The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-19
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Parks springtime glOries. has this yoaI
been q disappointment 10 tho pilgrims
who iourneycd up 20 view tho arbrTs
The backward spring did not materially
delay tho blOssomihg Of the flowers. bui
there was not sufficient sun TO color them
richly and they faded and fell much more
quickly than usual. There was about
the arbors little Of the beauty that makes
them usually 80 we'll worth seeing The
japanese garden is in a way a second
disappointment in the parks out Of door
exhibits, since the color scheme Of tine
azaleas Is this year more mOnOtOnous
than II ever was, There Is a chilling
prepOnderanoe of white. with only Y few
pink and the magenta COlOred JapaDese
azaleas to vary this arrangement Of
color. A. tho rhOdodendrons here arr
I also white, the necessary note VI contrast
- missing When the garden h neNL
year enlarged with new beds Il 10 10 be
| hoped that the more brilliant arrangement
Of colors will be restored.
! always save the picture cards that
come in cigarette boxes. said the middle
aged cigarette smoker some small
boy Of my acquaintance il sure ID ask me
/ for them, and frequently small boys WIN
are perfect strangers TO me will stop me
on the street and seeing me smoking a
cigarette aSk me Il ! have any picture
cards can't help contrasting tne-e
cards with those that used 10 be- packet
with cigarettes when / was a voungster
They were principally photographs oi
burlesque Actresses in tights, and while
I can't recall that they had any pernicious
effect upon me personally. they certainly
had no educational value sucn a.
those Of to-day. Some 81 these ar,
facsimiles Of the seals OF the various
States. other are the coats Of arms Of the
different countries. and all that I have
/ seen teach something The hOys tax
all they can get, and swap tho duplicates
until they get the complete set. Tbs
I cigarette manufacturers are TO be Con,
| graduated upon demonstrating that the
/ public taste il improving. even in - small
a matter AZ cigarette Cards
Testing tea kettles Is the latest form Of
entertainment and instruction offered In
tho kitchen department ol a big store
Almost any day a number u small gas
stoves are kept burning and a tea kettlf
sings and bubbles on each stove while 4
prospective purchaser stands around
listening n the singing.
| Those people are buying camp ket
Ties aAid the sllesWOman. People who
camp out like a kettle that sings They
say Il HOunds hnmehke aud koeps them
La -
difference in the musical qualities ~ dif
ferent kettles They can ~ made IN sinI
IN different tones by laying strips II niCke
or some similar metal acrose the keith
a couple 81 inches from the bottom. Per
sons who value musical ability IN a tes
kettle can have ia voice tested right her
In the store
In n store window uptown are dis
played two very fine lace stockings bounS
70 attract the attention ~ almost am
paaserhy. In one corner ~ tho window .
4 modest card relating ~ The stockings
u relds. Handmade tluO
woman Who keeps . restaurant OF
Washin gton SQUARE has solved the us@ u
ono ~ the byproducts ~ servant cir
carelesaness. Whenever one of her girl
breaks dish of figured china the IA
Part Of the dish or plate with a patter
showing on IL, " carefully laid aside
4 have arranged these Old pieoes.
she -aid. into q pretty mosaic naitsu
for my window. setting them In cement
In year or 10 | shall have enouRl
10 inlay tho entire floor II the restaurant
making the pieces into colored borden
and using the white for the centre u M
hoor just "a have done IN the window
In nv long service On this p0sr
remarked tho policeman who patrols 'hO
Seventy -ninth stra"t transverse "a,
through uentral PARK - night. i hav
not faIled T. nptice that some ecCnntrI
people piss through here For instanr'
a middle aged man walks through hor
almost every evening going west swing
ing biz arms hack and forth 49, hard
h. can He says that he lndulrps In thi
exercise tn nd himself - round shoulders
About throe nights a week n young MAJ
who walks az a very rauIi gar pas-a
through here with his chest nIfssd puI
az far AZ he can expand h. llis EXCUSE D.
that the air In the park 10 iresher tI1l
any place In thar ueighbnrhond and D,
likes % inhale u a. every opportunity
and also % eNnlnd his chest
Another thing which - getting ver'
common here ~ the large number u
girls and young women VII ars Dsiul
taught 90 ska'a IN rollers lv fhair gi
friends tn" seclusI0n 4 The rr'nsv" r..
rad makes it an deal place for the 4"
ginner Who h safe from the ewes II "a,
curious. Not many people pEss through
here and the skater can fan and tuubl,
~ many times az she wauts
The youngsters az the so wall by th'
Aquarium IN Battery PARK derive Eraf
pleasure IN watching the wash from
passing ferries and tugs In th" MOOT
hour many passersby $50 the pillars an,
chains az the edge - the wall and leli
against them. The youngrters watci
eagerly. and presently a big wave come
up with a slap aud dashes spray owe
one ~ the lOungen While the others ar
watching his discontinue following
wave hits the wall somewhere ELSE ans
breaches a WATCHER Then the young
stera howl in glee In few moment
the wall i deserted and the game begin
again when the next tug pazses