The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-24
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

o'clock they wait until their days work is
we'll s~tarted-say half past 10. Then, with
a good appetite, they eat a combined break
fast and luncheon, and dine at Q. They
tell me that "a a result their appetites are
better and they are much less liable TO in
digestion or dyspepsia"
Anew York is deficient in tower clocks
remarked a visitor. in other cities an
open space or square Is rarely found with
out a big public clock. People regulate
their days and nights by these elevated
timepieces.
Here in New York one sees few clocks
on prominent buildings, and not all OF
these are illuminated at night. The man
without a watch is therefore handicapped
and l am surprised that there is not a move
ment to alter this condition of affairs.
The conversation took place in City Hall
Park, and the listener, to vindicate the
city, pointed to the clock that has just been
put in the top Of the new Hall of Records.
The visitor looked up and smiled,
You must have queer designers Tor
your public buildings, he said. The
dial Of that clock is so small that onlya
cap the climax, it is Of white porcelain
that will soil up readily. and is not trans
parent. They'll surely have a job keeping
that dial clean"
One Of the most provoking Of the petty
~nuisances hat annoy the householder ia
the circular letter asking the recipient to
! purchase the enclosed tickets and help along
a worthy charity. The formula always
adds a request that the tickets be returned
if they are not wanted, and in about one
case out of 1000 a stamped envelope IL
enclosed. The recipient is supposed 10
pay the return postage if he is mean enough
not to buy the tickets. Usually ne throws
them into the waste basket instead.
A man who follows this rule was invited
Yacontly ~ GIhSnrihn to n concert given
by the pupils of a music teacher. No
! stamped envelope accompanied the tlckets
and they were destroyed. 4 few weeks
later along came a bin for S. for two con
cert tickets" The music teachers nerve
was good, but he didn't get the money. NoT
will he until a court rules that he is entitled
30 it, and he probably won't sue.
This is the time Of year when horseback
| riders take possession of Central Park
Early in the morning and late in the after
noon they are almost as numerous as pe.des-
TRANS, and almost every rider has an lndl-
vidual style in riding or attire. Some men
ride barehead, others without a coat and
some of the ~coatless ones have their sleeves
rolled to the elbow but wear gloves. IT, Is
not at all unusual to see a woman riding
astride. TIL three Cornered hats, nave
almost superseded the old time derby ,1or
women riders, and sailors are seen also
Most of the little girls, and they are many
rid astride.
skill in billiards has reached a point as
fine as an astronomical observation, exc
blamed a noted player to a friend at the re-
cent tournament. When you have 10
turn out $40 balls TO get six that are OF eH-
actly the same weight, and then keep tnose
six at az careful a temperature as eggs IN
an incubator to make them run true, you
can see how easily the winning or losing
hair line strokes can be spoiled through
no fault of the player. lohacco SMOKE r.
another factor seldom thought OF. Al
most of the billiard halls where the present
contestants practise. small detached rooms
are set apart for their Use and an admission
fee is charged. Most of the spectators
smoke. The result is an atmosphere eA-
tremelv irritating to the eyes. Now you
can see tina wnen il comes to the t~eathery'
touch a players eyes ought to be in as good
condition as his hands and nerves l
know that young Hoppe, who hasn't got ms
growth yet, suffers from the smoke null
sance, and so do some OF the others.
81 have suffered from a disordered liver
for a good many years now. complained
the sad little wife. $50.
sWhy don't you take something for it,
queried the sympathetic friend quickly;
"Oh, IL isn't my liver. replied the httIe
sad wife. It's my husbands
In many lines of trade preparation = are
made far ahead. One Christmas season is
no sooner over than preparations are begun
for the manufacture of goods for the next,
and this holds good OF many thlngs, as ioT
instance. of sleds, samples Of which, designed
for the season of 1907, are already on view
as they have been, in fact, since January.
While boys were still liding down NIL asl
winter sled manufacturers were designing
their styles for next season ana settlhe ou.
samples from which wholesalers anc
iobbers and retailers might select for tutnlre
delivery. Some city orders for s iieds iol
the season of l9O6-o1 have already peer
pla ced, ana out Of town buyers buy when
ever they come to the city, snow shovel'
are made in summer, straw hats in winter
the goods must be ready in advance. 1t is
so in many trades.
sJf the public schools ever add to theil
curriculum the making OF bouquets the
bows will ia Ike much higher honors than th'
girls. said a perpleXed teacher. Il useo
n wonder WHY it was that all the employee!
in a florists establishment were men. HAY
ing no other explanation to fall back on,
concluded that the preference was due u
their superior physical ST strength, but Know
now that it was because they nave paIte
:. taste in the arrangement OF flowers. WI
eli her supposed Inherent talent in tn
matter of home adornment, there ISM on
girl in a thousand who can make a lot o
flowers up into a decent bouquet Wltiou
Goa ching, while on the other hand the 90.
who cannot put them together in artistic
style is rare.
Some enterprising man from the suburb
, has hit Upon a good scheme TO supplant u
in one branch Of our business said tn
florists clerk. "He peddles earth Just as
IL we're fish or fruit or vegetables. III
loads a wagon with nice rich earth whlcI
he gets up in the country for little OF nothlni
and then makes a house to house canvas
in the neighborhoods whore house plant
are supposed to he most popular. He re
tails the load for TOTO 10 cents a pailtul an
has more customers than he can accom-
modate
, "My funniest Easter present wasa gam
! chicken, and I'm going to fatten him "
and eat him broiled for breakfast, said
Westchester commuter who is quite a figur
/ in the printing trade, i got that wrinkl
from Col. Richard Nj. Hoe. father Of tn
present Robert Hoe Of printing press famt
You remember the old Hoe country sea
near West Farms, now cut up into build
ing plots? There the Colonel used to bree
. gamecocks by the hundred for his table
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