The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.
She was charming Southern girl, abo

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She was charming Southern girl, about
IS years old and she was visiting the North
for the first time. One day. In passing
near the servants quarters Of her aunt q
summer homo. she saw large basket filed
with small wooden contrivances the like
| OF which she had never seen before.
"What can they be'" she said to herself.
"and why should anybody want 80 many,
all just alike1'
She took one Of them to her aunt and re-
peated her question.
1Can 1t be possible exclaimed the aunt,
who was Of thIity Northern origin. that
before saw q olothespin9"
Blushing and apologize. Miss Dixie
washing was done on the premises that
| colored women always took the laundry
work to another part OF town, and that
even they did not use clothespins. but
hung laundered. garments on bushes to
d Or .n aas he mo III de bu told the
story widely, and wherever Miss Dixie
was q guest she had to submit to Q FIRE
.Do you, perhaps asked one bachelor.
sknow what a rolling pin isP"
anxious to indicate her native land; 1t
is something or other about q wagon, but
don't know just where 1t belongs"
It Is told around Police Headquarters
that certain wardman In a precinct not far
from there bought q three story dwelling
In The Bronx last week for which he paid
$4,000. 1t Is also told that he laid down
the money himself and that It was all In
Ave and ten dollar bills. There was not
even twenty dollar bill among them.
Speaking Of graft said certain de-
tective sergeant at the Brooklyn Bridge
entrance yesterday, .the meanest CRATER
I ever saw was in church this morning.
when the collection box was passed
to be policeman's shield in the collectors
face
A woman who has a beautiful summer
home UP on the Sound, and entertains
lavishly, has evolved q plan which fills
the minds OF her guests with mingled emo
TONS She is never at home when they
arrive. After having arranged for their
week end visit and given her head coach
man instructions to meet them at their
various trains she goes for her own drive.
On arrival each guest finds on his or her
dressing table q charming note from the
hostess, which runs somewhat after this
fashion:
mend my silk stockings' You win find
on the small inlaid table by your west
window. 1t will be such pleasure for me
to have some Of your dainty handiwork. .
Mary, Love: In the little top drawer
kerchiefs with the lace only partially sewed
on. VIII you please finish them for me7
Clark Aston says woman Is never 80
charming to him as when engaged In the
eminently domestic occupation Of sewing.
Just before dinner the hostess descends
to her drawing room, calm, radiant, un-
trammeled by care. to receive the reports
Of her industrious guests
At last the big lot at Eighty-sixth street
and Central Park West has fallen into the
hands Of the builder and houses are being
put up on the big space. With the e1oep-
ton Of few houses on the south side OF
the square the land has been left untouched
and the greater part Of the surface Is suf-
fciently far below the present street grade
to obviate the necessity OF blasting out
the cellars save In the northeast corner,
where q ledge OF rock has furnished the
bluestone for the foundations Of the en-
tire block.
There was a possibility that the head
Of the household would return, but his
letter was one Of those vague epistles an
nouncing that he might be back this week
or next or might stay longer and 1t was
not considered to be sufficiently definite
to keep the family away from Coney Island
80 they went. arguing that paterfamilias
had the keys to the fat and that there was
beer in the ice box.
There was breakdown on the way up;
and it was after two when Harlem was
reached and the tired group crept up the
stairs. On the door was pinned sheet
from memorandum book.
4 am on the roof it read. please
come and get me-"
In body they trooped on to the roof,
and there, on the warm tin. was stretched
the returned one, his tired head pillowed
on his satchel.
Il have not needed the keys, he ex-
planned, after he had been led downstairs
and properly refreshed .You see, In the
country VIC bolted the front door at night,
and let 1t go at that: As result. packed
the keys in my trunk when I first got there
and forgot to get them out again, 30 when
landed here all I found was a trunk key.
I was tired. 80 went up on the roof and
had a nap
Pretty hard bed, wasn't it, dad'' queried
tDe son.
'You forget I've been up in the country
They were a. bridal pair, and it was EVIL
dent that while he had been in New York
before this was her first trip, for he pointed
out the objects Of interest with the skill Of
a rubberneck lecturer as the car went up
Broadway.
Just behind them was a man whose
temper must have been spoiled by bad
breakfast or an extra good supper the
night before. His short temper shrank
visibly as the little bride wound her fingers
about hubbys index finger as he pointed
out the sights.
Block after hock passed and the man
would raise finger toward some object OF
interest, only to have a futtering hand
encircle the pointer as the bride gushed over
the wonders Of the town. At last 1t became
too much for the man with the crouch.
Say he began, addressing the bride.
groom. Il can stand II II you've gotter hold
hands, but for the sake OF the rest OF US
don't do 1t on the instalment plan like that :
Anyon wishing to know what 1jamming
a mail box means may find out on any
rainy afternoon by watching the mail box
ha n UinU IN the ao,,fh wall NJ the BROOKLYN