The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

oioChD' Al bplto VI tHe TouI anu iaVO
Of the subway trains this much Of the con-
versation was overheard:
He--If some other man should tell you
he loved you, what would you do?
She-Oh, don't be silly.
He-But l mean 1t. What would you
She (wearily)-I don't know.
She-What?
Held kill him.
She (serenely)-I don't suppose you'd
ever know anything about it.
She was an extremely pretty girl and she
knew It, She had the usual trouble Of
lodging trucks and cabs when she crossed
upper Broadway on a crowded afternoon.
Every woman knows the trials and diff
culties OF taking an open car. When the
right one comes along and she spies a seat
and makes dash for it, some driver will art
fully pilot his wagon between her and the
car and 1t means another wait. The pretty
girl made several attempts to board the
car she wanted and finally q look Of deter
mination settled on her pretty mouth and
chin.
Another car was coming, so was another
wagon. Several women dashed out with
her for the car and then dashed back as
the youthful driver Of the wagon bore down
But the girl did not stir. She waited for
the oncoming car and faced the truck driver.
He yelled again and some Of the women on
though she would be run over but she
faced him down. and the young autocrat
made wide turn. which enabled her to take
the car she wanted. With an angry look
the curb did not hear. but as the girl swung
easily into her seat she wrinkled her pretty
pose at him and paralyzed her hearers
by observing casually. Jaw. 60 to hell!'
It's dull week when some Italian society
or other doesn't hold celebration before
the Garibaidi monument in Washington
Square. 1t is the custom Of the societies to
march to the square in procession hang a
exercises. There are all sorts. Of private
pilgrimagee, too. The other day a whole
Italian family, new immi grants from their
clothes. marched up to the monument and
alined themselves The father made short
the boys took of their caps with sweeping
bow and the girls curtis led.
Does this car stop at Thirteenth street.
the nervous old lady on the Grand Central
platform asked Of the express guard.
:, NO ma-am. Stops at Fourteenth; step
oh, never mind she answered sweetly.
I'm wait for train that stops at Thir-
tenth
The bridge whist players in Brooklyn
club indulge in a game of chance between
rubbers to insure against their thirst
becoming unbearable. Spectators are in
vited to join In. Poker hands are dealt
oil around and after a draw there is a show
Inwp Tho lonAr atOpa fpr thA 1rinka n nd
the man with the best hand collects
quarter from every one except the ono
who's stuck. Tho others endeavor to get
their moneys worth for the twenty-five
signs is usually a fat one.
There we're to be folks to spend the after
noon. So she did what good housewives
always do, she baked a cake. 1t promised
we'll from the start. Tho recipe was a
good one, it had star in the cookbook in
proof that the gifted author Of that literary
production gave 1t unqualified approval.
the housewife herself had proved it many
. time before. 1t was easy to make
cup OF pretty nearly everything In the
pantry and favor IL with vanilla. 1t beat
up well and it filled the buttered pan just
to the right height. The oven baked to
perfection, the cake came out a golden
brown and tho broomsplint test was COM
plete success. Set aside to cool under
fresh napkin it was a sure provision for
any amount Of company.
When Mrs. Housewife got around to the
proper stage for entertainment to be pro-
duced she saw to it that each visitor had
generous slice of the cake along with the
coffee. As soon as she had attended to
| the guests and was able to sit down to enjoy
the refreshment with them her quick eye
soon noticed that from every slice OF cake
one piece had been broken and that there
was a startling unanimity about the way
in which the company did not seem to care
for cake. Her first bite Of the cake filled
her mind with a suspicion as horrible az the
taste that filled her mouth. With a gasp
she scurried to the cupboard only to dis
cover that she had passed by the bottle Of
vanilla and in Its stead had used Sun cholera
mixture.
Champe s. Andrews was telling about the
shop In which he gets shaved. Its a
funny place." said he. and serves to il
lustrate how the town moves, too. On
disused shelf high UP are row Of mugs
which bear the names Of Roosevelt, H. II.
Rogers. Di Cesnola and many another prom-
nent man. It's in the 40s, too, yet those
men have gone still higher up now
The recent fire that destroyed a coal yard
in upper Broadway may have caused q loss
to the owners, but 1t has proved a source of
profit to the nsghbors. Beneath the
charred wood that is piled over the place
there is scattered still considerable amount
Of coal 30 deeply imbedded, however, in the
ruins that it Us almost as difficult to get out
as IL 1t were still in the mines From early
morning until dark there is crowd Of
eager diggers.
The unearthing Of some human bones
the other day by laborers engaged in some
subterranean pipe repairs on Chambers
street directly in front OF the County Court
House recalled the fact that at the begin
ming Of the last century there was a negro
| burying ground where Chambers street
runs now.
The amshouse OF post revolutionary
days stood just where the Court House Is
now and back of 1t was the burial place.
| The almshouse was torn down to make
way for a court house. much smaller OF
| course than the present monument to
| Tweed graft. That building was burned
| down in the early sos.
Tho sneering remark that women take
no interest in world affairs IL out Of date.
| Uhor tho pawapa mara recently contained