The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-28
THE CAFE BOULEVARD FAILS
RECEIVER RUSSELL To TRY IT
or FOR THIRTY DAYS.
Owners Hope By mat rm~ 60 Prove To
Their Creditors That There's Money
In the business RefittlnE and IsuyiuE
stock Tied Up CapltaL They SAY.

balconies In the winter and outdoor
balconies In the summer have attracted
the long named artistic lions and short
named literary lione~sss to second avenue
and Tenth street for the last fifteen
years. yesterday went into the hands Of
receiver. Judge Holt appointed Lawyer
Lindsay Russell receiver. with a bond OF
S,i,oOn uIun the filing ~ a petition in
involuntary bankruptcy by three creditors
against the Hungarian Restaurant Com
panN. "nlch runs the restaurant
he Liabilities are said To he about
sl'5.uD and the assets, exclusive OF good
viii ar" set AZ sjo.nO. Douglas a Armi-
taSe filed the bankruptcy petition for
these Qsltioning crCCiitorS Kuhn Checking
System Company s25I: Henry W. Bauman.
importer ot corfes-s and teas. SS75. and
Moses Schle-lnger. printer. SISs.
The receiver was directed by Judge
Holt 20 continue the business for thirty
days There will probably be meeting
IT IA" creditors at the end Of the thirty
DAYS. and II Il l. then found that on busy
nigAts applicants for tables have had
TO wait their turn during the thirty days
"t r"ceiv.r-hip as they have IN the past
a state of prosperity hopefully predicted
last night 10y Milton Rosenfeld. son uf
Iguatl the founder the creditors may
decide 20 allow the business TO 20 on.
lgnatz RO~enfeld. president Of the
Hungarian Restaurant Company. will
continue TO ho general manager Of the
r~taurant during the thirty days, with
Milton \. Ro~enfeld. his son a. assistant
The receiver was appointed today
according to Milton Ro--nfeld last night.
because the company has used up much
II is ready cash ia building the new
cafe for men and the open bar which !
Will lie ready for business within a few
days and also owing 70 the outlay on
IN" new banquet hall, which has not vet
produ C''d any revenue becau-.. the season |
ior formal dinners has not vet commenced |
The company also invested thousands |
Of dollars reCently IN Champagne- and |
o;h.r wines TO protect itself against I
IN" increase IN duties. The past spring |
end summer still showed effects Of III. I
recent financial depression But the /
restaurant ALWAYS mad" money ia the
past and A. making 70 now and ! -.'e'
no reason whv 10 shouldn't max. "a good |
deal more as the dInher season pro
gr.-s..-
Ignatz Rossnfeld. who . we'll known
ia New Works Hungarian colony. had
been running a restaurant for his country
men for "ight years in East Houston
street whom h" OTened the CAFE Boul"-
yard az second avenue and Tenth street
IN lsgS Count a" Ioldy came there to
play the violin and close az the counts
h,-als cam" B.ia Nyary. Who. according
20 Katherine Ruth H"yman. - the fore
most ~ Hungary's cymbaloIn players
Tia" Black Cat VIA Rasping out the
last breath ~ it- ninth life and Maria :
had long hafore h.coms So distr-ssIngly
popular that on" constantly ran tn. risk
thor" uf dining ia the pre--nC,' II I'rsnn-
having absolutely no tenn ornament Tn"
chosen therefor" tr"kk"d toward the East
Side
On the walls 81 the cafe Boulevard yes
tertiay on. might 500 sketches ten years
old and more signed 10y teCil O'Neill.
Charley Sarka Dan Smith and dozens Of
others. which are evii-nC,-- II the trek
king Those were The days when the res
taurant had attained enough hut not
too much popularity whl"h causes IN"
regular g-ni'i=ez ~ -igr. i h"ps these
horrId pru~stc business l-'upl" Won't hear
& u and spoil % all
The Hungarian Restaurant COMPANY,
capitalized a. s3rVn WIS incorporated
IN July 1901. 20 take over m" restaurant.
Their" Na- NJ change m rul'CV. however,
A. under m" new arrangement IgnatZ
X .nfDid had h'scome president. treas
ur"r and general manager And ~ ~"
A.-el- - the regular ger itl-a- cam" troop
Iug he naughty. naughty sun Ri-srs, and
IN. Quaint club. thp~" merry devil may
cares prrzIde-i over by Tommy Tucker
found along the coast Il Bohemia. and the
seven times -nv"n -ons and daughters - ,
Atlas and the nV'nph Pl"lun". the Pl"lstes ,
themselves. Who's. dinners 20 -pms - the .
most famous actors - FpTty-seCuud .
- r,.ei and Broadway were A. repl"te with
wit ~ chestnut burr j. full - nuts col
RO,s.a, eli luuChad thor" during the cafes
very earliest days and some years later
William TravsT~ Jerome and som" of HI. Z
Ssl-fant. also dinsi there after punching
their 0flir" time clocks
Not long ago Sheriff Shea resolved an
p Ns,"Ittpn against the epuuauv In favor v
II 'h.' state Comptroller for Sls7 uuIaid =
taxes TN. RESTAURANT brIIflink il owned a
~ IN. Ru-anfeId Realty ComIany The
lIurgariIn Testament Company holds a ,
png lease IN ~" prem.-s- On whi"h u has B
made a uumi"r 81 sub-l~a-'-s -aId To h. 8
saliIabl" 4,
hey for the restaurant conn any. said wee
"rSay that 4 large sum had b-..sn recently :
spent on the restaurant and that business 2
. al been s~'s-Clally bad during the sum a
Nor months Mr. S"hnitzsr also included 4
IN" inCr'' ts"d cost u provisions among .
he causes ~ IN" present difficulties
tpr eral year, past Nlr Ko-enfeld )
a. run IN" Arvsrne Hotel n Arverne IN
iis own name. and recently he spent :
money on improving hIs Aryerne property.
With III" result that ne lid not have
'nough ready cash. he says. ~ keep III. '
'afa Boulevard going Among the la- 2
.iiif,"- ~ the Hungarian Restaurant
pmpany u a claim % Mr. kossnfeld'- :
.Rainst IN" company FOR So opo. which
rave the Liabilities tn the several cred
'n-~ AZ sl25VH :
I quite balieye said la wyer Schnit1er.
wI'h uy client that tho doors will not be :
los'-d for one moment except NJ the ,
ocular Clp-Ing hours My clients old
atron- ar" SIN loyal. and N" patronage
to-day ~ large ~ n ever has been
Hrur HHnau"r was still on IA" Ioh a. U
cad waiter It-t night ar he has been u
E .r sIuC. the rafS op"ned. But GtI-iIve v
,arua Wa NOT there - dine There never
as a din"r whD entered the Caf" Boul..-
ard from the night the first dinner was
'ry 81 ther" until u f"w days ago who q
.iIlnd ~ see SITTING AZ = tahl" near the
.snr stand stout rIddy faced little
lan tho short hair above his ears
rr!-hed straight forward. {
That was GIIstave BaTna, Hungarian
'hp nheritssl q good deal ~ money For a
ears be lived On n small income derived -
-prn some properly he still owned on the
ointment. bat most - his fortune dts
rpeared long ago He gave ~ away. Mr. y
O-enf.ld -avz Last Wednesday the u
oliCe reserve, had - come over To the
hungarian Republican club 10 handle .
10 overflow - mourn"rs who yainly