The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-06
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

The operations Of Goslin, Everhart and
some other get rich quick promoters, as
exposed In the courts recently, have added
to the troubles Of the men behind legiti-
mate mining schemes. One who has had
q long and successful career in promoting
companies to develop real mines is much
disturbed.
'The showing up Of fake concerns hasn't
hurt me q bit In a business way he says,
'for the people with whom I deal know
my. record. But I have a wife, to whom
business is a deep, dark mystery. And 1t
was somewhat Of @ hard knock when l went
home to dinner last night to have her cay:
Henry, dear, l have been reading the news
papers, and / do wish you would 60 into
some other business"
The proprietor of a big downtown retail
tobacco business surprised a party Of
friends to whom he was talking across
the showcase by declaring that he carried
in stock from sixty-ive to seventy different
brands Of cigarettes. Not more than ten
Of them nave what we call a steady SALE
he explained, "but every brand in the list
is asked for in time, and it is worth some
thing to our reputation to have what our
customers want. Some men stick to a
little used brand Of cigarette in order to be
original, while others, with no fixed to-
bacoo taste, are always trying some new
kind OF a smoke that they see advertised
or hear about from some Friend
A Brooklyn bride Of three weeks comes
over to Manhattan Just about every morn
ing, always with q couple Of small bundles.
OF course they are wedding presents
duplicates to be exchanged. Yesterday
she met her first setback. 1t was a bon
bon dish--the proverbial duplicate. She
asked the clerk il he couldn't wash the
monogram.
"Of COURSE he replied politely, we
couldn't take II back after washing
Il could give it away, though she In
sisted; whereupon he examined the silver
more closely, and smiled. ,,
by the design. It's been washed six times
already. There's nothing left to wash Of
did you know that there is a new kind
Of professional bondsman2' said a West
Side police sergeant. He ~frequents the
station houses from West Forty-seventh
street to West 125th street and has a branch
office in The Bronx. He only goes bail
for speedy automobile drivers. and won't
touch any other kind Of an offender. He
driver arrested would rather give up IS
or $40 than wait In a cell two or three hours
for his employer"
As she was crossing Sixth avenue the
girl from Hoboken looked over her shoulder
at a man who was selling little Japanese
umbrellas on the corner. At that mo-
ment a huge drayi drawn by big footed
horses, turned the other corner. The
driver swore loudly at the girl and a red
faced woman, catching her by the collar,
yanked her forcibly from under the wheels
IF he'd killed you" declared the red
faced woman, ut would a been your fault
and you wouldn't a got nothin'."
Stripped to ~fannels and with bare fore
arms, the gold bracelet worn by Barclay
Warburton was very conspicuous in the
match for the racquets double champion
ship last week, in which he and W. E. Bates
made up one OF the Philadelphia teams.
It is understood to be a souvenir of an
experience as a theatrical. manager some
twenty years ago; and Of a number OF
young swells Of the period to affect the
gaud Warburton is the only slayer.