The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Of the subway trains this much OF the con-
versation was overheard:
He-If some other man should tell you
he loved you, what would you do?
She-Oh. don't be silly.
He--But | mean 1t. What would you
do?
She twearily)I don't know.
He (fiercely)-Well, l know what I'd
do.
She-what?
Held kill him.
She (serenely)--I don't suppose you'd
ever know anything about 1t.
She was an extremely pretty girl and she
knew It, She had the usual trouble OF
lodging trucks and cabs when she crossed
upper Broadway on u crowded afternoon
Every woman knows the trials and diff
culties of taking an open car. When the
right one comes along and she spies seat
and makes dash for 1t, some driver will art
fully pilot his wagon between her and the
car and 1t means another wait. The pretty
girl made several attempts to board the
car she wanted and finally look Of deter.
mination settled on her pretty mouth and
chin.
Another car was coming, so was another
wagon. Several women dashed out with
her for the car and then dashed back "a
the youthful driver OF the wagon bore down
them he. wit With h na usual s xh0 se Of a xsS9 s
the onooming car and faced the truck driver.
He yelled again and some OF the women on
the curb screamed. 1t surely seemed as
though she would be run over, but she
faced him down. and the young autocrat
the car she wanted. With an angry look
he said something which the bystanders on
the curb did not hear. but as the girl swung
easily into her seat she wrin kled her pretty
nose at him and paralyzed her hearers a,s
by observing casually, Jaw, go to hell!'
| tits dull week when some Italian society
or other doesn't hold celebration before
the Garibaldi monument in Washington
| Square. 1t Is the custom Of the societies to
march to the square in procession. hang
| fresh wreath on the monument and hold short
exercises There are all .s sorts Of private ae
Italian family new immi grants from their
clothes, marched up to the monument and
Aimed themselves The father made short
Grafton full of gestures, then at his signal
the boys took OF their caps with a sweeping
bow and the girls curtis led.
"Does this car stop at Thirteenth street. >
the nervous old lady on the Grand Central
platform asked OF the express guard.
No ma-am. Stops at Fourteenth; step
lively" answered the guard.
| on, ueNcT LuIlu sIlt ans WtItu SWtetIS
4I'll wait for train that stops at Thr-
teenth."
The bridge whist players in a Brooklyn
club indulge in game Of chance between
rubbers to insure against their thirst
becoming unbearabe. Spectators are in
vited to join in. Poker hands are dealt
all around and after draw there Is a show
down. The loser signs for the drinks and
| 10 With ha Gao hor N
quarter from eyery one except the one
who's stuck The others endeavor to get
their moneys worth for the twenty-five
they have to put up so the check the loser
signs is usually fat one.
There were to be folks to spend the after
noon. So she did what good housewives
always do she baked cake. 1t promised
we'll from the start. The recipe was a
good one, 1t had a star in the cookbook in
proof that the gifted author Of that literary
production gave it unqualified approval.
the housewife herself had proved it many
time before 1t was easy to make. a
cup Of pretty nearly everything in the
pantry and flavor it with vanilla. 1t beat
up well and it filed the buttered pan just
to the right height The oven baked to
perfection. the cake came out a golden
brown and the broomsplint test was COM
plete success. Set aside to cool under
fresh napkin it was sure provision for
any amount Of company.
When Mrs. Housewife got around to the
| proper stage for entertainment to be pro-
duced she saw to it that each visitor had a
generous slice Of the cake along with the
| coffee. As soon az she had attended to
the guests and was able to sit down to enjoy
the refreshment with them her quick eye
soon noticed that from every slice OF cake
| v,iaca had haan hrOkan and that tharp
was a startling unanimity about the way
| in which the company did not seem to ca re
for cake. Her first bite of the cake filled
her mind with a suspicion as horrible as the
she scurried to the cupboard only to dis
cover that she had passed by the bottle Of
vanilla and in its stead had used Sun cholera
mixture.
Champe S. Andrews was telling a bout the
shop in which he gets shaved. It's a
funny place." said he, "and serves to il
lustrate how the town moves, too, On
a disused shelf high up are row Of mugs
which bear the names OF Roosevelt. H. Fl
Rogers Di Cesnola and many another promi-
nent man. It's in the 4Os, too. yet those
men have gone still higher up now
The recent fire that destroyed coal yard
in upper Broadway may have caused loss
TO tIe OWtleIS, Dut ~ Hds ltoNch u VI
profit to the neighbors. Beneath the
charred wood that is piled over the place
there is scattered still considerable amour,
of coal so deeply imbedded, no viewer, in the
ruins that it is almost as difficult to get ont
as il it we're still in tho mines From early
morning until dark there Is a crowd Of
eager diggers.
The unearthing OF some human bones
the other day by laborers engaged in some
subterranean pipe repairs on Chambers
street directly in front OF the County Cour,
House recalled the fact that at the begin
ming Of the last century there was a negro
burying ground where Chambers street
runs now.
The amshouse of post revolutionary
DAYS stood just where the Court House il
now and back Of it was the burial place
The almshouse was torn down to make
way for a court house, much smaller OF
course than the present monument tc
: Tweed graft. That building was burned
down in the early sos.
The sneering remark that wom,n tax.
no interest in world affairs is out of date