The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

| II always dread the end of the month"
he said. because it means trouble. They
pay lot Of dividends down in Wall Street
that day, and lot of fellows draw their
salaries, and get nothing but big money
We are not supposed to change anything
over two-dollar bill, but you know what
effect it has when you ask a man who pre-
sents a five to get OFF. Saturdays are bad
enough. when the weekly salary men come
down on us, but the last day Of the month
is more than four times worse"
A baseball crank by standing in front
OF certain uptown bulletin board, could,
with little stretch Of Imagination, con-
vince himself that he was at the game.
street excavation directly opposite is
fenced in with long planks resting on bar
rels. Every pleasant eek-day afternoon,
long before the game commences, these
"bleachers" are lined with youthful rooters
As the marker rounds the corner with
| bulletins the bleachers cheer. Then IA
| he reaches for stencil and mounts the
ladder, the applause gives way to that 81
lence that always pervades the field when
| the pitcher draws back his arm.
| A moment later there is a wild burst Of
| enthusiasm. The marker could not have
| received greater ovati ion If he had knocked
home run. New York has scored three
| runs.
But suddenly there is change. The
cheering gives place 10 groans and cstcalls
| that would cause the bravest umpire TO
tremble in his shoes. Boston has scored
| five
One of the new horseless coal carts, carry
ing load of coal that would stagger three
horses, stopped in front OF Park row
skyscraper the other day, The coal man
touched lever and the big machine
wheeled out into the street and backed
| up to the curb "a easily a. u runaLout.
| Then the coal man touched another lever
and tho body OF tho wagon ;ited up 10 the
! proper angle. He touched another piece
! Of mechanism and a chute was lowered
| TO the coal hole. He touched something
, else and .he coal began 20 shoot down The
| chute When it was all IN the coal man
! climbed up on his seat. gave ring 20 his
! gong, and the big machine ratified down
! Park row.
| An open carriage with young man
| and woman in it drove up in front OF Police
Headquarters just before midnight, d few
days ago. The man jumped ont an ran
into the building A group Of reporters
on the other side of the street became
! Interested.
Let's get aft er him, said one OF them.
! "Not hing in il. said an old-timer "IU
|
! "A detective to take them through China
town. People seem TO think that's part
| Of the detective business They come
| here every week sometimes it's the East
! Side and sometimes the Tender!oin
! They're willing to pay, too. II makes
| them sore in The bureau, but no matter
| how often they turn down the requests,
more folks keep coming.
The old-timer was interrupted bv the
temperance OF the Young man, looking
much disappointed. He whispered few
words to the young woman, and they drove
| off A moment later n detective sergeant
left the building and was held up for news.
Just another fool who wants us to show
him through Chinatown he said.
The rents demanded in the new hotels
for the very limited space set aside for
the barber shop are higher than most
persons would be willing to believe. For
| the barber shop of hotel not yet COM
pleted the annual rent is So, 900, and the
| tenant not only has to pay the expenses
| of fitting up the shop, but a bonus of $50 900
| as we'll There are three hotels within a
| block of the new structure, and every one
| of them, Of course, has its own shop SO
! the profits in the new hotel will have to be
very large 20 enable the tenant 10 make
| money.
In the business Office Of large Fifth
avenue restaurant there hangs a glass
| frame which might have been made 10
exhibit c,lrioe or relics But locked within
the small compartment are two checks
Both were bad and both were presented
| nv patrons of the establishment. The
| names on them are not those OF New York
| ers although the prophet ors believed them
| to be- New Workers when they were intro
! duced Over the two checks are the words
| For Sale" painted on the wooden frame
work of the case.
BOYS who live on the upper West Side
have found new game that has added a
great deal to the troubles of the motor
men number Of boys get small pieces
of lead pipe and hitch a string to each
length When they see car coming they
| lay the pieces of pipe on rail and stand
off short distance. each boy holding a
piece of string which is stretched out on
the ground The point in the game
is to let the front wheels OF the car get al
close as possible to the pipe before snatch
ing il away. When the game was first
introduced every motorman thought that
| his car was going to be derailed, Now
| they are used tot
Performing in vaudeville theatre in
this city several days ago was musical trio
made up of a man and his two daughters,
All three played well on various queer
| instruments, and the man furnished the
comedy part OF the performance The
act was very popular ana was rewarded
with much applause. Of the hundreds
who saw this trio at work probably not a
handful knew that the man is blind. Ger
tainly nothing in the mans performance
would indicate such an infirmiy. His
blindness came years ago when he had
| panr yuA
| the result, 40 he says. of a gradual starva-
ton of the optic nerves. 1t left him with
a pair of big. brown wide-open eyes, 80 that
his infirmty is not apparent. although one
cannot but notice the lack of express
sion. His act is entertaining and includes
some horse play, but he goes through it
| without hitch.