The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-02
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the Postmaster on the telephone and told
him that letter had gone astray In a
lew hours Mr.. Wilcox called up his friend
and said that the missing letter had been
traced. He had found that II had been
put in the wrong mail pouch. and had sent
, out an order for its return TO the proper
/ person.
I is spring really here, or are the mothers
ahead of timer Harlem policeman
whose beat covers the l25th street block
/ between Lenox and Seventh avenues,
/ put the question yesterday.
I'm near enough TO the chloroforming
age not 70 shy when baby aria ge passes :
said he. -and | see 4 few in oil kinds OF
weather but when every other woman
/ that travels down the street Is pushing a
/ perambulator the wea theirs got To be
pretty near the sure enough spring article.
This afternoon, I'll bet every baby In Har-
lem IS out for an airing The carriages
| have been parading in files Of twos. threes'
and four abreast, pushed by children,
nurses. fathers. mothers and grandpas
Unencumbercd pedestrians have had 10
take TO the street to avoid head-on col
lisions.
SAY. this must be spring sure
SO great is the competition among res
taurants for some speciality their rivals
cannot secure that the propnetors agree
to take for a fixed period all that the firms
which import these delicacies from Europe
can bring over. Thus one place has the
exclusive sale of preparation OF salmon
in oil intended for hors d'GurTe and
second is the only one able TO provide a
certain kind of Inaokerel in oil. Inc I'M
porters who bind themselves 70 deliver
these spec'altes will not even sell them 10
nttrchasars who want them for private
use.
The most persistent OF the deadhead
ticket beggarE in town is an organization
boasting a spectacular brand of letter paper
calculated TO inspire respect and conf
dence in the heart Of the most suspicious
theatre manager The President of the
tinted states, Cardinal Gibbons, Senator
Depew. Andrew Carnegie and other
celebrities form a border for the paper
almost "a impressive az the title oil the
organization which IL chronicaIy request
ing the ia vor of two seats. Many such
letters come to the theatre managers, but
few have the advanta &c Of such elaborate
stationery. The managers who are seek
ing TO find ont the source OF the supply
of tickets which 60 to the cigar stores to
lie sold at reduced prices are not likely TO
IL misled however. even by the array
of great men that holsters up these de-
mauds
Carp il not popular fish with Americans
and the demand for il in New York If slight
II comes almost entirely from the roreign
residents who retain the fondness for the
fish which they bring over with them In
one Of the Washington Market fish booths
there are long covered tanks which serve a.
counters when they are not in use, When
the tops are lifted the fish are shown in
the dark boxes swimming about as con
tentedly as if they were in some OF the
ancient carp ponds in Germany by the
light of candle prospective purchasers
are able to select the FISH that suits them
best The searchers are most numerous
on Saturday afternoons, and always increase
IN numbers before a religious holiday, when
carp is considered a necessary luxury
Yesterday was the day when Bat Master
son was expected 10 abandon the gilded
halls Of Hot Springs for the marble halls Of
the Federal Building. 4 dozen reporters
and three or four camera fends were on
hand bright and early and some Of them
fingered about the tessellated corridors all
day.
disappointment TO the camera folk but
a relief from nervous tension TO the clerks
and deputies Every one Of tho sipall
army OF employees deported himself "prim
and proper" They walked on straight
line through the nAIule Oi tue bdIlS' houg
erect. eyes thirty PAGES front and hands
al the sides ready 20 throw them in the air
at a moments notice.
This attitude was the result Of practice
that has been going on since the announce
ment Of Masterson's appointment
The re Is every indication that nothing
in mems summer attire will be 50 dazzling
as the waistcoats which are not only elab
crate in design, but more delicate than
usual in color One that has kept a crowd
In front Of an uptown haberdasher's win
dow for the last three days. i made of
linen varying IN color from dark 70 blue
so light as to be almost white The color
II scattered like sunbur5ts over the ma
terial. which is cut In a way TO make the
wastcoat seem a cluster OF blue and white
sunhursts On one pocket Is embroidered
in heavy dark blue the monogram OF the !
wearer Simpler. although scarcely less
waistcoat edged with heavy white satin
braid These new fashions. il need not |
be said make waistcoats nearly a costly |
as an ordinary sult.
touch Of originality in an excuse was
given before Commissioner Gillette yester- !
day by one Of the men drawn on a Fedora !
panel,
I'm druggist said he. and If I serve
a Juror | VIII nave 10 lchNt my HlOIt :
with clerks who re apt 70 poison the whole /
The store Is IN the wood
q lcohol district, and that community has
been drlcged about enough already. Don't
Won think ! can serve the public better in
nv store than on a jury
The Commissioner agreed with him and
marked him exempt
PHILIPPE Coudet. who il soon to make
his first appearance here as a concert singer
is a nephew Of the late Frederic r. Coudert
and a brother of Mrs Rocker, who was the !
beautif ul Corahe Coudert Young Mr. !
Coudert II barely out Of his teens, but has
spent several years in slucy here and !
abroad. Young men with fair amount |
of comeliness well fitting frock coats !
and unobjeci ionable vocal organs are able |
to make a comfortable ncomean New York |
nowadays. provided they manage to in
terest enough women who like a little music /
with their tea. Mr.. Coudert will attempt
to break into this prosperous coterie for
the time Being. Later he will go to Europe
to prepare himself for opera
"ROIC4CCfO" REVIVED.
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