The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-30
1--WE TOPIos AMOUR ToWN.

70 some Of lts frequontsrs. Against lts
mahogany bar. facing the old fashioned
loebox over which the siRn "The Quiet
House was carved IN big letters, many
Of the Oldest merchants downtown were
won't 70 lean.
There could be obtained the finest OF
old ale, imported by the proprietor him
sell and drawn from the big casks behind
the bar Old bottles OF foreign WinCs and
liquors surrounded the walB. Not long
ago EorEn gmen, making alterations in
the place, discovered a few hundred bottles
OF ale which. the former proprietor had
buried behind the wain6ootiuE more than
twenty years ago, and the bulk Of II was
wall preserved.
Ex-Aldsrml1 William Baum,rt. who
runs a cheese factory up At Antwerp, n. Y,
and q section Of TammAny politics at Col
lege Point has the experience Of spending
several hours each week In O suit Of Presi-
dent McKinley's clothes. Sculptor MAO
| Neil is preparing a statue Of the martyred
President For the State Capt. oil OF Ohio.
! He had advertised valuly for a model OF
the right size. One day the ex-Alderman,
who is an old neighbor, wandered In.
| friend.
'Hurrayl' shouted the sculptor; 1--WE
| found my model" Mr.. BaUmeTt is almost
| identical in build with the dead President,
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AZ the corner Of Broadway and Twenty
second street is stationed q mounted police
man to regulate the trafac which comes
through In the rear Of the Flatiron build
ing. The policeman hnds that II lie best at
times to dismount. when he does this
! he simply drops the reins on his horse's
/ neck and leaves the wise beast TO its own
resources. As soon as this u done the horse
80 ~ - 80 -
| corner and proceeds to rubber. He has
q keen eye Tor a pretty woman and few
can resist stopping 70 give the friendly
fellow pat.
A New Yorker walked UP Firth avenue
patiently looking for q public telephone
station. He walked blocks, booking at
every window on both sides Of the street,
but no familiar blue, bell shaped sign met
his gaze. Finally, he Spied one painted
inconspicuously in the lower corner OF
the window Of a small cleansing establish
ment and walked in.
sPve walked mile in sssrch Of public
phone he said 10 the young woman at
The girl laughed. That's what many
persons tell us. We had q great deal OF
didicuky obtaining permission 70 put out
our sign. They are trying TO keep Fifth
avenue free from them: they think II cheap
! Nt' viz ~ Wv
As 10 the appearance Of a building, said
a hagpole rigger, much depends on the
fagpole II you set up on a building pole
too small for it, why, it's simply something
Of no account. II you put up there pole
too heavy and tall It lowers the building,
but you set up on ,! building tEi, o. poe Iuoi
just the right dimensions, why, then you
have something that actually helps 70 bring
out the beauty Of the build ing's architectural
proportions and that is in every way graft
flying TO the eye.
L had the biggest Easter trade this year
nothing ever touched it, remarked
sidewalk florist whose stand IL near New
jersey ferry. i don't lay It TO the mere
pleasure Of wearing and giving Easter
flowers either, but because every year
Easter gets mora like Christmas, day OF
family gatherings. You'd have been e.;
tonished II you had stood here az did
Saturday and Sunday and watched week
enders going out 10 see the old folks or some
country friends, and every one Of 'em
wanted to take plant or soma flowers
A rosy checked man sat In a quick lunch
restaurant yesterday and ate his wheat
cakes In a way that kept the eyes Of his
neikhbors fixed on his plate. After haying
buttered them he patiently pulled them
apart with his fork. The knife did not
touch them and each cake was torn into
ragged irregular bits.
Flakes more time he observed TO the
rnsn next him, but there's no danger Of
indigestion. It's cutting hot cakes with
q knife and then swallowing the section
whole that makes them hard to digest
just eat 'sm the way do and you'll never
know you swallowed them
1--WE discovered a new form Of the re-
venes feminine which believe Is peculiar
30 New York. ~ least, I've lived IN three
other cities and never came across II,
said a man who has recently moved here
from Chicago.
my wife and daughter used 10 be very
friendly with the family in the nat be-
meath W, but for the last two months there
has been a coolnSse; Running up from rom
corner Of our parloT. Now whenever my
daughter plays too long on the piano or
we have few friends W for the evening,
the family below signify their disapproval
6y hitting The pipe with ruler OF SsnS SShe.
goes on playing and we ignore the tap
ping; but when you have a few friends IN
Il is rather embarrassing. You can't very
well tell your guests the truth without mint
ing that II is time Tor them 70 go nome
Patrons OF Italian restaurants who are
attracted to these places by the oheapness
and excellence Of the food find it all but
impossible 70 tell just how much they are
going TO get. Sometimes portion will es
half what It was on q previous occasion.
The In Renious explanation was given At one
Of these places The other night that the
siEs OF the portion depended altoget9er
on the cost o. the food on q certain day
aud the extent Of ths demand for It. When
IL IL not unjust ally expensive and there
IL not much call Tor Il, the portions are
and there are many asking for the same
thing, the restaurant keeper diminishes
the quantity OF the food.
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