The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-10
LIVE TOPICs ABOUT TOWN.

The platform Of the Grand Central S alton
in the subway is the only spot on the line
that is really trihe terrifying when the
afternoon crowds gather there on their way
uptown, There is always heavy transfer
Of passengers from the local trains to the
expresses at this station. and the platform
becomes a struggling mass Of humanity,
which loses the power to move in any one
direction and must follow any course that
becomes possible The guards on the
uptown platforms are wholly unable TO
cope with the crowds and the crush con I.
pares with that on the elevated station at
the Brooklyn Bridge.
Living in a hotel with n popular restau-
rant has its drawbacks after all.
Pm glad people like the cooking in my
hotel said a guest in a Fifth avenue estab-
lishment But am sorry that they like
it so much as TO keep on giving dinners
there. When we have three or four hundred
several times a week the food on those
nights tastes suspiciously alike. whatever
the dish may be Then the chickens and
game on the day after are likely TO taste
very much as If they had been cooked for
several days My advice 10 hotel dwellers
IL To select one which is not popular for
dinner parties They are likely 10 become
more important than the guests after
while"
A carol as sung by n certain New York
church choir il a great fayorite with Andrew
Carnegie. During the recent holiday sea-
son Mrs. Carnegie arranged 10 have this
choir come to the house. a short time be-
fore the hour when Mr.. Carnegie usually
awakens from his siesta so that be should
be reused 10y the singing Of his favorite
When the refreshments were served
one Of the singers who had met with an
accident overturned n cup of chocolate
on her dress in moving her crutch. The
next day the young woman received note
from Mrs Carnegie asking her TO accept
an enclosed check since the dress had
been ruined in her house The amount
Of the enclosure was sufficient for the pur-
chase OF a handsome costume.
~Offeu. for weeks We sell scarcely pair
Of boys gloves to boys said a saleswoman
at the mems glove counter in Twenty
third street store. The correct thing now
for shopping and common street wear 10
a glove with one fastening which does not
in any way restrict the hand. Since women
80 generally take physical exercise, gloves
made for boys fiji their hands much better
than those designed for women, which ara
still made according to traditional models
So they buy the boys gloves
u
TO get out missed her purse She knew
she had it after she entered the stage, as
she had taken il ont when she paid her fire
The stage was at the Twenty ninth street
crossing. A woman passenger. quickly
taking in the situation, jumped to the door
and called 20 the policeman stationed there.
To the establishment OF the other pas
senrers when the policeman had mounted
the stage. he at once singled out hand
somely dressed young widow to whom he
said.
$50 YOU are at it again. Sue
Then he pulled away the mum she was
carving and disclosed a pair Of wax hands
aud arms which had been gracefully be-
slowed in the nun, while with her own,
which were concealed beneath her cloak,
she had secured the missing purse
In one Of the plays running in tn is city
now the villain appears first on the stage
smoking cigar. on the opening night OF
the show the actor waited in the wings for
his cue. smoking his cigar the while.
stage hand who didn't know that he was
part Of the show. tapped him on the shoulder
and said to him
NO smoking here
But YOU are smoking and 80 are those
other stage hands. said the actor.
That's all right" said the scene shifter.
Were members OF the union.
The Tenderloin police station now has
safe in which the yauables Of prisoners
may be kept. Commissioner McAdoo saw
the need Of a safe two weeks ago when he
happened to be in tho police station and saw
several thousand dollars taken from a
drunken prisoner.
The sergeant on duty as formerly took
charge Of the money and iewelry obtained
from prisoners hitherto and was responsible
until the property was returned 70 the
owner. Now yaluables can be placed in the
safe and the desk sergeant wont have
10 worry for fear jswels or money will dis
But the four desk sergeants and the cap
tain have the combination OF the safe. 40
If ANYTHING j., lost the finding OF IT will be
up 10 these five persons.
-Tl never keep up with these sporting
characters. sighed the young matron, as
she put down her newspaper the other
morning Now here II says Monte Carlo
Bill dead Who in the world was Monte
Carlo Bl;'
The number Of s,rcet beggars is 80 much
diminished now that the panhandler is a
rarer bird than ever Tho strctness
Of tho new law against yagrancy and its
fairly Ell isut administration are, Of course,