The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-13
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOXIN.

logo VlCtOTy on the sea means GOOD
deal to my family" said man in Wall
street. 1T means for one thing that we're
| going I see my sister this summer. She
started for Japan to spend the winter OF
10000 with her aunt, who lives there
When, In February. 1t became pretty GER
tain that there was going to be war we
cabled that she'd better come home. The
attack on Port Arthur came before she
| could start, and ever since she's teeu
afraid to travel while there was Rus;
that, and she's bound hack after two years
Of exile"
There ia new nationality in the servant
, supply Poles have recently come in
demand and one Of the national benevolent
societies has opened an Office at which
they are to be hired, The experiment.
are said to be Industrious and Strong on and and
soon learn American ways OF life. IN
fortunately 40 few Of them speak English
that they are usually hired out in groups
that are supplied with at least one inter
prefer.
II was two years ago that generous
husband after a successful transa ction in
business gave his wife pearl necklace.
He paid the Fifth avenue dealer IS, 900.
1t seemed as large as any necklace che
would ever want until after another trans
action which had yielded him profit,
the, thought Of a larger one entered the
to have them changed.
Cost 5000 / remember the clerk
said, IL sold 1t to you myself. It's changed
in value since you bought 1t, however
Leave IT here, and l viii estimate the present
Two days later 'there came the COM
forting answer that the present value Of
the pearls was Zoo more than 1t had been
two years before.
In the Decoration Day parade the cadets
from up the Hudson came along and were
greeted with enthusiastic cheering. One
Of the most enthused was a woman who
said as the cadets faded away:
Those Greenpoint cadets are certainly
fine
nspectorship, is one Of the most accom-
One thing that bothers his subordinates
is the captains knowledge Of shorthand
Wherever he has anything to put on the
blotter that he does not want the subordi-
mates to decipher he writes It tn shorthand.
"Those pot hooks make me nervous
said one Of his sergeants. 'Wh"r they
turn up on the blotter on my tour of desk
duty. | never know whether I'm to be
damned or praised until the boss gets
ready to tell me-
Many a New York household ia going
to Re premsturely closed at this time be-
cause the family is unable to do the work.
Servants who know that house is to Re
closed in July begin to leave as early 3
March, when the opportunity for summer
work offers. Those who remain may be
expected to depart at any minute. and sue |
cessors who come to fill places make it
understood that they are going to leave at
The hardest period Of the year for the fam
ilv without summer home comes in these !
spring months when servants are all but |
impossible to keep.
Two girls had just been exchanging greet.
ings in the vestibule Of department store
on Twenty-third street.
"Oh. dear!" sighed one, Il am so annoyed!
An hour ago, whom l started out, it wa
shines! And here I am doomed to carry
this umbrella around with me all day,
while you look so comfortable with nothing
to carry.
Well" replied the other, who had Just
come out Of the shop. IAN hour ago. when
Il have this check instead. You don't
understand my little scheme? Well. !
put this little check in my purse, and
go around and finish my shopping. Then
when I reach home I write to the shop,
saying that l have left my umbrella there
it up to ne, all nicely wrapped in tissue
paper and placed in box-so that, be-
sides the pleasure OF not carrying mn UNI
brella in clear weather have the pleas re
OF making myself believe that | have
new one