The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-20
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

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Fifth avenue stage driver. He broke lis
Silence when an open hanson passed. It
held woman, a lap dog and Boston
terrier,
He'll" said the driver. indicating the
hanson by a flourish Of his whip. Then he
was silent for another block;
He'll" he repeated. finally Fables is
lots nicer"
When I crossed the continent" said
Californian, Il had my ready funds put
into paper money for convenience.
stopped of in Leadville, COL. and there
found that hadn't anything smaller than
q $50 bill; 1t was after bank hours and
had TO chase all over the town before l
ing 1t. Most Of them asked ire what It
was, anyhow. At last the clerk in the
telegraph Office, who wasn't long from the
East, took the risk. $780,,
wait a minute before you laugh at us
Of the coarse, bumpy West. The other day
! pulled new $40 gold piece on the clerk
In a Nassau street stationery store. He
loo ked at the money, then he looked atme
and then he reached up on the shelf, pulled
down a little pair Of scales and weighed
it. After that he gave me my change,
but he still looked little uncertain about
You see, it's all In the way you've been
brought up"
street musician who attracts more than
ordinary attention Is a middle aged Irish
woman dressed in widow weeds who plays
n violin. 1t is unusual to find a woman
violinist ira Yelling about the streets gather
ing in stray coins, but when the musician
happens to he dressed in deep mourning,
with a long streamer of Grape dam Cling
from her bonnet. she surely will attract
attention. She not only plays the VIOLIN
but occasionally she sings She plays stp s and
tenanted for the most part by Hebrews.
she was we'll paid for her time.
1T does not do any good to throw bottles
and shoes at fighting cats, says woman
who likes cats. Cats will prowl around at
nights and their dismal walls will disturb
the soundest sleeper. In the apartment
night in the court yard. and as soon az their
wailing begins windows go up and bottles
and shoes descend on the sleep destroyers.
There is only one effective way to drive
these night providers away. and that is to
| douse them with water. Cats fear water
more than they do dogs twice their size.
Every man in the group Of five was on
| the water wagon. They were lined up
at soda fountain drinking egg phosphates,
! telling how good they felt and knocking
| the ';Sr,ol rum.
"T'.-r,'a one argument which the tenn
| perunce advocates have always missed,
| said the ex-athlete Of the party. It's
pretty good one, too, according to my way
OF thinking. The nearer man gets 70
condition the easier he gets drunk, Take
any man with good hard head, train him
until he's right on edge and two drinks
will make him see purple tarantuias bark.
/ in NJ AthlptpS when thew
! break training and go back to the social
glass almost always begin by having
| fine sizz. Why it is don't know.
Tho downtown bookseller who rents ont
| book; at 10 cents copy and boasts that he
! has not found one dishonest person since
he has been doing so has an imltator in
Harlem book dealer The Harlem mans
scheme is little different from his down
town brother. and he makes more money
! from it. He sells the latest novels at the
regular price and then gives his customers
after they buy one novel the privilege for
a year Of renting theirs at cents copy
MANY immigrants change their names on
arriving in this country because Of the
difficulty they find in getting them properly
spelled A good many residents OF the
East Side have adopted as their surnames
the names Of streets, In Rvington street
there ia a tailor. Isaac Delaney; on. West
Broadway. a cap nanufactnrer Solomon
the name of Abraham Clinton, and there is
an Israel Christie in Orchard street
An unopened letter in John street
chop house has aroused the interest Of the
customers A few days ago n stranger
hurried I'D to the cashier He took out
letter bearing a special delivery stamp.
This letter is addressed to me-, he said
.snd it has money in it, But don't want
to omen it. You lend ne a little on 1t and
III lea We it with YOU as collateral.
Astonishing rs the proposition was, me
cashier was 50 impressed by the honesty
of the mans appearance that he did not
laugh.
the man repea ted; more than want from
you. You let ne have SO and take the
The cashier thinks he rust have been
nypnotized. At all events he gave the
man the money.
"Tll be in to- morrow to pay it,, the man
ssjd AS he handed over the envelope.
In his drawer the cashier Keeps the en-
velopc. The man has, not returned. Inc
ca shiar cannot open the letter, addressed
as it is to another, without laylus himself
open to prohaDle arrest so nc can only
keen the Collater u as souvenir,
milkman arrested on the charge OF
selling sdulterated goods was defending
himself in the West Side court a few days
ago, ur
said he 1T was raining that morning
and the sidewalks were very vet. There
must have been a hole in the bottom OF
the can so that the water got in
Some of the large hotels have abolished
the method OF paging" guests, as the prac-
t,sa of calling out their names through
the hotel has heen called. The very hotel
which originated it was the first to give It
No, Patrons objected to being identified
by name in dining rooms and corridors ana
now the hotels that have. given mp this
system trust to the knowledge OF the head
Walters and other servants.
There is the name of an American prima
donna which nearly always serves as an
excellent test of the nicely OF pronunciation
among her compatriots. One of these used
10 he Emma Abbott. Most Of her admirers
called her for years "Emmar Rahbott.
There is still another Emma whose name
i. inst as good for the same purpose. She y
very often called "Emmar Reames,' al
though she spells her name Emma Eames'