The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-10

The victorious COLLECTOR IOOk0O uenancly
ut the woman in blue. The rest Of the
passene gers sat up in expectation Of fight.
The woman In blue blushed deeply, but she
meekly waived her right to the s4,s5
please stop the car, was all she said.
Eyes, rood BARRIERS are scarce, remarked
the boss Of William street shop the other
day, but 1 take good care to hire only the
best men possible. put them through
q rigid test before they can 60 to work.
The one and best test have is when I have
an applicant shave me. II he does the Job
we'll I hire him. II he appears nervous
give him another trial. In this manner
I manage to keep good men in my employ:
Poor BARRIERS drive away moro good
customers than anything else"
ANY prosperous looking man In clerical
atti 9 and carrying a grip ferryward may
safely be set down now as country parson
headed home from his su miner snap. There
is q steady summer interchange Of pulpits
between town and country. Tho rustic
reverend gentlemen rather fancy that they
get the better Of the bargain, for New York
Is no mean summer resort. 1t gives them
an opportunity to take light summer courses
OF reading at the theolo gical schools, the
m inor prophets in Hebrew or the early
Christian fathers for those who 60 in for
that sort of thing. and for those who care
wealth Of lighter professional literature
not readily procurable In the average coun-
trv parsonage. For those whose tastes
lie in the direction Of institutional churches
the settlement work is eagerly sought and
must prove prolific Of ideas. or all who
have had to do with the summer parsons
In New York the most solemniy bewildered
Ia a middlew eight scrapper who has had q
class of four ministers in the manly art,
for though they have learned to put up .
good argument he cannot for the Life Of
Elm see how they are going to use 1t in their
business.
There Is one thing that nearly every woman
who returns from the mountains packs
into her trunk, and that is balsam pillow.
At every one OF the Adirondack resorts the
villagers or the mountain children como
to the hotels to sell them to the visitors, and
the spicy odor is always too fascinating to
resist. Most women buy one as soon as they
arrive so as to have the pungent and health
giving order in their hotel room and when
the trunk is being packed, II there Is room
enough, another is crowded In. When
and PHI up ssy Srn
out. The wise woman buys her balsam
loose and makes her own pillow, as the merry
mountaineer IL not above mixing Ar and
pine with the more fragrant bits; but Of
course this Is never discovered until sev.
eral months too late. A real balsam pillow
will retain its odor for at least two years.
.Yes," said detective of the Elizabeth
street polioe station. a few days ago, tho
Chinese are certainly very gentle. lovable
people. The other night I was walking
through Poll street when heard great
commotion In q dark, narrow hallway.
had evidently come down the stairs head
frst, while over him stood two Chinks,
one with an uplifted cleaver and the other
brandishing long, keen bladed carving
knife.
a'What's the matter here? / demanded.
He stealee ouppee, said one Of the
Mongolians.
= AS raised the man and stood him on his
feet he exclaimed, You didn't give me
time to put It back; here's your d. oup,'
and he drew forth ten cont Chinese cup
that be had taken from the table in the
little restaurant whore be bad been eating
chop susy.' GOA = ''-"' ~