The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-30

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lis that aOI' said the agent We'll
just cit in this chair which is STANDING
Whsrs your own throne Of torture vii
probably stand and look at tho windows
acrOss the court
Tho dentist looked. Presently a pro
cesaion Of figures draped In Oriental Coz
tunes nled past the window and began
10 execute a series Of difficult dancs
steps.
ell day long. said the agent. and In warn
weather the windows ars always open
There are some mighty interesting dance,
taught In that academy and the patients
net 20 absorbed IN them that they forget
their pain The dentist who used 10 hav,
these rooms gained the reputation Of 4
painless dentist and he didn't do thing
10 keep from hurting except 10 tell his
patients 20 watch ne show
Il would scarcely seem a. II tiieTy
could ever be occasion to take an auto
mobile 10 a tailor 10 have any work dons
upon Il. but here Was one standing In
frunt Of a tailor shop In an uptown street
and with the tailor standing beside Il
buaily plying his needle. And Il was very
simple. The tailor was making slip covers
for the automobiles seats and he had
measured them and cut out the material
and was Blasting the parts together on
the seats 10 make sure OF perfect fitting
"A young couple very recently married
came into our store the other day said
the silveFsmith. with a big silver pitcher
and wanted W TO change the initials
on IL 20 that they could give Il 70 another
couple - . wedding present. They had
received three others themselves. We
can somstimes do 10. and | sent II 40 TO
the workroOms, but word came back
that Il could not be done In this case
because the initiala on Il had already been
erased four times
Il 10 mostly young people who drop
their cents in the slots Of the music
machines in the photograph parlor and
they IKE mostly love songs and comic
ditties and pieces from the opera. but
here came eaunteFing along a tolerably
oldish sort % man with hair pretty gray
who dropped his cent in a slot that had a
agn up Army Bngle Calls. As he put
the ear pieces up he seemed a. stirred
by what he heard a. the young man on
one side OF him was who was hearing
In the Moonlight by the Cleaning
or the young woman on the other who
Nas listening TO 'MOlhe Daring
Coming uptown this afternoon in the
elevated train sat opposite . young man
Who was reading q marriage license.
aaid the gray headed man. HE looked
very foolish. Nothing else that a man
can read makes him look quite 20 idiOtio
~ . marriage license II Il happens Of
course 10 be bis own hcense That license
belonged % the young man. ] saw him
leave CITY Hall with IT, The young woman
who had joint interest In the licenae went
into big Offlce building and trusted him
10 take care Of the document. He read Il
many times over. A. first hs smiled.
looked stupid but happy.
Pretty aOon doubt chased the smiles
away trouble bFOoded In his eyes. care
wrinkled hia forehead his chin length
sned While he held the license still un-
folded with the left hand he figured on an
envelope with his night hand ! knew
What thnne figures represented They
were his income The more Ne figured
the more depressed the young man be-
came Waves Of sympathy radlafsd from
me 20 him. did some figuring Of my own
on tho margin Of q marriage license about
thirty years ago and no doubt looked just
a. iug1brious
IPressntly hummsd few bars Of that
old wedding tune. II Ia the sweetest story
ever told The young man heard me
Suddenly his face lighted up He tore
the envelope into hits and when be looked
AZ the marriage license again the smiles
had returned
The woman showed fat finger in WHOSE
folds Of flesh was imbedded a plain gold
ring
How much will you lot me have On this
ringl- she said 10 the pawnbroker.
Il can't tell until you take il o. 80 can !
weigh it. he seid.
She tuRged a. the ring; Il wouldnt /.
come on
cant you get il "a for me7- she asked /
The paWnbroker threaded needle /
with strong linen thread. soaped the |
needle and slipped IL head first under 1
the ring toward the hand Then he 4
wound the long end Of the thread tightly /
and evenly around the finger almost 10 /
the nail That done, he took he needle |
and unwOund the thread from the base
0f the finger out. and a. he unwound the
ring slipped o. he weighed the ring.
Two dollars he said.
That won't do me any good. said the
woman. i can get ~ any place else.
ne returned the rng
she didn't really want 10 pawn IL he
said. she just wanted somebody 10 take
he ring %. ieweiler would have done
i the same way but he would have charged
something
Its the small merchants that suffer
Nhen the building neHt door IA torn down
" remOdelled said the owner Of modest
on a side street. From
he time the tearing down begins until the
asst touch IL given 60 the new building
is a steady losa 10 us People hate 20
Ealk over temporary sidewalks and in
'front.' Of buildings where work IA going
M. and % the whole shopping trafiic is
turned 10 the other ide Of the street
There's no use displa ring goods In our
SindOws for people don't cross hack onto
Dur side u tho street until they get several
iOOrs beyond NJ and the shops further
town get the business that We night have
lAd except for the WORK going on beside
m. We've had three such experiences
n the last Ave years and It's about spoiled
,ur trade. Big shops with regular Gus
Omers don't feel this sort Of thing. but
he amall merchants that depend largely 4
N the pasaerby for business mil ht a. weli I
" down and out when the building NEXT
iOOr is tAken In hand and things upset
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