The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

One district messenger boy in full uni
form may be seen bright mornings on River
side Drive attending an elderly man who
sits in a rolling chair. At times the boy
becomes deeply Interested in a paper
backed book which he takes from his hip
pocket, but the man Smokes at" a cigar
which goes out so frequently that the
striking OF matches takes up most OF the
boys time.
iDis is easy" said the boy the other day
when his patient had fallen asleep, but
pointing toward the yachts anchored
of the Columbia Yacht Club sd rut her
be in one OF dem chasin' the Roossians."
Il want two tickets for the matinee this
evening" said man at the box office OF a
Forty-second street theater the othsr day.
The box Office man did not smile. When
the patron had gone he said: THAT chap
is from the South. Down there you never
hear the term afternoon. When a man says
III see you this evening, he means any
time down to Q o'clock, II he wishes to
make an appointment after that hour, he
says tonight
Although persons who come from pro-
gressive little cities, whence horse cars dis
appeared years ago, are inclined to make
fun OF the old fashioned cars still in
use in New York. the horse car has some
advantages.
A heavy truck broke down in the middle
OF the car track in Houston street day or
two ago. A stranger would have expected
traffic to be tied up till the wreckng wagon
came and removed the truck. hut it was
not 80. horse car drove up to the truck and
waited patiently till the car following
arrived. Then the team was taken from
the rear car and hitched to the front car.
The four horses gave side lunge the car
left the rails and was trundled along over
the paving stones past the broken truck
and back to the track again. Then the four
horses were hitc he'd to the rear car, the
performance was repeated and both cars
delay.
They can't do that with trolleys and
cables said bystander
An Irish policeman, who was tried by
Deputy Commissioner McAvoy the other
day for reading a newspaper while on
patrol and fined three days pay, COM
planned bitterly afterward that he was
most unjustly treated. Said he
"The shoofly roundsman said that I had
a newspaper in my hand and was reading
it on post. The Commissioner as ked me
ii | had newspaper IN my hand and
giving me a chance to explain.
Now, this is what gals me. The news
paper. was n Hebrew journal. which I
picked up on the street on account of its
queer appearance and threw it away in
moment when l saw that couldn't read
line OF it,
Few persons show any sign OF sunburn
until after the Fourth Of July. Then for a
week or so there is an outbreak, especially
If the day has been sunshiny and hot.
At no other time during the year do so many
show signs OF sunburn This may be
accounted for by the fact that the skin
is sensitive after the winter, or it may he
because many go away. The fact re-
mains that during the week of July there
are more sunburned persons on the streets
than during any other time of the year.
At the Fourteenth street subway station,
every afternoon just before rush time,
quantity of sand is scattered around
the ticket window and chopping box. This
is to stop the rush from the stairs to the
trains, and it is about the most effective
method which could have been put in use.
II any one doubts this, let him try to
hurry from the west side stairway to the
trains, and he will soon notice that it ia
safer to 20 slow. The fine sand on the
smooth surface is a great success. The
hurrying Is all at the ticket window and
chopping box. When the passengers reach
the platform OF the downtown trains, no
one Is in a hurry to get on the train first.
All want to be last go they can stand on
the platform OF the car and thus be first
off at the Bridge, where the rush begins
a gain.