The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-16

! fected the price of luxury Of the table.
! Russian caviar sold in tins formerly Brought
I s. can These cans now cost s., and are
/ likely to be moro expensive.
THAT il the price wa arc compelled to
/ ask one OF the few dealers Y genuine
/ Russian caviar sad yesterday. II is
| because the Wholesale rate has been
/ raised The explanation Is made that
I there are so many men away at tho war
/ that sturgeon fishing IL carried on with
/ the greatest difficulty and costs much more
! than IL did formerly.
At a costume ball soon 70 he given In
New York the arrangements will be In
accord with the spirit of the occasion, which
! is to reflect as nearly as possible the court
| life OF the seventeenth century in France.
! llof the g,iests will he expected to attend
in the costumes of that period noted
! French actress. VINO i 70 appear before
the dancing will be brought into the room
in a sedan chair borne 10y four hewigged
lackeys The host. in full court costume
/ is to be seated in an armchair in the centre
I of the stage, which will be raised several
feet When the sedan chair reaches the
stage he is TO descend and welcome the
/ act ress.
As they walk up tho eteps TO the stage
unseen lackeys will draw the curtains the
/ actress will disappear behind them, the
/ host will take his place in the audience
and then the play will begin.
! Walking down Fifth avenue yesterday
! afternoon was man carrying Al tennis
racquet. Ho wore tennis shoes. n tennis
| cap and white flannel trousers This
/ strange costume was all hut hid from tine
gaze of the public by n long fur lined over
! coat hut it was not long nor comprehensive
! enough TO keep its wearer from being the
| centre Of observation and "A source Of IN
disguised nstonishment 10 all who did not
] know that he WIS on his way home from
a tenris club and was courageous enough
| TO dispense with cab
However they may differ on the rights
and wrongs Of the custom Of hazing, the
| men who have played polo against Kingdom
/ Gould will not hear any asperson on his
! courage" was the dictum Of n member Of
the Polo Association yesterday. There is
no younCster now IN the game so careless OF
! its dangers or who has brighter future az
a player. In n match Kingdom will ride of
/ or try TO do 30, men twice his weight ana
size, ana We has never flnchnd when pluck
/ or gamencss has he7u needed.
Whenever the youngster has had a
| rebuke on the field II has boon for reckless
1 ness and never for holding back. Hot
/ headed bravery, indeed il the only de-
I merit the old hands mark against him
/ His game would he improved If he had more
regard for life and limb
discussion among the surgeons on duty
| in the accident room at Bellevue Hospital
/ as 10 the relative courage Of men and women
while they undergo the dressing of various
kinds Of injuries caused one Of the surgeons
! to make a comparison during Il week .
! service recently,
In that time six healthy men made such
/ fuss on account OF pain that me surgeon
| could not treat them until they had tainted.
| While as many women as men were treated
they all bore tho pain In silence ana not one
of them swoOncd.
Il would rather take twenty stitches in
the head Of a drunk than open the hnget
of a sober man, said this same surgeon
judging by the signs on Broadway calling
| for -errand girls the demand for them
il increasing. 1t IL said of them thnt they
work cheaper than boys, are les independ-
ont and more expeditions. trrand girls
have been common in Boston. The Hub Is
partial to thin salaries, but TO those who
visit there or move there the appearance Of
errnnd girls shocks They are often met
i'm cars carving packages almost "a nig as
themselves Girls also act a. messengers
for the telegraph companies. New orkers,
who do not a. rule Ike the GRAND Rlfl
idea. hope that messenger girls VIII not
follow in the wake Of the store girl.
In the Office Of big department store,
where higwig4 and li,tlewigs must CO.
there hangs a placard bearing in heavy
faced print, so that all may read, thVfol-
lowing
Coupllint was recently made : Us that on
Of tho.,' Employed by u-. holding very
resrousiblo roeifiou AND who's" services 20
MS were hcvoud question valuable enter
,alned ideas of his seli-lmpoflh'' 50 A. 10
al ..f lff.H t4.IHl lac H f.4r
e,,r,loya.s ot tho firm. rcm1rkiuc 20 th"U
ma, he was 20 ud'-p"n ablo ia tho house that
ne gTm Goaid moi d eg 9id t ~ H., without 'a
We hav. hccu told mat Won haze said
that tls house would Iail u n We're nor ioi
Won Vow We know tuW Nonr services Hrr
~ i.r,.. value 20 a. hut We would really Ike
"a ( now if We would fail without yulr services.
so wa arc going TO try ihe "ei "riineft, aHd
b,ye decided 90 suspend your services 30 us
for ono year.
spread 81 canvas which suggests
uainsail wrapped about the Post Office
elevator shat, has admirably filed its
,,,rposa This is TO shield the upper floors
If he building from the cold draughts
that blow in through the three swing doors
AZ IN. downtown entrance II 4 the first
wear that the prpcaution has been taken,
although the open shaft which holds the
elevators sucks up the cold air ike a Chin
ney and h1s been cause OF discomfort
every winter
Two sisters past middle age who dress
exactly alike and look exactly alike soil
children. shoes in Broone street All
d,v long in rain or sun they stand about
ton feet apart seeking customers. They
are not in partnership. but on the other
hand are the Interest competitors. There
il a constant fear on tho part Of each that
/ the other will take customer from her,
md for that reason they keep within sight
OF each other.
Nor does II mako any difference that
tLoi- husbands are brothers and make
The shoes The husbands ara just AZ bitter
,roda enemies Not long ago tho sisters
uera arrested for fighting over customers.
pa-ser-bv can SOC them any day stand
ing in front 81 their houses which sdioin.
and with the baskets on their arms. crying
/ out their wares.