The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-19
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

A man in a downtown Office was COM
planning to his associates.
Il live in a boarding house, he said.
that is run by the meanes woman this side
of Tophet. l haven't had q square meal
for a month. She sets q fairly good table.
but when 1 take my place l 4 am served with
a little cold meat. some stale bread. a cup
of tea and a dab Of potatoes. Once l was
foolish enough to think 1 could sneak out
something after meals, but l eckoned with
out taking the n deviltry OF that woman
the pantry good and tight. but carries the
cold chicken and other good things to her
own room and inters them in a closet. Be-
sides. she turns out the gas In my room
every night at $50 and / either have to go
to bed or sit IN the dark
You're a fool Interrupted one Of the
men s~avagely. Il wouldn't live in such a
place two seconds when New York is llterally
running Over with good boarding houses.
Why don't you ~leave?'
mt. sighed the man. I'm ner
husband
There is a young woman In town who does
not believe that every theatre box Office Is
the abiding place Of d~iscourtesy. She
went to a matinee recently and just as she
entered the door realized that she had left
her ticket at home. 1t would ave taken her
an hour to 80 and getit, and there lacked but
ten minutes before the curtain would rise.
Then she remembered that she once had an
acquaintance with one of the managers OF
the theatre and decided to appeal to him.
But the gentleman was too busy to be dis
turbed. The ticket taker to whom her
plight was explained referred her to the
manager Of the attraction. who looked
chilly and waved her toward the box once;
Nervous and almost historical. she braced
herself to face him and explained again.
Just buy another seat, madam" said the
i~mperturbable ticket seller, 'and when you
return the first 1 will refund the money
1t seemed then the simplest thing in the
world and the money received back the
next day o on the aspect OF a gift.
Some one recently complained through
The SUN" said a New York dentist. that
we don't keep the current magazines in
our waiting rooms.
There are two sides TO the question.
1 subscribe to eight monthlies. and as
many more weeklies. Within a week after
their arrival every one has been carried
off. Patients get Interested in a story
and being summoned to the Office before
they finish it, they calmly take the book
home. Occasionally they ask permission,
promising a prompt return; but l never
see the book again. My son and l, who
would like to read the magazines ourselves,
keep replacing the missing moe out
it's hard work.
A gray squirrel who happened to be out
in Thursdays snowstorm was the cause OF
much embarrassment to q Barnard girl
who was crossing the Columbia University
campus. Tony, the Italian laborer. was
set to work cleaning the walks and had
put his coat under the steps that go from
the grove up to University Hall.
After he had worked for some time the
Barnard girl. catching sight Of what looked
like a tail without any squirrel under the
stairs, stopped to investigate. AS she did
SO a squirrel dashed out Of Tony's pocket
carrying a chestnut.
The girl passed just as Tony came to
his coat to fill his pipe. He felt in his
pocket. then looked up the stairs.
Hi" he shouted to the retreating girl.
coma back wild me c~hestnutslS
The girl stopped and grasped the situa-
ton. The eyes of the Italian followed her
hand as she pointed to the limb Of a nearby
tree where Mr.. Squirrel. chestnut and all.
was Just disappearing in a hole. From the
foot of the tree to the coat was a path
through the snow that had been worn by
the squirrel as he filched a bag OF chestnuts
nna NV one.