The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

There are more smooth faced men in
New York than in any h city in the
world, and foreigners who come here are
first Of all struck with the beardlessnsss Of
the men. A Frenchwoman who has just
been in New York worded her opinion in
very picturesque language.
when I get into a trolley car" she said,
men | feel as II l had got by mistake into a
barrel Of turnips-so smooth and round
and clean all the faces look
The oyster cocktail il said to have be-
come popular in London. whittier it was
carried from New York last year by a visit
ing Englishman. Its popularity in New
York puzzled a WesterneT.
I'VE discovered the oyster cocktail in the
West" he said, where II is in a way neoes-
sary. OYSTERS when they ave travelled
far enough TO reach us may not always be
as desirable as they are in New York. So
the highly favored dressing fills a real need.
But that New Workers. who have the oysters
fresh should van to disguise their natural
favor by any such fiery additions is some
thing we out West cannot understand
Renting typewriting machines by the
hour is a new innovation in that business.
Il don't know VINO all these people are
nor what their business is" said the man.
aver OF Out COnCtTus Il IhAih Nloy hlhHb
be travelling preachers, lecturers and high
thinkers Of various kinds who accumulate
a fund Of valuable thoughts that require
to he put into type before they get cold.
The inspired ones can't afford TO cart a
machine around the country with them
neither do they like to pay some one else
to typewrite their manuscript, so in the
emergency they hit upon the plan Of hiring
a second hand machine, which they operate
themselves right In the Office, at the rental
Of 50 cents an hour.
Strange that Blank 4 Co. don't rave
autos for delivering their goods" said an
out of town man as he sat at the window
OF a hotel the other day and watched a
we'll appointed delivery wagon drawn by
a pair OF handsome horses come up the
avenue.
Stranger" repeated his companion.
Nothing very strange about it when you
think OF the business that firm does in the
horse line. | heard only the other day
from a reliable source hat it was almost
impossible for them to keep a handsomely
matched pair of horses more than a month
As soon as they begin to attract attention
on the avenue some man will make a bid
for them and by holding of a bit and playing
one offer against another the pair IL usually
sold at a large profit.
u hdAAONOiAiCFA pAENT ~ 49,
used on the delivery wagons in the fin
residence district, and II is a well kno WI
fact that many a pair OF horses now draw
ing victorias began their Fifth avenue
career on the delivery wagon OF TINS very
firm you mention. Yes, most everything
for sale in New York, if you know where
to go for il and have the price,
Tom. the City Hall cat, has the reputation
of being the only cat known that takes
voluntarily to water. IL is not an un-
common sight to see him take a bath in
the City Hail Park fountain, and during a
rainstorm he can he frequently seen lying
| on the City Hall steps. According to the
best authority Tom Is more than 10 years
old.
Like many a politician he has had the
! distinction of having been kicked out oi
the City Hall by a Mayor. Mayor Van Wyol
was the last city official to bestow thai
distinction on Tom. Since then he hai
kept his distance from the Mayors office.
Knowing the feminine antipathy to a
mouse or anything suggesting one, wary
merchants are now showing materials in
the fashionable "souris" or "souris gray
and find that the translation has made q
hit, az the foreign name for mouse SEEM
less suggestive to the average woman.
HI hAhiAhkCl VI NJ S"lNOJ hNphA $50
which places many servant in large estab'
lishments contributed a bit of information
the other day when she told a client that no
a servant in the place would 60 to a hOmt
in which a housekeeper is employed.
They are brought in always for the pur
pose of reducing expenses" the manage
said, and they begin, Of course, on tn,
servants. Maids employed under one o
these women often have insufficient food
IL is by no means unusual for the servant
in the house to arrange hat one shall ever
day buy something for them TO eat. Ever
servant buys for one day in the week an,
only in that way are they able to get enougI
to eat. II often happens that a servan
who has been working under a housekeepe
will come zach to me will the request +
put her for a while into a small family i
which she can get well fed up. SO they ar
all opposed to the housekeeper.'
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