The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-21
LIVE. ToPIos AMOUR TOWN.

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I rushed out Of the house to borrow pal
In the neighborhood.
ANY bones, any rags, any bottles2' SAM
voice In the street.
Here, you'll" called the fond father. Com
here. l want you to weigh something TO
me-"
The junlsman followed the proud paren
UP four fights Of stairs to the top fool
front. Baby was tied up in a towel anc
hooked on to the scales. The indicator
showed exactly seven pounds.
Seven pounds!S cried the train led nurse
Seven pounds!" echoed the father.
Don't let dot worry you, remarked th'
junkman. aDose was der scales buy by
guess the childt weighs ten pounds. mebb
a lot Offer dot
Il come to New York every fall to get
ideas for mems Clothes" said an out Of
town tailor -and find it hard job tc
get EN- There are almost as many styles
In New York as there are tailors, and every.
one viii tell you that his designs are the
most exclusive.
"On Fifth avenue they say that very
long, single breasted sack coats, cut to
1t, are the coats for business, and dark
Broadway shops / am told that browns
light browns, very light browns-ere the
proper caper. Coats may be double or
single breasted cut to At the figure or hang
ing loose from square shoulders, as the
customer may see At. On the avenue
they say shoulders should have very little
padding and should not be square.
should be cut small at the bottom and large
about the hips. On the avenue they say
that slight spring should be In the bottom.
The ready for service, ready for wear and
half finished dealers have still different
models.
broadway tells you that English walking
coats the kind John Drew FIRST wore at
the Horse Show three years ago. are the
thing. The avenue tailors have built none
for the past two years. III go back home
not knowing. very. much more than when
| came to New York, except that New
Workers. dress as their tailor tells them to
and wear anything that suits the tailor's
fancy"
One Of the certain changes in mems
fashions this winter according to Fifth
avenue, will abolish the very loose clothes
which have been popular for more than
year. This tendency reached the climax
last summer when mems clothes were made
so loose that they hung like bags The
coats were meant to touch the body only
at the shoulders and the trousers were as
voluninous as a sailors. Like all such ex-
aggerations this fashion was Of native
origin and aroused the establishment OF
London tailors Fifth avenue tailors now
declare that the extremely loose clothes
are no longer to be in the mode.
u always return here, said the newly ar
rived foreigner, $50 delighted to see my
friends that cannot refrain from showing
my feelings. l am happy at meeting them
and chilled only by the formalfty OF my
reception. They must be glad to see me
or they would not come to the steamer:
But they are as self contained as they had
parted from me only the day before. Ameri-
cans are more ashamed to show their feel
ings than any other people In the world.
They are even more self-conscious than
Englishmeu. When I look around pier
or railroad station in this country, the only
persons who seem to be interested there
are foreigners. The Americans are quite
cool over the partings and meetings
The military is to hold its own for another
season as the most used theme in popular
songs. Only an occasional variation in
ony of the martial heroes who came into
favor with "HBluebell" and "Good-by,
Little Girl, Good-by." The return to the
idyllic and pastoral which with the Indian
not to be expected. Yet the present popu,,
larity of uniformed heroes has not served
to help the policeman. Somehow the COP
cannot he hero Of a mother song
at is sometimes q consolation to feel that
everything good in life does not belong to
YOUTH said the middle-aR man, am
always pleasantly reminded OF the fact
when go to see John Drew. He is slim
and youthful and to this day a matinee
hero who arouses the enthusiasm OF the
Youngest girls who 60 to the theatre %nsd
in the early sos Yet ! find by reference
TO biography that he is now 81. Men at
that age used to be thought out OF their first
youth But that theory has been disproved
by the youthful aspect OF Mr. Drew.
Three prosperous looking men burned
half tox of matches on Third avenue
open car trying to light their cigars. The
wind blew the matches out and the men
were fest getting into the apopiectic stage
when little Hebrew in the sent ahead took
with the first match He ignited the match
with a Quick scratch and showed 1t down his
sleeve. Then he bent over and while his
sleeve protected the match from the wind
fred his cigarette. The prosperoas look esl,
emulated the Hebrews trick. They all
lighted their cigars, but one man set fire to
his cuff.
man who performs on tumbfers. He has a
small stand, like those used by the street
fakirs, to which the tumblers are fastened
The music isn't Emphasizing, but hardly
loud enough to be heard above the din OF
the traffic on the main thoroughfares, 80
the old man freouents the auieter side
streets Music Of many kinds can be
heard about the city's streets-hand organ,
violin, the small boys mouth organ-but
performances on tamblers are rare.
big white horse belonging to Cort- !
landt street scotsman stands in front of tho
seed store much Of his time, apparently
unaware OF the startling effect of his move
ments on strangers, especially on women
and children. Every one in the neighbor-
hood knows him and he is often treated TO
banana skins and an occasional apple,
This has led the old fellow into the habit OF |
thrusting his head close to the faces Of
passersby. He is only asking for frtit, |
but the movement is alarming to those
who do not know him Women shrek as
the big white head is suddenly projected in |
their direction. but the horse Ia gentleness
itself He wouldn't hurt fly. He is only
not very tactful In his way OF asking for
favors.
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