The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-04
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some OF the ckerks employees u b1g
manufacturing Office down on The lower
end % Staten Island have instituted
new fad that Of correspondence by
freight car Upon the sides % every
car that comes into the yards Of the COM
pany and almost every railroad in the
country il represented by the legends on
the cars the clerks write their names
and addresses. Not long after one string
OF cars leaves the yards picture poet
cards begin to come in from small towns
all over the country and even In Canada
addressed to those whose names were
scrawled In chalk on the sides OF the
empties. The Staten Island clerks In
turn send post cards to every address
they firid on the freight cars. and 80 the
endless chain leagthsns
Unusual thirst In business hours
seems to be the result OF this water fam
i,,e.' said the superintendent OF a large
osfice employing many clerks We've
always made it a rule To- have spring
water on tap for drinking purposes
ana under normal conditions found it
was used about a. we'd naturally ex-
pect. but now it's very different. Evil
IDENTITY our employees save UP their morn
ing's thirst unt:i they reach the Office.
where they can have bottled water, 20
seems AZ II ever one Of them drank
at least two glassea soon after arrival.
They also quench their evening thtrss
out OF our bottles thu last thing before
going home. l notice 1t more than trebies
the quantity Of water used. The other
morning I saw two OF our women clerks
coming out OF their dressing room each
with q toothbrush and glass. thought
that was the finishing touch
A Harlem lawyer has decided TO make
speciality Of divorce cases. His first
bid for employment in :ns new field
consists Of a neatly printed letterhsad.
His name. Office address and the nature
OF his business ars set forth in the usual
way. and measuring the entire width OF
the page abovei il a caption which reads
Give me liberty or give me death.
Smiles irradiated the hoorw alker = face
Busne had been poor. bu. 1t " a. picking
up FOR that day How did he know
Women were shopping IN pairs and trioS.
They always buy 80 much more
When a o'rar shops alone shs buys 3nly
what she leeds or >an afford, out when
she shops with friends she buys what she
wants them 20 think she can AFFORD
Last Sunday was q great day for the
oNS nv EApptbrA w tiNv u'1A - p'''''N
station house Commissioner Cropsey
sen. on. the order on Saturday for che
policemen 20 discard their helmets for
caps That = ono order that Il some
strange way seetns 20 reach the boys Is
soon a. the policemen Long before tie
? o'clock ro;l call o. Sunday the street m
from, Of every statioc va. filed with 'h.
vo,in gsters. Scores 81 ths policemen
looked over their helmets. found them
hardy worth storing until spring. gave
them a tw:rl one the dorinirory window
and they sailed down &c the eager crowd
below The appearance Of .very helmet
W az the signal FOR a fierce scramble. sim
day evening there were hundreds Of min
nature policemen parroii'ng leafs ali over
the city
An Italian woman organ grinder was
shot accidently in the leg on Oliver street
RI. other night She was taken Va the.
street station ~ he attended
by an ambulance surgeon Will. wait
ing for the surgeon To arrive she said
in very good English THAI she considered
" IInaAf. TO GO about the streets 81 New
FORK now adays. many innocent per
sons were injured Those in the station
ho,Is.. listened attenti yely and with many
mods Of the head.
Tn. rReon arrived and examined her,
In her NJ ocking. held fast by garters. were
two dagg-rs with four inch blades