The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-10
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT roWN.

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| Upon opening the front door the visitor Is
confronted by Calling gun in perfect
working order. At the top 9: the first
fight Of stairs is a one FOUNDER. and at
least dozen other pieces Of artillery occupy
une xpected places throughout the building.
Every part Of the residence suggests trouble
| for the unwelcome. The occupant is an
| inventor OF explosives, and he explained to q
| visitor that he had never counted upon the
| formidable looking ornaments as Of proteo-
| tive value. The real protection" he ex-
planned, lies in the things unseen
Wherever there Is building going on,
and all the outlying sections Of at least
three Of the boroughs ring with the ham
mer OF the carpenter all day long. one
may see the bush on gable end OF almost
every new frame house that has tai ken on at
least the skeleton Of its definite form As
soon a. the ridgepole has been set In place
upon the rafters some one Of the carpenters
Is sure to tack into place bush or branch
| from tree, There 1t remains and withers
until the roofers reach 1t with their shingles.
An antiquary relates that the custom IL
universal among the carpenters Of northern
Europe and has 80 respecta BILE a history
that 1t may we'll be derived from the Druids.
1t Is by nature luck charm, something to
avert the evil that might be built into the
fabric Of the home. 1t is explained that II
the roof tree the family which It shelters
would make no growth.
'There' said the grocer, pointing to .
slant eyed, blouse covered Chinaman who
was departing with two we'll filed paper
bags, goes one Of my best customers.
1T is a mistaken idea that the China
man is penurious and that he lives on prao-
tically nothing. As a matter OF fact the
Cinnamon are the first purchasers Of celery,
watermelon and everything else that Is
object. The Chinaman eats but one square
meal a day, but that meal Is OF the best
in the market
They were discussing the annoyances
Of the Fourth. well, for once declared
one Of the party-a Brooklyn fat dweller-
Il slept through all the morning racket.
You see' she explained, ever since the
spring cleaning began my neighbors have
started in early every morning to beat
carpets. At first the noise was madden
ing l appealed to the Health Board In
vain, and finally nature came to the rescue
by permitting me to sleep through 1t all.
Once you get 30 that you can sleep while
your neighbors beat CARPETS, little thing
like the Fourth Of July celebration cannot
annoy you"
Many have noticed that In the United
States Army, as well as In the regiments
OF the National Guard, the letter ~ is
omitted in the designation Of the COM
panies, the letters jumping from 81 to
Ak The reason Is often given as the
dislike a man has to being In the Jay
company, but that il not the case.
The letter IS was introduced in the Eng
fish alphabet about 1880. Before that the
sound had been represented by the letter
H. which was thus made to do double duty.
The same was the case in the written Ian
guage, and In the last century ~ and ~
were written exactly the same About
of writing ~ with the bottom loop below
the line.
The confusion which would have re-
suited in military records was the reason
for not using the letter u" and the system
has never been changed. The same rule
letter 81 In lettering the rows of seats in
| some theaters.
sYou wouldn't think that those poor
devils had much to fight about said
man to his companion as they we're going
through City Hall Park about midnight
as the approach Of policeman caused two
belligerent bench sleepers to separate
"Oh, don't know. A place to sleep,
even park bench, ia pretty good reason
to fight responded the other. Don't
think for a minute that all those fellows
are newcomers down here. Some Of them
take a job once in while and drop out.
but the majority Of them are old FOUNDERS.
They select a choice seat, a kind OF orchestra
chair, early in the season and hold on to 1t,
and they seem to recognize one another's
IL vito VII npn ~
fellows in the scrap was newcomer and
the oldtimer wouldn't stand for losing his
bed"
MANY business men and women who
live uptown make practise Of walking at
least part of the way home through Central
Park, but few seem to frequent Riverside
Park for a constitutional 1t is trihe out
of the way, but the pedestrian therein has
the advantage OF being allowed to walk
on the grass, which is much more restful
than tramping on pavements. Between
Seventy-second and 125th streets in River
side are numerous long stretches where
one may stroll at ease on soft. springy turf,
only descending to stony pavements when
the bank becomes too steep for comfort
able footing.
Nothing could equal the Apologize at
titude Of all the salespeople in the shops
nowadays. Its go late in the season,
you know" they begin, and add, Every
thing has been sold"
This has its effect In disciplining the GUS
toner who has dared to postpone purchas-
ing until such late date. 1t is in the bon
net shops where the prices have been re-
duced that this attitude is most impressed
on the buyer
what In the world did you mark down
your prices for, then. said a woman in a
millinery shop the other day, IL you are
going to patronize the women who come
here to buy them9 We have all bought
hats earlier in the season and We are buying
these now only because they are cheap"
Then the saleswoman was less naughty.
How many New Workers know that there
once existed Bunker Hill in this oity?'
remarked man who has made hobby OF
studying old New York.
THAT name,' he continued, historic
now only for it's Boston associations, was
given to a fort built by the early revolu-
tionists. It stood on the top Of Bayard's
Mount m eminonCA situated about where