The sun., 1905-09-11
LIVE TOplCs ABOUT TOWN.


"Ive got kid at home who Ia wonder"
said the proud father to his bachelor friend.
The bachelor turned In disgust and was
walking away when the proud father over
took him.
81 was reading to my wife about witzhon
when the kid spoke up. Say, pa, ne SAID
when man has two wives Is " case OF
biga.wwyr,
"'Well, say, pa, when man has one
wife Is 1t q case OF monotonyF
"No," said the man who had just re-
turned from a Western trip, 'no. don't
think our American women are spoiled, /,
exactly. OF course. the American beauty
is queen Of the world, but sometimes thoy
do acquire a curious point Of vie~. For
instance, yesterday when loft Buffalo I
was too late to get seat in the parlor car,
80 went through the coaches looking for .
vacant place. There was none. but near
the middle Of ono car two women who
turned facing and filled With their luggage
and wraps, thus occupying six seats. !
asked them to move some OF their pos
sessions 30 could sit down. but they ~
fused. called the attention OF husky
trainman to the situation and he promps,y
fairly calm, but their revenge was swtft
One Of them said, In q stage tone intendeo
for all the passengers: It 10 easy TO see VINO
had been raised the gentlemanT
On recent rainy Sunday In one Of Tho
Bronx suburban churches there was just
one man besides the quartet, tho sexton.
what disappointed, but be was game and
toldthe choir to 90 ahead and sing with ths
same fervor as II the church was crowded,
which they did. When 1t came time to take up
the collection the rector was in quandary,
as the M who constituted the congreEa-
ton was one of those who had to pass the
plate. He couldn't very well pass the pIate
to himself, 80 the rector announced that tho
sexton would pass the plate.
A lot OF people who seldom or never get
chance to see reapers at work In
real hay field are having good time these
days watching men with soythes at work
in the big open space In tho rear OF
the Museum OF Natural History. The
grass has been growing all sumrner
od of the .ne two S Sloois tkst lie between Seventy
ninth and Eghty-frst Streets, Columbus
avenue and Central Park West.
In one household where no race suicide
theories find support the problem OF in
ducing the younger children to take to the
tub without creating the impression In the
minds Of the neighbors that the ohildrens
society should interfere has been solved.
The youngest child. a boy Of four. yelled
vigorously whenever he was put into the
tub. The nurse was about to give notice
when the head OF the house brought homo
package one evening.
At the hour OF the bath he produced
number Of celluloid toys couple OF tor;
pedo boats. a swan, an lndian canoe ana
permit ed to play with them in the tub:
Now he submits to the usual soaping and
scrubbing without . whimper and as no.
ward Is permitted to sit In the tub ana satI
the boats for. ten minutes after the busi-
ness part Of the bath has been concluded.
The TOYS are given to him at no other time.
Now the bathing hour Is the quietest Of
the day.
The recent spell Of dampness lasted 90
long that careful housewives found 1t nooes-
sary to keep in the oven all the Kitchen
stuff that is prone to absorb moisture.
Cigarette smokers had to resort to the
oven also, for q damp cigarette tastes like
an apple from the shores OF the Dead Ssa-
The HON, lf6OIR0 Wd9HlHHUOu IlNhA Nv
OF the Fifteenth Assembly district is .
numismatist az well as q statesman. He
possesses q collection OF coins obtained
from the sewers OF New York. Thirty
wears ago Mr.. PMnkitt received from the
foreman Of q sewer gang IS gold piece
which had been found In one Of the main
drainage pipes. He became interested,
and has now several hundred silver, gold
and copper pieces picked out Of under
ground ooze and slime. The coins are
Portue euese reis to an American double
eagle. r. collection is valued at several
thousand dollars.
.wfl you have 1t In q bag or in q box?'
asked the young woman at the candy
counter, and as he walked away with the
bag of sweets she showed herself observant
of men and events.
THAT'S one Of tho domestic men taking
candy home to his WIFE she continued,
aand he has a sweet tooth Of his own. A
young CHAP who is buying candy for, girl
it's wrapped up; II it's for the onliest gil
he picks out fancy box that will be- avail
able for some domestic use IN the domeS-
tcty that they are dreaming OF. But huoby
when he buys candy has 1t put 10 pa&.
much he has nibbled on the way home
Moving day was formerly celebrated IN
May. Then it scattered a. apartments
took the place Of the old New York homes,
and the first OF every month saw vans In
transit. Now there is noticeable tendency
to gather UP the scattered moving and
make Sept. a new moving day. It u q
complicated game engineered BY the .Ia yan
their way Of moving will save the tenant
enough for a summer outing at the prize OF
furniture on June 1. that Is to say. to move
il out. Then, after a summer in the country,
they move the furniture In on Sept. to
new fat The goods meanwhile have been
in their warehouse, but nothing 10 eaid
an account for the moving with incidental
items of insurance and carpet cleaning
rage" Somewhere In these items tho
movers have juggled In their storage charge,
hut as il does not appear In words and figures
the whole transaction seems an economy,
! with a summer vacation thrown tn. y ID
for that reason that it's almost impossible
| to hire a van for Sept. !.