The sun., 1904-08-10
1--we TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

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Warm? Well. to know what warmth
is you should put in an August day trying
on sealskins and winter coaks," said the
young woman from the wholesale store.
THAT will be my task now until the West
ern buyers leave town. One thing is a
certainty. that ] won't have to bant any
to show the spring styles this fall
An item clipped from Notes and Queries
was printed In THE SUN Of Sunday telling
of the disposal Of Cardinal Vaughan's hat
in Westminster Cathedral. Exactly the
same thing may be seen in st: Patrick =
Cathedral, Fifth avenue. The hat Of the
late Cardinal McCloekey Is suspended high
rather to the left OF the altar. It has been
there since his death in 1885, and its scarlet
hue has faded pretty nearly 10 the color
OF the stone roof 1t Is not easy to locate
it, but a careful inspection Of the chancei
roof will reyeali i. As in the case Of Cardinal
Vanghan's 3 hat, 1t will remain thus suspended
until 1t turns to dust, according to inn
memorial Catholic Church usage.
The Long Island City boat was just about
to pull out from Thirty-fourth street when
a late passenger sprinted up and confronted
.Ticket!' cried the gatekeeper,
mo time, painted the passenger. Here:
take this and keep the change" He tossed
the gatekeeper nickel and sprinted on
the Ss eca stood d s ms
at the nickel, three cents OF which belonged
to the company and two to himself.
.'It reminds me-" he said, 'of the time
when one Of those swell guys over at Far
ea bs Mes Red '95 afr noss tier hosen
been there a week he aaid to the boes
Are you going to town to-day II
you are, would you mind getting me pair
of No. 8 three dollar-and-a-ha shoes?
AT first the boss was for getting mad,
but it struck his funnybone, so he took
the money, bro, ght the shoes back that
night and handed them to the hostler.
And here's, your change, says the boss,
-, OF, that's ali right says the hostler.
Keep the change"'
Il always took with grain of salt those
stories about snakes not biting children
said man who has just returned from a
vacation in Pike county, Pa, but III be-
principal pro oiucts-rocks. rattesnakes and
whiskey.- The rocks stay pu,. and you
have TO Jgo and get the whiskey, out
tue snakes come to you. ! noticed
eral store Of the place where was stay,
ing this summer. They were having good !
time and were screaming with pleasure. !
One OF the clerks Of the store looked out !
Of the side door to see what pleased them |
so much. He saw, and dug back into the |
store, reappearing in an instant with !
carriage whip. Then he ran TO the tree, |
which was about twenty-five feet away,
and began to thrash the ground with the ,
whip. ] went over to see what he was doing. /
He had killed snake with nine rattles. |
That's what the children were playing
with
"One reason why my countrymen fight
SO WELL said Japanese in New York, lis
that ev are not hampered with baggage
a. the Russians and other soldiers are
The Japanese soldier is a fighting man,
pure and simple. Such details as cooking
and preparing camp are left to servants,
and on the march most Of the baggage is
carried in wagons, where the servants, not !
he sol 1iers, place it. There is a great deal
sixty pounds all day along on marc h and
hen having to turn to and prepare camp. !
,ook supper and clear away. While the
soldiers of other armies are doing this my
police the camp, not to speak of trenchng
ents, building fires, hauling fuel, cooking
md doing the many other things that are
'ecessary 10 military camp
Il wonder what these kickers against
ne peulers carts on tne sLeetS WoulQ
ave thought if they could have seen the
sowery from Bayard street down to Chat
lam Square in the days that are not so
rany, many years behind us?" said an
,ld-tine New Yorker. 'That part OF the
3owery was called the Country Market.
The farmers from Long Island. from West
hester county and from over in New
ersey came once a week with their prod
Is and took absolute possession of the
teet between those boundaries. Pecrl.
ague from all over the city to buy their
ulplies Of these farmers. Every orce
n while some ore would rake kick
nd a protest to the authorities against
he obstruction Of the thort u ghfare, but
@ would invariably be howled down. The
ity was good many years getting its
ommon rights from the Bowery's Country
iarket