The sun., 1905-08-08
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN:

One Of the after dinner stories floating
about the Hafnptons, apropos Of Cardinal
Gibbons's visit, relates to colored girl
who once had a place In the Cardinals 3
household In Baltimore. @She came to
me, said the woman who told the story
with = most fiat!ering letter Of recon-
communication with another member OF
the rectory service.
Maindy was, fine girl, all right,
was the response ! heard and We couldn t
find much fault with her. But you zee we
we couldn't keep her. when she wanted to
rig herself up in extra style, from wearing
the Cardinals red silk stockings
Il beat pawnbroker out OF a the other
day." said a travelling man at an uptown
hotel u can only explain my luck by the
fact that wasn't broke and didn't need the
money. went with friend to hook his
watch, a 500 affair. on which he got $40.
had bought a watch for SO to carry on
good 80 asked uncle what could have
on 1t. He glanced at the works and the
case and said: Not more'n twenty I
traded that ticker for yellowback then
and there. No, don't think III redeem
it,"
Il have been in many cities, but In none
have I seen 80 many broken down public
CLOCKS ss in New York. said travelling
salesman. 1T seems that every other
clook is out Of order. The hands Of clock
In front Of q bank in Third avenue have
pointed to $40 for four years. Another
clock IN Forty-second street, has been out
OF order for, three years It seems to be the
rule that when public clock gets out OF
order 1t is never repaired"
Step right up and be weighed cried
the Coney Island barker as the young
couple came along, the husband carrying
their first born, tenderly but awkwardly.
as man always carries a baby. He
hesitated before the scale an instant, then
put the baby on the platform The weigher.
z kindly faced old fellow, slipped the weights
deftly turned the knob at the end of the
balance BEAM. throwing the scale several
pounds out Of true. 1Baby weighs Just
twenty pounds he announced. The
mother looked pleased and the father paid
penny and took up his burden.
That baby weighs about sixteen pounds
the ~eigher remarked, but tW enty pounds
makes the mother happy and harms no
one
Coincidence plays queer tricks, but none,
perhaps, queerer than one witnessed in an
uptow garden. There is vaudeville
performance every night, and the singing
Of popular songs in which the audience
joins the chorus Is feature.
On this night one OF the performers sang
a ditty about "My Little Black Man. with
topical references. One Of The verses dealt
wi Thomas p. Wickes and his letter writing
friend Lewis Jarvis.
just as the singer got into the middle Of
thiu ualkol 7 Wiokae ,u;th
lady. The singer did not recognise lhe
lawyer, but several lawyers and others in
the audience did. To their surprise Mr..
Wickes laughed heartily at the song, and
joined the applause.
IF women knew how much it adds to
their popularity all OF them would learn 10
swim WELL" said the seaside hotel clerk.
THE nearer q woman comes to being a
mermaid the better the men like her, and
the more invitations she gets to 60 bathing
and boating. The girl who clings and
squeals in the surf is all very well for once,
but for steady company man wants
SELF Men like to see woman let down
her hair. dive into the briny head first, and
disport herself with grace and freedom.
Then there are men who hesit ate to take
woman bal hing or boating If she cannot
swim, for fear she might be drowned. 1t
the fact that you failed to rescue from he
sea girl who went out as your guest"
Visitors who went aboard the battleships
in the harbor recently noted the unac-
GU stoned absence Of all small arms in the
quarters, where usually there are
racks full Of guns and swords. A sailor
from the Kentucky explained this con-
dition by saying that although there was
Ao IF a Tplltiny I'DitaH 81
warship, the officers always had to con-
slider the possibility OF su CHI condition and
prepare for it. The successful mutiny of
the Russian sailors on the Kniaz Potemkin
had been an eye orener to naval officers,
the sailor said, and at once all small arms
had been removed from reach Of the sailors.
The story in this column last Sunday re-
garding the girl who had taken unto herself
the coined name Of 'Cecylle" recalls the
sou brette who called herself 'Mygnonette
who probably was christened
plain Mary Murrhv, and who as a Child
PERHAPS was called Minnie and as a girl
Name And speaking Of names, among
e ssels 1dyile M whose Gu mother @
it is safe to say, is romantic.
did you ever figure on yourself as a
hing to be mapped2' asked an inquiring
citizen. Il have cen studying the thing
lp recently and there are so many maps
of me that feel all mixed up with Mer-
GATORS north poles and equators. tropics,
zones and meridian lines. To begin with,
here is the city map in the directory,
hat shows the street live on. Then the
Building Department has a map Of me
which shows that live in four story
orownst one with four poles in the back
vard for the clothes line. The Tax Derar-
nent has another map showing what !
,nlv wish was worth. The De- artment Of |
Education map records the number of my
children and makes it convenient in case ,
any Of them play hockey. The Health
records inexorably the
numps and scarlet fever in my house.
hold. The rector Of the Parish has sket oh
nap recording the results Of his reconnais-
vance Of me. But the most complete map
II me seems to belong to the insu rance
gent That lumps pretty nearly all the