The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-07
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is Better the mending is better and OF
the whole it's just about as cheap. Fol
10 TO 20 cents you can mail a bundle which
makes from 20 to ~ cents for its return
II takes about ten days TO get my things
back from Ohio, my old home continued
the adviser. and this every other weel
is "a cheap as ] could get the wishing dont
in the city. while for the mending | woult
have to pay extra at a high rate
Few who watch the spirited dash with
which the Hre horses respond TO an alarm
I have any idea that many Of them are far
! beyond the age when horses usefulness
for hard labor IL usually considered at
/ an end Yet many Of the fire horses are
more than IS years old, and not few have
/ passed the 20 mark
! A horse in Truck II, one which Chief
I Croker used to drive. is q. and except that
! he is a trihe kneesprung he is as good as
ever and desperately fast when there is
need. Truck 10 has another veteran a big
black, who throws his weight into the
collar as CALAMITY as he ever did and is as
sound "a nut, although he. too, is far be-
yond the age when most farm and truck
horses are worn out
The extreme age limit which the fire
horses reach is due 10 the excellent care
they receive and 10 the long periods of rest
which alternate with the fierce dashes that
follow the gong 1t is also said that the
horses last much longer to-day than in the
days on the old cobblestone pavement.
which offered a poor footing and WAS hard
on the horses feet as well
In a certain suburban town. the question
Of domestic service is even more crucial
than m most Of the rest on account Of the
factory work, which attracts the girls
Being in great need Of a man and maid
O New Brunswick commuter, who had been
reading an article setting forth the many
virtues Of the Finlanders, went 10 he Barge
Office hoping to secure either man or
a woman OF this race. To her delight abe
found Finlander, She would have en-
gagged him without an inquiry had not her
husband suggested that she find out what
the man could do. She began 10 question
him and to each Of her inquiries he proudly
replied
/ can milk reindeer
He evidently thought il an accomplishment
which should he satisfactory 10 any rea-
sonable person,
What jewellers call important sales
were larger last year than they ever had
been
And what we mean by an important
sale, the head Of the largest Of the Fifth
avenue jewelry shops said, as one that
goes somewhere above $4,000 We have
always managed 10 make enough Of these
10 have the Christmas season profitable
But never before we're our sales of articles
that ran above s. 900 80 numerous as they
have been last year.
theatrical manager who recently added !
a new star to the armament was looking
about for play in which she might be
di,1lged 10 the world He summoned his /
fr,isty house dramatist. who, with the aid |
of some French adaptations arranged
plav. H. was not more than the average.
30 the process satisfied beth partie1
/, was not until the play reader for he |
heatre several years before Witnessed the |
that cause for dissatisfaction |
appeared The piece seemed familiar. |
The next day he started out to find the play !
hat seemed so similar 10 him.
He found IT in an excellent version OF I
he same French play made by an I'M
known writer. which had been put into a
book with other plays and forgotten The I
first version, which was quite as good as 1
he other ne is now paying 10 per cent
royalties Just because he forgot he already
had the play.
While all the horses at Broadway and i
Fourteenth street were cutting figure
lights and grapevines on the ice on Tues
lay afternoon a new arrival attracted the
attention of spectators horse came
dong trotting with the surefootedness
II a goat Drawn over each hoof and
'eachng to the knee was a sack
Those stockinged feet look homey
aid a bystander, but they are great
ielp.
Fred who stands in little place on
etreet and mixes marvellous
thinks. is laughing nowadays, On New
ears eve his place was filed TO overho wing
" men who came 70 bid him fond fare
veil 1t seemed as II all the world was
q be big water wagon. Fred got out n
title book and asked all at least 10 leave
heir autographs MANY signed Last
light Fred looked over the book and found
hat all but three had returned This il
he reason why he is laughing
One old fellow who felt sure that hls cruise
would last for the remainder of his life
rought Fred his photograph TO remem-
er him by. Never was he going to enter
he place again. This old fellow showed
2 Yesterday afternoon He almost cried
hen he saw Fred
Fell of the wagon?- asked the mixer
Nope replied the elderly one, driver
ropped the whip. ] volunteered 10 pick
up and the wagon got away.
The cost Of heating the $50 schools Of
ne city il a considerable item. It took
bout half million dollars last year for
Iel and lighting. This expense kept in
-easng year by year out Of all proper
on 10 the increase OF the buildings
4 member Of he Board Of Education
AIDE inquiries about the large amount |
coal supposed TO be consumed In the
'hools, and was surprised to lea IN that
le matter was left entirely with the iani- i
'rs and the engineers He suggested a
reform III that direction, and a system ,
supervision over the usa Of coal was
tablished II had wonderful effect. }
he bill for coal for 1905 IS sl22 coo less than a
year ago. /
Christie Macdonald. daughter-in-law Of :
'seph Jefferson has been singing the :
-incipal role in The Shotgun wearing :
black wig, so that she might look like !,
'rean maiden. The black wig wasn't !,
all becoming o her style Of beauty, and r
is' MacDonald's friends told her she q
light to Discard 1t in favor Of her own .
own hair The stage manager has r.
y in changes Of this kind and 10 him Miss :
acDonald appealed. !.
-NiXey said he, "Corean women all .
we black hair until age turns il gray ;
few days ago this stage manager met
" oman who says she is a native Of Corea
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