The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-01
LIVE TOPICs ABOUT TOWN.

The last ngony Of the barber shop ha,
| just appeared In busy establishment
on tile Heights in Brooklyn. It's page-
regulation Vandyke costume Of blue, love.
locks and. above all, winning way. That's
where he capitalizes-t winning way
Of hts.
He comes at you with paper while you
are waiting. and he cuddles up oozily al
your side to get you TO tell him about the
pictures Then, when the barber Ia putting
OH the finishing touches he ehyly strokes
your hand, with just such slight and casual
attention to the nail crescents that you
are fairly shamed into visit to the mani
cure In the corner.
Before she is done with you the adorable
page has worked cahoots with the boot
black. When the brush boy is finishing
you UP you zee the page playing with a
Maltese kitten on a heap OF cozy corner
quarter for candy. You don't realize
Until you have gotten we'll away from this
attractive barber page that whereas you
went In for q fifteen cent shave, with
bay rum, you have really gone pretty deep
The enc you ss bssin to think tina. tho Gerry
society ought to got busy. D..
His brother law had been on . vaoa :
ton and he had been In charge Of tho place
for a week. The second day he had o.
oasion to jack up the girl cashier for accept
ing check.
"Of course this one Is perfectly good.
he said with a superior air, -but IL Is not
for you to say that q check Is good or bad.
Another time do not give out any money
for check unless Mr. R tells you that
the check Is o. H.
4But sometimes he is not here, objected
&h< - ,hok oh IN
walt until he comes Was tho firm
answer. aNo matter who It is that wants
the money, wait until Mr.. R. comes
in, and he walked away with the air Of one
who lives to benefit mankind.
Ten days later he came dashing into the
Got any money!" he demanded breath
lessly. The girl admitted that she had.
"Let me have SO for this check, he said,
passing the slip over. The girl shut her
cash drawer with a bang
Sim sorry she said, "but Mr.. R Is
downtown"
That's all right; you can cash 1t, he ex-.
planned, but she could not see it..
Il have strict orders she said without
the ghost Of a smile, TO cash no checks
she cannot be made to understand that he
was not setting a trap for her but was
merely hoist by his own petard.'
New York il old enough to have attained
its full growth yet real estate operators
know that there remains enough unsettled
territory to make two or three good sized
cities. So much steady building is under
way and there is left so much space yet to
be built up that contracting operations
afford opportunity for many dependent
trades.
Perhaps the highest instance Of such
specialization is tub trucking company.
which finds all the work it can do in trans
porting tubs, nothing but tubs, stationary
and bath. No matter from what supply
house builder buys his tubs, the delivery
Is always made by one Of the tub trucks
of this company. which operates over all
the territory between City Island and
Rockaway.
As every house and every individual fiat
must have at least one bathtub and one
there is work enough for the truck company,
and as it insures delivery in good order 1t
is In position to control the business.
He was up from the South for the first
time and was seeing New York from a
trolley car. In the lapel Of his coat was a
veterans badge. The man
next TO him wore the bronze button Of the
G. A. r. -
stranger" said tho Southerner to his
old-time foe, -there don't SEEM to be 80
much difference between you-all and we-all
except that ,you-all say guess and we-all
NO" responded the other, except that
We could always guess blamed sight better
han you could reckon"
The car reached the end OF the line just
hen and the two old soldiers entered a
saloon arm In arm,