The sun., 1910-05-22

third arSss stands a status u ths CON-
poosr Verdi. an elderly gsntlSmah Ia .
marble trOok coat viii an OveroOAt over
Ons arm. surrounded at bic fSst b. AIDE
and OtsliO and other oreaturcs Ot hk
brain. Whatever othsra may think about
the beauty ~ the conception. the statue
surely has ons passionate admirer. Who
cFsgPs out every night uader the stars
and alta on tho steps AZ the base gazing
up az tho placid cOsInteuanco o. the
Italian The dsvOtee h black and white
cat Regularly at midnight late eOners
Tor tho hat tWO weeks have seen that
cat sitting thsre gOT a little while IN woT-
shipful attitude. presently 10 curl up on
tho hard steps and slasp. a. . priest oi
old Ia the temple oG HE gOSL
The person who cannot eat straw
berries sEoitss pity, particularly at the
beginning Ot the season when every
body is Oagsr for them.
I happened 20 mention 10 a friend
90 We sat in a restaurant to-day that ]
was Obliged 70 omit strawberries from
my bill VI fare sah a business woman,
'WhsreupOn q stranger sitting next 20
me inquired whether ] had ever tired
eating salt with them instead Ot sugar
A. ! was about 20 reply woman who
sat across the table leaned forward and
pat IN a word. Try sprinklinga httln
pepper On them. she said. IL is q roal
safeguard against Indigestion and can
hardly 10 tasted at all have eaten them
With poPpcr Tor years,
4 have Jalt up at many a hotel in tkis
town said a dyed IN the wool Bostonian.
hut nowhere have found the concrete
comforts YOU nav have at anv Of the bet
tsr class hCstelries in or city. For en-
ample. there you will find In every room
a Bible and a clothes stretcheT.
These are the days when a veritAbls
rus in urbe experience may he enjoyed
atop the Fifth avenue buses which FOL
low the Riverside Drive course. Al
though Park Department employees ARE
Aailv cutting away ahutting limbo, many
fugitive branches ~ ish the faces ot las
senReTs who fail 20 heed the warning Il
the conductor. Look ont for the tFeeal-
Resides adjusting his dime IN the slot
machine and making change that funo-
tionary's duty calls him from below when
the vshiclc 4 about 90 pass under the
limbs. else who Wo,ild Offoially give the
command: -l.ow bridge ahead
A retail shoe stors on SiNth avenue has
adopted the system, employed by jewellers
20 protect against Misrepresentation on
the part II customers The date Of pur-
chase is privately marked On each pAir
of footwear sold When q protesting
patron explains that the shoes were
bought -0nlv a short time ago roference
4 readily made 20 the cipher code. but
the prospective impnstoF Il no4 apprised
oG the method by which the discovery y
elected. Naturally II the claim he
reasonable Il IL allowed. but In instances
where V becomes a bold attempt 20 get
something free this policy Il dealers In
surance proves a dependable safeguard.
I have hecn living in a foreign city for
the past week. said man With weak eyes
10 his friend on the Subway -loI know
| had n put on dnrk glasses a week ago.
and since then a. ! have travelled about
my triJ- abroad have heen constantly
repeating themselves Everything In the
CITY seems toned down and snftened by
age. The sky has lost ito New York glare
and turns into tho gentle blue n tha
which hangs over the Rhine Valley. Our
newest buildings ordins Tily a-scream with
color. heCOme through my glasses London
hOnses dimued with antiquity. ] can
now 1iaeryP the lines % a modern apart
ment house with the same rsihetic pleas
ure that lunue beheld the flowing outlines
of some Old ruin.
.seps II the subway the other day On &C
count % these cOnfOunded flasses-
-Ho'- said a stout young man sitting In
cross seat on the elevated.
Hay" said anothsf young man. a friend
who vas sitting alongside. WHAT'S Bit
ina you
'No,hing's biting me- said the stout
young man. hut I've just been struck by
an idea. and Il mAbes me sick 20 think
that { didn't think of Il before. Here's
this comet Teen caree-ing around here
for two OF three weeks and no come
postal cards In the market! Think of the
losf opportunities Think e the cards
We might have had with the comet itIat
plain and the comet fancy and frisky
and think Of the comet comic On uOstal
cards that We might have had Here's
-umething that all creation knows about
and Is talking about and u interested in
Postal card peDple actually lie awake
nights trying 10 think Il new subjects for
pustal cards, things that will take. that
Iesple will buy; trying IN invent things
h feed this universal craze Tor postal
cards. and here oOmes along right under
our eyes the very biggest thing n all.
and 20 the best NJ my knowledge and be-
lief there hasn't hean pat out ahcut Il ~
much a. a single card!'
4 have gone intn nine hardware stores
to-day said the discouraged amateur
dressmaker and not one n the IN ever
heard n a .silor's 'ack
-TaiIors tacksl- roAFed her brother
You don't mean Ia say you've been try
ing to buy tallors taclss'-
Yes, I do Madam told me 10 put
the intsrlining IN my coat with few
tailoT's tacka'
The brother then explained 10 her
that What she had been trying 10 b'iy
Was the large stitches which tailOrs Use
when putting parts n suits together.
I went into me n the hig storps the
other day. sgid the man. and bought
new nair n trousers decided %
wear my new garments and left the old
pair 20 bs sent home. waited inter.
minably for my change. tuning heoau-e
] had an appointment 10 keep. and de.
rtTNaA that 1 nFGfHIH ~ ahgH