The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-07
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

A New York; hotel must have a specially
II 1t would attnct itB share Of attention.
One on upper Broadway announces East
Indian luncheon dishes. These are chiefly
curried meats and salads favored with
peculiarly devish spices of delicious flavor
The Indian dishes are served by
s linn. brown Fast Indian boy dressed in
spot less white linen and wearing on his
head n snug white linen turban, wonder
fully rolled and folded. He 10 extremely
picturesque and Is supposed to be genius
in the blending of flavors.
There's pattern Of scarfpin.' said the
foreman OF jewelry factory on Maiden
lane, that Is far and away our leader, yet
We do not sell single one to our local
trade, nor, have we listed 1t in our cata-
'logues for United States sale for thirty
years. It looks like banjo upside down,
a disk anywhere from the size Of dime to
quarter and stem to carry the pin that
fHes into the scarf or into the bosom of
'-the shirt.
ave get the mounts from factory In
Connecticut in all grades from near gold
to the real thing In the same way we
mount everything from glass to gems, q ,
big one in the middle and a cluster in a
ring about it. II you will look at a collec-
ton Of civil war photographs you will see
that they were then all the rage, but they
went out Of favor about the time of the
smashing OF the Tweed ring:
There is . steady demand for that style
IN Brazil. Our drummer has lust made
trip on the Amazon from Para all the way to
Belem. and wouldn't dare to show you
the orders he has booked for Just that one
pattern In all the gradesi 1t might attract
competition
"Customs that have become habit cling
closely and often appear unexpectedly
said woman resident Of the upper West
Side. Recently was marketing and when
had completed the order the man picked
up fine box OF strawberries and said: IN
throw that in for lagniappe.' never before
heard the expression anywhere except In
New Orleans, but It is common there. The
stall keepers Of French Market, Poitiers
Market and others. in order to get family
trade through the cooks. give a small gra-
tuity. calling it aagniappe.' To this day,
II a servant pays bill In the Crescent City,
an appropriate triie will be offered and
accepted as matter Of course as lag
niappe."
Three policemen standing at the Fulton
street entrance Of the subway at about 3
o'clock every morning bothered the New
jersey nightworker for some time. He told
a fellow suburbanite all about it and they
determined to watch. Just at 3 o'clock
a one horse truck drove up, Presently
several men came up from the subway
with heavy bags which they threw on the
dray. After a couple OF trips one cop got
on the seat with tho driver and a second
climbed on behind, and of ratified the
truck up Broadway.
Subway cash, said the curious one.
Say, officer, where do they take it?"
"tiwan,' said the cop. 1Youse Jersey
York policeman"
Il believe in soaking the automobile
speed offenders good and hard now" said
an old road driver, -for they will be for
gotten just as soon as something comes
along that can hit up prettier trick OF
speed-airships I suppose. There has
always been some thing to legislate against
Before the auto, the motorcycle was under
the ban. When the bicycle made itS start
we had laws that marie it almost felony,
just as though the riding OF the high wheel
did not carry it's own penalty
Back In the '7Os it was necessary 10 pass
special ordinance against the butcher
carts; that was a mighty handy delivery
wagon, but the Aldermen killed it just in
the same way, and about the same time
that they killed the Spitz dog. just after
the war the old metropolitan cops used
to arrest coaches Of the Broadway stages
for furious driving. 1t is not 80 long ago !
that the papers used to run numbered list |
ofvictims Of the B, R, T.
Its the turn OF the auto now. but when |
the next speedier goer comes in the 'auto |
spec der will he as numbering as brewers |
draw"