The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22

as he was goin' in for jewelry himself
well, he did. He robbed the store.
well, your Honor, even II he was thief;
he was no lar
All the convenience Of city life with fresh
vegetables right OF the vine il what land
lords can offer tenants In the neighoor-
hood Of West End avenue between Ninety
fourth and Ninety-hfth streets. The west
side Of the avenue there Is an unbuilt block,
extending nearly through to Riverside Drive.
and an enterprising man with farmers
training has turned 1t into truck garden.
with rotating crops OF peas. beans. oucum-
bers. lettuce, corn, tomatoes, onions and
squashes.
Every afternoon the paths are filed with
daintily dressed women ordering their
dinner vegetables and seeing them plucksd
or pulled before their eyes. The man
makes bigger income from his half acre,
probably, than any other farmer for miles
around.
Alas! So the great have fallen.
A dry goods store uptown advertises:
AN the Fifty Cents Poets for Nineteen
Cents"
Over in Brooklyn q stranger from Man
haitian strolling ono night lately along
one Of the residence streets was surprised
to see a lamp burning in front yard. He
crossed the street to investigate and found
gathered a number OF persons. who were
examining something with interest.
The stranger without the fence was
cordially invited In. There he found that
the object OF interest was a night bloom
ing cereus in full bloom.
The big white bloom shed its fragrance
all about and was greatly admired by all.
As the stranger had never seen one before
he considered his night was not wasted.
The addition to the Woodbridge Building
in William street has brought into plain
view a case OF economy in building which
the high value of land in lower New York
enforces. At the northwest corner OF
Platt and Gold streets is building which
on each street presents an imposing ap-
pearance. 1t is only when viewed from the
rear now exposed to make room for Its
colossal neighbor, that the sham Of the
building is disclosed. 1t is built in the
shape OF rectangular wedge and the rear
elevation of Plat street e just about forty
inches wide, scarcely broad enough to &C
immediate a ladderlike flight OF stairs giving
access to the upper floors.
Svste m is. Of course. a prime necessity
in business but it sometimes jars just
plain, ordinary citizen to discover how
completely business system covers him
in all his relations. One Of the commercial
equipment houses keeps in stock printed
index cards with a choice collection Of
blanks to cover every possible ramifca:
ton OF theology and religious faith and
practise To 70 out into the highways and
hedges is commanded, but 1t seems not a
little odd to discover that some person is
-. h m takn
of q card index.
He stopped at the corner news stand
and, lingering over some loose change,
handed the dealer a fifty cent piece, asking
for the latest number Of a certain ten cent
magazine. So apparent was his satisfao-
ton as he received the ma gazine and the
40 cents change that his companion inquired
the reason.
why" explained the purchaser. .as
YOU know. I've just returned from China,
and this is the way they sell Ameri can
ia took from his wallet a little circular
printed on green paper. 1t read:
Good Periodicals sale at Sol' chin. Chine
sna Bs1e Poi Fer Fo4 IT. laden
h M"ms Jos sS%s S May sSmSer
0O0U 3 MnUnZlUe, quay w Nee'
Also y good stock --latest cheap novels.
AFTER paying prices like that for .. maya M a.
zines, remarked the traveler s2.so ior
half dollars, worth, IT'S good fun to get a
dollar: And he added. waxing phil.
novels would behalf a dollar for the last
Nick Carter story! Think Of the poor
cabin boy of on shore leave. stacking up
the price list wouldn't make him long for
the good old Fast Side!'
The other afternoon cellarette was
added to the equipment Of certain uptown
fiat wherein dwells a single man. The
addition was not wholly unconnected with
the depletion Of the mans stock OF bottled
goods on the days when the woman came
in to do the cleaning. For the same reason
a cabinet was selected with catch UNDER
meath instead Of upon the door.
The next morning the man went down.
town, leaving the cleaner IN charge, and
thought no more Of the matter until eve
ming. when there was a ring on the tele-
phone and his sister gave him greeting.
What foolish thing have you been buy
Nothing foolish" was the response.
Il Just bought cellarette.'
Can you get into it?' she asked. cor
did you get stuck as well as the door.
SITS one OF those things with a trick
catch,' he explained. "You kick a spring
on the bottom and it opens up
-Then it's all right. came IN relieved
tones. MARY was Just here and was tell;
ing me that you had just bought cupboard
without any doors I couldn't imagine
what you had been up to-
Il got it on Mary's account, he explained.
She's been at the bottles and l wanted
to get one she couldn't open.
We'll, you have" was the assurance.
She says she has examined all four sides
and the top and 'divvle door can she find
Four dusky sightseers, a man and three
women from somewhere east Of Gibraltar,
attracted general attention one day last
week downtown as they rolled along In
carriage. The gentleman, clad In turban
and white linen, with his back to the horses.
was enjoying cigar. Packed together,
but in the seat Of honor opposite him, were
the three ladies, much beieweled and
mufled to the eyes In correct Oriental fash
ion.
Male visitors In all social positions and
from every CLINE are common enough In
New York, but yelled ladies from Eastern
harems may be claased a. rare.