The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-17
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

politan Opera House this season was more
nervous than ever when she first appeared
there. h is going through an unusual
experience, for she is on trial. Her fate,
moreover, is still unsettled. Att er five
performances Mr.. Conried has the right
to say whether or not he desires her services
for a longer term. Such ex periments are
frequently made in Europe. but they are
rarely heard Of here.
Abroad such a test is usually left to the
public, which decides by its applause
whether it wants an artist to email
In the company. Mr.. Corried will trust
TO his own Judgment in the present case
however. The singer wanted TO come TO
thisc country. but the manager OF the Metro
politan was uncertain as to the measure
of her success. So he suggested that she
como for five appearances to try her luck.
She had so much confidence in her ability
to please American audiences that she
accepted the invitation.
Living in a woman's hotel has its adj
~vantages," said an inmate OF n OF those
hostelries. One Of them is that you can
get many personal services performed for
half the money that you would be required
to pay in the regular routine OF business.
All vocations known TO womankind are
represented in this beehive Of ours. and Ill
are willing to exercise their craft for the
benefit of their companions at cut rates.
by patroniZing our home girls who are
nxious to carr a little extra money l am
able to get my nails manicured for 20 cents,
my hair ~shampooed or my face massaged
for a quarter, a hat trimmed by a really
good trimmer for % cents, a nice waist
made for 81 and my fortune told by an
expert seer for 80 cents
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"The most astonishing thing to me is the
way the New York fisherman goes at his
pleasure" said a stranger the other day.
Fishing is all very well in the months
one may sit on a messy bank in a shady
place or wade in a trout brook, but when
il comes to getting up at daybreak and then
going out to sea when the Thermometer is
80 low that there is ice hanging from the
paddle boxes of the fishing steamer you can
count me out. Yet there are dozens OF
men who go each Sunday, as you will see IL
you are around the Battery in the early
morning.
One department. store in Brooklyn has
given the children this year rather more
10 amuse them than its rivals. In addition to
the lavish window display of toys two clowns
do amusing stunts They stroll around
among the pictured Ii fe in the window
and by treating the Teddy bears and woolly
dogs and other animals as real give a sem
blance of reality to the whole. II one wants
TO get by that window he has TO use the
street or break the revised football rules.
A young woman and her brother went
to a wholesale fur house in the course Of
their Christmas shopping. They got what
they wanted, and while it was being wrapped
up the young woman continued her In
spection Of the muffs displayed.
ooh! There's a cheap onel" she exclaimed
audibly, walking oward a table on which
was resting a muff that had seen services
Her brother called to her, but too la tie
10 avert the catastrophe. She did not
tumble to the situation until she had reached
the muff and its owner, who was standing
near, turned around and glared. The
Young woman's bundle was ready n she
lost no time in getting to the elevator.
One of the weekly events Of the Post
Office Building is the ~gramophone concert
given every Friday afternoon on the fourth
floor by the Judges Of the United States
Circuit Court Of Appeals. There is a great
deal of litigation in hat court just now
over various features in various phono-
graphic machines. To make up their
minds regarding the working OF these diff
ferent features and how much II any in-
fraction of the rights OF another machine
10 mace, LIle JuuRtS uHu IL ueCc65dIy W COul-
pare the machines in action. From this
springs the Friday afternoon concert, it
being on that day that the various phono-
graph cases are considered. Every variety
of tune is played and there is always a large
and silent but appreGiatlve audience OF
chance passersby in the corridor outside
the judicial chamber.
The paging of the name of one of the
best known keepers Of gambling houses in
New York city around a hotel in upper
Broadway the other night proved by the
CONSERVATION it caused that there Is some
thing in a name.
The first intimation the guests got Of the
presence Of such a noted character came by
phone. One of the head walters whose
knowledge of English is hardly more than
enough to swear with was trying to answer
an inquiry over the wire.
who you vant2" he was demanding.
-Shon Kelly? Who iss he? Honest Shon7
Veil What does he do? Iss he a v~aiter?"
The last question evidently was too
much for the man at the other end. Some
waiter for he dropped the receiver as II 1t
had been red hot and shouted in alarm.
"All-a-right, all-a-right."
The next minute a boy in buttons was
running tnTOuBn Lhe room DdWiHB DOhosI
John Kelly"
A young woman who advertised for a
place as stenographer one day fell into a
trap set by a human shark who wanted a
great quantity of work done ION trial. "
She wrote twenty letters. Upon examining
them the man told her that her work had a
haphazard look and as he was very particu-
lar about his correspondence he could not
employ her. Then he bowed her out with
out Offering remuneration for the letters
written.
That was a year ago. Last week the
young woman had occasion to advertise
again and again she received a letter from
the young man. lie did not recognize her
and dictated thirty letters to be written
ION trial" Sh ratified of the CORE
spondence.
Now" she said, Il am sure these letters
will suit. l have done your work well and
| want my pay for it. My bill il So
Ter dollarsl" he stammered. Ten dol
lars for thirty letters?'
~Yes," she said, SO for these, 81 for an
other batch written a year ago and IS az
interest and partial compensation for the
trouble and worry you have given me and
scores Of other helpless victims"
The man thought hard for a few minutes
and then paid the bill.