The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-17
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

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She's on to a little Sunday trick that
a good many women know said an observ-
ing policeman in the vicinity Of several
churches.
Whenever / see a woman give a gentle
kick, az that one did. 10 a handkerchief
that some one dropped, | always know
she hopes to hear the chink Of money.
Especially on Sunday mornings is money
frequently found knotted up ia the corners
of handkerchiefs These invariably be-
long to women, who. ] suppose. haven't
such a thing as a pocket and don't want
to carry a purse TO church, so they put
enough mail change for contribution
and Carfare into the corner of a hand
kerchief and tie il up, When a woman
hears the metallic noise she's hoping for
she has 20 pick up the entire handkerchief
no matter how muddy it may be, but a
man whips out his knife, cuts the knot
and pockets Inc money. The other Sunday
morning / saw a man count out so cents
which he'd extracted from the corner of
a disreputable looking handkerchief. II
he hadn't given il a kick and heard the
chink OF the coins, he'd never have thought
OF touching 1t
Locality names. such as Yorkville and
Bloomingdale, that we're once familiarly
spoken in the city. have now, we realize.
all but passed out of use; but has it ever
occurred TO you said an old timer. that
there is another name that was once uni
v~ersally used in the city that has now prao-
ticallv disappeared entirely, the same
being Croton? ! am not the oldest man
in the world, but ] can remember a time
when everybody in New York spoke Of the
city water as CToton water; but who speaks
Of Croton water now? You might not hear
the word spoken in a month. When Croton
water was first introduced into the city
IL was a great event, and for many years
the new city water was associated in the
peoples minds with its source of supply
nnd everybody said Croton water. But
new generations have arisen, and people
have come that never knew Croton. and SO
that old and once commonly familiar name
is now but rarely heard? The city water
has come to be in the peoples minds just
the city water"
'The army is mighty late in its gardening
this year, . said a man who took a trip down
the bay TO see and hear the militia shoot the
big guns. Fort Hamilton and Fort Wads-
worth, which usually are a delight TO the
eye Of persons passing through the Narrows.
present a decidedly ragged appearance.
The green on the sea ward entertainments
needs cutting badly and here and there
are bare patches which a little early spring
sodding would have eliminated. Wadsworth
looks much the better but neither is anything
10 boast Of. The immaculate appearance
of the sloping lawns at Quarantine offers
q decided contrast. One would think the
Artillery would have spruced up a bit in
honor OF the visit OF the militia
You might travel around the tow for
years and never meet a Chinese driver.
and you might think there wasn'tany suoh,'
said a man whose business takes him about
the city more or less, but there is at
least one. who drives a team for a Chinese
establishment that furnishes supplies for
the chop suey restaurants, and this Chinese
driver has with him on the wagon a Chinese
helper. And il you should chance to meet
the Chinese driver your attention would
probably be further liked by the novelty
OF the team he drives. which consists Of a
white horse and a gray mule
Up at the Thomas Jefferson Park in
Harlem. which, by the way. is the most
expensive garden Of good times in the
city. having cost more than 81, 900 600, a
little mother had watched her tiny sister
all afternoon while she herself stole moments
now and then 10 romp with the other girls.
Little sister hadn't been a very great care
because a kind lady had given a big candy
cat 20 her and with that the child had beer
much occupied, When the little mother
the cat and asked the sister what had be>
OF II.
1T got so dirty said the child, Il was
'shamed Of IL, 40 eat it.
A New Yorker who spent commencement
week at Princeton tells OF having found q
@sddis s5sd man olnsins fondiy 70 q fenos,I