The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-03
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loaded with crctes Of some kind Of spring
water in big glass carboys was on the track,
going the same way as the car, and the driver
would not turn out despite repeated clang-
Ing OF the motorman's gong. There Yves
mon end the driver. The latter seemed to
have the best Of the exchanges for with
snap Of his fingers he turmoil his back on the
delayed car and kept on the track.
when his eyes lighted on the oarboys Of
water. their necks pointing to him. He
reached over the fender and quickly pulled
out the shoppers on the. entire. section at
the end Of the truokload and threw them
away. Then, much comforted, he waited
when he forged ehead grinning.
Two young married couples with ono
baby between them find bridge the very
best game to play evenings.
You see. cay the mothers, we are per-
fectly devoted to bridge. and then, since the
baby came we find 1t 80 convenient.
Dummy can always 60 rock him to sleep,
II he is restless"
Although Mulberry Bond Park is the
natural recreation center OF. the down
town Italian colony, the number Of italian
women who seek refreshment In City Hall
Park is astonishing. This Is especially
true on Sunday, when the park Is free from
much Of the weekday traffic, Italian
women, always with one or more children,
flock to the Place then, and the back and
front steps Of the City Hall building are 30
filed with them that the place looks like
nursery.
1t is not as strange as it may seem for
these women to leave their kinsmen about
Mulberry Bend. On Sunday the park
there IL fllsd with noisy chattering men,
who occupy all the available seats.
As the elevator in a downtown building
glided past a man on the second floor he
hailed it. The attendant accommodntingly
dropped back from the level Of the third
floor and picked him up.
your re the third man that's passed me,
he slowly remarked as the machine again
shot up, Third" he called just as the level
Of the fourth floor was reached, and then;
beseeohingly, added, I'm in an awful
Again the elevator descended. and az
he alighted another passenger remarked:
"Some people have queer ideas Of hurry.
There's that man. He idled on the second
floor long enough for three elevators to
pass, and consumed the time necessary
for this one to travel the length of five stories
and disconnected other passengers. whose
time probably is as valuable as his own,
when distance of only one short flight OF
stops originally separated him from his
destination"
"(iive me something for headache,
Doc" said the man who was down on his
luck.
The druggist fixed up powder and gave
1t TO him.
1T will relieve you in three minutes.
the druggist replied. land If you don't
believe It YOU can take out your watch.
"Ah!" said Micawber Jr., sadly, Il can't
take out my watch in three minutes
He was clearly from the country and
his neck was already Strengthened from
surveying the high buildings, but when
he and his city friend came In sight Of the
airship towering over the housetops he
gazed not at the aerial navigator, but at
the crowd lining Broadway with faces
turned toward the sky.
For twenty minutes they stood on the
edge OF the sidewalk, then tall building
cut off their vision and the two moved on.
Great sight!' remarked the NewYorker.
-strangest I've seen since ! came TO
town was the acquiescence. Il tell you
never thought I'd see blocks on blocks Of
people staring at the sky that way. That's
something to tell about when get back
home"
THAT snorted the city man In disgust.
why, man, do you realize that that's an
Just new kind Of a balloon was the
careless reply ers sis can
Last fall, at the county fair. we had a man
who dropped a mile There isn't much
new to a balloon with rudder, but tell
you that big crowd rubbering that way
was the strangest sight l ever saw IN this
town, and I've seen some funny Things
And the man behind wondered II perhaps
New Workers are not - @jay" In some ways
as the man from the country.
Il guess I saw the shortest wedding
journey any one ever took saba cop on
duty in Washington street, where most OF
the Syrians live. LAST Sunday there was
marriage in house one door above Rec
tor street. The bridegroom had rented a nat
for his bride one door below Rector street on
the opposite side Of Washington street
But q carriage awaited the couple,
and after tho ceremony, followed by
crowd throwing rice and old shoes, they
took the perilous trip across the mar
row thoroughfare.
IF you are ever compelled to hook any
of your jewelry and want to get more on
it than reliable pawnbrokers are willing
to advance go to some shop with shady
reputation and tell the man that you stole
it said the detective.
.HeH think you will never reclaim the
article and will let you have at least half
it's real value instead of only one-third,
which Is the usual rule"
sDo YOU know where Edgar street is?'
asked tho student of local geography.
sGuess you don't. because no one lives nit.
and while its name Is on the lamp posts
at the corners Of Greenwich street. where
it begins, and Trinity place, where it ends,
there isn't single house number. It isn't
an alley. because it is fully as wide as Rector
ST rect. which Is one block north. There were
several fine residences in Edgar street
seventy-five years ago.
A stranger in a cafe in the Syrian quarter
was somewhat surprised when the waiter
placed dish OF iced cuoumbers alongside
OF the glass Of arrak he had ordered upon
the Recommendation Of his newly made
aWhy the cucunbers?" asked the stranger
"They are for a chaser explained the
sophisticated one. "A Syrian never takes