The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-23
LIVE TOPICS ARour TOWN.

IL was a crosstown car and the sun shone
right down In her eyes. When the oonduc-
tor came TO collect the fares she pointed to
the shades and. in a cold harsh tone, said.
Pull that curtain down"
The conductor paid 10 attention TO her.
Again she spoke to him. this time a little
louder. but the conductor was very busy
just then collecting fares in another part Of
the car. As the conductor passed her on
the way back to the platform he was met
with:
What are you waiting for?'
am waiting for you to say please.
~. ada said The he: Her face famed up. but
Il should have said please. l know" said
'n fh ssr Su .9 : csm n d l beg ySgr pardon Ssns and
the rest OF the passen gers nodded n smiled
to Themselves as IL they felt better.
A grocer ordered a lower grade OF eggs
than usual from a wholesaler.
They are for shampooing. he explained.
and almost every woman wants only the
cheapest variety.
az want them for a shampoo only the
customer says. 1t isn't worth while TO
buy the best egg for that"
An example OF how a big construction
company economies on it's various jobs is
afforded by present operations by the con-
Germ building the Belmont tunnel under
the East River at Forty-seoond street. which
also is doing q section Of the new Sixth
avenue tunnel. At the foot Of Forty-second
street the company has Q compressed air
plant. Instead OF erecting another plant
Tor its Sixth venue contract It ran a line of
pipe along Forty-second street to the sub
way at Park avenue. whore a connection
was made with = line hat vas used by the
COMPANY xhes i va: helping to build the the
vas picked up again and the pipe carried
m the elevated structure down to Thir-
tenth street. where the company's men are
working now. Thus the air that drives the
street arss S% rid %eas It tfR re9f oot o. Sf East ssf Forty,
second street. almost two miles away.
did you intend to give me thisi" asked
q steward on one OF the steamers Of a woman
passenger who had just tipped him. This"
vas q bright new penny.
The woman. looking amazed and EN-
barrassed, said: mo, I didn't give you
gold p~iece-didn't II"
That's what ! thought you meant to give
me. was sure you had mad q mistake"
said the man. The woman, Wit an apology,
took the penny and gave him a gold piece
NhTh fitE "ttb baoh W " bbnAtIoofE w COutib
her money and to try to understand.
II came to her all right. She remembered
two years before on her homeward trip
O fellow passen ger had told how the steward
had come 10 her with a new penny, given
him by mistake, the steward said, and she
had made i good.
II was a little late then-she had been an
"easy mark and she knew it and il wouldn't
do a bit OF good to object. She did tell the
purser. who promised to investigate. She
knqU tn what that INFANT
So far the night police court has failed
to perform one Of the functions for which
ct least a few persons think II was created -
the marrying Of couples who are too busy
to be welded in the daytime. Once a Magis-
strats Who had no scruples against Of Nat
while another couple found a Magistrate
xho never performs marriage ceremonies.
There will be a wedding In the court some
time, however.
~. -
There was no male passenger or the
Manhattan Beach train yesterday said a
patron Of that line. $50 I asked the conductor
for q match"
Il haven't a match. but I can give you
a light II you have some paper was the
The paper was produced. The conductor
opened the box containing the electric
spark that ignited the paper.
That is a trick not known TO every con
ductor, said the passenger, @for / frequently
have supplied matches 10 train hands so
they could light their warning lamps"
A Brooklyn woman used one Of the Coler
street signs as an inducement to rent her
rooms TO night workers who sleep or try
to sleep during the morning hours. She
said in the advertisement that her house is
on q hospital street. where you must
walk your horses and make no unnecessary
noise under penalty Of the law"