The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-27
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

it's interesting history. The house was
erected rather more than century ago
In almost it's present form, the only change
being that the ground floor rooms haze
been converted into small shops. 1t was
built originally as a farmhouse and stood
far from any habitation on the Greenwich
road.
But the place is interesting chiefly be-
cause 1t is connected with one OF the most
sensational murder cases that ever stirred
went riding with man who boarded there.
He returned alone Her body was found
several days later in an old well. For
lack Of evidence the jury that tried the
man acquitted him, but he was social
outcast afterward.
As is usual in such cases the house soon
had the reputation Of being haunted
The metamorphosis of New York is fast
eliminating many Of its quaint hooks and
corners, so numerous in former years.
In Sixth avenue. near Tenth street. there
Is an opening about ten feet wide in the
line OF buildings. peeping through this
gateway the observer will see COSY little
triangular court lined with little old-fash-
ioned brick houses. The view suggests one
OF the quaint corners Of London. 1t is
called Milliken place.
Just around tire corner OF Tenth street
another { id cul de sac runs. 1t possesses
the same style of houses and has not changed
in appearance in many years. 1t Is named
Patchen place.
Don't expect too much explanation Of
the elevated railroad guard. Four women
boarded an uptown Sixth avenue train the
other night. There seemed to be lack of
harmony in the quartet. One finally beck
oned the brass buttoned minion in, and
asked
Does this train go to Harlem''
-Yis, num-"
With look OF triumph the questioner
settled back in her seat. But the other three
We're not satisfied, and again the guard was
called.
we wish to get out when We reach
Harlem. Please tell us when we do
Sure, Harlem's a big spot. Where do
yez want to git out?"
We'll get out at l28th street.
'Yez can't tcontemptu ouslyl.
lis there another train for Harlem?"
Indignantly.
4 think there's wan behind
And at the next station the four passed
out to wait for Harlem train stopping at
l29th street.
To advertise certain make, Of oorsete
Harlem department store has recently en-
gagged woman who stands In the window
and demonstrates the advantage OF wearing
that particular kind OF corset by putting
it on and taking 1t Of again. 1t may DO
queer, but the demonstrations attract more
men than omen.
One OF the downtown poolrooms lost
81, 200 on Saturday all through tip spread
bya redheaded negro. He turned UP about
4 o'clock in the afternoon and announced
that he had had q dream about a horse
which was to run in the sixth race at Chi
cago.
.Ah doan know anything bout hit,
neither said the negro, "but All sho'ly
saw him come in foist in nah dream. He
won by haid.'
What's the name Of the horse'' dozen
sAh done almost fohgit it. said the dar-
Aes King ELLSWORTH" asked score.
sYep stree, shouted the tipster in glee,
shat am de horse All saw in nah dream
all right. honey"
When the card on the sixth race at chi
cago went up. King Ellsworth's price was
quoted at s, IS and ITO across the board.
cit abo'd, boys" the darkey shouted.
Hes a shuah winner. All know it. All
seen 1t in nah dream
Everybody in the room. but a few Of the
educated, accepted the darkey's tip. They
bet on the Flying Torpedo.
When the race was run King Ellsworth
simply romped home. Flying Torpedo
finished last The room lost $1,000 on the
race.
aSay, Jimmy remarked the manager
to the doorkeeper, when that coon comes
in again wit dream soak him one fer
me"
New methods OF business multiply daily.
A firm OF wholesale grocers now invites its
customers from all over the country to
lunch occasionally when in town, the firm
paying the freight" The visitors are
factory. Then they lunch on the things they
have just seen prepared for the market.
The factory is neatuess itself, and tour
through it has tendency to enhance the
appetite Of the visitor. The country mer-
chant Is invariably impressed and Is dis
he has seen prepared.
Those cards indicate how the election
is going" said the candy stand keeper in
a ferryhouse, pointing to the cards bearing
Roosevelt and Parker buttons.
Il have only sold eight Of the dozen
Parker buttons on that card, and 1t was
the first card put up. have already sold
one Roosevelt card-that is, twelve buttons
and ten from that card hanging up
MANY buttons being sold this Year,
the commuter inquired.
aNo. The demand for them Is falling
of every year." was the reply. Only
rabid partisans wear political button
nowadays"
After all the ages in which architecture
has been a growing science. 1t is curious
to note the obsessions of the architectural
mind as exemplifed in some Of the city
buildings. For years brown sandstone
was the favorite building material for the
homes Of the well to do. 1t was used re-
gardless OF the fact that 1t was untitled
70 stand the climatic changes Of New York.
The soft marble stairs Of an up to date
skyscraper on Park row have already worn
perceptibly thin, and the marble footway
outside OF the Stewart Building at Broadway
and Chambers street has been worn into
deep grooves by the myriad feet that have
passed over 1t. An uptown hotel, the Fifth
Avenue, has checked the wear on its marble
steps BY putting down corrugated india
rubber to protect them from the never
ending procession Of human beings.
Among the prisoners arraigned In Special