The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-18
1--we TOPICS ABoCT TOWN.

another pilgrim was added to the little band,
and scarcely had the arrangement been
ratified when he sought out the directing
head.
See hcre." no said, nervously, II want to
60 with the crowd. but you will either have
to put 1t of until Saturday or make start
on Wednesday"
Nonsense laughed the other. aYou
ceahnot make me believe that you have
other reason unless you are afraid Of FRI
daya1s
could not hire me TO leave on Friday"
., Then Why not leave Thursday, suggested
pet superst ition twined about poor little
Thursday, do your
The superstitious man pointed to the
calendar. On tho thirteenth, he gasped.
That III ; would be worse than starting on a
So they made IL Wednesday evening until
IL was discovered that the train started at
two minutes after midnight and It has been
decided to wait until the two hoodoo days
are safely passed.
Fifth avenue stage drivers are natural
guides for out Of town people. They indi-
cate the points OF interest on the avenue;
and frequently receive tips: Some OF them
try to add little color OF the sort that they
think will interest their listeners.
This here on the left," said one Of them
the other day, lis the Waldorf-Astoria,
whore the cleanest people in the world live.
The building contains more'n thousand
baths"
And little further up the avenue;
"On the right you sec TiiTany's new
million dollar white marble structure,
whence, the great pear shaped diamond
was stolen"
queer speciality In the moving trade
has sprung up in the last few years, since
Americans go more and more frequently
to Europe. One company makes a business
of moving the entire furniture from house
in New York to house in any city in Europe,
with only one packing. "A van Is hoisted on
board d transatlantic liner, and goes by
steamer and train to the city Of Its destina-
ton. Then 1t Is set on wheels and driven
to the house, where the goods are carefully
unpacked.
Nearly everywhere else on the continent
tobacco dealers have quit using wooden
figures for sidewalk advertisements, but
New York cigar stores display them as
religiously as they did twenty years ago.
There are probably more Indian chiefs and
sailors and Mister Punches and square
jawed ladiee In hand carved bus les on the
sidewalks Of this town than In all the other
cities in America rolled together.
boom. Until lately all OF the timber stat
uettes showed age, but somebody has gone
to work turning them out with the modern
improvements. On West Forty-second
street is a new wooden policeman wearing
the correct outfit Of a sergeant OF the
stripes on his sleeves. Harlem pavement
is the pedestal for a bright and shining
Filipino chief smoking big cheroot
NO. announced the comedy juggler,
| Il am not going to use that dog face make
up any more. I've an Idea now that's
goin' to knock 'em OF their feet. Say.
| Gull, I've got an idea that'll make 'em sit
UP in their seats and holler, honest
PAY cartoonst to make up design for
| you?" asked his listener.
-Pay nothin',' was the rejonder. 'You
see. married an American professional
when 1 was playin' the German halls.
She's a peach fer fair, and We was happy
until come home.
and the moment ! saw my father-in-law
SAYS to myself, You re mine
iHe's the doggonedeet rube you ever saw I.
80 this morning ! coaxed him into town
and took him to the wig maker. they're y,,r
| Ills, and bet you'll say you never saw
How about your mother-in-laawy'' said
the listener. Wont she object?"
"object nothin,,, was the response .s:. The ne
| eoin' to make the old man famous
They were evidently father and son,
but lately reunited, and as they lined up
| at the bar the eder man smiled as the other
called for beer.
| .Don't care for whisky, do your he
laughed. .Bet you never knew why
aNo," was the puzzled response, Il only
know that the stuff seems to disgust me
somehow
! The old man swung around to face the
| other. Il guess you don't remember that
little grocery store he began, that was
right next to our house. Remember little
Jimmy SchutzH"
.The younger one assented.
well, one day you ana Jimmy g9t mt
the store when his old man was at dinner
Back OF his grocery there was bar and YOU
two boys filled up on whisky. You had
lust sense enough to know that Ia lick
YOU If I knew you'd been fooling with
hs and you v eSd don't one r.m mss Il
bpt gave YOU stifl drink for the stomach 4
sake and that was the last straw.
Il met old man SCHULTZ last spring and
that was the first time ever heard the rea
story. He says Jimmy doesn't drink
either
Fogs in the He'll Gate locality are wei.
coined by shippers Of certain tugboats. II
sometimes happens in the early morning
that a feet Of Sound steamboats, rides al
oncbor in the waters about Rikers Island
waiting for the haze to ut The s. com M n.
tort,,o,1s East River unless under favorab bic
conditions. Enterprising captains OF tug.
boats run alongside the lines OF stalled
passenger craft soliciting business AS Q
rule no objection Is made on the part, Of
those aboard the steamboats, to allowing
those in a hurry to reach Manhattan e
disembark The tugs generally land theil
fares at tho l9sth street dock; The charge
ran oes between fifty cents and dollar.
Despite the precaution he had taken t.
telephone for q reservation In the afternoon
the regular patron found his favorite table