The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-11
LIVE TOPICs ABOUE TOWN.


I'm get them for you the Spectator
said and sent his messenger across tno
street to the theatre, which had only rev
minutes before been sold out up to the
ninth row, according 10 the testimony OF
it, treasurer In a jify the messenger
came hack with two seats in the second
row on the aisle. These were delivered az
an advance OF 80 cents on each, which the
purchaser was very willing to pay.
Ole explanation IA that the manage
a Transaction and that the box office man
madc that money az a part Of his personal
graft
The Mayor Of Colorado Springs has just
written a letter TO New York. It was a
cheerful communication addressed to the
head Of the mendicancy department OF
tho Charity Organization Society who
recently exposed the methods Of Louis
Loeb, the Western faker, who had figured
as the hero Of a mythical Paul Revere ride
M Colorado and has lived on the proceeds
ever since. The Mayor wrote TO thank
Mr. Forbes for having made public the ca
reor of the fakeT and saving him the trouble
OF answering every day the number OF
letters he received inquiring into the validity
of the claims Of the impostoT for charity.
These questions arrived with such fire.
duency that they had come TO form large
part Of the Mayors daily correspondence.
aYour language is such a difficult one
a fine looking German was saying in perfect
English to his companion in Bridge car,
early yesterday afternoon. II seems to
have followed no prescribed law OF Ian
guages Your prefxes. for instance, may
mean nothing at all. Take the words Tavel
and uuravel-just the same. Then bld and
forbid-just the same"
Not at all interrupted his companion
o H. srtN To. TDn - n
to ask to; while to forbid means to tell not
to-"
But surely YOU are mistaken, said the
German. "On that sign facing inside ana
out are the words in large print, Passengers
are forbidden TO stand on the platforms,
and. as you see, though the car il empty
within, the platforms are filled. and not only
is the conductor there to see that the rules
are enforced but there is also one OF your
large policemen. So l infer forbid must
mean Just the same as bid, and we are all
invited to stand outside.
And in the face Of two platforms filled
with men, policemen and guards, 1t was
useless for the NeY YoIiter to try to explain,
Whatever the Vassar girls may decide
| about their five cent pieces on the trolley
! cars. New Workers have decided long ago.
with perfectly clear consciences. the most
/ comfortable course to follow when they
want change on the Fifth avenue stages.
/ They no longer endeavor in vain TO attract
I the attention Of the driver while hanging
/ as steadily as they can on strap IN the
/ tossing ark. Honest but sophisticated
] New Workers know perfectly wen tha n w. tle
/ & yer after a while will ring the bell vlo-
/ lently to call attention TO the delinquent
/ who has not paid his fare, That Is ample
I time TO pass up the coin for change and
! this method prevents no end OF VeXaton
/ and delay.
| The New York man Is proverbially quick
! to seize an opportunity. When he n IN
/ love every circumstance becomes an oppor-
tunty. and he makes the most Of il.
A very tall young man and a very short
Young woman started up the subway stairs
at Twenty-third street the other day Just
as they began the ascent her shoe lace
became unfastened, and he stopped to fix
H. while she made some apologize re-
! mark about always coming unc ne lacss
why don't you wear the big bowsF
! he said "They stay in better. l think. ,,
Big bows' she exclaimed. When ell
the shop girls are wearing them Not Tor
/ started on; Il hate big bows!'
I sEncoura ging for me, muTmured the big
| man mournfully, as he looked down at her
/ and the girl looked up-and laughed.
But he had scored another point.
How many houses does Mr.. Aston own
in Harlem. anyway an out-of-towner
who has been looking for a place to live
in that section of Manhattan asked an
! acquaintance I went along one street
and somebody pointed out to me long
row Of houses. Aston property my in
/ fornant said.
several standing together in a block, after
we had looked the house over and noted
. its condition, These are Aston houses you
/ knOw, we we're told.
we stood at the front window Of fat
that we were looking at and looked out
! across the street at row OF houses stand
ing on the other side.
: That's the Aston row, said the man
| who was showing US the fats.
And everybody seemed to consider that
( 20 have the house you were looking at an
Aston house or TO have Aston houses in
proximity. was recommendation But
( how many houses does Mr.. Aston own in
Harlem, ! should like to know
Many have noticed the wooden paddle
which is 10 be found on the platform Of
elch car on the subway A passenger OF
an innuiring turn Of mind asked il they
were not to open the windows.
Gee, no. replied the guard. They're
TO push dead un7 ofTn tn thoid rail
The passenger expressed his incredibly
/ that NuCn pIeCdullon NUOulu DE necessary,
Sure il H. was the solemn reply.
yer got 10 clear tn track. haven't yer,
sos tn trains kin rum Well II amy one
touches a dead un lying on the rail he :
goin ter get shocked. Yer have 20 use
wood ter guard against a shock, fer wood
| amt no conductor.
And the passenger was sure after that
that the railroads. foresight and Considera-
ton for its employees must have been greatly
1 underestimate.
-One thing that strikes ms az odd in
this country of yours, said visiting Bnton
lis the hyperbolical nature OF your com
| mercal nomenclature. have every reason
20 believe, from what ! have seen, that
| Americans In business life are not disposed
TO call a spade a spade.
'Your hats are 'headgear shoes foot .
wear hairdressing shops are 'tonsorial
parlors, and even over small public houses
/ read the inscription, wine room Yes
terday on Broadway l had my boots pol
ished in a 'bootbaoking parlor,' and
had to give the proprietor mental credit
for such a generous stretch OF the imagi.
nation. Now. don't you know all this ex-
travagance Of yerbiage could never happen
in London
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