The sun., 1905-08-19
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Its wonder moro people are not killed
taking drugs Of which they know little
or nothing" said the night prescription
clerk. "People buy all sorts Of things that
are harmless whom taken In proper doses,
but deadly II taken too freely or In oon-
nection with other things, Last night q
man got quinn and .strychnin mixed In
have fS e taken a enough 81 to insure a Job for the
undertaken. The number OF people who
risk death with headache preparations,
who take the stuff without regard for
directions, Is amazing. Pills? I've seen
| men take five times as many at o dose as
| the man who made them intended, but
they seem to live through 1t.
A tall. bron7ed, white haired and white
mustached man strolled toward Police
Headquarters the other day, and the word
promptly went around that Aleck Williams,
ex-inspeotor and ex-ruler Of the Tender
loin, had turned up.
"How's real estate In Japan?' asked
a reporter who knew Williams In his cap
Zine, was the CHEEKY reply. "Boom-
ing every day since peace negotiations
And what brings you around here, then?'
was the next question.
Williams. using the polioeman's slang for
pension money. 1--WE got four months
coming and thought I'd better draw it
now and go about my business.
ing Of all the former big guns OF the de-.
partment He is fond Of exercise, and
looks, according to one who has known
him for years. ten years younger than
when he was retired.
A French restaurant that makes a feature
of its music has adopted a new scheme to
relieve it's patrons and itself of the troubles
incidental to the special numbers played
"by request" 1t has got out a handy cata-
logue Of all the music which the orchestra's
repertoire includes.
Like it's wines and cigars the musical
pieces are numbered. and all one has to DO
is to tell the waiter what number one wants
played This obviates all confusion and
simpliies matters greatly. One must gen.
orally wait while to hear ones selection,
for under the new system most OF the
order that others may know just what is
being played there Is an illuminated sign
board over the orchestra, on which APP
pears the catalog number Of the selection
about to be played
She looked all OF 10 years old and must
have been keeping house at least a week.
Her inexperience was testing the grocers
ability to suppress his smiles.
"My husband" she said. in a manner
intended to show that she had had one for
years and years. thinks succotash is simply
| lovely III take pound of it."
The groceryman continued to suppress
his feelings while he filed paper bag with
beans and green ,hG.hln corn: ana ADVISED her TO
| He was beginning to feel secure again
eshen she bought can of soup OF much
advertised brand and said: You can give
! me five cents worth of serve
! The man behind the counter was bewil-
| dered even after hearing the order repeated.
! She explained.
The directions tell you how to cook it
and what to put in. But l haven't got
! everything that's called for. The direc-
| tions say Just add hot water and serve.
| The number thirteen means hard luck
afloat as well as ashore. A reporter aboard
! a southbo,md coastw steamship observed
the other day that the stateroom opposite
! his was marked H" All the others were
designated by figures. lnquiring OF the
| p,rser where room l3 was located, that
officer said: "Up to quite recently we had
room l3 on every one of our ships, but now
it's either 12l2 or an initial. Queer how
| passen gers act. Formerly there was never
a serious kick. but of late the protests waxed
loud and long. so in preference to having
| room empty We 1laue tIle C1lfAlBt' w llat
does H. represent? For my part. it means
| Hoodool'
Napkin covers may yet supersede the
time honored ring The preferred style is
made of table damask, embroidered in white.
| Initials. monograms or floral effects afford
wide opportunity for exercise of artistic
handicraft. The covers are offered in a
variety Of designs, obong As well as square.
After the woman had tried on fifteen
hats she went away dissatisfied.
Il knew she would" remarked the sales
woman. "She said they were not becom-
ing, and they were not. Tagged out as
she is now, she would look like fright
in anything. She has hard time to get
suited simply because she has made the
l>nnistake common to two-thirds Of the th,
the end Of her shopping tour. What a
woman ought to do is to visit the milner
as soon as she gets downtown. Her hair
is then decently dressed, the hard. tired
lines have not appeared in her, face, and
though she may not be good looking at
any time it is possible to find hat that
she will look we'll in. But instead Of pro-
ceeding on that sensible plan the average
woman rants around through half dozen
different shops and then, when she looks
as if she were ready for. hospital attend
ance. she tries to buy hat. No wonder
she can't find anything that is becoming
For several weeks the florist had been
wondering why his own store, which was
patronized by many wealthy residents OF
the neighborhood was never graced by
the presence OF an automobile. whereas
the stationer's shop three doors below
sometimes had as many as four machines
lined up beside its curb at one time. One
day he asked driver why he and all his
brethren preferred to stand down there,
Because" was the candid reply, "the
stationer pays us for it. An automobile Is
mighty good advertisement for any store
1t makes people think that that shop en-
Joys a trade among the automobile class
The stationer found that out a good while
ago, so by tipping us fellows he gets the
benefit Of the automobile advertising thai
properly belongs to you
Monday is the day above all Others OF
the week that the shops are crowded. o.
course the Sunday papers with advertise
ments of bargains and marked down sales
are responsible to a great extent. but there
are lots Of women spending the summer
in the country who select Monday as the
day to run in and do their shopping. because