The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-11
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWs.

flock Of English sparrows was feeding
contentedly in the grass on the Broadway
side of the City Hall park the other day.
They paid not the slightest attention to the
hundreds on the way to their days employ
ment. but chirped to one another and occa-
sionaly fought over choice worm. Sud-
denly from a tree over by the Court House
there descended hawk, who had been
cycling the sparrows from his lofty perch. -.
The sparrows were taken unawares and
the hawk seized upon one luckless in
dividual and flew to a nearby tree.
he paid no attention to those who had
seen the tragedy and who stopped moment
to watch him as he ate, but devoured the
bird at his eisure. This accomplished, the
hawk flew to the top Of a flagpole on the
Post Office, where he made an elaborate
toilet.
pet parrot escaped from a house IN
Central Park West few weeks ago and its
owner advertised for 1t. The next day
a. woman called at the house and said that
she had the parrot at her home and would
like e. to keep It for a week or 90. ,,..,.
girl who is very i'll. The parrot flew. into
her. room and perched upon the head
Of the bed. The child was so delighted tina
she seemed TO improve at once. amafr d
that she will have relapse II the bird Is
allowed to remain until the child got we'll.
A we'll known fnancier was wanted by a
friend one night not long ago. The tele-
phone was set ringing about midnight and
after ten minutes woman's voice in sleepy
tones asked who had disturbed her slumber.
This is Mrs. Blank, said the voice, what
do you WANT"
is Mr.. Blank homer" asked the friend l..
guess he Is" was the reply. Where do you
think he would be at this time OF night?"
Transient patrons of Hungarian res
taurant in Union Square just Off Four
teenth street have all been curious about
q chair which has been draped in mourning
for two weeks beside a table on which a
fresh bouquet Of flowers is placed daily.
Both are in memory Of David Jones Dan
nat, the millionaire recluse Of Union Square,
who died the other day after sitting al the
same table daily for twenty years.
The limited number Of plays acted by
the stock companies is not altogether due
to the fact that there are 80 few worth
reviving.
None of the managers Of the stock COM
pany theaters," said a play agent. will
use any drama that is not literally pro-
vided with good lithographing. They are
just as ger about the paper as 1t is called
as about the quality OF the play. For TINS
theaters some new failure merely because
there is lot Of printing
The Panama hat, II 1t be worn at all this
season, must be worn in only one way by
any man who makes the least pretension
to fashion. The brim must be turned
up in front, straight away from the face OF
the wearer, and down behind, as II 1t
were intended to protect the back Of his
neck from rain and sun. This Ia the method
OF wearing the hat affected by all English
Undergraduates in the schools and COL
leges, and some Of them have been over
here this year to show just how the thing
should be done.
The experiment OF having a woman In =
theater box office has been tried and found
satisfactory. The experiment was made
at the Bijou, which is closed for the season,
and when It reopens the assistant treas
urer, an amiable and patient young woman,
will be on duty again. Al Campbell the
manager and treasurer OF the house, in
has been satisfa Glory not only to him but
to the women who went there TO purchase
tickets.
Long Island farmers brin ging their prod
ucts to New York for sale have found a
way Of increasing their own earning s and
con ven len cling some Of their patrons. The
great wagons laden with vegeta bles no
longer make, the trip straigh from the
ferry to the downtown market. The latest
of them to arrive make stops at different
restaurants with which they have regular
arrangements. The projectors are spared
the trouble of going to market, and the
farmers who follow this Practise are able
to get better than wholesale prices for
their wares.
He had been keeping bachelor hall under
the supervision Of his favorite girl cousin,
and once week she came to dine with him
and observe his progress. Incidentally
she constituted herself bureau OF supply
and saw that he was supplied with every
thing needful-except dish towels. Some
how, no matter how elaborate her shopping
plans. she could not remember the towels
and for while he was reduced to using,
an old sheet
Then came a day when he rose In revolt
and decided that he would keep house no
longer. So far as the cooking was con-
cerned he kept his word, and the cousin
was invited to dine at a restaurant instead.
The first evening the new order went into
practise the cousin turned up her face
agow, II just know that you can't tell
what / have in this bundle, she said. and
i sha mt tell you till we get home
The bachelor ,essed in vain. and at last
the feminine inability to keep a secret
trilmphel over the desire 10 save up the
1--we Just got to tell you that ! have those
towels at last, she explained. triumphantly.
as she watched for the pleased smiles she
felt to re her due. She guessed the truth
from his face.
And / got them just when you no longer
have any dishes to dry, she walled.
Al-oadu mn nj nara Of musical nroductiOns