The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-20
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host and his wife directed that thu
coffee be sent to their rooms. .This wa
done, and the waiter, calling later for thu
oups, Saucers n spoons, found that thret
Of the spoons we're missing. He reported
the matter to the manager, who quickly
made a demand for the return OF the thret
spoons. The host and hostess were greatly
embarrassed, and you may imagine the feel
ings OF their. guests. but the manager wal
missing spoons beneath the table. The
host and hostess on the following day
protested in vigorous terms TO the wner
OF the hotel, and got this reply:
Sorry. indeed. very sorry you were
We don't dispute your word. but we would
rather have you leave the hotel than oriti-
else him. He knows that every year we
are compelled to mark of in profit and loss
fully t25, 900 which represents silver end
almost every known article under the sun
stolen by guests from this hotel
Here, where everything may be found for
SAX and where there are buyers for every
thing. you meet people carrying all sorts OF
things in the streets. You might see some
body carrying a bass drum or somebody
else carrying a scythe, people carrying
typewriters or maybe towering plants, or
auto tires or scrap baskets; and nothing Of
this sort is really surprising, but still this
young woman seen in q Broadway car had
a combination that did for a moment fix
the attention OF those sitting near. She had
a mandolin and a pair OF fencing foils.
1T is curiou how the morning after
cocktail often draws together souls not
usually kindred" said the alert bartender
as he mixed a cocktail for a customer who
looked as though he were as dry as a COW
cred bridge. "A few mornings & a citizen
who is famous for both his legal and medical
knowledge came in here, and IL was easy to
see what he wanted. He 10 a large. 1orid
man, and there was that look about him that
ranged up before the bar a tall, ghostly look
inE i1Gf with q very pale face and a very
black mustache which contrasted strongly
with his chalklike skin took a place beside
Nothing could be more unlike than
these two il appearances count for any
thing.
They studied each other for a moment.
"Ha, man Of the desert, slayer OF the Sara
Gems, wilt quaf a bowl with me?' asked the
chalk faced man.
-'Ha, man Of the North. I will!' was the
solemn reply OF the horid one. Then and
there they got 10 be good friends, and they
often came in together afterward."
A young architect was puzzling over the
plans Of a building which he wished to make
distinctive appearance.
Just do something to the windows and
you'll he all right, " advised an older archi-
tect. 1T lie the windows more than any
thing else that give a house a character Of its
Take a trip around New York and
make a study OF the houses hat hit you
square in the eye the minute you look at
II lie some original feature about the
windows that gives the place It's note Of dis
A fine looking young woman, the con-
frequenter Of the corridors. recep-
lion and dining rooms Of a famous New
York city hotel. came under the suspicion
II the hotels detectives a few evenings
She was followed 10 her domicile,
4 modest boarding house, and compelled
o give up $1,000 in silver, rugs, small tapes
.ries and bric-a-brac which she had at
various times purloined from the hotel.
was said after she CAV up. as it
wasn't a very pleasant episode for the
lotel detectives TO contemplate. 1t was
,ather too much OF a grind on them as
Il find among the people Of this town"
the hat salesman, "a more or less pre-
notion that the straw hat season
,egins June Is; there are many people
Who put of buying a straw hat 10 that
late whatever the weather may be. but
he fact is that il there is a date for the
of the straw season in New York
t is Decoration Day, May 80. II the weather
s favorable straw hats may be worn
N and after that date with eptire pro-
But really men are now governed
ess by arbitrary restriction, as 10 the
Units Of straw hat time than they ono"
rere; we don't all wait, as we once did,
o see what other people do. We are now
more self-reliant and independent, and
men are more n more inclined to put
. and TO wear straw hate when they would
comfortable without regard to dates.
o September is as a closing date. though
greater number OF men nov han formerly
year straw hats after that date IL the
continues warm. The straw hat
eason has certainly been backward this
ear owing to the weather, but | look
o zee the business boom from now m"
j. ]. c. Clarke, litterateur and business
believes that Sl50,oOo is wasted every
light in the year in New York city between
'ourteenth and Fifty-ninth streets. 1t
7ould take q long story 10 tell how MIR.
comes TO this conclusion, and he
ould best tell il himself. Briefly, though,
fr. Clarke believes hat New Workers
others who come to the city for a little
lrk order food and drink for which they
O not really care, and In many other ways,
aiment and amusements for instance,
'hich palled years ago the total Of $50, 900
TASTED every night In the yearis made up.
A story appeared in this column a few
& about a marked $40 bill which
up TO the National Publishers
dinner at Albany. Another SUN
received a 81 bill the other day
egretfully inscribed: in Yonkers. April "a,
1t is a battered silver certificate OF
cries NJ, No. 27, 09o ,977, issued In 1899. 80 1t
c au rSYe ~ or ror one ign % ~ years oel9re h ~
abit grows the face value OF bills may he
loreaSed by come valuable autographs
esjdes those OF the Treasurer Of the United
tates and the Register Of the Treasury