The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-22
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT roKN.

has taken cottage at Ossining, and will
live in the country until the beginning OF
the opera season. Her former husband.
Zoltan Doehme, has decided to make no
further attempt to open the divorce pro-
satisfaction Of knowing that her decree Of
freedom is final In fact, everybody con-
nected with the recent divorce suit seems
to have grounds for remembering 1t CRATE
fully. Even Nine. Nordica's accompanied
now owns a 5000 automobile, which is a
rare possession for accompanies.
For twenty-three nights little black
and-tan dog has raced along beside an
Eighth avenue car, all the way from Harlem
to Cortlandt street and back. Neither con-
ductor nor motorman knows where he
comes from, or where he spends his days.
Soon after dark he tumbles out OF nowhere,
never to be out OF sight OF the car till the
end OF the trip.
Hardly a passenger gets aboard that does
try to coax him away with them. he may
get as far as the curb, but no further. The
women usually say:
oh, the poor little thing! How tired
he must be-
Curiously enough, the dog does not show
signs of fatigue. Perhaps that Is because
he has no tail to speak Of. He Is bundle
of springs, and the car never gets far ahead
OF him. He does not try to make time,
either, by running ahead when the car
stops. The only hint OF an explanation
came from woman passenger.
MAYBE" she said, she lost his master
on the car, and il following 1t till he finds
him."
Jud ging by present Indications the black
derby is to hold its own for another season.
Few brown hats are seen since the straw
limit was up, and the stiff black derbies
divide favor almost equally with the gray
soft hats The Argument that brown hats
may come into their own later because
few men buy a new hat at the beginning
of the season does not impress those who
have seen the crowded hat stores since
the middle Of the month.
why do the people Of Coney Island call
It a Mardi Gras2' asked man from New
Orleans, the real home of Mardi Gras in
this country.
-our Mardi Gras in the south, ne
went on always precedes Lent, as do the
celebration in Paris. and the carniyals
In Nice and Venice. The literal translation
of the term Is fat Tuesday'-the day on
which the religious feast before the fast OF
aConey's Mardi Gras begins on Wednes-
day. don't mean to say that the use
of the term at Coney Island is sacrilege,
but it's misleading, anyway
A familiar figure about the Franklin
| statue in Park row Ia a portly old gentle
man carrying a small basket on his arm,
filed with toy telephones and locust calls.
He has peddled these toys for years and
| always with the same air Of apparent salts
| faction with the job. He wears the same
style OF apparel, summer after summer,
and invites trade in the same undemonstra-
tive way, simply twirling the locust toy, 80
that it gives out the peculiar hum OF that
| insect His sales must be satisfactory.
for he has never changed the brand OF
stock.
Free lunch in the summer time always
loses some Of its attractions. Either regular
patrons OF saloons are out OF town or they
feel that they need less to eat. In any
case, less attention Is paid to the free lunch.
For that reason there has been great
interest in the regular appearance OF roast
turkey which for week has been oro9gh,t ought
In the afternoon. The word has gone down
the line and half an hour before the arrival
Of the bird crowd awaits II: me WATER nntes
Is often compelled s 70 use the carving KNIFE
Yesterday this feature OF the free lunch
did not appear. Instead. the proprietor
of the hotel announced that It had, OWN
TO the crush, been permanently withdrawn
from the bill Of fare.
Il can always tell what station We are
approaching by the peculiar kind OF odor
that watts through the cars, city man
was heard to tell his country brother In 9
Ninth avenue elevated train yesterday.
For years I've been riding up and down
this road smelling spices, coffee, ripened
fruit, peanuts and lot OF other things,
ta1r ~ af1h taY he
signs on the stations. l don't think an
other district In the world contains 30 many
kinds of odors in an equal space. Fol
instance, my nose tells me that this is Frank.
lin street, and here's where we get on.
While steamer bearing an outing party
back TO town was returning down the
Sound the other night the searchlight
man kent his machine directed on the Long
island shore. At College Point he CHANGED
to focus the light on pole on which large
American flag was Tapping in the breeze
The sight was 80 strikingly beautiful and &c
unex pected that the folks on the excursion
cheered Justify.
an hour the seaIchlight held the flag ir
focus. The band changed its programme
Of popular airs to patriotic selections, ano
the homecomers, aglow with patriotic
fervor, sang them heartily all the way home
One OF the oldest animal friendships
in town has been struck up in stable ir
West Thirtieth street between thorough
bred horse and sheep. They havS b e.
come such fast friends that the sheep tries
to follow the horse everywhere. Wher
the horse ia taken out for drive the stable
door has to be shut in the sleeps face te
keep IL from following the carriage. Tht
other night colored boy ran the horse
mn and down the block for exercise The
sheep trotted contentedly alongside.
80 YOU know, sub, every time I star
for New York pack gun in my valse,
said a Southern visitor. my wife take
IL out Just before go to the depot, bu
every time / get to this town make up m,
mind that the next time come I'm going Il
shoot one Of these pesky fellows who Civ
me the elbow on the street.
aDown South, sub, II man should elbov
another on the street, wouldn't give mucl
for his chances of voting in November
I don't mind it In a crowd sub, but wher
turn to the right to give man plenty o
room and he turns to the left to give mt
the elbow as he passes, / get my fight
inc blood UP. 1t amt hurry, sub, It's jes
downright cussedness."
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