The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
LIVE, ropIcs ABoUr Town.

go S-@~ SvhSSe' las appeared IN f6TK row.
ne comes about O'Clock from tho direction
; :,ulling the Ice through dirt, mud and any
ru1oish That happens to be In the street.
and turns down Spruce street. The Ice IL
Tor use In saloon in the Swamp
The newest advertising scheme Of one of
the Dig hfe insurance societies 10 a pamphlet
| containing the names OF 36l persons who
oied within year after they took out poll
was $500, $3.50 .2s and the largest sum given
TO any beneficiary was $50 900.
Inc book Ii issued as an argument to
SHOW the uncertainty of life. It Is con-
vlncing enough, for 1t shows that seventeen
ton died within month after they we're
insured. One man lived only seven days
AFTER he received his policy.
~ may be, however, that some super
stitious persons may not be influenced
statistics.
Brick houses painted black are scarce
In this city. There Is one in Sixth avenue
The lines between the individual bricks
are painted white and the building pre-
sents neat, though sombre. appearance.
appropriately enough, an under taker hts
his place OF business there.
The smallest building Of modern con-
struction In New York Is now being erected
In Broadway, between Sixty-third and
Sixty-fourth streets. 1t has a front on
Broadway OF 20 feet and Is triangular In
shape, the base Of the triangle being only
10 feet. The material Is steel, stone and
brick, and 1t y to be only one and half stor-
les witha cellar. The small triangular lot
is the result Of the irregular course OF the
old Boulevard at that point. The build
ing will be used for an Office.
Edouard de Reszke's refusal to come to
the United States and earn $4,000 because
his agent refused to deposit IS, 900 in bank
is highly characteristic OF musicians He
will remain idle in Europe for the winter
as a result Of this adherence to old style
traditions, and II he does appear occa-
sionally it will be to earn very much less
than he could here.
Maurice Grau used to laugh over the
fact that Edouard de Reszke was the only
singer in his company who always exacted
that deposit be put to his credit in Paris
under Maurice Grau's management. for
the two brothers had comparatively little
when they came here. But every year big
brother Eouard wanted $4,000 put In the
bank before he would bulge.
An overcoat was left for less than a min
ute on a chair in the Office Of Broadway
hotel yesterday afternoon. It's owner
walked few feet away, discovered his
loss and returned to the chair in which
he had been sitting. But the coat had dis
appeared
the hotel porter explained, awaiting just
We call them professional finders, for that's
the way they make a living. Sometimes
they enter the hotel in a group of five or
six, walk through the corridors and other
public parts of the house and then out at
the door. They do not speak to one an
other, and are quiet and we'll behaved
so we cannot always put them out. We
know what they are here for. though"
At the luncheon hour yesterday a fire
engine clattered through Nassau street
and the crowds stood closely packed on
the sidewalks to watch it pass. The driver
was guiding the horses carefully along the
narrow street and his skill aroused the ad-
miration Of the spectators. But in spite Of
that admiration they all smiled when he
covered with latber Evidently he had Just
begun to shave when the alarm sounded
and, without taking the trouble to remove
the suds, had taken his place on the engine.
Two women in an automobile rode up
Y
ing the Cr'mical Cou rts Building they be-
gan throwing Herrick and Harrison cam
paign buttons at the men standing on the
street. Further up the street, where
crowd OF men stood in front OF saloon,
they threw more with Roosevelt and Fair
banks pictures on them. The machine was
black. and it only accommodated the two
women end the driver, who also was black.
A Wts ern magazine JUS out quotes
Big Bill" Devery ls an approving critic
Of a recent novel. The CRITICS n reat's thrs:
Il cor slider this novel a mas erpiece Of
English literature-WiIliam S. Devery."
mounted policeman who buys the
magazine becars, it reminds him OF old
tint when he WIS out Yves saw the notice.
Think OF Big Bill g I sing them languagesl"
he exclaimed Il cor slider this book
mas erpiece of English literature!' l knew
the Chief had quit poll its and become
gentleman Of leisure, but this is little too
much. If tho ad. said: Say. this book is
all to the good I'd believe Big Bill was
A clergyman in charge of a suburban
parish s loved and respected by his flock,
but hes a solitary failing, fondn. IS for
long prayers.
Les: Sunday, after a prayer that lss.ed
fourt cen minutes, he announced this hymn:
oh, where are kings ana empires n0w1
OF old they went and came.
But Lord. Thy church Is praying yet.
4 thousand years the samel
He still wonders why the whole ass ,mbly
smiled
With delicate sense Of the appropriate
ness Of the occasion, the advertising agent
of q cemetery near the city sent out his
circulars on the day Of the automobile
race, when the minds Of New Workers were.
naturally, turned to thoughts OF fatalities.
He made q comprehensive job Of it, too,
for nearly every fat house In town was a
target for q batch Of these CHEEKY little
documents.
A recent improvement in theatrical
methods was responsible last week for
the fact that two elaborate theatrical pro-
auctions went through without hitch,
although one was in an entirely new theatre
and the other had never been given in New
York before 1t is common enough for
companies to carry their own scenery and
ali accessories, but 1t Ia now becoming q
regular feature for them to carry their
own stage hands as we'll. Thus tho scenery
OF a production can be put up and taken
down during an entire season by the same