The sun., 1907-08-14
LIVE rOPEcs ABOUT TOWN.

Aomirl Tgntlng BOD was tho cause OF
some unpiessantnsss In 81. Thomass.
Whom the Admiral arrived in the church
q bit early on Sunday forenoon he found
only two or three vorshippers ahead Of
him scattered about the dim interior. and
% he picked n good comfortably cushioned
pew few rows from che chancel. Bcarcely
had hs sunk back against tho cushions
whom the banker who owns the pew bustled
UP the aisle. but halted with chagxtn when
he saw tho interloper. Tho pew owner
stamped 20 tho rear OF ths church and
after scribbling on his card sent an usher
with tho note that said:
Do you realize, cir. that you are occupying g
a pew Ior which Day si, 800 yearf
The Admiral fingered tho card with a
his own card and wrote:
Well. it's an excellent pew. but you're pay
Ing too damn much for II.
And all alone throughout the subsequent
services he sat and sat and sat.
The police OF the Madison street station
number among their aoquaintanoes an
old man with twisted mock who always
carries ON him at least $4,000 knotted
tightly In the corner Of a soiled bandanna
handkerchief On the street he invariably
hCtDo - pOuCeuuuu III Wlknb. no VIII btdUl
on corner with one blueooat till he sees
another one. when he heads for the latter.
In this way he gets around from place to
place.
While two sisters Of charity were walk
ing east on Fourteenth street. at the noon
hour unoonsoiously they suggested an essay
that Montaigne might have written had
he been alive to SEQ them. Tho south side
Of Union Square was jsmmed and blocked
by the dense crowds Of garment workers
who stand on the street AFTER their hasty
luncheon. and one Of these crowds momen-
tarily halted the sisters Of charity before
a window aglow with spangled evening
gowns. long suede gloves and ga1dy silk
stockings. When the way was clear the older
nun. a woman Of perhaps sixty, started
on but halted abruptly when she saw that
her companion was not following. The
younger nun, sweet faced girl scarcely out
OF her teens, was still standing there, her
evening gowns, the gloves and the pink
silk stockings and all the glitter that to
girl means life.
Our records show said an Official OF
the telephone company the other day. that
the telephone business in Wall Street is
much heavier on a rising than on a falling
market. There is probably rs per cent.
more telsphoning done down In that dis
are on the decline We don't know the
reason for 1t. but experience has shown
that the state Of the market is a pretty
safe indicator for US to watch in preparing
for the Wall Street business
One of tho poll icemen on duty at the Man
haitian end Of the Brooklyn Bridge analysed
H. b.. L. tall
the other evening. Fetching a sigh he re-
marked:
-If man would stand here long enough
he'd meet his future wife,
IF you could sec some Of the vicious
home treatment applied to cuts the young
inferno at Bellevue said. you'd wonder at
the comparatively few cases Of tetanus
II playful mongrel pup snaps at you. the
East Side knows that the only thing 20 do
is 10 put some OF the hair of the dog that
did the biting-the hair must be from that
particular dog-into the cut. They come
with incsions reeking with all the filth
imaginable: the dirtiest cobwebs from the
garret, for instance, which are even more
popular as poult ice than those made OF
chew ot tobacco. Two boys came in re-
Gently the same day with cuts TO which
cigar butts had been bound down because.
they explained, they don't chew tobacco.
You can't convince the East Side that it's
wrong. Don't waste time. but clean the
wound scientifically. pray for good luck and
yell, Next"
According 70 a high officer in the United
States Secret Service force counterfeitng
in this city and in the country generally
is at a minimum now. The Secret Service
man attributes the falling OF TO the scare
which counterfeiters throughout the coun-
try got in 1903 when the Government agents
made their big round up Of suspects in this
city following the well known barrel murder
on Elizabeth street. The Treasury De-
partment according to the Secret Service
man. estimated before 1905 that 50 in every
500 900 in circulation was spurious. Now
not more than 81 so in every Si00. 900 is bad
money.
-Ifyou ever find yourself in need Of silver
money 90 TO some firm that has Mexican
customers said the city salesman. you'll
find 1t there. They have to keep a lot OF it
on hand. Many Mexicans distrust paper
money. They are like the Indians in that
respect. IL takes something substantial.
such as silver dollars and gold pieces, to
make them realize that they are actually
handling the legal currency OF the Re-
p.,hIic