The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25
LIVE roPIcs ABoUr ROW..

the number OF requests received by New
York o~rgsnists TO dedicate new instru-
ments the country over. The fame Of a
popular metropolitan organist travels far,
and of late years ithas been a fad in small
towns to send for one Of our celebrities to
play when they had a new organ to be in
troduced. No matter how capable their wi
organists they evidently believe that It
lends tone TO the occasion TO import a ml-
stefan. When it is possible our New York
Organists accept these invitations, for such
excursions not only spread their reputa-
ton but add to their income
The name Of Nine. Neuendoff on the
programme Of the Metropolitan Opera
House for the first night will recall to opera
goers a conductor formerly well known
in New York, but few know that it is his
wife who il TO supplant Miss Bauermeister
at the Metropolitan Opera House. Nine.
Seuendon Is appearing under her real
title of Georgena Won Januschowsky. She
appeared last on the stage of the Metro
polltan Opera House ten years ago as
Isolde. After her career in New York as a
comic opera singer Nine. Won Neuendoff
went to Vienna and made her debut as a
grand opera singer. Her success then was
50 great that Maurice frau engaged her
for the Metropolitan. After her husbands
death she returned to Europe and later
lOtbl y W AT COLulC TOI5H AJ lDo LTNllk
Place Theatre. Nov Mr.. Conried has trans
ferred her to the Metropolitan.
There is an old horse car track which
extends along the south and west sides Of
Washington Square. connecting West Broad
way with Sixth avenue. No regular traffic
has gone over the tracks for years, but they
are kept in the street presumably to hold the
old franchise. About once in three months
a car ls sent up from the barns and is driven
over the whole length of these tracks. The
switches have long BEEN out of use and in
some places the branches do not come
within twenty feet Of the main line. So
While one man drives the car another, in
motorman's uniform, runs along by the
side with an iron bar in his hand and switches
the car on and of the main track so that it
may traverse all the branches Of the line.
Mayor Mcclellan 3 experience in the new
Hall OF Records the other day, when a
Waterman refused to let him go upstairs
on the ground that he wasnt the Mayor at
al and had no business in the building
recalled a similar experience that Joseph
H. Choate had in the Criminal Courts Build
ing when the American Tobacco Company
was on trial for violating the antitrust
law. A great crowd hung around the door
and the attendant who guarded it and who
"NS" "S - ANa hAt
time OF his life keeping out those who had no
business with the court.
Through this crowd Mr.. Choate elbowed
his way and when he got to the door he was
held up by Eagles, who said he did not
: am Joseph Fl. Choate, = said the lawyer,
with a twinkle in his eye, ~and l assure you
| have business in the court"
L don't know who you voe,' replied
Eagles doggedly.
But / am the president Of the Bar Asso-
ciation,' persisted Mr.. Choate, the smile
on his face broadening.
va, va returned the attendant. Il
heard about dose fellers before already.
Steve OHare he is the counsel for them
what has a bartenders' association. Yes.
| know"
Eagles was interrupted by a roar Of laugh
ter from the crowd. Mr.. Choate finally
got into the court.
A man who has visited most Of the
churches in all the large cities Of the coun-
try said the other day;
New York has adopted the services OF
the church maid more generally than any
other city l know. I've taken pains to ask
questions here and there in my travels, and
every one says a good word for the intro
duction of this church maid service When
a church Is open on weekdays the maid il
said to be a first rate caretaker.
AT one OF your large churches the other
evening / noticed a duty performed by the
church maid which was new to me-. She
stood just inside the vestry door and touched
the buttons which regulated the electric
lights in different parts OF the auditorium
As there were several changes during the
service it must have been quite a trick to
know the exact moment at which to press
the right button"
Telephone clubs are a new thing" said
the girl who reads Browning out loud. Il
belong to one. | talk over the phone half
an hour every day. l never hav anything
worth while 10 say, but there is nothing like
telephone treatment for rubbing of the
sharp edges of the voice. All girls who are
required to talk over the telephone a good
deal in a business way have better speaking
voices than those who do not. l suggested
TO several other girls who had sQueaky
voices like mine that we form a telephone
club. The proposition struck them ia
vorably, and for the last two months we
ave been te~lephoning at least thirty min
utes a day"
II hope I'm never called on again 10 ad-
just the loss on a busted Chinese joss, said
an insurance man who has just come back
from San Francisco. while my COMPANY
had pretty fair luck in the earthquake and
fire we did ave a joss house on the list,
with about a hundred assorted sizes oil
gods in it, every one OF them insured tc
the limit. This joss house went down fiat
as a pancake and there wasn't a whole
limb left on any of the gods. We've finally
made a settlement. but you can bet your
life the Cinnamon are getting a whole lot
nearer their own valuation Of the gods
than mine, for the simple reason that We
want to continue doing business with the
Chinese joss houses"
Did you know that several thousand
persons who have already sworn allegiance
to Uncle Sam have TO come pretty near
committing perjury and treason to become
real American cftizens?" asked the natur-
a~lization clerk. Il refer, of course, to the
inhabitants of our forgotten island, Porto
Rico. After emigrating to the States and
acquiring the needed residence of five
years, like a Russian or a Frenchman, the
Porto Rican comes up against the odd
business that, because Of his unique posi-
ton neither in nor out Of the American Re-
public, waits for him alone. Although
since 1893 his allegiance has been given TO
the United States he must practically make
affidavit hat this il not the case and that
he has been loyal to the King Of Spain dur
ing that time. And he is compelled to re-
nounce solemnly that foreign potentate,
whose allegiance he left eight years ago in