The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-07

the other night on tour Of inspection,
said the man about town. "and while wait
ing for a modest highhail 10 be served !
looked over the wine list. Two brands, |
] observed. were priced at s25 bottle. |
don't mino spending money when have
II. but when give up s?5 for fancy booze
you can have me- committed to an insane
asylum right away. ! figured 1t out that
one could get oveIr, $50 drinks for the price
OF one bottle-all a reasonable minded
rare vintages for me, thank you; not at
those prices"
A little lad hitched by rope to soap
box filed with odds and ends OF firewood
that he was trying to drag home became
stalled Saturday afternoon on Greenwich
street. at a spot where the rough pave
! ing hand came from a we'll dressed man,
who began TO push the load and soon had
| the lad started again on his journey Az
| the way down the block the lad had the aid
| of the good natured man.
| At every ball game at the Polo Grounds
two midgets about two feet high sit together
in the grand stand. From their actions
throughout the game il is evident that they
are interested In the sport. When player
on the home team makes GOOD pay, tney
stand on their seats with outstTetched hands
and yell at the top OF their lungs RooteTs
sitting near by seem TO take more interest In
the midgets than in the game, One OF them
remarked recently that they hadn't missed
a game on the grounds since the season
opened
That's him! arrest HIM" cried an eS-
cited woman to a policeman who stopped
O. car going north on Broadway at the
corner OF Astor place yesterday afternoon.
The woman and the bluecoat boarded the
car, and she said in shrill tones: That man
took a five dollar gold piece from me for
a nickel on the down trip. l want MN ar
| rested 4"
The conductor signalled for the car TO
20 ahead and said quite pleasantly to the
nervous woman IF that's so it will be all
right. carry all my nickels in one pocket
Then he dug down and produced hanaiu
OF FIVE cent pieces from the right hand
pocket Of his coat. Looming up in the ounch
was a bright yellow coin which he handed
to the woman with a scared apology reach
ing up and pulling the strap for the car
to stop. The policeman assisted the woman
to alight and the car went on.
well! What do you think OF that" SAID
the conductor to n calm eyed man IN
gray business suit, who was chewing a
toothpick on the rear platform. "Wouldnt
that j,st drive a man to drink"
IF you really want to know what think
about IL L will tell YOU said the onlooker.
u think that will have to report you Tor
negligence. You gave that woman her
gold piece without getting a nickel for the
without collecting another fare Tor the
You've got me all right. I never thought
OF that" said the dazed conductor. i
guess I'll have to go back into the train
} Ing school,
The Huckleberry Exchange has Quoted
| down. This exchange is not 30 noted
or 40 noisy as the Stock Exchange OF the
Produce Exchange, but it is lively region
, at the height Of the huckleberry season.
i New York city Is great huckleberry market:
. The berries are poured in here when they
are plentiful by tens of thousands OF quarts
daily. Dealers up in Sullivan county ana
through the Pocono Mountains buy them
from tho pickers-the natives-at stand-
. , ard price OF FIVE cents quart. GOOD PICK
q ers can pick from thirty to fifty, and even
= sixty quarts q day. One team-driver at
ID. pleasure resorts in the Poconos handles
y some days two. thousand quarts DAY,
: After paying all charges they stand the
q dealer about N or 8 cents quart. Then
come the brokers at New York, who de-
, termine the market quotations here oy me
usual law Of supply ; snd makes eboIt
a cent a quart. Thus far no enterprising
person has ever tried to corner the buckle
. berry crop.
g Guests fortunate enough to secure a
d certain suite in a new hotel will be able to
oocupy rooms whose decorations were
:, designed by one of the leaders Of New
York's fashionable society, They are
- great credit to her taste in decoration, ano
y he parlor, which is done In oak and cerlst
satin brocade, is one of the most beautiful
~ rooms in the house. Her husband Is the
- owner Of the hotel and 1t was this circum
4 stance that gave her the opportunity t.
{, exercise her skill in interior decoration
~ With an much success,
On a handful adorned with the heac
l. OF an OK, the proprietor OF Brooklyn
n 4Butohery," as he describes It, calls thu
8 attention Of his customers to the reduced
y price Of his meats. AS an evidence tina
! there is no deterioration IN quality; ne ADD
q this eloquent proclamation, Il herewith
. invite the public to place his orders will
= the underwritten which prizes and server
u them with that assiduity, cleanliness and eS
> actness that are his principal scopes OF life
italian restaurants of the kind vistec
q bv American patrons used to be uptown
a while those in the Italian quarter wer
C too humble to appeal even to the mos
i COURAGEOUS Summers. But a change il
:, the character OF these places has occurred
:, in the past few years. Some OF the eatinl
y houses downtown compare favorably ii
e attendance and appearance with thos
| in the TeRlOib hOA '''S feo'''.
e of the food is quite as good. These restau
. rants are maintained chiefly by Italian
4 passing through the city on the way T.
and from Europe, although New Yorker
a who have acquired taste for , m,ne ;
u Italian cooking frequently wander dow
~. town TO try them on the nearest approach
@ to their native heath that New York pro
/. vides
4 Amateur photography has been more o
d a damage to the professionals than mos
n persons realize" said one Of the old estab
iished photographers on the avenue yester
/, day. mot because tho public cares NOR
q Tor them. but because many Of the mos
% ssuocassful studios opened in recent year
conducted by a rho he he
. fines OF the new photography until the,
W we're successful enough to go into the bust
il nass Then there are many amateur
O n.ho do professional work occasionally
g. we not compelled to keep up expensiv
ate,iers and have this advantage over tn
nrofessionals. Then the amateurs who hav
nome into the business and made sue