Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-06

"sTRAY TOPICS FROM LIT
TIE OLD NEW YORK."

business done over the lunCncOn thbic
In New York than In the busy office,
and this is becoming more and more
true with the rapid downtown district
There Is a club for nearly every line
Of business, and the name Is generally
taken from the occupation In which
the majority of the members engage.
There Is fashionable Railroad Club
for railroad officials; the Hardware
Club for hardware men; and so on,
with such names as the Druggists,
Chemists, Lawyers and Publishers
Clubs. OF course some Of the clubs
choose other names, such as the City
Lunch Club. which is situated on the
roof of twenty-five story building,
and which makes Il one of the most
enjoyable places TO dine in the city.
At these different clubs men gather
about one O'Clock and Il is often near
ly four before the last of them depart
for their Offices over their coffee and
cigars they discuss some big business
scheme; and the custom Is becoming
so general in New York that when
man has some proposition to offer he
invites the one he would interest out
to luncheon, and there they spend sew
eral hours in going over the details,
II Is very seldom nowadays In New
York that one sees the sign placed
on an office door. that is SO common
in other cities, out to mnCh-return
In ten minutes"
Possibly. New Workers are a little
slower in naming their children after
the presidential nominees than people
in other sections of the country, but
the fashionable hotels are not slow in
getting the names on the bill of fare
with n good still price after g. One
of the favorite desserts which has been
invented by n chef in one of the swell
restaurants on Fifth avenue is Melon
a Ia Taft The new dish is not, as
might be imagined, built up from the
biggest melons coming to market, but
consists of only an ordinary canta
loupe cut in halves and filed with
sliced peaches and maraschino. Ithas
not yet rlvaled the fame of those other
cantaloupe connections bearing the
names of Lillian Russell and Admiral
Schley. but those who have the price,
at fifty cents per, pronounce it a win.
ner.
There is an attractive young lady
in Gotham who models cloak models.
II is good business. too, for there are
about thousand fine.hgured pretty.
faced girls in New York who make a
living donning and doffing fuffs and
ruffles for the edifcation of the buy.
ers at big dry goods stores. The pro
prietor of the New Model Factory
is Miss Alice Christal, and she runs
things in business.like way. Her
real work is to train the young ladies
who wish to be cloak models To nc.
quire that grace and temperament nee.
essary to show of an IS skirt so II
will look like n creation of PaQuln's
when they put 1t on. Miss Christal
has a busy factory, for the positions
of cloak models are attractive ones,
paying anywhere from $l5 to $50
week. 1t is no unusual thing to hear
a proprietor of a cloak house call up
the Model Factory and say, Send
me over a SO and IS and tall one for
skirts" The figures of course refer
to girls with that bust measure.
Up in the Bronx, where the moving
picture shows are intensely popular,
and where the rivalry is keen. the
great question has been how to get rid
of the many children who come and
stay for hours at time In some OF
the places there is always crowd in
the afternoons, and the question OF
having room is pressing one With
the youngsters occupying the seats At
all performances for the price OF one
the box office receipts naturally suffer
One man, whose place is near Prospect
and Third avenues, has solved the
problem. He bought time stamp,
and every ticket purchased is stamped
with the time IL is sold. These tickets
are now taken up at the door, Every
once in a while a man goes about and
examines the children's tickets, Those
who have been in long enough to al
low for a whole performance are re
Quested to leave. Protests don't go,
and on more than one occasion a small
struggling form has been carried from
the place
The albino terrapin, one of the most
valuable exhibits at the Aquarium, and
the special pet OF l.. r. Spencer, In
charge OF the fresh water fishes. has
been taken to the animal and reptile
hospital in Bronx Park. and is soon to
be operated on for corns. His case is
unique, and IL took a consultation Of
Mr.. Spencer his assistant Mr.. DE
Nyce. and Fish" Jim to decide that
surgery was necessary. They found
IA stiffening OF the right fore flipper.