The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-02
LIVE TOPICs AMOUR TOWN.


mo one Of those frlghtful advertising
signs in the subway" said a commuter,
rs comparable with one on big signboards
opposite some OF the suburban stations
on the Harlem.
This particular atrooity is oaptioned
'kash kbunts; krodit Kills, and beneath
the lettering is a picture Of a hog riding
a bicycle; BelSw, in big letters. the an
business, indicates how appropriate is the
picture
Miss Three-year-old was told that every
time she was naughty God saw her. for
He was always watching little girls and
boys She was very much impressed and
tried hard to be good, but one day she sud
denly gave way to violent At Of temper.
After II was all over she looked up at her
mother and sobbingly said:
-Oh, mother l hope God was watching
some other little girl then
Down on the West Side there is a little
beer saloon rm by little oldfashioned
Irishman. The saloon proper Is about
as big a. a God sized hall bedroom, and IA
furnished with a few tables and riokety
chairs and small stove. Nearly every light
lot Of lrishmen Of the neighborhood
gather here to play forty-ave and drink
mixed ale. A few nights ago there was
row over a game. They broke the tables
and chairs, tipped over the stove, and put
the place in bad way generally.
The proprietor took the shindy quietly
for about half an hour. Then when two
Of the bunch were in a corner trying 20
pound the life out Of each other he spoke
up and said
Here, nowl Ye b'ys will have 70 quit
yer foolin' or III take the cards away
from ye.
It Is not generally Known that the big
reception room occupied by the Postmaster
OF New York was originally fitted up for
the President whenever he should happen
20 visit the metropolis lts trimmings
and castings are much heavier and more
elaborate than those Of any other room
in the Federal Building.
III the foreign population OF New York
grows much larger the savings banks will
have 70 make a complete change in their
requirements for Identification from de-
posters, said the paying teller Of local
savings institution. AT present the date
Of the dePositor's birth, the name OF his
father and his mothers maiden name ara
generally required. To-day no less than
six would-be depositors, all foreigners,
called to open an account, and none OF
them knew his birthday or his mothers
maiden name. We had TO turn them all
away because we didn't care 10 take chances.
II Isn't always the foreigners, however,
who don't know their mothers name,
q even the date Of their birth
Here comes the little panh andler' said
the cashier Of an uptown restaurant. A
diminutive fox terrier with a brown patch
over one eye and a bob tail was tearing
across the street. He stopped at the door
with head e1pectantly cooked on one side.
He's been coming here for months for
his dinner the cashier went on. He's
an audacious little chap and his sheer nerve
in coming here unaccompanied and fairly
propnetoTs fancy and he gave orders TO
Feed him every day. He never turns up
except at this hour
i amt got nothin' agin Miss Annie
Russell" said a Broadway policeman,
but I'll be glad when she gets out Of town
and takes her old white horse with her.
The stage hands push him over from q
stable and place him at the stage door.
He stands there like a dead one-his head
bent down TO the curbing one ear looking
north and the other south. like donkey's-
the most foTlorn, detected looking old skate
that ever came within mile Of Broadway.
They use him in one act Of jimmy the Car
rier' Only last night an old lady asked
IOT my nuEnDtT Wnen 1 NOlO neT 4 knew al
about that horse and he was all right. She
insisted that he was groaning and perhaps
dying. A kid had me run a block the frat
night the horse was put there by saying
there was q runaway horse in front Of the
Criterion Theater.'
A lawyer whose ofices face City Hall
was recently asked 70 recommend friends
son to a position in some brother lawyers
employ.
Not for the best friend I've got, was the
reply. "Ive recommended my last boy.
Two months ago my brother sent lad to
me and / got him a place with the hrm
across the hall who had advertised for q
boy that very day. Yesterday ! received
bill from them for $3.50, with a request
that do not butt In hereaftsr when they
advertise for a helper. The boy had been
sent 10 the bank with some important bonds
and $3.50 In cash. and neither bonds nor
cash have been heard from since"
There IL scarcely a first class restaurant
in New York which does not provide eH-
pensive cognac for its patrons who are
willing 20 pay a. much as 81 rs a drink
There may be brands that cost more, but
this price is usually the highest figure that
the restaurants demand. There IL only one
barroom, however, that asks 81 for a drink
OF whisky. The place IL modest in appear
Ance and the man who gives this much
money for a drink may feel confident that
he IL getting his moneys worth in the
Quality Of the liquor. None IA wasted on
the surroundings This fact contributes
to the shock Of the man who orders the
best and then learns the price.