The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-06
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man who never told lie outalde OF
business hours was giving friend instances
Of the insularity Of New Workers.
i know a woman, > the truthful one said,
who has lived in New York hfty years
ana ana never never cav a COW, except in pictures,
stTaining Then came another big mouth
more than that, l know a business man
who has worked IN his Office here for twenty
years. and he never has gone downtown
The friend is still trying to swallow that.
When il vas found that even the seventh
and youngest Of the sleepers Of Ephesus
slept a placid and dreamless sleep after q
supper Of plentiful Welsh rabbit, 90 runs
the Arabic legend. It was decided as a final
resort to try Bombay duck. And, accord
ing 10 the veracious chronicle Of Abdul
Faragee, the seven thereafter were known
as the seven insomniacs, and the demand
for trional outran the supply
II h not 90 much the Bombay duck itself.
That IL a patient little fish Of a past decade,
as Is abundantly testified by its SMELL But
u Is the dxings that do the business. This
Is the way TO FIX Bombay duck, and when
II ia thus fixed you sit up and take notice,
and you keep on noticing many picturesque
incidents until oockorow OF later:
On the bottom OF a soup plate you drop
carefully four wee drops Of asafetida well
scattered and with the backof a spoon spread
each drop as far as Il will go. On this base
you put mound Of curry powder and make
Il red With cayenne, squeeze on II enough
lime juice to make a stiff paste and rub Il
all down smooth with the spoon. Next add
a thin slice Of cheese-Stilton OF Cheddar as
preferred--and rub II to pieces with a little
olive oil, for the ghee of the Far East IA not
70 be had In New York shops. Add cheese
slice by slice and work ii down until there
Is enough, for the supply Of duck. Then
cream, put In a chatting dish and bring 10
sputtering bubble and pour overthe Bombay
duck which should have been lightly toasted,
At intervals during the hight after ones
first Bombay duck appropriate incidental
music may be found in the nymn'' through
the long night watches.
See that line Of cabsl' asked a New
Yorker walking along Wall street about
O'Clock with an out -of-town friend.
The stranger observed the long line Of
hansoms. coupes and coaches drawn up
TO the curb while their energetic drivers
beckoned every passerby.
That's an infallble Indicator OF the
day on the Exchange. When the market
has been active and the brokers have made
money, there is not cab in sight they all
blow some of their earning When the
market has been dull, as il has to-day, the
cabbies are all out on the curb hustling
for fares. It's one ofthe signs Of the times,
that line Of cabbies.
The Ridgewood, y. j.. commuters have
nearly all become afflicted with the breath
ing habit
"On the way TO the trains early in the
morning, said an inhabtant Of the suburb,
every man you meet is walking erect and
breath hing deep, long drawn breaths and
exhalng vociferously. There IL wager
reach the station with the least number OF
breaths. It's getting 50 bad your best
friend won't greet you for fear OF losing
a breath"
Travellers on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
lines seem pleased with the new transfers
the conductors have been handing out since
May l.. They are only half as large as the
old ones, and the women like them because
they can he tucked in a glove'when folded
once. The clock face which took up 50
much space on the old transfers, and which
was punched to show how long the transfer
was good, doesn't appear on the new ones.
the time being indicated by double row
Of figures. The new transfers are better
adapted 70 the company's system Of &C
counting.
A diminutire Italian was being sworn In
for his first citizenship papers by United
States Commissioner Shields. The appli-
cant was unable 10 speak En- glish. and an
Interpreter stood by his side tryin & TO male
him understand the nature Of the pre-
Ceeding,
The Italian got along fairly we'll until
he was asked he wanted 20 become a ciu-
zen Of the United States. The Commits
sioner and the interpreter both did their
best 20 mako him understand, but 10 no
avail The Italian only shook his head
AT last disguised, the Commissioner said:
well, ask him IL he swears that he wants
10 keep the streets oleanlH
The question was interpreted 70 him
and he nodded an emphatic yes
In the last shakedown in Wall Street the
manager Of a commission house addressed
a roomful Of traders:
. i have been predicting this slump for
two weeks have told you repeatedly that
the market was tophesyy and would have
TO keel over. have told you TO get on the
short side, and IL any Of you are long on
stocks ! ought TO break your necks:
At this point there untangled himself
a chairwarmer Of detected countenance
who had Eunk, deeper and deeper into the
chair as stocks went down.
THE market has broken me, he said,
sin every respect except my neck, and I'm
going TO get out before you make good that
And another Ghorn lamb went forth to
find the tempered wind.