The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-10
LIVE T6PIcs ABoUT TOWN.

this old town. said the CITY salesman.
Yesterday ] picked up this item l
was invited to luncheon BY q young man
engaged in evanselistio work. The res
taurant he proposed was several blocks
out Of vi way. As I was in . hurry !
suggested some place nearer at hand,
but he insisted upon that particular res
taurant, 90 we went there. 1t was a Moe
place, very clean and the cooking good.
The only peculiarly I noticed was q
bunch of clerical looking men In the rear
Of the oom.
"Are those fellows all m~inistersf I
asked.
"'Yes,' said my friend. There are. q
!. here every ssy; = Obliged 3 ! CT. . ?aass
because this restaurant has the repu-
tation Of being the only place In town
where q man can ask o blessing without
perhaps attracting disagreeable alton
ton. The proprietor used to be pretty
strong In the preaching line himself,
and he encourages the blessing habit
OF OK c ssy s,a msn e., people co. mss ees 81 FEE ere r rnr as
do say Il that the place has besh nick
named the blessing restaurant
sAnd then before beginning our meal
nv friend prayed. and as nobody eYen
turned around 70 look at ue l found that
the restaurant indeed merited is novel
reputation
' 'There was q rather surprising inter
probation put upon the expression 'du-
plex apartmsnts' the other day said .
New York man. sMy wife was showing
an old lady from the country the sights
Of our city, and among other things
pointed out q very large and recently
finished APARTMENT mouse. On it was
a big sign reading Duplex Apartments. :
The old lady read II aloud, repeated It.
and then turned around and stared at
the sign In helpless rage. seandaiou''
s'What's the matteri' asked my wife.
who didn't know what the fuss wes about:
When the old lady had collected herself
40 she could sneak she said: We'll, I've
beard that New Workers. led
double lives, but ] didn't suppose they'd
build such 4 monstroue house a-purpose
for them Or that they'd pSt up sue q
big sign. DUPLEX indeed
~From the eircuA performers view
point New York 10 the most ~bloodthirsty
town In the United States said Al old
circus man. The people here may not
be q particularly hard hearted lot. but
they can stand more hair raising stunts
In a show than The citizens Of most other
cities. There are many towns where the
most dangerous foats OF q circus troupe
won't 20 with the audience. They have
ali Of which are more or less discomfort
ing to the serial actor. Thoee towns OF
soueamlsh sensibllities are all down on
the showmen's chart and u perform
snce 10 toned down TO suit local taste.
But all the ginger We leave out Of q show
In weak kneed' towns and as much moro
we can screpe up Y m needed . We
can come to breaking his neck without
actually achieving that disaster the more
popular he becomes with q New York
audience. and ! sometimes think they
wouldn't shy very long ut q stunt that re-
in occasional fatalities
They were two charming girls and
they were having q fine time telling each
other things in one Of Fifth avenues
auto buses. And there was a thing
1t least upon which they were agreed.
that was that they did not like to 90 sail
ipR with Frank. Indeed. they were
" to 60 sailing with Frank
again.
said one.
Indeed he's nothing but reckless
the other, and then he sails 30
close to the Windl'
The lone man in the bus hastily climbed
The stairs to tho roof.
-One phase OF municipal art that has
lately caught my attention. said the
gray headed man. SIS the rings on the
fingers Of signboard hands. 1t
must require real talent to paint those
rings Up on the West Side
you don't see many Of them. but In cor
tain sections OF the East Side, where love
jewelry 10 one OF the ruling passions,
the guiding fingers display rings Of
Extraordinary size and b~rillianoy. Some
times a single finger Ii laden with several
rings set with diamonds, emeralds and all
OF precious stones. The rays
of light emitted by those gems travel
over the side Of q building. A bill
board artist who is responsible for much
,f this jewelry declares that in some
parts Of town the rings arc the most
feature Of his masterpieces
md that the advertisements would not
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