The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-24
LIVE ToPIcs ABOUT TOWN.

Canoeing u one of ths most r0stfll
things in the world u you 20 about q
right said the enthuaiaat who keeps
his craft In q hoath0uss on he rivoruide
and takes long and irequent tIips on De
Hudson. TO most persons Il seems q
real task 10 paddle up tho river with TIE
tide against you. but my friends and !
have discovered q lazy mans way Of
uhirking real work and At the sane time
gsitlnE some exercise. We 20 out IN the
canoa and drift shout until a line Of tOwed
barges comes IN Hight Then. like little
boys hooking a ride. WeTun the bOW of
our canoe up 10 the stern OF the last
barge You know there u a Fat surface
Of water made by the heavy boats before
the wash commences. and a. long ~ you
keen your canoe In that the suction u
the lowed vessels will take you right
along. An you have 10 do u Steer. We
have been pulled up way past Nonkers
many times In thia fashion aud then have
padded down stream with the tide.
sOns Of the maaneMt ways % getting
q seat Ia a crowded car came 10 my at
tention q while ago aaid man who
uses the subway every day 4 was
sitting near the door Al Fourteenth
street two girls entered. heard one
whisper 10 the other say, Grace. limp
aud somebody n think you're lame and
give you = STAT
The girl spoken TO did Affect limp,
hut it didn't 90 az all. They stood IN
front u me and they stood All the way 70
18th sireet too. Since THAI day I've
watched for such tricks and nov every
time I give up my seat 70 a woman !
fear that I'm being taken In by some such
game
why do do thatl Why said busy
business man Who was spending a lot OF
time picking al q knot in a cord around a
bundle. in an effort TO unite Il. i do that
20 discipline myself ! used 10 slash
bundle Open. always. hut found Il didut
paw. | did everything that way then,
rip. smaah, high pressure all the time.
al keyed up and on the jump all day
long. never knew what Il was TO b. calm,
and then ! found u was wearing ON me,
and then. too. Il struck me that = wash :
the hest way. that I'D do better u ] went
slow oeoasionally and kept cool and gave
myself time 10 think. Then ! stopped
slashing handles Opsn and began untying
them. a. am doing now. lOse time BY
this. but ! gain In other ways. ] find n
Il a helpful exercise Of my power Of self
control. and 10 get the knot united. 70
keep cool and accomplish this task calmly.
And IL something not only helpful but
gratifying to me.
What an old fashioned looking cake
said the visitor
YES, sn't it, aaid the cake expert
1T is an anniversary cake. that 10 why IL
looks 20 old tiney Anniversary cakes
are much harder 10 make than original
=aiding cakes When making . wedding
cake you are allowed 10 work out your
own dsnsgn. but the bride Of twenty-five
or fifty years ago wants the anniversary
cake modelled on the plan Of her own
wedding cake The chief trouble IN that
have no way Of ascsrtaining just what
that cake looked like. The brides de-
scription IL - vague oh. u was bag,
she saya this bag She extends her arms
widely: and IL was made OF ever N
many aRgs and cups Of sugar and things
-Somstmes she has saved the recipe.
hut even then ! am stili at q disadvantage.
Cor one look az tho ingredients tells me that
that wedding cake vas . ANAL anair CON-
pared with The huge wedding cakes 81 to-
dav: bat u is hard 20 make the customer
Relieve that 'lt looked awfully hig then.
sha avs Usually ! am ordered 10 90
ahead with the original recipe. but some
times I double ths quantities b make a
more pretentiOus cake When the recipe
can't ~ found I evolve a substitute out u
the CUSTOMERS memories. supplemented
ny my experience