The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
LIVE tories ABOTT TOWN.

II have noticed the greater poiteness OF
Southern men to women" said u New York
girl Il WAS in a southern to VII for six weeks
and ! never once got on a trolley ear without
having the conductor take his hat Off TO me.
He waited so patiently. then bowed so politely
when | got on. that the contrast to The Now
York step lively was overwhelming. One
thing about the conduct OF these conductors
made 1t especially agreeable. Many Of them
belonged to the best families in the town. !
WAS travelli ing once on trolley car with girl
who was about tho most popular In the society
Of the city. 1t was place; moreover, 81 about
fare and then asked how his mother was She
saw the look OF SURPRISE on my face and ex-
planned that the young fellow Was a gentleman.
had TO support his mother who had no other
children and WIS dependent on his society as
well as his snPpTrt ana 10 ne could n9t sa I'VE
fered In town where there was little oppor-
tMnity. and took place on the trolley cars;
it. tho result Of similar circumstances
well-dressed man entered Sixth avenue
pawnshop ono day last week and asked to see
the purses for sale. He did not look like man
who made his purchases customarily in such
places. but the phlegmatie clerk behind the
counter handed him out half dozen without
changing his EXPRESSION. They were small
and rather expensive looking. II want some
thing larger. said the customer. more worn
e enn Tme0b but none Of them sesmed satsa"e
tory. e know Just what | want he said %
the clerk. but You haven't got t. ! guess III
wit out comment What, doe, that mean"
%a. nS hFa Of f1R them
| here to find stun they want to use or wenr on
| A cane and short time ago another bought an
| old silver watch that he said he wanted to use
In some play; | often wonder II people ever
| notice the fine POINTS actors take so much
| trouble about
| The sight OF n man driving an automobile
| and wearing simultaneously a horseshoe pin in
| his scarf Is said to he as painful to the thor
| ough dresser as tan shoes with silk hat. Yet
| this combination has been frequently seen.
| and only the other day tho American most con-
| splcuousIy associated with the new sport had
| his photograph taken with q small riding whip
| in gold stuck into his coachman's white neck
| tie. lie was man. moreover. who is not likely TO
mako mistakes In such "details .ewslry has
been made which Is as appropriate to the Snort
| ironl'ths conn. on fault OF all automobile trap
| pings Its ugly. Small vehicles in gold and
| silver arc the most usual form OF the automo-
| iii" iewelrN 10 le seen now. and they are not
| heautitul. suitable as they may he. AutomO-
| bile clothes are not Of a kind likely to become
popular among parsons without strong ideas
as to the necessity of being always in Just the
Hn3 Dark Ss oxford bous SSaS @sd W
leather. and leather yarntng caps Tor, both
| sexes are not details OF dress that would ever
| appeal strongly to the public in general but
| they have been declared officially tn he the
proner garments for the automobile, and the
| huslnoss!iks driver is supnosed to dress him
| self in this way II he would be typical OF the
| sport In all its particulars rne uGinesS OF
| the dress haS prevented its popularity here.
4 New Yorker who recently returned from
| Paris says that the advance in prices always
| expected ut the time OF cxrositious has begun
| to show itself already in a small way. Cab
men are already looking condescendingly ut
the customarT tip" he said, and walters ex-
press tho millest satisfaction At fees larger
| than thew are accustomed 10 receive from the
natives All this change has been caused by
| the approach Of the exposition. which is to
| make them all wealthy. EXpOsltlons send
prices IN. and they mover come down after
, ward. This has been noticed chiefly by WISH
tors as the places ircluentel by them were
most affected Ivy the change; but Far!sians
also rNucrenco the difference that invariably
follows exposition months. Judging hv this
preliminary interest in this approurhing expo.
s.tion. the prices will go up higher than ever.