The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
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summer. In any uptown store barehsaded
women may be seen shopping or marketing
the open surface cars are full Of bareheaded
women and girls, especially at night, and In
Central Park the bareheaded girl may be
seen walking or driving any day, and many
a woman goes motoring without sign OF
q hat. The fad Ia spreading every day.
It has one thing TO recommend It, which
may not be said Of all fads 1t is the most
inexpensive idea that has come to town this
summer And, by the way, 1t Is fashion
that New York has gathered from the West
where women have been going hatless for
several summers.
III any enc doubts that the Italians are
a warm hearted race. let him make visit
one OF these fine summer evenings 10 Little
| Italy, said the man who spends his time
nosing about New York and it's environs
looking for things TO interest him. "There
Is greater display OF affection in Mulberry
Bend Park end in the stoops therea bout
than anywhere else in New York.
about each Others waists, and girls with
arms linked or holding hands. The dusky
young lovers make no pretense OF hiding
their regard, and kisses and careeses are
freely given before the passing thrungs
Even the older Italians greet each other
anectionately and seem to find great Joy
In close asso citation. And with all this
when one Italian wants another to know
| he loves him he uses words which In Eng
llsh mean I wish you WE'LL -
just north Of the lo4th street elevated
station on Columbus avenue q big yellow
signal flag is attached to the structure.
Early yesterday a gang OF aborers were at
work near the flag.
II yez will tell me thin fellows Is Orange
men III 60 up there and whip livery mothers
son Of Thin said a big fellow awaiting
train to the ticket chopper.
,AOrangemen7 Indeed, mol replied the
| chopper. They are health officers. That
is q quarantine station established to keep
coming into town by way OF Harlem. II
| you'll ="
But the big man had fed
In these days Of much travel and many
affairs the enterprising hotel has to keep
the flags Of all nations in stock or else ono
often has to be ordered and made at short
notice. The modern New York hostelry
is apt to have a Siameee prince for guest
to-day and Russian envoy tomorrow,
and it is but courtesy toward so distin-
guished guest tempered possibly with a
tinge Of self-advertisement) that prompts
his patrons nationality. II certainly adds
to the gaiety Of Fifth avenue and Thirty
fourth street to see the ensign OF Japan
floating side by side with the Stars and
Stripes in honor Of Baron Komura.
A man who swims and is vigorous In the
water can get himself into condition more
quickly by that form OF exercise than any
other" said the bathhouse man. "Tve
seen men take of as much as six pounds
in a single afternoon in the water, and from
two TO four pounds from the weight Of a
man only moderately fat is not an TN
common afternoons work. We have a
scale here and many Of our patrons weigh
in their bathing clothes before and after
except where men are very thin or else
in prime training. Water exercise doesn't
leave SO much soreness as gymnasium
work, either. and 1t brings every muscle
lege boys preparing for places on their
football teams from this bathhouse. They
have a trainer who watches their work
rubs them down and looks out for their
food
The latest get-rich-quick scheme is the
portable photograph which an enterpris-
ing Italian has substituted for his street
piano. In carrying on this new venture
he is assisted by his wife, who carries the
records The wife adjusts the records
and winds the crank 80 that the mans
sole duty consists Of holding out q cup for
pennies. Their repertory is not large,
but Is selected with discretion. including
popular songs and an extract from the
cross-examine. the ex-chorus girl. This
scene, the Italian says, always calls forth
u shower Of change from women.
Not all the poppy Juice can compare"
says physician, lin sleep producing quail
ties with the opiate that nature has pro-
vided. mean sunlight and fresh air.
don't think there is an insomniac who could
not be cured by course OF sunshine treat
ment,
Surely, You can remem Der how, when
you have gone to the country. You have
found it easy to slumber in the fields. mid
the grass or on a hayriok, with the sun
shining down on You. and handkerchief
over your eyes Well, 1t was the sunshine
and the fresh air that put you to sleep, moth
ing else. And il You have ever crossed the
ocean, you cannot have failed to notice on q |
fine day how many passen gers sleep on the
deck chairs. lulled by the fresh breezes
and the suns rays. Back to nature and |
the dolce for niente is the proper vacation
for city man.
THE Japanese may be great fighters.
and great in many other things, but they are |
not graceful walkers. judging by American
or English standards" said a naval officer
who has been to Japan half a dozen times,
and who has travelled the islands from |
coast to coast. "You never, or at most |
very seldom. see a Jap take long, we'll |
balanced, swinging stride. Their walk is
a cross between hop and trot, each step
being taken independent Of the next. The
Japs demonstrate the truth OF the we'll
known theory that walking is merely sue
cession Of falls. Just note the gait Of the
Japs, both men and women, You see about
New York.
CAPT. Louis Wendell and his battery are