The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-05
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

not be long before an entire opera cdst
will be heard on one of these machines
Formerly a tenor or a prima donna was
enough. Now the costly artists from the
opera house sing duets, trios and quartets'
The services of such performers are made
possible by the fact that all of these celebri-
ties are now content to take a royalty on
the sale of their songs rather than a liked
price. 1t was formerly customary TO pay
a certain sum, but the singers now clamor
fora percentage since there is such a great
demand to hear them in this way.
Irish terriers and fox terriers have in
common a daredevil recklessness, faith
fulness and v~ivacity that make them among
the most attractive Of dog chums. One
wealthy New York fancierof the two breeds,
Jennings Scott McComb, who enters his
dogs as "the Rowsley Kennels keeps up
separate bench show strings here and in
England. He divides his stime between
the two countries and ia enabled to nave a
personal interest in the bench shows where
ever he may be located. His best terriers
have winning records in both countries,
and have crossed the Atlantic, more than
once.
Some actors, "a we'll as other folks OF
less prominence, a V no use for banks.
They are not embarrassed with riches
But there is one actor, not unknown to fame
who Is making and saving money but steers
clears OF financial institutions. He re-
Gently bought a home in Brooklyn. paying
for IL in instalments. The money comes
to the agent of the property just as it comes
to the actor from the box office, FOR he Is
his own manager. Never has he sent a
check. Usually the payment liz made, in
bills and small coin, sent by express when
the actor is on the road, or carried In by
himself when he is playing around New
York.
A young man familiar enough with New
York to know some OF its street eccen-
~tricities was walking along Park row
near the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge
the other night when he was accosted by
a wabbly old man who said: Say, young
Teller, which way is Pearl street," a..
"Where do you want to go on Pearl street?'
was the reply.
aWhat difference does that make?'
"A great deal, said the young one, FOR
YOU can get to Pearl street by going that
way" pointing north, "or that way, point
ing east, -or that way pointing south.
The old man steadied himself and then
with great elaboration and disgust said:
You 20 to hell. l may be drunk, but
haven't got circular insanity.
NO DublIiCBS lNClS thp N"NSN VI
conditions quicker than that Of the hair
dresser. One rainy day will crowd every
establishment in town, for no system has
been devised whereby the Marcel wave
will withstand a downpour. and whether it
rains or shines womankind must be correctly
waved The absence Of fog and damp
weather this winter has caused a marked
falling of in the receipts of many fashionable
establishments though last month there
we're enough rainy days to make business
pick up a bit. At one popular place
the other day a woman called for her Dill
On glancing it over she remarked medi-
tatively. "Hu-m-m, 500, and nothing but
shampoos and waves. | do hope the sun
shines more next month"
An old time superstition of the theatre
is the belief that when an object from the
property room isbroken at a performance
disaster will follow the production unless
another article OF equal value is broken,
| Garrick, Macready and a host OF other
stage celebrities believed in this tradition
So did the late Dan DAILY.
During an engagement OF the New
Workers" company, several years ago; a
member OF the cast upset. accidentally.
one of two small tables on which were
placed Japanese vases, perhaps three feet
high, and the most valuable properties on
the stage. The vase was shattered into
fragments. DAILY was at the foothghts
when the crash came, singing a topical
turned a ahip-fapH directly in front Of tbs
remaining piece OF Japanese ware. anc
overturned it with his feet. And George
Lederer had two vases to pay for ~insteac
of one, but the production was saved
The street railways are c%ontending will
a new habit of suspicious patrons who ar
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the conductors.
Give me a receipt said a passenee'
to the conductor on a car the other day.
"A receipt" queried the latter.
aYep a transfer. l don't want to us
il. but that will keep you from being forget
full and coming around making a row u
have me pay my fare over again ~
had that happen to m me more %n mn rna min o9G )
get a receipt every time
He got the transfer.
In the beginning the dress was quote
at 500. 1t sold for SIPS.
1T was marked up because the perso'
who bought it was a Western woman,
said the dressmaker frankly. Western
women of means frequently pay, more |
New York shops than we would dare I
ask an Eastern woman for the same gar
ment. They haven't the same idea OF IN
value Of clothes that a New York woma
has. Neither have they the same ide
of money. Prices that a sophlstioate
customer would pronounce preposterou
Western shoppers pay. without a protest
partly because they dislike haggling an
partly because it enhances their socis
standing at home to be able to wear ex
nensiye New York clothes the price c
which can be verified by a reoeipted DILL
Two New Workers will have starter
in the Grand National steeplechase TIL
month, which is the greatest cross-cour
try race in the world, and which is hel
each spring at ,Aintree, near LiyerPoo
They are j. Temple Gwathmey and Foxha
p, Reene. This is a new record. but it
not 90 unusual for a New Yorker to hay
horses in training on the fiat here an
in England simultaneously. August Be
mont, James II. Keene and H. p. Whitne
have each n or more candidates undel
going their early preparation in Englan
FOR the classic British turf prizes, in add
tion 10 their horses being trained at Amer