The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Ten minutes later the young woman, hav-
ing concluded an involved description Of
the fever plague, turned to her plate and
placidly finished its contents.
After that the escort constituted him.
self q special guard and the waiter dared
not approach until a signal had been given.
.ns Rss remained d'o he
TO pay, the young woman leaned back
with contented smile.
-Do you know" she cooed In her soft
Southern speech, that this Y the f,rst
leans? At the hotel where. we arc stopping
the walters whisk away the plates before
we are half through and they look 80 hurt
whom va Ask them to bring them back
that we have given II up.
The moment We get talking. the waiter
comes up and that Is the end Of that oourse
Hall the time I have gone away from the
table hungry just because ! stopped . mo-
ment to gay something and the plate Eas
the waiter cannot leave us alone. IL makes
his work easier
They arc not used to the deliberate
ways OF the South, explained tho host q!
he slipped the waiter double tip, and
5esSes the s,n or people the waiter 'srvss
He detested dogs; not that he feared them;
they were simply distasteful to him. end
he found It difficult to conceal his aversion.
Naturally she adored them. Her pet was
q toy French poodle, equipped In the most
approved and foolish fashion. He was
called Spot by his mistress on account Of his
little black nose, which poked out through
his otherwise snowy body,
In addition to dogs she also loved Shake:
ever, s sSln Soq bods snd staasio No. e
One Saturday evening he called - usual.
He endured the pup with ~ good grace
as might be for 1t was hers. Finally she
said:
Nov do you know. I've been trying to
How would that line from Macbeth; do
Out, out, damned Spot'?. he asked.
Now he goes to Coney Island instead.
Two young women In white waiting for
their beaux at the Manhattan end Of tho
Brooklyn Bridge recently startled Police
man Harry Smith by chasing away .
'masher."
The man was what the police term q
regular" After oglng the girls for some
time he sought to speak to one Of them.
At that moment Smith started for the north
roadway to stop an incipiont fight, but loud
smack brought the COP. to stop and he spied
the masher hurrying down Park row.
DO you want him arrested2' said Smith.
mo, thank you've chased himl" was the
gentle girls reply.
unused Smith.
A trip down the Bowery these days would
edify II not delight good many Broadway
stars, who perhaps have not been below
L. o., &A>
The whole side Of house near tho De-
lancey street approach to the new bridge
is taken up with an advertisement which
Of the white light section are graduates
Of a certain Bowery theater.
Among the alumni mentioned are May
Irwin, Pete DALEY. Sam Bernard. Andrew
Stone, Lottie ellison. Russell Brothers and
Evans and Hoey. And their alma mater Is
proud OF them.
Two Chinese boys caused much amuse-
ment for . number Of people who were
waiting for trains ON the Chatham Square
station Of the elevated road the other after
noon. They had kite OF their own make.
quite different from the American young
sten' kites. and they we're trying to fiy
it from the roof OF the building at 10
Bowery, directly opposite the station. =.
The Kite itself caused good deal OF
at the sides of which were two cone shaped
cups to catch the air and keep 1t balanced,
at the same time giving more chance for
the wind TO drive 1t upward. The tail
was made Of 81. long strip s Of cloth 2a.h Of
light at the time. and the boys in their en-
deavors to create more were running back
and forth on the roof, their light blouses
and their pigtails tapping about.
Still the kite wouldn't rise so they tried
low and pulling It up with . jerk, but 1t
remained 'balky. It was little too heavy
for the wind, and after few more attempts
they gave it up for some better time.
A number OF men on The station, Who
structions to them in loud shouts while they
we're making their attempts to get tho
kite to rise, but they didn't seem to under
stand or didn't =, es a,.t IL for they kept to
disappointed when the kite refused TO
Nv, as they were anxious to see how It
you'd look sailing in the air.
She wore an exceedingly speekaboo'
waist and she insisted upon riding on the
rear seat instead Of leaving the rear seats
to the smokers.
Just ahead man sat with his arm resting
on the back Of the seat and with half
inch Of ashes decorating The tip Of his cigar.
There was q sudden hrch q the nnotorman
Applied the current too quickly, and from
the rear seat there came . vail that could
be heard loud above the din Of the Broad
way traflo.
In an instant the carful Of passengers
were standing in their seats to see what
the accident was, but they saw only very
red faced young woman, with her hands
oonvulsively pressed to her heart. She
insisted to the conductor that she was not
hurt, and left the car at the next corner.
The man In the seat ahead puned at his
cigar, while q smile played about the
corners OF his mouth.
Il couldn't help it, he explained to his
neighbor, but. you Sc. that lurSh knocked
the ashes from my cigar and they landed
Il didn't see any ashes on her dress
demurred the other.
mo, explained the smoker, they went
on through, and for q couple Of seconds