The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-07
LIVE TOPICS AMOUR TOWN.

II was the little girls first meal at stylish
restaurant and the novelty OF her sur
roundings kept her in a constant ferment
Of excitement As each course was brought
in she asked more questions The climax
came when the cheese was brought on.
There were two kinds. Bre and Swiss:
After inspecting the two the child turned
TO the waiter and said Rrayely:
Please, III have some Of that with the
finger holes in IL
In the present cold weather, dozen or
so Of the homeless have Lepn taking refuge
every night in the Post Office, where the air
is well warmed. Though showing the
pinch OF hunger and exposure. they seem
generally to be Of a better class than
the hoboes who flock 70 the city lodging
house. There ia a sort OF shabby respecta-
blllty about their makeup.
/ The wonder Is when or where they sleep.
They have to remain standing In the Post
Office and they dare not even doze on their
feet for fear Of the Waterman. few
I of the holder ones make no bones about u
that they are there for shelter. they look
out of the windows and even gossip little
together. The greener and timider ones
[ invent pathetic pretenoes for staying under
| cover. One man scans the lists OF I'M
claimed letters for an hour at time, though
he cannot read them in the dim light unless
Ht HdH lAt eyes VI a tit' ''''' u
soiled envelope, Crumped sheet OF paper
and pencil He pretends all night 10 be
| writing letter
One Of the most timid Of all comes in at
one end Of the building He has some
thing that looks like letter in his hand.
He reads the legends over all the. drop
boxes. walks around to the other side and
goes up and down reading them there,
/ 80 If he could not find the right slot. he
spends FIVE II inutes or So until he gets thor
| tbnr1 he aling hg letfpr
J into his pocket and goes out. he Ia back
| again in ten minutes blue with the cold,
goes over the same old game and out again,
| and so on all night.
Said the manager of a large dressmaking
establishment:
Il suppose that the most un-American
| immigrants we get in this country are not
! the Chinese or the Poles or the Hun
/ garians. but tho Partisan seamstresses.
millners and lingerie workers.
These women come here to save the
! price Of dot out of our high American
wages II takes from two 10 five years TO
do that. In all that time, they never mix
with Americans, never visit theatre,
never make the first attempt to learn the
! language Some of them 60 TO the French
Church on Sundays; otherwise. they never
| leave their rooms except TO shop.
This pre-nuptial period in New York is
Just time dropped out Of their lives. They
| talk OF nothing, day after day. but what
they'll do when they get back 70 Paris and
| begin 10 live again.
sYou may have wondered. perhaps, how
! the slang expression SO long came to be
| so generally used, said Columbia College
/ lecturer the other day. ~ Is usually used
| in closing conversation and is simply a
/ form OF good-by. The Norwe gians brought
/ II to this country In that land OF the
midnight sun saa laeng is common
| form of farewell II means the srme az
I the 'auf wiedersehen' Of the German or The
/ 'au revoir Of the French. Among the
/ early settlers In America were many Nor
wegians and the phrase was picked up from
/ them They pronounce i with the &
softened and accompany II by wave OF
the hand.
Why the post Office stations throughout
the city should not be provided with tele
phones accessible to the public is only
another mystery of their general neon
venienoe There are repeated occasions
for persons called there on business 10
use telephone, but the telephones are
to be found only at varying distances from
the building.
Il don't know why they don't have one
here. one Of the employees faid yesterday,
"for a dozen times day people are boiler
ing TO find out where the telephone Is.
They don't seem 90 have one just BECAUSE
they don't
DO you know said tall Englishman
10 hi- companion as they went uptown in
a subway express that your New York
girls are a source Of whaling surprise TO
me? No matter how young they are, there
isa self-pose a calmness about them which
not hing seems to disturb. Yesterday saw
such a chara cteristic instance
a girl Of the unmlstakable New York
type. tall. dignifed and elegant, started
I across Rroadwavar one Of the most crowded
Intersections The motorman on our car,
which was moving slowly owing TO some
obstruction, put on the brakes to allow her
10 20 bv She swept across the tracks,
deliberate. serene and stately, az though
she we're crossing drawing room But
non my word couldn't blame the motor
man. and | couldn't restrain my laughter
when he suggested in a very courteous
tone:
SAY, why don't you -it DOWN.
In the midst of the finery in dress
makers window in Fifth avenue there
stands dol dressed in deep mourning
widows weeds She If a fair haired blue
eyed thing. such IS sells Tor a dollar or
80 in the toy stores The women PASS
ing take no notice Of her but almost
every man stops ard some Of them stand
7 quite a vi lie 10 gaze at her- she seems
I to have taSClnutf1n TOT lneHl'
Il don't know Why ! do It, said one Of
the victims Of her attraction: but can't
pass her by without looking. and | can't
turn away without feeling sad; she looks
80 real Ii seems 30 pitiful that she should
/ be alone at her tender age, and the con-
| trast between her sable array and the
| henrtless Raudiness of tho frills and fur
I l,elows around her is 80 like actual life that
always have an insane impulse TO do
| something to rescue her
Il suppose 81. the same idea that gives
/ the Gesh and blood widow her pull.
Some years ago said one who has
followed the career OF Paper Collar
/ Zoe he art swinder IAN art dealer
uptown decided TO give Joe chance at
legitimate picture dealing. In his bunco
work he had displayed such skill as a sales
man that the dealer was content 70 let
bvzonc4 be bygones and make him an
honest salesman az a good salary. But in
vainl He hadn't been in the place month
before he wae trying TO swlnde his own
employer Once a crook always crook
STAGE CRIME.
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