The sun., 1909-01-04
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

just $3.50 and was cheap at that You
SEQ. had little dinner for few friends
In private room at one of the best res
taurants. Everything was Just right
and was mighty we'll pleased. One thing
was especially pretty, and that was the
dish OF sDun sugar in which the fruit
was served. 1t had all sorts of little
! flowers and bowknots sticking out from
lt, and every one Of the crowd broke on
| a piece to nibble on. When I went 20
| pay the bill one item surprised me. $3.50
Tor a dish was something didn't under
stand. What's II forl' asked point
there explained 10 mo that a dish Of spun
sugar was just as much the property Of
the establishment as one Of cut glass or
silver and any damages must be paid
for. 1t was all right enough. but 1t was
new TO me-"
A crowd of Brooklynites who we're
waiting at the Manhattan approach Of
the Brooklyn Bridge for their trolley
cars the other night we're startled TO see
a young woman suddenly put up her
lips and give her companion a vigorous
smack. He forthwith plunged his hand
into his pocket, took a dollar bill from
his roll and gravely presented II TO the
woman. Then they took a car together.
Yes, that might have been something
queer. but IL wasn't. Only he had wag-
cred that she wouldn't and his wife really
did.
Supt Moore Of the Department of
Buildings in Brooklyn recently struck
a knotty problem, The head Of prosper
Gus parish filed plans the other day for
big parochial school situated directly
on the boundary line between the
boroughs Of Brooklyn and Queens. Three
quarters Of the building, including sew
eral class rooms, large part Of the as
sembly hall and one-half of q boiler in
the basement. are in Brooklyn; one-quar-
ter Of the building. a slice of the assem-
bly, hall and the other half OF the boiler,
Is in Queens.
This state Of affairs places the build
ing department officials between the
horns Of an interesting dilemma. As
one official sums II up:
How can we approve plans for the
entire building when part Of it lies out
side Of our Jurisdiction? On tho other
hand how can We sanction the erection
of a structure with only three walls and
half a boiler and with all its floors from
cellar TO roof open TO the weather on one
side? Obviously such a building would
not comply with the requirements Of the
building code"
Here il the tadge of the complete
Amcricanizing Of a Chinaman,' said a
drug clerk who was putting up a box
of quinine capsules. Most Chinese are
slow about forswearing Oriental drugs
and quackery. Many Of them live here
for years before they can be tempted to
sample Occidental medicines. and some
Of them live and die without making
the experiment In fact when a China
man turns cosmopolitan taking American
medicines is his final accomplishment.
But when he does get the medicine habit
quinine is his long suit, Whether or not
it is good for what ails him. every China
man who has learned to patronize Ameri-
can drug stores feeds his system with
qulnine pills.
Did you ever notice declared driver
who owns an automobile. which meets
with numerous mishaps, -how many
veterinarians with their unsolicited ad-
vice. can be found gathered around
horse which has fallen sick in the street!
Well. the same thing happens when my
machine suddenly comes TO a stop while /
am driving about town. Last week when
such an accident occurred ! discovered
in the crowd that gathered about the car
no less than ten persons who thou ght
themselves automobile engineers. Each
suggested a different remedy to start the
machine. and all their suggestions we're
far from being OF any use"
A man was buying a tie and carefully
laid aside one or two as not worthy Of
further consideration. The salesman
picked out one Of the rejects and placed
it in a separate box, which prompted the
buyer to ask IL it had been placed with
those he was looking at by mistake.
-Oh, no, was the response. but we have
orders when FIVE or six men turn down
tie as they look over a box to take it out
and put 1t aside
Then what becomes OF it2'
~We sell them to women who come in
here TO buy ties for men"
Even If man pay for marriage license
feein copper cents Clerk Scully probably
has no right to refuse to issue the license,
but he must feel like it when he sees a
handful of fractional currency showed
toward him." said man who has a per-
matrimonial bureau "Many are the
licenses bought with small coins Of various
denominations. OF course a dollar in
cents and dimes is worth just as much
to the city as a whole paper bill, but the
outlook for the bride and bridegroom seems
du ubious A man who can scrape up moth
ing better than chick enfeed to buy a mar
riage license with must be pretty hard
pushed and it seems as il he is rushing
into matrimony under discouraging con-
ditions."