The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-12

LIVE TOPICS ABOCT TOWN.
The ART Of letter writing " almost
extinct, but not quite sald the woman
IL will never die entirely 90 long a. few
persons give a. much conscientious thought
70 their oOrfssp0hdencs a. a woman
met yesterday. She eat beside me In
a Broadway car. We passed a block II
old brown stone front houses that are
about TO be turned into stores. When
my friend saw the siGn she said That
will interest Nell she lived In one Of
lhGse houses Ave years before she moved
10 Hartford
Then ont came pencil and paper and
-he made a note Of the alterations. Pres
entity she read the account % an enRnRe.
ment ot marriage which would interest
Nell. know che will be glad 70 know that,
said my friend, because the girl's father
owes Nells husband 500 Before We
got home she had iottod down four other
items which she thought would be- APP
prcciatad by Out Of town friends. She
keeps correspondents aotebOok and
when letter writing time CORES round
she worS- up the incidents Tor all they are
worth
You might think h next 10 impossible
60 beat the urnstiles az the Manhattan
end 1t the Brooklyn Bridge. but Il you
want 10 be convinced " the ease with
which the rising generation can sneak
through, station yourself some evening
IN the ruth hour AZ a convenient place
Ia obtain a good view of the booths
You will see. every now and then. some
young fellow innOcently lounEIng around
close 20 the booths A. II waiting Tor some
one He viii drop on his knees Of 4 sudd On.
and with the agility % a cat, crawl In
under the stile and loss himself in the
crowd making Tor the platforms above.
The Isolated turnstiles and thoss at the
ends OF the booth linz have tho preference
OF this class Of patrons. They Oher the
least chance Of being caught In the act.
i met a new variety Of panhandler
on Park rOw the other day. said man.
He approached mo and with a marked
Teutonic accent said. Do you speak Ger
man Much Aattered that he should
have picked me out a. a particularly
Intelligent person | answered. ia I Oh
spreche DsutsCh.' say give me a nickel
he said Be 80, IT,
If we're a young man in fairly good
health and wanted 20 find out 10 heart
heat just how much hardship ! could
stand ! would he examined by some ono
who knows howto pick out men fitted for
a polar expedition said the gray beaded
man. Army and navy recruits and ap-
plicants for life insurance policies
engage IN mere ohild's play when under
going a physical examination compared
with the test those candidates endure
Not many persons In New YORK are pre-
pairing for a trip to either pole. bat II is
lad just nov among young men who aim
AZ physical excellence 10 find out what
chance they would have Of being ac-
,epted on such an expedition man who
knows Arctic conditions thoroughly makes
he examination. Disappointments are
many. Men Who have believed them /
selves 10 b. IN fine trim find that they fall
short ~ polar requirements That Il
sherp the value Of the e1aIninai ton comes !
IN While most Of the men are not likely |
10 get much further north than Van !
Ortlandt Pdrk they set about building
40 a defective constitution
Passengers on the fcrryboats leaving
I certain slip in New YORK for the Jersey
.hors have been speCulating for several /
lays over the initials e. r. In the plank |.
ng which borders the piles bulwarking /
III alin The iettern look az a distance !
20 u Chalked When the boat creaks into /
he slip one seee they are made ~ pea ]
lut shella ingeniOusly stuck INTO the /
frease which ooats the WOOD They bed .
'air ~ be ~ enduring M they arr con- /
'picuous
Large bat not farsrhted man on the .
'dge q crowd around baseball bulletin .
10 keeneyed boy standing by.
Son VII IS th' scorp'-
To which The small boy promptly an
swprs
Nix nix end II the six
One package that see on q truck pass |
nc along the city's streets occasionally |
md that always pleases my fancy Ia a |
,afe that weighs a quarter or a half |
On Or more. al nicely done up in the
,aper this being q safe sent out for city |
delivery Safes for shipment. % he sure.
ne covered over with nadding and then I
.ewed up in huFlap for their sure pro
ection against rough handling in transit,
,ut a safe for delivery in the city they
20 % In paper. this being sufficient 70
reep 10 from being marred on its hrief
Quincy.
An this IL simple and plain enough,
md the sight 81 a safe thus wrapped up
= not an uncommon one. and still q
; one that always appeals n me.
lon suppose for a minute that the man
hat wrapped that safe up picked u up
md lad 4 on the counter and did u up AZ
r. would a pound Of sugar. bur still the
Rht 81 a half ton safe going along the
treet done up In paper always pleasss my
ancy.
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