The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-10

Inc man in whose especial honor the affair
took place comes from Austria, and the
plan OF decorations was to reproduce n
country scene in his own country. Hills
covered with real foliage left the centre OF
the room valley in which the host received.
Seats were placed on the knobs, and lambs
grazed there when they did not stroll
curiously among the guests complete
illusion OF a country scene was reproduced,
with great labor on the part of the caterers
artists and an expenditure of about $4,000
by the host.
Jews rarely appear among the beggars
brought to the police courts. Friday ID
the only day on which il is fair TO say they
will be caught Even then they conllne
themselves to their own quarter and beg
only from one another. 1t Ia on that DAY
that the charitable are supposed TO dis
tribute aims and il is TO partiCi pate in that
charity that the poor Jews go to beg from
their mel ghbors. At other times they are
never found among the rapidly diminish
ing number of street beggars
Signor Cartica, the tenor who was not
allowed TO appear at the metropolitan,
was one OF the men who might have been
called in 10 replace Signor Caruso few
weeks ago had not Mr. ConTied preferred
to change the opera rather than risk per
Torrance with an untTied tenor. III was
this decision that led the local Italian must
cal colony TO such indignation that race
war at the Metropolitan began.
There are always eminent llallan singers
10 be had In New York. A journey from
one of the several cafes to another would
produce Immediately enough unemployed
harytones tenors, sopranos and bassos 10
give a performance OF one OF the old ume
operas at few hours notice. Mr.. Conried
does not care TO reinforce his singers from
these artists although they do make appear
ances at intervals
The increase in the number Of Chinese
cstaurants the last year seems 10 show
thai as a business enterprise they are q
euccess. Most of the patrons are not
Chinese and in some Of the more pretentous
places the prices are pretty steep.
For instance, Bark Neu kwai Chow on
the iii of fare Is s2.25 II is made of chicken,
duck. squad and condiments. 81 Wo Ap.
or boneless duck with Chinese parsley
l. served AT the same price pot Of I'm.
rerial tea IL 81 20. but YOU can get pot OF
Oolong for ton cents In the same place.
Foony Wong Yin ia a Pedn imperial style
luncheon for sis persons at Sl2. Cal Yong
Yen Wor which is minced chicken with
edible birds nest is 81 80.
What is said to he the finest Chinese cafe
in America the rroprietors say IL has Just
been opened i'm Chinatown Listen TO this
cook is an originator and creator of many
edible dishes. sound funny in names, good
to look at. best to eat him
But what's the use of eating the cook
when the bill Of fare says that sharks fms
with bamboo shoots are only 81!
c. Bancroft Dillingham; is the only prom
inent theatre manager who shuns the
places in which most Of his colleagues do
con gregate. Mr.. billing CHAM Offices are
IN the heart Of the theatrical district, but
he is conveyed there in the morning IN his
automobile and disappears quickly from
the view Of Broadway His brougham
awaits 70 carry him eastward for luncheon
whom the other managers are gathered
in the Broadway restaurants. At Shorry's
or Demonico's Mr. Dillingham; is 10 he
found at night None Of the restaurants
frequented by the members OF his pro-
fession ever entertain HIM
This unwiln Vness to cling TO the Rlalto
has been explained on the hypothesis that
the manager'- London wardrobe Is more
suited for Fifth avenue, But his friends
believe that Mr.. Dillingham; keeps to, Fifth
avenue because il agrees with him better
than any place but London.
A huge iron bound case broke from its
sling Of. heavy Chains one day last week
as il was being hoisted from the hold OF
mig tramp steamer which had Just arrived
from England. The case was marked
electrical apparatus and was consigned
to a company represented only by initials.
When it fell il split open and out poured
a number of unloaded steel shells, about
FIVE inches In diameter These shells had
no primers, but were ready to be loaded
and capped
met with an accident and spilled it, CON
tents. They consisted Of neatly packed
brass screw caps each Of which fitted IN a
hole in a board 10 separate 1t from Its
neighbor The spilled caps were shovelled
into a hosting bucket and dumped INTO a
box on the wharf. One of them rolled
away and was nun over and bruised by the
tire Of a heavy truck. sailor picked It
up. looked scared and than called to
stevcdore:
Look out how you handle them things
There's enough power IN one OF them 70
blow your head on
These were undoubtedly the caps for the
proiectiles II was minated that the
whole consignment wax on the way 10
California TO be shipped across the Pacific
It's hard for the enterprising merchant
to keep a successful trick Of the trade TO
himself when he has invented one. az WIT
ness this instance.
THE SUS printed paragraph not long
ago telling how a hnberdAsher whose win
dow had been smashed 10y plank falling
from inc DulNlluR NliBNnAN' iitA,' 'i'' N'+'
sense to attract the crowd 10 his window
by keeping a section OF the plank in the
hole. hanging thereto a neat little adver-
tisement playing upon the coincidence OF
falling prices and falling other things around
him. This occurred in Brooklyn store
The address OF the store was not printed,
Within a weak indignant citizens were
writing 10 say that The SuN man bad been
fooled. that the storekeeper. whose adj
dress they gave respectively as Maiden
Lane and Nassau street. and Broadway
near Forty second street hadn't had any
thing broken but was only pretending.
Az a matter OF fact, two enerprising
merchants at once went the Brooklyn man
one better by each fastening two pieces
of wood inside and outside his store window.
as il it we're one chunk sticking through,
and pasting on the window glass radiating
from these thin strips OF i-inglass, which
made the window look as If it were full
of large cracks Placard and application.
81 course, were to suit. This was an adj
yertisement gained without the penalty
what do you call this street, asked
the visitor from Canandaigua, of his New
York son.
zone Hundred and Twenty fifth
And what was that street where We
bought the cigar-the one that's got the
tall building on it,
-Twenty-third,