home with them.
and in the case OF both men and women
II usually hat that they select. Some
lines it is bought at one Of the shops they
nave been visiting and just as often 1t
>omes through friend who gets 1t at
q. 'feduction, because he has a friend In the
nat business The men usually get their
headwear at one OF two well-known places
because there is nothing like the distino-
uon OF hat Of these brands in other towns.
Only the rich yiaitora do much ehoppinU