The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

1ounded on TACT. many cubtouoIS OF tnese
street vendersd IN, the brokers who can
afford to eat ling they want, but do
not scorn to by fruit from q street stand
clientele of all these street merchants is
said to belong to fat man who has be-
come as much q part of an Office building
on Wall Street as the stone coping gainst
which he has leaned for the past five years.
He sells out Of clean. glasstopped box
sive Of the oity's confectioners. He always
sells the one brand Of it, and soon after the
luncheon hour every day the little box is
emptied. And the men who are his best
customers are not persons OF limited means.
I'VE run across many strange experiences
in our work." said tenement house in
spector the other day to a group Of friends.
-but the one that gave me the queerest sem
sation came to me last week. A tenant
over on Chrystie street told me very con-
fdentially:
There's a woman an her daughter In
the cellar an they've been dead three
weeks
Filled with horror insisted on making
a thorough investigation of the place:
Very reluctantly the woman accompanied
me to the cellar. A long search failed to
discover any bodies. A collection Of old
cans and q small box Of ashes were the only
contents Of the cellar.
where are the corpsesT demanded.
~ "'Corpses" replied the woman. 'Corpses'
eliminated three weeks ago.
The drop a nickel in the slot machine
has been adapted to various and divers
purposes from selling collar buttons to
dispensing gum and fortune. but an enter
prising bathing pavilion manager at Coney
Island has brought in new idea by pro-
viding an insurance policy for the nickel.
The policy Is for $500 for the day issued,
the date being registered by an automatic
stamp. 1t insures the bather against
death by drowning.
The proprietor reports that the machine
has been showing handsome profit on the
investment. Thus far there have been no
claimants for insurance.
The duties Of a chambernaid In the
modern hotels are very different from what
cheeks and white cap or is old and wrinkled,
she Is relieved Of the hardest part Of her
work. She no longer sweeps, as that
function lie now performed entirely by the
machine used in cleaning public buildings.
A porter manipulates the long hose which
to the other. All other kinds OF sweeping
have been abolished from the new hotels.
The tricks Of the shyster lawyer are hard
to beat One Of the tribe, whose ignorance
Of law is Offset by his nerve and his oily
tongue, recently opened an Office in Brook
Ign. Appearance is everything to the
shyster and his room was planned accord
ingly. Shelves extending to the ceiling
cover ,nreo Of the walls and on them APP
Wan eS wn1,d ha claw hss bs ", ;,nnpessed
hv he SIGHT ~ This .iibrary' which as a
matter az tact is not comDosed 81 books
at ali Tbare are a fev real Volumes hut
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seems 10 De eAerung As ihuch Oh an IN
f1uenoe upon the steamboat excursion
business this summer az last" said river
down with people on their way to some
park on the Sound as you used to, and
SUNDAY school excursions on steamboats,
ts eea1on on,l s ;ts,I 10 10 .ama.o, n. one
h anu hH uaIs,oe 10 n,,;yrson
stn - ras. orod w tbe ,,o;,t xharo ~
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was h'''e over year ago.
w." .' CIV "''N
nroao~ay ree'auIai' were ~iue oIen' Az
inc 'aole nearest 'ne e'fee. 'hlee men "ele
eanhg vhen woman nov .aeseu nor ye'
wen Dressed ooogeo III from 'he s'ue-
walk.
Il don't know you gentlemen, but I'm
hungry and want you to give me . quarter
apiece" she declared. You're having a
good dinner and want one, too. III sit
down and eat with you IL you say So and
she made move AS IL to take chair.
your nerve'll do" said one Of the diners
as he contributed his quarter. His COM
panions quickly followed suit and the
rived just in time to see her disappear in
the crowd on the street,
nat twlce ms week snes cone tnao
nor rn,p She's cot new met6od Of nan.
handling. and it makes good; but it isn't
going to work here any more il l can
help it.
r
me man WIN 'aste LOT ecceh'r'o st'ies
In headgear has a better opportunity to
crafty them this year than he ever had.
There we're never such varieties. In one
Of the Broadway shops three hats have the
bottom of the brim oolored to match the
band. The bands were dark green, red
ord hlue