The sun., 1905-09-06
LIVE ToPIcs ABOUT TOWN.
'Wait a minute. |. said the young man.

Red ties brought to left, frock coat further
to right fancy waistcoat lower down in
back
Il am going to work out an improve
Inent In the furnishing Of that window
he explained. Tomorrow ! will present
my ideas to the manager II he likes them.
store windows are now trimmed by request.
Lots OF people not In the window trimming
business hit upon artistic ideas. Most
firms welcome good suggestions and are
willing to pay Tor them. This house is
earned three Is bills
'1he next ruse,' said the old resident Of
Chinatown yesterday, TO draw the attention
Of the police and general population away
from the spot selected for another Chinese
shooting will be to ring UP an alarm In
the box at the station corner o! Bowery
and Pell street.
A general stampede will bring all the
loose population from Mott, Doyers and
Pell streets to Flynn's corner, and even
while they are running Mott street will
Yes chimed In a bystander, 'and the
On Leongs won't get the worst Of It either
The odd sight of fire horses sleeping in
the street, with only the blue canopy Of
heaven for roof, was seen for several
hights recently on West Broadway near
Chambers street.
The animals were Baby and Chuck,
and they we're still hooked up to the tender
Of Engine 20, whose house is at 100 Cham
bers street.
The street Is being repaved and the engine
and tender and these horses were forced
to camp In the street until the job was COM
pleted.
Driver Lucid and Fireman Hardy watched
the outfit, while the engineer and others Of
the company slept on the sidewalk.
Though In harness. Baby and Chuck
,were, provided with bedding Of straw. and
blan keted, as they insisted on lying down on
the hard pavement.
He sat solemnly upon the top step almost
directly under the streamer Of white Grape
and accepted with due gravity offerings Of
candy and other childish treasures. Perhaps
twenty Of his paymstee had gathered about
him and the kindly faced old lady whose
quick sympathy took In the meaning Of the
tableau halted her companion the better
isn't that just too sweet she said with
gentle enthusiasm. THE poor little chap
has lost his little brother or sister and his
playmates are offering the best sympathy
as one dny girl pushed her way through the
crowd and thrust a cigarette coupon into
his overfowing hands. Its all she has to
offer, dear little thing, but she gives 1t Will
ingly to show her sympathy With heT iittle
playfelloow. am going to give her penny
to give him."
The tot was on the outskirts Of the crowd
and the old lady beckoned to her.
Has that little boy lost his sister?' she
Nav, his brudder died. was the
answer.
It's lust too sweet, was the enthusiastic
comment. -You are giving him your
little treasures to make him forget his loes?'
Nav was the unexpected reply; When
de- funerals over we're goin' to git some
Of de flowers. OATS what
Brooklyn, which prides itself on main
tanning It's individuality, or, as Others say,
on being different, has taken to the trafflc
dragons. When the boss cop on high
horse in the street blows his whistle and
the dismounted cavalry on the crossings
hold up their signal hands the Perambulator
the east and west bound conveyances
OF precious darlings come to halt, while
the meridian stream runs strong with its
trucks laden with blue eyed beauties and
pink hatred pets. Thus hes Mr.. McAdoo
facilitated Fulton street traffic and averted
from Brooklyn homes the tragedy Of babies
misplaced by collision Of perans from the
Heights and go-oarts from the Hill.
Ono sometimes wonders how long 1t
will be before the B. r. T. requires permits
for babies on the cars. At present the
tendency seems to be in the direction Of
collapsible babies. long step toward
this result has been reached by perambu-
been removed-and may then be carried
as hand baggage on Brooklyn trolleys.
.There ought to be some way in which
the Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals could take oognizanoe Of the
stuffed fauna OF New York. said an old
hunter. THE first stage Of our wild beasts
;;ith hay insides is all right; they stand
up finely In show windows behind plate
glass. When they get little worn they
signs. After they get too shabby for that
display they are moved up to the second
stories. and then they get the weather
both night and day. When see them
from the elevated wish there was some
way Of destroying the poor beasts In their
laQC 08JaUc. i lON0 p Oo9A Sss0 WY
that comes Of q good fight with a good
fighter, but when / see him moth eaten
and soalped to the bono and with the hay
sticking out think it's high time to touch
a match to him.
.While know that the great device OF
modern business methods Is system and
what they commonly call the follow up
plan.' said middle aged citizen, u think
that a recent experience Of mine will just
about hold the record for the keeping Of
long distance tabs. It IL now all Of forty
wears ago that I went to small private
academy hsre in which French was main
stav OF the curriculum. As recall 1t now,
n could not have been q bowling success
as an institution for the education Of youth.
Vet the other day I received copy Of the
old school catalogue, with my name care
fuIly marked in the list Of students: Along
With the catalogue came letter from the
former vioe-principal Of that vanished and
forgotten academy. in which he set forth
thn. he-xas- -2oM principal Of . school fqr
bovs. and that he was sure that ! would
Tish 10 have my own son educated In ac.
oordance with the principles that had proved
so successfl,l in my own case. ] have no
IDEA how he mana ged to do it, but 1t struck
mo "A a monument OF genius