The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-16
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LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN,

The buried treasure and the Spanish
prisoner bunco still lives, with some varia-
tons. A New York man got letter the
other day dated Madrid and written on
GROSS ruled paper, which read thus:
SIR: Arrested by bankruptcy. I beg
your aid to recover trunk with 90, 900
pounds deposited at an English station.
Being necessary to rise the seize of my
baggage by paying to the Tribunal some
expenses In order to take to your charge a
valise inner secret Of which have hide en-
cheek OF 2, 400 pounds payable to bearer
and to ticket Of trunk necessary for to
recover 1t at the station.
Il will reward you with the third pat Of
amount l cannot receive your answer at
prison, 40 it must be sent to my old servant
by a cablegram, thus addressed: Martin
San Doval Y Bajo. Madrid.
Being not sured you will receive this
letter ! await your answer for to recover
sign full name. c. DE s.
please sig with this by cable not by letter
and by caution please sign with this name
Gregorio.'
but is good enough to show the reader
that a Spanish gentleman is in trouble and
that the person addressed is his last hope.
The photography is strikingly Latin.
The members OF Commissioner McAdoo's
special ornament on the sleeves Of their
the other men on the force. On their right
sleeves ia a symbol of horse and wheel.
1t is embroidered In yellow silk on the dark
blue cloth. 1t would he more welcomed by
the cops who wear it II II did not cost e5
cents.
That the Salvation Army advertiser
has sense Of humor Ia shown by two in
stances, A hurdy -gurdy attended by a
Salvation Army lassie in the business dis
trict. bears the sign. Help the Poor in the
Slums.' and while the willing worker COL
lects the coin the instrument accompanied
it's jingling with the cheering strains G.
-Down Where the Wursburger Flows.
At the foot Of Brooklyn Bridge the last
two weeks the Army has had period OF
Fasting and Prayer which they celebrated
by making collections from the passers by.
This season was closed on Saturday by post
ing a printed notice Last Day Of Fasting
and Prayer II the Salvationists have n.
deed ceased praying what Ia to become OF
suffering humanity?
The initials "B. s. r. c. on the lower left
corner Of an invitation reading: 'We request
the honor of your personal attendance at the
opening Of our new store, were the ca"se Of
uIlettSlIlcsS W LeIlLels VI S'OIH'HS
firms the other day. The tip had been sent
out that this opening promised to be an
elaborate one. The delegation OF wholesale
men vas on hand with curiosity still unsatis-
fed as to the meaning Of B. 8. T. c. Not
until the opening was in full swing could
the head of the house be induced to furnish
a key. Then he said
Now that you are all here, nj explain the
cipher message; it simply stands for BE
Sure to Come
Much Of the wit that one hears In the
street is spont aneous. but much. also, is
due to memory. Men who we're moving
piano wished another truck to he driven
out Of the way Of their own. So one OF the
movers called out to the driver Of the OBJ
at ruct ing vehicle: Hurry up there, Paddy.
and if you fall down don't wait to pick
yourself up
Now, he may have heard this from a
performer on the vaudeville at age, but IL
not, the idea Of man in 20 great a hurry
that he hasn't time to pick himself up when
he falls down is certainly worth an appre-
ciative smile from all who in childhood
have been told after tumble: Come here.
my boy, and I'll pick you up!"
Such jokes are perennials and blossom
every season despite the changes in dyna.
ties and empires.