The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-04
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

That said the professor, "is what is
known as the Colorado beetle, or Doyy-
be- o You don't see him on Broad
1T strikes me that he's nothin' but
dern pertater bug" said a benevolent
looking old man with a long beard. "He
kinder looks lunsome, don't he? l wonder
where he come from? Are there any per-
later patches hereabouts?'
Perhaps he came in on the train with
some of the company" suggested a young
man who was showing his Boston cousin
the sights OF the town.
by large army Of anxious, eager eyed
Of strained intelligence and a common
place book on which is printed in glazing
letters the words Bird Notes
The inquirer after truth learned that this
youthful enthusiasm for ornithology has
not been caused by the study Of nature
books, but by the thrilling experience OF
one boy, who goes to the same school
really interested in birds, found Central
Park a good place to study their habits.
With his notebook and camera he was
to be seen there, early and late. and one
day a man, who had watched him some
time, asked him a few questions about
moment focused The boy replied with
information which showed him to be
careful observer.
$40 you know much about birds?' asked
the man.
The boy replied that he had studied those
in the park, as we'll as many others.
The man continued his questioning; said
he liked to learn all he could about such
matters; went around with the boy while he
took photographs; asked his name, and finally
said that ha liyad ppar tho mark and would
like to have the boy come to his house. AZ
they parted he gave the boy his card, but
the youngster. was too shy to look at IT
until the man had gone. The name 1t bore
was Andrew Carnegie"
"It's wonder to me. said travelling man,
~that the b. R. T. people don't establish
parcel room at the bridge terminal. Think
of the convenience to the thousands who
cross the bridge. I wanted to check suit
case recently, 80 tackled a starters.
Well, said he, you might try the drug
store
Il did. The druggist said he WAS sorry,
who wanted to leave everything from trunk
to Japanese poodle in his care, but he had
! to decline. He suggested that see the
telegraph operat or in a big office building
close at hand I saw him, but l had to
wait until he sent a telegram and answered
a lot of questions from strangers before l
could get rid OF my bag
Suppose a man from the South on his
way to the East comes in on the Pennsyl-
vania and wants to take look at Coney
Island before he goes up to the Grand Cen
trail Station. Well he totes his satchel up
| to the bridge entrance fully. expecting to
find parcel room there, but there's no such
| luck and, that starts him oussin' good ana
| hard
| Thousands of trolley cars daily pass the
meeting point in Brooklyn of Court, Fulton
| and Adams streets and Myrtle avenue.
There is a great deal of switching to be
| done and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit has
| got the problem simplifled A system OF
| electric switches has been Installed ana q
! boy sitting under the elevated railroad
stairway runs the whole thing by touching
/ rubber buttons. 1t is a refreshing sight
for old Brook!ynites, who remember the
DAVIS when one Of the horses drawing. a
car had to step on an iron platform in order
to turn the switch.
The work Of the grocery or butcher store
horse in Brooklyn is never done. He's
on the rounds delivering goods xix days in
the week and on the seventh it might be
supposed he would have a rest. But Sun
day is driying day and he can be seen pied
ding patiently down the Eastern Parkway
or the Ocean Boulevard drawing a two
seated wagon of some sort IN which are
Mr. and Mrs. Groceryman or Butcherman
and as many of the little Grocerymans or
Butchermans as can be crowded in. 1t
is not fashionable to drive on Sunday in
the City of Churches.
Don't throw away your old clothes,
said tailor to a customer the other day.
Bring them to me. I have many chances
to sell second hand clothes which have
not entirely outlived their usefulness,
and can get pretty fair prices, too Then
III credit you with what l get for them
Some of my customers have been doing
that for years, and it makes an appreciate
difference in the amount they spend Tor
new outfits.
aYou may be Interested to know that
second hand serge suit is the best seller
There's much more wear left IN II than IN
a suit made of any, other kind 81 material
/ can get a great deal more for it than Tor
a second hand dress suit, although the
latter is in demand, too
Fire Chief Croker has to make quick
transfer in running to fires in the daJti
from his office at Fire Headquarters. The
chiefs automobile is kept at Great Jones
street when Mr.. Croker is at his desk up
town. He starts for the fire in his car
rage and the automobile starts at the
same time from Great Jones street to catch
him, Chief Croker's auto driver knows the
route that the wagon will take from Fire
Hall to reach any box in the city. Ere
ouently, il the fire is downtown. the auto
mobile meets the galloping wagon head on.
The horse doesn't stop saopdds b UNI, the
and run up alongside. Then the horse is
pulled in, the Chief makes aa a flying !yids leap
goes the big. devil wagon" leaving the
CO rra &c to take it easy back to Fire Hall.
The modern employer is every year de-
na rting further from Russell Sage's idea of
the wastefulness OF days of" from work.
The Fourth Of July falling on on Tuesday
this year gave many heads OF business
houses the opportunity to grant three
day and in many cases a. four day vacation.
The mails were crowded with notices that
business houses OF many sorts would not be
open from Saturday noon or from Friday
night to W tn ssny in hs soaaw
aThis ranch will be closed from Friday
to Wednesday. Our employees are going