The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-26
WHAT WE ARE ALL TALKING ABoUr

81" doesn't seem probable that there should be ~.
ton on the elevated ro'd the receipts Of which donr
average q cent day." remarked an obSorNAnt cison
TO reporter the other day. The reporter expressed
his doubs and tho citizen continued; well itp fAck
nevertheless aud there are two such stations my
knowledge One 10 the MP town station OF the Second
avenue road at i27th street and the other tho Tird
| avenue up town station Mt 18th street There il .
ticket seller and chopper at each OF tho stations but
they do practically nothing all day. The for
this ia that the terminus OF tho road Ia near Lon
emf l.Oih street and person walk tho distance
while he would DO climbing the stars The stations
have TO be thsre. though for tho number OF people
who leave the is as great as tho exodus at other
stAtont."
manufacturer OF one OF the standard typewriter
on tile market says that there are 7htOO women who
make living In this country by drumming tho keys Of
writing machines I'VE not able to give you nbso-
lutcy accurate Information" he said "hB to the num-
Der OF women who mako 4 living by the typewriter
But We are probably in better position to estimate the
approximate number We know more nearly than
any one else low many mAchines Of all makes are In
use, and the proportion OF male and female operatorG
We think 1t not far OF tho way say that there are
about 75OCO women whose SUPP OFT Is derived from the
use OF writing machines and 25,O0D men of whom the
may be said. These figures do include the men
who use the typewriter Themselves in their own bust
hess profession, but merely those who the
chine as employees OF other people" Another manu-
facturer says that from 20 900 5000 women are
using the machines which he is making
A salad which ia not altogether new, but which IL be-
ing made many restaurants according 10 the test.
mony of Veteran walters more this summer than for
many year, past. is combination Of tomatoes cuuu1n.
bers 1t should be started at least fifteen
before it Ia to lie served The tomatoes should
previously have been kept upon ice and the Hkins
stead having been taken OF in hot water should DO
pared otherwise the freshness OF the vegetable will bo
lost Let the tomatoes after the skin has boon removed
be loosely wrapped in towel and PIT in tho leo box
VIII, the salad s to be made have them brought the
table aud there They should not be sliced thin but
cut in rather large Jumps Place OF these In the
bottom Of broad deep bowl and sprinkle salt and pep
per and cover them literally with oil Then put on Q
layer of cue umberS and put your oil and pepper and
sat them; next throw on some sliced Bermuda
onions II you want thing really nno. lceks
instead. Place tor of this triple layer another So
res of tomstoeS cucumberS and onionS each in
ing treated with OIL pepper. and salt Let the dish
stand for seven or eight minutes, ana thon throw In
your vinegar. But remember. as you were = spend.
thrift with OIL be mser with the vinegar II n
best to the red wine vinegar rather than the white
stuff which Ia moro generally found. Do not minRiS
tho ingredients with your wooden fork and spoon but
take the whole dish and turn 1t into another Of
similar size. This will sufficiently distribute the drsss
ing II the salad is skfully made, whatever unploAS
there may be TO the onion will DO dSsipAted
or overpowered by tho tomatoes and cucumber and
the dish hole will be satisfying and agreeable.
II be varied by emitting the cucumberH but those
who leave out the cucumbers will have TO
onions and II sometimes requires an advanced cu
tiyated taste to appreciate this dish
People who have a taste for ice cream and liking
for this dish Is altogether limited women should
tho fad Of eating Boston brown bread with theiE
cream. tits combination that will delight any lover
OF good living The other night three men dinod
at quite popular restaurant down town, and whom is
time for them to have some dessert proposed
that they should try this novelty Unfortunately the
restaurant did not have excellent quality OF Ice
and had brown bread ALL 4 the
mon went to another restaurant near by where both
are obtanabe. There iB sold there a most excellent
ice which is called Italian. though 1t might Just
well be called Russian French. anything else.
rich and yellow and favored with the vanilla bean
which Is ground and sprnkled through the
that looks very much as II pepper had been thrown
in It spoonful Of this ice cream, placed upon the
edge Of slice of Boston brown bread, Ii mouthful to
linger and remember with pleasure This combi-
nation is far better than the more common one of Bos
ton brown bread ice cream, which ia really nothing
more than leo frozen with tho crumbs Of brown
bread mingled in It
In those days when the increased pressure from the
aqueduot makes It quite possible that break or
leak will occur In the street before your house. the on
OF the Department of Public Works think it quite
prudent that people should know Just what when
they find tho water flowing where and whom 1t ought
And 30 many Of the heads OF the various bu-
re in tho Department OF Public Works have been
spr eadIng among their friends and Others the nsces
Bary information. II whom you como homo at mid
night you md the pavements OF the block which
live flooded from leak or break in the pipes
der tho paving stones all you have to do to hunt upa
policeman, go the station house OF tho precinct
and report discovery Tho Sergeant at tho desk
will telephone tho Water Dopar tmont repair
shop Of tho district The city 10 divided into eve
diStricts At each shop during the day thero
arc constantly duty . gang Of mon. and At night
time OF them there waiting for information
breakA When they receive word that there Ia AnoOd
In particular street Of them goes at to
redenee of the foreman OF the gang Of the district
aud reports the fact to him The foreman Immediately
puts his clothes and hustleB around TO the houses
where his workmen live tho tools from the repair
shop and attends to tho damaged pipe Tho Water De-
pArtment folks expects that the increased pressure
upon service pipes tho old houses OF the city VIII
resut before long In breRkB Some of these ppea
put in forty and fifty ago, and nneS that
Time have mover been repaired They are to-day cor
rodsd and rwtcd in many places. and already many
have occurred in this sort of houseL Ono result
Of this has been increase In the business OF the
plumberA
The ost knowing OF New Workers are probably iEno
rant OF what 10 meant by cologne soak" but
oer of sssAyists in England are Just deplo1nR
what they call the latest American fashion In drinking
Once In while tho English papers take up an Amsr-
fad and moralze It with such bitter feeling thAa
New Workers obliged to ask whether the fad really
'xists here at ALL They have not been able 70 dis
cover 1t in most instances and certainly there 10
Of tho latest form Of dissipation OF which the
English eSSAysts complain The RnRliSh papers pre-.
end to believe that great numbers OF American
women addicted to tho habit Of soaking Jumps Of
uRar In cologne water and eating them pretty much
III day long 1t is said that tho strongest efforts have
Joon made to break the hold which this habit has
lpon tho dover Of American Rirhood, but without
uccess. The fascination Of this particular form Of
10 said to be strong that the virlO
minds cannot rssAtit ItmAy be remembered by PEG.
lie who take interest in fAds that eight mouths
go tho English essay lists got In q similar condition Of
mind over another American craze" In this instance
taid that women given over to tho
salt habit" body and boots. Tho women de-
cribsd eating salt in enormous quantities In public
md in secret until their compilations ruined and
hey became morose and whitened specimens OF pee
sh womauhood. Nobody knows exactly what the
oxt American craze viii be In England but 1t must DO
omothng decidedly startling to overtop the effects Of
no last discoveries across the water. They know
lot In London.
Foreign Notes OF Real Interest
Tho Royal Library of Berlin contains 1877 97t bound
ookG
Tho repOrts OF the Russian expediton to Tibet