The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-12
LIVE Topics ARoUr TOWN.

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80 many men at work on Sundays as there
are at present Through all the residential
sections Of the city there Ia heard all day on
Sunday the sound Of hammering and roar
ing and men on scafiolds are seen putting
the finishing touches to ceilings and walls.
work Is being hurried on these houses that
the,I owners may return to town. Ihe
ton OF houses which should have been
ready long ago. The Sunday work Ia to
counteract these delays
| George AIDE Ia unwilling to have 1t thought
that his success az dramatist should have
come suddenly and without preparation.
Mr.. AIDE. who ought to know more about 1t
than anybody else. was discussing the sue
cess Of his plays just before starting for his
farm In Illinois.
Before attempted to write play"
he said, Il had studied the stage for years.
! must have read at least 200 or 800 old
them what the formula e Of successful play
writing was"
The glories OF the Horse Show are dis
counted nowadays by the autumn auction
sales which draw the persons who formerly
made up the nucleus OF the Horse Show
audiences when the greater public was
not there. The hunting set from West,
chester and Long Island, the men and
women In society, who are really Interested
In horsefesh az we'll IA those that pretend
to be, are all at these sales and the gather
ing when we'll known stud Ia offered Ia az
brilliant from social point Of view az the
Horse Show and not nearly 30 general.
The Broadway chop house which has
got along 30 many years without clock
is still without one, but folks can tell the
time there now without asking a waiter
or walking the length OF the room to look
| out OF a window II your own watch 10 mies-
ing or out Of order. Some accom- m cd ating
patron has hung a silver watch on the
wall and the walters are kind enough to
keep 1t wound up. Thus patrons are &C
con modated when they want to know the
hour, but are not reminded that 1t Is time
to go home.
Herr Conried looks as fatigued already
as il he had been through two opera seasons.
He il never seen without paper volume
in his hand. He rides in his automobile
with such a book before him. He walks
| in to lunch holding the same kind OF book
so close to his nose that he has to be steer ed
to his table by the walters. He places the
paper volume before him and guides his
| food to his mouth IA accurately as possible
! without looking at il,
The opera director is reading plays enough
for the whole season at his German theatre,
| where many are needed.
And it's the hardest part Of the business,
he says -Iwoud rather stage, manage and
produce twenty plays than have to read
five. Once l have selected my repertoire
for the season. the rest Ia easy
If in passing through the street you should
see group Of small boys. one Of them carry
ing long rope with loop at the end, evil
IDENTIFY in search OF something, don't be
- .-.t- 90 ttnxy
up to. The advance guard OF the election
bonfire gatherers Ia on the warpath. that 8
all. 1t only behooves the grocer and other
folks who have stray wood lying around to
watch out.
An expressman driving down Nassau
street In the noon hour day or so ago
made better progress than the congested
condition of the street usually allows by
footing small automobile horn. such es
are sold for children in toy stores. 1t did
the business Pushcart men and pedes-
TRANS scattered at the first foot. only to
smile foolishly on discovering the cause
OF their activity.
There are persuasive ways even for deal
inp with a stubborn mule. At the entrance
to the subway extension near Trinity Church
the other morning q negro driver tried to
persuade his impassive steed to enter the
cage in which he was to be lowered down
the shaft. The mule approached the cage,
but not nearer than two feet There he
stopped, and no amount OF pattng. tugging
or Kicking availed to move nun tSr% ", h1.
coat and tied it about the mules eyes.
But that wasn't enough. The sagacity
OF the kicker was too great, and he again
stopped on the edge Of the cage. The
several times to mix him up. He was not
to be mixed.
Then the cage was moved and the driver
led his mule blindfolded all the way around
the block This time he was fooled and was
| in the hated cage. Ii had taken an hour
| and amused at least thousand passersby
Two children OF the rich were playing in
Riverside Park with less we'll to do young
sters. Said one OF the latter, q boy OF
seven, to one OF the former, a girl OF eight:
I'm poin' home. Who takes you homer
got my mother. Where's your mother?'
7There's our maid. She takes care OF us. v
replied the girl.
The boy unused over 1t a moment. Then
said he with scathing contempt:
.A-r, ain't got maid. l got mother. /"
On Broadway in the neighborhood OF the
City Hall about lao O'Clock any morning
a car with a green lantern swinging at each
end passes north. As it reaches the cor
ners where transfers are issued the transfer
agents board the car each with leather
satchel containing his transfer checks,
which he hangs on the rear end.
This ia the FIRST night car" Of the route.
II leaves the car barn at Seventh avenue
and Fiftieth street at OS A. NJ, and starts
on the return trip from the Battery at 1,35.
between this and S o'clock every weekday
morning transfers usually Issued in the
street are given out by conductors At S
o'clock-8 o'clock on Sundays-the transfer
agents return again. First night cars y
of other routes carry different colored
lanterns.
FITZSIMMONS'S HEALTH FARM.
Rob IL Done with Rin8 and Staye-Plan
to SAVE MiiIionaires.