The sun., 1909-06-21
1--we Toprcs AnoUT TOWN.

LIVE 1OffCS AHOUT IOWN.
Delivery wagons that arouse interest
are good advertising" said a New York
merchant. -and don't think any other
city In the world makes so good a showing
in this way as we do. A delivery wagon
which Ia now sesn ON our streets 10 one OF
the best advertlsemen Of this kind I've
ever seen. It Is for large millinery es-
tablishment and the body Of the wagon
Is an exact copy Of one Of the hatboxes
in which this concern sends out its goods
This wagon Is In fact q bandbox on wheels,
The immense hatbox Is glossy black
with gold lettering and every detail is
carried out to perfection. On the high
coachman's seat sit two boys in trim black
and gold 'hveries. The horse Is black
with gold. / watched this novel delivery
wagon stop the other day and waited to
see how they got at the goods inside.
! rather expected one Of the liveried at
tendants would Chamber over the top
and take of the lid. But not 80. Two
invisible doors opened at the back OF this
hatbox wagon, the boy selected the band
box to be delivered and ran up the steps
with it,
This town was thoroughly German In
one part last night. A New Yorker
walking from Broadway and Thirtieth
street to o subway station noticed that
the stops OF hotel were occupied by q
group who were busily chattering in Gef-
man. That didn't seem remarkable, but
block further on was precisely similar
group talking the same language. The
third group set him thinking and he re-
membered the saengerfest. And every
one, men, women and even children,
wore badges. Some were content with
one, while hero and there some singer
reached the dignity OF four. One organi-
with badges differently oolored and in
soribed. One portly German bore the
legend on q violet ribbon III. Bass:
Gee he don't looE like he could play it,
said an irreverent small boy.
A man went into a book store the other
day and asked the gum chewing grande
dame behind the countar: DO you have
The Cricket on the Hearth'?'
To which the young woman loftily re-
piled: I'VE don't keep them indoor games
except 'roNnd the Christmas season.
The man who weighs 800 was talking
to the younger man who still hung around
200. why he said. you don't know
anything about being fat. Wait till you
grow up and you'll learn some OF the dis
OF course having to have
clothes and shirts made to order isn't
much, but think OF collars. Sometimes
IL takes me three weeks TO get an order
filed for Just the style want. Under
wearp Even worse. Who carries any
thing for a man that's well over so inches
around the waist. Why, II my house
burned down tonight and escaped In
my nightolothes II would be weeks before
| could get back to work. There ought
to be an association OF 800 Founders TO
help each other out
Some idea OF the enormous sums spent
for advertising purposes along
may be gained from the state
ment that a certain firm has offered $40. 200
a year for the exclusive use OF tall iliu-
minated tower that is to rise on the site
Of q we'll known hotel overlooking Times
Square. This is by no means a record
figure. however, in a district wherc blank
wall space capable Of bearing an ordinary
painted sign rents for 500 month or
more.
sFurs are part Of our stock costumes
said a photographer. 'but We don't put
them all away when summer comes.
They do duty the year round. That
woman il photographed with a fur boa
draped round her shoulders or seslskin
coat protecting her from falling snow
flakes il no sign that that picture was
taken in tho dead OF winter. There are
81 ~ ho aia hpln0
in furs, no tier whether
the month Is January or July. That is
because they look better In furs than any
thing else. The becoringness OF furs is
not fancy on their part, either; they
really do look better in them. Somehow
chiffon and marabout boas will not take
the place Of real furs. 80 il it becomes
desirable for these women to have their
pictures taken in the middle Of August
the furs are brought forth and pressed
into service.
sTo take down dozens OF letters in long
hand is a queer experience for an expert
stenographer,' said the Young man with
pencil and note book. But that was
what did when held a hospital posi-
ton. The letters were written for the
charity patients. MY work was supposed
to be confined to the superintendent's
office, but when a man too Ill to write his
own letters expressed wish for an amanu-
ensis | was put on the job owing TO my
facility for picking up and transcrihing
languages. Almost third OF the letters
| wrote in the wards were taken down in
long hand. Many OF the patients OF
Polish and Russian birth had a dread OF
short hand. As soon as they saw | was
dealing in mysterious dots and dashes
they got scared. They felt sure than
could not report them properly bv means
Of signs and they began to fdget, 80 In
order to pacify them I wrote out the
message in long hand right under their
eyes
Il think when the shopping mania
gets to such stage that the patient must
carry a camp stool to sit on while she
makes purchases it's about time to look
into the sanity OF woman, said a New York
woman TO her friend whom she had met
for luncheon in q department store
restaurant
sWho ever did such thing3' asked her
companion.
not ten minutes ago l saw q woman
downstairs with camp stool folded under
her arm. ] was curious, 30 watched her
and believe me. my dear, she bought some
things and then she sat down on her little
stool calmly to wait for change. Then.
having her money, she picked up the
stool, folded II and tucked 1t beneath her
arm. Later she unfolded it and sat down
at a bargain counter to look over some
blouses. Every one was staring at her.
but she didn't seem to mind them. You