The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-10
LIVE TOPICS 4ROIT TOWN.

Two notable New York houses have
already been considerably changed IN
appearance by the carving out Of the
avenue stoop lines The home ~ Helen
Gould AT IN" northeast corner of Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue attracts
a. much attention from strangers as
any other house on the avenue, hut they
will ind IL difficult To identify II now
with its broad low stoop gone to comply
with the law. Then the Robert tioelet
house. which was more generously en-
dovs.d with stoop than almost any other
in that region. has been in the hands of
the workmen for several weeks and the
changes in its FACADE promise to be
equally heroic.
1T looks something like the millen-
MUM for a deputation OF Chinese from
Pell street To call on a missionary just
returned from China. said a missionary
That il what happened 10 me last week
Maybe u u Just as true now as " was
fifteen years ago that Fast Is East and
West il West and that the Occidental
mind can never understand the Orr
entail mind but IN certain things the
Chinese are coming round 10 our way
OF thinking. The mere fact that news
tray els 80 fast through Oriental chan
nels now adays shows that they are on
the move Two days after | landed IN
New York Chinese whom | had never
seen nor heard 81 hunted me- up at the
missionary headquarters. They are not
Christianizsd Cinnamon, hut they have
become sufficiently AmeriCanIz'-d 10
throw on little II their Oriental reserve
Friends in china had sent them word
that / was about To return home and had
advised them To call on me Tor particulars
as Ia those friends doIngs and welfare
The correspondents IN China have not
g.afa atNh To-
friends 81 them. hence the Chimes" Wis
itors Ten years ago such reception
accorded 10 a returned missionary by
the Chinese colony was unheard OF.
There's nothing more embarrassing
said a teacher in private school, than
20 take a group of our wealthy pupils for
u walk on sunday and find they're being
followed hy couple 81 second rat" tailor
who want To copy the street suits. The
men are inoHensive hut persistent and
often meet NV line II girlS several times
in he course 81 our walk They make No
secret Of what they ~ doing and openly
lot down details and make rough sketches
IA scraps Of pauc- az course ! realize
that pur girls clothes represent the work
Of some ~ he hest tailor- in the world
many - them coming from famous for
slgn establishments Girls from he West
generally dress with a certain dash that's
attractive and smart no matter how dark
and inConSpiCtiou- the sur may DO These
tailors appreciate these free dress shows
and sometimes the same men will he IN
sight during almost our entire walk
Matin oe DAYS are ALWAYS banner oCca-
sions for getting ideas about clothes. and
! find our girls street costumes are often
cunside-ei worthy - -ke'ching nv per
sons who ! suppose ar" tailor- or dress
makers ~ first this struck mo a. an
outrageous practice hut I'm rather used
go ~ now and i''~ only aw kward and EN-
la z-InR once | had ~ complain tn
u policeman because two men became So
interested IN our procession IA 90 make
~ conspicuous but | knew AZ the time
nothing nfenslv" was meant
4 knot 81 tourists in the Chinese qua rter
stood before little Chinese girl dressed
in her festival clothes 81 bright colors
with blue and yellow embroidered panta-
looms. They stood admirinR her a. one
admires some curiosity and voiced openly
thew opinions One Of the party a Young
Italian said IN a loud voice that he thought
IN" might make fine oman" in my
pRrlor
The little Chinese girl quickly turned
upon him and said
Why, YOU big sim Of \ Wap for two
cents I'd stand you on your big fan ears
The tourists RaSpad and hustled the
Italian youth away With them