The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-03
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

rs many Tree exnlDluonB as new YORK,
said a man who has spent much time In
travel. 'The other day I happened to be
passing through East Sixty-eighth street
near Third VENUE. Here p person gets q
splendid view Of the training quarters for
new fremen behind fire headquarters.
The men are put through all sorts Of PAGES
and perform wonderful feats with the seal
ing ladders upon the seven story building,
Mimic rescues are effected and IL Is a very
exciting spectacle at times. An organ
grinder with an eye to business puts in q
good deal Of time there and forms the or
ohestra for the open air theatre. Enter
prising urchins rent soap boxes at two
cents each for the onlooker TO sit upon.
The performance is as good as the best
vaudeville show
Probably not n person out Of five hun.
dred entering the south car in the elevator
shaft of the Fifth Avenue Hotel ever stops
to read the little framed notice which hangl
in one corner. But to the observing few
this little notice tells q story. "In thia
very space, forty-eight years ago. waa
placed the first passenger elevator ever
built In the world In 1850, when first
installed, It was one OF the ouriosities OF
the city, and visitors from far and near
came 70 witness its operation.
In a case recently tried before a New
York city Magistrate one Of the witnesses
was an Italian. Examination revealed the
fact that he and his wife had six children
and that the whole family lived in two
rooms.
And what do you do for a livingY' asked
the examining lawyer.
We TAXA da boarders." he responded
cheerfully.
A Broadway subway train stopped at
18th street and waited for the changing
Of a despatcher's gong. The motorman
stepped out on the platform to straighten
out his legs. passenger approaching him
said:
Il want TO get to the Criminal Courts
Building. What station shall ] get Of att"
you've got III my friend said the
motorman, who. apparently was about 4S
years old. Il don't know a thing about
the town 'oept what's In this tunnel
"A new man on the jobf' asked b pas
no he said. sI've beer running sub
way trains for nearly two yedrs-it will
be two years next July. Came from Ohio
about four years ago, ran a train m the
B. r. T. for about two years. and nVed in
Brooklyn and never had any time oil any
desire to come to Manhattan. When l got
the job in the subway / continued to 1.-Two
in Brooklyn and since l made the first trip
across Manhattan, when went TO Brooklyn
from the West, l never set foot on this
island, 'oept underground, and at the Brook
Ign Bridge twice a day
Better take a day of some time ind 60
up above and see the sights. > said tn pas
senger. who was waiting Tor an express.
Hello, hellol' shouted an uptown grocer.
He held the receiver to his ear for a moment
while he frowned impatiently. Then a
smile transformed his features.
'ohl' he said. ANDREW Carnegie's housei
All right. I'll hold the line"
A brief pause. Eight or ten women who
were waiting hdgeted.
Eyes, Mrs. C~arnegie!' shouted the grocer
into the phone. This mornings order?
Yes, and the goods have been cent; they
should be at your place now-lt won't
be long before they arrive-How Is Mr..
Carnegie feeling to-day Good! I'm glad
to hear 1t. Yes; thank you. AL right,
good-by."
One Of the customer who had been wait
ing for the proprietor to wait upon her while
he was busy with Mrs. Carnegie" said sar-
oastioally to a woman who stood by her
side:
sThat makes me tired. Every time that
man gets q store full Of customers. as he
frequently does at this time Of the day. he
always has q call from some wealthy person
In the neighborhood.
NO. Of course they don't trade here
that's what I'm getting at. They are fake
calls, and he never talks TO those whose
names he speaks so loudly. Why does he
do itf I suppose II 10 TO make his patrons
think that the swellest persons In this part
Of town buy at his store
Er-Judge Rufus B. Cowing was trying
the other day his first case in General SEES.
sions after his recent retirement from that
bench. and from force Of habit administered
fatherly rebuke to the young Assistant
District Attorney OPPOSED TO him.
The incident greatly amused Judge Eos.
ter, who was presiding, and he found IL hard
to rebuke his former colleague.
Assistant District Attorney Train had
interrupted the oross-examination OF a wit.
mesa with objections until Judge Cowing
couldn't stand il any longer. Turning upon
Mr.. Train Judge Cowing said:
Look here. young man; l know how TO
examine this witness, and don't want 10
interrupted. was In these courts before
you were born
Gentlemen, gentlemen said Judge
Foster, mildly tapping the bench with bis
gavel, Il win have TO ask Judge Cowing TO
his remarks to the Court and not 10
the prosecuting attorney"
The two Judges smli0d complRcently at
NJ WV eeAN w. O"C Ac1Ch dSlhtS III.
Pianos, household furniture. building
lots, houses, pictures, boot and shoes. pretty
much everythin 6 on earth has long been
more or less frequently or regularly Of
cred at auction, and 90 such sales nave long
been familiar; but distinctly modern in the
way OF auction sales is that at which the
offerings consist OF automobiles. The auto
thus sold may be second hand
machines sent for sale by owners or they
may be new machines entered 90 be dis
posed Of In this manner. Prior 10 thu
sale the auctioneers issue q o~stsloEus,
as might be done In selling by auction any
other kind Of merchandise, this oata-
containing a numbered descriptive
list bf the cars offered at the sale, giving
the kind and style Of each car and the year
OF manufacture and the horsepower. AT
the auction the oars are described and
cried Just as any other auction Offering
might he, and the auto auction ls attended
as any other auction sale would be likely
20 be. by Individual buyers and by dealers;
hut even with tbeee features. character
istlc Of every auction, 10 make II seem ia
ualItaN the atftA aatrftcr vat rap.atRa fkn