The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-10
LIVE TOpIcs ABOUT TOWN.

COnfrOnted by tdtlln4 gun IN perfect
working order. At the top Of the first
flight Of stairs Ia a FOUNDER and at
least dozen other pieces OF artillery occupy
unexpected places throughout the building.
! Every part of the residence suggests trouble
for the unwelcome. The occupant is an
| inventor Of explosives, and he explained to a
| visitor that he had never counted upon the
| formidable looking ornaments as Of protec-
tive value. 1.-THE real protection" he ex-
planned, Lies in the things unseen"
Wherever there is building going on,
and all the outlying sections Of at least
three of the boroughs ring with the ham
mer Of the carpenter all day long. one
may see the bush on gable end Of almost
every new frame house that has taken on at
least the skeleton OF its definite form. AS
soon as the ridgepole has been set in place
upon the rafters some one of the carpenters
is sure to tack into place bush or a branch
from tree. There it remains and withers
| until the roofers reach 1t with their shin giles
An antiquary relates that the custom ia
universal among the carpenters OF northern
Europe and has so respectable history
that it may well be derived from the Druids
1t Is by nature luck charm. something to
avert the evil that might be built into the
fabric of the home 1t is explained that il
something growing were not put upon
lUt TOOI Tree tlle NulCu IL SHUlIcI y
would make no growth.
There said the grocer, pointing to a
slant eyed. blouse covered Chinaman who
was departing with two well filed paper
bags, goes one Of my best Gust omers.
at il a mistaken idea that the China
man il penurous and that he lives on prac-
tically nothing. As matter OF fact the
Cinnamon are the first purchasers OF celery,
watermelon and everything else that IL
good to eat. The price is apparently no
object. The Chinaman eats but one square
meal day, but that meal is OF the best
in the market"
They were discussing the annoyances
Of the Fourth. SWELL, for once declared
one OF the party-a Brooklyn fiat dweller--
Il slept through all the morning racket.
You see,' she explained "ever since the
spring cleaning began my neighhors have
started in early every morning to beat
carpets At first the noise was madden
ing. I appealed to the Health Board in
vain, and finally nature came to the rescue
by permitting me to sleep through It al.
Once you get so that You can sleep while
your neighbours beat carpets, a little thing
like the Fourth of July celebration cannot
annoy you
Many have noticed that In the United
States Army, as we'll as in the regiments
Of the National Guard, the letter y" Is
omitted in the designation Of the COM
panies, the letters jumping from ~ to
*" The reason Is often given M the
dislike man has to being in the Jay
company but that il not the case.
The letter 81 was introduced in the Eng
lish alphabet about 1890 Before that the
| sound had been represented by the letter
Il which was thus made to do double duty.
! The same was the case in the written Ian
guage. and Ia the last century Il" and ~
were written exactly the same. About
| 1850 however. the innovation was made
of writing -" with the bottom loop below
| the line.
| The confusion which would have re-
suited in military records was the reason
| for not using the letter -, and the system
| has never been changed. The same rule
| applies. perhaps. to the non-tise OF the
| letter u" in lettering the rows Of seats in
some theaters.
.You wouldn't think that those poor
devils had much to fight about" said a
man to his companion "a they were going
through City Hall Park about midnight
as the approach Of policeman caused two
beigerent bench sleepers to separate
"Oh. don't know. A place to sleep,
even a park bench, is pretty good reason
to fight" responded the other Don't
think for minute that all those fellows
are newcomers down here. Some OF them
take a job once in a while and drop out,
but the ajority of them are old FOUNDERS.
They select choice seat kind Of orchestra
chair early in the season and hold on to y.
and they seem to recognize one another's
claim to a particular place. One of those
fellows in the scrap was n newcomer and
the oldtimer wouldn't stand for losing his
bed"
Many business men and women VIII
live uptown make n practise Of walking at
least part Of the way home through Central
Park, but few seem to frequent Riverside
Park for constitutional. 1t il a trife out
of the way, but the pedestrian therein has
the advanta ge of being allowed to walk
on the grass, which is much more restful
than tramping on pavements Between
Seventy-second and l25th streets in River
side are numerous long stretches where
one may stroll at ease on soft, springy turf,
only descending to stony pavements when
the bank becomes too steep for comfort
abe footing
Nothing could equal the apologize at
titude of all the salespeople in the shops
nowadays. ITS so late in the season,
you know" they begin, and add, EVERY
thing has been sold.
This has it's effect in discipining the GUS
toner who has dared to postpone purchas-
ing until such late date. 1t is in the bon
net shops where the prices have been re-
duced that this attitude is most impressed
on the buyer.
what in the world did you mark down
your prices for, then" said woman in a
millinery shop the other day, "is you are
going to patronize the women who come
here to buy them2 We have all bought
hats earlier in the season and we are buying
these now only because they are cheap"
Then the saeswoman was less naughty.
How many New Workers know that there
once existed Bunker Hill in this city,"
remarked man who has made hobby OF
studying old New York.
THAT name" he continued historic
now only for its Boston associations, was
given to a fort built by the early revolu-
tionists. 1t stood on the top of Bayard's
Mount, an eminence situated about where
Grand street runs now, east of Center
Market
"The fort did yeoman service in the
strenuous days following the Declaration