The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-17
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.


has sent out his spring announcement,
and II contains an important detail hitherto
absent, He warns his clients that in future
he will undertake TO sell no verse. The
poet must hustle to sell his own products,
and according to the explanation OF this
agent he or she has hard time In doing It.
| The supply OF verse Is 80 much In excess
of the demand In these material days that
the poets, even when they are willing TO
pay the agents 10 per cent. Of their earnings,
are compelled 10 peddle their own rhymes.
The closing Of the Japanese port Of
Kelung on the island Of Formosa, has had
its effect already on our New York tea
market said n downtown tea broker
Yesterday. If the port continues closed
for any length OF time the effect will be
much more pronounced. 1t is from Kelung
that fully ive-si1ths OF all the oolong tea
! that comes TO this market Is shipped.
sOolong tea, even now, has gone up a
cent or two a pound because OF the closing
Of the port. How long this Is to remain
In force we have no means Of knowing:
The japanese are using the port as naval
sta ton, and we are advised by our CORE
spondents out that way that extensive
works Of fertilization are In progress.
Probably II the japanese won sweep
| ing victory over Rojestvensky's feet the
| closing Of Kelung would be OF short dura-
| ton, but II the mastery Of the sea, as between
! the Russians and the Japanese, Is left I'M
| certain after the pending battle 1t may
| be very much longer. On the result OF
that battle, therefore, depends the price
| the American woman Is going to pay Tor
her cup Of tea
Mrs. Robert Lewis Of Fifth avenue and
! Thirty-seventh street Is the fortunate
owner Of the nearest approach 10 private
J park in the city. In the rear Of her horse,
occupying six city lots and running
! through TO Thirty-eighth street Is plot
/ Of ground laid out as park which formerly
! belonged to the owners Of the houses on
/ Thirty-eighth street. Mrs. Lewis bought
| the property some years ago, AID although
| II Is beautifully arranged as park II Is
rarely used for that purpose. 1t IL the
! largest private property in that part OF
| the city and a delight at this season OF the
wear. when the flowers and shrubs Visible
| TO the outside world through the Dars OF
the gate, are beginning TO bloom
"A proprietary medicinal preparation,
that comes in the form Of tablets put up
| In bottles said man with an eye for de-
! tails. slong came with little wad OF loose
| cotton thrust into the neck Of the bottle
under the screw cap, 70 keep the tablets
from shucking about in transportation.
In the last bottle bought, in place OF the
cotton found little loosely crlmpled
wad OF narrow strips OF paper, mace 70
serve the same purpose Ill.
sNow the cotton required for a single
bottle would cost only very small iractl9n
~ a cent but the paper wad, while mace
~ naner specially prepared for the pur-
800 must cost considerably less ! sup
pose the saving thus effected In putting
IN say. a million bottles, must amount
70 a sum decidedly worth saving saving, us "a
,,oSsrn practice, by which. 80 far as pos
sible. all wastefulness Is avoided
Tba orchestra Of q Sixth avenue restau-
r,rt which IN supposed to appeal to public
a-ac,in9 I'm the matter Of the music II lis
,ons %. no longer has any fixed programme.
Tho conductor grew weary OF arranging
,ho music 70 be played and then having 10
odd as many extra numbers as the guests
requested. so the matter has been ingen-
| iorslv arranged In a way that gives nun
iess trouble and comPels his musicians
10 Fyeyy number they give now is practi-
| c,iIv a request. The conductor has
rel ertoire Of ls02 pieces, and these are
! ali printed In pamphlet Thleh lies on eveiLy
symnhonio and no end Of subdivisions.
| TS,s CHESTS select the pieces they want,
send them TO the conductor and await the
The rest Of the room learns what the
music Is when the number Is flashed on an
| annaratus that looks like a carriage call.
A clock now on exhibition in the lobby
! ~ the Grand Opera House is nearly twenty
feet high, with a base eight feet wide and
| In appearance is not unlike the beIry
| tower Of a church.
Thirteen dials form circle around the
clock face these thirteen dials giving the
time In thirteen cities in different parts
| 81 the world. The face proper " blue
| Geld. In front Of which are images OF the
sun, earth, moon, the planets and fixed
| stars-all In regular Sorder, Below hangs
! Ire pendulum, whichyis representation
| IN tbe coat Of arms ofdhe United States.
In carved balconies around the top are
images representing the different ares Of
man. The clock is surmounted by eupoh
In which sits an image Of George wash
inRton. Once every hour there - pro-
s,lsssion OF the Presidents before him. This
Ssipola IA topped by a statue OF Liberty,
Ina clock n Tho work q az Ingenious