The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
1--WE roRICs AaoUr 81

Dod OF vegetables. All the Bol hhu 70 90
brought in bucketfuls. and was carefully
boarded In 90 that 1t would not wash away.
The old man did his planting at odd tunes
Of the morning and evening. when the
traffic on the river lot up and gave him
leisure. The early crossers In the trolley
grew acctisto toned to seeing him at work
below. When his seeds came mp the Rulls
descended and uprooted them. 81. ne
began over and set be garden With long
streaming rag, on sticks that scare the
birds away. Now as the barges n
schooners below and the cars above pass
by they can 500 Houriahing e dozen or SO
cabbages, some onion plants, o small carrot
by asked tho old man why he had taken SO
much trouble, but he smiled In q superior
way and said he Just liked to have q few
real fresh vegetables now and then. At
any rate he has added q bright spot to the
river.
About the first ever heard Of the Thaw
family. aside from their businees oonneo-
tions, In this city was In 1895, at the advance
sale OF boxes for the National Horse Show,
when tho top prices were $3.50. paid by
Edward Thaw for box 50. and Kinslsy
Magoun for box IS. About the same
bidders appear at this sale each year, | n
person or by proxy, but Thaw was q new
name to the reporters.
'He T. Edward Thaw Of the Duquesne
mittee. THE family Is very prominent In
society There
Fifth avenue has takon on tho early
summer aspect that 1t will retain until
the first OF August. Then It Is de-
serted all day. Now there are plenty OF
women during the daytime to give the
large restaurants and some Of the shops
a look Of activity. These women are
! spending this month and tho next In the
neighborhood Of New York: August will
there viii be nc little trips into TOW for
shopping. The carriages have disappeared
so completely that even Central Park Is
empty. But that 10 compensated for by
the happy througs on the r~ubberneck
wagons, and these Passenger are the s sane ne
the theatres.
when I get too homesick,' said an in
completely assimilated Philadelphia, Elm
stead Of going pack to the boarding house
I take the ferry TO Jersey City, and get
my dinner in the railroad station. l don't
know whether II is the cooking or the walters
or the stray Philadelphians o me,
but over there am always contented, and
feel that home Is only a couple OF squares
away
'You remember those terrible hot nights
last summed whom the tramps slept in the
park7' asked the tired man. well, I I'm
no tramp, but one Of those nights my fat
was 80 blooming hot I went out in the park
and fell fast asleep. I slept until about Q
O'Clock, when ! was wakened by what
sounded TO me like a gunshot. 1t was a
x,A,,- 1rAIAL Q-~I tAIr,z- see kar
Of a 3ashlight. the tramps and me
"A month later / found my sleeping face
along with those Of the other tramps OF a
page Of one Of the leading periodicals.
Il want q short checked skirt cleaned"
smiled the woman propitiatingly, awed by
the array of clean things hanging In the
window.
"A plain skirtp' asked the cleaner.
Perfectly plain the woman replied,
except for a hem and a tuck and a gather
The cleaner looked in a book.
three dollars she said.
'WIl you pay, that prioe'' asked the girl
as the two walked away. 1T seems to
me it was Q pretty steep one.'
mot as long As I can get q new skirt for
$685. the woman replied.
Henry Clews, Jr., who left New York for
Paris several years ago, announced that
he was going to devote himself to art and
develop his talent a. a painter. Mr.. Clews
has appeared, however, In a different role.
He has become . dramatist, and his first
P 3 yri hss inst Us v esse a pu9l dssis WITH ha ihe life f.
Of q rich American In Paris. The central
hgl IA, Mr.. Tip, ia believed to be a replica of
b well known New York broker. The play
will soon be acted at one OF the Paris theatres.
Many strange names appear on church
billboards these summer days.
THE Rev. Joshua Flint win preach here
at II O'Clock. says the notice.
who Is the Rev. Joshua Flint2' asks the
o~hurohgoer who Is in town over Sunday. !
u never heard Of him before"
That remark is not exactly complimentary |
TO the Rev. Joshua, but he Is not in the mood
to resent any remark on his ~obsourity. He
= having the chance OF his life, for he has
the opportunity to appear for at least one
the goal for which he has worked and studied
and prayed. Two-thirds Of the sermons
preached in New York during the summer
months are delivered by preachers from
small towns who aspire TO q New York
but all go home happy in the memory OF
that one sermon that they preached Ia q
New York church.
, One OF the most popular personages in
the Federal Building Is Big Tom, the head
Of the cat brigade. auartered in the cellar
to keep rats from the mail bags. Tom en-
joys the freedom Of the building, and he
uses it to the full, making a visit to every
office for his bit Of eating or cracker and
q pat on the head every day. 1t is his spe-
cial delight to promenade the narrow cor
nioes and led ges that run around the out
side Of the building. The big gray cat even
manages TO get out OH the roof and trots up
and down the sloping sides Of the high dome
In q way to defy the ordinary laws Of gravi-
tation.
Once-and II Is The only time an accident
evsr befell him-Big Tom stepped through
the glazed paper covering that had been
put temporarily over q broken skylight in
the roof. The men In the printing office
below were startled by the sight Of the big
gray cat, splitting and yowling, spreadeag-
Ing it down through the air. It is forty
feet from ceiling to floor, but Tom landed
on his feet and went trotting of as II nothing
had happened.
Tho theatre manager who has made q
fortune during the past twenty years wss
- Il ---.tIi- --At----k Be-