The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-23
LIVE ToPIcs ABOUT TowN.

nue. on these fine nights. He saunters along
swinging his stick. the other hand deep In
his pocket His long overcoat hangs care
lessly open. displaying a generous expanse
OF shirtfront. and from his silk hat 70 his
patent-leather shoes he would pass In the
crowd Tor gentleman who has dined
well wei ana Is cooling his heated blood In the
Watch him for a few paces and his shirt
bosom CLOVIS red for brief second. As you
get closer the dull red fash resolves itsef
into the letters OF an advertisement.
group Of lawyers were discussing Wills
the other day. and incidentally deploring
the prevailing tendency Of their profession
to overload such instruments with useless
redundancies. Said one:
i was over In New Jersey yesterday az q
witness to the probating of the will OF the
late Judge Leslie W. Russell. 1t was sim
plicity and brevity itself Approximately II
said. i give everything have TO my vile
Then, instead OF having seven pages OF In
the eventof her death, i do give, devise and
Seao o,,r ch a., Il merely added Reversion
in fact continued the lawyer, .there
was only one instance OF surplusage In the
will, which occupied about q sheet Of note
paper. To me II was touching and beauti-
~ and Characteristic Of the man. 1t ran
- also beaueath to my wife my I'M
dying love and trust
The building Of the manly woman's
club'w prove q boon to q certain house.
hold In town which has done more than its
share toward fostering the athletic spirit
among the women Of the sporting SET
When one OF the most strenuously active
OF the younger set married two years or
30 ago, her husband had built for her on
the top moor OF his ouse a squash court
and good-sized racquet court with shower
baths and all the proper appur tenanoes.
The young wife and her friends were
devotees OF both games for while and
spent q good part of their time In keeping
in form during the town season. But there
came time when the mistress OF the house
took less interest in the sport. That, how
who had their lockers up stairs and could
reach the courts by an electric elevator
without disturbing the household.
IT became a fad with the other members
ing, and now the squash court is
looked upon as the recognized meeting
place Of the circle. It is very delightful,
but 1t may be supposed that there viii be
little sorrow IN that house when q real club
IL at last established.
II has been the custom Of number Of
men whose business keeps them out late
at night to 60 occasionally to . Broadway
hotel which is a landmark down town and
hire q room for quiet little game Of poker
Caro- has always been taken 10 make as
little noise as possible and the interest the
men had In the game made them orderly
in the extreme. This has gone on for
years. 30 II was a great surprise that four
men who hired a room for the purp ose
found the Other, night that the hotel had
hor cad re r1tloa
The four were deep In the game at
A. NJ, when their appetites made them call
for something TO eat. while they went on
with the game. But the bellboy, instead
With the night manas ger and the mana ger
informed the party that their. presence
was no longer desired and that they would
have to vacate the room.
4. As one Of the party looked more worldly
than his brethren there was a suspicion
that the hotel people had taken this course
for their own protection. believing they
were entertaining a card-sharper. But
the manager informed them, when each
Sns s & vS O. 70: 1s the sss s'
Gently adopted q new rule forbidding poker
playing In the rooms and that poeiti vely
no exceptions could be made.
Beer lovers who frequent certain Broad
way restaurant are advised by the ringing
Of a bell, following the old German custom.
whenever the house taps a iresn kes; that
Ine W. nsy pV VIZ canslv tSere With som p
ci,v friends and ss thew sat The bell GLANCED
sorth The SIad tidinrs The Westerns
hastily rose and nut on his coat and hat.
sWb.t's the matter Enhps cbor,ised
,h. crowd r
sT;ros 20 ,eave = ren,;ed the Wes,erner
.nonI Won hear the belIS Tbev're going
20 shut i'm shon,,
The Wastsrner s., dow, vben tbsv had
exnlained. and thew had another.
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A hroad-sbouIdered six-footer 1ot nm n
p,o.dw.x car vss,srd.v r,orning n . yarv
hilarious mood. The car was crowded.
but ne found vacant seat next to little
car lurched the siI-footer fell aga inst the
Say, sajd the lad with a pugnacious
,ook, " yer aon s.cP usih me Ter Pinar
H. ,hre.t vas audible 10 every one In /,
the car Everybody chuckled. but none !
more than the six-footsr. The hurnor Of
the situation finally dawned on the hoy
ana ne Aio"eo ii"sen '"''' s''n'e
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