The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-02
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

II is the station of the Thirteenth precinct,
at Delaney and Attorney streets.
where are u green lamps, lieuten-
ant?" a curious visitor asked the other
night.
"Just where they ought to be, l suppose"
replied the man at the blotter. out by
the stoop. amt theyH"
When the caller took him outside and
proved that neither lamp, post nor trace
Of same was there the lieutenant scratched
his head and said he'd be blessed II he had
ever noticed IL before.
Later IL was learned from The captain
that the old lamps we're uprooted whom
the Williamsburg Bridge was being built
and that when the city got through mar
rowing the sidewalk and changing the
angle of the station house steps there
are lying Jack In the building somewhere,
covered with dust.
What's the matter. Mr.. ~Oppenheim?"
asked a waiter on duty in the Waldorf
Astoria cafe a few afternoons age OF Ansel
O~ppenheim, vioe-president Of the Chicago
and Great Western Railroad.
About whatp" r~eioined Mr.. Oppenheim,
who is known to all the walters through
his frequent visits to the hotel.
mo tips" replied the waiter, as he cast
his eyes over the empty cafe.
Three cent fares and % cent gas guess
laconically replied Mr.; opgenhsim;
In the cafes of other hotels in New York
city developed q similar state Of Affairs
to that in the cafe OF the Waldorf. Men
accustomed to ~lounging In these placos
for an hour or 90 late in the afternoon to
gossip and take a nip or two now line up
at the bars OF the hotels. II they must
have their beverages they take them stand
ing over the bar and save the tips TO the
walters. No class OF men, II was said, 10
30 quick to retrench at the slightest indi-
cation OF a times as those accustomed
to wealth.
NO." said the girl. Il am not left handed.
] am only trying to be-about half the time:
that is. I am trying TO economic on gloves.
Even with exercising the utmost care I
cannot possibly make a pair Of silk gloves
last longer than two weeks. The left glove
remains intact but the fingers of the. right
t Tsfa f myssli TO ch ass %g ies. = hand ! SGI part en ~
the time for fishing out change and things
I could possibly make a pair last a O
and so cut down my glove bill one-hah.'
The yacht Of a New York Republican
banker with the hos and his wife and a
party Of women aboard steamed swiftly
past Oyster Bay a few days ago. They
passed unnoticed a rowboat in which were
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The
President was pulling at the oars for all
he was worth.
That's the President" cried one Of the
women aDd skipping to the host she
suggested that the Presidential salute Of
twenty-one guns he fired.
That isn't necessary. In it?' replied
the banker, who Ia known to have recently
changed his views on Mr.. Roosevelt be-
cause Of recent Presidential policies.
well. cannot we swing around and dip
the flag for him3" insisted the woman.
-0h. yes. il you five ladies desire It, but
be below in my cabin" responded the
banker.
The yacht took a swing and when close
TO the Presidential rowboat the flag was
dipped. the President waved his arms in
return n the yacht proceeded on it's
course.
~All over?" cried the banker up the COM
panionway. Yes, il was ell over.
I'm glad the President has Ave nom
voters Will him on this occasion said
the banker as he reappeared on deck
A new artificial cooling apparatus. just
installed by a prominent international
banking house and believed 70 be the only
in the financial district, had lis
first trial in the hot weather Of the last
week. The apparatus combines ammonia
pipes and other artificial freezing appara-
tus with a v~entilating system calculated
to keep the air dry and also in circulation.
IL dispels humidity as well as heat. beating
the barometer to death and getting h
better Of the thermometer outside from
s 10 Is degrees, according TO the press.is
applied. The same house last year tried
a system which supplied nothing better than
a musty, disa greeable atmosphere. The
new n has worked perfectly up 10 h
present and is supposed to draw the at
%tsntion of employees entirely away from
them with cooling breezes at their desks
in the city. Though the apparatus is de-
clared TO be successful, II is hardly likely
to be popular. The cost Of installation 10
reported to have been $50, 600 and the ex-
pense Of operation is considerable
IF you want absolutely the newest
and choicest thing TO take to the mountains
with you" said the woman who prides
herself on always being up 20 date. hunt
for a Teddy bear shirt waist"
A Teddy bear shirs waist?" asked her
companion.
Yes. I saw one in a window this morn
ing. IL was made Of white batiste and
down the front we're embroidered one row
Of the darlingest white bears three inches
high and four rows OF the cutest cub
about two inches high. There we're five
bears in each row. making twenty-five
in all"
How perfectly dear! OF course I u
have one. Where did you see it?'
An. that's the rub. II was prominently
displayed in the window OF a laundry.
| made the woman let me examine il TO
see If there was any mark which would
give a clue to where il was bought, but
there wasn't. In fact when ! got IL in
my hands | was pretty sure II was home
made. Probably some enterprising person
with not much else to do designed and
embroidered the thing for her own adorn-
ment.'
Twenty-Five, did you say? Well. I
think I'll worry along without one.
"~Screenless windows OOH queer to a mar
from the West, where wire netting Ia neces-
sary to comfort from early summer 10
late fall A" said a visitor from Chicago, but
not even the general absence OF screens from
New York houses struck me as being so
funny as the one place where ! have seen
screens. h was a Broadway garage.
What earthly harm flies and mosquitoes
can do to automobiles Is a mystery. yet
there is that huge stable fitted out from