The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-19
LIVE rorics Asoyr rowN.

Two buIccIUtu wiz huOW UoSn obnSA WIZ
happened TO call on the same man at the
same time, only to discover that his ofioe
door was looked One OF them suggested
that they leave their cards sticking In the
crack OF the door.
"Not on your life." said the other, 1and
I'll tell you why. I had a good customer
one OF the downtown buildings. One day
when ] called he was out and the Office was
locked, so stuck my card IN the crack as
you suggested just now. Not long after q
rival salesman blew In and saw my card.
He wrote on the face Of 1t. Just over my
name: I have been trying to find you for
two days; now you can 20 to hell All
could say never squared II with the customer,
and the other fellow got the trade.
How do know who did III The sooun-
drel had the nerve to tell me-
Many queer things happen at the Natur-
alization Bureau Ia the Post Offloe Building,
but 1t ia seldom that one Of the naturalixed
attempts TO touch" the clerks on tho
strength OF his new citizenship. A Ru.
manian. whose first name was Isaac, went
in the other day for his first papers. He
was starting OF for tour through Canada.
peddling combs, collar buttons and other
notions, he said II was part Of his business
to be an American citizen. But when the
papers were ready he threy up his n hands
Ct the fee, o. cent?: avy. fought i vas
ne finally begged the clerk to lend him
the extra is cents, pleading that every
dire calamity known would fall upon bis
helpless wife and children unless he could
secure KS papers and star t on IBIS. his journey;
hung around. When no thought no one
was looking he stole behind desk and
peeled perfectly fiat bill from q roll that
must have contained more than hundred
dollars,
much money, anyway he replied, when
the clerk charged him with attempting
the touch.
He was poor little boy at the beach and
he was solitary in the crowd. Others
were having fun, but he looked as II nothing
were coming his way. 1t worked on the
feelings Of kind rnotherly woman and
she constituted herself sort Of special
providence. She bought him popcorn
in balls and slabs, she took him to ride on
the flying horses, she gave him hot dog and
4 just couldn't ssip it, she explained
to her party. The poor little wretch
looked so lonely I fairly had to look after
him. And I'm not sorry for the little
spent on making this one Poor .s s0Yl happy.
just ICr one alVe!nooh- ,A19 CAu INC NC
never had any good times. he had no mother
or father, for he was born An orphan Poor
thngl'
Near the seventy-second street gate
in the west wall Of Central Park q pair Of
hooking birds are rearing an interesting
family Of four In thorn bush. On moon
light evenings jewellers in nearby apart
ment houses occasionally hear the male
L. t;trA nrNIn tod
b breath sle q f. cotton sds and Magnolia
groves. Two yellow billed cuckoos-
rain crows they call them in the country
had nest all spring and until the middle
of June in q small tree on the little plateau
overlooking the lake, along the Fifty-ninth
and generally kept out OF sight. The
thick woods up near the old block house
shelter at least one whippoorwil,' who
sounds his call regularly at dusk and again
at dawn.
The amateur poet scratched his head.
1T must he somewhere" he murmured,
@but where Is it?'
r. 1Where is WHAT" asked his friend.
.Why, I'm writing verse and want
rime, but can't find it, l want rime
for the world twelfth
Good reason, replied his friend, athere's
no such rime in the English language.
That isn't the only nnrimed word. Ac-
cort!ing to Tom Hood there are just score
of them. although no forgot to include that
word. His list includes hilge, chimney,
kiln. microcosm, month, mouth (verb),
oblige, rhomb, scarce, scarf, silver, widow,
and window. Some Of these words may be
rimcd by two others combined, such as
did oh. for widow. hut none can he rimed
with another single word
Are you Mr. Rartlett'' asked the office
bow in the newspaper Office of the man who
is supposed to know something about al
most everything.
sNo, I'm not, he said, "and don't know
him.
We'll, the boss told me to come to you
and get 'Bartlett's Quotations persisted
the boy.
When Jacob A. Riis was lecturing In the
West some time ago he was approached
by man to whom had been allotted the
task of introducing the speaker to the
audience. The man had come unprepared,
and was apparently nervous. He hurriedly
whispered to dr. Riis: What shall 1 say
about your"
"oh, say repIied Ris with a wink
man in the country. They all do"
o., Thereupon the rural orator advanced
to the edge of the platform and began in
this wise:
Ladies and gentlemen have the honor
to introduce TO you Mr. Jacob Riis Of New
York. He says he Is the greatest man in
the country. / will leave you to judge
whether he Is telling the truth or not"
He was a nice looking old gentleman
and he seemed to appreciate the fact that
he had the forward half of the stuffy first
car on the Second avenue elevated train
to himself. With his shoulders against
the back of cross seat and his legs ex-
tended along the long seat pointing to the
front he seemed to be taking his COM
fort indeed.
When the train neared the Battery sta
ton he calmly reached under the seat,
drew out pair Of shoes and put them on
He had been sitting in his stockinged feet,
and those who saw him wished they had
had the nerve to do likewise.
The absent minded woman was sur
prised to notice that every one she passed
on Broadway looked at her curiously. Az
she was not conspicuous in personal ap-
pearance or dress, she thought something