The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-16
Seen AND HEARD In HOTELS
THE CHINESE roo WENT DAFT
OVER M BBER.
Now shanghai u SHEET ef Money A
Hotel Sire That scared 4 woman
This TaNirab slower Than walking
Got. weatherby Here From Nome.


Z T.. SLidmore. an Englshman who
IL in business at Shanghai. arrived al
the Wolcott yesterday on his way 20
London He says there ia "A great de-
preston in trade in that part OF China
dl. Ia IN. rubber craze.
A few months ago everybody in our
parts went crazy over rubber. said Mr
Skdmore. and the result was that many
Chinese as we'll as foreigners tied up al
their available capital in local rubber
companies Some OF the companies had
plantations that were actually producing
and some of the plantations were Just
starting 1t takes four years TO produce
the first crop. The plantations are on
the Malay Peninsula. A great many
of the companies are overcapiSalized.
and Of course lot OF money has been
tied up that is needed in the ordinary
course Of trade
when | left Shanghai about q month
ago the bubonlc plague had appeared.
A rigid system Of sanitary inspection WAS
naugurated. This was objected to by
the Chinese. and the result was riots.
You cannot enforce law in an interna-
tional colony AS you can in Hongkong.
The cotton crop OF China this year
il the best in years. IL il OF better
quality than the Indian article and pro-
duces a whittier cloth
A fire in one OF the big hotels the other
morning destroyed the entire contents
Of the linen room. but visitors who were
below the three upper floors did not know
anything about II. and the damage was
confined to one room Those persons
who were on the two floors below the
top, however, were excited. One woman
WAS discovered standing on the ledge
of "A window preparing to Jump The
odd thing about II was that only the upper
part of the window was open, and those
who found her have not yet been able
20 learn whether she climbed over the
lower sash or not When they told her
to come inside she At first refused, saying
she preferred the air on the outside.
4 few minutes later. when her reason
returned. she was unable TO recall any thing
that had happened.
Judging from a aeeting glance into the
shops and the wares of the sidew ak mer
chants an unusually large variety OF new
small TOYS lis being offered for sale. The
latest tina, has been introduced by the
vendors on Forty-second street is a gal
Looping horseman. You wind him up and
his horse gallops about Some OF the
" u
delightful change from the tinsel and
g.w gaw decoration. The one az the Man
haitian which vas mentioned yesterday
in this column displays q wonderful
array Of decorations
J & Brock lebank. a Chicago manu-
facturer. who used To- hs New Yorker.
was talking AT the Belmont yesterday
Gbout war times in New York.
L hay. vivid recollection OF the
draft riots of ! $50. he said. and OF seeing
negroes hanging 10 lampposts. | saw
the old negro rphan asylum which used
To- he in Fifth avenue. burned down |
also saw "A Catholic priest trampled 10
death IN Second avenue He had got
out into IN. street and stood holding up
his hands To stay the oncoming crowd.
but II rushed right over him. We lived
ar fifty-tifth street and Second avenue
in one of a row III observation-disclosures that
my father built We had Ia lock our
IN" s"ry ants ,rt IN a mob which got into
tn. collar and drank up all the stock u
old wines my father kept
\ Young woman of Tarrytown who
" -h..i 20 rak"fhe II 10 train AT the Grand
Central station l-ft the Waldorf in a taxi
cab AT about half past IL Yesterday morn
ing First IN" ran into "A blockade at
trf'h avenue and Thlrtvfourth street
and - hen This had been passed the taxi
cab seemed - creep
Wont 60 any faster. miss said the
driver The car turned up Madison
ayanu" with the taximeter the only
thing alive about IL Al Thirty fifth street
another taxi cam" along at a smart pace
and there was collision. The young
woman WAS shaken. Her cab did not
go on Instead the two drivers had an
argument a., to which was 10 blame
Tins lasted several minutes and ended
with "a series ot threats nn both sides.
After tn" urr'hhnUnt taxi Resumed It's
uICt' an express wagon crossed its path
and 'A'r" WIS mother mlJup, followed
wv -,grrsl minutes interchange OF com
puInsut- b..twe"n drivers. The Result
~, IN # IN" car reached the station four
minutes after the train had gone. The
rI--..u ger paid the sum d-ma nded by the
ItNI'u.l..r and rushed over 10 the Belmont
- -... wh-r her ~h. could get some redress.
She. wa- referred to the Waldorf.
A. a table near thre. young women
who dIued az 4 hotal restaurant yesterday
wa, "a Young banker who had in his necktie
an odd -Carfpln OF diamonds and rubies
which ne got ~ Paris
IN h"i that pm - one OF those new
imported ores. with diamonds and
r,Iblr- SGT back TO back in three circles.
,.,,Id one II rh" Young women.
-N"- said another -You see. he now
shows one clrcl.. of rubies and two Of
Oh imonds i am sure II is arranged so
YOU r4n turn the rings - as 10 make all
diamond. or all rubIes.' and they took a
long look at III" pm
In" banker was getting uncomfor'ab bile.
Serving a moment when the attention Of
his nelghbors was being taken UP by
-om. other novel thing he quickly turned
two Of IN" rings of rhe pin so that u
showed all ruhi.-. The movement caught
the attention IF one Of the young women
and she whispered something to her
Then three young women
turned very red got hold Of their waiter,
plId their bill and fed.
From the North came Col. Lionel r.
Stuart WeaIherhy 10 the Waldorf yes
te-,iay. asked for his usual table IN the
Palm Room. and got II. The Colonel.
who - the hero ri many an adventure
nv land and -ea, ~ tn" British Consul
a. Nome and IL said 10 be making a
fortune ont Of IN" electric light business
In the, place where the sun takes a vnca-