The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-04
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

artists are not the only offenders" said a
naval officer recently in from a cruise. First
you draw your sea with your big fighting
snip on top, then you imagine the Whitehead
underneath. Then you touch her of and
picture the ship with her bow pointed at
least to the altitude Of the pole-star. 1t
reasons out beautifully from what the
ARTIST think he knows about the effect
OF nigh explosives. but. At the torpedo
vessels toorpedoed, old vessels OF all sorts Of
sizes and structure. but l never have seen
one hoisted in the way upon which the
artists seem to have united. In fact the
appearance immediately after the shock
Is mat OF q sharp downward sagging OF
the snip. But this Ia only apparent; the
water swirls up against the side Of the ship
and reduces her visible freeboard. The
vessel does not have time to lift to the
shock OF the explosive: her bottom Is ripped
out she fills with water and goes down
ht s upo amy rS Fl that art
One result Of the automobile craze may
be seen on Longacre Square, where a num-
Der OF touring cars stand about bearing the
sign TO Hire Strangers in the city like
70 take q run In gasoline buggy so
they may have something new to tell the
folks at home. Besides, the hired touring
car rs not 80 obviously Q rented vehicle.
Considering the ground covered in an hour
the price is not exorbitant compared with
that for hired carriage.
Park avenue Is in these days OF late
spring and early summer the retreat OF the
babies. There are babies there OF all de-
grees. The babies Of caretakers who have
recently been translated to such an aristo-
cratic neighborhood sleep in their mothers
arms or roll up and down the street in their
carriages, and the babies Of rich folks are
vide the most picturesque sight in this
morning parade. Each Of the twins has
its own nurse and each OF the nurses wears
dress iden tically like the others. They are
evidently English and each has on daily
rough gray cloth suit. white waist and
Each rolls In front Of her one OF the London
baby carriages now the mode.
The landlady Of a certain boarding house
FOR young women is both enterprising
and resourceful. She wanted to reduce
expenses for the summer by letting one
Of her maids 60, but mindful of what was
due her boarders, took them into her con-
fidence and proposed that they make their
own beds and attend to little things about
their rooms during the summer.
t eoneadsd Rs snd Hsy
will make a little German class and will
language
The young women gladly agreed and
have already commenced on their Itch
liebe."
1t has always been supposed that it was
serpent that broke up Paradise, and this
may have been true of the original place.
The animal that turned Paradise into Hades
at Coney Island-was not OF the crawling
kind. A State Senator who Is much inter-
ested in one OF the big amusement places
down there had an idea that to make one Of
his new shows complete he needed deer.
He was warned that even a partly trained
animal might prove an awkward PROPOSE
ton, but nothing would do but he must have
a deer and at once. 1t was not long before
deer was boxed up and shipped to the show
to pose as part Of the picture. For time
all went we'll and then the deer made jump
and Adam and Eve sought safety in fight.
Noah's Ark on rampage never looked one
half SO upside down as the show did with
the deer loose.
There Is a night Waterman In an uptown
factory who although he has been In this
country number Of years, has never been
able to master the intricacies Of the English
language. He lately moved into a fiat
where he had moro rooms than he could
occupy, and wishing to turn an no nest
penny, asked the foreman Of the factory
to recommend his rooms to prospective
loa !gET wife don't make onv meals ss,d he
to the foreman, $50 be sure to tell them that
can sleep three or four men, but can't
eat any OF them
The latest war spectacle has fallen into
the blunder as to the British fighting flag
which Buffalo Bill perpetrated. Its stands
Of oolored advertising represent the British
forces advancing upon the South African
patriots with flags proudly tapping in the
breeze and every flag is the red ensign.
When Buffa 10 Bill at Ambrose Park paraded
his British troops with that flag he was
efIectually called down by visitor who
had been with the colors, an lrishman at
that. Its no great love l have for the
British flag" he said, @but l swear to all
goodness when the Paddy Royals went into
action with Bobs Bahadur they. fought
under their own oolors and not with that
red merchant rag. Troops are not ships,
and you'd better give your boys the right
nag
On the day when the news Of Togo's
victory reached town a popular member
of the Japanese colony had dinner en-
ga cement with New York family Shortly
before the appointed hour came his ex-
cuses in this deinty note: Il am very
that you will forgive me and renew the
in vtation for some other time. But to-
night it Is impossible, for to-night l am
drunk"