The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-08
1--we TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Il never before saw prickly pears on
sale by pushcart dealers in New York."
said Californian the other day, nodding
toward a cart piled high with the fruit
"We didn't use to think much of II as a
fruit for market outside of California he
continued. 1T is n species of cactus and
unless IT is properly handled the gatherer
suffers from one or more of the thousands
OF fine needlelike points grouped at regular
OF the plant. 1t tastes good. though. and
is healthful.'
One OF New York's tailors. famous now
for a score of years, made fortune by his
claim to being the most expensive man
in the business. He always managed to
charge more than any of his rivals and
was proud OF that distinction, which he
never failed to impress on his customers.
who were presumably indifferent to ex-
pense, Now new hotel is going to struggle
for the same sort OF reputation.
Il shall not charge more than from 10 to
is per cent more than the other hotels
OF the same class as mine.' the proprietor
said, "and I don't think Americans will
that the wealthy people are Indifferent to
price so long as they feel they are getting
their moneys worth. So l don't mind
telling how much more than the other
nOttlS SNAIL cnaTRe.
The former Miss Maria de Esteroz, who
was married in London on Monday to
Walter Cope, son of Sir Anthony Cope,
has been we'll known in New York society
since she came from Cuba some years ago
and completed her education in this city
Her father was Ramon de Esterez, who
died shortly after her birth, and it was with
her grandfather and her mother that she
10 -h1 in
herited large fortune from her grand
father, met her husband in this country
last winter, and it was intended to have
the marriage performed next November
in this city. As she was abroad on visit,
however, and intends to live in England,
the wedding took place there.
One of the curious CARNATIONS Of this
country is the magicians' club, which is
composed Of amateur prestidigitators.
These gentlemen meet once a year to dis
cliss the results of their black art and the
progress that has been made in the science
OF dellding the public. Just now these
persons are in session in New York They
take themselves and their work very seri-
ously, and the fact that they are amateurs
does not interfere with the importance
OF their deliberations.
Tenements in the Italian quarter are
as much aglow with color at this time Of
the year as il they were decorated for
the fiesta of some popular saint. From
nearly every balcony and fire escape hang
strings OF peppers that have dried and red
dened in the sun. In some OF the rear
tenements the vegetables are stretched
all the way across a court, and some Of the
shaky fire escapes from which they are
suspended look as II they would collapse
under the weight of the brilliant hued pods.
They are kept in the air as long as the
autumn sun Is warm enough to make them
redder.
Many a tradesman is glad that the time
for the homeward march OF the New Workers
has set In.
Nobody could ever realize said one
Of them yesterday, "how many persons
who leave the city in June never think
1t worth while to pay the winter or spring
bills until they come back In the autumn.
They let them go over as unconcernedly
as IL the business men had no need Of money
in the summer months. AS a matter Of fact,
1t takes men with capital to bridge over
this long period Of dulness when customers
don't consider it worth while to trouble
about bills"