The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-10

| dropping off a trolley car and observing
them for while. The work Of extermi-
mating the mosquito pest lis going on all the
summer. Among those most Interested in
the work are the owners and trainers Of the
thoroughbred racehOrses quartered at the
racetracks, and they are among the most
liberal contributors to the determination
fund.
One Of the most interesting sights in
this city is to be observed in Centre street
in the basement windows OF building
opposite the Tombs, where a number of
young girls are busly employed for several
hours daily packing gold leaf for the market.
This delicate work is done almost entirely
possible to handle the material. The long,
shapeless leaves of gold are first lifted
from pile, on thin stick, and then flat
tened out on board with a breath. The
leaf is cut into perfect square with knife,
is then lifted again by the stick, laid be-
tween the leaves of the book in which it is
sold, and again f'attened with the breath.
The work is done with marvellous rapidity,
and the skill OF the girls who do 1t is
source of never-ending wonder and admir-
alton to the crowds who watch them from
the street.
few years ago, according to a Coney
Island life saver, it was rare to see women
who were good swimmers. Most women
who could swim at ALL took few strokes
in about four feet of water and then quit.
Last year number of women who were
good swimmers appeared of Brighton
Beach almost daily and astonshed folks
by their skill. Already this year there
have been a number of woman swimmers
at Coney Island.
Women have come along wonderfully
in the matter Of swimming in the last few
years, sHd the life saver. Il know more
than hundred women who were good
swimmers who came here last year, and
| expect there'll he more this year. The
secret of it is that young girls are learning
to swim nowadays. and there Ia no reason
why Il young girl should not learn as quickly
and as well ss a boy, AS q matter of fact,
they do, and 1t is a splendid thing for them,
for there is no exercise or recreation from
which such splendid all-round benefits
can be derived as swimming in the ocean"
There is no class Of men who make so
little fuss when they are injured as New
Works firemen. There was an illustration
of this mt a small fire in the workroOms of
the Hamilton Bank Note Company on
Saturday night. A fireman cropping around
a room in search Of the flames upset a can
Of acid on his feet. Part OF his shoes were
burned and his feet were horribly injured
he maze his way alone from the tenth floor
Of the building to the street, walking down
stairs all the way. On the street he ac-
ccstcd a reporter and asked him to help
him to take CT what remained of his shoes
rnd socks. The reporter did so and when
he saw the condition of the mans feet
sent for an ambulance without waiting for
t,-s Nl,,,lD
hustled the fireman of to the hospital
where his case was pronounced one of the
worst of the kind that had ever been seen.
From the time he came out of the building
to the time he went To- the hospital the
fireman lever made n complaint, although
he must have been suffering agony.
One of the decorations surviving from the
Fourth of July in a restaurant not far from
Herald Square is an enormous pyramid of
toothpcks entwined with red, white and
blue ribbons Such Qualification of kindl-
ing wood may b" n great compliment to
our national deXterity-- but it seems a
doubtful compliment otherwise. Are we
nation Of tooth pickers? There are habits
which one does not bla2on forth deckrd
With The national colors for the benefit
of the admiring foreigner.
Little Robert was shn king his new rab-
bit Violently as he stared hard into the pink
eyes, repeating all the time "Twice two il
four twice four ia eight and other 'ex-
tracts from the multiplication table. 1t
was after b" had given the animal prrtic-
ulGrly vicious choke that mother came
into the room In time to save bunnie's
life
"Cruc?" repeated little Robert after her
protest. why. mother he's a fake. The
man at the store said when | bought him
that rabbits multiplied rapidly Here I've
been repeating the multiplication table
to him all day, and it don't do a bit of good"
One OF the regular Sunday morning
visitors to the Tombs is a young man who
has never found his religious or philan-
thropic duties interfering with his rcputa-
ton us the best of the cotillon leaders in the
city. His services are always in demand
in the social season, and certain Of the
smartcst dances always take place under
his leadership, Every Sunday morning
he is at the prison hy q o clock going from
cell to cell talking with the inmates and
comforting them with every consolation
that religion can bring. He is considered
by the prison authorities one of the most
slccnasfUl of the visitors who go to the
prison, his only evidence IN society ,
of tho other interests that absorb him is
snail silver cross that bangles from his
wastcoat. 1t is the badge Of a lay brother
hood to which he belongs
Charles Aston Bristed of New York was
the lest American to make a present to
Pcpr Leo XIII. As told in THE sun the
other day, his took the form of beautiful
pcctoral cross, which Mr.. Brsted had made
in this country that the gift might repre-
sent American workmanship. The valu-
able Jewels which the cross contains were
presented by Mr.. Bristed's young daugh-
Ter. who inherited them from her paternal
grandmother The Pope, who received
them from his nephew, Count Pecci, OK
pres cl particular delight in the artistic
skill Of the New York jewellers Mr. Bris-
ted spent mort or his life in Rome and is
one OF the few PapaI Secretaries in this
country. Eugene Kelly is another New
Yorker distinguished in the same way.
The menogers Of the company which
takes out Of town visitors around the city
have experienced no little difficulty in
securing guides for their coaches No
ordinary BARKER" will do. The man who
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