The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
LIVE TopIcs ADOUT TOWN.

Ten minutes later the young woman, hav-
ing concluded an involved description Of
the fever plague, turned to her plate and
placidly finished It's contents.
After that the escort constituted him.
self a special guard and the walter dared
When the finger bowls had been pushed
aside and there remained only the oheok
to pay, the young woman leaned back
with contented smile.
DO you know" abe cooed In her soft
Southern speech that this Y tho arst
leans? At the hotel whore We are stopping
the walters whisk away the plates before
we are half through and they look so hurt
when we ask them to bring them back
that we have given 1t up.
"Its the same at some Of the other places.
The moment we get talking the waiter
comes up and that IL the end Of that course.
Half the time have gone away from the
table hungry just because stopped mo-
ment to say something and the plate was
gone before I finished. l don't SEQ Why
the waiter cannot leave us alone. 1t makes
his work EASIER
@They are not used to the deliberate
ways OF the South" explained the host as
he slipped the waiter double tip, "and
besides the more people tho waiter serves
He detested dogs; not that he feared them;
they were simply distasteful to him, and
he found It difficult to conceal his aversion.
Naturally she adored them. Her pet was
a toy French poodle, equipped in the most
approved and foolish fashion He was
little black nose, which poked out through
his otherwise snowy body.
In addition to dogs she also loved Shake.
speare. She could quote whole acts, and
for every thing, body and situation, q quo
tation rose to her tongue:
One Saturday evening he called as usual.
as might be, for 1t was hers. Finally she
said:
Now do you know, I've been trying to
think OF an appropriate quotation for Spots
collar. Could you suggest one.
Out, out, damned Spot'1" he asked.
Now he goes to Coney Island instead.
Two young women In white waiting for
their beaux at the Manhattan end Of the
Brooklyn Bridge recently startled Police
man Harry Smith by chasing away a
"masher."
The man was what the police term q
regular" After ogling the girls for some
time he sought to speak to one Of them.
At that moment Smith started for the north
roadway to stop an incipient fight. but loud
smack brought the cop to stop and he spied
the masher hurrying down Park row.
DO you want him aTrestedf' said smith.
mo, thank you've chased him!" was the
Gosh! I'd have liked to see that
unused Smith.
A trip down the Bowery these days would
edify if not delight good many Broadway
stars, who perhaps have not been below
Fourteenth street in quite some time"
The whole side Of a house near the De-
lancey street approach to the new bridge
is taken up with an advertisement which
tells the public that lot OF entertainers
of the white light section are graduates
of a certain Bowery theater -,
Among the alumni mentioned art May
Mack, Joe Weber, Lew Fields Maggie
Cline, Rogers Brothers. Montgomery and
Stone, Lottie ellison. Russell Brothers and
Evans and Hoey. And their alma mater Is
proud Of them.
Two Chinese boys caused much amuse-
ment for number Of people who were
waiting for trains on the Chatham Square
station OF the elevated road the other after
noon. They had kite Of their own make
quite different from the American young
sters' kites, and they were trying to fly
it from the roof OF the building at 10
Bowery. directly opposite the station.
The kite itself caused good deal OF
curiosity 1t. was a large round affair,
at the sides Of which were two cone shaped
at the same time giving more chance for
the wind to drive it upward. The tail
was made Of six long strips Of cloth OF
variegated colors. The wind was rather
light at the time, and the boys In their en-
and forth on the roof, their light blouses
and their pigtails tapping. about,
Still the kite wouldn't rise, SO they tried
the American boys plan Of dropping it
low and pulling It up with jerk, but it
for the wind, and after few more attempts
they gave it up for some better time
A number OF men on the station, who
seemed to know 1t all, volunteered in
structions to them in loud shouts while they
were making their attempts to, get the
s kite to Ssy to- for shey % kept
their own way OF doing it.
The crowd on the station were much
disappointed when the kite refused to
fly, as they we're anxious to see how 1t
would look sailing in the air.
She wore an exceedingly 'peekaboo'
WALSH ana Sne luSlbtou upoh TIoluB ou VIC
rear seat instead Of leaving the rear seats
to the smokers.
Just ahead a man sat with his arm resting
on the back of the seat and with a half
inch Of ashes decorating the tip Of his cigar.
There was sudden lurch as the motorman
applied the current too quickly, and from
the rear seat there oame wall that could
be heard loud above the din Of the Broad
way traffic.
In an instant the carful Of passengers
were standing in their seats to see what
the accident was. but they saw only q very
red faced young woman, with her hands
convulsively pressed to her heart. She
insisted to the conductor that she was not
hurt, and left the car at the next corner.
The man in the seat ahead pulled at his
cigar, while smile played about the
corners Of his mouth.
Il couldn't help IT," he explained to his
neighbor, .but, you see. that iurch knocked
the ashes from my Cigar and they landed
about two inches below her locket.'
Il didn't rec any ashes on her DRESS"
demurred the other.
aNo," explained the smoker. 1they went
on through, and for a couple Of seconds
they are as hot as live Goals