The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-31
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

thinly clad young woman stopped suddenly
| opposite an express wagon gazed thought
| ruby at the horses nigh hind foot and ther
/ stepped toward the animal. Instantly the
/ driver was OF his seat explaining that the
horse was perfectly we'll and IL was jus,
habit for 1t 10 stand with that foot lifted
| The girl looked unconvinced When the
| tale was done she bent over and passed hei
gloyed hand over the pastern joint.
That horse ought not TO be driven" she
! said decidedly.
responded the driver. Il won't drive him
! tomorrow"
! Few drivers are foolish enough in these
/ days TO insult women who remonst rate
about the working of an unfit horse. The
Women have won respect for themselves as
morse critics by convicting many brutal
drivers. And lots of women have shown
that they know about horses.
Up in l2fth street between Lenox avenue
and the Speedway there il a private watch
/. man whose duty II IL to patrol the neighbor-
hood at night, try the doors and look into
the areaways. The Waterman is followed
by white cat which never leaves him
during his rounds. The cat goes into every
doorway and areaway with the Waterman
ana seems to take deep interest in the
business. The dogs Of the neghborhood
give the cat wide berth. but occasionally
a strange dog tries to have fun with her,
| only to find to his disco MIXTURE that 1t is
! the cat that has the fun. So far she has
whipped every dog that has offered fight.
Two women got into heated discussion
on northbound Ninth avenue elevated
train yesterday and there was a great
craning Of necks on the part Of score Of
passengers to hear what it was all about.
The train suddenly slowed up just below
Fiftythird street, and then the subject of
the argument was revealed.
Your parrot may be a better talker than
mine. although | don't believe it, said
one of the disputants, but you'll have to
admit that mine has the most beautiful
foliage
A butt" rack is the latest convenience
added to the lobby of vaudeville theatre
in this city. Patrons carrying hall smoked
cigars are directed to it by the attendants
II is long, narrow shelf in which have
been made series of depressions. Into
these hollow places the butts are deposited.
No snipe checks are given out, but the
patron can be reasonably sure of getting
back his own butt when he leaves the
theatre.
1t takes pretty sharp fellow to get
ahead of the quick witted waiter of the
tough" variety. In toughdom sausage
is known az dog" and by no other name.
A patron Of one Of the restaurants where
they are so known was overheard to order
frankfurters. To the waiter when they
arrived he remarked:
Then dogs looks pac!"
Sorry" replied the waiter. "but | can't
help it. They wasn't properly fed when
they was young"
The patron ate the sausages in silence.
There's nothing new about wood alcohol
as a popular drink" remarked a barte nder
when | was down South, gin and slivers
was very common drink among the negroes
1t was made by soaking pine slivers in gin
! never knew what made it so popular
but | should certainly call gin and slivers
wood alcohol
When you see wagon shaped like an
old fashioned hearse, but chock full of
machinery, standing in front Of Broadway
building and grinding away like fire
engine at half speed. you need not imagine
that a flooded cellar is being pumped out.
Not at all; it is the very newest carpet
cleaning device that is at work. The
legend on tn, wagon announces that the
dust is thoroughly removed and the fabric
ceansed and disinfected while il lies on The
floor.
The two heavy pipes which reach from
the wagon across the sidewalk and dis
appear in the building are not water hut
air pipes. One of them is the pneumatic
blast by which the carpet is cleansed and
the other is the suction tube by which the
dust is drawn into the wagon where capa-
oious receptacles are provided to for it.
Presidential campaigns afford hunting
nd an m
work off some OF their old stock. At pres
ent there are hundreds of big flags floating
in the streets, most OF which have been
purchased this year and apparently are
brand new goods. Probably the purchasers
thought they were getting new flags. but
really some of the flags are quite old though
they have been kept so carefully that they
readily pass for new.
The age of a flag can usually be de-
tected by counting the stars on it, but not
many purchasers think Of that. Most of
the new flags have forty-five stars. But
flags with as few as forty-two stars are to
be seen, and they look just as fresh and new
as the very latest flags made.
The Tenderloin is the only police station
in Manhattan that sports three green lights
outside. Other stations are satisfied with
two. All summer the Tenderloin station
had to get along with two, for one OF the
stoop lampposts was broken. 1t has been
repaired now and the exterior of the station
looks as familiar as ever to those who
have to visit it,
From time to time advertisements ap-
pear in the newspapers calling for indus
trious men to earn salaries of SIS a week.
In response to such an advertisement went
twenty applicants. who stood in line the
other day for hours waiting their turn to
be heard
as this bona fide salaried Job, or is II
anvassing?" asked one applicant
1T is a salaried position. Call at 1890
tomorrow morning." responded the man
who had advertised.
Al the appointed time the applicant
reappeared He was asked IL he under
stood bookkeeping.
Because" the advertiser went on to ex-
plain, our method of paying salaries is