New-York tribune., 1904-10-04
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

O. B. Tennis, Chicago merchant. who has made
hfty-eight business trips to Europe IN the last
twenty years. is guest at the Holland House
| Speaking Of the conditions of trade, he said
II was the expectation of house that busi-
ness would be curtailed to some degree on account
OF the campaign but have been most agree
ably disappointed, and have had the best season in
over twenty years. It is notable in this eOnnec-
lion that the taste of the Western trade has great
y improved in the last years and this fact,
taken with the generally prosperous condition of
the people. has made the demand for only the best
IN our line that NeWYork and the European mar
@ Ket has TO Offer The time is past" said Mr. Ten
ana the changed conditions that have come about
IN recent years. The tobber formerly supplied the
httie merchants everywhere. while now he gets his
orders frOm the large department general stores.
such only as corporation can afford. And more
ia tL no more as Job6e1s We are direct importers OF
ago we bought in New-York. or. when abroad II,
Nottngham London and Paris. We no longer ma
niue factories in the industrial villages of nearly
q" 'He continental countries
Private John Allen ex-Congressman from
Mississippi at the Waldorf evening re-
Gently and some aIluson 20 his Washington career
provoked personal recital Of one OF his e1pe-
rlenCeS 1t was" said Mr.. Allen. during the
early part Of my first / deeply imbued
with my responsibility TO my constituents and the
necessity for more economical administration OF
turned from the funeral of a Western Congress
man. which cost about a1.Ooc and ] saw my, op-
speech urging more modest and less expensive obse-
quies. Some Of my speeches by some means AN
trict and when | went home a little later several
people Congratulated me on the speech They said
I Was right. and one fellow. more frank than the
rest. said John. II You die while you are ln Ton
gress have it arranged that your body is sent d.
rectly home and ! will assure you there are quite
a number in your district that would have great
eminent all expense. "
Samuel G.. vann. a cotton manufacturer at
Franklinton \. c.. is staying at the Waldorf. He
made a recent visit TO ST. Louis and the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1t outranks the
Chicago show" said he. in every particular II
one of the features said Mr. Vann. :'is the
Inside Inn, which has 25l@ compartments, called
than the Waldorf. and it is for surprise
that Il could have been established like
ments and service. OF course. the burlapped walls
absence OF privacy IN speech only makes the as
semblage within the place seem like big picnic
manded are a credit TO the management The
crowds at the fair are growing and yet in the
The auction season is or again dt runs from
the middle or September until June y and IA
miiiar faces again confront the suctioneer. One
OF the oldest houses in Fifth-aye welcomes new
visitors ar every sale. but the chronics and pro-
fessionaIs are again occupying front seats The
auction habit" said one long in position to 2ote the
easily abated. With some ~ becomes "a craze. The
regulars on deck al every sale-and they iatter
themselves they are In the expert class Some
times they SIT the whole afternoon through. and
vet buy nothing. They are after bargains. and
YET often paw price they could get again
Besides the occasiouals and the chronlcs. dealers
are always present VINO buy 20 sell again
The morbid curio hunter has missed his oppor-
tunity II ne has overlooked the display IN a Broad
way jewellers window. II is the mummifed head
OF dead South African. The weazen coal black
visaEe. that is resting silver pedestal suggests
the narrowing history % It's original The
card that IL appended te~tihes that the exhibit -
A genuine head ~ South African Indian who
killed Ey mis- tribe. and that afterWaTd his
mouth sswed 20 keep him from revealing Sc
crets In the other world
He was a stole in his indifference 20 comment.
He wrote his name the register ~ one ~ the
most exclusive Fifth-ave hostleries wearing a
straw hat. YESTERDAY. And p~oaf that the ten
perature warned him of the advancing season he