The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-28
LnE rOPICS amor TOWN.

hONONer muCn mllllnHfs may auIllI"
/ the rhumARe IT the peacuck and however
| much they may desire the money II brings,
SUPERSTITION prevents many uf them from
using n
| Rather than give psacock feathers
house room ! would lose my lest Gus
| toner one millin"r declared i have
done II more than unrr Women who
want their own materials made up have
brought peacock trimming. and when
positively refused To handle u they went
away angry and looked for somebody
el~e tn work NJ their peaCoCk feathers.
] but No doubt they had long chas" lre-
cause two-thirus ~ the mlllin"ns feel just
a. | do about peaCOCk feathsns
/ hut Why asked woman who carried
a peacock feather ia her hand bag
It's had luck. that j. why said th"
milhn"r.
In the matter 1T good resolutions
September can put n all over the Let Of
January said the gray headed man
Every person YOU meet at the end of the
VaCa' ION season has resolved tn do some
thing hig during the coming year, The
novelist - going to write the book Of the
wear. the woman who has acquired a
Wrinkle or two that won't come ~ II
hound tn Vet married and the factory
hand who dos. pIeCe work - going to
'urn oui "a few NOR" rhIris or waists a
week Everybody. IN fact j. going To-
huCkl. down to hard work ~ hi> par1tCulir
line
-Iherr 10 a siuc"rtty about these sep
teUi'@r resolutions that - lnrl iug m
January r"furnationE en- New Years
lay people resolve 80 reform h"caus"
ihcy think they ought To-. ia SeIreuha'
they do II because they want 20 Sept"m-
Ter RESOLUTIONS last longer than auy other
/ KIND, they hav" IN" moral influence ~ q
variation To back them up once A"pt a
fall resolution for two months IrIs year
shah try To make " three and | trust
that Others with NOR. moral back bon.
than ! have will make their reform perma-
nsnt
The Society for tho Prevention of cru
city 10 Children T.-c"ivrs far NOR. COM
plants Of ia" abuse uf children ~ the
summer than m the winter
And this IN spit" ~ the fact that there
- "a great deal NOR" 81 suffering uhu-..
and want among IN" ppor IA winter than
IN summer. r'maTk'., an agent OF that
society But IN cold veal Their tn. WIN
dov- '" closed and alert neiRhbnrs with
a strong scent for other p~opla's mis-
doings ar" not IN ~ good position tn
KNOW what ~ going on. In summer
however. Mrs Na,ghbor has numerous
opportunities To- write arOuvmoIs letters
. Chi,d ~ being beaten because she has
heard II Cry
This - tho time - year whom our
city j. fIll uf tall Young girls said a New
York man with daughters - ms own
Never saw anything like th. coming
generation Of girls for haiug taller than
their mothers and often taller than their
fathers too The oUening ~ the private
schools her" m the Cl'y and m the vicinity
of New York brings an avalanche II tr.-., /
'al youngsters % the hotels fus' ~ thus
tam" zach year until it, really noticeable
hoN much taller they ar. than gIris that
= g us~i - h- ! sized myself No beside. (
q h"vy ot fh'-s- Young things IA tho lobby .
ui a big hotel last evening and T. Won "A /
wasn't one under feet ON. Wos , I
feet ~ and ~" 'aIIs.>t on, measured "a FIU
y feei Most Of th"s. Tall girls ar. h,.ir p
On ~ c"ltl-h order and viii AL ont Ia'.r
81. bat They n" not all slim hv any means .
one sta''I"~gv" giri 81 II owned ur -
tipping ~" scales ~ Jas So. Ind boon .
80 well trained that ~" wasn't ct.'r-y .
simply CAV" one the impression ~ q mag /
nlfcen', vol Rrpomed. mp To dat. statue
! cant help thinking how thlngs have
changed
Even IN these days 81 hurry Their. are y
people who take tune 10 write courteous ,
letters that they are no, required 20
write, SAID a department store manager
Here - a bookful 81 ihern They we're.
written by shoppers who have few gra t.- .
ful for thr Caref,Il attention ~ som. cl.rt. I
and Expressed their APPRECIATION ty call .
ing our attention =" her efficiency The /
Young Voman who - now head Of orr /
shoe d"pa r~n"nt secured lIer POSITION /,
on N" strength 81 these letters So. /
could give points 20 job On patierc. /
No customer was ever too cranky too
tickle minded for her 10 labor over and /
finally they bought shoes be, ais. they /
were ashamed 20 go away without 'k.ru
after all her cheerful kindness and wrote. ]
letters 10 the house aftsTvard eN> ulling
her morris That Young woman holds ,
the record for letters 81 appros al ia tins |
store. but there ar" other clerks Who /
have m" knaCk ~ pleasing and call out /
contributions To his collection u letters
Even FOR a hotel employee y was a
risky Vi" 4" puf money 10 he sat m a
subway car polishing the smooth Lrasa
buttons on his uniform so vigorous
waT" hi movements that passengers
STEPPED In neWspa pers aroused thensnl, -
10 watch Thev couldnt see what he
was poiShlng with. hut whatever IL was
thu buttons speedily took on a mighty
iustre by and bv the young man seemed
satisfied with their splsndor and unfolded
= tiny green wad which ha had held IN
IN" palm 81 his hand and spread II ont
On his knee In" patent polisher vas q