The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-27
LIVE TOPICS ABOUy TOWN.


II was after Monday evening opera.
when the subscribers hear little Wagner.
| The usher swears II IS true
Wasn't it beautiful" the pale blue opera
cloak trimmed with cable murmured az
they came down the steps, Splendid, :
answered the pale pink cloak trimmed
| with mink. And how astonishing that II
person who wrote The Simple Life could
compose such a lovely opera. Both are
awfully good. But so different.
An enterprising New Yorker has become
the proprietor Of a syndicate Of saloons in
Berlin which owe their prosperity to the
introduction Of an American accompani-
/ ment 10 drinking hitherto unknown there
| He invented free lunch so far as Berlin Is
concerned, and his enterprise has met with
great success They don't give many
| things away in Berlin. least OF all food
| The possibility OF getting something 10 eat
free with "A glass Of beer or one Of the Ameri-
can drinks he has introduced tickled the
Berliners nightly. His success there has
been so great that the satisfying habit will
be introduced in other German cities.
Albert Sale2a Is TO return to political
honors in the little town Of Bruges in the
lower Pyrenees. where he makes mis- home.
He has received by mail u request from
the political party now out Of power to
stand a. a candidate for Mayor at the cleo
ton 10 he held on his return. Whether
the tenor VIII assume the responsibility
OF governing this community in addition TO
acquiring German repertoire IL a question
he has not yet been able to decide.
The Boulevard near Eighty-sixth street
was a Siberian waste on Wednesday. As
one man bored holes through the wind
getting 10 the subway he saw another
man come out OF house and descend the
steps. This man had on silk hat. He
opened an umbrella.
The wind tore the hat OF the mana head
and sent it spinning down the Boulevard
with q "S---st,' IL also turned the umbrella
inside out
The man stood helplessly looking after
his hat stil holding on to the umbrella az
if it were Of value.
The fate OF the sandwich man was sad
one in the storm The wind took ono up
bodily. kept him in the atmosphere for few
minutes then set him down again.
One wa ked bent backward in peculiar
manner.
Gee! amt be proud" exclaimed a news
boy. But he was not IL was the wind
that bsnt him back. and the ign made it
impossible 10 right himself
Another lost his hat. He ran after it.
When he came to IL, unable 10 bend for
ward since the ign reached below his knees
he leaned carefully sidewise and with assist
ance be finally got it and put ton his head.
Considering the intensity Of the cold.
nobody blamed the cabby much for warming
up.
On Third avenue at o'clock on Wednes-
day evening a crowd had collected. The
friends Of one cabby We're helping him up.
He rolled from side to side his face
showing strangely through his black veil.
He assured them however, that he was all
right and they must not worry about him
--he could drive.
He took the reins Topped them slightly,
and the horses started lumbering,y through
the snowdrifts
The cabby fell back on his cab. Again
he righted himself His friends. 10 the
number Of ton or more, ran after MIN,
lie called out to them not to worry--he
was all night.
Then he fell forward.
This time he lost his rdns and fell from
the cab but the horses, evidently realizing
the situation, stopped. He fell into ten
feet OF snow
For the benefit Of commuters on their way
UP Barclay street from the ferry yesterday
morning few inscriptions on box boards
and cards had been stuck on the top OF the
piles Of snow These were some OF the in
scriptions obi you reached New York,
did your Are your ears coldy Keep
of the grass The way to st. Petersburg
God help the Czarl- goa Metre Hill.
Even the weather in New York is against
the night workers who want to get sleep
In the early morning hours. Soft and sooth-
ing as the snow is usually supposed to be-
il causes the sound that can wake upthe
average nan quicker than anything else.
THE first touch Of spade on tho stone
sidewalk.r said one nervous sleeper wakes
me and keeps me IN suspense until the next
time ii strikes the stone. There is no more
effective way Of getting man out OF bed
than to have the street cleaners begin 10
work with their spades striking the icy side
walk.
Miss Three ear-Old was obliged to
remain indoors because Of a severe cold.
Looking out Of thc window, she saw her
favorite hoy playmate with another little
girl. They were having fine time IN the
snow Turning tc her mother. the cooped-
M one exclaimed
never did like that girl.
INNAInE BKoAo oJININE.
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