The sun., 1909-10-25
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.


the head of a big automobile agency, in
trying TO cater to customers who demand
originality and individuality in the color
scheme Of 'ach machine they order
The cry for something different is what
we get tired of hearing. With all the lux
urious cars which pass up and down our
streets every day it's no easy job 20 meet
this demand for originality. Where a
limousine is to be of a solid dark color
we always try TO get a shade that is more
or less unusual and then give some indi-
vidual touch by painting the wheels n
contrasting color and perhaps outlining
the panelling to match. When a striped
body is wanted we have TO resort to all
sorts OF schemes to be original. Two
shades of the same color in alternating
stripes with couple OF hairlines of
black, white or yellow between is a good
combination. and by varying the width
OF the stripes it's possible to obtain many
different effects even with the same
colors. Mouldings of contrasting color
are always effective, One stunning ma
chine we sent out last week was a dull
olive with black mouldings just outlined
with a hairline of white. Another good
idea which takes well ia to introduce a
contrasting color or shade in the little
panel in the door. Women are especially
interested in the color schemes Of their
machines and often bring us samples of
the exact color they want used.
This may or may not be a reflection on
Brooklyn, but it happened there: A long
time resident Of the borough brought
back from her summer home in little
Vermont town a "girl"-not a servant
please The girl had never been in a city
before and Brooklyn bothered her. After
a week or two she came appealingly TO
her employer: Mrs l., I need a new
dress and I'm afraid TO go and look for
one alone. Would you mind going down
to the village with me and helping me
pick ii out?"
Look at this" said an out Of town
lady during osr recent Hudson Fulton
celebration as she picked up a bouillon
cup in one OF our large depart ment stores.
Isn't that a fine idea' Two handles to
a cup! ! suppose that's so you will have
one left in case one is broken on"
At noontime the energetic member OF
the s. p. c. A. set out with a bundle OF
grain bags with which he replaced the
stuffy. antiquated bags tied to the necks
Of several horses which were trying in
vain to get bite to eat. On each bag
the letters s. p. G. A. were printed in red.
Those things are not much OF an adj
"
hystander. They are not much better
than the bags you took OF
They're good enough" said the So
ciety's representative. They will answer
the purpose all right. BY tomorrow or
the day after the owners OF these horses
will have grain hags OF the latest pattern.
This is the surest way to make them
invest. We may rant around and threaten
arrest, but they pay no attention. We
dare not confiscate their bags without
providing others, II is the appearance
of these others that works the reform.
Any man who has enterprise enough to
own horse has too much pride 10 adver-
tise the fact that his grain bag has been
provided Ivy the = =. g. A.. so he hustles
around and buys new one
A boy from downtown printing Office
entered a Park row saloon the other
night, placed half dozen cans on the
bar and threw down at the same time a
handful OF lead strips. The bartender
filed the pals. then carefully examined
the pieces Of lead and tossed them into
separate compartments where were al
ready many like them. The boy mean
time walked out with the foaming pals.
He had not said one word. This mys-
tifying transaction was too much for a
man who was taking his nightcap and
he demanded an explanation.
"Oh.' said the bartender. there's
nothing mysterious about that. l was
merely filling orders for drinks"
Filling orders for drinks!" repeat ed
the still mystifed stranger.
Sure" said the bartender. Those
pieces Of lead were my orders. They
were cast by linotype operators and each
order hears the name of the operator
who made il. simply sort them out
and at the end Of the week send them
back by the boy who takes the drinks.
III Il
my money promptly and the operators
know that our accounts are straight
At the electrical show recently held at
Madison Square Garden the wireless tele-
graph booths drew great crowds. In the
throng that besieged booth one evening
was a woman who pushed her way through
and spoke few minutes with the opera
tor. The woman was crying. The wire
less apparatus started spluttering, and
when the crowd moved in to ask what had
happened the operator said child had
been lost. He sent message to the other
booths and in ten minutes the mother had
her child.
The extraordinary vicissitudes OF nomen-
clature that a yacht may pass through
are well illustrated by a craft that is still
afloat in nearby waters. At the start she
Irish Princess Isolde. From that to
Duirer seemed the limit. but now she is
known as Poodle.
The thirteen superstition was bother
some in the financial dist riot as recently as
when the Atlantic Building at the corner
Of Wall and william streets and the Kuhn,
Loeb A Co. building at William and Pine
streets were erected. Neither of these
big office buildings has a thirteenth floor.
But the superstition has not been noticed
by the builders of the later sky scrapers
and some of the managers OF the big
buildings say that the thirteenth floor
is in better demand than any OF the others.
They point TO Edwin Hawley. who il
gradually getting together a very i'm
pOrtant railroad system, as the best illus
tration that the thirteen hoodoo has lost
its charm. Mr.. Hawley's own offices
ere on the thirteenth floor of the Broad
Exchange Building, whereare also located
the executive Offices OF four OF his rail
roads When he controlled the Colorado
and southern he had II installed on thethir-
teenth floor OF a Broadway building and
when he secured control OF the Chesa-
peake and Oh o he promptly moved its
Offices To the old hoodoo floor OF the
Empirc Building. Both the railroads and