The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-29
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1--we TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.
The reappearauce Of Theodore Thomas
at the Philharmonic after an absence Of
nearly fourteen years In sure TO arouse the
enthuslasm of the old guard Of music lovers.
me occasion Ia to have especial significance
aso from the fact that the concert wifi
TAU on the fiftieth Anniversary OF Mr..
Ihomas's debut a. conductor. He was
young man then and since that time he has
played a conspicuous part In the history
expected In tho course Of events that no
VIII continue TO conduct much longer, no
no Will probably have q welcome Of an
unusual character when he returns TO the
Every few days an old actor Ia described
as having been O member Of the company
with i. A. Sothern when Ne was playing
Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre
on the night that Wilkes Booth assassinated
Abraham Lincoln. This story was told OF
the late Sara Stevens, who died few weeks
ago, and Of Edwin Varrey, who 10 III In New
Jersey.
As a matter OF fact. there are only three
actors now alive who were In the cast on
that night. They are W. j. Ferguson, who In
still active In his profession John Mathews,
a popular official OF the Actors Fund, and
Harry Hawk. who Ia now living In Phila-
delphla.
While only these actors survive how
ever, " has become q tradition to cay Of
almost any old actor that he was appear
ing in Washington when the crime was
committed.
The large army OF wax ladies' who visit
New York in the autumn and stand in the
shop windows arrayed in gorgeous gar
ments has arrived. The army ia unusually
large this year. having been augmented
by what might be called the Crimson Corset
Corps. The ladies' OF this corps are all
sawn of at the waist, but, judging by their
smiling countenances, they do not seem
to object to being cut in half.
There couldn't be any higher tribute to
the infallibility OF motherhood than this
in red hot argument with fellow arab:
faint SOL said No. 2.
"'Tis SOL cried No. t. My mother
says it's so, an when my mother says It's
$50, It's So even II 1t amt SOL
Some OF the big apartment hotels have
lmade summer verandas out Of the side
walks all through the hot weather. The
people who 60 to the seashore and the
mountains are not the only ones who sat
out doors in the twilight.
There is a place in Seventy-odd street
where twenty big rocking chairs have been
ranged along the sidewalk every night.
and the men have had their smokers. As
the evening wore on the row would divide
into little groups and the chairs would be
drawn into circles covering half the side
walk There was gossip enough there every
night to fill all the Sunday papers.
The most repulsive countenance In New
York is owned by the crocodile at the aqua
rum, who shares the big tank with the all-
gator, from whom he Is separated by an
Iron fence. The crocodile has a wicked eye
set In his hideous face, and produces an
uncanny feeling as he looks you over while
his body lies absolutely motioniess. The
little Mexican horned toad which IL 30
much affected as pet In New York 10 an
engaging little fellow with a, pleasant ex-
preston ON his face compared with the evil
old crocodile, and could claim place as q
professional beauty.
The prisoner In hard luck said he was
German. The Magistrate tried few test
questions.
DO you know Inter den Linden''
YAH
Ever fight under Bismarck in the army7'
Sure, Judge.
Ever see Che old Emperor William2"
yah, an der young Won odderwise too
All right" concluded the Magistrate"
you're genuine. Discharged
Last Thursday night WAS the hrst since
early In May that Police Headquarters
was minus lost child. Every night IN the
warm weather policemen would leave from
Ave to fifteen children in the matrons
charge before midnight. For each she
cared for she Ii entitled to Is cents from
the city besides her regular salary.
When the typewriter came into general
use, not 80 many years ago, the practice
Of typewriting transcripts OF legal testi-
mony quickly did away with the old-style
pen copies. Now, however, the typewriter
In, threatened, SO far as that particular
branch of work is concerned.
One OF the more progressive public stenog-
raphers has for some time been furnishing
printed copies Of all testimony reported
by him, greatly to the satisfaction OF the
attorneys by whom he Ia employed and
OF the referees before whom the cases are
tried. The price charged is no greater than
for the typewriter copies, and there is
saving In bulk that IL worth great deal
Even the time Of delivery is shortened;
for BY debating from the stenographio
notes into a monograph, and having. the
matter set on typesetting machine direct
from tho photograph cylinder, II Is easy
TO secure proofs In a very few minutes,
and daily copy cases are no longer
bugbear to counsel.