The sun., 1905-09-07
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

A New York travelling man who has
just returned from two weeks trip up
state says that II the cooks In tho hotels and
boarding houses had conspired to do SO
they could not have served worse meas
OF coffee than was set before him every
where he went. SO at last he decided to
seek lodging at priva g house. He sue
ceeded. and when he sat down to his first
mis- surroundings, and muttered:
Holy Moses, hope this coffee Ia good!"
The host, who sat at his elbow. responded
amen" and The meal proceeded In silence.
Later, fearing that he might have ap-
told his host that his supplication regard
ing. coffee was spontaneous outburst
and was not intended as formal blessing.
Il realized that eaid the man OF the
house, "and was only echoing your. senti:
coffee since l have been married and I
got that in New York"
A brand new style Of CRATER is work.
ing successfully in The Bronx and elsewhere,
this mans particular victims being physi-
clans. The man calls on his selected victim
and tells story Of some imaginary Ill.
The doctor makes an examination and
then. to his great surprise, discovers that
body.
The patient is seemingly very much
alarmed The doctor becomes interested
in the case. Then the patient makes his
strike, never for less than ST. generally for
IS, and leaves with the money, promising
to call again for further examination. He
never comes back.
One Of the physicians Of The Bronx who
was caught this way said yesterday that
the mans heart is actually on the right
cir 10 Iyt Ia. b. FN,
for he is perfectly healthy. 1t Is just
freak OF nature. If my brethern are as
easy, as / was, ! can easily see how it is
good graft for him."
Restaurant Keeper Martin is not the first
large employer Of labor to offer a cash
prize to his married emp loyees each time
the stork pays them a visit" said man
who now ma kes New York his home. There
was newspaper proprietor in my town
some years ago." he added, "who was we'll
known for his philanthropy Every time
any of his employees had an increase in
the family he would write check for s25
and give it to the lucky fellow A COM
po4itor not long on the paper became the
father Of a bouncing baby boy-all baby boys
are bouncing. When the proprietor heard
of it the usual check was given. -,
Three months later, the same chap with
nice, RentleIT1aDlV ehi't Oh slOOt III
anteroom and twirled his hat.
What do you want| asked the secretary.
"The visitor mumbled something about
baby boy In a little while the man stood
in front of the owner. He got some advice
on. the blight of booze and the duties OF
a father and the customary so5.
"A few days later the secretary, looking
over the disbursements marked Anti
ra ce suicide was amazed at an entry some
thing like this:
FEB 1t lst ohn lohn smi,h smi,hh boy boy s.; 81.
A visit to the composing room showed
that John Smith had left for the West
some time before"
A we'll known candy business which
now employs hundreds of persons and has
shops in the large cities throughout the
country had its origin in children's party
which was given in Greenwich Village
forty odd years ago. About half a dozen
of the small folk of the neighborhood were
asked to celebrate the birthday of a little
chap whose father was the proprietor of
small bakeshop. In order to give variety
to the feast, the mother made some taffy,
"old fashioned yellow taffy"i it is now called
She, made much more than the youngsters
could eat and the next day she placed the
surplus in the window Of the bakery for
sale The merits of the taffy had been
Exploited and the supply soon went. A
demand for yellow taffy had been created.
and gradually other homemade candies
were added to the stock. The descendants
of the original maker OF the yellow taffy
now carry on the business.
In the morning mail was the following
note written on a postal card
AUGUST. 1905.
DEAR SIR: Last spring YOU wanted US to
furnish you with pair OF wings. and also a
tail for artists purposes. Kindly let us
know whether you want them now or not.
Yours resp, ----
The man to whom this was addressed
how he could have given any
one an idea that he desired wings and tail.
After puzzling over the que eston for twenty
four hours, he remembered that friend out
Of town, a painter. had asked him to look
for wings that would serve as models where
with to equip the ankles of painted Mer-
curry. While he was making a selection
at taxidermist's. a fine specimen of a
hawk arrived by express, and he forthwith
ordered the wings and tail feathers. The
postal card was the tax;dcr,nist's way os
making known the fact that the hawk wings
and tail were cured and ready for delivery.