The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-08
LIVE TOPICS AMOUR row n.

Voiot hoio VI 1853, VI tiAS buCCui6uJ N6Bo-
table Each particular specimen is poster
ad In itself. .
By means Of paper cut-outs pasted on the
pnmptins when they have almost attained
their full growth, each gourd Is made to bear
the name OF the firm 1t Is intended for,
or some short, .plthy phrase testifying
to the quality OF the pies to be made there
from. When the vegetable is ready for
market the paper is removed, and the
sentence or design stands out In raised
the rest of the pumpkin and legible at some
distance.
The idea is worthy the attention Of fruit
growers. II it spreads, maybe In the higher
fore long apples, peaches and pears each
with the monogram, name or device OF the
proprietor indellbly stamped by nature on
the fruit itself.
An old woman who sells newspapers
about fourteen hours day at a busy trans
fer point in Fifty ninth street must make
good thing of it. She has a formula
of appeal, which she recites with n slight
German accent, and which majority Of
people find quite Irresistible.
lady Tor gentleman as the case may
bel buy paper from me. ! know you viii
buy It because l am good. You can see that
very Beautiful and could not he beautiful
If were not good Please buy paper"
She is one Of the plainest looking old
women In New York.
"We have mouse traps, rat traps, bear
traps and all other kinds Of traps In this
shop" remarked the salesman in the hard
ware store on Fulton street. but the trap
that strikes me as being the queerest Is
the bedbug trap. We got a consignment
of them the other day and they are selling
fast Some fellow with an inventive bump
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he hit it right. They are made of TIN a
powder in the trap tempts the bugs. and
once under they die"
In spite OF the occasional chilliness OF
the air, Trinity and st. Pauls churohyards
are still attractive to those who have few
moments to spare in the middle Of the day.
vault but has one or more occupants Willing
the time as best suits them Some read,
| some smoke, some talk and some simply
dream, but all are bent on getting the bene-
fit OF the short time allowed to them In the
MONDAY. A few days ago dozen or more
| girls from Cortlandt street offices spent
| half an hour photographing each other
sitting on graves and headstones
Janitors OF apartment houses have
troubles Of their own, notwithstanding
the popular conception Of their regal power.
Here are two specimen complaints reported
| by one of them
Old Maid Tenant-The tenants under me
keep their light burning 80 late that can I
sleep The light shines on a white wall
back Of our house and the reflection in my
bedroom disturbs me-
Placed on file for investigation.
Dyspeptic Tenant--Some one. on the
floor above me laughs every night Just
before II o'clock. and wakes me up.
Referred to the Board Of Health, which
the head OF the offending household read
ing a comic paper nightly before retiring.
He said he slept better and had pleasant
dreams.
with him, he is still laughing.
The street boys have discovered a new
way of having fun and incidentally Of
torturing the long suffering motorman
The new scheme is to line the car track
for block or more with parlor matches,
when the car passes swiftly over them,
| Whole boxes OF matches put on the track
| give forth a louder report, but that bliss
| Is more than most small boys pockets can
afford with regularity.
Oscar Hanmerstein has built his last
theatre, he says, and when he turns over to
Lew Fields the new PLAYHOUSE next door
to the American, o scar is going to take q
long rest He has abandoned the work
on the theatre he was building in West
is now for sale.
Hammerstein has been sick man for
several months. He lis suffering from
insomnia and his physicians say. he can
only be cured by freeing his mind from
business cares and taking long rest, Re
| will have his business affairs in such shape
in a month that he can sail for Europe TO
take the longest vacation OF bis busy ca Ger.
Into the cafe Of the Gilsey House few
minutes before closing time came a man
who ordered a drink in a hurry. As the
gray haired waiter hurried out to the bar
the man called after him:
Bring me some lunch, too.
The waiter returned with the drink and
a plate on which there were three sand
| wiches The man ate one OF the sand
witches and took his drink. Reaching
over to an adjoining table he tore a sheet
from a newspaper and wrapped up the two
remaining sandwiches. He paid his check,
| but didn't give the waiter a tip.
III take these two SANDY iches upstairs
| to my WIFE" he said, as he hurried toward
the hotel elevator.
New Workers. in search Of small size
watches for Christmas and holiday gifts
for their sweethearts. wives or daughters
had better get busy at once: downtown
|
siye, tried to place an order for some few
DAYS ago, and discovered TO his surprise
that he could only get half dozen OF the
very small size In American make. He
was told that the factories Were from
twelve to eighteen months behind in their
| orders for the foreign trade, and that.
outside OF the cheap Swiss movementse
| there we're few OF the smaller sizes to be
had. It appears that Europe and Asia
are taking large quantities Of small Amer
| lean movements.
Now that the cold days are coming on
again, the seagulls are beginning to be
seen about the East and North rivers.
In the summer months those birds keep
Themselves close to Jamaica and Great
south BAYS, but it seems as though they
could foreeee the freezing over of the bays
and forestall it by hunting feeding grounds
elsewhere.
A vo,ng woman went into downtown
luncheon room the other noon, hut after a
g'ance at the table cloths and sniff Of the
close air decided not to eat there and started
TO 60 out. TIE proprietor thought that
she y as leaving without. paying for meal
and stopped her. In order 70 avoid hurting
the RESTAURANT keepers feelings by telling