The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Ato HbUt lOU Ns
President Morton OF the Equitable hearc
this story about his early railroading day
old at a dinner the other evening, and as hi
joined in the laughter the Renaissance il
doubtless true.
Morton had been working his way up In
a Chicago railroad office when the presiden,
Of the road dropped in one day with infor.
nation that the general manager had
resigned.
DO you know Of a good man for the
placer" the president inquired Of young
"What is the salary"
We'll, it will depend somewhat upon the
man, " was the reply,
HMM. If you will pay enough l do
know Of a man, just the one you need. He
knows the railroad business from the bottom
up and is a mighty hard worker in the
bargain"
Name him, and IL he answers the de-
scription we will make him a generous
offer"
"His name, sir. is Paul Norton
He got the place.
Shortly after a seat on the New York
Stock Exchange was sold for S97, OOO-the
record price-a woman visitor was an
interested spectator in the gallery. With
her was a well kno wn broker. As the clos
ing hour drew near the floor as usual be-
came a chaos OF voices and frenzied move
ment. .
you are now gazing into the crater Of
American finance" the broker volunteered
lat the most extraordinary drama of dollars
on earth; And we pay a pretty penny for
brought S97 ,0G0 the other day"
"Ninety-seven thouand dollars for a seat!"
exclaimed the visitor, reviewing the scout
ing and shouting standees below her on the
floor. mo wonder they never sit own.
Justice Morgan j.. O'Prien, who in a recent
address characterized SOCIALISM, irreligion
| and the vices" as the greatest evils Of mod
| ern society, is a golfer in his hours OF ease.
He was the highest honor man at st. Johns,
Fordham, in his day and also the beat base
ball intielder at the'college.
Choir masters nowadays take a hopeful
view of the musical taste Of their audiences.
This encoura cement is due to the character
| of the music the members Of the congrega-
ton ask them to sing. Request programmes
are occasionally rendered in all churches.
The time was whom most Of these special
selections were hopelessly popular or oper-
attic. Now, however, a classical taste seems
to prevail and instead of The Palms" and
Jerusalem" selections from Palestrina,
Pra.torius and other ffteenth and sixteenth
C4Npil S'''pSEN'S
quested.
1t was a happy day for the schoolc children
at Bellport, J.. l., IN Thursday last. There
was also trouble in that town among the
business men for a time. William Gardner
il the postmaster and he is also the holder
of various other Offices. He came to tow
to visit Capt. Bill Graham at the Sports
mems Show and arrived at Madison
q 10 m 90 njap oarlv in the mOrninO While
talking to Capt. Bill, Gardner suddenly put
his hand In his trousers pocket and then
a look of horror spread over his face;
whats the natter" asked Capt. Bill.
no post Office in Bellport to-day. I've
come away with the keys
An intelligent looking Irish terrier trotted
down Fourth avenue one day last week
and followed a Long Islander into the Sports
mems Show. He wore a big collar on which
was engraved:
I'm Roxie. the Long Island dog. Whose
dog are your"
Rookie travels on the newspaper trains
every morning all the year round. He Is
known to every railroad man on the South
ern division OF the Long Island Railroad.
When it's time for the train to pull out
of Long Island City Roxie Is on board, and
on the way down he jumps out of the car at
uluol pa otDPptiB ~
morning to the men he meets. When the
train returns he is on board again and
!, ready for the trip the next day. No one
owns the dog and every one takes care OF
him and seesthat he gets his meals regularly.
A South Carolinian who celebrated his
adoption OF New York as a place of residence
by the purchase OF an automobile has had
his pleasure in motoring seriously ourtailed
by the extreme caution Of his wife. She
would generally consent to accompany
him on the first half of a suburban trip,
but always insisted upon coming home by
train or trolley.
Il won't come back in that thing" she
finally explained, because most automo-
bile accidents occur on the return trip.
Whether the chauffeur gets tired, and CON
sequently careless, or whether the whole
party dimes too we'll at the end of the
route l don't know, but facts are facts,
as proved by the police reports; and ! am not
going to take chances on breaking my neck
by coming home in that machine.
The South Carolinian scoffed at his wife's
statistics, which he ungalantly called su-
perstitions, but nowadays he too comes
home by train and let's the chauffeur bring
the automobile back alone.
sThis short sleeve fashion to which the
women have taken 30 kindly is going to be
a great help to our business" said a Fifth
avenue jeweller, "Not a few leaders Of fash
ion have already bought bracelets to wear
outside their long gloves, and when the
weather gets hot and silk gloves and bare
arms take the place Of kids you'll see every
woman's arm adorned with bracelets. A
single bracelet on one arm will not be the
fashion either. The decree has gone forth
thatN woman may wear bracelets on both
wrists and as many of them as she can
afford TO buy"
There has been an unusually early rush
for spring suits by women this season and
the proverbial endurance Of the fair sex
is manifested anew to the amazernent Of
mere man. Clad in heavy underwear, al
thick suit and warm oyencoat, the latter