The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12
LIVE TopIcs AB0ur TOWN.

LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.
The combination OF strike, rain and
/ crowded surface cars has been hard on
women and children who must travel up
and down town. mite OF q girl stood
/ in the rain at Thirty-third street and Broad
/ way for more than an hour on Wednesday
! night trying to get car up town Finally
/ blockade caVeed n car 70 stop near her.
/ The conductor was on the rear platform.
/ so hemmed in that he had not collected
| q fare for twenty minutes.
Mister Conductor, said the child. cry
/ ing, IN give you q dollar if you'll let
me on.
The conductor graspod the roof Of the
car pulled himself up and, standing on
the dashboard, lifted the weeping little
one into the place he bad made vacant.
Then he transferred a nickel from his
trousers pocket TO the coat pocket where
he kept the company's money
Il want your number, said the girl
Il won't ever forget you. and u embroider
you something nice
A surface car crept along up town in
the rush hours II was crowded, seemingly
10 the limit but two girls from the shopping
district managed to wrigRle their way in.
making it more uncomfortable for the al
ready very uncomfortable passengers
Above the noise of the wheels and the
groans Of the passengers u clear high voice
with an East Side twang called out:
Are you on Mamie? Gee, amt this
ferce!-
If Mamie was con" she did not say go.
but tall thin woman with Boston bear
ing was heard to plead.
T beg your pardon. I can't stand this
any longer. I'm simply being squeezed
to death
Some people don't know good thing.
Do they, Mamie"
All the passengers laughed except the
stitf woman from Boston.
So many names have been provided
for the cocktail made with two kinds
Of vermouth that the captious drinker who
refuses to be satisfied with any other kind
can never I've certain just what he is going
to get when he orders the combination By
one OF the names he has heard Thus
split Bronx Marguerite separate"
and double are some of tho titles that havo
been applied 20 this combination Of liquids.
The principal difficulty in using them is TO
find a bartender familiar with the meaning
Of all.
81 get that cocktail ordered under 90
many names.' said one Broadway mix
ologist that when | hear a strange order
] find myself mvoluntarly mixing cock |
tail with two kinds Of vermouth, and IN
nine cases out Of ten am right
One Of the largest Broadway restaurants |
has declared that this cocktail shall be
called after the head waiter in order that I
the name may at least be es abished for /
that place.
A country boy Is visiting his cousin in |
io5th street Tho boys are each years /
old The city boy has shown and OK
planned 10 the country boy all the wonders |
Of tho neighborhood. Lat night he re- /
membered something be had overlooked
-Fwedde he said to his cousin. you |
member dem big Indians to-day
Yep said Freddie.
L mean dem Indians in the street wifi
cigars IN deere hands
YEP know. said Freddie interestedly.
Well said his young host reassuringly.
"dey won't hurt you
Joseph Holland, who "a i'll and will be
made the object Of great benefit within
a few weeks, spends his time now between
his hotel and the storage warehouse in
which many OF his family possessions are
located. While looking over some old
trunks the other day he discovered part
Of a diary begun by his father.
The senior Holland. who was born in
England in 1871, lived to an advanced age.
He began his diary when he was Is. Much
OF it has been destroyed, but there Is still
a great deal Of interesting matter in II and
the collection Of original letters among its
leaves il of uncommon interest. They were
written by Thomas PlaCide, James Cald-
we'll Charlotte Cushman and other pioneers
of that theatrical day There are also
photographs Of these actors The collection
Includes practically three generations of
George Holland came here when very
Young man and spent the rest of his life
in this country. In this rare old book he
has recouuted some experience with nearly
every noted player as late ~ the middle
'7Os Such a collection OF theatrical data
would be all but priceless If put on the
market
Tho mounted policeman at the corner OF
T wenty-third street and Broadway had
dismounted and was vigorously engaged
in backing up a crowd Of ca rriages auto
mobiles and victorias so that the crowd
could pass. His horse stood still through
part Of the commotion, but presently !
ieached around and tried to get at the ,
club the policeman had left tied TO his
What's he trying to dor asked woman
who was passing.
aHe wants TO help me beat en- back (
with the club" explained the policeman.
but always tie it too far away for him to ,
get al it.
The aueerest spectacle in Brooklyn yester-
iav was that seen early in the afternoon
near city Hall-a white heause, followed /
oy circus chariot. The hearse was empty,
but the chariot contained a man who wore a
long black beard and was clothed in the
while costume OF the ancient Romans
On the chariot which was drawn by two
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