The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-14
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

The hot corn belt In New York city has
shifted completely in the laet few years.
Six tn avenue corners used to shelter black
.nammies" and their masculine aides until
q short time ago, when the change In the
patrons OF the hot corn purveyers carried
them over to Seventh avenue. They pros
pered there until last summer, when the
number diminished 30 greatly that IT was
only at long Intervals that this refresh
ment was to be found.
1t Ia plentiful still in the Ghetto, which
has taken with zest to this American dish.
The men and women to he found there on
all sides do not, like the former uptown
esta blishments, confne their business hours
TO the evening They are there, to be sure,
early in the morning. But they also ply
a brisk trade all day.
An admirer of President Roosevelt who
lives in Brooklyn has poster in his store
window which has attracted considerable
attention and no little argument. 1t says
on it: For Mayor, Theodore Roosevelt
and there Is a picture OF the President as
he looked when he ran for Mayor OF New
York in 1895. Some who see the poster
wonder il Mr.. Roosevelt Is candidate
for President or for Mayor.
Give me the key to 1l3. please he said
to the clerk behind the desk OF Broad
way hotel.
.Yes, sir; and here is telegram for you,'
replied the clerk, thrusting Al yellow en-
yelope into the mans hand.
This ia not for me. am Mr.. Wilson,
explained the man who had asked for the
key. handing back the envelope which was
addressed to Mr.. Smith. The clerk then
gave Mr. Wilson the key.
Il had TO work that telegram blum in
order to protect myself. the clerk told
h,,at Il hon, hn krnu
TT seems that two brothers are staying
In thal apartment, and as had never seen
the one who just came for the key l had
to be sure that he was not an impostor.
Sneak thieves are up to all sorts OF games
these days.
One OF the hotel ticket dealers does not
confine his trade to the New York theatres.
but offers to supply his patrons with seats
In other cities. Boston and Philadelphia,
which appear on his list do not seem strange
but ST. Louis and Cincinnati. where he
offers to secure good seats in the theatres,
look like more difficult propositions He
admits frankly that he has 80 50 far had no
places, but says he could certainly get
them II they were demanded.
Many hotels near the city would like
to keep their doors open for several weeks
longer and could find guests to occupy
them proftably. But the servant question
has even more effect in such cases than in
ordinary private houses. After the first
of september, hotel proprietors ind It all
hu; impossible TO keep servants, who are
seized with a desire to reach New York.
that even money cannot control. The
promise of increased wages leaves them
cold and they yield to no persuasion in
THAR enthusiasm TO get back to New YORK
A. 4 TO- rtrfn nna
disconsolate hotel proprietor returned to
his country hosiery yesterday after
tour OF the employment offices to tell his
patrons that he closed this week unless
they could reconcile themselves to one
waiter for every twenty guests.
In small hotel in Pearl street there is
a tame white rat with stump for tail
Some time ago an elderly Swiss came there
to live. His sole companion was white
rat Later the man married and returned
to Switzerland His wife objected to
travelling with the rat, so 1t was put in O
bird cage and left In the hotel with the cat
= jes' waitin'.' Shortly after the departure
OF the Swiss the room was taken by young
man. The first night In the house the new
pany in his bed in the shape Of a rat. but he
soon discovered that the rat was tame,
and since that time Jim-the rat-has his
corner Of the bed every night
So far from the beaten track OF travel
that 1t must be especially sought out by
its customers Is a restaurant with speciality
OF which Il Is not ashamed In front Of an
old fashioned brick residence far over on
on the West Side In a sign describing the
place as 'The Spaghetti House" II is a
weatherbeaten tin affair and shows that |
the establishment lie not Of recent origin. |
Thither journey admirers Of this filling |
dish, who admit that the proprietor. by the |
skill OF his cook in preparing spaghetti. |
IL justified In naming the restaurant after |
It, although other food Is not excluded
from the bill OF fare.