The sun., 1907-08-13
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.


make ms up a package Of tobacco
according to the formula used by Edwin
Booth" sald the man with q Southern
accent
THAT 10 the third man who has asked
for that kind Of tobacco to-day" said the
dealer. 1T 10 strange that people from
remote parts Of the country az we'll as
New Workers. make a fad Of buying the
same brand Of tobacco that Booth smoked.
And II isn't always the Booth mixture
that they want. l have fled away the
formulas for mixing tho favorite tobacco
Country Sy ss%. beard cf hi. ns
of rccipee and one feature of every mans
trip TO New York is to try pipeful OF some
big mans favorite tobacco. In most cases
the special mixture is so strong that the
nerves OF the average smoker cannot
stand IL. He has TO give up after a few
pipefuls and 60 hack 10 a popular mixture,
but he has the satisfaction of having had
the experience
We ars behind France and England in
one point" said the man who hopes some
day TO own an automobile. "Over there
II IL possible 10 buy q car on the install
ment plan. but have never seen such an
offer made here. You can buy expensive
sets Of books. pianos. houses and lots.
Why not autos? What struck me most
was an advertisement in an English weekly
offering TO sell high powered six cylinder
car Of a famous French make on an easy
payment plan"
II has long been common with men Of
certain professions and trades not to an
nounce their business on envelopes. For
obvious reasons many persons do not care
to let others Of their household or business
associates know that they are getting z letters
from lawyers or doctors. But the Provi
dent Loan Society. the pious pawnshop. :"
II not delivered in a certain time a return
to p. l.. s. Of ". ". 30 Fourth avenue.
She is a charming old lady. but somehow
she has never quite been shlc tn reconcile
herself to the telephone. The other day
she was called up by Mrs. B. friend
Of rlany years. and the two had long chat
There, said the first old lady just after
she left the telephone There. ! meant
to give TO Mrs. b that handkerchief
she left here yesterday
The outside Of a store in Broadway Just
below Twenty-third street has lately been
painte. with what looks like dark tinted
gold paint; this front presents an appear
ance such IS il would have if it had been
covered with gold leaf and then lacauered,
Int tHetI DClnH stTlklnk anu 6tITdCtIVe.
In Broadway above Twenty-third street
there is now a store front painted blue.
and a little further along on the great
thoroughfsre but below Thirty-fourth
street is a hotel well known in the city to
which painters are now applying coat
Of green. II is easy TO imagine Broadway
with all its buildings painted in varied
high colors cross section rainbow.
On the first afternoon Of racing at the
Empire City Track at Yonkers an autonycb-
; bile with five men raced down Riverside
Drive at pretty good speed. A bicycle
policeman caught the automobile after a
chase.
You'll have to go to the station" he
pufsd,
We've just returned from the track
and we've got important business" pleaded
ono OF the men. We didn't think we we're
going 50 fast
Are you hookmakers?- asked the COP.
NO. we're professional men," said the
AN right ssid the bicycle man. You
can go. But before the afternoon is over
] am going TO get a bunch Of bookmakers.
They got all nv money once and I'm going
to get square.
The ma;ron Of horne for immigrant
girls discovered that one young woman
who had spent three nights in the inst-
tuition was not in reality a newcomer. hut
had had several jobs in New York
Why did you come here and try to pass
yourself OF as an inexperienced girl?"
asked the matron in vexation.
$50 I'd get better treatment from my
next employer" said the maid. Green
, girls Of all nationslities are hunored much
more than girls who are supposed 70 be
used to New York ways They don't have
| to work so hard because the mistress Of