The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-31

friends we had until tina time Of the Hud.
son-Fulton celebration. said a man who
lives In house that commands a view Il
the Hudson River and now they arr All
again renewing their acquaintance with
N. and surely they arr an welcome IA
Sc the comet. Mr. Halley's comet. sink Ia
tast beyond the PALISADES. going down
IN the track 10 the sun
-Snobbery looks f,Innier in a butchers
shop than anywhere else. said the man
who markets. 1t may be ridiculous
toadying. yet il sounds all right TO hear a
clerk In a dry goods store say IN woman
customer. You ought 10 take a druas OF
thus piece II silk madam. Mrs. Van Blank
bought twenty yards on the same nioce
not ten minutes ago. and 10 hear the
Woman ssy quick ~ a shot: Oh, did
sheg Give mo another twenty yards
That, ! say, sounds all right beoauze
We ara used % Il, hut Il does sound funny
20 hear a butcher advise a doubtful ctis-
toner % buy certain pork OhOp because
the richest woman in the noighbnrhOod
has just bought the same kind "a n chnp.
Tho butcher in our block tickles the vanity
~ his poorer customers that wav. Even
my wife. level headed woman that she
Eenemlly h. has sucuumbed 20 the in
sidiOus poison. In emulation az Mrs
Ven Blank of our neighborhood she Maid
thrce cents mOre a pound for chops than
! nay and bought two more chops than we
needed IN the bargain
Il was understood that she was both
kinds Of widows and many times engaged.
Anyway she had had many different
sorts Of PROPOSALS in her twenty Rht
years Of cOquetting. The latest came
through the mail few days ago. She
had met the man on several occasions.
knew him To he a widower. but never
suspected that he had fallen victim to
her charms so Il took her on her
feet when she received an envelope con-
tanning one Of the late Mrs l.. - cards and
little note accompanying which read:
would ask you 10 use this card, and
only this. for the rest Of your life
I've often looked az the roofs Of nass.
ing freight cars 10 see what the weather
is In other States. said hank clerk, but
never thought 10 use the Broadway cars
~ weather indicators.
Last saturday | was standing in a
cafe in Broadway near Third street
The sky was overcast and We were wait
ing for a shower 20 come and 60.
Its raining downtown now eX-
claimed the bartender
How do you know asked my friend
We'll. said the harkeep, you SEQ that
nOrthbOund car passing. Notice that is
roof is wet just behind IL 10 another with
a perfectly dry top. Now look AZ the rear
signs OF each car The sign on the wet
one reads South Ferry and on the dry
one Houston Street Therefore il Il
raining below Houston street.
An EnElishman who wished to attend
the King Edward memorial service at
Trinity tried to obtain a pass through a
friend. Il was impossible to get one. and
his friend told him TO apply to the British
Consul His answer was:
'Ow will = know I am an EnGlishman7'
i am booked Tor a fine job this after
noon, ssid the free lance musician. An
Auctioneer Just telephOned that he has q
lot of musical junk 70 dispose 81 and he
offered me the iob Of demons,rator |
accepted because ! am broke. Paying
20 an auction crowd u one q the most
thankless of jobs. In the first plaos most
81 the Instruments are a bad lot They
wouldn't have found their way INTO en-
auction room u they were not Violins
are cracked. nihers and banioa are
warped, harrs are out % tune and cofnets
and flutes are clOgRed n abe wlndpipe.
vet | am supposed to draw irHm those
Disabled inst r,Iments music divine enough
20 make the public want 20 buy Most
any stone would weep az the sounds pro
duoed. hut not for joy Fortunately the
audience u not hyperCritiCal. hut people
will never buy an instrument until they
have heard 70 played SOfnstimes they
want 20 try u first themselves, hut the
agctioneer " 800 foxy for that some
dSwn and out genius who has sufficient
skill 90 gloss over defects - hired 20 play
first After thai Il anybody makes fail
IRE " = easy 70 sew that The performer
IL TO blame not the instrument
Two Incidents that came under my
observation in the roo seemed IN show
that birds and animals have a keen sense
q hunnor which cusnes 20 the surface when
they are not worrying about the neat
meal said an observing woman
There were several women ard men
in front ~ the beer den The big grizzly
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raiment ~ the wSnen. Natnrally they /
screamed end ths neHr spleareI 70
chuCkle over bis Joke and repea ted the 1
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