The sun., 1904-07-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Park place and Broadway, was vlsiteo Dy
fire some months ago a good deal OF the
woodwork throughout the building was
scorched For the last two weeks work
men have been engaged In tearing this
out. All the burned wood was taken out
Of the building and thrown on the street,
where. II made great pile, contrary TO
the rules OF the Building Department
The contractors were notified that they
would have to remove the wood. They
figured that this would cost good penny,
frewood."
In less time than 1t takes to tell hundreds
Of men, women and children began to cart
the wood away. Each day since the sign
has appeared there has been crowd around
the doors OF the building picking UP every
scrap OF rubbish and taking 1t away
Every evening for the past few days
a man has been riding children around
Corlears Hook Park In a rowboat at cost
Of cents a ride The boat Is on rubber
tired wheels, and drawn by small black
horse. The boat is handsomely decorated
with flags, and 1t has seats enought to ao-
commodate fifteen children at time.
He did not mean to put 1t just that way.
but the promise which accompanied his
request to his fellow editor was not at
tractive. The letter said:
Dear Sir: II you will publish an obituary
Of Of, my dear wife will certainly appreciate
Say, conductor, get out OF my way.
You spoil my view Of the street, exclaimed
. moro than usually captious passenger to
the conductor, who was standing on the
running board OF Broadway car the other
day.
The conductor stared at him.. and then
silently withdrew. block further on the
car stopped beside an express wagon.
Hey, BILL called the conductor to the
driver, -throw me down piece OF twine.
The twine was forthcoming, and the
conductor proceeded to the irritable pas
senger's seat and tied the twne across the
end.
whats that for?" snarled the passenger
who was occupying the seat alone.
Reserved seat, explained the conductor
blandly.
The last man in New York to hear Of the
Slocum disaster arrived at the Battery pier
at o'clock Saturday evening.
What time does the Gen. Sooum leave
for Rockaway?" he asked the gateman.
What's that?" said the gateman sharply:
he thought his ears had deceived him.
But the man repeated his question.
i've been rec'knin' on trip to Rock
away all the week. he said. She uster
leave from here, but I've been waidn quite
a while, and she don't show up
=, You'll have good long wait ior sr' her
Al said the and sshs usth
than a thousand people aboard most
month ago. You'd better wake up.
you don't say So returned the inquirer
with a faint note OF surprise. Sorry to
all, though l don't like ridin on the cars
nohow."
This was too much for the gateman.
Say, you're an odd fish, he exclaimed.
They want you over at the aquarium.
Right here in New York the stranger
replied; but don't get a chance to read
the newspapers much.
or Saturday afternoon, when there is
nothing else doing on Broadway, the old
rabbit woman holds sAance with her per-
forming rabbits. mesmerizing them
First she takes a little gray one, doubles
it up on her blue checked apron between
her knees. folds its trembling feet in a gray
and white bunch against its nose and strokes
1t gently from the nose back to the ears.
She does this about three or four times,
and takes her hand away, and there the
rabbit lies between her knees, fast asleep.
Lies there until she rouses 1t, puts 1t back
in the basket and mesmeriSes another.
asked a woman who had stopped to look
aOh, no, she replied, Il just amuse my
self with my little rabbits, making them
90 to sleep.
Saturday evening. at Sheepshead Bay,
even a national convention was but side
show, for a big handicap had been run
and won. Jockey Tommy Burns, who
rode Broomstiok to victory in the Brighton
Handicap, was the centre Of an admiring
crowd. Near him sat two undersized men,
who were rather ignored by the crowd.
One OF them, Louis Smith, had brought
Toddy home a winner in the same race
Just two years ago. Shortly after winning
the Brighton, Smith was ruled of owing to
q suspicious ride. He now makes a living
exercising horses in the morning before
the races. The other. Tod Sloan, was
the winner Of Saturdays big race seemed
to forget the glories Of Sloans past
Like Smith. Sloan, too. is up with the
birds nowadays and can be seen almost
doing this for the money, but because he
hopes soon to be reinstated and wants
to be in condition. Sloan was ruled of
in France nearly two years ago, His first
leg up the other morning at Sheepshead
made the old timers laugh. A trainer
who witnessed his riding on this occasion
says it was all the ex-premier jockey could
do to keep from falling OF the horse.
The chief was sitting in the house Of the
club which had carried him into political
fortune. He had just come back from his
seaside home, which Is a very fine place In
its way.
Il like ocean bathing he said to the two
old cronies with him, and I'm glad to have
a house by the seashore. But there Is one