The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16
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are absorbing them and tho flor walker
n making serious inroads N tp ranks OF
the trafio squad. Within a few weeks two
Of the best known men in thS shopping
district lave accepted posts In the big shops.
The latest Of these deserters WIS the Ryan
CALLED Big" 10 disttn gaish him from a dwarf
OF ak foot two who and a title further
uptown. He was as familiar by sight 10
women shoppers a. tho Worth monument,
for he has piloted them for years AOross
Broadway at Twenty-frst street. III
proprietors Of the big shops And that the
preparation OF the Broadway squad makes
the men especially adapted 70 the duties
conspicuous Of the crossing oops uptown
have accepted these profitable indoor posts.
The late Horace Fry lek among his
diminished possessions the SCORE OF the
first grand opera worthy Of the name that
was ever composed and produced in his
country. IL was the work Of his brother.
William Henry Fry, who was an impresariol
lecturer and writer on music and n OF
the most active figures In tho early operatic
history Of the country. Mr.. Fry called
his opera "Leonora" and II was produced
at the Park Theatre in his oity In 1915.
It did not, Of course, hold the stage n
more than a grand opera OF native author
ship could be expected to do to-day but
it marked an epoch in the musical history
OF the country. The score, which is in the
handwriting OF the composer, will 60 TO
some museum In New York Or Philadelphia.
The hotels are enjoying good luck from
every quarter nowadays. The number OF
visitors to this city is larger this year than
II ever was before and 1t has scarcely been
possible to supply the demand for rooms.
In addition to this prosperity there has
lately come a demand for the hotel parlors.
They are sought by the theatrical managers
whose companies are rebearsing. In many
of the older hotels there are large parlors
hat are little use g 5y guests; !, Hotel Hotel pro- ,T1.
month at prices that made the parlors a
source Of direct profit fog the first time.
The Grand Central Station supplies diver
sion to many persons in the MONDAY hour.
IL looks as IL most Of the men and women
in business in the neighborhood went there
after lunch for the relaxation that a sight
OF the building and its occupants affords.
Parties OF girls walk about arm in arm
until the time for them to return to their
Offices. More sedate women move about
In pairs. ONCE boys chewing gum and
clerks smoking cigarettes make q round
through the large waiting room to see what
offers in the way of interest.
W never mind en- one Of the special
officers there said, unless they sit down
| too long. Then they're a nuisance. Pas
sensers are not able to find seats just be-
cause the crowd from all the ONCE buildings
around hero comes in to rubber every day
at lunch time. l never could see what
they And here. II they could watch the
stand why they should turn up every day
90 regularly. But all they find seems TO
satisfy EN-, for they keep on coming back;
or maybe they're always hoping something
will turn up"
Is the commuter really IN most sensitive
manin the world in the matter OF headgear?
An expert claims that he Is.
SO to the Grand Central Station and
watch them" said . man who has to be
there every day, and you will see that the
slightest change in the weather is reflected
In the hats OF the commuters. The first
few days OF fall make them unhappy 30
long as the straw hat Ia still in force. New
York men are glad OF the opportunity 10
! wear their hats until the middle Of the
month. The commuter, on the other hand
Ia miserable until he gets a soft gray or
brown Ielt hat for the autumn weeks. Now
the only straw hats to be seen are on the
men who live in the city and are out OF
town for only q short time longer. The
dyed In the wool commuter who lives out
q town the whole year would Pc mcrtiaed
With a soft felt hat OF some light color,
The commuters have the most sensitive
heads in the world when it comes to a ques-
ton Of tho change in seasons
The destructive earthquake in May last
affected no member OF the Conried forces
more seriously than Lionel Mapleson, the
librarian, who has had to rearrange the
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the West. There are few Of this number
sung as they are written. There are cut
and changes In many places and the wori
Of adapting these hundreds OF bars TO
perfor ia not easy. It vas mad
especially difficult in the case OF the Metro
p~olitan's music, as no records Of cuts werv
TO be found. As a consequences Mr.. Maple
son had to trust to his memory and to thos,
scores Of the same operas still In existeno
at Covent Garden. In h case Of most o.
these works the parts for orchestra. Anc
sinRers number a. many as q d
Mr.. Mapleson worked for hfteen hours {
day all summer in England. Now he has
returned to New York to labor just as hArr
ing OF the opera season.
1T was the oldest way Of paying tn
naturalization fee you eve saw said tn
man who runs Uncle Sans naturalization
bureau. 1T was almost closing time an,
1 had put the last man., a respectable Ger
man, through the regular formula OF re
~nouncing the Emperor and swearing al
~leRianoe to Uncle San and his papers wer
all ready for him when there came a hitch
The German hadn't brought a penny wit
him TO pay the 90 cent fee, and / as Uncl
Sans representative could not issue IN
paper for nothing.
But / have waited all morning and
can't come back tomorrow calculate,
the man in dismay. But / tell you val
IIm a hairdresser. Now, I'll give you
shampoo that will make all the hair grow
out again on your bald spot for my paper
sOf cours 1 couldn't agree TO that, par
tiuIlarly as l was sure that i lost nearL
all my hair through trying to have the ffrs
falling tufts shampooed back In again
But v before could refuse mademoisellt
the stenoRrapher, spoke up; Are you
real good hairdresser? Do you do Maros
Waving2'
s'O6, yes; mademOiselle. If made
moiselle-
s'You'd Marcel my hair il l got you
The finest eEer.'
Ian right, then