The sun., 1907-12-16

years still TO run at an annual rent OF $4,000.
step around the corner with me and
III show you a shell road said man who
Iightens the burden OF life OF leisure by
discovering queer things in New York.
"A she'll game, more likely" responded
his companion. with some excuse for his
suspiciOns. as they were in Long Acre
Square.
4 But not a hundred yards east of Broad
way, opening into a vacant lot on the south
side. where a new theatre IL 70 be built.
| is a well constructed. neatly kept shell road.
some Whimsical fancy Of a man who stores
| things In the lot has prompted hlm 10
| gather oyster shells from RectOr's and
Shanley's and use them for the building
and upkeep of the little road.
my hardest job, said the discoverer
after showing his find. "is Ia think Of un..
likely possible things for New York and
then hunt for them. Certain TO land even
the most unlikely some old time or other.
A man and a woman were going to an
afternoon concert. Before they started
the woman said
II don't feel AZ all satisfied with my
self. know ! don't look well. wish
I had put on another dress. | have half
a notion TO change now"
Don't, :" said the man We won't have
time and besides you look all right"
When going down the subway steps
they saw man sweeping. The woman
stopped directly in front Of him not close
enough 10 get spiattered and busted but
still in the way Of the broom. The sweeper
looked az her a second, then carefully
gave his broom another flip. The woman
. turned and started mp the stairs.
THAT settles it," she said, II am going
horne to put on another dress.
hQaVQna
What for? He didn't sweep a speck OF
dirt on you.
Il know that" said the woman, "but
have proved that / look like a fright. |
have one infallible rule whereby determine
whether or not look well dressed. Always
when | start any place in two minds az
20 my auJ earance make IL point To stand
in the way OF man who IA sweeping. IT
he stops till l get by l know look pretty
nice and he doesn't want TO spoil my finery.
IL no Sweeps uncOncernedly away ! know
| look shabby and he thinks he cant hurt
me. You saw what that man did. That's
why I'm going to change my dress
An uptown apartment had been recom-
menCed 10 "A woman who was expecting
10 move.
"Ia il near fire station?" she asked
She was informed that it was not.
Then" said the woman. Il shouldn't
want TO live there. find IL advisable TO
live az near the fire department "a possible.
Oh no. not on account of fire. am not
afraid Of that-but my family somehow
have n habit Of getting into difficulties
that nobody but tiremen can help them
| out of. Something IL always happening
| TO some Of us. The children and the cat
| and dog are the most reckless OF climbers
| They are always crawling out on Lodges
| or creeping along the edge OF the roof or
| hanging out Of windows or getting stuck
| into some inaccessible corner where no
ordinary person can pull them ont. In
| an emergency Of thar kind we simply send
! rescue. Under such circumstance I really
| couldn't afford, YOU SEQ. 90 live Tar from
an engine house..
A family in New Rochelle has had Iapa-
nese boy in it's employ Both the man
and his wife have been surprised many
times ny having the boy PROFOUND such
s'Scuse me. hut what means 'Get onto
How do you mean when you say, Get
! a movement on
ONCE the mistress Of the house surprised
| the Jlpanese in the kitchen husily writing
i'm n large fold of manuscript. She asked
him what he was doing.
Making a dictionary of American slang
| for IIae Of Japanese sChOolboys, replied
the busy Jap.
Although amusement places we're closed
! in New York on Sunday a carload Of pas
sengers on a Ridgewood train coming
! across the bridge were entertained i'm a
| manner more ENJOYABLE than any ordinary
| SLOW. A young woman had been visiby
| ANNOYED by the attentions of hashily
| dressed Young man. When the train
| reached the Brooklyn Bridge she changed
| her seat and the young man followed.
| Then as she placed her hand in n small
bag she carried she said in tone that
could he heard by most Of the rassengers:
"I am bringing these freshly laid eggs
| from our home down in Long Island TO
| have them cooked for a friend who is
patient in a New York hospital. But when
| explain to her she will hc satisfied with
| one less"
| The hand was quickly Withdrawn from
the bag and the masher got slap on the
| face In the hand was one Of the eggs.
II am only sorry the egg was fresh she
| said az the masher He'd.
| There il an ocean Of sympathy going
1 to waste over the poor actors who are
to lose amazing sums in salaries because
Of the Sunday closing said George Mash
| the amiable villain of The WitChing Hour.
| "PIayer folk will gain some leisure and lose
! no salary We get weekly sllnrics and con-
| tract to appear Sunday nights when We
play in cities where Sunday performances
| are customary. The salary remains the
/ same, even for vaudeville performers
! They cannot appear Sunday in Boston,
| for example. hut that has never effected
| their salaries there. II H. ceases To be
customary TO give Sunday performances
here players salaries will be- unaffected Ivy
| that fact.
young man from up state left his New
York hotel and investigated the city with
impartial zest in its various moods and
phases an his attention was called 70 them
nv friends ne met. He felt that ne had
had a fairly conservative day until return
| ing to his hotel he saw lettered on it's storm
| door the inscription
TUO
| He regarded this with interest which
merged into apprehension when he failed
| 10 relate il 10 anything he knew in the Ian
! Ruage line. II had Greek look. too. but
he found some difficulty just then in getting
| a steady grip on his Greek fle was be-
! ginning 20 fear that perhaps il wasn't there
| NJ all whom the door was reversed Ivy a
passing guest and the sign read, reassur-
ingly.
"I wish.' said the political economist.
| 81 could get a truthful statement of the
| average sum collected daily by all the