The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-14
LIVE TOPICs ABOUr r0WN.

write II down there, he said.
what Is that for7" she asked.
~"Complaints, > he said. Everybody who
has any fault to find with the management
Of this store Ii respectfully requested TO
register her kicks in this book. Every
morning the managers OF the different de-
partments look over the entries Of the pre-
oeding day. II a customer has been SUBJ
jected to impotence, y she has a difficulty
In getting waited on, II goods ave not been
delivered promptly, or ~ hundred and one
other disa greeable things ave happened,
AL she has to dc is to say so, and every effort
will be made TO improve the conditions,
always provided that the complainant signs
her right name, so that she may DO produced
as a witness"
The woman looked over the four pa ges Of
complaints that had been entered on that
day only.
1T may Be queer he said, but IL Is a
mighty good idea. II Is a great labor saver.
Without that book we would have to hire
half a dozen extra employees. Did you
write down your complaintr
NO. said the woman, Il believe l
have anything to say"
The conductor OF an orchestra WHO wanted
to engage his ~soloists last year with as
little expense as possible finds that 1t has
not been as easy to make this season the
same satisfactory arrangement. He offered
the artists as a fee a certain share Of the
gross receipts. When the soioists accepted
this arrangement they did not know the
small size Of the reoeipts usually. When
one popular player got $40 as his share,
however, the bubble burst.
1T was not my fault that you received
so httle,' said the conductor. IF there
had been more people anxious to hear you
there would have been a larger audience
and u share would have been more.
So long as you did not draw the money
don't see just why ! should be called on
TO pay you any more"
This artist. discounted as he was at the
time, felt that he must have a very strong
hold on the public heart when he heard OF
another soloist who received less than
SIS as his fee.
New Workers are not nearly so punctual
as L~ondoners. according to the testimony
Of a man who spent the past season in the
English capital.
There is no waiting for tardy guests at
dinners,' he said, 'as there. always is in
New York. and it is rarely necessary. for
the reason that most Of the guests are on
time. In New York il is very unusual for
a dinner to begin earlier than twenty min
utes after the time mentioned In the inv-
tation; but nothing Of the kin happens
in London. The cause of this promptness
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remote branch or at least Of some man
or woman Of title, who is always in a measure
the guest OF honor. He is almost invari-
ably on time, and Inner never waits after
he has arrived. Persons who are later
must come into the dining room alone.
and such a thing is a marked rudeness not
to the hostess only, but to the most inn
portant guest"
In the life saving station" the room set
apart as a haven for the thirsty in the Larch-
mont Yacht Club house, is a mounted alba
tross measuring nine feet from tip to tip.
It was a present to the club from Capt.
F. c. Mullan, an Irish skipper Of an English
vessel. who was here this summer and was
entertained by members OF the club. Capt.
Mullan shot the bird rounding the Cape of
Good HOPE, and it was such a fine specimen
that he gave it to the club in appreciation
of the good time he had here.
The club has a collection OF souvenirs
n curios, but the room in which they are
kept was crowded n the aTbatroes was
put in the life saving station. When Sir
Thomas Upton was at the club last week
the members told him about the albatross.
Have you seen the albatross?' asked
one member Of the club. Everybody moved
to the room where thirsts are killed. Now
when a Larchmont nan says Have you
seen the albatross?" or Let 8 look at the
albatross" there is no doubt about what
he means.
Copper is the smart material nov and
| il comes in such attractive 'guise that it il
running silver a close race as ~favorite for
wedding gifts. There are copper CANDLE
sticks in quaint designs, copper trays Of rare
beauty and much usefulness. copper jugs
and Jars in odd and picturesque designs,
copper chatting dishes, copper vases, cop
49, la-N1a aonpar inoapaA hY,rporo and
probably the smartest of all are the copper
coffee sets. consisting OF pot, sugar bowl
and cream pit cher on a tray. These are
gold ined and the color combination is
pretty enough to attract attention. even
II the design and material had not the
charm Of novelty.
Along the trolley limo between Flushing
and College Point. in Queens, is a steep
hill. The road runs parallel to the trolley
track and is the route OF the truck farm
wagons from Long Island to New York
by way Of the Ninety-ninth street ferry.
At the foot Of this hill are two teams,
their drivers sitting astride a two wheel
frame. to which IS attached a heavy rope
with a hook. As the heavily laden farm
wagons stop for a moment the drivers
call out:
1Give you a pulp" and the deal is closed.
Twenty-Five cents is the charge for each
trip up the hill, which is about an eighth Of
a mile long, and the pull syndicate sup
ports two teams and several families.
The effects OF ether. or at least the illu-
sions which those who lave taken it suffer
from, are varied. Upon coming out Of
ether the other day a prominent man con-
fessed to beng a murderer and told the
details Of his crime with narrowing exact
meas.
Fortunately the attending doctor had
seen Sir Henry Irving in The Bells" m
recognized at once the duplication. Later
INQUIRY showed that the patient had seen
the play some years ago, but had forgotten
1t entirely. His alter ego had not however.
Meeting 70 Protest Against Condition OF
Fulton street, Brooklyn.
An Indignation mass meeting called
by the Business Mems League Of Br ooklyn
will be held in Association Hall. in Bond
street near Fulton street. Brooklyn. on