The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-05
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

was the rogretful comment OF banker as he
watched the workmen rubbing the CRIME
Of years from the Drexel Building. +and /
would give much to be rejuvenated in the
same way"
The building is in the heart Of the financial
district, at Wall and Broad streets, and there
is always a crowd to marvel ut the change
wrought by the cleaners.
Song illustration Is the latest develop
ment of the postal card craze. little
Broadway shop Is showing many picture
cards illustrating the popular songs. Some
Of the pictures are reproduced from photo
graphs especially posed to fit the title Of the
song, and others are from drawings made
to order. Just why any one would want to
send through the mail on card message
illustrating the 80 ldier = farewell is puzzle,
but the pictures are pretty and already
are attracting sufficient attention to make
their reproduction worth while.
Folk who mouse around for bargains
and who buy things not because they need
them, but from a recognition of the ware
on sale as being something that they might
not be able to get II they should need 1t;
men who prowl into enjoyment behind
unpromising shop fronts. are all familiar
with the -Old Curiosity Shop up the row.
1t is an old landmark and seems to main
tain unimpaired prosperity. A new-come
competitor, clearly acting on the assump-
ton that new goods are always better than
old, yet otherwise failing to comprehend
the point. has hanked the old place and its
comfortable mustiness with new paint and
| aggressive assertion OF the Modern Gu
riosity Shop"
An eight year-old girl came in from play
with bruised finger. Mother found q
piece OF soft cloth and tod 1t on. The child
went out comforted. Two hours later she
announced that her .fnger. was all we'll :
She pulled off the rag and much to her
disgust discovered that 1t had been on the
| wrong finger.
you won't think that I'm one Of those Chris
| tian Scientists.
A man in hurry TO catch train dropped
a dollar in chang &c into his trousers pocket
as he ran down Cortlandt street. There
was hole In the pocket and he left jing-
| ling trail behind him. Halt dozen persons
saw the money roll toward the curb and
building line and mix-up followed. Hats
| were knocked off, heads bumped together,
and several fingers got stepped on before
the last coin was picked up. Ihen tne
man with the hole in his pocket held out
his hand, and received Contributions Oh MS
1Did you get it ALP asked cop who had
been attracted by the rush
Every cent answered the man as he
counted the money. 80.
Folks are honest In New YORK, am
they?" said the officer.
.Jerseymen seem to be. replied the man
| as he dropped the coins into his waistcoat
pocket. afhose folks were all commuters
And he resumed his chase for the ferry.
II ANYBODY wants to know how crooked
the Subway is, now is the time to find out.
The doors are open through the entire train,
thereby airording view OF some interest,"
ing curves. The passengers in the rear
car get the most for their money. Now
they strike a stretch of track that permits
them to look ahead, straight az a shot. to
the front of the train. and, i the front door
he omen. into tho skeleton lines OF the tun-
mel beyond Then, before they have time
to wonder how long they will be permitted
to study that vista. they come TO turn and
tho view Is foreshortened until only their
| own car and the rear end OF the one ahead
| are visible,
After that the passenger who cares so to
! divert himself can enjoy nice little game
Of hide and seek with some one riding IN
| the forward car. II Ia a case OF now you
see him, now you don't. Venturesome per-
| sons with sporty inclinatiors have been
| known 10 make bets on the time OF the re-
appearance of pretty bonnet or fancy
| blouse.
IF YOU want to see how racial character
istics are transmitted from one generation
TO another. Just go into the Black Belts
| tho r,icka min piPa
eat watermelon" said the city salesman.
The icecream vender has no show there.
| II is the man who sells watermelon for a
cent slice that is the hero Of the summer;
| During the watermelon season every child
! of color seems an inexhaustible mint OF
small coin which he joyously exchanges
| for melon and cholera morbus All up
and down the block the youngsters are
strung along the curb, digging their faces
into hunks Of melon In no other part OF
| the city does the watermelon man 90 such
a tremendous business. Children OF white
| parentage don't know what good living Ia.
| Now and then one Of the palefaced un-
fortunates takes notion to cool of his
system with slice Of melon, but he never
| appreciates its full gories. 1t takes the
| coiored youngsters to do that. and every
last one Of them, from the tiniest fodder
! on up, is equal to the job.
A New Yorker who has just returned
from London told Of noveltyin entertaining
that he encountered there. He had dined
in nodish West End restaurant.
4On the bill Of fare, he said. was an
announcement in French that Nine. Jeanne
Granier, famous French actress who Ia
much in demand for affairs in private
houses, would be at home in the Red Room
at II. | went because it seemed to be part
OF the game. and found there most OF the
people who had fingered over dinner. In
addition to them there were some late ar
rivals. Nine. Granier put out her hand to
ali OF us and acted as IL she was delighted
| tn ha we us as her guests She sang ana
recited and then we faded away. heard
! afterwa I'd that she is hired by, the restau-
rant. which pays her big salary, and the
guests are allowed to hear her for nothing
Not often does the confirmed reader OF
signs find such high entertainment as that
giyen to one of the passing show by the
following legend, seen in the window Of
| little suburban grocery,
@Fresh farmers eggs.
| Another sign in the window OF a Harlem
confectionery store, demonstrated the value
| of even the most common OF letters. The
letter E had peeled off the window, and the
resulting sign read.
| r. II