The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-05
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

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1T is too confusing, " said one man. For
example. two men stepped into my car the
other day. One said Fifth foor.' the other
said Next l stopped at the second floor
and waited and waited for the man who had
ordered Next to get on. He few into a
rage. 4 don't want this fioor,' he said. L
said the sixth floor. Didn't the other fellow
say Fifth" and didn't | say Next and
isn't sixth next after ffthP HuhP'
1 h following day n passenger called
out Third floor and the other said Next
at the same time. / thought ! knew my
business that time. hustled the third
floor man right up to his landing and took
the chap who wanted next on to the fourth
floor. He was angry also. What did you
bring me up hero for when / wasn't look
ingY he .thundered. Didn't you hear me
say next?' Yes said l, but the other
man said third 1 don't gtvo a rap
were then on the first floor and when I said
next didn't that mean second7 III report
you for inattention, that's what III do
And that Is what he did do sighed the
operator. Clearly, the word next ought
TO BIO abolished"
A philanthropio society OF New York
recently arranged a benefit performance
In one of the theatres. A large number
Vi RlOA1lAACAlb WOliAO WIZ " hCJ db DdlIOh-
esses. When the time came to have the
announcement cards engraved the presi-
dent OF the society was in a QuandRry.
In what order should he arrange the names7
He had never given the matter of social
precedence a thought. He referred his
troubles TO one of the womea and she said
dccisively:
They must be arranged alphabetically
or you will be in hot water at once"
But some of these ladies are wives OF
scientific men who are world renowned
and some are simply rich. ON are wives
Of army and navy officers"
1t makes no difference. In New York
society the order Of precedence is alphabet
cal and there is no other rule
There goes a woman who Is acquiring u
department store edu cation, " said a woman
In the fur department OF a Sixth avenue
shop. Il don't suppose she ever had a
pieoe Of lace in her life that cost more than
20 cents a yard or a n~eckpiece that cost
above S., yet you couldn't fool her on the
name, quality or price Of all the expensive
furs and laces. All this knowledge has
been acquired 10y examining goods ut de-
partment store counters. What she doesn't
know about Jewels isn't worth KIN wing.
The furnishings Of her home are as modest
and economical as her wardrobe, yet she
ia an authority ON rugs and carpets. She
has also given much thought to books and
pictures. When IL comes to setting a table
the cut glass and silver department is a
training school,. There 1t il possible to
learn what the different forks and glasses
are for. Women who gain their knowledge
Of the worlds luXiries and some of its
customs in a department store rave an in
d~ividuality Of their own. They are never
shabby, and although insistent are not
i'll bred. They know so much about so many
different things that people not so well
posted think their information has been
gained at first hand, but they can't make
the clerks think So"
at is surprising how many new decks
Of the game Of authors are put on the mar
ket," said a stationer. The latest is a
female suffragist pack. 1t contains the
names OF women and their. works only.
Then there IL a new composers deck, an
artists deck, and a sp~ortsuen's deck. The
latter is particularly popular with boys,
since it ia made up OF works on outdoor
life. The standard authors hat were in
vogue twenty-five years q are still in
the ring, Of course, but the favorites with
his latter day generation are those TO
which the later writers such as Kipling,
Howells and Henry James have been added.
These additions increase the size OF the
deck, some Of the later ones containing
as high as twenty-five books with six cards
to the book
IF you wish to do your Christmas shop
ping successfully" said a clever woman,
The handsomer he is, the better. The way
the salesladies will fly around TO wait OH you
will be a revelation to you.
Il learned this secret by accident. NV
brother happened to be with me the other
day when I had an errand in one Of the big
e shops, and | never had such assiduous
attention before in my life.
The young man must, however, be in
terested in your purchases, or at least ap-
pear to be. II he simply dawdles at your
side, the young ladies will have no eyes or
ears for what you want, but will be absorbed
in gazing at him. But IL he has 10 pass
Judgment on the quality or the design or
the style, they will work like beavers 10
please him. The more exacting and criti-
cal he is the more eager they become TO
suit his fsstidious taste
But demurred the timid woman, first
catch your young man. IL L. not always
possible TO secure one who Is willing 70
spend his time in a department shop"
~I am not sure" said the clever woman.
thoughtfully, but that il would pay % hire
Don't think the telephone girl IL trying to
make fun Of you when she rolls her RS"
in repeating the number you want. She
is merely obeying orders. The hello girls
have all been instructed to jump with both
on every IT" that comes in their SEN
tences and the supeTinteudents of the com
panv are already satisfied that this clear
Of the RS" has prevented
many mistakes.
A peculiar looking fly, with a long, thin
body and black dotted wings, buzzed on one
the windows OF a Third avenue elevated
car the other day. Nobody noticed Il until a
Who got on at Fourteenth street,
suddenly left his seat, went across to the
He examined il closely for a minute, then
explained to a man sitting near that the
insect was a species OF deer fly rarely
outside OF the Maine woods. A
deer fly on an elevated train in New York
was a novelty, said the naturalist, who ex-