The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-01
LIVE TOPICS 4BOJT TOWN.


Frank Bailey. the first president
OF the Title Guarantee and Trust Com
pany. has on Great South Bay "A motor
boat which attracts attention not only 10y
its speed but by Its name Mr.. Bailey
calls IL Balaam, because. as he explains,
| he was such an ass to buy it IL bears
the name In big gilt letters on the stem
| and flies as q private signal a baking
mule in white on blue ground.
There is rule in the Police Department
that the shield number OF thu man maxim
the arrest must be- entered in the blottrr
with his name. the prisoners pedigree
and the charge A detective was ar
ralgning = prisoner at Headquarters
NUMBER asked the lieutenant at the
desk
Three one -four nine B. answered
| the prisoner promptly,
They looked IL up in the rogues gallery
and found he was right.
IL was q nice shop, the barber said.
and he would like first rate TO have IT,
hut there was the hill. and IL sure was
| some hill wasn't itl The renting agent
admitted that il was Then he added:
But I don't $50 what difference that
makes to you. You will have to climb
IL only once or twice a day
But other people will be travelling
over IL and breaking their necks all the
| time said the barber moved away
from my last place because II was situated
| at the foot OF q steep hill where accidents
were continually relieving the Inonotonv
| In the wintertime horses slipped ON the
| ice and IN the summertime they fell
from sunstroks Ever get shaved when
there was a hullabaloo going on outside
the shopp II you did you know what
happsnsd in my place. The excitement
kept my BARRIERS all wrought mp - they
couldn't attend to business Sometimes
the customers got Interested too and
fiocked out on the sidewalk, but those
who took things more Coolly were lett
with lathered faces and half shorn heads,
and pretty soon they stopped coming
back Trade in that shop dwIndled to
nothing IN less than SIX months, and every
bit 81 the loss was due Ia that steep hill.
When tho street cleaners open the
hydrants along Amsterdam avenue north
of Columbia University crowds Of young
sters swarm along the gutter watching
the water Occasionally one makes a
sudden snatch and holds aloft "A wrlggllng
fish, some three or four inches long The
fish Hs-em 20 be a kind Of mlnnow. They
are not numerous. but such speCimens as
survive the trIp through the mains 1--we
u life Of ease In some small boys aquarium.
In the baking business fruit cake and
ginger bread are rhe dog that most bakers
professional and amateur try a now brand
Of -four on. said the grocer In the life
Of every woman who does her own baking
there come times about sax months or "A
year apart when she feels dissatisfied with
the brand Of -four she has been using and
wants TO try something new. II she in
si-ts upon IL | recommend another brand.
OF ono OF the neighbors does u for mo
III it turns out all right ! will bring
you "A piece OF whatever | make first,
Invariably she brings fruit cake or
ginger bread Personally shouldn't call
that a fair test. because -four doesn
count for much in these consloineraiions.
but the women apparently reason that no
matter how IL turns out the stun won't
be wasted and they can work up TO bread
and pastry later
.If you see q woman half sliding on
bench with her jaw dropped and breathing
heavily. don't turn In a call for an ambu-
lanos.' said q park policeman. FOR she's
only relaxing and taking her daily breath
ing exercises The first time l saw
woman doing this IL gave me quite turn
and / Thought SURF she'd been done up by
the heat. Az she looked A. though she'd
have the proc Of a cab stepped up 70 her
and said Shall I call q cab. madam. to
take you homer
Mercy no. saws she, quite upset. I'm
not sick. I'm Only taking my breathing
EXERCISES ouf etscAlse Rs so hot in the
house. Then she got up quite mad and
Since then I've watched for these deep
breathing women. and In the early morning
4. al \ N 0nOd
Each one seems to think no one will notice
her She looks a. limp a. sick cat, drops
her law and breathes deep. and it's no
wonder q person would think she was
sick"
On each side Of the main entrance to
Police Headquarters is a big stone Hon.
his front paws guarding tub. curious
policeman the other day took the trouble
to examine the tub. i wanted To SO
what the sculptor fed to the brites. he
said and what do you suppose Il wasf
Just oak leaves and a few acorns. Nour- |
ishing diet for lion. isn't n''
Green carpet on tho aislss OF the church |
and q rug with Persian tints In the pew
struck the visitor a. IN innovation IN
church furnishing.
1t ian't an innovation any more. il In
too common said the usher. 'Of course
no pewhoIier Is permi tied 20 bring in
freak furnishings that would make the
church look ridiculous. but 80 long as he
introduces no real incongruous note there |
IN no Law % prevent a man from hitting
up his pew 70 suit himself. A number OF
our pariahioners do that. They bring
their own rugs. their own hassocks. their
own cushions Usually the psople who
strike that individual note have moved
from sono other church and have brought
thoir raw Furnishings for old Associ-
atoms sake
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