The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-21
LIVE TOPrCs ABOUT TOWN.

thing to do with forming It. practically
all the lodging houses In town are under
one management now ninety-slx OF them
being controlled by the members OF one
family. 1t il an Irish family at that, and
one OF the members owns forty-flve houses "
Now that the noisy workers on the Bridge
have worked out from under the super
structure their afternoons are happy
they can see the score by innings. And
not only zee, but testify their appreciation.
When run is scored by the home teams
they applaud with that triumph Of modern
mechanical genius, the electric riveter.
When the machine Is held against q
girder and the current thrown on. the
run beats all the best efforts Of the shouting
crowd in the street below.
we may pride ourselves on our sky
scrapers," said real estate broker, but
I should like to see some sort Of census
Of our cave jewellers. Now wouldn't II
make an interesting classification In q
statistical report, The Troglodytes Of New
York; Notes on the spelesn Population Of
-The material is here all right; know
and only to-day I discovered hamlet OF
some eight or ten cave dwellers In plain
sight from the Brighton Beach road. They
are shelters partly dug out and partly built
by Italian laborers employed In the suburban
improvements.
THE greater part Of any such house Is
dug out Of a convenient bank and the front
Is built I'D from waste timber. That colony
on the Brighton Beach railway has already
lasted over two winters
That more shooting is due in Chinatown
a., uh M
Cinnamon, clad In their Sunday toys and
wearing Sabbath smiles, were seen eIamin-
ing revolvers in Bowery store not far from
Canal street.
Twenty guns-some Of SO caliber-were
shown them, but they were all too small.
One Of the Cinnamon, who spoke good
English, explained that they wanted four
revolvers OF at least "A caliber and nothing
else would do. As the dealer had none 80
large he made no sale.
while New York restaurant life Is looked
upon by those outside the metropolis as
destructive Of social life, there is no institu-
ton that does more to bring people into
intimate association said tho man who
has been dining q la carte for years.
an fact, restaurants simply drive man
to bankruptcy or sociability. One person
to dine we'll must pay from 81 to 81. For
q
larger number than any good dinner should
include, but the total bulk Of food will be
enough for two or three healthy appetites.
After one has dined few times at double
or treble the COST he can afford he begins
looking for some congeniai person to join
him and divide the check.
Il have known men to be made independ-
ent through business tips got from table COM
panions who but Cor the herding force Of the
restaurant would never have been met
A young man from Baltimore caught a
cinder in his eye the other day and went
into drug store to have it out. The drug
gist couldn't get 1t out, but q man who was
leaning against the counter spoke up and
said that he was a physician and could
patient across the street to his Office and
placed him in chair.
.You know, of course, that charge
IS for this" he said as he started to take
out the cinder.
young man from Baltimore.
'Oh, always charge IS for removing
foreign substances" said the physician,
and Before he finished speaking the cinder
was out. The young man paid his IS.
mo, I've stopped buying magazines
for a while" said the man who reflects,
sThe other day had to clean out my den
so would have room to work, and counted
up 600 old magazines which we're cucumber
ing nv little portion Of the earth. Nobody
has room to keep such stun in New York,
and when figured out that my 600 maya
zines had cost me about hundred dollars,
and thought Of theNvariety OF ways In which
l could use that money right now. / de-
cided to cut periodical literature from my
list of necessities"
Columbus avenue must be either awfully
wicked or awfully good remarked the
city salesman. AT any rate, they don't
have churches over there. In all the other
avenues the various denominations have
established houses OF worship that range
in size from magnificent cathedrals to the
humblest missions. The East Side is par
ticularly devout. With the exception Of
Columbus avenue, the West Side streets
are likewise interested IN the spiritual well
is Indifferent. Whether the residents Of
that thoroughfare are so. good that they
don't need to 60 to church or 80 bad that
they are past redemption Is q matter for
argument, but certain it is that with the
exception Of one religious institution at
destitute Of churches
This season has brought to light new
phase Of the laundry business" said the
veteran ironer. 4We get lots OF orders
nowadays for ironing clothes that have
been washed elsewhere. As q rule these
lots Of clothing consist only Of shirts and
collars and cuffs, but now and then We are
asked to iron the whole family wash. l
don't know who does the washing in such
cases. Probably some servant who is not
competent to do the ironing. At first we
refused to bother with these half-and-hak
orders, but we finally made up our minds
to be accommodating, and now We accept
several such orders every week..
The travelling salesman for New York
orockery firm was telling Of an experience
which happened on q recent trip through
Virginia.
BAPTIST church in q certain little town
were figuring on buying pretty fair con-
sicnmeit OF chandeliers, so I made 1t q
point to be present at business meeting
of the church members. There was a
heated debate on the subject, and finally
a good brother in tho back row jumped to
his feet and said:
a.Bruddahs an sistahs, an doan reckon
we ought to buy dem dab chandeleahs
till we finds out whose gwine to play on
DEM"