The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

In the height Of the rush hour at Coney
Island last Sunday night young woman
of athletic frame and tanned complexion
stepped up to the man who rents ponies at
10 cents ride.
IL want a horse, she said.
SORRY, miss, but the sidesaddles are all
out now" said the boss.
Who wants a sidesaddle?" retorted the
young woman. Il never rode sidewise in
my life" ,, &c., -
+Well, you don't ride stradde here
There was a pony standing unhitched on
one side OF the enclosure. Win pouto
90 quick and neat that she showed only
fash of white skirt the young woman Vaulteo
to the back OF the horse and was away
before the pony man could get MS preath;
She rode at racing speed three times round
the enclosure and drew up finally before
| the redhot boss. e,
Keep the change" she said. holding out
n new silver dollar, "and the next time
YOU rent a horse to girlfrom Routt county,
| Col. don't talk about sidesaddles'
THE secret of health in hot weather
and Of immunity from heat prostration
lies moro in exercise than in any other one
thing" said physician. MANY men
who do indoor gymnastics all winter drop
their exercise in hot weather, the time
when they need most to keep up their CON
dition. Exercise briskly a. quarter OF an
| hour every morning, battle while your
! pores are still open, and If there s nothing
organic the matter with you there Il no
reason for you to fear midsummer in New
| York.
"Pay especial attention to the muscles
over your stomach and abdomen. Their
condition has a tremendous influence on
general health especially in hot weather.
First floor fats uptown are in great
demand among young lawyers some OF
whom have not yet attained the dignity
Of an office of their own. They hang out
shngle just as doctor does and pick up
considerable business. Some signs give
the hours between which co Insulation
may be had.
I'D like to know who bae charge OF
the grass plots in the middle Of Broadway
between Columbus Circle and Sherman
SQUARE said a man who likes to see things
| look .shipehape. He certainly needs a
| wipeing. The grass hasn't been cut this
| spring and bits OF paper and other refuse
| are scattered all over. It's a shame that
that part of Broadway. cant be attended
| to properly. Above Sixty-fifth street they
/ are kept in order
/ Marshall p. Wilder betrayed more ia
miliarity with the genus equus than he
has with the genus automobile in Fifth
avenue the other morning. He was driv
! ing a devil wagon down the aven e at
a pretty fair clip and the course he was
steering was somewhat eccentric An aged
whitewings brushing. as is the custom
Of whitewings, until the last moment,
stepped from in front OF Fifth avenue
/ thirf " feet in front of the
mobile. Wilder gave one desparing glance
at the maze Of levers and then twitohed
the steering wheel so that he whirled safely
past the whtewings, but ne convulsed the
The auto refused to obey his verbal COM
mands, and he was seen to change places
with his driver az he disappeared down
the avenue.
man Of the name Of Sinclair, who went
to a college in Toronto, Canada. was
promptly nicknamed Sin by his college
mates. His brother came for his technical
education to New York institution. He
was nicknamed Saint" The Canadian
brother says that his cognomen Is the
preferable Of the two, and the Saint agrees
! with him. .r...
fhe destruction Of corner on the Boue-
ward has exposed to view parochial build
| ing adjoining a church. The church is
not in sight, however, 80 it is confusing
! to read in large letters -All Angels Gym
nasium' on the side Of the building. The
patrons of the institutions are just or
binary New Workers, in spite OF its name.
Il don't care how long this Hyde and
seek game goes on said tenant in the
Equitalles big building at 12O Broadway
! the other day, IF the future is to be gov
/ erned by the past Il haven't paid a cent
| Of rent since the row started. Before all
| those things began to come out in the news
papers the rent collector came regularly,
| but know a lot of tenants who have cen
saving the interest on their rent money"
| 1t does not cost the keepers of auto
mobile garages much for help; in fact most
Of them get all the help they want for moth
ing. Some garage proprietors even con-
| duct schools In their allishments where
| they teach would-te automobile drivers
! all about the different makes of machines
| and charge them for the schooling While
the teaching is in progress the scholar is
working and paying for his learning at the
| same time.
! In a patent case up for hearing last week
witness was proposed as an expert in the
particular branch of inventive industry
involved. On cross-examination il was
sought to dislodge the witness from his
position Of expert. He had testified to
graduation from Dartmouth Beginning
| from that fact, the cross-examiner asked
| the witness what particular studio, he
had pursued at Dartmouth which would
| enable him to qualify as an expert.
-Physics," said the witness "Yes, that
counts for something was the rejoinder,
"and what else'" -And chemistry" re-
piled the witness. 4And chemistry CON
tinued the cross examiner, "and what else?"
And Paley's Evidences. was the trurn-
plant reply which shut off all further ques-
tioning along this line.
The only real Mexican restaurant in New
York has gone out OF business. The propri-
etor, cook from the City Of Mexico, started
his. place last fall, but New Workers didn't
seem to take to the redhot dishes and queer
sa uces and his business faded away to the
vanishing point. The Spanish restau-
rants serve tamales, chile con carne and a
few other distinctivey Mexican dishes.
hut q real redhot Mexican dinner -,rith