The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-30
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

The hour of the apricot has struck in the
round OF city fruits and they disappear so
quickly that those who are fond Of the
delicate fruit cannot be slow about buying
As usual, the cheaper fruit is the hest he
cause it Is the ripest.
TO think, said an Englishman who
bought a handful yesterday that in Lon
don l would have to pay shilling for two
Of these and they would not be as good as
they are here"
1t might be added to this contribution to
apricot literature that the juice leaves an
irremovable stain.
-The touch method" exclaimed the
business man apprehenslvely.
The pretty stenographer applying for q
job laughed
ooh, 1 don't mean borrowing $40 or
anything like that I mean they teach
us in the shorthand schools now to Use all
our fingers and both thumbs in operating
a typewriter and never to take our eyes
of our stenographic notes. When people
first began to use typewriters the first,
second and third fingers were the only
ones used, with thumb on the spacebar;
but the new method teaches the opel ator
to use the hands just as they are used in
playing the piano and never to look at the
machine. or course it is hard to learn, be
cause there is no distinctive sound to gu ide
us as with piano, but when once acquired
it is much more rapid than the old method
and no time ia lost in looking back and forth
from the shorthand notes to the typewriter
keys"
Fifth avenue on Saturday afternoon,
from Sixteenth street to Foty-second,
offers an attractive panorama of color
This ia not afforded by the passing show,
for the street ia almost deserted at this
season, but Is to be found in the window
shades of the closed shops. They present
a Venetian riot Of color. Green in all its
tones is favorite, and yellow is a good
second, varying from listless buff to a
bright sunlight effect that makes one think
kindly OF the man who selected 1t. A
brilliant scarlet flashes into view, and
is answered by ripple Of mauve from
the shop OF a French milliner. big brown
stone building paneled in daring, purplish
blue, that brings out the plum tones in
the stone, is a striking feature OF the ave-
nue. and as Frenchy In its way as the
milliner's creation. A, stupid place,
shrouded in dull gray. makes one feel sorry
for the owner, and then one hastens to
forget him in the more joyous red velvet
draperies Of big importing house. One
shop-managed by woman, OF course
has its windows damasoened with white
lace Of sumptuous design laid fiat against
the glass, and bit Of burnt orange lights
up another brownstone front.
Mr.. Conred's first exhibition In Europe
OF his operatio fedglings out OF his own
incubator at the Metropolitan Opera House
has met with success. He took Miss
Lillian Heidelbach to Vienna and she sang
there for Gustav Mailer, director OF the
Imperial Opera. He was 80 much pleased
with the young woman's performance
that he has engaged her for two years,
and she ia soon to make her first appear
ance as ESQ in -Lohengrin.' This ex-
ample ought to encourage the other young
ladies OF the opera school, even If two Of
them did 60 into vaudeville the other day.
Nearly four hundred pigeons have made
a roosting place OF the front Of the Harlem
Opera House building in West 125th street.
near Seventh avenue. The front is Of
fancy stone work, with numberless crevices
where the birds have built their nests
The proprietor of the opera house, Alex
ander Lichtenstein. has tried every way
possible to clear the birds out, but he has
not yet succeeded