The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

o"hou manly noIecS, nCiuunB Ion DS OTo,
Rosetint and the internationally great Mas
terman, suggests a new condition race for
.counterfeits, disa ppointments and morn
ing glories.
There would be good pulse" said Mr..
Hoden, but the interesting condition OF
the race would be that the owner Of the
horse finishing last must take and keep all
tory -.
mentioned by Mr.. Boden.
Among the peculiar letter. recently re-
, oeived by Mayor Mcclellan was one from
an admiring public official In Indian Tori
tory. who wrote that a set Of Henry
Georges works was about to be presented
The writer asked the Mayor to inscribe
2 few fitting presentation lines on the dy
Two doves arc building their nest on tho
capital Of ono Of tho 0recian columns In
the front Of the Stock Exchange. They
arc busy all day long Juggling straws and
pieces Of cloth to the place. The nest Is
being built on one Of the projecting figures
q the capital, and Ia vol protected from
the wind and RAIN
One Of the doves few into the trading
room Of the Exchange from the New street
side few days ago, and circled about the
room several times before it finally darted
out. Soon afterward the market started
have named the doves tho bull Birds
A breakfast food concern has taken pos
session Of q Broadway store for adver-
tising purposes. and there one may see how
the food Ii made from the grain to the fin
ished product. The machinery for making
tho food is installed in this store, and 1t is
really an interesting. process. All day
long there Ia crowd in this store and the
best OF 1t Ia that no one Is asked to buy
anything
ST you are in need Of dog said dog
fanoter. don't by any chance buy one
from any Of the men who stand on street
corners. Puppies look pretty much all alike
to the uninitiated. whether they be full
blooded or merely monsrels, and it's a
dead sure thing that the vender is not going
to say that they are Of the latter class. With
q nice fresh ribbon about their neoks they
are just too cute,' and women fall easy
prey to the Wiles OF the seller.
Lord Brassey. shortly after his yacht
Sunbeam had been overhauled after her
arrival ON this side for the ocean race, was
approached by . yachting reporter, who
well, Lord Brassey. suppose you will
taloe her out for . trial spin now7'
We'll no. said Lord sraas ~. ! IN hardy IDLY
s :e1. Va va. prs9 goa % tr s spn
Trust tho rsoetraok touts to land the
newest expression.
'why,' said ono Of them at Belmont
Park yesterday. this horse Is . moral
marvel. he worked = mile in $40 this
Tho news that Tod Sloan is going abroad
again recalls an incident Of his last visit
to Now York. Tho Jockey was standing
on Broadway with 4 friend whom a man
sased .fter him With bitter expression
THAT fellow borrowed 5000 from me
In Europe he said, and now he won't
sven speak to ne: lot d :Io9e paying I back
man, whose name Is almost as familiar
a. Tod's In tho realm Of sport, touched
him for a total Of 5000 while they were
abroad and that he never hoped to get a
cent OF 1t. Sloan did not have $50 to his
With wonderful unanimity men have
decided that white is the color they will
wear for summer scarfs. and the haber-
dashers have accepted their determination,
The result is that the shop windows are
making moro Of display Of white cotton
neckties than Of any other kind. This
matter Of neckwear. as all OF these scarfs
may be laundered.
The times have changed since the gar
deners from the upper part Of Manhattan
Island first brought down to what is now
Herald Square the sod which they sold to
the benighted dwellers in cities that could
not grow it for themselves. There was, for
instance, a stage that used to run from the
square up. to what was then Bloomingdale
Asylum and none Of the buildings that now
surround the square was to be seen there,
Although there has been SO much change
In other particulars, the men with the grass
sod for sale still come down to the square.
and New York without them would lose one
reminder Of the spring season.
This is the time for the Improbable in
spector. Of fats to begin their rounds and
worry the janitors. who are soon able TO
recognize them from their interest in every
detail of a fat and their surprise at all it's
conveniencee.
Come from out Of town." the janitor
of one Of the large houses said yesterday
: And they want to see what one Of these
swell New York flats is like. Therefore
we have to take EN- all around and let 'em
see everything, although We know perfectly
we'll that they won't rent EN-. We are just
helping out their seeing New York
There is but one tree now left on Broad
way from City Hall park to Union Square
It Ia slim ailantus that shades the windows
of.the Sinclair House ont the southeast corner
Of Fight street. It look as tho, gh it would
not take a much longer experience in the
ioin its many lamented predecessors along
he thorou ehfare. Old pictures chow that
not so many years ago this section Of the
st rect was tree lined.
ROYAL WEDDING PLAYS.