The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-08
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

III the museum would only print leaf
lets containing few facts about our new
picture I'd be saved a deal OF trouble.
sighed the attendant on guard before the
Frans Hats Recently lent 70 the Metropolis
tan. People expect me to know all about
&c and oak me all sorts Of queer questions
Mostly they want to know why IL cost
half q million. Whsn tho thousandih
woman asked mo that last Sunday o.
her ] supposed IL was simply becc -
everything came high just now. and shs
answered: That's right. l Paid more
Yesterday for pork chops than ever paid
IN my life. Another favorite QUESTION 4
who painted it. and whom. and how long !!
took him. show the brAss plate attached
20 the frame and they read Frans Halls
1857 sss.' Why. jt-t think. Nellie.
cried ono. IL took him eighty-t years 70
paint that one picture. No wonder he
asked half q million dollars for itr Who
are tho people represented in this picture.
WIS pompoIIs old gentleman's query
yesterday. When I said that u was the
crtist and his family. he shifted in a most
virtuotn way and gr1Inted: HIS family
ehp Well. think he wss a shameless fel-
low to put tho little black hoy in but. then
those artista we're always u loose lot mo
morals nc all!''
when one stops 70 think about IT, said
a Broadway merchant to a friend the other
day. 1T IL surprising 20 what an extent the
various popular plays Of the day shape ths
fashions here and abroad. With the pass
ing Of Peter Pan went the i&unty hats and
waists intrOduce1 by that popular hero.
ana now while tire influence OF The Merry
widow on the feminine hat brim n still
felt the 'ChAntecisr' craze begins A.
usual hats ere the first things TO respond
TO the turn OF the popular fashion tide.
b'It even the wells are brave with little
black ROSTERS growing Justify over them.
end to-day when l opened large case ot
lace straight from Paris found the same
lively bird freely be-prinkled over the
delicate surfaces'
There aren't clocks enough in this
town. complained ;hs woman observer
MANY aud many a time ] have walked
blocks and blocks without being ahle
To So the time. Very few churches boast
OF clocks In their spires. ~ Pauis Chapel
~. Georges and the Brick Church heIns
notable exceptions. The metropolitan
clock, IN the Madison square tower. and
he City Hail clock downtown are beacons
hut they stand almost alone. The Grand
Central station has about the only clock
IN ns neiGhborhood. There are some
splendid clock opportunities gong IA
waste which " improved would 10 great
comfort and convenience To ~ all
I've itlss discovered soms,hing,- said
The girl Who had purchased maiinee
ticket, and wonder n many women
who buy tickets ever look at what D.
printed on the hack ~ them. 4 ticket
from one theatre SAYS that u IL sold
with the understanding ard agreement
that u a lady uses same sne VIII remove
l. II aNrRwFT
~ the mana cement az COURSE we all do
take, on our hats without question, but
doubt " we all know we agree - do u
when We buy the ticket
This 10 the time ~ year when YOU We
only 10 ssnd your rurs 20 some swell cold
storag" establishment 10 know how on
81 repair they are shid a rich New York
woman It's really wonderful the list
10 repairs that come back IN you bv
return mail. until You feel like apol"gizing
- tho mana Cement for expecting them 10
sror. such miserable stun. IL a button =
Ions. ar a little tail missing down thc-e
items q on the list and even thin spots
m the pelt arc detected and called 20
ones attention ~ a lining shows the
slightest disooloration dry cleaning ~
at once suggested. while their elaborate
plans for r.mOsielitng fur garments are
nositiyeIv Appalling When ! 500 nv furs
ready TO leave the house they look about
a. good as anybody's. but when the list
Of suggested repairs reaches m" D = n
different matter Incidentally ] alWavs
keep tnis list very carefully. and when the
things come hack "a the fall pat u inv o
my MAIDS hands and she hunts up the
button which the schedule declares ~
fniaainR replaces a lost tail and touches up
a spot OF two on the white lining ~ thus
list Of defects really does aone good
after all. though at first It's rather morti-
flying
whats become Of the glass; a Gus
toner asked the cigar man upon noticin g
that a mirror that once filled a side 81 the
room had gwen place 20 hard wood panels.
Had a chance IN sell IL for enough to
nav for the panels. the cigar man replied.
-and was glad 20 he nd % IL. Men would
come in TO buy pipos. 90 through the
stock TO find Just the wood and amber
they wanted then stick them into their
mouths and look into the glass. T hen
all th. hunting would have 10 be done
over a9Rin go hBd pipes to suit their
faces Many q customer would Ire con
tent tiII ne looked into the mirror; then
he'd want some other shape and finally
go without buying.
January 10 no longer the month most
feared by the general public and most
profitable to the doctors.- said q we'll
known doctor whose patients are from
the middle class
After balancing NV books the other
day he continued. 4 found that In
: sent v 81 ght days IN March I vas ahead
Of nv January balance by sITS.
TO people becoming careless az the
first siRn ~ spring and shedding their
Ninter apparel attribute This difference. =
DID ANYBODY LOSE DOG >
% % was . white IbuIl o. SsIse InaaiVe ~
CHy I.sdEIng Hs0se.