The sun., 1909-06-28
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

III you want to register up miles on
your machine said an automobile owner
to his partner in the Office. Just 60 hunt
ing for q place to spend the summer
and take your wife.
we have been looking for place to
spend a couple OF months and we have
Now. whether my Wife Is hard TO please
or distances about New York arc longer
than they would seem by rail don't
know. but we seem to have been nowhere
In perhcular-up to Rye and Larchmont.
about Long Island and Jersey some-and
there you are. ! was utterly astonished.
M And We haysnt , decided s q On place sn yet
somewhere. don't you thlnk?'
On Staten Island is one pretty patch Of
woodland and meadow whose owner has
shown common sense Of an extraordinary
degree in putting up signs for tho
guidance Of tho inevitable picnic parties.
he does not forbid their walking on the
grass or picking flowers or putting up
swings or doing the hundred and one
other things that the very word picnic
inspires people to do. but he does tell
them:
!, -In case Of lightning do not stand under
the trees"
The warning Is painted on large sign
boards which are nailed up in oonspic-
uous places all about the grounds. 50
far as known that is the only recreation
spot in this vicinity where such emf
nently sensible advice can be found.
Husbands Corner is the name by
which more OF less shoppers denote
special location. in one OF the large de-
partment shops where father, husband
or a sweetheart may wait while feminine
errands are being attended to. For
merly mere man was obliged to hang
fashion. but now he sits himself down
comfortably. takes out his newspaper and
prepares TO make the best OF things
There is no sign over these seats suggest
ing that they are primarily intended for
women and limiting that men are there
only by suierance-not bit OF 1t. In,
cidentally the clerks in the neighborhood
Of these seats say that oftentimes these
patient walters are struck by something
attractive at nearby counter and not
a few sales are made to this masculine
contingent. They have a patient look
these waiting men who occupy Illus
bands Corner"-and 1t is wonderful the
OF relief when the right woman at last
appears.
Scores Of visitors to the Aquarium In
Battery Park are victims every day Of a
peculiar joke and the perpetrator Is an old
seal. This big fellow has tank to him.
self and he swims about quietly enough
until crowd collects at the rail to watch
him. Then he swims over where the
crowd is thiokest. suddenly rears his
body out Of the water and falls back
.kerplunk.' The water splashes ten feet
In the air and everybody in the vicinity
gets a ducking The old seal dashes to
the other side OF the tank and seems to
enjoy watching his victims mopping the
water from their faces. The victims
usually collect at safe distance and wait
to enjoy the discontinue OF the next
crowd.
Charles E. Courtney. the Cornell crew
coach. was Watching an eight. not one Of
his own. padding up the Hudson one day
last week Some one asked him what he
thought OF the form shown.
that far Of" said he. -'Tis distance
lends enchantment to crew.
Edward. having been refused another
baked potato on the simple but oon-
vincing ground that there were no more.
made some uncomplimentary remark
about the insufficiency OF his dinner.
This isn't dinneS,' corrected the aunt
whom he was visiting. This is luncheon.
You don't eat dinner in the middle Of the
day. You eat that at night"
The next day the aunt being anxious
to know IL Edward had assimilated his
lesson Of the day before. said:
Edward. can you tell me now the
difference betw cen dinner and luncheoni'
"You bet can" said Edward promptly.
-Lunch is the meal where you don't get
enough to eat
aIs Shakespeare dead'" said stroller
on Park row. "I've heard the question
on 80 manv sides lately that it fairly
haunts me, but it was with relief, IL
with some mild surprise, to-day that |
learned that he is at any rate appreciated
in the moving picture show field. |
was passing one OF the theatres OF moving
picture shows and saw on the announce
ment board in 'front.'
'ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
FINE DRAMA
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