The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-10
LIVE TOPICS AMOUR TOWN.

WV" we uaSket OF nhh ~ dumped
into the cage Of the aquatic birds in the
MOO there IL a great scramble to get the
lOod. The weaker birds are pecked al
and driven away by the larger ones aud
often succeed in getting their portion
only by strategy The big brown pelican
has an apparent advantage IN the large
pouch that hangs rom his under mandibls
he Scoops up the Ash until the pouch
y tuil ana then goes OF 20 a corner Of
the cage A bunch of tern. wood ducks
laughina guls, gallinulos and other
smaller birds follow ard await develop
ments. Pretty soOn the pelican tries
70 take his dinner from the load In his
pouch. fish sticks and comes near
rhokng him. To relieve himself he
enptles the pouch. That il what the
crowd about him were waiting for. Each
ore ~, 1as a fab aud scurries away. BY
the time tho greedy PELICAN gets his throat
IN order his dinner Is gone
A West side man who knows little
and cares lees about literature. ancient
or modern, surprised his family the other
night by rafting "a the names Of dozen
new books and asking Il they had read
them All confessed Their ignorance.
How In the word did you happen
20 know anything about themg- asked
the man. wife
Saw them handled by the man who
iolls hack In an easy chair all day and
rest, sad the man. -He changes hooks
every few seconds and tho man who
stands IN the street watching him and
envying him his job cant help hut keep
up with the book trade II I were an
author that's tho way I'd advertise my
books The public would have 10 road
their names, even II they didn't rad any
further
Poor woman" said the new sales
woman Why did you make her try
on 20 many silk and pongee coats when
you knew well enough that she didn't
want TO buy?-
To show oT tho coats n people
who want 10 buy something. they can't
tell shat said the oldT worker
Every little while We get a chance
20 utilize a good looking customer that
way and q first Oasss saleswoman makes
the most Of her that woman doesn't
know t. hut she ~ a horn model There
isn't a Professional model IN this store
that can show on clothes 20 such good
advantage Whom these other women
who are sitting around trying 10 make
up their minds what 20 buy Sc how lovely
TIN coats lOOS on her they don't lose
much time IN buying them for themselves
John exclaimed Mrs Fiatter. with
her first breath ~ the nightly welcome
home from the ofice. what "a you sup
pose a person would find in his breakfast
rOlls' Tell me anything that sounds
probable that's a dear
Mr. Platter confessed himself stump-d
and inqu rcd mildly what the women
Of the Reform Club had been talking
about that afternoon
-Oh. its nothing to do with the club -
Ms Platter answered But this after
nom a. ! was getting on the subway !
heard one woman say % another What
do you think ! found IN my breakfast
rolis this morning. The door shut
just then and I've been dying n know
What IL must have been
'Amulots and charms ara still popular
among certain classes 81 peopi", said a
physician whose work takes him into tho
poorer districts ~ the CITY 'Someiin0s
80 find . silver coin around the nc 'ient' =
neck. and We arr told tina; the blackeT IL
has become tho morp diseasa it has alb
sorhad 4 raw potato carried IN the
pocket 10 q favorit. safeguard againS IL
n1ssas ~ an kinds While there Is not a
germ IN existence that can harm a person
who carries a small onion about with him
We have a customer who COMES ~ us
every morning Tor huttermilk, sad o.
dalrynan, and she always insists on o.,
t..fnc poured into = pap"r lag which is
'hsr pl1rot 20 another haE Vh"1 - Is
ready CO. r1rrv horn" She consider now
pagar bags cleaner than uottier. uelde,
beng o. ser n carry.
I newer losa a drop II buttermilk %
shs sa,f. though live good many
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