The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-06
LIVE rOPrcs ABOUT TOWN.

opportunities offered to a humorist, there
appeared the solid form Of Leader Murphy
with priest In tow.
.Tom,- remarked the Tammany chief
tain. 'let me introduce Father So-snd-So,
who IL about to open a parish house up
your way. want you to help him out In
Father said the ex-sheriff cordially
shaking the priests hand, I'm be delighted.
But say. father lin an impressive Whisper,
have you seen the oaptain''
She was expensively gowned and naughty
and she took In one Of the best known stores
In Brooklyn few days ago by q trick as
old as the gold brick game. She went in
and inspected a collection Of costly opera
cloaks. and after q critical survey selected
one at $3.50. In payment she rendered a
thousand-dollar bill.
Now thousand-dollar bills are uncommon
even in prosperous stores. So clerk was
note TO discover II 1t was genuine. This
took time and when the clerk returned
with news that the bill was genuine the
woman was In royal rage. She declined
to take the cloak at any price. expressed
in no mild terms her opinion of the treat.
apologies departed with her money.
But late the next afternoon she returned
She said she had searched all the other
shops for such a cloak without finding one
equally satisfactory and she wanted 1t
IN q hurry to wear that night. Therefore.
II the establishment was now satisfled with
her good faith she would take the gar
ment. Again she rendered thousand.
dollar bill in payment and this time-it
seemed to be the same bill-it was accepted
without question.
She received $3.50 in change, took the
cloak on her arm and vanished. OF course
II was discovered that the second bill was
a really clever counterfeit.
What is a stag" in the colloquial sense'
The dictionaries say that the term is applied
to the operator Of certain kinds Of stock
jobbery, to a hoydenish girl and to an
exhibition gamecock, but more. particu-
larry to any social sssherhhs a. NV which chas only
young reporter writing for his very digni-
fed newspaper the other day about re-
ception to priests and laymen said that the
Archbishop was to give stag In the Papa
Delegates honor the religious editor
tainted. It certainly didn't look proper
at all.
Pedestrians in Broadway usually pay
little attention to street vendors. but new
conner among the pedlers near Thirty
fourth street appears to interest them very
much. The object Of their curiosity is
fullblooded Chinaman with shaved head
and wearing the loose clothes and the
sandals OF his native country. He first
appeared on Broadway about a month
aso and he has been there every night
since standing beside the other vendors.
His stock in trade, contained in q little
wicker basket suspended from his shoulders
after the usual fashion, consists OF Chinese
teacupe. sandals, punk and incense and
other such small wares. Compared with
that of his associates in the street vending
business his methods are novel. He never
raises his voice to attract attention TO his
stock, in fact he knows little English.
But he does wave a little rattle which 10
sure to catch the ear and attract the notice
of passerby.
Probably the entire contents Of his bas-
ket could be purchased for 81 and az there
sAeems To be a very small demand Tor
Chinese goods In that vicinity 1t is hard
to figure how he makes living.
This interesting legal question was pro-
bounded the other night by one OF group
Of law students sitting around the table
Of hotel cafe.
"A drummer putting up at . city hotel
finds a valuable ring under some paper
in one OF the drawers Of his bureau. He
;
maid oonfesses to have stolen the ring from
a previous occupant Of the room. and to hav-
ing concealed II. The address Of the pre-
yious occupant Ii unknown. Now the
question arises. who gets the ringf The
drummer claims II. having found it: the
hotel proprietor says 1t is his until claimed,
and the chambermaid says that abe is will.
ing to 20 to jail, but thinks II ought to be
given to her. When the police are Informed
they demand that the ring be turned over
10 them. Which Of the four claimants
has the best right In hw''
A little one-act farce which led to the
confounding Of q gallant in cafe au lait
spats and to the deep contentment OF a
particularly large, good-natured Irish
washerwoman was quietly but persistently
applauded by a carful Of passengers on
the Sixth avenue elevated a few nights ago.
The farce opened with the gallant in full
possession OF q seat and the washerwoman
standing. left centre. Entered an exponent
OF the French maids deftness with tho
materials obtainable at any good drug
store. With a swish of silken skirts. she
took q position 10 right exit OF the gallant,
who leered sweetly At her for . brief mo-
ment and was leered at In return. Then
he arose, and. with graceful, sweeping
gesture Of an organ Grinoer solioiting alms.
DoCkOne0 the exponent 70 Ms seat.
The gentleman guiding the train. ignorant
Of this psychological moment. bucked
his train backward preparatory 70 entering
the Forty -second street station. The wash
erwoman was moved quickly from left
centre TO the empty seat, the gallant was
also moved thus into the collapsing form
Of the exponent. who shriveled him into q
little bent man with one glance. The gal
liant crept out TO the platform and down
II To q rear car. where he croonsd 10 himself
his woes. The exponent rGhted herself
with sundry pats here and there. and only
the roars Of the hardened passengers robbed
the washerwomsn Of the nap 20 which the
seat invited.
A customer at q little cigar store pre-
ssnisd In payment for Q purchase yester-
day . faded tsn-dollar bill 10 the Italian
proprietor Of ths store and remarked that
he didn't know whsthsr the hall MAS good
OF not. The Itslsn held IL toward the high,
Tor . momsht and said that u vas good
enousht fof him.
.Iis Lssn through the hanks three times
Ls added
The last rsnsTk sounded somstlins nks
. CONCLUSION ~ SHERLOCK holmss The
customer packed up tbs ball, sxsininsd Il
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