The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-16
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

A man was seen IN MhulSOT, square
the other day soberly pacing OF distance
from the point Of the Flatiron building
and then squirting up at the roof through
an instrument. SO engrossed was he
in his occupation that he was in imminent
danger Of being run over by passing
cab or omnibus. Closer inspection re-
vealed that he had paced Off a distance
exactly to the edge Of the shadow cast by
the building, and an explanation was
sought, , ,..,a o. ,nou irs+
how tall the Flatiron building is, he replied,
-and I'm taking this way Of finding out
| wrote to a newspaper once, but they
didn't answer, and ! mover have been able
to find the agent
How tall is the building?' he was asked.
Il don't know replied the man sadly
Il haven't figured 1t out yet"
A Sixth avenue halter, large part OF
whose business Is confined to cleaning
and reblocking hats was apologizing the
other day for his failure to carry out
contract on time.
what can l do?" he asked plaintively.
y can't get anybody to help me, and
can't keep em when get EN-. Two men
| got Yesterday are lying back there full
Of wood alcohol
wood alcohol
4Yes, they got away with nearly two
quarts of it. You d think it'd kill them
Not a bit Of it. Why, I've put dye in it,
such as YOU color Easter eggs with. turned
it red so they wouldn't know what it was,
but by giminy, they drink it that way when
they find It, Nothing stops EN-.
let no man assume to be hard drinker
| hereafter whose OK pelierc are confined
to nothing more powerful IAN dry martins,
waterfront whiskey. straight Worcester
shire and Scotch highbals,
i read piece in the paper the other day, y
remarked an uptown restaurant keeper
lately, "about a new scheme to swlndle
people in my business. Here is another
which is annoying because you never can
| he sure whether it's a skin game or on the
level. OF course you have heard OF in
stances where the expensive diner steals
| the check of the cheap one and gets away
with It. Well, this is where il il worked by
| confederates.
zone goes in and orders swell dinner
After a short time has elapsed in comes
he confederate, apparently in hurry,
and sits at the same table. He orders a
! cup Ol tolieV "'N 'N''
while slipping it
"The first man gets up and goes ont,
| having as he does so the ten-cent check
| of the other man, which he has appro-
| pria ted The second man puts down his
| paper when the waiter nears him, grabs
| the check which represents the price OF
The other fellows food, looks at it in amaze
| ment. and then makes himself heard OF
| course the waiter remembers that he had
nothing but a cup Of coffee, and he pays
on that basis. What can you do?
-Then the TWO meet a block away and
repeat the operation in another restaurant.
| the we'll fed one playing the hasty diner
| this time Result two beautifully filled
! loafers for the price of four cups OF coffee,
The .where to live" problem is daily
becoming more complex. according TO the
! individual reports of discouraged apart
ment hunters. One couple who had paid
$40 for fat in q charming locality went to
| California for the summer, giving up their
apartment. On returning they looked abu
FOR ,1,,y, quarters bu. found rCnH SO good ID
the old at anything like the price,
| DISCOURAGED, they decided to go back
only to find that the rent was now 800, all
increase OF rs per cent They say they
| have canvassed the city systematically III
| every direction for month, ana that tins
percentage represents "A fair average of
increase over the rents asked year or
| two ago
The newest addition to apartment luxury
is a mirror about three feet wide by
seven feet long, extending at an angle
from the ceiling to th" upper port Of the
side wall This II il explained il TO enable
woman standing in the room TO ascertain
by u glance upward how her dress hangs
| and for other PURPOSES connected with the
intioacies Of the feminine toilet.