The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-28
LIVE rOPrcs ABOUT TOWN.

little woman who rides in the somersaultinE
automobile in the Barnum d Bailey show,
went out with her after a recent afternoon
performance to get a sandwich and a glass
or 30 Of beer. Mile. Octavia," said, NJ.
creole, who speaks English better than
many natives, SIS very fond OF beer. IL
acts as a sort Of sedative on her nerves aiter
she undergoes the shock Of that awful drop;
We vent into a saloon at the front door and
the rear. Mile. Octavia's assistant, VINO,
like her. speaks French only, was with US
We called for beer and sandwiches: Mile
Octavia drank three before she felt re-
freshed, and ate, I should say, about ten
sandwiches. l remarked in French That
the eyes of the waiter, who was an Amerl-
can, were 50 crooked that l would pet tnat
none Of us could tell what one he was looking
at. Then l carefully explained to him that
mademoiselle INC her friend could not
speak English, that they might come N
without me sometimes and want oeer ana
sandwiches, and that they would make their
wants known by certain signs. We we're all
paralyzed to hear the waiter say In eH,
cellent French that he guessed ne could
take care Of his new customers apoio-
gized then for referring to his eyes ana ne
laughed
The semi-transparent or outlook en-
velope industry seems to be doomed ina
bulletin lust issued Postma ster Wilcox an
nounces that the postal authorities OF Great
Britain and Canada ave refused to receive
and deliver mail matter in these envelopes,
They hold that the address OF any article
enclosed is 80 indistinct through the trans
parent covering that the lime necessary 70
decipher the name and street numoer
greatly retards the delivery of other mail,
AS a result notice has been served on the
United States postal official that letters and
articles mailed here in the outlook en-
velopes for delivery in those Two countries
and the Transvaal will be treated as IN
mailable.
The Young Baron called imm ediately
on his family friends when they reached
New York. They had been intimate Tor
MANY years in Vienna, before the head OF
the family-an old and honored one IN
Austria-had come out here 10 make bis
fortune. They wanted to know how ne
was getting on.
he said, "as / lost my position TWO weeks
aeo Rut / nave another from to-mor-
Wa he a broker, or a banker, or perhaps
a riding teacher? Most Of the latter are
foreigners of title.
he explained, but l get very little, as !
must learn the business. | did very well
fnr The frst three months l was here as
| had work as a waiter. That was az right
And three of the old walters were old friends
of mine from the university and the regl-
ment."
A theatrical manager who ls among
the newcomers in the work OF providing
amusement for New Workers in their leisure
hours. hit upon a new scheme in the souvenir
line. Instead of waiting until one, two
ar anv other number of hundred perform
ances had peer given he gave out the
souvenirs on the opening night. AS the
play has been a moderate success, there
Is no reason to believe that his idea was
that if he got rid Of the souvenirs al an IL
would have to be on the hrst niGnI, r Hrtnea-
more, the souvenirs were well worth pre-
serving. They we're photographs OF a
well known painting, representlng nne
death scene OF the musician whose life
furnished the motive of the play.
Here ia a bit Of wisdom cleaned from
the head waiter. According to him the
trained observer can tell whether or not
a man has been used to servant all his life
hv The intona ton Of his voice when calling
some one to wait on him. The person
who has been used to bossing other people
around saws james or whatever tine
name Of the servant may be, with a falllng
infection, while the one who until lately
has been accustomed TO waiting on himself
gives james the rising lnnectloh' az II
In supplication.
Some of the ways in which the very poor
spend what little money they manage to
get mold Of are a source OF wonder to their
more fortunate fellows. Some time ago,
for example. a man Of limited means I'M
dertook. at his wife's urgent solicitation,
70 send back West a woman who, with her
FIVE children, had got stranded in New fork.
He bought cheap tickets Tor her ana the
children, provided them with substantial
lunches to eat on the way and a few dollars
in cash. and himself escorted them to the
Grand Central Station. While waiting for
the train to be announced the woman said:
Il wish | had something to read on the
way
magazines. Still the woman did not seem
satisfied, and just before the train started
she visited the news stand herself. When
the man read the titles OF the two. books
she brought back he nearly collapsed:
Ward McAllister's book on New York's
Four Hundred and a novel of Zola's and
had paid, out of his contribution, a dollar
apiece for them.
Isaac A. Hopper says good-by to politics
when he goes Soutn eacn winter, Out ne taxes
another hobby with him. This is trotting
horses, and at making a match Hopper is
said to be a David Harum; He has a hall
mile trottiug track at Orlando, Fla, the
only private one in the State. Hopper
trains his Speedway nags there and also
holds an open race meeting each season
for 500 purses but with a free grand stand.
Many of the clubs in Manhattan are
rim on Sunday as on any other day Of
the week, but in Brooklyn it's different
Enough of the Puritan spirit still remains
To keep the billiard and card rooms closed
OF course the members can resort to private
rooms for their Sunday bridge game, which
is getting to be a necessity with Brooklyn
cluBmen' Efforts nave been made again
and again by the youn ger members in
what is perhaps the l~iveliest of clubs across
the B-idge to nave the billiard and card
rooms open on Sunday, but the frowns OF
the elders have so far prevailed.
Bridge not only makes strange new
friends; 1t sometimes separates old ones.
a woman that l have known for years
said a man in his club the other night has
not invited me to her house once this winter.
although she and her husband hav several
times been my guest. Why. under
stand perfectly we'll. I haven't kept up
with her in bridge. She can find better