The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-15
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A policeman the other day corrared dog which a.
peared 10 be mad in shop in Sixth Avonue between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, and after shooting IL
flung the body into the gutter. Ash lay there woman
| forced her way through the surrounding crowd ana
gently placed upon the dead animal bunch Of mag.
nncent roses The bunch nearly As big a. the dog
and than better dog would sell for. Woman
and dog were unacquainted The roses were merely a
| spontaneous tribute to a friendleSs beast
FreshcAuEht rustics in New York miss half dozen
country dishes that are wholesome, good and eheaD
No New York restaurant serves clobber though wall
hardened clobbor with cream, sugar and nutmeg IA
q marvellously good desert The rustic who oFdera
"suet pudding in restaurant Is greved to md ths
su served not the rich and savory pudding OF the
country but an indescribAble mssS made doubly nor
rble by the aid Of butter sauce Maryland bscuia are
practically unknown to New York restAuranta Ana
when served tho merest countereiS OF those hot
light white, RsteninE door knobs made by the skufui
negro cooks OF the Eastern shore.
In the tenement house region OF tho east aide eo,,h.,
arc associated with only two things weddings and IN
morals Only the poorest buried without the attend
ance OF mourning coaches and with the Hebrewn At
least who form considerable percentage of the east
side population coach is indispensable feature Of
every wedding. The whole block seems to know when
wedding is to take pace and everybody is on the
watch whom the coach and pair come dathing around
the corner to receive the bride The vehicle draws I'D
before the narrow entrance to a hvestory tenement
ana presently IttIo UinCk'eyeu JeWobs in
her white veil and all noddng with orange wreAths
hastily emnrges. trips across tho pavement aud
is swallowed up by the coach while zap.
ing crowd looks on The horses are whipped
almost to gallon, ;he coach turns another
and three minutes later tho bride is set down
before the synagogue in the next block. Here crowd
her hasten the and into the house
Of worship Tho ceremony over, the nrst process 10
repeated only this time tho coach swallows mp both
bride and groom. Everybody charmed at the eight
and the gossips busy with the affair all next day
view very clever persons fancy that they buy shoe
strings at bargain from the peddera that shake
such trhes under the noses of all pedestrians Asa
matter of fact however. the shoestrings bought Of
pedders at five cents pair retail in shops at about
twice that sum for dozen pairs.
Aportralt of bismarck in an italian paper showing
him with full white beard occasioned Considerable
discussion at club tho other night until young Ger
man settled tho authenticity Of the portrait by recalling
that the Chancellor full beard yeafs
ago when he had facial neuralgia
Rare books in the hands of literary Junk dealers In
New York quickly snapped up for tho London mar
let but book lovers have learned that bargains st
to be had at tho little known book stalls scattered
the city. Some dealers who make specially OF medi-
cal or technical works and then come into pos
session Of other books and hasten sell them At
low rates The poets sell for almost nothing ut suoh
places There was displayed the other day the nve-
cent counter OF dealer in medical works we'll pre-
served BOOK IN cloth binding simply leuerou " flsyG"
The first thing in tho book French drama In
FIVE acts published at Chantiy In 1880 and entitled
La Destruction dc rAristocratsme.' 1t bore the
strongest evidence OF being all that It's title page ind
Gated but tho dealer parted with It without murnur
for i've cents.
Tompkins square, though lying almost in the heart Of
the east side house region has few profoS
sional stters as public square in town 10 ire
quened chiefly BY residents Of the from
the infant in to the tottering grandmother The
benches occupied for the part by people out
for airing Hero and there old lady has her knit
ting, mother sits watching her child. evidently
having snatched breathing spell from dom drudS
cry in some neiRhborinE tenement. All this has no
charm for tho professional sitter. He prefers sunny
spot whence he the gay world go by. and where
perhaps he can bog Q nickel now and then Of some
buster