The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-03
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT ToR

1t was barely a year ago that one Of the
landmarks OF the Broadway squad retired
from the arduous duty OF plotting lady
shoppers across the street to take up the
responsibilities OF a floor walker In a large
dry goods store. He received good salary
and It was never expected that the force
would have his services again. It was
only a short time ago, however, that he
went to Headquarters and asked to go
once more on the crossing. Regulating
traffic at a smaller salary and with longer
hours was much easier h keeping the
customers OF the store In the places they
wanted to be. The only request that he
made was to be assi gned to eone other post,
since 10 would have been too difficult to ex-
plain TO all his old friends why he did 1t.
Each avenue In the residence section
has It's own style in window boxes this
season. The Fifth avenue clubs 30 In
for all the spring flowers, changing as the
season advances, but the private house
holders cling to the old reliable red
%geraniums and Ivy vines. op Madison
avenue the window boxes are filled with
sedate pansies and gay little pink and white
daises, while a block further east, on Park
avenue, pink gerahiuIhs predominant. In
the side streets the window boxes appear
slowly, but many apartment house window
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A travelling crematory that excites a
mild degree OF interest along the mid
section Of Broadway above Canal street
consists Of two wornout refuse cans such
as the street cleaners move about on wheels,
one Of these cans being placed bottom up
on top Of the other with its rim against
the rim of the under can the two cans thus
fixed looking together something like a
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Of the upper can, which OF course is a hole
In its top as the can is now placed, and
through this opening waste paper Is dropped
to be burned within, paper gathered up
by the street cleaner as he drags this travel
ling crematory, mounted on the usual
pair Of wheels, along the street.
A we'll known Brooklyn bsrytone sang
not long ago at an entertainment given by
a German club. Between the musical num-
bers there were the long intervals and beer
that the Germans love so well. When the
interval preceding the barytone's number
dragged along to such great length that
the chairman Of the entertainment COM
mittee feared that the wait might be en-
barrassing to the singer he decided that
it was up TO him to say something. This is
what he said: IIf it's all the same to you,
Mr.. =, IL it's all the same to you, shall we
let the people enjoy themselves a little
longer or will you sing nowf
Some days ago In the Essex Market
police court one Of the members OF the
Essex Market Bar Association, defending
a client charged with assault. wound up
his plea by using the following peroration:
wy, Chudge, / would strike him myself,
Of course, II he called me a thief and I was
an honest man.
A poulterer who had received a large
order for specially fattened chickens asked
what the chef wished them fed on.
sWhy, l don't know" said the customer.
Il supposed you would know about that"
Il do know said the poulterer, 'but 10
I 20 ahead without instructions / may not
suit you. You see. there are as many ways
to fatten a chicken as there are to kill a cat.
Different food. different favors. Unless l
have special instructions l may choose the
wrong way. Here is a baaket OF chickens
that were cent back just this morning be-
cause they were, not fattened properly.
Those folks should have stated when giving
their order what they wanted the chickens
fed on. That Is what most customers do
who can afford to eat specially fattened
fowl. Every big chef In town has his
~favorite flavor for chicken flesh and in order
TO secure the desired taste he not only
names the particular breed Of chicken he
wishes but prescribes the Diet
A utter who has recently removed
from Westchester county to New Jersey
observes one striking difference. New
Workers, he says. while away their home
ward journeys with whist. Jerseymen play
poker. / never saw anything but whist
on a New York train, and since I've been
travelling in Jersey I've seen only one
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IT'S penny ante, or something like that,
for the rest, and they play for real money,
too. Almost every morning when on the
way to business / hear one man remark
to another, Here, johnson. here's that
30 cents 1 owed you on last nights game
Not that somebody always goes broke
before reaching home, but II seems to hap
pen pretty often
Il feel so much more respectable since
other people have commenced to put up
awnings said the landlady. 'My front
parlor lodger insisted upon keeping his
awning all last winter. Moreover, 1t was
always lowered. He wanted II go, he said,
to prevent curious people from seeing in.
l could take an oath that the old gentle
ma Ms desire for privacy, was innocent
enough, nevertheless that awning certainly
did cause me no end of trouble. Nothing
gives a house a bad reputation 80 quickly
as an all the year round awning. 1t makes
people think II lie a gambling house. There
really is a gambling den In the next block;
that is, folks say IL lie a gambling den, al
though possibly the poor soul who lives
there has been maligned the same as l
have been. But, anyway, the windows are
always shaded by awnings, which looks
suspicious. Now that other houses have
awnings mine won't be so conspicuous
we residents OF upper Park avenue
don't have to go to the indoor roller skat-
ing Kinks. We have Kinks right before our
DOORS The speaker was one Of the resi-
dents. "These enclosed plots Of greenery
in zach block up the centre Of the wide
street seem Ia offer opportunities in the
way OF natural open air skating Kinks
which are taken full advantage OF. Look
up Park avenue in the early evening when
the weather's at all seasonable and you
see the young people whirling round and
round. their skates ringing on the smooth
asphalt. Each block. has its own bkating !
rink, a popular gathering place for the young
people from the sections on both sides OF the
wide avenue. II was the same way with the