The sun., 1904-12-10
LIVE TOPICS AMOUR T0WN.

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Christmas shopping has already begun
with boom which the storekeepers de-
clare unprecedented In recent years. The
shops are crowded and there 10 no appar.
ent disposition to economize. One well
known New York woman stood yesterday
afternoon In jewellers.
Look at this. she said. holding up a
{ewelled chain, What do you think Of IL
an old lady and wants something for her
glasses"
The person TO whom she put this aues-
ton truthfully declared that the chain
was beautiful. The woman asked the price,
and learned that the chain cost 100
is that all?' she said, dropping 1t back
into the tray. 1T won't do. then. / want
something better than that"
The young men OF the opera school at the
Metropolitan have been taken In hand by
Mr.. Conried Just as Signor Caruso was last
year, and they are now compelled to dress
for the evening performances. Most Of
them wear ful, evening dress. although
there are one or two dinner coats to be seen.
less addicted to elaborate toilets. They
did not need discipline. The boxes in which
the pupils sit, however, are closed to the
men who do not appear In evening clothes.
Even the Caruso Of Saratoga Springs now
clothes his massive physique In a dinner
coat.
The East Side Hebrews have a queer
habit OF remaining things in terms pecu-
liarly their own. Streets In that section
bear local names entirely different from
the real ones.
Despite the fact that Seth Low when
Mayor Of New York stood in the rain for
nearly an hour and told the East Side what
a great man William H. Seward was,
when the park named for Lincoln's Score
tary OF State was opened. the people imnie-
diately found a nickname for it, They
call 1t Tagebatt Park, because the Office
Of a newspaper Of that name faces on the
playground.
The new Williamsburg Bridge is the latest
subject for nickname, The East Siders
call 1t the Passover. They have taken u
into their section. however. Both old and
young flock to the structure in the evening.
A Gates avenue car, comfortably filed
was bowling along uptown in Brooklyn.
Every seat was occupied. Near the front
door a laborer homeward bound. with the
stains Of his dusty job upon his clothing.
stood with dinner pail in one hand, the other
firmly gripping a strap. There entered =
pretty and daintily dressed young woman.
Every man in a seat hitched himself forward
ready TO rise and save her from standing
She looked pleased at the evident impression
she made.
As the girl hesitated in the doorway the
started of with jerk. The girl couldn't
help it. The momentum was too great to
he resented. As the car started she ran the
full length Of the aisle, threw both arms
around the grimy man with the dinner pail
and buried her face in his chest.
-Oh. George!" came falsetto voice from
the back Of the car. AT last
The girl flushed angrily. The othlr passen-
gers giggled. The only unembarrassed
actor was the laborer He gravely steadied
the girl, put her on her feet and politely
raised his cap in response to her hustered
apology and thanks.
Hes the only gentleman in the car,
said another woman and some OF the smi =
ing men promptly became absorbed in their
newspapers,
When cabman let a convivial young
man down in front OF an uptown apartment
house few nights ago the young man
made a thorough but vain inventory Of his
pockets. Then. without a word, he drew
out his card and bunch OF keys and handed
them TO the driver
Thank you. sir. said the oabman. un-
derstandingly. and drove OF. He knew he
was sure OF getting. fat fare the next day
A counterfeit Ave dollar bill was handed
in to Chief Clerk Fuller Of Special Sessions
a few days ogo in payment OF fine i'm
posed by the Justices OF that court Mr..
Fullsr sent the bill to a hank with many
others. 1t was returned to him with the
endorsement N. G., the worst that ever
happened.
With disgust Mr. Fuller tore the bill in
half and threw 1t in the waste basket. From
there presently an enterprising youth
rescued it. pasted it together and put it in
nea r by later in the day, just before race,
and writing out a ticket on horse posted
al odds OF to !. bet the bogus bill. gettn z
s25 to IS. The poolroom keeper took the
bill without comment The horse won
and the youth collected $50. The counter
felt was not among the bills he was paid
with.
What became of the bill1
Each downtown Office building Of any
prominence has an individuality as distinct
as that Of person, the character depending
on the location and the occupations Of it's
tenants. Some Of the buildings present
different characters in the different streets
on which they have a frontage. The build
ing may be known as a bankers building
/, one street and as headquarters for
Custom House brokers or shipping men on
the other side The elevator man Of build
ing running through from Liberty street to
Maiden lane put the dual aspect OF his build
ing this way:
iewelry the other-men who watch lots
and aell lots OF watches back to back.
Two men with widely different kinds OF
iaas happened to be sitting near each other
in one Of the new Broadway hotels. One
had the nervous kind; the others condition
bordered on coma. The nervous one
ma de a swing at mauve armadillo which
was threatening him. and knocked over a
glass topped table. The glass smashed to
Finders. The noise was terrific. II aroused
the dull inebriate.
aIsh good shing YOU caught tha, fore il
.z,,ahaf tho Aonr he said deliberately