The sun., 1893-07-17
eUNBEfMS.

IN. ,xni,n.tory notice on Fifth avenue church doori
| "closed for cieaninsi will be opened Aug IT,"
the French language !, stil thing to eonjurs with
in matters culinary. But II IA not every professd
French restaurant In which you may hear the French
Of PART. or even ot Blseoter street in counting
and kitchen. For example. arestsurnnt In the negro
quarter displays this sign; "Dinner table de hote 20
cents, lunch q Ia oark. 10 cents"
.-Thrss Euroreanr. armed with the newly issued
guropean guide book TO the United States. went
through the Metropolitan Museum OF Art the other
day They entered carrying their nith helmet hats
and wirinr their brows and they strode th the
most haste from object 10 object botrhying emo.
tion and seldom exchanging a word Their perform.
anee was In all respects Just such perfunctOry
tribute TO art as Europeans profe. TO esteem pocr
nariy American.
--Tho proposition recently mnds In a New York clnb
TO sell on shch dhy at half rrice to members Of the
Climb the newspapers received that day excited con-
siderable derison In spite Of the fact that English
precedent was cited In support Of the hen. The
tom ORIGINATED In Great Britain when newspapers
higher priced than they are now and has survived he
cAuss an EnsiIshman yields privilege once granted
and espec. more out Of his club tbaa Amer cans have
learned to expect
--"Beerr weILresuiated fnriir." said Mrs Billtopa
"oueht TO have saw. We've had n hammer as long
a. can remember. and why we haven't had = sawt
don't know They are 90 handy to have In tho house.
TO saw OF curtain poles with: To saw on the legs OF
chairs II you want to shorten them to make things
out Of boxea window sests and things like that; to
saw old bOxet INTO kinHNnE Woou ohc ~
and for lots Of other thlnga must got Mr. Btops 70
buy tomorrow"
Bnriy rsen travellers entering this city by way Of
the railways that the Jersey marshes may enjoy
q most charming exhiNtion OF natures counerfsiting
In the miles OF beautiful marsh grnss that border the
tracks This grass In the morning. after having been
subjected to tho pressure of tho tide closely resembles
thick and rich fufs laid in various directions At
. little distance the texture OF the grass Ia almost
silky, and the effects OF light shade and co or
h.., Pal Ia n sfN xaI
almost buried in the srAss. fact that indicates the
luxuriance OF the growth.
-" In Broadway this morning" said promenader.
"Imet man who was carrying the biggest vase I
ever saw: II had had handles on the ends Instead OF
the top 10 light easily have passed as atrunk. All
OF A sudden this big vaiiss in some way open 10
was astonishing how muchit held. You would naturs
ally expect vass of this sEo so hold great deal.
but from the quantity Of things Of ono sort and
other that fsil Of upon tho sidewalk It seemed as
though 10 must have been packed In cotton press
You might have thought that the would have been
disturbed by this mishap. but he wasn't bt on the
contrary he seemed to think tho funniest thing he
had struck month. His look said plainly enough.
a. he glanced around before beginning to repack.
well. boyh. this 10 one on mo-"
"A book Of Household Elegancies." published icss
than forty ago IN this country Gives an idea OF
the rapid changes OF public taste In Amer Ga in the
matter Of what 10 esteemed to be the beautiful From
this It appears that leather flowers and fruit varnshed
were things OF oveines Also that boxes and baskets
with sea shells glued upon them. and glass vases with
coored pictures fastened on by transparent paste.
appropriate for She paror. There are hints fof
making wrsaths out OF human hair and mottoes out OF
colored wosted aud perforated cardboard Wax fruit
and flowers may occasionally be found in boarding
house parlors and notices and samplers in country
houses but sounder forms of art less expensive and
troublesome. nevertheless arc seen in most IiaceL
Tho man who lives IN this city" said a South
tr . nhurhs
think in general sort OF way that rain 10 a good
thing 10 cooling and refreshing and all that but
his Ii . very limited view compared with that Of the
Agricultural Of tho suburbs. the city man who lives
out Of town and has lawn Of may be nifty or
hundred feet front. He is the man who knows tho
real value OF rain. without It his grass gets dry and
brown It crackss under his feet and breaks on as he
walks 1t: his vegetables II happily he has voxo
table garden langush: tho roads gets dusty and the
trees dull. ana he knows that everything needs
rain when 10 comes be really appreciates 1t: lie sees
tho beauty and tho glory back to nature and his
vegetables thriving: and he taks with hiA
nsighbor whom he me It's at homo or on the train
going from the city about what a beautiful rain
we've had and how much good 1t will do the countryr
Personal nsmes and physical chnracteristlcs are
not Always to bn accepted a. positive ethn!c tndica-
tiona Ignorance Of this principle upon the part Of
Philadelphia police ofhcer exposed y young Philadel-
phiAn 10 grave injustice. The young man was
brought to the Central Station on charge OF rev.
cling" It would be called In Rhode Island. having
been heard In moment OF midnight hilarity to emit
CRY that disturbed tho peace Of Chestnut street.
Frequent business had called the prisoner to the Cen
tral 2taton before. Ills name purely Irish one and
his face irish also. with Of tho HcalTo. were
perfectly well known to the officer In charge. but tho
latter did Of accident that had mad, tho
prisoner native Of Spain When. therefore. in wing
his "pedigree tho prisoner named Spain As his nth
place. tho officer taid "whs's you g!vn' us" Toths
repeated question the prisoner persisted in answering
Spain Then tho officer said an=rily: "see hyur yourg
felisr. mono yer HIDDEN. Whore you born, aud
the prisoner answered "spayn.oiin. sp IN wuersas
he was instantly and rudely committed {, a c.iL