The sun., 1904-08-30
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

The exhibitors OF New York. who find
plenty Of patronage on their hands with
the present crowds Of visitors in the city,
are nevertheless compelled to look out
for competition. The degree to which they
are watching one another was shown yester-
day by the presence Of q young man di-
rectly at the Flatiron Building corner. On
one side of the way was the company en-
ploying him and across Broadway n rival
concern He WIS there to see that none of
his intended customers strayed by chance
in the wrong direction and landed on the
rival coach His method of presenting such
a tragedy was to sing out to all passersby
that II they wanted to see New York they
should step to the right and not to the left.
MAY we come up2" asked two hesitating
women. who were obviously not Of New
York of Fifth avenue stage driver yester-
day.
-Yes," replied that individual, "if ye
won't make love to me-
They clambered up on the high seat.
evidently scoIning his proviso, but the
avenue, at present caused the stage TO rock
violently, and soon broke the ice again
DO you ever tip over?' they gasped in
unison.
-Onct in while" said the driver phleg
matically.
"Oh, don't tell us that"
Fare please" said the driver. 1In case
of accident, he added darkly.
He looks too good natured to tip us
over they confided to each other. He
doesn't mean it
The driver was Modified, and a few min
utes later he was showing them Tiffany's
new million dollar building with all the
pride OF ownership.
This time of the year the travelling bag
and valise which have been decorated by
the European hotel and railway porter
are in evidence. The carrier. whether
the original traveller or his valet disguises
the pride felt in Juggling about valise
ticketed in compound with the names of
foreign hotels and railway stations. In
a surface or elevated car such piece OF
luggage invites attention, and the fina
sizing up Of the supposed owner does not
seem to give him offence. There was
day which was marked "A. +. NJ, United
States" The surmise was that A. L. NJ.
is q suburbanite who had not the courage
to do what many do in this respect who
Of New York, namely. specify New York
as the place whence they hail.
aYou would be astonished to know how
many fires we men have to squelch on the
Sound steamers every week, said an Off
cial Of the marine department of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
"They occur from all sorts of causes, but
through our system of therm ostats in every
we are warned at once. and our crews are
on the scene of trouble instantly. only
last week while the Priscilla lay in her New
York dock the heat of the sun on her deck
sent of one of the fire alarms and caused
us little worry for few seconds.
Bellevue Hospitals staff OF employees
now include the professor Of langua ges
OF the university OF Padua His name is
Ermenegeldo Jordan, and he is on three
years leave OF absence to learn the English
language. When he masters it he will
have thirteen languages at his command
stretcher carrier, his talent soon became
known, and he was designated hospital
Interpreter. Besides learning one language
he Is contributing to Berlin. newspapers
and writing book on American customs
German publishing house.
The man in front Of the store laughed
with genuine amusement when he heard
the story about the deadheads who were
overrunning the theatres. Sounds 30 one
sided doesn't IT, he grew o,Sa1 serious ds.dhsass enonss
besides those that ask for theatre tickets.
There is one treasurer, as the man in the
box Office Ia called, who is known from one
end Of the theatre district to the other for
his energy as a CRATER. He gives me tickets
Just as he does oil the men with whom
he does business. But he gets his come
back all right. Whether it be for shoes
or hats or neckties or clothes, the percent
age he gets of would make 1t cheaper al
most for us to buy tickets. Passes have
become to him almost as useful as any
lo0al tender and IL makes me smile, there
fore, when read how the managers some
times complain of suffering through the
deadheads. That mans manager may suf-
fer but he does not.