The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-09

p,,r,.v.d IN ,hs window OF . far uptovn ms
mai Ar. two crsyon portraits OF the Kind fsmilarp
.,,5snts Of New York. and the merchant announced
tbs, each person buying pair OF shoes to recsvsa
-eoupon" emitting the purchaser 10 hAVea lfs'sts
erayou portrait
I'm. broadway cable er'pmen are certainly i'm
.ovIpe in their handling Of the cara said citizen
"but Il attn sometimes happens thats passenger VINO
at, opt TO walk with calm dignity TO seat In the for
ward end OF the car changes MS nina suuuehly hnd
takes scat In the rear
stat, pride IL thing peculiar TO the smaller states
though common enough throughout the whols south.
There IL sort Of kinsbip between Al NirEinian% ana
ON. Kentuckian in strangs place Will go miles TO nni
No resident Of :his state takes the troube to
boast OF New YORK but you can provoke quarrel With
any sortherner By speaking III OF his state
,st.bl. f.epers in New YORK seem long TO HAYS
Known the trick OF DEMONSTRATING the vsgrnnt pigeons
mat seen to md the attractive. All con sdrr
.b ssbs. are visited by large small hocks ot thcss
b,,d. md some stable keepers pat up tiny shelters
where the pigeons may rest and breed The mstrnpor
tan instinct OF the birds Keeps them fahfato the's
adopted homes 90 ,---.
ION the elevated road" said citizen. saw this
..o,r,,g IN. man give up his seat to another Ths
man who got up was well dressed wen appearing
Young man and the man to whom he gave hs'eas
was tail man Of twice his axe who o'kel I" thonRh
n. had been III. The tail man smiled. wtn just the
t,nss OF surprise upon his face ami accepted
the seat with polite thanks
That gorgeous and omniscient PARSONAGE thrhaa
porter 90 familiar to all tave re IN southern Edrop'.
b.s,r. Ia h. tnown at the hotels Of tts t""n.
M. exact equivalent has not yet appeared a. J.
..,sbli.hed places The newer hotels are neiihsr
American nor English in their makeup but rather
taI than sthst and the hall porter hs'u'
raj and proper functonary IN every such ho'e'
last River Park these early winter days u"
ebarm OF its own By reason OF broad sunshine as
phsted walK lined with seats. and facing the restless
shining panorama OF the river. The bank rises steep
behind the walls. protecting the benches from c'd
wipds and on sunny mornings you md old teUo"s
walking up and down or baskinE book In hnnd !"
shattered spots where the sunshine falls hottest Ths
view across Black wes Island or 10 the ahores or
Long Island ia ful Of interest and activity ana the
place is of the very best winter lounSnS Spots IN
the city.
--.Everyboiy knows" Said a boy. : that It Is more
dincuit to black shoes than old ono+ The other
day when bought pair OF new shoes aud saw IN the
store a sign that said. New shoes polished tree'
thought would get mine backed so a. 10 see II they
did In any different way They blacked them Just as
ANYBODY woud except In this the very first thing they
did was give the shoes good rubbing with CLOTH
Just they do for the last hnal polish asked the
booblack why did that and he sad that new shoes
were generally little oily and that that n-st run vas
to rub the oil on. Then he went ahead and bln'ked
them without dhicuity."
~ should certainly count myself person ~ ~
least ordinary intelligence" said middleARed manG
but a. grow older nnd there's great lot OF thnRs
don't know. Take the matter Of pronunciation for
instance making discoveries in that all tho time
I md that there or words that have been calmly
msprono uncing all my life. to tho dsnay. doubtless
OF those better informed. For example. take the word
insxorabIs DO you know that until a few years nVo
when heard somebody pronounce IL correctly. had
always called that ineNrGrabie' sounds dreadtu.
doesn't TT II does now. and yet got nlong corn
foriably enough with inex'n'abls for good many
years"
New York's much ridiculed system OF long strh eht
streets advantage even the side Of the Po
turssqust makes possible distant vista' such a" are