The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-23
LIVE rOPIcS ABOUT TOWN.

in one Brooklyn club. On a hot day re-
Gently number of the members ate their
luncheon without observing the custom
arv fornlality OF wearing coats, One,
stroling into the grill room with his coat
on his arm, set the example, and his lead
was quickly followed by others. Some OF
them were wearing suspenders and were
not wearing waistconts, but they didn
care. II was too hot. This comfortable
mode of eating the midday meal lasted
only one day, however The HOUSE
Committee heard of it, and in the exercis'
Of their duvv upheld the dignity Of tn"
should not be allowed at table. In other
parts Of the clubhouse, out side Of the
dining rooms. he still roams at will.
One Of the tales going the rounds about
the Fourth of July powwow at Tammany
Hall concerns Senator Bailey of Texas
whose effulgent lavender socks, speckh d
with crimson clocks, almost dazzled the
eyes Of tho Sc in the front rows on that oc-
casion
When the orator. al fireworks were over
and the ne tahl wei re- making the b. at OF
their way cut, tn" big man from Texas
demandt d his rr at big hat. 81 arh was
made, but M thing so larGe as Mr. Bail Us
lInW SilS ~ 'duH' III CO'Iu y" IOuitu WIZ T.
the hats had been ST rcd. Hats OF all
kinds, straw, felt and silk, were brought 10
him. but he refus d them all, to the great
relief of their proper owners. II was
finally agreed that some admrer Of tho
Lone star politician must have absccnded
with his chap"au leaving inst, ad dinky,
imitation Panama
The 81 nator would not leave without
n hat, so the committee did the only thing
that was left for it to do. Ne ssengers were
sent securing Third avenue and Broad
way for hat store and after long waiting
che of them at last returned with an ev, ry-
day straw dip" Its price WAS well under
the two-dollar limit. and some one re-
marked that its apparent valu" might be
estimated at rs cents. But it kept tn" sun
of Joe Bailey until H. r, ached his hotel,
In digging the foundations for new
building at Pearl and Wall streets last week
the workmen were surprised to find board
flooring about twenty feet under ground.
The boards were dug out and under them
were found heavy cross timbers which.
when torn up, were seen to have rested on
heavy piling. Investigation disclosed that
the spot is the site of the old Wall street
pier. In the course Of the city's extension
many years ago the workmen, in filing in,
covered up the old pier without removing
anv of it, The piles are at about the re-
quired depth for the new building and are
in excellent conGi ion.
The newest game introduced here is
known as golf pool" II promises to
become as popular as ping-pong ever was.
An ordinary six-pOcket pool table is
used. but only two balls are needed a cue
ball and a red billiard ball, the latter serv-
IT, ~, ,>c, . 10 IoIl al
yields a billiard cue instead Of golf club.
The table represents six-hole course.
and the object is to put the red ball in
the six pockets in the smallest number
OF strokes. At the beginning tho golf
ball" is placed in the centre Of the table,
with the cue hall on the spot where It lies
in billiards. The object IS bare v 10 hit
the red ball, thereby allowing your cue
ball to stop so that you have a straight
drive toward the hole lpockeD you are
playing for. The player continues shoot
ing until he has succeeded in getting the
ball into this pocket and afterward in The
other pockets consecutiveIy.
An experienced player cal, make the
first pocket in two strokes. A scratch
or miss. adds three strokes 10 your score.
and putting the ball into q pocket other
than that for which YOU are paying counts
minus three also The game is being
PLAYED in several of The hotels and seems
to have taken Wall Street by storm. One
broker who has rraCtised il diligently
made the round Of six pockets the other
afternoon in twelve strokes.
There is a new occupation In town which
would be extremely profitable if the weather
were more frequently stormy. On rainy
day when the wind IL blowing n gale a
great many umbrellas turn inside out
Their owners, forgetting in their vexaticn
that the wind. rightly directed will blow
them back again, often throw them away.
On very stormy day last week a negro
stood in the Dc orway Of an uptown drug
store whose situation is about as breezy
as is that Of the Flatiron Building, and
watched the passersby. As soon as an
irate pedestrian threw away his apparently
useless umbrella the negro would dart
ont and pick 1t up.
In the course Of the dav he actually har-
vested thirty umbrellas Nearly all Of them
could be turned right side out, and severa
were worth dollar or SO apiece
When James X Hack'tt decided to ap-
pear as Alexander The Great he determined
to ride the finest horse that had ever been
seen on the stage, and agents were sent
spectacular animal to be found The
beast finally selected was snow white,
ornamented with black name and flowing
tail of the same sable hue. Mr., Hackett
saw himself in his minds eye on the
steed and paid 81 500 down without muir
muir Then came the impossibility of
Victor Mapess play for produce
ton this fall, and il may be next season
before the scenery and costumes are ready.
So this second Bucephalus is on Mr., Hack
ett's hands for a year with the possibility
of nearly eating off his ilusttious head
before the time for his stage appearance.
He does not possess the peculiarly Of
his distinguished prototype and allow no
body but his owner to mount him, but he
resembles the first BucephalIs too much
TO be in general demand az riding horse.
A snow-white steed with dark name and
tail would be somewhat too striking for
Central Park, for instance; so Mr., Hackett
will have TO reconcile himself 10 paying
Bucephaluss board bills for some months
before he begins to realize on his invest