The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.


Sarah Cowell lie Moyns, who e making a
short tour in Robert BroWning's "A Blot IN
the 'Scuteheon,' was acquainted with
Browning, who used 10 call her the girl
| with the blue eyes The actress was then
IS years old, and one day she told Browning
that shs would some time make a produc-
! ton Of one Of his works.
aOf course you will, and some day will
write play especially for you, replied the
! poet.
He died a short time after this oonvsrsa-
| ton, but Mrs. lie Moype has kept the promise
she made to bin.
/ On an open Broadway car the other day
sat = pretty little woman holding q green
transfer in her hand. Alongside and keep
ing pace with the oar came an automobile
in charge Of a likely looking chap.
No one really know just how II came
about, but there was Autter Of the green
! transfer, q nod from the likely chap. and
the little woman stepped from the car to
the automobile.
well, what do you think o. thAt?' said
a surprised passenger Hey. there. con-
duotor, gimme a green transfer quick so as
I III be ready when another one o. them
things comes along
A hSshily dressed negro walked into the
West siIty-eighth street police station the
other night and asked Sergt. Thomson II
he could have detective.
What do you want detective FORT
well, boss, nah wife done run away
with another man and All thinks she wants
me-
you'll have TO 60 to private detective
for that, we can't help you
How much will one Of them cost met
nd haf Nak AZ aN
HIM; two days at s. a day All guess
Ah'n let her go, boss
Over the desk Of Deputy Collector John
H, Storey. who has charge Of the seizure
room in the United States Appraisers
building, is a row Of books with such titles
rs ITS Never Too Late 10 Mend "Toilers
Of the Home" The Governors Garden
and -Sketc hes from Life
When a visitor shows wonder at the pres
enoe Of such literature In a businesslike
ONCE Major Storey selects at random any
one Of the volumes, and, opening il, reveals
big hole In the middle Of the pages through
half the thickness Of the book.
That u where people put jeWelry that
they send through the foreign mail, says |
the Major. Every year yields full har-
vest Of watches, necklaces and pendants
HlHN NANA llO1N BtEepuH HNNln 10 nc
under the impression that mail matter IA
sacred and won't be scritinized when It
comes from abroad; but as a matter Of fact
every package that comes by that means
into this country Is subject 70 examination.
II we find any object concealed with the
evident intention OF evading duty Il is
summarily seized and sold at auction some
time later.
Nov, this copy Of Sketches From Life
Is a very cheap edition, yet il left Europe
worth its weight In gold-for il contained
q fine ohronometer. This 'Toiers Of the
Home conveyed a necklace with q note
that read, Dear Nell, hope you will like
the book
sim afraid the sender Of that little
remembrance is angry with Nell for not
acknowledging its receipt
At the back OF Major Storey's once IL a
partition Of heavy wire. Beyond 10 could
be seen many rows Of shelves full Of books
and rolled manuscripts.
That literature continued Major
Storey, ia the kind Of stuff that Mr.. Com
stock hunts for. II mes by mail in
passengers' baggage, and as regular i'm
portations. Frequently, after we have
seized books, or pictures, OF periodicals.
Of a questionable kind. the owner appeals
10 the Department for its release on the
ground that we are too prudish and that
our ideas on art and morals are antiquAted.
II the Department refuses the request
We bum the stun. All the books and
papers you see there are being held await
ing the Department. decision