The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-08
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Il want TO look at your directory q mo-
ment,' he said TO the drug clerk, a. be
started for the telephone booth.
The directory is over In that corner,
was tho answer, as the attendant tndi-
Gated an entirely different direction.
The other caught up the telephone book
and, after a glance through It's pages,
made a note and started out. On the way
be paused at the soda fountain for q drink,
and explained 70 the clerk:
The telephone book is the only directory
that b absolutely correct and made 90
every three months. Now I'll wager that
YOU have an old directory on that stand
Yes, assented the clerk. 1t Is the one
Precisely, and my friend moved up this
way some four months ago. II had looked
In your directory / should have been sent
up 10 Harlem, but knew that he had
telephone and the quickest way 70 hnd
him was through the telephone book,
Even the latest directory would not nave
that address
The piano stuck on the landing and there
was a blockade while the other tenants
suddenly discovered that II was imperative
that they should leave the house at that
moment Most Of them accepted the situa-
ton with philosophy, but the woman from
the top Eat west was In hurry.
why don't you lift II over the top OF the
banisters?" she stormed, unmindful OF
the fact that the corner posts were I'M
usually high. i think it Is an outrage
for a mover 70 send men not strong enough
to handle piano"
LADY answered one Of the men. 'You
amt at no continuous performance now.
II we was able TO lift that pianner as high
as that we cd get all the jobs we wanted
on the stage. What we need Is another
man"
This gave the irate one an idea. William
she called, leaning over the rail to address
the hall boy. why don't you help these
meni Can't you see that we are all being
detained because these poor fellows are
not strong enough 70 lift that awkward
thingi Come and help them this instant.
NO, NM" said William solemnlyl I
amt no piano mover; no indeedy. Las
time Al help All get nah ioots ma '5ned
/ amt no piano mover, lady
so she went to the roof and came down
through the next house.
The unpaved walks in Harlem present an
appearance peculiar for city walks on any
morning after a rain. The moisture causes
| the earthworms TO come forth in the night,
and the walks are fairly spotted with the
| mounds that result from their boring.
| Such a sight is familiar 10 the country boy,
/ but is strange to the city bred youngster.
! The man who grew UP az a boy in the country
| goes back in memory 10 the days when he
| was a barefoot, suntroWned youngster who
! caught fish with earthWorIns on pin with a
line made Of string.
Several commuters boarding subway
| trains at the Grand Central Station amuse
| themselves by betting how many locals
| will pass their express train between Forty
second street and the Bridge. 1t Is not a
! point OF the bet, Of course, that any local
| shall cover the entire distance in better
| time than the express, but simply that locals
| will be pc ssed which, for however short
a time, develop speed higher than that Of
! the express.
It Is not generally known, even to bicycle
riders, that there are certain parts Of Broad
way and other streets that they are not
| allowed to use. The other day a wheelman
who came through Twenty-third street,
! and was warned TO 60 down Fifth avenue,
! tried TO sooot around the Flatiron ard get
into Broadway The cop was In pursuit in
| a second, and when abreast OF the rider
| ths horse struck him with his shoulder.
| with a quick movement he avoided the over
| set wheel, faced about In front Of the
| sprawling rider, and then escorted the
| whole outfit around the corner into a side
street, all without a word Of command from
| the ofiioer.
! The problem OF Just how naughty little
| girls can be on the top Of a Fifth avenue
stage was solved the other day when four
| we'll dressed nAidens between ~ and IL
years Of age rode down the avenue in COM
pany with a bewildered and submissive
sLet's each shut our eyes in turn, saido one
! Of them, and then throw a kiss 70 the first
/ man we see when we open them.
They all agreed, and alternately waited
| Kisses 10 startled passersby. This evoked
no answering salutes, however, and they
soon tired Of II.
we meet suggested ons whom the others
! called Aiice, land see how many men we
can make take on their hats 70 US
This suggestion was adopted, in spite Of
the timid protests OF the maid. There
was much dofing Of headgear on lower
! Fifth avenue.
Then the little girls all sang for a block
OF two, kicking their feet in time 70 the
music and before they reashed the Wash
ington arch they were trying TO see how
much they could embarrass nervous
| looking gentleman in a cab by the intent
stare Of four pairs Of bright young eyes.
Ever since the invention Of VolapOk,
the universal language the human race
has been struggling with new dialects
which were more often than not due 90
fad. few years ago every Draw laddie'
was learning to roll his RS In the interests
Of golf, and before that the comparatively
simple mechanics Of bicycles tinged the
popular speech. The climax was reached
the other DAY when oae America auto
mobile driver said 10 another
Say, do you speak gasolipel'
TIE yourR nan on the elevated was con-
cealing lighted cigarette in bis left hand
10 the obvious amusement Of the young
woman who was acoomran ying him Every
once in q while he took a surreptitious
pui
'Now, Frank she protested, you
mustn't
For answer he matched her sticlpin
With his O her hand. and held Il Ap tan