The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-07
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LIVE TOPECS ADOUF TOWN.
She was more than plump, though she
tried not 10 look IT, and az she strOllod
toward tho penny weighing machine on
tho elevated platform three men who we're
waiting for the train directed thslr stspa
toward that end OF the station
For a moment she hesitated, then, with
an elaborate aifectatlon OF indifference,
she passed beyond the machine and took
q seat on one Of the benches. Presently
the train came along and everybody piled
aboard save the plump woman and one
man, who fingered at a discreet distance
70 zee what would happen.
AZ the gates were shut the woman made
q line for the scales and stepped OF just 10
time TO escape the prying eyes Of a new ar
Funny thing. that, :, observed The chop
per to the one who had waited. 'shs goes
70 one Of those places where they take %
! heah. She won't believe the scAlss at the
| place, and a. soon a. she comes out she wants
70 try these scaleg to make sure that it's
doing her good; heard hsr falling q friend
She Is sentative about her weight and
| unless she can escape the rubberneolB she
waits until train has Just pulled out and
wo have the place 10 oursslves.'
Il see, Gald the stranger within our Eatss,
that you divide the town into three parts,
the East Side, the West Side and down
| town.
Not 4 bit Of IT, Tstorted the volunteer
| Schoolmaster. I'VE divide the town into
three parts, all right, but tie the big new
buildings, the little old buildings and the
holes in the ground who're moro new build
ings are going 10 be-
Chahng disheS are givin place to the gas
stove and the casserole in bachelor apart
ments. Many men stnl single have turned
! from the bachelor apartment house to the
small fiat, greatly 10 the comfort Of them
solves and their pooketbooks.
The tiny Kitchens in the four room rats
can be made very attractive with white
paint and cheap .oioloth, and the French
ooolr king utsnsil has already proved lite
usefulness. One uptown apartment boasts
q complete equipment from the tiny one
holding single egg 70 DO baked with cheese
TO the three quart casserole large enough
to hold spaghetti for q poker. party. The
ohating dish, while q wider range OF dishes
is possible and better results are obtained.
! At the Grand Central station on satur-
day afternoon a little nevsboy In huTTying
to beat another little boy on q sale stumbled
and fell on the stone pavement, and his
newspapers were scattered right and left.
AA-AANNAAAkN
found that bis knee was badly bruised.
| BE was crying bitterly. One man sup
ported the boy while another nicely
dressed man picked up the soiled papers
and sold them to the crowd that had gath
| cred. They went like hot cakes. and the
! happy pewsboy held out his hand and re-
oeived the silver pieoes that were left there
1T strikes me as funny Gays a well
known architect, that no one has written
up Mrs. Remington VernAm Of Arverns
| There IL q woman who has accomplished
something In man's field.
'Arverne is a pretty little suburb, and II
owes It's attraotiveness largely TO Mrs.
vernam. She has Plated every street In
| It, has laid out all the parks and located
and selected the trees, flowers and shrub
berry. In addition, she has designed
/ several Of the hotels, and not a few Of the
/ private residences, ! don't know where
she acquired her knowledge Of architecture,
but l do know she has got 1t and knows
how to apply IT,
Fads in hosiery are many and Various.
Custom made rights and lefts are staples.
but only lately can these goods be had from
stock. Nowadays you can buy mems
hosiery conforming TO the shape Of feet
| at the average Broadway or Fifth avenue
| shop, Another novelty II known to the
trade a. 'orowfeet' half hose. This desig-
nation 10 applied partly because Of the
peculiar fashionlng and partly because the
| sole Is made Of softer fabric then the foot
and body. Hosiery with individual com
/ partments for the toes Is a recent innova-
ton. Holsproof socks are new also.
These are sold with a six months guarantee
tioket accompanying each pair.
The subject was tainted money.
'Of course said the pessimist, the
-. - IL 10 Ia
would. Who ever heard OF a corporation
| refusing to make money! And, indeed,
! why should a corporation be different from
| q private individual7 Who ever heard Of
a single person Wilfuly losing an oppor-
tunity Of making a little hSulfs
I have said another member Of the
! party. Have you ever tried 70 buy cards,
or dice, or such things at 81 Naming
| big department storel Well, you could
not get them II you tried. When he started
out In life, At the age Of 20. he promised his
mother that be would have nothing TO %
with cards or dice, and he has kept his
promise; though, one Of his buyers informs
me, there Is not . day that there Is not
great demand for them In this card-playing
city Of New York, and though II means TO
dollars
Although the stationery shop was nsTt
door to the post office, the clerk handed
out the two cent stamp called for without
any show Of surprise.
ITS a common trick, be said after the
Young woman had left If you win step
into the once you will see why. You will
find a 81 ring Of ten 70 fifteen people waiting
in line 70 procure stampa, and as most OF
them are women that means a walt OF from
ten minutes TO q quarter OF an hour Tor the
last on the line. This woman wanted 70 get
only a single stamp, and she avoided that
wait by coming In here,
Take II weekin and week out sell about
three hundred stamps a week here, and In
the holiday seasons az Christmas and Easter
I have q postal scales and a man 70 do moth
ing but weigh packages.
II more than get my money back, how
ever. for last year ! sold several hundred
dollars' worth Of cards and other presents
10 people who came In here TO save time.
The scales were at the rear OF the store and
they had 70 paas the entire stock
The day before Good Friday a woman
entered a bakery In an East Side street
In which a n church. She told the baker