The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-17

still. but with slight reservations. 1t is
on account Of the reservations that the
tracer holds his Job. For instance when
a woman buys rugs. pictures. bric-a-brao
or maybe q handsome hat or wrap and
seems most anxious to have the goods
delivered on a certain day the manager
OF the department becomes suspicious
and sets the tracer to work. 1t il the
tracer's business to find out II the anxious
customer 10 contemplating any special
festivities on that particular date. Very
ofte IN he learns hat b is. Maybe abe
is planning to give q little party at her
own house or maybe she Is going to q
party at some other persons house;
hence the hurry call for the extra furni-
ture or the new hat or wrap.
The tracer having done his duty the
manager executes q master stroke Of his
own, this OF course only when he Ia NOR
ally certain that the things have Q
bought 'on approval and will be re-
turned the text day.
1T will be impossible to deliver those
goods on time he teels the packers.
SO they reach their destination a day
late and while the customer storms the
tracer who has frustrated her plans is
pursuing his investigation in other quar-
tiers.
.Inever look up at the gracefully poised
figure OF Diana with her bow which tops
the tower of the Madison Square Garden"
said an old New York art lover. without
recalling what Saint Gaudens told me
OF his trials in arranging some way in
which his model might hold this difficult
pose for any length Of time. The posi-
ton unsupported would Of course be q
physical impossibility for more than q
second OF two at o time. After expert
menting with all sorts Of supports .
framework Of ladders was finally arranged
which proved E fairly satisfactory solu.
for the body at several points, but even
with these helps the pose was probably
as difficult q one as has ever been required
-Of the throngs who pass this statue
every day and look at it admiringly
stops to think what q test Of endurance
such a pose mean to the model
There Is one characteristic that dis
tinguishes the expensive tailor shops from
the modest priced one In the higher
priced place the salesman always works
from the top down when the cost Of any
thing is asked. The man whose customers
are Of moderate q reverses the plan.
The latter explains that the price Of a
suit of G given material Is $40, but IL the
buyer wants IL silk lined it will be IS more.
His higher priced rival says: That will
Be SIS, or II you don't care for the silk
lining Is less There's an appeal TO the
vanity In the assumption that
he naturally wants the best.
a perfectly equipped apartment of
seven rooms. with every up to date con-
venience. perohed on the roof OF a first
class apartment house was q big surprise
70 me-" said a New York man who is well
posted on all the new kinks Of living on
Island. 1t reminded me a
good deal Of a houseboat or a small de-
country home. The roof. Of
course. gave the effect Of an all round
and everv room was an outside
one. A breeze sweeps through the entire
place the minute the back and front doors
are open. Some friends OF mine stumbled
across this apartment quite by accident
and are delighted with their good fortune
The elevator runs to their front door,
by the way, will be a typical vine
one when the warm weather
as they've already set out the
plants. The views are really
magnificent. From the back door they
see the Singer Building and from their
front door tho Palisades. So far as /
can learn there are only " such apart
ments In the city, and - q happy COM
promise between urban n suburban
living there's nothing to my mind that
beat this novel arrangement