The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
CHAT OF HOTEL CORRIDORS
LYMAN j. GaGE On tOt NTRi's
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says Mamufarturr and Trade shsald fse
! Gsesa-ss 10 Investments, Hes Ne
Laagsr On Authority .. ". Harlan sa
| chicago TRANSIT aemaa's Revenge.
! Lyman J. Gage. Secretary of the Treas
ury from 1897 tn 1919 and banker for many
wears before that. but who during the
lalst five years has lived in southern Cali
fornia. where hs spends much Of his
time in philosophic reflection. arrived at
tho Belmont yesterday from Washington
and expects To be hereabout for about
week. He was asked What he thought
! % the business outlook.
| i have been 80 long out Of active Affairs
and am so far away that for me To talk
about business u hike a man who h On
the topmost row Of football arena try
ing 10 toll what IL going on in the squsbble
in tho field below said Mr.. Gage -Bus
conditions ought TO be good for general
| industry and trade. II il reported that
we have got g. 500. OOO. 200 worth Of new
products gathered from the soil. the
forests and the mines during 1910. and they
are the subjects of manufacture and
exchange They afford AN enormous
foundation for manufactures and trade
and IL is hard to see how We can fail 60
have very good conditions in respect
To- these.
when il comes to inv eStmcnts. stocks
and bonds. they are not entirely gov
erned by real facts relating tn production
and commerce. They are sensitive 20
! legislation. court decisions and appr~-
tensions for the future. even though these
NAV exist only in the ina gination. and
the interplay Of these factors on the minds
! Of men operat. TO make or modify OPINION
! and either stimulate or depress the in
v.stnent market.
Il should expect In see easy conditions
prevail a. to the loan market for some
time to come. but nobody must TAX" me
FLOR an authority
/ Mr. Gage said he did not care to discuss
! the central bank idea.
! AS for the postal bank am not hostile
| 10 Il nor am I enthusiastic about it. he
said L would much rather see the New
/ York saving. bank system prevail over
the country. for ! don't think there IL
any system superior IN IL. Ii has achieved
| great results in securing the confidence
| and cooperation Of the industrial CLASSES.
a. - evident from the figures. and under
that system the depositors realize sub
st,ntinlly the full earnings II their
money.
| John MAYNARD Harlan. who was once
candidate for Mayor Of Chicago. but who
t.ni.~ that h. was n reformer with
! big Is or one in quotation marks. ~ at the
Belmont MIR. Harlan says he has shan-
doned his astral or political shape and
Itxxs, h.stv In
thinks the foreclosure sale Of the Chicago
Conso liCiated Traction Company and
the transfer 81 its urban lines To the Chi
cago Railways Company means that the
! Windy City WELL soon have a fine system
OF surface transit.
| The North and IVES; Side transporta-
lion system will he rehabilitated.' said
! Mr.. Harlan Yesterday. and this will mean
Z "A great deal toward the growth and de-
( velopmen, of those parts Of the city.
However. the tracks Of the old Consoli
dated lines wall have tn he replaced, A.
they are not strong enough TO carry the
! new cars used by the Chicago Railways
I Company which think are even heavier
than those used on the Madison avenue
, line here
/ There il "A man from a distant part 81
this country at the Waldorf who attended
the las, performance given of Puccinl'-
; -FanciIlla del West. and yesterday ne
was full OF II
Il dom care what you say. it, a mighty
good play. he -aid Why. tn. music
don't -poil II AT all
/ L have been AT several first nights.
said a man at the Belmont Yesterday.
and I have noticed one or two so-callsd
caps a. big ~ bonnets on women =
heads have often wondered why some
i body did not Oh jeCt to them. they are 50
obstructive to a view OF the stage. But
last night I had an experience. or rather
nv wife had. that showed me how disa-
! greeable women can he when there -
no real reason IL also showed how a re-
sourceful woman could revenge herself
NV wife wore in her hair a small
wreath az the side OF which small
feather was fastened. The whole thing
was very small. and as my wife does not
wear a lot OF hair that - not her own
she did not obstruct any more Of the
stage than would the head Of the average
woman Behind Va sat two women.
! On. of them leaned forward and asked
INV wife TO take OF her hat My wife
replied that she was not wearing a hat
Well. take IL OF. whatever ~ -. joined
the woman / cant see NV wife
declined and The woman back Of her
threat ened to call an usher. Then nv
! wife. with much troubi. TOOK out ne
. numerous h8irpins with which the wreai h
! and The feat her were fast .ned on. mus-lng
her hair all up IN he process I tried
TO condone with her. but an. -ar thinking
Suddenly she -aid John. hand me
your fur coat She took it and rolled
| /, over and over into a bundle then sro-c
/ and put n in her seat and -ai upon Il
|. Her head and shoulders came eight or
ten inches higher than they had been
before and IL that woman IN the back
saw anything of tn. play don't know
VIVA, Il was
1t is no wonder peopl. lose valuablss
and never get them back said an Oh
servant hotel cl"rs esferday The