The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
LIvE TOPICS ABOIr TOWN.

The tsssination of living in house
which had at ona time been the property
uf some well known family IL a weakness
Il payllg guests out of which the New
York boarding hour" keepers know how
a. make the most One HOUSE ON a pri-
va,a park downtown enriched seve nj
proprirtor- who kept boarding houses
there and were wise enough To advertise
that Il had once been the home 81 n we'll
knoNn politician. II never lack"l a
tenant willing to pay a good rent So hong
49, ~ was IN the market for such pIr-
pose. Another house IN the same region
ono" belonged Tn a member 81 a historic
New York family and that fact ~ care
fully impressed on the public IN it, present
advert sements
None of the-s places has been more
prosperous than one ON an East Side ave-
nue which once belonged Ia railruad
millionaire. Few years before las
death lac built palace further uptown.
Hts former home Was Immediately rented
Tor boarding house and ~ known 10
thus day by the name ot it, original owner
Ana there ARE rarely any vacant rooms
IN that house. 80 great seems the salts
tactlon of the guests at living IN THIS
well known residence
IL takes something ont of the common
to make the newspaper readers on an
elevated train look up. but many did
look when they saw going by on the OPP
post" truck one of the little odd steam
locomotives once 50 familiar on the road
nut now making sight so strange.
hauling a little bunch of fiat ears.
IL seems they find at least one 1T tn"
old engines handy for some purpose.
was the comment of one man as he re-
turned To his newspaper.
An unusual discrimination against
one of my flats was recorded the other
day, said the renting agent A pos
sible tenant inquired II any Of the occ,I-
pants Of the building had ever been pressed
into jury duty. Not T-rc"iviug the trap
laid for me- replied that a man on the
second floor aud another on the fourth
floor had 80 served the city Last winter
Then ! regret that ] cannot taxi"
an apartment m this house. sad h..
The reputation 81 containing Satisfac-
tory jury tImh-r sticks IN house wor~-'
than typhoid germs In" courts never
let up IN u and som" man living there
~ SURE 20 H. summoned ~ every session
Thu lightning would h. sure To- stink" IN"
first thing
delivering Topographic messages Over
thu telephone. instead II. delivering them
by messenger u especially liked by women.
tANAs ~ttiN All'' uiAti IA flAhA W - ''AHf
telegraph ofIiC, in an apartru"rt houS.,
uelghborhood. Almost sVsryt"dv round
here can h" reached ON IN, telephone,
and We have women como Ia her" every
little while asking ~ ~ r"p-ai any t.le-
graphic messag" 10 them over the wire
rather than send IL IN the usual way
Il hate to tear open that little brown
Sh yellow envelope. IN" woman said
the other day ~ sh" asked for telephone
service on kilograms rather than mes
sanger Sh" then went on 10 explain
that thor. was less nervous strain IA the
receipt of kilograms when repeated
over the wire and that deep down IN
every wOman's hear Inv dread of open
ing telegram which this telephone
arrangement entirely ohvlated. FOOLISH
We'll perhaps 50 hut women ar"n'
tho only ones who feel 50 sometimes
aud this lew '"l.rhoninR arrangement
se"ms ~ b" growing IN favor IN rcsid"n-
tlnl neighhorhuod-
i don't think IN max" n cake 10y IN.
recipe that woman across the hall gave
me. IL will be too expensive. The eERS
alone vii cost a. cents. said the bride
to her husband.
-Ge~ whil.- said he sympatheticaIly.
-thats good deal How many does II
call for anyhow
Eighteen said she. The yoIks Of
eight and the whites 81 ten.
Yesterday I discovered something
that a Chin"s. laundryman i good for
b-sides ironing shirts and collars said
tho s.ty ~a"sman Whit, ! waS waiting
for -. anga q man came IN with "a sheet
Of postage stamps thar had b.-Sl fOlG.'t
gurnfnv side m md had stuck together
Just RIM bot iron over these. won't
vous ho "a I'd.
"Ths Chinamnu AZ ~. money drawer
sniG Huh, bat apparently be had heard |
tine same reIusst before and kne'g how
70 answer II. for H. ptssad the stamps
along with som" chinese i1rgpn TO q |
man Who was ironing. Ih" iron wa |
paes~d several times over tr" sheet 81 !
-tauntJs and when 'h"y we're Ta'iI rned - |
the owner 10 had no iillCulty IN separat-
ing 'h,n-