The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-20
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

"I'll take this umbrella, SAID tho GUS
toner ON bright. sunshiny day. handing
s. to the saleswoman and starting to leave
the store.
Here called the young woman. your
change will be ready In q minute"
i gave you -; that's the price marked
son that's the rainy day price. We've
had 40 much wet weather lately the stock
keepers have forgotten to put on the dry
weather tags. You know, umbrellas and
rain clothes are all marked up on mornings
when it seems sure TO rain. we make
people pay for their lack Of foresight.
Here's your rs cents change. Thank you;
call again"
See that man." said the drug clerk,
pointing after a well dressed elderly man
who had just distributed handful OF
change among the four boxes which bore
the appeals Of children's hospital. two
fresh air funds and the Salvation Army
"He does that every week. It's o super
stition with him. II he didn't give his
1.-THE every week he believes that his Dust
ness would be blasted or his wife run away
or his children get the whooping cough.
] happen to know that he buys war "ry
every time it's offered to him IN cafe from
the same promptings.
Il suppose he has charitable disposition,
snt It's There 's are aboss dosen
other weekly contributors OF the same
sort. Well, there might he more OF EN-,
seeing the good they do.
Raining again, see," said the Broad
way dealer. That means still more GUS
toners in the straw hat trade. We have
sold just three times as many straw hats
this season as in any five years. It's all due
to this wet weather. Nothing turns good
hat bad in SO short time as rain. Men
who ordinarily 60 the whole summer through
with single straw have h asa 70 da 5ay ions
ordering new lots. The wise ones who buy
Panamas for next year at the low prices
OF the late season are also getting into the
market
Commuters hailing from nearby points in
New Jersey and Long Island find tn . raising
Of squads moneymaking side line. Bust
ness men take kindly to this industry,
prompted as much by pleasure a. profit.
These birds are ready for market when
four weeks old. Breeders produce from
eight to ten pairs every year. Many gen
tleriien farmers" sell direct to hotels, realiz-
ing handsome margins OF profit.
When Mrs. De Smith left her upper Vest
Side apartment for fortnights visit with
her parents in Massachusetts she had seri-
Gus misgivings about the care Of her chief
domestic Joy, a fine collection Of palms
and rubber plants. Her husband had
promised to water them faithfully, but she
was not inclined to take chances. so she
wrote a number of signs, in Arm, clear
chirography:
"Do not forget to water the plants.
These she tackled in conspicuous places,
above his shaving mirror, on the shade OF
his reading lamp, above the telephone.
On reaching home last week she took
hasty survey OF the apartment. Not a
fern, palm or rubber plant was in sight:
Fred what have you done with my plantsf
Oh just know you lot them burn up.
Without word, her husband led her to
the bathroom. There, packed closely, to-
gether in the tub with water all about them
to the depth Of several inches, were her
plants.
st was lots easier than watering them
every day explained the man triumph
antly II took EN- out every morning while
I bathed, Great scheme, wasn't NJ
His wife smiled in spite Of her anxiety. :.
.Yes, my dear--provided the water hasn't
rotted away their roots
The ice cream hat now makes its annual
temperance. This Is of pure white felt,
and is especially affected by the athletic
girl and the college young man. The 1906
| brand has the brim turned up squarely in
front and down in the back. A distin-
gushing mark OF this year is that the front
! elevation Ia secured by pin, and this IL
! the glory of it all. for the pin should be the
gem OF your. colection-your choicest
| course, proudly faunts pin that her best
vollnQ man bus loaned her.
There ia one restaurant keeper in town
who holds a deep and abiding grudge
against indiscriminate charity. One night
| he dropped into Ninth avenue mission.
A woman did most Of the preaching. She
talked about the necessity Of feeding the
hungry. Since tho proprietor was in that
line himself, her remarks struck him as
leaving the room he gave her q check
for $50
One evening about week later the pro-
prietor was astonished to see q man Of the
hobo type shuttle into the restaurant and
take @ seat at a table near the door. He
summoned the head waiter.
Hustle that fellow out Of here, he said.
and even II he has we can't allow men Of
his strlpe to eat here
The head waiter spoke to the tramp.
He won't co. he reported to the pro-
prietor few minutes later. He says he's
a ri ght to be here. He's got q meal ticket.
Good Lord" gasped the proprietor.
~Where'd he get III"
He says lady gave 1t to him."
In tho course OF the evening twelve other
represents tives Of the submerged class
! ambled In and presented credentials in
the shape OF meal tickets.
sits that oonfounded donation to
charity" groaned the proprietor. That
woman has spent every cent Of 1t In meal
tickets at my own restaurant
Il have just given up the hardest job I
ever had in my life" said the man of many
occupations. Il have been cracking eggs
for living. had position in a cake
and cracker factory. They use eggs by
the bushel down there, and they have
reduced the breaking Of them to q science.
In order to avoid disagresable accidents
the eggs in o cake factory arc broken into
q bowl, five at a time, and then added to
the general mixture. For new hand
IL is rather slow business, but when fellow
becomes expert It 10 possible to break .
thousand eggs an hour, and not smash
them IN Wholesale bunchss, either. Tho
pay for stunt Of that Kind y $50 day,