The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-31

canned good8. The gay labels caught the
eye Of the young hopeful and he carefully
tore them on and Incorporated them In his
scrap book When the cook wants a can OF
soup now she IL likely 70 open baked beans
or preserved peaches. A strict censorship
over the scrapbook has been established.
The surest sign that spring has come,
said West Side housewife, is the eleva-
ton Of the vegetable stands 10 the side
walk In front Of groceries and meat shops.
They have been alternating through the
cold weather In dark little cellar holes and
you risked your life going up and down
the stairs. Those Italians love the sun
shine, and with the first warm days they
put out their charcoal fires and come up
into the air. They are all smiles now, and
every woman that has 70 buy her own
vegetables Ia glad TO see the outdoor mar
kets again
Il want bottle Of timber oil, said the
rheumatic customer to an uptown druggist
this week.
Sorry, sir, but we don't keep IT, replied
the druggist.
Strange said the customer i bought
a bottle Of It when was a boy and il helped
me immensely, but l have never been able
10 purchase any since
He probably bought his timber oil when
Ihe CIRCUS hhoWed IN MS town, orphaned
the druggist. The canvas men, who have
little TO do In the daytime, 60 up TO the
better dressed boys and tell them myster-
iously that they win get them little Of the
same oil used by the acrobats and contor-
tionists for, say, 81. Few boys can resist
the Temptation TO make themselves star
performers and they dig for the funds.
What the canvas men give them is OF
course, nothing but sweet oil with angle
worms In the bottom Of the bottle. Boys
l. IA lfVs,n,
but faith in It's powers will hardly serve
10 loosen joints stiffened by rheumatism
Even chickens are decorated now. In
an uptown shop which caters 20 refined
tastes there are daily exhibitions OF what is
described as milk fed poultry These
spring chickens, which are meant as
presents for the sick, are wrapped in
white tissue paper and tied with red rib
bons once their plumpness and tender
ness have been proved by. touch. They
come from the farm on which they are
raised with legs and wings tied down with
red ribbon.
The teacher asked II there was any little
girl in the room who could tell what dis
arrange meant. The word must have
been unfamiliar, for several minutes passed
before a little Italian raised her hand.
She said she had heard her father say II
early in the morning when he was light
ing the fire.
SAnd when it not light she said L
heara him say Damna disa range
whats the use bewailing the scarcity
Of the diamond back terrapinl' asked a
sportsman who has a shooting box along
the Seneca River, as long az there are
thousand Of muskrats in the Montezuma
marshesl
Perhaps your susoeptibilities are shocked
at the idea Of eating muskrat They
needn't be, for the muskrat has not the
remotest relationship to the common rat
family. Far from having the traits OF a
scavenger, his habits are the daintiest
ever. He has a bath every few minutes,
and when he dimes, selects such dainties as
sweet flag. heur de lys and the bulbs OF
THE hind legs Of muslrat are as tender
as they ought to be considering the animals
epicurean diet. Besides that, they have
just enough gamy flavor to make them
a most delectable morsel.
II almost looks as the prima donnas
were beginning to love dear America for
its own sake. Nine. Eames has been trying
to arrange TO pass the summer here instead
OF going to Italy, and Nine. Melba is to
spend her period Of retirement next winter
in California. Nine. Sembrich. who was
TO pass this summer in America, had TO 90
TO Berlin to arrange her new home, but will
pass next summer in the Adirondack
Nine. Nordica spent only a few weeks
abroad last summer and occupied a cottage
near this city all summer Nowadays
America does not seem 90 bad, after all,
In summer.
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the builders Of old New York are particu-
iarly noticeable through that section which
was formerly Greenwich Village. Symbolic
OF the ornamental designs Of the time are
the many fine specimens OF wrought iron
work In the easements Of basement win
dows, fences, porch ratings and balconies.
There Ia no more artistic wrought iron work
done to-day than IL TO be found all through
this section.
served many Of those andirons, tongs and
other fireplace appurtenances that give de-
light TO collectors.
Lawyer Tom Sullivan IL back In the Grim
Inal Courts Building from Limerick with a
new story.
'The railroad guards over in the old coun-
try take a whole lot Of things for granted
said Mr.. Sullivan yesterday. For instance,
whether you are a tourist OF not they
think YOU ought to know the name Of every
station. One day when we stopped at a
village the guard stuck his head through
the door and yelled:
Any wan there fur here"
II was her first bridge party, and she
had furnished more irritation than amuse-
ment.
"You mustn't play out all your aces at |
first explained her partner. 1T isn't
according 10 Ewell. Elwell says 10 play
your fourth best unless you hold several
high cards" j
The guest bit her lip with veIation, but
held her peace. She had never heard OF
Elwell before. When he was quoted at
her again a few minutes later II was more
than she could stand.
what a lot your husband must know
about bridge, she retorted icily.
An East Side police captain, who isn't
70 very young now. expects 10 be wealthy
before he retires, and not at the sacrifice
81 his honesty either. He has Just con-
trActed with a Wholesale drug firm TO market
4 cure for skin diseases, the recipe for
which he brought here from Ireland twenty !
Ave years ago. He was influenced 10 put !
he lotion on the market by tie efficacy in
,aaes OF eczema and kindred complaints |
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