The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-28
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT OWN

At q recent dinner Mark Twain told an
experience he had with an automobile. He
takes long rides in the country, and one day
he was ~ploughlng through the mud on @
Jersey road. The mud kept getting deeper
and deeper until it was over the hubs, and
In the very worst part Of the road the ma
chine broke down. On a railroad nearby
an Irishman was bossing a gang of Italians.
81 called to him." said Mark. Iand tie
brought the whole bunch over to lift the
machine out. We clashe d right away. The
lrishman insisted on bossing the job and l
wouldn't stand for It.
IAN right. said the Irishmap, and took
the gang back to the railroad. There was
nothing FOR me to do gut to give in. l sat in
the machine for about an hour and then l
called to the Irishman to come back.
Am 1 to be boss2' he asked.
You are I said, and he was: But it
made me feel sore for q week sfterWard,
and ! haven't got over II yet.
why do Irishmen like to DO the whole
thingiH added Mark, forgetting, as ono OF
his listeners pointed out. that probably the
Irishman was saying the same thing about
him.
Inspector Mclaughlin Of the Detective
Bureau has tho finest collection Of pictures
Of old New York In the country. He has
been collecting them for over thirty years,
and 1t Ia his one hobby. He has his ofice
at Police Headquarters filed With them and
hundreds more ut his home. some OF them
are very rare aud cost considera bic money.
Many are engravings, but some are Oil
paintings and original sketches.
One that the inspector values very highly
is a picture Of the interior OF Tammany
Hall during the convention OF 1893, the only
time u Residential convention was ever
held in New York. Another is q picture OF
the old 1ammany Hall. which is the present
SCN building. Still another is a fine engrav-
ing Of the old Kissing Bridge on what is
now Second avenue.
This notice appeared on the official bui.
letin board at the College Of Physicians and
Surgeons this week
FOR SALE
~ARTIcULATHD SKELETON, $50.
A widow who has lately lost her husband
wishes 10 sell his skeleton which he used IN
his business,
The notice bore the deans private stamp,
without which no notice is allowed to ap-
pear on the bulletin board.
Florists arc no longer content TO decorate
flowers with several dollars worth Of ribbon.
That cannot be made TO cost enough, what
ever the quality OF the ribbon may be. So
it has become the fashion this spring to tie
,p the boxes in ibbons. From the most
expensive shops there are sent out now
boxes bound at one end with broad ribbons
which add at least several dollars to the
price OF each box. SOMETIMES small punches
Of the lowers inside are tied under the
ribbon as an index TO the contents Of the
box.
There was a struggling writer in the
front studio and a struggling artist in the
back. The struggling artist was very
nice to the struggling writer for a time.
He even he ped her wash her windows
once. Then it came about that one Friday
he saw that she had a we'll filled envelope
which contained some tiveT.
Il wish, said he, that you would lend
me one of those fivee. I'm hard up this
week. / will pay you back next
The struggling writer knew all about
those next weeks" of struggling artists,
Il would" said she, but am afraid
will lose your friendship if / do. Things
like that have happened to me-"
He looked at her sternly.
You'll lose it if you don't, said he and
set his teeth hard.
We'll, anyway" returned she with a
sigh, III save my five
Il should like the man cautiously ex-
planned to his tailor, ito have a little pocket,
a very, very small pocket, one you could
hardly see, you know, put somewhere,
say in the hem Of my trousers or in the
waistband, Ell, where 1t couldn't be so
easily found. You underestimate 60,
Il see, " said the tailor. you are married
now"