The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-01
LIVE tories AR0UT TOWN.

Hnimtch Conrieu has gained about
twenty pounds during his stay abroad
and shows In other ways his intention not
to take too seriously the duties Of an i'm
presario. Somebody asked him the other
day what he had heard Of Nine. Calve
only that she berated me from one
end Of Europe to the other" he said. -In
came to me and asked, Did you hear what
Calve said about your It was always the
Same and not fatterins. But didn't mind.
How could anybody care what was said
by a woman SO foolish as to give up 81 900
just because she didn't wish to sing apart?'
Colored hatbands used to he selected in
New York FOR the beauty Of their blend Of
tints, hut they are now worn more in ac-
cordance with the English fashion, and
every combination has its Significance.
The band most frequently seen here this
summer is by no means the most beautiful
and It's prevalence arises from tho fact that
1t Is the emblem OF the Seventh Regiment,
about the largest body that has the ribbon.
1t Is composed Of black and pale gray with
thin stripe Of red.
1t Ia no easy matter to read ones paper
in comfort on a crowded elevated train.
whether standing or sitting One man,
however, seems to have solved the prob
lem. On purchasing his Sun ct 145th
street. he took out pair of scissors and
with one cut reduced 1t to separate sheets.
These he folded separately and placed
In regular order In his side pocket, Ieserv-
ing the first sheet to begin on. As he ex-
hausted that he reached for sheet two, and
30 on down to Cortandt street, where he
got of. having just completed the last
page.
IN, h. onl NJ Nf hA
best known restaurants in the city Is the
announcement: @No accounts opened
That means" said the proprietor. that
l shall not increase the number Of my
credit customers. Some of those who
have gone to Europe or the country, others
have asked me to wait until some indef-
mite period and the final result Is that I'm
now 90 900 behind on the July collections.
/ may get it all back after while, but q
in the meantime l am inconvenienced
by the delay, for no business can afford to
lose such an amount Nova days none
but old Gust orners who have bad accounts
for long time and are known to pay their
bills promptly can get credit here. No
more accounts
makes the st. Louis Exposition, even at
ullb ulbt6IiCc, oSou . very Ieoi ttiui&' Aao
palm room In one hotel on Fifth avenue
the other night was converted into dining
room. and three, great tables. seating in
all sixty persons, were stretched across it.
All these guests were Germans who had
come here TO see the exposition. Another
hotel had forty Hungarians IN its dining
room who were eating together and dis
c,lssing American cooking in language
that none Of their neighbors could under
stand.
Street traffic is slower at this season than
usual, according to the opinion Of an OBJ
servant New Yorker.
"The number Of strangers in the city
who are uncertain az to where they want
to 70, and have to ask questions as TO the
way, he says, makes it necessary to allow
for any journey at least Ave minutes more
than is needed at other times. They delay
trolley car conductors and elevated rail-
road guards and make every stop longer
than It ought TO be, But they are us
ually an amiable. cheerful lot and the delay
they cause may be forgiven them on that
account"