The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

IOm 1aBBarU, tn0 DemOcTatiC nhtlohni
chairman, usually wears a big diamond
stud that was presented to him by bunch
Of Chicago sports who liked the way Smiling
Tom treated them at his French Lick resort.
The other day at the Waldorf Taggert
told little story about the diamond.
THE first day wore the stone said
Taggart, my oolored servant Tom seemed
unable to take his eyes from 1t. Everything
he was sent to do he did wrong. Finally
gave him a calling down Tom bowed and
scraped and said:
Fob de Lawd Mistah Taggart, ! jes
CANT help watchin' that busy little rock.
Must be money In dog medicine said
a druggist. Here's a little box Of sulphur
tablets for dogs. Costs you 80 cents. Yet
you can get enough sulphur tablets for
yourself to last week for is cents. d.
gestiye pills for little Fido are half dollar.
Nut IL you ask over two bits for vial OF
pepsin pellets for Little Mary the customer
will think he is being robbed. Folks don't
seven brands Of dog soap. Mostly 20 cents
a. bar, We have an English dog soap
that retails ct S5 cents, l suppose the
cracker people will be putting puppy cakes
In an alright box next and tying II with
pale blue ribbon. They could get a GOOD
price II they did"
There's subtle humorist who has cloth
ing store we'll up on Third avenue. Right In
the middle Of the sweltering weather OF
August. and when every person in his dis
triot was considering how much further
self-respect and the law would permit him
to 90 In the clothes question, he contributed
IN the shape Of placards all over the front
OF his store this much to the solution OF
the question: "All clothing one-third on
A customer Of one Of the large lunch rooms
on Park row near the Post Office Is an
armlees man about 80 years old. Almost
every evening he comes there to buy sand
| witches and pie. At his side he carries q
| little satohel hung by q strap over his
shoulder.
| The waiter behind the counter makes up
his order and puts the food in the satchei
! Then making out O check for the amount
Of the purchase, he places 1t In the armless
mans mouth. The customer walks over
to tho cashiers desk and drops the check
from his mouth on the counter. whereupon
the cashier reaches into the mans coat
| pocket and fishes out enough money TO
pay the bill.
One of the busiest places in town just
now Is the baggage room Of the Grand
Central Station. So many pieces OF bag
gage have arrived In tho last few daye that
the shed on the east eide Of the station is not
large enough to hold all the trunks and the
bt ggage men are worked almost to death
af q as bas ssss the @s
gates that stand at the entrance to the
elevated railroad station have been closed
and the space Ia now occupied with piles
Of trunks and bicycles.
No street in New York has changed
moro radioally In its character within g
few years than has Broadway In certain
sections. At tho noon hour from Four
tenth to Canal streets Broadway IL crowded
with people who are seeking relief from
the heat and closeness Of the shops or fac
! tories which now flourish along New York;
main thoroughfare. Many OF the mel
seen on the street at this hour are IN then
/ smoking pipes, Nine-tenths Of the face
are OF foreign type,
: A young man who was journeying south
: ward on q Broadway open car the othe
day has reason to believe In luck. HI
boarded tho car at Twenty-third strcs
and found himself sitting next to an &C
| quaintance to whom he confded the fac
that the nickel he had just parted will
, for carfare was his last. But am on my
. way to the Post Once" said he, 4wher'
, / hope to get . letter with some money u
\ At that moment a gust Of wind swep
) through the car, lifted the young fellow
straw hat from his head and whirled 1t fal
up the street In the rear OF the car. Tn
conductor rang to stop the car, the younl
fellow got of and chased his hat, whic
/ was now lying on the uptown track. JUS
as he was about to recover 1t northbount
| car passed over It, leaving 1t In a shocking
! condition. Meantime his car, the conducto
, firing Of waiting, started downtown .leayinl
the bewildered young fellow In the middle
OF the street. As he had to walk to the Pos
Office In his battered straw It u to be hope
| that III uok did not pursue him IN the mat