The sun., 1908-08-13
1--we TOPics ABOUT roWN.

small aluminium circlets from his pocket
They were the size Of nickel and the hole
IN the oentre was q quarter Of an inch In
diameter. On one side was Municipal
Traction Co. and on the other - Cent
Il just spent few weeks In Cleveland, y
he explained, "and these are the tickets
for Tom Johnson's three cent street rail-
way system. They are not only good on
street cars. but have added q new coin
to 18th the currency Of Cleveland; You can
as the obsolete three cent piece Buy a
paper o. q pewsboy. hand him one Of these
and he'll hand you paper and two cents
change without question
He was brawny furniture mover who
seemed to take little interest In anything
above the business 10 hand. but when
he got tho piano In tho apartment house
elevator preparatory TO taking 1t to an
upper floor his attitude changed. As the
elevator ascended slowly he played seleo-
owner Of the plano. waiting above. won
dered II the keys had got so used to this
particular music that they were working
automatically.
-An acquaintance Of mine had q queer
experience tho other day said a mans
who has not much faith In anything. "A
short time ago he was introduced to piok-
pocket by a friend. The piokpooket Is
| one Of the best In the business.
| my friend didn't think anything more
saloon, after he had been celebrating most
pickpocket came in NY friend had dia-
| mond stud In his tie with screw attach
ment. The pickpocket walked up:
but met you the other night with 80 and
so. Take bit of advice from me. You
may lose that sinner Of yours u you're not
He !aa he eS
wouldn't stop good thief from gett ing
| the diamond, but he could fix that. He
fished around In his pockets and produced
n rubber band which he tied around the
Now, he said, they can only get your
stone by biting 1t Off,
Patrolman Tom Reilly OF the East Fifty
| first street station. big wholesome Irish
man, went up to see the New York Nationals
play Cincinnati the other day. When he
Is an ardent fan, hailed him from the stoop
Of the station house.
who was pitching, Tom?" he asked.
Sure, ] don't know. said Reilly -They
was all throwing the ball around
A visitor to hospital ward began to sing
to the patient she had come to see. The nurse
politely requested her to stop It..
STOP said the woman. why, good
gracious, l never heard Of such a thing.
Is 1t against the rulesf'
There Is no special rule on the sub
ject,' the nurse replied, but most OF us
have found that singing to one patient has
harmful effect on the other persons in
| the ward The trouble is, most visitors who
try TO cheer up their sick friends by singing
10 fhnf int at.nhx atr MI
body within hearing distance feels like COM
| mitting suicide. Again, occasional callers
| 60 to the other extreme and strike UP 'Har-
rigan, or like popular ditties. Those tunes.
TOO. to are out OF place in ward y, where there
Is impossible to please everybody in the
matter OF hospital ward singing, 80 most
nurses cut 1t out on their own RESPONSE
bility.'
Two women met at the bridge table.
"You will pardon me- said one. -but
| have often remarked one Of your rings
! am supposed to be an expert on stones.
but cannot place that one.'
Drawing of the ring in question and
ptsssnsns pp,sss ss1S it for closer inspection the
Il think It would puzzle you a little.
The fact 10 that is my first baby's first
tooth and I had It set in diamonds as q
souvenir Of some Of my happiest days"
Members Of the downtown lunch clubs
are notably abstemious. yet a perfectly
new and good cocktail was discov cred in
one recently. A Cohasset was ordered. 1t
was sarved In o glass half way between
the cocktail and tumbler size. In It's al
most Opaque depths was an object which
proved to be a alice Of branded peach.
The mix ture has the desirable dry tang Of
the appetizer and the perfect blend which
prevents recognition Of any single ingrs-
~ - wnxI1
Italian and two-quarters French YER
mouth and two-qusrters brandy. The
discoverer thought 1t worth the extra
quarter.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit train on the
Brighton Beaoh line had just left the Pros
pect Park station late the other night when
the train stopped with JOLT and the motor
man hurTiedly opened the door Of the motor
box. ran through the front oar. slammed
the gate and jumped Of onto the track. The
the oars and when they saw the motorman
run back down the track inspecting the
ground closely they began to prepare for
the worst. They saw him pick up some
thing and walk back toward the train.
was lighted by the train the passengers saw
him lingering a much worn straw sailor hat.
Then they heard him say, as II apologizing
to the trainload for the five minute delay:
Il thought II was Panama
Guests at the Hotel Astor when they see
a small electric bulb near the telephone In
their rooms light up know that there Is a
letter for them In th cir mail box In the office.
In each mail box there is a copper flap that
is pushed back when a letter is put In the
pigeonhole. and the flap completes the cir
cult that lights the small electric lamp In the
guests room. The device is the inv vention
Of Fred A. Musohenheim, brother Of the
proprietor Of the hotel
THREATS AGAINST DIR. JACOBS.
Tar and Feather Club" warns Him to Stay