The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-21
LIVE 7op1cs ABOUT rowN.


thing TO do with forming It. Practically
ono management now, ninety-six OF them
being controlled by the members OF one
family. 1t Ia an Irish family at that. and
ono OF the members owns forty-Hve houses. y
Now that the noisy workers on the Bridge
have worked out from under the super
structure their afternoons are happy
they can see the score by innings. And
not only wee. but testify their appreciation
they applaud with that triumph OF modern
mechanical genius, the electric riveter.
When the machine Is held against .
girder and the current thrown on, the
run beats ali the best efforts Of the shouting
crowd In the street below.
-We may pride ourselves on our sky.
scrapers," said real estate broker but
/ should like 10 see some sort Of census
OF our cave dwellers Now wouldn't it
make an interesting classification In
statistical report, The Troglodytss Of New
York; Notes on the spelean Population Of
.The material is here all right. know
and only to-day discovered hamlet Of
some eight or ten cave dwellers In plain
sight from the Brighton Beach road. They
are shelters partly dug out and partly built
by Italian laborers employed In the suburban
improvements.
dug out Of convenient bank and the front
"a built I'D from waste timber. That colony
on the Brighton Beach railway has already
lasted over two winters
That more shooting Is due In Chinatown
la xukA txzN
Cinnamon, clad in their Sunday toys and
wearing Sabbath smiles, were seen e1smin-
ing revolvers in Bowery store not far from
Canal street.
Twenty guns-some Of 3s caliber-were
shown them. but they were all too small;
One Of the Cinnamon, who spoke good
English explained that they wanted four
revolvers OF at least ~ oaliber and nothing
else would do. As the dealer had none 20
large no made no sale.
while New York restaurant life IL looked
upon by those outside the metropolis ~
destructive Of social hfe there 10 no institu-
ton that does more to bring people into
intimate association said the man who
has been dining In carte for years.
an fact. restaurants simply drive man
to bankruptcy or sociability. One person
70 dine well must pay from q 70 -. For
larger number than any good dinner should
include, but the total bulk OF food will be
enough .or two or three healthy eppetites.
After one has dined few times at double
or treble the COST he can ahord no begins
looking for some congental person TO JOIN
him and divide the check.
Il have known men to be made independ-
ent through business tips got from table COM
panions who but Cor the herding force Of the
restaurant would never have been met
A young man from Baltimore caught
cinder in his eye the other day and went
into drug store to have it out. The drug
gist couldn't get it out, but man who was
leaning against the counter spoke up and
easily remove the cinder. He took the
patient across the street to his Office and
placed him In q chair.
~You know. OF course that ! charge
S for this" he said as he started to take
out the cinder.
Isn't that pretty steep?- gasped the
young man from Baltimore.
"Oh, l always charge IS for removing
foreign substances said the physician,
and before he finished speaking the cinder
was out. The young man paid his S.
mo. I've stopped buying magazines
for WHILE said the man who reflects,
as his friend fingered by news stand.
-The other day had to clean out my den
so would have room to work and counted
up 600 old ma ga zines which we're cucumber
ing my little portion Of the earth. Nobody
has room to keep such stun in New York,
and when figured out that my 900 maya
zines had cost me about a hundred dollars,
and thought Of the variety Of ways in which
cided to cut periodical literature from my
list of necessities"
columbus avenue must be either awfully
wicked or awfully good, remarked the
city salesman. AT any rate, they don't
have churches over there. In all the other
avenues the various denominations have
established houses OF worship that range
in size from magnificent cathedrals to the
humblest missions. The East Side is par.
ticularIly devout. With the exception OF
are likewise Interested in the spiritual well
fare of their citizens. That avenue alone
is Indifferent, Whether the residents Of
that thoroughfare are 30 good that they
don't need to 60 to church or 30 bad that
they are past redemption Is o matter for
argument, but certain It is that, with the
exception ,of one religious institution at
Fifty-ninth street, Columbus avenue Is
destitute Of churches"
Ibis season has Drought W H&ht iicW
phase Of the laundry business" said the
veteran ironer. I'VE get lots OF orders
nowadays for ironing clothes that have
been washed elsewhere. As rule these
lots Of clothing consist only OF shirts and
collars and cuffs. but now and then.we are
asked to iron the whole family wash |
don't know who does the washing in such
cases. Probably some servant who is not
competent to do the ironing. At first We
refused to bother with these half-and-half
orders. but we finally made up our minds
to M accommodating. and now we accept
several such orders every week"
The travelling salesman for New York
crockery firm was telling Of an experience
which happened on a recent trip through
II heard that the members Of the negro
Baptist church in q certain little town
were figuring on buying pretty fair con-
signment OF chandelier, 40 I made II a
point to be present at a business meeting
OF the church members. There was q
heated debate on the subject, and finally
a good brother In the back row jumped to
his feet and said
"'Bruddahs an sistahs, ali doan reckon
we ought to buy dem dab chandeleahs
till we finds out whose gwine to play on
dem.'"
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