The sun., 1910-07-23
LIVE TOPICS aBOUT TOWN.

J. 'a'"aNN anu NlAlnfes w
satisfaction of its members. Although
u has existed only sincs the first part of
june Its sIccess promises permanence.
t The club waS organized by twenty men
On the police forc.s who weaTied of the
coet ~ the west end bathing houses but
wanted Ia uss the islands facilities for
hathinR. They rented house large
| enough for their numIeT. equipped Il
with a cook and other servants sufficient
I" their modest needs and have furnished
enough sleeping rooms for the members
in have AN occasional night by the sea.
lhe economy of the scheme has been not
IN" least ~ its features which promise
'" make the scheme permanent.
Nv marrying man whose name be-
gins with have incurred one trouble
that had always expected to IN spared
said the Young OnmRn 4 have made it
impossible TO buy ready made initial
handkerchief. Apparently nIanufac-
ulrers do not make handkerchiefs marked
with the letter \ often when | see a
sale ~ initial handkerchiefs advertised
| start downtown before breakfast hop
ing I" snatch mp any embroidered with
my letter before the rest of the Va ar
rive, tut my haste is prottless. Early
81 LAT" th. shoppers who need letter Y
handk"rchiefs fare just the same. for
-SinCe the exigencier of my own case
have driven me Ia pawIng over countless
Handkerchief counters | have noticed
several peculiaTitie~ about initial hand
kserchefs. In any lot that has been
dumped ON the counter at big sale
the s.. Is. In and Rs outnumher any
other iettcr two 10 one early in the morn
mg. hut AZ night they are scarCs,st of all.
which indicates that persons whose
names begin with those letters are right
an hsa NfalN NJ IaaEe evraa0a aals - Ar.a
letter in initial handkerchief and and
\ Are almost as hard To find a. n"
The surf guard remaT kei that salt water
! IN the nostrils was most unpleasant.
Good swimmers seldom get water
in their most rils. because the first principle
, of swimming Is To learn To breathe through
the mouth. he continued.
-Inotioei in THE SUN the other day that
= sporting goods dealer got CAV with
customer when asked for "A nose clip for
diving never saw one of those things
IN the regular market. hut ! do know of a
man who makes them. The clip u fash-
toned somewhat after the manner ~ tho
clip usei Ivy men who ride hicycle~ IN long
trousers. The ends are covered with
chamois like the stops of a reed instrument
aud the clip fits snugly and not uncom-
fortably II surely gives confidence To a
beginner and only wonder that more Of
them are not made.
within = year I exD.Act To he hack In
the bicycle business. said q man who made
a fortune years ago when the industry
was at it's height hut who subsequently,
dropped IL in Wall Street. -Dont make
the mistake Of slpposing that the bicycle
is a member of the Can't Come Back Club
II won't come hack strong A. u once
was n won't he fad hut already there
~ a rational demand fer wheels. especially
IN the middle West and in the South. They
are regarded more "a a convenience than
a. a means of sport. In all the manu- fac
turing towns you will find the worhmen
riding to and from their homes on wheels
The roads are much better for cycling
than they were ~ the old days when every
body and his neighhor were swh"el. and
there there he boom IN the manutact-
uring end vi thin the rfext five years
SAID tho man g. his wife. Those women
you lntrnduCsd me e. at the studio the
other night apparently don't like that
fine Old uncle Of mine. What's wrong
with HIM
lie is too polite. said she
lie came into room where half a
dozen of them were smoking cigarettes
and when he hghtst cigar he asked ~
they ohJert"d - smoke
\ downtown business man who came
back from Eurup" 4 month ago brought
with him an eight day Geneva watch -
which he ~ proud As II cost him an even
s,Gp H. has been extremely careful ~ Il
and ms friends have had little opportunity
q get a clos. look AZ 10 Several DAYS
ago one ~ his friends ask eSi him the time.
When the watch was removed from its
IN the nFDfld found
that II had stopped In three minutes
hs was AZ the repair window OF Maiden
lane jewelry store.
4 am IN a hurry: hX t as soon as you
can said the business man.
Lot ~ business 70 attend to1' asked
the expert
YES. luts,- was the reply
1 should think So rstorted the watch
hN"r. This - an eight day watch and
vnu haven't found time % wind u for
more than a week
Every time | 60 shopping I thank
heaven that have a good business head.
said the woman who boasts that her quick
wit always saves her from financial loss
a saleswunlan came very near getting
into trouble to-day over a belt bought.
The only thing that saved her was my
business instinct First | bought bell
for 81 25 and pad with n two dollar bill
In handling my chang" the girl dropped
a quarter into the paper ana boxes that
strewed the hoor back Of the counter and
could not find H. OF course ] could have
held her accountable. but she looked 30
tired and worried that I hadn't the heart I,
t. do that - how do you think we settled Z
it,
Her husband gave IL up.
why said she triumphantly, Il just Z
exchanged my tL25 belt for a dollar one I
and neither of us lost anything