The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-17
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

West Side was called TO the telephone the
other afternoon. A girl friend at the other
end Of the wire pleaded earnestly with
/ her to come right over. Filled with APP
/ prehensiop the girl made haste.
| Gaining admittance 10 her friends apart
| ment, she was startled TO find that young
| woman in her nightdress and a handsome
! beaded collar.
| Il came home sick she explained
| tearfully, and wanted TO go to bed, but
| couldn't get the horTid collar OIL and there
was no one here in the fat to help me.
In two minutes the hooks and eyes were
released and with a sigh Of relief the young
woman crept into bed.
The announcement that Vice-President
! Fairbanks will shortly return to his home
| for the purpose Of obtaining his thirty
second degree in Scottish Rite Masonry
will probably unloose another hornets
nest Ia Masonic circles, Masonic papers
have not yet closed the discussion as TO
| the proprety OF permitting the Ntce-Presl
dent-elect to obtain the three symbolic
! degrees in a single day, though they admit
| the legality Of the proceeding. To make
| Masons at sight IL one Of the prerogatives
| Of the Grand Masters office, but the right
/ Is 50 seldom exercised that when similar
! process was proposed in the case OF eK-
| President Cleveland, the discussion aroused
| induced MN 70 WltnOTaW MS dplltdlAOn'
| The thirty-second degree is easily OBJ
tainable by any Mason in good standing,
| but even Vice President has 20 work for
| his thrty-third-the GROWING grade OF
| the Scottish Rite.
One Of the cleverest advertisements that
| New York has seen for some time, and one
that is attracting an ususual amount Of
/ attention. in a huge sign painted on the side
/ Of a building on Broadway next 10 a
b vacant lot The sign Is an enormous pic
/ hIre Of a parrot, and over its head are the
words: What will the parrot say?'
/ Presumably the parrot will say Polly
! wants a cracker" and Of course the picture
/ is meant TO advertise a we'll known brand
! OF crackers Pedestrians who pass the
/ picture daily look at it frequently to see II
| the answer has appeared.
A downtown broker who reads the weekly
paper from his village home as eagerly
J az a young reporter his first printed story
! laughed yesterday over a typographical
/ error in the county newsgatherer.
! This community was grievOusly shocked
! last week the item ran, "over the sudden
/ and untimely death OF Mrs. -. To pro-
cure relief from an Illness OF long duration
I she was taken TO a hospital and died there
/ from the effects OF an operation for the
| removal Of a Tumor
sThe typesetter who substituted an r
| for the u In tumor,' explained the broker,
/ very likely had In mind the fact that the
| late amented was the most garrulous gossip
Of the village
An oyster knife has been the synonym for
! dulness from time immemoHal. It seems.
! however. that even duller instrument
| will do the business. A Harlem FISH dealer
! hung out this sign not long ago:
boy wanted to open oysters with a
reference
One Of the interesting facts about the
! Sportsmen's Show which just ended is that
! the bed Of the big lake in the centre OF the
! Garden is canvas. The lake is about feet
Q inches deep, and occupies most OF the
| floor space. Il contains thousands Of gal
Ions Of water and weighs thousands OF
! hounds, The banks Of the lake are made
! 81 planks the canvas il fastened 20 them
! and allowed 70 rest on the flooring in the
middle. Tho construction work was done
by a local dealer in camping outfits. The
canvas stood the strain we'll
Il was tending furnaces, your Honor
| Ia the favorite defence OF the panhandlers
who beg from door 10 door when they are
| arraigned in court. The excuse has M eX-
planned potency with the Magistrates VINO
! will often let a SEASONED panhandler go
| even II he has begged his way along whole
! block. Even tho testimony Of the police
! that the man begged In their presence
cannot shake the belief Of the Magistrates
| in the innocence Of such valued house
| hold functionary as the furnace man. They
/ are too rare to be sent away for six months
| even II the furnace season Ia nearing its
! end.
III people would eat plenty Of rice they
would not need drugs to make them sleep, >
! said the drug clerk, pausing for a moment
+ in putting up a sleeping potion for a woman.
4 There il much said just now about nice
as a strengt hening food, but few Amen-
: cans know that Il has eoporiho powers.
/ IL properly cooked Il has. Rice should he
washed many times, until the water no longer
appears milky. II should then be soaked
a'few hours, salted and boiled rapidly about
thirty minutes. When cooked In this way
II can be eaten each day with relish, and the
person who eats u sleepg, and dreams not
| az all
you'll hardly believe Il, but IL IL true,
said an old Wall Street man, that hand
organs always follow In the wake Of a bull
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