The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-04
LIVE ToPr6s ABOUT TOWN.

table and shook hands with Lord Grey and
Elihu Root. He did not notice Joseph II.
Choate, who was sitting two places away
As he was turning to go Choate called
after him:
Here, Fish, you speak to me! If you
don't they'll say that there's something
between usl'
Two men were having an argument In
the back room of a Sixth avenue saloon.
The talk had reached the stage where a
waiter was necessary n one of the men
had pushed the call bell communicating
with the bar again and again. No waiter
appeared and the man got impatient. HIS
flow Of words was interrupted by a man at
the next table.
Pardon me-" said the man, but you
can get q waiter at once If you will lift up
that picture hanging near your table
The stranger looked incredulous, but
grasped the frame OF the picture and puieo
II away from the wall. AT once q waiter
came running in from the bar, looked sharp
ly about the room, and then came grlnnng
TO take the order. -.
There's no mystery about the natter
explained the man at the next table. You
see the proprietor Is a bit Of a collector OF
pictures, He values them highly and for
fear that they may attract his. guests TOO
strongly has them fitted with burglar
alarms that ring in the office. You can
always get a waiter more quickly by llftlng
a picture than by touching the bell
A.. B. Wenzell, the artist. saw a man warm
ing a bench in Union Square the other day,
Just the sort Of model he needed to Illustrate
a magazine story. Producing several coins
from his pocket the artist said; MY friend,
here is a dollar which will change hands If
you will pose for me ten minutes
Coin to print it?" inquired the bench
warmer bleakly.
@Of course"
Then there's nothtn' doin',' rejoined the
nondescript decisvely. "Once me face
gets in tn papers tn cops has it and tn
and shy Of grub, but / sure can't sell my
self cat cheap
Attorney General Hadley Of Missouri,
whose vigorous examination Of the Standard
OIL officials was in marked contra st to his
youthful appearance, is fond Of describing
an amusing experience he had as Prose
cutting Attorney Of Kansas City prior to the
political landslide which swept him into the
Attorney-G cneralship.
A venerable Missourian had dropped into
the Office and had found the young looking
Prosecutor at leisure. Requested to state
his business the visitor replied that he
well, l am Hadley, -" he was informed.
SAY, sonny, hared the caller, you may
be Hadley, but guess my business is with
your pa
"The space between paydays has been
constantly shortened in my time said an
old business man who watches larger ten
denotes. an nearly all offices and stores
and in most trades payment by the week 10
now the rule in New York. Once payment
by the month was the rule. The further
West one goes the more employers tend to
pay by the month or the fortnight. l sup
pose that this is a survival of the early, days,
when ready money was scarce and pay
wagons always in danger.
People who nave a payday every night
are not so uncommon as one might suppose:
In my acquaintance are a farmer. a small
storekeeper and the proprietor OF a nov
elty works who pay on that plan. The
farmer does it because he breads the small
est debt. the s~torekeeper because he believes
that employees should get their money as
they earn it, and the novelty works man
for no reason that | can discover except
force of habit"
There is nothing so evanescent,' SAID
Justice Dugro to a friend, as greatness,
political or otherwise. / will wager that
there are not a dozen children in the New
York schools who can name over the Presl-
dents of the United States. There are
none who know the names of the Congress-
men from this State and very few who are
acquainted with the names OF the Senators.
Why !, myself, he finished, have for
gotten the name OF the man who ran against
me for Justice Of the Supreme Court"
A Broadway florist has a small collection
Of japanese plants in his window, miniature
cacti. foliage plants and small century
plants in tiny yellow jars.
Japanese plants are very popular this
wi ptar - he said here are some TICn
folks who have splendid collections Of them.
One woman has as high as 400. She is
always looking for additions to her, collec-
ton. | don't know whether II ls because
of the war and the added interest III every
thing Japanese, but a little Jap over on
Long Island has been doing a land Office
business in dwarf plants this season
A novelty in Easter eggs is one of glass
that is electrically lighted. Such eggs are
made in white, of frosted glass and in vari-
GUS colors, to glow when the light is turned
on in them. They are lighted by means
of a flexible conductor which may be at
tached to any electric light fixture and
which is made long enough TO permit OF
placing them wherever it nay be desired
Few peonle realize the woes of the short
woman who tries to buy a ready made suit.
Everything is too long for her, from sleeves
to skirt, and the cost Of such extensive
alterations as would be necessary is con-
siderable. Then she tries the misses
sizes, and maybe finds a skirt that can be
changed without much trouble, but the
coat will probably be narrow across the
shoulders. OF course, every saleswoman
who waits upon her explains her peculiarly
Of size in a patronizing fashion, and alter
a DAYS search through a dozen shops the
short woman decides there are some dis
advantag es in being a cunning little thing
Paid Fire Department for Bayonne.