The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-15
1--we TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Wo'ncio ihNS u new uOuRtt anu V0e man OH
the bicycle Is part OF the game, He's the
outside man., IA II were.
"A CRATER gets on the car and the car Ia
followed by the guy on the wheel When
the ,goods'-a watch or scarf pin-is taken
by the fellow on the car he throws il to his
pal on the Wheel who gets away with IT,
IL the guy on the wheel sees trouble ahead
on the car he gets away, but not without
first getting the stuff from his partner II
he can.
Its slick game, and puzzled us for a
while, but we tumbled to II by recognizing
one OF the crooks on a wheel"
group OF Catholic priests who attended
the golden jubilee celebration In st. James's
Church In James street last Sunday walk ed
around the streets on the lower East Side
after the. services 1t was the first time
many years. and they marveled at the
changes In II. My" said one Of them,
'When. lived in New York this was a wilder
ness OF waste lots with small house here
and there. Al the population were Irish
among them. Now 1t Is all six story tene-
ments, with few Catholics and fewer Irish
folk in them. II any old New Yorker
desires to see the changes immigration has
brought, this is the place to see them"
Louise Homer Is Metropolitan
prima donna who Is never described as
arriving from Europe or sailing for that
continent. Mrs. Homer Is an American
and stays In her own country, where she Is
usually kept busy when she does not want
to rest.
She has a country home at Onteora and
sang both this spring and last summer In
the various music festivals throughout
the country. She is in Chicago now and
when she comes back to New York, 1t Is
only possible to announce that she has
returned from some other part of her ma
tive land.
Mrs. Homer ia doing much to prove that
1t Is not necessary after all. for an Amer
lean prima donna to go to Europe every
summer, merely as commercial propo-
sition as II that were really her home
Col John l.. Butler and Hugh O'Donnell
Of the Republican oratorical corps are tell
ing this story in the way Of business, but
they vouch for its truth. They were pass
ing the corner OF Blocker and Sullivan
streets and a group of boys was playing
there at -samming.' a game which con-
sists in shying a button-in this instance, Of
the campaign variety-against fence, and
from where it falls Ticking it with bent
finger toward chalk line on the sidewalk
The player who drives his button nearest
the line achieves victory and the stakes.
Col. Butler stopped and glanced at the
buttons.
whose head is that" he asked his COM
panion. "Roosevelt's?'
NO." said O'Donnell, -they seem TO be
all Parker buttons
"Huh!" remarked the Colonel: Then TO
the youngsters. What you playing. boys''
.siammin', ehP Well, haven't you any
Roosevelt buttons to slam into the gamer
Sure we has, but we don't slam them
around; we wears them said the boy.
And, throwing open his coat, every boy
showed a Roosevelt button fastened to the
lining or on his wastcoat
Good BOYS. You'll know how to vote
when you grow up, said the Colonel. The
incident is now providing him with cam
| paign material.
Just as the curb brokers in Broad street
were about to finish trading the other after
noon hearse droveup to the Blair Building
Undertaker's men jumped out and hurried
into the building. Brokers and messenger
boys stopped to wonder who could be dead
and waited to see the body brought out.
| The guesses az to who had died ranged
| all the way from the janitor up to some OF
| the famous fnancers who have Offices IN
| the building. "st
The curious crowded into the hallway.
| They were about to go upstairs in their
eagerness to find out, when one OF the under.
| takers men came down carrying pile OF
chairs. copper company had been hold
| The undertaken had furnished the chairs
and had sent the only vehicle he didn't
| have in use to remove them. 1t didn't
take long for the crowd to melt away.
She was from the country and she was
| in town on a shopping trip. She stepped
into big department store looking for
a pair of gloves OF a certain shade. The
clerk showed her about all the store had in
| otocl hut she wasn't satisfied.
The girl went on down Sixth avenue,
turned the corner and then noticed a large
assortment of gloves in store window.
They'll have ni them here So SURE e. she said
The floor walker directed the prospective
| customers to the glove department at the
other end Of the main floor; The girl asked
| for gloves OF a certain shade, and the clerk.
whose face seemed familiar somehow,
| smiled.
I'm sorry, madame" he said, abut just
a few minutes ago l showed you all we had
in stock, We haven't had any new ones
| in since. ,. :,
said the country girl. Then she apologized
and got out as quickly as possible
An addition to the lion family in the
Park il expected in a few days, and large
warm box has been built in lioness Rosie g
cage for nest for the expected little ones,
| Rosie ia the mother OF all the lions In the
Park 200. but is as lively and. as youthful
looking as many Of her offspring. Sultan.
the aged sire, looks with stolid indifference
upon every addition to his family, though
he ia proud enough of his mate.
The keepers, who do not often overesti-
mate, are expecting family'of about three
| cubs.
One OF the striking plumbers. who broke
the rules Of his union by taking job over
In Jersey, offered these observations on
strike benefits" the other day:
sTd have stuck it out If the strike benefits
had been of any use, but they weren't.
You see, we get dollar day from the
treanry while we're out. A single man
can worry along on dollar day. But
inst as soon as the benefit money is paid
The whole gang adjourn to saloon to drink
| 1t up. ~, A.,
nut down as a lobster and tight-Yad,
and they make it pretty uncomfortable
for YOU. They don't make any exception
| in favor OF the married men either
The weather.
| An area OF high pressure occupied about all the
| 80, NJ the Rocky Mountains yesterday.