The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-20
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT T0WN.

toner on q bright sanahiny day, handing
g to the saleswoman and starting to Leave
the store.
Here called the young woman. your
change will be ready in . minute
y gave you IS; thas's the prio' marked
-Oh. that's the rainy day price, We've
had 90 much wet weather lately tho stock
keepers have forgotten to put on the s dTy
rain clothes are all marked up on morning -
when 1t seems sure to rain. We make
people pay for their lack Of foresight
Here's your rs oents change. Thank you;
! call again
SEQ that man. said the drug olerk,
pointing after q we'll dressed elderly man
who had just distributed handful OF
change among the four boxes which bore
the appeals Of ohildrens hospital, two
fresh air funds and the Salvation Army.
sHs does that every week, It's q. super
stition with him II he didn't give his
1.-THE avery week he believes that his bust
ness would Be blasted or his wife run away
or his children get tho whoopinG cough.
I happen TO know that he buys VIZ Hry
every time its offered to him IN cafe from
Il suppose be has charitable disposition,
but It's superstition that makes him give
90 regularly. There arc about . dozen
other weekly contributors OF the same
sort. Well, there might be more OF EN-,
seeing the good they do.
Raining again. see,' said tho Broad
way dealer. THAT means still moro GUS
toners in the straw hat trade. We have
sold just three times As many straw hats
this season as in any i've years. It's all due
to this wet weather. Nothing turns good
hat bad In 30 short q time as rain. Men
who ordinarily 90 the whole summer through
with a single straw have had to buy four
or ave this year. All the dealers are
ordering new lots. The visA ones who buy
Panamas for next year at the low prices
OF the late season are also getting into tho
market
Commuters haillng from nearby points In
New Jersey and Long Island find the raising
OF squads moneyma king side line. Busi-
mesa men take kindly to this industry.
prompted - much by pleasure a. profit.
These birds are ready for market when
four weeks old. Breeders produce from
eight to ten pairs every year. Many gen
tlemsn farmers" sell direct to hotels, Il aiz-
ing handsome margins OF profit.
When Mrs. De Smith left her upper West
Side apartment for fortnight's visit with
her parents In Massachusetts, she had ser-
Gus misgivings about the care Of her chief
domestic Joy. . fine collection Of palms
and rubber plants. Her husband had
promised to water them faithfully. but she
was not inclined to take chances. so she
wrote q number Of signs, In firm, clear
chirography:
DO not forget to water the plants.
These she tackled in conspicuous places,
above his shaving mirror. on the shade Of
his reading. lamp, above the telephone.
On reaching home last week she took
hasty survey Of the apartment. Not
fern, palm or rubber plant was in sight. !.
Fred, what have ycii done with my plantsl
Oh, just know you let them burn up
Without word, her husband led her to
Eether in the tub, with water all about them
TO the depth Of several inches. were her
plants.
every day, explained the man triumph
/ bathed, Great scheme. wasn't it?'
His wife smiled in spite Of her anxiety.
Yes. my disappointed tho water hasn't
fotted away their roots
The ice cream hat now makes its annual
temperance. This is Of pure white felt,
and Is especially affected by the athletic
girl and the college young man. The 1905
brand has the brim turned up squarely in
front and down in the back. A distin-
gushing mark Of this year IL that the front
Elevation IA secured by a pin, and this is
, the glory Of It all. for the pin should be the
fraternity or club emblem. The girl, Of
course, proudly faunts pin that her best
young man has loaned her.
There is one restaurant keeper In town
who holds deep and abiding grudge
against indiscriminate charity. One night
he dropped into q Ninth avenue mission.
A woman did most Of tho preaching She
talked about the necessity Of feeding the
hungry. Since the proprietor was in that
line himself, her remarks struck him as
being eAosedingly appropriate. and before
leaving the room he gave her . oheok
| for $50.
One evening about q week later the pro-
prietor was astonished to see man Of the
hobo typo shuttle into the restaurant and
take a seat ct q table near the door He
summoned the head waiter.
., Hustle that fellov out Of here he said
and even II he has we can e allow men Of
his stripe to eat here
The head waiter spoke to the tramp.
lie won't go" he reported to the pro-
prietor few minutes later. He says he's
right to be here He's got a meal ticket
Good Lordl' gasped the proprietor.
-Where'd he get itf'
He says lady gave 1t to him.
In the course Of the evening twelve other
represen tativee Of the submerged olnss
ambled In and presented credentials in
the shape Of meal tickets.
"It's that COMPOUNDED donation to
charity. groaned the proprietor. THAT
woman has spent every cent Of II In meal
tickets ct my own restaurant"
u have just given up the hardest job
ever had in my iife." said the man Of many
occupations. u have been cracking eggs
for a living. had a position In a cake
and cracker factory. They use eggs by
the bushe down there, and they have
reduced the breaking Of them to science.
In order to avoid disagreeable accidents
the eggs In q cake factory are broken into
a bowl Ave at . time, and then added to
the general mixture. For q new hand
It Ia rather slow business, but when fellow
becomes expert 1t 10 possible to break
thousand eggs an hour, and not smash
them In wholesale punches, either. The
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