The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-26
LIVE TOPICS ABOtr Town.

He came from the direction OF the Plaza
Nped low over the heads of the skater,
on the Fifty ninth street lake and gave his
attention to the sparrow ridden shrubbery
along the bride path. striking swarms
OF huffy brawlers mute with fear. There
he disappeared among the bushes. and II
the sparrowy shrieks that came from
afar did signal kill he was gone with
his prey when watcher reached the spot
Later he appeared on the Mall in the TOP
Of an elm just a. the hundred yellow
moons that light the Mall shone forth
among tn. trees. The sharpshinned
hawk is fearless and deadly "a slaty hack ed
msrauder little larger than robin. with
short swift wings and a long. arrowy
! tail. He can and does strike down birds
larger than he. and this ability makes him
the bane of chicken yards and pigeon
lofts. Several times this winter a great
slow rcdtailed hawk flying high has
made demonstration in force over the
, most -guir-elouS places in the Park. but
! th" sparrows have paid no attention.
| The sharp Ain. however. they know for
a brigand 81 a different stripe and they
respect him accordingly.
The completion Of the trans Andes
railroad has made radical change in
ocean navigation that most folks would
not have looked for before the opening
Of IN. Panama Canal Londoners no
longer are compelled To journey to the
southeast~ard to get tn Australia: they
can make shorter trip To the south
eastward One steamship il taken from
England to Buenos Ayre-. then the trans
Andean railroad clear across South
America To Valparaiso and from that
place n second steamship to Australia.
The time honored all water route from
London to Sydney requires just one day
short OF six weeks II there is no delay.
the distance being a matter OF more than
?.6O miles. This calls for stops mt
Gibraltar. Marseilles. Brindisi. Port Said.
Alden. Bombay, Colombo. Freemantle.
Adelaide and Melbourne which delays
must I've taken into account in making
a comparison with the clearer South
American route. BY way Of Cape Town
the distance from London to Sydney
IL about j0a miles longer The trans
Andean railroad substitutes COM
paratively short run over a narrow part
of South America for the long water trip
Of about $50 miles from Buenos Ayres To
Valparaiso.
Any kind Of a woman in the Office would
he a nuisance. hut a young woman who
kept a powder box. cold cream jar and
bottle 81 violet water on her desk among
the typewriter supplies and copying
ink was an utter impossibility that ought
IN he encouraged tn look for a moro con-
k'Hldl JOp Halu tne niheT ucZen OI
men who had had their own way in that
Office for five v.ars. Inn, xhsn with tho
fra, fraaz,ny ~ Tho st.a,, n,,1s corL.
stuck like glue To ink and muciisE= bottles
every time they happened 10 he Corked
up and the young woman came 70 the
rescue by simply srnearinx some OF her
cold cream over every cork 80 il would
stand in the bottle for a month without
sticking. the men said maybe a woman
who knew practical little hints like that
after all.
IN" manager OF "a -rotiss"rie was "H-
Christ mas fowls was stuffed
-Evsrybodv want. a different kind of
n. assr,,J,ho;, ou;r;,y ,vc,,.n
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WI "a VI "''I'" 'o' on" fanny an"
not bat Of sage for another One Gus
, n. next on. il SURPRISED thai the -tustinp
ism, rather soft and Ightish in color
And so n co.s ". had enough recip.-
for sfufYing brought in for US TO TRY to
max. "A cook book One Interested little
woman brough, me in a recipe which
.h.'d sent way DOWN So,rh for IN. was
40 sur. I'd US. II IL had sw.e, rotate
and -a,i-a q. IN n and guess would have
i,.ap fine Tut no. no, anv -,ufrinp at
all in IN. fowls that vs.. roas, for the ..- ,
n. bird themselves. nut m no particular
roas, II hut 20 pleas. IN. varying tastes :
NJ our rust DINERS ~ to surfing. well. il 7
ran b" done 80 We l"av" II OUT entirely
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