The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-18
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

THE sloth hear appears 90 he the most
active Of all the lears in tlO roo. Who
ever misnAmed the animal ought "a
beStow a more appropriate title. said
n woman visitor who sat on a bench
in front Of the bear dens
A more hefitting deSi gnation would
he 'l'rsus pugilistictIs' or something like
that. for he il certainly the most pug
naciotls 81 all the bruin specimens here
Ard he gets away with Il too. although
he only weighs $50 pounds saw him
knock out the hairy cared bear ia fierc,
fight over a piece 81 meat and he gets
the better ~ the great ieZo hear 81 about
l,OO pounds in the adjoining enclosure,
They fight through the hArs You can
hear tho swapping Of TIN big hears jaws
a. he fails Ia catch his opponent hut
the nervous Sloth bear - a. quick a
cat with his long claws and gets in al &
on the other ones muEzle that makes
him snort with pain
The vacuum cleaner operator tells
how he lost "A customer
The third story left woman comes
to me- and says she would II lie possible
To keep the sweepings from her fat sep
arate from other SweepngH and return
them 10 her in "A jar? | said It would
and when the fiat had heen swept I
emptied the dirt into her lttl. glass jar
Next time ! called she met me az IN"
door with another jar. bigger than IN"
first Says she You also sweep the
third honr right apartment. do you not:'
i said ! did
Very we'll. said sh" viii YOU oblige
m. by "mptying their sweepings into
this Jar and giving II To me-
Instinct told me that the woman was
LAYING a trap for somebody and | walked
right into IL like "a fool. Next time !
IN" my walking papers
What's wrong S1ei |.
You have betrayN me To tn. enemy.
said she
when got down stairs the doctor
on the first hoor told mo what she meant
Nv that Roth women were New ing
land.r- and had had a standing quar-
rel for years a. 10 which was the best
houzskeeper A comparison 81 vacuum
-w"epingS CAV" IN" prize Ia the woman
who had provided me with the glass jars.
50 OF cours" her rival had no uSe for
ne AFTER that
People have the AutomohIlists to thank
for the ChAngei attitude Of restaurants
and hotels toward the put up to take out
lunch. sail the outing man A few
years ago any Of our swell establishments
would have looked AskanCe at anybody
who asked to have a lunch put up TO take
out. hut now that IL is considered the
correct thing the most expensive restau-
rants. the choice little tea shops and eH-
pensive luuchink places are all playing
tag with one another Ia get the latest
kinks for the put up lunch They have
all sorts Of attractively decorated paper
4. 4
that can he usei once and then thrown
away. and the salai IL, the sandwiches and
the arrangements 81 cold eggs. fish al
meat are wonderful ~ course the price
asket - in proportion "a all this elegance.
but the point I'm making i that only a
few years ago, NO matter what I'd have
teen willing to pay such put up lunCheons
couldn't have been found H. the whole
city ~ New York Automobiling created
tins demand and a. ,suAl New York rose
TO the occasion and did the proper thing
a. u always does
II anv one knows % PREPARATION that
will destroy the cooooEs Of the tussock
moth wish they would let ~ know what
h -. sAit an officer Of the Park Depart
msnt
Our entomologist employs a prepare.
ton that was supposed TO do the work
but the yellow backed caterpillars hatch
out In the usual myriAis IL was thought
that fifteen pounds ~ arsenate ~ lead 10
TOO gallons 81 water whar SPRAYED on the
trees when warm weather sets In was
sure death TO the cocoon tenant. But
the tenant comes out as though the poison
o u- hath did him good. All kinds Of trees
are now blotchei with the gray COCOON
masses Even the stone wall along Fifth
avenue Is dotted with them. which shows
that the tus-ook moth worked overtime
this year and that the caterpillar crop IL
going Ia he ~ abundant a. ever
Tailors were credited with an eHcess
Of religious zeal by the new minister
who found them much more willing 10
advertise in the new church magazines
than other tradesmen OF the neighb or
hood
Its the kneeling that fetches them
said wise old trustee IF you don't
believe u just notice the last line Of all
their advertisements That says, Trou-
serS creased on Mondays for half price
! never saw a church magazine yet that
wasn't popular with the tailors. nine
tenths 81 whom offer Monday morning
bargain rates for creasing trousers
Little knots 81 people stoo expect
antly outside the eve and ear infirmary
what are they waiting for'' some one
asked
News from an operation on q bad
pair 81 eye@.' said a doctor. Nowhere
docs news travel faster than in the neIgh-
horhood ~ an eye hospital. Serious
operations are not advertised 10y brass
hand. vet somehow the report leaks out
that difficult casS il Ia 90 under the
knife NJ certain time and Interested
persons flock around tho gates for news
Real sympathy. not morhidity IL back ~
that interest Attendants who are in
formed M o. the progress 81 an operation
are very obhging about passing the
news along
HINEOLA'S molly NAVE PARADE