The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-07
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

was pretty nearly time for him to get out
several hundred pounds more Of candy and
bonbons. Then he explained that one Of
the most famous candy makers In this
country had for years been In the habit
OF storing with him several tons Of candy
manufactured in the slack season and
held for the summer trade.
According to the storage man, 1t would
be impossible to keep pace with the demand
IN the summer months unless this plan
were adopted, save by the employment OF
an enormously increased force and result
ant decrease in the profits.
Billiards is responsible for the expression
reverse English to describe certain
manner Of hitting the cue ball. The ex-
preston has been borrowed to describe
the method Of running races at Belmont
Park, L. g., according to the English system.
mont Park or simpy .Belmon a : Is Coming
E n,e EEosqe b snd supPsnnS
certain players Of the horsy Set
Tho good waiter ways looks out for his
own customers. Not only does he tell Of
the dishes that are good but he often saves
the diner money or gives him more for his
money by a little extra outlay. In O Sixth
avenue onop house a regular. after announo-
ing that he was thirsty, asked his own
waiter for q mug OF beer. The waiter
returned with tankard
Il brought the tankar1.' explained
the waiter, because 1t holds twice as much
as the mug and only costs five cents more
To keep moving the crowds that loiter
on upper Broadway, Commissioner McAdoo
will have to change his men, In the opinion
~ ope ~ tho h,,ap oao v,,oy, ~>ft hof looo
-None Of these officers who Is acquainted
with these actors and hangers-on, said this
man, is going to make them move on.
Broadway thinks it's the greatest honor
In the world to- know an actor, whatever
kind OF an actor he may be, and they would
never tell one Of them to move on. They
one way to clear out the crowd would be to
send up few strange policemen to do the
work. They could easily clear Broadway
in q week.
The hotel at which they happen to stop
often has much to do with the experiences
Of Frenchmen in this country. At a small
hotel downtown, patronized almost ex-
clusively by men Of that nationality, the |
Oldest names in France are sometimes
to be found on the register. But their owners
are never heard Of and escape some Of the
New Workers who would be delighted to
show them attention. One Of the men
who was much entertaine here not long
ago and deserved such distinction was
much amused at the contrast between his
reception on his second visit and his first.
1t happened that he went the first time
to the little French hotel and saw New
York as a stranger. When he came back
again it was to go to an expensive hotel,
and his nraqoDC0 not fIDn0 unknown. |
Other Frenohmen of title who might have
been taken up by society when they first
came to this country had they stopped at
better known hotels lived in the house
of their compatriots and slipped out OF the
city without being heard OF.
The man in the BARRIERS chair was having
so elaborate treatment that there seemed
nothing left for the barber to do. The
man due next for the same chair was barely
able to hold out for minute longer. When
ebarber bad brushed the hair of the care
full customer 1t looked as IL the job had
come to an end. But there was more.
The brush boy brought the straw hat
that had been hanging on the rack and the
barber placed 1t carefully on his customers
head. Then with the shears he went over
the job. clipping here and there the end
Of stray hair which obtruded.
That was too much for the patience OF
the waiting customer and he YEARLY
climbed into another chair.
An English actor who Is now on his way
home has taken along with him collection
Of trading stamps which. he told friend.
be intends to give to young rela tive.
at was awfuly jolly sport" he said.
whenever l went into one OF your depart
ment stores the young woman would insist
on giving me trading stamps with every
thing bought. Finally ! got 80 that
Stamps usen SI Aa a American ' end Of e mime
suggested that | start collection Of trolley
transfer tickets. Said it was quite the
caper, you know, to ask for transfers that
you didn't intend to use: But that seemed
the stamps from pretty and businesslike
young miss
"They say you can buy anything that's
made If you've got the money! said a man
the other day, but have my doubts.
Recently I wanted some very small pins
such as ribbon and tape manufacturers use
to fasten the ends Of rolls of such goods.
They are less than half an inch IN length
and very fine. Almost every one has seen
them, but l haven't been able to find out
where they can be bought
The use Of wines in some Of the apart
ment hotels is not 80 expensive for the
guests as it was when these establishments
were less numerous and less economical
than they are to-day. The license does not
seem worth while to all of the replaces,
but there are guests who are in the habit OF
having wine for their dinner. They are
allo we'd to bring their own bottles
to the table without the penalty Of paying
corkage, which in many hotels Is half the
cost Of the wine. In these new places they
are able to buy the wine at wholesale rates
and enjoy it at dinner.
They were talking about Chicken and
egg ranches" and the college graduate
surprised everybody by announcing that
when he got a sufficient stake together
re was going in for goose and duck raising. I
Said he:
"A friend Of mine Is coming money at It 6
already and wants me to join him. He
,ays that he has no trouble In disposing {
alive OF every goose he raises to the Jewish Z
,eople on the East Side. The geese are ..
hardy and require almost no attention at
Nh. The ducks do require some, and must
,e prepared for the market. but they are I
.eadily disposed Of to the various China q
own resta urants. or course, such plant !
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