The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-18
LIYE TOPICs AROUT TOWM.

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date physicians are not a little surprised
to see them equipped with large marine
searohhghts.
This is the result Of a new discovery
said a physician yesterday. 'In using the
! X-ray, patients we're formerly the victims
OF severe superficial burns, and great
! outory was heard as the result. We have
learned since that by exposing the skin
| after treatment to the parallel rays OF the
! ordinary marine searohlight the effect OF
the Roentgen rays on the cuticle is oom-
| pletely neutrallizsd.
-As the searohlight rays do not pene-
| tTate the skin, the effect Of the X-ray on
the tissue beneath IL not diminished.
The most westerly blocks Of Twenty
! fourth street are a terror TO persons on the
way to the Pennsylvania Railroad station.
! The most skilful cabbies cannot keep out
/ Of the deep ruts with which the street IA
| filled. There are holes two or three feet
deep at short intervals. and their presence
| makes the ride more Of a burden than ever
! from the fact that Twenty-third street Is
not available to traflo on these blocks.
| A ride TO the ferry II a journey fearful to
contemplate in these days,
A young fellow, evidently from the
country, went into a little place in Fourth
! avenue, announced In a striking way as
Il want TO see Peter Cooper on business;
Is he about?"
When assured that Peter Cooper died
years ago he seemed greatly surprised and
disappointed. II was not until he was
assured that there was no one who. as he
put it, took Mr.. Cooper's place that he re-
luctantly went his way.
The actors appearing at the Murray Hill
Fheltre frequently forget that they are
on the East Side, and for that reason
their most solemn lines are sometimes in
terpreted as humor by many Of the listen
ers. The other night an actress in the role
of Countess said.in dramatic tones.
The doctor just left here with two
guineaa'
She intended to add that the guineas we're
in his pocket, but the burst Of laughter
from the audience made the close OF her
statement dnintelligible. She looked about
her in surprise, but finally attributing the
laugh to one Of those vagaries Of an audi
ence that no player can understand, "a we'd
the scene from an exceedingly undramatio
ending.
'I'm afraid the Russo-Japanese War will
result in a great scarcity Of japanese GER
wants in this country for years to come
said an employment agent. The war is
thinning out the male population Of japan
in such a way that the men who would emil
CRATE to America to better themselves
find as many openings at home. I'm sorry
because the Japanese servants on my lists
have never given me the least trouble. In
the twenty years that l have done busi-
ness I've never required a recommendation
from a Jap, and have never had a com
plant
Three small boys we're arrested recently
for robblng a Is cent gas meter. The
youngest OF tho THO, an urchin Of 7, promptly
| turned States evidence.
de two udders histed me up he sobbed,
( IAN | sneaked dc dough
How much did you gct?' he was asked.
-Dey was jest sS.25 In de meter. give
| II all TO dem
How much did they give you back7'
| A cent
And what did you do with thatY'
"P-put Il on de election plate in S-Sun-
day school, was the fearful reply.
The gold eye recognized throughout
this country as an ailment peculiar to den
lists, is increasing. It is form Of eye
strain incidental to the work Of constantly
plugging cavities In teeth With. gold leaf
and fine particles Of gold. After year or
two Of such work dentists are obliged TO
wear glasses.
The Manhattan cops grievance committee
met in the back room Of an uptown police
station. Said the chairman
sits an III wind that gathers no moss
Here they send them coppers over here from
the rural districts Of Brooklyn and Staten
Island and give 'em swell jobs ridin' up
and down on the subway and elevated
trains, lookin' just as II they were aocus-
toned to dom police duty in a real city.
We give up our beds in the station houses
TO them, and IL we get any sleep at ALL we
get Il on a chair in the back room.
when we went over 10 Brooklyn In e5
the best we got 70 sleep on was the soft side
Of car seat with a handful Of spikes for a
pillow. You can bank on II the Brooklyn
cops II be sorry when they're called OF
strike duty
There's one thing about your New York |
CONDUCTORS said a Baltimorean, they're !
not snobbish. You can depend upon them |
being rude to the rich and poor. the we'll |
dressed and the shabby alike. To a stran- |
ger in your city there is something posi- |
lively funny in the way the most ignor- |
ant Of his class will boss around the re- |
fined, we'll dressed women with whom he |
has to come in contact.
A day or two ago, while in a Broadway |
car, l noticed q stately looking woman |
gesture to the conductor TO stop at the |
next corner. She walked TO the door, |
and as the car went, beyond the street she |
thought he had failed to ring, 30 she said |
very politely:
"'T want 10 get of here
Well snarled the conductor as the |
car slowed up, 1 amt a-holdin' yer"
There is good comradeship among the boot |
blacks on the ferTyboats. A man noticed |
the other day that one Of the boys rang up |
20 cents on the Indicator Of box belonging !
to another Of the sinners. They are ex- /
pected by the man who employs them |
and has become wealthy by their labors 1
10 turn in a certain sum each day. When |
their receipts are shy, unless the weather |
Is stormy, ne takes Il that the boys have been |
loafng. The boy who was helped out by |
his companion had not been feeling well |
and had stolen few hours sleep while the |
other boy hustled for both.
While half the world made a three days |
lest Of DIR. Os,er's remarks, a good many |
middle aged men seem to have taken them
very much to heart. Two men stood near
a vacant seat In an elevated car, One
had prav hair and a snowy muatache: the