The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-08
LIVE ToPTrs amour TOWN.

fifth hoor where the local Secret Service
Office keeps under lock and key all the
confiscated counterfeiting material seized
in the last forty years. Here are all man.
ner OF dies, from the rude AFFAIR which the
Italian coiners used before Capt. Flynn
came along and put them out OF business.
Here are numbers OF moulds for duplicat-
ing every United States coin, from the
twenty dollar gold piece to the humble
cent. Here are finely engraved copper
plates and bundles OF counterfeit bank
notes made from them-all the property
OF Old Man Brockway. And last but
not least interesting is the latest addition
TO this strange museum. II ia n set OF fine
new dies made by a West Broadway firm
a few weeks ago for a South American SOL
exact duplicates Of the Venezuelan bolivar.
The proceeds were to 20 used TO finance a
revolution against Castro.
Have you ever given a thought to the
large number Of European noblemen who
are now in business in New York, having
renounoed their titles and become plain
American citizens2" said a native American
with a wide acquaintance among his
countrymen Of foreign birth. For in
stance, one of the most successful real es-
tate dealers in New York IL an Italian who
has his title OF Marquis and is
proud to be now as plain mister, hitched
to the nan OF the family possessions in
Italy. Among my acquaintance l can
point out a former German Count, a lawyer;
a Russian Prince, now a tea importer. with a
name like an explosion; a Hungarian baron,
once a General in Franz Joeef's army, now
general manager for a wholesale grocery
house. They have all shaker the titles
and got down to business as ordinary
Americans. There is no particular reason
for the renunciation in the case OF any OF
them except that they want to settle down
here and grow up with the country as
plain Americans. II the report is true
that a cousin OF the Kaiser is contemplating
marriage to a concert singer and removal
to thisc country with the intention Of follow
ing the same course he will be the most
august member of a group OF New York
gentlemen az admirable as II is unobtru-
sive."
The many sh~ootings in Chinatown last
winter may have been forgotten by the
public, but the memory is still fresh in the
minds of the inhabitants of the quarter.
One night last week. when Pell street was
crowded, a hines boy set OH in the street
a bunch Of small firecrackers. Al the first
explosion every Chinaman scurried Tor q
door. In a jiffy the street was deserted,
whites and celestials having found shelter.
The boy stood over his ireCrackers, heads
peeped from doorways and pretty soon
the street was filled again.
The policemen OF the Fifth avenue sta
ton, Brooklyn, have rugged up a handball
court next to their house at Sixteenth street
and Fifth avenue. 1t is a good sized court,
with a wire screen topping the fence to
keep the ball from going into the street.
There is hardly a minute in the day when
a game is not going on. h reserve sec
ton plays every afternoon. The police
men play some lively games. Other police
men keep the score. There IL an ele-
waited station at the corner and there are
generally a number of persons watching the
games from the platform.
William Vaughn Moody, whose play
THE Great Divide" has brought him into
prominence, is a Harvard man. Moody
was a bright fellow at Harvard" says a
classmate who lives in this city, and had
an amusing within of ringing the changes
W. Vaughn Moody, Will Won Moody and
sometimes w. Vonmoody-whatever ca
PRECIOUS combination OF Williams, Vons,
Vans. Vaughns and Moodys occurred to
him"
IL see remarked a theatrical man, can
occasional reference to Mrs. Langtry "a
Lily Langtry, the name by which she is
known all over the world. But she doesn't
Nult W I've hlpNh Wy "NA "HN i"'N 10y
longer. She signs her name now, except
TO intimates, as Mrs. Langtry. and in other
ways she seeks to have the Lily dropped.
TN billing the announcement Of her re-
appearance here the keith-PToCtor man
aRement spread the name Mrs. Lily Lang
try across the bills in flaming Letters. As
soon as she heard of il she asked that the
Lily be omitted, so the management sent
around the billstickers again with white
Sins to blot out the objectionable name.
w., coN 100 tho hi1la xrp1irGalf with Tho
white slips on them all over town. Just
what heE idea is | fail to see, but l suppose
it's a woman's fancy
The smart wedding invitation or an
nouncement is engraved IA simply az pos
sible nowadays, hut il tho bride. wants
elaborate treatment OF her marriage GER
tiicate she can havo il. These may be
had lone by hand and beautifully illumi-
mated on parchment or Japanese vellum,
and some of the fall brides are having
theirs framed and hung in the boudoir.
Have you noticed the effect OF automo-
billing on railroad mem" asked an observant
commuter Of a friend the other day
Nearly all the men who work o coal
trains, including engineers, have taken to
the auto goggles to protect them from
cinders. Even the engineers on fast trains
are wearing them now as a protection
dkdllAHb Wv NV
When Tito Ricordi, who came here to
~superintend the Savage production OF
mime. Butterfly first arrived in New
York he was the guest Of one Of his friends
at a dinner in one of tho LARGE restaurants.
To the surprise OF everybody at the table
Signor Ricordi scorned all Of the delicate
and rare dishes that were handed to him.
He made his meal, after he had explained
the pcCuliarities of his taste. on fried po-
tatoes and a bottle Of French mineral water.
He is a strict vegetarian II is exclusively
opposed to all kinds Of alcohol. The guest
OF honor seemed TO enjoy himself Ar much
az anybody else at the table, although he
satisfied his hunger with such simple food.
Among the many musicians now pre-
pairing to come to this country none is
happier at the prospect than Andreas
Dippel. He not only has entirely new cos
tunes to replace the wardrobe destroyed
in San Francisco hut he has what is still
more important to a tenor-a new voice.
Before leaving this country he had an
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