The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-26
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

The hardest thing about the San Fran
CISCO disaster In its effect upon New York's
Chinatown Is the advance in the price
Of opium from g. quarter pound car q
week 9 to $40 q can now The bulk
Of the drug secretly sold in Chinatown
came from San Francisco, and when the
local shopkeepers heard that Chinatown
had been entirely destroyed they figured
that q big lot Of opium went with II, They
boosted the price the very minute Ahey
were certain that San Franchises China
town was one
AT the old price, I used to be able to
knock out enough change as guide TO keep
a shell of hop on hand all the trne,' satd
one Of the opium slaves. aI've got to do
without the pipe when hop is go 2 pound.
especially when business Is so dull
A South African firm operating near
Victoria Falls buys most OF It's telephone
materials in New York. The firm has been
sending rather heavy orders. considering
the shortne0s OF tho line. A private letter
received with the last order explained it..
Those damned elephants and CRATES
make all the trouble said the letter. II
a herd Of CRATES isn't running into 1t with
their necks, then a bunch Of elephants is
pulling up posts for fun. We've had to re-
place all our old linemen with first class
hunters. The natives used to be our biggest
nuisance, because they would steal copper
wire whenever they could, but we beat that.
and got them to curse the poles: Do you
know any way Of witching elephants and
giraffesf'
Some folks are lucky at finding things,
but l am not one of the m, said a salesman
the other day. Il had just one experience
that way and it didn't pan out to my sat-
isfaction. A few months ago I was going
along Thirty-fourth street when l picked
up a gold watch. A picture Of a woman
was on the inner case and ! left it there for
falo, and the watch having lost time l took
it to a jewellers. The boss himself waited
on me, and as soon as he saw II he became
excited and said;
II I'm not, mistaken my wife's pic
ture is inside this. / lost it the last time
and you can keep IN watch
"Of course, / surrendered everything
and bought a new one from him. l didn't
save any money by the find
A girl whose sales in the millinery de-
partment Of a Sixth avenue store are CON-
sidered phenomenal was asked the secret
Of her success.
Il sell hats" she said, because I never
tell a customer a hat is u~nbecoming. I say
it is too old for her face. No matter II q
woman is eighty years old / make out that
the hat she doesn't look well In was built
for a person close on TO a hundred, | find
that that little hint of y~outbfulness pleases
customers of all ages. To say that a hat
is unbecoming Is an ~insinuation that the
features are 30 out Of gear that only hats
Of a peculiar style can overcome the incon-
gruity. Women don't like to ave their
shortcomings thus pointedly. commented
on, but they do like to be cajoled into the
So when | clap a hat p a woman head
and say, Now, here is the very thing for
you; this hat is younger and just suits your
face the chances are that / am going to
make a sale"
1t was a woman's club, and a cup Of tea
had Just been served to one Of the guests.
A hospitable member approached with a
little tray, bearing sugar, lemon, &o.
What will you have in it?' she asked the
guest, s~oicitously.
The guest looked from the member to
the pale contents of the cup she had in her
hand.
aIf you will be 30 bndi' she replied with
a candor that rendered her memorable in
the annals Of the club. Il would like a little
tea in it,"
An uptown family has an odd system Of
settling its bills. Its members are natives
of another country and derive their income
twice a year, and twice a year they settle
their bills. All their tradesmen- the grocer,
the butcher, the baker, even the newsman
who supplies them with daily. papers
understand this and are perfectly willing
to let the accounts run on a six months
basis. Even the rent is paid but twice a
year, but as they have lived in the same fat
Tor ten years, and as the landlord knows
their circumstances, he does not worry over
the possibility Of their moving away.