The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-29

D3ckened thumb In the direction Of an
eIaerly man seated midway down the car.
~, mdSVcn nun whenever the car stops. and
youll see him tap the floor impatiently
twiddle his thumbs. pull out his watch and
scoWl' III guarantee he's a Harlsmits
ana USES the express trains In tho subway,
We can spot 'em every time and we get
lotS OF EN- thess days Honest. they will
walk blocks TO catch u subway truin rather
man stand Tor the frequent stops a surface
car makes"
Several weeks ago fond mother decided
that a courss in stage dancing would make
her daughter more attractive. and she
made application 10 the agent through
whom she procured her entertainers for
the name Of a good teacher. An address
was furnished, together with letter Of in
PRODUCTION and arrangements we're made for
course OF lessons. Ten days later the
expert numbered into the agents office.
Say, he shouted, What do youse mean
by steering me up aginst dead un?"
10 the agents request for an explanation
came this answer:
she writes anonymous letters, that =
what your fly dame does Say, kin stand
Tor beln' stood up on pair Of dancin'
shotb, Tor e Il sell EN- TO some other sucker.
but when she sends me n anonymous letter
amt that the limit"
The agent stretched out his hand for the
letter. II began: MRS. Blank Dash regrets
that sudden call 30 London will prevent
Miss Dash from awaiting herself Of Mr..
Fakeer,s valuable schooling until her
return in September"
Explanations were offered, but the peda-
gogue was unconvinced. Sure, he de-
Cared as he faded away, amy letter wOt
amt signed Is anonymous and ins"ltin'.'
Spring ia here and the 'rubberneck'
season in the tenement house districts Is
we'll under way. Any pleasant day one ma
see at nearly every window which opens
on the street some person who sppa rently
has nothing 10 do but watch what Is going
on below This habit Is not confined en-
tirely to the tenements az the same thing
may be seen in many OF the medium class
apartment houses, where some sort Of
cushion is used on which TO rest the elbows,
Ninety-nine out OF a hundred are women,
who seem TO extract very little enjoyment
from the practise, IL the utter lack OF inter
est on their faces is any criterion.
A rathskeller downt own displays signs
around its walls reading; Buy your subway
tickets from the waiter An inquisitive
patron inquired their-meaning and was in
formed
Veil, you see. We got private ttnne Is into
der subvays. but you couldn't get in TO der
trains midout ticket. So der manager
sells US tickets und We sell dem back by der
customers II you don't buy from us
you must 60 by der street out again, and den
10 der subway
DO you find custom increased by this
convenience" was asked.
Sure, all our good customers goes TO der
subway by our tunnels, und ven dey come
out der subway dey comes in for beer on
der way to der street
The change in taste for " hat used to be
called. with a species Of patronizing en-
lightenment, bric-A-brac is exhibited by
the decorations OF basement window on
Madison avenue. Betw cen the cash curtains
Of " hat appears to be the laundry stands
a tall cloisonne vase. 1t was never really
valuable, even in the days when 1t probably
cost a very large sum- but It was highly
appreciated by ita ow ners until the change
in taste landed II in the basement.
One OF the passengers In q Broadway
car the other afternoon attracted the atten-
ton Of every othe- passenger. As soon as
he had paid his fare he produced what APP
peared TO be a half dollar.
Carefully arranging his paper 80 that Il
could be held in one hand, the coin began
to appear and disappear In the other in
the most mysterious fashion. Now II was
held by the feshy part Of the thumb and
the palm, and again il slipped between the
fingers, suddenly to make its Ieappea rance
in the center OF the palm.
Soon it became apparent that the coin
was following a regular route, and the
passengers became still more interested.
From City Hall 10 Fourteenth street the
exercise continued. Then a man jumped
aboard the car and greeted the eccentric,
THAT was SO and-so, explained the new
conner when the other dropped on az
street. HE is probably
the beat coin palmist on the stage to-day
and this constant practise Is what makes
him so. III wager that in the five years
he has been ON the stage that palming
coin has travelled three hundred miles
over his hand Some OF those passes took
two years 20 learn, and he mastered them
on the street, as he has been doing on this
car"
On a downtown street well known
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