The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03

hBeh 70 dodge both dangers. he kee Pc
20 the road; sliding IN. and out between
any Rhiole passes him.
Aavorite occupation Of the knights OF the
road known as the panhandlers Is the service
OF the ticket spectators So long a. they
are able 10 make a fairly presentsble APP
pearanoe they can earn enough at least TO
buy liquid refreshment 10y buying tickets
az the various theatres. They are rarely
able TO 60 10 the same theatre more than
once, but they are sai lshed with that. Tn
employed actors, not we'll enough know
10 be recognized, and other men out Of
WORK often earn a litth money by per
that more than one theatre at a time Is in
demand and box offioe men have a culti-
| waited memory for faces the usefulness
OF these gentlemen is limited.
Signor Campanan, who has Just followed
the example Of Nine schumann- Heink and
applied for citizenship papers, II the most
American OF all the opera singers and has
always declared that his children shall
be reared as Americans He takes his
vacations always az some Of the American
| resorts. He has just bought himself a
home in the Adirondack, and now declares
! that he will never go 70 Europe again. On
his last Wait he returned with a higher
I opinion than ever Of the musical advance
ment OF this country and was compelled
70 admit that, even in opera, Italy stood
so FAR below our average that he could
not understand how the public could put
up with the performances.
In order that the members Of the Kneisel
Quartet might not feel too severely the
transfer 10 this city from Boston when
they come 10 teach in the Betty Loeb
Memorial School, one Of the wealthy philan-
thropists interested in that enterprise is
going 10 build four houses OF the kind that
the memhers OF the quartet now occupy
In Jamaica Plains. These houses will lie
copied after Boston models and will have
nothing in common with the homes OF
New Workers. They are 70 be situated
in a quiet part OF the city and ad jacent
70 the old mansion which the college will
occupy.
A teacher in a lower West Side public
school recently received the following
letter:
Kindly exculpate my son Moses from
being one Aggregate day absent. Because
his mother substanting sick, Moses had 20
sojourn in the house perpetual. 80 kindly
apology him for not coming once day to
school"
Woe bCt'de any spectator at the Bronx
Zoo who ofends the big white llama, which
is shaped midway between a horse and a
camel and is about the size Of a Shetland
pony.
Recently a man in Sunday clothes, in
Guiding a silk hat, got close to the fence to
examine the llama. He must have made
offensive remarks about the South Ameri-
can, for the llama spat on him through the
bars, When a llama does that TO a man
L. Ha-kaN Ill q IL Il.
particular individual went to the zoo Office
and asked pay for the damage. He went
away very angry when informed that the
society was not responsible for a llama's
deeds at long range,
The hog nosed snake at The Bronx Zoo
Is an interesting little serpent He isn't
big enough to whip mouse or swift enough
to run away from a rat, and he has no
poison at all. but II you arouse him he il
a terrifying thing He coils himself, fiat
tens his head until IL Is about the shape
and size Of half dollar and emits a thick
yellow fluid the properties OF which have
not been investigated. And all the time
he Kisses as though he had the king cobra
beaten to death for venom.
Rubber collars have long been familiar
sight, but rubber neckties are more Of a
novelty. The fat ascot ties commonly
worn by automobile drivers and coach
men, and usually made Of white pique
have now been reproduced in white rubber.
They are easy 70 adjust, do not wrinkle
and are easily kept cean-all Of which
qualities appeal TO the ordinary coach
man.
Don't let EN- rattle you, said the head
waiter in a department store restaurant
TO a green helper, remember, it is Monday.
Then, in explanation, he said to a regular
customer
This Monday bunch Of shoppers can
queer my whole stan Of waiter, Most Of
'em are suburbanites, in for the big Mon
day sales. They all want TO eat at noon
but they begrudge the time spent away
from bargain counters.
I'VE get more kicks about our service
on Monday than on all the rest Of the week
combined; and, oddly enough, although it |
is ur heaviest day, the walters get the
least tips
If ever become an Alderman" said !
the man who has to hunt up people. the !
first thing Ill do is 20 have an ordinance |
passed making it crime for drug store |
to keep city directory more than a year
old. Whenever ] want TO find 8 mans |
address / drop into the nearest drug store
and ask for the directory. You ought 10 |
zee the volumes that have been handed |
out to me. The other day an apothecary |
put an 1894 one before me. Directories |
that aren't up to date are useless 10 me |
in city where people move as often as
In New York
i've sailed all over the world, your
Honor, said the drunk at the bar
Indeed. said the Magistrate, with polite |
interest. Ever been 70 Hong Kong7'
Sure, your Honor"
is tho city on the port or starboard side |
as you sail INF" queried the Magistrate.
'Starb'r I'd, sang out the self-labelled |
sailor
You're wrong finished the shrewd !
cadi. Its on the port side. I've sailed |
a bit myself Three dollars hne.'
VICTOR HERBERT, 'CELLIST.
The Conductor Makes One OF His Rare
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