The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-10

grace with 4 ropes end. The youngsters
were beginning to shuu the nautical school.
Curiously enough. many parents fell into
the same opinion.
The Board Of Education decided recently
that something should be done TO correct
this idec about an excellent school. 30 the
commander Of the ship Is making a tour
OF the free lecture centres explaining the
course OF instruction on board, the treat
ment Of the boys and the results obtained.
II is expected that as a result Of his e1plana-
ton the St. Mary's viii again occupy the
place in everybody's favor that II held
several years ago,
New Yorker who has just returned from
Philadelphia is unable to decide whether
an experience he had there was a return
to eighteenth century fashions or a survival
of an old practice that has never been in
terrupted there. He went TO a ball and found
that tables for all guests who wanted to
play cards were prepared in one OF the
rooms.
THE only reservation made he said,
was one Of age, and that was TO keep the
young men from playing. Otherwise there
would have been none OF them for the
cotillon. But the older guests all had a fine
( time over the card tables. l never had any
idea before of the extent to which bridge
can cheer up chaperons.
Monday subscribers at the Metropolitan
! are to have a Wagner opera but this does
not mean that these serious works will
continue TO be sung frequently on the most
nodish aight' of the week In answer
to the complaint that some OF the Monday
audiences would like to hear some Wagner.
one of the officials Of the Metropolitan
said that it would be very easy for the dis
satisfied to change their seats for some
other night.
More Wagner operas are sung on the
other evenings" this official said, and
there are also many more seats then. There
is a constant demand for Monday evening
seats, and we will be happy to change their
places for any subscribers who want II.
For every Monday night seat there are
at least five applicants
we boast that you can get anything you
ask for in New York. said housekeeper
but II you want some Of the small bitter
oranges that are necessary to make mar
malade you can't buy them this side of
Montreal. | have tried in all the large
fruit stores in vain.
These oranges come from Spain, and no
one here thinks it worth while to import
them. When make marmalade. friends in
Montreal send me what | need. | thought
at first that this was an absurd. round
about way of getting the fruit, but several
trips among the fruitmen convinced me
that II was the easiest.
A musical prodigy has recently returned
10 New York, but even the persons who
used to speak so much of his talents rarely
hear OF him now He was born in New York
of foreign parents and brought TO the at
teniion of a New York instructor who saw
his great talent and set out to educate him
The instructor introduced the boy to some
wealthy lovers of music. who declared that
he must be sent to European teachers
In vain hs teacher protested that he was
not yet in state To be sent away. He
went, however, with the fund his wealthy
admirers had raised
That happened three years ago, and after
struggles with various European teachers he
is back in New York. But of the career
Is heard Even those wealthy friends who
insisted that he be sent to Europe now see
him rarely. Some OF them do not know that
he is back here.
The first thing that the newly arrived
immigrant realizes is the need for an English
speaking member Of his family. After
leaving Ellis leland and establishing some
kind of home the next business Ia to
get this knowledge Of the language of the
country
The children who are too young to go 70
work and help supply the family, larder
are sent TO day school. The older children.
who obtain employment In factories or
sweatehops. are sent 10 night school. Some
times the athers also 90 10 the same school
to pick up as much Of the language as they
can 10 help them in their trade. Most Of
the seventy-two elementary night schools
are downtown, where the newcomers mostly
take up their abode
The number of registered pupils in these
schools is 5000 and about one-third, or
10000 are non English speaking persons
Hebrews are in the majority and Italians
come next. The teachers report that both
races work hard 70 learn
A Young woman and her escort dropped
into Trinity Church at vespers and we're
shown TO a front pew. moment later an
elderly couple came in and the usher piloted
them to the same pew.
The young woman moved along, the man
stepped into the aisle and the old folks
moved IN between them Then the young
man resumed his seat next 70 the aisle, /
His friend smiled sweetly back at him from !
her corner.
1Did YOU think that you were in theatre /
and that the seats we're reserved" she |
whispered on their way out, and the escort /
tried to figure how long ago 1t was since /
he had attended church.
Here il a different dog story from another |
quarter Of the town The attachment Of
little girl in Essex street for dog of IN
certain breed she had found shiverng in /
the cold caused the policeman on that beat
to offer to bet SIS that no inducement could
make the child part with her pet Jack,
the fat bartender in the old Silver Dollar
Smith Hotel, took him up
Here, Rosie" called the cop. after the
money had been put up with stake
holder IN give you whole dollar for
that dog.
declined the offer. $50
There. chuckled the cor. as the child
turned away. what did tell yer''
~Cne minute, remarked the otheg ''ttor'
Then. to tne object of the bet Say, sis
III give you i've sticks Of candy for that
dog
frightened up.
Where's the candy. frstl' she said.
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