The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Is adjusted to the figure with perfect accu-
\ racy, so that it will show to the best ad-
vantage, and then the machinery Is started
SO that the figure turns very slowly. A new
| automatic window figure is one that Is
made to attract the passerby and then to
invite his attention to an object displayed
within. This figure Is that Of a man in
high, completely attired for the street,
hat on and carrying a cane. II has q shrewd
and good humored face, this small figure,
and every now and then 1t taps gently on
the inside Of the window pane with its cane.
And then its jaws begin to move, and you
see the shrewd. good humored little man
talking to you, though you can't hear what
he says. And as he talks, still facing you,
you see him throw his head back a little,
and a little to one side, to indicate the thing
see him turn on his pedestal and point at
this thing with his cane. He attracts the
people, the little man in the window.
Florists are complaining that there is no
longer any demand for the elaborate house
decorations they used to supply during the
season In New York. The extravaganza and
complicated floral pieces formerly popular
at weddings or dances in private houses
are now Used only when such functions
occur at restaurants and hotels.
"New York homes are so beautiful now
adays," one Of the Fifth avenue florists ex-
planned, that their owners do not want the
rooms covered up with floral pieces. They
want cut flowers to stand about in vases,
and we are this year sending lilies and roses
! for this purpose. Made up garlands or any
wired designs are out OF style. There Is a
certain loss to us in this change of fashion;
but there are ways OF making tne dernand
for cut flowers 50 great that there Is COM
pensation in the higher prices so we
don't really lose much.
The two women were chatting on Fifth
avenue. One was telling the other about a
recent trip to Europe.
And did you go to Leipsic?'
"Leipsic? Leipsio? Why yes gane'ng
down, that's where | bought my furs'
did you stop at G~eneva2'.
Let's see. Oh, yes, that's where dia-
monds were so cheap. ! got the cunning
est watches there
"Malines?"
"My dear, the laces there cost absolutely
nothing"
We'll" said her friend, you must have
as one big department store"
"Did you ever see a gray headed China
MANI" asked one Of Commissioner Bing-
| hams downtown men. Il never did, and
| / nave seen q whole lot Of ohinks in my
time. Men VINO, accoTulhB W eVeiy o'bo,
indication, are long past the gray headed
stage still sport pigtails as black and glossy
as any youth in Chinatown. Whether
gray hairs nave been denied the Chinese
BY nature or whether they have been fought
off by means Of some secret Oriental for
mula. | cannot find out. If they owe their
immunity from gray hair to artitice they
would do themselves and the public a good
turn by putting their tonic on the market,
for there is many a frosty headed eau
casian who would pay a good round sum TO
keep his locks as free from marks OF age
Everett Colby, New Jerseys young re-
former, is a clever hand at most outdoor
and indoor athletic pastimes. During the
Christmas holidays he won a cup at squash
| racouets at the Essex County Country Club,
in spite of a terrific handicap. Colby had to
give the scratch man five hands and TO some
others his concessions were as high as tHe
hands and ten aces, yet he won out tri-
umphantly in the tournament. What ls sup
nosed TO have given a special spice to the
victory was that Uzal II. McCarter was
donor of the cup. He, his brother, Thomas
n. McCarter, and Major Lents, were workers
against Colby at the polls.
At the Grant family dinner last week
Maior-Gen. Frederick D.. Grant told this
story on himself.
i IA uOoNtd w ~
in town and the toastmaster felt it in
cumbent upon him to make my path as
smooth as possible, He therefore spoke OF
INV father and said that | strongly re-
sembled him. This had the desired elect
on the people present and they gave me
their best attention. -,
I felt that every one was disappointed in
me and | sat down with relief that it was
over.
me. Then he said to the guests: r,o bic
father2 He can't speak worth a cent
Il am )up against a social problem
said man No. 1. Il have just received
an invitation to dinner from an address
on riverside Drive. 1t refers pleasantly
to a dinner a month ago which l attended
and at W hich | must have met the writer.
But the signature is so i4egible that | defy
any handwriting expert on earth to de-
aYou lack ingenuity, invention and
have to answer a letter with an illegible
signature l make a tracing OF the sigma
ture, transfer it to an envelope, address
it, and there you are! lps up to the pcs =
man."
at haven't had the windows in my bed
room closed since l moved into the house.
said the Husky One. They've been wide
open all the time for two years"
Al don't mind the cold, but | can't stand
the draught of open windows said an
other,
There is no draught in my room, . the
Husky One replied. @There'll be no draught
no matter how the wind blows il you open
all the windows on one side Of the room.
There must be an outlet as well az an inlet
to make a draught. .Opening opposite
windo VS. and sleeping between them will
Kill! any one. And, by the way, I've been
trying my doctor friends advice this win
ter. ! have nothing in my bedroom but
the bed and a rug TO stand on as l kick of
my slippers. 1 dress and undress in a
warm room and wear q robe going back
and forth. / am convinced it's a good
scheme."
Dis rict Attorney Jerome's weaknesses
arc candy eating, cooking strange dishes
and making furniture. During his ex-
animation of the Texan witnesses in the
Patrick case the District Attorney had a
bag OF butter scotch on the table beside
him and dipped into it every little while.
Once, in the miGst of an argument, he felt