The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-13
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fhe HlNeraat photographers have Bpein
TO- feap thetf stmttuer hasveH sunday 10
the only tlme they wofh, taH busl0esa Ia
aood enough IN q cieaf day for them ~
gaske fncse inoney than they feeplVe A. eal.
sfy TOE Tbs whpie wesk, fhey are Usually
employed In galleries, and The hollday work
e q perennial speculatign over on tbs
Fast hide hey photograph W. grocer sand
Inc proudly IN ttr dUof II NE atop OF The
rev baby n Ne cafrleee on The Sidewalk wlth
is,ns r y, Tp sa.s m'S M srT Ir Ue1 ice n nv rS !, IssIs a.
eleeF Sundays, and the phgtoafsphete have
llttle dtii0uNy IN drumming up htelneea.
A payment In advance eecufee ! hem aud he
picurs IL delivered the nexs Sunday,
The actor has q new vacation Job. ie
heed not seek q summer stock, but can do
business right up on broadway. A. leas.
he could until a short time ago. Nov tho
composition Ia severe, for half the unem.
ployed actors In town afv trying 10 sell
country building lots to the other half.
The half that succeeds gets lbs commission,
For he last year actors have been investing
their savings In the various land companies
about the city. One town . short distance
from city Hall Is owned Rlmost S.clusi,sly
interests them at this. season, however, as
the actor lucky enough TO bring about the
sale OF one lot q week can live In comfort oil
summer.
Il thought I had seen nerve Of every
sort" said the uptown housewife, but I
was not prepared to have the woman who
lives in'the fat back Of me--in the next
block, you know-holler across at me TO
ask me II I would look out Of my front win.
dow and " l saw her little boy, wearing a
blue suit and red cap, playing In the street
in front Of my house to call out and tell
him to 20 home right away as she wanted
him. After that. I am ready for any
thing"
One OF the steepest hills In the city,
known as Duffy Hill, Is on Lexington
avenue between 102d and l0Sd streets.
Since the introduction Of automobiles the
hill has become O sort OF proving ground
for automobiles. Whenever certain dealers
want to show their customers the hill
climbing power OF a n automobile the
machine Il tested on Duffy Hill. The
automobile Is started at 106th street at
moderate speed: Then the power Is put
at lO3d street, the foot Of the hill, the ma
chine is running at the rate Of forty miles
or more an hour. Up the hill 1t rushes,
like a bird rising in its flight. and in o mo-
ment 1t disappears over the crown OF the
hill at 102d street.
The last vestige OF Hash Row" has been
removed from Fifth avenue by the work.
men who are preparing the lot on Fifth
avenue opposite the Waldorf-Astoris for a
new building which Is to be devoted to
business. More than thirty years ago
Hash Row" was the name applied to the
block Of red brick houses belonging to the
Aston estate. They were seized on as long
ago as that time by the boarding house
keepers and were never afterward used for
private occupancy. This old block Of
small three story brick houses with, stone
of the same kind that exist on ~Thirty-third
s sna rt tbe fats Of Hash fiss1'Si Row. and for
many years after the Fifth avenue wing
was monopolized for boarding houses
they continued in demand for homes.
Sometimes 1t seems impossible for houses
ever to outgrow this particular use; One
house i'm Gramercy Square has been a board
ing place for thirty-fiye years, although the
homes about 1t are private. On Madison
avenue near Thirtieth street there are
several houses that have served even a
longer usefulness Of this kind.
All the clothing factories are whacking
away now on winter clothing. Straw hats
are manufactured in winter and furs in
summer. TO have them ready when the de-
mand arises, and it's just so in clothing;
summer clothing is made In winter, and
winter clothing in summer. And, 30 while
everybody in the street Is now wearing
Thin clothing, with the summer only just
begun, in the factories they have already
started on thick clothing. for fall and winter
wear, to be ready for shipment when or
dered. 1t couldn't all be made In a minute.