The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-05
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Owners of country houses no longer
hesitate to ask the cooperation of their
guests when il seems necessary. In all
the bathrooms OF a palace on the Hudson
River which en%tPrtaius many visitors in
the course OF a year there hangs this sign:
Guests are kindly requested not to
draw more than three inches Of water into
the tub.
Since the host Of a famous house had the
courage to put UP this sign his nelghborS
have become equally rank in requesting
their visitors to bHlp tn'ln cut.
One hotel on Fifth avenue refuses to give
any receipt for jewelry deposited in its safe
or hold itself responsible for a gr eater
amount than $3.50. Its explanation OF this
rule is based on an experience which seems
excuse enough. Two guests of the hotel
kept their valuables and money in the safe.
They left them there when they went abroad.
sometimes to stay Tor six months. Once
the wife came back alone and drew out
all tho money n Valuablee. As she had
often done so before. the clerks CAV the
box 10 her a. a matter of curse. IL was
not until her husband returned and wanted
the same ~valuaGles that the hotel knew OF
their divorce. The husband brought suit
and recovered all he claimed. Since that
result of it's confidence IN it's guests the
hotel has limited its responsibility TO $3.50.
"One thing which impresses me after
an abseno OF many years abroad said
an old New Yorker, lis the change in your
back yards; in fact. the modern New York
house doesn't seem to have any. | re-
member years ago the backs Of you city
houses were as like as two peas in the same
pod. The building line was az clearly
defined there as at the front. But that's
all been done away with now. The back
view OF "A modern residence block the other
day was q great surprise to me. Each
seemed TO outdo the other in irregulaIity
of outline. and each at some point or other
extended back almost to the extreme limit
of the lot There we're bow windows and
easement windows. with little iron balconies
and all sorts of attractive architectural
effects which were absolutely mheaTd 81 a
dozen years ago
at is a good thing there are enough Of
the typical matinee girls to fill the theatres
on Saturday Afternoons said the man
in the box office, -otherwise there would
be a good many vacant seats. Gradually
the prejudice against the matinee girl
crowd is growing.
"'Give me a ticket for any performance
except Saturday afternoon is the request
that we hear more and more frequently.
The jabbering md the ~giggling that seem
TO be an inevitable part of a Saturday after
noon performance ma the pleasure of the
earnest theatregoer.
The trouble is said one woman who
is a good Judge Of plays n actors, that
the Saturday matinee folks lau Ugh. CRY
and applaud in the wrong places. There
IL one strong play IN the boards now that
illustrates this tendency perfectly. From
the beginning the girls Of all Hges who
are not familiar with the story of the play
make bets with each other as to which girl
the yacillating hero will marry. and all
allusio ms to the plight of the apparently
forsa ken sweetheart call forth an explosion
OF giggles. especially from the top balcony.
At no other performances do the vital points
in serious play miss the mark