The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-11

as to quality. Tor instance, his palamas
were OF sheerest pOngee silk, made 10
measure not by custom shirt house,
but at woman's exchange noted for its
fine handwoTk That is the sort Of shopping
which pays woman in my line
-Four women we're playing bridge whist
Three Of them we're intent on the game
The fourth was broOding over her wrongs
as a wife and the delinquencies OF her
husband. She expatiated on the subject
until IL passed endurance,
INV dear" exclaimed one OF the other
women, IF he is "a bad as all that why
don't you leave him"
Because" replied the victim OF the
brute spitefully, "Elwell says that when
YOU have a knave and two little ones you
never should discard the knave.'
The family's pride is years old, and
arithmetic, -khioh he has begun to study
in kindergarten style, appeals strongly
TO MIN He figures out little problems
Of Dersonal interest and announces the
result in a most matter Of fact waY. His
relatives have become used 20 tins Dut
he startled his mother somewhat the other
day by announcing after a period OF pro-
found thought:
Just think. mother: in only ninety-four
years III he 100
Occasionally a visitor to the Federal
Building hears the strains Of music coming
from one Of the court rooms and Is filed
with wonderment He may have heard
that the practice Of Federal courts, which
follows the common law more closely
than does that Of the State courts, Is sur
rounded by dignity and reverence ana
may imagine that the proceedings open
with a hymn. Or, II the tune Is a light one,
he may believe that the learned and be-
gowned Judges are relieving the ponderous
character Of their work by hlt OF diversion;
But IL he is curious and investigates ne Will
find that music Is often a part OF the days
work in these courts. There are many
cases Of infringement Of copyright on
musical productions and the piano otten
gives the most conclusive KIND Of eNluenCe'
The price OF the cocktail has been steadily
mounting skyward during the last two
wears. It has not yet passed beyond the
2s cent point however and has attained
that figure only in two places. One Of
these was commonly supposed to pride
itself on its high prices until that delusion
was shattered. Outside OF the Broadway
hotels the price has gone up to 20 cents and
may go higher.
A Wall Street broker. who is also an usher
Ia an uptown church. started home in a
subway express the other afternoon. Every
seat except one was taken and woman
was occupying part OF that as well as the
one next 10 il.
Il beg pardon. madam, said the broker
usher, 4but would you KINDLY
The OCCUPANT Of the seat glanced up.
Il wordn't mind at all for any one but
YOU" said she, but last Sunday you put
/ six persons in my pew when there u Ecarctly
! room for FIVE"
He stood all the way to Seventy-second
street.
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solicitor. TO write a policy on the life Of
Methusaeh when he was young, me to get
the usual percentage on the annual renewals.
There would have been a steady income
for YOU lasting through your own life and
If Methusaleh hadn't let his policy lapse
coming in steadily TO your descendants
down through, II not exactly countless
many generations They didn't have any
life insurance in his day., / know, bat think
il they had had, and you could have got
him! would like to have written a policy
| on Methusaleh.'
There is a store in New York that is in
class by itself It il in Fulton street, q
little east Of Gold street and runs through
! TO Beelman street one block north. It's
REGULARITY il in the fact that each entrance
! has exactly the same number. although in
/ different streets. Fulton street Il mum
1 bered from the East River, with the odd
numbers on the north size OF the slIeel,
| while Beekman street il numbered from
PARK row. with the odd numbers on the
south side This store running through
the block IA it does happens 70 be just
where the two numbers meet.
Honest" said a worthy burgher, i
| haven't had a greater compliment in a
I long, long time.
! we had barely got into our new house
I In another part OF the city when an ice
1 man dropped in, a. iCemen do on such
! occasions, to see II we wanted ice And
we talked ice and how much we would
want for our refrigerator, and how often
we would take il. and 50 on, and then we
came TO how we would pay, and the iceman
said he commonly collected by the week
I And 1 said IL would be less bother to him
and to us IL we could pay 10y the month
/ il that would suit him as well, And then
came the compliment.
/ IAN right said the iceman, looking
! up for lust one swift glance az me, 1 guess
| you're good for a months ice
/ And we settled it that l should pay
| by the month.
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