The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-06
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT Town.

OF Long Island. There was no parlor car
on the train, so she was forced to ride in
the day coach. She kept her own window
closed to protect herself from the dust
but the man in front OF her had his open ,
and the cinders bothered her.
will you be kind enough to close your
Window" she asked.
mo. l will not" he replied brusky.
She was not accustomed to being refused
and for a moment was stunned. Then
| rallying her sweetest tones abe explained
that the cinders we're not only unpleasant
but dangerous to her eyes.
-Then you can change your seat, said
the brute, ha rdly giving her n glance.
There was no other desirable seat, so
she told the guard what the situation was,
and he promptly closed the mans window.
pleasant az possible for the ensuing hour.
When the young lady reached her des-
| tination she was warmly greeted by her
hostess, who introduced 70 her the man
who had been her fellow passen ger.
He had been invited over to help make
dearest friend.
One Of the vagaries Of the man VIII o
nxes rates for railroad tickets Is shown
in the schedule Of tho New York. Now Haven
and Hartford Railroad The single fare
for ticket to Bridgeport 10 Sl.l5, with
no excursion rate. Yet. strangely. II one
has mas but 20 % cents he may A. to
he must buy ticket for New Rochelle. for
Ea aSs the eh oFs eb CENT cen Ind at Ne.
eler to Bridgeport may b had for 2s cents
more. There are numerous trains, and
the wait bet ween trains sseldom moro than
half an hour, yet the saving is o5 cents each
way. or 81. 80 for the round trip.
As the crowds pour out OF the exit
from one subway station in upper Broad
way some one--often more than one
invariably stumbles on certain step.
This step Is only fraction OF an inch higher
than the others, and it shows how exactly
a mans feet automatically adjust them-
selves to regular heights, particularly II
he Is weary from days work.
mouth OF this exit has taken advantage
Of this disproportionate step and con-
slant stumbling and proved himself a
business diplomat. AZ an enraged man
after 1sbbing his knees on the edges Of the
stairs arises muttering. this kid announces:
They all stumble on that step"
The man is usually so mollined by the
idea that the fall was due to the step and not
to his own awkwardness that out Of pure
good will toward the boy he buys paper.
The Panama hat, either the real thing or
the imitation, has too many virtues to be
crowded out OF the market easily. The
haberdashers' shops display it literally
this season, and it Is giving the sailor hat
q hard run.
The latest twist to put on it is to turn
the brim up squarely in front and down
in the ba OK. so that it shields the neck
from the sun. The evolution Of this style
may be a large number OF young men
with necks all -pearly pale" and noses all
rosy red but they should not be misunder-
stood.
A summary view of New York at the very
beginning of the nineteenth century has
come to light in a stray copy Of Aynhs's
-Nouveau Dictionn aire Universal de Gtog-
raphie. published at Lyons in 1904 IAN Kill
To this city is apportioned just half Of an
octave page, conveying the following in
formation among other statistics:
New Yorck. an American city. capital
on OF the ttle Island o OF % at
mouth of the Hudson River, so miles north
east Of Amboy. 1t Was partly burnt in
the war Of independence. All that has
been rebuilt ia quite fne. We cite particu-
mile and half long and 10 feet wide and
at the south ends in a handsome park where
there Is promenade.
THE water is generally bad. The prisons
are we'll built and we'll conducted. their
interior administration being. entrusted
to the Quakers. The number OF inhs bitants
was very considerable. but yellow fever
depopulated it in 1899 and in 1903. The
finest building in New-Yorck il Federal
Hall, where Washingt and Congress-
took the oath at the be ginning Of the federal
Constitution. Beyond the park there is
building to-day the elegant and new City
OF Hall (rilie dc HalD. The pound Of 20
schillings Of IL pences is current and is
worth IS francs Is confines.
No handorgan or hurdygurdy man ever
gets more than started on a tune within
earshot Of Police Headquarters. As the
first notes are waited into the building
one or two cops rush out to make the musi-
clan move on. This !, not because Com
missioner McAdoo has any particularly
strong aversion to street music. but be-
cause the telegraph bureau OF the Police
Department is in a basement room the open
and the force sits all day at Telephones
receiving and transmitting messages, many
of them minute descriptions of lost chill
dren, missing property and criminals who
are to be nabbed on sight
Ample Tree. played as though on tin pans.
makes such work difficult.
The father Of boy and girl and years
OF age, respectively, was in camp duty
with a Manhattan regiment at Peekskill,
and in his absence the youngsters gave a
parlor exhibition OF the manual OF arms.
When the lad had exhausted his familiarity
with tactical terms he was not satisfied
that the drill had been complete, where
upon he shouted these commands: "E1-
treme unotion!" Holy orders!' The
mother, overhearing, put the air guns and
uniforms forthwith out Of commission.