The sun., 1908-04-03
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOKN.

new klnk In addressing envelopes has
been noticed recently by some Of the post
office clerks. Instead OF the word 'per-
sonal' on these envelopes 10 indicate that
the letter Is intended only for the eye OF the
person addressed has been written Him
SELF In each case these letters had been
sent from England. In some parts OF Ire
land the head OF the household Ia always
referred 10 by the members Of the family
as Himself and the influence Of that
custom may have had lie effect on the Eng
lish writer's, or possibly tho writer's were
lrishmen living In England.
A company that makes a business OF
preparing the speeches delivered by public
men for publication hnds il convenient
TO use the graphophone for the production
OF copy for the printer, and as result
some choice typographical errors have
appeared In print. Here are several illus
trations that a man In the company has
collected MARK Hanna, that we'll known
vote catcher came out Of the cylinder
Mark Hanna, that well known goat
catcher Another speaker who told how
the Presidents action had been validated
doubtless would have been astonished TO
read that 'the Presidents action was
salivated" That sentence so dear TO all
students OF Latin was turned out 'All
gall s divided into three parts And
there was no indication as to where he
distributed them.
Among the many regular customers
Of busy. long established downtown
restaurant is one who never orders his own
meals. When he comes In he never pores
over the bill OF fare 10 see what there is
new, or what he wants, he leaves that all
10 the waiter. He has been coming here
for years, sitting always at the same table,
and waited on always by the same waiter,
for there are walters who have been here
almost II not quite as long as the restaurant.
The waiter knows In a general way what
he likes and what he DOESN'T like and the
waiter knows also what Is going that is
especially good to-day and what Is new,
and he takes thought Of all these things
and is ready, and IN due tuue after this
customer comes in he places before him
his luncheon As for the customer, he gets
sometimes pleasant sur rises, and as he
never knows jUst what he is going to get
there is about every luncheon some measure
Of novelty,
Whenever ] get letter with string
Of unnecessary Instructions for delivery
on the envelope know it is from an English
man. said the tall girl. lie s 90 used to
covering every scrap Of space with the
complex directions that prevail in his own
country that no cannot understand how
the simple address, Miss Smith, 20 Blank
street, city will ever take letter to its
destination In order to insure safe and
expeditions delivery he adds East Side, or
West Side or Manhattan or United
States or something else equally super
fluous The only really happy Englishman
Nhavc met in a long while was one who
made the acquaintance Of girl who lives
over on Staten Island. he was tickled to
death when he gained permission to write
10 her Hnd iOuud she had long address.
He made II . good deal longer than il noed
be, Ho wrote '----- avenue. StGpleton,
Staten Island, Richmond county, New
York, y. y with irrepressible gee. He
said that address was the first thing he had
seen in America that made him feel at
home