The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-30
1--WE TOPICS AB0rr TOWN.

ofi'ce buildings owner. IL would make
your entir. entrance look a great deal
richer and do away With the constant
moppinR NJ the marble
III. hontblack won't lat we replied
the landlord i once had n fin~ carpet
Their" and he gave me- the price OF u 20
remove u. He said it ruined hiS business
Four out II five Parsons walked no slowly
and rubbed the tops OF their shoes into a
bright shine On the front edge of each
stop. som" actually stopped half way up
and did the sides Of their shoes After
watching this few days, | sold him the
carpet. You s@~. he pays me 81 500 year
Tor the bootblacking privilege in tn. build
Ing. 50 Thought he WAS entitled tn some
consideration
cards said the woman. Don't men
tIon cards To- ire, have PLAYED eighteen
games of solitaire SINCE O'Clock. and am
just about tagged out
i understood this was Your afternuon
nj the hospital. remarked - card play in <
acquaintance
so " was Sid the woman -ThF.' ~
wh"r'' played solitaire. did It tn .Inuse
the IS,ti-nts In every hospital ward are
several sick folks for whom . game of
solitaire PLAYED at their bedside by SOME
body els. - I'll. hest known opip'e II
so"thes and hlls them To- sleep when noth-
inE els, will They like cards when they
ar" well they would Tx" a game Of solitaire
now II only they hr.d strength enough tO
think end move the cards But they are
ION weak To do anything except Just TO
lie hlCk and watch somebody .lse play.
That interests them. Reading, talking
and singing 10 :hern il all riaht once in q
while. but when they really want to rest
"A
advises game Of solitaire
Music from - to - - the sign con
-pICuously displayed over the baked
apples and cup Custords in the window
of a Nassau street quick lunch place
The sound Of the quick lunch orchestra
can h. heard plainly in the Nassau street
canon .during these two hours and has
evidently been successful in drawing
radH and keeping the tables full Re-
Gently a rival establishment situated in
a basement whose patrons help them
selves and eat from the arms Of their
chairs decided 10 follow suit with an
orchestra Of three pieces. piano and two
vIolIns Under the stimulus OF the music
The procession toward the coffee urn
and pie counter seems to move AZ a more
rapid rate. while i also draws the hungry
from outside
There's pepper IN that said a res
taurant waiter. pointing to a small silver
shaker h" had placed beside a hraplnK
dish nf ice cream h. was carving TO a
gu..-, -Snre. u = 10 pur on the ice cream
too h. replied when an inquirer failed
to -..,. the connection between the TWO
Lois 81 folks want To put pepper on
% oh
- sensitive tn. cold cream hurts him
hut pepper i stimulating enough TO over
come the effect ~ the cold And the
funny thing ia 'ha: YOU dom taste the
pepper NJ all The ICE cream - so cold
that n Kills the other II YOU don't be
ieva II IN give vou some with pepper
and you'l find that there's no taste OF
p"pp.-r here al al
There WASH
IN. prodlgious trad. THAT is po--,bis
with apples IL atteSted by the record Of
on" Western firm This firm boasts Of
having handled IN a supervisory character
including packing. shipping and selling
no le-- then / ?Un carloads Of Western
hoA app.-- That means something Ik.
twe,v. mi!'s OF engines anu cars for the
hauling end The boxes themselves
~
'u a length Of $50 miles As the apples
Average l25 To ii box the individual fruit
totals IN the mel ghborhood 81 ioo,o1oOoO
This would be- som. 5.Us' miles Of apples
II ihcy Were all in one row
pua instrument OF cleanliness found IN
a first class laundry IL a rubber eraser
That il needed TO rub the pencil marks
fro m CtIff- said the manager we rIssd to
-oapy water and try TO wash Il clean out
marks made by some pencils soaked ia
instead 81 washing out and left the CUTS
sylotched and Etreaked. so they are now
treated Ia a prelimi nary dry scrul, with
an eraser
We'll. sir sad a man who lives IN
south Brookiru. 1T took me DAVIS and
days ru get "A pane ~ glass set in my
knchen window The cook caught cold and
was in such fearful temper thai NV din
ner wa- Spoiled NV. -eparat. times And
why, That explosion a week ago near
Grand Central That's what did -
i couldn't got gIazi-r Ny li''lc bow
pur a SNOWFALL through IN" window the
day II happened and | tried immediately
to &c, man 10 repiac. the glass No
hop. couldn't find so'.l not even
away m down here who knew how 20
set glass went 10 store after store
and was told ryerywhsr. that the glazer-
had all gone ~ Manhattan. ~h.r" rh..r.
were hundreds and thousands - pan''s 70
b.. pui in And by The time trey come
back 10 our mel ghborhnod. IheIr regular
work had piled ny on them. ~ Won see
n" 'rouhi" ! WA in
IS a freak race ramark.t a follower
81 sports that one ar NonCrIef ParS was
all right between hor-. running AK
furlongS a mule running foru and half
furlong-. a man running $50 wards and an
autorrobil. running a mi" and an eighth.
Sonnet hing that beats = for -xciferms'.
though. ~ donk-v race. tho last donkey
to ross the finish line being III" winner.
You might think the ionkev that could
~alk IN. stoves would win. br further
CONDITION IL that every rider must De
a-'-ld.. -om. one else'a donkey. A. no
rider wants 10 have hls rIval'- donkey
come IN last and so win the prII" he whipa
his mount IN for all he - u or, n. and th~r..
IL plenty II excitement for participants
AMI spectators