The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN
lgnaoe Paderewsh IL causing tho auto
graph hunters the same distress they eI-
perienced last winter when the singers al
the Metropolitan refused to sign their
names unless 81 per signature was paid Ia
the Actors Fund. The pianist Is aelling
his autograph for the benefit Of the Chopin
monument to be erected N Warsaw. The
mere name costs 81. For the signature
| and bar Of music the price Is doubled
! NJ. Paderewski has earned some money
for the fund, but the demand for bis dis
unguished autograph has undeniably di-
minished.
] Friends are often requested not 10 send
flowers to funerals, but there has never
] hitherto been any objection 10 wedding
/ presents. This astonishing disposition man
| itested itself the other day, however, In
the case OF couple TO be married this
week at hotel in Fifth avenue. In a
corner Of the invitation Is engraved the
! phrase mo presents received Whether
J this was intended seriously or as a joke
/ some Of the invited could not decide till
/ they asked the bridegroom eleot. He as
/ buItO lnen BOlemniy tnaL ne hlhneQ inc
injunction strictly obeyed.
Beside the rear steps Of a Broadway
car bound downtown few days ago trotted
a handsome setter His tongue was hang
ing out and he seemed almost exhausted
He cast many appealing looks into the car,
where his master was sitting but showed no
intention Of deserving
Its a shamel That poor dog Is nearly
dead said a woman in the car.
An automobile had been keeping up
with the car for a couple Of blocks. the two
young mon in It watching the dog. II
stopped when the car did, and one OF the
men called 10 the dog Hi Jump In, old
follow The dog looked at him and then
at the car, Then he jumped into the auto
mobile and lay down on the front seat,
never taking his eyes on the car,
Wen give him a ride 20 the Battery
II his owner goes that far said the man at
the wheel
II is not generally known that one Of the
large railroads has a superintendent OF
chewing gum. He has charge Of the slot
machines In the waiting rooms Of 400 sta
tons, and last year 10000 pennies we're
dropped into the machines in his care.
The. advertising department OF the rail-
road declares that the expression BY gum!'
so prevalent in certain districts is due 70
this excellent showing.
Nine. Gadski who has just passed
through New York has forty-one concert APP
pearances to her credit this season and looks
cheerfuly forward to thirty-three more
before she returns to Germany at the be-
ginning Of June. She Is to sing in concert
again next year. Meantime Munich will
probably have the honor OF hearing her
FIRST in an opera which she has been study
ing enthusiastically for two years. The
IL auTrietnn md IaOlAa ID1Tinn
the present season she has devoted her
leisure time 10 completing the studies she
made under Felix Mottl
THAT old man wants a Harlem train and
he's getting on that Fifty-eighth street
one said a young man 10 his companion
at the Cortlandt street elevated station.
We'll let him GO responded the other
man. mo more free advice from me.
One morning while the strike was on l
waited a long time for a train, and then
fellow just starting up the long flight OF
steps, and thought I'd save him a useless
climb.
you'll have long wait for train
I said as | passed him. He evidently
regarded me as a striker. for he glared az
me and growled: III ride on any damn
line l please"'
President Morales Of Santo Domingo
gave an audience recently to two women
who have just returned to this city As
he shook hands he apologized for his sp-
pearanoe.
i am sorry.' he said, but il was i'm
possible for me 70 be shaved yesterday
because ] was 80 very busy. They tried
to ASA ssinate me, you know.
Two telegraph companies have OBJ
II. H. -
and outgoing ships and whatever else
they can pick up in the .way Of marine
news. There Is strong rivalry between
the operators. One OF them, known as
the Count, IL strong on politeness and
this fact enabled his opponent TO beat
him last Saturday. Il happened In this
Soon after the Cretic left her pier word
was sent TO the Count that Secretary Hay
was III aboard her. The Count got out
his signal flags and as the ship went by
asked what Mr.. Hays condition was.
Much better, was the answer that came
back from the ship.
Immediately flashed the reply to his ONCE
while the Count fused with more flags
He finally ran up the letters meaning Thank
you for the Cretic to see.
When he got around 20 send his Informal
ton TO town he was informed in burning |
words that the news had been In New York |
five minutes. The Count was not pleased. |
He saws he didn't mind the other fellow |
grabbing his information, but he did think |
his rival might have waited until the Thank |
YOU signal was set before sending in the !
news.
Advertisers are quick 20 take advantage |
of any space where paint, paper and paste |
will show to advantage. but II remained
for a theatrical concern to break the record |
last week.
The bricks in the walls Of an East Side |
house in which many persons had been |
burned TO death had scarcely cooled before |
a huge poster, covering the entire north |
wall Of the building, told the morbidly |
curious where they could find q continuous |
in another part Of town. !
The FIRE escapes were literally covered |
with posters,
Notice that clickety click-clickety
click ckety. cickety. clickety clickl'
asked a man riding in an elevated train.
you never heard that sound before the
strike. There is hattened wheel on the
forward truck Of this car, and every time
the fiat surface hits the rail that sound Is
rrodVcad Of course the COMPANY can't be /