The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-26
LIVE ToPIcy ABOUT TOWN.


Bachelor apartments for married COIL
pies Is tho contradictory advertisement
which hangs In the Office OF q Broadway
real estate agent Such q violent lecs OF
agreement seemed to can for an explana-
ton.
his wife may be as comfortable and have
as few worries rs bachelor would In q
hor Sc that supplied him service and all
other comforts at hand said the agent
Yes. tie jret about the came as an az nrt-
ment hotel, bet the new name seams more
Nearly every man whose rame is IN the
b. siness directory received a postal card
yesterday in hls early morning neil which
rad
picked sp copy Of ,s magazine nsrs saIlsf
s. sl.' speaks OF Your ,Tlf2 asn q 'HHf Mrs is
OF course many men receiving these
postals sent for a copy Of the magazine.
Careful search disclosed no mention OF any
name familiar to the receiver OF the POSTAL
card. II was merely an advertising agents
scheme for getting up a circulation for the
masastne. An interesting point about IT
| Ia whether Il hasn't made more enemies
than friends for the publication.
| lEnnCe GdOefbWShl Experimentation W
come to the United States this year Is due
to his decision TO cut short his stay in Aus
| tralia. He will make q very brief stay
| there. His world tour was not carried out
! In other particulars as he had intended
| Port Arthur was one OF the cities in which
| he expected to give concert: He eH-
Peoted that tour to take such q long time
that his next visit to the United States
would have come year from this winter
One of the curious things the antiquarian
notices In New York is that in the many
Colonial buildings left in the city almost
nothing symbolic OF royalty can be found.
| 1t Ia not really so strange. after all, for in
| revolutionary days enraged Patriots went
| out OF their way TO destroy every vestige
| OF such symbols.
The lead statue Of George III, which
stood in Bowling Green. was melted down
| Britannia Maiesty's troops. The Icyal
| coat OF arIns that surmourted each post OF
the fence surrounding the Bowling Green
| was broken of and only the stumps are left.
Queen street became Pearl street; Crown
street, Liberty street; Kings College was
renamed Columbia.
Almost the sole remaining emblem OF
royalty h New York is the triple plumed
| crest OF the Prince Of Wales over the pulpit
| in st. Lukc's Chapel. ana the only reason
esrsped notice.
She hadn't beel in town long. That was
apparent Her sreech proclaimed her
| from the South. when she bearded
Harlem b3l nd elevated train at TweAty-
| third street even standing room was at
a rerniCm. None OF the men offered her
| Is seat
AOnce saw tramp she said in clear,
distinct tones to her companion, and
who, asked him why he looked so dilapi-
dated Re told me he rad been on the hog
train for month. Now | know what he
| meant
Ard still nobody moved
| IN the bright sunshine on Broadway
yesterday two men were commenting on
the happy faces Of the promenaders.
I don't think | can even appreciate a
nice day Just yet said one Of the two.
sfter the last severe storm. was at Mon
| tauk Point. An old fisherman came down
! to the beach in the bright sunshine He
saw his boat wrecked and his lobster pots
destroyed. He had had hard luck all sea-
| son and that was the last straw. He de-
liberately took out his pocket knife and cut
bis threat as we stood there. lea wing
wife and two babies to face the winter
alone.
= .Its very unreasor able, but that sight
| has spoiled sunshiny mornings for me
| for while
| For ten years a wealthy gray haired
| man from The Bronx has never n Used a
| daily dinner in certain restaurant on
| the Dowery He is an old Confederate
soldier, and so is the restaurant proprietor
hence the long journey down to the Bowery
to, dinner. The old man looks lie one
! who has never seen a dollar. Fla hair is
| long and unkc-rpt, his clothes worn and
shabby.
At the sane table the other afternoon
set good injured Central Office detective.
The waiter laid a check for fifty cents in
sid the detective. Have a real on me,
rartiner, and good luck to you
The veteran thanIed the detective and +,
with a twinkle in his eve, started for The
| Bronx Then the cashier explained to the
generous sleuth thst it wasn't poor hungry
An " = a hy cop!r observed the detec-
ti-a "r'"k ne, everybody III never do
that again
Not every pedestrian who passes the
doors OF national bank in lower Broad
way Is aware that the two graceful pillars
that ornament the doorway were carved
many centuries ago, and once graced the
city Of Ponpei. The pillars are Of a creamy
OH Shiof stands sphere Of the sa- stone
as that which forms the pillars. which has
the appearance Of porphyry. Tho columns
were doubtless used to ornament a Pom
peiian interior, but they look very well
where thew are. and seem to stand the
riso;s OF this climate very well
Ifaman is seen slinSi ing along side street
at night, he IA not necessarily a burglar or a
footpad. II 10 m ore than likely that he is
merely hall rooner," and the parcel
he carries is the teoris from a meal or tvo
that he has taken In his room. He finds the
greatest ditIlculty in getting rid OF II, espe-
cial!y at nieht, when the neighh oring ash
cans are y ithdraw n from the street
4 Charles street rooncr recently threw
away several OF his sisters silver spoons
Inadvertently in a bundle OF refuse in this
way. When she taxed him with il the next
morning he sailed forth, found the parcel
where he had thrown it the night before and
recovered the family plate before the ash
man began his rounds.
And felt like criminal on the occasion
OF losing those spoons as well as recovering
EN- he confessed
An automobile had knocked out a citizen
As there was no drug store handy the in
iured man was carried into the neares.
shop which happened to be shoe store.