The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-04
LIVE ropes ABOUT TOWN.

WnnC Is III, anyway" CTleu q girl Oh tHo
rubberneok wagon as she pointed at a
yellowish bug with black stripes which
had alighted on the drivers left shoulder.
That" said the professor, as what ia
known as the Colorado beetle, or Dory-
phora decemlineutd. l guess he's lost his
bearings. You don't see him on Broad
| way very often"
| 1T strikes me that he's nothn' but a
dern pertater bug" said a benevolent
| kinder looks lunsome, don't he? wonder
where he come from? Are there any per-
| later patches hereabouts?"
Perhaps he came in on the train with
man who was showing HIS Boston cousin
the sights Of the town.
The east side OF Central Park is infested
by large army of anxious, eager eyed
youths, each bearing camera, a look
Of strained intelligence and common
place book on which is printed in glaring
letters the words Bird Notes
The inquirer after truth learned that this
youthful enthusiasm for ornithology has
not been caused by the study of nature
books, but by the thrilling experience Of
one boy, who goes to the same school
| as the others. The original boy, who is
really interested in birds, found Central
Park good place to study their habits.
| WIN MS nOUeDOOk anu CAMERA Ho Wdo
to be seen there. early and late, and one
day man, who had watched him some
time, asked him a few questions about
the bird on which his camera was at that
moment focused. The boy replied with
information which showed him to be a
careful observer.
do you know much about birds?' asked
| the man.
The boy replied that he had studied those
in the park, as we'll as many others. -,
The man continued his questioning; said
he liked to learn all he could about such
matters; went around with the boy while he
| took photographs; asked his name and finally
said that he lived near the park and would
| like to Rave the boy come to his house. AS
they parted he gave the boy his card but
| the youngster was too shy to look at 1t
until the man had gone. The name it bore
was Andrew Carnegie
| "Its n wonder to me, said travelling man,
shat the B. r, T. people don't establish a
parcel room at the bridge terminal. Think
of the convenience to the thousands who
cross the bridge. wanted to check suit
case recently, so tackled starters.
We'll, said he, you might try the drug
store
Il did The druggist said he was sorry.
| &c. Had two dozen calls a day from folks
who wanted to leave everything from trunk
! to Japanese poodle in his care, but he had
to decline. He suggested that l see the
telegraph operate or in big office building
close at hand. I saw him, but I had to
wait until he sent q telegram and answered
lot OF questions from strangers before
could get rid Of my bag 49,,
Suppose a man from the South on his
way to the East comes in on the Pennsyl-
vania and wants to take look at Coney
Island before he goes up to the Grand Cen
trail Station. Well, he totes his satchel up
to the bridge entrance fully. expecting to
It,ft hnr "a n - n
| luck and. that starts him cussin' good and
hard
Thousands of trolley cars daily pass the
meeting point in Brooklyn of Court. Fulton
and Adams streets and Myrtle avenue.
There is a great deal of switching to be
done and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit has
got the problem simplified. A system OF
electric switches has been installed and
! bow sitting under the elevated railroad
stairway runs the whole thing by. touching
! rubber buttons. 1t is refreshing sight
for old Brook!ynites, who remember the
DAYS when one of the horses drawing, a
| car had to step on an iron platform IN oruer
| to turn the switch
The work of the grocery or butcher store
horse in Brooklyn is never done, Hes
on the rounds delivering goods six days in
the week and on the seventh it might be
supposed he would have rest. But Sun
| day is dr sing day and he can be seen plcd-
| ding patiently down the Eastern Parkway
or the Ocean Boulevard drawing two
seated wagon of some sort IN which are
Mr.. and Mr.. Groceryman or Butcherman
and as many Of the little Grocerymans or
Butchermans as can be crowded IN. IL
is not fashionable to drive on Sunday IN
! the City of Churches,
Don't throw away your old clothes
said a tailor to customer the other day
Bring them to me. l have many chances
to sell second hand clothes which have
not entirely outlived their usefulness
and can get pretty fair prices, too. Then
III credit you with what l get for them
Some of my customers have been doing
that for years, and j; makes an appreciate
difference in the amount they spehd Ior
you may he Interested to know that a
second hand serge suit Is the best seller
There's much more wear left in 1t than IN
a suit made Of any other kind of material
I can get a great deal more for 1t than for
a second hand dress suit, although the
latter is in demand, too
Fire Chief Croker has to make quick
transfer in running to fires in the daytime
from his office at Fire Headquarters. The
| chiefs autofnODlle IL kept ~ ptedV oohoo
street when Mr.. Croker is at his desk up
town. He starts for the fire in his car
riaee and the automobile starts at the
same time from Great Jones street to catch
| him. Chief Croker's auto driver knows the
route that the wagon will take from Fire
| Hall to reach any box in the city. Ere
| ouently, il the fire is downtown, the auto
mobile meets the galloping wagon head on
| The horse doesn't stop galloping until the
automobile has circed around behind it
and run UP alongside. Then the horse is
pulled in, the Chief makes flying leap
| from the carriage to the auto and away
goes the big devil wagon leaving the
ca rria ge to take it easy back to Fire Hall.
The modern employer is every year de-
narting further from Russell Sages idea Of
the wastefulness OF days Off from work.
The Fourth Of July falling on Tuesday
this year gave many heads OF business
houses the opportunity to grant three
day and in many cases four day vacation.
| The mails were crowded with notices that
business houses Of many sorts would not be
| omen from Saturday noon or from Friday
| night up to Wednesday. Broadway
n,ercha nj nosted this sign in his window: