The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-11
LIVE TOPICS ABorr TOWN.

You haven't Well just drop a fe"
Jumps of sugar into your coffee at break
fast Should the bubbles that are Formed
as the sugar dissolves remain quiet in the
| centre OF the cup YOU may look for a bright
clear day. On the other hand. should the
bubbles grayitate toward the edge OF the
cup and adhere all round YOU can safely
predict cloudy or shlwery weather III
the next twenty -four hours.
Yes. sir" added the restaurant man
my own discovery but us sure.
ST Paul'- and Trinity churchyards serve
purpose nover dreamed Of by those who
laid them out This is how il happens.
The skysCrapers Of lower Broadway COM
pletcly shut out the sunlight from the
streets. The amateur photographers have
discovered that good sunlight can be found
almost at any time 81 day IN boih grave
yard4 They Congre gate at the noon hour,
making prints from their negatives. when
they lay about on the graVcStones or
lean against the marbles whilo they take
advantage OF the direct rays OF tho sun
An excise case was being heard in the
jefferson Market police court a few days
ago The policeman testified tina, he
entered the saloon on Sunday morning
/ and found thirteen men seated al tables
drinking. The defendant admitted mat
such was the case.
] on see. Judge, your honor nv -~li
sOlcmnly, tine weather was 40 cold mat
/ the waterpipes all froze up ard then burst
/ The men la my place were there 10 fix 'em. "
What Thirteen plumbers 10 fix one
I leak exclaimed the Magistrate
-Oh no, your Honor only three were
| plumbers The rest were plumbers
We'll. heaven help YOU when YOU get
yoLr bill. was all the Court said as he held
the victim Of the weather for trial
There ia an extra demand for lamb
on the sunny days this month, said the
butcher in fashionable neiehborhood.
1T comes. think. from the natural assOca-
) ton Of ideas. Anyway, 10 bc ready Tor
the spring call on lamb we lay in an extra
stock a month ahead We have to hang
lamb for two or three weeks usually to
got il ripe II is then more tender than
mutton kept month, and IT does not have
10 be trimmed 80 much. The fashion
has gono out FOR gamey mutton and beef
r. was onCa thought sw1ggcr 10 eat nigh
mea, but fancy the talk about germs ana
microbes has helped 70 kill the fashion
one Of tho oldest developments Of the
card catalogue idea was supplied 10y a
well known firm Of jewellers the other
day It was a handsomely chased box of
antique silver. some four inches square
and ght inches long provided with set
Of specially manufactured catalogulng
cards the index cards for Alphabetical
arrang ement being made OF thin sheets
of silver
II was made to match the other fur
nismngs Of the desk of "a woman OF fashion
who had desplirpd OF keeping her social
accounts correctly by old Fashioned
Methods. Each card bore the name and
address Of one OF her acquain'ances and
wac ruled with spaces for the AZ Home
days birthdays and other anniversaries,
and had double entry system OF check
inc up calls and other social o. Obligations.
Each Of the cards contained enough space
for the record of an entire season.
A. the icwelry firm y preparing TO put
the idea upon the market, the phrase !
have cut her Oft my list may give way
10 i havc taken her card out of my cata-
loEue.
Piano block is what the police OF the
West Twentieth street station call the
houses in Twentieth street between Seventh
and Eighth avenues. The police station
is in tho centre Of the block On each side
the houses are three and four stories high
The policemen swear tnat each apartment
has a piano, and on Saturday and sunday
evenings between 5 and 10 O'Clock they
all play at the same time
And If you want 20 hear all tho tunes
from Home. Sweet Home 10 the latest
coon song just come around then, said
the sergeant
Another New Yorker recently returned
from the other side contributes 10 the list
Of travellers experiences. Said he
IF YOU ever contemplate visiting any ~
the remoter places of the Old World, espe-
cially IN Italy, be sure 10 give notice 10 your
friends TO address you as Mr. SO and so
instead Of 50 and So. Esq If you don't
you are likely to 90 without your mail Tor
i III Il inn tor lrRIG
Il was so sure that there was mail wait
ing for me which had been put by mistake
into the wrong compartment that | took
the liberty Of investigating one Gay while
the clerk was az lunch | found sever al
letters which had been put into the com
partment labelled i under the impression
that ESQ vas the last name OF the man to
whom they were addressed / found some
belonging to other people. too, but all tho
thanks ] got was shrug from the clerk
when ! explained 10 him.
twenty dollar-a-~eek young man
who j. called @dres-y' by his acquain,-
ances because he p1tronizes an expensive
tailor was discovered by the tailor a few
days ago lost in thought before a shop
window in which signs loudly announced
that swell suits to order were to be OBJ
tanned for SIS no higher, no lower In
proof there was displayed a handsome
/ double breasted cont of excellent serge.
The two exchanged greetings and then
/ the dressy young man unburdened his
mind
say said he, whats the matter with
/ that coat:"
Nothing replied the tailor
How do they do 1t for sl5:'
They don't
What's the answer"
Il made that coat my SELF" declared
/ the tailor. -as / have made dozens. N the
| slack season for lots Of other shops like
! this I'll tell YOU too that ! paid my
/ coatmaker 80 for making ~. This chap
| simply uses II for bait that's all.
Never ask a woman customer unncccs-
sary questions at a bargain sale; that's my
motto said clerk In large department
! store We're having shirt sale this week,
and women are crowding in 10 pick up
bargains for husbands. sons or brothers.
Il ask simply for the collar size. II
asked for the arm length, the woman would
| 20 right up IN the air.
Why. really. / never thought Of that
! Yes. / think his arm is about az long as
| yours No | don't believe II is after all
/ Perhaps ia better come back tomorrow