The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-03
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

At ball given recently in one Of the
new palaces on tho upper East Side the
music room OF the house, which liz nearly as
large az the drawing room. was converted
into n perfect representation OF pine
forest. II avy grass covered the moor
and the thick foliage was 50 arranged as
TO give sense of distance incredible In
such small space. Rough taolcs were
scattered under the trees, and refresh
ments were served in pale; moonht
scene which permitted a restful contrast
to the brilliant scenes in other parts OF tue
house and furnished dehghtful back
ground for the gay costumes Of the women.
New York audiences are as cosmopolitan
a. any in the world At the last subscrip-
ton performance of the opera. there was
Nine II June, distin guished in France;
Vas II SafonoH. the most famous conduc-
tor in Russia, and Agathe Barsescu,
trngedienne Of much fame in Germany
and Austria. These were the artistic for
eigners present. In the parterTe boxes
were several titles OF various natonanues
ia give the audience from every point OF
view the thoroughly cosmopolitan charac-
ter
There j. M least one man in this town
who works for tho love Of work and his
fellow men" said court stenographer.
He Is a young lawyer, is rich and belongs
10 well known New York family Being
first class man in every way, ne could
have almost any business he'd make a
stand FOR, but never knew him To charge
Zee. though possibly he does IN SoIr'
instances He takes up cases where the
person. are not able TO payslor expert SER
vices. and he goes in to win every time.
When he loses a case he Is more cut up
than the men who charge $1,000 retainer
disappointment awaits the searcher for
local color in what might be called the
Polish quarter OF New York. lie would
first have to find the quarter, and that
would he no small task in itself. There
are Hungarian restaurants, plenty OF them.
and oven the various parts OF Germany
have restaurants and cafes representing
the character of the land Of their customers.
But the few Polish restaurants in the city
are very humble places, with no suggestion
of that country about them and little charm
of any kind. One cause for the scarcity
OF Polish cafes IL the fact that fifteen soci-
etie- meet In a common clubhouse, which
they all maintain Yddish resorts are
plentiful but In spite 81 the popular idea,
the.c are quite a different matter.
New York's hospitality to visiting for
eigners ia noted as being so generous as TO
ignore altogether what they may be in their
own countries but it cannot in the future
be considered so unquestioning. one Of
the prospective guests at recent ball had
accepted his invitation with aacrity and
c1pres sed in private his delight at the honor
shown to him But that did not prevent
tho host from recalling the invitation with
the not entirely sympathetic intimationthat
he regretted that such mistake had been
-. vsfu "a q n
resort to such a measure.
There is a City Magistrate who, while he
may not he terror to evildoers In general,
undoubtedly is to the cigarette smokers
who come before him. Among the sophis-
tioated yiolators Of the law his bitter preju-
dic, is well known and those with smoke
stained finger tips try to get them out Of
sight when they come into his presence.
He is likely TO look first at their hands.
After that they are at liberty to tell their
gtOrleS.