The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-14
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT rowN.

mats as nice piece OF surgical taiior-
ing as have ever seen, remarked doctor
who was about to remove the stitches from
q damaged hand. who fixed you upf'
Japanese student sSs . nurse In
That explains IT, said tho physician.
Those Japs seem to have . marvellous
knack for surgery. Their patient careful
ness and attention to detail have much 70 do
But h ef snS shsa No otssr
we speak Of their wonderful cleverness.
and that IL that the Japanese whom We meet
here, In hospitals, colleges or stores, are
among the most enterprising, and clever
by these voluntary e1iles.
'The trading stamp craze does not seem
to be quite 30 active here lately said .
man just returned from his vacation, shut
1t certainly has taken good hold on other
places.
II went on a sea trip for my vacation.
sailing to Bermuda and from there TO Hall
fax; The Bermudans are simply wild over
and the natives collect them feverishly,
with the ambition to exchange Q book
full for, some ornament for the parlor
mantelpieoe.
only the people there arc less excitabie
and collect their stsmps IN the matter Of
fact. businesslike way Of the American
Among frequenters Of The pubic libraries
are certain "fxtures'-men who visit The
Institutions 10 remain most. II not all day.
They spend their time reading along chosen
lines, sometimes taking notes, often falling
asleep, and never by any chance applying
their researches to any practical use. Usually
the man Is we'll past middle age
Investigation will disclose many curious
hobbies amounting TO mAnias OF these
library lovers. One 'last Leaf has spent
thirty years going through encyclopedia
and similar gigantic compilations. HIS
keenest delight e TO discover errors OF date
to correct. Another aged individual reads
all the matter he can lay hands on referring
to flying machines and arostaics In gen:
eral. In ten years be must have dgested
collectively q thousand volumes, pam
phlets, &C.. yet be sits there day after day
sim a third races through volumes Of
religious character, growing unduly ex-
cited over a tenet or exposition which
Of sp the old booSwor OF u' are Veterans o.
pensioners Of some sort.
A man who returned recently from
Europe said tho other day:
There is a man employed ON every
transatlantic liner, whose duties but one IN
thousand travellers mow about.
Il tried to find out on tho trip out, bu
only succeeded In sstisiytng my curiosity.
on the last day Of the homeward trip.
He never does any work, and YET he -
the dining saloon. Traveller. note that 10
never loses sight Of the saloon stewards.
and the funny part OF It all Ia that all he
has to do on every trip is to see that these
same stewards do not throw the dirty dishes
overheard. to save washing them, when no
one Is looking"
'For economical ingenuity a Southern
woman know takes the bun,' said Fifth
avenue designer Of fashionable gowns
-She is Kentuckian and before she married
New Yorker was Louisville belle. Early
in the spring planned cage green toilet
for her. Several days ago suggested an
alteration for this gown.
sent that outfit down home. You sec, l
have little scheme OF my own. and 10 works
SO well that all Of my beautiful costumes
cost me practically nothing. About two
weeks before tho county fair pens at Bards-
town send all OF my last eeason's dresses
and hats to a woman who Ills them for big
prices. It's a good scheme and enables
me to dress way beyond my income
The proprietors OF the various resorts at
Fort George arc thrifty lot and they use
&ery possible resource to increase their
profits. Brass bands and vocalsts and
their business. Tho bands, Of course, have
an economical device. fhey hire no waiter
who cannot either sing or play. II they can
do both, 80 much the better, and the singing
Of Oft th e Places may Be served with refresh
ments by Q waiter one moment and the next
moment will see him on the stage with apron
discarded.
.One thing I like about New York, said
the man from tho South, is the prevalence
Of paper money. I've been here month
and have seen only one silver dollar, and
the man who gave me that tn change apol-
oeized for it. Down our way ono seldom
sees a ono dollar or two dollar bin, and they
are usually filthy from long usage, Silver
change pulls all Southern pockets out OF
ehape and is a nuisance. The reason?
We haven't any Sub Treasury nearer than
ex press charges when they send old paper
money to be replaced, 30 they use silver
It's only few minutes work and no expense
for a messenger to get any quantity OF old
money replaced with new in New York.
.Soupe d roioron tgood for all head
aches)" reads the bill Of fare in a brasserie
in Eighth avenue. To the uninitiated
the suggestion of onion soup as headache
cure seems curious, to say the least, Yet
It is an article Of faith with Frenchmen
chat this delicious broth made from semi
baked onions, bread and cheese, Is certain
remedy for all the pangs Of the morning
after" ,,..,-
Onion soup is the occasion for little
ioke among Frenchmen, based on its head
ache curing properties. Il Is rsferIed 70
soup" There 10 just enough similarity IN
the pronunciation Of ot0non and ivroone TO
make q Parisian smile at the fun.
"A quarters worth. said the passen gert
who boarded the Broadway car at Cortlandt
street yesterday.
.say, where do you think you are3' was the
answer Of the conductor. sid like to toll
you you're riding O. trolley car r, no 49,.
for a Quarter. We get six rides for quar-