The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-13
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It's German colleagues This has been
the traditional attitude Of the two since
German choristers were first enga ged The
accident last week aroused al the ami
mostly Of the Latin-. who glared hercely
at c. II. Metzer when he appeared on the
stage after the bridge had fallen. Some
OF them knew few emphatic German cG-
. Dletlyes. and they were muttered audibly
in his hearing.
NJ Castelbert the stage manager. was
suddenly christened CastebertZ, although
he IL entirely French. But II remained
Tor one OF the Italians who had not been
injured at all 10 raise he strangest oh ject ion
to what happened. He picked up some
spllnters from a broken board
Look at that" he said dramatically,
nothing but German wood.
And he passed on with a look Of disgust.
Now that Commissioner McAdoo has
begun to regulate TRAFFIC at the south end
OF Union Square. it would be relief TO
1 pedestrians if he would do something to
relieve the congested condition Of the
sidewalks The cloa kmakers and tailors
who work in that now swarming region.
nnsh their lunch in five minutes. The rest
of the time they spend on the sidewalk at
the south end OF the square. In groups
containing from three to twenty they
gather on the sidewalk and persons I'M
familiar with the situation, wonder what
4 nus attracted tne crowd. IL IL almost
/ impossible 10 walk through IL and the task
/ Is by no means pleasant at any time.
Among New York's titled residents none
is more distinguished by birth than a middle
aged woman who in her own country
would bo entitled to the rank of Princess
She is the wife Of a physician III this city
and many Of her acquaintance have no
idea Of the dignities she might claim III. her
native land She rarely refers TO them
herself and has made no effort 10 attract
social attention TO her descent She hap
pens TO be wealthy and has made herself
the centre of an ndmiring circle attracted
merely by her own charm OF character.
Yet In Russia she ranked among the oldest
families Of the nobility.
Mr. Jerome's efforts to give New York
dry Sunday had some queer effects In
one OF the largest and best known places Of
liquid refreshlnent in Harlem n mythical
sandwich was served in truly artistic
evasion OF the law. When the drink was
ordered the waiter invariably asked
VIII you have a sandwich. siri' II
If he received negative reply, az he
usually did, he brought the drink and with
II an empty.plate with u knife laid across
1t. The edge Of the knife had been rubbed
with u bit of meat before 1t was brought in
II the person absorbing the drink did not
look too hungry there was present all the
evidence that sandwich had been eaten
There is one curfew sounded in New
York which Is obeyed 70 the letter That
Is the policeman's whistle at 10 O'Clock at
the skating ponds in Central Park At the
first blast skates are OF. and the clocks are
hardly through sounding the hour before |
the ice e clear. To the skaters 10 o'clock !
seems early TO end their enjoyment, but !
the police are firm and dispense the crowd !
quickly.
In Harlem lives a young man from the
country few days ago he was delighted |
to have visit from his parents. who had |
never been in New York before At the |
first opportunity tour Of the city's sights
was made, and naturally the first was the !
subway. Taking the crosstown car 10 the |
Manhattan street station. the young man
guided the old folks up the tedious fight
Of steps to the station. Arrived there,
with the city at his feet, the old man looked
about and then turned TO his son. who was
expatiating on the magniicence OF the
view:
We'll. John" he said Its all you say.
III admit; but / allus thought tibet a sub
way was a underground road
Among the freight handlers, Pier IS,
North River, has been nicknamed the
-Hoodoo Pier because Of the many acct
dents there have been on it. Within the
last week II has been threatened by fire
a man has been killed on il by piece Of
lumber falling upon him. and man on
ship tied up at the same pier has been 40
badly scalded by steam that he is in the
hospital.
Had the purity Of your wine tested by
telephone YETI asked the amateur scientific
young man We'll, the instrument is an
infallible testing machine You provide
Yourself with two glasses. in one OF which
YOU pour the wine to be tested on suspicion
Of having water in it. and in the other you
put wine known to be pure. You put the
glasses on an instrument resembling scales, !
and connected with the telephone il no
sound is heard, the vino in the glass
ia pure If It is impure, the telephone
makes n Eurgng sound, ike you do when
YOU oughtu't TO take that drink. pointer
on the disc tells the amount OF water in
the wine | hear that This device Is being
used extensively abroad.
Ono Of New Yorks refined and heau-
teous women sent for an A. d. r. messenger
the other day and gave him an errand that
nj best should have taken thirty minutes
Of tho A. d It's valuable time, But he
was gone just four times that long. and
ON his return he naIvclv inquired of the
and refined one:
"Loidy couldn't help II, didn't you t'ink
| vas gone long time;
Why. Yes replied tho lady. and
'Derc'' piped NJ the urchin I fought
you'd give me he'll
CHOICEST SCHOONER LOST.