The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.
There Is curious little fed among chorus
girls and show girls for looking like some
we'll known actress. Lillian Russell has
probably had the most imitators, with Mrs.
Leslie Carter close second. A certain
general resemblance In height and features
is all that Is needed. Wigs, makeup and
costumes do the rest. On Fifth avenue
the other day appeared young woman
who was ringer for Ethel Barrymore.
Persons who live In the smaller cities
are used to seeing conductors OF trolley
cars flag railroad crossings. but the sight
Ia unusual In New York. There are only
two crossings that are not guarded by
regular hagmen. They are at Broadway
and Seventh avenue on Ftfty-third street,
through which 10 VIZ car runs occasionally
At these points the conductor runs ahead
Of his car In truly rural style.
Many tales have been told Of tho finest,
but tho ingenuity of Newark cop on trial
for neglect Of duty is hard to beat.
A iewelry shop had been entered and
tray OF jewels carried of under the very
eyes OF the cop. On trial the following
conversation took place between the Police
Commissioner and the accused:
.Way didn, t,;y you sec he h mani, -, ....a
him what he was doing banging around
what did he say7'
he said be was lookin' into the location;
a. he was goin' in for jewelry himself
We'll, he did. He robbed the store.
well, your Honor. even II he vas thief
he was no lar
An the oonvsuisnce of'city ltfe with. frssh
Vegetables right of the vino II what land
lords can offer tenants In the neighbor-
hood Of West End avenue. between Ninety
fourth and Ninety-fifth streets. Tho west
side Of the avenue there Is an unbuflt block,
extending nearly through to Riverside Drive.
and an enterprising man with farmee's
training has turned 1t into truck garden,
with rotating crops Of peas, beans, cuoum-
bers, lettuce, corn, tomatoes, onions and
squashes.
Every afternoon. tho paths are hlled With
daintily dressed women. ordsring. their
dinner vegetables and seeing them plucked
or pulled before their eyes. Tho nan
makes bigger income from his bali acre,
probably, than any other farmer for miles
around.
Alas! So the great have fallen.
A dry goods store uptown advGtises:
AN the Fifty Cents Poets for Nineteen
Cents'
Over IN Brooklyn . stranger from Nam
haitian strolling one night lately along
one OF the residence streets was surprised
to see lamp burning In . front yard. He
crossed the street to investigate and found
gathered . number Of persons, who were
examining something with interest.
cordially invited in. There be found that
the object Of interest was q night bloom
ing cereus in fun bloom.
The big white bloom shed Ito fragrance
all about and was greatly admired by all.
he considered his night was not wasted.
The addition to the Woodbridge Building
in William street has brought into plain
view case OF economy In building which
the high value OF land In lower New York
enforcee. At the northwest corner OF
Platt and Gold streets Ia a building which
on each street presents an imposing ap-
pearanoe. 1t is only when viewed from the
rear now exposed to make room for tts
colossal neishbor. that tho sham Of tho
building 10 disclosed. 1t = built IN the
shape Of a rectangular wedge and the rear
elevation Of Plat street IL Just about forty
inches wide, scarcely broad enough 70 ac-
commodatea ladderlike flight OF stairs giving
access to the upper floors.
System is, Of course. a primo necessity
in business. but it sometimes jars just .
plain. ordinary citizen to discover how
in all his relations. One OF the commercial
equipment houses keeps in stock printed
index cards with . choice collection Of
ton OF theology and religious faith and
practise. To 20 out into tho highways and
hedges IL commanded, but It seems not q
little odd to discover that some person Is
keeping tab on one with the assistan CO
OF q card index.
He stopped at the corner newe stand
and, lingering over some loose change,
handed the dealer a fifty cent piece, asking
for the latest number Of q certain ten cent
magazine. So apparent was his satisfac-
ton as he received the magazine and tbs
10 cents change that his companion Inquired
the reason.
why" explained the purchaser. 'as
you know, I've just returned from China.
and this Is the way they soil Amsri can
ma gaines there.
printed on green paper. 1t read:
Good Periodicals. On sale at South Chine
Morning Post bookstalls. at tram stations
In Gator, June number. 90 cts. The Ladies
Home Journal. May number. 90 cts. Every
bodv's Magazine, May number. 90 cts.
Munsey's [sicl Magazine May number. 30 cts.
Also q good stock OF latest cheap novels.
After paying prices like that for maya
zines. remarked the traveller, $3.50 Tor
half a dollars worth, it's good fun to get
ma gazine and 70 cents change on haK q
dollar. And" he added, waxing phil
osophical, Just imagine what the cheap
novels would behalf . dollar for tho last
Nick Carter story! Think Of the poor
cabin boy, of on shore leave, stacking up
the price list wouldn't make him long for
the good old East Ndel'
The other afternoon . oellarette WAS
added to the equipment Of certain uptown