The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-18
LIVE TOPIos , A1pvr. TOWN.


triot and was much Interested IN the
Flatlron Building. For fifteen minutes
she surveyed 1t from the triangle at Twenty
third street roped OF by the trSfic squad.
she had gazed her All that she noticed tho
ropes, A newsboy rushing across the
enclosure caught her eye iust as she noticed
the ropes, and she caught him by the arm.
boy she S b IN te sSs,
ropad e e The o s.Iest Hs
.'T' give youse yaps chanst rubber
widout bein' run down he growled a. hs
twisted free and sped on. .
Bakers uptown do thriving business
in 10; bread In the early hours. The smell
OF the warm .oaves ia a bait that lures
many men. In Amsterdam avenue there
is a shop which has for a nightly visitor
Every night he appears shortly after the
first batch comes from the oven and passes
over u dime in exchange for q hot loaf.
This he takes to lunch room block away,
apd with pat Of butter and mug Of milk
mother used to toe cut ITO Tor him him. Us Usually he
consumes the loaf, and although he has
eaten the same nightly meal for year he
shows not a sign Of the dyspepsia supposed
to follow hot bread diet
| The old handcar Is thing OF the past 30
far as the railway inspectors are concerned.
It has been replaced by the tricycle. during
the last five years. But the latest Is q three
| wheel gasoline auto built with Hanged
| wheels to fit the tracks. The machine "
| 80 light that two men can put 1t on and take
1t on the rails. The device Is used on all
the railroads hereabout.
One of the unique features In the life Of
the East Side Is the hawking about on the
streets OF sweetmeats Of southeastern
Europe Pistachio nuts sailed in the shell,
almonds, roasted and covered with prepa-
ration Of butter and brown sugar and other
delicacies reminiscent Of the streets Of Con-
stantinople are sold by the vendors, who
prepare them themselves. solitary Jew
from Const antinople inauglrated the trade
four years ago. Now hundreds OF busnes
They sold them at first to the Jews from
Bulgaria, Servia and Turkey. Now, prac.
tically all the foreign elements Of the East
Side and particularly the children buy them
even in preference to candy.
The suburbanite was Dragging about
that wonderful six-year-old Of his again
@Yes, sir. That kid took me In as nice a
pie last Sunday. Talk about feeling cheap
He had his nose fattened against the win.
dow pane watching the pouring rain out
side, while l was deep In q survey OF the
stock market for the past week.
"'Father," said he
me for the fourth time, ! broke on In
very interesting place and snapped:
Well, my son, what is IT.
"It's raining, father
"Well, for Heavens sake calculated
khA bat
81 was going to. father"
Officer, will you please tell me the
quickest way to get to Coney Island, and thu
fare, too?" was the question that young
damsel put to Patrolman Smith at the
Manhattan entrance to the Bridge yesterday
at noon. He told her the best he knew
and she made pencil notes.
And Brighton Beach, too, you havS
the time, was the next one, making pencil
notes in this instance, too.
aNow tell me about Manhattan Beach
and 1 will be going calmly asked the
young woman.
The cop told her, and after taking notes pa e
row in the direction Of Broadway. The COP
told her she was on the wrong road and she
calmly whispered to him the following;
-Cohf1dentially, I'm from Boston and I'm
spending a week in this city and have not
the time to visit the places I've asked you
about. I wanted to impress the folks al
home that did visit them, and got line on
them from you. I'm very thankful to you
just the same.
SYes, sir, said q manager in Man.
haitian department store yesterday, "tha'
Philadelphia department store hotel en-.
terprise at Atlantic City this season Is ar
1r>k kNa Nria
TO see several New York houses following
this example next summer While on my
vacation I had ample opportunity for IN
curing into the matter and thus am able
to speak right oil the reel. That firm en-.
gagged the hotel for the whole season, II
bred persons The house rs conducted
solely for the purpose Of affording vaca-
ton time comfort and convenience TO the
firms female employees. Very moderate
rates prevail with free porterage, baggage
delivery and other incidentals. REDUCED
railroad transportation charge Is another
feature The employees are represented
on the board Of directors.
The Sunday storm at Manhattan Beach
drove dozens Of butterflies and dragon.
flies to the piazzas for shelter. The birds
alwa VS. take refuge from the rain in the caves
Of the concert hall. but the butterflies ap.
Darently OOn U 1.-Two IOHB ouou8u w ieoh u VIC
place OF shelter. When the foodgates OF
sunday opened the broad porchee were
soon full Of yellow, brown, spotted and white
butterflies darting to and fro to escape the
wind and raindrops. They were welcome
intruders, but the drag onfies caused severa
mild stampedes in the feminine ranks.
Hack hire is dear these days OF the smol
derine Chinese feud between the tongs ir
Chinatown. On Sunday, two Chinamer
paid a to ride in q closed coach from q
Mott street to Doyers street and back
The entire distance was four blocks-makine
the cost 81 q block. During the ride the
curtains Of all the coach windows were
drawn down and there was no peeping
either
An Eighth avenue tree, believed In thu
district to be the only one on the street
was the innocent cause Of bloody fght
the other night between members OF thu
warning factions for the Democratic leader
ship OF the Fifteenth Assembly district
The tree stands near the southwest corner
OF Forty-seventh street; in front Of q
| ,,,,,;,arv store Ever since certain Tam