The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-11
LIVE TOPICS AsoUr TOWN.

~" oit VI Quoor FDA1Onk tor wanting 10
tote a gun tho most common being that
they carry largo sums of money IN their
persons. All pistol permits nave to be
approved by Chief Inspector Cortright
before they are granted. Early in his
police career he soured on pistol carriers
with the result that he approves about
one out OF every nifty applications. One
man whose application was turned down
called on Chief Cortright a few days ago
TO lesrn why he couldn't got a pistol permit;
asked the Chief Inspector.
Because always carry large sums OF
money replied the man.
The veteran policeman looked the appli-
cant over carefully and said:
If you will show me right now SIS in
real money III indorse your application"
n man flushed snd stammered that
ne was sorry but that this was the first
time in his life that he did not have q large
sum OF money in his pockets. Cortright
insisted on knowing Just o much the
man had. By trying all his pockets ne
was able to produce just %. He did not
get the permit.
Business transactions OF Chinatown do
not achieve publication in the newspapers
as do those of the rest OF New York's bust
ness world. yet there are just as many of
them as in other sections OF the oity. Visitors
TO the Chinese section on Sundays fire.;
quently notice crowds OF yellow skinned
folk absorbed in reading placards in Chi
nese characters posted in Doyers street
near Pell and in Mott street near Park
row. These are notices Of dissolution
OF Chinese partnerships. settlements OF
estates, payments OF claims and dates for
them. establishment of new businesses.
&c. They are posted onoe q week, on
Sundays. These transactions never get
into court, but are always amicably settled
by the orientals themselves.
The recent discovery that army pc SITS
are thriving places for mosquitoes because
these insects breed in old mo and in the
piles Of old cannon balls may be supple
mented by another discovery which women
attached TO these posts made in the Philip
pines with regard to mosquitoes. An
officers wife at Fort Slocum told about it
the other evening when some men visitors
wearing low shoes and black hose we're
Shaping their shins.
III you were here long you would notice,
she said, that every woman around here
wears white hose. IL isn't because II Ia
the fashion; but bscsuse mosquiwsG s rarely
that in che Philippines. Black hose seem TO
attract these pests. There is something
about white that repels them: Tell you
women folks hat when they visit an army
post in mosquito time and expect to be
out OF doors TO be sure to put on white
stockings. It will save them a good deal
of ~nnoyanc A woman rubbing her
ankles together because OF the misery OF
mosquito bites is not altogether attractive.
The most sociable set Of men ! have met
in New York" said a Kentuokian. ARE the
men who ride horseback in Central Park
in the early morning. They all have a
zl~~.n, 800 r,Axnian For aanh nthaF and
have zen 90 friendly to me that l have
begun TO think that the boasted coldness
of which strangers are prone to accuse New
Workers is only skin deep. ! must say
that I nave not found the same degree OF
frisndliness among strangers any place else
in this city. The first morning ! rode a
horse In the park was greeted with a smile
and a CHEEKY good morning by a score OF
men | never laid eyes on before. Every
morning since these same men pass the
time Of day, and my circle OF bowing ac-
quaintanoes is growing in numbers each
day. Maybe it Is the refreshing morning
air and a seat on a good saddle horse that
makes these New Workers 30 friendly
Folks who are inclined to aeon at the
intellectual calibre of the lower East Slider
may be interested to learn that the Cooper
Union free library has relatively more
readers of a serious character h any
other general library in the city. That is
the deduction that has been drawn from
statistics. Fiction forms but a very small
part, not more than rs per cent. OF the
books called for. And among those who
frequent the library in the evening-the
East Siders who have no time TO call In the
daytime-the percentage OF fiction and
light literature called for is even less. His
tory, biography and books on the sciences
are always in demand
Not all nursemaids when out with infant
children fritter away their time idly watch
ing the passersby while baby sleeps; here
was one-this in Cnion Square writing
a letter.
The benches are all occupied here in
fair weather, and there are always many
people passing; a pretty busy green spot
in the midst of the city is Union Square,
one scarcely contributing the quiet that
most people require for the composition
Of a letter, but the conditions here didn't
appear to disturb the nursemaid writing.
who seemed, Notwithstanding, TO be quite
able to concentrate her mind. She used
the box in which she had bought the paper
for n writing desk, and while the infant
alept in the carriage in front OF her she
wrote on n on. her thoughts apparently
Iowing as freely amid these busy sur
roundings as did the ink from her fountain
pen.
.Thers is one thing / want 20 warn you
about said the wigmsker to the man who
was buying his first wig, and that 10 the
electric fan. Whenever you see an electric
fan in motion give il a wide berth. II you
don't il is apt TO embarraes you. Electric
fans and wigs are deadly enemies. Nothing
outside of an Indian and a tomahawk will
lift a wig from the wearer's . quicker
than an electric fan in motion"
The dangerous weapon bill, which awaits
the signature OF Gov. Hughes, becomes
effective on September 1. This bill gives
the police authorities power to destroy all
dangerous weapons that come into their
possession. The collection OF revolvers
In the care of the property clerk Of the
Police Department was Increased 500
by those confiscatcd on the Fourth OF
july. This brings the total number Of re-
volvers now in the property clerks ONCE up
70 q. 500. As soon AZ the dangerous weapon
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