The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

One district messenger boy in full uni
form may be seen bright mornings on River
side Drive attending an elderly man who
sits in rolling chair. At times the boy
becomes deeply interested In paper
bac ked book which he takes from his hip
pocket, but the man smokes at a cigar
which goes out 80 frequently that the
striking Of matches takes up most Of the
boys time.
when his patient had fallen asleep, "but
say'-pointing toward the yachts anchored
of the Columbia Yacht Club-"Id ruther
be In one OF dem ohasin' the Roossians.'
Il want two tickets for the matinee this
evening said q man at the box Office Of a
Forty-second street theater the other day.
The box office man did not smile. When
the patron had gone he said: THAT chap
hear the term afternoon. When a man says
IN see you this evening he means any
time down to 9 o'clock. II he wishes to
make an appointment after that hour, be
says tonight
Although persons who como from pro-
gressive little cities whence horse cars dis
appeared years ago, are inclined to make
fun of the old fashioned cars still in
advantages.
A heavy truck broke down In the middle
OF the car track in Houston street day or
two ago. A stranger would have expected
traffic to be tied up till the wrecking wagon
came and removed the truck, but it was
waited patiently till the car following
arrived. Then the team was taken from
the rear car and hitched to the front car.
The four horses gave a side lunge, the car
left the rails and was trundled along over
the, paving stones past the broken truck
horses were hitched to the rear car, the
performance was repeated and both cars
went on with not more than five minutes
delay
cables said bystander.
An Irish policeman, who was tried by
Deputy Commissioner McAvoy the other
day for reading a newspaper while on
patrol and fined three days pay, com
planned bitterly afterward that he was
most unjustly treated. Said he:
THE shoohy roundsman said that had
a newspaper in my hand and was reading
it on post. The Commissioner asked me
said, Yes Then he fined me without
giving me a chance to explain.
Now, this is what gals me. The news
paper was a Hebrew journal, which
picked up on the street on account of its
queer appearance and l threw it away in a
moment when l saw that couldn't read a
line Of it,"
Few persons show any sign of sunburn
until after the Fourth of July. Then for a
week or so there is an outbreak, especially
IL the day has been sunshiny and hot.
At no other time during the year do so many
show signs of sunburn. This may be
accounted for by the fact that the skin
Is sensitive after the winter or it may be
because so many 90 away. Fhe fact re-
mains that during the week of July there
are more s,lnburned persons on the streets
than during any other time of the year.
At the Fourteenth street subway station,
every afternoon just before rush time,
a quantity Of sand is scattered around
the ticket window and chopping box. This
is to stop the rush from the stairs to the
trains, and it Is about the most effective
method which could have been put in use.
If any one doubts this, let him try to
hurry from the west side stairway to the
trains, and he will soon notice that 1t is
safer to go slow. The fine sand on the
smooth surface is great success The
hurrying Is all at the ticket window and
chopping box. When the rasse myers reach
the platform Of the downtown trains, no
one Is in hurry to get on the train first.
All want to be last so they can stand on
the platform of the car and thus be first
off at the Bridge, where the rush begins
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