The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-16
LIVE TOPHS tBOtr TOWN.

Il happened TO be- on the Fast Side thu
other day .aid a white haired staten
islander. "and noticed several hot potato
p"dlsrs doing "a rushing business I had
thought those men wsre almost extinct.
for YOU rarely Sc. them in other parts of
the ctty Years ago one could buy no,
potato almost any where ia town Every
week Id 90 To the opera and on coming
ont would buy couple of hot potatoes,
slip them into my overroat pCcset and
keep my hands warm all The way to staten
island Now even ~ith our improved
transit comforts | miss those two hand
warmers
The report Of the official canvasSers for
New York county on tn" results Of the
, election contains interesting features
, For example john ID Rockefeller was the
only man IN the city 90 receive one vote
for Justice OF the supreme Court in the
First Judicial district All the other can
didat.- for this Office except one unfOr-
tunate who received i?9 votes. had more
than uGp The inevitable John Doe
had vote for the OttiCcOt Associate Judge
of the Court OF Appeals Only one Con
gross district. according To official returns,
was without ballots protested AZ marked
for Identification. and this distinction was
held by the Fourteenth.
Having decided 10 go into politics. a
young man applied TO a district leader for
points in the game. The boss handed him
music
Know that he asked.
The young man confessed that he did
not. except the first two lines.
Then said the district leader. the
first thing you've go, To do il TO learn
il by heart every word and every note
Go home and practice till you can sing
IL with "a much voice and musical feeling
As YOU have II Will carry YOU over many
a strip of thin ice Every successful
politician in the land has been saved
from defeat at some critical moment by
his ability To sing The star Spangled
Banner II the fellows who have failed
had known how to sing n maybe they
wouldn't have fallen with such thud
Later | may have few more useful
hints 10 impart. bit make no mistake
the A Is & OF the political game IL a work
ing knowledge of The Star Spangl.Ad
Banner
DO YOU know. Mrs Brown remarked
the visitor. extending her hands to the
open fire. i do think you have the most
cheerful CRATE fires ever saw What II
the secret Any particular kind Of wood
1t is not wood at all. my dear only
cocoanut shells
"Cocoanut shells! Why. never heard
of such a thing" exclaimed the first
Neither did | Untll this winter Now
] never burn anything else.
Our appeal for shopping early in the
day and early in the month ism all pure
altrtIisrn- acknowledged the manager
Of department store Goods pur-
chased ia the morning hours are not half
80 likely to be- returned or exchanged ar
those that are bought when the lights
are bad and when both customers are
clerks ar. tired and nervous We seldom
have complaints from morning custom
eT~ Their attitude toward oar clerks
and our goods IL more satisfactory than
j. that of the late afternoon crowd Last
wears Christmas was triumph in IN"
direction of shopping early in the day
and early IN the month We are hoping
for even better results this wear. and II
looks a. II We were not TO he disappointed