The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-15
LIVE T0PTCS ABOUT TOWN.

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10 q restaurant in the Fulton street district,
and this despite "a vsxatious custom of the
place. The pudding there is made in an
unusually deep dish and with no end Of
raisins. The raisins sink To the bottom
in a mass. II you. IL with raisins
you must say so-and pay a nickel extra.
Otherwise the servers. spoon will not 40
the other side Of the City Hall the pro-
prietor canDot Ire prevailed upon to pat
raisins into the daily rice buildings. He
insists that they are not proper ingredients
and that h the end OF It.. His pudding Ia
extremely popular, however, for 1t happens
to be uncommonly good. At one of the
uptown restaurants where tire prices are
quite moderate the rice pudding is served
very cold with rich cream. The ralslns
are numerous, and those who want what
they want when they want it have been
known 10 travel blocks 10 reach the place.
The owner Of the combination store and
fiat building in Columbus avenue con-
sidered himself in luck when he rented one
of his stores to a jeweller. Jewellers.
he fancied, were a profitable investment
inasmuch IA they paid a high rental and
followed a calling nppose not to crate
on the sensibilities Of refine families up
stairs. To his surprise. however. he soon
received notice of removal.
Its the jeweller." explained the agent
10 the perplexed landlord. ."Tbe folks
are afraid of him-not OF him personally,
of course. but of the burglars he - apt
10 attract. Somehow the impression pre-
TO take place in a building where a jeweller
il located than anywhere else. The jewels
lure thieves into that neighborhood. 10 the
reasoning runs. and while there they think
they might as well make a clean job Of 1t
and loot the flats also. L do not know
NNhAfhar nr not GfafiaftRG alnnnrt thu \ fhAnYNr
but fiat DIV oilers nave firm faith in it,"
Justice Marean is noted for his accuracy.
Not long ago he and Martin W. Littleton
were playing golf together on the Garden
City links. THAT was a peach of a drive
Judge said Mr.. Littleton to his opponent
at one stageo of the game. oh. no. not at
all. IL was pretty badly Sliced. " the Judge
replied. well. then. IL was asliced peach"
wa Mr.. Li%ttleton's answer.
Keep your Checks is the sign over the
bar in a Harlem saloon. The checks re-
ferred to are the slips from the cash register
on which the machine always puts a num-
Der. Apparently to encourage trade the
proprietor Of this saloon has reversed the
usual procedure, and instead of turning in
the check with your money you turn in
your money and get the check. A hundred
dollar prize il offered for one number,
generally a pretty high one, and there are
prizes of $50, 50 cents and ~ cents for other
stimulant for trade the scheme is said TO
work well.
Somebody's French lesson" explained q
table d'hote diner to an out Of town man
who had been trying in vain to decipher
some scrawls on a slip Of paper which the
previous diner had evidently pinned TO the
tabtecloth for safekeeping.
"A woman OF course, and a lot of new
words, as all the recommendations are care
fully spelled out in English. It's getting
TO be a great feminine trick here in New
York. this acquiring a restaurant vocabu-
larry in French, and lots Of places are pat
ronized by women for this simple reason.
They seem to have no hesitation about
asking the name OF everything that's
brought, and often jot dow the words on
a clip Of paper. "a this woman evidently did.
The restaurants that have one side Of
the menu printed in French and the other
in English say that's IL almost impossible
to keep a sufficient supply Of these cards,
so often are they pocketed by women diners
anxious 10 acquire the latest thing in res
taurant VOCABULARY. It's part Of a New
York woman's religion to be up to date.
and she's always on the outlook 10 learn"
Talk about The Making Of an American
said a settlement worker who il OCCASION
ally called upon to run over 10 Ellis Island.
"A while ago happened TO take particular
notice OF a young Polish girl who had just
been released from Ellis Island with a lot Of
other immigrants. The girl wa met by two
women one of them apparently her sister.
The trio crossed Battery Park lust ahead
Of me and I soon saw that they were bound
Co. Sh~ an. f~utso aA Thnu paonhAl
the upper deck only q moment before me.
but by the time I got there h shawl that
covered the young immigrants head and
shoulders had been pulled on, her hair
put on her by the other two women. who
had brought along the finery TO make the
newcomer fit 10 be seen going home with
them
In New Jersey they make their own SOU
venir postal cards Here's the recipe. Catch
a big mosquito and squash him artistically
on an ordinary postal. Cover with a dab
of mucilage and let dry. No writing ia
necessary. The finished product is self
explanatory.
II had an unpleasant experience yester-
day" said the little widow. and 1t makes
me wonder IL it pays to lac honest.
Since my husband died ! have been
extremely careful not to go In debt. l
pay cash for everything. even my daily
supplies Of groceries, meat, ice. &c.
"A few days ago I thought IL would be
more convenient to start an account at one
of the large groceries downtown, so l went
to see the manager about IL. He was most
and said it could be hone at once
IL | could Civ satisfactory differences.
Il did not wish to give my bank, so l told
him the names and addresses Of the local
with whom ! have been trading
the past three years and to whom l have
paid in that time hundreds of dollars.
Il received a letter promptly from the
large grocery stating that they were Unable
to learn that my credit was good; that I
had always paid cash and had never kept
an ~ccoun anywhere, 30 there was no
who would vouch for me, as far as an
account was concerned, although the re-
ports as to my reliability were most salts
and that under che circumstances
they could not see their way TO open an
account with me unless I could give them
references, from somebody who
had ever carried ono for me. In other
words / have to run In debt in order to es-
Ia blish my credit.
Il think I shall AVE to read up on social