The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-11
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

suburbs. An insurance agent with an
Office downtown, who, like other business
men, dictates his correspondence to q
stenographer and sends out his letters
typewriter, was waited on the other day
by one OF his customers. an elderly woman
all the way through and at first the agent
could not understand what about. he
was polite, but she would not be appeased.
Finally out 1t came.
you needn't send me any more printed
letters said she. Il can read writin'.
While one hotel In this city makes q
feature OF its Room Is and profits by 1t.
most Of the others have no room 80 num-
bered. A suicide which occurred in a hotel
q few days ago brought out the fact that
the missing number is used to good pur-
pose, nevertheless. The hotel people an
nounced that the suicide had occurred in
Room 10. and this Endorsement Of a popular
superstition was promptly accepted.
reporter who made some Inquiries on his
own account. however, discovered that
and that the hotel had no room numbered
Is. These facts he put up TO the hotel
WELL rejoined the latter. what do
you want me to do? Nobody will live in
No. Is That's why we have no such room.
And very few people are willing to occupy
a room In which there has been a violent
death. SO whenever anything tragic or
sensational happens In our house, we locate
II TN IA f.oom IS.tne room that does NOT exist ii
as the sensibiIitv of .o,,eamish o,,ests. and
nobody suffers any harm by il. Many
other houses follow the same policy
0 "'ai Vi Tue North hVer shau - ho
ionser an eVeht 'hat arouses the enthusiasm
y. inc ePicure as u oid lew years ago.
linen the first OF the fish was welcomed
royalty. He was the most popular prede-
cessor Of green peas, real lamb and the
other oherished delicacies ~ snrino time.
There are still resta,,rants which adj
vertise the native shad AZ a special feature
Of the season. but thew do that rather from
respect to the tradition than In accordance
with any pressing demand for fish from
the waters about New York. In some OF
the markets thew are not even ofYered for
sale
Haven't been able to sell EN- for two
wears was the EXPLANATION Of one WASH
Ineton Market dealer sCIistomers ali saw
thiy taste ste, Of coal OIL sIndse and other
are dealers who still keep 'em and even
cav they're "a good as thew ever were
R,it the old-time demand Tor the North
River shad has come 10 an end.
sNowadavs it's the Delavare sbad that
neonIe are sskino sor rnnst and ei II seems ems
to have gucceeded to the popularity that
the Local shad enioved NJ one tinneS
A'oy ~ ~ 'o
Bridge has again become the centre Of
. nn..s ~ mora q, la.s nict,r.so,,. ieoend.
associated with the names OF weu-known
New iorkers as having devoted themselves
70 the game TINS year with unabated en-
thusiasn. IL has naturally been played
more than usual during Lent and II Is not
rare tor women 70 pay swice .a Gay ana
e,,t III Jano, no ~ a.. az e.,
warm rooms II Ia not uncommon To hear OF
women who have tainted while playing.
But no story has created as much talk
this winter as the physical struggle Of two
women at a meeting of one OF the most
OF the fact that sixteen women were present
when one woman was slapped ard the
hostess In her effort to separate tie COM
batants was accidentally knocked on the
foor.
One Young couple has great difficulty
now in finding competitors In the game.
40 perfect has the system of signals between
man and wife become. They ere said to
live on their bridge winnings ant as thew
admit a yearly Expenditure OF $1,000 Il
,uck Exciting Is the story of the struggle
between these two and another couple
70 he the same game. The battle took
place at Tuxedo And the winning man
and wife. according to the story, came out
soooo 10 the gooo.
~. and y, liant will r,e.n mora "a tho
- sn;r;tnous Iiouor. th.n
narsons Won ID think. Abstainers have
;nore...d during that sesson until the re-
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$3.50
tn, -ho,.s.,. d..,.r. h.v. Col, ,h,s tam
49, ra,ornstion ever mora than the
p,' .Hh,.h .,o.L.u. -.,.o.hr,,.
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are serveo iney oJS " ~
their losses oy Heaiis Vi 'ne soi' orinAs lheS
SOLO. . 1890 4. A..
me oeot ioItuo ee " rle niau
tac,urers OF ,aiin se asa,,,,. has ;s
.Iaa cn $1,000 IN Tho n,,mher ~ man who
yeaL ,hcrease ~ tmu nI n tbe ., aien VINO
oeciueu 70 en- .etusS On VIC "a'o' "ason
as Pen.en.ia' eae, .!uI 49,
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peloiG So e,io ssnS her 49, o 81, sr
broaumay no.eis' "b nav oe a, ne,v ~,
seventeen yea d weIe " 49,
lew lew h h,, rs no enp,peh 20 anect h"s;nass
- anv e.tent R,,t hear this wear Thai
there sn q iAs oalIoo.n W .o"n tnaa mas
h1 my ie,e sS ,oar 49, y, d. .Lon