The sun., 1910-09-12
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

II was a case in which first aid 20 the
injured was Imperative, but no one present
knew how To extend the aid. Presently
a bandaged beggar who had been sitting
on the curb cast of his pre,~nce Of help
lcSsness Out of linen strips provided
10y tho women in the crowd he fashioned
bandages and applied them skilfully.
-whers did you acquire all that skill
in nursingi" a bystander asked.
1T - one OF the first things tho men
OF our profession learn, was the candtd
response. Half oar succees depends
upon an arrangement Of bandages that
makes ia look ~ if We had been half
killeSh No doctor can be deIsended on TO
| to fix us up. 80 We have To do our own
bandaging. Every successful man IN
the business practises on himself and
the other fellows until he can turn Out n
first class job"
'How fast the old landmarks CO..
sighed Police Lieuten ant Bull Mccarthy
as he stood in front OF the obi Atlantic
! Hotel = dark ened doors at New Bowery and
| Oliver street Half a century, ago this
| old hotel was in the height of its glory.
famed over the whole world. In the
days oT the North Star. the Isaac Webb,
the Three Brothers and other grand old
sailing ships all the seamen, from after.
| guard sw eppPT to COinmOoOre. uothlCush
here after their cruises OF anywhere
| from six months 20 three years OficerS
| of the navy also came here Ga start their
three months leaves Of absence
-On the upper hoOrs are still long rows
| of lock ers and every s-.afaring man ot
consequence had a locker with has name
| on A. Here he came from his ship, stored
| his uniform and put on his civ ilian clothes.
which he always hept in the locker. Then
he could walk the streets in safety with
| III. kvr fNr
| Of the cash they knew he carried. The
| old fashioned safe with the heavy iron
| har and paddock where the seafarers
| uIt tins same cash IL also still in there.
| -nut the old hotel has died a natural
death. Increased rent and dwindllng
patronage closed its doors this week Tor
| probably the first time In seventy years.
| The Mariners Temple is only across the
street. AMI since the continuity OF the
liquoT license " now broken ! don 7 sup
pose another can toe obtained with the
| church so close 80 | guess we've seen
the end Of another old LANDMARKS
We don't give bread with one hsh-
! hall was quite outdone by an experience
II a friend of mine the other day said
/ lady from Scarsdale. -It was one of
/ those humid days aud she was ver1 warm
| and ni,Nh fatigued after several hours
| shopping in one of the large department
: stores IN sixth avenue. Finding herself
. tho vicinity nI the NlflA lNhAdauAs
] bought n giass - Vichy and sat down at
! a nearby liable ca rest and cool on. She
was scarcely SEQ tel when waitress OF
superior air approached her and said
! You can't sit down with cent drink.
Hospitals that make n practice of de
charging free patients with clothes cleaned
and pre--.d nav" found a new task in
achieving general nsatnes-.
The women want their false hair done
over hsfor" they leave SAID a hospital
nurse They argue that the first thing
. they will have 10 do when the hospital
doors have closed behind them is 70 look
/ for work and rumpled bTaids and dishev-
! elled puTs will endanger their chances
, of slcc.es. That " sound reasoning: alao
II l. true that hospital wards do not AFFORD
aulple facilities Tor women Co do their
own halrCire-Sing. 50 all hair that has
been pat IN storage during Illness ls aired.
hru-hsi. curled and braided before t 10
given back to ths owner.
7 sYes. I feel that am really working with
Navor Gavnor.- said a Harlem woman
rrpu,llv Not long ago bought pair
II accurate scales and began to weigh
everything in the way of groceries or
4 rrnytslouz that was sent home. To my
srIrpriza nearly every measure was more
,r les short and | spoke tn the trades
. pa.plr about H. When it was known that
J | had FsaI-s 80 my own the tide began 10
/ turn. and now the weights run rather
over than under and my bills are actually
. lesseued.
Culture has claimed tho proprietor
Of a downtown restaurant as One of her
/ chief apostles. Just inside tho restau-
/ rant door ~ a heap % leaflets. TO which
attention IA drawn bv the sign. Take one
Most Ctlsto fners do take one and sit
down 20 digest meal and remarks on
table manners at the same time. AL
b th. points on dining room etiquette that
| must folks know but many neglect are
/ empha sized in capital letters. and the
/ pors0n who eats with his knife or takes
! sun from ;he wrong part 81 bis spoon
ans malcio,Isly with a guide like that m
hand.
III took n good deal 10 courage N
offer that flmphlet 20 the public. zald
the praprietar There was danger that
cU.t 1mers might be offended at the impu-
tatinn hat they dId not know What was
What. but most People have taken the
hint in gpD,i part. and am glad To say
that th" general tone 81 table manners
ia this place has gone up notch since
the dist ributiOn of the leaflets.
According 70 n sign in a Columbus
avenue bakery bread crumbs have a
commercial value
sBr.ad crumbs to-day" In the way
IN. baker advertises his super'iuity oT |
scraps.
sell them by che teacIpftIl he said |
what folks use them for mostly is 10 |
clean wall paper. pictures and photo |
graphs In spite of all our care some |
tbir,g hapf ..uS ~ a batch Of bread every !,
Iittle while or loave@ get too stale % sell I
hut bread oI that kind makes first claas 1
Cy,Iubs. and people who want crImba
! frr CIaaning find II cheaper - buy them
I - n han a..
! gOud cent loave-